7 U.S.C. § 2207b — Program metrics

Page 1445 TITLE 7—AGRICULTURE § 2207c UNAVAILABILITY OF DEPARTMENT FUNDS TO PRODUCE PART 2 OF ANNUAL REPORT Pub. L. 103–111, title I, Oct. 21, 1993, 107 Stat. 1048, pro- vided in part: ‘‘That hereafter, none of the funds avail- able to the Department of Agriculture may be used to produce part 2 of the annual report of the Secretary (known as the Yearbook of Agriculture).’’ 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. § 2207a. Reports to Congress on obligation and expenditure (a) Not later than 20 days after the end of each fiscal year, the Secretary of Agriculture shall submit to Congress a report on the amounts ob- ligated and expended by the Department during that fiscal year for the procurement of advisory and assistance services. (b) Each report submitted under subsection (a) shall include a list with the following informa- tion: (1) All contracts awarded for the procure- ment of advisory and assistance services dur- ing the fiscal year and the amount of each contract. (2) The purpose of each contract. (3) The justification for the award of each contract and the reason the work cannot be performed by civil servants. (Pub. L. 101–161, title VI, § 641, Nov. 21, 1989, 103 Stat. 986; Pub. L. 104–316, title I, § 104(b), Oct. 19, 1996, 110 Stat. 3829.) Editorial Notes AMENDMENTS 1996—Pub. L. 104–316, in subsec. (a), struck out par. (1) designation before ‘‘Not later than’’, struck out subpar. (A) designation before ‘‘submit to Congress’’, struck out ‘‘, and (B) transmit a copy of such report to the Comptroller General of the United States’’ after ‘‘and assistance services’’, redesignated par. (2) as subsec. (b) and in introductory provisions substituted ‘‘subsection (a) of this section shall’’ for ‘‘paragraph (1) shall’’, re- designated subpars. (A) to (C) as pars. (1) to (3), respec- tively, and struck out former subsec. (b) which read as follows: ‘‘The Comptroller General of the United States shall review the reports submitted under subsection (a) of this section and transmit to Congress any comments and recommendations the Comptroller General con- siders appropriate regarding the matter contained in such reports.’’ § 2207b. Program metrics (a) In general The Secretary shall collect data regarding economic activities created through grants and loans, including any technical assistance pro- vided as a component of the grant or loan pro- gram, and measure the short- and long-term via- bility of award recipients and any entities to whom those recipients provide assistance using award funds, under— (1) section 1627c of this title; (2) section 940c(b)(2) of this title; or (3) section 310B(c), 310B(e), 310B(g), 310H, or 379E, or subtitle E, of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1932(c), 1932(e), 1932(g), [1936b], 2008s, 2009 et seq.). (b) Data The data collected under subsection (a) shall include information collected from recipients both during the award period and for a period of time, as determined by the Secretary, which is not less than 2 years after the award period ends. (c) Report (1) In general Not later than 4 years after February 7, 2014, and every 2 years thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Com- mittee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and For- estry of the Senate a report that contains the data described in subsection (a). (2) Detailed information The report shall include detailed informa- tion regarding— (A) actions taken by the Secretary to use the data; (B) the percentage increase of employees; (C) the number of business starts and cli- ents served; (D) any benefit, such as an increase in rev- enue or customer base; and (E) such other information as the Sec- retary considers appropriate. (Pub. L. 113–79, title VI, § 6209, Feb. 7, 2014, 128 Stat. 861; Pub. L. 115–334, title X, § 10102(c)(4), Dec. 20, 2018, 132 Stat. 4898.) Editorial Notes REFERENCES IN TEXT The Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, referred to in subsec. (a)(3), is title III of Pub. L. 87–128, Aug. 8, 1961, 75 Stat. 307. Subtitle E of the Act is classi- fied generally to subchapter V (§ 2009 et seq.) of chapter 50 of this title. For complete classification of the Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 1921 of this title and Tables. AMENDMENTS 2018—Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 115–334 added par. (1) and struck out former par. (1) which read as follows: ‘‘sec- tion 1632a of this title;’’. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries DEFINITION OF ‘‘SECRETARY’’ ‘‘Secretary’’ as meaning the Secretary of Agri- culture, see section 9001 of this title. § 2207c. Annual report on work of agricultural experiment stations and of college extension work; publication and distribution There shall be prepared by the Department of Agriculture an annual report on the work and expenditures of the agricultural experiment sta- tions established under the Act of Congress of March second, eighteen hundred and eighty- seven [7 U.S.C. 361a et seq.], on the work and ex- penditures of the Department of Agriculture in connection therewith, and on the cooperative