§ 521b. — Report of Secretary of Agriculture prior to purchase or exchange of land; contents; waiting period.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC521b]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 2--NATIONAL FORESTS
SUBCHAPTER I--ESTABLISHMENT AND ADMINISTRATION
Sec. 521b. Report of Secretary of Agriculture prior to purchase
or exchange of land; contents; waiting period
For purposes of providing information that will aid the Congress in
its oversight responsibilities and improve the accountability of
expenditures for the acquisition of forest land, the Secretary of
Agriculture may not hereafter enter into any land purchase or exchange
relating to the National Forest System of $150,000 or more for the types
of lands which have been heretofore approved by the National Forest
Reservation Commission until after 30 days from the date upon which a
detailed report of the facts concerning such proposed purchase or
transfer is submitted to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of
Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and
Forestry of the Senate or such earlier time as may be approved by both
such committees. Such report shall contain at least the following:
(1) guidelines utilized by the Secretary in determining that the
land should be acquired;
(2) the location and size of the land;
(3) the purchase price of the land and the criteria used by the
Secretary in determining such price;
(4) the person from whom the land is being acquired; and
(5) any adjustment made by the Secretary of relative value
pursuant to section 1716(f)(2)(B)(ii) of title 43.
(Pub. L. 94-588, Sec. 17(b), Oct. 22, 1976, 90 Stat. 2962; Pub. L. 100-
409, Sec. 6, Aug. 20, 1988, 102 Stat. 1090; Pub. L. 103-437, Sec. 6(r),
Nov. 2, 1994, 108 Stat. 4587.)
References in Text
The National Forest Reservation Commission, referred to in text, was
abolished and the functions thereof were transferred to the Secretary of
Agriculture by section 17(a)(1) of Pub. L. 94-588, Oct. 22, 1976, 90
Stat. 2961.
Amendments
1994--Pub. L. 103-437 in introductory provisions substituted
``Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate'' for ``Agriculture
and Forestry of the Senate''.
1988--Pub. L. 100-409 substituted ``$150,000'' for ``$25,000'' in
introductory provisions and added par. (5).
