§ 581i-1. — Advance of funds for cooperative research.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC581i-1]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 3--FORESTS; FOREST SERVICE; REFORESTATION; MANAGEMENT
SUBCHAPTER II--INVESTIGATIONS, EXPERIMENTS, AND TESTS AFFECTING
REFORESTATION AND FOREST PRODUCTS
Sec. 581i-1. Advance of funds for cooperative research
For the purpose of fostering and stimulating participation with the
Forest Service in forest, range, and watershed management research
through investigations, experiments, tests, or such other means as he
may deem advisable, and in order to aid in obtaining the fullest
cooperation from States and other public and private agencies,
organizations, institutions, and individuals, in effectuating such
research the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized in accordance with
such regulations as he may issue and when in his judgment such
cooperative work will be stimulated or facilitated to make funds
available to the cooperators without regard to the provisions of section
3324(a) and (b) of title 31, prohibiting advances of public moneys.
(Apr. 24, 1950, ch. 97, Sec. 20, as added Apr. 6, 1956, ch. 176, 70
Stat. 100.)
Codification
``Section 3324(a) and (b) of title 31'' substituted in text for
``section 3648, 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.
