2004 US Code
Title 41 - PUBLIC CONTRACTS
CHAPTER 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 6b - Miscellaneous exceptions from advertisement requirements

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Publication TitleUnited States Code, 2000 Edition, Supplement 4, Title 41 - PUBLIC CONTRACTS
CategoryBills and Statutes
CollectionUnited States Code
SuDoc Class NumberY 1.2/5:
Contained WithinTitle 41 - PUBLIC CONTRACTS
CHAPTER 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 6b - Miscellaneous exceptions from advertisement requirements
Containssection 6b
Date2004
Laws in Effect as of DateJanuary 3, 2005
Positive LawNo
Dispositionstandard
Source CreditJune 24, 1940, ch. 412, 54 Stat. 504; Oct. 10, 1940, ch. 851, §3, 54 Stat. 1111.
Statutes at Large References35 Stat. 51
46 Stat. 1363
47 Stat. 460
48 Stat. 292, 514
49 Stat. 11, 1173
50 Stat. 336
52 Stat. 418
53 Stat. 532
54 Stat. 504, 1111, 131
56 Stat. 225
57 Stat. 99
58 Stat. 333
59 Stat. 45
60 Stat. 167
61 Stat. 694
62 Stat. 1026
63 Stat. 852
64 Stat. 730
65 Stat. 622
66 Stat. 584
67 Stat. 202, 633
68 Stat. 335
69 Stat. 236
70 Stat. 324
71 Stat. 79
72 Stat. 52, 236
73 Stat. 208
74 Stat. 101
75 Stat. 279
114 Stat. 454
Public Law ReferencesPublic Law 85-52, Public Law 85-352, Public Law 85-469, Public Law 86-88, Public Law 86-451, Public Law 87-125, Public Law 106-224


§6b. Miscellaneous exceptions from advertisement requirements (a) Control of insects, pests, and grass diseases

Materials and equipment for the control of incipient or emergency outbreaks of insects, pests, or grass diseases, including grasshoppers, Mormon crickets, and chinch bugs, may be procured with any sums appropriated to carry out the provisions of sections 148 to 148e 1 of title 7 without regard to the provisions of section 5 of this title, and the transportation thereof may be under such conditions and means as shall be determined by the Secretary of Agriculture to be most advantageous.

(b) Omitted (c) Operations on Menominee Indian Reservation

All contracts for labor or supplies necessary for the carrying on of operations on the Menominee Indian Reservation pursuant to the Act of March 28, 1908 (35 Stat. 51), as amended, shall be exempt from the requirements of section 5 of this title.

(d) Sale of Indian produced forest products

The lumber and other forest products produced by Indian enterprises from the forests on Indian reservations may be sold under such regulations as the Secretary of the Interior may prescribe, without compliance with section 5 of this title.

(June 24, 1940, ch. 412, 54 Stat. 504; Oct. 10, 1940, ch. 851, §3, 54 Stat. 1111.)

References in Text

Sections 148 to 148e of title 7, referred to in subsec. (a), were repealed. Sections 148, 148a, and 148c to 148e were repealed by Pub. L. 106–224, title IV, §438(a)(6), June 20, 2000, 114 Stat. 454, and section 148b was repealed by Act Oct. 10, 1940, ch. 851, §4, 54 Stat. 1111.

Act of March 28, 1908 (35 Stat. 51), referred to in subsec. (c), probably means act Mar. 28, 1908, ch. 111, 35 Stat. 51, which is not classified to the Code.

Codification

Subsecs. (a) to (c) are from act Oct. 10, 1940. Subsec. (b), which related to obligations of Civilian Conservation Corps, was omitted because the Corps was liquidated June 30, 1944.

Subsec. (d) is from act June 24, 1940, which was formerly classified to section 6mm of this title.

Subsec. (e), which related to the employment of experts or consultants in the Canal Zone, was from the General Government Matters Appropriation Act, 1962, Pub. L. 87–125, title III, §301, Aug. 3, 1961, 75 Stat. 279, and was omitted as not repeated in subsequent appropriation acts. Provisions similar to former subsec. (e) were contained in the following prior appropriation acts:

May 13, 1960, Pub. L. 86–451, title II, §201, 74 Stat. 101.

July 13, 1959, Pub. L. 86–88, title II, §201, 73 Stat. 208.

June 25, 1958, Pub. L. 85–469, title II, §203, 72 Stat. 236.

June 13, 1957, Pub. L. 85–52, title II, §203, 71 Stat. 79, as amended Mar. 28, 1958, Pub. L. 85–352, ch. II, §201, 72 Stat. 52.

June 20, 1956, ch. 415, title II, §203, 70 Stat. 324.

June 30, 1955, ch. 253, title II, §203, 69 Stat. 236.

June 30, 1954, ch. 425, §104, 68 Stat. 335.

July 27, 1953, ch. 245, §104, 67 Stat. 202.

July 11, 1952, ch. 669, §104, 66 Stat. 584.

Oct. 24, 1951, ch. 556, §104, 65 Stat. 622.

Sept. 6, 1950, ch. 896, Ch. IX, §103, 64 Stat. 730.

Oct. 13, 1949, ch. 688, §4, 63 Stat. 852.

June 25, 1948, ch. 655, §4, 62 Stat. 1026.

July 31, 1947, ch. 411, §4, 61 Stat. 694.

May 2, 1946, ch. 247, §4, 60 Stat. 167.

Mar. 31, 1945, ch. 45, §4, 59 Stat. 45.

June 26, 1944, ch. 275, §4, 58 Stat. 333.

June 2, 1943, ch. 115, §4, 57 Stat. 99.

Apr. 28, 1942, ch. 246, §5, 56 Stat. 225.

June 24, 1940, ch. 412, 54 Stat. 504.

Prior Provisions

A prior section 6b, acts Feb. 23, 1931, ch. 281, 46 Stat. 1363; June 30, 1932, ch. 330, 47 Stat. 460; June 16, 1933, ch. 101, 48 Stat. 292; Mar. 28, 1934, ch. 102, title I, 48 Stat. 514; Feb. 2, 1935, ch. 3, 49 Stat. 11; Mar. 19, 1936, ch. 156, 49 Stat. 1173; June 28, 1937, ch. 396, 50 Stat. 336; May 23, 1938, ch. 259, 52 Stat. 418; Mar. 16, 1939, ch. 11, 53 Stat. 532; Apr. 18, 1940, ch. 107, 54 Stat. 131, excepted General Accounting Office from provisions of section 5 of this title, prior to repeal by act Oct. 10, 1940, ch. 851, §4, 54 Stat. 1111.

Transfer of Functions

Functions of all officers, agencies and employees of Department of Agriculture transferred, with certain exceptions, to Secretary of Agriculture by Reorg. Plan No. 2 of 1953, §1, eff. June 4, 1953, 18 F.R. 3219, 67 Stat. 633, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.

1 See References in Text note below.

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