An Act to provide that the Secretary of Agriculture shall conduct the soil survey program of the United States Department of Agriculture so as to make available soil surveys needed by States and other public agencies, including community development districts, for guidance in community planning and resource development, and for other purpose
PL 89-560 (S.902), enacted 09/07/1966

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PUBLIC LAW 89-560-SEPT. 7, 1966 
[80 STAT. 
September 7, 1966 
[S. 902] 
Agnculture. 
Soil survey 
Cooperative as-
sistance to States 
and subdivisions. 
Types of as-
sistance. 
Appropriation. 
Public Law 89-560 
AN ACT 
To provide that the Secretary of Agriculture shall conduct the soil survey pro-
gram of the United States Department of Agriculture so as to make available 
soil surveys needed by States and other public agencies, including community 
development districts, for guidance in community planning and resource 
development, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Seriate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress asserribled^ That in recognition 
of the increasing need for soil surveys by the States and other public 
agencies in connection with community planning and resource develop-
ment for protecting and improving the quality of the environment, 
meeting recreational needs, conserving land and water resources, pro-
viding for multiple uses of such resources, and controlling and reduc-
ing pollution from sediment and other pollutants in areas of rapidly 
changing uses, including farmlands being shifted to other uses, result-
ing from rapid expansions in the uses of land for industry, housing, 
transportation, recreation, and related services, it is the sense of Con-
gress that the soil survey program of the United States Department 
of Agriculture should be conducted so as to make available soil surveys 
to meet such needs of the States and other public agencies in connec-
tion with community planning and resource development. 
SEC. 2. In order to provide soil surveys to assist States, their politi-
cal subdivisions, soil and water conservation districts, towns, cities, 
planning boards and commissions, community development districts, 
and other public agencies in community planning and resource develop-
ment for the protection and improvement of the quality of the environ-
ment, recreational development, the conservation of land and water 
resources, the development of multiple uses of such resources, and the 
control and prevention of pollution from sediment and other pollut-
ants in areas of rapidly changing uses, including farm and nonfarm 
areas, the Secretary of Agriculture shall, upon the request of a State 
or other public agency, provide by means of such cooperative arrange-
ments with the State or other public agency as he may deem advisable, 
the following assistance with respect to such areas and purposes: 
(1) the making of studies and reports necessary for the classi-
fication and interpretation of kinds of soil; 
(2) an intensification of the use and benefits of the National 
Cooperative Soil Survey; 
(3) the furnishing of technical and other assistance needed for 
use of soil surveys; and 
(4) consultation with other Federal agencies participating or 
assisting in the planning and development of such areas in order 
to assure tlie coordination of the work under this Act with the 
related work of such other agencies. 
The provision by the Secretary of such assistance shall not interfere 
with the furnishing of engineering services by private engineering 
firms or consultants for on-site sampling and testing of sites or for 
design and construction of specific engineering works. 
SEC. 3. It is further the sense of the Congress that the Secretary 
shall make a reasonable effort to assure that the contributions of any 
State or other public agency under any cooperative agreement which 
may be entered into between the Secretary and such State or other 
public agency with respect to a soil survey shall be a substantial por-
tion of the cost of such soil survey. 
SEC. 4. There are hereby autliorized to be appropriated such sums 
as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act, such sums 
to remain available until expended. 
Approved September 7, 1966.