7 U.S.C. § 3331: Congressional statement of…

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Promote welfare by increasing rangeland productivity. Rangelands cover 60 percent of U.S. land, are mostly unsuitable for crops, and grow forage people cannot eat that grazing animals turn into food. They support much of the livestock industry and help other farming when grain is scarce. Recent assessments say better management can at least double forage and improve wildlife, watersheds, recreation, reduce erosion and floods.

Title 7, §3331

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It is the purpose of this subchapter to promote the general welfare through improved productivity of the Nation’s rangelands, which comprise 60 per centum of the land area of the United States. Most of these rangelands are unsuited for cultivation, but produce a great volume of forage that is inedible by humans but readily converted, through an energy efficient process, to high quality food protein by grazing animals. These native grazing lands are located throughout the United States and are important resources for major segments of the Nation’s livestock industry. In addition to the many livestock producers directly dependent on rangelands, other segments of agriculture are indirectly dependent on range-fed livestock and on range-produced forage that can be substituted for grain in times of grain scarcity. Recent resource assessments indicate that forage production of rangeland can be increased at least 100 per centum through development and application of improved range management practices while simultaneously enhancing wildlife, watershed, recreational, and aesthetic values and reducing hazards of erosion and flooding.

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Section effective Dec. 22, 1981, see section 1801 of Pub. L. 97–98, set out as a note under section 4301 of this title.

§3331 Congressional Statement of Purpose

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Title 7, §3331

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