§ 342. Cooperative agricultural extension work; cooperation with Secretary of Agriculture

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. 1914

   Pub. L. 63–79 § 2 · 38 Stat. 372

   Enacted · 7 U.S.C. § 342

   May 8, 1914, ch. 79, § 2, 38 Stat. 373

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   May 8, 1914, ch. 79, § 2, 38 Stat. 373

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 2. That cooperative agricultural extension work shall consist Method of instruction outside of colleges, etc. of the giving of instruction and practical demonstrations in agriculture and home economics to persons not attending or resident in said colleges in the several communities, and imparting to such persons information on Said subjects through field demonstrations, publications, and otherwise; and this work shall be carried on in Determination of work. such manner as may be mutually agreed upon by the Secretary of Agriculture and the State agricultural college or colleges receiving the benefits of this Act.

2. 1962

   Pub. L. 87–749 § 1(a) · 76 Stat. 745

   Inserted · 7 U.S.C. § 342

   Pub. L. 87–749 inserted “or Territory or possession” after “college or colleges”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 87–749 inserted “or Territory or possession” after “college or colleges”.

3. 1977

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

   Pub. L. 95–113 title XIV § 1447(3) · 91 Stat. 913

   Inserted · 7 U.S.C. § 342

   Pub. L. 95–113 inserted reference to uses of solar energy with respect to agriculture

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 95–113 inserted reference to uses of solar energy with respect to agriculture.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (3) inserting after “demonstrations in agriculture” in section 2 the following: “, uses of solar energy with respect to agriculture,”. 7 USC 342.

4. 1980

   Energy Security Act

   Pub. L. 96–294 title II § 256(2) · 94 Stat. 611

   Inserted · 7 U.S.C. § 342

   Pub. L. 96–294 inserted reference to rural energy

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 96–294 inserted reference to rural energy.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (2) in section 2 by striking out “and home economics” and inserting in lieu thereof “;, home economics, and rural energy”.

5. 1985

   National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act Amendments of 1985

   Pub. L. 99–198 title XIV § 1435(a) · 99 Stat. 1354

   Substituted · 7 U.S.C. § 342

   Pub. L. 99–198 substituted “shall consist of the development of practical applications of research knowledge and giving of instruction and practical demonstrations of existing or improved practices or technologies” for “shall consist of the giving of instructions and practical demonstrations”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 99–198 substituted “shall consist of the development of practical applications of research knowledge and giving of instruction and practical demonstrations of existing or improved practices or technologies” for “shall consist of the giving of instructions and practical demonstrations”.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (a) Section 2 of the Act of May 8, 1914 (38 Stat. 372, chapter 79; 7 U.S.C. 342) (hereafter in this section referred to as the Smith-Lever Act) (7 U.S.C. 342) is amended by— 7 USC 341 note. (1) inserting “development of practical applications of re search knowledge and” after “consist of the”; and (2) inserting “of existing or improved practices or technologies” after “practical demonstrations”.

   Effective date note
   Amendment by Pub. L. 99–198 effective Oct. 1, 1985, see section 1435(d) of Pub. L. 99–198, set out as a note under section 343 of this title.

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