Title 16 — ConservationRelease 119-73
§579a Operation of aerial facilities and services
Title 16 › Chapter CHAPTER 3— - FORESTS; FOREST SERVICE; REFORESTATION; MANAGEMENT › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER I— - GENERAL PROVISIONS › § 579a
Summary
The Forest Service can hire aerial services to protect and manage its forests and other lands, provide airbase support, and renew contracts annually, not more than twice, without additional advertising.
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Title 16, §579a
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The Forest Service by contract or otherwise may provide for procurement and operation of aerial facilities and services for the protection and management of the national forests and other lands administered by it, including the furnishing, at the airbase, of facilities, equipment, materials and the preparation, mixing and loading into aircraft, with authority to renew any contract for such purpose annually, not more than twice, without additional advertising.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
Codification Section was enacted as a part of the Department of Agriculture Organic Act of 1944.
Amendments
1970—Pub. L. 91–435 authorized the Forest Service to extend aerial facilities and services for the protection and management of other lands administered by the Service and to procure, at the airbase, facilities, equipment, materials and the preparation, mixing and loading into aircraft. 1950—Act Apr. 24, 1950, amended section to provide for aerial facilities and services for the protection and management of our national forests.
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Citation
16 U.S.C. § 579a
Title 16 — Conservation
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73