---
kind: "section"
citation: "16 U.S.C. § 1674"
title: "16"
title_heading: "Conservation"
number: "1674"
heading: "Renewable Resources Extension Program plan"
release: "119-102"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/16/1674"
units:
  - "Chapter 36 — Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning"
  - "Subchapter III — Extension Programs"
---

# §1674. Renewable Resources Extension Program plan

- (a) **Preparation and submission to Congress; purposes; contents—** The [Secretary](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-1) shall prepare a five-year plan for implementing this subchapter, which is to be called the “Renewable [Resources](/usc/16/410hhh–1.md?p=8) Extension [Program](/usc/16/460ss–6.md?p=1)” and shall submit such plan to the [Committee](/usc/16/941b.md?p=1) on Agriculture of the House of [Representatives](/usc/16/5609.md?p=13) and the [Committee](/usc/16/941b.md?p=1) on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate no later than the last day of the first half of the fiscal year ending September 30, 1980, and the last day of the first half of each fifth fiscal year thereafter. The Renewable [Resources](/usc/16/410hhh–1.md?p=8) Extension [Program](/usc/16/460ss–6.md?p=1) shall provide national emphasis and direction as well as guidance to [State](/usc/16/1673.md?p=e) directors and administrative heads of extension for [eligible colleges and universities](/usc/16/1672.md?p=b) in the development of their respective [State](/usc/16/1673.md?p=e) renewable [resources](/usc/16/410hhh–1.md?p=8) extension [programs](/usc/16/460ss–6.md?p=1), which are to be appropriate in terms of the conditions, needs, and opportunities in each [State](/usc/16/1673.md?p=e). The Renewable [Resources](/usc/16/410hhh–1.md?p=8) Extension [Program](/usc/16/460ss–6.md?p=1) shall contain, but not be limited to, brief outlines of general extension [programs](/usc/16/460ss–6.md?p=1) for fish and wildlife management (for both game and nongame species), range management, timber management (including brief outlines of general extension [programs](/usc/16/460ss–6.md?p=1) for timber utilization, timber harvesting, timber marketing, wood utilization, and wood products marketing), and watershed management (giving special attention to water quality protection), as well as brief outlines of general extension [programs](/usc/16/460ss–6.md?p=1) for recognition and enhancement of forest- and range-based outdoor recreation opportunities, for urban and community forestry activities, and for planting and management of trees and shrubs in shelterbelts, and give special attention to water quality protection and natural resource and environmental education for landowners and managers, public officials, and the public.
- (b) **Considerations governing preparation—** In preparing the Renewable [Resources](/usc/16/410hhh–1.md?p=8) Extension [Program](/usc/16/460ss–6.md?p=1), the [Secretary](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-1) shall take into account the respective capabilities of private forests and rangelands for yielding renewable [resources](/usc/16/410hhh–1.md?p=8) and the relative needs for such [resources](/usc/16/410hhh–1.md?p=8) identified in the periodic Renewable Resource Assessment provided for in [section 1601 of this title](/usc/16/1601.md) and the periodic appraisal of land and water [resources](/usc/16/410hhh–1.md?p=8) provided for in [section 2004 of this title](/usc/16/2004.md).
- (c) **Omitted—**
- (d) **Review of activities and evaluation of progress—** To assist Congress and the public in evaluating the Renewable [Resources](/usc/16/410hhh–1.md?p=8) Extension [Program](/usc/16/460ss–6.md?p=1), the [program](/usc/16/460ss–6.md?p=1) shall include a review of activities undertaken in response to the preceding five-year plan and an evaluation of the progress made toward accomplishing the goals and objectives set forth in such preceding plan. Such review and evaluation shall be displayed in the [program](/usc/16/460ss–6.md?p=1), for the Nation as a whole, and for each [State](/usc/16/1673.md?p=e).

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 95–306, § 5, June 30, 1978, 92 Stat. 351; Pub. L. 100–231, § 3, Jan. 5, 1988, 101 Stat. 1565; Pub. L. 101–624, title XII, §§ 1219(b)(2), 1251(c), Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 3539, 3553.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Codification

Subsec. (c) of this section, which required the Secretary to prepare an annual report on the Renewable Resources Extension Program, to be furnished to Congress at the time of submission of each annual fiscal budget, terminated, effective May 15, 2000, pursuant to section 3003 of Pub. L. 104–66, as amended, set out as a note under section 1113 of Title 31, Money and Finance. See, also, page 45 of House Document No. 103–7.

### Amendments

1990—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 101–624, § 1251(c), inserted before period at end “, and give special attention to water quality protection and natural resource and environmental education for landowners and managers, public officials, and the public”.

Pub. L. 101–624, § 1219(b)(2), substituted “for urban and community forestry activities” for “for planting and management of trees and forests in urban areas”.

1988—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 100–231, § 3(1), substituted “the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate” for “Congress”.

Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 100–231, § 3(2), added subsec. (d).