Assistance programs — Us Code Code § 2339

Us Code Code § 2339 — Assistance programs. Reproduced from the official United States Code, with a citation summary, verification link, and related provisions.

§ 2339. Assistance programs

(a) Conservation and recreation management

To further training and educational opportunities about water resources development projects under the jurisdiction of the Secretary, the Secretary may enter into cooperative agreements with non-Federal public and nonprofit entities for services relating to natural resources conservation or recreation management.

(b) Rural community assistance

In carrying out studies and projects under the jurisdiction of the Secretary, the Secretary may enter into cooperative agreements with multistate regional private nonprofit rural community assistance entities for services, including water resource assessment, community participation, planning, development, and management activities.

(c) Youth service and conservation corps organizations

The Secretary, to the maximum extent practicable, shall enter into cooperative agreements with qualified youth service and conservation corps organizations for services relating to projects under the jurisdiction of the Secretary and shall do so in a manner that ensures the maximum participation and opportunities for such organizations.

(d) Cooperative agreements

A cooperative agreement entered into under this section shall not be considered to be, or treated as being, a cooperative agreement to which chapter 63 of title 31 applies.

(Pub. L. 106–541, title II, §213, Dec. 11, 2000, 114 Stat. 2593; Pub. L. 113–121, title I, §1047(e), June 10, 2014, 128 Stat. 1257; Pub. L. 114–322, title I, §1101, Dec. 16, 2016, 130 Stat. 1632.)


Editorial Notes

Codification

Section was enacted as part of the Water Resources Development Act of 2000, and not as part of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 which comprises this chapter.

Amendments

2016—Subsecs. (c), (d). Pub. L. 114–322 added subsec. (c) and redesignated former subsec. (c) as (d).

2014—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 113–121 substituted "about" for "at".


Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

"Secretary" Defined

Secretary means the Secretary of the Army, see section 2 of Pub. L. 106–541, set out as a note under section 2201 of this title.

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