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7 U.S.C. § 3105 — Agricultural research; authorization of additional appropriations; administrative expenses; availability of special research fund
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**(a)** In order to carry out further research on utilization and associated problems in connection with the development and application of present, new, and extended uses of agricultural commodities and products thereof authorized by [section 3104 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section3104&num=0&edition=prelim), and to disseminate information relative thereto, and in addition to all other appropriations authorized by this title,11 See References in Text note below. there is authorized to be appropriated the following sums:
(1) $3,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1947, and each subsequent fiscal year.
(2) An additional $3,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1948, and each subsequent fiscal year.
(3) An additional $3,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1949, and each subsequent fiscal year.
(4) An additional $3,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1950, and each subsequent fiscal year.
(5) An additional $3,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1951, and each subsequent fiscal year.
(6) In addition to the foregoing, such additional funds beginning with the fiscal year ending June 30, 1952, and thereafter, as the Congress may deem necessary.
The Secretary of Agriculture, in accordance with such regulations as he deems necessary, and when in his judgment the work to be performed will be carried out more effectively, more rapidly, or at less cost than if performed by the Department of Agriculture, may enter into contracts with such public or private organizations or individuals as he may find qualified to carry on work under this section without regard to the provisions of [section 6101 of title 41](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title41-section6101
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**(a)** In order to carry out further research on utilization and associated problems in connection with the development and application of present, new, and extended uses of agricultural commodities and products thereof authorized by [section 3104 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section3104&num=0&edition=prelim), and to disseminate information relative thereto, and in addition to all other appropriations authorized by this title,11 See References in Text note below. there is authorized to be appropriated the following sums:
(1) $3,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1947, and each subsequent fiscal year.
(2) An additional $3,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1948, and each subsequent fiscal year.
(3) An additional $3,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1949, and each subsequent fiscal year.
(4) An additional $3,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1950, and each subsequent fiscal year.
(5) An additional $3,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1951, and each subsequent fiscal year.
(6) In addition to the foregoing, such additional funds beginning with the fiscal year ending June 30, 1952, and thereafter, as the Congress may deem necessary.
The Secretary of Agriculture, in accordance with such regulations as he deems necessary, and when in his judgment the work to be performed will be carried out more effectively, more rapidly, or at less cost than if performed by the Department of Agriculture, may enter into contracts with such public or private organizations or individuals as he may find qualified to carry on work under this section without regard to the provisions of [section 6101 of title 41](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title41-section6101&num=0&edition=prelim), and with respect to such contracts he may make advance progress or other payments without regard to the provisions of section 3324(a) and (b) of title 31. Contracts under this section may be made for work to continue not more than four years from the date of any such contract. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 5 of the Act of June 20, 1874, as amended ([31 U.S.C. 713](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title31-section713&num=0&edition=prelim)),1 any unexpended balances of appropriations properly obligated by contracting with an organization as provided in this subsection may remain upon the books of the Treasury for not more than five fiscal years before being carried to the surplus fund and covered into the Treasury. Research authorized under this subsection shall be conducted so far as practicable at laboratories of the Department of Agriculture. Projects conducted under contract with public and private agencies shall be supplemental to and coordinated with research of these laboratories. Any contracts made pursuant to this authority shall contain requirements making the results of research and investigations available to the public through dedication, assignment to the Government, or such other means as the Secretary shall determine.
**(b)** In order to carry out further the purposes of [section 3104 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section3104&num=0&edition=prelim), other than research on utilization of agricultural commodities and the products thereof, and in addition to all other appropriations authorized by this title,1 there is authorized to be appropriated for cooperative research with the State agricultural experiment stations and such other appropriate agencies as may be mutually agreeable to the Department of Agriculture and the experiment stations concerned, the following sums:
(1) $1,500,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1947, and each subsequent fiscal year.
(2) An additional $1,500,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1948, and each subsequent fiscal year.
(3) An additional $1,500,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1949, and each subsequent fiscal year.
(4) An additional $1,500,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1950, and each subsequent fiscal year.
(5) In addition to the foregoing such additional funds beginning with the fiscal year ending June 30, 1951, and thereafter, as the Congress may deem necessary.
