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Vol. 83, No. 243 

Wednesday, December 19, 2018 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Privacy Act of 1974; System of 

Records 

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant 

Secretary for Civil Rights (OASCR). 

ACTION: Notice of a modified system of 

records. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Privacy Act of 1974, as amended, the 

U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) 

proposes to modify a system of records, 

USDA/OCRE–1, which will be renamed 

USDA/OASCR–1, Civil Rights 

Enterprise System (CRES). The Office of 

the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights 

(OASCR) maintains CRES, which 

contains program discrimination 

complaints, alleging unlawful 

discrimination arising within programs 

or activities conducted or assisted by 

USDA. Records relating to Equal 

Employment Opportunity (EEO) 

complaints alleging unlawful 

discrimination against USDA employees 

or applications for employment are 

maintained in CRES also; however, 

those records are covered by EEOC/ 

GOVT–1, EEO in the Federal 

Government Complaint and Appeal 

Records. The revised notice also 

conveys updates to the system location, 

categories of records, routine uses (one 

of which permits records to be provided 

to the National Archives and Records 

Administration), storage, safeguards, 

retention and disposal, system manager 

and address, notification procedures, 

records access, and contesting 

procedures. 

DATES: This system of records will be 

effective without further notice on thirty 

(30) days after publication in the 

Federal Register, unless modified by a 

subsequent notice to incorporate 

comments received from the public. To 

ensure consideration, the contact person 

listed below must receive written or 

electronic comments on or before thirty 

(30) days after publication in the 

Federal Register. 

ADDRESSES: The public may submit any 

comments to: Kenneth J. Baisden, 

Director, Data and Records Management 

Division, OASCR, USDA, 1400 

Independence Avenue SW, Washington, 

DC 20250, Mail Stop 0115 or at 

kenneth.baisden@ascr.usda.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Kenneth J. Baisden, Director, Data and 

Records Management Division, OASCR, 

USDA, kenneth.baisden@ascr.usda.gov, 

202–260–1897. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Privacy Act of 1974, as amended 

(Privacy Act) (5 U.S.C. 552a), requires 

the Department to publish in the 

Federal Register this notice of a 

modified system of records maintained 

by the Department. The Department’s 

regulations implementing the Privacy 

Act are contained in the Code of Federal 

Regulations in 7 CFR 1, Subpart G. The 

Department proposes to amend the 

existing system of records, USDA/ 

OCRE–1 Program Discrimination 

Complaints, which was last published 

in the Federal Register in 60 FR 5618 

(January 30, 1995). The proposed 

amendments to USDA/OCRE–1 pertain 

to program discrimination complaints 

contained in CRES. Equal employment 

complaint records in CRES remain 

covered by the system of records EEOC/ 

GOVT–1, Equal Employment 

Opportunity (EEO) in the Federal 

Government Complaint and Appeal 

Records (last published 81 FR 81116, 

Nov. 17, 2016). 

The CRES provides core support for 

the mission of Civil Rights (CR) offices, 

both at the department and sub-agency 

levels. The CRES serves management 

needs of agency heads who are, by law, 

charged with the responsibility for 

agency compliance with civil rights 

laws and regulations. CRES is a Webbased enterprise-wide complaint 

tracking system, consisting of a suite of 

applications supporting USDA and all 

Department agencies by tracking 

complaints. Additionally, CRES adheres 

to the regulatory reporting requirements 

and provides data for Civil Rights 

Reporting. The program discrimination 

complaints process supports 

enforcement of Title VI of the Civil 

Rights Act of 1964, the Rehabilitation 

Act, the implementing regulations at 7 

CFR part 15, and any other applicable 

anti-discrimination statutes, rules, and 

regulations. 

The proposed revisions to the system 

incorporate MicroPact as the 

commercial vendor for the system and 

the location of the CRES servers. 

MicroPact focuses on engineering Webbased commercial off-the-shelf solutions 

for the Federal Government. CRES 

facilitates improved management of 

discrimination complaints using 

separate modules: Program Complaints 

Management System (PCMS) and 

Entellitrak (an Alternative Dispute 

Resolution System). 

