Sec. 



690a. Prevention of soil erosion; surveys and Investiga- 

 tions: preventive measures: cooperation with 

 agencies and persons: acquisition ol land. 



590b. Lands on which preventive measures may be taken. 



590c. Conditions under which benefits of law extended 

 nongovernment controlled lands. 



690d. Cooperation of governmental agencies: officers and 

 employees, appointment and compensation: ex- 

 penditures for personal services and supplies. 



690e. Sou Conservation Service: establishment: utiliza- 

 tion and transfer of existing governmental agen- 

 cies. 



690f. Appropriation authorized. 

 690g. Additional policies and purposes of chapter, 

 (a) Purposes enumerated, 

 (b) — (g) Repealed. 

 590g-l. Allocation for county agricultural conservation 



program: amount withheld: use: deposit of 



funds. 

 590g-2. Allocation for State agricultural conservation 



program: amount withheld: use. 

 560h. Payments and grants of aid. 



6901. Surveys and Investigations: publication of Infor- 

 mation: reports. 

 5901-1. Furnishing photographs, mosaics, and maps re- 

 quired by Soil Conservation Service. 

 6901-2. Furnishing photographs, mosaics, and maps re- 

 quired In soil conservation operations of De- 

 partment of the Interior. 



590o. Appropriations for purposes of sections 590g and 



SQOh: allocation of funds among commodities. 

 690p. Limitation on obligations Incurred: Great Plains 



conservation program. 

 590f>-l. Limitation on wetlands drainage assistance to 

 aid wildlife preservation: termination of limi- 

 tation: redetermination of need for assistance 

 upon change of ownership of lands. 



§ S90a. Prevention of soil erosion ; surveys and inves- 

 tigations; preventive measures; cooperation with 

 agencies and persons; acquisition of land. 



It Is recognized that the wastage of soil and 

 ihoisture resources on farm, grazing, and forest lands 

 of the Nation, resulting from soil erosion, Is a men- 

 ace to the national welfare and that it is declared 

 to be the policy of Congress to provide permanently 

 for the control and prevention of soil erosion 

 and thereby to preserve natural resources, con- 

 trol floods, prevent impairment of reservoirs, and 

 maintain the navigability of rivers and harbors, pro- 

 tect public health, public lands and relieve unem- 

 ployment, and the Secretary of Agriculture, from 

 now on, shall coordinate and direct all activities 

 with relation to soil erosion and in order to effectuate 

 this policy Is authorized, from time to time — 



(1) To conduct surveys, investigations, and re- 

 search relating to the character of soil erosion 

 and the preventive measures needed, to publish 

 the results of any such surveys, investigations, or 

 research, to disseminate information concerning 

 such methods, and to conduct demonstrational 

 projects in areas subject to erosion by wind or 



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water; 



(2) To carry out preventive measures, includ- 

 ing, but not limited to, engineering operations, 

 methods of cultivation, the growing of vegetation, 

 and changes in use of land ; 



(3) To cooperate or enter into agreements 

 with, or to furnish financial or other aid to, any 

 agency, governmental or otherwise, or any per- 

 son, subject to such conditions as he may deem 

 necessary, for the purposes of this chapter; and 



(4) To acquire lands, or rights or interests 

 therein, by purchase, gift, condemnation, or 

 otherwise, whenever necessary for the purposes of 

 this chapter. 



(Apr. 27, 1935, ch. 85, § 1, 49 Stat. 163.) 



§ 590b. Lands on which preventive measures may be 

 taken. 



The acts authorized in section 590a (1) and (2) 

 of this title may be performed — 



(a) On lands owned or controlled by the United 

 States or any of its agencies, with the cooperation of 

 the agency having jurisdiction thereof; and 



(b) On any other lands, upon obtaining proper 

 consent or the necessary rights or interests in such 

 lands. (Apr. 27, 1935, ch. 85, § 2, 49 Stat. 163.) 



§ 590c. Conditions under which benefits of law ex- 

 tended nongovernment controlled lands. 



As a condition to the extending of any benefits un- 

 der this chapter to any lands not owned or con- 

 trolled by the United States or any of its agencies, 

 the Secretary of Agriculture may, insofar as he may 

 deem necessary for the purposes of this chapter, 

 require — 



(1) The enactment and reasonable safeguards 

 for the enforcement of State and local laws im- 

 posing suitable permanent restrictions on the use 

 of such lands and otherwise providing for the 

 prevention of soil erosion; 



(2) Agreements or covenants as to the per- 

 manent use of such lands; and 



(3) Contributions in money, services, materials, 

 or otherwise, to any operations conferring such 

 benefits. 



(Apr. 27, 1935. ch. 85, § 3. 49 Stat. 163.) 



§ 590d. Cooperation of governmental agencies; offi- 

 cers and employees, appointment and compensa- 

 tion; expenditures for personal services and sup- 

 plies. 



For the purposes of this chapter, the Secretary 

 of Agriculture may — 



(1) Secure the cooperation of any govern- 

 mental agency; 



(2) Subject to the provisions of the clvll-serv- 

 ice laws and chapter 51 and subchapter HI of 

 chapter 53 of Title 5. appoint and fix compensation 

 of such officers and employees as he may deem 

 necessary, except for a period not to exceed eight 



