§ 2107. — Financial, technical, and related assistance to States.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC2107]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 41--COOPERATIVE FORESTRY ASSISTANCE
Sec. 2107. Financial, technical, and related assistance to
States
(a) Development of State organizations for protection and management of
non-Federal forest lands; scope of assistance; request by
officials
To aid in achieving maximum effectiveness in the programs and
activities conducted under this chapter, the Secretary is authorized to
provide financial, technical, and related assistance to State foresters
or equivalent State officials for the development of stronger and more
efficient State organizations that will enable them to fulfill better
their responsibilities for the protection and management of non-Federal
forest lands. Assistance under this subsection may include, but will not
be limited to, assistance in matters related to organization management,
program planning and management, budget and fiscal accounting services,
personnel training and management, information services, and
recordkeeping. Assistance under this subsection may be extended only
upon request by State foresters or equivalent State officials.
(b) Assembly, analysis, display, and reporting of State forest resources
data, resources planning, etc.; scope of assistance; other
statutory provisions unaffected
To ensure that data regarding forest lands are available for and
effectively presented in State and Federal natural resources planning,
the Secretary is authorized to provide financial, technical, and related
assistance to State foresters or equivalent State officials in the
assembly, analysis, display, and reporting of State forest resources
data, in the training of State forest resources planners, and in
participating in natural resources planning at the State and Federal
levels. The Secretary shall restrict assistance under this subsection to
the implementation of the forestry aspects of State and Federal natural
resources planning conducted under other laws. This subsection shall not
be construed, in any way whatsoever, as extending, limiting, amending,
repealing, or otherwise affecting any other law or authority.
(c) Technology implementation program; scope of program; availability of
funds; use of forest resources planning committees
To ensure that new technology is introduced, new information is
integrated into existing technology, and forest resources research
findings are promptly made available to State forestry personnel,
private forest landowners and managers, vendors, forest operators, wood
processors, public agencies, and individuals, the Secretary is
authorized to carry out a program of technology implementation.
(1) In implementing this subsection, the Secretary is authorized
to work through State foresters or equivalent State officials, and,
if the State forester or equivalent State official is unable to
deliver these services, the Secretary is authorized to act through
appropriate United States Department of Agriculture agencies,
subdivisions of States, agencies, institutions, organizations, or
individuals to--
(A) strengthen technical assistance and service programs of
cooperators participating in programs under this chapter by
applying research results and conducting pilot projects and
field tests of management and utilization practices, equipment,
and technologies, related to programs and activities authorized
under this chapter;
(B) study the effects of tax laws, methods, and practices on
forest management;
(C) develop and maintain technical information systems in
support of programs and activities authorized under this
chapter;
(D) test, evaluate, and seek registration of chemicals for
use in implementing the programs and activities authorized under
this chapter;
(E) conduct other activities, including training of State
forestry personnel whom the Secretary deems necessary to ensure
that the programs and activities authorized under this chapter
are responsive to special problems, unique situations, and
changing conditions.
(2) The Secretary may make funds available to cooperators under
this chapter without regard to the provisions of section 3324(a) and
(b) of title 31, which prohibits advances of public money.
(3) The Secretary shall use forest resources planning committees
at National and State levels in implementing this subsection.
(d) Authorization of appropriations
There are hereby authorized to be appropriated annually such sums as
may be needed to implement this section.
(Pub. L. 95-313, Sec. 11, formerly Sec. 8, July 1, 1978, 92 Stat. 371;
renumbered Sec. 11, Pub. L. 101-624, title XII, Sec. 1215(1), Nov. 28,
1990, 104 Stat. 3525.)
Codification
In subsec. (c)(2), ``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.
Prior Provisions
A prior section 11 of Pub. L. 95-313 was renumbered section 14 and
is classified to section 2110 of this title.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 2106b of this title.
