National Forest Management Act of 1976

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[CITE: 16USC1600]

TITLE 16--CONSERVATION

CHAPTER 36--FOREST AND RANGELAND RENEWABLE RESOURCES PLANNING

SUBCHAPTER I--PLANNING

Sec. 1600. Congressional findings

The Congress finds that--
(1) the management of the Nation's renewable resources is highly
complex and the uses, demand for, and supply of the various
resources are subject to change over time;
(2) the public interest is served by the Forest Service,
Department of Agriculture, in cooperation with other agencies,
assessing the Nation's renewable resources, and developing and
preparing a national renewable resource program, which is
periodically reviewed and updated;
(3) to serve the national interest, the renewable resource
program must be based on a comprehensive assessment of present and
anticipated uses, demand for, and supply of renewable resources from
the Nation's public and private forests and rangelands, through
analysis of environmental and economic impacts, coordination of
multiple use and sustained yield opportunities as provided in the
Multiple-Use Sustained-Yield Act of 1960 (74 Stat. 215; 16 U.S.C.
528-531), and public participation in the development of the
program;
(4) the new knowledge derived from coordinated public and
private research programs will promote a sound technical and
ecological base for effective management, use, and protection of the
Nation's renewable resources;
(5) inasmuch as the majority of the Nation's forests and
rangeland is under private, State, and local governmental management
and the Nation's major capacity to produce goods and services is
based on these nonfederally managed renewable resources, the Federal
Government should be a catalyst to encourage and assist these owners
in the efficient long-term use and improvement of these lands and
their renewable resources consistent with the principles of
sustained yield and multiple use;
(6) the Forest Service, by virtue of its statutory authority for
management of the National Forest System, research and cooperative
programs, and its role as an agency in the Department of
Agriculture, has both a responsibility and an opportunity to be a
leader in assuring that the Nation maintains a natural resource
conservation posture that will meet the requirements of our people
in perpetuity; and
(7) recycled timber product materials are as much a part of our
renewable forest resources as are the trees from which they
originally came, and in order to extend our timber and timber fiber
resources and reduce pressures for timber production from Federal
lands, the Forest Service should expand its research in the use of
recycled and waste timber product materials, develop techniques for
the substitution of these secondary materials for primary materials,
and promote and encourage the use of recycled timber product
materials.

(Pub. L. 93-378, Sec. 2, as added Pub. L. 94-588, Sec. 2, Oct. 22, 1976,
90 Stat. 2949.)

References in Text

The Multiple-Use Sustained-Yield Act of 1960, referred to in par.
(3), is Pub. L. 86-517, June 12, 1960, 74 Stat. 215, as amended, which
is classified generally to sections 528 to 531 of this title. For
complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note
set out under section 528 of this title and Tables.

Short Title of 1988 Amendments

Pub. L. 100-521, Sec. 1, Oct. 24, 1988, 102 Stat. 2601, provided
that: ``This Act [amending section 1642 of this title and enacting
provisions set out as a note under section 1642 of this title] may be
cited as the `Forest Ecosystems and Atmospheric Pollution Research Act
of 1988'.''
Pub. L. 100-231, Sec. 1, Jan. 5, 1988, 101 Stat. 1565, provided
that: ``This Act [amending sections 1674 and 1675 of this title and
provisions set out as a note under section 1671 of this title] may be
cited as the `Renewable Resources Extension Act Amendments of 1987'.''

Short Title of 1980 Amendment

Pub. L. 96-554, Sec. 1, Dec. 19, 1980, 94 Stat. 3257, provided:
``That this Act [enacting subchapter IV of this chapter and enacting
provision set out as a note under section 1681 of this title] may be
cited as the `Wood Residue Utilization Act of 1980'.''

Short Title of 1978 Amendments

Pub. L. 95-307, Sec. 1, June 30, 1978, 92 Stat. 353, provided:
``That this Act [enacting subchapter II of this chapter, repealing
sections 581 to 581i of this title, and enacting provisions set out as a
note under section 1641 of this title] may be cited as the `Forest and
Rangeland Renewable Resources Research Act of 1978'.''
Pub. L. 95-306, Sec. 1, June 30, 1978, 92 Stat. 349, provided:
``That this Act [enacting subchapter III of this chapter and provision
set out as a note under section 1671 of this title] may be cited as the
`Renewable Resources Extension Act of 1978'.''

Short Title of 1976 Amendment

Section 1 of Pub. L. 94-588 provided: ``That this Act [enacting this
section and sections 472a, 521b, and 1611 to 1614 of this title,
amending sections 500, 515, 516, 518, 576b, 581h, and 1601 to 1610 of
this title, repealing sections 476, 513 and 514 of this title, and
enacting provisions set out as notes under this section and sections
476, 513, 528, and 594-2 of this title] may be cited as the `National
Forest Management Act of 1976'.''

Short Title

Section 1 of Pub. L. 93-378, Aug. 17, 1974, 88 Stat. 476, provided:
``That this Act [enacting this subchapter and amending section 581h of
this title] may be cited as the `Forest and Rangeland Renewable
Resources Planning Act of 1974'.''

Separability

Section 21 of Pub. L. 94-588 provided that: ``If any provision of
this Act [see Short Title of 1976 Amendment note set out above] or the
application thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid, the
validity of the remainder of the Act and of the application of such
provision to other persons and circumstances shall not be affected
thereby.''