§ 568. — Cooperation by Secretary of Agriculture with States in establishing, etc., wood lots, shelter belts, windbreaks, etc.; limitation on expenditure; 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: 16USC568]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 3--FORESTS; FOREST SERVICE; REFORESTATION; MANAGEMENT
SUBCHAPTER I--GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 568. Cooperation by Secretary of Agriculture with States in
establishing, etc., wood lots, shelter belts, windbreaks, etc.;
limitation on expenditure; authorization of appropriations
The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized and directed, in
cooperation with the land grant colleges and universities of the various
States or, in his discretion, with other suitable State agencies, to aid
farmers through advice, education, demonstrations, and other similar
means in establishing, renewing, protecting, and managing wood lots,
shelter belts, windbreaks, and other valuable forest growth, and in
harvesting, utilizing, and marketing the products thereof. Except for
preliminary investigations, the amount expended by the Federal
Government under this section in cooperation with any State or other
cooperating agency during any fiscal year shall not exceed the amount
expended by the State or other cooperating agency for the same purpose
during the same fiscal year, and the Secretary of Agriculture is
authorized to make expenditures on the certificate of the appropriate
State official that the State expenditures, as provided for in this
section, have been made. There is authorized to be appropriated annually
out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, not more
than $500,000 to enable the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out the
provisions of this section.
(June 7, 1924, ch. 348, Sec. 5, 43 Stat. 654; Oct. 26, 1949, ch. 735,
Sec. 3, 63 Stat. 910.)
Amendments
1949--Act Oct. 26, 1949, enlarged and clarified the Federal-State
educational program with small forest-land owners, and increased the
annual appropriations from $100,000 to $500,000.
Fiscal Year Transition Period of July 1, 1976, Through September 30,
1976, Deemed Fiscal Year for Purposes of Matching Requirements
Fiscal year transition period of July 1, 1976, through Sept. 30,
1976, deemed fiscal year for purposes of this section relating to
matching requirements, see section 202(2) of Pub. L. 94-274, Apr. 21,
1976, 90 Stat. 392, set out as a note under section 2652 of Title 7,
Agriculture.
Contributions by States, etc.
Section 208 of act Sept. 21, 1944, ch. 412, title II, 58 Stat. 736,
provided: ``No part of any appropriation which is available for carrying
out the Cooperative Farm Forestry Act (16 U.S.C. 568b) [repealed] and
sections 4 and 5 of the Clarke-McNary Act (16 U.S.C. 567 [repealed],
568) shall be expended in any State or Territory unless the State or
Territory, or local subdivision thereof, or individuals, or associations
contribute a sum equal to that to be allotted therefrom by the
Government or make contributions other than money deemed by the
Secretary to be the value equivalent thereof.''
Appropriations Available for 3 Years
Section 209 of act Sept. 21, 1944, ch. 412, title II, 58 Stat. 737,
provided: ``Appropriations for carrying out the Cooperative Farm
Forestry Act (16 U.S.C. 568b) [repealed] and sections 4 and 5 of the
Clarke-McNary Act (16 U.S.C. 567 [repealed], 568) and Acts supplementary
thereto allocated for the production or procurement of nursery stock by
any Federal agency, or funds appropriated to any Federal agency for
allocation to cooperating States for the production or procurement of
nursery stock, shall remain available for expenditure for not more than
three fiscal years.''
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 527, 566b, 568a of this
title.
