16 U.S.C. § 7101: Purposes

The purposes of this chapter are—(1) to stabilize and transition payments to counties to provide funding for schools and roads that supplements other available funds; (2) to make additional investments in, and create additional employment opportunities through, projects that—(A)(i) improve the maintenance of existing infrastructure; (ii) implement stewardship objectives that enhance forest ecosystems; and (iii) restore and improve land health and water quality; (B) enjoy broad-based support; and (C) have objectives that may include—(i) road, trail, and infrastructure maintenance or obliteration; (ii) soil productivity improvement; (iii) improvements in forest ecosystem health; (iv) watershed restoration and maintenance; (v) the restoration, maintenance, and improvement of wildlife and fish habitat; (vi) the control of noxious and exotic weeds; and (vii) the reestablishment of native species; and (3) to improve cooperative relationships among—(A) the people that use and care for Federal land; and (B) the agencies that manage the Federal land.