16 U.S.C. § 4503: Institute of Tropical…

Summary

The Secretary must expand and add facilities at the Caribbean National Forest and the Institute of Tropical Forestry in Puerto Rico as needed and when money is provided. Within 1 year after November 5, 1990, the Secretary must send a tropical forestry plan to the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, the House Committee on Agriculture, and the Senate and House Appropriations Committees. The plan must include a major education and interpretation center, nearby housing and classroom space at the Caribbean National Forest/Luguillo Experimental Forest, and facilities to study and help recover endangered tropical fish, wildlife, and plants.

Title 16, §4503

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(a)Expansion

The Secretary shall expand the capabilities of and construct additional facilities at the Caribbean National Forest and Institute of Tropical Forestry in Puerto Rico, as the Secretary determines necessary to support the purpose of this chapter, and as funds are appropriated for such expansion and construction.

(b)Tropical forestry plans

Not later than 1 year after November 5, 1990, the Secretary shall prepare and submit to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate, the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives, and to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and House of Representatives, a tropical forestry plan for the expansion and construction of additional facilities under subsection (a). Such plan shall include provisions for— (1)

(2)the acquisition or construction of facilities for housing and classroom instruction near the Caribbean National Forest/Luguillo Experimental Forest; and

(3)the acquisition or construction of facilities for the study and recovery of endangered tropical wildlife, fish and plant species.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Amendments

1992—Pub. L. 102–574 inserted “in Puerto Rico” in section catchline.

Executive Documents

Change of Name

Ex. Ord. No. 13428, Apr. 2, 2007, 72 F.R. 16693, provided that the Caribbean National Forest in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, referred to in subsecs. (a) and (b)(2), is renamed the “El Yunque National Forest”.

§4503 Institute of Tropical Forestry in Puerto Rico