§7122 — Title 16 Conservation | U.S. Code

Summary

Project funds must be used only for projects that meet the subchapter’s rules. The Secretary in charge can use the money to make and carry out agreements with willing federal agencies, state and local governments, private and nonprofit groups, and landowners. Those agreements can pay for protecting, restoring, or improving fish and wildlife habitat and other resource goals that match the chapter’s purpose, on federal land and on non-federal land when the work helps federal land resources. A resource advisory committee may propose using up to 10 percent of an eligible county’s project funds in a fiscal year to pay the committee’s operating costs, following the committee rules.

Title 16, §7122

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(a)Project funds shall be expended solely on projects that meet the requirements of this subchapter.

(b)Project funds may be used by the Secretary concerned for the purpose of entering into and implementing cooperative agreements with willing Federal agencies, State and local governments, private and nonprofit entities, and landowners for protection, restoration, and enhancement of fish and wildlife habitat, and other resource objectives consistent with the purposes of this chapter on Federal land and on non-Federal land where projects would benefit the resources on Federal land.

(c)A resource advisory committee may, in accordance with section 7123 of this title, propose to use not more than 10 percent of the project funds of an eligible county for any fiscal year for administrative expenses associated with operating the resource advisory committee under this subchapter.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

This chapter, referred to in subsec. (b), was in the original “this Act”, meaning Pub. L. 106–393, Oct. 30, 2000, 114 Stat. 1607, known as the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000, which is classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see

Short Title

note set out under section 7101 of this title and Tables.

Prior Provisions

A prior section 202 of Pub. L. 106–393 was set out in a note under section 500 of this title prior to repeal by Pub. L. 110–343, div. C, title VI, § 601(a), Oct. 3, 2008, 122 Stat. 3893.

Amendments

2012—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 112–141 added subsec. (c).

§7122 General Limitation on Use of Project Funds