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Title 7 — Agriculture

Chapter 13 — Agricultural and Mechanical Colleges

§ 322. Annual appropriation

Statutory text

There is annually appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be paid as provided in section 324 of this title, to each State and Territory for the more complete endowment and maintenance of colleges for the benefit of agriculture and the mechanic arts established in accordance with the provisions of subchapter I of this chapter, $50,000 to be applied only to instruction in food and agricultural sciences, and to the facilities for such instruction: Provided, That said colleges may use a portion of this money for providing courses for the special preparation of instructors for teaching the elements of food and agricultural sciences.

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. Pub. L. 51–841 § 1 · 26 Stat. 417

    Enacted · 7 U.S.C. § 322

    Aug. 30, 1890, ch. 841, § 1, 26 Stat. 417

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Aug. 30, 1890, ch. 841, § 1, 26 Stat. 417

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

    Pub. L. 97–98 title XIV § 1421 · 95 Stat. 1213

    1. Substituted · 7 U.S.C. § 322

      Pub. L. 97–98 substituted “food and agricultural sciences” for “agriculture, the mechanic arts, the English language, and the various branches of mathematical, physical, natural, and economic science, with special reference to their applications in the industries of life”

    2. Substituted · 7 U.S.C. § 322

      Pub. L. 97–98 substituted “the elements of food and agricultural sciences” for “the elements of agriculture and the mechanic arts”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 97–98 substituted “food and agricultural sciences” for “agriculture, the mechanic arts, the English language, and the various branches of mathematical, physical, natural, and economic science, with special reference to their applications in the industries of life” and “the elements of food and agricultural sciences” for “the elements of agriculture and the mechanic arts”.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 1421. redesignation of instruction funding (a) The first section of the Act of August 30, 1890 (7 U.S.C. 322) is amended by striking out “agriculture, the mechanic arts,” and all that follows through “industries of life” and inserting in lieu thereof “food and agricultural sciences”. (b) The eleventh paragraph under the heading “Emergency Appropriations.” of the Act of March 4, 1907 (7 U.S.C. 322) is amended by striking out “agriculture and the mechanic arts” the second place it appears and inserting in lieu thereof “food and agricultural sciences”.

    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.

2 of 3 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial

Editorial Notes

Codification

Section is based on a part of section 1 of act , and the tenth and eleventh pars. under the heading “Emergency Appropriations” of act . Remainder of section 1 of act , is classified to section 323 of this title.

Amendments1907–1981 · 2 rounds

1981

Pub. L. 97–98 substituted “food and agricultural sciences” for “agriculture, the mechanic arts, the English language, and the various branches of mathematical, physical, natural, and economic science, with special reference to their applications in the industries of life” and “the elements of food and agricultural sciences” for “the elements of agriculture and the mechanic arts”.

1907

Act , substituted “$50,000” for “$25,000”, and inserted proviso.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date of 1981 Amendment

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

Transfer of Functions

For transfer of functions under this section to Secretary of Agriculture, see note set out under section 321 of this title.

Availability of Funds for Payments Under This Subchapter

Pub. L. 103–330, title VII, § 724, , 108 Stat. 2469, provided that: “No funds shall be available in fiscal year 1995 and thereafter for payments under the Act of and the tenth and eleventh paragraphs under the heading ‘Emergency Appropriations’ of the Act of (7 U.S.C. 321 et seq.).”

Credits

1890–1981 · 3 acts
  1. 1890Aug. 30, 1890, ch. 841, § 1, 26 Stat. 417
  2. 1907Mar. 4, 1907, ch. 2907, 34 Stat. 1281, 1282
  3. 1981Pub. L. 97–98, title XIV, § 1421, , 95 Stat. 1306.
Show as published

(Aug. 30, 1890, ch. 841, § 1, 26 Stat. 417; Mar. 4, 1907, ch. 2907, 34 Stat. 1281, 1282; Pub. L. 97–98, title XIV, § 1421, , 95 Stat. 1306.)

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