16 U.S.C. § 3452
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The Secretary shall establish a resource conservation and development program under which the Secretary shall provide technical assistance and financial assistance to councils to develop and carry out area plans and projects in designated areas—
- (1)to conserve and improve the use of land, develop natural resources, and improve and enhance the social, economic, and environmental conditions in primarily rural areas of the United States; and
- (2)to encourage and improve the capability of State,1 So in original. units of government, Indian tribes, nonprofit organizations, and councils to carry out the purposes described in paragraph (1).