16 USC § 1681 - Congressional statement of purpose

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identifier: "/us/usc/t16/s1681"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "16 USC § 1681 - Congressional statement of purpose"
title_number: 16
title_name: "CONSERVATION"
section_number: "1681"
section_name: "Congressional statement of purpose"
chapter_number: 36
chapter_name: "FOREST AND RANGELAND RENEWABLE RESOURCES PLANNING"
subchapter_number: "IV"
subchapter_name: "WOOD RESIDUE UTILIZATION"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 96–554, § 2, Dec. 19, 1980, 94 Stat. 3257.)"
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# § 1681. Congressional statement of purpose

The purpose of this subchapter is to develop, demonstrate, and make available information on feasible methods that have potential for commercial application to increase and improve utilization, in residential, commercial, and industrial or powerplant applications, of wood residues resulting from timber harvesting and forest protection and management activities occurring on public and private forest lands, and from the manufacture of forest products, including woodpulp.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 96–554, § 2, Dec. 19, 1980, 94 Stat. 3257.)

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

> “This Act [enacting this subchapter and enacting a provision set out as a note under
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### Short Title

For short title of , , , as the Wood Residue Utilization Act of 1980, see Short Title of 1980 Amendment note set out under .