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 PUBLIC LAW 101-624—NOV. 28, 1990 CHAPTER 5—EFFECTIVE DATE 104 STAT. 4045 SEC. 2368. EFFECTIVE DATE. (a) IN GENERAL. — Except as provided in subsection (b), this subtitle and the amendments made by this subtitle shall take effect on the date of enactment of this Act. (b) TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.—The amendments made by section 2367 shall take effect as if such amendments had been included in chapter 2 of subtitle D of title I of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1987 on the date of enactment of such chapter. Subtitle G—Rural Revitalization Through Forestry CHAPTER 1—FORESTRY RURAL REVITALIZATION SEC. 2371. FORESTRY RURAL REVITALIZATION. (a) ESTABLISHMENT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND GLOBAL MARKETING PROGRAM. —The Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Extension Service and the Cooperative Extension System, and in consultation with the Forest Service, shall establish and implement educational programs and provide technical assistance to assist businesses, industries, and policymakers to create jobs, raise incomes, and increase public revenues in manners consistent with environmental concerns. (b) ACTIVITIES. —Each program established under subsection (a) shall— (1) transfer technologies to natural resource-based industries in the United States to make such industries more efficient, productive, and competitive; (2) assist businesses to identify global marketing opportunities, conduct business on an international basis, and market themselves more effectively; and (3) train local leaders in strategic community economic development. (c) TYPES OF PROGRAMS. — The Secretary of Agriculture shall establish specific programs under subsection (a) to— (1) deliver educational services focused on community economic analysis, economic diversification, economic impact analysis, retention and expansion of existing commodity and noncommodity industries, amenity resource and tourism development, and entrepreneurship focusing on forest lands and rural communities; (2) use Cooperative Extension System databsises and analytical tools to help communities diversify their economic bases, add value locally to raw forest product materials, and retain revenues by helping to develop local businesses and industries to supply forest products locally; and (3) use the full resources of the Cooperative Extension Service, including land-grant universities and county offices, to promote economic development that is sustainable and environmentally sound. 7 USC 946 note. Technical assistance. Business and industry. 7 USC 6601.

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