PUBLIC LAW 101-624-NOV. 28, 1990 104 STAT. 3545 "(4) additional recycling would result in reduced solid waste landfill disposal and would contribute to a reduced rate of removal of standing timber from forest lands; and "(5) additional research is needed to develop technological advances to address barriers to increased recycling of paper and wood wastes and utilization of products consisting of recycled materials. "(b) RECYCUNG RESEARCH PROGRAM.— The Secretary is authorized to conduct, support, and cooperate in an expanded wood fiber recycling research program, including the acquisition of necessary equipment. The Secretary shall seek to ensure that the program includes the cooperation and support of private industry and that program goals include the application of such research to industry and consumer needs. "(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. — In addition to any other funds made available to implement section 3 of this Act, for the 5- year period beginning on October 1, 1990, there are authorized to be appropriated annually $10,000,000 to implement this section.". (c) MODERN TIMBER BRIDGE INITIATIVE. — (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to continue the Modern Timber Bridge Initiative to provide Federal funds, on a cost share basis as determined by the Secretary, for the construction of demonstration bridges, modern bridge technology transfer projects, and conferences. (2) APPROPRIATIONS.—There are hereby authorized to be appropriated annually $5,000,000 to carry out this subsection. (d) FORESTRY RESEARCH NEEDS ASSESSMENTS. —Within 6 months Reports. after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate a report that responds to the recommendations contained in the report of the National Research Council entitled "Forestry Research: A Mandate for Change". The report shall include— (1) an assessment of the capability of current forestry research programs to address research areas specified in the report, including research on ecosystem functions and maneigement; (2) an eveduation of alternatives to current organizational frameworks for providing guidance to forestry research programs and establishing research priorities, including the establishment of a National Forestry Research Council; and (3) recommendations for changes in current forestry research programs, including levels of research funding, that may be needed to address existing deficiencies. SEC. 1242. SOUTHERN FOREST REGENERATION PROGRAM. 16 USC 1642 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary of Agriculture shall make a ^°^' grant to a State for the establishment, within such State, of a center, to be known as the "Southern Forest Regeneration Center" (hereafter referred to in this section as the Center"), to study forest regeneration problems and forest productivity in the southern region of the United States. (b) DUTIES OF CENTER.— The Center shall study forest regeneration problems and forest productivity in the southern region of the United States, including— (1) nursery management concerns that will lead to improved seedling quality;
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