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Ing forest development roads and trails; for cooper- 

 ative Forest Service programs; and for research. The 

 Program shall be developed in accordance with prin- 

 ciples set forth In the Multiple-Use Sustained-Yield 

 Act of 1960. and the National Environmental Policy 

 Act of 1969. The Program shall be prepared not later 

 than December 31, 1975, to cover the four-yesr pe 

 rlod beginning October 1, 1976, and at least each of 

 the four fiscal decades next following such period, 

 and shall be updated no later than during the first 

 half of the fiscal year ending September 30, 1980, 

 and the first half of each fifth fiscal year thereafter 

 to cover at least each of the four fiscal decades be- 

 ginning next after such updating. The Program shall 

 Include, but not be limited to — 



(1) an Inventory of specific needs and opportu- 

 nities for both public and private program In- 

 vestments. The inventory shall differentiate be- 

 tween activities which are of a capital nature and 

 those which are of an operational nature ; 



(2) specific identification of Program outputs, 

 results anticipated, and benefits associated with 

 Investments in such a manner that the anticipated 

 costs can be directly comp.ired with the total re- 

 lated benefits and direct and Indirect returns to 

 the Federal Government; 



(3) a discussion of priorities for accomplishment 

 of inventoried Program opportunities, with specf- 

 fled costs, outputs, results, andf benefits; and 



(4) a detailed study of personnel requirements 

 cs needed to satisfy existing and ongoing pro- 

 grams. 



(Pub. L. 93-378, 1 3, Aug. 17, 1974, 88 Stat. 477.) 



§1603. National Forest System resource inventories; 

 development, maintenance, and updating by Secre- 

 tary of Agriculture as part of Assessment. 



As a part of the Assessment, the Secretary of Agri- 

 culture shall develop and maintain on a continuing 

 basis a crmprehensive and appropriately detailed 

 inventory of all National Forest System lands and 

 renewable resources. This inventory shall be kept 

 current so as to refiect changes in conditions and 

 identify new and emerging resources and values. 

 (Pub. L. 93-378, § 4, Aug. 17. 1974, 83 Stat. 477.) 



§ 1604. Nation.ll Forest System land and resource man- 

 agement plans; developmont, maintenance and re- 

 vision by Secretary of Agriculture as part of 

 ' Program; coordination; criteria. 



(a) As a part of the Program provided for by sec- 

 tion 1602 of this title, the Secretary of Agriculture 

 .shall develop, maintain, and, as appropriate, revise 

 land and resource management plans for units of 

 the National Forest System, coordinated with the 

 land and resource management planning processes 

 of State and local governments and other Federal 

 agencies. 



(b) In the development and maintenance of land 

 management plans for use on units of the National 

 Forest System, the Secretary shall use a systematic 

 interdisciplinary approach to achieve integrated 

 consideration of physical, biological, economic, and 



ether sciences. (Pub. L. 93-378, § 5, Aug. 17, 1974, 



88 Stat. 477.) 



§1605. Protection, use and management of renewable 

 resources on non-Federal lands; utilization of 

 Assessment, surveys and Program by Secretary of 

 Agriculture to assist States, etc. 



The Secretary of Agriculture may utilize the As- 

 se-sment, resource surveys, and Program prepared 

 pursuant to this chapter to assist States and other 

 organizations in proposing the planning for the pro- 

 tection. u.";e, and management of renewable resources 

 on nrn-Federal land. (Pub. L. 93-378, I 6, Aug. 17, 

 1974, 88 Stat. 478.) 



§ 1606. Budget requests by President for Forest Serv- 

 ice activities. 



(a) Transmittal to Speaker of House and President of 

 Senate of Assessment, Program and Statement of 

 Policy used in framing requests; time for trans- 

 mittal; implementation by President of- programs 

 established under Statement of Policy unless 

 Statement subsequently disapproved by Congress; 

 time for disapproval. 



On the date Congress first convenes in 1976 and 

 thereafter following each updating of the Assess- 

 ment and the Program, the President shall transmit 

 to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and 

 the President of the Senate, when Congress con- 

 venes, the Asses.<:ment as set forth In section 1601 

 of this title and the Program as set forth In section 

 1602 of this title, together with a detailed Statement 

 of Policy intended to be used In frnmlng budget re- 

 quests by that Administration for Forest Service 

 activities for the five- or ten-year program period 

 beginning during the term of such Congress for such 

 further action deemed appropriate by the Congress. 

 FoUov/lng the transmission of such Assessment, Pro- 

 gram, and Statement of Policy, the President shall, 

 subject to other actions of the Congress, carry out 

 programs already established by law In accordance 

 with such Statement of Policy or any subsequent 

 amendment or modification thereof approved by the 

 Congress, unless, before the end of the first period 

 of sixty calendar days of continuous session of Con- 

 gress after the date on which the President of the 

 Senate and the Speaker of the House are recipients 

 of the transmission of such Assessment, Program, 

 and Statement of Policy, either House adopts a reso- 

 lution reported by the appropriate committee of 

 jurisdiction disapproving the Statement of Policy. 

 For the purpose of this subsection, the continuity 

 of a session shall be deemed to be broken only by 

 an adjournment sine die. and the days on which 

 either House is not in session because of an adjourn- 

 ment of more than three days to a day certain shall 

 be excluded in the computation of the sixty-day 

 period. Notwithstanding any other provision of this 

 chapter, Congress may revise or modify the State- 

 ment of Policy transmitted by the President, and 

 the revised or modified St."tement of Policy shall be 

 used In framing budget requests. 



(b) Contents of requests to show extent of compliance 

 of projected programs and policies with policies 

 approved by Congress; requests not conforming 

 to approved policies; expenditure of appropria- 

 tions. 



