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7 U.S.C. § 284 (AGRICULTURE)
§ 284. Eradication and control of undesirable species and subspecies
(a) Operations in United States
The Secretary of Agriculture either independently or in cooperation with States or political subdivisions thereof, farmers’ associations, and similar organizations and individuals, is authorized to carry out operations or measures in the United States to eradicate, suppress, control, and to prevent or retard the spread of undesirable species and subspecies of honeybees.
(b) Cooperation with certain foreign governments; measure and character; consultation with Secretary of State
The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to cooperate with the Governments of Canada, Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, and Colombia, or the local authorities thereof, in carrying out necessary research, surveys, and control operations in those countries in connection with the eradication, suppression, control, and prevention or retardation of the spread of undesirable species and subspecies of honeybees, including but not limited to Apis mellifera adansonii, commonly known as the African or Brazilian honeybee. The measure and character of cooperation carried out under this subsection on the part of such countries, including the expenditure or use of funds appropriated pursuant to this chapter, shall be such as may be prescribed by the Secretary of Agriculture. Arrangements for the cooperation authorized by this subsection shall be made through and in consultation with the Secretary of State.
(c) Responsibility for authority to carry out operations
In performing the operations or measures authorized in this chapter, the cooperating foreign country, State, or local agency shall be responsible for the authority to carry out such operations or measures on all lands and properties within the foreign country or State, other than those owned or controlled by the Federal Government of the United States, and for such other facilities and means as in the discretion of the Secretary of Agriculture are necessary.
(Aug. 31, 1922, ch. 301, § 3, as added Pub. L. 94–319, § 3, June 25, 1976, 90 Stat. 709.)
heading: Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
heading: Indemnification for Beekeepers
text: Pub. L. 91–524, title VIII, § 804, Nov. 30, 1970, 84 Stat. 1382, as amended by Pub. L. 93–86, § 1(27)(A), Aug. 10, 1973, 87 Stat. 237; Pub. L. 95–113, title II, § 207, Sept. 29, 1977, 91 Stat. 921, authorized the Secretary of Agriculture to make indemnity payments, based on net loss, to beekeepers who through no fault of their own lost honey bees after Jan. 1, 1967, as a result of utilization of economic poisons, registered and approved for use by the Federal Government, near or adjacent to the beehives, with this section expired after Sept. 30, 1981.
7 U.S.C. § 304 (AGRICULTURE)
§ 304. Investment of proceeds of sale of land or scrip
All moneys derived from the sale of lands as provided in section 302 of this title by the States to which lands are apportioned and from the sales of land scrip provided for in said section shall be invested in bonds of the United States or of the States or some other safe bonds; or the same may be invested by the States having no State bonds, in any manner after the legislatures of such States shall have assented thereto and engaged that such funds shall yield a fair and reasonable rate of return, to be fixed by the State legislatures, and that the principal thereof shall forever remain unimpaired: Provided, That the moneys so invested or loaned shall constitute a perpetual fund, the capital of which shall remain forever undiminished (except so far as may be provided in section 305 of this title), and the interest of which shall be inviolably appropriated, by each State which may take and claim the benefit of this subchapter, to the endowment, support, and maintenance of at least one college where the leading object shall be, without excluding other scientific and classical studies and including military tactics, to teach such branches of learning as are related to agriculture and the mechanic arts, in such manner as the legislatures of the States may respectively prescribe, in order to promote the liberal and practical education of the industrial classes in the several pursuits and professions in life.
(July 2, 1862, ch. 130, § 4, 12 Stat. 504; Mar. 3, 1883, ch. 102, 22 Stat. 484; Apr. 13, 1926, ch. 130, 44 Stat. 247.)
heading: Editorial Notes
heading: Amendments
text: 1926—Act Apr. 13, 1926, substituted “bonds” for “stocks” and “a fair and reasonable rate of return, to be fixed by the State Legislatures” for “not less than 5 per centum upon the amount so invested”, before proviso.
1883—Act Mar. 3, 1883, inserted “or the same may be invested by the States having no State stocks, in any other manner after the legislatures of such States shall have assented thereto, and engaged that such funds shall” after “other safe stocks” and substituted “yield” for “yielding”, “principal” for “capital” and “unimpaired” for “undiminished”.
