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[CITE: 42USC8852]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
              CHAPTER 96--BIOMASS ENERGY AND ALCOHOL FUELS
 
    SUBCHAPTER III--RURAL, AGRICULTURAL, AND FORESTRY BIOMASS ENERGY
 
Sec. 8852. Coordination of research and extension activities; 
        consultative requirements
        
    (a) The Secretary of Agriculture shall coordinate the applied 
research and extension programs conducted under this subchapter and 
under the amendments made by this subchapter to section 1419 [7 U.S.C. 
3154] and subtitle B of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, 
and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 [7 U.S.C. 3129],\1\ section 1 of the 
Bankhead-Jones Act [7 U.S.C. 427], section 3 of the Forest and Rangeland 
Renewable Resources Research Act of 1978 [16 U.S.C. 1642], and sections 
1 and 2 of the Smith-Lever Act [7 U.S.C. 341, 342] with the programs of 
the Department of Energy.
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    (b) In carrying out this subchapter and the amendments made by this 
subchapter, the Secretary of Agriculture shall consult on a continuing 
basis with--
        (1) the Subcommittee on Food, Agricultural, and Forestry 
    Research of the Federal Coordinating Council for Science, 
    Engineering, and Technology;
        (2) the Joint Council on Food and Agricultural Sciences; and
        (3) the National Agricultural Research and Extension Users 
    Advisory Board;

for the purpose of coordinating research and extension activities.

(Pub. L. 96-294, title II, Sec. 257, June 30, 1980, 94 Stat. 708; Pub. 
L. 97-98, title XIV, Sec. 1406(c), Dec. 22, 1981, 95 Stat. 1299.)

                       References in Text

    This subchapter, referred to in text, was in the original ``this 
subtitle'', meaning subtitle C (Secs. 251-262) of title II of Pub. L. 
96-294, June 30, 1980, 94 Stat. 705, as amended, which enacted this 
subchapter and sections 1435 and 3129 of Title 7, Agriculture, and 
amended sections 341, 342, 427, and 3154 of Title 7 and sections 590h 
and 1642 of Title 16, Conservation. For complete classification of 
subtitle C to the Code, see Tables.
    7 U.S.C. 3129, referred to in subsec. (a), was repealed by Pub. L. 
101-624, title XVI, Sec. 1601(f)(1)(C), Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 3704.


                               Amendments

    1981--Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 97-98 substituted ``Subcommittee on 
Food, Agricultural, and Forestry Research'' for ``Subcommittee on Food 
and Renewable Resources''.


                    Effective Date of 1981 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 97-98 effective Dec. 22, 1981, see section 1801 
of Pub. L. 97-98, set out as an Effective Date note under section 4301 
of Title 7, Agriculture.