The proposed revisions to the notice 

convey updates to the system location, 

categories of records, storage, 

safeguards, retention and disposal, 

system manager and address, 

notification procedures, records access, 

and contesting procedures. In addition, 

the Department proposes the following 

changes to the routine uses: 

• The Department proposes to revise 

former Routine Use 1 and redesignate it 

as new Routine Uses A and H. Routine 

Use A permits disclosures to the U.S. 

Department of Justice (DOJ) for litigation 

purposes, and Routine Use H permits 

disclosures to a court or adjudicative 

body in a proceeding; 

• The Department proposes to revise 

former Routine Use 2 and redesignate it 

as new Routine Use G for disclosure to 

Federal, State, local, foreign, Tribal, or 

other agencies to enforce, implement, 

investigate, or prosecute a violation of 

law; 

• The Department proposes to revise 

former Routine Use 3 and redesignate it 

as new Routine Use B for disclosure to 

congressional offices at the written 

request of the constituent; 

• The Department proposes to revise 

former Routine Use 4 and redesignate it 

as new Routine Use C for disclosure to 

the United States Civil Rights 

Commission; 

• The Department proposes a new 

Routine Use D for disclosure for records 

management purposes; 

• The Department proposes a new 

Routine Use E for disclosure to 

appropriate agencies, entities, and 

persons of information necessary to 

respond to a suspected or confirmed 

breach of the system of records in 

accordance with Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) Memorandum M– 

17–12, Preparing for and Responding to 

a Breach of Personally Identifiable 

Information (Jan. 3, 2017); 


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• The Department proposes a new 

Routine Use F for disclosure to another 

Federal agency or entity of information 

reasonably necessary to assist in 

responding to a suspected or confirmed 

breach or to prevent, minimize, or 

remedy harm, in accordance with OMB 

Memorandum M–17–12; and 

• The Department proposes a new 

Routine Use I for disclosure to 

contractors, grantees, experts, 

consultants, or others when necessary to 

accomplish an agency function. 

In accordance with the Privacy Act, 5 

U.S.C. 552a(r), the Department has 

provided a report to OMB and Congress 

on this revised system of records. 

Stephen L. Censky, 

Deputy Secretary. 

SYSTEM NAME AND NUMBER 

USDA/OASCR–1, Civil Rights 

Enterprise System, (CRES). 

SECURITY CLASSIFICATION: 

Unclassified. 

SYSTEM LOCATION: 

OASCR maintains the records in this 

system and stores a hard copy at the 

National Archives and Records 

Administration. The electronic record 

systems are maintained on servers 

physically located at the MicroPact Data 

Center, 12901 Worldgate Drive, Suite 

800, Herndon, Virginia. In the future, 

USDA may transfer records within this 

system to a USDA-authorized cloud 

service provider, in which case records 

would reside at another location within 

the Continental United States. 

Additionally, USDA employees may 

maintain hard or electronic copies at 

USDA offices. 

SYSTEM MANAGER(S): 

Shawn McGruder, Director, Office of 

Adjudication, OASCR, USDA,1400 

Independence Avenue SW, Washington, 

DC 20250, shawn.mcgruder@

ascr.usda.gov; 202–720–5212. 

AUTHORITY FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE SYSTEM: 

5 U.S.C. 301, 42 U.S.C. 2000d, et seq., 

42 U.S.C. 3608(d); 42 U.S.C. 12101, et 

seq.; 20 U.S.C. 1681, et seq.; 29 U.S.C. 

794; 15 U.S.C. 1691, et seq; and 7 U.S.C. 

2011, et seq. 

PURPOSE(S) OF THE SYSTEM: 

This system is maintained for the 

purpose of effectively documenting and 

processing program discrimination 

complaints arising within USDA. 

CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY THE

SYSTEM: 

This system contains records about 

individuals who have filed complaints 

of program discrimination by USDA, 

and the Department and sub-agencies 

generally access the records by that 

individual’s name or an identifier 

unique to that individual’s complaint. 

