1. (a) Competition Beginning not later than 3 years after the date of the enactment of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008, the Secretary shall competitively allocate a portion, to be determined by the Secretary, of the funds available under this chapter to State foresters or equivalent State officials.
2. (b) Determination In determining the competitive allocation of funds under subsection (a), the Secretary shall consult with the Forest Resource Coordinating Committee established by section 2113(a) of this title.
3. (c) Priority The Secretary shall give priority for funding to States for which the long-term State-wide forest resource strategies submitted under section 2101a(a)(2) of this title will best promote the national priorities specified in section 2101(c) of this title.

(Pub. L. 95–313, § 13A, as added Pub. L. 110–234, title VIII, § 8007, May 22, 2008, 122 Stat. 1285, and Pub. L. 110–246, § 4(a), title VIII, § 8007, June 18, 2008, 122 Stat. 1664, 2047.)

References in Text The date of the enactment of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008, referred to in subsec. (a), is the date of enactment of Pub. L. 110–246, which was approved June 18, 2008.

This chapter, referred to in subsec. (a), was in the original “this Act”, meaning Pub. L. 95–313, July 1, 1978, 92 Stat. 365, which is classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 2101 of this title and Tables.

Codification Pub. L. 110–234 and Pub. L. 110–246 enacted identical sections. Pub. L. 110–234 was repealed by section 4(a) of Pub. L. 110–246.

Effective Date Enactment of this section and repeal of Pub. L. 110–234 by Pub. L. 110–246 effective May 22, 2008, the date of enactment of Pub. L. 110–234, see section 4 of Pub. L. 110–246, set out as a note under section 8701 of Title 7, Agriculture.