§ 427i. — Agricultural research; authorization of additional appropriations; administrative expenses; availability of special research fund.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 7USC427i]
TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
CHAPTER 17--MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS
Sec. 427i. Agricultural research; authorization of additional
appropriations; administrative expenses; availability of special
research fund
(a) In order to carry out further research on utilization and
associated problems in connection with the development and application
of present, new, and extended uses of agricultural commodities and
products thereof authorized by section 427 of this title, and to
disseminate information relative thereto, and in addition to all other
appropriations authorized by sections 427 to 427j of this title, there
is authorized to be appropriated the following sums:
(1) $3,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1947, and
each subsequent fiscal year.
(2) An additional $3,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30,
1948, and each subsequent fiscal year.
(3) An additional $3,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30,
1949, and each subsequent fiscal year.
(4) An additional $3,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30,
1950, and each subsequent fiscal year.
(5) An additional $3,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30,
1951, and each subsequent fiscal year.
(6) In addition to the foregoing, such additional funds
beginning with the fiscal year ending June 30, 1952, and thereafter,
as the Congress may deem necessary.
The Secretary of Agriculture, in accordance with such regulations as
he deems necessary, and when in his judgment the work to be performed
will be carried out more effectively, more rapidly, or at less cost than
if performed by the Department of Agriculture, may enter into contracts
with such public or private organizations or individuals as he may find
qualified to carry on work under this section without regard to the
provisions of section 5 of title 41, and with respect to such contracts
he may make advance progress or other payments without regard to the
provisions of section 3324(a) and (b) of title 31. Contracts under this
section may be made for work to continue not more than four years from
the date of any such contract. Notwithstanding the provisions of section
5 of the Act of June 20, 1874, as amended (31 U.S.C. 713), any
unexpended balances of appropriations properly obligated by contracting
with an organization as provided in this subsection may remain upon the
books of the Treasury for not more than five fiscal years before being
carried to the surplus fund and covered into the Treasury. Research
authorized under this subsection shall be conducted so far as
practicable at laboratories of the Department of Agriculture. Projects
conducted under contract with public and private agencies shall be
supplemental to and coordinated with research of these laboratories. Any
contracts made pursuant to this authority shall contain requirements
making the results of research and investigations available to the
public through dedication, assignment to the Government, or such other
means as the Secretary shall determine.
(b) In order to carry out further the purposes of section 427 of
this title, other than research on utilization of agricultural
commodities and the products thereof, and in addition to all other
appropriations authorized by sections 427 to 427j of this title, there
is authorized to be appropriated for cooperative research with the State
agricultural experiment stations and such other appropriate agencies as
may be mutually agreeable to the Department of Agriculture and the
experiment stations concerned, the following sums:
(1) $1,500,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1947, and
each subsequent fiscal year.
(2) An additional $1,500,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30,
1948, and each subsequent fiscal year.
(3) An additional $1,500,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30,
1949, and each subsequent fiscal year.
(4) An additional $1,500,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30,
1950, and each subsequent fiscal year.
(5) In addition to the foregoing such additional funds beginning
with the fiscal year ending June 30, 1951, and thereafter, as the
Congress may deem necessary.
(c) The Secretary may incur necessary administrative expenses not to
exceed 3 per centum of the amount appropriated in any fiscal year in
carrying out this section, including the specific objects of expense
enumerated in section 427b of this title.
(d) The ``Special research fund, Department of Agriculture,''
provided by section 427c of this title, shall continue to be available
solely for research into laws and principles underlying basic problems
of agriculture in its broadest aspects; research relating to the
improvement of the quality of, and the development of, new and improved
methods of production of, distribution of, and new and extended uses and
markets for, agricultural commodities and byproducts and manufactures
thereof; and research relating to the conservation, development, and use
of land and water resources for agricultural purposes. Such research
shall be in addition to research provided for under other law (but both
activities shall be coordinated so far as practicable) and shall be
conducted by such agencies of the Department of Agriculture as the
Secretary of Agriculture may designate or establish.
(e) Appropriations for research work in the Department of
Agriculture shall be available for accomplishing such purposes by
contract through the means provided in subsection (a) of this section.
(June 29, 1935, ch. 338, title I, Sec. 10, as added Aug. 14, 1946, ch.
966, title I, Sec. 101(2), 60 Stat. 1083; amended July 28, 1954, ch.
591, 68 Stat. 574.)
References in Text
Section 5 of the Act of June 20, 1874, as amended (31 U.S.C. 713),
referred to in subsec. (a), was repealed by act July 6, 1949, ch. 299,
Sec. 3, 63 Stat. 407.
Sections 427a to 427h and 427j of this title, referred to in text,
were repealed by act Aug. 11, 1955, ch. 790, Sec. 2, 69 Stat. 674. See
sections 361a to 361i of this title.
Codification
In subsec. (a), closing par., ``section 3324(a) and (b) of title
31'' substituted for ``section 3648, Revised Statutes [31 U.S.C. 529]''
on authority of Pub. L. 97-258, Sec. 4(b), Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat.
1067, the first section of which enacted Title 31, Money and Finance.
Amendments
1954--Subsec. (e). Act July 23, 1954, added subsec. (e).
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 sections 361a, 427, 1623a, 1629, 3152
of this title; title 21 section 113a; title 35 section 210.
