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7 U.S.C. § 3101 — Purposes of agricultural research, extension, and education
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The purposes of federally supported agricultural research, extension, and education are to—
(1) enhance the competitiveness of the United States agriculture and food industry in an increasingly competitive world environment;
(2) increase the long-term productivity of the United States agriculture and food industry while maintaining and enhancing the natural resource base on which rural America and the United States agricultural economy depend;
(3) develop new uses and new products for agricultural commodities, such as alternative fuels, and develop new crops;
(4) support agricultural research and extension to promote economic opportunity in rural communities and to meet the increasing demand for information and technology transfer throughout the United States agriculture industry;
(5) improve risk management in the United States agriculture industry;
(6) improve the safe production and processing of, and adding of value to, United States food and fiber resources using methods that maintain the balance between yield and environmental soundness;
(7) support higher education in agriculture to give the next generation of Americans the knowledge, technology, and applications necessary to enhance the competitiveness of United States agriculture;
(8) maintain an adequate, nutritious, and safe supply of food to meet human nutritional needs and requirements; and
(9) support international collaboration that leverages resources and advances priority food and agricultural interests of the United States, such as—
(A) addressing emerging plant and animal diseases;
(B) improving crop varieties and animal breeds; and
(C) developing safe, efficient, and nutritious food systems.
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The purposes of federally supported agricultural research, extension, and education are to—
(1) enhance the competitiveness of the United States agriculture and food industry in an increasingly competitive world environment;
(2) increase the long-term productivity of the United States agriculture and food industry while maintaining and enhancing the natural resource base on which rural America and the United States agricultural economy depend;
(3) develop new uses and new products for agricultural commodities, such as alternative fuels, and develop new crops;
(4) support agricultural research and extension to promote economic opportunity in rural communities and to meet the increasing demand for information and technology transfer throughout the United States agriculture industry;
(5) improve risk management in the United States agriculture industry;
(6) improve the safe production and processing of, and adding of value to, United States food and fiber resources using methods that maintain the balance between yield and environmental soundness;
(7) support higher education in agriculture to give the next generation of Americans the knowledge, technology, and applications necessary to enhance the competitiveness of United States agriculture;
(8) maintain an adequate, nutritious, and safe supply of food to meet human nutritional needs and requirements; and
(9) support international collaboration that leverages resources and advances priority food and agricultural interests of the United States, such as—
(A) addressing emerging plant and animal diseases;
(B) improving crop varieties and animal breeds; and
(C) developing safe, efficient, and nutritious food systems.
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**(a) Competitive specialized research and extension grants authorized**
(1) **In general** — The Secretary of Agriculture (referred to in this section as the “Secretary”) may make competitive grants to support research and extension activities specified in subsections (d) through (g).
(2) **Matching funds requirement**
(A) *In general* — Subject to subparagraph (C), an entity receiving a grant under paragraph (1) shall provide non-Federal matching funds (including funds from an agricultural commodity promotion, research, and information program) equal to not less than the amount of the grant.
(B) *In-kind support* — Non-Federal matching funds described in subparagraph (A) may include in-kind support.
(C) *Waiver* — The Secretary may waive the matching funds requirement under subparagraph (A) with respect to a research project if the Secretary determines that—
(i) the results of the project are of a particular benefit to a specific agricultural commodity, but those results are likely to be applicable to agricultural commodities generally; or
(ii)
(I) the project—
(aa) involves a minor commodity; and
(bb) deals with scientifically important research; and
(II) the recipient is unable to satisfy the matching funds requirement.
(3) **Consultation** — The Secretary shall make the grants in consultation with the National Agricultural Research, Extension, Education, and Economics Advisory Board.
**(b) Administration**
(1) **In general** — Except as otherwise provided in this section, paragraphs (4), (7), (8), and (11)(B) of subsection (b) of [section 3157 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section3157&num=0&edition=prelim) shall apply with respect to the making of grants und
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**(a) Authorization of appropriations**
(1) **In general** — There are hereby authorized to be appropriated annually such sums as Congress may determine necessary to support continuing agricultural research at colleges eligible to receive funds under the Act of August 30, 1890 (26 Stat. 417–419, as amended; [7 U.S.C. 321–326](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section321–326&num=0&edition=prelim) and 328), including Tuskegee University (hereinafter referred to in this section as “eligible institutions”).
(2) **Minimum amount** — Beginning with fiscal year 2003, there shall be appropriated under this section for each fiscal year an amount that is not less than 30 percent of the total appropriations for the fiscal year under [section 361c of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section361c&num=0&edition=prelim).
(3) **Uses** — Funds appropriated under this section shall be used for expenses of conducting agricultural research, printing, disseminating the results of such research, contributing to the 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 purchase and rental of land and the construction, acquisition, alteration, or repair of buildings necessary for conducting agricultural research.
(4) **Coordination** — The eligible institutions are authorized to plan and conduct agricultural research in cooperation with each other and such agencies, institutions, and individuals as may contribute to the solution of agricultural problems, and moneys appropriated pursuant to this section shall be available for paying the necess
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### Statutory Notes
#### Codification
Section, Pub. L. 92–419, title V, § 508, Aug. 30, 1972, 86 Stat. 674, related to Secretary’s authority to promulgate such regulations as might be necessary to carry out the provisions of this subchapter, prior to the general revision of this subchapter by Pub. L. 97–98, title XIV, § 1444(a), Dec. 22, 1981, 95 Stat. 1322. See [section 2667 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section2667&num=0&edition=prelim).
