[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 975 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 975

     To remove a restriction on the authority of the Secretary of 
  Agriculture to enter into agreements with other Federal agencies to 
 acquire goods and services directly related to improving or utilizing 
           the firefighting capability of the Forest Service.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 6, 1997

Mr. Gallegly (for himself, Mr. Cunningham, Mr. McKeon, and Mr. Schiff) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                              Agriculture

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                                 A BILL


 
     To remove a restriction on the authority of the Secretary of 
  Agriculture to enter into agreements with other Federal agencies to 
 acquire goods and services directly related to improving or utilizing 
           the firefighting capability of the Forest Service.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. ACQUISITION OF GOODS AND SERVICES RELATED TO FIREFIGHTING.

    The Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Chief of the 
Forest Service, may place an order with a major organizational unit 
within the Department of Agriculture or another Federal agency for 
goods or services directly related to firefighting without regard to 
the restriction contained in section 1535(a)(4) of title 31, United 
States Code, that the Secretary determine that the goods or services 
cannot be provided by contract as conveniently or cheaply by a 
commercial enterprise.
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