§ 3102. — Additional purposes of agricultural research and extension.
[Laws in effect as of January 7, 2003]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 7, 2003 and December 19, 2003]
[CITE: 7USC3102]
TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
CHAPTER 64--AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH, EXTENSION, AND TEACHING
SUBCHAPTER I--FINDINGS, PURPOSES, AND DEFINITIONS
Sec. 3102. Additional purposes of agricultural research and
extension
The purposes of this chapter are to--
(1) establish firmly the Department of Agriculture as the lead
agency in the Federal Government for the food and agricultural
sciences, and to emphasize that agricultural research, extension,
and teaching are distinct missions of the Department of Agriculture;
(2) undertake the special measures set forth in this chapter to
improve the coordination and planning of agricultural research,
extension, and teaching programs, identify needs and establish
priorities for these programs, assure that national agricultural
research, extension, and teaching objectives are fully achieved, and
assure that the results of agricultural research are effectively
communicated and demonstrated to farmers, processors, handlers,
consumers, and all other users who can benefit therefrom;
(3) increase cooperation and coordination in the performance of
agricultural research by Federal departments and agencies, the
States, State agricultural experiment stations, colleges and
universities, and user groups;
(4) enable the Federal Government, the States, colleges and
universities, and others to implement needed agricultural research,
extension, and teaching programs, through the establishment of new
programs and the improvement of existing programs, as provided for
in this chapter;
(5) establish a new program of grants for high-priority
agricultural research to be awarded on the basis of competition
among research workers and all colleges and universities;
(6) establish a new program of grants for facilities and
instrumentation used in agricultural research; and
(7) establish a new program of education grants and fellowships
to strengthen research, extension, and teaching programs in the food
and agricultural sciences, to be awarded on the basis of
competition.
(Pub. L. 95-113, title XIV, Sec. 1403, Sept. 29, 1977, 91 Stat. 983;
Pub. L. 97-98, title XIV, Sec. 1403, Dec. 22, 1981, 95 Stat. 1296; Pub.
L. 101-624, title XVI, Sec. 1602(b), Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 3705.)
References in Text
This chapter, referred to in text, was in the original this
``title'', meaning title XIV of Pub. L. 95-113, Sept. 29, 1977, 91 Stat.
981, as amended, which enacted this chapter and sections 2669 and 2670
of this title, amended sections 341, 342, 343, 361c, 390 to 390j, 427,
450i, 1923, 1942, 2662, 2663, and 2667 of this title and section 6651 of
Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, and repealed section 390k of
this title. For complete classification of such title to the Code, see
Short Title note set out under section 3101 of this title and Tables.
Amendments
1990--Pub. L. 101-624 amended section catchline generally.
1981--Par. (2). Pub. L. 97-98, Sec. 1403(1), inserted ``extension,
and teaching programs,'' and substituted ``these programs'' for ``such
research, assure that high priority research is given adequate
funding''.
Par. (4). Pub. L. 97-98, Sec. 1403(2), substituted ``programs
through'' for ``programs, including the initiatives specified in section
3101(8) of this title, through''.
Par. (5). Pub. L. 97-98, Sec. 1403(3), substituted ``among research
workers'' for ``among scientific research workers''.
Par. (7). Pub. L. 97-98, Sec. 1403(4), substituted ``research,
extension, and teaching'' for ``training and research''.
Effective Date of 1981 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 97-98 effective Dec. 22, 1981, see section 1801
of Pub. L. 97-98, set out as an Effective Date note under section 4301
of this title.
Effective Date
Section effective Oct. 1, 1977, see section 1901 of Pub. L. 95-113,
set out as an Effective Date of 1977 Amendment note under section 1307
of this title.
