An Act to authorize the disposal of industrial diamond crushing bort from the national stockpile and the supplemental stockpile
PL 92-83 (S.751), enacted 08/11/1971

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PUBLIC LAW 92-83-AUG. 11, 1971 
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Public Law 92-82 
AN ACT 
August 10, 1971 
To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to cooperate witli the States and sub- 
[H. R. 3146] 
divisions thereof in the enforcement of State and local laws, rules, and regu-
lations within the national forest system. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Re'presentatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assefnbled, That the Secretary 
National for-
of Agriculture, in connection with the administration and regulation ^^st^ate and locai 
of the use and occupancy of the national forests and national grass- law enforcement. 
lands, is authorized to cooperate with any State or political subdivi-
sion thereof, on lands which are within or part of any unit of the 
national forest system, in the enforcement or supervision of the laws or 
ordinances of a State or subdivision thereof. Such cooperation may 
include the reimbursement of a State or its subdivision for expendi-
tures incurred in connection with activities on national forest system 
lands. This Act shall not deprive any State or political subdivision 
thereof of its right to exercise civil and criminal jurisdiction, within 
or on lands which are a part of the national forest system. 
Approved August 10, 1971. 
Public Law 92-83 
AN ACT 
August 11, 1971 
To authorize the disposal of industrial diamond crushing bort from the national 
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stockpile and the supplemental stockpile. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Adminis- 
industrial 
trator of General Services is hereby authorized to dispose of approxi- boru"""^ crushing 
mately eighteen million nine hundred and twelve thousand carats of 
Disposal. 
industrial diamond crushing bort now held in the national stockpile 
established pursuant to the Strategic and Critical Materials Stock 
Piling Act (50 U.S.C. 98-98h) and the supplemental stockpile estab- 
eo stat. 596. 
lislied pursuant to section 104(b) of the Agricultural Trade Develop-
ment and Assistance Act of 1954 (68 Stat. 456, as amended by 73 
Stat, 607). Such disposition may be made without regard to the 
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requirements of section 3 of the Strategic and Critical Materials Stock "°'^* 
Piling Act: Provided, That the time and method of disposition shall 
be fixed with due regard to the protection of the United States against 
avoidable loss and the protection of producers, processors, and con-
sumers against avoidable disruption of their usual markets. 
SEC. 2. (a) Disposals of the material covered by this Act may be 
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made only after publicly advertising for bids, except as provided in 
subsection (b) of this section or as otherwise authorized by law. All 
bids may be rejected when it is in the public interest to do so. 
(b) The material covered by this Act may be disposed of without 
Exemptions. 
advertising for bids if— 
(1) the material is to be transferred to an agency of the United 
States; 
(2) the Administrator determines that methods of disposal 
other than by advertising are necessary to protect the United 
States against avoidable loss or to protect producers, processors, 
and consumers against avoidable disruption of their usual mar-
kets; or 
(3) sales are to be made pursuant to requests received from 
other agencies of the United States in furtherance of authorized 
program objectives of such agencies. 
Approved August 11, 1971.