7 U.S.C. § 361c | Authorization of appropriations and allotments 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 appropriations for Virgin Islands and Guam; limitation

(1)

June 30, 1955Provided Out of such sums each State shall be entitled 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 received from Federal appropriations for State agricultural 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 subsection (c)(3), and the said fund shall be designated “Regional research fund, State agricultural 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 : , That if the appropriations hereunder 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 research fund shall be reduced in proportion to the amount of such reduction.

(2)

June 30, 1973June 30, 1971June 30, 1972 There is authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year ending , 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 the Virgin Islands and Guam pursuant to this paragraph shall not exceed during any fiscal year, except the fiscal years ending , and , when such amount may be used to pay the total cost of providing services pursuant to sections 361a to 361i of this title, the amount available and budgeted for expenditure by the Virgin Islands and Guam for the purposes of such sections.

(c)

Allotment of additional sums

Any sums made available by the Congress in addition to those provided for in subsection (b) of this section for State agricultural experiment station work shall be distributed as follows:

(1)

Twenty per centum shall be allotted equally to each State;

(2)

Not less than 52 per centum of such sums shall be allotted to each State, as follows: One-half in an amount which bears the same ratio to the total amount to be allotted as the rural population of the State bears to the total rural population of all the States as determined by the last preceding decennial census current at the time each such additional sum is first appropriated; and one-half in an amount which bears the same ratio to the total amount to be allotted as the farm population of the State bears to the total farm population of all the States as determined by the last preceding decennial census current at the time such additional sum is first appropriated;

(3)

Not less than 25 percent shall be allotted to the States for cooperative research employing multidisciplinary approaches in which a State agricultural experiment station, working with another State agricultural experiment station, the Agricultural Research Service, or a college or university, cooperates to solve problems that concern more than 1 State. The funds available under this paragraph, together with the funds available under subsection (b) for a similar purpose, shall be designated as the “Multistate Research Fund, State Agricultural Experiment Stations”.

(4)

Three per centum shall be available to the Secretary of Agriculture for administration of sections 361a to 361i of this title. These administrative funds may be used for transportation of scientists who are not officers or employees of the United States to research meetings convened for the purpose of assessing research opportunities or research planning.

(d)

Matching funds

(1)

Requirement

Except as provided in paragraph (4), no allotment shall be made to a State under subsection (b) or (c), and no payments from the allotment shall be made to a State, in excess of the amount that the State makes available out of non-Federal funds for agricultural research and for the establishment and maintenance of facilities for the performance of the research.

(2)

Failure to provide matching funds

If a State fails to comply with the requirement to provide matching funds for a fiscal year under paragraph (1), the Secretary of Agriculture shall withhold from payment to the State for that fiscal year an amount equal to the difference between—

(A)

the amount that would be allotted and paid to the State under subsections (b) and (c) (if the full amount of matching funds were provided by the State); and

(B)

the amount of matching funds actually provided by the State.

(3)

Reapportionment

(A)

In general

The Secretary of Agriculture shall reapportion amounts withheld under paragraph (2) for a fiscal year among the States satisfying the matching requirement for that fiscal year.

(B)

Matching requirement

Any reapportionment of funds under this paragraph shall be subject to the matching requirement specified in paragraph (1).

(4)

Exception for insular areas and the District of Columbia

(A)

In general

Effective beginning for fiscal year 2003, in lieu of the matching funds requirement of paragraph (1), the insular areas of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Virgin Islands of the United States and the District of Columbia shall provide matching funds from non-Federal sources in an amount equal to not less than 50 percent of the formula funds distributed by the Secretary to each of the insular areas, respectively, and the District of Columbia under this section.

(B)

Waivers

The Secretary may waive the matching fund requirement of subparagraph (A) for any fiscal year if the Secretary determines that the government of the insular area or the District of Columbia will be unlikely to meet the matching requirement for the fiscal year.

(e)

“Administration” defined

“Administration” as used in this section shall include participation in planning and coordinating cooperative regional research as defined in subsection (c)(3).

(f)

Adjustment of payments

In making payments to States, the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to adjust any such payment to the nearest dollar.

(g)

Reductions and reapportionments

If in any year the amount made available by a State from its own funds (including any revenue-sharing funds) to a State agricultural experiment station is reduced because of an increase in the allotment made available under sections 361a to 361i of this title, the allotment to the State agricultural experiment station from the appropriation in the next succeeding fiscal year shall be reduced in an equivalent amount. The Secretary shall reapportion the amount of such reduction to other States for use by their agricultural experiment stations.

(h)

Peer review

section 7613(e) of this titleResearch carried out under subsection (c)(3) shall be subject to scientific peer review. The review of a project conducted under this subsection shall be considered to satisfy the merit review requirements of .

(i)

Integration of research and extension

(1)

In general

section 343 of this titleJuly 2, 186212 Stat. 503 7 U.S.C. 301Not less than the applicable percentage specified under paragraph (2) of the Federal formula funds that are paid under sections 361a to 361i of this title and subsections (b) and (c) of to colleges and universities eligible to receive funds under the Act of (, chapter 130; et seq.), during a fiscal year shall be expended for activities that integrate cooperative research and extension (referred to in this subsection as “integrated activities”).

