2017 US Code
Title 16 - Conservation
Chapter 3 - Forests; Forest Service; Reforestation; Management
Subchapter I - General Provisions
Sec. 579a - Operation of aerial facilities and services
| 16 U.S.C. § 579a (2017) |
| §579a. Operation of aerial facilities and services |
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The Forest Service by contract or otherwise may provide for procurement and operation of aerial facilities and services for the protection and management of the national forests and other lands administered by it, including the furnishing, at the airbase, of facilities, equipment, materials and the preparation, mixing and loading into aircraft, with authority to renew any contract for such purpose annually, not more than twice, without additional advertising. |
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(Sept. 21, 1944, ch. 412, title II, §205, 58 Stat. 736; Apr. 24, 1950, ch. 97, §4, 64 Stat. 83; Pub. L. 91–435, Oct. 6, 1970, 84 Stat. 888.) |
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CODIFICATION
Section was enacted as a part of the Department of Agriculture Organic Act of 1944. AMENDMENTS1970—Pub. L. 91–435 authorized the Forest Service to extend aerial facilities and services for the protection and management of other lands administered by the Service and to procure, at the airbase, facilities, equipment, materials and the preparation, mixing and loading into aircraft. 1950—Act Apr. 24, 1950, amended section to provide for aerial facilities and services for the protection and management of our national forests. |
| United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 5, Title 16 - CONSERVATION |
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| Title 16 - CONSERVATION CHAPTER 3 - FORESTS; FOREST SERVICE; REFORESTATION; MANAGEMENT SUBCHAPTER I - GENERAL PROVISIONS Sec. 579a - Operation of aerial facilities and services |
| section 579a |
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| January 12, 2018 |
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| 58 Stat. 736 64 Stat. 83 84 Stat. 888 |
| Public Law 91-435 |
