Laws: Cases and Codes : U.S. Code : Title 16
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U.S. Code as of:
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Chapter 36 - Notes
SUBCHAPTER I - PLANNING
Sec.
1600. Congressional findings.
1601. Renewable Resource Assessment.
(a) Preparation by Secretary of Agriculture; time
of preparation, updating and contents.
(b) Omitted.
(c) Contents of Assessments.
(d) Public involvement; consultation with
governmental departments and agencies.
(d) Congressional policy of multiple use sustained
yield management; examination and
certification of lands; estimate of
appropriations necessary for reforestation and
other treatment; budget requirements;
authorization of appropriations.
(e) Report on herbicides and pesticides.
1602. Renewable Resource Program; preparation by Secretary
of Agriculture and transmittal to President; purpose
and development of program; time of preparation,
updating and contents.
1603. National Forest System resource inventories;
development, maintenance, and updating by Secretary
of Agriculture as part of Assessment.
1604. National Forest System land and resource management
plans.
(a) Development, maintenance, and revision by
Secretary of Agriculture as part of program;
coordination.
(b) Criteria.
(c) Incorporation of standards and guidelines by
Secretary; time of completion; progress
reports; existing management plans.
(d) Public participation in management plans;
availability of plans; public meetings.
(e) Required assurances.
(f) Required provisions.
(g) Promulgation of regulations for development and
revision of plans; environmental
considerations; resource management
guidelines; guidelines for land management
plans.
(h) Scientific committee to aid in promulgation of
regulations; termination; revision committees;
clerical and technical assistance;
compensation of committee members.
(i) Consistency of resource plans, permits,
contracts, and other instruments with land
management plans; revision.
(j) Effective date of land management plans and
revisions.
(k) Development of land management plans.
(l) Program evaluation; process for estimating
long-term costs and benefits; summary of data
included in annual report.
(m) Establishment of standards to ensure
culmination of mean annual increment of
growth; silvicultural practices; salvage
harvesting; exceptions.
1605. Protection, use and management of renewable resources
on non-Federal lands; utilization of Assessment,
surveys and Program by Secretary of Agriculture to
assist States, etc.
1606. Budget requests by President for Forest Service
activities.
(a) Transmittal to Speaker of House and President
of Senate of Assessment, Program and Statement
of Policy used in framing requests; time for
transmittal; implementation by President of
programs established under Statement of Policy
unless Statement subsequently disapproved by
Congress; time for disapproval.
(b) Contents of requests to show extent of
compliance of projected programs and policies
with policies approved by Congress; requests
not conforming to approved policies;
expenditure of appropriations.
(c) Annual evaluation report to Congress of Program
components; time of submission; status of
major research programs; application of
findings; status, etc., of cooperative
forestry assistance programs and activities.
(d) Required contents of annual evaluation report.
(e) Additional required contents of annual
evaluation report.
(f) Form of annual evaluation report.
1606a. Reforestation Trust Fund.
(a) Establishment; source of funds.
(b) Transfer of certain tariff receipts to Trust
Fund; fiscal year limitation; quarterly
transfers; adjustment of estimates.
(c) Report to Congress; printing as House and
Senate document; investments; sale and
redemption of obligations; credits for Trust
Fund.
(d) Obligations from Trust Fund.
1607. National Forest System renewable resources;
development and administration by Secretary of
Agriculture in accordance with multiple use and
sustained yield concepts for products and services;
target year for operational posture of resources;
budget requests.
1608. National Forest Transportation System.
(a) Congressional declaration of policy; time for
development; method of financing; financing of
forest development roads.
(b) Construction of temporary roadways in
connection with timber contracts, and other
permits or leases.
(c) Standards of roadway construction.
1609. National Forest System.
(a) Congressional declaration of constituent
elements and purposes; lands etc., included
within; return of lands to public domain.
(b) Location of Forest Service offices.
1610. Implementation of provisions by Secretary of
Agriculture; utilization of information and data of
other organizations; avoidance of duplication of
planning, etc.; "renewable resources" defined.
1611. Timber.
(a) Limitations on removal; variations in allowable
sale quantity; public participation.
(b) Salvage harvesting.
1612. Public participation.
(a) Adequate notice and opportunity to comment.
(b) Advisory boards.
1613. Promulgation of regulations.
1614. Severability.
SUBCHAPTER II - RESEARCH
1641. Findings and purpose.
(a) Findings.
