7 USC § 6709 - Interagency cooperation to maximize biomass growth

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identifier: "/us/usc/t7/s6709"
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title: "7 USC § 6709 - Interagency cooperation to maximize biomass growth"
title_number: 7
title_name: "AGRICULTURE"
section_number: "6709"
section_name: "Interagency cooperation to maximize biomass growth"
chapter_number: 96
chapter_name: "GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 101–624, title XXIV, § 2411, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 4062; Pub. L. 115–334, title VIII, § 8301(b), Dec. 20, 2018, 132 Stat. 4840.)"
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# § 6709. Interagency cooperation to maximize biomass growth

The Secretary may enter into an agreement with the Secretary of Defense to develop a program to manage forests and land on Department of Defense military installations so as to maximize their potential for biomass growth and sequestering carbon dioxide.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 101–624, title XXIV, § 2411, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 4062; Pub. L. 115–334, title VIII, § 8301(b), Dec. 20, 2018, 132 Stat. 4840.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2018— substituted “to” for “to—” and “develop a program to manage forests and land on Department of Defense military installations” for “(2) develop a program to manage such forests and lands” and struck out par. (1) which read as follows: “conduct a study of reforestation and improved management of Department of Defense military installations and lands; and”.