§ 389. — Transfer of certain dry land and irrigation field stations to States.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 7USC389]
TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
CHAPTER 14--AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATIONS
SUBCHAPTER II--EXPERIMENT STATIONS FOR PROPAGATION OF TREES, SHRUBS,
VINES, AND VEGETABLES
Sec. 389. Transfer of certain dry land and irrigation field
stations to States
The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized, at such times as he
deems appropriate, to convey by appropriate conveyances, without
consideration, the interest of the United States in the lands, including
water rights, buildings, and improvements presently comprising or
appurtenant to the following dry land and irrigation field stations, to
the States in which such stations are located, when, in the opinion of
the Secretary of Agriculture, the transfer of any such station will
result in establishing a more effective program in the cooperative
agricultural experimental work of the Department of Agriculture and the
respective State and the furtherance of agricultural experimental work
on a national or regional basis will be better served by such transfer:
Huntley, Montana; Mitchell, Nebraska; Fallon, Nevada; Tucumcari, New
Mexico; Hermiston, Oregon; Sheridan, Wyoming: Provided, That when any or
all of the land, including water rights, comprising any such station is
public-domain land, only the Secretary of the Interior may by patent or
other appropriate conveyance transfer such lands to the respective
States: Provided further, That when any easement necessary to a station
conveyed or patented hereunder is on public-domain lands, only the
Secretary of the Interior may grant such easements to the State to which
the station has been conveyed.
(Sept. 23, 1950, ch. 1005, Sec. 1, 64 Stat. 981.)
Transfer of Functions
Functions of all officers, agencies, and employees of Department of
Agriculture transferred, with certain exceptions, to Secretary of
Agriculture by 1953 Reorg. Plan No. 2, Sec. 1, eff. June 4, 1953, 18
F.R. 3219, 67 Stat. 633, set out as a note under section 2201 of this
title.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 389a of this title.