(2)

Applicable percentages

(A)

1997 expenditures on multistate activities

section 343 of this titleOf the Federal formula funds that were paid to each State for fiscal year 1997 under sections 361a to 361i of this title and subsections (b) and (c) of , the Secretary of Agriculture shall determine the percentage that the State expended for integrated activities.

(B)

Required expenditures on multistate activities

section 343 of this titleOf the Federal formula funds that are paid to each State for fiscal year 2000 and each subsequent fiscal year under sections 361a to 361i of this title and subsections (b) and (c) of , the State shall expend for the fiscal year for integrated activities a percentage that is at least equal to the lesser of—

(i)

25 percent; or

(ii)

twice the percentage for the State determined under subparagraph (A).

(C)

Reduction by Secretary

The Secretary of Agriculture may reduce the minimum percentage required to be expended by a State for integrated activities under subparagraph (B) in a case of hardship, infeasibility, or other similar circumstance beyond the control of the State, as determined by the Secretary.

(3)

Applicability

This subsection does not apply to funds provided—

(A)

by a State or local government pursuant to a matching requirement;

(B)

Public Law 103–382 7 U.S.C. 301 to a 1994 Institution (as defined in section 532 of the Equity in Educational Land-Grant Status Act of 1994 (; note)); or

(C)

to the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, or Guam.

(4)

Relationship to other requirements

section 343(h) of this titleFederal formula funds described in paragraph (1) that are used by a State for a fiscal year for integrated activities in accordance with paragraph (2)(B) may also be used to satisfy the multistate activities requirements of subsection (c)(3) of this section and for the same fiscal year.

Mar. 2, 1887, ch. 314, § 3 24 Stat. 441 Aug. 11, 1955, ch. 790, § 1 69 Stat. 671 Pub. L. 92–318, title V, § 506lJune 23, 197286 Stat. 351 Pub. L. 95–113, title XIV, § 1466Sept. 29, 197791 Stat. 1018 Pub. L. 97–98, title XIV, § 1442(a)Dec. 22, 198195 Stat. 1321 Pub. L. 101–624, title XVI, § 1618(a)Nov. 28, 1990104 Stat. 3733 Pub. L. 104–127, title VIII, § 869Apr. 4, 1996110 Stat. 1175 Pub. L. 105–185, title I, § 104June 23, 1998112 Stat. 529 Pub. L. 105–277, div. A, § 101(a) [title VII, § 753(d)]Oct. 21, 1998112 Stat. 2681 Pub. L. 107–171, title VII, § 7213(a)May 13, 2002116 Stat. 448 Pub. L. 110–234, title VII, § 7404(a)May 22, 2008122 Stat. 1246 Pub. L. 110–246, § 4(a)June 18, 2008122 Stat. 1664 Pub. L. 115–334, title VII, § 7612(b)(1)Dec. 20, 2018132 Stat. 4832(, ; , ; (), , ; , , ; , , ; , , ; , , ; , title II, §§ 203(a), 204(a), , , 533, 535; , , , 2681–33; , , ; , , ; , title VII, § 7404(a), , , 2008; , , .)

Editorial Notes

References in Text

July 2, 1862act July 2, 1862, ch. 130 12 Stat. 503 section 301 of this titleAct of , referred to in subsec. (i)(1), is , , popularly known as the “Morrill Act” and also as the “First Morrill Act”, which is classified generally to subchapter I (§ 301 et seq.) of chapter 13 of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under and Tables.

Codification

Pub. L. 110–234 Pub. L. 110–246 Pub. L. 110–234 section 4(a) of Pub. L. 110–246 and made identical amendments to this section. The amendments by were repealed by .

act Aug. 11, 1955, ch. 790, § 1 69 Stat. 671Mar. 2, 1887section 368 of this title act Feb. 24, 1925, ch. 308, § 3 43 Stat. 971 section 366 of this title act Aug. 11, 1955, ch. 790, § 2 69 Stat. 674Prior to being amended generally by , , section 3 of act , which comprises this section, consisted of two sentences. The first sentence was classified to former . The second sentence was superseded by , , which was classified to former and was repealed by , .

Amendments

Pub. L. 115–334, § 7612(b)(1)(A)2018—Subsec. (h). , amended subsec. (h) generally. Prior to amendment, subsec. (h) related to peer review and plan of work.

Pub. L. 115–334, § 7612(b)(1)(B)section 361g of this title section 344 of this titleSubsec. (i)(2)(D). , struck out subpar. (D). Prior to amendment, text read as follows: “The State shall include in the plan of work of the State required under or , as applicable, a description of the manner in which the State will meet the requirements of this paragraph.”

Pub. L. 110–246, § 7404(a)(1)2008—Subsec. (d)(4). , inserted “and the District of Columbia” after “areas” in heading.

Pub. L. 110–246, § 7404(a)(2)Subsec. (d)(4)(A). , inserted “and the District of Columbia” after “United States” and after “respectively,”.

Pub. L. 110–246, § 7404(a)(3)Subsec. (d)(4)(B). , inserted “or the District of Columbia” after “area”.

