16 U.S.C. § 521b
Report of Secretary of Agriculture prior to purchase or exchange of land; contents; waiting period
United States · Title 16 — CONSERVATION · Status: effective
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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:
Legislative history
The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone.
- National Forest Management Act of 1976House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Federal Land Exchange Facilitation Act of 1988House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- To make technical improvements in the United States Code by amending provisions to reflect the current names of congressional committees.House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally