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[USC03] 7 USC 343: Appropriations; distribution; allotment and apportionment; Secretary of Agriculture; matching funds; cooperative extension activities
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7 USC 343: Appropriations; distribution; allotment and apportionment; Secretary of Agriculture; matching funds; cooperative extension activities Text contains those laws in effect on June 22, 2018
(4) Annual appropriation for hispanic-serving agricultural colleges and universities.-
(A) Authorization of appropriations.-There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary for payments to Hispanic-serving agricultural colleges and universities (as defined in section 3103 of this title) such sums as are necessary to carry out this paragraph for fiscal year 2008 and each fiscal year thereafter, to remain available until expended.
(B) Additional amount.-Amounts made available under this paragraph shall be in addition to any other amounts made available under this section to States, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, or the United States Virgin Islands.
(C) Administration.-Amounts made available under this paragraph shall be-
(e) Matching Funds.-
(1) Requirement.-Except as provided in paragraph (4) and subsection (f), no allotment shall be made to a State under subsection (b) or (c), and no payments from the allotment shall be made to a State, in excess of the amount that the State makes available out of non-Federal funds for cooperative extension work.
(2) Failure to provide matching funds.-If a State fails to comply with the requirement to provide matching funds for a fiscal year under paragraph (1), the Secretary of Agriculture shall withhold from payment to the State for that fiscal year an amount equal to the difference between-
(3) Reapportionment.-
(A) In general.-The Secretary of Agriculture shall reapportion amounts withheld under paragraph (2) for a fiscal year among the States satisfying the matching requirement for that fiscal year.
(B) Matching requirement.-Any reapportionment of funds under this paragraph shall be subject to the matching requirement specified in paragraph (1).
(4) Exception for insular areas.-
(A) In general.-Effective beginning for fiscal year 2003, in lieu of the matching funds requirement of paragraph (1), the insular areas of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Virgin Islands of the United States shall provide matching funds from non-Federal sources in an amount equal to not less than 50 percent of the formula funds distributed by the Secretary to each of the insular areas, respectively, under this section.
(B) Waivers.-The Secretary may waive the matching fund requirement of subparagraph (A) for any fiscal year if the Secretary determines that the government of the insular area will be unlikely to meet the matching requirement for the fiscal year.
(f) Matching Funds Exception for 1994 Institutions and Hispanic-Serving Agricultural Colleges and Universities.-There shall be no matching requirement for funds made available to a 1994 Institution or Hispanic-serving agricultural colleges and universities in accordance with paragraphs (3) and (4) of subsection (b).
(h) Multistate Cooperative Extension Activities.-
(1) In general.-Not less than the applicable percentage specified under paragraph (2) of the amounts that are paid to a State under subsections (b) and (c) during a fiscal year shall be expended by States for cooperative extension activities in which 2 or more States cooperate to solve problems that concern more than 1 State (referred to in this subsection as "multistate activities").
(2) Applicable percentages.-
(A) 1997 expenditures on multistate activities.-Of the Federal formula funds that were paid to each State for fiscal year 1997 under subsections (b) and (c), the Secretary of Agriculture shall determine the percentage that the State expended for multistate activities.
(B) Required expenditures on multistate activities.-Of the Federal formula funds that are paid to each State for fiscal year 2000 and each subsequent fiscal year under subsections (b) and (c), the State shall expend for the fiscal year for multistate activities a percentage that is at least equal to the lesser of-
(C) Reduction by secretary.-The Secretary may reduce the minimum percentage required to be expended for multistate activities under subparagraph (B) by a State in a case of hardship, infeasibility, or other similar circumstance beyond the control of the State, as determined by the Secretary.
(D) Plan of work.-The State shall include in the plan of work of the State required under section 344 of this title a description of the manner in which the State will meet the requirements of this paragraph.
(3) Applicability.-This subsection does not apply to funds provided-
(i) Merit Review.-
(1) Review required.-Effective October 1, 1999, extension activity carried out under subsection (h) shall be subject to merit review.
(2) Other requirements.-An extension activity for which merit review is conducted under paragraph (1) shall be considered to have satisfied the requirements for review under section 7613(e) of this title.
(j) Integration of Research and Extension.-Section 361c(i) of this title shall apply to amounts made available to carry out this subchapter.
