1995 US Code
Title 7 - AGRICULTURE
CHAPTER 86 - WATER QUALITY RESEARCH, EDUCATION, AND COORDINATION
Sec. 5501 - Short title, purpose, definitions, and authorization of appropriations
View Metadata| Publication Title | United States Code, 1994 Edition, Supplement 1, Title 7 - AGRICULTURE |
| Category | Bills and Statutes |
| Collection | United States Code |
| SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
| Contained Within | Title 7 - AGRICULTURE CHAPTER 86 - WATER QUALITY RESEARCH, EDUCATION, AND COORDINATION Sec. 5501 - Short title, purpose, definitions, and authorization of appropriations |
| Contains | section 5501 |
| Date | 1995 |
| Laws in Effect as of Date | January 16, 1996 |
| Positive Law | No |
| Disposition | standard |
| Source Credit | Pub. L. 101-624, title XIV, §1481, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 3622. |
| Statutes at Large Reference | 104 Stat. 3622 |
| Public Law Reference | Public Law 101-624 |
§5501. Short title, purpose, definitions, and authorization of appropriations (a) Short title
This chapter may be cited as the “Agriculture and Water Policy Coordination Act”.
(b) PurposeIt is the purpose of this chapter to ensure—
(1) that the Department of Agriculture develops, implements, and sustains a coordinated, integrated, and comprehensive intra-agency program to protect waters from contamination from agricultural chemicals and production practices; and
(2) increased efforts by the Department of Agriculture in extension, technical assistance, and research on the relations between agricultural production and the contamination of water.
(c) DefinitionsFor purpose of this chapter—
(1) The term “contaminant” means any matter which, in its original form or as a metabolite, degradation, or waste product, as a constituent of water may impair the quality of water or may have a potential adverse effect on human health or the environment.
(2) The term “Department” means the United States Department of Agriculture.
(3) The term “food and agricultural councils” means those councils established by the policy of the Secretary in each State and made up of the leaders of programs within each State that represent agriculture.
(4) The term “soil and water conservation committees” refers to the committees established within the respective States by State law and which include the leaders of appropriate State agencies that address soil and water conservation.
(5) The term “Secretary” means the Secretary of Agriculture.
(6) The term “State” means any of the several States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, Guam, the Virgin Islands, and federally recognized Indian tribes.
(d) Authorization of appropriationsThere are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for fiscal years 1991 through 1995 to carry out this chapter.
(Pub. L. 101–624, title XIV, §1481, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 3622.)
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