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.
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. 670Enacted 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.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
- 1972Pub. L. 92–419, title III, § 302, , 86 Stat. 670
- 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.)