(b) Relationship to other law.
(c) Purpose.
1642. Investigations, experiments, tests, and other
activities.
(a) Authorization; scope and purposes of
activities.
(b) Development of periodic Renewable Resource
Assessment through survey and analysis of
conditions; implementation; authorization of
appropriations.
(c) Program of research and study relative to
health and productivity of domestic forest
ecosystems; advisory committee; reports.
(d) High priority forestry and rangeland research
and education.
(e) Forest inventory and analysis.
1643. Implementation of provisions.
(a) Establishment and maintenance of research
facilities; acquisition, expenditures, etc.,
for property.
(b) Acceptance, holding, and administration of
gifts, donations, and bequests; use and
investment of gifts, proceeds, etc.; funding
requirements.
(c) Cooperation with international, Federal, State,
and other governmental agencies, public and
private agencies, etc.; funding requirements
for contributions from cooperators.
1644. Forestry and rangeland competitive research grants.
(a) Competitive grant authority.
(b) Emphasis on certain high priority forestry
research.
(c) Emphasis on certain high priority rangeland
research.
(d) Priorities.
1645. General provisions.
(a) Availability of funds to cooperators and
grantees.
(b) Coordination of cooperative aid and grants with
other aid and grant authorities.
(c) Dissemination of knowledge and technology
developed from research activities;
cooperation with specified entities.
(d) Additional implementative authorities.
(e) Construction of statutory provisions.
(f) Definitions.
1646. Authorization of appropriations.
1647. Other Federal programs.
(a) Repeal of statutory authorities relating to
investigation, experiments, and tests in
reforestation and forest products.
(b) Force and effect of cooperative and other
agreements under repealed statutory
authorities relating to investigation, etc.,
in reforestation and forest products.
(c) Issuance of rules and regulations for
implementation of provisions and coordination
with agricultural research, extension, and
teaching provisions.
(d) Availability of funds appropriated under
repealed statutory authorities relating to
investigation, etc., in reforestation and
forest products.
1648. Recycling research.
(a) Findings.
(b) Recycling research program.
(c) Authorization of appropriations.
1649. Forestry Student Grant Program.
(a) Establishment.
(b) Student grants.
(c) Eligibility.
(d) Authorization of appropriations.
1650. Hardwood technology transfer and applied research.
(a) Authority of Secretary.
(b) Grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements;
gifts and donations.
(c) Use of assets of Wood Education and Resource
Center; establishment of Institute of Hardwood
Technology Transfer and Applied Research.
(d) Generation of revenue; deposit into Hardwood
Technology Transfer and Applied Research Fund.
(e) Authorization of appropriations.
SUBCHAPTER III - EXTENSION PROGRAMS
1671. Congressional statement of findings.
1672. General program authorization.
(a) Types of programs; preconditions and
cooperation with State program directors, etc.
(b) "Eligible colleges and universities" defined.
(c) Use of appropriate educational methods
required; scope of methods.
1673. State programs.
(a) Development by State program director, etc., of
comprehensive and coordinated program by
mutual agreement; consultations; review
procedure.
(b) Encouragement by State director, etc., of
cooperation between county and State extension
staffs and appropriate Federal and State
agencies and organizations.
(c) Administration and coordination of program by
State director; exception.
(d) Appointment and use of advisory committees by
State director, etc.; composition of advisory
committees.
(e) "State" defined.
1674. Renewable Resources Extension Program plan.
(a) Preparation and submission to Congress;
purposes; contents.
(b) Considerations governing preparation.
(c) Omitted.
(d) Review of activities and evaluation of
progress.
1674a. Expanded programs.
(a) In general.
(b) Activities.
1674b. Sustainable Forestry Outreach Initiative.
1675. Authorization of appropriations; criteria for
eligibility of States for funds.
1676. Issuance of rules and regulations for implementation
of provisions and coordination with agricultural,
research, extension, and teaching provisions.
SUBCHAPTER IV - WOOD RESIDUE UTILIZATION
1681. Congressional statement of purpose.
1682. Pilot projects and demonstrations.
(a) Establishment, implementation.
(b) Scope; residue removal credits.
1683. Pilot projects; requirements; residue removal credits
as compensation; implementation guidelines.
1684. Annual reports.
1685. Regulations.
1686. Definitions.
1687. Authorization of appropriations.
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CHAPTER REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS
This chapter is referred to in section 472a of this title.
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