§ 504. — Purchases of tree seeds, cones, forage plant seed, and nursery stock for national forests.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC504]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 2--NATIONAL FORESTS
SUBCHAPTER I--ESTABLISHMENT AND ADMINISTRATION
Sec. 504. Purchases of tree seeds, cones, forage plant seed, and
nursery stock for national forests
The provisions of section 5 of title 41 shall not apply to any
purchase by the Forest Service of forest-tree seed or cones or of forage
plant seed when the amount involved does not exceed $10,000, nor to any
purchase of forest-tree nursery stock when the amount involved does not
exceed $500, whenever, in the discretion of the Secretary of
Agriculture, such method is in the public interest.
(June 30, 1914, ch. 131, 38 Stat. 429; Apr. 24, 1950, ch. 97, Sec. 2, 64
Stat. 83.)
Amendments
1950--Act Apr. 24, 1950, increased open market purchase limitation
from $500 to $10,000 on forest-tree seed or cones or forage plant seed.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 580k of this title.
