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7 U.S.C. § 6941a — Natural Resources Conservation Service

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7 U.S.C. § 6941a — Natural Resources Conservation Service

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**(a) Establishment** The Secretary is authorized to establish and maintain within the Department a Natural Resources Conservation Service. **(b) Functions** If the Secretary establishes the Natural Resources Conservation Service under subsection (a), the Secretary is authorized to assign to the Service jurisdiction over the following: (1) The Water Bank Act ([16 U.S.C. 1301](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section1301&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.). (2) Title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985 ([16 U.S.C. 3801](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section3801&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.), except subchapter B of chapter 1 of subtitle D of such title [[16 U.S.C. 3831](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section3831&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.]. (3) Salinity control measures under [section 1592(c) of title 43](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title43-section1592/c&num=0&edition=prelim). (4) The Farms for the Future Act of 1990 ([7 U.S.C. 4201](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section4201&num=0&edition=prelim) note; Public Law 101–624). (5) Such other functions as the Secretary considers appropriate, except functions under subchapter B of chapter 1 of subtitle D of title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985 ([16 U.S.C. 3831](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section3831&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.). **(c) Special concurrence requirements for certain functions** In carrying out the programs specified in paragraphs (1) and (3) of subsection (b), the Secretary shall— (1) acting on the recommendations of the Natural Resources Conservation Service, with the concurrence of the Farm Service Agency, issue regulations to carry out such programs; (2) ensure that the Natural Resources Conservation Service, in establishing policies, priorities, and guidelines for each such program, does so with the concurrence of the Farm Service Agency at national, State, and local levels; (3) ensure that, in reaching such concurrence at the local level, the Natural Resources Conservation Service works in cooperation with Soil and Water Conservation Districts or similar organizations established under State law; (4) ensure that officials of county and area committees established under [section 590h(b)(5) of title 16](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section590h/b/5&num=0&edition=prelim) meet annually with officials of such Districts or similar organizations to consider local conservation priorities and guidelines; and (5) take steps to ensure that the concurrence process does not interfere with the effective delivery of such programs. **(d) Use of Federal and non-Federal employees** (1) **Use authorized** — In the implementation of functions assigned to the Natural Resources Conservation Service, the Secretary may use interchangeably in local offices of the Service both Federal employees of the Department and non-Federal employees of county and area committees established under [section 590h(b)(5) of title 16](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section590h/b/5&num=0&edition=prelim). (2) **Exception** — Notwithstanding paragraph (1), no personnel action (as defined in [section 2302(a)(2)(A) of title 5](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section2302/a/2/A&num=0&edition=prelim)) may be taken with respect to a Federal employee unless such action is taken by another Federal employee. **(e) Savings provision** For purposes of subsections (c) and (d) of this section: (1) A reference to the “Natural Resources Conservation Service” includes any other office, agency, or administrative unit of the Department assigned the functions authorized for the Natural Resources Conservation Service under this section. (2) A reference to the “Farm Service Agency” includes any other office, agency, or administrative unit of the Department assigned the functions authorized for the Farm Service Agency under [section 6932 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section6932&num=0&edition=prelim). **(f) Omitted** **(g) Field offices** (1) **In general** — The Secretary shall not close any field office of the Natural Resources Conservation Service unless, not later than 30 days before the date of the closure, the Secretary submits to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate a notification of the closure. (2) **Employees** — The Secretary shall not permanently relocate any field-based employees of the Natural Resources Conservation Service or the rural development mission area if doing so would result in a field office of the Natural Resources Conservation Service or the rural development mission area with 2 or fewer employees, unless, not later than 30 days before the date of the permanent relocation, the Secretary submits to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate a notification of the permanent relocation. (3) **Sunset** — The requirements under paragraphs (1) and (2) shall cease to be effective on September 30, 2023.

