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16 U.S.C. § 1003 — Assistance to local organizations
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**(a) In general** In order to assist local organizations in preparing and carrying out plans for works of improvement, the Secretary is authorized, upon application of local organizations if such application has been submitted to, and not disapproved within 45 days by, the State agency having supervisory responsibility over programs provided for in this chapter, or by the Governor if there is no State agency having such responsibility—
(1) to conduct such investigations and surveys as may be necessary to prepare plans for works of improvement;
(2) to prepare plans and estimates required for adequate engineering evaluation;
(3) to make allocations of costs to the various purposes to show the basis of such allocations and to determine whether benefits exceed costs;
(4) to cooperate and enter into agreements with and to furnish financial and other assistance to local organizations: Provided, That, for the land-treatment measures, the Federal assistance shall not exceed the rate of assistance for similar practices under existing national programs;
(5) to obtain the cooperation and assistance of other Federal agencies in carrying out the purposes of this section;
(6) to enter into agreements with landowners, operators, and occupiers, individually or collectively, based on conservation plans of such landowners, operators, and occupiers which are developed in cooperation with and approved by the soil and water conservation district in which the land described in the agreement is situated, to be carried out on such land during a period of not to exceed ten years, providing for changes in cropping systems and land uses and for the installation of soil and water conservation practices and measures needed to conserve and develop the soil, water, woodland, wildlife, energy,
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**(a) In general** In order to assist local organizations in preparing and carrying out plans for works of improvement, the Secretary is authorized, upon application of local organizations if such application has been submitted to, and not disapproved within 45 days by, the State agency having supervisory responsibility over programs provided for in this chapter, or by the Governor if there is no State agency having such responsibility—
(1) to conduct such investigations and surveys as may be necessary to prepare plans for works of improvement;
(2) to prepare plans and estimates required for adequate engineering evaluation;
(3) to make allocations of costs to the various purposes to show the basis of such allocations and to determine whether benefits exceed costs;
(4) to cooperate and enter into agreements with and to furnish financial and other assistance to local organizations: Provided, That, for the land-treatment measures, the Federal assistance shall not exceed the rate of assistance for similar practices under existing national programs;
(5) to obtain the cooperation and assistance of other Federal agencies in carrying out the purposes of this section;
(6) to enter into agreements with landowners, operators, and occupiers, individually or collectively, based on conservation plans of such landowners, operators, and occupiers which are developed in cooperation with and approved by the soil and water conservation district in which the land described in the agreement is situated, to be carried out on such land during a period of not to exceed ten years, providing for changes in cropping systems and land uses and for the installation of soil and water conservation practices and measures needed to conserve and develop the soil, water, woodland, wildlife, energy, and recreation resources of and enhance the water quality of lands within the area included in plans for works of improvement, as provided for in such plans, including watershed or subwatershed work plans in connection with the eleven watershed improvement programs authorized by section 13 of the Act of December 22, 1944 (58 Stat. 887), as amended and supplemented. Applications for assistance in developing such conservation plans shall be made in writing to the soil and water conservation district involved, and the proposed agreement shall be reviewed by such district. In return for such agreements by landowners, operators, and occupiers the Secretary shall agree to share the costs of carrying out those practices and measures set forth in the agreement for which he determines that cost sharing is appropriate and in the public interest. The portion of such costs, including labor, to be shared shall be that part which the Secretary determines is appropriate and in the public interest for the carrying out of the practices and measures set forth in the agreement, except that the Federal assistance shall not exceed the rate of assistance for similar practices and measures under existing national programs. The Secretary may terminate any agreement with a landowner, operator, or occupier by mutual agreement if the Secretary determines that such termination would be in the public interest, and may agree to such modifications of agreements, previously entered into hereunder, as he deems desirable to carry out the purposes of this paragraph or to facilitate the practical administration of the agreements provided for herein. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary, to the extent he deems it desirable to carry out the purposes of this paragraph, may provide in any agreement hereunder for (1) preservation for a period not to exceed the period covered by the agreement and an equal period thereafter of the cropland, crop acreage, and allotment history applicable to land covered by the agreement for the purpose of any Federal program under which such history is used as a basis for an allotment or other limitation on the production of any crop; or (2) surrender of any such history and allotments.
**(b) Waiver** The Secretary may waive the watershed plan for works of improvement if the Secretary determines that—
(1) the watershed plan is unnecessary or duplicative; and
(2) the works of improvement are otherwise consistent with applicable requirements under [section 1004 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section1004&num=0&edition=prelim).
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For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall mean:
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The Secretary shall require as a condition to providing Federal assistance for the installation of works of improvement that local organizations shall—
(1) acquire, or with respect to interests in land to be acquired by condemnation provide assurances satisfactory to the Secretary that they will acquire, without cost to the Federal Government from funds appropriated for the purposes of this chapter, such land, easements, or rights-of-way as will be needed in connection with works of improvement installed with Federal assistance: Provided, That when a local organization agrees to operate and maintain any reservoir or other area included in a plan for public fish and wildlife or recreational development, the Secretary shall be authorized to bear not to exceed one-half of the costs of (a) the land, easements, or rights-of-way acquired or to be acquired by the local organization for such reservoir or other area, and (b) minimum basic facilities needed for public health and safety, access to, and use of such reservoir or other area for such purposes: Provided further, That the Secretary shall be authorized to participate in recreational development in any watershed project only to the extent that the need therefor is demonstrated in accordance with standards established by him, taking into account the anticipated man-days of use of the projected recreational development and giving consideration to the availability within the region of existing water-based outdoor recreational developments: Provided further, That the Secretary shall be authorized to participate in not more than one recreational development in a watershed project containing less than seventy-five thousand acres, or two such developments in a project containing between seventy-five thousand and one hundred and
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Erosion, floodwater, and sediment damages in the watersheds of the rivers and streams of the United States, causing loss of life and damage to property, constitute a menace to the national welfare; and it is the sense of Congress that the Federal Government should cooperate with States and their political subdivisions, soil or water conservation districts, flood prevention or control districts, and other local public agencies for the purpose of preventing such damages, of furthering the conservation, development, utilization, and disposal of water, and the conservation and utilization of land and thereby of preserving, protecting, and improving the Nation’s land and water resources and the quality of the environment.
