§ 5854. — State agricultural weather information systems.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 7USC5854]
TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
CHAPTER 88--RESEARCH
SUBCHAPTER III--NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL WEATHER INFORMATION SYSTEM
Sec. 5854. State agricultural weather information systems
(a) Advisory program grants
(1) Grants required
With funds allocated to carry out this section, the Secretary of
Agriculture shall make grants to not fewer than 10 eligible States
to plan and administer, in cooperation with persons described in
paragraph (2), advisory programs for State agricultural weather
information systems.
(2) Persons described
The persons referred to in paragraph (1) are the Director of the
Agricultural Weather Office, the Administrator of the Extension
Service, the Administrator of the Cooperative State Research
Service, and other persons as appropriate (such as the directors of
the appropriate State agricultural experiment stations and State
extension programs).
(b) Consultation
For purposes of selecting among applications submitted by States for
grants under this section, the Secretary shall consult with the
Director.
(c) Eligibility requirements
To be eligible to receive a grant under this section, the chief
executive officer of a State shall submit to the Secretary an
application that contains--
(1) assurances that the State will expend such grant to plan and
administer a State agricultural weather system that will--
(A) collect observational weather data throughout the State
and provide such data to the National Weather Service and the
Agricultural Weather Office;
(B) develop methods for packaging information received from
the national system for use by agricultural producers (with
State Cooperative Extension Services and the private sector to
serve as the primary conduit of agricultural weather forecasts
and climatic information to producers); and
(C) develop programs to educate agricultural producers on
how to best use weather and climate information to improve
management decisions; and
(2) such other assurances and information as the Secretary may
require by rule.
(Pub. L. 101-624, title XVI, Sec. 1640, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 3749;
Pub. L. 107-171, title VII, Sec. 7304(b), May 13, 2002, 116 Stat. 455.)
Amendments
2002--Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 107-171 struck out ``take into
consideration the recommendation of the Advisory Board on Agricultural
Weather and'' before ``consult with the Director''.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 5852, 5855 of this title.