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7 U.S.C. § 6932 — Food Access Liaison

**(a) Establishment** The Secretary shall establish the position of Food Access Liaison to coordinate Department programs to reduce barriers to food access and monitor and evaluate the progress of such programs in accordance with this section. **(b) Duties** The Food Access Liaison shall— (1) coordinate the efforts of the Department, including regional offices, to experiment and consider programs and policies aimed at reducing barriers to food access for consumers, including but not limited to participants in nutrition assistance programs; (2) provide outreach to entities engaged in activities to reduce barriers to food access in accordance with the statutory authorization for each program; (3) provide outreach to entities engaged in activities to reduce barriers to food access, including retailers, markets, producers, and others involved in food production and distribution, with respect to the availability of, and eligibility for, Department programs; (4) raise awareness of food access issues in interactions with employees of the Department; (5) make recommendations to the Secretary with respect to efforts to reduce barriers to food access; and (6) submit to Congress an annual report with respect to the efforts of the Department to reduce barriers to food access.

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16 U.S.C. § 590e — Repealed. Pub. L. 103–354, title II, § 246(f)(1), Oct. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 3225

### Statutory Notes Section, act Apr. 27, 1935, ch. 85, § 5, 49 Stat. 164, related to establishment of Soil Conservation Service.

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7 U.S.C. § 6962 — Healthy food financing initiative

**(a) Purpose** The purpose of this section is to enhance the authorities of the Secretary to support efforts to provide access to healthy food by establishing an initiative to improve access to healthy foods in underserved areas, to create and preserve quality jobs, and to revitalize low-income communities by providing loans and grants to eligible fresh, healthy food retailers and enterprises to overcome the higher costs and initial barriers to entry in underserved areas. **(b) Definitions** In this section: (1) **Community development financial institution** — The term “community development financial institution” has the meaning given the term in [section 4702 of title 12](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title12-section4702&num=0&edition=prelim). (2) **Initiative** — The term “Initiative” means the Healthy Food Financing Initiative established under subsection (c)(1). (3) **National fund manager** — The term “national fund manager” means a community development financial institution that is— (A) in existence on the date of enactment of this section; and (B) certified by the Community Development Financial Institution Fund of the Department of Treasury to manage the Initiative for purposes of— (i) raising private capital; (ii) providing financial and technical assistance to partnerships; and (iii) funding eligible projects to attract fresh, healthy food retailers and enterprises to underserved areas, in accordance with this section. (4) **Partnership** — The term “partnership” means a regional, State, or local public-private partnership that— (A) is organized to improve access to fresh, healthy foods; (B) provides financial and technical assistance to eligible projects; and (C) meets such other criteria a

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16 U.S.C. § 590g — Additional policies and purposes of chapter

**(a) Purposes enumerated** It is hereby declared to be the policy of this chapter also to secure, and the purposes of this chapter shall also include, (1) preservation and improvement of soil and water quality and related resources; (2) promotion of the economic use and conservation of land; (3) diminution of exploitation and wasteful and unscientific use of national soil resources; (4) the protection of rivers and harbors against the results of soil erosion in aid of maintaining the navigability of waters and water courses and in aid of flood control; (5) reestablishment, at as rapid a rate as the Secretary of Agriculture determines to be practicable and in the general public interest, of the ratio between the purchasing power of the net income per person on farms and that of the income per person not on farms that prevailed during the five-year period August 1909–July 1914, inclusive, as determined from statistics available in the United States Department of Agriculture, and the maintenance of such ratio; (6) prevention and abatement of agricultural-related pollution,11 So in original. The comma probably should be a semicolon. and (7) the promotion of energy and water conservation through dry land farming. The powers conferred under this section and sections 590h, 590i, and 590j to 590n of this title shall be used to assist voluntary action calculated to effectuate the purposes specified in this section. Such powers shall not be used to discourage the production of supplies of foods and fibers sufficient to maintain normal domestic human consumption as determined by the Secretary from the records of domestic human consumption in the years 1920 to 1929, inclusive, taking into consideration increased population, quantities of any commodity that were forced into domesti

