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[CITE: 7USC178n]

 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
      CHAPTER 8A--RUBBER AND OTHER CRITICAL AGRICULTURAL MATERIALS
 
             SUBCHAPTER II--CRITICAL AGRICULTURAL MATERIALS
 
Sec. 178n. Administration and funding


(a) Authorization of appropriations to Secretary of Agriculture

    There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of 
Agriculture such sums as are necessary to carry out this subchapter in 
each of the fiscal years 1991 through 2002.

(b) Administration and management

    No more than 3 per centum of funds authorized under subsection (a) 
of this section shall be available for administration and management of 
the program.

(c) Contract authority as limited by amounts provided in appropriations 
        acts

    Notwithstanding any other provision of this subchapter the authority 
to enter into contracts shall be effective for any fiscal year only to 
such extent or in such amounts as are provided in appropriations Acts.

(d) Activities limited to critical materials other than native latex 
        after fiscal 1988

    Notwithstanding any other provision of this subchapter, the 
Secretaries and the Joint Commission shall limit their activities under 
this subchapter to critical agricultural materials other than native 
latex after the close of the fiscal year ending September 30, 1988.

(Pub. L. 95-592, Sec. 16, Nov. 4, 1978, 92 Stat. 2534; Pub. L. 98-284, 
Sec. 15, May 16, 1984, 98 Stat. 184; Pub. L. 101-624, title XVI, 
Sec. 1601(e), Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 3704; Pub. L. 104-127, title 
VIII, Sec. 881(b), Apr. 4, 1996, 110 Stat. 1175; Pub. L. 105-185, title 
III, Sec. 301(c), June 23, 1998, 112 Stat. 563.)


                               Amendments

    1998--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 105-185 substituted ``2002'' for 
``1997''.
    1996--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 104-127 substituted ``1997'' for 
``1995''.
    1990--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 101-624, Sec. 1601(e)(1), added subsec. 
(a) and struck out former subsec. (a) which read as follows: ``There is 
authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Agriculture $2,500,000 
for each of the fiscal years ending September 30, 1980, and September 
30, 1981, $5,000,000 for each of the fiscal years ending September 30, 
1982, and September 30, 1983, $5,000,000 for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 1984, $5,500,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
1985, $6,500,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1986, 
$7,500,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1987, and $8,000,000 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1988, to carry out the purposes 
of this subchapter. Funds appropriated under this paragraph shall be 
available for obligation until the last day of the fiscal year after the 
year for which such funds are authorized.''
    Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 101-624, Sec. 1601(e)(2)-(4), redesignated 
subsec. (c) as (b) and substituted ``subsection (a)'' for ``subsections 
(a) and (b)'', and struck out former subsec. (b) which read as follows: 
``There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Commerce 
$2,500,000 for each of the fiscal years ending September 30, 1980, and 
September 30, 1981, $5,000,000 for each of the fiscal years ending 
September 30, 1982, and September 30, 1983, $2,500,000 for the fiscal 
year ending September 30, 1984, $3,000,000 for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 1985, $3,500,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
1986, $4,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1987, and 
$4,500,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1988, to carry out 
the purposes of this subchapter. Funds appropriated under this paragraph 
shall be available for obligation until the last day of the fiscal year 
after the year for which such funds are authorized.''
    Subsecs. (c) to (e). Pub. L. 101-624, Sec. 1601(e)(4), redesignated 
subsecs. (c) to (e) as (b) to (d), respectively.
    1984--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 98-284, Sec. 15(a), inserted ``$5,000,000 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1984, $5,500,000 for the fiscal 
year ending September 30, 1985, $6,500,000 for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 1986, $7,500,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
1987, and $8,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1988,'' 
and struck out ``and'' after ``1981,''.
    Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 98-284, Sec. 15(b), inserted ``$2,500,000 for 
the fiscal year ending September 30, 1984, $3,000,000 for the fiscal 
year ending September 30, 1985, $3,500,000 for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 1986, $4,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
1987, and $4,500,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1988,'' 
and struck out ``and'' after ``1981,''.
    Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 98-284, Sec. 15(c), added subsec. (e).

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 178c of this title.
