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[CITE: 16USC582a-8]

 
                         TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
 
      CHAPTER 3--FORESTS; FOREST SERVICE; REFORESTATION; MANAGEMENT
 
                    SUBCHAPTER III--RESEARCH PROGRAMS
 
Sec. 582a-8. Competitive forestry, natural resources, and 
        environmental grants program
        

(a) Establishment

    The Secretary of Agriculture (hereafter referred to in this section 
as the ``Secretary'') shall establish a competitive forestry, natural 
resources, and environmental grant program to award grants for the 
conduct of research as described in subsection (c) of this section.

(b) Eligible entities

    To be eligible to receive a grant under subsection (a) of this 
section, an entity shall--
        (1) be a State agricultural experiment station, a college or 
    university, a research institution or organization, a Federal 
    agency, a private organization, or a corporation that has a 
    demonstrable capacity to conduct forestry, natural resources, and 
    environmental research as determined by the Secretary; and
        (2) prepare and submit to the Secretary, an application at such 
    time, in such manner, and containing such information as the 
    Secretary shall require, including the proposed use of the amounts 
    that may be received under a grant.

(c) Use

    In awarding the initial grants under subsection (a) of this section 
the Secretary shall give priority to applicants who will use such grants 
for research concerning--
        (1) the biology of forest organisms, including physiology, 
    genetic mechanisms, and biotechnology;
        (2) ecosystem function and management, including forest 
    ecosystem research, biodiversity, forest productivity, pest 
    management, water resources, and alternative silvicultural systems;
        (3) wood as a raw material, including forest products and 
    harvesting;
        (4) human forest interactions, including outdoor recreation, 
    public policy formulation, economics, sociology, and administrative 
    behavior;
        (5) international trade, competition, and cooperation related to 
    forest products;
        (6) alternative native crops, products, and services that can be 
    produced from renewable natural resources associated with privately 
    held forest lands;
        (7) viable economic production and marketing systems for 
    alternative natural resource products and services;
        (8) economic and environmental benefits of various conservation 
    practices on forest lands;
        (9) genetic tree improvement; and
        (10) market expansion.

(d) Facilities and equipment

                            (1) Authority

        Grants made under this section may be used to update research 
    facilities and equipment available to facilitate the conduct of 
    state-of-the-art research in forestry, natural resources, and the 
    environment.

                     (2) Priorities and criteria

        The Secretary, in consultation with the Cooperative Forestry 
    Research Council appointed under section 582a-4(b) of this title, 
    may develop criteria and priorities for the awarding of grants for 
    use under paragraph (1).

(e) Recommendations

    The Secretary shall request the Cooperative Forestry Research 
Council referred to in subsection (d)(2) of this section to provide 
recommendations regarding grant priorities.

(f) Term

    The Secretary may make grants under this section for periods of not 
to exceed 5 years.

(g) Authorization of appropriations

    There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be 
necessary to carry out this section.

(Pub. L. 101-624, title XII, Sec. 1232, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 3543.)

                          Codification

    Section was enacted as part of the Forest Stewardship Act of 1990 
and as part of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 
1990, and not as part of the McIntire-Stennis Act of 1962 which 
comprises this subchapter.
