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Title 7 — Agriculture

Chapter 13 — Agricultural and Mechanical Colleges

§ 345. Replacement of diminished, lost or misapplied funds; restrictions on use; reports of colleges

Statutory text

If any portion of the moneys received by the designated officer of any State for the support and maintenance of cooperative agricultural extension work, as provided in this subchapter, shall by any action or contingency be diminished or lost or be misapplied, it shall be replaced by said State and until so replaced no subsequent appropriation shall be apportioned or paid to said State. No portion of said moneys shall be applied, directly or indirectly, to the purchase, erection, preservation, or repair of any building or buildings, or the purchase or rental of land, or in college-course teaching, lectures in college, or any other purpose not specified in this subchapter.

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. 63–79 § 5 · 38 Stat. 372

    Enacted · 7 U.S.C. § 345

    May 8, 1914, ch. 79, § 5, 38 Stat. 374

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    May 8, 1914, ch. 79, § 5, 38 Stat. 374

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 5. That if any portion of the moneys received by the designated officer of any State for the support and maintenance of cooperative agricultural extension work, as provided in this Act, shall by any action or contingency be diminished or lost, or be misapplied, it shall be replaced by said State to which it belongs, and until so replaced no Use restricted. subsequent appropriation shall be apportioned or paid to said State, and no portion of said moneys shall be applied, directly or indirectly, to the purchase, erection, preservation, or repair of any building or buildings, or the purchase or rental of land, or in college-course teaching, lectures m colleges, promoting agricultural trains, or any other purpose not specified in this Act, and not more than five per centum of each annual appropriation shall be applied to the printing Annual reports from colleges. and distribution of publications. It shall be the duty of each of said colleges annually, on or before the first day of January, to make to the governor of the State in which it is located a full and detailed report of its operations in the direction of extension work as defined in this Act, including a detailed statement of receipts and expenditures from all sources for this purpose, a copy of which report shall be sent to the Secretary of Agriculture and to the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States.

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

    Struck · 7 U.S.C. § 345

    Pub. L. 87–749 struck out references to territories and possessions wherever appearing

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 87–749 struck out references to territories and possessions wherever appearing.

  3. Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008

    Pub. L. 110–246 § 7403(b) · 122 Stat. 1651

    Struck · 7 U.S.C. § 345

    Pub. L. 110–246, § 7403(b), struck out at end “It shall be the duty of said colleges, annually, on or about the first day of January, to make to the Governor of the State in which it is located a full and detailed report of its operations in extension work as defined in this subchapter, including a detailed statement of receipts and expenditures from all sources for this purpose, a copy of which report shall be sent to the Secretary of Agriculture.”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 110–246, § 7403(b), struck out at end “It shall be the duty of said colleges, annually, on or about the first day of January, to make to the Governor of the State in which it is located a full and detailed report of its operations in extension work as defined in this subchapter, including a detailed statement of receipts and expenditures from all sources for this purpose, a copy of which report shall be sent to the Secretary of Agriculture.”

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (b) Elimination of the Governor’s Report Requirement for Extension Activities.— Section 5 of the Smith-Lever Act (7 U.S.C. 345) is amended by striking the third sentence.

    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.

2 of 3 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.

Amendments1953–2008 · 3 rounds

2008

Pub. L. 110–246, § 7403(b), struck out at end “It shall be the duty of said colleges, annually, on or about the first day of January, to make to the Governor of the State in which it is located a full and detailed report of its operations in extension work as defined in this subchapter, including a detailed statement of receipts and expenditures from all sources for this purpose, a copy of which report shall be sent to the Secretary of Agriculture.”

1962

Pub. L. 87–749 struck out references to territories and possessions wherever appearing.

1953

Act , among other changes, inserted “Territory, or possession” after “State,” wherever latter term appeared, struck out provision that not more than five per centum of each annual appropriation should be applied to the printing and distribution of publications, and struck out the provision that copies of the required reports should be sent to the Secretary of the Treasury.

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

1914–2008 · 5 acts
  1. 1914May 8, 1914, ch. 79, § 5, 38 Stat. 374
  2. 1953June 26, 1953, ch. 157, § 1, 67 Stat. 85
  3. 1962Pub. L. 87–749, § 1(g), , 76 Stat. 745
  4. 2008Pub. L. 110–234, title VII, § 7403(b), , 122 Stat. 1246
  5. 2008Pub. L. 110–246, § 4(a), title VII, § 7403(b), , 122 Stat. 1664, 2007.
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(May 8, 1914, ch. 79, § 5, 38 Stat. 374; June 26, 1953, ch. 157, § 1, 67 Stat. 85; Pub. L. 87–749, § 1(g), , 76 Stat. 745; Pub. L. 110–234, title VII, § 7403(b), , 122 Stat. 1246; Pub. L. 110–246, § 4(a), title VII, § 7403(b), , 122 Stat. 1664, 2007.)

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