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    7 USC CHAPTER 17 - MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS                    01/03/2007

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-HEAD-
                    CHAPTER 17 - MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS                

-MISC1-
    Sec.                                                     
    411.        Omitted.                                              
    411a.       Repealed.                                             
    411b.       Estimates of apple production.                        
    412 to 414. Transferred or Repealed.                              
    414a.       Transfer of nonadministrative funds of Commodity
                 Credit Corporation for classing and grading purposes.
    415.        Purchase of seeds and plants for distribution.        
    415a.       Omitted.                                              
    415b.       Wool standards; appropriation of certain funds.       
    415c.       Use of funds for dissemination of information relating
                 to standardization, grading, etc., of wool; charge
                 for grading wool.                                    
    415d.       Rules and regulations for wool standards; deposit of
                 receipts in the Treasury.                            
    415e.       Farm or food products; sale of samples, practical
                 forms, etc.                                          
    416.        Letting contract for packeting, etc., of seeds, etc.,
                 for distribution.                                    
    417.        Distribution of farmers' bulletins.                   
    418.        Annual report on work of agricultural experiment
                 stations and of college extension work; publication
                 and distribution.                                    
    419.        Repealed.                                             
    420.        Power to administer oaths, examine witnesses, or
                 require production of books, etc.                    
    421.        Dairying and livestock experiment station, Mandan,
                 North Dakota.                                        
    421a.       Omitted.                                              
    422.        Dairying and livestock experiment station, Lewisburg,
                 Tennessee.                                           
    422a.       Omitted.                                              
    423.        Cotton; investigation of new uses; cooperation with
                 State and other agencies.                            
    424.        Cotton ginning investigations; publication of results;
                 cooperation with Federal and State departments and
                 agencies.                                            
    425.        Authorization of appropriations for cotton ginning
                 studies.                                             
    426.        Predatory and other wild animals.                     
    426a.       Omitted.                                              
    426b.       Authorization of expenditures for the eradication and
                 control of predatory and other wild animals.         
    426c.       Control of nuisance mammals and birds and those
                 constituting reservoirs of zoonotic diseases;
                 exception.                                           
    426d.       Expenditures for cooperative agreements to lease
                 aircraft.                                            
    427.        Agriculture research; declaration of policy; duties of
                 Secretary of Agriculture; use of existing facilities.
    427a to 427h. Repealed.                                           
    427i.       Agricultural research; authorization of additional
                 appropriations; administrative expenses; availability
                 of special research fund.                            
    427j, 428.  Repealed or Omitted.                                  
    428a.       Acquisition of land; options.                         
    428b.       Wheat and feed grains research; regional and national
                 research programs; utilization of services of
                 Federal, State and private agencies; authorization of
                 appropriations.                                      
    428c.       Rice research.                                        
    429.        Repealed.                                             
    430.        Purchase and testing of serums or analogous products;
                 dissemination of test results.                       
    431.        Purchase of tags, labels, stamps, and certificates.   
    432.        Purchase of cultures for soil and fertilizer
                 investigations.                                      
    433.        Domestic raising of fur-bearing animals;
                 classification.                                      
    434.        Transfer of functions, appropriations, records and
                 property to Secretary of Agriculture.                
    435.        Omitted.                                              
    436.        Transfer of Army Remount Service to Department of
                 Agriculture; effective date.                         
    437.        Administration of transferred property; improvement in
                 horse breeding; acquisition of breeding stock and
                 facilities; fees; cooperation with other
                 organizations.                                       
    438.        Repealed.                                             
    439.        Operation of Government-owned alcohol plants;
                 location; transfer of plants.                        
    439a.       Powers and duties of Secretary of Agriculture.        
    439b.       Recommendations to Congress for discontinuance of
                 plants.                                              
    439c.       Construction of additional facilities; acquisition of
                 property; incurment of expenses; rules and
                 regulations.                                         
    439d.       Assumption of obligations of Reconstruction Finance
                 Corporation covering Muscatine, Iowa, plant.         
    439e.       Authorization of appropriations; availability of other
                 appropriations.                                      
    440.        Reimbursement of appropriations available for classing
                 or grading agriculture commodities without charge.   
    441.        Repealed.                                             
    442.        Availability of grain to prevent waterfowl
                 depredations; payment of packaging, transporting,
                 handling, and other charges.                         
    443.        Requisition of grain to prevent crop depredation by
                 migratory waterfowl.                                 
    444.        Reimbursement of packaging and transporting expenses. 
    445.        Authorization of appropriations for mitigating losses
                 caused by waterfowl depredation.                     
    446.        Repealed.                                             
    447.        Requisition of surplus grain; prevention of starvation
                 of resident game birds and other resident wildlife;
                 utilization by State agencies; reimbursement for
                 packaging and transporting.                          
    448.        Requisition and use of grain for prevention of
                 starvation of migratory birds; reimbursement for
                 packaging and transporting.                          
    449.        Authorization of appropriations for reimbursement of
                 Commodity Credit Corporation.                        
    450.        Cooperation with State agencies in administration and
                 enforcement of laws relating to marketing of
                 agricultural products and control or eradication of
                 plant and animal diseases and pests; coordination of
                 administration of Federal and State laws.            
    450a.       Cooperative research projects; agreements with and
                 receipt of funds from State and other agencies.      
    450b.       Cooperation with State and other agencies;
                 expenditures.                                        
    450c.       Delegation of regulatory functions of Secretary of
                 Agriculture; definitions.                            
    450d.       Delegation of regulatory functions to designated
                 employees; status of employees; number; revocation of
                 delegation.                                          
    450e.       Authority of designated employees; retroactive
                 revocation of delegation.                            
    450f.       Delegation of functions under other laws as
                 unaffected.                                          
    450g.       Authorization of appropriations for cooperative
                 research projects.                                   
    450h.       Transferred.                                          
    450i.       Competitive, special, and facilities research grants. 
    450j.       Indemnity payments to dairy farmers and manufacturers
                 of dairy products; milk removed for its residue of
                 chemical or toxic substances; nuclear radiation or
                 fallout contaminants; other legal recourse.          
    450k.       Authorization of appropriations for dairy farmer
                 indemnities.                                         
    450l.       Expiration of dairy farmer indemnity program.         

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    7 USC Sec. 411                                              01/03/2007

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    Sec. 411. Omitted

-COD-
                               CODIFICATION                           
      Section, act May 11, 1922, ch. 185, 42 Stat. 532, which provided
    that powers conferred prior to May 11, 1922, and the duties imposed
    by law on the Bureau of Markets, Bureau of Markets and Crop
    Estimates, and the Office of Farm Management and Farms Economics of
    the Department of Agriculture shall be exercised and performed by
    the Bureau of Agricultural Economics, was omitted from the Code as
    executed and obsolete.
      All functions of all officers, agencies and employees of the
    Department of Agriculture were transferred, with certain
    exceptions, to the Secretary of Agriculture by 1953 Reorg. Plan No.
    2, Sec. 1, eff. June 4, 1953, 18 F.R. 3219, 67 Stat. 633, set out
    as a note under section 2201 of this title.
      Functions of the Bureau of Agricultural Economics were
    transferred to other units of the Department of Agriculture by
    Secretary's memorandum of November 2, 1953.
      Agricultural Statistics Division of the Agricultural Marketing
    Service and its functions, personnel, property, etc., transferred
    to Bureau of Agricultural Economics for duration of World War II,
    see Ex. Ord. No. 9069.
      The functions, personnel and property of the Division of Farm
    Management and Costs of the Bureau of Agricultural Economics
    concerned primarily with the planning of current agricultural
    production were consolidated with other agencies into the Food
    Production Administration, which was consolidated into the War Food
    Administration, which was terminated and its functions transferred
    to the Secretary of Agriculture by Ex. Ord. No. 9577.

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    7 USC Sec. 411a                                             01/03/2007

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    Sec. 411a. Repealed.

-MISC1-
    Sec. 411a. Repealed. Pub. L. 101-624, title XXV, Sec. 2514(d), Nov.
      28, 1990, 104 Stat. 4075.
      Section, acts Mar. 4, 1909, ch. 301, 35 Stat. 1053; Mar. 4, 1917,
    ch. 179, 39 Stat. 1157, related to contents, issuance, and approval
    by Secretary of Agriculture of monthly crop report.

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    7 USC Sec. 411b                                             01/03/2007

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    Sec. 411b. Estimates of apple production

-STATUTE-
      On and after October 18, 1986, no funds available to the
    Department of Agriculture shall be available to publish estimates
    of apple production for other than the commercial crop.

-SOURCE-
    (Pub. L. 99-500, Sec. 101(a) [title I], Oct. 18, 1986, 100 Stat.
    1783, 1783-3, and Pub. L. 99-591, Sec. 101(a) [title I], Oct. 30,
    1986, 100 Stat. 3341, 3341-3.)

-COD-
                               CODIFICATION                           
      Pub. L. 99-591 is a corrected version of Pub. L. 99-500.


-MISC1-
                             PRIOR PROVISIONS                         
      Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in the
    following prior appropriation acts:
      Pub. L. 99-190, Sec. 101(a) [H.R. 3037, title I], Dec. 19, 1985,
    99 Stat. 1185; Pub. L. 100-202, Sec. 106, Dec. 22, 1987, 101 Stat.
    1329-433.
      Pub. L. 97-370, title I, Dec. 18, 1982, 96 Stat. 1794.
      Pub. L. 97-103, title I, Dec. 23, 1981, 95 Stat. 1473.
      Pub. L. 96-528, title I, Dec. 15, 1980, 95 Stat. 3101.
      Pub. L. 96-108, title I, Nov. 9, 1979, 93 Stat. 827.
      Pub. L. 95-448, title I, Oct. 11, 1978, 92 Stat. 1079.
      Pub. L. 95-97, title I, Aug. 12, 1977, 91 Stat. 815.
      Pub. L. 94-351, title I, July 12, 1976, 90 Stat. 855.
      Pub. L. 94-122, title I, Oct. 21, 1975, 89 Stat. 648.
      Pub. L. 93-563, title I, Dec. 31, 1974, 88 Stat. 1826.
      Pub. L. 93-135, title I, Oct. 24, 1973, 87 Stat. 474.
      Pub. L. 92-399, title I, Aug. 22, 1972, 86 Stat. 596.
      Pub. L. 92-73, title I, Aug. 10, 1971, 85 Stat. 187.
      Pub. L. 91-566, title I, Dec. 22, 1970, 84 Stat. 1487.
      Pub. L. 91-127, title I, Nov. 26, 1969, 83 Stat. 250.
      Pub. L. 90-463, title I, Aug. 8, 1968, 82 Stat. 644.
      Pub. L. 90-113, title I, Oct. 24, 1967, 81 Stat. 325.
      Pub. L. 89-556, title I, Sept. 7, 1966, 80 Stat 694.
      Pub. L. 89-316, title I, Nov. 2, 1965, 79 Stat. 1170.
      Pub. L. 88-573, title I, Sept. 2, 1964, 78 Stat. 867.
      Pub. L. 88-250, title I, Dec. 30, 1963, 77 Stat. 825.
      Pub. L. 87-879, title I, Oct. 24, 1962, 76 Stat. 1208.
      Pub. L. 87-112, title I, July 26, 1961, 75 Stat. 231.
      Pub. L. 86-532, title I, June 29, 1960, 74 Stat. 237.
      Pub. L. 86-80, title I, July 8, 1959, 73 Stat. 172.
      Pub. L. 85-459, title I, June 13, 1958, 72 Stat. 193.
      Pub. L. 85-118, title I, Aug. 2, 1957, 71 Stat. 331.
      June 4, 1956, ch. 355, title I, 70 Stat. 234.
      May 23, 1955, ch. 43, title I, 69 Stat. 57.
      June 29, 1954, ch. 409, title I, 68 Stat. 313.
      July 28, 1953, ch. 251, title I, 67 Stat. 206.
      July 5, 1952, ch. 574, title I, 66 Stat. 336.
      Aug. 31, 1951, ch. 374, title I, 65 Stat. 226.
      Sept. 6, 1950, ch. 896, ch. VI, title I, 64 Stat. 658.
      June 29, 1949, ch. 280, title I, 63 Stat. 328.
      June 19, 1948, ch. 543, title I, 62 Stat. 512.
      July 30, 1947, ch. 356, title I, 61 Stat. 527.
      June 22, 1946, ch. 445, 60 Stat. 274.
      May 5, 1945, ch. 109, 59 Stat. 140.
      June 28, 1944, ch. 296, 58 Stat. 430.
      July 12, 1943, ch. 215, 57 Stat. 398.
      July 22, 1942, ch. 516, 56 Stat. 687.
      July 1, 1941, ch. 267, 55 Stat. 430.
      June 25, 1940, ch. 421, 54 Stat. 555.
      June 30, 1939, ch. 253, title I, 53 Stat. 968.

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    7 USC Secs. 412, 413                                        01/03/2007

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    Secs. 412, 413. Transferred

-COD-
                               CODIFICATION                           
      Section 412, act May 27, 1912, ch. 135, Sec. 1, 37 Stat. 118,
    which related to acreage cotton crop report, was transferred to
    section 476 of this title.
      Section 413, act May 3, 1924, ch. 149, Sec. 1, 43 Stat. 115,
    which related to cotton crop reports, was transferred to section
    475 of this title and subsequently repealed by Pub. L. 104-127,
    title VIII, Sec. 870, Apr. 4, 1996, 110 Stat. 1175.

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    7 USC Sec. 414                                              01/03/2007

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-HEAD-
    Sec. 414. Repealed.

-MISC1-
    Sec. 414. Repealed. Aug. 9, 1955, ch. 632, Sec. 2, 69 Stat. 553.
      Section, act July 28, 1953, ch. 251, title I, 67 Stat. 217,
    related to investigation and certification of any agricultural
    commodity or food product offered for interstate shipment. See
    section 1622(h) of this title. Similar provisions were contained in
    the following prior appropriation acts:
      July 5, 1952, ch. 574, title I, 66 Stat. 348.
      Aug. 31, 1951, ch. 374, title I, 65 Stat. 238.
      Sept. 6, 1950, ch. 896, Ch. VI, 64 Stat. 672.
      June 29, 1949, ch. 280, title I, 63 Stat. 343.
      June 19, 1948, ch. 543, title I, 62 Stat. 527.
      July 30, 1947, ch. 356, title I, 61 Stat. 543.
      June 22, 1946, ch. 445, 60 Stat. 290.
      May 5, 1945, ch. 109, 59 Stat. 158.
      June 28, 1944, ch. 296, 58 Stat. 453.
      July 12, 1943, ch. 215, 57 Stat. 421.
      July 22, 1942, ch. 516, 56 Stat. 687.
      July 1, 1941, ch. 267, 55 Stat. 431.
      June 25, 1940, ch. 421, 54 Stat. 555.
      June 30, 1939, ch. 253, title I, 53 Stat. 968.
      June 16, 1938, ch. 464, title I, 52 Stat. 740.
      June 29, 1937, ch. 404, title I, 50 Stat. 425.
      June 4, 1936, ch. 489, title I, 49 Stat. 1450.
      May 17, 1935, ch. 131, title I, 49 Stat. 275.
      Mar. 26, 1934, ch. 89, 48 Stat. 493.
      Mar. 3, 1933, ch. 203, 47 Stat. 1459.
      July 7, 1932, ch. 443, 47 Stat. 637.
      Feb. 23, 1931, ch. 278, 46 Stat. 1268.
      May 27, 1930, ch. 341, 46 Stat. 418.
      Feb. 16, 1929, ch. 227, 45 Stat. 1212.
      May 16, 1928, ch. 572, 45 Stat. 561.
      Jan. 18, 1927, ch. 39, 44 Stat. 998.
      May 11, 1926, ch. 286, 44 Stat. 523.
      Feb. 10, 1925, ch. 200, 43 Stat. 844.

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    7 USC Sec. 414a                                             01/03/2007

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-HEAD-
    Sec. 414a. Transfer of nonadministrative funds of Commodity Credit
      Corporation for classing and grading purposes

-STATUTE-
      On and after August 31, 1951, there may be transferred to
    appropriations available for classing or grading any agricultural
    commodity without charge to the producers thereof such sums from
    nonadministrative funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation as may
    be necessary in addition to other funds available for these
    purposes, such transfers to be reimbursed from subsequent
    appropriations therefor.

-SOURCE-
    (Aug. 31, 1951, ch. 374, title I, 65 Stat. 239.)

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    7 USC Sec. 415                                              01/03/2007

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    TITLE 7 - AGRICULTURE
    CHAPTER 17 - MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS

-HEAD-
    Sec. 415. Purchase of seeds and plants for distribution

-STATUTE-
      Purchase and distribution of vegetable, field, and flower seeds,
    plants, shrubs, vines, bulbs, and cuttings shall be of the freshest
    and best obtainable varieties and adapted to general cultivation.

-SOURCE-
    (R.S. Sec. 527; Apr. 25, 1896, ch. 140, 29 Stat. 106.)


-MISC1-
                                AMENDMENTS                            
      1896 - Act Apr. 25, 1896, struck out "by the Department of
    Agriculture" and "trees", and inserted "vegetable, field, and
    flower seeds" and "bulbs".

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    7 USC Sec. 415a                                             01/03/2007

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    Sec. 415a. Omitted

-COD-
                               CODIFICATION                           
      Section was from act June 16, 1938, ch. 464, title I, 52 Stat.
    739, the Department of Agriculture Appropriation Act, 1939, and
    related to sale of practical forms of grades of wool and mohair.
    See section 415e of this title. Similar provisions were contained
    in the following prior appropriation acts:
      June 29, 1937, ch. 404, title I, 50 Stat. 424.
      June 4, 1936, ch. 489, title I, 49 Stat. 1450.
      May 17, 1935, ch. 131, title I, 49 Stat. 275.
      Mar. 26, 1934, ch. 89, 48 Stat. 493.
      Mar. 3, 1933, ch. 203, 47 Stat. 1458.
      July 7, 1932, ch. 443, 47 Stat. 636.
      Feb. 23, 1931, ch. 278, 46 Stat. 1268.
      May 27, 1930, ch. 341, 46 Stat. 418.
      Feb. 16, 1929, ch. 227, 45 Stat. 1212.
      May 16, 1928, ch. 572, 45 Stat. 561.
      Jan. 18, 1927, ch. 39, 44 Stat. 997.

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    7 USC Sec. 415b                                             01/03/2007

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-HEAD-
    Sec. 415b. Wool standards; appropriation of certain funds

-STATUTE-
      There is authorized to be appropriated for expenditure by the
    Secretary of Agriculture, for the purposes stated in section 415c
    of this title, all funds prior to or after May 17, 1928, collected
    by suit, or otherwise, pursuant to appropriations for the
    completion of the work of the domestic wool section of the War
    Industries Board, and for enforcing Government regulations for
    handling the wool clip of 1918 as established by the wool division
    of said board, pursuant to the Executive order dated December 31,
    1918, transferring such work to the Bureau of Markets, now a part
    of the Bureau of Agricultural Economics of the Department of
    Agriculture, and for continuing as far as practicable the
    distribution among the growers of the wool clip of 1918 of all sums
    prior to or after May 17, 1928, collected or recovered with or
    without suit by the Government from all persons, firms, or
    corporations which handled any part of the wool clip of 1918, which
    he finds it impracticable to distribute among said growers,
    provided that not to exceed $50,000 may be expended in any fiscal
    year.

