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7 U.S.C. § 361e (AGRICULTURE)
§ 361e. Payment of allotments to State agricultural experiment stations; directors and treasurers or other officers; accounting; reports to Secretary; replacement by States of diminished, lost or misapplied allotments; subsequent allotments or payments contingent on such replacement
Sums available for allotment to the States under the terms of sections 361a to 361i of this title, excluding the Multistate Research Fund, State Agricultural Experiment Stations, shall be paid to each State agricultural experiment station in equal quarterly payments beginning on the first day of October of each fiscal year upon vouchers approved by the Secretary of Agriculture. Each such station authorized to receive allotted funds shall have a chief administrative officer known as a director, and a treasurer or other officer appointed by the governing board of the station. Such treasurer or other officer shall receive and account for all funds allotted to the State under the provisions of sections 361a to 361i of this title and shall report, with the approval of the director, to the Secretary of Agriculture on or before the first day of December of each year a detailed statement of the amount received under provisions of said sections during the preceding fiscal year, and of its disbursement on schedules prescribed by the Secretary of Agriculture. If any portion of the allotted moneys received by the authorized receiving officer of any State agricultural experiment station shall by any action or contingency be diminished, lost, or misapplied, it shall be replaced by the State concerned and until so replaced no subsequent appropriation shall be allotted or paid to such State.
(Mar. 2, 1887, ch. 314, § 5, 24 Stat. 441; Aug. 11, 1955, ch. 790, § 1, 69 Stat. 673; Pub. L. 94–273, § 9(2), Apr. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 378; Pub. L. 105–185, title II, § 203(c)(3), June 23, 1998, 112 Stat. 535.)
heading: Codification
text: Section was formerly classified to section 368a of this title. See sections 361c and 361d of this title.
heading: Amendments
text: 1998—Pub. L. 105–185, § 203(c)(3), substituted “Multistate Research Fund, State Agricultural Experiment Stations” for “regional research fund authorized by section 361c(c)(3) of this title” in first sentence.
1976—Pub. L. 94–273 substituted “October” for “July” and “December” for “September”.
1955—Act Aug. 11, 1955, amended section generally to provide for quarterly payment of allotments, to require annual report of allotments and disbursements, and to provide for replacement of funds diminished, lost, or misapplied. For provisions which authorized appropriations for investigations and experiments, see sections 361c and 361d of this title.
7 U.S.C. § 361f (AGRICULTURE)
§ 361f. Publications of experiment stations; free mailing
Bulletins, reports, periodicals, reprints of articles, and other publications necessary for the dissemination of results of the researches and experiments, including lists of publications available for distribution by the experiment stations, shall be transmitted in the mails of the United States. Such publications may be mailed from the principal place of business of the station or from an established subunit of said station.
(Mar. 2, 1887, ch. 314, § 6, 24 Stat. 441; Aug. 11, 1955, ch. 790, § 1, 69 Stat. 673; Pub. L. 91–375, § 4(a), Aug. 12, 1970, 84 Stat. 773; Pub. L. 110–234, title VII, § 7404(b)(1), May 22, 2008, 122 Stat. 1247; Pub. L. 110–246, § 4(a), title VII, § 7404(b)(1), June 18, 2008, 122 Stat. 1664, 2008.)
heading: Codification
text: Pub. L. 110–234 and Pub. L. 110–246 made identical amendments to this section. The amendments by Pub. L. 110–234 were repealed by section 4(a) of Pub. L. 110–246.
Section was formerly classified to section 377 of this title. See section 361g of this title.
heading: Amendments
text: 2008—Pub. L. 110–246, § 7404(b)(1), in first sentence, struck out before period at end “under penalty indicia: Provided, however, That each publication shall bear such indicia as are prescribed by the United States Postal Service and shall be mailed under such regulations as the United States Postal Service may from time to time prescribe”.
