dreamproit/uscode huggingface dataset:
7 U.S.C. § 415–1 (AGRICULTURE)
§ 415–1. Seed distribution
(a) In general
The Secretary shall make competitive grants to eligible entities to carry out a seed distribution program to administer and maintain the distribution of vegetable seeds donated by commercial seed companies.
(b) Purposes
The purposes of this program include—
(1) the distribution of seeds donated by commercial seed companies free-of-charge to appropriate—
(A) individuals;
(B) groups;
(C) institutions;
(D) governmental and nongovernmental organizations; and
(E) such other entities as the Secretary may designate;
(2) distribution of seeds to underserved communities, such as communities that experience—
(A) limited access to affordable fresh vegetables;
(B) a high rate of hunger or food insecurity; or
(C) severe or persistent poverty.
(c) Administration
Paragraphs (4), (7), (8), and (11)(B) of subsection (b) of section 450i of this title shall apply with respect to the making of grants under this section.
(d) Selection
An eligible entity selected to receive a grant under subsection (a) shall have—
(1) expertise regarding the distribution of vegetable seeds donated by commercial seed companies; and
(2) the ability to achieve the purpose of the seed distribution program.
(e) Authorization of appropriations
There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as are necessary to carry out this section for each of fiscal years 2008 through 2012.
(Pub. L. 110–234, title VII, § 7523, May 22, 2008, 122 Stat. 1272; Pub. L. 110–246, § 4(a), title VII, § 7523, June 18, 2008, 122 Stat. 1664, 2034.)
heading: Codification
text: The authorities provided by each provision of, and each amendment made by, Pub. L. 110–246, as in effect on Sept. 30, 2012, to continue, and the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out the authorities, until the later of Sept. 30, 2013, or the date specified in the provision of, or amendment made by, Pub. L. 110–246, see section 701(a) of Pub. L. 112–240, set out in a 1-Year Extension of Agricultural Programs note under section 8701 of this title.
Pub. L. 110–234 and Pub. L. 110–246 enacted identical sections. Pub. L. 110–234 was repealed by section 4(a) of Pub. L. 110–246.
heading: Effective Date
text: Enactment of this section and repeal of Pub. L. 110–234 by Pub. L. 110–246 effective May 22, 2008, the date of enactment of Pub. L. 110–234, see section 4 of Pub. L. 110–246, set out as a note under section 8701 of this title.
heading: Definition of “Secretary”
text: “Secretary” as meaning the Secretary of Agriculture, see section 8701 of this title.
7 U.S.C. § 415a (AGRICULTURE)
§ 415a. Omitted
heading: Codification
text: 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.
7 U.S.C. § 415b (AGRICULTURE)
§ 415b. Wool standards; appropriation of certain funds
There is hereby 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 on and 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 on and 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.
(May 17, 1928, ch. 602, § 1, 45 Stat. 593.)
heading: Transfer of Functions
text: 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, § 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.
7 U.S.C. § 415c (AGRICULTURE)
§ 415c. Use of funds for dissemination of information relating to standardization, grading, etc., of wool; charge for grading wool
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 hereby 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 on and after May 17, 1928, reasonable charges may be made for practical forms of grades for wool.
(May 17, 1928, ch. 602, § 2, 45 Stat. 593.)
7 U.S.C. § 415d (AGRICULTURE)
§ 415d. Rules and regulations for wool standards; deposit of receipts in the Treasury
The Secretary of Agriculture may make such rules and regulations as he deems advisable for carrying out any of the provisions of sections 415b to 415d 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.
(May 17, 1928, ch. 602, § 3, 45 Stat. 594.)
7 U.S.C. § 415e (AGRICULTURE)
§ 415e. Farm or food products; sale of samples, practical forms, etc.
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.
(Sept. 21, 1944, ch. 412, title IV, § 401(a), 58 Stat. 738.)
heading: Prior Provisions
text: 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.
7 U.S.C. § 416 (AGRICULTURE)
§ 416. Letting contract for packeting, etc., of seeds, etc., for distribution
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.
(May 11, 1922, ch. 185, 42 Stat. 517.)
heading: Codification
text: Section is from the Agriculture Department Appropriation Act, 1923.
7 U.S.C. § 417 (AGRICULTURE)
§ 417. Distribution of farmers’ bulletins
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.
(June 30, 1906, ch. 3913, 34 Stat. 690.)
heading: Codification
text: 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.
7 U.S.C. § 418 (AGRICULTURE)
§ 418. Annual report on work of agricultural experiment stations and of college extension work; publication and distribution
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.
(Mar. 4, 1915, ch. 144, 38 Stat. 1110.)
heading: References in Text
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 (§ 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.
heading: Transfer of Functions
text: 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, § 1, eff. June 4, 1953, 18 F.R. 3219, 67 Stat. 633, set out as a note under section 2201 of this title.