-SOURCE-
    (May 17, 1928, ch. 602, Sec. 1, 45 Stat. 593.)


-TRANS-
                           TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS                       
      Functions of all officers, agencies, and employees of Department
    of Agriculture transferred, with certain exceptions, to Secretary
    of Agriculture by 1953 Reorg. Plan No. 2, Sec. 1, eff. June 4,
    1953, 18 F.R. 3219, 67 Stat. 633, set out as a note under section
    2201 of this title.
      Functions of Bureau of Agricultural Economics transferred to
    other units of Department of Agriculture by Secretary's memorandum
    of Nov. 2, 1953.

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    7 USC Sec. 415c                                             01/03/2007

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-HEAD-
    Sec. 415c. Use of funds for dissemination of information relating
      to standardization, grading, etc., of wool; charge for grading
      wool

-STATUTE-
      The funds referred to in section 415b of this title may be used
    for the purpose of acquiring and diffusing among the people of the
    United States useful information relative to the standardization,
    grading, preparation for market, marketing, utilization,
    transportation, handling, and distribution of wool, and of approved
    methods and practices relative thereto, including the demonstration
    and promotion of the use of grades for wool in accordance with
    standards therefor which the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized
    to establish. Said funds may be used for the grading of wool, and
    for such grading or other service rendered under sections 415b to
    415d of this title reasonable fees may be charged, and provided
    further that after May 17, 1928, reasonable charges may be made for
    practical forms of grades for wool.

-SOURCE-
    (May 17, 1928, ch. 602, Sec. 2, 45 Stat. 593.)

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    7 USC Sec. 415d                                             01/03/2007

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-HEAD-
    Sec. 415d. Rules and regulations for wool standards; deposit of
      receipts in the Treasury

-STATUTE-
      The Secretary of Agriculture may make such rules and regulations
    as he deems advisable for carrying out any of the provisions of
    sections 415b and 415c of this title. All receipts under sections
    415b to 415d of this title shall be deposited in the Treasury to
    the credit of miscellaneous receipts.

-SOURCE-
    (May 17, 1928, ch. 602, Sec. 3, 45 Stat. 594.)

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    7 USC Sec. 415e                                             01/03/2007

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-HEAD-
    Sec. 415e. Farm or food products; sale of samples, practical forms,
      etc.

-STATUTE-
      The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to sell samples,
    illustrations, practical forms, or sets of the grades recommended
    or promulgated by him for farm or food products, under such rules
    and regulations as he may prescribe, and the receipts therefrom
    shall be deposited in the Treasury to the credit of miscellaneous
    receipts.

-SOURCE-
    (Sept. 21, 1944, ch. 412, title IV, Sec. 401(a), 58 Stat. 738.)


-MISC1-
                             PRIOR PROVISIONS                         
      Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in the
    following Department of Agriculture appropriation acts:
      June 28, 1944, ch. 296, 58 Stat. 454.
      July 12, 1943, ch. 215, 57 Stat. 421.
      July 22, 1942, ch. 516, 56 Stat. 688.
      July 1, 1941, ch. 267, 55 Stat. 431.
      June 25, 1940, ch. 421, 54 Stat. 555.
      June 30, 1939, ch. 253, title I, 53 Stat. 968.

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    7 USC Sec. 416                                              01/03/2007

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-HEAD-
    Sec. 416. Letting contract for packeting, etc., of seeds, etc., for
      distribution

-STATUTE-
      The Secretary of Agriculture, after due advertisement and on
    competitive bids, is authorized to award the contract for the
    supplying of printed packets and envelopes and the packeting,
    assembling, and mailing of the seeds, bulbs, shrubs, vines,
    cuttings, and plants, or any part thereof, for a period of not more
    than five years nor less than one year, if by such action he can
    best protect the interests of the United States.

-SOURCE-
    (May 11, 1922, ch. 185, 42 Stat. 517.)

-COD-
                               CODIFICATION                           
      Section is from the Agriculture Department Appropriation Act,
    1923.

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    7 USC Sec. 417                                              01/03/2007

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-HEAD-
    Sec. 417. Distribution of farmers' bulletins

-STATUTE-
      In the distribution of farmers' bulletins, which shall be adapted
    to the interests of the people of the different sections of the
    country, an equal proportion of four-fifths shall be delivered to
    or sent out under the addressed franks furnished by Senators,
    Representatives, and Delegates in Congress, as such Senators,
    Representatives, or Delegates shall direct: Provided, That the
    Secretary of Agriculture shall notify Senators, Representatives,
    and Delegates in Congress of the title and character of each such
    bulletin, with the total number to which each Senator,
    Representative, and Delegate may be entitled for such distribution;
    and on the face of the envelope inclosing said bulletins shall be
    printed the title of each bulletin contained therein.

-SOURCE-
    (June 30, 1906, ch. 3913, 34 Stat. 690.)

-COD-
                               CODIFICATION                           
      Section is derived from an Appropriation Act for the Department
    of Agriculture, 1907. The last proviso of section relating to
    farmers' bulletins not called for in quotas of Senators and
    Representatives was omitted from the Code as obsolete in view of
    Attorney General's opinion, 27 Op. Atty. Gen. 288.

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    7 USC Sec. 418                                              01/03/2007

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-HEAD-
    Sec. 418. Annual report on work of agricultural experiment stations
      and of college extension work; publication and distribution

-STATUTE-
      There shall be prepared by the Department of Agriculture an
    annual report on the work and expenditures of the agricultural
    experiment stations established under the Act of Congress of March
    second, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven [7 U.S.C. 361a et seq.],
    on the work and expenditures of the Department of Agriculture in
    connection therewith, and on the cooperative agricultural extension
    work and expenditures of the Department of Agriculture and of
    agricultural colleges under the Act of May eighth, nineteen hundred
    and fourteen [7 U.S.C. 341 et seq.], and there shall be printed
    annually eight thousand copies of said report, of which one
    thousand copies shall be for the use of the Senate, two thousand
    copies for the use of the House of Representatives, and five
    thousand copies for the use of the Department of Agriculture.

-SOURCE-
    (Mar. 4, 1915, ch. 144, 38 Stat. 1110.)

-REFTEXT-
                            REFERENCES IN TEXT                        
      The Act of Congress of March second, eighteen hundred and eighty-
    seven, referred to in text, is act Mar. 2, 1887, ch. 314, 24 Stat.
    440, as amended, known as the Hatch Act, which is classified
    generally to sections 361a to 361i of this title. For complete
    classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set
    out under section 361a of this title and Tables.
      The Act of May eighth, nineteen hundred and fourteen, referred to
    in text, is act May 8, 1914, ch. 79, 38 Stat. 372, as amended,
    known as the "Smith-Lever Act", and also known as the "Agricultural
    Work Extension Act", which is classified generally to subchapter IV
    (Sec. 341 et seq.) of chapter 13 of this title. For complete
    classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set
    out under section 341 of this title and Tables.


-TRANS-
                           TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS                       
      Functions of all officers, agencies, and employees of Department
    of Agriculture transferred, with certain exceptions, to Secretary
    of Agriculture by 1953 Reorg. Plan No. 2, Sec. 1, eff. June 4,
    1953, 18 F.R. 3219, 67 Stat. 633, set out as a note under section
    2201 of this title.

-End-



-CITE-
    7 USC Sec. 419                                              01/03/2007

-EXPCITE-
    TITLE 7 - AGRICULTURE
    CHAPTER 17 - MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS

-HEAD-
    Sec. 419. Repealed.

-MISC1-
    Sec. 419. Repealed. Oct. 31, 1951, ch. 654, Sec. 1(12), 65 Stat.
      701.
      Section, act May 5, 1945, ch. 109, 59 Stat. 143, related to sale
    by Secretary of Agriculture of products of agricultural experiment
    station in Puerto Rico, and disposition of moneys derived
    therefrom. Similar provisions had been carried in prior Department
    of Agriculture appropriation acts back to and including that for
    the fiscal year ending June 30, 1919 (40 Stat. 1000). Similar
    provisions were contained in the following prior appropriation
    acts:
      June 28, 1944, ch. 296, 58 Stat. 432.
      July 12, 1943, ch. 215, 57 Stat. 400.
      July 22, 1942, ch. 516, 56 Stat. 670.
      July 1, 1941, ch. 267, 55 Stat. 413.
      June 25, 1940, ch. 421, 54 Stat. 536.
      June 30, 1939, ch. 253, title I, 53 Stat. 944.
      June 16, 1938, ch. 464, title I, 52 Stat. 715.
      June 29, 1937, ch. 404, 50 Stat. 399.
      June 4, 1936, ch. 489, 49 Stat. 1425.
      May 17, 1935, ch. 131, title I, 49 Stat. 251.
      Mar. 26, 1934, ch. 89, 48 Stat. 471.
      Mar. 3, 1933, ch. 203, 47 Stat. 1436.
      July 7, 1932, ch. 443, 47 Stat. 614.
      May 17, 1932, ch. 190, 47 Stat. 158.
      Feb. 23, 1931, ch. 278, 46 Stat. 1246.
      May 27, 1930, ch. 341, 46 Stat. 396.
      Feb. 16, 1929, ch. 227, 45 Stat. 1192.
      May 16, 1928, ch. 572, 45 Stat. 542.
      Jan. 18, 1927, ch. 39, 44 Stat. 979.
      May 11, 1926, ch. 286, 44 Stat. 502.
      Feb. 10, 1925, ch. 200, 43 Stat. 824.

-End-



-CITE-
    7 USC Sec. 420                                              01/03/2007

-EXPCITE-
    TITLE 7 - AGRICULTURE
    CHAPTER 17 - MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS

-HEAD-
    Sec. 420. Power to administer oaths, examine witnesses, or require
      production of books, etc.

-STATUTE-
      In the performance of the duties required of the Bureau of
    Agricultural Economics in the administration or enforcement of
    provisions of Acts (United States Cotton Futures Act, Thirty-ninth
    Statutes at Large, page 476; United States Grain Standards Act,
    Thirty-ninth Statutes at Large, page 482 [7 U.S.C. 71 et seq.],
    United States Warehouse Act, Thirty-ninth Statutes at Large, page
    486 [7 U.S.C. 241 et seq.]; Standard Container Act, Thirty-ninth
    Statutes at Large, page 673; and the Acts making annual
    appropriations for the Department of Agriculture) relating to the
    Department of Agriculture, the Secretary of Agriculture, or any
    representative specifically authorized in writing by him for the
    purpose, shall have power to administer oaths, examine witnesses,
    and call for the production of books and papers.

-SOURCE-
    (July 24, 1919, ch. 26, 41 Stat. 267; May 11, 1922, ch. 185, 42
    Stat. 532.)

-REFTEXT-
                            REFERENCES IN TEXT                        
      The United States Cotton Futures Act, referred to in text, is
    part A of act Aug. 11, 1916, ch. 313, 39 Stat. 476, as amended,
    which was repealed by section 4 of act Feb. 10, 1939, ch. 2, 53
    Stat. 1. For complete classification of this Act to the Code prior
    to its repeal, see Tables.
      The United States Grain Standards Act, referred to in text, is
    part B of act Aug. 11, 1916, ch. 313, 39 Stat. 482, as amended,
    which is classified generally to chapter 3 (Sec. 71 et seq.) of
    this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code,
    see section 71 of this title and Tables.
      The United States Warehouse Act, referred to in text, is part C
    of act Aug. 11, 1916, ch. 313, 39 Stat. 486, as amended, which is
    classified generally to chapter 10 (Sec. 241 et seq.) of this
    title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see
    Short Title note set out under section 241 of this title and
    Tables.
      The Standard Container Act, referred to in text, is act Aug. 31,
    1916, ch. 426, 39 Stat. 673, as amended, which was classified
    generally to subchapter VII (Sec. 251 et seq.) of chapter 6 of
    Title 15, Commerce and Trade, and was repealed by Pub. L. 90-628,
    Sec. 1(a), Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1320. For complete
    classification of this Act to the Code prior to its repeal, see
    Tables.


-TRANS-
                           TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS                       
      Functions of all officers, agencies, and employees of Department
    of Agriculture transferred, with certain exceptions, to Secretary
    of Agriculture by 1953 Reorg. Plan No. 2, Sec. 1, eff. June 4,
    1953, 18 F.R. 3219, 67 Stat. 633, set out as a note under section
    2201 of this title.
      Functions of Bureau of Agricultural Economics transferred to
    other units of Department of Agriculture by Secretary's memorandum
    of Nov. 2, 1953.
      Act May 11, 1922, transferred powers of former "Bureau of
    Markets, Bureau of Markets and Crop Estimates, and the Office of
    Farm Management and Farm Economics" to "Bureau of Agricultural
    Economics".

-End-



-CITE-
    7 USC Sec. 421                                              01/03/2007

-EXPCITE-
    TITLE 7 - AGRICULTURE
    CHAPTER 17 - MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS

-HEAD-
    Sec. 421. Dairying and livestock experiment station, Mandan, North
      Dakota

-STATUTE-
      The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized and directed to
    establish at Mandan, North Dakota, a dairying and livestock
    experiment station, in connection with the Great Plains Experiment
    Station, for investigations and experiments in the dairy and
    livestock industries and the problems pertaining to the
    establishment and development of such industries, and for
    demonstrations, assistance, and service in livestock breeding,
    growing, and feeding.

-SOURCE-
    (July 3, 1926, ch. 769, Sec. 1, 44 Stat. 840.)

-End-



-CITE-
    7 USC Sec. 421a                                             01/03/2007

-EXPCITE-
    TITLE 7 - AGRICULTURE
    CHAPTER 17 - MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS

-HEAD-
    Sec. 421a. Omitted

-COD-
                               CODIFICATION                           
      Section, act July 3, 1926, ch. 769, Sec. 2, 44 Stat. 840,
    appropriated $25,000 to effectuate the purposes of section 421 of
    this title.

-End-



-CITE-
    7 USC Sec. 422                                              01/03/2007

-EXPCITE-
    TITLE 7 - AGRICULTURE
    CHAPTER 17 - MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS

-HEAD-
    Sec. 422. Dairying and livestock experiment station, Lewisburg,
      Tennessee

-STATUTE-
      The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized and directed to
    establish at or near Lewisburg, Tennessee, a dairying station for
    investigations, experiments, and demonstrations in the dairy
    industry, and the problems pertaining to the development of such
    industry in the South, and for investigations, demonstrations,
    assistance, and service in dairy livestock breeding, growing, and
    feeding, and dairy products manufacture.

-SOURCE-
    (May 29, 1928, ch. 892, Sec. 1, 45 Stat. 981.)

-End-



-CITE-
    7 USC Sec. 422a                                             01/03/2007

-EXPCITE-
    TITLE 7 - AGRICULTURE
    CHAPTER 17 - MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS

-HEAD-
    Sec. 422a. Omitted

-COD-
                               CODIFICATION                           
      Section, act May 29, 1928, ch. 892, Sec. 2, 45 Stat. 981,
    appropriated $50,000 for the purposes of section 422 of this title.

-End-



-CITE-
    7 USC Sec. 423                                              01/03/2007

-EXPCITE-
    TITLE 7 - AGRICULTURE
    CHAPTER 17 - MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS

-HEAD-
    Sec. 423. Cotton; investigation of new uses; cooperation with State
      and other agencies

-STATUTE-
      The Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of Commerce are
    authorized to engage in technical and scientific research in
    American-grown cotton and its byproducts and their present and
    potential uses, including new and additional commercial and
    scientific uses for cotton and its byproducts, and to diffuse such
    information among the people of the United States; and the
    Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of Commerce or their
    duly authorized representatives may cooperate with any department
    or agency of the Government, any State, Territory, District, or
    possession or department, agency, or political subdivision thereof,
    or any person in carrying out the purposes of this section in the
    District of Columbia and elsewhere.

-SOURCE-
    (Apr. 12, 1928, ch. 362, 45 Stat. 426.)

-End-



-CITE-
    7 USC Sec. 424                                              01/03/2007

-EXPCITE-
    TITLE 7 - AGRICULTURE
    CHAPTER 17 - MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS

-HEAD-
    Sec. 424. Cotton ginning investigations; publication of results;
      cooperation with Federal and State departments and agencies

-STATUTE-
      The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to investigate the
    ginning of cotton; to establish and maintain experimental ginning
    plants and laboratories; and to make such tests, demonstrations,
    and experiments, and such technical and scientific studies in
    relation to cotton ginning as he shall deem necessary and to
    publish the results thereof, with a view to developing improved
    ginning equipment and encouraging the use of improved methods, and
    he may cooperate with any department or agency of the Government,
    any State, Territory, District, or possession, or department,
    agency, or political subdivision thereof, or any person, as he
    shall find to be necessary.

-SOURCE-
    (Apr. 19, 1930, ch. 203, Sec. 1, 46 Stat. 248.)

-End-



-CITE-
    7 USC Sec. 425                                              01/03/2007

-EXPCITE-
    TITLE 7 - AGRICULTURE
    CHAPTER 17 - MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS

-HEAD-
    Sec. 425. Authorization of appropriations for cotton ginning
      studies

-STATUTE-
      For the purposes of section 424 of this title there is authorized
    to be appropriated, after June 30, 1931, out of any money in the
    Treasury not otherwise appropriated, such sums as may be necessary.

-SOURCE-
    (Apr. 19, 1930, ch. 203, Sec. 2, 46 Stat. 248.)

-End-



-CITE-
    7 USC Sec. 426                                              01/03/2007

-EXPCITE-
    TITLE 7 - AGRICULTURE
    CHAPTER 17 - MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS

-HEAD-
    Sec. 426. Predatory and other wild animals

-STATUTE-
      The Secretary of Agriculture may conduct a program of wildlife
    services with respect to injurious animal species and take any
    action the Secretary considers necessary in conducting the program.
    The Secretary shall administer the program in a manner consistent
    with all of the wildlife services authorities in effect on the day
    before October 28, 2000.

-SOURCE-
    (Mar. 2, 1931, ch. 370, Sec. 1, 46 Stat. 1468; Pub. L. 102-237,
    title X, Sec. 1013(d), Dec. 13, 1991, 105 Stat. 1901; Pub. L. 106-
    387, Sec. 1(a) [title VII, Sec. 767], Oct. 28, 2000, 114 Stat.
    1549, 1549A-44.)


