An Act to amend the Smith-Lever Act of May 8, 1914, as amended
PL 87-749 (H.R.12589), enacted 10/05/1962

76 STAT.] 
PUBLIC LAW 87-749-OCT. 5, 1962 
745 
Public Law 87-749 
AN ACT 
To amend the Smith-Lever Act of May 8,1914, as amended. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the Act of 
May 8, 1914 (38 Stat. 372), as amended by the Act of June 26, 1953 
(7 U.S.C. 341-348), and by the Act of August 11, 1955 (7 U.S.C. 
347a), is hereby amended as follows: 
(a) Section 2 is amended by inserting the words "or Territory or 
possession" immediately before the words "receiving the benefits of this 
Act." 
(b) Subsection 3(b) is amended by: (1) deleting the phrase 
", Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Eico,"; (2) substituting the word "avail-
able" for the word "received"; (3) substituting the date "1962" for the 
date "1953"; (4) deleting the phrase "such sums shall be"; (5) deleting 
the phrase ", Alaska, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico as existed immediately 
prior to the passage of this Act"; and (6) deleting the proviso to said 
subs^tion. 
(c) Subsection 3 (c) 1 is amended to read as follows: 
"1. Four per centum of the sum so appropriated for each fiscal 
year shall be allotted to the Federal Extension Service for admin-
istrative, technical, and other services, and for coordinating the 
extension work of the Department and the several States, Terri-
tories, and possessions." 
(d) Subsection 3(c)2 is amended by: (1) deleting so much thereof 
as precedes the first proviso and substituting therefor the following: 
"Or the remainder so appropriated for each fiscal year 20 per centum 
shall be paid to the several States in equal proportions, 40 per centum 
shall be paid to the severia,l States in the proportion that the rural 
population of each bears to the total rural population of the several 
States as determined by the census, and the balance shall be paid to 
the several States in the proportion that the farm population of each 
bears to the total farm population of the several States as determined 
by the census:"; and (2) deleting the phrase ", Alaska, Hawaii, and 
Puerto Rico" from the first proviso. 
(e) Subsection 3(d) is amended by adding the word "additional" 
immediately after the word "such" in said subsection. 
(f) Section 4 is amended by (1) deleting the phrase ", Territory or 
possession" wherever it appears in said section; and (2) by striking 
out the phrase "equal semi-annual payments on the first day of Janu-
ary and July" and substituting the phrase "equal quarterly payments 
in or about July, October, January, and April". 
(g) Sections 5 and 6 are amended by deleting therefrom the phrases 
", Territory, or possession," and ", Territory, or possession" wherever 
they occur therein. 
(h) Subsection 8(b) is amended by deleting the phrase ", Alaska, 
Hawaii, and Puerto Rico". 
(i) By adding a new section 10 reading as follows: "The term 
'State' means the States of the Union and Puerto Rico." 
Approved October 5, 1962. 
October 5, 1962 
[H. R. 12589] 
Smith-Lever Act, 
amendment. 
67 Stat. 83; 
69 Stat. 683. 
Federal Exten-
sion Service. 
7 u s e 343. 
Appropriation 
distribution. 
Allocation of 
funds on quarterly 
basis. 
7 u s e 347 a. 
Definition.