7 USC § 4204 - Technical assistance

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identifier: "/us/usc/t7/s4204"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "7 USC § 4204 - Technical assistance"
title_number: 7
title_name: "AGRICULTURE"
section_number: "4204"
section_name: "Technical assistance"
chapter_number: 73
chapter_name: "FARMLAND PROTECTION POLICY"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 97–98, title XV, § 1543, Dec. 22, 1981, 95 Stat. 1343.)"
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# § 4204. Technical assistance

The Secretary is encouraged to provide technical assistance to any State or unit of local government, or any nonprofit organization, as determined by the Secretary, that desires to develop programs or policies to limit the conversion of productive farmland to nonagricultural uses.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 97–98, title XV, § 1543, Dec. 22, 1981, 95 Stat. 1343.)

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

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