{"identifier":"/us/usc/t16/s7101","title":16,"num":"\u00a7\u202f7101.","heading":"Purposes","text":"\u00a7\u202f7101.\nPurposes\nThe purposes of this chapter are\u2014\n(1) to stabilize and transition payments to counties to provide funding for schools and roads that supplements other available funds;\n(2) to make additional investments in, and create additional employment opportunities through, projects that\u2014\n(A)\n(i) improve the maintenance of existing infrastructure;\n(ii) implement stewardship objectives that enhance forest ecosystems; and\n(iii) restore and improve land health and water quality;\n(B) enjoy broad-based support; and\n(C) have objectives that may include\u2014\n(i) road, trail, and infrastructure maintenance or obliteration;\n(ii) soil productivity improvement;\n(iii) improvements in forest ecosystem health;\n(iv) watershed restoration and maintenance;\n(v) the restoration, maintenance, and improvement of wildlife and fish habitat;\n(vi) the control of noxious and exotic weeds; and\n(vii) the reestablishment of native species; and\n(3) to improve cooperative relationships among\u2014\n(A) the people that use and care for Federal land; and\n(B) the agencies that manage the Federal land.","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t16/s7101.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t16/s7101","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f7101."},{"t":"heading","text":"Purposes","tail":"\n"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"The purposes of this chapter are\u2014"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t16/s7101/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"content","text":" to stabilize and transition payments to counties to provide funding for schools and roads that supplements other available funds;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t16/s7101/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"chapeau","text":" to make additional investments in, and create additional employment opportunities through, projects that\u2014"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t16/s7101/2/A","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(A)"},{"t":"clause","id":"/us/usc/t16/s7101/2/A/i","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(i)"},{"t":"content","text":" improve the maintenance of existing infrastructure;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"clause","id":"/us/usc/t16/s7101/2/A/ii","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(ii)"},{"t":"content","text":" implement stewardship objectives that enhance forest ecosystems; and","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"clause","id":"/us/usc/t16/s7101/2/A/iii","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(iii)"},{"t":"content","text":" restore and improve land health and water quality;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t16/s7101/2/B","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(B)"},{"t":"content","text":" enjoy broad-based support; and","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t16/s7101/2/C","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(C)"},{"t":"chapeau","text":" have objectives that may include\u2014"},{"t":"clause","id":"/us/usc/t16/s7101/2/C/i","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(i)"},{"t":"content","text":" road, trail, and infrastructure maintenance or obliteration;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"clause","id":"/us/usc/t16/s7101/2/C/ii","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(ii)"},{"t":"content","text":" soil productivity improvement;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"clause","id":"/us/usc/t16/s7101/2/C/iii","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(iii)"},{"t":"content","text":" improvements in forest ecosystem health;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"clause","id":"/us/usc/t16/s7101/2/C/iv","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(iv)"},{"t":"content","text":" watershed restoration and maintenance;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"clause","id":"/us/usc/t16/s7101/2/C/v","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(v)"},{"t":"content","text":" the restoration, maintenance, and improvement of wildlife and fish habitat;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"clause","id":"/us/usc/t16/s7101/2/C/vi","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(vi)"},{"t":"content","text":" the control of noxious and exotic weeds; and","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"clause","id":"/us/usc/t16/s7101/2/C/vii","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(vii)"},{"t":"content","text":" the reestablishment of native species; and","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t16/s7101/3","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(3)"},{"t":"chapeau","text":" to improve cooperative relationships among\u2014"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t16/s7101/3/A","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(A)"},{"t":"content","text":" the people that use and care for Federal land; and","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t16/s7101/3/B","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(B)"},{"t":"content","text":" the agencies that manage the Federal land.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}