Title 43 — Public LandsRelease 119-73not60
§1738 Contracts for Surveys and Resource Protection; Renewals; Funding Requirements
Title 43 › Chapter 35— FEDERAL LAND POLICY AND MANAGEMENT › Subchapter III— ADMINISTRATION › § 1738
Summary
The Secretary may sign contracts to use aircraft and to buy supplies and services before money is approved, for airborne cadastral surveys and resource protection by the Bureau. These contracts can be renewed each year up to two times without new competition, must obligate funds for the fiscal years when costs happen, and must say that obligations and payments for future fiscal years depend on an appropriation and will not be paid until that money is available.
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Title 43, §1738
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(a)The Secretary is authorized to enter into contracts for the use of aircraft, and for supplies and services, prior to the passage of an appropriation therefor, for airborne cadastral survey and resource protection operations of the Bureau. He may renew such contracts annually, not more than twice, without additional competition. Such contracts shall obligate funds for the fiscal years in which the costs are incurred.
(b)Each such contract shall provide that the obligation of the United States for the ensuing fiscal years is contingent upon the passage of an applicable appropriation, and that no payment shall be made under the contract for the ensuing fiscal years until such appropriation becomes available for expenditure.
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43 U.S.C. § 1738
Title 43 — Public Lands
Last Updated
Apr 5, 2026
Release point: 119-73not60