[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC1674]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 36--FOREST AND RANGELAND RENEWABLE RESOURCES PLANNING
SUBCHAPTER III--EXTENSION PROGRAMS
Sec. 1674. Renewable Resources Extension Program plan
(a) Preparation and submission to Congress; purposes; contents
The Secretary shall prepare a five-year plan for implementing this
subchapter, which is to be called the ``Renewable Resources Extension
Program'' and shall submit such plan to the Committee on Agriculture of
the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture,
Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate no later than the last day of the
first half of the fiscal year ending September 30, 1980, and the last
day of the first half of each fifth fiscal year thereafter. The
Renewable Resources Extension Program shall provide national emphasis
and direction as well as guidance to State directors and administrative
heads of extension for eligible colleges and universities in the
development of their respective State renewable resources extension
programs, which are to be appropriate in terms of the conditions, needs,
and opportunities in each State. The Renewable Resources Extension
Program shall contain, but not be limited to, brief outlines of general
extension programs for fish and wildlife management (for both game and
nongame species), range management, timber management (including brief
outlines of general extension programs for timber utilization, timber
harvesting, timber marketing, wood utilization, and wood products
marketing), and watershed management (giving special attention to water
quality protection), as well as brief outlines of general extension
programs for recognition and enhancement of forest- and range-based
outdoor recreation opportunities, for urban and community forestry
activities, and for planting and management of trees and shrubs in
shelterbelts, and give special attention to water quality protection and
natural resource and environmental education for landowners and
managers, public officials, and the public.
(b) Considerations governing preparation
In preparing the Renewable Resources Extension Program, the
Secretary shall take into account the respective capabilities of private
forests and rangelands for yielding renewable resources and the relative
needs for such resources identified in the periodic Renewable Resource
Assessment provided for in section 1601 of this title and the periodic
appraisal of land and water resources provided for in section 2004 of
this title.
(c) Omitted
(d) Review of activities and evaluation of progress
To assist Congress and the public in evaluating the Renewable
Resources Extension Program, the program shall include a review of
activities undertaken in response to the preceding five-year plan and an
evaluation of the progress made toward accomplishing the goals and
objectives set forth in such preceding plan. Such review and evaluation
shall be displayed in the program, for the Nation as a whole, and for
each State.
(Pub. L. 95-306, Sec. 5, June 30, 1978, 92 Stat. 351; Pub. L. 100-231,
Sec. 3, Jan. 5, 1988, 101 Stat. 1565; Pub. L. 101-624, title XII,
Secs. 1219(b)(2), 1251(c), Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 3539, 3553.)
Codification
Subsec. (c) of this section, which required the Secretary to prepare
an annual report on the Renewable Resources Extension Program, to be
furnished to Congress at the time of submission of each annual fiscal
budget, terminated, effective May 15, 2000, pursuant to section 3003 of
Pub. L. 104-66, as amended, set out as a note under section 1113 of
Title 31, Money and Finance. See, also, page 45 of House Document No.
103-7.
Amendments
1990--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 101-624, Sec. 1251(c), inserted before
period at end ``, and give special attention to water quality protection
and natural resource and environmental education for landowners and
managers, public officials, and the public''.
Pub. L. 101-624, Sec. 1219(b)(2), substituted ``for urban and
community forestry activities'' for ``for planting and management of
trees and forests in urban areas''.
1988--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 100-231, Sec. 3(1), substituted ``the
Committee on Agricultur
