§ 3202. Research and education grants for the study of antibiotic-resistant bacteria

Statutory text

In general

The Secretary shall provide research and education grants, on a competitive basis—

to study the development of antibiotic-resistant bacteria, including—

movement of antibiotic-resistant bacteria into groundwater and surface water; and

the effect on antibiotic resistance from various drug use regimens; and

to study and ensure the judicious use of antibiotics in veterinary and human medicine, including—

methods and practices of animal husbandry;

safe and effective alternatives to antibiotics;

the development of better veterinary diagnostics to improve decisionmaking; and

the identification of conditions or factors that affect antibiotic use on farms.

Administration

Paragraphs (4), (7), (8), and (11)(B) of subsection (b) of section 3157 of this title shall apply with respect to the making of grants under this section.

Authorization of appropriations

There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as are necessary to carry out this section for each of fiscal years 2008 through 2012.

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.

2008
Pub. L. 110–234 title VII § 7521 · 122 Stat. 923
Enacted · 7 U.S.C. § 3202
Pub. L. 110–234, title VII, § 7521, May 22, 2008, 122 Stat. 1271
Source evidence
Code source credit
Pub. L. 110–234, title VII, § 7521, May 22, 2008, 122 Stat. 1271
Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 7521. RESEARCH AND EDUCATION GRANTS FOR THE STUDY OF ANTIBIOTIC-RESISTANT BACTERIA. (a) In General.— The Secretary shall provide research and education grants, on a competitive basis— (1) to study the development of antibiotic-resistant bacteria, including— (A) movement of antibiotic-resistant bacteria into groundwater and surface water; and (B) the effect on antibiotic resistance from various drug use regimens; and (2) to study and ensure the judicious use of antibiotics in veterinary and human medicine, including— (A) methods and practices of animal husbandry; (B) safe and effective alternatives to antibiotics; (C) the development of better veterinary diagnostics to improve decisionmaking; and (D) the identification of conditions or factors that affect antibiotic use on farms. (b) Administration.— Paragraphs Applicability. (4), (7), (8), and (11)(B) of subsection (b) of the Competitive, Special, and Facilities Research Grant Act (7 U.S.C. 450i) shall apply with respect to the making of grants under this section. (c) Authorization of Appropriations.— There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as are necessary to carry out this section for each of fiscal years 2008 through 2012.

1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Editorial Notes

Codification

Pub. L. 110–234 and Pub. L. 110–246 enacted identical sections. Pub. L. 110–234 was repealed by section 4(a) of Pub. L. 110–246.

Section was enacted as part of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008, and not as part of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 which comprises this chapter.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

Enactment of this section and repeal of Pub. L. 110–234 by Pub. L. 110–246 effective May 22, 2008, the date of enactment of Pub. L. 110–234, see section 4 of Pub. L. 110–246, set out as a note under section 8701 of this title.

Definition of “Secretary”

“Secretary” as meaning the Secretary of Agriculture, see section 8701 of this title.

Credits

2008 · 2 acts

2008Pub. L. 110–234, title VII, § 7521, May 22, 2008, 122 Stat. 1271
2008Pub. L. 110–246, § 4(a), title VII, § 7521, June 18, 2008, 122 Stat. 1664, 2033.

Show as published

(Pub. L. 110–234, title VII, § 7521, May 22, 2008, 122 Stat. 1271; Pub. L. 110–246, § 4(a), title VII, § 7521, June 18, 2008, 122 Stat. 1664, 2033.)