-MISC1-
                                AMENDMENTS                            
      2000 - Pub. L. 106-387 inserted section catchline and amended
    text generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: "The
    Secretary of Agriculture is authorized and directed to conduct such
    investigations, experiments, and tests as he may deem necessary in
    order to determine, demonstrate, and promulgate the best methods of
    eradication, suppression, or bringing under control on national
    forests and other areas of the public domain as well as on State,
    Territory, or privately owned lands of mountain lions, wolves,
    coyotes, bobcats, prairie dogs, gophers, ground squirrels, jack
    rabbits, brown tree snakes, and other animals injurious to
    agriculture, horticulture, forestry, animal husbandry, wild game
    animals, fur-bearing animals, and birds, and for the protection of
    stock and other domestic animals through the suppression of rabies
    and tularemia in predatory or other wild animals; and to conduct
    campaigns for the destruction or control of such animals: Provided,
    That in carrying out the provisions of this section the Secretary
    of Agriculture may cooperate with States, individuals, and public
    and private agencies, organizations, and institutions."
      1991 - Pub. L. 102-237 inserted "brown tree snakes," after
    "rabbits,".


-TRANS-
                           TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS                       
      Functions of Secretary of Agriculture administered through Bureau
    of Biological Survey, relating to conservation of wildlife, game,
    and migratory birds, transferred to Secretary of the Interior by
    1939 Reorg. Plan No. II, Sec. 4(f), eff. July 1, 1939, set out in
    the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees. See
    also sections 401 to 404 of said plan for provisions relating to
    transfer of functions, records, property, personnel, and funds.
      Pub. L. 99-190, Sec. 101(a) [H.R. 3037, title I, Sec. 101], Dec.
    19, 1985, 99 Stat. 1185; Pub. L. 100-202, Sec. 106, Dec. 22, 1987,
    101 Stat. 1329-433, provided in part: "That effective upon the date
    of enactment of this Act [Dec. 19, 1985] and notwithstanding any
    other provision of law, the authorities of the Secretary of
    Agriculture under the Act of March 2, 1931 (46 Stat. 1468; 7 U.S.C.
    426-426b), (transferred to the Secretary of the Interior pursuant
    to section 4(f) of 1939 Reorganization Plan No. II) and all
    personnel, property, records, unexpended balances of
    appropriations, allocations and other funds of the Fish and
    Wildlife Service, United States Department of the Interior used,
    held, available or to be made available in connection with the
    administration of such Act, are hereby transferred from the
    Secretary of the Interior to the Secretary of Agriculture, and this
    appropriation shall be available to carry out such authorities."


-MISC2-
    PREVENTION OF INTRODUCTION OF BROWN TREE SNAKES TO HAWAII FROM GUAM
      Section 1013(a)-(c) of Pub. L. 102-237, as amended by Pub. L. 105-
    277, div. A, Sec. 101(a) [title VII, Sec. 743], Oct. 21, 1998, 112
    Stat. 2681, 2681-31, provided that:
      "(a) In General. - The Secretary of Agriculture shall take such
    action as may be necessary to prevent the inadvertent introduction
    of brown tree snakes into other areas of the United States from
    Guam.
      "(b) Introduction Into Hawaii. - The Secretary shall initiate a
    program to prevent the introduction of the brown tree snake into
    Hawaii from Guam. In carrying out this section, the Secretary shall
    consider the use of sniffer or tracking dogs, snake traps, and
    other preventative processes or devices at aircraft and vessel
    loading facilities on Guam, Hawaii, or intermediate sites serving
    as transportation points that could result in the introduction of
    brown tree snakes into Hawaii.
      "(c) Authority. - The Secretary shall use the authority provided
    under the Federal Plant Pest Act (7 U.S.C. 150aa et seq.) to carry
    out subsections (a) and (b)."
      Pub. L. 102-190, div. A, title III, Sec. 348, Dec. 5, 1991, 105
    Stat. 1348, provided that: "The Secretary of Defense shall take
    such action as may be necessary to prevent the inadvertent
    introduction of brown tree snakes from Guam to Hawaii in aircraft
    and vessels transporting personnel or cargo for the Department of
    Defense. In carrying out this section, the Secretary shall consider
    the use of sniffer or tracking dogs, snake traps, and other
    preventive processes or devices at aircraft and vessel loading
    facilities in Guam or Hawaii or at intermediate transit points for
    personnel or cargo transported between Guam and Hawaii."

-End-



-CITE-
    7 USC Sec. 426a                                             01/03/2007

-EXPCITE-
    TITLE 7 - AGRICULTURE
    CHAPTER 17 - MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS

-HEAD-
    Sec. 426a. Omitted

-COD-
                               CODIFICATION                           
      Section, act Mar. 2, 1931, ch. 370, Sec. 2, 46 Stat. 1469,
    authorized $1,000,000 per year for fiscal years 1932 to 1941,
    inclusive.

-End-



-CITE-
    7 USC Sec. 426b                                             01/03/2007

-EXPCITE-
    TITLE 7 - AGRICULTURE
    CHAPTER 17 - MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS

-HEAD-
    Sec. 426b. Authorization of expenditures for the eradication and
      control of predatory and other wild animals

-STATUTE-
      The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to make such
    expenditures for equipment, supplies, and materials, including the
    employment of persons and means in the District of Columbia and
    elsewhere, and to employ such means as may be necessary to execute
    the functions imposed upon him by section 426 of this title.

-SOURCE-
    (Mar. 2, 1931, ch. 370, Sec. 3, 46 Stat. 1469.)


-TRANS-
                           TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS                       
      See note under section 426 of this title.

-End-



-CITE-
    7 USC Sec. 426c                                             01/03/2007

-EXPCITE-
    TITLE 7 - AGRICULTURE
    CHAPTER 17 - MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS

-HEAD-
    Sec. 426c. Control of nuisance mammals and birds and those
      constituting reservoirs of zoonotic diseases; exception

-STATUTE-
      On and after December 22, 1987, the Secretary of Agriculture is
    authorized, except for urban rodent control, to conduct activities
    and to enter into agreements with States, local jurisdictions,
    individuals, and public and private agencies, organizations, and
    institutions in the control of nuisance mammals and birds and those
    mammal and bird species that are reservoirs for zoonotic diseases,
    and to deposit any money collected under any such agreement into
    the appropriation accounts that incur the costs to be available
    immediately and to remain available until expended for Animal
    Damage Control activities.

-SOURCE-
    (Pub. L. 100-202, Sec. 101(k) [title I], Dec. 22, 1987, 101 Stat.
    1329-322, 1329-331.)

-End-



-CITE-
    7 USC Sec. 426d                                             01/03/2007

-EXPCITE-
    TITLE 7 - AGRICULTURE
    CHAPTER 17 - MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS

-HEAD-
    Sec. 426d. Expenditures for cooperative agreements to lease
      aircraft

-STATUTE-
      On and after November 10, 2005, notwithstanding any other
    provision of law, the Secretary of Agriculture may use
    appropriations available to the Secretary for activities authorized
    under sections 426-426c of this title, under this or any other Act,
    to enter into cooperative agreements, with a State, political
    subdivision, or agency thereof, a public or private agency,
    organization, or any other person, to lease aircraft if the
    Secretary determines that the objectives of the agreement will: (1)
    serve a mutual interest of the parties to the agreement in carrying
    out the programs administered by the Animal and Plant Health
    Inspection Service, Wildlife Services; and (2) all parties will
    contribute resources to the accomplishment of these objectives;
    award of a cooperative agreement authorized by the Secretary may be
    made for an initial term not to exceed 5 years.

-SOURCE-
    (Pub. L. 109-97, title VII, Sec. 749, Nov. 10, 2005, 119 Stat.
    2156.)


-MISC1-
                             PRIOR PROVISIONS                         
      Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in the
    following prior appropriation acts:
      Pub. L. 108-447, div. A, title VII, Sec. 758, Dec. 8, 2004, 118
    Stat. 2846.
      Pub. L. 108-199, div. A, title VII, Sec. 776, Jan. 23, 2004, 118
    Stat. 41.

-End-



-CITE-
    7 USC Sec. 427                                              01/03/2007

-EXPCITE-
    TITLE 7 - AGRICULTURE
    CHAPTER 17 - MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS

-HEAD-
    Sec. 427. Agriculture research; declaration of policy; duties of
      Secretary of Agriculture; use of existing facilities

-STATUTE-
      It is declared to be the policy of the Congress to promote the
    efficient production and utilization of products of the soil as
    essential to the health and welfare of our people and to promote a
    sound and prosperous agriculture and rural life as indispensable to
    the maintenance of maximum employment and national prosperity. It
    is also the intent of Congress to assure agriculture a position in
    research equal to that of industry which will aid in maintaining an
    equitable balance between agriculture and other sections of our
    economy. For the attainment of these objectives, the Secretary of
    Agriculture is authorized and directed to conduct and to stimulate
    research into the laws and principles underlying the basic problems
    of agriculture in its broadest aspects, including but not limited
    to: Research relating to the improvement of the quality of, and the
    development of new and improved methods of the production,
    marketing, distribution, processing, and utilization of plant and
    animal commodities at all stages from the original producer through
    to the ultimate consumer; research into the problems of human
    nutrition and the nutritive value of agricultural commodities, with
    particular reference to their content of vitamins, minerals, amino
    and fatty acids, and all other constituents that may be found
    necessary for the health of the consumer and to the gains or losses
    in nutritive value that may take place at any stage in their
    production, distribution, processing, and preparation for use by
    the consumer; research relating to the development of present, new,
    and extended uses and markets for agricultural commodities and
    byproducts as food or in commerce, manufacture, or trade, both at
    home and abroad, with particular reference to those foods and
    fibers for which our capacity to produce exceeds or may exceed
    existing economic demand; research to encourage the discovery,
    introduction, and breeding of new and useful agricultural crops,
    plants, and animals, both foreign and native, particularly for
    those crops and plants which may be adapted to utilization in
    chemical and manufacturing industries; research relating to new and
    more profitable uses for our resources of agricultural manpower,
    soils, plants, animals, and equipment than those to which they are
    now, or may hereafter be, devoted; research relating to the
    conservation, development, and use of land, forest, and water
    resources for agricultural purposes; research relating to the
    design, development, and the more efficient and satisfactory use of
    farm buildings, farm homes, farm machinery, including the
    application of electricity and other forms of power; research and
    development relating to uses of solar energy with respect to farm
    buildings, farm homes, and farm machinery (including equipment used
    to dry and cure crops and provide irrigation); applied research to
    develop agricultural, forestry, and rural energy conservation and
    biomass energy production and use; research relating to the
    diversification of farm enterprises, both as to the type of
    commodities produced, and as to the type of operations performed,
    on the individual farm; research relating to any other laws and
    principles that may contribute to the establishment and maintenance
    of a permanent and effective agricultural industry including such
    investigations as have for their purpose the development and
    improvement of the rural home and rural life, and the maximum
    contribution by agriculture to the welfare of the consumer and the
    maintenance of maximum employment and national prosperity; and such
    other researches or experiments bearing on the agricultural
    industry or on rural homes of the United States as may in each case
    be deemd (!1) advisable, having due regard to the varying
    conditions and needs of Puerto Rico, the respective States, and
    Territories. In effectuating the purposes of this section, maximum
    use shall be made of existing research facilities owned or
    controlled by the Federal Government or by State agricultural
    experiment stations and of the facilities of the Federal and State
    extension services. Research authorized under this section shall be
    in addition to research provided for under existing law (but both
    activities shall be coordinated so far as practicable). For
    purposes of sections 427 to 427j of this title, the term "solar
    energy" means energy derived from sources (other than fossil fuels)
    and technologies included in the Federal Non-Nuclear (!2) Energy
    Research and Development Act of 1974, as amended [42 U.S.C. 5901 et
    seq.].



-SOURCE-
    (June 29, 1935, ch. 338, title I, Sec. 1, 49 Stat. 436; Aug. 14,
    1946, ch. 966, title I, Sec. 101(1), 60 Stat. 1082; Pub. L. 95-113,
    title XIV, Sec. 1446, Sept. 29, 1977, 91 Stat. 1011; Pub. L. 96-
    294, title II, Sec. 253, June 30, 1980, 94 Stat. 707.)

-REFTEXT-
                            REFERENCES IN TEXT                        
      Sections 427a to 427h and 427j of this title, referred to in
    text, were repealed by act Aug. 11, 1955, ch. 790, Sec. 2, 69 Stat.
    674. See sections 361a to 361i of this title.
      The Federal Nonnuclear Energy Research and Development Act of
    1974, as amended, referred to in text, is Pub. L. 93-577, Dec. 31,
    1974, 88 Stat. 1878, as amended, which is classified generally to
    chapter 74 (Sec. 5901 et seq.) of Title 42, The Public Health and
    Welfare. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see
    Short Title note set out under section 5901 of Title 42 and Tables.

-COD-
                               CODIFICATION                           
      Another section 1446 of Pub. L. 95-113 is classified to section
    3222a of this title.


-MISC1-
                                AMENDMENTS                            
      1980 - Pub. L. 96-294 inserted provisions relating to applied
    research to develop agricultural, forestry, and rural energy
    conservation and biomass energy production and use.
      1977 - Pub. L. 95-113 inserted reference to research and
    development relating to uses of solar energy with respect to farm
    buildings, farm homes, and farm machinery (including equipment used
    to dry and cure crops and provide irrigation) and inserted
    definition of "solar energy".
      1946 - Act Aug. 14, 1946, amended section generally to provide
    for a greatly augmented research program in order to enable
    agriculture to attain a position in research comparable to that of
    other industries.

                     EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1977 AMENDMENT                 
      Amendment by Pub. L. 95-113 effective Oct. 1, 1977, see section
    1901 of Pub. L. 95-113, set out as a note under section 1307 of
    this title.

                                SHORT TITLE                            
      Act June 29, 1935, as amended, which enacted sections 329, 343,
    343d-1, and 427-427j of this title, is popularly known as the
    "Agricultural Research Act" and also as the "Bankhead-Jones Act".


-TRANS-
                           TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS                       
      Functions of all officers, agencies, and employees of Department
    of Agriculture transferred, with certain exceptions, to Secretary
    of Agriculture by 1953 Reorg. Plan No. 2, Sec. 1, eff. June 4,
    1953, 18 F.R. 3219, 67 Stat. 633, set out as a note under section
    2201 of this title.


-EXEC-
     EX. ORD. NO. 9310. TRANSFERRING NUTRITION FUNCTIONS OF OFFICE OF
     DEFENSE HEALTH AND WELFARE SERVICES TO DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
      Ex. Ord. No. 9310, Mar. 6, 1943, 8 F.R. 2913, provided:
      By virtue of the authority vested in me by Title I of the First
    War Powers Act, 1941 [former sections 601 to 605 of Appendix to
    Title 50, War and National Defense], as President of the United
    States, and in order to enable the Secretary of Agriculture more
    effectively to carry out his responsibilities with respect to the
    Nation's food program, it is hereby ordered:
      1. The functions, powers, and duties, with respect to nutrition,
    (a) of the Office of Defense Health and Welfare Services in the
    Office for Emergency Management of the Executive Office of the
    President (including all functions, powers, and duties of the
    Nutrition Division of the Office of Defense Health and Welfare
    Services), and (b) of the Director of the Office of Defense Health
    and Welfare Services, are transferred to the Department of
    Agriculture and shall be administered under the supervision and
    direction of the Secretary of Agriculture through such agency or
    agencies in the Department as the Secretary shall designate.
      2. The personnel, property, and records used primarily in the
    administration of the functions, powers, and duties transferred by
    this Order are transferred to the Department of Agriculture. So
    much of the unexpended balances of appropriations, allocations, and
    other funds available for the use of the Office of Defense Health
    and Welfare Services in discharging the functions, powers, and
    duties transferred by this Order, as the Director of the Bureau of
    the Budget shall determine, shall be transferred to the Department
    of Agriculture for use in connection with the exercise of the
    functions, powers, and duties so transferred. In determining the
    amounts to be transferred hereunder, allowance shall be made for
    the liquidation of obligations previously incurred against such
    appropriations, allocations, or other funds.
                                                  Franklin D. Roosevelt.

-FOOTNOTE-
    (!1) So in original. Probably should be "deemed".

    (!2) So in original. Probably should be "Nonnuclear".


-End-



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    7 USC Secs. 427a to 427h                                    01/03/2007

-EXPCITE-
    TITLE 7 - AGRICULTURE
    CHAPTER 17 - MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS

-HEAD-
    Secs. 427a to 427h. Repealed.

-MISC1-
    Secs. 427a to 427h. Repealed. Aug. 11, 1955, ch. 790, Sec. 2, 69
      Stat. 674.
      Sections 427a to 427c, act June 29, 1935, ch. 338, title I, Secs.
    2-4, 49 Stat. 437, authorized research by experiment stations,
    appropriations, and allocation of appropriations. See sections 361a
    to 361c of this title.
      Section 427d, acts June 29, 1935, ch. 338, title I, Sec. 5, 49
    Stat. 437; Sept. 21, 1944, ch. 412, title I, Sec. 105, 58 Stat.
    735, related to allocation of appropriations. See section 361c of
    this title.
      Sections 427e to 427g, act June 29, 1935, ch. 338, title I, Secs.
    6-8, 49 Stat. 438, defined "Territory", authorized Secretary of
    Agriculture to prescribe rules and regulations, and reserved the
    right to Congress to amend, suspend, or repeal act June 29, 1935.
    See sections 361a, 361g, and 361i, respectively, of this title.
      Section 427h, act June 29, 1935, ch. 338, title I, Sec. 9, as
    added Aug. 14, 1946, ch. 966, title I, Sec. 101(2), 60 Stat. 1083,
    authorized appropriations for agricultural experiment stations,
    provided for availability of funds and unexpended balances, and
    prescribed allotments for the experiment stations. See sections
    361c, 361d, and 361g of this title.

                      EXISTING RIGHTS AND LIABILITIES                  
      Any rights or liabilities existing under sections 427a to 427h as
    unaffected by repeal, see section 2 of act Aug. 11, 1955, set out
    as a note under former section 361 of this title.

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    7 USC Sec. 427i                                             01/03/2007

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    TITLE 7 - AGRICULTURE
    CHAPTER 17 - MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS

-HEAD-
    Sec. 427i. Agricultural research; authorization of additional
      appropriations; administrative expenses; availability of special
      research fund

-STATUTE-
      (a) In order to carry out further research on utilization and
    associated problems in connection with the development and
    application of present, new, and extended uses of agricultural
    commodities and products thereof authorized by section 427 of this
    title, and to disseminate information relative thereto, and in
    addition to all other appropriations authorized by sections 427 to
    427j of this title, there is authorized to be appropriated the
    following sums:
        (1) $3,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1947, and
      each subsequent fiscal year.
        (2) An additional $3,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June
      30, 1948, and each subsequent fiscal year.
        (3) An additional $3,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June
      30, 1949, and each subsequent fiscal year.
        (4) An additional $3,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June
      30, 1950, and each subsequent fiscal year.
        (5) An additional $3,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June
      30, 1951, and each subsequent fiscal year.
        (6) In addition to the foregoing, such additional funds
      beginning with the fiscal year ending June 30, 1952, and
      thereafter, as the Congress may deem necessary.

