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[CITE: 7USC3331]

 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
       CHAPTER 64--AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH, EXTENSION, AND TEACHING
 
                   SUBCHAPTER XII--RANGELAND RESEARCH
 
Sec. 3331. Congressional statement of purpose

    It is the purpose of this subchapter to promote the general welfare 
through improved productivity of the Nation's rangelands, which comprise 
60 per centum of the land area of the United States. Most of these 
rangelands are unsuited for cultivation, but produce a great volume of 
forage that is inedible by humans but readily converted, through an 
energy efficient process, to high quality food protein by grazing 
animals. These native grazing lands are located throughout the United 
States and are important resources for major segments of the Nation's 
livestock industry. In addition to the many livestock producers directly 
dependent on rangelands, other segments of agriculture are indirectly 
dependent on range-fed livestock and on range-produced forage that can 
be substituted for grain in times of grain scarcity. Recent resource 
assessments indicate that forage production of rangeland can be 
increased at least 100 per centum through development and application of 
improved range management practices while simultaneously enhancing 
wildlife, watershed, recreational, and aesthetic values and reducing 
hazards of erosion and flooding.

(Pub. L. 95-113, title XIV, Sec. 1478, as added Pub. L. 97-98, title 
XIV, Sec. 1440(a), Dec. 22, 1981, 95 Stat. 1318.)


                             Effective Date

    Subchapter effective Dec. 22, 1981, see section 1801 of Pub. L. 97-
98, set out as a note under section 4301 of this title.
