In general
Public Law 107–19115 Stat. 153The Secretary, acting through the Director of the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, shall make grants to the Girl Scouts of the United States of America, the Boy Scouts of America, the National 4–H Council, and the National FFA Organization to establish pilot projects to expand the programs carried out by the organizations in rural areas and small towns (including, with respect to the National 4–H Council, activities provided for in ()).
Flexibility
The Secretary shall provide maximum flexibility in content delivery to each organization receiving funds under this section so as to ensure that the unique goals of each organization, as well as the local community needs, are fully met.
Redistribution of funding within organizations authorized
Recipients of funds under this section may redistribute all or part of the funds received to individual councils or local chapters within the councils without further need of approval from the Secretary.
Authorization of appropriations
Pub. L. 105–185, title IV, § 410Pub. L. 107–171, title VII, § 7412116 Stat. 462Pub. L. 110–234, title VII122 Stat. 1243Pub. L. 110–246, § 4(a)122 Stat. 1664Pub. L. 113–79, title VII, § 7305128 Stat. 888Pub. L. 115–334, title VII, § 7304132 Stat. 4815(, as added , , ; amended , §§ 7309, 7511(c)(32), , , 1270; , title VII, §§ 7309, 7511(c)(32), , , 2004, 2032; , , ; , , .)
Editorial Notes
References in Text
Pub. L. 107–19Pub. L. 107–19115 Stat. 153, referred to in subsec. (a), is , , , which is not classified to the Code.
Codification
Pub. L. 110–234Pub. L. 110–246Pub. L. 110–234section 4(a) of Pub. L. 110–246 and made identical amendments to this section. The amendments by were repealed by .
Amendments
Pub. L. 115–3342018—Subsec. (d)(2). substituted “2023” for “2018”.
Pub. L. 113–792014—Subsec. (d). substituted “section—” for “section such sums as are necessary for each of fiscal years 2008 through 2012.” and added pars. (1) and (2).
Pub. L. 110–246, § 7511(c)(32)2008—Subsec. (a). , substituted “Director of the National Institute of Food and Agriculture” for “Administrator of the Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service”.
Pub. L. 110–246, § 7309Subsecs. (b) to (d). , added subsecs. (b) to (d) and struck out former subsecs. (b) and (c) which related to availability of funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation for fiscal year 2002 and authorization of appropriations for fiscal years 2003 through 2007.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date of 2008 Amendment
Pub. L. 110–234Pub. L. 110–246Pub. L. 110–234section 4 of Pub. L. 110–246section 8701 of this titleAmendment of this section and repeal of by effective , the date of enactment of , except as otherwise provided, see , set out as an Effective Date note under .
section 7511(c)(32) of Pub. L. 110–246section 7511(c) of Pub. L. 110–246section 1522 of this titleAmendment by effective , see , set out as a note under .
Definitions
section 7401(1) of Pub. L. 107–171section 3319b of this titleSecretary means the Secretary of Agriculture, see , set out as a note under .