§ 3471. — Payments for land removed from production for conservation purposes; authorization of appropriations.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC3471]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 54--RESOURCE CONSERVATION
SUBCHAPTER VI--MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Sec. 3471. Payments for land removed from production for
conservation purposes; authorization of appropriations
(a) The Secretary of Agriculture may enter into contracts to provide
financial assistance in the form of payments to owners and operators of
cropland located in counties where the soil normally freezes to a depth
of at least four inches annually who remove such land from agricultural
production for a period not to exceed one year for the purpose of
installing enduring conservation measures which involve excavation of
the soil. The payments under such contracts shall be in such amounts as
determined by the Secretary to be necessary to effectuate the purposes
of this subchapter but shall not exceed an amount equal to the number of
acres of cropland removed from agricultural production for such purpose
multiplied by 50 per centum of the typical annual rent, as determined by
the Secretary, paid for similar land in the county. Financial assistance
may not be provided under this section with respect to any conservation
measure without the approval of the soil and water conservation district
board for the district in which the land is located, and may not, in the
aggregate, be provided in any year with respect to more than one-half of
1 per centum of the cropland in any county.
(b) There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be
necessary to carry out the provisions of this section, such sums to
remain available until expended.
(Pub. L. 97-98, title XV, Sec. 1552, Dec. 22, 1981, 95 Stat. 1344.)
References in Text
This subchapter, referred to in subsec. (a), was in the original
``this subtitle'', meaning subtitle J (Secs. 1550-1554) of title XV of
Pub. L. 97-98, Dec. 22, 1981, 95 Stat. 1344, which enacted this
subchapter and section 2273 of Title 7, Agriculture, and amended section
1236 of Title 30, Mineral Lands and Mining. For complete classification
of subtitle J to the Code, see Tables.
