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 92 STAT. 374

Rules and regulations. Grants, agreements, contracts.

PUBLIC LAW 95-313—JULY 1, 1978 (3) The term "urban forestry" means the planning, establishment, protection, and management of trees and associated plants, individually, in small groups, or under forest conditions within cities, their suburbs, and towns. (e) The Secretary may prescribe rules and regulations, as the Secretary deems appropriate, to implement the provisions of this Act. (f) The Secretary is authorized to make grants, agreements, contracts, and other arrangements the Secretary deems necessary to implement this Act^ (g) This Act shall be construed as supplementing all other laws relating to the Department of Agriculture and shall not be construed as limiting or repealing any existing law or authority of the Secretary, except as specifically cited in section 13 of this Act. STATEMENT OF LIMITATION

16 USC 2110.

SEC. 11. This Act does not authorize the Federal Government to regulate the use of private land or to deprive owners of land of their rights to property or to income from the sale of property, and this Act does not diminish in any way the rights and responsibilities of the States and political subdivisions of States. REPORTS

16 USC 1606 note.

16 USC 1606.

SEC. 12. To ensure that Congress has adequate information to implement its oversight responsibilities and to provide accountability for expenditures and activities under this Act, section 8(c) of the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974 is amended by-

(1) inserting immediately before the period at the end of the last sentence "and in cooperative State and private Forest Service programs"; and (2) adding a new sentence at the end thereof as follows: "With regard to the cooperative forestry assistance part of the Program, the report shall include, but not be limited to, a description of the status, accomplishments, needs, and work backlogs for the programs and activities conducted under the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978.". REPEAL OF OTHER L A W S; EXISTING CONTRACTS AND AGREEMENTS; APPROPRIATIONS

16 USC 2111.

16 USC 5941-1 note. 16 USC 568c note. 16 USC 568e. 7 USC 2651. 16 USC 1509, 1510.

SEC. 13. (a) The following laws, and portions of laws, are hereby repealed: (1) sections 1, 2, 3, and 4 of the Act of June 7, 1924, known as the Clarke-McNary Act (43 Stat. 653-654, as amended; 16 U.S.C. 564, 565, 566, 567); (2) the Act of April 26, 1940, known as the White Pine Blister Rust Protection Act (54 Stat. 168; 16 U.S.C. 594a); (3) the Forest Pest Control Act; 1* (4) the Cooperative Forest Management Act; (5) section 401 of the AgriculturalAct of 1956; (6) title IV of the Rural Development Act of 1972; and (7) section 1009 and the proviso to section 1010 of the Agricultural Act of 1970, as added by the Agriculture and Consumer Protection Act of 1973.

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