16 USC § 7101 - Purposes

# § 7101. Purposes

The purposes of this chapter are—

**(1)** to stabilize and transition payments to counties to provide funding for schools and roads that supplements other available funds;

**(2)** to make additional investments in, and create additional employment opportunities through, projects that—

**(A)**

**(i)** improve the maintenance of existing infrastructure;

**(ii)** implement stewardship objectives that enhance forest ecosystems; and

**(iii)** restore and improve land health and water quality;

**(B)** enjoy broad-based support; and

**(C)** have objectives that may include—

**(i)** road, trail, and infrastructure maintenance or obliteration;

**(ii)** soil productivity improvement;

**(iii)** improvements in forest ecosystem health;

**(iv)** watershed restoration and maintenance;

**(v)** the restoration, maintenance, and improvement of wildlife and fish habitat;

**(vi)** the control of noxious and exotic weeds; and

**(vii)** the reestablishment of native species; and

**(3)** to improve cooperative relationships among—

**(A)** the people that use and care for Federal land; and

**(B)** the agencies that manage the Federal land.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 106–393, § 2, as added Pub. L. 110–343, div. C, title VI, § 601(a), Oct. 3, 2008, 122 Stat. 3893.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

This chapter, referred to in text, was in the original “this Act”, meaning , , , known as the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000, which is classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note below and Tables.

### Prior Provisions

A prior  was set out in a note under  prior to repeal by , , .

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Short Title of 2025 Amendment

> “This Act [amending sections 7111 to 7113, 7125, 7126, 7128, and 7144 of this title] may be cited as the ‘Secure Rural Schools Reauthorization Act of 2025’.”

, , , provided that:

### Short Title

> “This Act [enacting this chapter, amending
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> , Mineral Lands and Mining, and
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> , Money and Finance, enacting provisions set out as notes under sections 181 and 191 of Title 30, and repealing provisions set out as notes under
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> , Public Lands] may be cited as the ‘Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000’.”

, as added by , , , provided that: