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tnent is directed, in administering the program of 

 comprehensive urban planning and assistance under 

 section 461 of Title 40. to encourage the planning 

 of recreation trails in connection with the recreation 

 and transportation planning for metropolitan and 

 other urban areas. He is further directed, in ad- 

 ministering the urban open-space program under 

 title VII of the Housing Act of 1961, to encourage 

 such recreation trails. 



(c) Secretary of Agriculture to encourage states, local 

 agencies, and private interests. 



The Secretary of Agriculture is directed, in ac- 

 cordance with authority vested in him, to encourage 

 States and' local agencies and private interests to 

 establish such trails. 



(d) Designation and marking of trails; approval of 

 Secretary of Interior 



Such trails may be designated and suitably 

 marked as parts of the nationwide system of trails 

 by the States, their political subdivisions, or other 

 appropriate administering agencies with the ap- 

 proval of the Secretary of the Interior. (Pub. L. 90- 

 543, § 8. Oct. 2, 1968. 82 Stat. 925.) 



§1248. Easements and rights-of-way; conditions; co- 

 operation of federal agencies with Secretary of 

 Interior and Secretary of Agriculture. 



(a) The Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary 

 of Agriculture as the case may be, may grant ease- 



ments and rights-of-way upon, over, under, across, 

 or along any component of the national trails sys- 

 tem in accordance with the laws applicable to the 

 national park system and the national forest system, 

 respectively; Provided, That any conditions con- 

 tained in such easements and rights-of-way shall be 

 related to the policy and purposes of this chapter. 



(b) The Department of Defense, the Department 

 of Transportation, the Interstate Commerce Com- 

 mission, the Federal Communications Commission, 

 the Federal Power Commission, and other Federal 

 agencies having jurisdiction or control over or infor- 

 mation concerning the use, abandonment, or disposi- 

 tion of roadways, utility rights-of-way, or other 

 properties which may be suitable for the purpose of 

 improving or expanding the national trails system 

 shall cooperate with the Secretary of the Interior and 

 the Secretary of Agriculture in order to assure, to 

 the extent practicable, that any such properties 

 having values suitable for trail purposes may be 

 made available for such use. (Pub. L. 90-543, § 9, Oct. 

 2.1968. 82Stat. 925.) 



§ 1249. Authorization of appropriations. 



There are hereby authorized to be appropriated 

 for the acquisition of lands or interests in lands not 

 more than $5,000,000 for the Appalachian National 

 Scenic Trail and not more than $500,000 for the 

 Pacific Crest National Scenic Trail. (Pub. L. 90-543, 

 § 10. Oct. 2. 1968, 82 Stat. 926.) 



40. Noxious Weeds 

 7 U.S.C. 2801-2813 



Sec. 

 2801. 

 2802. 

 2803. 



2804. 



2803. 



2806. 



2S07. 

 2808. 



Congressional findings. 

 Definitions. 



Movement of noxious weeds Into or througOi the 

 United Slates cr Uiterstate. 

 (a) Permits; resuiatioiis. 

 (ta) Refusal ot permit to prevent danger of 



dissemination, 

 (c) Unlawful sale, purchase, and transportation. 

 and advertisements for unlawful sale, pur- 

 chase, and transportation. 

 Quarantine. 



(a) Regulations for inspection. 



(b) Tempoiary quarantine of areas suspected of 



of infestation; maximum period. 



(c) Promulgation after determination of neces- 



sity at public hearing. 

 Measures to prevent dissemination. 



(a) Emergency disposal of infested products and 



articles. 

 (X>) Orders requiring disposal by owner; 



enforcement. 



(c) Destruction, export, or return as the least 



drastic action. 



(d) Actions against United States by owners; 



limitations; Just compensation for unlaw- 

 ful disposal. 

 Warrantless search of persons and goods; search 

 of premises with warrants; Issuance and execu- 

 tion of warrants. 

 Penalties. 



Cooperation with other Fedei-al, State, and Local 

 agencies. 



2809. Regulat;lons. 



2810. Authorization of appropriations. 



2811. InapllcablUty to cerV.-xln shipments. 



2812. Inconsistent State and local lav/s. 



2813. Separability of provisions. 



§2801. Congressional findings. 



The Importation or distribution in interstate com- 

 merce of noxious weeds, except under controlled con- 

 ditions, allows the growth and spread of such weeds 

 which iterfere with the growth of useful plants, clog 

 waterways and interefere with navigation, cause dis- 

 ease, or have other adverse effects upon man or his 

 environment and therefore is detrimental to the 

 agriculture and commerce of the United States and 

 to the public health. The uncontrolled distribution 

 within the United States of noxious weeds after their 

 importation or interstate distribution has like 

 detrimental effects and allowing such distribution 

 encourages and facilitates the burdening and ob- 

 structing of interstate and foreign cojnmerce, and is 

 inimical to the public interest. Accordingly, the Con- 

 gress hereby determines that the regulation of trans- 

 actions in, and movement of, noxious weeds as pro- 

 vided in this chapter is necessary to prevent and 

 eliminate burdens upon and obstructions to inter- 

 state and foreigii commerce and to protect the public 