1955—Act Aug. 11, 1955, amended section generally to authorize free mailing of publications by the agricultural experiment stations. For provisions which related to the unexpended balance of annual appropriation, see section 361g of this title.
heading: Effective Date of 2008 Amendment
text: Amendment 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 an Effective Date note under section 8701 of this title.
heading: Transfer of Functions
text: “United States Postal Service” substituted in text for “Postmaster General” pursuant to Pub. L. 91–375, § 4(a), Aug. 12, 1970, 84 Stat. 773, set out as a note under section 201 of Title 39, Postal Service, which abolished office of Postmaster General of Post Office Department and transferred its functions to United States Postal Service.
7 U.S.C. § 361h (AGRICULTURE)
§ 361h. Relation of college or university to State unaffected; division of appropriations
Nothing in sections 361a to 361i of this title shall be construed to impair or modify the legal relation existing between any of the colleges or universities under whose direction State agricultural experiment stations have been established and the government of the States in which they are respectively located. States having agricultural experiment stations separate from such colleges or universities and established by law, shall be authorized to apply such benefits to research at stations so established by such States: Provided, That in any State in which more than one such college, university, or agricultural experiment station has been established the appropriations made pursuant to sections 361a to 361i of this title for such State shall be divided between such institutions as the legislature of such State shall direct.
(Mar. 2, 1887, ch. 314, § 8, 24 Stat. 441; Aug. 11, 1955, ch. 790, § 1, 69 Stat. 674.)
heading: Codification
text: Section was formerly classified to section 378 of this title.
heading: Amendments
text: 1955—Act Aug. 11, 1955, amended section generally to provide that the relation between the college and the State is to be unaffected, and to require division of appropriations.
7 U.S.C. § 361i (AGRICULTURE)
§ 361i. Power to amend, repeal, etc., reserved
The Congress may at any time, amend, suspend, or repeal any or all of the provisions of sections 361a to 361i of this title.
(Mar. 2, 1887, ch. 314, § 9, 24 Stat. 442; Aug. 11, 1955, ch. 790, § 1, 69 Stat. 674.)
heading: Codification
text: Section was formerly classified to section 368b of this title. The provisions of section 368b were eliminated from section 361i of this title.
heading: Amendments
text: 1955—Act Aug. 11, 1955, amended section generally to reserve the right to Congress to amend, suspend, or repeal any or all of the provisions of sections 361a to 361i of this title, and to strike out provisions which subjected grants of moneys to the legislative assent of the several States and Territories.
7 U.S.C. § 364 (AGRICULTURE)
§ 364. Repealed. Aug. 11, 1955, ch. 790, § 2, 69 Stat. 675
text: Section, act Mar. 2, 1889, ch. 373, 25 Stat. 840, required all agricultural experiment stations to devote a portion of their work to the examination and classification of the soils of their respective States and Territories.
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 former section 361 of this title.
7 U.S.C. § 365 (AGRICULTURE)
§ 365. Transferred
heading: Codification
text: Section, act Mar. 2, 1887, ch. 314, § 4, 24 Stat. 441, as amended, was transferred to section 361d of this title. For provisions of section 365 of this title which related to issuance and free mailing by stations of bulletins or reports, see section 361f of this title.
7 U.S.C. § 366 (AGRICULTURE)
§ 366. Repealed. Aug. 11, 1955, ch. 790, § 2, 69 Stat. 674
text: Section, acts Mar. 16, 1906, ch. 951, § 3, 34 Stat. 63; Feb. 24, 1925, ch. 308, § 3, 43 Stat. 971, provided for annual reports by agricultural experiment stations to governors.
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.
7 U.S.C. § 367 (AGRICULTURE)
§ 367. Omitted
heading: Codification
text: Section was from act July 28, 1953, ch. 251, title I, 67 Stat. 207, the Department of Agriculture Appropriation Act, 1954, and authorized the Secretary of Agriculture to prescribe the form of the annual financial statement required from the agricultural experiment stations. See section 361e of this title. Similar provisions were contained in the following prior appropriation acts:
July 5, 1952, ch. 574, title I, 66 Stat. 337.
