16 USC § 3813 - Soil surveys

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identifier: "/us/usc/t16/s3813"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "16 USC § 3813 - Soil surveys"
title_number: 16
title_name: "CONSERVATION"
section_number: "3813"
section_name: "Soil surveys"
chapter_number: 58
chapter_name: "ERODIBLE LAND AND WETLAND CONSERVATION AND RESERVE PROGRAM"
subchapter_number: "II"
subchapter_name: "HIGHLY ERODIBLE LAND CONSERVATION"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 99–198, title XII, § 1214, formerly § 1213, Dec. 23, 1985, 99 Stat. 1507; renumbered § 1214, Pub. L. 104–127, title III, § 315(a)(1), Apr. 4, 1996, 110 Stat. 983.)"
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# § 3813. Soil surveys

December 23, 1985

The Secretary shall, as soon as is practicable after , complete soil surveys on those private lands that do not have a soil survey suitable for use in determining the land capability class for purposes of this subchapter. In carrying out this section, the Secretary shall, insofar as possible, concentrate on those localities where significant amounts of highly erodible land are being converted to the production of agricultural commodities.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 99–198, title XII, § 1214, formerly § 1213, Dec. 23, 1985, 99 Stat. 1507; renumbered § 1214, Pub. L. 104–127, title III, § 315(a)(1), Apr. 4, 1996, 110 Stat. 983.)