16 U.S.C. § 1649
Section 1649 · Forestry Student Grant Program
Amended 1 time on record
Applied in 1 court decisions — leading case 737 F. Supp. 212 - United States v. 13.10 Acres of Land in County of Putnam (1990)
Most recently applied in 737 F. Supp. 212 - United States v. 13.10 Acres of Land in County of Putnam (March 1990)
The Secretary shall establish a program, to be known as the “Forestry Student Grant Program” (hereafter referred to in this section as the “Program”), to provide assistance to expand the professional education of forestry, natural resources, and environmental scientists.
Under the Program the Secretary shall provide assistance for the establishment of a competitive grant fellowship program to assist graduate, and undergraduate minority and female, students attending institutions having programs in forestry and natural resources.
The Secretary shall ensure that students concentrating in the following studies shall be eligible for assistance under subsection (b) of this section:
(1) Forestry.
(2) Biology and forest organisms.
(3) Ecosystem function and management.
(4) Human-forest interaction.
(5) International trade, competition, and cooperation.
(6) Wood as a raw material.
(7) Economics and policy.
There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out this section.