§ 521b. Report of Secretary of Agriculture prior to purchase or exchange of land; contents; waiting period

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

1. 1976

   National Forest Management Act of 1976

   Pub. L. 94–588 § 17(b) · 90 Stat. 2949

   Enacted · 16 U.S.C. § 521b

   Pub. L. 94–588, § 17(b), Oct. 22, 1976, 90 Stat. 2962

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Pub. L. 94–588, § 17(b), Oct. 22, 1976, 90 Stat. 2962

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (b) 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 $25,000 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 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; and (4) the person from whom the land is being acquired.

2. 1988

   Federal Land Exchange Facilitation Act of 1988

   Pub. L. 100–409 § 6 · 102 Stat. 1086

   1. Substituted · 16 U.S.C. § 521b

      Pub. L. 100–409 substituted “$150,000” for “$25,000” in introductory provisions

   2. Added · 16 U.S.C. § 521b

      Pub. L. 100–409 added par. (5)

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 100–409 substituted “$150,000” for “$25,000” in introductory provisions and added par. (5).

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   SEC. 6. NFMA AMENDMENTS. Section 17(b) of the National Forest Management Act of 1976 is hereby amended— (1) by striking out “$25,000” and inserting in lieu thereof “$150,000”; (2) by striking out “and” at the end of paragraph (3); (3) by striking out the period at the end of paragraph (4) and inserting in lieu thereof , “and”; and (4) by adding after paragraph (4) the following: “(5) any adjustment made by the Secretary of relative value pursuant to section 206(f)(2)(B)(ii) of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1716).”.

3. 1994

   Pub. L. 103–437 § 6(r) · 108 Stat. 4581

   Substituted · 16 U.S.C. § 521b

   Pub. L. 103–437 in introductory provisions substituted “Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate” for “Agriculture and Forestry of the Senate”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 103–437 in introductory provisions substituted “Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate” for “Agriculture and Forestry of the Senate”.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (r) Section 17(b) of the National Food Management Act of 1976 (16 U.S.C. 521b) is amended by striking “Agriculture and Forestry” and substituting “Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry”.

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