Title 16 — ConservationRelease 119-73
§590k Availability of funds
Title 16 › Chapter CHAPTER 3B— - SOIL CONSERVATION › § 590k
Summary
Lets the Secretary of Agriculture use available program money to pay USDA offices, other federal, state, or local agencies, and producer groups to help run the program. The Secretary can pay producer committees for expected administrative costs, take those costs out of member payments in proportion, make payments before checking performance, and keep transferred money in a single account for each State.
Full Legal Text
Title 16, §590k
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All funds available for carrying out this chapter shall be available for allotment to the bureaus and offices of the Department of Agriculture and for transfer to such other agencies of the Federal or State Governments, or to local public agencies, as the Secretary may request to cooperate or assist in carrying out this chapter, and for payments to committees or associations of producers in any region or regions to cover the estimated administrative expenses to be incurred by any such committee or association in cooperating in carrying out this chapter: Provided, That the Secretary may prescribe that all or part of such estimated expenses of any such committee or association may be deducted pro rata from the payments or grants made to the members thereof: Provided further, That the Secretary may make such payments in advance of determination of performance. Funds so transferred may be placed in a single account for each State.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
Amendments
1996—Pub. L. 104–127, at end of first sentence, substituted “performance” for “performance: Provided further, That the transfer of funds for services of technicians in formulating and carrying out agricultural conservation programs, from allotments for agricultural conservation payments within a State, shall be subject to such limitations and conditions as may be provided in appropriation or other law”. 1956—Act Aug. 3, 1956, authorized transfer of funds to local public agencies and provided that transfer of funds for services of technicians in formulating and carrying out agricultural programs from allotments for agricultural conservation payments within the State shall be subject to such limitations and conditions as may be provided in the appropriation or other law, and that funds so transferred may be placed in a single account for each State. 1936—Act June 24, 1936, authorized availability of funds for payments to committees or associations of producers to cover the estimated administrative expenses.
Executive Documents
Transfer of Functions
Functions respecting lands under jurisdiction of Department of the Interior, see
Transfer of Functions
note set out under section 590a of this title.
Reference
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Citation
16 U.S.C. § 590k
Title 16 — Conservation
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73