Title 16 — ConservationRelease 119-73
§3452 Resource conservation and development program
Title 16 › Chapter CHAPTER 54— - RESOURCE CONSERVATION › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER V— - RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM › § 3452
Summary
The Secretary must create a program that gives technical help and funding to councils for area plans and projects. These projects must save and improve land and natural resources, make mainly rural social, economic, and environmental conditions better, and strengthen States, local governments, Indian tribes, and nonprofits so they can carry out this work.
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Title 16, §3452
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The Secretary shall establish a resource conservation and development program under which the Secretary shall provide technical assistance and financial assistance to councils to develop and carry out area plans and projects in designated areas—
(1)to conserve and improve the use of land, develop natural resources, and improve and enhance the social, economic, and environmental conditions in primarily rural areas of the United States; and
(2)to encourage and improve the capability of State,11 So in original. units of government, Indian tribes, nonprofit organizations, and councils to carry out the purposes described in paragraph (1).
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Prior Provisions
A prior section 3452, Pub. L. 97–98, title XV, § 1529, Dec. 22, 1981, 95 Stat. 1337, related to definitions, prior to the general amendment of this subchapter by Pub. L. 107–171.
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16 U.S.C. § 3452
Title 16 — Conservation
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73