Title 7 — Agriculture
Chapter 73 — Farmland Protection Policy
§ 4205. Farmland resource information
Statutory text
The Secretary, through existing agencies or interagency groups, and in cooperation with the cooperative extension services of the States, shall design and implement educational programs and materials emphasizing the importance of productive farmland to the Nation’s well-being and distribute educational materials through communications media, schools, groups, and other Federal agencies.
The Secretary shall designate one or more farmland information centers to serve as central depositories and distribution points for information on farmland issues, policies, programs, technical principles, and innovative actions or proposals by local and State governments.
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.
Agriculture and Food Act of 1981
Pub. L. 97–98 title XV § 1544 · 95 Stat. 1213
Enacted · 7 U.S.C. § 4205
(Pub. L. 97–98, title XV, § 1544, Dec. 22, 1981, 95 Stat. 1343.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 97–98, title XV, § 1544, Dec. 22, 1981, 95 Stat. 1343.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 1544. farmland resource information (a) The Secretary, through existing agencies or interagency 7 USC 4205. groups, and in cooperation with the cooperative extension services of the States, shall design and implement educational programs and materials emphasizing the importance of productive farmland to the Nation’s well-being and distribute educational materials through communications media, schools, groups, and other Federal agencies. (b) The Secretary shall designate one or more farmland information centers to serve as central depositories and distribution points for information on farmland issues, policies, programs, technical principles, and innovative actions or proposals by local and State governments.
1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
Section effective six months after , see section 1549 of Pub. L. 97–98, set out as a note under section 4201 of this title.