7 U.S.C. § 6601: Forestry rural revitalization

Summary

The Secretary of Agriculture must set up and run education and technical-help programs through the National Institute of Food and Agriculture and the Cooperative Extension System, working with the Forest Service. The goal is to help businesses, industries, and local leaders create jobs, raise incomes, and increase public revenues while protecting the environment. Programs must move useful technologies into natural-resource industries, help businesses find and sell in global markets, and train local leaders in community economic planning. They will teach community economic analysis, ways to diversify and add value to forest products, keep more revenue local, grow tourism and small businesses in forest and rural areas, and use Extension data, land‑grant universities, and county offices to support sustainable development. The Forest Service chief, with the Forest Products Laboratory unit and eligible institutions, may run projects to speed use of biomass and small-diameter materials, build community enterprises, and start small-scale businesses. Up to $5,000,000 is authorized for each of fiscal years 2008 through 2023 for this work.

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(a)Establishment of economic development and global marketing program

The Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the National Institute of Food and Agriculture and the Cooperative Extension System, and in consultation with the Forest Service, shall establish and implement educational programs and provide technical assistance to assist businesses, industries, and policymakers to create jobs, raise incomes, and increase public revenues in manners consistent with environmental concerns.

(b)Activities

Each program established under subsection (a) shall—

(1)transfer technologies to natural resource-based industries in the United States to make such industries more efficient, productive, and competitive;

(2)assist businesses to identify global marketing opportunities, conduct business on an international basis, and market themselves more effectively; and

(3)train local leaders in strategic community economic development.

(c)Types of programs

The Secretary of Agriculture shall establish specific programs under subsection (a) to—

(1)deliver educational services focused on community economic analysis, economic diversification, economic impact analysis, retention and expansion of existing commodity and noncommodity industries, amenity resource and tourism development, and entrepreneurship focusing on forest lands and rural communities;

(2)use Cooperative Extension System databases and analytical tools to help communities diversify their economic bases, add value locally to raw forest product materials, and retain revenues by helping to develop local businesses and industries to supply forest products locally; and

(3)use the full resources of the Cooperative Extension System, including land-grant universities and county offices, to promote economic development that is sustainable and environmentally sound.

(d)Rural revitalization technologies

(1)In general

The Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Chief of the Forest Service, in consultation with the State and Private Forestry Technology Marketing Unit at the Forest Products Laboratory, and in collaboration with eligible institutions, may carry out a program—

(A)to accelerate adoption of technologies using biomass and small-diameter materials;

(B)to create community-based enterprises through marketing activities and demonstration projects; and

(C)to establish small-scale business enterprises to make use of biomass and small-diameter materials.

(2)Authorization of appropriations

There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this subsection $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2008 through 2023.

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Editorial Notes

Codification Pub. L. 110–234 and Pub. L. 110–246 made identical

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to this section. The

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by Pub. L. 110–234 were repealed by section 4(a) of Pub. L. 110–246.

Amendments

2018—Subsec. (d)(2). Pub. L. 115–334 substituted “2023” for “2018”. 2014—Subsec. (d)(2). Pub. L. 113–79 substituted “2018” for “2012”. 2008—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 110–246, § 7511(c)(25)(A), substituted “National Institute of Food and Agriculture” for “Extension Service”. Subsec. (c)(3). Pub. L. 110–246, § 7511(c)(25)(B), substituted “System” for “Service”. Subsec. (d)(2). Pub. L. 110–246, § 8201, substituted “2008 through 2012” for “2004 through 2008”. 2003—Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 108–148 added subsec. (d).

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

of 2008 AmendmentAmendment of this section and repeal of Pub. L. 110–234 by Pub. L. 110–246 effective May 22, 2008, the date of enactment of Pub. L. 110–234, except as otherwise provided, see section 4 of Pub. L. 110–246, set out as an

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note under section 8701 of this title. Amendment by section 7511(c)(25) of Pub. L. 110–246 effective Oct. 1, 2009, see section 7511(c) of Pub. L. 110–246, set out as a note under section 1522 of this title.

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Pub. L. 101–624, title XXIII, § 2372, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 4046, provided that: “This chapter [chapter 2 (§§ 2372–2379) of subtitle G of title XXIII of Pub. L. 101–624, enacting subchapter II (§ 6611 et seq.) of this chapter] may be cited as the ‘National Forest-Dependent Rural Communities Economic Diversification Act of 1990’.”

§6601 Forestry Rural Revitalization

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