Title 16, ConservationRelease 119-102
§582a–5 Apportionments, Advice, Criteria, Etc.
Title 16 › CHAPTER 3 — FORESTS; FOREST SERVICE; REFORESTATION; MANAGEMENT › SUBCHAPTER III — RESEARCH PROGRAMS › § 582a–5
Summary
Secretary must divide funds among States after consulting the council, considering non‑Federal research spending by eligible state institutions, commercial forest area not owned by the Federal government, and annual timber harvest. 3% of appropriations go to the Secretary to administer and may pay travel for non‑federal scientists to attend research meetings.
Full Legal Text
Title 16, §582a–5
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Apportionments among participating States shall be determined by the Secretary after consultation with the council appointed under section 582a–4 of this title. In making such apportionments, consideration shall be given to pertinent factors including non-Federal expenditures for forestry research by State-certified eligible institutions, areas of non-Federal commercial forest land, and the volume of timber cut annually. Three per centum of such funds as may be appropriated shall be made available to the Secretary for administration of this subchapter. These administrative funds may be used for transportation of scientists who are not officers or employees of the United States to research meetings convened for purposes of assessing research opportunities or research planning.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
Amendments
1981—Pub. L. 97–98 substituted provisions directing the Secretary to make apportionments among participating States only after consultation with the council appointed under section 582a–4 of this title, enumerating the factors to be considered in making apportionments, and authorizing the expenditure of funds to transport scientists to research meetings for provisions which had authorized the Secretary to prescribe necessary
Rules and Regulations
, to furnish necessary advice and assistance, and to appoint an advisory committee. See section 582a–4 of this title.
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.
Reference
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Citation
16 U.S.C. § 582a–5
Title 16, Conservation
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102