Land and Water Resource Conservation Act

Summary

Land and Water Resource Conservation Act - Declares it to be the policy of the United States to achieve and maintain: (1) quality and quantity in the national resource base of land and water for sustained use; (2) quality in the environment; and (3) quality in the standard of living based on community improvement and adequate income. Provides for an appraisal of the land and water resources of the Nation. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to develop a program for furthering the protection and enhancement of land and water resources on private and non-Federal lands. Requires the Secretary to formulate a resource appraisal by December 31, 1976, and in each five-year interval thereafter. Directs the development, through the Soil Conservation Service, of a National Land and Water Conservation Program. Stipulates that the program shall set forth the direction of future soil and water conservation efforts based on the current resource appraisal as formulated under the provisions of this Act. Requires a report to be transmitted to the Congress on the first day Congress convenes in 1977, and each five-year interval thereafter. Defines the terms used in this Act. Authorizes the appropriation of such funds as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act.

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• Reported to House with amendment(s)

  summary · EN · 30 September 1976

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• Introduced in Senate

  summary · EN · 10 July 1975

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