16 U.S.C. § 1600 — Congressional findings

Page 1947 TITLE 16—CONSERVATION § 1600 Editorial Notes REFERENCES IN TEXT This chapter, referred to in text, was in the original ‘‘this Act’’, meaning Pub. L. 93–205, Dec. 28, 1973, 81 Stat. 884, known as the Endangered Species Act of 1973, which is classified principally to this chapter. For com- plete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 1531 of this title and Tables. AMENDMENTS 2000—Pub. L. 106–201, in introductory provisions, sub- stituted ‘‘Notwithstanding section 3003 of Public Law 104–66 (31 U.S.C. 1113 note; 109 Stat. 734), on’’ for ‘‘On’’. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries EFFECTIVE DATE OF 2000 AMENDMENT Pub. L. 106–201, § 1(b), May 18, 2000, 114 Stat. 307, pro- vided that: ‘‘The amendment made by this section [amending this section] takes effect on the earlier of— ‘‘(1) the date of enactment of this Act [May 18, 2000]; or ‘‘(2) December 19, 1999.’’ CHAPTER 36—FOREST AND RANGELAND RENEWABLE RESOURCES PLANNING SUBCHAPTER I—PLANNING Sec. 1600. Congressional findings. 1601. Renewable Resource Assessment. 1602. Renewable Resource Program; preparation by Secretary and transmittal to President; purpose and development of program; time of preparation, updating and contents. 1603. National Forest System resource inventories; development, maintenance, and updating by Secretary as part of Assessment. 1604. National Forest System land and resource management plans. 1605. Protection, use and management of renew- able resources on non-Federal lands; utili- zation of Assessment, surveys and Program by Secretary to assist States, etc. 1606. Budget requests by President for Forest Serv- ice activities. 1606a. Reforestation Trust Fund. 1607. National Forest System renewable resources; development and administration by Sec- retary in accordance with multiple use and sustained yield concepts for products and services; target year for operational posture of resources; budget requests. 1608. National Forest Transportation System. 1609. National Forest System. 1610. Implementation of provisions by Secretary; utilization of information and data of other organizations; avoidance of duplication of planning, etc.; ‘‘renewable resources’’ de- fined. 1611. Timber. 1612. Public participation. 1613. Promulgation of regulations. 1614. Severability. SUBCHAPTER II—RESEARCH 1641. Findings and purpose. 1642. Investigations, experiments, tests, and other activities. 1643. Implementation of provisions. 1644. Forestry and rangeland competitive research grants. 1645. General provisions. 1646. Authorization of appropriations. 1647. Other Federal programs. 1648, 1649. Repealed. Sec. 1649a. Repealed. 1650. Hardwood technology transfer and applied re- search. SUBCHAPTER III—EXTENSION PROGRAMS 1671. Congressional statement of findings. 1672. General program authorization. 1673. State programs. 1674. Renewable Resources Extension Program plan. 1674a. Expanded programs. 1674b. Sustainable Forestry Outreach Initiative. 1675. Authorization of appropriations; criteria for eligibility of States for funds. 1676. Issuance of rules and regulations for imple- mentation of provisions and coordination with agricultural, research, extension, and teaching provisions. SUBCHAPTER IV—WOOD RESIDUE UTILIZATION 1681. Congressional statement of purpose. 1682. Pilot projects and demonstrations. 1683. Pilot projects; requirements; residue removal credits as compensation; implementation guidelines. 1684. Annual reports. 1685. Regulations. 1686. Definitions. 1687. Authorization of appropriations. SUBCHAPTER I—PLANNING § 1600. Congressional findings The Congress finds that— (1) the management of the Nation’s renew- able resources is highly complex and the uses, demand for, and supply of the various re- sources are subject to change over time; (2) the public interest is served by the Forest Service, Department of Agriculture, in co- operation with other agencies, assessing the Nation’s renewable resources, and developing and preparing a national renewable resource program, which is periodically reviewed and updated; (3) to serve the national interest, the renew- able resource program must be based on a comprehensive assessment of present and an- ticipated uses, demand for, and supply of re- newable resources from the Nation’s public and private forests and rangelands, through analysis of environmental and economic im- pacts, coordination of multiple use and sus- tained yield opportunities as provided in the Multiple-Use Sustained-Yield Act of 1960 (74 Stat. 215; 16 U.S.C. 528–531), and public partici- pation in the development of the program; (4) the new knowledge derived from coordi- nated public and private research programs will promote a sound technical and ecological base for effective management, use, and pro- tection of the Nation’s renewable resources; (5) inasmuch as the majority of the Nation’s forests and rangeland is under private, State, and local governmental management and the Nation’s major capacity to produce goods and services is based on these nonfederally man- aged renewable resources, the Federal Govern- ment should be a catalyst to encourage and as- sist these owners in the efficient long-term use and improvement of these lands and their renewable resources consistent with the prin- ciples of sustained yield and multiple use; Page 1948 TITLE 16—CONSERVATION § 1601 (6) the Forest Service, by virtue of its statu- tory authority for management of the Na- tional Forest System, research and coopera- tive programs, and its role as an agency in the Department of Agriculture, has both a respon- sibility and an opportunity to be a leader in assuring that the Nation maintains a natural resource conservation posture that will meet the requirements of our