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7 U.S.C. § 331 — Retirement of land-grant college employees
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Pursuant to the recognized obligations of governments to guarantee the social security of their employees and in order to provide for the retirement on an annuity, or otherwise, of all persons being paid salaries in whole or in part from grants of Federal funds to the several States, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and Guam pursuant to the terms of the Act approved July 2, 1862, for the endowment and support of colleges of agriculture and 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.], and Acts supplementary thereto providing for instruction in agriculture and mechanic arts, for the establishment of agricultural experiment stations, and for cooperative extension work in agriculture and home economics, all States, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and Guam are after March 4, 1940, authorized, notwithstanding any contrary provisions in said Acts, to withhold from expenditure, from Federal funds advanced under the terms of said Acts, amounts designated as employer contributions to be made by the States, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, or Guam to retirement systems established in accordance with the laws of such States, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, or Guam, or established by the governing boards of colleges of agriculture and mechanic arts in accordance with the authority vested in them, and to deposit such amounts to the credit of such retirement systems for subsequent disbursement in accordance with the terms of the retirement systems in effect in the respective States, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and Guam: Provided, That there shall not be deducted from Federal funds and deposited to the credit of retirement accounts as employer contributions, amounts in excess of 5 per
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Pursuant to the recognized obligations of governments to guarantee the social security of their employees and in order to provide for the retirement on an annuity, or otherwise, of all persons being paid salaries in whole or in part from grants of Federal funds to the several States, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and Guam pursuant to the terms of the Act approved July 2, 1862, for the endowment and support of colleges of agriculture and 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.], and Acts supplementary thereto providing for instruction in agriculture and mechanic arts, for the establishment of agricultural experiment stations, and for cooperative extension work in agriculture and home economics, all States, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and Guam are after March 4, 1940, authorized, notwithstanding any contrary provisions in said Acts, to withhold from expenditure, from Federal funds advanced under the terms of said Acts, amounts designated as employer contributions to be made by the States, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, or Guam to retirement systems established in accordance with the laws of such States, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, or Guam, or established by the governing boards of colleges of agriculture and mechanic arts in accordance with the authority vested in them, and to deposit such amounts to the credit of such retirement systems for subsequent disbursement in accordance with the terms of the retirement systems in effect in the respective States, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and Guam: Provided, That there shall not be deducted from Federal funds and deposited to the credit of retirement accounts as employer contributions, amounts in excess of 5 per centum of that portion of the salaries of employees paid from such Federal funds: Provided further, That, for the purpose of making deposits and contributions in retirement systems in favor of any employee, in no event shall the deductions from any Federal fund advanced pursuant to the foregoing Acts be in greater proportion to the total deductions for such employee than the salary received under such Federal funds bears to the total salary from Federal sources: Provided further, That the deposits and contributions from funds of Federal origin to any retirement system established by a State, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, or Guam or a land-grant college must be at least equaled by the total contributions thereto on the part of the individuals concerned, the State, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, or Guam, and the counties: And provided further, That no deductions for the foregoing purposes shall be made from Federal funds in support of employees appointed pursuant to the terms of the foregoing Acts, whose salaries are paid wholly by the States, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, or Guam: Provided further, That the provisions of this section shall not apply to any employee paid in whole or in part from Federal funds who may be subject to subchapter III of chapter 83 of title 5.
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There is appropriated annually, out of funds in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for payment to the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands of the United States, Guam, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau the amount they would be entitled to receive under this subchapter if they were States. Sums appropriated under this section shall be treated in the same manner and be subject to the same provisions of law, as would be the case if they had been appropriated by the first sentence of [section 322 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section322&num=0&edition=prelim).
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There is granted to the several States, for the purposes hereinafter mentioned in this subchapter, an amount of public land, to be apportioned to each State a quantity equal to thirty thousand acres for each Senator and Representative in Congress to which the States are respectively entitled by the apportionment under the census of 1860: Provided, That no mineral lands shall be selected or purchased under the provisions of said sections.
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**(a) Capacity and infrastructure program**
(1) **In general** — In each State with one or more accredited colleges of veterinary medicine, the deans of the accredited college or colleges and the director of the State agricultural experiment station shall develop a comprehensive animal health and disease research program for the State based on the animal health research capacity of each eligible institution in the State, which shall be submitted to the Secretary for approval and shall be used for the allocation of funds available to the State under this section.
(2) **Use of funds** — An eligible institution allocated funds to carry out animal health and disease research under this section may only use such funds—
(A) to meet the expenses of conducting animal health and disease research, publishing and disseminating the results of such research, and contributing to the retirement of employees subject to [section 331 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section331&num=0&edition=prelim);
(B) for administrative planning and direction; and
(C) to purchase equipment and supplies necessary for conducting research described in subparagraph (A).
