§ 1645. — General provisions.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC1645]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 36--FOREST AND RANGELAND RENEWABLE RESOURCES PLANNING
SUBCHAPTER II--RESEARCH
Sec. 1645. General provisions
(a) Availability of funds to cooperators and grantees
The Secretary may make funds available to cooperators and grantees
under this subchapter without regard to the provisions of section
3324(a) and (b) of title 31, which prohibits advances of public money.
(b) Coordination of cooperative aid and grants with other aid and grant
authorities
To avoid duplication, the Secretary shall coordinate cooperative aid
and grants under this subchapter with cooperative aid and grants the
Secretary makes under any other authority.
(c) Dissemination of knowledge and technology developed from research
activities; cooperation with specified entities
The Secretary shall use the authorities and means available to the
Secretary to disseminate the knowledge and technology developed from
research activities conducted under or supported by this subchapter. In
meeting this responsibility, the Secretary shall cooperate, as the
Secretary deems appropriate, with the entities identified in subsection
(d)(3) of this section and with others.
(d) Additional implementative authorities
In implementing this subchapter, the Secretary, as the Secretary
deems appropriate and practical, shall--
(1) use, and encourage cooperators and grantees to use, the best
available scientific skills from a variety of disciplines within and
outside the fields of agriculture and forestry;
(2) seek, and encourage cooperators and grantees to seek, a
proper mixture of short-term and long-term research and a proper
mixture of basic and applied research;
(3) avoid unnecessary duplication and coordinate activities
under this section among agencies of the Department of Agriculture
and with other affected Federal departments and agencies, State
agricultural experiment stations, State extension services, State
foresters or equivalent State officials, forestry schools, and
private research organizations; and
(4) encourage the development, employment, retention, and
exchange of qualified scientists and other specialists through
postgraduate, postdoctoral, and other training, national and
international exchange of scientists, and other incentives and
programs to improve the quality of forest and rangeland renewable
resources research.
(e) Construction of statutory provisions
This subchapter shall be construed as supplementing all other laws
relating to the Department of Agriculture and shall not be construed as
limiting or repealing any existing law or authority of the Secretary
except as specifically cited in this subchapter.
(f) Definitions
For the purposes of this subchapter, the terms ``United States'' and
``State'' shall include each of the several States, the District of
Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands of the
United States, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the
Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, and the territories and
possessions of the United States.
(Pub. L. 95-307, Sec. 6, June 30, 1978, 92 Stat. 355.)
Codification
In subsec. (a), ``section 3324(a) and (b) of title 31'' substituted
for ``section 3648 of the Revised Statutes (31 U.S.C. 529)'' on
authority of Pub. L. 97-258, Sec. 4(b), Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 1067,
the first section of which enacted Title 31, Money and Finance.
Termination of Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands
For termination of Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, see note
set out preceding section 1681 of Title 48, Territories and Insular
Possessions.
