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[CITE: 7USC1010]

 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
                        CHAPTER 33--FARM TENANCY
 
         SUBCHAPTER III--LAND CONSERVATION AND LAND UTILIZATION
 
Sec. 1010. Land conservation and land utilization

    The Secretary is authorized and directed to develop a program of 
land conservation and land utilization, in order thereby to correct 
maladjustments in land use, and thus assist in controlling soil erosion, 
reforestation, preserving natural resources, protecting fish and 
wildlife, developing and protecting recreational facilities, mitigating 
floods, preventing impairment of dams and reservoirs, developing energy 
resources, conserving surface and subsurface moisture, protecting the 
watersheds of navigable streams, and protecting the public lands, 
health, safety, and welfare, but not to build industrial parks or 
establish private industrial or commercial enterprises.

(July 22, 1937, ch. 517, title III, Sec. 31, 50 Stat. 525; Pub. L. 87-
703, title I, Sec. 102(a), Sept. 27, 1962, 76 Stat. 607; Pub. L. 89-796, 
Sec. 1(a), Nov. 8, 1966, 80 Stat. 1478; Pub. L. 97-98, title XV, 
Sec. 1513, Dec. 22, 1981, 95 Stat. 1333.)

                                 Repeals

        Section repealed by Pub. L. 94-579, title VII, Sec. 706(a), Oct. 
    21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2793, effective on and after Oct. 21, 1976, 
    insofar as applicable to the issuance of rights-of-way over, upon, 
    under, and through the public lands and lands in the National Forest 
    System.


                               Amendments

    1981--Pub. L. 97-98 inserted development of energy resources to the 
enumeration of aims for which the Secretary may develop programs of land 
conservation and land utilization.
    1966--Pub. L. 89-796 inserted ``developing and protecting 
recreational facilities,'' after ``protecting fish and wildlife,''.
    1962--Pub. L. 87-703 struck out ``including the retirement of lands 
which are submarginal or not primarily suitable for cultivation,'' after 
``land utilization'', provided for assistance in protecting fish and 
wildlife and prohibited the building of industrial parks or 
establishment of private industrial or commercial enterprises.


                    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 this title.


                            Savings Provision

    Repeal by Pub. L. 94-579, insofar as applicable to the issuance of 
rights-of-way, not to be construed as terminating any valid lease, 
permit, patent, etc., existing on Oct. 21, 1976, see note set out under 
section 1701 of Title 43, Public Lands.

                          Transfer of Functions

    Enforcement functions of Secretary or other official in Department 
of Agriculture, insofar as they involve lands and programs under 
jurisdiction of that Department, related to compliance with this 
subchapter with respect to pre-construction, construction, and initial 
operation of transportation system for Canadian and Alaskan natural gas 
transferred to Federal Inspector, Office of Federal Inspector for the 
Alaska Natural Gas Transportation System, until first anniversary of 
date of initial operation of Alaska Natural Gas Transportation System, 
see Reorg. Plan No. 1 of 1979, Secs. 102(f), 203(a), 44 F.R. 33663, 
33666, 93 Stat. 1373, 1376, effective July 1, 1979, set out in the 
Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees. Office of 
Federal Inspector for the Alaska Natural Gas Transportation System 
abolished, and functions and authority vested in Inspector transferred 
to Secretary of Energy by section 3012(b) of Pub. L. 102-486, set out as 
an Abolition of Office of Federal Inspector note under section 719e of 
Title 15, Commerce and Trade.


                         Existing Rights-of-Way

    Provisions of section 706(a) of Pub. L. 94-579, except as pertaining 
to rights-of-way, not to be construed as affecting the authority of the 
Secretary of Agriculture under this section, see note set out under 
section 1701 of Title 43, Public Lands.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 1011, 1033, 1931, 1981 of 
this title; title 16 sections 441h, 478a; title 26 section 126; title 30 
section 601.
