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McIntire-Stennis
Forestry Research Act
Public
Law 87-788 of 1962 Assisting States in Forestry Research
To authorize
the Secretary of Agriculture to encourage and assist the
several States in carrying on a program of forestry research,
and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States
of America in Congress assembled,
That
it is hereby recognized that research in forestry is the
driving force behind progress in developing and utilizing
the resources of the Nation's forest and related rangelands.
The production, protection, and utilization of the forest
resources depend on strong technological advances and continuing
development of the knowledge necessary to increase the
efficiency of forestry practices and to extend the benefits
that flow from forest and related rangelands. It is recognized
that the total forestry research efforts of the several
State colleges and universities and of the Federal Government
are more fully effective if there is close coordination
between such programs, and it is further recognized that
forestry schools are especially vital in the training of
research workers in forestry.
In order to promote research in forestry, the Secretary of Agriculture is hereby
authorized to cooperate with the several States for the purpose of encouraging
and assisting them in carrying out programs of forestry research.
Such assistance shall be in accordance with plans to be agreed upon in advance
by the Secretary and (a) land-grant colleges or agricultural experiment stations
established under the Morrill Act of July 2, 1862 (12 Stat. 503), as amended,
and the Hatch Act of March 2, 1887 (24 Stat. 440), as amended, and (b) other
State-supported colleges and universities offering graduate training in the
sciences basic to forestry and having a forestry school; however, an appropriate
State representative designated by the State's Governor shall, in any agreement
drawn up with the Secretary of Agriculture for the purposes of this Act, certify
those eligible institutions of the State which will qualify for assistance
and shall determine the proportionate amounts of assistance to be extended
these certified institutions.
To enable the Secretary to carry out the provisions of this Act there are hereby
authorized to be appropriated such sums as the Congress may from time to time
determine to be necessary but not exceeding in any one fiscal year one-half
the amount appropriated for Federal forestry research conducted directly by
the Department of Agriculture for the fiscal year preceding the year in which
the budget is presented for such appropriation. Funds appropriated and made
available to the States under this Act shall be in addition to allotments or
grants that may be made under other organizations.
The amount paid by the Federal Government to any State-certified institutions
eligible for assistance under this Act shall not exceed during any fiscal year
the amount available to and budgeted for expenditure by such college or university
during the same fiscal year for forestry research from non-Federal sources.
The Secretary is authorized to make such expenditures on the certificate of
the appropriate official of the college or university having charge of the
forestry research for which the expenditures as herein provided are to be made.
If any or all of the colleges or universities certified for receipt of funds
under this Act fails to make available and budget for expenditure for forestry
research in any fiscal year sums at least as much as the amount for which it
would be eligible for such year under this Act, the difference between the
Federal funds available and the funds made available and budgeted for expenditure
by the college or university shall be reapportioned by the Secretary to other
eligible colleges or universities of the same State if there be any which qualify
therefor and, if there be none, the Secretary shall reapportion such differences
to the qualifying colleges and universities of other States participating in
the forestry research program.
Apportionments among participating States and administrative expenses in connection
with the program shall be determined by the Secretary after consultation 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. In making such apportionments consideration shall
be given to pertinent factors including, but not limited to, areas of non-Federal
commercial forest land and volume of timber cut annually from growing stock.
The Secretary is authorized and directed to prescribe such rules and regulations
as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act and to furnish
such advice and assistance through a cooperative State forestry research unit
in the Department of Agriculture as will best promote the purposes of this
Act. The Secretary is further authorized and directed to appoint an advisory
committee which shall be constituted to give equal representation to Federal-State
agencies concerned with developing and utilizing the Nation's forest resources
and to the forest industries. The Secretary and the national advisory board
shall seek at least once each year the counsel and advice of the advisory committee
to accomplish effectively the purposes of this Act.
The
term "forestry research" as used in this Act shall include
investigations relating to: (1) Reforestation and management
of land for the production of crops of timber and other
related products of the forest; (2) management of forest
and related watershed lands to improve conditions of waterflow
and to protect resources against floods and erosion; (3)
management of forest and related rangeland for production
of forage for domestic livestock and game and improvement
of food and habitat for wildlife; (4) management of forest-lands
for outdoor recreation; (5) protection of forest land and
resources against fire, insects, diseases, or other destructive
agents; (6) utilization of wood and other forest products;
(7) development of sound policies for the management of
forest lands and the harvesting and marketing of forest
products; and (8) such other studies as may be necessary
to obtain the fullest and most effective use of forest
resources.
The term "State" as used in this Act shall include Puerto Rico.
Approved October 10, 1962 (76 Stat. 806).
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