16 USC § 3452 - Resource conservation and development program

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identifier: "/us/usc/t16/s3452"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "16 USC § 3452 - Resource conservation and development program"
title_number: 16
title_name: "CONSERVATION"
section_number: "3452"
section_name: "Resource conservation and development program"
chapter_number: 54
chapter_name: "RESOURCE CONSERVATION"
subchapter_number: "V"
subchapter_name: "RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 97–98, title XV, § 1529, as added Pub. L. 107–171, title II, § 2504, May 13, 2002, 116 Stat. 272.)"
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# § 3452. Resource conservation and development program

The Secretary shall establish a resource conservation and development program under which the Secretary shall provide technical assistance and financial assistance to councils to develop and carry out area plans and projects in designated areas—

**(1)** to conserve and improve the use of land, develop natural resources, and improve and enhance the social, economic, and environmental conditions in primarily rural areas of the United States; and

**1** to encourage and improve the capability of State,[^1] units of government, Indian tribes, nonprofit organizations, and councils to carry out the purposes described in paragraph (1).

So in original.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 97–98, title XV, § 1529, as added Pub. L. 107–171, title II, § 2504, May 13, 2002, 116 Stat. 272.)

## Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 3452, , , , related to definitions, prior to the general amendment of this subchapter by .