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Title 16, ConservationRelease 119-102

§3839aa–6 Duties of the Secretary

Title 16 › CHAPTER 58 — ERODIBLE LAND AND WETLAND CONSERVATION AND RESERVE PROGRAM › SUBCHAPTER IV — AGRICULTURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION PROGRAM › Part IV — Environmental Quality Incentives Program and Conservation Stewardship Program › subpart a — environmental quality incentives program › § 3839aa–6

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

When appropriate, the Secretary must help a producer meet the conservation and environmental goals of a program plan. That help can include payments to develop and carry out one or more practices and giving information and training so the producer can put the plan into action.

Full Legal Text

Title 16, §3839aa–6

Conservation, Source: USLM XML via OLRC

To the extent appropriate, the Secretary shall assist a producer in achieving the conservation and environmental goals of a program plan by—
(1)providing payments for developing and implementing 1 or more practices, as appropriate; and
(2)providing the producer with information and training to aid in implementation of the plan.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Codification Pub. L. 110–234 and Pub. L. 110–246 made identical

Amendments

to this section. The

Amendments

by Pub. L. 110–234 were repealed by section 4(a) of Pub. L. 110–246.

Prior Provisions

A prior section 3839aa–6, Pub. L. 99–198, title XII, § 1240F, as added Pub. L. 104–127, title III, § 334, Apr. 4, 1996, 110 Stat. 1001, related to duties of Secretary, prior to the general amendment of this part by Pub. L. 107–171.

Amendments

2008—Par. (1). Pub. L. 110–246, § 2507, struck out “cost-share payments or incentive” before “payments”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

of 2008 AmendmentAmendment of this section and repeal of Pub. L. 110–234 by Pub. L. 110–246 effective May 22, 2008, the date of enactment of Pub. L. 110–234, see section 4 of Pub. L. 110–246, set out as an

Effective Date

note under section 8701 of Title 7, Agriculture.

Reference

Citations & Metadata

Citation

16 U.S.C. § 3839aa–6

Title 16, Conservation

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102