NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH, EXTENSION, AND TEACHING POLICY ACT AMENDMENTS OF 1981 TITLE XIV OF THE AGRICULTURE AND FOOD ACT OF 1981 (Public Law 97-98; 95 Stat. 1213) [Note: Only freestanding provisions are included in this compilation. Most of the sections of this Act amend other Acts.] TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 * TITLE XIV-NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH, EXTENSION, AND TEACHING POLICY ACT AMENDMENTS OF 1981 Sec. 1419. Transfer of functions under the Second Morrill Act. Sec. 1432. Agriculture research in 1890 land-grant colleges, including Tuskegee Institute. Sec. 1433. Authority to award grants to upgrade 1890 land-grant college research facilities. * Sec. 1445. Increased emphasis on marketing education programs for small and medium size family farming operations. Sec. 1447. Administrative jurisdiction over lands. TITLE XIV-NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH, EXTENSION, AND TEACHING POLICY ACT AMENDMENTS OF 1981 SHORT TITLE SEC. 1401. [7 U.S.C. 3101 note] This title may be cited as the "National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act Amendments of 1981". TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS UNDER THE SECOND MORRILL ACT SEC. 1419. [7 U.S.C. 321 note] There are hereby transferred to the Secretary of Agriculture all the functions and duties of the Secretary of Education under the Act of August 30, 1890 and the 1This table of contents is not part of the Agriculture and Food Act of 1981 but is prepared for the convenience of the reader. tenth and eleventh paragraphs under the heading "Emergency Appropriations" of the Act of March 4, 1907 (7 U.S.C. 321 et seq.). AGRICULTURE RESEARCH IN 1890 LAND-GRANT COLLEGES, INCLUDING TUSKEGEE INSTITUTE SEC. 1432. [Subsection (a) omitted-amendment] (b) [7 U.S.C. 3222 note] (1) The Secretary of Agriculture shall make a grant of funds appropriated under paragraph (5) of this subsection to the one college of all the colleges eligible to receive funds under the Act of August 30, 1890 (7 U.S.C. 321 et seq.), including Tuskegee Institute, which on the date of the enactment of this title (A) has initiated a dairy goat research program; and (B) has the best demonstrable capacity to carry out dairy goat research. (2) Any grant received under paragraph (1) by such college may be expended to (A) pay expenses incurred in conducting dairy goat research; (B) print and disseminate the results of such research; (C) contribute to the retirement of employees engaged in such research; (D) plan, administer, and direct such research; and (E) construct, acquire, alter, and repair buildings necessary to conduct such research. (3)(A) Under the terms of such grant, funds appropriated under paragraph (5) of this subsection for a fiscal year shall be paid to such college in equal quarterly installments beginning on or about the first day of October of such year upon vouchers approved by the Secretary of Agriculture. (B) Not later than sixty days after the end of each fiscal year for which funds are paid under this subsection to such college, the research director of such college shall submit to the Secretary a detailed statement of the disbursements in such fiscal year of funds received by such college under this subsection. (C) If any of the funds so received by such college are by any action or contingency misapplied, lost, or diminished, then— (i) such college shall replace such funds; and (ii) the Secretary shall not distribute to such college any other funds under this subsection until such replacement is made. (4) For purposes of section 1445(e) of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3222(e)), research and experiments funded under this subsection shall be deemed to be research and experiments funded under section 1445 of such Act. (5) There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry out this subsection, for each of the fiscal years 1991 through 1997 an amount equal to one per centum of the aggregate amount of funds appropriated under section 1445 of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3222) in the fiscal year preceding the fiscal year for which funds are authorized to be appropriated under this paragraph. AUTHORITY TO AWARD GRANTS TO UPGRADE 1890 LAND-GRANT SEC. 1433. [7 U.S.C. 3223] (a) It is hereby declared to be the intent of Congress to assist the institutions eligible to receive funds under the Act of August 30, 1890 (7 U.S.C. 321 et seq.), including Tuskegee Institute (hereinafter referred to in this section as "eligible institutions"), in the acquisition and improvement of research. facilities and equipment, including agricultural libraries, so that eligible institutions may participate fully with the State agricultural experiment stations in a balanced attack on the research needs of the people of their States. (b) There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Agriculture for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this section $10,000,000 for each of the fiscal years ending September 30, 1982, September 30, 1983, September 30, 1984, September 30, 1985, September 30, 1986, and September 30, 1987, such sums to remain available until expended. (c) Four per centum of the sums appropriated pursuant to this section shall be available to the Secretary for administration of this grants program. The remaining funds shall be available for grants to the eligible institutions for the purpose of assisting them in the purchase of equipment and land, and the planning, construction, alteration, or renovation of buildings to strengthen their capacity to conduct research in the food and agricultural sciences. (d) Grants awarded pursuant to this section shall be made in such amounts and under such terms and conditions as the Secretary shall determine necessary for carrying out the purposes of this section. (e) Federal funds provided under this section may not be utilized for the payment of any overhead costs of the eligible institutions. (f) The Secretary may promulgate such rules and regulations as the Secretary may deem necessary to carry out the provisions of this section. INCREASED EMPHASIS ON MARKETING EDUCATION PROGRAMS FOR SMALL AND MEDIUM SIZE FAMILY FARMING OPERATIONS SEC. 1445. [7 U.S.C. 2271] In carrying out marketing research and education programs, the Secretary of Agriculture shall take such steps as may be necessary to increase the efforts of the Department of Agriculture in providing marketing education programs for persons engaged in small and medium size farm operations. ADMINISTRATIVE JURISDICTION OVER LANDS SEC. 1447. It is the intent of Congress that dual administration. and jurisdiction by the Departments of Agriculture and the Interior over certain lands currently administered by the Secretary of Agri culture should be avoided. Therefore, the Secretary of Agriculture shall have sole administrative jurisdiction of the following described lands: The United States Sheep Experiment Station in Idaho and Summer Range in Montana. These lands, containing a total of 45,013 acres of land, more or less, were withdrawn, by Executive Orders 3767, dated December 19, 1922; 2268, dated October 30, 1915; 2491, dated November 21, 1916; 3141, dated August 6, 1919; and 3165, dated September 3, 1919, for agricultural experiment purposes. |