A bill to provide the Secretary of Agriculture with alternatives to comply with the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act.

12/11/2007--Introduced.
Amends the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 to provide that the Secretary of Agriculture shall not be required to obligate funds to cover the cost of canceling a Forest Service stewardship multiyear contract until the contract is canceled. Authorizes cancellation costs to be paid from:
(1) appropriations originally made available for the contract's performance;
(2) appropriations currently available for procurement of the type of service concerned and not otherwise obligated; or
(3) funds appropriated for payments for such performance or procurement. Provides that in a case in which payment or obligation of such funds would constitute an "Anti-Deficiency Act" violation the Secretary may:
(1) seek a supplemental appropriation; or
(2) request funds from a specified permanent judgment appropriation.

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Sponsor

• Sen. Jon Kyl [R, AZ]

Committees

• Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry

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December 11, 2007

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• Introduced on Dec 11, 2007.
• Dec 11, 2007: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

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Related Issue Areas:

• Agriculture
• Appropriations
• Budgets
• Environmental protection
• 6 more
• Forest conservation
• Forest health
• Government procurement
• Natural resources
• Public contracts
• Supplemental appropriations

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