Aug. 31, 1951, ch. 374, title I, 65 Stat. 228.
Sept. 6, 1950, ch. 896, ch. VI, title I, 64 Stat. 660.
June 29, 1949, ch. 280, title I, 63 Stat. 330.
June 19, 1948, ch. 543, title I, 62 Stat. 514.
July 30, 1947, ch. 356, title I, 61 Stat. 530.
June 22, 1946, ch. 445, 60 Stat. 277.
May 5, 1945, ch. 109, 59 Stat. 143.
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. 412.
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. 1435.
July 7, 1932, ch. 443, 47 Stat. 613.
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.
7 U.S.C. § 368 to 368b (AGRICULTURE)
§§ 368 to 368b. Transferred
heading: Codification
text: Section 368, act Mar. 2, 1887, ch. 314, § 3, 24 Stat. 441, as amended, was transferred to section 361c of this title. For provisions of section 368 which provided for assistance and advice by the Secretary of Agriculture, see section 361g of this title.
Section 368a, act Mar. 2, 1887, ch. 314, § 5, 24 Stat. 441, as amended, was transferred to section 361e of this title. For provisions of section 368a which authorized appropriations for investigations and experiments, see sections 361c and 361d of this title.
Section 368b, act Mar. 8, 1887, ch. 314, § 9, 24 Stat, 442, as amended, was transferred to section 361i of this title. Former provisions of section 368b making grants of money authorized by section 368a of this title subject to the legislative assent of the States and Territories were eliminated from section 361i.
7 U.S.C. § 368c (AGRICULTURE)
§ 368c. Omitted
heading: Codification
text: Section, act Mar. 2, 1887, ch. 314, § 10, 24 Stat. 442, which was not reenacted by act Aug. 11, 1955, ch. 790, 69 Stat. 671, reserved the right to Congress to amend, suspend, or repeal any or all of the provisions of act Mar. 2, 1887. See section 361i of this title.
7 U.S.C. § 369 to 376 (AGRICULTURE)
§§ 369 to 376. Repealed. Aug. 11, 1955, ch. 790, § 2, 69 Stat. 674
text: Section 369, act Mar. 16, 1906, ch. 951, § 1, 34 Stat. 63, authorized annual appropriations for agricultural experiment stations. See section 361c of this title.
text: Section 369a, acts June 20, 1936, ch. 631, §§ 1, 2, 49 Stat. 1553, 1554; Aug. 29, 1950, ch. 820, 64 Stat. 563, extended provisions of former sections 343a, 343b, 361, 366, 369, 370, 371, 373 to 376, 380, and 382 of this title to Alaska. See section 361a of this title.
text: Section 370, act Feb. 24, 1925, ch. 308, § 1, 43 Stat. 970, authorized an additional appropriation of $60,000 for each fiscal year. See section 361c of this title.
text: Section 371, acts Mar. 16, 1906, ch. 951, § 2, 34 Stat. 63; Feb. 24, 1925, ch. 308, § 2, 43 Stat. 971, made grants of money authorized for agricultural experiment stations subject to the legislative assent of the several States and Territories.
text: Section 372, act June 7, 1888, ch. 373, 25 Stat. 176, provided for assent to installments of appropriations when the legislature is not in session.
text: Section 373, acts Mar. 16, 1906, ch. 951, § 2, 34 Stat. 63; Feb. 24, 1925, ch. 308, § 2, 43 Stat. 971, prescribed the time and manner of payments to agricultural experiment stations and required a report of expenditures to the Secretary of Agriculture. See sections 361c and 361e of this title.
text: Section 374, acts Mar. 16, 1906, ch. 951, § 3, 34 Stat. 63; Feb. 24, 1925, ch. 308, § 3, 43 Stat. 971, required the State to replace moneys misapplied. See section 361e of this title.
text: Section 375, acts Mar. 16, 1906, ch. 951, § 3, 34 Stat. 63; Feb. 24, 1925, ch. 308, § 3, 43 Stat. 971, permitted use of funds for purchase, repairs, etc., of buildings, or for purchase or rental of lands. See section 361d of this title.