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**(a) Program**
(1) **Service in shortage situations** — The Secretary shall carry out a program of entering into agreements with veterinarians under which the veterinarians agree to provide, for a period of time as determined by the Secretary and specified in the agreement, veterinary services in veterinarian shortage situations. For each year of such service under an agreement under this paragraph, the Secretary shall pay an amount, as determined by the Secretary and specified in the agreement, of the principal and interest of qualifying educational loans of the veterinarians.
(2) **Service to Federal Government in emergency situations**
(A) *In general* — The Secretary may enter into agreements of 1 year duration with veterinarians who have agreements pursuant to paragraph (1) for such veterinarians to provide services to the Federal Government in emergency situations, as determined by the Secretary, under terms and conditions specified in the agreement. Pursuant to an agreement under this paragraph, the Secretary shall pay an amount, in addition to the amount paid pursuant to the agreement in paragraph (1), as determined by the Secretary and specified in the agreement, of the principal and interest of qualifying educational loans of the veterinarians.
(B) *Requirements* — Agreements entered into under this paragraph shall include the following:
(i) A veterinarian shall not be required to serve more than 60 working days per year of the agreement.
(ii) A veterinarian who provides service pursuant to the agreement shall receive a salary commensurate with the duties and shall be reimbursed for travel and per diem expenses as appropriate for the duration of the service.
**(b) Determination of veterinarian shortage situations** In determining “veterinar
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Level IV of the Executive Schedule applies to the following positions, for which the annual rate of basic pay shall be the rate determined with respect to such level under chapter 11 of title 2, as adjusted by [section 5318 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section5318&num=0&edition=prelim):
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The purposes of this chapter are to—
(1) require strict financial and program accounting by advisory committees of the Department of Agriculture;
(2) assure balance and objectivity in the membership of such advisory committees; and
(3) prevent the formation or continuation of unnecessary advisory committees by the Department of Agriculture.
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**(a) Designation** There is established the Federal Coordinating Council for Science, Engineering, and Technology (hereinafter referred to as the “Council”).
**(b) Composition** The Council shall be composed of the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, the Director of the Office of Pandemic Preparedness and Response Policy, and one representative of each of the following Federal agencies: Department of Agriculture, Department of Commerce, Department of Defense, Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Housing and Urban Development, Department of the Interior, Department of State, Department of Transportation, Department of Veterans Affairs, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, National Science Foundation, Environmental Protection Agency, and Department of Energy. Each such representative shall be an official of policy rank designated by the head of the Federal agency concerned.
**(c) Chairman** The Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy shall serve as Chairman of the Council. The Chairman may designate another member of the Council to act temporarily in the Chairman’s absence as Chairman.
**(d) Participation of unnamed Federal agencies in meetings; invitations to attend meetings** The Chairman may (1) request the head of any Federal agency not named in subsection (b) of this section to designate a representative to participate in meetings or parts of meetings of the Council concerned with matters of substantial interest to such agency, and (2) invite other persons to attend meetings of the Council.
**(e) Consideration of problems and developments affecting more than one Federal agency; recommendations** The Council shall consider problems and developments in the fields of science, engineering, and technolo
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**(a) Repeal of statutory authorities relating to investigation, experiments, and tests in reforestation and forest products** The Act of May 22, 1928, known as the McSweeney-McNary Act (45 Stat. 699–702, as amended; [16 U.S.C. 581](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section581&num=0&edition=prelim), 581a, 581b–581i), is hereby repealed.
**(b) Force and effect of cooperative and other agreements under repealed statutory authorities relating to investigation, etc., in reforestation and forest products** Contracts and cooperative and other agreements under the McSweeney-McNary Act shall remain in effect until revoked or amended by their own terms or under other provisions of law.
**(c) Issuance of rules and regulations for implementation of provisions and coordination with agricultural research, extension, and teaching provisions** The Secretary is authorized to issue such rules and regulations as the Secretary deems necessary to implement the provisions of this subchapter and to coordinate this subchapter with title XIV of the Food and Agriculture Act of 1977 [[7 U.S.C. 3101](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section3101&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.].
**(d) Availability of funds appropriated under repealed statutory authorities relating to investigation, etc., in reforestation and forest products** Funds appropriated under the authority of the McSweeney-McNary Act shall be available for expenditure for the programs authorized under this subchapter.
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The Secretary is authorized to issue such rules and regulations as the Secretary deems necessary to implement the provisions of this subchapter and to coordinate this subchapter with title XIV of the Food and Agriculture Act of 1977 [[7 U.S.C. 3101](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section3101&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.].
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The Congress declares that a sound, efficient, and privately operated system for distributing and marketing agricultural products is essential to a prosperous agriculture and is indispensable to the maintenance of full employment and to the welfare, prosperity, and health of the Nation. It is further declared to be the policy of Congress to promote through research, study, experimentation, and through cooperation among Federal and State agencies, farm organizations, and private industry a scientific approach to the problems of marketing, transportation, and distribution of agricultural products similar to the scientific methods which have been utilized so successfully during the past eighty-four years in connection with the production of agricultural products so that such products capable of being produced in abundance may be marketed in an orderly manner and efficiently distributed. In order to attain these objectives, it is the intent of Congress to provide for (1) continuous research to improve the marketing, handling, storage, processing, transportation, and distribution of agricultural products; (2) cooperation among Federal and State agencies, producers, industry organizations, and others in the development and effectuation of research and marketing programs to improve the distribution processes; (3) an integrated administration of all laws enacted by Congress to aid the distribution of agricultural products through research, market aids and services, and regulatory activities, to the end that marketing methods and facilities may be improved, that distribution costs may be reduced and the price spread between the producer and consumer may be narrowed, that dietary and nutritional standards may be improved, that new and wider markets for American agricultural produ
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