people in perpetuity; and (7) recycled timber product materials are as much a part of our renewable forest resources as are the trees from which they originally came, and in order to extend our timber and timber fiber resources and reduce pressures for timber production from Federal lands, the Forest Service should expand its research in the use of recycled and waste timber product materials, develop techniques for the substi- tution of these secondary materials for pri- mary materials, and promote and encourage the use of recycled timber product materials. (Pub. L. 93–378, § 2, as added Pub. L. 94–588, § 2, Oct. 22, 1976, 90 Stat. 2949.) Editorial Notes REFERENCES IN TEXT The Multiple-Use Sustained-Yield Act of 1960, re- ferred to in par. (3), is Pub. L. 86–517, June 12, 1960, 74 Stat. 215, which is classified generally to sections 528 to 531 of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 528 of this title and Tables. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries SHORT TITLE OF 2021 AMENDMENT Pub. L. 117–58, div. G, title III, § 70301, Nov. 15, 2021, 135 Stat. 1258, provided that: ‘‘This title [amending sec- tions 1601, 1606a, 1607, and 2105 of this title and enacting provisions set out as a note under section 1601 of this title] may be cited as the ‘Repairing Existing Public Land by Adding Necessary Trees Act’ or the ‘REPLANT Act’.’’ SHORT TITLE OF 1988 AMENDMENTS Pub. L. 100–521, § 1, Oct. 24, 1988, 102 Stat. 2601, pro- vided that: ‘‘This Act [amending section 1642 of this title and enacting provisions set out as a note under section 1642 of this title] may be cited as the ‘Forest Ecosystems and Atmospheric Pollution Research Act of 1988’.’’ Pub. L. 100–231, § 1, Jan. 5, 1988, 101 Stat. 1565, provided that: ‘‘This Act [amending sections 1674 and 1675 of this title and provisions set out as a note under section 1671 of this title] may be cited as the ‘Renewable Resources Extension Act Amendments of 1987’.’’ SHORT TITLE OF 1980 AMENDMENT Pub. L. 96–554, § 1, Dec. 19, 1980, 94 Stat. 3257, provided: ‘‘That this Act [enacting subchapter IV of this chapter and enacting provision set out as a note under section 1681 of this title] may be cited as the ‘Wood Residue Utilization Act of 1980’.’’ SHORT TITLE OF 1978 AMENDMENTS Pub. L. 95–307, § 1, June 30, 1978, 92 Stat. 353, provided: ‘‘That this Act [enacting subchapter II of this chapter, repealing sections 581 to 581i of this title, and enacting provisions set out as a note under section 1641 of this title] may be cited as the ‘Forest and Rangeland Re- newable Resources Research Act of 1978’.’’ Pub. L. 95–306, § 1, June 30, 1978, 92 Stat. 349, provided: ‘‘That this Act [enacting subchapter III of this chapter and provision set out as a note under section 1671 of this title] may be cited as the ‘Renewable Resources Extension Act of 1978’.’’ SHORT TITLE OF 1976 AMENDMENT Pub. L. 94–588, § 1, Oct. 22, 1976, 90 Stat. 2949, provided: ‘‘That this Act [enacting this section and sections 472a, 521b, and 1611 to 1614 of this title, amending sections 500, 515, 516, 518, 576b, 581h, and 1601 to 1610 of this title, repealing sections 476, 513 and 514 of this title, and en- acting provisions set out as notes under this section and sections 476, 513, 528, and 594–2 of this title] may be cited as the ‘National Forest Management Act of 1976’.’’ SHORT TITLE Pub. L. 93–378, § 1, Aug. 17, 1974, 88 Stat. 476, provided: ‘‘That this Act [enacting this subchapter and amending section 581h of this title] may be cited as the ‘Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974’.’’ SEPARABILITY Pub. L. 94–588, § 21, Oct. 22, 1976, 90 Stat. 2963, provided that: ‘‘If any provision of this Act [see Short Title of 1976 Amendment note set out above] or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid, the validity of the remainder of the Act and of the ap- plication of such provision to other persons and cir- cumstances shall not be affected thereby.’’ § 1601. Renewable Resource Assessment (a) Preparation by Secretary of Agriculture; time of preparation, updating and contents In recognition of the vital importance of America’s renewable resources of the forest, range, and other associated lands to the Na- tion’s social and economic well-being, and of the necessity for a long term perspective in plan- ning and undertaking related national renew- able resource programs administered by the For- est Service, the Secretary of Agriculture (re- ferred to in this subchapter as the ‘‘Secretary’’) shall prepare a Renewable Resource Assessment (hereinafter called the ‘‘Assessment’’). The As- sessment shall be prepared not later than De- cember 31, 1975, and shall be updated during 1979 and each tenth year thereafter, and shall in- clude but not be limited to— (1) an analysis of present and anticipated uses, demand for, and supply of the renewable resources, with consideration of the inter- national resource situation, and an emphasis of pertinent supply and demand and price rela- tionship trends; (2) an inventory, based on information devel- oped by the Forest Service and other Federal agencies, of present and potential renewable resources, and an evaluation of opportunities for improving their yield of tangible and in- tangible goods and services, together with es- timates of investment costs and direct and in- direct returns to the Federal Government; (3) a description of Forest Service programs and responsibilities in research, cooperative programs and management of the National Forest System, their interrelationships, and the relationship of these programs and respon- sibilities to public and private activities; (4) a discussion of important policy consider- ations, laws, regulations, and other factors ex- pected to influence and affect significantly the