7 U.S.C. § 322 (AGRICULTURE)
§ 322. Annual appropriation
There is annually appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be paid as provided in section 324 of this title, to each State and Territory for the more complete endowment and maintenance of colleges for the benefit of agriculture and the mechanic arts established in accordance with the provisions of subchapter I of this chapter, $50,000 to be applied only to instruction in food and agricultural sciences, and to the facilities for such instruction: Provided, That said colleges may use a portion of this money for providing courses for the special preparation of instructors for teaching the elements of food and agricultural sciences.
(Aug. 30, 1890, ch. 841, § 1, 26 Stat. 417; Mar. 4, 1907, ch. 2907, 34 Stat. 1281, 1282; Pub. L. 97–98, title XIV, § 1421, Dec. 22, 1981, 95 Stat. 1306.)
heading: Editorial Notes
heading: Codification
text: Section is based on a part of section 1 of act Aug. 30, 1890, and the tenth and eleventh pars. under the heading “Emergency Appropriations” of act Mar. 4, 1907. Remainder of section 1 of act Aug. 30, 1890, is classified to section 323 of this title.
heading: Amendments
text: 1981—Pub. L. 97–98 substituted “food and agricultural sciences” for “agriculture, the mechanic arts, the English language, and the various branches of mathematical, physical, natural, and economic science, with special reference to their applications in the industries of life” and “the elements of food and agricultural sciences” for “the elements of agriculture and the mechanic arts”.
1907—Act Mar. 4, 1907, substituted “$50,000” for “$25,000”, and inserted proviso.
heading: Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
heading: Effective Date of 1981 Amendment
text: 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.
heading: Transfer of Functions
text: For transfer of functions under this section to Secretary of Agriculture, see note set out under section 321 of this title.
heading: Availability of Funds for Payments Under This Subchapter
text: Pub. L. 103–330, title VII, § 724, Sept. 30, 1994, 108 Stat. 2469, provided that: “No funds shall be available in fiscal year 1995 and thereafter for payments under the Act of August 30, 1890 and the tenth and eleventh paragraphs under the heading ‘Emergency Appropriations’ of the Act of March 4, 1907 (7 U.S.C. 321 et seq.).”
7 U.S.C. § 323 (AGRICULTURE)
§ 323. Racial discrimination by colleges restricted
No money shall be paid out under this subchapter to any State or Territory for the support or maintenance of a college where a distinction of race or color is made in the admission of students, but the establishment and maintenance of such colleges separately for white and colored students shall be held to be a compliance with the provisions of said sections if the funds received in such State or Territory be equitably divided as hereinafter set forth: Provided, That in any State in which there has been one college established in pursuance of subchapter I of this chapter, and also in which an educational institution of like character has been established, or may be hereafter established, and is on August 30, 1890, aided by such State from its own revenue, for the education of colored students in agriculture and the mechanic arts, however named or styled, or whether or not it has received money prior to August 30, 1890, under said subchapter I, the legislature of such State may propose and report to the Secretary of Agriculture a just and equitable division of the fund to be received under this subchapter between one college for white students and one institution for colored students established as aforesaid, which shall be divided into two parts and paid accordingly, and thereupon such institution for colored students shall be entitled to the benefits of said sections and subject to their provisions, as much as it would have been if it had been included under subchapter I of this chapter, and the fulfillment of the foregoing provisions shall be taken as a compliance with the provision in reference to separate colleges for white and colored students.
(Aug. 30, 1890, ch. 841, § 1, 26 Stat. 417; 1939 Reorg. Plan No. 1, §§ 201, 204, eff. July 1, 1939, 4 F.R. 2728, 53 Stat. 1424; 1953 Reorg. Plan No. 1, §§ 5, 8, eff. Apr. 11, 1953, 18 F.R. 2053, 67 Stat. 631; Pub. L. 96–88, title III, § 301(a)(2)(E), Oct. 17, 1979, 93 Stat. 677; Pub. L. 97–98, title XIV, § 1419, Dec. 22, 1981, 95 Stat. 1306.)
heading: Editorial Notes
heading: Codification
text: Section constitutes part of section 1 of act Aug. 30, 1890. Remainder of section 1 is classified to section 322 of this title.
heading: Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
heading: Transfer of Functions
text: For transfer of functions under this section to Secretary of Agriculture, see note set out under section 321 of this title.
