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[CITE: 7USC2663]

 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
CHAPTER 59--RURAL FIRE PROTECTION, DEVELOPMENT, AND SMALL FARM RESEARCH 
                              AND EDUCATION
 
 SUBCHAPTER II--RURAL DEVELOPMENT AND SMALL FARM RESEARCH AND EDUCATION
 
Sec. 2663. Funding


(a) Authorization of appropriations

    There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as are necessary 
to carry out the purposes of this subchapter.

(b) Distributions

    Such sums as are appropriated to carry out the provisions of section 
2662(a) and (b) of this title shall be distributed by the Secretary of 
Agriculture as follows:
        (1) 4 per centum shall be retained by the Secretary for program 
    administration and national coordination of State programs, and 
    program assistance to the States;
        (2) 10 per centum shall be used to finance work serving two or 
    more States in which colleges or universities in two or more States 
    cooperate or that is conducted by one college or university to serve 
    two or more States;
        (3) 20 per centum shall be allocated equally among the States; 
    and
        (4) 66 per centum shall be allocated to each State as follows: 
    One-half in an amount that bears the same ratio to the total amount 
    to be allotted as the rural population of the State bears to the 
    total rural population of all the States, as determined by the last 
    preceding decennial census current at that time; and one-half in an 
    amount that bears the same ratio to the total amount to be allotted 
    as the farm population of the State bears to the total farm 
    population of all the States, as determined by the last preceding 
    decennial census current at that time:

Provided, That, beginning with the fiscal year ending September 30, 
1982, no State may receive more than $75,000 until all States have been 
allotted a minimum of $75,000.

(c) Additional distributions

    Such sums as are appropriated to carry out subsections (e) and (i) 
of section 2662 of this title shall be distributed by the Secretary to 
colleges and universities, on a competitive or matching fund basis, 
according to the Secretary's determination of the projects and manner of 
funding that show the most promise of fulfilling the objectives of those 
subsections.

(d) Administration of programs

    Funds appropriated under this subchapter may be used to pay salaries 
and other expenses of personnel employed to carry out the functions 
authorized by this subchapter; to obtain necessary supplies, equipment, 
and services; and to rent, repair, and maintain facilities needed, but 
not to purchase or construct buildings.

(e) Development of plans of work and budgets by eligible institutions

    Payment of funds to any State for programs authorized under section 
2662(a), (b), (c), and (d) of this title shall be contingent upon 
approval by the Secretary of a plan of work and budget for such programs 
and compliance with such regulations as the Secretary may issue under 
this subchapter. Plans for work shall be jointly developed in each State 
by the land-grant colleges and universities eligible to receive funds 
under the Act of July 2, 1862 (7 U.S.C. 301 et seq.), and the Act of 
August 30, 1890 (7 U.S.C. 321 et seq.), including Tuskegee Institute. In 
States in which there is no land-grant institution eligible to receive 
funds under the Act of August 30, 1890, the land-grant institution 
eligible to receive funds under the Act of July 2, 1862, shall be 
responsible for developing plans of work and budgets. In the development 
of the plans of work and budgets, consideration shall be given to 
involvement of the resources and expertise of the colleges and 
universities serving the region in which the plans and budgets are to be 
applied.

(f) Availability; budgets and accounts

    Funds shall be available for use by each State in the fiscal year 
for which appropriated and the next fiscal year following the fiscal 
year for which appropriated. Funds shall be budgeted and accounted for 
on such forms and at such times as the Secretary shall prescribe.

(g) Financing of programs at other than cooperating institutions

    Funds provided to each State under this subchapter may be used to 
finance programs through or at private and publicly supported colleges 
and universities other than the institutions responsible for 
administering the programs, as provided under section 2664 of this 
title.

