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 PUBLIC LAW 97-98—DEC. 22, 1981

95 STAT. 1335

planning and application of soil and water conservation practices and measures and natural resource management systems. (b) Such technical assistance shall be administered by the State soil conservation agency through local soil and water conservation districts. (c) Such technical assistance shall be fully coordinated with technical assistance provided through ongoing Federal, State, and local resource conservation programs, and shall be in accord with established technical standards or guidelines. (d) The basis for the transfer of grant funds shall be a grant agreement entered into by the Secretary or the Secretary's designee with the local unit of government or State agency. RECORDS

SEC. 1518. (a) Each local unit of government or State agency 16 USC 3435. receiving assistance under this subtitle shall keep such records as the Secretary requires, including records which fully disclose the amount and disposition by such unit or agency of the proceeds of such grants, the total cost of the projects or undertakings in connection with which such funds are given or used, and the amount of that portion of the costs of the projects or undertakings supplied by other sources, and such other records as will facilitate an effective audit. (b) The Secretary and the Comptroller General of the United States or any of their duly authorized representatives shall have access for the purpose of audit and examination to any books, documents, papers, and records of each local unit of government or State agency that are pertinent to the grants under this subtitle. AUTHORIZATION FOR APPROPRIATIONS

SEC. 1519. (a) There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this subtitle, such sums to remain available until expended. (b) No funds shall be appropriated to carry out this subtitle for the fiscal year beginning October 1, 1992, and subsequent fiscal years, except as authorized by law enacted after the effective date of this subtitle. (c) The Secretary shall report to the House Committee on Agriculture and the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry on the progress of the program authorized by this subtitle. The first such report shall be submitted by January 1, 1986, and a succeeding report by January 1, 1991. Each such report shall include an evaluation of the program and the Secretary's recommendations for strengthening it.

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Subtitle E—Conservation Loan Program CONSERVATION LOANS

SEC. 1520. (a) Section 4(h) of the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act is amended by inserting immediately after the second 15 USC 7i4b. sentence the following: "To encourage the alleviation of natural resource conservation problems that reduce the productive capacity of the Nation's land and water resources or that cause degradation of environmental quality, the Corporation may, beginning with enactment of the Agriculture and Food Act of 1981, make loans to any agricultural producer for those natural resource conservation and

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