§5505. Repository of agriculture and ground water quality planning information
(a) Repository
The Secretary, acting through the Director of the National Agricultural Library, shall establish at such Library, a repository for all reports prepared and submitted, in accordance with this chapter, to the Director, the Secretary, or Committees of Congress. The Director of the Library, in administering such repository, shall-
(1) compile other planning documents concerning agriculture and ground water protection that are produced by the Secretary and other Federal, regional, and State agencies;
(2) compile and catalog all Federal statutes relevant to the protection of ground water from agricultural production; and
(3) identify, list, and provide information concerning access to data bases and informational sources relating to ground water and agricultural production that are available through the Secretary, the United States Geological Survey, the Environmental Protection Agency, the Department of Commerce, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the Tennessee Valley Authority, private industry, nonprofit organizations, and other sources.
(b) Research data base
(1) Report
Within 270 days after November 28, 1990, the Secretary shall prepare and submit a report to the Congress on the measures necessary to develop an interactive, descriptive national data base to contain information on agricultural practices and water resources (including research results, monitoring and survey data, pesticide and nutrient use data, and other relevant data bases and information sources relevant to water protection), to be located at the National Agricultural Library. In preparing this report, the Secretary shall-
(A) identify the information required for the development of such an agriculture and water data base and identify the extent to which such information is now collected either publicly or privately;
(B) determine the extent to which such information can be integrated into one data base; and
(C) develop a plan for implementing the development of such a data base.
(2) Consultation
In preparing the report, the Secretary shall consult as appropriate with the Economic Research Service, the Extension Service, the Cooperative State Research Service, the National Agricultural Statistics Service, the Soil Conservation Service, the United States Geological Survey, the Environmental Protection Agency, such other public and private persons as the Secretary determines appropriate.
(3) Development
Ninety days after the date on which the report is submitted under this subsection, the Secretary shall initiate the development of the data base in accordance with such report.
(Pub. L. 101 624, title XIV, §1485, Nov. 28, 1990,
Amendments
1991-Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 102 237, §201(f)(1), substituted "Director" for "Administrator" before "of the" in two places in introductory provisions.
Subsec. (a)(3). Pub. L. 102 237, §201(f)(2), substituted "Atmospheric Administration" for "Atmospheric Agency".
Subsec. (b)(3). Pub. L. 102 237, §201(f)(3), substituted "this subsection" for "subsection (a)".
Effective Date of 1991 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 102 237 effective as if included in the provision of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990, Pub. L. 101 624, to which the amendment relates, see section 1101(b)(1) of Pub. L. 102 237, set out as a note under section 1421 of this title.