7 U.S.C. § 324 (AGRICULTURE)
§ 324. Time, manner, etc., of annual payments
The sums appropriated by this subchapter to the States and Territories for the further endowment and support of colleges shall be annually paid on or before the 31st day of October of each year, by the Secretary of the Treasury, upon the warrant of the Secretary of Agriculture, out of the Treasury of the United States, to the State or Territorial treasurer, or to such officer as shall be designated by the laws of such State or Territory to receive the same, who shall, upon the order of the trustees of the college, or the institution for colored students, immediately pay over said sums to the treasurers of the respective colleges or other institutions entitled to receive the same, and such treasurers shall be required to report to the Secretary of Agriculture, on or before the 1st day of December of each year, a detailed statement of the amount so received and of its disbursement. The grants of moneys authorized by this subchapter are made subject to the legislative assent of the several States and Territories to the purpose of said grants.
(Aug. 30, 1890, ch. 841, § 2, 26 Stat. 418; 1939 Reorg. Plan No. I, §§ 201, 204, eff. July 1, 1939, 4 F.R. 2728, 53 Stat. 1424; 1953 Reorg. Plan No. 1, §§ 5, 8, eff. Apr. 11, 1953, 18 F.R. 2053, 67 Stat. 631; Pub. L. 94–273, § 9(1), Apr. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 378; Pub. L. 96–88, title III, § 301(a)(2)(E), Oct. 17, 1979, 93 Stat. 677; Pub. L. 97–98, title XIV, § 1419, Dec. 22, 1981, 95 Stat. 1306.)
heading: Editorial Notes
heading: Amendments
text: 1976—Pub. L. 94–273 substituted “October” for “July” and “December” for “September”.
heading: Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
heading: Transfer of Functions
text: For transfer of functions under this section to Secretary of Agriculture, see note set out under section 321 of this title.
Functions of Department of Health, Education, and Welfare and Secretary thereof under this subchapter transferred to Secretary of Education by section 301(a)(2)(E) of Pub. L. 96–88, which is classified to section 3441(a)(2)(E) of Title 20, Education.
Transfer of functions from Secretary of the Interior to Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, see note set out under section 321 of this title.
7 U.S.C. § 325 (AGRICULTURE)
§ 325. State to replace funds misapplied, etc.; restrictions on use of funds; reports by colleges
If any portion of the moneys received by the designated officer of the State or Territory for the further and more complete endowment, support, and maintenance of colleges, or of institutions for colored students, as provided in this subchapter, shall, by any action or contingency, be diminished or lost, or be misapplied, it shall be replaced by the State or Territory to which it belongs, and until so replaced no subsequent appropriation shall be apportioned or paid to such State or Territory; and no portion of said moneys shall be applied, directly or indirectly, under any pretense whatever, to the purchase, erection, preservation, or repair of any building or buildings. An annual report by the president of each of said colleges shall be made to the Secretary of Agriculture, regarding the condition and progress of each college, including statistical information in relation to its receipts and expenditures, its library, the number of its students and professors, and also as to any improvements and experiments made under the direction of any experiment stations attached to said colleges, with their cost and results, and such other industrial and economical statistics as may be regarded as useful, one copy of which shall be transmitted by mail free to all other colleges further endowed under this subchapter.
(Aug. 30, 1890, ch. 841, § 3, 26 Stat. 418; 1939 Reorg. Plan No. I, §§ 201, 204, eff. July 1, 1939, 4 F.R. 2728, 53 Stat. 1424; 1953 Reorg. Plan No. 1, §§ 5, 8, eff. Apr. 11, 1953, 18 F.R. 2053, 67 Stat. 631; Pub. L. 96–88, title III, § 301(a)(2)(E), Oct. 17, 1979, 93 Stat. 677; Pub. L. 97–98, title XIV, § 1419, Dec. 22, 1981, 95 Stat. 1306.)
heading: Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
heading: Transfer of Functions
text: For transfer of functions under this section to Secretary of Agriculture, see note set out under section 321 of this title.