      The Secretary of Agriculture, in accordance with such regulations
    as he deems necessary, and when in his judgment the work to be
    performed will be carried out more effectively, more rapidly, or at
    less cost than if performed by the Department of Agriculture, may
    enter into contracts with such public or private organizations or
    individuals as he may find qualified to carry on work under this
    section without regard to the provisions of section 5 of title 41,
    and with respect to such contracts he may make advance progress or
    other payments without regard to the provisions of section 3324(a)
    and (b) of title 31. Contracts under this section may be made for
    work to continue not more than four years from the date of any such
    contract. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 5 of the Act of
    June 20, 1874, as amended (31 U.S.C. 713), any unexpended balances
    of appropriations properly obligated by contracting with an
    organization as provided in this subsection may remain upon the
    books of the Treasury for not more than five fiscal years before
    being carried to the surplus fund and covered into the Treasury.
    Research authorized under this subsection shall be conducted so far
    as practicable at laboratories of the Department of Agriculture.
    Projects conducted under contract with public and private agencies
    shall be supplemental to and coordinated with research of these
    laboratories. Any contracts made pursuant to this authority shall
    contain requirements making the results of research and
    investigations available to the public through dedication,
    assignment to the Government, or such other means as the Secretary
    shall determine.
      (b) In order to carry out further the purposes of section 427 of
    this title, other than research on utilization of agricultural
    commodities and the products thereof, and in addition to all other
    appropriations authorized by sections 427 to 427j of this title,
    there is authorized to be appropriated for cooperative research
    with the State agricultural experiment stations and such other
    appropriate agencies as may be mutually agreeable to the Department
    of Agriculture and the experiment stations concerned, the following
    sums:
        (1) $1,500,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1947, and
      each subsequent fiscal year.
        (2) An additional $1,500,000 for the fiscal year ending June
      30, 1948, and each subsequent fiscal year.
        (3) An additional $1,500,000 for the fiscal year ending June
      30, 1949, and each subsequent fiscal year.
        (4) An additional $1,500,000 for the fiscal year ending June
      30, 1950, and each subsequent fiscal year.
        (5) In addition to the foregoing such additional funds
      beginning with the fiscal year ending June 30, 1951, and
      thereafter, as the Congress may deem necessary.

      (c) The Secretary may incur necessary administrative expenses not
    to exceed 3 per centum of the amount appropriated in any fiscal
    year in carrying out this section, including the specific objects
    of expense enumerated in section 427b of this title.
      (d) The "Special research fund, Department of Agriculture,"
    provided by section 427c of this title, shall continue to be
    available solely for research into laws and principles underlying
    basic problems of agriculture in its broadest aspects; research
    relating to the improvement of the quality of, and the development
    of, new and improved methods of production of, distribution of, and
    new and extended uses and markets for, agricultural commodities and
    byproducts and manufactures thereof; and research relating to the
    conservation, development, and use of land and water resources for
    agricultural purposes. Such research shall be in addition to
    research provided for under other law (but both activities shall be
    coordinated so far as practicable) and shall be conducted by such
    agencies of the Department of Agriculture as the Secretary of
    Agriculture may designate or establish.
      (e) Appropriations for research work in the Department of
    Agriculture shall be available for accomplishing such purposes by
    contract through the means provided in subsection (a) of this
    section.

-SOURCE-
    (June 29, 1935, ch. 338, title I, Sec. 10, as added Aug. 14, 1946,
    ch. 966, title I, Sec. 101(2), 60 Stat. 1083; amended July 28,
    1954, ch. 591, 68 Stat. 574.)

-REFTEXT-
                            REFERENCES IN TEXT                        
      Section 5 of the Act of June 20, 1874, as amended (31 U.S.C.
    713), referred to in subsec. (a), was repealed by act July 6, 1949,
    ch. 299, Sec. 3, 63 Stat. 407.
      Sections 427a to 427h and 427j of this title, referred to in
    text, were repealed by act Aug. 11, 1955, ch. 790, Sec. 2, 69 Stat.
    674. See sections 361a to 361i of this title.

-COD-
                               CODIFICATION                           
      In subsec. (a), closing par., "section 3324(a) and (b) of title
    31" substituted for "section 3648, Revised Statutes [31 U.S.C.
    529]" on authority of Pub. L. 97-258, Sec. 4(b), Sept. 13, 1982, 96
    Stat. 1067, the first section of which enacted Title 31, Money and
    Finance.


-MISC1-
                                AMENDMENTS                            
      1954 - Subsec. (e). Act July 23, 1954, added subsec. (e).


-TRANS-
                           TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS                       
      Functions of all officers, agencies, and employees of Department
    of Agriculture transferred, with certain exceptions, to Secretary
    of Agriculture by 1953 Reorg. Plan No. 2, Sec. 1, eff. June 4,
    1953, 18 F.R. 3219, 67 Stat. 633, set out as a note under section
    2201 of this title.

-End-



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    7 USC Sec. 427j                                             01/03/2007

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    TITLE 7 - AGRICULTURE
    CHAPTER 17 - MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS

-HEAD-
    Sec. 427j. Repealed.

-MISC1-
    Sec. 427j. Repealed. Aug. 11, 1955, ch. 790, Sec. 2, 69 Stat. 674.
      Section, act June 29, 1935, ch. 338, title I, Sec. 11, as added
    Aug. 14, 1946, ch. 966, title I, Sec. 101(2), 60 Stat. 1086;
    amended July 31, 1947, ch. 412, 61 Stat. 694; Aug. 30, 1954, ch.
    1076, Sec. 1(7), 68 Stat. 966, authorized use of funds appropriated
    for agricultural research program for market research projects and
    required an annual report to Congress. See sections 361a to 361h of
    this title.

                      EXISTING RIGHTS AND LIABILITIES                  
      Any rights or liabilities existing under this section as
    unaffected by repeal, see section 2 of act Aug. 11, 1955, set out
    as a note under section 361 of this title.

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    7 USC Sec. 428                                              01/03/2007

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    TITLE 7 - AGRICULTURE
    CHAPTER 17 - MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS

-HEAD-
    Sec. 428. Omitted

-COD-
                               CODIFICATION                           
      Section, act June 4, 1956, ch. 355, title V, Sec. 503, 70 Stat.
    240, related to options to purchase lands and was superseded by
    section 428a of this title. Similar provisions were contained in
    the following prior appropriation acts:
      May 23, 1955, ch. 43, title V, Sec. 503, 69 Stat. 63.
      June 29, 1954, ch. 409, title V, Sec. 503, 68 Stat. 318.
      July 28, 1953, ch. 251, title IV, Sec. 403, 67 Stat. 224.
      July 5, 1952, ch. 574, title IV, Sec. 403, 66 Stat. 355.
      Aug. 31, 1951, ch. 374, title IV, Sec. 403, 65 Stat. 246.
      Sept. 6, 1950, ch. 896, Ch. VI, title IV, Sec. 407, 64 Stat. 657.
      June 29, 1949, ch. 280, title I, 63 Stat. 325.
      June 19, 1948, ch. 543, title I, 62 Stat. 508.
      July 30, 1947, ch. 356, title I, 61 Stat. 523.
      June 22, 1946, ch. 445, 60 Stat. 271.
      May 5, 1945, ch. 109, 59 Stat. 136.
      June 28, 1944, ch. 296, 58 Stat. 426.
      July 12, 1943, ch. 215, 57 Stat. 393.
      July 22, 1942, ch. 516, 56 Stat. 665.
      July 1, 1941, ch. 267, 55 Stat. 408.
      June 25, 1940, ch. 421, 54 Stat. 532.

-End-



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    7 USC Sec. 428a                                             01/03/2007

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    TITLE 7 - AGRICULTURE
    CHAPTER 17 - MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS

-HEAD-
    Sec. 428a. Acquisition of land; options

-STATUTE-
      (a) The Department of Agriculture is authorized to acquire land,
    or interest therein, by purchase, exchange or otherwise, as may be
    necessary to carry out its authorized work: Provided, That no
    acquisition shall be made under this authority unless provision is
    made therefor in the applicable appropriation or other law.
      (b) Appropriations for the Department of Agriculture which are
    available for the purchase of land may be expended for options to
    purchase land: Provided, That not to exceed $1 may be expended for
    each option to purchase any particular tract or tracts of land
    unless otherwise provided in appropriation or other law.

-SOURCE-
    (Aug. 3, 1956, ch. 950, Sec. 11, 70 Stat. 1034.)

-End-



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    7 USC Sec. 428b                                             01/03/2007

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    TITLE 7 - AGRICULTURE
    CHAPTER 17 - MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS

-HEAD-
    Sec. 428b. Wheat and feed grains research; regional and national
      research programs; utilization of services of Federal, State and
      private agencies; authorization of appropriations

-STATUTE-
      In order to reduce fertilizer and herbicide usage in excess of
    production needs, to develop wheat and feed grain varieties more
    susceptible to complete fertilizer utilization, and to improve the
    resistance of wheat and feed grain plants to disease and to enhance
    their conservation and environmental qualities, the Secretary of
    Agriculture is authorized and directed to carry out regional and
    national research programs.
      In carrying out such research, the Secretary shall utilize the
    technical and related services of the appropriate Federal, State,
    and private agencies.
      There is authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be
    necessary to carry out the provisions of this section, but not more
    than $1,000,000 in any fiscal year.

-SOURCE-
    (Pub. L. 91-524, title VIII, Sec. 810, as added Pub. L. 93-86, Sec.
    1(27)(B), Aug. 10, 1973, 87 Stat. 238.)

-End-



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    7 USC Sec. 428c                                             01/03/2007

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    TITLE 7 - AGRICULTURE
    CHAPTER 17 - MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS

-HEAD-
    Sec. 428c. Rice research

-STATUTE-
    (a) Regional and national research programs; rules; purposes
      The Secretary of Agriculture may, under rules prescribed by such
    Secretary, carry out regional and national research programs with
    regard to rice for the following purposes:
        (1) to reduce fertilizer and herbicide usage in excess of
      production needs;
        (2) to develop varieties of rice more susceptible to complete
      fertilizer utilization;
        (3) to improve the resistance of rice plants to disease and to
      enhance their conservation and environmental qualities;
        (4) to increase the usage of rice and its processing
      byproducts;
        (5) to develop better husbandry practices in production and
      conservation of rice;
        (6) to develop more efficient rice storage practices;
        (7) to improve domestic and international marketing of rice;
      and
        (8) to benefit the general welfare.
    (b) Utilization of services of Federal, State, local governmental
      and private agencies; priority consideration
      The Secretary shall, in implementing the program authorized in
    subsection (a) of this section, utilize the technical and related
    services of appropriate Federal, State, local governmental, and
    private agencies, with priority consideration for land grant
    universities, State experiment stations, and other agricultural
    institutions of higher learning.
    (c) Authorization of appropriations; use restriction
      There is authorized to be appropriated not more than $1,000,000
    for the period ending September 30, 1976, to carry out the
    provisions of this section. No funds authorized by this section
    shall be used for advertising or promotional activities.

-SOURCE-
    (Pub. L. 94-214, title II, Sec. 201, Feb. 16, 1976, 90 Stat. 187.)


-MISC1-
                                SHORT TITLE                            
      Section 1 of Pub. L. 94-214 provided that: "This Act [enacting
    this section, amending sections 1352, 1385, 1428, and 1441 of this
    title, and enacting provisions set out as notes under sections
    1352, 1353, 1377, 1385, 1428, and 1441 of this title] may be cited
    as the 'Rice Production Act of 1975'."

-End-



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    7 USC Sec. 429                                              01/03/2007

-EXPCITE-
    TITLE 7 - AGRICULTURE
    CHAPTER 17 - MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS

-HEAD-
    Sec. 429. Repealed.

-MISC1-
    Sec. 429. Repealed. Pub. L. 107-171, title X, Sec. 10418(a)(2), May
      13, 2002, 116 Stat. 507.
      Section, act Sept. 21, 1944, ch. 412, title I, Sec. 101(b), 58
    Stat. 734; Aug. 4, 1950, ch. 579, 64 Stat. 413, related to
    improvement of poultry, poultry products, and hatcheries.

-End-



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    7 USC Sec. 430                                              01/03/2007

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    TITLE 7 - AGRICULTURE
    CHAPTER 17 - MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS

-HEAD-
    Sec. 430. Purchase and testing of serums or analogous products;
      dissemination of test results

-STATUTE-
      The Secretary of Agriculture may purchase in the open market from
    applicable appropriations samples of all tuberculin, serums,
    antitoxins, or analogous products, of foreign or domestic
    manufacture, which are sold in the United States, for the
    detection, prevention, treatment, or cure of diseases of domestic
    animals, test the same, and disseminate the results of said tests
    in such manner as he may deem best.

-SOURCE-
    (Sept. 21, 1944, ch. 412, title I, Sec. 101(d), 58 Stat. 734.)


-MISC1-
                              APPROPRIATIONS                          
      Appropriations of funds necessary to accomplish the purpose of
    this section, see note under section 395 of this title.

-End-



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    7 USC Sec. 431                                              01/03/2007

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    TITLE 7 - AGRICULTURE
    CHAPTER 17 - MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS

-HEAD-
    Sec. 431. Purchase of tags, labels, stamps, and certificates

-STATUTE-
      The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to expend
    appropriations for meat inspection for the purchase of printed
    tags, labels, stamps, and certificates without regard to existing
    laws applicable to public printing.

-SOURCE-
    (Sept. 21, 1944, ch. 412, title I, Sec. 101(f), 58 Stat. 734.)


-MISC1-
                              APPROPRIATIONS                          
      Appropriations of funds necessary to accomplish the purpose of
    this section, see note under section 395 of this title.

-End-



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    7 USC Sec. 432                                              01/03/2007

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    TITLE 7 - AGRICULTURE
    CHAPTER 17 - MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS

-HEAD-
    Sec. 432. Purchase of cultures for soil and fertilizer
      investigations

-STATUTE-
      The Secretary of Agriculture may purchase from applicable
    appropriations cultures in the open market for use in connection
    with soil and fertilizer investigations.

-SOURCE-
    (Sept. 21, 1944, ch. 412, title I, Sec. 104, 58 Stat. 735.)

-End-



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    7 USC Sec. 433                                              01/03/2007

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    TITLE 7 - AGRICULTURE
    CHAPTER 17 - MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS

-HEAD-
    Sec. 433. Domestic raising of fur-bearing animals; classification

-STATUTE-
      For the purposes of all classification and administration of Acts
    of Congress, Executive orders, administrative orders, and
    regulations pertaining to - 
        (a) fox, rabbit, mink, chinchilla, marten, fisher, muskrat,
      karakul and all other fur-bearing animals, raised in captivity
      for breeding or other useful purposes shall be deemed domestic
      animals;
        (b) such animals and the products thereof shall be deemed
      agricultural products; and
        (c) the breeding, raising, producing, or marketing of such
      animals or their products by the producer shall be deemed an
      agricultural pursuit.

-SOURCE-
    (Apr. 30, 1946, ch. 242, Sec. 1, 60 Stat. 127.)


-MISC1-
                              EFFECTIVE DATE                          
      Section 3 of act Apr. 30, 1946, provided that this section and
    section 434 of this title shall become effective sixty days after
    Apr. 30, 1946.

-End-



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    7 USC Sec. 434                                              01/03/2007

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    TITLE 7 - AGRICULTURE
    CHAPTER 17 - MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS

-HEAD-
    Sec. 434. Transfer of functions, appropriations, records and
      property to Secretary of Agriculture

-STATUTE-
      (a) All the functions of the Secretary of the Interior and the
    Fish and Wildlife Service of the Department of the Interior, which
    affect the breeding, raising, producing, marketing, or any other
    phase of the production or distribution, of domestically raised fur-
    bearing animals, or products thereof, are transferred to and
    vested in the Secretary of Agriculture.
      (b) Appropriations and unexpended balances of appropriations, or
    parts thereof, which the Director of the Office of Management and
    Budget determines to be available for expenditure for the
    administration of any function transferred by this section and
    section 433 of this title, shall be available for expenditure for
    the continued administration of such function by the officer to
    whom such function is so transferred.
      (c) All records and property (including office furniture and
    equipment) under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior
    and the Fish and Wildlife Service of the Department of the Interior
    used primarily in connection with the administration of functions
    transferred by said sections are transferred to the jurisdiction of
    the Secretary of Agriculture.

-SOURCE-
    (Apr. 30, 1946, ch. 242, Sec. 2, 60 Stat. 127; 1970 Reorg. Plan No.
    2, Sec. 102, eff. July 1, 1970, 35 F.R. 7959, 84 Stat. 2085.)


-MISC1-
                              EFFECTIVE DATE                          
      Section effective 60 days after Apr. 30, 1946, see note set out
    under section 433 of this title.


-TRANS-
                           TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS                       
      Functions vested by law (including reorganization plan) in Bureau
    of the Budget or Director of Bureau of the Budget were transferred
    to President by section 101 of 1970 Reorg. Plan No. 2. Section 102
    of 1970 Reorg. Plan No. 2 redesignated Bureau of the Budget as
    Office of Management and Budget and the offices of Director of
    Bureau of the Budget, Deputy Director of Bureau of the Budget, and
    Assistant Directors of Bureau of the Budget as Director of Office
    of Management and Budget, Deputy Director of Office of Management
    and Budget, and Assistant Directors of Office of Management and
    Budget, respectively. Section 103 of 1970 Reorg. Plan No. 2
    transferred all records, property, personnel, and funds of the
    Bureau to the Office of Management and Budget. See part I of Reorg.
    Plan No. 2 of 1970, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government
    Organization and Employees. See, also, section 502 of Title 31,
    Money and Finance.

-End-



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    7 USC Sec. 435                                              01/03/2007

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    CHAPTER 17 - MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS

-HEAD-
    Sec. 435. Omitted

-COD-
                               CODIFICATION                           
      Section, which made inapplicable provisions of law prohibiting or
    restricting employment of aliens to employment under the
    appropriations for the Foreign Agricultural Service, was from the
    Department of Agriculture Appropriation Act, 1974, Pub. L. 93-135.
    Similar provisions were contained in prior appropriation acts.
    Section was not repeated in the Department of Agriculture
    Appropriation Act, 1975, accordingly, section was omitted from the
    Code. For provisions covering employment of aliens generally, see
    section 3101 note of Title 5, Government Organization and
    Employees.
      Section was based on acts July 30, 1947, ch. 356, title I, Sec.
    4, 61 Stat. 548; June 19, 1948, ch. 543, title I, Sec. 4, 62 Stat.
    530; June 2, 1949, ch. 280, title III, Sec. 302, 63 Stat. 348;
    Sept. 6, 1950, ch. 896, ch. VI, title IV, Sec. 402, 64 Stat. 679;
    Aug. 31, 1951, ch. 374, title IV, Sec. 402, 65 Stat. 245; July 5,
    1952, ch. 574, title IV, Sec. 402, 66 Stat. 355; July 28, 1953, ch.
    251, title IV Sec. 402, 67 Stat. 224; June 29, 1954, ch. 409, title
    V, Sec. 502, 68 Stat. 318; May 23, 1955, ch. 43, title V, Sec. 502,
    69 Stat. 63; June 4, 1956, ch. 355, title V, Sec. 502, 70 Stat.
    240; Aug. 2, 1957, Pub. L. 85-118, title V, Sec. 502, 71 Stat. 340;
    June 13, 1958, Pub. L. 85-459, title IV, Sec. 402, 72 Stat. 199;
    July 8, 1959, Pub. L. 86-80, title IV, Sec. 402, 73 Stat. 179; June
    29, 1960, Pub. L. 86-532, title IV, Sec. 402, 74 Stat. 244; July
    26, 1961, Pub. L. 87-112, title V, Sec. 502, 75 Stat. 240; Oct. 24,
    1962, Pub. L. 87-879, title VI, Sec. 602, 76 Stat. 1215; Dec. 30,
    1963, Pub. L. 88-250, title VI, Sec. 602, 77 Stat. 833; Sept. 2,
    1964, Pub. L. 88-573, title V, Sec. 502, 78 Stat. 876; Nov. 2,
    1965, Pub. L. 89-316, title V, Sec. 502, 79 Stat. 1179; Sept. 7,
    1966, Pub. L. 89-556, title V, Sec. 502, 80 Stat. 703; Oct. 24,
    1967, Pub. L. 90-113, title V, Sec. 502, 81 Stat. 334; Aug. 8,
    1968, Pub. L. 90-463, title V, Sec. 502, 82 Stat. 653; Nov. 26,
    1969, Pub. L. 91-127, title V, Sec. 502, 83 Stat. 260; Dec. 22,
    1970, Pub. L. 91-566, title V, Sec. 502, 84 Stat. 1496; Aug. 10,
    1971, Pub. L. 92-73, title V, Sec. 502, 85 Stat. 201; Aug. 22,
    1972, Pub. L. 92-399, title V, Sec. 502, 86 Stat. 611; Oct. 24,
    1973, Pub. L. 93-135, title V, Sec. 502, 87 Stat. 489.

