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Title 7 — Agriculture

Chapter 33 — Farm Tenancy

§ 1010a. Soil, water, and related resource data

Statutory text

In recognition of the increasing need for soil, water, and related source data for land conservation, use, and development, for guidance of community development for a balanced rural-urban growth, for identification of prime agriculture producing areas that should be protected, and for use in protecting the quality of the environment, the Secretary of Agriculture is directed to carry out a land inventory and monitoring program to include, but not be limited to, studies and surveys of erosion and sediment damages, flood plain identification and utilization, land use changes and trends, and degradation of the environment resulting from improper use of soil, water, and related resources.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

  1. Rural Development Act of 1972

    Pub. L. 92–419 title III § 302 · 86 Stat. 657

    Enacted · 7 U.S.C. § 1010a

    Pub. L. 92–419, title III, § 302, Aug. 30, 1972, 86 Stat. 670

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Pub. L. 92–419, title III, § 302, Aug. 30, 1972, 86 Stat. 670

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 302. Soil, Water and Related Resource Data.— In recognition of the increasing need for soil, water, and related resource data for land conservation, use, and development, for guidance of community development for a balanced rural-urban growth, for identification of prime agriculture producing areas that should be protected, and for use in protecting the quality of the environment, the Secretary of Agriculture is directed to carry out a land inventory and monitoring program to include, but not lie limited to studies and surveys of erosion and sediment damages, flood plain identification and utilization, land use changes and trends, and degradation of the environment Report. resulting from improper use of soil, water, and related resources. The Secretary shall issue at not less than five-year intervals a land inventory report reflecting soil, water, and related resource conditions.

  2. Congressional Reports Elimination Act of 1980

    Pub. L. 96–470 title I § 102(c) · 94 Stat. 2237

    Struck · 7 U.S.C. § 1010a

    Pub. L. 96–470 struck out provision that the Secretary issue at not less than five-year intervals a land inventory report reflecting soil, water, and related resource conditions

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 96–470 struck out provision that the Secretary issue at not less than five-year intervals a land inventory report reflecting soil, water, and related resource conditions.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (c) Section 302 of the Rural Development Act of 1972 (7 U.S.C. 1010a; 86 Stat. 670) is amended by striking out the last sentence.

2 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Editorial Notes

Codification

Section was not enacted as part of the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act which constitutes a major part of this chapter.

Amendments

1980—Pub. L. 96–470 struck out provision that the Secretary issue at not less than five-year intervals a land inventory report reflecting soil, water, and related resource conditions.

Credits

1972–1980 · 2 acts
  1. 1972Pub. L. 92–419, title III, § 302, , 86 Stat. 670
  2. 1980Pub. L. 96–470, title I, § 102(c), , 94 Stat. 2237.
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(Pub. L. 92–419, title III, § 302, , 86 Stat. 670; Pub. L. 96–470, title I, § 102(c), , 94 Stat. 2237.)

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