§ 3125b. — National Rural Information Center Clearinghouse.
[Laws in effect as of January 7, 2003]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 7, 2003 and December 19, 2003]
[CITE: 7USC3125b]
TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
CHAPTER 64--AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH, EXTENSION, AND TEACHING
SUBCHAPTER II--COORDINATION AND PLANNING OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH,
EXTENSION, AND TEACHING
Sec. 3125b. National Rural Information Center Clearinghouse
(a) Establishment
The Secretary shall establish, within the National Agricultural
Library, in coordination with the Extension Service, a National Rural
Information Center Clearinghouse (in this section referred to as the
``Clearinghouse'') to perform the functions specified in subsection (b)
of this section.
(b) Functions
The Clearinghouse shall provide and distribute information and data
to any industry, organization, or Federal, State, or local government
entity, on request, about programs and services provided by Federal,
State, and local agencies and private nonprofit organizations and
institutions under which individuals residing in, or organizations and
State and local government entities operating in, a rural area may be
eligible for any kind of assistance, including job training, education,
health care, and economic development assistance, and emotional and
financial counseling. To the extent possible, the National Agricultural
Library shall use telecommunications technology to disseminate
information to rural areas.
(c) Federal agencies
On request of the Secretary, the head of a Federal agency shall
provide to the Clearinghouse such information as the Secretary may
request to enable the Clearinghouse to carry out subsection (b) of this
section.
(d) State and local agencies and nonprofit organizations
The Secretary shall request State and local governments and private
nonprofit organizations and institutions to provide to the Clearinghouse
such information as such agencies and organizations may have about any
program or service of such agencies, organizations, and institutions
under which individuals residing in a rural area may be eligible for any
kind of assistance, including job training, educational, health care,
and economic development assistance, and emotional and financial
counseling.
(e) Limitation on authorization of appropriations
To carry out this section, there are authorized to be appropriated
$500,000 for each of the fiscal years 1991 through 2007.
(Pub. L. 101-624, title XXIII, Sec. 2381, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 4049;
Pub. L. 104-127, title VIII, Sec. 842, Apr. 4, 1996, 110 Stat. 1170;
Pub. L. 105-185, title III, Sec. 301(b)(3), June 23, 1998, 112 Stat.
563; Pub. L. 107-171, title VII, Sec. 7101, May 13, 2002, 116 Stat.
431.)
Codification
Section was enacted as part of the Rural Economic Development Act of
1990, and also as part of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade
Act of 1990, and not as part of the National Agricultural Research,
Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 which comprises this chapter.
Amendments
2002--Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 107-171 substituted ``2007'' for
``2002''.
1998--Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 105-185 substituted ``2002'' for
``1997''.
1996--Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 104-127 substituted ``1997'' for
``1995''.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 917 of this title.