In addition, the system may capture 

information about individuals 

referenced or identified in records 

created or compiled as part of the 

process of documenting and processing 

program discrimination complaints. 

Individuals who may have information 

in the system include contractors, 

complainants, witnesses, investigators, 

third parties, Administrative Judges, 

legal representatives, applicants for 

employment who have filed informal or 

formal complaints alleging 

discrimination, customers, members of 

the public who have filed a complaint, 

and others who have participated or 

otherwise been involved in proceedings 

relating to a program discrimination 

complaint. 

CATEGORIES OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM: 

This system consists of records 

created or compiled as part of the 

process of documenting and processing 

program discrimination complaints. 

Such records include the following: 

Records created or compiled in response 

to complainants’ statements of alleged 

discrimination; respondents’ statements; 

witnesses’ statements; names and 

addresses of complainants and 

respondents; personal, employment, or 

program participation information; 

medical records; conciliation and 

settlement agreements; related 

correspondence; initial and final 

determinations; and any other records 

related to the intake, investigation, or 

adjudication of discrimination 

complaints. 

RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES: 

Information in this system of records 

is obtained from the covered 

individuals, members of the public, 

USDA employees, contractors, USDA 

applicants, and other individuals or 

entities participating in program 

complaint matters, or is taken from 

other program discrimination 

complaints. 

ROUTINE USES OF RECORDS MAINTAINED IN THE

SYSTEM, INCLUDING CATEGORIES OF USERS AND

PURPOSES OF SUCH USES: 

Under the routine uses listed, USDA 

may disclose, without the consent of the 

individual, information contained in a 

record in this system, provided the 

disclosure is compatible with a purpose 

for which the record was collected. 

A. To the DOJ when: (a) USDA or any 

component thereof; or (b) any employee 

of USDA in his or her official capacity; 

or (c) any employee or former employee 

of USDA in his/her individual capacity 

when the DOJ has agreed to represent 

the employee; or (d) the United States 

is a party to litigation or has an interest 

in such litigation, and by careful review, 

USDA determines that the records are 

both relevant and necessary to the 

litigation and the use of such records by 

the DOJ is therefore deemed by USDA 

to be for a purpose that is compatible 

with the purpose for which USDA 

collected the records. 

B. To a congressional office from the 

record of an individual in response to a 

written inquiry from the congressional 

office made at the request of that 

individual. 

C. To the United States Civil Rights 

Commission in response to its request 

for information, per 42 U.S.C. 1975a. 

D. To the National Archives and 

Records Administration (NARA) or 

General Services Administration, 

pursuant to records management 

inspections being conducted under the 

authority of 44 U.S.C. 2904 and 2906. 

E. To appropriate agencies, entities, 

and persons when (1) USDA suspects or 

has confirmed that there has been a 

breach of the system of records; (2) 

USDA has determined that, as a result 

of the suspected or confirmed breach, 

there is a risk of harm to individuals, 

USDA (including its information 

systems, programs, and operations), the 

Federal Government, or national 

security; and (3) the disclosure to such 

agencies, entities, and persons is 

reasonably necessary to assist with 

USDA’s efforts to respond to the 

suspected or confirmed breach or to 

prevent, minimize, or remedy such 

harm. 

F. To another Federal agency or 

Federal entity, when USDA determines 

that information from this system of 

records is reasonably necessary to assist 

the recipient agency or entity in (1) 

responding to a suspected or confirmed 

breach; or (2) preventing, minimizing, or 

remedying the risk of harm to 

individuals, the recipient agency or 

entity (including its information 

systems, programs, and operations), the 

Federal Government, or national 

security, resulting from a suspected or 

confirmed breach. 

G. To the appropriate Federal, State, 

local, foreign, Tribal, or other agency 

responsible for enforcing, 

implementing, investigating, or 

prosecuting a civil or criminal violation 

of law, or rule or order issued pursuant 

thereto, when a record on its face, or in 

conjunction with other records, 

indicates a violation or potential 

violation of law, regulation, rule, or 

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disclosed is relevant to any 

enforcement, implementation, 

regulatory, investigative, or 

prosecutorial responsibility of the 

receiving entity. 

