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§582a–4 Regulations; Advice and Assistance; Appointment, Membership, Etc., of Council

Title 16 › Chapter 3— FORESTS; FOREST SERVICE; REFORESTATION; MANAGEMENT › Subchapter III— RESEARCH PROGRAMS › § 582a–4

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary must write rules and provide advice and help through a cooperative State forestry research unit in the Department to carry out the subchapter’s goals. The Secretary must appoint a council of at least 16 members that represent Federal and State agencies, the forest industry, eligible forestry schools, State agricultural experiment stations, and volunteer forest groups. The council must meet at least once a year, send a report on regional and national forestry research planning and coordination, advise on how funds are divided, and the Secretary must seek its advice at least once a year.

Full Legal Text

Title 16, §582a–4

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(a)The Secretary shall prescribe such regulations as may be necessary to carry out this subchapter and to furnish such advice and assistance through a cooperative State forestry research unit in the Department as will best promote the purposes of this subchapter.
(b)The Secretary shall appoint a council of not fewer than sixteen members which shall be constituted to give representation to Federal and State agencies concerned with developing and utilizing the Nation’s forest resources, the forest industries, the forestry schools of the State-certified eligible institutions, State agricultural experiment stations, and volunteer public groups concerned with forests and related natural resources. The council shall meet at least annually and shall submit a report to the Secretary on regional and national planning and coordination of forestry research within the Federal and State agencies, forestry schools, and the forest industries, and shall advise the Secretary on the apportionment of funds. The Secretary shall seek, at least once each year, the advice of the council to accomplish efficiently the purposes of this subchapter.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Amendments

1981—Pub. L. 97–98 substituted provisions directing the Secretary to promulgate necessary

Regulations

, furnish necessary advice and assistance, and appoint a council of no fewer than sixteen members in order to give representation to Federal and State agencies in developing cooperative State forestry programs for provisions which had directed the Secretary to make apportionments among participating States only after consulting with a national advisory board of not less than seven officials of the forestry schools of the State-certified eligible colleges and universities chosen by a majority of such schools. See section 582a–5 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. Termination of Advisory CouncilsAdvisory councils established after Jan. 5, 1973, to terminate not later than the expiration of the 2-year period beginning on the date of their establishment, unless, in the case of a council established by the President or an officer of the Federal Government, such council is renewed by appropriate action prior to the expiration of such 2-year period, or in the case of a council established by the Congress, its duration is otherwise provided for by law. See section 1001(2) and 1013 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.

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Citation

16 U.S.C. § 582a–4

Title 16, Conservation

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

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