7 U.S.C. § 361b — Congressional statement of policy; re-

Page 385 TITLE 7—AGRICULTURE § 361c 1974—Pub. L. 93–471 defined ‘‘State’’ to include the District of Columbia. 1972—Pub. L. 92–318 defined ‘‘State’’ to include Guam and the Virgin Islands. 1955—Act Aug. 11, 1955, amended section generally to continue agricultural research at the agricultural ex- periment stations, to restate the declaration of pur- pose, and to insert definitions of ‘‘State’’ and ‘‘State agricultural experiment station.’’ Former provisions which required division of appropriations between col- leges of same state are now contained in section 361h of this title. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1974 AMENDMENT Amendment by Pub. L. 93–471 effective July 1, 1975, unless Pub. L. 93–471 repealed by District of Columbia Council after Jan. 2, 1975, and prior to July 1, 1975; or such amendment by Pub. L. 93–471, as amended by the District Council, also effective July 1, 1975, or some other date prescribed by the Council as authorized under provisions of section 407 of Pub. L. 93–471. 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. SHORT TITLE Act Mar. 2, 1887, ch. 314, § 10, as added by Pub. L. 105–185, § 3(b), June 23, 1998, 112 Stat. 526, provided that: ‘‘This Act [enacting sections 361a to 361i of this title] may be cited as the ‘Hatch Act of 1887’.’’ ARLINGTON ESTATE Besides the provisions establishing agricultural ex- periment stations, contained in act Mar. 2, 1887, a por- tion of the Arlington estate in the State of Virginia was set apart for experimental agricultural purposes by act April 18, 1900, ch. 243, 31 Stat. 135, and provisions for establishing and maintaining a general experimental farm and agricultural station thereon were made by the subsequent agricultural appropriation acts. Executive Documents ADMISSION OF ALASKA AND HAWAII TO STATEHOOD Alaska was admitted into the Union on Jan. 3, 1959, on issuance of Proc. No. 3269, Jan. 3, 1959, 24 F.R. 81, 73 Stat. c16, and Hawaii was admitted into the Union on Aug. 21, 1959, on issuance of Proc. No. 3309, Aug. 21, 1959, 24 F.R. 6868, 73 Stat. c74. For Alaska Statehood Law, see Pub. L. 85–508, July 7, 1958, 72 Stat. 339, set out as a note preceding section 21 of Title 48, Territories and Insular Possessions. For Hawaii Statehood Law, see Pub. L. 86–3, Mar. 18, 1959, 73 Stat. 4, set out as a note preceding section 491 of Title 48. § 361b. Congressional statement of policy; re- searches, investigations and experiments It is further the policy of the Congress to pro- mote the efficient production, marketing, dis- tribution, and utilization of products of the farm as essential to the health and welfare of our peoples and to promote a sound and pros- perous agriculture and rural life as indispen- sable to the maintenance of maximum employ- ment and national prosperity and security. 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 bal- ance between agriculture and other segments of our economy. It shall be the object and duty of the State agricultural experiment stations through the expenditure of the appropriations hereinafter authorized to conduct original and other researches, investigations, and experi- ments bearing directly on and contributing to the establishment and maintenance of a perma- nent and effective agricultural industry of the United States, including researches basic to the problems of agriculture in its broadest aspects, and such investigations as have for their pur- pose the development and improvement of the rural home and rural life and the maximum con- tribution by agriculture to the welfare of the consumer, as may be deemed advisable, having due regard to the varying conditions and needs of the respective States. (Mar. 2, 1887, ch. 314, § 2, 24 Stat. 440; Aug. 11, 1955, ch. 790, § 1, 69 Stat. 671.) Editorial Notes CODIFICATION Section was formerly classified to section 363 of this title. AMENDMENTS 1955—Act Aug. 11, 1955, amended section generally to restate the policy of Congress. § 361c. Authorization of appropriations and allot- ments of grants (a) Authorization There are authorized to be appropriated for the purposes of sections 361a to 361i of this title such sums as Congress may from time to time determine to be necessary. (b) Allotments to States; authorization of appro- priations for Virgin Islands and Guam; limi- tation (1) Out of such sums each State shall be enti- tled to receive annually a sum of money equal to and subject to the same requirement as to use for marketing research projects as the sums re- ceived from Federal appropriations for State ag- ricultural experiment stations for the fiscal year 1955, except that amounts heretofore made available from the fund known as the ‘‘Regional research fund, Office of Experiment Stations’’ shall continue to be available for the support of cooperative regional projects as defined in sub- section (c)(3), and the said fund shall be des- ignated ‘‘Regional research fund, State agricul- tural experiment stations,’’ and the Secretary of Agriculture shall be entitled to receive annually for the administration of sections 361a to 361i of this title, a sum not less than that available for this purpose for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1955: Provided, That if the appropriations here- under available for distribution in any fiscal year are less than those for the fiscal year 1955 the allotment to each State and the amounts for Federal administration and the regional re- search fund shall be reduced in proportion to the amount of such reduction. (2) There is authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1973, and for each fiscal year thereafter, for payment to the Virgin Islands and Guam, $100,000 each, which sums shall be in addition to the sums appropriated for the several States of the United States and Puerto Rico under the provisions of this section. The amount paid by the Federal Government to