-End-



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    7 USC Sec. 436                                              01/03/2007

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    CHAPTER 17 - MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS

-HEAD-
    Sec. 436. Transfer of Army Remount Service to Department of
      Agriculture; effective date

-STATUTE-
      In the interests of economy and efficiency, the records,
    property, real and personal, and civilian personnel of the Remount
    Service of the Quartermaster Corps, Department of the Army, are
    transferred to the Department of Agriculture, effective July 1,
    1948. Prior to that date, the Secretary of the Army and the
    Secretary of Agriculture shall enter into a written agreement on
    the property and the personnel covered by this transfer.

-SOURCE-
    (Apr. 21, 1948, ch. 224, Sec. 1, 62 Stat. 197.)

-End-



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    7 USC Sec. 437                                              01/03/2007

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    CHAPTER 17 - MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS

-HEAD-
    Sec. 437. Administration of transferred property; improvement in
      horse breeding; acquisition of breeding stock and facilities;
      fees; cooperation with other organizations

-STATUTE-
      The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to receive the
    property transferred by section 436 of this title and is directed
    to administer it in such manner as he deems will best advance the
    livestock and agricultural interests of the United States,
    including improvement in the breeding of horses suited to the needs
    of the United States; the acquisition by purchase in the open
    market, exchange, hire, or donation of breeding stock, and
    necessary land, buildings, and facilities; the use of horses in the
    improvement of the supply of horses available in agriculture; the
    demonstration of the quality and usefulness of horses through
    participation in and lending for use in fairs, shows, and other
    events, or otherwise; the loan, sale, or hire of animals or animal
    products through such arrangements and subject to such fees as are
    deemed necessary by the Secretary to accomplish the purposes of
    this section and section 436 of this title, and, in carrying out
    such program, the Secretary is authorized to cooperate with public
    and private organizations and individuals under such rules and
    regulations as are deemed by him to be necessary.

-SOURCE-
    (Apr. 21, 1948, ch. 224, Sec. 2, 62 Stat. 197.)


-MISC1-
    AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS; ABOLITION OF ARMY REMOUNT PROGRAM
      Section 4 of act Apr. 21, 1948, provided: "There is hereby
    authorized to be appropriated to the Department of Agriculture such
    funds as may be necessary to carry out this Act [sections 436 to
    438 of this title]. The authority of the Department of the Army to
    conduct a remount breeding program is hereby abolished. Funds
    appropriated pursuant to this Act [said sections] shall be
    available for necessary administrative expenses, including personal
    services in the District of Columbia, printing and binding, and
    purchase or hire of passenger motor vehicles."

-End-



-CITE-
    7 USC Sec. 438                                              01/03/2007

-EXPCITE-
    TITLE 7 - AGRICULTURE
    CHAPTER 17 - MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS

-HEAD-
    Sec. 438. Repealed.

-MISC1-
    Sec. 438. Repealed. Pub. L. 88-448, title IV, Sec. 402(a)(26), Aug.
      19, 1964, 78 Stat. 494.
      Section, act Apr. 21, 1948, ch. 224, Sec. 3, 62 Stat. 197,
    related to employment of retired Army officers in Remount Service.

                         EFFECTIVE DATE OF REPEAL                     
      Repeal effective on first day of first month which begins later
    than ninetieth day following Aug. 19, 1964, see section 403 of Pub.
    L. 88-448.

-End-



-CITE-
    7 USC Sec. 439                                              01/03/2007

-EXPCITE-
    TITLE 7 - AGRICULTURE
    CHAPTER 17 - MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS

-HEAD-
    Sec. 439. Operation of Government-owned alcohol plants; location;
      transfer of plants

-STATUTE-
      For the purpose of assuring their operation for the production of
    products from agricultural commodities in order to provide a means
    of discharging the responsibility of the Department of Agriculture
    in connection with surplus agricultural commodities, research, and
    other authorized activities, and to assist in providing an adequate
    supply of alcohol and other products produced from agricultural
    commodities necessary for the national defense, (1) the
    Reconstruction Finance Corporation, as successor to Defense Plant
    Corporation, shall transfer, without regard to the provisions of
    the Surplus Property Act of 1944 and without reimbursement or
    transfer of funds, to the Secretary of Agriculture all of its
    right, title, and interest in and to the alcohol plant established
    and constructed by Defense Plant Corporation at Muscatine, Iowa,
    the property, together with the equipment, records, facilities, and
    other property appurtenant thereto; and (2) the War Assets
    Administration shall transfer to the Secretary of Agriculture
    without regard to the provisions of the Surplus Property Act of
    1944 and without reimbursement or transfer of funds the alcohol
    plants at Kansas City, Missouri, and Omaha, Nebraska, together with
    the land, equipment, facilities, and other property appurtenant
    thereto.

-SOURCE-
    (July 2, 1948, ch. 818, Sec. 1, 62 Stat. 1234.)

-REFTEXT-
                            REFERENCES IN TEXT                        
      The Surplus Property Act of 1944, referred to in text, is act
    Oct. 3, 1944, ch. 479, 58 Stat. 765, which was classified
    principally to sections 1611 to 1646 of Title 50, Appendix, War and
    National Defense, and was repealed effective July 1, 1949, with the
    exception of sections 1622, 1631, 1637, and 1641 of Title 50,
    Appendix, by act June 30, 1949, ch. 288, title VI, Sec. 602(a)(1),
    63 Stat. 399, renumbered Sept. 5, 1950, ch. 849, Sec. 6(a), (b), 64
    Stat. 583. Sections 1622 and 1641 were partially repealed by the
    1949 act, and section 1622 is still set out in part in Title 50,
    Appendix. Section 1622(g) was repealed and reenacted as sections
    47151 to 47153 of Title 49, Transportation, by Pub. L. 103-272,
    Secs. 1(e), 7(b), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 1278-1280, 1379. Section
    1631 was repealed by act June 7, 1939, ch. 190, Sec. 6(e), as added
    by act July 23, 1946, ch. 590, 60 Stat. 599, and is covered by
    sections 98 et seq. of Title 50. Section 1637 was repealed by act
    June 25, 1948, ch. 645, Sec. 21, 62 Stat. 862, eff. Sept. 1, 1948,
    and is covered by section 3287 of Title 18, Crimes and Criminal
    Procedure. Provisions of section 1641 not repealed by the 1949 act
    were repealed by Pub. L. 87-256, Sec. 111(a)(1), Sept. 21, 1961, 75
    Stat. 538, and are covered by chapter 33 (Sec. 2451 et seq.) of
    Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse. The provisions of the
    Surplus Property Act of 1944 originally repealed by the 1949 act
    are covered by provisions of the 1949 act which were classified to
    chapter 10 (Sec. 471 et seq.) of former Title 40, Public Buildings,
    Property, and Works, and which were repealed and reenacted by Pub.
    L. 107-217, Secs. 1, 6(b), Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1062, 1304, as
    chapters 1 to 11 of Title 40, Public Buildings, Property, and
    Works.


-TRANS-
                           TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS                       
      Functions of all officers, agencies, and employees of Department
    of Agriculture transferred, with certain exceptions, to Secretary
    of Agriculture by 1953 Reorg. Plan No. 2, Sec. 1, eff. June 4,
    1953, 18 F.R. 3219, 67 Stat. 633, set out as a note under section
    2201 of this title.
      Functions, property, records, etc., of War Assets Administration
    transferred to Administrator of General Services and War Assets
    Administration abolished by act June 30, 1949, ch. 288, title I,
    Sec. 105, 63 Stat. 381.

              ABOLITION OF RECONSTRUCTION FINANCE CORPORATION          
      Section 6(a) of 1957 Reorg. Plan No. 1, eff. June 30, 1957, 22
    F.R. 4633, 71 Stat. 647, set out in the Appendix to Title 5,
    Government Organization and Employees.

-End-



-CITE-
    7 USC Sec. 439a                                             01/03/2007

-EXPCITE-
    TITLE 7 - AGRICULTURE
    CHAPTER 17 - MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS

-HEAD-
    Sec. 439a. Powers and duties of Secretary of Agriculture

-STATUTE-
      In carrying out the purposes of sections 439 to 439e of this
    title the Secretary is authorized, upon such terms and conditions
    as he deems reasonable, and notwithstanding the provisions of any
    other law - 
        (a) to provide for the operation of such plants by lease or
      other arrangement;
        (b) to operate such plants, where operation by others will not,
      in the judgment of the Secretary, accomplish the purpose of
      sections 439 to 439e of this title.

    Such plants may be operated in the furtherance of any authorized
    activities of the Department of Agriculture, and any lease, or
    other arrangement may be upon such terms and conditions as to
    result in the plant being operated for such purposes.

-SOURCE-
    (July 2, 1948, ch. 818, Sec. 2, 62 Stat. 1234.)


-TRANS-
                           TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS                       
      Functions of all officers, agencies, and employees of Department
    of Agriculture transferred, with certain exceptions, to Secretary
    of Agriculture by 1953 Reorg. Plan No. 2, Sec. 1, eff. June 4,
    1953, 18 F.R. 3219, 67 Stat. 633, set out as a note under section
    2201 of this title.

-End-



-CITE-
    7 USC Sec. 439b                                             01/03/2007

-EXPCITE-
    TITLE 7 - AGRICULTURE
    CHAPTER 17 - MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS

-HEAD-
    Sec. 439b. Recommendations to Congress for discontinuance of plants

-STATUTE-
      Whenever the Secretary finds that the operation of any plant or
    plants as provided in sections 439 to 439e of this title is no
    longer necessary or desirable, he shall report such fact to
    Congress with his recommendations for the disposition thereof.

-SOURCE-
    (July 2, 1948, ch. 818, Sec. 3, 62 Stat. 1235.)

-End-



-CITE-
    7 USC Sec. 439c                                             01/03/2007

-EXPCITE-
    TITLE 7 - AGRICULTURE
    CHAPTER 17 - MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS

-HEAD-
    Sec. 439c. Construction of additional facilities; acquisition of
      property; incurment of expenses; rules and regulations

-STATUTE-
      For the purposes of sections 439 to 439e of this title, the
    Secretary of Agriculture is authorized (a) to construct and provide
    additional facilities and equipment necessary to the operation of
    such plants, and to maintain, repair, and alter such plants; (b) to
    acquire property or rights or interest therein by purchase, lease,
    gift, transfer, condemnation, or otherwise; (c) to incur necessary
    administrative expenses, including personal services; and (d) to
    make such rules and regulations as may be necessary to carry out
    the purposes of said sections.

-SOURCE-
    (July 2, 1948, ch. 818, Sec. 4, 62 Stat. 1235.)

-End-



-CITE-
    7 USC Sec. 439d                                             01/03/2007

-EXPCITE-
    TITLE 7 - AGRICULTURE
    CHAPTER 17 - MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS

-HEAD-
    Sec. 439d. Assumption of obligations of Reconstruction Finance
      Corporation covering Muscatine, Iowa, plant

-STATUTE-
      The Secretary of Agriculture shall assume all obligations of the
    Reconstruction Finance Corporation covering operations of the
    Muscatine, Iowa, plant, equipment, facilities, and appurtenant
    property outstanding at the date of transfer.

-SOURCE-
    (July 2, 1948, ch. 818, Sec. 5, 62 Stat. 1235.)


-TRANS-
              ABOLITION OF RECONSTRUCTION FINANCE CORPORATION          
      Section 6(a) of 1957 Reorg. Plan No. 1, eff. June 30, 1957, 22
    F.R. 4633, 71 Stat. 647, set out in the Appendix to Title 5,
    Government Organization and Employees, abolished Reconstruction
    Finance Corporation.

-End-



-CITE-
    7 USC Sec. 439e                                             01/03/2007

-EXPCITE-
    TITLE 7 - AGRICULTURE
    CHAPTER 17 - MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS

-HEAD-
    Sec. 439e. Authorization of appropriations; availability of other
      appropriations

-STATUTE-
      There are authorized to be appropriated for the purposes of
    sections 439 to 439e of this title such sums as the Congress may
    from time to time determine to be necessary. Also, the Secretary is
    authorized to use such sums from other appropriations or funds
    available to the bureaus, corporations, or agencies of the
    Department of Agriculture as he may deem necessary for expenses in
    connection with maintaining these plants in standby condition while
    not under lease.

-SOURCE-
    (July 2, 1948, ch. 818, Sec. 6, 62 Stat. 1235.)

-End-



-CITE-
    7 USC Sec. 440                                              01/03/2007

-EXPCITE-
    TITLE 7 - AGRICULTURE
    CHAPTER 17 - MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS

-HEAD-
    Sec. 440. Reimbursement of appropriations available for classing or
      grading agriculture commodities without charge

-STATUTE-
      On and after June 29, 1949, appropriations available for classing
    or grading any agricultural commodity without charge to the
    producers thereof may be reimbursed from nonadministrative funds of
    the Commodity Credit Corporation for the cost of classing or
    grading any such commodity for producers who obtain Commodity
    Credit Corporation price support.

-SOURCE-
    (June 29, 1949, ch. 280, title I, 63 Stat. 344.)


-TRANS-
                   EXCEPTIONS FROM TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS               
      Functions of Corporations of Department of Agriculture, boards of
    directors and officers of such corporations; Advisory Board of
    Commodity Credit Corporation; and Farm Credit Administration or any
    agency, officer or entity of, under, or subject to supervision of
    the said Administration excepted from functions of officers,
    agencies, and employees transferred to Secretary of Agriculture by
    1953 Reorg. Plan No. 2, Sec. 1, eff. June 4, 1953, 18 F.R. 3219, 67
    Stat. 633, set out as a note under section 2201 of this title.

-End-



-CITE-
    7 USC Sec. 441                                              01/03/2007

-EXPCITE-
    TITLE 7 - AGRICULTURE
    CHAPTER 17 - MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS

-HEAD-
    Sec. 441. Repealed.

-MISC1-
    Sec. 441. Repealed. Pub. L. 85-36, title I, Sec. 111, May 23, 1957,
      71 Stat. 35.
      Section, act Sept. 22, 1951, ch. 409, 65 Stat. 335, related to
    prevention of entry of mollusks. See chapter 7B of this title.

-End-



-CITE-
    7 USC Sec. 442                                              01/03/2007

-EXPCITE-
    TITLE 7 - AGRICULTURE
    CHAPTER 17 - MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS

-HEAD-
    Sec. 442. Availability of grain to prevent waterfowl depredations;
      payment of packaging, transporting, handling, and other charges

-STATUTE-
      For the purpose of preventing crop damage by migratory waterfowl,
    the Commodity Credit Corporation shall make available to the
    Secretary of the Interior such wheat, corn, or other grains,
    acquired through price support operations and certified by the
    Commodity Credit Corporation to be available for purposes of
    sections 442 to 445 of this title or in such condition through
    spoilage or deterioration as not to be desirable for human
    consumption, as the Secretary of the Interior shall requisition
    pursuant to section 443 of this title. With respect to any grain
    thus made available, the Commodity Credit Corporation may pay
    packaging, transporting, handling, and other charges up to the time
    of delivery to one or more designated locations in each State.

-SOURCE-
    (July 3, 1956, ch. 512, Sec. 1, 70 Stat. 492.)

-End-



-CITE-
    7 USC Sec. 443                                              01/03/2007

-EXPCITE-
    TITLE 7 - AGRICULTURE
    CHAPTER 17 - MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS

-HEAD-
    Sec. 443. Requisition of grain to prevent crop depredation by
      migratory waterfowl

-STATUTE-
      Upon a finding by the Secretary of the Interior that any area in
    the United States is threatened with damage to farmers' crops by
    migratory waterfowl, whether or not during the open season for such
    migratory waterfowl, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized
    and directed to requisition from the Commodity Credit Corporation
    and to make available to Federal, State, or local governmental
    bodies or officials, or to private organizations or persons, such
    grain acquired by the Commodity Credit Corporation through price-
    support operations in such quantities and subject to such
    regulations as the Secretary determines will most effectively lure
    migratory waterfowl away from crop depredations and at the same
    time not expose such migratory waterfowl to shooting over areas to
    which the waterfowl have been lured by such feeding programs.

-SOURCE-
    (July 3, 1956, ch. 512, Sec. 2, 70 Stat. 492.)

-End-



-CITE-
    7 USC Sec. 444                                              01/03/2007

-EXPCITE-
    TITLE 7 - AGRICULTURE
    CHAPTER 17 - MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS

-HEAD-
    Sec. 444. Reimbursement of packaging and transporting expenses

-STATUTE-
      With respect to all grain made available pursuant to section 443
    of this title, the Commodity Credit Corporation shall be reimbursed
    by the Secretary of the Interior for its expenses in packaging and
    transporting such grain for purposes of sections 442 to 445 of this
    title.

-SOURCE-
    (July 3, 1956, ch. 512, Sec. 3, 70 Stat. 492.)

-End-



-CITE-
    7 USC Sec. 445                                              01/03/2007

-EXPCITE-
    TITLE 7 - AGRICULTURE
    CHAPTER 17 - MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS

-HEAD-
    Sec. 445. Authorization of appropriations for mitigating losses
      caused by waterfowl depredation

-STATUTE-
      There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be
    necessary to reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation for its
    investment in the grain transferred pursuant to sections 442 to 445
    of this title.

-SOURCE-
    (July 3, 1956, ch. 512, Sec. 4, 70 Stat. 492.)

-End-



-CITE-
    7 USC Sec. 446                                              01/03/2007

-EXPCITE-
    TITLE 7 - AGRICULTURE
    CHAPTER 17 - MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS

-HEAD-
    Sec. 446. Repealed.

