National Forest System timber under contracts awarded prior to October 1, 1986, may, except as otherwise provided in this section, be required to remove wood residues not purchased by them to points of prospective use in return for compensation in the form of "residue removal credits. Such projects may be carried out where the Secretary identifies situations in which pilot wood residue utilization projects on the National Forest System can provide important information on various methods and approaches to increasing the utilization, in residential, commercial, and industrial or powerplant applications, of wood residues and where such information cannot reasonably be obtained unless the pilot projects are done in conjunction with normal National Forest timber sale activities. The residue removal credits shall be applied against the amount payable for the timber purchased and shall represent the anticipated cost of removal of wood residues. The following guidelines shall apply to projects carried out under this section:

(1) Except in cases where wood residue removal is determined to be necessary for fire prevention, site preparation for regeneration, wildlife habitat improvement, or other land management purposes, the Secretary, may not provide for removal of wood residues in instances where the anticipated cost of removal would exceed the anticipated value.

(2) The residue removal credits authorized by this section shall not exceed the amount payable by the purchaser for timber after the application of all other designated charges and credits.

(3) The Secretary may sell the wood residues removed to points of prospective use for not less than their appraised value.

(4) Pilot projects, demonstrations, and other programs established pursuant to this Act shall be carried out in a manner which does not result in an adverse effect on the furnishing of timber, free of charge, under any other provision of law.

(5) Wood residues shall be collected from a site so as to avoid soil depletion or erosion giving full consideration to the protection of wildlife habitat.

(6) For the purposes of the sixth undesignated paragraph under the heading "Forest Service" in the Act of May 23, 1908 (35 Stat. 260; 16 U.S.C. 500), and section 13 of the Act of March 1, 1911 (36 Stat. 963; 16 U.S.C. 500), (A) any residue removal credit applied under this section shall be considered as "money received" or "moneys received", respectively, and (B) the "money received" or "moneys received", respectively, from the sales of wood residues removed to points of prospective use shall be the proceeds of the sales less the sum of any residue removal credit applied with respect to such residues plus any costs

incurred by the Forest Service in processing and storing such residues. (16 U.S.C. 1683)

Reports to Congress

Sec. 5. The Secretary shall make annual reports to the Congress on the programs authorized by this Act. These reports shall be submitted with the reports required under section 8(c) of the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974. (16 U.S.C. 1684)

Regulations

Sec. 6. The Secretary shall issue such regulations as the Secretary deems necessary to implement the provisions of this Act.

De finitions

Sec. 7. For purposes of this Act, the term:

(1) "Anticipated cost of removal" means the projected cost of removal of wood residues from timber sales areas to points of prospective use, as determined by the Secretary at the time of advertisement of the timber sales contract in accordance with appropriate appraisal and sale procedures. (2) "Anticipated value" means the projected value of wood residues as fuel or other merchantable wood products, as determined by the Secretary at the time of advertisement of timber sales contract in accordance with appropriate appraisal and sale procedures.

(3) "Points of prospective use" means the locations where the wood residues are sold or otherwise put to use, as determined by the Secretary in accordance with appropriate appraisal and sale procedures.

(4) "Person" means as individual, partnership, joint-stock company, corporation, association, trust, estate, or any other legal entity, or any agency of Federal or State government or of a political subdivision of a State. (5) "Secretary" means the Secretary of Agriculture. (6) "Wood residues" includes, but is not limited to, logging slash, down timber material, woody plants, and standing live or dead trees which do not meet utilization standards because of size, species, merchantable volume. or economic selection criteria and which, in the case of live trees, are surplus to growing stock needs. (16 U.S.C. 1686)

Appropriation Authorization

Sec. 8. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated not to exceed $25,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, and 1986 to carry out the pilot projects and demonstrations authorized by section 3 of this Act, the

residue removal credits authorized by section 4 of this Act, and the other provisions of this Act: Provided, That not to exceed $2,500,000 of such amount may be appropriated for administrative expenses to carry out this Act for the period beginning October 1, 1981, and ending September 30, 1986. Such sums shall be in addition to those provided under other provisions of law and shall remain available until expended. (16 U.S.C. 1687)

Effective Date

Sec. 9. This Act shall become effective October 1, 1981. (16 U.S.C. 1681

(note))

Agriculture and Food Act of 1981

• Act of December 22, 1981 (P.L. 97-98, 95 Stat. 1213; 7 U.S.C. 3321-3324, 3331-3333, 3336, 4201(note), 4201-4203; 16 U.S.C. 590h, 2801(note), 3401, 3412-3420, 3451, 3453-3456, 3461)

TITLE XIV

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NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH, EXTENSION, AND

TEACHING POLICY ACT AMENDMENTS OF 1981

AQUACULTURE AND RANGELAND RESEARCH

Sec. 1440. (a) The National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3101 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subtitles L and M:

"Sec. 1474. It is the purpose of this subtitle to promote research and extension activities of the

institutions hereinafter referred to in section 1475(b), and to coordinate their efforts as an integral part in the implementation of the National Aquaculture Act of 1980 (16 U.S.C. 2801 et seq.) by encouraging landowners, individuals, and commercial institutions to develop aquaculture production and facilities and sound aquacultural practices that will, through research and technology transfer programs, provide for the increased production and marketing of aquacultural food products. (7 U.S.C. 3321)

"AQUACULTURAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS

"Sec. 1475. (a) The Secretary may develop and implement a cooperative research and extension program to encourage the development, management, and production of important aquatic food species within the several States and territories of the United States in accordance with the national aquaculture development plan, and revisions thereto, developed under the National Aquaculture Act of 1980.

"(b) The Secretary may make grants to-

"(1) land-grant colleges and universities;

"(2) State agricultural experiment stations; and "(3) colleges, universities, and Federal laboratories having a demonstrable capacity to conduct aquacultural

research, as determined by the Secretary; for research and extension to facilitate or expand promising advances in the production and marketing of aquacultural food species and products. Except in the case of Federal laboratories, no grant may be made under this subsection unless the State in which the grant recipient is located makes a matching grant to such recipient equal to the amount of the grant to be made under this subsection, and unless the grant is in implementation of the national aquaculture development plan, and revisions thereto, developed under the National Aquaculture Act of 1980. (7 U.S.C. 3322)

"(d) To provide for aquacultural research, development, and demonstration projects having a national or regional application, the Secretary may establish in existing Federal facilities or in cooperation with Stage agencies (including State departments of agriculture) and land-grant colleges and universities, up to four aquacultural research, development, and demonstration centers in the United States for the performance of aquacultural research, extension work, and demonstration projects. Funds made available for the operation of such regional centers may be used for the rehabilitation of existing buildings or facilities to house such centers, but may not be used for the construction or acquisition of new buildings or facilities.

"(e) Not later than one year after the effective date of this subtitle and not later than March 1 of each subsequent year, the Secretary shall submit a report to the President, the House Committee on Agriculture, the House Committee on Appropriations, the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, and the Senate Committee on Appropriations, containing a summary outlining the progress of the Department of Agriculture in meeting the purposes of the programs established under this subtitle. (16 U.S.C. 2801 (note))

"Sec. 1477. (a) There is authorized to be appropriated $7,500,000 for each fiscal year beginning after the effective date of this subtitle, and ending with the fiscal year ending September 30, 1985, and not in excess of such sums as may after the date of enactment of this subtitle be authorized by law for any subsequent fiscal year.

"(b) Funds appropriated under subsection (a) shall be allocated by the Secretary for work to be done as mutually agreed upon between the Secretary and the institutions described in section 1475(b). The Secretary shall, whenever