§ 3126. Libraries and information network

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

1. 1977

   National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977

   Pub. L. 95–113 title XIV § 1411 · 91 Stat. 913

   Enacted · 7 U.S.C. § 3126

   Pub. L. 95–113, title XIV, § 1411, Sept. 29, 1977, 91 Stat. 990

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Pub. L. 95–113, title XIV, § 1411, Sept. 29, 1977, 91 Stat. 990

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 1411. libraries and information network (a) It is hereby declared to be the policy of Congress that— (1) cooperation and coordination among, and the more effective utilization of, disparate agricultural libraries and information units be facilitated; (2) information and library needs related to agricultural research and education be effectively planned for, coordinated, and evaluated; (3) a structure for the coordination of the agricultural libraries of colleges and universities, Department of Agriculture libraries, and their closely allied information gathering and disseminating units be established in close conjunction with private industry and other research libraries; (4) effective access by all colleges and universities and Department of Agriculture personnel to literature and information regarding the food and agricultural sciences be provided; and (5) programs for training in information utilization with respect to the food and agricultural sciences, including research grants for librarians, information scientists, and agricultural scientists be established or strengthened. (b) There is hereby established within the National Agricultural Library of the Department of Agriculture a Food and Nutrition Information and Education Resources Center. Such Center shall be responsible for— (1) assembling and collecting food and nutrition education materials, including the results of nutrition research, training methods, procedures, and other materials related to the purpose of this title; (2) maintaining such information and materials in a library; and (3) providing for the dissemination of such information and materials on a regular basis to State educational agencies and other interested persons. (c) Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated annually in such amounts as Congress may determine necessary to support the Contract authority. purposes of this section. The Secretary is authorized to carry out this section with existing facilities through the use of grants, contracts, or such other means as the Secretary deems appropriate and to require matching of funds. No funds appropriated to support the purposes of this section shall be used to purchase additional equipment unless specifically authorized by law subsequent to the date of enactment of this title.

2. 1981

   National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act Amendments of 1981

   Pub. L. 97–98 § 1412(1) · 95 Stat. 1213

   Added · 7 U.S.C. § 3126(a)(6)

   Pub. L. 97–98, § 1412(1)–(3), added par. (6)

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (a)(6). Pub. L. 97–98, § 1412(1)–(3), added par. (6).

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (1) striking out “and” at the end of subsection (a)(4);

   Effective date note
   Amendment by Pub. L. 97–98 effective Dec. 22, 1981, see section 1801 of Pub. L. 97–98, set out as an Effective Date note under section 4301 of this title.

3. 1981

   National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act Amendments of 1981

   Pub. L. 97–98 § 1412(4) · 95 Stat. 1213

   Substituted · 7 U.S.C. § 3126(b)(3)

   Pub. L. 97–98, § 1412(4), substituted “notification about these collections on a regular basis to the State cooperative extension services, State educational agencies, and other interested persons” for “for the dissemination of such information and materials on a regular basis to State educational agencies and other interested persons”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (b)(3). Pub. L. 97–98, § 1412(4), substituted “notification about these collections on a regular basis to the State cooperative extension services, State educational agencies, and other interested persons” for “for the dissemination of such information and materials on a regular basis to State educational agencies and other interested persons”.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (4) amending subsection (b)(3) to read as follows: “(3) providing notification about these collections on a regular basis to the State cooperative extension services, State educational agencies, and other interested persons.”.

   Effective date note
   Amendment by Pub. L. 97–98 effective Dec. 22, 1981, see section 1801 of Pub. L. 97–98, set out as an Effective Date note under section 4301 of this title.

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