NASULGC's Farm Bill Provisions

431.
McIntire-Stennis Cooperative Forestry Research Program

Summary

Clarifies the purposes of the McIntire-Stennis Program
to include (1) assisting in carrying out forestry and natural resources
research at State forestry schools and colleges; and (2) developing a trained
pool of forest and natural resources scientists.

Legislative
Language

SEC. 431. MCINTIRE-STENNIS COOPERATIVE FORESTRY RESEARCH
PROGRAM.

Section 8201 of the Farm Security
and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (Public Law 107-171) is amended by inserting
before the period at the end the following: “, which distributes funds
by formula for the purposes of—

“(1) assisting the various
States in carrying out a program of State forestry and natural resources
research at State forestry schools and colleges; and

“(2) developing a trained
pool of forest and natural resources scientists capable of conducting needed
forestry and natural resources research”.