H. To a court or adjudicative body in 

a proceeding when: (a) USDA or any 

component thereof; or (b) any employee 

of USDA in his or her official capacity; 

or (c) any employee of USDA in his or 

her individual capacity where DOJ has 

agreed to represent the employee; or (d) 

the United States is a party to litigation 

or has an interest in such litigation, and 

by careful review, USDA determines the 

records are both relevant and necessary 

to the litigation and the use of such 

records is, therefore, deemed by USDA 

to be for a purpose compatible with the 

purpose for which USDA collected the 

records. 

I. To contractors and their agents, 

grantees, experts, consultants, and 

others performing or working on a 

contract, service, grant, cooperative 

agreement, or other assignment for 

OASCR, when necessary to accomplish 

an agency function related to this 

system of records. Individuals provided 

information under this routine use are 

subject to the same Privacy Act 

requirements and limitations on 

disclosure as are applicable to USDA 

officers and employees. 

POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR STORAGE OF

RECORDS: 

OASCR, Records Management 

Services (RMS) is responsible for 

maintaining its program complaint 

records. These records are electronically 

stored in CRES and are under the 

custodial care of OASCR. 

Records maintained by OASCR are 

accessioned to NARA, as permanent 

records, at the appropriate time. 

Electronic records are stored at the 

MicroPact Data Center. USDA 

employees also may maintain paper or 

electronic copies at USDA offices. 

POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR RETRIEVAL OF

RECORDS: 

Electronic and paper records are 

indexed by name of complainant, 

agency, and address. Paper records are 

retrieved from NARA. Electronic 

records are retrieved from MicroPact 

Data Center. Electronic and/or paper 

records are retrieved from USDA 

employees at USDA offices. 

To retrieve an individual record, an 

employee (with approval) would access 

CRES for an individual complaint file 

and enter the complainant’s last and 

first name or the case number. 

POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR RETENTION AND

DISPOSAL OF RECORDS: 

Records are retained and disposed of 

in accordance with NARA’s General 

Records Schedule 16 and USDA’s 

General Records Schedule 2.3, but may 

be retained for a longer period as 

required by litigation, investigation, 

and/or audit. Electronic and/or paper 

records are retained with USDA 

employees at USDA offices. 

USDA’s General Records Schedule 

covers records-documenting activities 

related to managing relationships among 

the agency, its employees, and its 

unions and bargaining units. 

ADMINISTRATIVE, TECHNICAL, AND PHYSICAL

SAFEGUARDS: 

Records are stored securely at the 

National Archives and Records 

Administration. This office is always 

locked when unoccupied. Access to and 

use of these records is limited to those 

persons whose official duties require 

such access. Electronic records are also 

stored at MicroPact or with the vendor 

who manages the system. All users are 

given security awareness training that 

covers procedures for handling sensitive 

information, including personally 

identifiable information (PII). Annual 

refresher training is mandatory. All 

USDA employees and contractors with 

authorized access have undergone a 

thorough background security 

investigation. 

RECORD ACCESS PROCEDURES: 

Per the Privacy Act of 1974, 

individuals who have cause to believe 

that OASCR might have records 

pertaining to them may submit a written 

request to the System Manager, Director, 

Office of Adjudication, 1400 

Independence Avenue SW, Washington, 

DC 20250. The individual must specify 

that he/she wishes the records 

maintained by OASCR to be checked 

and put in an envelope marked ‘‘Privacy 

Act Request.’’ 

CONTESTING RECORD PROCEDURES: 

An individual desiring to contest or 

amend information maintained in the 

system should submit a written request 

to the System Manager. The written 

request should include, as appropriate, 

the reason for contesting it, and the 

proposed amendment to the information 

sought. The regulations governing the 

contesting of contents of records and 

appealing initial determinations of such 

requests are set forth at 7 CFR 1.110– 

1.123. 

NOTIFICATION PROCEDURES: 

Same as record access procedures. 

EXEMPTIONS PROMULGATED FOR THE SYSTEM: 

None. 

