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title: "16 U.S.C. § 6553"
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description: "Accelerated information gathering regarding forest-damaging insects"
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jurisdiction: "us"
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corpus: "united_states_code"
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kind: "code_section"
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title_number: 16
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title_name: "CONSERVATION"
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chapter_number: "84"
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chapter_name: "HEALTHY FOREST RESTORATION"
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section: "6553"
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citation: "16 U.S.C. § 6553"
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release_date: "2026-06-26"
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# 16 U.S.C. § 6553 - Accelerated information gathering regarding forest-damaging insects
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## Text
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(a) Information gathering The Secretary, acting through the Forest Service and United States Geological Survey, as appropriate, shall establish an accelerated program—
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(1) to plan, conduct, and promote comprehensive and systematic information gathering on forest-damaging insects and associated diseases, including an evaluation of—
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(A) infestation prevention and suppression methods;
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(B) effects of infestations and associated disease interactions on forest ecosystems;
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(C) restoration of forest ecosystem efforts;
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(D) utilization options regarding infested trees; and
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(E) models to predict the occurrence, distribution, and impact of outbreaks of forest-damaging insects and associated diseases;
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(2) to assist land managers in the development of treatments and strategies to improve forest health and reduce the susceptibility of forest ecosystems to severe infestations of forest-damaging insects and associated diseases on Federal land and State and private land; and
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(3) to disseminate the results of the information gathering, treatments, and strategies.
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(b) Cooperation and assistance The Secretary shall—
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(1) establish and carry out the program in cooperation with—
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(A) scientists from colleges and universities (including forestry schools, land grant colleges and universities, and 1890 Institutions);
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(B) Federal, State, and local agencies; and
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(C) private and industrial landowners; and
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(2) designate such colleges and universities to assist in carrying out the program.
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(Pub. L. 108–148, title IV, § 403, Dec. 3, 2003, 117 Stat. 1909.)
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