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 94 STAT. 2984

Audits.

Ante, p. 1356. Submittal to congressional committees. 31 USC 28. 31 USC 2.

Submittal to Congress.

16 USC 1606 note. 16 USC 1606.

PUBLIC LAW 96-514—DEC. 12, 1980

SEC. 306. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein. SEC. 307. AH unresolved audits currently pending within agencies and departments, for which appropriations are made under this Act, shall be resolved not later than September 30, 1981. Any new audits, involving questioned expenditures, arising after the enactment of this Act shall be resolved within 6 months of completing the initial audit report. SEC. 308. Each department and agency for which appropriations are made under this Act shall take immediate action (1) to improve the collection of overdue debts owed to the United States within the jurisdiction of that department or agency; (2) to bill interest on delinquent debts as required by the Federal Claims Collection Standards; and (3) to reduce amounts of such debts written off as uncollectible. SEC. 309. (a) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Act, the amounts otherwise available to agencies under the Act for procurement of consultant services shall be reduced by the following: Forest Service, $156,000: Provided, That not to exceed $4,600,000 of the funds made available by section 112 of Public Law 96-369 shall be available to the Forest Service until expended for continuing development and demonstration of aerial logging systems. (b) For fiscal year 1982 and thereafter, a department or establishment—as defined in section 2 of the Budget and Accounting Act, 1921—shall submit annually to the House and Senate Appropriations Committees, as part of its budget justification, the estimated amount of funds requested for consulting services; the appropriation accounts in which such funds are located; and a brief description of the need for consulting services, including a list of major programs that require consulting services. (c) For fiscal year 1982 and thereafter, the Inspector General of such department or establishment, or comparable official, or if there is no Inspector General or comparable official, the agency head or the agency head's designee, shall submit to the Congress along with the budget justification, an evaluation of the agency's progress to institute effective management controls and improve the accuracy and completeness of the data provided to the Federal Procurement Data System regarding consultant service contractual arrangements. SEC. 310. The Statement of Policy transmitted by the President to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President of the Senate on June 19, 1980, as required under section 8 of the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974, is revised and modified to read as follows: STATEMENT OF POLICY BASIC PRINCIPLES

It is the policy of the United States— (1) forests and rangeland, in all ownerships, should be managed to maximize their net social and economic contributions to the Nation's well being, in an environmentally sound manner. (2) the Nation's forested land, except such public land that is determined by law or policy to be maintained in its existing or natural state, should be managed at levels that realize its capabilities to satisfy the Nation's need for food, fiber, energy, water, soil stability, wildlife and fish, recreation, and esthetic values.

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