§ 17c. — Procurement of supplies, materials, and special services to aid permittees and licensees in emergencies; authority of Secretary of the Interior.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC17c]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
SUBCHAPTER I--NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
Sec. 17c. Procurement of supplies, materials, and special
services to aid permittees and licensees in emergencies;
authority of Secretary of the Interior
The Secretary of the Interior is authorized in emergencies, when no
other source is available for the immediate procurement of supplies,
materials, or special services, to aid and assist grantees, permittees,
or licensees conducting operations for the benefit of the public in the
national parks and national monuments by the sale at cost, including
transportation and handling of such supplies, materials, or special
services as may be necessary to relieve the emergency and insure
uninterrupted service to the public: Provided, That the receipts from
such sales shall be deposited as a refund to the appropriation or
appropriations current at the date of covering in of such deposit, and
shall be available for expenditure for national-park and national-
monument purposes.
(May 26, 1930, ch. 324, Sec. 4, 46 Stat. 382.)
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 1c of this title.
