§ 6611. Findings and purposes

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. 1990

   National Forest-Dependent Rural Communities Economic Diversification Act of 1990

   Pub. L. 101–624 title XXIII § 2373 · 104 Stat. 3359

   Enacted · 7 U.S.C. § 6611

   Pub. L. 101–624, title XXIII, § 2373, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 4046

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Pub. L. 101–624, title XXIII, § 2373, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 4046

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   SEC. 2373. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES. (a) Findings.— The Congress finds that— (1) the economic well-being of rural America is vital to our national growth and prosperity; (2) the economic well-being of many rural communities depends upon the goods and services that are derived from national forests; (3) the economies of many of these communities suffer from a lack of industrial and business diversity; (4) this lack of diversity is particularly serious in communities whose economies are predominantly dependent on timber and recreation resources and where management decisions made on the national forests by Federal and private organizations may disrupt the supply of those resources; (5) the Forest Service has expertise and resources that could be directed to promote modernization and economic diversification of existing industries and services based on forest resources; (6) the Forest Service has the technical expertise to provide leadership, in cooperation with other governmental agencies and the private sector, to assist rural communities dependent upon national forest resources to upgrade existing industries and diversify by developing new economic activity in non-forest-related industries; and (7) technical assistance, training, education, and other assistance provided by the Department of Agriculture can be targeted to provide immediate help to those rural communities in greatest need. (b) Purposes.— The purposes of this chapter are— (1) to provide assistance to rural communities that are located in or near national forests and that are economically dependent upon forest resources or are likely to be economically disadvantaged by Federal or private sector land management practices; (2) to aid in diversifying such communities’ economic bases; and (3) to improve the economic, social, and environmental well-being of rural America.

2. 1999

   District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 2000

   Pub. L. 106–113 § 1000(a)(3)(tIII)(s345)(a)(1)(A) · 113 Stat. 1501

   Substituted · 7 U.S.C. § 6611(a)(2)

   Pub. L. 106–113, § 1000(a)(3) [title III, § 345(a)(1)(A)], substituted “National Forest System land;” for “national forests;”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 106–113, § 1000(a)(3) [title III, § 345(a)(1)(A)], substituted “National Forest System land;” for “national forests;”.

3. 1999

   District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 2000

   Pub. L. 106–113 § 1000(a)(3)(tIII)(s345)(a)(1)(B) · 113 Stat. 1501

   Substituted · 7 U.S.C. § 6611(a)(4)

   Pub. L. 106–113, § 1000(a)(3) [title III, § 345(a)(1)(B)], substituted “National Forest System land” for “the national forests”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (a)(4). Pub. L. 106–113, § 1000(a)(3) [title III, § 345(a)(1)(B)], substituted “National Forest System land” for “the national forests”.

4. 1999

   District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 2000

   Pub. L. 106–113 § 1000(a)(3)(tIII)(s345)(a)(1)(C) · 113 Stat. 1501

   Substituted · 7 U.S.C. § 6611(a)(5)

   Pub. L. 106–113, § 1000(a)(3) [title III, § 345(a)(1)(C)], substituted “natural resources;” for “forest resources;”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (a)(5). Pub. L. 106–113, § 1000(a)(3) [title III, § 345(a)(1)(C)], substituted “natural resources;” for “forest resources;”.

5. 1999

   District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 2000

   Pub. L. 106–113 § 1000(a)(3)(tIII)(s345)(a)(1)(D) · 113 Stat. 1501

   Substituted · 7 U.S.C. § 6611(a)(6)

   Pub. L. 106–113, § 1000(a)(3) [title III, § 345(a)(1)(D)], substituted “National Forest System land resources” for “national forest resources”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (a)(6). Pub. L. 106–113, § 1000(a)(3) [title III, § 345(a)(1)(D)], substituted “National Forest System land resources” for “national forest resources”.

6. 1999

   District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 2000

   Pub. L. 106–113 § 1000(a)(3)(tIII)(s345)(a)(2) · 113 Stat. 1501

   1. Substituted · 7 U.S.C. § 6611(b)(1)

      Pub. L. 106–113, § 1000(a)(3) [title III, § 345(a)(2)], substituted “National Forest System land” for “national forests”

   2. Substituted · 7 U.S.C. § 6611(b)(1)

      Pub. L. 106–113, § 1000(a)(3) [title III, § 345(a)(2)], substituted “natural resources” for “forest resources”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 106–113, § 1000(a)(3) [title III, § 345(a)(2)], substituted “National Forest System land” for “national forests” and “natural resources” for “forest resources”.

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