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Natural Resources: Status of Merchantable Material Contracting Pilot Program Authorized by the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000

GAO-03-596R Published: May 09, 2003. Publicly Released: May 09, 2003.
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The Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000, enacted October 30, 2000, mandated that we assess a merchantable material contracting pilot program authorized by the act and report on our assessment by September 30, 2003. The pilot program encompasses certain forest-related projects undertaken as a result of the act and mandates the use of separate contracts for the harvesting or collection of merchantable material, such as timber, and the sale of that material rather than a single contract for both activities.

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Contract administrationstate relationsLand managementLocally administered programsProgram evaluationRural schoolsSelf-determinationPublic landsNatural resourcesIndian self-determination