{"data":{"id":"us/16-u.s.c.-7101","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"16 U.S.C. § 7101","heading":"Purposes","body":"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.","path":["Title 16—CONSERVATION","CHAPTER 90—SECURE RURAL SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITY SELF-DETERMINATION"],"source_url":"https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/103/xml_usc16@119-103.zip","current_through":"Public Law 119-103 (09/02/2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-10T05:56:44Z","sha256":"96cd05580eb894ea81e3d2c877fa0bec97964d4f5767739e34b29cdfd2f4b15f","source_id":"us","stale":true,"prev":"us/16-u.s.c.-7010","next":"us/16-u.s.c.-7102"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}