7 U.S.C. § 419 (AGRICULTURE)
§ 419. Repealed. Oct. 31, 1951, ch. 654, § 1(12), 65 Stat. 701
text: 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:
text: June 28, 1944, ch. 296, 58 Stat. 432.
text: July 12, 1943, ch. 215, 57 Stat. 400.
text: July 22, 1942, ch. 516, 56 Stat. 670.
text: July 1, 1941, ch. 267, 55 Stat. 413.
text: June 25, 1940, ch. 421, 54 Stat. 536.
text: June 30, 1939, ch. 253, title I, 53 Stat. 944.
text: June 16, 1938, ch. 464, title I, 52 Stat. 715.
text: June 29, 1937, ch. 404, 50 Stat. 399.
text: June 4, 1936, ch. 489, 49 Stat. 1425.
text: May 17, 1935, ch. 131, title I, 49 Stat. 251.
text: Mar. 26, 1934, ch. 89, 48 Stat. 471.
text: Mar. 3, 1933, ch. 203, 47 Stat. 1436.
text: July 7, 1932, ch. 443, 47 Stat. 614.
text: May 17, 1932, ch. 190, 47 Stat. 158.
text: Feb. 23, 1931, ch. 278, 46 Stat. 1246.
text: May 27, 1930, ch. 341, 46 Stat. 396.
text: Feb. 16, 1929, ch. 227, 45 Stat. 1192.
text: May 16, 1928, ch. 572, 45 Stat. 542.
text: Jan. 18, 1927, ch. 39, 44 Stat. 979.
text: May 11, 1926, ch. 286, 44 Stat. 502.
text: Feb. 10, 1925, ch. 200, 43 Stat. 824.
7 U.S.C. § 420 (AGRICULTURE)
§ 420. Power to administer oaths, examine witnesses, or require production of books, etc.
On and after July 24, 1919, 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.
(July 24, 1919, ch. 26, 41 Stat. 267; May 11, 1922, ch. 185, 42 Stat. 532.)
heading: References in Text
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 (§ 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 (§ 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 (§ 251 et seq.) of chapter 6 of Title 15, Commerce and Trade, and was repealed by Pub. L. 90–628, § 1(a), Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1320. For complete classification of this Act to the Code prior to its repeal, see Tables.
heading: Transfer of Functions
text: 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, § 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”.
7 U.S.C. § 421 (AGRICULTURE)
§ 421. Dairying and livestock experiment station, Mandan, North Dakota
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.
(July 3, 1926, ch. 769, § 1, 44 Stat. 840.)
7 U.S.C. § 422 (AGRICULTURE)
§ 422. Dairying and livestock experiment station, Lewisburg, Tennessee
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.
(May 29, 1928, ch. 892, § 1, 45 Stat. 981.)
7 U.S.C. § 423 (AGRICULTURE)
§ 423. Cotton; investigation of new uses; cooperation with State and other agencies
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.
(Apr. 12, 1928, ch. 362, 45 Stat. 426.)
7 U.S.C. § 424 (AGRICULTURE)
§ 424. Cotton ginning investigations; publication of results; cooperation with Federal and State departments and agencies
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.
(Apr. 19, 1930, ch. 203, § 1, 46 Stat. 248.)
7 U.S.C. § 425 (AGRICULTURE)
§ 425. Authorization of appropriations for cotton ginning studies
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.
(Apr. 19, 1930, ch. 203, § 2, 46 Stat. 248.)
7 U.S.C. § 426b (AGRICULTURE)
§ 426b. Authorization of expenditures for the eradication and control of predatory and other wild animals
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.
(Mar. 2, 1931, ch. 370, § 3, 46 Stat. 1469.)
heading: Transfer of Functions
text: See note under section 426 of this title.
7 U.S.C. § 426c (AGRICULTURE)
§ 426c. Control of nuisance mammals and birds and those constituting reservoirs of zoonotic diseases; exception
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.
(Pub. L. 100–202, § 101(k) [title I], Dec. 22, 1987, 101 Stat. 1329–322, 1329–331.)
7 U.S.C. § 426d (AGRICULTURE)
§ 426d. Expenditures for cooperative agreements to lease aircraft
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.
(Pub. L. 109–97, title VII, § 749, Nov. 10, 2005, 119 Stat. 2156.)
heading: Prior Provisions
text: Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in the following prior appropriation acts:
Pub. L. 108–447, div. A, title VII, § 758, Dec. 8, 2004, 118 Stat. 2846.
Pub. L. 108–199, div. A, title VII, § 776, Jan. 23, 2004, 118 Stat. 41.
7 U.S.C. § 427a to 427h (AGRICULTURE)
§§ 427a to 427h. Repealed. Aug. 11, 1955, ch. 790, § 2, 69 Stat. 674
text: Sections 427a to 427c, act June 29, 1935, ch. 338, title I, §§ 2–4, 49 Stat. 437, authorized research by experiment stations, appropriations, and allocation of appropriations. See sections 361a to 361c of this title.
text: Section 427d, acts June 29, 1935, ch. 338, title I, § 5, 49 Stat. 437; Sept. 21, 1944, ch. 412, title I, § 105, 58 Stat. 735, related to allocation of appropriations. See section 361c of this title.
text: Sections 427e to 427g, act June 29, 1935, ch. 338, title I, §§ 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.
text: Section 427h, act June 29, 1935, ch. 338, title I, § 9, as added Aug. 14, 1946, ch. 966, title I, § 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.
heading: Existing Rights and Liabilities
text: 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.
7 U.S.C. § 427j (AGRICULTURE)
§ 427j. Repealed. Aug. 11, 1955, ch. 790, § 2, 69 Stat. 674
text: Section, act June 29, 1935, ch. 338, title I, § 11, as added Aug. 14, 1946, ch. 966, title I, § 101(2), 60 Stat. 1086; amended July 31, 1947, ch. 412, 61 Stat. 694; Aug. 30, 1954, ch. 1076, § 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.
heading: Existing Rights and Liabilities
text: 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.