HISTORY: 

60 FR 5618, Vol. 60, No. 19, (January 

30, 1995). 

United States Department of 

Agriculture (USDA) Narrative 

Statement on a Modified System of 

Record Under the Privacy Act of 1974: 

USDA/OCRE–1 

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s 

(USDA) Office of the Assistant Secretary 

of Civil Rights (OASCR) is modifying 

the system of records for OCRE–1. The 

system will be renamed USDA/OASCR– 

1, Civil Rights Enterprise System 

(CRES). The proposed amendments to 

USDA/OCRE–1 pertain to program 

discrimination complaints contained in 

CRES. Equal employment complaint 

records in CRES remain covered by the 

system of records EEOC/GOVT–1, Equal 

Employment Opportunity (EEO) in the 

Federal Government Complaint and 

Appeal Records (last published 81 FR 

8116, Nov 17, 2016.) 

The authorities for maintaining this 

system are 5 U.S.C. 301, 42 U.S.C. 

2000d, et seq., 42 U.S.C. 3608(d); 42 

U.S.C. 12101, et seq.; 20 U.S.C. 1681, et 

seq.; 29 U.S.C. 794; 15 U.S.C. 1691, et 

seq; and 7 U.S.C. 2011, et seq. 

CRES provides core support for the 

mission of Civil Rights (CR) offices both 

at the department and sub-agency 

levels. In this function, the system 

serves the needs of agency heads who 

by law are responsible for agency 

compliance with EEO and CR laws. 

CRES is implemented as a Web-based 

enterprise-wide complaint tracking 

system, consisting of a suite of 

applications supporting USDA and all 

Department agencies by tracking, 

processing, and managing employment 

and program complaints, as well as 

meeting regulatory reporting 

requirements. Currently, CRES 

facilitates improved management of 

discrimination complaints using 

separate modules. These modules also 

provide data used for various 

government and Federal Civil Rights 

reporting. 

In the past, the system’s servers were 

maintained in house, by USDA. 

However, due to the enormous volume, 

complexity, and most importantly, the 

sensitivity (personally identification 

information) of the data, it was 

determined that there was a need for an 

enterprise-wide solution for CRES. 

MicroPact was selected as the vendorhosted company to manage the program 

and EEO data as well as maintain the 

servers for CRES. MicroPact Engineering 

provides system, network, development, 


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and administrative security. Further, 

MicroPact is Federally accredited, and 

is a FedRAMP Compliant Cloud Service 

Provider, engineering Web-based 

focused company that provides 

commercial off-the-shelf solutions, and 

delivers domain expertise within the 

area of EEO. 

USDA may disclose information 

contained in a record in this system of 

records under the routine uses listed, 

without the consent of the individual if 

the disclosure is compatible with a 

purpose for which the record was 

collected, as follows: 

• To the U.S. Department of Justice 

(DOJ), a court or other tribunal, or 

another party before such tribunal, 

when USDA, any component thereof, or 

any employee in his or her individual 

capacity where DOJ (or USDA where it 

is authorized to do so) has agreed to 

represent the employee, or the United 

States where USDA determines that the 

litigation is likely to affect directly the 

operations of USDA or any of its 

components, is a party to the litigation 

or has an interest in such litigation, and 

USDA determines that the use of such 

records by DOJ, the court, or other 

tribunal, or the other party before such 

tribunal is relevant and necessary to the 

litigation; provided, however, that in 

each case, USDA determines that such 

disclosure is compatible with the 

purpose for which the records were 

collected. In the event that materials in 

this system indicate a violation of law, 

whether civil or criminal or regulatory 

in nature, and whether arising by 

general statute, or by regulation, rule, or 

order issued pursuant thereto, the 

relevant records may be disclosed to the 

appropriate agency, whether Federal, 

State, local, or foreign, charged with the 

responsibility of investigation or 

prosecuting such violation or charged 

with enforcing or implementing the 

statute, rule, regulation, or order issued 

pursuant thereto. 

• To a congressional office from the 

record of an individual in response to 

an inquiry from the congressional office 

made at the request of that individual. 

Disclosure may be made to the U.S. 

