Title 7 — Agriculture
Chapter 64 — Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching
§ 3363. Resident instruction grants for insular areas
Statutory text
In general
The Secretary of Agriculture shall make competitive grants to eligible institutions to—
strengthen institutional educational capacities, including libraries, curriculum, faculty, scientific instrumentation, instruction delivery systems, and student recruitment and retention, in order to respond to identified State, regional, national, or international education needs in the food and agricultural sciences;
attract and support undergraduate and graduate students in order to educate them in identified areas of national need in the food and agriculture sciences;
facilitate cooperative initiatives between two or more insular area eligible institutions, or between those institutions and units of State Government or organizations in the private sector, to maximize the development and use of resources such as faculty, facilities, and equipment to improve food and agricultural sciences teaching programs; and
conduct undergraduate scholarship programs to assist in meeting national needs for training food and agricultural scientists.
Grant requirements
The Secretary of Agriculture shall ensure that each eligible institution, prior to receiving grant funds under subsection (a), shall have a significant demonstrable commitment to higher education programs in the food and agricultural sciences and to each specific subject area for which grant funds under this section are to be used.
The Secretary of Agriculture may require that any grant awarded under this section contain provisions that require funds to be targeted to meet the needs identified in section 3101 of this title.
Authorization of appropriations
There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section—
such sums as are necessary for each of fiscal years 2002 through 2013; and
$2,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2023.
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.
Food and Agriculture Act of 1977
Pub. L. 95–113 title XIV § 1491 · 91 Stat. 913
Enacted · 7 U.S.C. § 3363
Pub. L. 95–113, title XIV, § 1491, as added Pub. L. 107–171, title VII, § 7503, May 13, 2002, 116 Stat. 465
Source evidence
Code source credit
Pub. L. 95–113, title XIV, § 1491, as added Pub. L. 107–171, title VII, § 7503, May 13, 2002, 116 Stat. 465Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008
Pub. L. 110–246 § 7143(b) · 122 Stat. 1651
Redesignated · 7 U.S.C. § 3363(c); 7 U.S.C. § 3363(e)
Pub. L. 110–246, § 7143(b), redesignated subsec. (e) as (c)
Substituted · 7 U.S.C. § 3363(c); 7 U.S.C. § 3363(e)
Pub. L. 110–246, § 7143(b), substituted “2012” for “2007”
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Subsecs. (c), (e). Pub. L. 110–246, § 7143(b), redesignated subsec. (e) as (c) and substituted “2012” for “2007”.Enacted provision · exact public law section
(b) Resident Instruction Grants for Insular Areas.— Section 1491 of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3363) is amended— (1) by redesignating subsection (e) as subsection (c); and (2) in subsection (c) (as so redesignated), by striking “2007” and inserting “2012”.Effective date note
Amendment 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 an Effective Date note under section 8701 of this title.Agricultural Act of 2014
Pub. L. 113–79 title VII § 7127(b) · 128 Stat. 649
Substituted · 7 U.S.C. § 3363(c)
Pub. L. 113–79 substituted “to carry out this section—” for “such sums as are necessary for each of the fiscal years 2002 through 2012 to carry out this section.”
Added · 7 U.S.C. § 3363(c)
Pub. L. 113–79 added pars. (1) and (2)
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 113–79 substituted “to carry out this section—” for “such sums as are necessary for each of the fiscal years 2002 through 2012 to carry out this section.” and added pars. (1) and (2).Enacted provision · exact public law section
(b) Resident Instruction Grants for Insular Areas.— Section 1491(c) of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3363(c)) is amended by striking “such sums as are necessary” and all that follows and inserting the following: “to carry out this section— “(1) such sums as are necessary for each of fiscal years 2002 through 2013; and “(2) $2,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2018.” .Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018
Pub. L. 115–334 title VII § 7136(b) · 132 Stat. 4490
Substituted · 7 U.S.C. § 3363(c)(2)
Pub. L. 115–334 substituted “2023” for “2018”
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Subsec. (c)(2). Pub. L. 115–334 substituted “2023” for “2018”.Enacted provision · exact public law section
(b) Resident Instruction Grants for Insular Areas.— Section 1491(c)(2) of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3363(c)(2)) is amended by striking “2018” and inserting “2023”.
5 of 6 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial
Editorial Notes
Codification
Pub. L. 110–234 and Pub. L. 110–246 made identical amendments to this section. The amendments by Pub. L. 110–234 were repealed by section 4(a) of Pub. L. 110–246.
Amendments2008–2018 · 3 rounds
2018
Subsec. (c)(2). Pub. L. 115–334 substituted “2023” for “2018”.
2014
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 113–79 substituted “to carry out this section—” for “such sums as are necessary for each of the fiscal years 2002 through 2012 to carry out this section.” and added pars. (1) and (2).
2008
Subsecs. (c), (e). Pub. L. 110–246, § 7143(b), redesignated subsec. (e) as (c) and substituted “2012” for “2007”.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date of 2008 Amendment
Amendment of this section and repeal of Pub. L. 110–234 by Pub. L. 110–246 effective , the date of enactment of Pub. L. 110–234, see section 4 of Pub. L. 110–246, set out as an Effective Date note under section 8701 of this title.
Credits
2002–2018 · 5 acts
- 2002Pub. L. 95–113, title XIV, § 1491, as added Pub. L. 107–171, title VII, § 7503, , 116 Stat. 465
- 2008amended Pub. L. 110–234, title VII, § 7143(b), , 122 Stat. 1233
- 2008Pub. L. 110–246, § 4(a), title VII, § 7143(b), , 122 Stat. 1664, 1994
- 2014Pub. L. 113–79, title VII, § 7127(b), , 128 Stat. 877
- 2018Pub. L. 115–334, title VII, § 7136(b), , 132 Stat. 4802.
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(Pub. L. 95–113, title XIV, § 1491, as added Pub. L. 107–171, title VII, § 7503, , 116 Stat. 465; amended Pub. L. 110–234, title VII, § 7143(b), , 122 Stat. 1233; Pub. L. 110–246, § 4(a), title VII, § 7143(b), , 122 Stat. 1664, 1994; Pub. L. 113–79, title VII, § 7127(b), , 128 Stat. 877; Pub. L. 115–334, title VII, § 7136(b), , 132 Stat. 4802.)