7 U.S.C. § 1292 — New uses and markets for commodities

Page 589 TITLE 7—AGRICULTURE § 1293 Editorial Notes AMENDMENTS 1995—Pub. L. 104–88 substituted ‘‘Surface Transpor- tation Board’’ for ‘‘Interstate Commerce Commission’’ in subsecs. (a), (c), and (d), ‘‘Board’’ for ‘‘Commission’’ wherever appearing in subsecs. (a) and (b), and ‘‘Board’s’’ for ‘‘Commission’s’’ in subsec. (b). Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1995 AMENDMENT Amendment by Pub. L. 104–88 effective Jan. 1, 1996, see section 2 of Pub. L. 104–88, set out as an Effective Date note under section 1301 of Title 49, Transpor- tation. § 1292. New uses and markets for commodities (a) Regional research laboratories The Secretary is authorized and directed to es- tablish, equip, and maintain four regional re- search laboratories, one in each major farm pro- ducing area, and, at such laboratories, to con- duct researches into and to develop new sci- entific, chemical, and technical uses and new and extended markets and outlets for farm com- modities and products and byproducts thereof. Such research and development shall be devoted primarily to those farm commodities in which there are regular or seasonal surpluses, and their products and byproducts. (b) Acquisition of land for laboratories; dona- tions For the purposes of subsection (a), the Sec- retary is authorized to acquire land and inter- ests therein, and to accept in the name of the United States donations of any property, real or personal, to any laboratory established pursuant to this section, and to utilize voluntary or un- compensated services at such laboratories. Do- nations to any one of such laboratories shall not be available for use by any other of such labora- tories. (c) Cooperation with governmental agencies, as- sociations, etc. In carrying out the purposes of subsection (a), the Secretary is authorized and directed to co- operate with other departments or agencies of the Federal Government, States, State agricul- tural experiment stations, and other State agen- cies and institutions, counties, municipalities, business or other organizations, corporations, associations, universities, scientific societies, and individuals, upon such terms and conditions as he may prescribe. (d) Appropriation for purposes of subsection (a) To carry out the purposes of subsection (a), the Secretary is authorized to utilize in each fis- cal year, beginning with the fiscal year begin- ning July 1, 1938, a sum not to exceed $4,000,000 of the funds appropriated pursuant to section 1391 of this title, or section 590o of title 16, for such fiscal year. The Secretary shall allocate one-fourth of such sum annually to each of the four laboratories established pursuant to this section. (e) Repealed. Aug. 30, 1954, ch. 1076, § 1(3), 68 Stat. 966 (f) Appropriation to Secretary of Commerce There is allocated to the Secretary of Com- merce for each fiscal year, beginning with the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1938, out of funds appropriated for such fiscal year pursuant to section 1391 of this title, or section 590o of title 16 the sum of $1,000,000 to be expended for the promotion of the sale of farm commodities and products thereof in such manner as he shall di- rect. Of the sum allocated under this subsection to the Secretary of Commerce for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1938, $100,000 shall be devoted to making a survey and investigation of the cause or causes of the reduction in exports of ag- ricultural commodities from the United States, in order to ascertain methods by which the sales in foreign countries of basic agricultural com- modities produced in the United States may be increased. (g) Duty of Secretary It shall be the duty of the Secretary to use available funds to stimulate and widen the use of all farm commodities in the United States and to increase in every practical way the flow of such commodities and the products thereof into the markets of the world. (Feb. 16, 1938, ch. 30, title II, § 202, 52 Stat. 37; Aug. 30, 1954, ch. 1076, § 1(3), 68 Stat. 966.) Editorial Notes AMENDMENTS 1954—Subsec. (e). Act Aug. 30, 1954, repealed subsec. (e) which required reports to Congress of the activities of, expenditures by, and donations to, the laboratories established pursuant to subsec. (a). Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries WHEAT RESEARCH AND PROMOTION ACT Pub. L. 91–430, Sept. 26, 1970, 84 Stat. 885, provided: ‘‘[Section 1. Short Title]. That this Act shall be known as the ‘Wheat Research and Promotion Act.’ ‘‘SEC. 2 [Contract authority; sale of export marketing certificates and pro rata share of such certificates for financing agreements; rules and regulations]. The Sec- retary of Agriculture is authorized to enter into agree- ments with organizations of wheat growers, farm orga- nizations, and such other organizations as he may deem appropriate to carry out a program of research and pro- motion designed to expand domestic and foreign mar- kets and increase utilization for United States wheat and to carry out any other such program which he deems will benefit wheat producers in the United States. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary shall use the total net proceeds from the sale of export marketing certificates during the mar- keting year ending June 30, 1969, to finance the cost of such agreements, except that he shall provide for the issuance of a pro rata share of export marketing certifi- cates for such marketing year to any producer eligible therefor under section 379c of the Agricultural Adjust- ment Act of 1938, as amended [section 1379c of this title], who applies for such certificates not later than ninety days after the date of enactment of this Act [Sept. 26, 1970]. The Secretary is authorized to prescribe such rules and regulations as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.’’ § 1293. Transferred Editorial Notes CODIFICATION Section, act Feb. 16, 1938, ch. 30, title II, § 204, 52 Stat. 38, which provided for annual report of Federal Surplus Commodities Corporation, was transferred to section 713c–1 of Title 15, Commerce and Trade.