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Flowers and plants are an integral part of American life, contributing a natural and beautiful element, especially in urban areas, to what is increasingly a manmade, artificial environment for this country’s citizens. Providing comfort and pleasure for many special occasions as well as for everyday living, flowers and plants work against visual pollution and, in the case of green plants, generate oxygen within their environment. The flowers and plants to which this chapter refers are cut flowers, potted flowering plants, and foliage plants. These flowers and plants are produced by many individual producers throughout the United States and in foreign countries. These products move in interstate and foreign commerce, and those that do not move in such channels of commerce directly burden or affect interstate commerce of these products. The maintenance and expansion of existing markets and the development of new or improved markets and uses are vital to the welfare of flower and plant producers, brokers, wholesalers, and retailers throughout the Nation. The floral industry within the United States is comprised mainly of small- and medium-sized businesses. The producers are primarily agriculturally-oriented companies rather than promotion-oriented companies. The development and implementation of coordinated programs of research and promotion necessary for the maintenance of markets and the development of new markets have been inadequate. Without cooperative action in providing for and financing such programs, individual flower and plant producers, wholesalers, and retailers are unable to implement programs of research, consumer and producer information, and promotion necessary to maintain and improve markets for these products. It is widely recognized that it is in the publ
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There are hereby authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter, such sums to remain available until expended. No appropriation hereafter available for assisting local organizations in preparing and carrying out plans for works of improvement under the provisions of [section 1003 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section1003&num=0&edition=prelim) or clause (a) of [section 1006a of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section1006a&num=0&edition=prelim) shall be available for any works of improvement pursuant to this chapter or otherwise in connection with the eleven watershed improvement programs authorized by section 13 of the Act of December 22, 1944 (58 Stat. 887), as amended and supplemented, or for making loans or advancements to State and local agencies as authorized by clause (b) of [section 1006a of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section1006a&num=0&edition=prelim).
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When the Secretary approves the furnishing of assistance to a local organization in preparing a plan for works of improvement as provided for in [section 1003 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section1003&num=0&edition=prelim):
(1) The Secretary shall so notify the Secretary of the Interior in order that the latter, as he desires, may make surveys and investigations and prepare a report with recommendations concerning the conservation and development of wildlife resources and participate, under arrangements satisfactory to the Secretary of Agriculture, in the preparation of a plan for works of improvement that is acceptable to the local organization and the Secretary of Agriculture.
(2) Full consideration shall be given to the recommendations contained in any such report of the Secretary of the Interior as he may submit to the Secretary of Agriculture prior to the time the local organization and the Secretary of Agriculture have agreed on a plan for works of improvement. The plan shall include such of the technically and economically feasible works of improvement for wildlife purposes recommended in the report by the Secretary of the Interior as are acceptable to, and agreed to by, the local organization and the Secretary of Agriculture, and such report of the Secretary of the Interior shall, if requested by the Secretary of the Interior, accompany the plan for works of improvement when it is submitted to the Secretary of Agriculture for approval or transmitted to the Congress through the President.
(3) The cost of making surveys and investigations and of preparing reports concerning the conservation and development of wildlife resources shall be borne by the Secretary of the Interior out of funds appropriated to his
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TITLE 16—CONSERVATION
§ 1003
gle structure from 5,000 acre-feet to 25,000 acre-feet, ex-
clude single structures which provide more than 5,000
acre-feet of floodwater detention capacity, required ap-
proval of plans involving an estimated Federal con-
tribution to construction costs of more than $250,000,
and specified the Congressional committees that must
approve the plans where structures are under and over
4,000 acre-feet of total capacity.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
CHANGE OF NAME
Committee on Public Works and Transportation of
House of Representatives treated as referring to Com-
mittee on Transportation and Infrastructure of House
of Representatives by section 1(a) of Pub. L. 104–14, set
out as a note preceding section 21 of Title 2, The Con-
gress.
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 Title 7, Agriculture.
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1977 AMENDMENT
Amendment by Pub. L. 95–113 effective Oct. 1, 1977,
see section 1901 of Pub. L. 95–113, set out as a note
under section 1307 of Title 7, Agriculture.
EXTENSION OF BENEFITS TO PROJECTS AUTHORIZED
BEFORE AUG. 7, 1956
Amendment by act Aug. 7, 1956, as applicable to all
works of improvements and plans for such works under
the provisions of this chapter, see Extension of Benefits
note set out under section 1001 of this title.
Executive Documents
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 Depart-
ment, related to compliance with this chapter with re-
spect to pre-construction, construction, and initial op-
eration of t
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