text: Section 376, acts Mar. 16, 1906, ch. 951, § 4, 34 Stat. 64; Feb. 24, 1925, ch. 308, § 4, 43 Stat. 971, provided for certification of amounts due States for agricultural experiment stations, for withholding certificate, and for redress by Congress. See section 361g of this title.
heading: Existing Rights and Liabilities
text: Any rights or liabilities existing under sections 369 to 376 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. § 377 to 379 (AGRICULTURE)
§§ 377 to 379. Transferred
heading: Codification
text: Section 377, act Mar. 2, 1887, ch. 314, § 6, 24 Stat. 441, as amended, was transferred to section 361f of this title. For provisions of section 377 which related to unexpended part of annual appropriations, see section 361g of this title.
Section 378, act Mar. 2, 1887, ch. 314, § 8, 24 Stat. 441, as amended, was transferred to section 361h of this title.
Section 379, act Mar. 2, 1887, ch. 314, § 7, 24 Stat. 441, as amended, was transferred to section 361g of this title. For provisions of section 379 which provided that the relation of the college to the State was unaffected, see section 361h of this title.
7 U.S.C. § 380 (AGRICULTURE)
§ 380. Repealed. Aug. 11, 1955, ch. 790, § 2, 69 Stat. 674
text: Section, acts Mar. 16, 1906, ch. 951, § 5, 34 Stat. 64; Feb. 24, 1925, ch. 308, § 5, 43 Stat. 972, provided for an annual report to Congress. See section 361g 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 former section 361 of this title.
7 U.S.C. § 381 (AGRICULTURE)
§ 381. Omitted
heading: Codification
text: Section was from act Mar. 2, 1901, ch. 805, 31 Stat. 935, the Agricultural Appropriation Act, 1902, and authorized the Secretary of Agriculture to employ personnel and to incur administrative expenses in carrying out the objects of the agricultural experiment station program. See section 361g of this title. Similar provisions were contained in several prior appropriation acts.
7 U.S.C. § 382, 383 (AGRICULTURE)
§§ 382, 383. Repealed. Aug. 11, 1955, ch. 790, § 2, 69 Stat. 674, 675
text: Section 382, acts Mar. 16, 1906, ch. 951, § 6, 34 Stat. 64; Feb. 24, 1925, ch. 308, § 6, 43 Stat. 972, reserved the right to Congress to amend, suspend or repeal any and all of the provisions of act Mar. 16, 1906. See section 361i of this title.
text: Section 383, act Oct. 1, 1918, ch. 178, 40 Stat. 998, authorized appropriations for the Georgia Experiment Station. See section 361c of this title.
heading: Existing Rights and Liabilities
text: Any rights or liabilities existing under these sections 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. § 384 (AGRICULTURE)
§ 384. Card index of agricultural literature; copies to be furnished by Secretary
The Secretary of Agriculture may furnish to such institutions or individuals as may care to buy them copies of the card index of agricultural literature prepared by the Department of Agriculture in connection with its administration of the Act of March second, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven [7 U.S.C. 361a et seq.], and the Act of March sixteenth, nineteen hundred and six, and the Acts amendatory of and supplementary thereto, and charge for the same a price covering the additional expenses involved in the preparation of these copies, the money received from such sales to be deposited in the Treasury of the United States as miscellaneous receipts.
(Mar. 4, 1915, ch. 144, 38 Stat. 1109.)
heading: References in Text
text: The Act of March second, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, referred to in text, 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.
The Act of March sixteenth, nineteen hundred and six, referred to in text, means act Mar. 16, 1906, ch. 951, 34 Stat. 63, as amended, known as the Adams Act of 1906, which was classified to sections 361, 366, 369, 371, 373 to 376, 380, and 382 of this title, and was repealed by act Aug. 11, 1955, ch. 790, § 2, 69 Stat. 674. For complete classification of this Act to the Code prior to 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.
