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[CITE: 16USC582a-5]

 
                         TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
 
      CHAPTER 3--FORESTS; FOREST SERVICE; REFORESTATION; MANAGEMENT
 
                    SUBCHAPTER III--RESEARCH PROGRAMS
 
Sec. 582a-5. Apportionments, advice, criteria, etc.

    Apportionments among participating States shall be determined by the 
Secretary after consultation with the council appointed under section 
582a-4 of this title. In making such apportionments, consideration shall 
be given to pertinent factors including non-Federal expenditures for 
forestry research by State-certified eligible institutions, areas of 
non-Federal commercial forest land, and the volume of timber cut 
annually. Three per centum of such funds as may be appropriated shall be 
made available to the Secretary for administration of this subchapter. 
These administrative funds may be used for transportation of scientists 
who are not officers or employees of the United States to research 
meetings convened for purposes of assessing research opportunities or 
research planning.

(Pub. L. 87-788, Sec. 6, Oct. 10, 1962, 76 Stat. 807; Pub. L. 97-98, 
title XIV, Sec. 1441(c), Dec. 22, 1981, 95 Stat. 1320.)


                               Amendments

    1981--Pub. L. 97-98 substituted provisions directing the Secretary 
to make apportionments among participating States only after 
consultation with the council appointed under section 582a-4 of this 
title, enumerating the factors to be considered in making 
apportionments, and authorizing the expenditure of funds to transport 
scientists to research meetings for provisions which had authorized the 
Secretary to prescribe necessary rules and regulations, to furnish 
necessary advice and assistance, and to appoint an advisory committee. 
See section 582a-4 of this title.


                    Effective Date of 1981 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 97-98 effective Dec. 22, 1981, see section 1801 
of Pub. L. 97-98, set out as an Effective Date note under section 4301 
of Title 7, Agriculture.
