§ 557a. — Field season contracts; authority to make prior to appropriation.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC557a]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 3--FORESTS; FOREST SERVICE; REFORESTATION; MANAGEMENT
SUBCHAPTER I--GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 557a. Field season contracts; authority to make prior to
appropriation
The Secretary of Agriculture is hereafter authorized, in connection
with the administration of the national forests, to enter into contracts
for the procurement of services, materials, and supplies for the ensuing
fiscal year, prior to the passage of an appropriation therefor:
Provided, That such contracts shall aliquot the cost for such service by
fiscal years and shall not be binding on the United States as to that
part for the ensuing year unless and until an appropriation applicable
to the payment thereof is made: And provided further, That all such
contracts shall by their terms provide that the obligation of the United
States is contingent upon the passage of an applicable appropriation and
that no payment thereunder will be made until such appropriation becomes
available for expenditure.
(June 30, 1932, ch. 331, 47 Stat. 473.)
