7 U.S.C. § 1010 — Land conservation and land utilization
submitted 89 years ago by ch. 517 to r/title-7-AGRICULTURE · 89 words · no verdicts yet
This section directs the Secretary to develop a land-conservation and land-use program. The listed purposes include addressing land-use problems and protecting or developing natural, agricultural, water, energy, recreational, and public resources, but the program may not build industrial parks or create private industrial or commercial enterprises.
The Secretary is authorized and required to develop a land-conservation and land-use program. The purpose is to correct poor matches between land and its uses and thereby help control soil erosion; reforest land; preserve natural resources; protect fish and wildlife; develop and protect recreational facilities; reduce floods; prevent damage to dams and reservoirs; develop energy resources; conserve surface and underground moisture; protect watersheds of navigable streams; and protect public lands, health, safety, and welfare. The program may not build industrial parks or establish private industrial or commercial businesses.
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.
Source credit: (July 22, 1937, ch. 517, title III, § 31, 50 Stat. 525; Pub. L. 87–703, title I, § 102(a), Sept. 27, 1962, 76 Stat. 607; Pub. L. 89–796, § 1(a), Nov. 8, 1966, 80 Stat. 1478; Pub. L. 97–98, title XV, § 1513, Dec. 22, 1981, 95 Stat. 1333.)
- 1937Enacted · Act of July 22, 1937, ch. 517 · 50 Stat. 525
- 1962Amended · Pub. L. 87-703 · 76 Stat. 607
- 1966Amended · Pub. L. 89-796 · 80 Stat. 1478
- 1981Amended · Pub. L. 97-98 · 95 Stat. 1333
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