{"data":{"id":"us/36-cfr-223.302","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"36 CFR 223.302","heading":"Award of contracts and agreements.","body":"Section 604(d) of HFRA requires that a source for performance of a stewardship agreement or contract be selected on a best-value basis. A stewardship agreement or contract may also be entered into notwithstanding subsections (d) and (g) of section 14 of the National Forest Management Act of 1976 (16 U.S.C. 472a).","path":["Title 36—Parks, Forests, and Public Property","CHAPTER II—FOREST SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE","PART 223—SALE AND DISPOSAL OF NATIONAL FOREST SYSTEM TIMBER","Subpart I—Stewardship End Result Contracting Projects"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-36.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:25:44Z","sha256":"f455142644423780d93e1fbb77c625925fd3c3ea05dddbbedc667dc378027251","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/36-cfr-223.301","next":"us/36-cfr-223.303"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}