United States Code (Last Updated: May 24, 2014) |
Title 16. CONSERVATION |
Chapter 90. SECURE RURAL SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITY SELF-DETERMINATION |
§ 7101. Purposes
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The purposes of this chapter are— (1) to stabilize and transition payments to counties to provide funding for schools and roads that supplements other available funds; (2) to make additional investments in, and create additional employment opportunities through, projects that— (A) (i) improve the maintenance of existing infrastructure; (ii) implement stewardship objectives that enhance forest ecosystems; and (iii) restore and improve land health and water quality; (B) enjoy broad-based support; and (C) have objectives that may include— (i) road, trail, and infrastructure maintenance or obliteration; (ii) soil productivity improvement; (iii) improvements in forest ecosystem health; (iv) watershed restoration and maintenance; (v) the restoration, maintenance, and improvement of wildlife and fish habitat; (vi) the control of noxious and exotic weeds; and (vii) the reestablishment of native species; and (3) to improve cooperative relationships among— (A) the people that use and care for Federal land; and (B) the agencies that manage the Federal land.
References In Text
This chapter, referred to in text, was in the original “this Act”, meaning Pub. L. 106–393,
Prior Provisions
A prior section 2 of Pub. L. 106–393 was set out in a note under section 500 of this title prior to repeal by Pub. L. 110–343, div. C, title VI, § 601(a),
Short Title
Pub. L. 106–393, § 1, as added by Pub. L. 110–343, div. C, title VI, § 601(a),