§ 6612. Definitions

Statutory text

As used in this subchapter:

The term “action team” means a rural natural resources and economic diversification action team established by the Secretary pursuant to section 6613(b) of this title.

The term “economically disadvantaged” means economic hardship due to the loss of jobs or income (labor or proprietor) derived from forestry, the wood products industry, or related commercial enterprises such as recreation and tourism in the national forest.

The term “rural community” means—

any town, township, municipality, or other similar unit of general purpose local government, or any area represented by a not-for-profit corporation or institution organized under State or Federal law to promote broad based economic development, or unit of general purpose local government, as approved by the Secretary, that has a population of not more than 10,000 individuals, is located within a county in which at least 15 percent of the total primary and secondary labor and proprietor income is derived from forestry, wood products, and forest-related industries such as recreation, forage production, and tourism and that is located within the boundary, or within 100 miles of the boundary, of a national forest; or

any county that is not contained within a Metropolitan Statistical Area as defined by the United States Office of Management and Budget, in which at least 15 percent of the total primary and secondary labor and proprietor income is derived from forestry, wood products, and forest-related industries such as recreation, forage production, and tourism and that is located within the boundary, or within 100 miles of the boundary, of a national forest.

The term “Secretary” means the Secretary of Agriculture.

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.

1990
National Forest-Dependent Rural Communities Economic Diversification Act of 1990
Pub. L. 101–624 title XXIII § 2374 · 104 Stat. 3359
Enacted · 7 U.S.C. § 6612
Pub. L. 101–624, title XXIII, § 2374, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 4046
Source evidence
Code source credit
Pub. L. 101–624, title XXIII, § 2374, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 4046
Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 2374. DEFINITIONS. As used in this chapter: (1) The term “action team” means a rural forestry and economic diversification action team established by the Secretary pursuant to section 2375(b). (2) The term “economically disadvantaged” means economic hardship due to the loss of jobs or income (labor or proprietor) derived from forestry, the wood products industry, or related commercial enterprises such as recreation and tourism in the national forest. (3) The term “rural community” means— (A) any town, township, municipality, or other similar unit of general purpose local government having a population of not more than 10,000 individuals (according to the latest decennial census) that is located in a county where at least 15 percent of the total primary and secondary labor and proprietor income is derived from forestry, wood products, and forest-related industries such as recreation and tourism; or (B) any county or similar unit of general purpose local government having a population of not more than 22,550 individuals (according to the latest decennial census) in which at least 15 percent of the total primary and secondary labor and proprietor income is derived from forestry, wood products, and forest-related industries such as recreation and tourism, that is located within the boundary, or within 100 miles of the boundary, of a national forest. (4) The term “Secretary” means the Secretary of Agriculture.
1993
Pub. L. 103–115 · 107 Stat. 1117
Amended · 7 U.S.C. § 6612(3)
Pub. L. 103–115 amended par. (3) generally. Prior to amendment, par. (3) read as follows: “The term ‘rural community’ means—
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Par. (3). Pub. L. 103–115 amended par. (3) generally. Prior to amendment, par. (3) read as follows: “The term ‘rural community’ means—
“(A) any town, township, municipality, or other similar unit of general purpose local government having a population of not more than 10,000 individuals (according to the latest decennial census) that is located in a county where at least 15 percent of the total primary and secondary labor and proprietor income is derived from forestry, wood products, and forest-related industries such as recreation and tourism; or “(B) any county or similar unit of general purpose local government having a population of not more than 22,550 individuals (according to the latest decennial census) in which at least 15 percent of the total primary and secondary labor and proprietor income is derived from forestry, wood products, and forest-related industries such as recreation and tourism, that is located within the boundary, or within 100 miles of the boundary, of a national forest.”
1999
District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 2000
Pub. L. 106–113 div. B § 1000(a)(3)(tIII)(s345)(b) · 113 Stat. 1501
Substituted · 7 U.S.C. § 6612(1)
Pub. L. 106–113 substituted “natural resources” for “forestry”
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Par. (1). Pub. L. 106–113 substituted “natural resources” for “forestry”.

1 of 3 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 2 partial

Editorial Notes

Amendments1993–1999 · 2 rounds

1999

Par. (1). Pub. L. 106–113 substituted “natural resources” for “forestry”.

1993

Par. (3). Pub. L. 103–115 amended par. (3) generally. Prior to amendment, par. (3) read as follows: “The term ‘rural community’ means—

“(A) any town, township, municipality, or other similar unit of general purpose local government having a population of not more than 10,000 individuals (according to the latest decennial census) that is located in a county where at least 15 percent of the total primary and secondary labor and proprietor income is derived from forestry, wood products, and forest-related industries such as recreation and tourism; or

“(B) any county or similar unit of general purpose local government having a population of not more than 22,550 individuals (according to the latest decennial census) in which at least 15 percent of the total primary and secondary labor and proprietor income is derived from forestry, wood products, and forest-related industries such as recreation and tourism,

that is located within the boundary, or within 100 miles of the boundary, of a national forest.”

Credits

1990–1999 · 3 acts

1990Pub. L. 101–624, title XXIII, § 2374, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 4046
1993Pub. L. 103–115, Oct. 26, 1993, 107 Stat. 1117
1999Pub. L. 106–113, div. B, § 1000(a)(3) [title III, § 345(b)], Nov. 29, 1999, 113 Stat. 1535, 1501A–203.

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(Pub. L. 101–624, title XXIII, § 2374, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 4046; Pub. L. 103–115, Oct. 26, 1993, 107 Stat. 1117; Pub. L. 106–113, div. B, § 1000(a)(3) [title III, § 345(b)], Nov. 29, 1999, 113 Stat. 1535, 1501A–203.)