7 U.S.C. § 1622c — Repealed. Pub. L. 113–79, title X, § 10002,

Page 903 TITLE 7—AGRICULTURE § 1623a ricultural Marketing Act of 1946 which comprises this chapter. AMENDMENTS 2018—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 115–334 substituted ‘‘2023’’ for ‘‘2018’’. 2014—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 113–79 substituted ‘‘2018’’ for ‘‘2012’’. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries EFFECTIVE DATE Enactment of this section and repeal of Pub. L. 110–234 by Pub. L. 110–246 effective May 22, 2008, the date of enactment of Pub. L. 110–234, see section 4 of Pub. L. 110–246, set out as a note under section 8701 of this title. DEFINITIONS ‘‘Secretary’’ as meaning the Secretary of Agri- culture, see section 8701 of this title. Pub. L. 110–234, title X, § 10001, May 22, 2008, 122 Stat. 1335, and Pub. L. 110–246, § 4(a), title X, § 10001, June 18, 2008, 122 Stat. 1664, 2096, provided that: ‘‘In this title [enacting this section, former section 1622c, sections 7655a, 7721, and former section 7761 of this title, and sec- tion 2104a of Title 16, Conservation, amending sections 608e–1, 1622, 2204g, former 3005, 4606, 5925c, 6104, 6522, 6523, 7715, 7733, 7734, 7751, and 7772 of this title, enacting provisions set out as notes under sections 608c, 1622, and 7701 of this title, and amending provisions set out as a note under section 1621 of this title]: ‘‘(1) SPECIALTY CROP.—The term ‘specialty crop’ has the meaning given the term in section 3 of the Spe- cialty Crops Competitiveness Act of 2004 (7 U.S.C. 1621 note; Public Law 108–465). ‘‘(2) STATE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE.—The term ‘State department of agriculture’ means the agency, commission, or department of a State government re- sponsible for protecting and promoting agriculture in the State.’’ [Pub. L. 110–234 and Pub. L. 110–246 enacted identical provisions. Pub. L. 110–234 was repealed by section 4(a) of Pub. L. 110–246, set out as a note under section 8701 of this title.] § 1622c. Repealed. Pub. L. 113–79, title X, § 10002, Feb. 7, 2014, 128 Stat. 940 Section, Pub. L. 110–234, title X, § 10403, May 22, 2008, 122 Stat. 1349; Pub. L. 110–246, § 4(a), title X, § 10403, June 18, 2008, 122 Stat. 1664, 2111, related to a grant program to improve movement of specialty crops. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries EFFECTIVE DATE OF REPEAL Pub. L. 113–79, title X, § 10002, Feb. 7, 2014, 128 Stat. 940, provided that: ‘‘Effective October 1, 2013, section 10403 of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 1622c) is repealed.’’ § 1623. Authorization of appropriations; allot- ments to States (a) In order to conduct research and service work in connection with the preparation for market, processing, packaging, handling, stor- ing, transporting, distributing, and marketing of agricultural products as authorized by this chapter, there is hereby authorized to be appro- priated the following sums: (1) $2,500,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1947, and each subsequent fiscal year. (2) An additional $2,500,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1948, and each subsequent fis- cal year. (3) An additional $5,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1949, and each subsequent fis- cal year. (4) An additional $5,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1950, and each subsequent fis- cal year. (5) An additional $5,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1951, and each subsequent fis- cal year. (6) In addition to the foregoing, such addi- tional funds beginning with the fiscal year ending June 30, 1952, and thereafter, as the Congress may deem necessary. Such sums appropriated in pursuance of this chapter shall be in addition to, and not in sub- stitution for, sums appropriated or otherwise made available to the Department of Agri- culture. (b) The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to make available from such funds such sums as he may deem appropriate for allotment to State departments of agriculture, State bureaus and departments of markets, State agricultural ex- periment stations, and other appropriate State agencies for cooperative projects in marketing service and in marketing research to effectuate the purposes of this chapter: Provided, That no such allotment and no payment under any such allotment shall be made for any fiscal year to any State agency in excess of the amount which such State agency makes available out of its own funds for such research. The funds which State agencies are required to make available in order to qualify for such an allotment shall be in addition to any funds now available to such agencies for marketing services and for mar- keting research. The allotments authorized under this section shall be made to the agency or agencies best equipped and qualified to con- duct the specific project to be undertaken. Such allotments shall be covered by cooperative agreements between the Secretary of Agri- culture and the cooperating agency and shall in- clude appropriate provisions for preventing du- plication or overlapping of work within the State or States cooperating. Should duplication or overlapping occur subsequent to approval of a cooperative project or allotment of funds, the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized and di- rected to withhold unexpended balances on such projects notwithstanding the prior approval thereof. (Aug. 14, 1946, ch. 966, title II, § 204, 60 Stat. 1089.) § 1623a. Omitted Editorial Notes CODIFICATION Section, Pub. L. 107–76, title VII, § 703, Nov. 28, 2001, 115 Stat. 731, which provided that not less than $1,500,000 of the appropriations of the Department of Agriculture for research and service work authorized by sections 1621 et seq., 3104, and 3105 of this title and chapter 63 of title 31 would be available for contracting in accordance with those laws, was from the Agri- culture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Adminis- tration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2002, and was not repeated in subsequent appropriation acts. Similar provisions were contained in the following prior appropriation acts: Pub. L. 106–387, § 1(a) [title VII, § 703], Oct. 28, 2000, 114 Stat. 1549, 1549A–28.