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Title 7 — Agriculture

Chapter 73 — Farmland Protection Policy

§ 4205. Farmland resource information

Statutory text

(a)

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.

(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.

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. 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.

Credits

(Pub. L. 97–98, title XV, § 1544, , 95 Stat. 1343.)

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