§ 361b. — Congressional statement of policy; researches, investigations and experiments.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 7USC361b]
TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
CHAPTER 14--AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATIONS
SUBCHAPTER I--GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 361b. Congressional statement of policy; researches,
investigations and experiments
It is further the policy of the Congress to promote the efficient
production, marketing, distribution, and utilization of products of the
farm as essential to the health and welfare of our peoples and to
promote a sound and prosperous agriculture and rural life as
indispensable to the maintenance of maximum employment and national
prosperity and security. It is also the intent of Congress to assure
agriculture a position in research equal to that of industry, which will
aid in maintaining an equitable balance between agriculture and other
segments of our economy. It shall be the object and duty of the State
agricultural experiment stations through the expenditure of the
appropriations hereinafter authorized to conduct original and other
researches, investigations, and experiments bearing directly on and
contributing to the establishment and maintenance of a permanent and
effective agricultural industry of the United States, including
researches basic to the problems of agriculture in its broadest aspects,
and such investigations as have for their purpose the development and
improvement of the rural home and rural life and the maximum
contribution by agriculture to the welfare of the consumer, as may be
deemed advisable, having due regard to the varying conditions and needs
of the respective States.
(Mar. 2, 1887, ch. 314, Sec. 2, 24 Stat. 440; Aug. 11, 1955, ch. 790,
Sec. 1, 69 Stat. 671.)
Codification
Section was formerly classified to section 363 of this title.
Amendments
1955--Act Aug. 11, 1955, amended section generally to restate the
policy of Congress.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 361d, 361g of this title.