-MISC1-
    Sec. 446. Repealed. Pub. L. 86-133, Aug. 4, 1959, 73 Stat. 279.
      Section, act July 3, 1956, ch. 512, Sec. 5, 70 Stat. 492,
    prescribed three years following July 3, 1956, as expiration date
    for availability of grain under sections 442 to 446 of this title.

-End-



-CITE-
    7 USC Sec. 447                                              01/03/2007

-EXPCITE-
    TITLE 7 - AGRICULTURE
    CHAPTER 17 - MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS

-HEAD-
    Sec. 447. Requisition of surplus grain; prevention of starvation of
      resident game birds and other resident wildlife; utilization by
      State agencies; reimbursement for packaging and transporting

-STATUTE-
      For the purpose of meeting emergency situations caused by adverse
    weather conditions or other factors destructive of important
    wildlife resources, the States are authorized, upon the request of
    the State fish and game authority or other State agency having
    similar authority and a finding by the Secretary of the Interior
    that any area of the United States is threatened with serious
    damage or loss to resident game birds and other resident wildlife
    from starvation, to requisition from the Commodity Credit
    Corporation grain acquired by the Corporation through price support
    operations. Such grain may thereafter be furnished to the
    particular State for direct and sole utilization by the appropriate
    State agencies for purposes of sections 447 to 449 of this title in
    such quantities as mutually agreed upon by the State and the
    Commodity Credit Corporation and subject to such regulations as may
    be considered desirable by the Corporation. The Corporation shall
    be reimbursed by the particular State in each instance for the
    expense of the Corporation in packaging and transporting such grain
    for purposes of sections 447 to 449 of this title.

-SOURCE-
    (Pub. L. 87-152, Sec. 1, Aug. 17, 1961, 75 Stat. 389.)

-End-



-CITE-
    7 USC Sec. 448                                              01/03/2007

-EXPCITE-
    TITLE 7 - AGRICULTURE
    CHAPTER 17 - MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS

-HEAD-
    Sec. 448. Requisition and use of grain for prevention of starvation
      of migratory birds; reimbursement for packaging and transporting

-STATUTE-
      Upon a finding by the Secretary of the Interior that migratory
    birds are threatened with starvation in any area of the United
    States, the Secretary is authorized to requisition from the
    Commodity Credit Corporation grain acquired by that Corporation
    through price support operations in such quantities as may be
    mutually agreed upon. The Corporation shall be reimbursed by the
    Secretary for its expense in packaging and transporting of such
    grain for purposes of sections 447 to 449 of this title.

-SOURCE-
    (Pub. L. 87-152, Sec. 2, Aug. 17, 1961, 75 Stat. 389.)

-End-



-CITE-
    7 USC Sec. 449                                              01/03/2007

-EXPCITE-
    TITLE 7 - AGRICULTURE
    CHAPTER 17 - MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS

-HEAD-
    Sec. 449. Authorization of appropriations for reimbursement of
      Commodity Credit Corporation

-STATUTE-
      There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be
    necessary to reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation for its
    investment in grain transferred pursuant to sections 447 to 449 of
    this title.

-SOURCE-
    (Pub. L. 87-152, Sec. 3, Aug. 17, 1961, 75 Stat. 389.)

-End-



-CITE-
    7 USC Sec. 450                                              01/03/2007

-EXPCITE-
    TITLE 7 - AGRICULTURE
    CHAPTER 17 - MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS

-HEAD-
    Sec. 450. Cooperation with State agencies in administration and
      enforcement of laws relating to marketing of agricultural
      products and control or eradication of plant and animal diseases
      and pests; coordination of administration of Federal and State
      laws

-STATUTE-
      In order to avoid duplication of functions, facilities, and
    personnel, and to attain closer coordination and greater
    effectiveness and economy in administration of Federal and State
    laws and regulations relating to the marketing of agricultural
    products and to the control or eradication of plant and animal
    diseases and pests, the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized, in
    the administration and enforcement of such Federal laws within his
    area of responsibility, whenever he deems it feasible and in the
    public interest, to enter into cooperative arrangements with State
    departments of agriculture and other State agencies charged with
    the administration and enforcement of such State laws and
    regulations and to provide that any such State agency which has
    adequate facilities, personnel, and procedures, as determined by
    the Secretary, may assist the Secretary in the administration and
    enforcement of such Federal laws and regulations to the extent and
    in the manner he deems appropriate in the public interest.
      Further, the Secretary is authorized to coordinate the
    administration of such Federal laws and regulations with such State
    laws and regulations wherever feasible. However, nothing herein
    shall affect the jurisdiction of the Secretary of Agriculture under
    any Federal law, or any authority to cooperate with State agencies
    or other agencies or persons under existing provisions of law, or
    affect any restrictions of law upon such cooperation.

-SOURCE-
    (Pub. L. 87-718, Sept. 28, 1962, 76 Stat. 663.)

-End-



-CITE-
    7 USC Sec. 450a                                             01/03/2007

-EXPCITE-
    TITLE 7 - AGRICULTURE
    CHAPTER 17 - MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS

-HEAD-
    Sec. 450a. Cooperative research projects; agreements with and
      receipt of funds from State and other agencies

-STATUTE-
      On and after December 30, 1963, the Administrator of the
    Agricultural Research Service may enter into agreements with and
    receive funds from any State, other political subdivision,
    organization, or individual for the purpose of conducting
    cooperative research projects with such cooperators.

-SOURCE-
    (Pub. L. 88-250, title I, Dec. 30, 1963, 77 Stat. 820.)

-End-



-CITE-
    7 USC Sec. 450b                                             01/03/2007

-EXPCITE-
    TITLE 7 - AGRICULTURE
    CHAPTER 17 - MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS

-HEAD-
    Sec. 450b. Cooperation with State and other agencies; expenditures

-STATUTE-
      In carrying on the activities of the Department of Agriculture
    involving cooperation with State, county, and municipal agencies,
    associations of farmers, individual farmers, universities,
    colleges, boards of trade, chambers of commerce, or other local
    associations of business men, business organizations, and
    individuals within the State, Territory, district, or insular
    possession in which such activities are to be carried on, moneys
    contributed from such outside sources, except in the case of the
    authorized activities of the Forest Service, shall be paid only
    through the Secretary of Agriculture or through State, county, or
    municipal agencies, or local farm bureaus or like organizations,
    cooperating for the purpose with the Secretary of Agriculture.

-SOURCE-
    (July 24, 1919, ch. 26, 41 Stat. 270.)

-COD-
                               CODIFICATION                           
      Section was formerly classified to section 563 of Title 5 prior
    to the general revision and enactment of Title 5, Government
    Organization and Employees, by Pub. L. 89-554, Sec. 1, Sept. 6,
    1966, 80 Stat. 378.
      A prior section 450b, Pub. L. 89-106, Sec. 2, Aug. 4, 1965, 79
    Stat. 431, which related to research grants, duration, records, and
    audit, was transferred to section 450i of this title.

-End-



-CITE-
    7 USC Sec. 450c                                             01/03/2007

-EXPCITE-
    TITLE 7 - AGRICULTURE
    CHAPTER 17 - MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS

-HEAD-
    Sec. 450c. Delegation of regulatory functions of Secretary of
      Agriculture; definitions

-STATUTE-
      As used in sections 450c to 450g of this title - 
        (a) The term "regulatory order" means an order, marketing
      agreement, standard, permit, license, registration, suspension or
      revocation of a permit, license, or registration, certificate,
      award, rule or regulation, if it has the force and effect of law,
      and if it may be made, prescribed, issued, or promulgated only
      after notice and hearing or opportunity for hearing have been
      given.
        (b) The term "regulatory function" means the making,
      prescribing, issuing, or promulgating of a regulatory order; and
      includes (1) determining whether such making, prescribing,
      issuing, or promulgating is authorized or required by law, and
      (2) any action which is required or authorized to be performed
      before, after, or in connection with, such determining, making,
      prescribing, issuing, or promulgating.

-SOURCE-
    (Apr. 4, 1940, ch. 75, Sec. 1, 54 Stat. 81.)

-COD-
                               CODIFICATION                           
      Section was formerly classified to section 516a of Title 5 prior
    to the general revision and enactment of Title 5, Government
    Organization and Employees, by Pub. L. 89-554, Sec. 1, Sept. 6,
    1966, 80 Stat. 378.

-End-



-CITE-
    7 USC Sec. 450d                                             01/03/2007

-EXPCITE-
    TITLE 7 - AGRICULTURE
    CHAPTER 17 - MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS

-HEAD-
    Sec. 450d. Delegation of regulatory functions to designated
      employees; status of employees; number; revocation of delegation

-STATUTE-
      Whenever the Secretary of Agriculture deems that the delegation
    of the whole or any part of any regulatory function which the
    Secretary is, now or after April 4, 1940, required or authorized to
    perform will result in the more expeditious discharge of the duties
    of the Department of Agriculture, he is authorized to make such
    delegation to any officer or employee designated under this
    section. The Secretary is authorized to designate officers or
    employees of the Department to whom functions may be delegated
    under this section and to assign appropriate titles to such
    officers or employees. There shall not be in the Department at any
    one time more than two officers or employees designated under this
    section and vested with a regulatory function or part thereof
    delegated under this section. The Secretary may at any time revoke
    the whole or any part of a delegation or designation made by him
    under this section.

-SOURCE-
    (Apr. 4, 1940, ch. 75, Sec. 2, 54 Stat. 81; Pub. L. 89-554, Sec.
    8(a), Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 632, 650.)

-COD-
                               CODIFICATION                           
      Section was formerly classified to section 516b of Title 5 prior
    to the general revision and enactment of Title 5, Government
    Organization and Employees, by Pub. L. 89-554, Sec. 1, Sept. 6,
    1966, 80 Stat. 378.


-MISC1-
                                AMENDMENTS                            
      1966 - Pub. L. 89-554 repealed third sentence which related to
    grade of a position. See section 5109 of Title 5, Government
    Organization and Employees.

-End-



-CITE-
    7 USC Sec. 450e                                             01/03/2007

-EXPCITE-
    TITLE 7 - AGRICULTURE
    CHAPTER 17 - MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS

-HEAD-
    Sec. 450e. Authority of designated employees; retroactive
      revocation of delegation

-STATUTE-
      Whenever a delegation is made under section 450d of this title,
    all provisions of law shall be construed as if the regulatory
    function or the part thereof delegated had (to the extent of the
    delegation) been vested by law in the individual to whom the
    delegation is made, instead of in the Secretary of Agriculture. A
    revocation of delegation shall not be retroactive, and each
    regulatory function or part thereof performed (within the scope of
    the delegation) by such individual prior to the revocation shall be
    considered as having been performed by the Secretary.

-SOURCE-
    (Apr. 4, 1940, ch. 75, Sec. 3, 54 Stat. 82.)

-COD-
                               CODIFICATION                           
      Section was formerly classified to section 516c of Title 5 prior
    to the general revision and enactment of Title 5, Government
    Organization and Employees, by Pub. L. 89-554, Sec. 1, Sept. 6,
    1966, 80 Stat. 378.

-End-



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    7 USC Sec. 450f                                             01/03/2007

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    TITLE 7 - AGRICULTURE
    CHAPTER 17 - MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS

-HEAD-
    Sec. 450f. Delegation of functions under other laws as unaffected

-STATUTE-
      The provisions of section 450d of this title shall not be deemed
    to prohibit the delegation, under authority of any other provision
    of law, of the whole or any part of any regulatory function or
    other function to any officer or employee of the Department of
    Agriculture.

-SOURCE-
    (Apr. 4, 1940, ch. 75, Sec. 4, 54 Stat. 82.)

-COD-
                               CODIFICATION                           
      Section was formerly classified to section 516d of Title 5 prior
    to the general revision and enactment of Title 5, Government
    Organization and Employees, by Pub. L. 89-554, Sec. 1, Sept. 6,
    1966, 80 Stat. 378.

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    7 USC Sec. 450g                                             01/03/2007

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    TITLE 7 - AGRICULTURE
    CHAPTER 17 - MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS

-HEAD-
    Sec. 450g. Authorization of appropriations for cooperative research
      projects

-STATUTE-
      There is authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be
    necessary to carry out the purposes of sections 450c to 450g of
    this title.

-SOURCE-
    (Apr. 4, 1940, ch. 75, Sec. 5, 54 Stat. 82.)

-COD-
                               CODIFICATION                           
      Section was formerly classified to section 516e of Title 5 prior
    to the general revision and enactment of Title 5, Government
    Organization and Employees, by Pub. L. 89-554, Sec. 1, Sept. 6,
    1966, 80 Stat. 378.

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    7 USC Sec. 450h                                             01/03/2007

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    TITLE 7 - AGRICULTURE
    CHAPTER 17 - MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS

-HEAD-
    Sec. 450h. Transferred

-COD-
                               CODIFICATION                           
      Section, act July 24, 1919, ch. 26, 41 Stat. 270, as amended, was
    transferred to section 2220 of this title.
      Section was formerly classified to sections 67 and 564 of Title 5
    prior to the general revision and enactment of Title 5, Government
    Organization and Employees, by Pub. L. 89-554, Sec. 1, Sept. 6,
    1966, 80 Stat. 378.

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    7 USC Sec. 450i                                             01/03/2007

-EXPCITE-
    TITLE 7 - AGRICULTURE
    CHAPTER 17 - MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS

-HEAD-
    Sec. 450i. Competitive, special, and facilities research grants

-STATUTE-
    (a) Establishment of grant program
      (1) In order to promote research in food, agriculture, and
    related areas, a research grants program is hereby established in
    the Department of Agriculture.
      (2) Short Title. - This section may be cited as the "Competitive,
    Special, and Facilities Research Grant Act".
    (b) Competitive grants
      (1) The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to make
    competitive grants, for periods not to exceed five years, to State
    agricultural experiment stations, all colleges and universities,
    other research institutions and organizations, Federal agencies,
    national laboratories, private organizations or corporations, and
    individuals, for research to further the programs of the Department
    of Agriculture. To the greatest extent possible the Secretary shall
    allocate these grants to high priority research taking into
    consideration, when available, the determinations made by the
    National Agricultural Research, Extension, Education, and Economics
    Advisory Board (as established under section 3123 of this title)
    identifying high priority research areas.
      (2) High Priority Research. - For purposes of this subsection,
    the term "high priority research" means basic and applied research
    that focuses on both national and multistate research needs (and
    methods to transfer such research to onfarm or inmarket practice)
    in the areas described in subparagraphs (A) through (F). Such needs
    shall be determined by the Secretary, in consultation with the
    National Agricultural Research, Extension, Education, and Economics
    Advisory Board, not later than July 1 of each fiscal year for the
    purposes of the following fiscal year.
        (A) plant systems, including plant genome structure and
      function; molecular and cellular genetics and plant
      biotechnology; plant-pest interactions and biocontrol systems;
      crop plant response to environmental stresses; unproved nutrient
      qualities of plant products; and new food and industrial uses of
      plant products;
        (B) animal systems, including aquaculture, cellular and
      molecular basis of animal reproduction, growth, disease, and
      health; identification of genes responsible for improved
      production traits and resistance to disease; improved nutritional
      performance of animals; and improved nutrient qualities of animal
      products, and uses, and the development of new and improved
      animal husbandry and production systems that take into account
      production efficiency and animal well-being, and animal systems
      applicable to aquaculture;
        (C) nutrition, food quality, and health, including microbial
      contaminants and pesticides residues related to human health;
      links between diet and health; bioavailability of nutrients;
      postharvest physiology and practices; and improved processing
      technologies;
        (D) natural resources and the environment, including
      fundamental structures and functions of ecosystems; biological
      and physical bases of sustainable production systems; minimizing
      soil and water losses and sustaining surface water and ground
      water quality; global climate effects on agriculture; forestry;
      and biological diversity;
        (E) engineering, products, and processes, including new uses
      and new products from traditional and non-traditional crops,
      animals, byproducts, and natural resources; robotics, energy
      efficiency, computing, and expert systems; new hazard and risk
      assessment and mitigation measures; and water quality and
      management; and
        (F) markets, trade, and policy, including optional strategies
      for entering and being competitive in overseas markets; new
      decision tools for onfarm and inmarket systems; choices and
      applications of technology; technology assessment; and new
      approaches to rural economic development.

      (3) Types of Grants. - In addition to making research grants
    under paragraph (1), the Secretary may conduct a program to improve
    research capabilities in the agricultural, food, and environmental
    sciences and award the following categories of competitive grants:
        (A) Grants may be awarded to a single investigator or
      coinvestigators within the same discipline.
        (B) Grants may be awarded to teams of researchers from
      different areas of agricultural research and scientific
      disciplines.
        (C) Grants may be awarded to multidisciplinary teams that are
      proposing research on long-term applied research problems, with
      technology transfer a major component of all such grant
      proposals.
        (D) Grants may be awarded to an institution to allow for the
      improvement of the research, development, technology transfer,
      and education capacity of the institution through the acquisition
      of special research equipment and the improvement of agricultural
      education and teaching. The Secretary shall use not less than 25
      percent, and not more than 40 percent, of the funds made
      available for grants under this subparagraph to provide
      fellowships to outstanding pre- and post-doctoral students for
      research in the agricultural sciences.
        (E) Grants may be awarded to single investigators or
      coinvestigators who are beginning their research careers and do
      not have an extensive research publication record. To be eligible
      for a grant under this subparagraph, an individual shall be
      within 5 years of the individual's initial career track position.
        (F) Grants may be awarded to ensure that the faculty of small
      and mid-sized institutions who have not previously been
      successful in obtaining competitive grants under this subsection
      receive a portion of the grants.
        (G) Grants may be awarded to improve research capabilities in
      States (as defined in the National Agricultural Research,
      Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977, as amended [7 U.S.C.
      3101 et seq.]) in which institutions have been less successful in
      receiving funding under this subsection, based on a three-year
      rolling average of funding levels.

      (4) Term. - The term of a competitive grant made under this
    subsection may not exceed 5 years.
      (5) Director. - The Secretary shall appoint a director for the
    grant program authorized by this subsection. The Secretary, acting
    through the director, shall be responsible for the overall
    direction of the grant program and implementation of general
    policies respecting the management and operation of programs and
    activities in the program.
      (6) Participation in Grant Process. - In seeking proposals for
    grants under this subsection and in performing peer review
    evaluations of such proposals, the Secretary shall seek the widest
    participation of qualified scientists in the Federal Government,
    colleges and universities, State agricultural experiment stations,
    and the private sector.
      (7) Construction Prohibited. - A grant made under paragraph (1)
    may not be used for any purpose for which a grant may be made under
    subsection (d) of this section or for the planning, repair,
    rehabilitation, acquisition, or construction of a building or
    facility.
      (8) Matching Funds. - (A) Except as provided in subparagraph (B),
    the Secretary may not take the offer or availability of matching
    funds into consideration in making a grant under this subsection.
      (B) In the case of grants under paragraph (3)(D), the amount
    provided under this subsection may not exceed 50 percent of the
    cost of the special research equipment or other equipment acquired.
    The Secretary may waive all or part of the matching requirement
    under this subparagraph in the case of a college, university, or
    research foundation maintained by a college or university that
    ranks in the lowest  1/3  of such colleges, universities, and
    research foundations on the basis of Federal research funds
    received if the equipment to be acquired costs not more than
    $25,000 and has multiple uses within a single research project or
    is usable in more than 1 research project.
      (9) Annual Report. - The Secretary shall transmit to Congress an
    annual report describing the policies, priorities, and operations
    of the grant program authorized by this subsection during the
    preceding fiscal year. The report shall - 
        (A) include a description of the progress being made to comply
      with subsection (j) of this section; and
        (B) be transmitted not later than January 1 of each year.