**(c)** The Secretary may incur necessary administrative expenses not to exceed 3 per centum of the amount appropriated in any fiscal year in carrying out this section, including the specific objects of expense enumerated in section 427b 1 of this title.
**(d)** The “Special research fund, Department of Agriculture,” provided by section 427c 1 of this title, shall continue to be available solely for research into laws and principles underlying basic problems of agriculture in its broadest aspects; research relating to the improvement of the quality of, and the development of, new and improved methods of production of, distribution of, and new and extended uses and markets for, agricultural commodities and byproducts and manufactures thereof; and research relating to the conservation, development, and use of land and water resources for agricultural purposes. Such research shall be in addition to research provided for under other law (but both activities shall be coordinated so far as practicable) and shall be conducted by such agencies of the Department of Agriculture as the Secretary of Agriculture may designate or establish.
**(e)** Appropriations for research work in the Department of Agriculture shall be available for accomplishing such purposes by contract through the means provided in subsection (a) of this section.
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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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It is declared to be the policy of the Congress to promote the efficient production and utilization of products of the soil as essential to the health and welfare of our people and to promote a sound and prosperous agriculture and rural life as indispensable to the maintenance of maximum employment and national prosperity. 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 sections of our economy. For the attainment of these objectives, the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized and directed to conduct and to stimulate research into the laws and principles underlying the basic problems of agriculture in its broadest aspects, including but not limited to: Research relating to the improvement of the quality of, and the development of new and improved methods of the production, marketing, distribution, processing, and utilization of plant and animal commodities at all stages from the original producer through to the ultimate consumer; research into the problems of human nutrition and the nutritive value of agricultural commodities, with particular reference to their content of vitamins, minerals, amino and fatty acids, and all other constituents that may be found necessary for the health of the consumer and to the gains or losses in nutritive value that may take place at any stage in their production, distribution, processing, and preparation for use by the consumer; research relating to the development of present, new, and extended uses and markets for agricultural commodities and byproducts as food or in commerce, manufacture, or trade, both at home and abroad, with particular reference to those foods and fibers for which our capacity to
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### Statutory Notes
Section, act June 29, 1935, ch. 338, title I, § 4, 49 Stat. 437, authorized allocation of appropriations. See [section 361c of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section361c&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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**(a) Definitions.—** In this section—
(1) **Appropriation.—** — The term “appropriation” includes amounts made available by legislation under [section 9104 of title 31](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title31-section9104&num=0&edition=prelim).
(2) **Federal government.—** — The term “Federal Government” includes the government of the District of Columbia.
**(b) Purchases.—**
(1) **In general.—** — Unless otherwise provided in the appropriation concerned or other law, purchases and contracts for supplies or services for the Federal Government may be made or entered into only after advertising for proposals for a sufficient time.
(2) **Limitations on applicability.—** — Paragraph (1) does not apply when—
(A) the amount involved in any one case does not exceed $25,000;
(B) public exigencies require the immediate delivery of articles or performance of services;
(C) only one source of supply is available and the Federal Government purchasing or contracting officer so certifies; or
(D) services are required to be performed by a contractor in person and are—
(i) of a technical and professional nature; or
(ii) under Federal Government supervision and paid for on a time basis.
**(c) Sales.—** Except when otherwise authorized by law or when the reasonable value involved in any one case does not exceed $500, sales and contracts of sale by the Federal Government are governed by the requirements of this section for advertising.
**(d) Application to Wholly Owned Government Corporations.—** For wholly owned Government corporations, this section applies only to administrative transactions.
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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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### Statutory Notes
#### Codification
Section 427i was editorially reclassified as [section 3105 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section3105&num=0&edition=prelim).
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**(a)** Under regulations of the Comptroller General, the Comptroller General shall audit the Internal Revenue Service and the Tax and Trade Bureau, Department of the Treasury, and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, Department of Justice of the Department of the Treasury.11 So in original. An audit under this section does not affect a final decision of the Secretary of the Treasury under section 6406 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 ([26 U.S.C. 6406](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title26-section6406&num=0&edition=prelim)).
