---
kind: "section"
citation: "16 U.S.C. § 1676"
title: "16"
title_heading: "Conservation"
number: "1676"
heading: "Issuance of rules and regulations for implementation of provisions and coordination with agricultural, research, extension, and teaching provisions"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/16/1676"
units:
  - "Chapter 36 — Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning"
  - "Subchapter III — Extension Programs"
---

# §1676. Issuance of rules and regulations for implementation of provisions and coordination with agricultural, research, extension, and teaching provisions


The [Secretary](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-1) is authorized to issue such rules and regulations as the [Secretary](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-1) deems necessary to implement the provisions of this subchapter and to coordinate this subchapter with title XIV of the Food and Agriculture Act of 1977 [[7 U.S.C. 3101](/usc/7/3101.md) et seq.].


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 95–306, § 7, June 30, 1978, 92 Stat. 352.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### References in Text

The Food and Agriculture Act of 1977, referred to in text, is Pub. L. 95–113, Sept. 29, 1977, 91 Stat. 913. Title XIV of the Food and Agriculture Act of 1977, known as the “National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977”, is classified principally to chapter 64 (§ 3101 et seq.) of Title 7, Agriculture. For complete classification of this title to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 3101 of Title 7 and Tables.