Functions of Department of Health, Education, and Welfare and Secretary thereof under this subchapter transferred to Secretary of Education by section 301(a)(2)(E) of Pub. L. 96–88, which is classified to section 3441(a)(2)(E) of Title 20, Education.
Transfer of functions from Secretary of the Interior to Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, see note set out under section 321 of this title.
7 U.S.C. § 326 (AGRICULTURE)
§ 326. Ascertainment and certification of amounts due States; certificates withheld from States; appeal to Congress
On or before the 1st day of October in each year, the Secretary of Agriculture shall ascertain and certify to the Secretary of the Treasury as to each State and Territory whether it is entitled to receive its share of the annual appropriation for colleges, or of institutions for colored students, under this subchapter, and the amount which thereupon each is entitled, respectively, to receive. If the Secretary of Agriculture shall withhold a certificate from any State or Territory of its appropriation the facts and reasons therefor shall be reported to the President, and the amount involved shall be kept separate in the Treasury until the close of the next Congress, in order that the State or Territory may, if it should so desire, appeal to Congress from the determination of the Secretary of Agriculture. If the next Congress shall not direct such sum to be paid it shall be covered into the Treasury.
(Aug. 30, 1890, ch. 841, § 4, 26 Stat. 419; 1939 Reorg. Plan No. I, §§ 201, 204, eff. July 1, 1939, 4 F.R. 2728, 53 Stat. 1424; 1953 Reorg. Plan No. 1, §§ 5, 8, eff. Apr. 11, 1953, 18 F.R. 2053, 67 Stat. 631; Pub. L. 94–273, § 3(1), Apr. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 376; Pub. L. 96–88, title III, § 301(a)(2)(E), Oct. 17, 1979, 93 Stat. 677; Pub. L. 97–97, title XIV, § 1419, Dec. 22, 1981, 95 Stat. 1306.)
heading: Editorial Notes
heading: Codification
text: Section constitutes part of section 4 of act Aug. 30, 1890. Remainder of section 4 is classified to section 321 of this title.
heading: Amendments
text: 1976—Pub. L. 94–273 substituted “October” for “July”.
heading: Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
heading: Transfer of Functions
text: For transfer of functions under this section to Secretary of Agriculture, see note set out under section 321 of this title.
Functions of Department of Health, Education, and Welfare and Secretary thereof under this subchapter transferred to Secretary of Education by section 301(a)(2)(E) of Pub. L. 96–88, which is classified to section 3441(a)(2)(E) of Title 20, Education.
Transfer of functions from Secretary of the Interior to Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, see note set out under section 321 of this title.
7 U.S.C. § 342 (AGRICULTURE)
§ 342. Cooperative agricultural extension work; cooperation with Secretary of Agriculture
Cooperative agricultural extension work shall consist of the development of practical applications of research knowledge and giving of instruction and practical demonstrations of existing or improved practices or technologies in agriculture, uses of solar energy with respect to agriculture, home economics, and rural energy and subjects relating thereto to persons not attending or resident in said colleges in the several communities, and imparting information on said subjects through demonstrations, publications, and otherwise and for the necessary printing and distribution of information in connection with the foregoing; and this work shall be carried on in such manner as may be mutually agreed upon by the Secretary of Agriculture and the State agricultural college or colleges or Territory or possession receiving the benefits of this subchapter.
(May 8, 1914, ch. 79, § 2, 38 Stat. 373; June 26, 1953, ch. 157, § 1, 67 Stat. 84; Pub. L. 87–749, § 1(a), Oct. 5, 1962, 76 Stat. 745; Pub. L. 95–113, title XIV, § 1447(3), Sept. 29, 1977, 91 Stat. 1011; Pub. L. 96–294, title II, § 256(2), June 30, 1980, 94 Stat. 708; Pub. L. 99–198, title XIV, § 1435(a), Dec. 23, 1985, 99 Stat. 1557.)
heading: Editorial Notes
heading: Codification
text: Another section 1447 of Pub. L. 95–113 is classified to section 3222b of this title.
heading: Amendments
text: 1985—Pub. L. 99–198 substituted “shall consist of the development of practical applications of research knowledge and giving of instruction and practical demonstrations of existing or improved practices or technologies” for “shall consist of the giving of instructions and practical demonstrations”.
1980—Pub. L. 96–294 inserted reference to rural energy.