      (10) Authorization of Appropriations. - There are authorized to
    be appropriated to carry out this subsection $150,000,000 for
    fiscal year 1991, $275,000,000 for fiscal year 1992, $350,000,000
    for fiscal year 1993, $400,000,000 for fiscal year 1994, and
    $500,000,000 for each of fiscal years 1995 through 2007, of which
    each fiscal year - 
        (A) not less than 10 percent for fiscal year 1991, 20 percent
      for fiscal year 1992, and 30 percent for fiscal year 1993 and
      each fiscal year thereafter shall be available to make grants for
      research to be conducted by multidisciplinary teams;
        (B) not less than 40 percent shall be available to make grants
      for research to be conducted by persons conducting mission-linked
      systems research;
        (C) not less than 10 percent shall be available to make grants
      under subparagraphs (D), (F), and (G) of paragraph (3) for
      research and education strengthening and research opportunity;
        (D) not more than two percent may be used for equipment grants
      under subparagraph (3)(D); and
        (E) not more than four percent may be retained by the Secretary
      to pay administrative costs incurred by the Secretary in carrying
      out this subsection.
      (11) Availability of Funds. - Funds made available under
    paragraph (10) shall be available for obligation for a 2-year
    period beginning on October 1 of the fiscal year for which the
    funds are made available.
    (c) Special grants
      (1) The Secretary of Agriculture may make grants, for periods not
    to exceed 3 years - 
        (A) to State agricultural experiment stations, all colleges and
      universities, other research institutions and organizations,
      Federal agencies, private organizations or corporations, and
      individuals for the purpose of conducting research, extension, or
      education activities to facilitate or expand promising
      breakthroughs in areas of the food and agricultural sciences of
      importance to the United States; and
        (B) to State agricultural experiment stations, land-grant
      colleges and universities, research foundations established by
      land-grant colleges and universities, colleges and universities
      receiving funds under the Act of October 10, 1962 (16 U.S.C. 582a
      et seq.), and accredited schools or colleges of veterinary
      medicine for the purpose of facilitating or expanding ongoing
      State-Federal food and agricultural research, extension, or
      education programs that - 
          (i) promote excellence in research, extension, or education
        on a regional and national level;
          (ii) promote the development of regional research centers;
          (iii) promote the research partnership between the Department
        of Agriculture, colleges and universities, research
        foundations, and State agricultural experiment stations for
        regional research efforts; and
          (iv) facilitate coordination and cooperation of research,
        extension, or education among States through regional grants.

      (2) Limitations. - The Secretary may not make a grant under this
    subsection - 
        (A) for any purpose for which a grant may be made under
      subsection (d) of this section; or
        (B) for the planning, repair, rehabilitation, acquisition, or
      construction of a building or facility.

      (3) Matching Funds. - Grants made under this subsection shall be
    made without regard to matching funds.
      (4) Set Asides. - Of amounts appropriated for a fiscal year to
    carry out this subsection - 
        (A) ninety percent of such amounts shall be used for grants for
      regional research projects; and
        (B) four percent of such amounts may be retained by the
      Secretary to pay administrative costs incurred by the Secretary
      to carry out this subsection.

      (5) Review requirements. - 
        (A) Research activities. - The Secretary shall make a grant
      under this subsection for a research activity only if the
      activity has undergone scientific peer review arranged by the
      grantee in accordance with regulations promulgated by the
      Secretary.
        (B) Extension and education activities. - The Secretary shall
      make a grant under this subsection for an extension or education
      activity only if the activity has undergone merit review arranged
      by the grantee in accordance with regulations promulgated by the
      Secretary.

      (6) Reports. - 
        (A) In general. - A recipient of a grant under this subsection
      shall submit to the Secretary on an annual basis a report
      describing the results of the research, extension, or education
      activity and the merit of the results.
        (B) Public availability. - 
          (i) In general. - Except as provided in clause (ii), on
        request, the Secretary shall make the report available to the
        public.
          (ii) Exceptions. - Clause (i) shall not apply to the extent
        that making the report, or a part of the report, available to
        the public is not authorized or permitted by section 552 of
        title 5 or section 1905 of title 18.
    (d) Facilities grants
      The Secretary of Agriculture shall make annual grants to support
    the renovation and refurbishment (including energy retrofitting) of
    research spaces in buildings or spaces to be used for research, and
    the purchase and installation of fixed equipment in such spaces.
    Such grants may be used for new construction only for auxiliary
    facilities and fixed equipment used for research in such
    facilities, such as greenhouses, insectaries, and research farm
    structures and installations. Such grants shall be made to - 
        (1) each State agricultural experiment station in an amount of
      $100,000 or an amount which is equal to 10 per centum of the
      funds received by such station under the Act of March 2, 1887 (24
      Stat. 440-442, as amended; 7 U.S.C. 361a-361i), and the Act of
      October 10, 1962 (76 Stat. 806-807, as amended; 16 U.S.C. 582a,
      582a-1 - 582a-7), whichever is greater: Provided, That of any
      amount in excess of $50,000 made available under this paragraph
      during any year for allotment to a State agricultural experiment
      station, no payment thereof shall be made in excess of the amount
      which the station makes available during that year for the
      purposes for which grants under this paragraph are made
      available;
        (2) each accredited college of veterinary medicine and State
      agricultural experiment station which receives funds from the
      Federal Government for animal health research, in an amount which
      is equal to 10 per centum of the animal health research funds
      received by such college or experiment station from the Federal
      Government during the previous fiscal year;
        (3) each forestry school not described in paragraph (1) of this
      subsection, which is eligible to receive funds under the Act of
      October 10, 1962 (16 U.S.C. 582a et seq.), in an amount which is
      equal to 10 per centum of the funds received by such school under
      that Act; and
        (4) each college eligible to receive funds under the Act of
      August 30, 1890 (7 U.S.C. 321 et seq.), including Tuskegee
      Institute, in an amount which is equal to 10 per centum of the
      funds received by such college under section 3222 of this title.

    Any college or State agricultural experiment station eligible for
    annual grants under this subsection may elect to defer the receipt
    of an annual grant for any fiscal year for up to five years:
    Provided, That the total amounts deferred may not exceed
    $1,000,000. Application may be made for receipt of deferred grants
    at any time during the five years, subject to the matching funds
    requirement of this subsection and the availability of
    appropriations under this subsection.
    (e) Inter-Regional Research Project Number 4
      (1) The Secretary of Agriculture shall establish an Inter-
    Regional Research Project Number 4 (hereinafter referred to in
    this subsection as the "IR-4 Program") to assist in the collection
    of residue and efficacy data in support of - 
        (A) the registration or reregistration of minor use pesticides
      under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (7
      U.S.C. 136 et seq.); and
        (B) tolerances for residues of minor use chemicals in or on raw
      agricultural commodities under sections 346a and 348 of title 21.

      (2) The Secretary shall carry out the IR-4 Program in cooperation
    with the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency,
    State agricultural experiment stations, colleges and universities,
    extension services, private industry, and other interested parties.
      (3) In carrying out the IR-4 Program, the Secretary shall give
    priority to registrations, reregistrations, and tolerances for
    pesticide uses related to the production of agricultural crops for
    food use.
      (4) As part of carrying out the IR-4 Program, the Secretary shall
    - 
        (A) participate in research activities aimed at reducing
      residues of pesticides registered for minor agricultural use;
        (B) develop analytical techniques applicable to residues of
      pesticides registered for minor agricultural use, including
      automation techniques and validation of analytical methods; and
        (C) coordinate with other programs within the Department of
      Agriculture and the Environmental Protection Agency designed to
      develop and promote biological and other alternative control
      measures.

      (5) The Secretary shall prepare and submit, to appropriate
    Committees of Congress, a report on an annual basis that contains -
    
        (A) a listing of all registrations, reregistrations, and
      tolerances for which data has been collected in the preceding
      year;
        (B) a listing of all registrations, reregistrations, and
      tolerances for which data collection is scheduled to occur in the
      following year, with an explanation of the priority system used
      to develop this list; and
        (C) a listing of all activities the IR-4 Program has carried
      out pursuant to paragraph (4).

      (6) The Secretary shall submit to Congress not later than
    November 28, 1991, a report detailing the feasibility of requiring
    recoupment of the costs of developing residue data for
    registrations, reregistrations, or tolerances under this program.
    Such recoupment shall only apply to those registrants which make a
    profit on such registration, reregistration, or tolerance
    subsequent to residue data development under this program. Such
    report shall include:
        (A) an analysis of possible benefits to the IR-4 Program of
      such a recoupment;
        (B) an analysis of the impact of such a payment on the
      availability of registrants to pursue registrations or
      reregistrations of minor use pesticides; and
        (C) recommendations for implementation of such a recoupment
      policy.

      (7) There are authorized to be appropriated $25,000,000 for
    fiscal year 1991, and such sums as are necessary for subsequent
    fiscal years to carry out this subsection.
    (f) Record keeping
      Each recipient of assistance under this section shall keep such
    records as the Secretary of Agriculture shall, by regulation,
    prescribe, including records which fully disclose the amount and
    disposition by such recipient of the proceeds of such grants, the
    total cost of the project or undertaking in connection with which
    such funds are given or used, and the amount of that portion of the
    costs of the project or undertaking supplied by other sources, and
    such other records as will facilitate an effective audit. The
    Secretary of Agriculture and the Comptroller General of the United
    States or any of their duly authorized representatives shall have
    access for the purpose of audit and examination to any books,
    documents, papers, and records of the recipients that are pertinent
    to the grants received under this section.
    (g) Limits on overhead costs
      The Secretary of Agriculture shall limit allowable overhead
    costs, with respect to grants awarded under this section, to those
    necessary to carry out the purposes of the grants.
    (h) Authorization of appropriations
      Except as otherwise provided in subsections (b) and (e) of this
    section, there are hereby authorized to be appropriated such sums
    as are necessary to carry out this section.
    (i) Rules
      The Secretary of Agriculture may issue such rules and regulations
    as the Secretary deems necessary to carry out this section.
    (j) Application of other laws
      The Federal Advisory Committee Act and title XVIII of the Food
    and Agriculture Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2281 et seq.) shall not apply
    to a panel or board created for the purpose of reviewing
    applications or proposals submitted under this section.
    (k) Emphasis on sustainable agriculture
      The Secretary of Agriculture shall ensure that grants made under
    subsections (b) and (c) of this section are, where appropriate,
    consistent with the development of systems of sustainable
    agriculture. For purposes of this section, the term "sustainable
    agriculture" has the meaning given that term in section 3103(17)
    (!1) of this title.


-SOURCE-
    (Pub. L. 89-106, Sec. 2, Aug. 4, 1965, 79 Stat. 431; Pub. L. 95-
    113, title XIV, Sec. 1414, Sept. 29, 1977, 91 Stat. 991; Pub. L.
    97-98, title XIV, Sec. 1415, Dec. 22, 1981, 95 Stat. 1303; Pub. L.
    99-198, title XIV, Sec. 1409, Dec. 23, 1985, 99 Stat. 1546; Pub. L.
    101-624, title XIV, Sec. 1497, title XVI, Secs. 1615, 1616, Nov.
    28, 1990, 104 Stat. 3630, 3729, 3732; Pub. L. 102-237, title IV,
    Sec. 401, Dec. 13, 1991, 105 Stat. 1862; Pub. L. 104-66, title I,
    Sec. 1011(v), Dec. 21, 1995, 109 Stat. 711; Pub. L. 104-127, title
    VIII, Sec. 885, Apr. 4, 1996, 110 Stat. 1179; Pub. L. 105-185,
    title II, Secs. 211, 212, title III, Sec. 301(f), title VI, Sec.
    606(h), June 23, 1998, 112 Stat. 536, 563, 604; Pub. L. 107-76,
    title VII, Sec. 775, Nov. 28, 2001, 115 Stat. 746; Pub. L. 107-171,
    title VI, Sec. 6403(b), title VII, Secs. 7136, 7211, May 13, 2002,
    116 Stat. 429, 436, 447.)

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                            REFERENCES IN TEXT                        
      The National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching
    Policy Act of 1977, as amended, referred to in subsec. (b)(3)(G),
    is title XIV of Pub. L. 95-113, Sept. 29, 1977, 91 Stat. 981, as
    amended, which is classified principally to chapter 64 (Sec. 3101
    et seq.) of this title. For complete classification of this Act to
    the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 3101 of this
    title and Tables.
      Act of October 10, 1962, referred to in subsecs. (c)(1)(B) and
    (d)(1), (3), is Pub. L. 87-788, Oct. 10, 1962, 76 Stat. 806, as
    amended, known as the McIntire-Stennis Act of 1962, which is
    classified generally to subchapter III (Sec. 582a et seq.) of
    chapter 3 of Title 16, Conservation. For complete classification of
    this Act to the Code, see Tables.
      Act of March 2, 1887 (24 Stat. 440-442, as amended; 7 U.S.C. 361a-
    361i), referred to in subsec. (d)(1), is act Mar. 2, 1887, ch.
    314, 24 Stat. 440, as amended, popularly known as the Hatch Act of
    1887, which is classified generally to sections 361a to 361i of
    this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code,
    see Short Title note set out under section 361a of this title and
    Tables.
      Act of August 30, 1890 (7 U.S.C. 321 et seq.), referred to in
    subsec. (d)(4), is act Aug. 30, 1890, ch. 841, 26 Stat. 417, as
    amended, popularly known as the Agricultural College Act of 1890
    and also as the Second Morrill Act, which is classified generally
    to subchapter II (Sec. 321 et seq.) of chapter 13 of this title.
    For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short
    Title note set out under section 321 of this title and Tables.
      The Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, referred
    to in subsec. (e)(1)(A), is act June 25, 1947, ch. 125, as amended
    generally by Pub. L. 92-516, Oct. 21, 1972, 86 Stat. 973, which is
    classified generally to subchapter II (Sec. 136 et seq.) of chapter
    6 of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the
    Code, see Short Title note set out under section 136 of this title
    and Tables.
      The Federal Advisory Committee Act, referred to in subsec. (j),
    is Pub. L. 92-463, Oct. 6, 1972, 86 Stat. 770, as amended, which is
    set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and
    Employees.
      The Food and Agriculture Act of 1977, referred to in subsec. (j),
    is Pub. L. 95-113, Sept. 29, 1977, 91 Stat. 913, as amended. Title
    XVIII of the Act is classified generally to chapter 55A (Sec. 2281
    et seq.) of this title. For complete classification of this Act to
    the Code, see Short Title of 1977 Amendment note set out under
    section 1281 of this title and Tables.
      Section 3103(17) of this title, referred to in subsec. (k), was
    redesignated section 3103(18) of this title by Pub. L. 107-171,
    title VII, Sec. 7502(a)(1), May 13, 2002, 116 Stat. 463.