**(b)**
(1) To carry out this section and to the extent provided by and only subject to section 6103 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 ([26 U.S.C. 6103](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title26-section6103&num=0&edition=prelim))—
(A) returns and return information (as defined in section 6103(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 ([26 U.S.C. 6103(b)](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title26-section6103/b&num=0&edition=prelim)) shall be made available to the Comptroller General; and
(B) records and property of, or used by, the Service or either Bureau, shall be made available to the Comptroller General.
(2) At least once every 6 months, the Comptroller General shall designate each officer and employee of the Government Accountability Office by name and title to whom returns, return information, or records or property of the Service or either Bureau that can identify a particular taxpayer may be made available. Each designation or a certified copy of the designation shall be sent to the Committee on Finance of the Senate, the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives, the Committee on Governmental Affairs of th
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There shall be at the seat of government a Department of Agriculture, the general design and duties of which shall be to acquire and to diffuse among the people of the United States useful information on subjects connected with agriculture, rural development, aquaculture, and human nutrition, in the most general and comprehensive sense of those terms, and to procure, propagate, and distribute among the people new and valuable seeds and plants.
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**(a)** This chapter shall take precedence over any other Act which would require a disposition of rights in subject inventions of small business firms or nonprofit organizations contractors in a manner that is inconsistent with this chapter, including but not necessarily limited to the following:
(1) section 10(a) of the Act of June 29, 1935, as added by title I of the Act of August 14, 1946 ([7 U.S.C. 427i(a)](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section427i/a&num=0&edition=prelim); 60 Stat. 1085); 11 See References in Text note below.
(2) section 205(a) of the Act of August 14, 1946 ([7 U.S.C. 1624(a)](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section1624/a&num=0&edition=prelim); 60 Stat. 1090);
(3) section 501(c) of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977 ([30 U.S.C. 951(c)](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title30-section951/c&num=0&edition=prelim); 83 Stat. 742);
(4) section 30168(e) 1 of title 49;
(5) section 12 of the National Science Foundation Act of 1950 ([42 U.S.C. 1871(a)](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section1871/a&num=0&edition=prelim); 1 82 Stat. 360);
(6) section 152 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 ([42 U.S.C. 2182](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section2182&num=0&edition=prelim); 68 Stat. 943);
(7) [section 20135 of title 51](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title51-section20135&num=0&edition=prelim);
(8) section 6 of the Coal Research and Development Act of 1960 ([30 U.S.C. 666](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title30-section666&num=0&edition=prelim); 74 Stat. 337);
(9) section 4 of the Helium Act Amendments of 1960 ([5
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TITLE 31—MONEY AND FINANCE
§ 713
1 So in original.
‘‘(H) the Committee on Finance of the Senate;
and
‘‘(I) the Committee on Ways and Means of the
House of Representatives; and
‘‘(2) the term ‘Comptroller General’ means the
Comptroller General of the United States.
‘‘(b) AUTHORITY.—The Comptroller General shall con-
duct monitoring and oversight of the exercise of au-
thorities, or the receipt, disbursement, and use of funds
made available, under this Act [div. B of Pub. L.
116–136, see Tables for classification] or any other Act
to prepare for, respond to, and recover from the
Coronavirus 2019 pandemic and the effect of the pan-
demic on the health, economy, and public and private
institutions of the United States, including public
health and homeland security efforts by the Federal
Government and the use of selected funds under this or
any other Act related to the Coronavirus 2019 pandemic
and a comprehensive audit and review of charges made
to Federal contracts pursuant to authorities provided
in the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security
Act [Pub. L. 116–136, see Tables for classification].
‘‘(c) BRIEFINGS
AND REPORTS.—In conducting moni-
toring and oversight under subsection (b), the Comp-
troller General shall—
‘‘(1) during the period beginning on the date of en-
actment of this Act [Mar. 27, 2020] and ending on the
date on which the national emergency declared by
the President under the National Emergencies Act (50
U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) with respect to the Coronavirus
Disease 2019 (COVID–19) expires, offer regular brief-
ings on not less frequently than a monthly basis to
the appropriate congressional committees regarding
Federal public health and homeland security efforts;
‘‘(2) publish reports regarding the ongoing moni-
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