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Title 7 — Agriculture

Chapter 95 — Rural Revitalization Through Forestry

§ 6617. Authorization of appropriations and spending authority

Statutory text

(a)

Authorization of appropriations

Except as provided in subsection (b), there are authorized to be appropriated—

(1)

an amount not to exceed 5 percent of the sum of—

(A)

the sums received by the Secretary from sales of timber and other products of the forests; and

(B)

user fees paid in connection with the use of forest lands; and

(2)

such additional sums as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this subchapter.

(b)

Limitation on authorization

Subsection (a) shall not in any way affect payments to the States pursuant to section 500 of title 16.

(c)

Spending authority

Any spending authority (as defined in section 651 of title 2) provided in this subchapter shall be effective for any fiscal year only to such extent or in such amounts as are provided in appropriation Acts.

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. National Forest-Dependent Rural Communities Economic Diversification Act of 1990

    Pub. L. 101–624 title XXIII § 2379 · 104 Stat. 3359

    Enacted · 7 U.S.C. § 6617

    (Pub. L. 101–624, title XXIII, § 2379, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 4049.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Pub. L. 101–624, title XXIII, § 2379, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 4049.)

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    SEC. 2379. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS AND SPENDING AUTHORITY. (a) Authorization of Appropriations.— Except as provided in subsection (b), there are authorized to be appropriated— (1) an amount not to exceed 5 percent of the sum of— (A) the sums received by the Secretary from sales of timber and other products of the forests; and (B) user fees paid in connection with the use of forest lands; and (2) such additional sums as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter. (b) Limitation on Authorization.— Subsection (a) shall not in any way affect payments to the States pursuant to chapter 192 of the Act of May 23, 1908 (16 U.S.C. 500). (c) Spending Authority.— Any spending authority (as defined in section 401 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974) provided in this chapter shall be effective for any fiscal year only to such extent or in such amounts as are provided in appropriation Acts.

1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Credits

(Pub. L. 101–624, title XXIII, § 2379, , 104 Stat. 4049.)

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