---
kind: "section"
citation: "15 U.S.C. § 2961"
title: "15"
title_heading: "Commerce and Trade"
number: "2961"
heading: "Study and decision aid"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/15/2961"
units:
  - "Chapter 56A — Global Change Research"
  - "Subchapter III — Growth Decision Aid"
---

# §2961. Study and decision aid

- (a) **Study of consequences of community growth and development; decision aid to assist State and local authorities in managing development—** The Secretary of Commerce shall conduct a study of the implications and potential consequences of growth and development on urban, suburban, and rural communities. Based upon the findings of the study, the Secretary shall produce a decision aid to assist [State](/usc/15/15g.md?p=2) and local authorities in planning and managing urban, suburban, and rural growth and development while preserving community character.
- (b) **Consultation with appropriate Federal departments and agencies—** The Secretary of Commerce shall consult with other appropriate Federal departments and agencies as necessary in carrying out this section.
- (c) **Report—** The Secretary of Commerce shall submit to the Congress a report containing the decision aid produced under [subsection (a)](#a) no later than January 30, 1992. The Secretary shall notify appropriate [State](/usc/15/15g.md?p=2) and local authorities that such decision aid is available on request.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 101–606, title III, § 301, Nov. 16, 1990, 104 Stat. 3104.)