---
kind: "section"
citation: "16 U.S.C. § 2108"
title: "16"
title_heading: "Conservation"
number: "2108"
heading: "Consolidation of payments"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/16/2108"
units:
  - "Chapter 41 — Cooperative Forestry Assistance"
---

# §2108. Consolidation of payments

- (a) **Request by State; excluded funds—** To provide flexibility in funding activities authorized under this chapter, the [Secretary](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-1) may, upon the request of any [State](/usc/16/590q.md?p=a), consolidate the annual financial assistance payments to that [State](/usc/16/590q.md?p=a) under this chapter, in lieu of functional cost sharing mechanisms, formulas, or agreements. However, consolidated payments shall not include money appropriated under [section 2103](/usc/16/2103.md)[^1] of this title or money from any special Treasury fund established under this chapter.
- (b) **State forest resources programs as basis—** Consolidation of payments made under this section shall be based upon [State](/usc/16/590q.md?p=a) forest resources programs developed by [State](/usc/16/590q.md?p=a) foresters or equivalent [State](/usc/16/590q.md?p=a) officials, and reviewed by the [Secretary](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-1).
- (c) **Amount of payments—** Consolidated payments to any [State](/usc/16/590q.md?p=a) during any fiscal year shall not exceed the total amount of non-Federal funds expended within the [State](/usc/16/590q.md?p=a) during that year to implement its [State](/usc/16/590q.md?p=a) forest resources program. However, the [Secretary](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-1) may make payments that exceed the non-Federal amount expended for selected activities under the program, if the total Federal expenditure during any fiscal year does not exceed the total non-Federal expenditure during that year under the [State](/usc/16/590q.md?p=a) forest resources program.
- (d) **Certification requirement by State forester or equivalent State official for Federal payment—** The [Secretary](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-1) may make consolidated payments on the certificate of the [State](/usc/16/590q.md?p=a) forester or equivalent [State](/usc/16/590q.md?p=a) official that the conditions for Federal payment have been met.
- (e) **Administration of consolidated payments program not to adversely affect, etc., other programs—** The [Secretary](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-1) shall administer this section to ensure that the use of consolidated payments does not adversely affect or eliminate any program authorized under this chapter.
- (f) **Total annual amount of financial assistance to participating State; financial assistance for special projects not to be included in determining base amount—** Subject to applicable appropriation Acts, the total annual amount of financial assistance to any participating [State](/usc/16/590q.md?p=a) after July 1, 1978, shall not be less than the base amount of financial assistance provided to that [State](/usc/16/590q.md?p=a) under all the provisions of law specified in [section 2111 of this title](/usc/16/2111.md) during the fiscal year in which this chapter is enacted. However, financial assistance for special [projects](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-4) of two years or less duration shall not be included in determining the base amount for any participating [State](/usc/16/590q.md?p=a).

## Footnotes

[^1]: See References in Text note below.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 95–313, § 12, formerly § 9, July 1, 1978, 92 Stat. 372; renumbered § 12 and amended Pub. L. 101–624, title XII, §§ 1215(1), 1224(2), Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 3525, 3542.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### References in Text

Section 2103 of this title, referred to in subsec. (a), was repealed and a new section 2103 enacted by Pub. L. 107–171, title VIII, §§ 8001(a), 8002(b), May 13, 2002, 116 Stat. 468. Section 2103, as enacted by Pub. L. 107–171, was subsequently repealed by Pub. L. 113–79, title VIII, § 8001(a), Feb. 7, 2014, 128 Stat. 913.

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 12 of Pub. L. 95–313, which amended section 1606 of this title and enacted provisions set out as a note under that section, was renumbered section 15.

### Amendments

1990—Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 101–624, § 1224(2), made technical amendment to reference to section 2111 of this title to reflect renumbering of corresponding section of original act.