section 6101 of title 41The provisions of shall not apply to any purchase by the Forest Service of forest-tree seed or cones or of forage plant seed when the amount involved does not exceed $10,000, nor to any purchase of forest-tree nursery stock when the amount involved does not exceed $500, whenever, in the discretion of the Secretary of Agriculture, such method is in the public interest.
June 30, 1914, ch. 13138 Stat. 429Apr. 24, 1950, ch. 97, § 264 Stat. 83(, ; , .)
Editorial Notes
Codification
section 6101 of title 4141 U.S.C. 5Pub. L. 111–350, § 6(c)124 Stat. 3854In text, “” substituted for “section 3709, Revised Statutes (),” on authority of , , , which Act enacted Title 41, Public Contracts.
Amendments
1950—Act , increased open market purchase limitation from $500 to $10,000 on forest-tree seed or cones or forage plant seed.