Pub. L. 107–171 section 3222d of this title2002—Subsec. (d)(4). added par. (4) and struck out heading and text of former par. (4). Text read as follows: “In lieu of the matching funds requirement of paragraph (1), the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and Guam shall be subject to the same matching funds requirements as those applicable to an eligible institution under .”

Pub. L. 105–185, § 104(b)(1)1998—Subsec. (b)(1). , made technical amendment to reference in original act which appears in text as reference to subsection (c)(3) of this section.

Pub. L. 105–185, § 104(a)(1)(A)Subsec. (c)(1), (2). , redesignated pars. 1 and 2 as (1) and (2), respectively.

Pub. L. 105–185, § 104(a)(1)(B)Subsec. (c)(3). , added par. (3) and struck out former par. (3) which read as follows: “Not more than 25 per centum shall be allotted to the States for cooperative research in which two or more State agricultural experiment stations are cooperating to solve problems that concern the agriculture of more than one State. The funds available for such purposes, together with funds available pursuant to subsection (b) of this section for like purpose shall be designated as the ‘Regional research fund, State agricultural experiment stations’;”.

Pub. L. 105–185, § 104(a)(1)(A), redesignated par. 3 as (3).

Pub. L. 105–185, § 104(a)(1)(A)Subsec. (c)(4), (5). , redesignated par. 5 as (4).

Pub. L. 105–185, § 203(a)And provided furtherSubsec. (d). , added subsec. (d) and struck out former subsec. (d) which read as follows: “Of any amount in excess of $90,000 available under sections 361a to 361i of this title for allotment to any State, exclusive of the regional research fund, State agricultural experiment stations, no allotment and no payments thereof shall be made in excess of the amount which the State makes available out of its own funds for research and for the establishment and maintenance of facilities necessary for the prosecution of such research: , That if any State fails to make available for such research purposes for any fiscal year a sum equal to the amount in excess of $90,000 to which it may be entitled for such year, the remainder of such amount shall be withheld by the Secretary of Agriculture and reapportioned among the States.”

Pub. L. 105–277, § 101(a) [title VII, § 753(d)(1)]Subsec. (d)(1). , substituted “Except as provided in paragraph (4), no” for “No”.

Pub. L. 105–277, § 101(a) [title VII, § 753(d)(2)]Subsec. (d)(4). , added par. (4).

Pub. L. 105–185, § 104(b)(2)Subsec. (e). , substituted “subsection (c)(3)” for “subsection (c)3”.

Pub. L. 105–185, § 104(a)(2)Subsec. (h). , added subsec. (h).

Pub. L. 105–185, § 204(a)Subsec. (i). , added subsec. (i).

Pub. L. 104–1271996—Subsec. (c)(3). struck out “, and shall be used only for such cooperative regional projects as are recommended by a committee of nine persons elected by and representing the directors of the State agricultural experiment stations, and approved by the Secretary of Agriculture. The necessary travel expenses of the committee of nine persons in performance of their duties may be paid from the fund established by this paragraph” before semicolon at end.

Pub. L. 101–6241990—Subsec. (d). inserted before period at end “and reapportioned among the States”.

Pub. L. 97–981981—Subsec. (g). added subsec. (g).

Pub. L. 95–113, § 1466(a)1977—Subsec. (c)(4). , struck out par. (4) which provided that not less than 20 per centum of any sums appropriated pursuant to subsec. (c) for distribution to States be used for conducting marketing research projects approved by the Department of Agriculture.

Pub. L. 95–113, § 1466(b)Subsec. (c)(5). , inserted provision authorizing the use of administrative funds for the transportation of scientists who are not officers or employees of the United States to research meetings convened for the purpose of assessing research opportunities or research planning.

Pub. L. 92–3181972—Subsec. (b). designated existing provisions as par. (1) and added par. (2).

Aug. 11, 1955section 361g of this title1955—Act , amended section generally to authorize appropriations and to provide for allotment of grants. For provisions which related to advice and assistance by the Secretary of Agriculture, see .

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date of 2008 Amendment

Pub. L. 110–234 Pub. L. 110–246May 22, 2008Pub. L. 110–234 section 4 of Pub. L. 110–246 section 8701 of this titleAmendment of this section and repeal of by effective , the date of enactment of , see , set out as an Effective Date note under .

Effective Date of 1998 Amendment

Pub. L. 105–277June 23, 1998Pub. L. 105–277 section 343 of this titleAmendment by effective , see section 101(a) [title VII, § 753(f)] of , set out as a note under .

Effective Date of 1981 Amendment

Pub. L. 97–98Dec. 22, 1981section 1801 of Pub. L. 97–98 section 4301 of this titleAmendment by effective , see , set out as an Effective Date note under .

Effective Date of 1977 Amendment

Pub. L. 95–113Oct. 1, 1977section 1901 of Pub. L. 95–113 section 1307 of this titleAmendment by effective , see , set out as a note under .

Effective Date of 1972 Amendment

Pub. L. 92–318June 30, 1970section 506(n) of Pub. L. 92–318 section 326a of this titleAmendment by effective after , see , set out as an Effective Date note under .