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                                AMENDMENTS                            
      2002 - Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 107-171, Sec. 7211, substituted
    "in the areas described in subparagraphs (A) through (F). Such
    needs shall be determined by the Secretary, in consultation with
    the National Agricultural Research, Extension, Education, and
    Economics Advisory Board, not later than July 1 of each fiscal year
    for the purposes of the following fiscal year." for "in - " in
    provisions preceding subpar. (A).
      Subsec. (b)(8)(B). Pub. L. 107-171, Sec. 6403(b), substituted
    "college, university, or research foundation maintained by a
    college or university that ranks in the lowest  1/3  of such
    colleges, universities, and research foundations on the basis of
    Federal research funds received" for "smaller college or university
    (as described in section 2204f(c)(2)(C)(ii) of this title)" in
    second sentence.
      Subsec. (b)(10). Pub. L. 107-171, Sec. 7136, substituted "2007"
    for "2002" in introductory provisions.
      2001 - Subsec. (b)(3)(G). Pub. L. 107-76, Sec. 775(1), added
    subpar. (G).
      Subsec. (b)(10)(C). Pub. L. 107-76, Sec. 775(2), substituted ",
    (F), and (G) of paragraph (3) for" for "and (F) of paragraph (3)
    for awarding grants in".
      1998 - Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 105-185, Secs. 211(1), 606(h)(1),
    in first sentence, inserted "national laboratories," after "Federal
    agencies," and in second sentence, substituted "National
    Agricultural Research, Extension, Education, and Economics Advisory
    Board (as established under section 3123 of this title)" for "Joint
    Council on Food and Agricultural Sciences and the National
    Agricultural Research and Extension Users Advisory Board".
      Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 105-185, Sec. 211(2), substituted
    "multistate" for "regional" in introductory provisions.
      Subsec. (b)(3)(E). Pub. L. 105-185, Sec. 211(3), substituted "an
    individual shall be within 5 years of the individual's initial
    career track position" for "an individual shall have less than 5
    years of post-graduate research experience" in second sentence.
      Subsec. (b)(8)(B). Pub. L. 105-185, Sec. 211(4), substituted "the
    cost of" for "the cost" and inserted at end "The Secretary may
    waive all or part of the matching requirement under this
    subparagraph in the case of a smaller college or university (as
    described in section 2204f(c)(2)(C)(ii) of this title) if the
    equipment to be acquired costs not more than $25,000 and has
    multiple uses within a single research project or is usable in more
    than 1 research project."
      Subsec. (b)(10). Pub. L. 105-185, Sec. 301(f), substituted "2002"
    for "1997" in introductory provisions.
      Subsec. (c)(1). Pub. L. 105-185, Sec. 212(1)(A), substituted "3
    years" for "5 years" in introductory provisions.
      Subsec. (c)(1)(A). Pub. L. 105-185, Sec. 212(1)(B), inserted ",
    extension, or education activities" after "conducting research".
      Subsec. (c)(1)(B). Pub. L. 105-185, Sec. 212(1)(C)(i), inserted
    ", extension, or education" after "agricultural research" in
    introductory provisions.
      Subsec. (c)(1)(B)(i). Pub. L. 105-185, Sec. 212(1)(C)(ii),
    inserted ", extension, or education" after "research".
      Subsec. (c)(1)(B)(iv). Pub. L. 105-185, Sec. 212(1)(C)(iii),
    substituted ", extension, or education among States through
    regional" for "among States through regional research".
      Subsec. (c)(5), (6). Pub. L. 105-185, Sec. 212(2), added pars.
    (5) and (6).
      Subsec. (l). Pub. L. 105-185, Sec. 606(h)(2), struck out heading
    and text of subsec. (l). Text read as follows: "The Secretary of
    Agriculture may consult with the Agricultural Science and
    Technology Review Board regarding the policies, priorities, and
    operation of subsections (b) and (c) of this section."
      1996 - Subsec. (b)(10). Pub. L. 104-127, Sec. 885(a)(1),
    substituted "each of fiscal years 1995 through 1997" for "fiscal
    year 1995" in introductory provisions.
      Subsec. (b)(10)(B). Pub. L. 104-127, Sec. 885(a)(2), substituted
    "40 percent" for "20 percent".
      Subsec. (b)(11). Pub. L. 104-127, Sec. 885(b), added par. (11).
      1995 - Subsecs. (l), (m). Pub. L. 104-66 redesignated subsec. (m)
    as (l) and struck out former subsec. (l) which directed Secretary
    of Agriculture to submit annual reports to Congress on competitive
    grant and special grant awards.
      1991 - Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 102-237, Sec. 401(a), designated
    existing provisions as par. (1) and added par. (2).
      Subsec. (b)(10). Pub. L. 102-237, Sec. 401(b)(1), struck out
    "and" after "1993,".
      Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 102-237, Sec. 401(b)(2)(A), substituted
    "Inter-Regional Research Project Number 4" for "Record keeping" as
    heading.
      Subsec. (e)(1). Pub. L. 102-237, Sec. 401(b)(2)(B), substituted
    "this subsection" for "this section" in introductory provisions.
      Subsec. (e)(2) to (4). Pub. L. 102-237, Sec. 401(b)(2)(C),
    substituted "IR-4 Program" for "IR-4 program".
      Subsec. (e)(5)(B). Pub. L. 102-237, Sec. 401(b)(2)(D),
    substituted "registrations," for "registration," and inserted "and"
    at end.
      Subsec. (e)(5)(C). Pub. L. 102-237, Sec. 401(b)(2)(C),
    substituted "IR-4 Program" for "IR-4 program".
      Subsec. (e)(6). Pub. L. 102-237, Sec. 401(b)(2)(E), substituted
    "not later than November 28, 1991," for "within one year of
    November 28, 1990," and inserted a comma after "reregistrations" in
    first sentence.
      Subsec. (e)(6)(A). Pub. L. 102-237, Sec. 401(b)(2)(C),
    substituted "IR-4 Program" for "IR-4 program".
      Subsec. (e)(7). Pub. L. 102-237, Sec. 401(b)(2)(B), substituted
    "this subsection" for "this section".
      Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 102-237, Sec. 401(b)(3), substituted "Record
    keeping" for "Limits on overhead costs" as heading.
      Subsec. (g). Pub. L. 102-237, Sec. 401(b)(4), substituted "Limits
    on overhead costs" for "Authorization of appropriations" as
    heading.
      Subsec. (h). Pub. L. 102-237, Sec. 401(b)(5), substituted
    "Authorization of appropriations" for "Rules" as heading and
    "subsections (b) and (e) of this section" for "subsection (b) of
    this section" and struck out "the provisions of" after "to carry
    out".
      Subsec. (i). Pub. L. 102-237, Sec. 401(b)(6), substituted "Rules"
    for "Application of other laws" as heading, substituted "may" for
    "is authorized to", and struck out "the provisions of" after "to
    carry out".
      Subsec. (j). Pub. L. 102-237, Sec. 401(b)(7), (8), inserted
    "Application of other laws" as heading and redesignated another
    subsec. (j), relating to emphasis on sustainable agriculture, as
    (k).
      Subsecs. (k) to (m). Pub. L. 102-237, Sec. 401(b)(8),
    redesignated subsecs. (j) to (l), as added by Pub. L. 101-624, Sec.
    1615(b), as (k) to (m), respectively.
      1990 - Pub. L. 101-624, Sec. 1615(c)(1), inserted "Competitive,
    special, and facilities research grants" as section catchline.
      Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 101-624, Sec. 1615(c)(1), inserted heading.
      Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 101-624, Sec. 1615(a), inserted heading,
    designated first two sentences of existing text as par. (1), added
    pars. (2) to (10), and struck out former similar provisions which
    identified "high priority research" as well as provisions relating
    to the awarding, administration, and funding of such research.
      Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 101-624, Sec. 1616, amended subsec. (c)
    generally, designating former introductory text as par. (1),
    redesignating former pars. (1) and (2) as subpars. (A) and (B),
    respectively, and in subpar. (A), expanding the entities which may
    receive grants under this subsection to include all colleges and
    universities, other research institutions and organizations,
    Federal agencies, private organizations or corporations, and
    individuals for the purpose of conducting research in areas of food
    and agriculture important to the U.S., and designating former
    closing provisions as pars. (2) through (4), and in par. (4),
    inserting provisions requiring that ninety percent of the amounts
    appropriated for a fiscal year under this subsection be used for
    regional research projects.
      Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 101-624, Sec. 1615(c)(2), inserted heading.
      Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 101-624, Secs. 1497(1), (2), 1615(c)(3),
    added subsec. (e), inserted heading, and redesignated former
    subsec. (e) as (f).
      Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 101-624, Secs. 1497(1), 1615(c)(4),
    redesignated subsec. (e) as (f) and inserted heading. Former
    subsec. (f) redesignated (g).
      Subsec. (g). Pub. L. 101-624, Secs. 1497(1), 1615(c)(5),
    redesignated subsec. (f) as (g) and inserted heading. Former
    subsec. (g) redesignated (h).
      Pub. L. 101-624, Sec. 1497(3), which directed insertion of "and
    subsection (e)" after "subsection (b)", could not be executed
    because "subsection (b)" did not appear in text.
      Subsec. (h). Pub. L. 101-624, Secs. 1497(1), 1615(c)(6),
    redesignated subsec. (g) as (h) and inserted heading. Former
    subsec. (h) redesignated (i).
      Subsec. (i). Pub. L. 101-624, Secs. 1497(1), 1615(c)(7),
    redesignated subsec. (h) as (i) and inserted heading. Former
    subsec. (i) redesignated (j).
      Subsec. (j). Pub. L. 101-624, Sec. 1615(b), added subsec. (j)
    relating to emphasis on sustainable agriculture.
      Pub. L. 101-624, Sec. 1497(1), redesignated subsec. (i), relating
    to application of other laws, as (j).
      Subsecs. (k) and (l). Pub. L. 101-624, Sec. 1615(b), added
    subsecs. (k) and (l).
      1985 - Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 99-198, Sec. 1409(a)(1), (2),
    substituted in third sentence par. "(2) research, with emphasis on
    biotechnology," for "(2) research" and added pars. (7) and (8), and
    prohibited any grant under subsec. (b) for any purpose for which a
    grant may be made under subsec. (d) or for the planning, repair,
    rehabilitation, acquisition, or construction of a building or a
    facility.
      Pub. L. 99-198, Sec. 1409(a)(3), in concluding provisions
    substituted appropriations authorization of $70,000,000 annually
    for fiscal years ending Sept. 30, 1986, through Sept. 30, 1990 for
    prior authorization of 25, 30, 35, and 40 million dollars for
    fiscal years ending Sept. 30, 1978, through Sept. 30, 1981, and 50
    million dollars annually for fiscal years ending Sept. 30, 1982,
    through Sept. 30, 1985, and for any subsequent fiscal year not in
    excess of such sums as may be authorized by law; and authorized
    retention of four percent of appropriated funds for payment of
    administrative costs.
      Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 99-198, Sec. 1409(b)(1), prohibited any
    grant under subsec. (c) for any purpose for which a grant may be
    made under subsec. (d) or for the planning, repair, rehabilitation,
    acquisition, or construction of a building or a facility.
      Pub. L. 99-198, Sec. 1409(b)(2), authorized retention of four
    percent of appropriated funds for payment of administrative costs.
      Subsec. (i). Pub. L. 99-198, Sec. 1409(c), added subsec. (i).
      1981 - Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 97-98, Sec. 1415(a), inserted "and
    the National Agricultural Research and Extension Users Advisory
    Board" and provision specifying what is included in high priority
    research and substituted "for each of the fiscal years ending
    September 30, 1982, September 30, 1983, September 30, 1984, and
    September 30, 1985" for "for the fiscal year ending September 30,
    1982".
      Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 97-98, Sec. 1415(b), in par. (1) inserted
    "research foundations established by land-grant colleges and
    universities,", in par. (2) inserted reference to research
    foundations established by land-grant colleges and universities,
    colleges and universities receiving funds under the Act of October
    10, 1962, and accredited schools or colleges of veterinary
    medicine, and added subpar. (D).
      Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 97-98, Sec. 1415(c), in provision preceding
    par. (1) substituted provision directing that annual grants be made
    to support the renovation and refurbishment, including energy
    retrofitting, of research spaces in buildings or spaces to be used
    for research, and the purchase and installation of fixed equipment
    in such spaces and providing that grants may be used for new
    construction only for auxiliary facilities and fixed equipment used
    for research in such facilities, such as greenhouses, insectaries,
    and research farm structures and installations for provision that
    grants be made to support the purchase of equipment, supplies, and
    land, and the construction, alteration, or renovation of buildings,
    necessary for the conduct of food and agricultural research and
    added pars. (3) and (4).
      1977 - Pub. L. 95-113 designated existing provisions as subsec.
    (e) and a part of subsec. (b) and added the remainder of subsec.
    (b) and subsecs. (a), (c), (d), (f), (g), and (h).

                     EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1985 AMENDMENT                 
      Section 1409(a)(3) of Pub. L. 99-198 provided that the amendment
    made by that section is effective Oct. 1, 1985.
      Section 1409(b)(2) of Pub. L. 99-198 provided that the amendment
    made by that section is effective Oct. 1, 1985.

                     EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1981 AMENDMENT                 
      Amendment by Pub. L. 97-98 effective Dec. 22, 1981, see section
    1801 of Pub. L. 97-98, set out as an Effective Date note under
    section 4301 of this title.

                     EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1977 AMENDMENT                 
      Amendment by Pub. L. 95-113 effective Oct. 1, 1977, see section
    1901 of Pub. L. 95-113, set out as a note under section 1307 of
    this title.

-FOOTNOTE-
    (!1) See References in Text note below.


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    7 USC Sec. 450j                                             01/03/2007

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    TITLE 7 - AGRICULTURE
    CHAPTER 17 - MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS

-HEAD-
    Sec. 450j. Indemnity payments to dairy farmers and manufacturers of
      dairy products; milk removed for its residue of chemical or toxic
      substances; nuclear radiation or fallout contaminants; other
      legal recourse

-STATUTE-
      The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to make indemnity
    payments for milk or cows producing such milk at a fair market
    value, to dairy farmers who have been directed since January 1,
    1964 (but only since August 10, 1973, in the case of indemnity
    payments not authorized prior to August 10, 1973), to remove their
    milk, and to make indemnity payments for dairy products at fair
    market value to manufacturers of dairy products who have been
    directed since November 30, 1970, to remove their dairy products
    from commercial markets because of residues of chemicals registered
    and approved for use by the Federal Government at the time of such
    use. The Secretary is also authorized to make indemnity payments
    for milk, or cows producing such milk, at a fair market value to
    any dairy farmer who is directed to remove his milk from commercial
    markets because of (1) the presence of products of nuclear
    radiation or fallout if such contamination is not due to the fault
    of the farmer, or (2) residues of chemicals or toxic substances not
    included under the first sentence of this section if such chemicals
    or toxic substances were not used in a manner contrary to
    applicable regulations or labeling instructions provided at the
    time of use and the contamination is not due to the fault of the
    farmer: Provided, That no indemnity payment may be made for
    contamination resulting from such residues of chemicals or toxic
    substances if the Secretary determines within thirty days after the
    date of application for payment that other legal recourse is
    available to the farmer. Any indemnity payment to any farmer shall
    continue until he has been reinstated and is again allowed to
    dispose of his milk on commercial markets.

-SOURCE-
    (Pub. L. 90-484, Sec. 1, Aug. 13, 1968, 82 Stat. 750; Pub. L. 91-
    524, title II, Sec. 204(b), Nov. 30, 1970, 84 Stat. 1362; Pub. L.
    93-86, Sec. 1(5)(B), Aug. 10, 1973, 87 Stat. 223; Pub. L. 95-113,
    title II, Sec. 205(1), Sept. 29, 1977, 91 Stat. 920.)


-MISC1-
                             PRIOR PROVISIONS                         
      The following Acts authorized indemnity payments for the periods
    ending as indicated:
      June 30, 1968 - Pub. L. 90-95, Sec. 1, Sept. 28, 1967, 81 Stat.
    231.
      June 30, 1967 - Pub. L. 89-794, title III, Sec. 301(c), Nov. 8,
    1966, 80 Stat. 1465.
      June 30, 1966 - Pub. L. 89-253, Sec. 24, Oct. 29, 1965, 79 Stat.
    977.
      June 30, 1965 - Pub. L. 89-16, title III, Sec. 303, Apr. 30.
    1965, 79 Stat. 108.
      Jan. 31, 1965 - Pub. L. 88-452, title III, Sec. 331, Aug. 20,
    1964, 78 Stat. 525.

                                AMENDMENTS                            
      1977 - Pub. L. 95-113 authorized indemnity payments for milk, or
    cows producing such milk, at a fair market value to any dairy
    farmer who is directed to remove his milk from commercial markets
    because of the presence of products of nuclear radiation or fall-
    out if such contamination is not due to the fault of the farmer, or
    because of residues of chemicals or toxic substances not included
    under the first sentence of this section if such chemicals or toxic
    substances were not used in a manner contrary to applicable
    regulations or labeling instructions provided at the time of use
    and the contamination is not due to the fault of the farmer, and
    inserted provision that no indemnity payment may be made for
    contamination resulting from residues of chemicals or toxic
    substances if the Secretary determines within thirty days after the
    date of application for payment that other legal recourse is
    available to the farmer.
      1973 - Pub. L. 93-86 inserted "for milk or cows producing such
    milk" after "The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to make
    indemnity payments" and "(but only since August 10, 1973, in the
    case of indemnity payments not authorized prior to August 10,
    1973)" after "January 1, 1964" and substituted ", and to make
    indemnity payments for dairy products at fair market value to" for
    "and" after "remove their milk" and "of" for "it contained" before
    "residues of chemicals".
      1970 - Pub. L. 91-524 inserted "and manufacturers of dairy
    products who have been directed since November 30, 1970, to remove
    their dairy products," after "milk", in first sentence, and
    substituted "Any indemnity payment to any farmer shall continue"
    for "Such indemnity payments shall continue to each dairy farmer"
    in second sentence.

                     EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1977 AMENDMENT                 
      Amendment by Pub. L. 95-113 effective Oct. 1, 1977, see section
    1901 of Pub. L. 95-113, set out as a note under section 1307 of
    this title.

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    7 USC Sec. 450k                                             01/03/2007

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    TITLE 7 - AGRICULTURE
    CHAPTER 17 - MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS

-HEAD-
    Sec. 450k. Authorization of appropriations for dairy farmer
      indemnities

-STATUTE-
      There is hereby authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be
    necessary to carry out the purposes of sections 450j to 450l of
    this title.

-SOURCE-
    (Pub. L. 90-484, Sec. 2, Aug. 13, 1968, 82 Stat. 750.)


-MISC1-
                             PRIOR PROVISIONS                         
      The following Acts authorized indemnity payments for the periods
    ending as indicated:
      June 30, 1968 - Pub. L. 90-95, Sec. 2, Sept. 28, 1967, 81 Stat.
    231.
      June 30, 1967 - Pub. L. 89-794, title III, Sec. 301(c), Nov. 8,
    1966, 80 Stat. 1465.
      June 30, 1966 - Pub. L. 89-253, Sec. 24, Oct. 29, 1965, 79 Stat.
    977.
      June 30, 1965 - Pub. L. 89-16, title III, Sec. 303, Apr. 30,
    1965, 79 Stat. 108.
      Jan. 31, 1965 - Pub. L. 88-452, title III, Sec. 331, Aug. 20,
    1964, 78 Stat. 525.

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    7 USC Sec. 450l                                             01/03/2007

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    TITLE 7 - AGRICULTURE
    CHAPTER 17 - MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS

-HEAD-
    Sec. 450l. Expiration of dairy farmer indemnity program

-STATUTE-
      The authority granted under sections 450j to 450l of this title
    shall expire on September 30, 2007.

-SOURCE-
    (Pub. L. 90-484, Sec. 3, Aug. 13, 1968, 82 Stat. 750; Pub. L. 91-
    524, title II, Sec. 204(a), Nov. 30, 1970, 84 Stat. 1361; Pub. L.
    93-86, Sec. 1(5)(A), Aug. 10, 1973, 87 Stat. 223; Pub. L. 95-113,
    title II, Sec. 205(2), Sept. 29, 1977, 91 Stat. 920; Pub. L. 97-98,
    title I, Sec. 105, Dec. 22, 1981, 95 Stat. 1220; Pub. L. 99-198,
    title I, Sec. 152, Dec. 23, 1985, 99 Stat. 1377; Pub. L. 101-624,
    title I, Sec. 110, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 3380; Pub. L. 107-171,
    title I, Sec. 1503(b), May 13, 2002, 116 Stat. 207.)


-MISC1-
                             PRIOR PROVISIONS                         
      The following Acts authorized indemnity payments for the periods
    ending as indicated:
      June 30, 1968 - Pub. L. 90-95, Sec. 3, Sept. 28, 1967, 81 Stat.
    231.
      June 30, 1967 - Pub. L. 89-794, title III, Sec. 301(c), Nov. 8,
    1966, 80 Stat. 1465.
      June 30, 1966 - Pub. L. 89-253, Sec. 24, Oct. 29, 1965, 79 Stat.
    977.
      June 30, 1965 - Pub. L. 89-16, title III, Sec. 303, Apr. 30,
    1965, 79 Stat. 108.
      Jan. 31, 1965 - Pub. L. 88-452, title III, Sec. 331, Aug. 20,
    1964, 78 Stat. 525.

                                AMENDMENTS                            
      2002 - Pub. L. 107-171 substituted "2007" for "1995".
      1990 - Pub. L. 101-624 substituted "1995" for "1990".
      1985 - Pub. L. 99-198 substituted "1990" for "1985".
      1981 - Pub. L. 97-98 substituted "1985" for "1981".
      1977 - Pub. L. 95-113 substituted "September 30, 1981" for "June
    30, 1977".
      1973 - Pub. L. 93-86 substituted "1977" for "1973".
      1970 - Pub. L. 91-524 substituted "1973" for "1970".

                     EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1990 AMENDMENT                 
      Amendment by Pub. L. 101-624 effective beginning with 1991 crop
    of an agricultural commodity, with provision for prior crops, see
    section 1171 of Pub. L. 101-624, set out as a note under section
    1421 of this title.

                     EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1981 AMENDMENT                 
      Amendment by Pub. L. 97-98 effective Dec. 22, 1981, see section
    1801 of Pub. L. 97-98, set out as an Effective Date note under
    section 4301 of this title.

                     EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1977 AMENDMENT                 
      Amendment by Pub. L. 95-113 effective Oct. 1, 1977, see section
    1901 of Pub. L. 95-113, set out as a note under section 1307 of
    this title.

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