1977—Pub. L. 95–113 inserted reference to uses of solar energy with respect to agriculture.
1962—Pub. L. 87–749 inserted “or Territory or possession” after “college or colleges”.
1953—Act June 26, 1953, inserted “and subjects relating thereto” after “agriculture and home economics” near beginning of section, and inserted reference to necessary printing and distribution of information.
heading: Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
heading: Effective Date of 1985 Amendment
text: Amendment by Pub. L. 99–198 effective Oct. 1, 1985, see section 1435(d) of Pub. L. 99–198, set out as a note under section 343 of this title.
heading: Effective Date of 1977 Amendment
text: 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.
7 U.S.C. § 345 (AGRICULTURE)
§ 345. Replacement of diminished, lost or misapplied funds; restrictions on use; reports of colleges
If any portion of the moneys received by the designated officer of any State for the support and maintenance of cooperative agricultural extension work, as provided in this subchapter, shall by any action or contingency be diminished or lost or be misapplied, it shall be replaced by said State and until so replaced no subsequent appropriation shall be apportioned or paid to said State. No portion of said moneys shall be applied, directly or indirectly, to the purchase, erection, preservation, or repair of any building or buildings, or the purchase or rental of land, or in college-course teaching, lectures in college, or any other purpose not specified in this subchapter.
(May 8, 1914, ch. 79, § 5, 38 Stat. 374; June 26, 1953, ch. 157, § 1, 67 Stat. 85; Pub. L. 87–749, § 1(g), Oct. 5, 1962, 76 Stat. 745; Pub. L. 110–234, title VII, § 7403(b), May 22, 2008, 122 Stat. 1246; Pub. L. 110–246, § 4(a), title VII, § 7403(b), June 18, 2008, 122 Stat. 1664, 2007.)
heading: Editorial Notes
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.
heading: Amendments
text: 2008—Pub. L. 110–246, § 7403(b), struck out at end “It shall be the duty of said colleges, annually, on or about the first day of January, to make to the Governor of the State in which it is located a full and detailed report of its operations in extension work as defined in this subchapter, including a detailed statement of receipts and expenditures from all sources for this purpose, a copy of which report shall be sent to the Secretary of Agriculture.”
1962—Pub. L. 87–749 struck out references to territories and possessions wherever appearing.
1953—Act June 26, 1953, among other changes, inserted “Territory, or possession” after “State,” wherever latter term appeared, struck out provision that not more than five per centum of each annual appropriation should be applied to the printing and distribution of publications, and struck out the provision that copies of the required reports should be sent to the Secretary of the Treasury.
heading: Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
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.
7 U.S.C. § 348 (AGRICULTURE)
§ 348. Rules and regulations
The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to make such rules and regulations as may be necessary for carrying out the provisions of this subchapter.
(May 8, 1914, ch. 79, § 9, formerly § 8, 38 Stat. 374; June 26, 1953, ch. 157, § 1, 67 Stat. 85; renumbered § 9, Aug. 11, 1955, ch. 798, § 1(b), 69 Stat. 684.)
heading: Editorial Notes
heading: Amendments
text: 1953—Act June 26, 1953, substituted provisions for rules and regulations for provisions empowering Congress to alter, amend, or repeal sections 341 to 343 and 344 to 348 of this title at any time.
7 U.S.C. § 349 (AGRICULTURE)
§ 349. “State” defined
The term “State” means the States of the Union, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands.
(May 8, 1914, ch. 79, § 10, as added Pub. L. 87–749, § 1(i), Oct. 5, 1962, 76 Stat. 745; amended Pub. L. 92–318, title V, § 506(h), June 23, 1972, 86 Stat. 351; Pub. L. 99–396, § 9(f), Aug. 27, 1986, 100 Stat. 840.)
heading: Editorial Notes
heading: Amendments
text: 1986—Pub. L. 99–396 amended section generally, expanding definition of “State” to include the Northern Mariana Islands.
1972—Pub. L. 92–318 inserted reference to Virgin Islands and Guam.
heading: Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
heading: Effective Date of 1972 Amendment
text: Amendment by Pub. L. 92–318 effective after June 30, 1970, see section 506(n) of Pub. L. 92–318, set out as a note under section 326a of this title.