(Pub. L. 92-419, title V, Sec. 503, as added Pub. L. 97-98, title XIV, 
Sec. 1444(a), Dec. 22, 1981, 95 Stat. 1324; amended Pub. L. 99-198, 
title XIV, Sec. 1440(b), Dec. 23, 1985, 99 Stat. 1560; Pub. L. 101-624, 
title XXIII, Secs. 2389(c)(2), 2390(b)(2), Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 
4055, 4056; Pub. L. 102-237, title IV, Sec. 403(b), Dec. 13, 1991, 105 
Stat. 1863; Pub. L. 104-127, title VII, Sec. 792(b)(2), Apr. 4, 1996, 
110 Stat. 1152.)

                       References in Text

    Act of July 2, 1862, referred to in subsec. (e), is act July 2, 
1862, ch. 130, 12 Stat. 503, as amended, popularly known as the First 
Morrill Act, which is classified generally to subchapter I (Sec. 301 et 
seq.) of chapter 13 of this title. For complete classification of this 
Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 301 of this 
title and Tables.
    Act of August 30, 1890, referred to in subsec. (e), is act Aug. 30, 
1890, ch. 841, 26 Stat. 417, as amended, popularly known as the 
Agricultural College Act of 1890 and also as the Second Morrill Act, 
which is classified generally to subchapter II (Sec. 321 et seq.) of 
chapter 13 of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the 
Code, see Short Title note set out under section 321 of this title and 
Tables.


                            Prior Provisions

    A prior section 2663, Pub. L. 92-419, title V, Sec. 503, Aug. 30, 
1972, 86 Stat. 672; Pub. L. 94-259, Sec. 1, Apr. 5, 1976, 90 Stat. 314; 
Pub. L. 95-113, title XIV, Sec. 1441, Sept. 29, 1977, 91 Stat. 1006; 
Pub. L. 96-355, Sec. 4(1)-(3), Sept. 24, 1980, 94 Stat. 1173, 1174, 
related to program moneys, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 97-98, title XIV, 
Sec. 1444(a), Dec. 22, 1981, 95 Stat. 1326.


                               Amendments

    1996--Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 104-127, Sec. 792(b)(2)(A)(ii), (iii), 
which directed substitution of ``subsections (e), (h), and (i) of 
section 2662 of this title shall be distributed'' for ``section 
2662(e)'' and all that follows through ``shall be distributed'' and 
``objectives of subsections (e), (h), and (i) of section 2662 of this 
title'' for ``objectives of'' and all that follows through ``title'', 
could not be executed because of prior amendment by Pub. L. 102-237, 
which substituted ``subsections (e) and (i) of section 2662 of this 
title shall be distributed'' for ``the provisions of section 2662(e) of 
this title shall be distributed'' and ``objectives of those 
subsections'' for ``objectives of section 2662(e) of this title''. See 
1991 Amendment note below.
    Pub. L. 104-127, Sec. 792(b)(2)(A)(i), (B), struck out ``(1)'' 
before ``Such sums'' and struck out par. (2) which read as follows: 
``The Secretary shall distribute the amounts appropriated to carry out 
section 2662(f) of this title to colleges and universities in accordance 
with the requirements of such subsection.''
    1991--Subsec. (c)(1). Pub. L. 102-237 substituted ``subsections (e) 
and (i) of section 2662 of this title'' for ``the provisions of section 
2662(e) of this title'' and ``objectives of those subsections'' for 
``objectives of section 2662(e) of this title''.
    1990--Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 101-624, Sec. 2390(b)(2), which directed 
substitution of ``section 2662(f) of this title, and section 2662(h) of 
this title'' for ``and section 2662(f) of this title'', could not be 
executed because of prior amendment by Pub. L. 101-624, 
Sec. 2389(c)(2)(B), which struck out ``and section 2662(f)'' wherever 
appearing in par. (1). See below.
    Pub. L. 101-624, Sec. 2389(c)(2), inserted heading, designated 
existing provisions as par. (1), struck out ``and section 2662(f)'' 
before ``of this title'' in two places, and added par. (2).
    1985--Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 99-198 inserted references to section 
2662(f) of this title.


                             Effective Date

    Section effective Dec. 22, 1981, see section 1801 of Pub. L. 97-98, 
set out as a note under section 4301 of this title.
