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[CITE: 16USC1650]

 
                         TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
 
      CHAPTER 36--FOREST AND RANGELAND RENEWABLE RESOURCES PLANNING
 
                         SUBCHAPTER II--RESEARCH
 
Sec. 1650. Hardwood technology transfer and applied research


(a) Authority of Secretary

    The Secretary of Agriculture (hereinafter the ``Secretary'') is 
hereby and hereafter authorized to conduct technology transfer and 
development, training, dissemination of information and applied research 
in the management, processing and utilization of the hardwood forest 
resource. This authority is in addition to any other authorities which 
may be available to the Secretary including, but not limited to, the 
Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978, as amended (16 U.S.C. 2101 
et seq.), and the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Act of 1978, 
as amended (16 U.S.C. 1600-1614).\1\
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(b) Grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements; gifts and donations

    In carrying out this authority, the Secretary may enter into grants, 
contracts, and cooperative agreements with public and private agencies, 
organizations, corporations, institutions and individuals. The Secretary 
may accept gifts and donations pursuant to section 2269 of title 7 
including gifts and donations from a donor that conducts business with 
any agency of the Department of Agriculture or is regulated by the 
Secretary of Agriculture.

(c) Use of assets of Wood Education and Resource Center; establishment 
        of Institute of Hardwood Technology Transfer and Applied 
        Research

    The Secretary is hereby and hereafter authorized to operate and 
utilize the assets of the Wood Education and Resource Center (previously 
named the Robert C. Byrd Hardwood Technology Center in West Virginia) as 
part of a newly formed ``Institute of Hardwood Technology Transfer and 
Applied Research'' (hereinafter the ``Institute''). The Institute, in 
addition to the Wood Education and Resource Center, will consist of a 
Director, technology transfer specialists from State and Private 
Forestry, the Forestry Sciences Laboratory in Princeton, West Virginia, 
and any other organizational unit of the Department of Agriculture as 
the Secretary deems appropriate. The overall management of the Institute 
will be the responsibility of the Forest Service, State and Private 
Forestry.

(d) Generation of revenue; deposit into Hardwood Technology Transfer and 
        Applied Research Fund

    The Secretary is hereby and hereafter authorized to generate revenue 
using the authorities provided herein. Any revenue received as part of 
the operation of the Institute shall be deposited into a special fund in 
the Treasury of the United States, known as the ``Hardwood Technology 
Transfer and Applied Research Fund'', which shall be available to the 
Secretary until expended, without further appropriation, in furtherance 
of the purposes of this section, including upkeep, management, and 
operation of the Institute and the payment of salaries and expenses.

(e) Authorization of appropriations

    There are hereby and hereafter authorized to be appropriated such 
sums as necessary to carry out the provisions of this section.

(Pub. L. 106-113, div. B, Sec. 1000(a)(3) [title III, Sec. 332], Nov. 
29, 1999, 113 Stat. 1535, 1501A-197.)

                       References in Text

    The Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978, referred to in 
subsec. (a), is Pub. L. 95-313, July 1, 1978, 92 Stat. 365, as amended, 
which is classified principally to chapter 41 (Sec. 2101 et seq.) of 
this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see 
Short Title note set out under section 2101 of this title and Tables.

                          Codification

    Section was enacted as part of the Department of the Interior and 
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000, and not as part of the Forest 
and Rangeland Renewable Resources Research Act of 1978 which comprises 
this subchapter.


            Hardwood Technology Transfer and Applied Research

    Pub. L. 105-277, div. A, Sec. 101(e) [title III, Sec. 343], Oct. 21, 
1998, 112 Stat. 2681-231, 2681-297, provided that:
    ``(a) The Secretary of Agriculture (hereinafter the `Secretary') is 
hereby authorized to conduct technology transfer and development, 
training, dissemination of information and applied research in the 
management, processing and utilization of the hardwood forest resource. 
This authority is in addition to any other authorities which may be 
available to the Secretary including, but not limited to, the 
Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978, as amended (16 U.S.C. 2101 
et. seq.), and the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Act of 1978, 
as amended (16 U.S.C. 1600-1614).
    ``(b) In carrying out this authority, the Secretary may enter into 
grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements with public and private 
agencies, organizations, corporations, institutions and individuals. The 
Secretary may accept gifts and donations pursuant to the Act of October 
10, 1978 (7 U.S.C. 2269) including gifts and donations from a donor that 
conducts business with any agency of the Department of Agriculture or is 
regulated by the Secretary of Agriculture.
    ``(c) The Secretary is authorized, on such terms and conditions as 
the Secretary may prescribe, to assume all rights, title, and interest, 
including all outstanding assets, of the Robert C. Byrd Hardwood 
Technology Center, Inc. (hereinafter the `Center'), a non-profit 
corporation existing under the laws of the State of West Virginia: 
Provided, That the Board of Directors of the Center requests such an 
action and dissolves the corporation consistent with the Articles of 
Incorporation and the laws of the State of West Virginia.
    ``(d) The Secretary is authorized to operate and utilize the assets 
of the Center as part of a newly formed `Institute of Hardwood 
Technology Transfer and Applied Research' (hereinafter the `Institute'). 
The Institute, in addition to the Center, will consist of a Director, 
technology transfer specialists from State and Private Forestry, the 
Forestry Sciences Laboratory in Princeton, West Virginia, and any other 
organizational unit of the Department of Agriculture as the Secretary 
deems appropriate. The overall management of the Institute will be the 
responsibility of the USDA Forest Service, State and Private Forestry.
    ``(e) The Secretary is authorized to generate revenue using the 
authorities provided herein. Any revenue received as part of the 
operation of the Institute shall be deposited into a special fund in the 
Treasury of the United States, known as the `Hardwood Technology 
Transfer and Applied Research Fund', which shall be available to the 
Secretary until expended, without further appropriation, in furtherance 
of the purposes of this section, including upkeep, management, and 
operation of the Institute and the payment of salaries and expenses.
    ``(f) There are hereby authorized to be appropriated such sums as 
necessary to carry out the provisions of this section.''