Civil Rights Commission in response to 

its request for information. 

• To appropriate agencies, entities, 

and persons when (1) USDA suspects or 

has confirmed that there has been a 

breach of the system of records; (2) 

USDA has determined that as a result of 

the suspected or confirmed breach there 

is a risk of harm to individuals, USDA 

(including its information systems, 

programs, and operations), the Federal 

Government, or national security; and 

(3) the disclosure made to such 

agencies, entities, and persons is 

reasonably necessary to assist in 

connection with USDA’s efforts to 

respond to the suspected or confirmed 

breach or to prevent, minimize, or 

remedy such harm. 

• To another Federal agency or 

Federal entity, when USDA determines 

that information from this system of 

records is reasonably necessary to assist 

the recipient agency or entity in (1) 

responding to a suspected or confirmed 

breach or (2) preventing, minimizing, or 

remedying the risk of harm to 

individuals, the recipient agency or 

entity (including its information 

systems, programs, and operations), the 

Federal Government, or national 

security, resulting from a suspected or 

confirmed breach. 

• To contractors and their agents, 

grantees, experts, consultants, and 

others performing or working on a 

contract, service, grant, cooperative 

agreement, or other assignment for 

OASCR, when necessary to accomplish 

an agency function related to this 

system of records; provided however 

that these individuals are subject to the 

same Privacy Act requirements and 

limitations on disclosure as are 

applicable to USDA officers and 

employees. 

• To the National Archives and 

Records Administration (NARA) or 

General Services Administration (GSA), 

pursuant to records management 

inspections being conducted under the 

authority of 44 U.S.C. 2904 and 2906. 

Probable or potential effects on the 

privacy of individuals: Although there is 

some risk to the privacy of individuals, 

that risk is outweighed by the benefit of 

a vendor-managed system. In addition, 

the safeguards in place by MicroPact 

protect against unauthorized disclosure. 

Records are accessible only to 

individuals who are authorized. Logical, 

physical, and electronic safeguards are 

employed to ensure security. CRES has 

successfully attained ‘‘the authority to 

operate,’’ the security assessment, and 

authorization process, as well as 

successfully attained risk assessments, 

to include security scanning and 

patching. 

OMB Control Number of Collection 

Request. OMB Control Number: 0508– 

0002, title: USDA Program 

Discrimination Complaint Form, 

expires: February 28, 2021. 

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BILLING CODE 3410–9R–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

December 13, 2018. 

The Department of Agriculture has 

submitted the following information 

collection requirement(s) to OMB for 

review and clearance under the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

Public Law 104–13. Comments 

regarding (a) whether the collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

agency, including whether the 

information will have practical utility; 

(b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate 

of burden including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; (c) 

ways to enhance the quality, utility and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; (d) ways to minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on those who are to respond, including 

through the use of appropriate 

automated, electronic, mechanical, or 

other technological collection 

techniques or other forms of information 

technology should be addressed to: Desk 

Officer for Agriculture, Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB), Pamela_Beverly_OIRA_

Submission@OMB.EOP.GOV or fax 

(202) 395–5806 and to Departmental 

Clearance Office, USDA, OCIO, Mail 

Stop 7602, Washington, DC 20250– 

7602. Comments regarding these 

information collections are best assured 

of having their full effect if received 

within 30 days of this notification. 

Copies of the submission(s) may be 

obtained by calling (202) 720–8681. 

An agency may not conduct or 

sponsor a collection of information 

unless the collection of information 

displays a currently valid OMB control 

number and the agency informs 

potential persons who are to respond to 

the collection of information that such 

persons are not required to respond to 

the collection of information unless it 

displays a currently valid OMB control 

number. 

Forest Service 

Title: Post-Hurricane Research and 

Assessment of Agriculture, Forestry, 

and Rural Communities in the U.S. 

Caribbean. 

OMB Control Number: 0596–0246. 

Summary of Collection: The primary 

authorities for this collection are the 

National Agricultural Research, 

Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 

1977, as amended, which authorizes 

USDA agricultural research, education, 

and extension programs, and the Forest 


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