(May 8, 1914, ch. 79, §3, 38 Stat. 373 ; June 26, 1953, ch. 157, §1, 67 Stat. 84 ; Pub. L. 87–749, §1(b)–(e), Oct. 5, 1962, 76 Stat. 745 ; Pub. L. 92–318, title V, §506(g), June 23, 1972, 86 Stat. 351 ; Pub. L. 95–113, title XIV, §1465, Sept. 29, 1977, 91 Stat. 1018 ; Pub. L. 99–198, title XIV, §1435(b), Dec. 23, 1985, 99 Stat. 1557 ; Pub. L. 99–396, §9(e), Aug. 27, 1986, 100 Stat. 840 ; Pub. L. 103–382, title V, §534(b), Oct. 20, 1994, 108 Stat. 4050 ; Pub. L. 104–127, title VIII, §883(a), Apr. 4, 1996, 110 Stat. 1176 ; Pub. L. 105–185, title I, §105, title II, §§201, 203(b), (c)(2), 204(b), June 23, 1998, 112 Stat. 529 , 531, 534, 536; Pub. L. 105–277, div. A, §101(a) [title VII, §753(e)], Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2681 , 2681-33; Pub. L. 107–171, title VII, §§7213(b), 7215, May 13, 2002, 116 Stat. 448 ; Pub. L. 110–234, title VII, §§7129(b), 7403(a), May 22, 2008, 122 Stat. 1226 , 1246; Pub. L. 110–246, §4(a), title VII, §§7129(b), 7403(a), June 18, 2008, 122 Stat. 1664 , 1987, 2007.)
The Act of July 2, 1862, referred to in subsec. (b)(4)(C)(ii), is act July 2, 1862, ch. 130, 12 Stat. 503 , popularly known as the "Morrill Act" and also as the "First Morrill Act", which is classified generally to subchapter I (§301 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 301 of this title and Tables.
2008-Subsec. (b)(4). Pub. L. 110–246, §7129(b)(1), added par. (4).
Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 110–246, §7403(a), substituted "compete for and receive funds directly from the Secretary of Agriculture." for "apply for and receive directly from the Secretary of Agriculture-
2002-Subsec. (b)(3). Pub. L. 107–171, §7215, substituted "such sums as are necessary" for "$5,000,000" and inserted "The balance of any annual funds provided under the preceding sentence for a fiscal year that remains unexpended at the end of that fiscal year shall remain available without fiscal year limitation." after "section 342 of this title.".
1998-Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 105–185, §203(c)(2)(A), substituted "Secretary of Agriculture" for "Federal Extension Service".
1996-Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 104–127 inserted at end "A college or university eligible to receive funds under subchapter II of this chapter, including Tuskegee University, may apply for and receive directly from the Secretary of Agriculture-" and added pars. (1) and (2).
1994-Subsec. (b)(3). Pub. L. 103–382, §534(b)(1), added par. (3).
1986-Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 99–396 substituted "Guam, and the Northern Mariana Islands" for "and Guam" in provision authorizing an appropriation each fiscal year for the payment of $100,000 in addition to the sums appropriated for the States and Puerto Rico.
1985-Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 99–198 added subsec. (f).
1977-Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 95–113 added subsec. (e).
1962-Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 87–749, §1(b), substituted "sums available" for "sums received", and "1962" for "1953", and struck out ", Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico," before "and the Federal Extension Service", "such sums shall be" before "subject to the same requirement", ", Alaska, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico as existed immediately prior to June 26, 1953" before "except that amounts heretofore", and proviso which authorized Puerto Rico to receive the total initial amount set by Act Oct. 26, 1949, which amount was to be increased yearly until the total sum equalled the maximum amount set by such Act, and to receive such amount annually thereafter.
1953-Act June 26, 1953, amended section generally, and, among other changes: (1) divided section into subsections; (2) substituted general authorization for appropriations for former authorization for specific annual appropriations; (3) inserted references to Alaska, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico; and (4) substituted provisions relating to allotment and apportionment of appropriations for former provisions for such apportionment on basis of rural population, and farm population, as determined by latest census.
Pub. L. 105–277, div. A, §101(a) [title VII, §753(f)], Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2681 , 2681-33, provided that: "The amendments made by this section [amending this section, sections 361c, 2204f, 4606, and 7621 of this title, and section 1642 of Title 16, Conservation] shall take effect on the date of enactment of the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 [June 23, 1998]."
Pub. L. 99–198, title XIV, §1435(d), Dec. 23, 1985, 99 Stat. 1558 , provided that: "This section and the amendments made by this section [amending this section and section 342 of this title] shall become effective on October 1, 1985."