7 U.S.C. § 385 (AGRICULTURE)
§ 385. South Carolina Experiment Station; cooperation by Secretary of Agriculture; lump sum appropriation
There is authorized to be appropriated the sum of $50,000 to enable the Secretary of Agriculture to cooperate with the South Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station and/or other agencies in making investigations and experiments in dairying and livestock industries and of the problems pertaining to the establishment and development of such industries, including cropping systems, soil improvement, and farm organization studies of such industries, and for demonstration, assistance, and service in developing the agriculture of the Sand Hill region of the Southeast.
(Mar. 3, 1927, ch. 367, § 1, 44 Stat. 1397.)
7 U.S.C. § 385a (AGRICULTURE)
§ 385a. Authorization of appropriations
There is authorized to be appropriated each fiscal year necessary appropriations to enable the Secretary of Agriculture to carry on the cooperative experiments contemplated by section 385 of this title.
(Mar. 3, 1927, ch. 367, § 2, as added Feb. 4, 1928, ch. 24, 45 Stat. 57.)
7 U.S.C. § 386 to 386f (AGRICULTURE)
§§ 386 to 386f. Repealed. Aug. 11, 1955, ch. 790, § 2, 69 Stat. 674
text: Sections 386 to 386b, act May 16, 1928, ch. 575, §§ 1–3, 45 Stat. 571, 572, provided for establishment of an experiment station in Hawaii, authorized appropriations and an increase in permanent annual appropriations. See sections 361a and 361c of this title.
text: Section 386c, act Feb. 23, 1929, ch. 299, 45 Stat. 1256, extended provisions of agricultural experiment station program to Alaska. See section 361a of this title.
text: Sections 386d to 386f, acts Mar. 4, 1931, ch. 499, §§ 1–3, 46 Stat. 1520, 1521; May 17, 1932, ch. 190, 47 Stat. 158, provided for establishment of an experiment station in Puerto Rico, authorized appropriations and an increase in permanent annual appropriations. See sections 361a and 361c of this title.
heading: Existing Rights and Liabilities
text: Any rights or liabilities existing under sections 386 to 386f 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. § 386g (AGRICULTURE)
§ 386g. Repealed. Oct. 31, 1951, ch. 654, § 1(10), 65 Stat. 701
text: Section, act July 7, 1932, ch. 443, § 1, 47 Stat. 614, related to transfer or sale of property of Alaska, Guam, and Virgin Islands stations.
7 U.S.C. § 387 (AGRICULTURE)
§ 387. Station for semi-arid or dry-land regions; establishment
The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized and directed to cause such shade, ornamental, fruit, and shelter-belt trees, shrubs, vines, and vegetables as are adapted to the conditions and needs of the semi-arid or dry-land regions of the United States, to be propagated at an experiment station of the Department of Agriculture to be established at or near Cheyenne, Wyoming, and seedlings and cuttings and seeds of such trees, shrubs, vines, and vegetables to be distributed free of charge under such regulations as he may prescribe for experimental and demonstration purposes within the semi-arid or dry-land regions of the United States.
(Mar. 19, 1928, ch. 228, § 1, 45 Stat. 323.)
heading: Transfer of Functions
text: 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, § 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. § 388 (AGRICULTURE)
§ 388. Station for southern Great Plains area; establishment
The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized and directed to cause such shade, ornamental, fruit, and shelter-belt trees, shrubs, and vines as are adapted to the conditions and needs of the southern Great Plains area, comprised of those parts of the States of Colorado, Nebraska, Kansas, Texas, Oklahoma, and New Mexico lying west of the ninety-eighth meridian and east of the five thousand-foot contour line, to be propagated at one of the existing field stations of the Department of Agriculture in such area, and seedlings and cuttings and seeds of such trees, shrubs, and vines to be distributed free of charge under such regulations as he may prescribe for experimental and demonstration purposes within such area.
(Apr. 16, 1928, ch. 377, § 1, 45 Stat. 430.)
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.