This Chapter lays down rules and regulations regarding farm tenancy. It consists of the following subchapters: Subchapter I—Tenant Purchase Loans and Mortgage Insurance; Subchapter II- Operating Loans; Subchapter III – Land Conservation and Land Utilisation; and Subchapter IV – General Provisions. In recognition of the increasing need for soil, water, and related source data for land conservation, use, and development, for guidance of community development for a balanced rural-urban growth, for identification of prime agriculture producing areas that should be protected, and for use in protecting the quality of the environment, the Secretary of Agriculture is directed to carry out a land inventory and monitoring programme to include, but not be limited to, studies and surveys of erosion and sediment damages, flood plain identification and utilisation, land use changes and trends, and degradation of the environment resulting from improper use of soil, water, and related resources. Further, the Secretary is authorised and directed to develop a programme of land conservation and land utilisation to correct maladjustments in land use, and thus assist in controlling soil erosion, reforestation, preserving natural resources, protecting fish and wildlife, developing and protecting recreational facilities, mitigating floods, preventing impairment of dams and reservoirs, developing energy resources, conserving surface and subsurface moisture, protecting the watersheds of navigable streams, and protecting the public lands, health, safety and welfare, but not to build industrial parks or establish private industrial or commercial enterprises. The powers of the Secretary of Agriculture are further enumerated by Subchapter III. Any conveyance of real estate by the Government or any Government agency under this Act shall include all mineral rights.
États-Unis d'Amérique · 1937-07-22