§ 590o. — Authorization of appropriations; distribution of appropriated funds.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC590o]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 3B--SOIL CONSERVATION
Sec. 590o. Authorization of appropriations; distribution of
appropriated funds
To enable the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out the purposes of
section 590g of this title there is authorized to be appropriated for
any fiscal year not exceeding $500,000,000. The amount appropriated
shall be available until expended. The Secretary shall distribute the
funds available for financial assistance among the several States in
accordance with their conservation needs, as determined by the
Secretary.
(Apr. 27, 1935, ch. 85, Sec. 15, as added Feb. 29, 1936, ch. 104,
Sec. 1, 49 Stat. 1151; amended Feb. 16, 1938, ch. 30, title I, Sec. 104,
52 Stat. 35; Aug. 28, 1954, ch. 1041, title V, Sec. 502, 68 Stat. 908;
Pub. L. 92-419, title VI, Sec. 606(6), Aug. 30, 1972, 86 Stat. 677; Pub.
L. 95-113, title XV, Sec. 1501(b), Sept. 29, 1977, 91 Stat. 1020; Pub.
L. 104-127, title III, Sec. 336(a)(1)(D), Apr. 4, 1996, 110 Stat. 1005.)
Amendments
1996--Pub. L. 104-127 substituted ``section 590g'' for ``sections
590g and 590h'', struck out ``A specified amount or percentage of the
appropriation shall be designated for long-term agreements based on farm
and ranch conservation plans approved by local conservation districts,
where such districts are organized.'' before ``The Secretary shall
distribute'', and struck out last par. which read as follows:
``Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this section and the
provisions of section 590g(g) of this title, programs of soil-building
practices, soil- and water-conserving practices, and agriculture-related
pollution prevention and abatement practices shall be based on a
distribution of the funds available for payments and grants among the
several States in accordance with their conservation needs, as
determinated by the Secretary, except that the proportion allocated to
any State shall not be reduced by more than 15 per centum from the
distribution of such funds for the next preceding program year. In
carrying out such programs, the Secretary shall give particular
consideration to conservation problems on farm lands diverted from crops
under acreage allotment programs and to the maintenance of a proper
balance between soil conserving and soil depleting crops on the farm.''
1977--Pub. L. 95-113 inserted provisions directing that appropriated
funds be available until expended, that funds be made available for
long-term agreements, and that the Secretary distribute the available
funds among the several States in accordance with their conservation
needs as determined by the Secretary and struck out provisions setting
out a formula for determining the proper allocation of funds as between
the various commodities and making reference to programs of soil-
building practices, soil-conserving and water-conserving practices, and
agricultural-related pollution prevention and abatement practices.
1972--Pub. L. 92-419 made provisions of last paragraph respecting
distribution of funds applicable to programs of agriculture-related
pollution prevention and abatement practices.
1954--Act Aug. 28, 1954, inserted last par.
1938--Act Feb. 16, 1938, inserted par. beginning ``The funds
available''.
Effective Date of 1977 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 95-113 effective Oct. 1, 1977, see section 1901
of Pub. L. 95-113, set out as a note under section 1307 of Title 7,
Agriculture.
Effective Date of 1938 Amendment
Section 105 of act Feb. 16, 1938, as amended by section 1 of act
Apr. 7, 1938, provided that the amendment made by that act, amending
this section, ``shall first be effective with respect to farming
operations carried out in the calendar year 1938. Notwithstanding such
amendments, payments with respect to farming operations carried out in
the calendar year 1938 and based upon any soil-depleting crop for which
special acreage allotments are established shall be made at not less
than 90 per centum of the rates announced by the Secretary prior to the
enactment of this act. Nothing contained herein shall require
reconstituting, for 1938, any county or other local committee which has
been constituted prior to February 1, 1938.''
Transfer of Functions
Functions respecting lands under jurisdiction of Department of the
Interior, see Transfer of Functions note set out under section 590a of
this title.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in title 7 sections 1292, 1301, 1388,
1391, 1392; title 12 section 1150a.
