An Act to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to encourage and assist the several States in carrying on a program of forestry research, and for other purposes
PL 87-788 (H.R.12688), enacted 10/10/1962

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PUBLIC LAW 87-788-OCT. 10, 1962 
[76 STAT. 
October lOj 1962 
[H. R. 12688] 
Public Law 87-788 
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AN ACT 
To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to encourage and assist the several 
States in carrying on a program of forestry research, and for other purposes. 
Forestry. 
Research pro-
grams, promotion. 
Cooperation 
with States. 
7 u s e 301-308. 
69 Stat. 671. 
7 u s e 361a-
361i. 
Appropriation. 
State-certified 
institutions, 
matching funds. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representaiives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assemhled. That it is hereby 
t-eco^nized that research in forestry is the driving force behind prog-
ress in developing and utilizing the resources of the Nation's forest 
and related rangelands. 
The production, protection, and utilization 
of the forest resources depend on strong technological advances and 
continuing development of the knowledge necessary to increase the 
efficiency of forestry practices and to extend the benefits that flow from 
forest and related rangelands. 
It is recognized that the total forestry 
research efforts of the several State colleges and universities and of 
the Federal Government are more fully effective if there is close 
coordination between such programs, and it is further recognized 
that forestry schools are especially vital in the training of research 
workers in forestry. 
SEC. 2. In order to promote research in forestry, the Secretary of 
Agriculture is hereby authorized to cooperate with the several States 
for the purpose of encouraging and assisting them in carrying out 
programs of forestry research. 
Such assistance shall be in accordance with plans to be agreed upon 
in advance by the Secretarj^ and (a) land-grant colleges or agricul-
tural experiment stations established under the Morrill Act of July 
2, 1862 (12 Stat. 503), as amended, and the Hatch Act of March 2, 
1887 (24 Stat. 440), as amended, and (b) other State-supported 
colleges and universities offering graduate training in the sciences 
basic to forestry and having a forestry school; however, an appro-
priate State representative designated by the State's Governor shall, 
m any agreement drawn up with the Secretary of Agriculture for the 
purposes of this Act, certify those eligible institutions of the State 
which will qualify for assistance and shall determine the propor-
tionate amounts of assistance to be extended these certified institutions. 
SEC. 3. To enable the Secretary to carry out the provisions of this 
Act there are hereby authorized to be appropriated such sums as the 
Congress may from time to time determine to be necessary but not 
exceeding in any one fiscal year one-half the amount appropriated 
for Federal forestry research conducted directly by the Department 
of Agriculture for the fiscal year preceding the year in which the 
budget is presented for such appropriation. 
Funds appropriated 
and made available to the States under this Act shall be in addition 
to allotments or grants that may be made under other authorizations. 
SEC. 4. The amount paid by the Federal Government to any State-
certified institutions eligible for assistance under this Act shall not 
exceed during any fiscal year the amount available to and budgeted 
for expenditure by such college or university during the same fiscal 
year for forestry research from non-Federal sources. The Secretary 
IS authorized to make such expenditures on the certificate of the appro-
priate official of the college or university having charge of the forestry 
research for which the expenditures as herein provided arc to be made. 
If any or all of the colleges or universities certified for receipt of 
funds under this Act fails to make available and budget for expendi-
ture for forestry research in any fiscal year sums at least as much as 
the amount for which it would be eligible for such year under this Act, 
the difference between the Federal funds available and the funds made 
available and budgeted for expenditure by the college or university 
shall be reapportioned by the Secretary to other eligible colleges or