PUBLIC LAW 101-624—NOV. 28, 1990 104 STAT. 3553 "(9) conduct a comprehensive natural resource and environmental education program for landowners and managers, public officials, and the public, with particular emphasis on youth.", (c) EXTENSION PROGRAM PLAN. —Section 5(a) of such Act (16 U.S.C. 1674(a)) is amended by inserting before the period at the end thereof the following: ", and give special attention to water quality protection and natural resource and environmental education for landowners and managers, public officials, and the public". SEC. 1252. FORESTRY STUDENT GRANT PROGRAM. The Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Research Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 1641 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new section: " SEC. 10. FORESTRY STUDENT GRANT PROGRAM. 16 USC 1649. "(a) ESTABLISHMENT.— The Secretary shall establish a program, to be known as the 'Forestry Student Grant Program' (hereafter referred to in this section as the 'Program'), to provide assistance to expand the professional education of forestry, natural resources, and environmental scientists. "(b) STUDENT GRANTS.—Under the Program the Secretary shall provide assistance for the establishment of a competitive grant fellowship program to assist graduate, and undergraduate minority and female, students attending institutions having programs in forestry and natural resources. "(c) EuGiBiLiTY. —The Secretary shall ensure that students concentrating in the following studies shall be eligible for assistance under subsection (b): "(1) Forestry. "(2) Biology and forest organisms. "(3) Ecosystem function and management. "(4) Human-forest interaction. "(5) International trade, competition, and cooperation. "(6) Wood as a raw material. "(7) Economics and policy. "(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—T here are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out this section.". Subtitle C—America the Beautiful SiAct of 1990. SEC. 1261. SHORT TITLE. This subtitle may be cited as the "America the Beautiful Act of 1990". SEC. 1262. FINDINGS. Congress finds that— (1) trees and forests provide beauty and diversity to both rural and urban landscapes; (2) trees and forests protect the United States's soil, water, and wetland resources by filtering runoff and preventing erosion; (3) trees and forests provide food and cover for many species of wildlife; 16 USC 2101 note.
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