Title 7 — Agriculture
Chapter 64 — Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching
§ 3292a. United States-Mexico joint agricultural research
Statutory text
Research and development program
The Secretary may provide for an agricultural research and development program with the George E. Brown United States/Mexico Foundation for Science. The program shall focus on binational problems facing agricultural producers and consumers in the 2 countries, in particular pressing problems in the areas of food safety, plant and animal pest control, and the natural resources base on which agriculture depends.
Administration
Grants under the research and development program shall be awarded competitively through the Foundation.
Matching requirements
The provision of funds to the Foundation by the United States Government shall be subject to the condition that the Government of Mexico match, on at least a dollar-for-dollar basis, any funds provided by the United States Government.
Limitation on use of funds
Funds provided under this section may not be used for the planning, repair, rehabilitation, acquisition, or construction of a building or facility.
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.
National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977
Pub. L. 95–113 title XIV § 1459 · 91 Stat. 913
Enacted · 7 U.S.C. § 3292a
Pub. L. 95–113, title XIV, § 1459, as added Pub. L. 105–185, title II, § 228, June 23, 1998, 112 Stat. 545
Source evidence
Code source credit
Pub. L. 95–113, title XIV, § 1459, as added Pub. L. 105–185, title II, § 228, June 23, 1998, 112 Stat. 545Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 1459. evaluation of the extension service and the cooperative extension services The Secretary shall transmit to Congress, not later than March 31, 1979, an evaluation of the economic and social consequences of the programs of the Extension Service and the cooperative extension services, including those programs relating to agricultural production and distribution, home economics, nutrition education (including the Expanded Family and Nutrition Education Program), community development, and 4-H youth programs.
1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Editorial Notes
Prior Provisions
A prior section 1459 of Pub. L. 95–113 was classified to section 3301 of this title, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 99–198.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Change of Name
“George E. Brown United States/Mexico Foundation for Science” substituted in subsec. (a) for “United States/Mexico Foundation for Science” pursuant to section 423 of Pub. L. 106–74, set out below.
Pub. L. 106–74, title IV, § 423, , 113 Stat. 1095, provided in part: “That the United States/Mexico Foundation for Science is renamed the ‘George E. Brown United States/Mexico Foundation for Science’.”
Credits
1998–1999 · 2 acts
- 1998Pub. L. 95–113, title XIV, § 1459, as added Pub. L. 105–185, title II, § 228, , 112 Stat. 545
- 1999amended Pub. L. 106–74, title IV, § 423, , 113 Stat. 1095.
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(Pub. L. 95–113, title XIV, § 1459, as added Pub. L. 105–185, title II, § 228, , 112 Stat. 545; amended Pub. L. 106–74, title IV, § 423, , 113 Stat. 1095.)