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[CITE: 7USC178g]

 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
      CHAPTER 8A--RUBBER AND OTHER CRITICAL AGRICULTURAL MATERIALS
 
             SUBCHAPTER II--CRITICAL AGRICULTURAL MATERIALS
 
Sec. 178g. Powers of Secretary of Agriculture

    In carrying out the provisions of this subchapter, the Secretary of 
Agriculture is authorized to--
        (a) make grants to States, education institutions, scientific 
    organizations, and Indian tribes as defined in the Indian Self-
    Determination and Education Assistance Act (Public Law 93-638, 25 
    U.S.C. 450), and enter into contracts with such institutions and 
    organizations and with industrial or engineering firms;
        (b) acquire the services of biologists, agronomists, foresters, 
    geneticists, chemists, engineers, economists, and other personnel by 
    contract or otherwise;
        (c) utilize the facilities of Federal and State scientific 
    laboratories;
        (d) establish and operate necessary facilities and plantations 
    to carry out the continuous research, testing, development, and 
    programing necessary to effectuate the purposes of this subchapter;
        (e) acquire secret processes, technical data, inventions, patent 
    applications, patents, licenses, land and interest in land 
    (including water rights), facilities, and other property or rights 
    by purchase, license, lease, or donation;
        (f) assemble and maintain pertinent and current literature and 
    publications, patents and licenses, land and interests in land;
        (g) cause onsite inspections to be made of promising projects, 
    domestic or foreign, and, in the case of projects located in the 
    United States, cooperate and participate in their development when 
    the Secretary determines that the purpose of this subchapter will be 
    served thereby;
        (h) foster and participate in regional, national, and 
    international conferences relating to native latex culture or the 
    culture of other native agricultural crops which could supply 
    critical agricultural materials;
        (i) coordinate, correlate, and publish information with a view 
    to advancing the development of native latex technology or the 
    technology of other native agricultural crops which could supply 
    critical agricultural materials; and
        (j) cooperate with other Federal departments and agencies, with 
    State and local departments, agencies, and instrumentalities, and 
    with interested persons, firms, institutions, and organizations.

(Pub. L. 95-592, Sec. 9, Nov. 4, 1978, 92 Stat. 2532; Pub. L. 98-284, 
Sec. 9, May 16, 1984, 98 Stat. 183.)

                       References in Text

    The Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (Public 
Law 93-638, 25 U.S.C. 450), as amended, referred to in cl. (a), is Pub. 
L. 93-638, Jan. 4, 1975, 88 Stat. 2203, as amended, which is classified 
principally to subchapter II (Sec. 450 et seq.) of chapter 14 of Title 
25, Indians. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see 
Short Title note set out under section 450 of Title 25 and Tables.


                               Amendments

    1984--Cl. (h). Pub. L. 98-284, Sec. 9(1), inserted ``or the culture 
of other native agricultural crops which could supply critical 
agricultural materials''.
    Cl. (i). Pub. L. 98-284, Sec. 9(2), inserted ``or the technology of 
other native agricultural crops which could supply critical agricultural 
materials''.