(3) **Cooperation among eligible institutions** — The Secretary, to the maximum extent practicable, shall encourage eligible institutions to cooperate in setting research priorities under this section through conducting regular regional and national meetings.
**(b) Competitive grant program**
(1) **In general** — The Secretary, for purposes of addressing the critical needs of animal agriculture, shall award competitive grants to eligible entities under which such eligible entities—
(A) conduct research—
(i) to promote food security, such as by—
(I) improving feed
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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 and forestry extension 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 in this section referred to 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 20 percent of the total appropriations for such year under the Act of May 8, 1914 ([7 U.S.C. 341](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section341&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.), and related acts pertaining to cooperative extension work at the land-grant institutions identified in the Act of May 8, 1914 (38 Stat. 372, chapter 79; [7 U.S.C. 341](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section341&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.), except that for the purpose of this calculation, the total appropriations shall not include amounts made available under section 3(d) of that Act ([7 U.S.C. 343(d)](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section343/d&num=0&edition=prelim)).
(3) **Uses** — Funds appropriated under this section shall be used for expenses of conducting extension programs and activities, and for 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&e
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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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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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TITLE 7—AGRICULTURE
§ 301
Sec.
327.
Repealed.
328.
Power to amend, repeal, etc., reserved.
329.
Additional appropriation for agricultural col-
leges.
SUBCHAPTER III—RETIREMENT OF EMPLOYEES
331.
Retirement of land-grant college employees.
SUBCHAPTER IV—AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION
WORK APPROPRIATION
341.
Cooperative extension work by colleges.
342.
Cooperative agricultural extension work; co-
operation with Secretary of Agriculture.
343.
Appropriations; distribution; allotment and
apportionment; Secretary of Agriculture;
matching funds; cooperative extension ac-
tivities.
343a to 343g. Repealed or Transferred.
344.
Ascertainment of entitlement of State to
funds; time and manner of payment; State
reporting requirements; plans of work.
345.
Replacement of diminished, lost or mis-
applied funds; restrictions on use; reports of
colleges.
346, 347.
Repealed.
347a.
Disadvantaged agricultural areas.
348.
Rules and regulations.
349.
‘‘State’’ defined.
SUBCHAPTER I—COLLEGE-AID LAND
APPROPRIATION
§ 301. Land grant aid of colleges
There is granted to the several States, for the
purposes hereinafter mentioned in this sub-
chapter, an amount of public land, to be appor-
tioned to each State a quantity equal to thirty
thousand acres for each Senator and Represent-
ative in Congress to which the States are respec-
tively entitled by the apportionment under the
census of 1860: Provided, That no mineral lands
shall be selected or purchased under the provi-
sions of said sections.
(July 2, 1862, ch. 130, § 1, 12 Stat. 503.)
Editorial Notes
CODIFICATION
Act July 2, 1862, with the exception of section 7, was
not incorporated into the Revised Statutes, probably
because the grants made thereby were regarded as exe-
cuted, and the provisions in
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TITLE 7—AGRICULTURE
§ 331
1968—Pub. L. 89–791, as added by Pub. L. 90–354, in-
creased authorization for annual appropriations for
Federal grants to States for support of resident teach-
ing in land-grant colleges and universities from an au-
thorization of $7,650,000 to $7,800,000, allocated equally
among the States, and from an authorization of
$4,300,000, allotted on basis of relative State population,
to $4,320,000.
1960—Pub. L. 86–658 increased authorization for an-
nual appropriations for Federal grants to States for
support of resident teaching in land-grant colleges and
universities from an authorization of $1,000,000, allo-
cated equally among the States, to $7,650,000, and from
an authorization of $1,501,500, allotted on basis of rel-
ative State population, to $4,300,000, struck out ref-
erences to Territories of Alaska and Hawaii as now in-
cluded in term ‘‘States’’ and included Puerto Rico in
provisions of section.
1952—Opening par. Act June 12, 1952, § 1, made section
applicable to Alaska.
Par. (a). Act June 12, 1952, § 2, increased allotment
from $980,000 to $1,000,000.
Par. (b). Act June 12, 1952, §§ 3, 4, increased additional
allotment of $1,500,000 to $1,501,500, and made said par.
applicable to Alaska.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
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.
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1952 AMENDMENT
Act June 12, 1952, ch. 419, § 5, 66 Stat. 136, provided
that: ‘‘The amendments made by this Act [amending
this section] shall take effect on the first day of the
first fiscal year beginning on or after the date of enact-
ment of this Act [June 12, 1952]
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