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7 U.S.C. § 361b — Congressional statement of policy; researches, investigations and experiments
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It is further the policy of the Congress to promote the efficient production, marketing, distribution, and utilization of products of the farm as essential to the health and welfare of our peoples and to promote a sound and prosperous agriculture and rural life as indispensable to the maintenance of maximum employment and national prosperity and security. It is also the intent of Congress to assure agriculture a position in research equal to that of industry, which will aid in maintaining an equitable balance between agriculture and other segments of our economy. It shall be the object and duty of the State agricultural experiment stations through the expenditure of the appropriations hereinafter authorized to conduct original and other researches, investigations, and experiments bearing directly on and contributing to the establishment and maintenance of a permanent and effective agricultural industry of the United States, including researches basic to the problems of agriculture in its broadest aspects, and such investigations as have for their purpose the development and improvement of the rural home and rural life and the maximum contribution by agriculture to the welfare of the consumer, as may be deemed advisable, having due regard to the varying conditions and needs of the respective States.
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It is further the policy of the Congress to promote the efficient production, marketing, distribution, and utilization of products of the farm as essential to the health and welfare of our peoples and to promote a sound and prosperous agriculture and rural life as indispensable to the maintenance of maximum employment and national prosperity and security. It is also the intent of Congress to assure agriculture a position in research equal to that of industry, which will aid in maintaining an equitable balance between agriculture and other segments of our economy. It shall be the object and duty of the State agricultural experiment stations through the expenditure of the appropriations hereinafter authorized to conduct original and other researches, investigations, and experiments bearing directly on and contributing to the establishment and maintenance of a permanent and effective agricultural industry of the United States, including researches basic to the problems of agriculture in its broadest aspects, and such investigations as have for their purpose the development and improvement of the rural home and rural life and the maximum contribution by agriculture to the welfare of the consumer, as may be deemed advisable, having due regard to the varying conditions and needs of the respective States.
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Moneys appropriated pursuant to sections 361a to 361i of this title shall also be available, in addition to meeting expenses for research and investigations conducted under authority of [section 361b of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section361b&num=0&edition=prelim), for printing and disseminating the results of such research, retirement of employees subject to the provisions of [section 331 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section331&num=0&edition=prelim), administrative planning and direction, and for the purchase and rental of land and the construction, acquisition, alteration, or repair of buildings necessary for conducting research. The State agricultural experiment stations are authorized to plan and conduct any research authorized under [section 361b of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section361b&num=0&edition=prelim) in cooperation with each other and such other agencies and individuals as may contribute to the solution of the agricultural problems involved, and moneys appropriated pursuant to sections 361a to 361i of this title shall be available for paying the necessary expenses of planning, coordinating, and conducting such cooperative research.
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### Statutory Notes
Section, act June 29, 1935, ch. 338, title I, § 3, 49 Stat. 437, authorized appropriations. See [section 361b of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section361b&num=0&edition=prelim).
#### Existing Rights and Liabilities
Any rights or liabilities existing under this section unaffected by repeal, see section 2 of act Aug. 11, 1955, set out as a note under former [section 361 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section361&num=0&edition=prelim).
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TITLE 7—AGRICULTURE
§ 361c
1974—Pub. L. 93–471 defined ‘‘State’’ to include the
District of Columbia.
1972—Pub. L. 92–318 defined ‘‘State’’ to include Guam
and the Virgin Islands.
1955—Act Aug. 11, 1955, amended section generally to
continue agricultural research at the agricultural ex-
periment stations, to restate the declaration of pur-
pose, and to insert definitions of ‘‘State’’ and ‘‘State
agricultural experiment station.’’ Former provisions
which required division of appropriations between col-
leges of same state are now contained in section 361h of
this title.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1974 AMENDMENT
Amendment by Pub. L. 93–471 effective July 1, 1975,
unless Pub. L. 93–471 repealed by District of Columbia
Council after Jan. 2, 1975, and prior to July 1, 1975; or
such amendment by Pub. L. 93–471, as amended by the
District Council, also effective July 1, 1975, or some
other date prescribed by the Council as authorized
under provisions of section 407 of Pub. L. 93–471.
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1972 AMENDMENT
Amendment by Pub. L. 92–318 effective after June 30,
1970, see section 506(n) of Pub. L. 92–318, set out as an
Effective Date note under section 326a of this title.
SHORT TITLE
Act Mar. 2, 1887, ch. 314, § 10, as added by Pub. L.
105–185, § 3(b), June 23, 1998, 112 Stat. 526, provided that:
‘‘This Act [enacting sections 361a to 361i of this title]
may be cited as the ‘Hatch Act of 1887’.’’
ARLINGTON ESTATE
Besides the provisions establishing agricultural ex-
periment stations, contained in act Mar. 2, 1887, a por-
tion of the Arlington estate in the State of Virginia
was set apart for experimental agricultural purposes by
act April 18, 1900, ch. 243, 31 Stat. 135, and provisions for
establishing
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