---
kind: "section"
citation: "7 U.S.C. § 6614"
title: "7"
title_heading: "Agriculture"
number: "6614"
heading: "Action plan implementation"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/7/6614"
units:
  - "Chapter 95 — Rural Revitalization Through Forestry"
  - "Subchapter II — National Forest-Dependent Rural Communities"
---

# §6614. Action plan implementation

- (a) **In general—** Action plans shall be implemented, insofar as practicable, to upgrade existing industries to use natural resources more efficiently and to expand the economic base of [rural communities](/usc/7/6612.md?p=3) so as to alleviate or reduce their dependence on National Forest System land resources.
- (b) **Assistance—** To implement action plans, the [Secretary](/usc/7/6612.md?p=4) may make grants and enter into cooperative agreements and contracts to provide necessary technical and related assistance. Such grants, cooperative agreements, and contracts may be with the affected [rural community](/usc/7/6612.md?p=3), [State](/usc/7/198.md?p=5) and local governments, universities, corporations, and other [persons](/usc/7/499a.md?p=b-1).
- (c) **Limitation—** The Federal contribution to the overall implementation of an action plan shall not exceed 80 percent of the total cost of the plan, including administrative and other costs. In calculating the Federal contribution, the [Secretary](/usc/7/6612.md?p=4) shall take into account the fair [market](/usc/7/198.md?p=1) value of equipment, personnel, and services provided.
- (d) **Available authority—** The [Secretary](/usc/7/6612.md?p=4) may use the [Secretary](/usc/7/6612.md?p=4)’s authority under the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 ([16 U.S.C. 2101](/usc/16/2101.md) et seq.) and other Federal, [State](/usc/7/198.md?p=5), and local governmental authorities in implementing action plans.
- (e) **Consistency with forest plans—** The implementation of action plans shall be consistent with land and resource management plans.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 101–624, title XXIII, § 2376, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 4048; Pub. L. 106–113, div. B, § 1000(a)(3) [title III, § 345(d)], Nov. 29, 1999, 113 Stat. 1535, 1501A–204.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### References in Text

The Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978, referred to in subsec. (d), is Pub. L. 95–313, July 1, 1978, 92 Stat. 365, which is classified principally to chapter 41 (§ 2101 et seq.) of Title 16, Conservation. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 2101 of Title 16 and Tables.

### Amendments

1999—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 106–113 substituted “natural resources” for “forest resources” and “National Forest System land resources” for “national forest resources”.