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16 U.S.C. § 2103 — Repealed. Pub. L. 113–79, title VIII, § 8001(a), Feb. 7, 2014, 128 Stat. 913

### Statutory Notes Section, Pub. L. 95–313, § 4, as added Pub. L. 107–171, title VIII, § 8002(b), May 13, 2002, 116 Stat. 468, related to the establishment and implementation of a forest land enhancement program. A prior section 2103, Pub. L. 95–313, § 4, July 1, 1978, 92 Stat. 367; Pub. L. 101–624, title XII, §§ 1214, 1224(1), Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 3525, 3542; Pub. L. 104–127, title III, §§ 336(a)(2)(B), 373, Apr. 4, 1996, 110 Stat. 1005, 1015, related to forestry incentives program, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 107–171, title VIII, § 8001(a), May 13, 2002, 116 Stat. 468. #### Purposes of Forest Land Enhancement Program Pub. L. 107–171, title VIII, § 8002(a), May 13, 2002, 116 Stat. 468, which listed purposes for the establishment of a forest land enhancement program, was repealed by Pub. L. 113–79, title VIII, § 8001(b), Feb. 7, 2014, 128 Stat. 913.

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7 U.S.C. § 1921 — Repealed. Pub. L. 110–234, title VI, § 6002(b), May 22, 2008, 122 Stat. 1162, and Pub. L. 110–246, § 4(a), title VI, § 6002(b), June 18, 2008, 122 Stat. 1664, 1923

### Statutory Notes Section 2009ee, Pub. L. 107–171, title VI, § 6301, May 13, 2002, 116 Stat. 421, defined terms. Section 2009ee–1, Pub. L. 107–171, title VI, § 6302, May 13, 2002, 116 Stat. 422, related to SEARCH grant program. See [section 1926 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section1926&num=0&edition=prelim). Section 2009ee–2, Pub. L. 107–171, title VI, § 6303, May 13, 2002, 116 Stat. 424, related to annual report on projects. Section 2009ee–3, Pub. L. 107–171, title VI, § 6304, May 13, 2002, 116 Stat. 424, related to funding. #### Codification Pub. L. 110–234 and Pub. L. 110–246 repealed this subchapter. Pub. L. 110–234 was repealed by section 4(a) of Pub. L. 110–246. #### Effective Date of Repeal Repeal of this subchapter and repeal of Pub. L. 110–234 by Pub. L. 110–246 effective May 22, 2008, the date of enactment of Pub. L. 110–234, see section 4 of Pub. L. 110–246, set out as an Effective Date note under [section 8701 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section8701&num=0&edition=prelim).

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7 U.S.C. § 2279 — Farming opportunities training and outreach

**(a) Definitions** In this section: (1) **Agricultural programs** — The term “agricultural programs” are those established or authorized by— (A) the Agricultural Act of 1949 [[7 U.S.C. 1421](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section1421&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.]; (B) the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act [[7 U.S.C. 1921](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section1921&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.]; (C) the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 [[7 U.S.C. 1281](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section1281&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.]; (D) the Soil Conservation Act; (E) the Domestic Allotment Assistance Act; (F) the Food Security Act of 1985; and (G) other such Acts as the Secretary deems appropriate. (2) **Beginning farmer or rancher** — The term “beginning farmer or rancher” means a person that— (A) (i) has not operated a farm or ranch; or (ii) has operated a farm or ranch for not more than 10 years; and (B) meets such other criteria as the Secretary may establish. (3) **Department** — The term “Department” means the Department of Agriculture. (4) **Secretary** — The term “Secretary” means the Secretary of Agriculture. (5) **Socially disadvantaged farmer or rancher** — The term “socially disadvantaged farmer or rancher” means a farmer or rancher who is a member of a socially disadvantaged group. (6) **Socially disadvantaged group** — The term “socially disadvantaged group” means a group whose members have been subjected to racial or ethnic prejudice because of their identity as members of a group without regard to their individual qualities. (7) **Veteran farmer or rancher** — The term “veteran farmer or ranche

