1995 U.S. Code
Title 16 - CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 40 - SOIL AND WATER RESOURCES CONSERVATION
Sec. 2005a - Technical assistance for water resources

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of Agriculture may formulate plans and provide technical assistance to property owners and agencies of State and local governments and interstate river basin commissions, at their request, to—

(1) protect the quality and quantity of subsurface water, including water in the Nation's aquifers;

(2) enable property owners to reduce their vulnerability to flood hazards that also may affect water resources; and

(3) control the salinity in the Nation's agricultural water resources.

The Secretary shall submit by February 15, 1987, to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate a report evaluating the plans and technical assistance authorized in subsection (a) of this section. Such report shall include any recommendations as to whether the plan and assistance should be extended, how any plan and assistance could be improved, and any other relevant information and data relating to costs and other elements of the plan or assistance that would be helpful to such Committees.

(Pub. L. 99–198, title XII, §1251, Dec. 23, 1985, 99 Stat. 1516.)

Section was enacted as part of the Food Security Act of 1985, and not as part of the Soil and Water Resources Conservation Act of 1977 which comprises this chapter.