2012 US Code
Title 16 - Conservation
Chapter 2 - NATIONAL FORESTS (§§ 471 - 546b-1)
Subchapter II - SCENIC AREAS (§§ 541 - 546b-1)
Section 543d - Ecological studies; reports to Congressional committees and to Chief of Forest Service; progress reports
Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Title 16 - CONSERVATION |
Category | Bills and Statutes |
Collection | United States Code |
SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
Contained Within | Title 16 - CONSERVATION CHAPTER 2 - NATIONAL FORESTS SUBCHAPTER II - SCENIC AREAS Sec. 543d - Ecological studies; reports to Congressional committees and to Chief of Forest Service; progress reports |
Contains | section 543d |
Date | 2012 |
Laws in Effect as of Date | January 15, 2013 |
Positive Law | No |
Disposition | standard |
Source Credit | Pub. L. 98-425, title III, §305, Sept. 28, 1984, 98 Stat. 1636. |
Statutes at Large Reference | 98 Stat. 1636 |
Public Law Reference | Public Law 98-425 |
Congressional Bill Reference | Unknown Value5 103rd Congress |
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The Secretary shall take such steps as may be necessary to, within one hundred and eighty days of September 28, 1984, enter into a contract with the National Academy of Sciences for the purpose of conducting a scientific study of the ecology of the Scenic Area. The study shall provide for consultation with knowledgeable local, State, Federal, and private persons and organizations and shall provide findings and recommendations to the Congress. Such study shall be conducted in accordance with the best scientific methodology (as set forth by the National Academy of Sciences) and shall be transmitted by the National Academy of Sciences to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the United States Senate, to the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs of the United States House of Representatives, and to the Chief of the Forest Service not later than January 1, 1987. Progress reports regarding the study shall be transmitted to the above committees on January 1, 1985, and January 1 of each year thereafter.
(Pub. L. 98–425, title III, §305, Sept. 28, 1984, 98 Stat. 1636.)
Change of NameCommittee on Interior and Insular Affairs of the House of Representatives changed to Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives on Jan. 5, 1993, by House Resolution No. 5, One Hundred Third Congress.
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