{"data":{"id":"us/36-cfr-223.51","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"36 CFR 223.51","heading":"Bid monitoring.","body":"Each Regional Forester shall monitor bidding patterns on timber sales to determine if speculative bidding is occurring or if Purchasers are bidding in such a way that they would be unable to perform their obligations under the timber sale contract. A Regional Forester shall propose to the Chief changes in service wide timber sale procedures, as they appear necessary, to discourage speculative bidding.","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 B—Timber Sale Contracts"],"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":"ea53fd7ed912ff244e9e069510deb334a283392348290e0b92c340fd3034154a","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/36-cfr-223.50","next":"us/36-cfr-223.52"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}