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[Laws in effect as of January 2, 2001]
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  January 2, 2001 and January 28, 2002]
[CITE: 7USC7717]

 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
                      CHAPTER 104--PLANT PROTECTION
 
                     SUBCHAPTER I--PLANT PROTECTION
 
Sec. 7717. Control of grasshoppers and Mormon crickets


(a) In general

    Subject to the availability of funds pursuant to this section, the 
Secretary shall carry out a program to control grasshoppers and Mormon 
crickets on all Federal lands to protect rangeland.

(b) Transfer authority

                           (1) In general

        Subject to paragraph (3), upon the request of the Secretary of 
    Agriculture, the Secretary of the Interior shall transfer to the 
    Secretary of Agriculture, from any no-year appropriations, funds for 
    the prevention, suppression, and control of actual or potential 
    grasshopper and Mormon cricket outbreaks on Federal lands under the 
    jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior. The transferred funds 
    shall be available only for the payment of obligations incurred on 
    such Federal lands.

                        (2) Transfer requests

        Requests for the transfer of funds pursuant to this subsection 
    shall be made as promptly as possible by the Secretary.

                           (3) Limitation

        Funds transferred pursuant to this subsection may not be used by 
    the Secretary until funds specifically appropriated to the Secretary 
    for grasshopper control have been exhausted.

               (4) Replenishment of transferred funds

        Funds transferred pursuant to this subsection shall be 
    replenished by supplemental or regular appropriations, which shall 
    be requested as promptly as possible.

(c) Treatment for grasshoppers and Mormon crickets

                           (1) In general

        Subject to the availability of funds pursuant to this section, 
    on request of the administering agency or the agriculture department 
    of an affected State, the Secretary, to protect rangeland, shall 
    immediately treat Federal, State, or private lands that are infested 
    with grasshoppers or Mormon crickets at levels of economic 
    infestation, unless the Secretary determines that delaying treatment 
    will not cause greater economic damage to adjacent owners of 
    rangeland.

                         (2) Other programs

        In carrying out this section, the Secretary shall work in 
    conjunction with other Federal, State, and private prevention, 
    control, or suppression efforts to protect rangeland.

(d) Federal cost share of treatment

                    (1) Control on Federal lands

        Out of funds made available or transferred under this section, 
    the Secretary shall pay 100 percent of the cost of grasshopper or 
    Mormon cricket control on Federal lands to protect rangeland.

                     (2) Control on State lands

        Out of funds made available under this section, the Secretary 
    shall pay 50 percent of the cost of grasshopper or Mormon cricket 
    control on State lands.

                    (3) Control on private lands

        Out of funds made available under this section, the Secretary 
    shall pay 33.3 percent of the cost of grasshopper or Mormon cricket 
    control on private lands.

(e) Training

    From appropriated funds made available or transferred by the 
Secretary of the Interior to the Secretary of Agriculture for such 
purposes, the Secretary of Agriculture shall provide adequate funding 
for a program to train personnel to accomplish effectively the objective 
of this section.

(Pub. L. 106-224, title IV, Sec. 417, June 20, 2000, 114 Stat. 447.)
