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7 U.S.C. § 361h — Relation of college or university to State unaffected; division of appropriations

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7 U.S.C. § 361h — Relation of college or university to State unaffected; division of appropriations

Nothing in sections 361a to 361i of this title shall be construed to impair or modify the legal relation existing between any of the colleges or universities under whose direction State agricultural experiment stations have been established and the government of the States in which they are respectively located. States having agricultural experiment stations separate from such colleges or universities and established by law, shall be authorized to apply such benefits to research at stations so established by such States: Provided, That in any State in which more than one such college, university, or agricultural experiment station has been established the appropriations made pursuant to sections 361a to 361i of this title for such State shall be divided between such institutions as the legislature of such State shall direct.

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Nothing in sections 361a to 361i of this title shall be construed to impair or modify the legal relation existing between any of the colleges or universities under whose direction State agricultural experiment stations have been established and the government of the States in which they are respectively located. States having agricultural experiment stations separate from such colleges or universities and established by law, shall be authorized to apply such benefits to research at stations so established by such States: Provided, That in any State in which more than one such college, university, or agricultural experiment station has been established the appropriations made pursuant to sections 361a to 361i of this title for such State shall be divided between such institutions as the legislature of such State shall direct.

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7 U.S.C. § 361a — Congressional declaration of purpose; definitions

It is the policy of Congress to continue the agricultural research at State agricultural experiment stations which has been encouraged and supported by the Hatch Act of 1887 [[7 U.S.C. 361a](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section361a&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.], the Adams Act of 1906, the Purnell Act of 1925, the Bankhead-Jones Act of 1935, and title I, section 9, of that Act as added by the Act of August 14, 1946, and Acts amendatory and supplementary thereto, and to promote the efficiency of such research by a codification and simplification of such laws. As used in this Act [[7 U.S.C. 361a](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section361a&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.], the terms “State” or “States” are defined to include the several States (including the District of Columbia), Puerto Rico, Guam and the Virgin Islands. As used in this Act [[7 U.S.C. 361a](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section361a&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.], the term “State agricultural experiment station” means a department which shall have been established, under direction of the college or university or agricultural departments of the college or university in each State in accordance with an Act approved July 2, 1862, (12 Stat. 503), entitled “An Act donating public lands to the several States and Territo­ries which may provide colleges for the benefit of agriculture and the mechanic arts” [[7 U.S.C. 301](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section301&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.]; or such other substantially equivalent arrangements as any State shall determine.

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7 U.S.C. § 361g — Duties of Secretary; ascertainment of entitlement of State to funds; plans of work

**(a) Duties of Secretary** The Secretary of Agriculture is charged with the responsibility for the proper administration of sections 361a to 361i of this title, and is authorized and directed to prescribe such rules and regulations as may be necessary to carry out its provisions. It shall be the duty of the Secretary to furnish such advice and assistance as will best promote the purposes of said sections, including participation in coordination of research initiated under said sections by the State agricultural experiment stations, from time to time to indicate such lines of inquiry as to him seem most important, and to encourage and assist in the establishment and maintenance of cooperation by and between the several State agricultural experiment stations, and between the stations and the United States Department of Agriculture. **(b) Ascertainment of entitlement** On or before the first day of October in each year after the passage of sections 361a to 361i of this title, the Secretary of Agriculture shall ascertain as to each State whether it is entitled to receive its share of the annual appropriations for agricultural experiment stations under said sections and the amount which thereupon each is entitled, respectively, to receive. **(c) Carryover** (1) **In general** — The balance of any annual funds provided under sections 361a to 361i of this title to a State agricultural experiment station for a fiscal year that remains unexpended at the end of the fiscal year may be carried over for use during the following fiscal year. (2) **Failure to expend full allotment** (A) *In general* — If any unexpended balance carried over by a State is not expended by the end of the second fiscal year, an amount equal to the unexpended balance shall be deducted from the next

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7 U.S.C. § 377 to 379 — Transferred

### Statutory Notes #### Codification Section 377, act Mar. 2, 1887, ch. 314, § 6, 24 Stat. 441, as amended, was transferred to [section 361f of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section361f&num=0&edition=prelim). For provisions of section 377 which related to unexpended part of annual appropriations, see [section 361g of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section361g&num=0&edition=prelim). Section 378, act Mar. 2, 1887, ch. 314, § 8, 24 Stat. 441, as amended, was transferred to [section 361h of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section361h&num=0&edition=prelim). Section 379, act Mar. 2, 1887, ch. 314, § 7, 24 Stat. 441, as amended, was transferred to [section 361g of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section361g&num=0&edition=prelim). For provisions of section 379 which provided that the relation of the college to the State was unaffected, see [section 361h of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section361h&num=0&edition=prelim).

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7 U.S.C. § 361h — Relation of college or university to State

Page 391 TITLE 7—AGRICULTURE § 367 Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1998 AMENDMENT Amendment by section 202(b) of Pub. L. 105–185 effec- tive Oct. 1, 1999, see section 202(c) of Pub. L. 105–185, set out as a note under section 344 of this title. Executive Documents TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS Functions of all officers, agencies, and employees of Department of Agriculture transferred, with certain ex- ceptions, to Secretary of Agriculture by 1953 Reorg. Plan No. 2, § 1, eff. June 4, 1953, 18 F.R. 3219, 67 Stat. 633, set out as a note under section 2201 of this title. § 361h. Relation of college or university to State unaffected; division of appropriations Nothing in sections 361a to 361i of this title shall be construed to impair or modify the legal relation existing between any of the colleges or universities under whose direction State agri- cultural experiment stations have been estab- lished and the government of the States in which they are respectively located. States hav- ing agricultural experiment stations separate from such colleges or universities and estab- lished by law, shall be authorized to apply such benefits to research at stations so established by such States: Provided, That in any State in which more than one such college, university, or agricultural experiment station has been estab- lished the appropriations made pursuant to sec- tions 361a to 361i of this title for such State shall be divided between such institutions as the legislature of such State shall direct. (Mar. 2, 1887, ch. 314, § 8, 24 Stat. 441; Aug. 11, 1955, ch. 790, § 1, 69 Stat. 674.) Editorial Notes CODIFICATION Section was formerly classified to section 378 of this title. AMENDMENTS 1955—Act Aug. 11, 1955, amended section generally

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