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7 U.S.C. § 4201 — General provisions

**(a) Congressional statement of findings** Congress finds that— (1) the Nation’s farmland is a unique natural resource and provides food and fiber necessary for the continued welfare of the people of the United States; (2) each year, a large amount of the Nation’s farmland is irrevocably converted from actual or potential agricultural use to nonagricultural use; (3) continued decrease in the Nation’s farmland base may threaten the ability of the United States to produce food and fiber in sufficient quantities to meet domestic needs and the demands of our export markets; (4) the extensive use of farmland for nonagricultural purposes undermines the economic base of many rural areas; (5) Federal actions, in many cases, result in the conversion of farmland to nonagricultural uses where alternative actions would be preferred; (6) the Department of Agriculture is the agency primarily responsible for the implementation of Federal policy with respect to United States farmland, assuring the maintenance of the agricultural production capacity of the United States, and has the personnel and other resources needed to implement national farmland protection policy; and (7) the Department of Agriculture and other Federal agencies should take steps to assure that the actions of the Federal Government do not cause United States farmland to be irreversibly converted to nonagricultural uses in cases in which other national interests do not override the importance of the protection of farmland nor otherwise outweigh the benefits of maintaining farmland resources. **(b) Statement of purpose** The purpose of this chapter is to minimize the extent to which Federal programs contribute to the unnecessary and irreversible conversion of farmland to nonagricultural uses, and to assure t

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16 U.S.C. § 3831 — Conservation reserve

**(a) In general** Through the 2023 fiscal year, the Secretary shall formulate and carry out a conservation reserve program under which land is enrolled through the use of contracts to assist owners and operators of land specified in subsection (b) to conserve and improve the soil, water, and wildlife resources of such land and to address issues raised by State, regional, and national conservation initiatives. **(b) Eligible land** The Secretary may include in the program established under this subpart— (1) highly erodible cropland that— (A) (i) if permitted to remain untreated could substantially reduce the agricultural production capability for future generations; or (ii) cannot be farmed in accordance with a plan that complies with the requirements of subchapter II; and (B) the Secretary determines had a cropping history or was considered to be planted for 4 of the 6 years preceding December 20, 2018, on the condition that the Secretary shall consider to be planted cropland enrolled in the conservation reserve program; (2) marginal pasture land to be devoted to appropriate vegetation, including trees, in or near riparian areas, or devoted to similar water quality purposes (including marginal pastureland converted to wetland or established as wildlife habitat); (3) grasslands that— (A) contain forbs or shrubland (including improved rangeland and pastureland) for which grazing is the predominant use; (B) are located in an area historically dominated by grasslands; and (C) could provide habitat for animal and plant populations of significant ecological value if the land is retained in its current use or restored to a natural condition; (4) cropland, marginal pasture land, and grasslands that will have a positive impact on water quality and

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16 U.S.C. § 1301 — Congressional declaration of policy; authority of Secretary

The Congress finds that it is in the public interest to preserve, restore, and improve the wetlands of the Nation, and thereby to conserve surface waters, to preserve and improve habitat for migratory waterfowl and other wildlife resources, to reduce runoff, soil and wind erosion, and contribute to flood control, to contribute to improved water quality and reduce stream sedimentation, to contribute to improved subsurface moisture, to reduce acres of new land coming into production and to retire lands now in agricultural production, to enhance the natural beauty of the landscape, and to promote comprehensive and total water management planning. The Secretary of Agriculture (hereinafter in this chapter referred to as the “Secretary”) is authorized and directed to formulate and carry out a continuous program to prevent the serious loss of wetlands, and to preserve, restore, and improve such lands, which program shall begin on July 1, 1971.

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