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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 568. Cooperation by Secretary of Agriculture with States in establishing, etc., wood lots, shelter belts, windbreaks, etc.; limitation on expenditure; authorization of appropriations
The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized and directed, in
cooperation with the land grant colleges and universities of the
various States or, in his discretion, with other suitable State
agencies, to aid farmers through advice, education, demonstrations,
and other similar means in establishing, renewing, protecting, and
managing wood lots, shelter belts, windbreaks, and other valuable
forest growth, and in harvesting, utilizing, and marketing the
products thereof. Except for preliminary investigations, the amount
expended by the Federal Government under this section in
cooperation with any State or other cooperating agency during any
fiscal year shall not exceed the amount expended by the State or
other cooperating agency for the same purpose during the same
fiscal year, and the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to make
expenditures on the certificate of the appropriate State official
that the State expenditures, as provided for in this section, have
been made. There is authorized to be appropriated annually out of
any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, not more than
$500,000 to enable the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out the
provisions of this section.
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