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[CITE: 43USC1738]

 
                         TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS
 
             CHAPTER 35--FEDERAL LAND POLICY AND MANAGEMENT
 
                     SUBCHAPTER III--ADMINISTRATION
 
Sec. 1738. Contracts for surveys and resource protection; 
        renewals; funding requirements
        
    (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.

(Pub. L. 94-579, title III, Sec. 308, Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2767.)
