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Title 16, ConservationRelease 119-73not60

§582a–3 Matching Funds; Reapportionment to Other Qualifying Institutions; Reductions

Title 16 › Chapter 3— FORESTS; FOREST SERVICE; REFORESTATION; MANAGEMENT › Subchapter III— RESEARCH PROGRAMS › § 582a–3

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

Federal payments to any State‑certified college or university for forestry research cannot be more than the money that college budgets for that research from non‑Federal sources in the same fiscal year. For the fiscal years ending June 30, 1971, and June 30, 1972, the Virgin Islands and Guam do not have to provide matching funds and may use their authorized amounts to pay the full cost of forestry research. The Secretary may pay funds after the college’s official in charge of the forestry research certifies the expenses. If a college does not budget as much non‑Federal money as it would be eligible to receive, the Secretary will redistribute the unused Federal funds to other eligible colleges in the same State, or if none qualify there, to qualifying colleges in other States. If a State cuts its own funding to a certified college because the Federal allotment rose, the college’s next allotment will be reduced by the same amount, and the Secretary will redistribute that reduction the same way.

Full Legal Text

Title 16, §582a–3

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The amount paid by the Federal Government to any State-certified institutions eligible for assistance under this subchapter shall not exceed during any fiscal year the amount available to and budgeted for expenditure by such college or university during the same fiscal year for forestry research from non-Federal sources, except that for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1971, and June 30, 1972, the matching funds requirement hereof shall not be applicable to the Virgin Islands and Guam, and sums authorized for such years for the Virgin Islands and Guam may be used to pay the total cost of programs for forestry research. The Secretary is authorized to make such expenditures on the certificate of the appropriate official of the college or university having charge of the forestry research for which the expenditures as herein provided are to be made. If any or all of the colleges or universities certified for receipt of funds under this subchapter fails to make available and budget for expenditure for forestry research in any fiscal year sums at least as much as the amount for which it would be eligible for such year under this subchapter, the difference between the Federal funds available and the funds made available and budgeted for expenditure by the college or university shall be reapportioned by the Secretary to other eligible colleges or universities of the same State if there be any which qualify therefor and, if there be none, the Secretary shall reapportion such differences to the qualifying colleges and universities of other States participating in the forestry research program. If in any year the amount made available by a State from its own funds (including any revenue-sharing funds) to a State-certified institution eligible for assistance under this subchapter is reduced because of an increase in the allotment made available under this subchapter, the allotment of such State-certified institution from the next succeeding appropriation shall be reduced in an equivalent amount. The Secretary shall reapportion the amount of such reduction to other eligible colleges and universities of the same State if there be any that qualify therefor and, if there be none, the Secretary shall reapportion such amount to the qualifying colleges and universities of other States participating in the forestry research program.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Amendments

1981—Pub. L. 97–98 inserted provision that if, in any year, the amount made available by a State from its own funds (including any revenue-sharing funds) to a State-certified institution eligible for assistance is reduced because of an increase in the available allotment, the allotment of such State-certified institution from the next succeeding appropriation be reduced in an equivalent amount and that the Secretary reapportion the amount of such reduction to other eligible colleges and universities of the same State if there be any that qualify therefor and, if there be none, the Secretary reapportion such amount to the qualifying colleges and universities of other States participating in the forestry research program. 1972—Pub. L. 92–318 provided that for fiscal years ending
June 30, 1971, and
June 30, 1972, the matching funds requirement shall not be applicable to the Virgin Islands and Guam and sums authorized for such years for the Virgin Islands and Guam may be used to pay the total cost of programs for forestry research.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

of 1981 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 97–98 effective Dec. 22, 1981, see section 1801 of Pub. L. 97–98, set out as an

Effective Date

note under section 4301 of Title 7, Agriculture.

Effective Date

of 1972 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 92–318 effective after June 30, 1970, see section 506(n) of Pub. L. 92–318, set out as an

Effective Date

note under section 326a of Title 7, Agriculture.

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Citation

16 U.S.C. § 582a–3

Title 16, Conservation

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60