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[CITE: 7USC3126]

 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
       CHAPTER 64--AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH, EXTENSION, AND TEACHING
 
   SUBCHAPTER II--COORDINATION AND PLANNING OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH, 
                         EXTENSION, AND TEACHING
 
Sec. 3126. Libraries and information network


(a) Congressional declaration of policy

    It is declared to be the policy of Congress that--
        (1) cooperation and coordination among, and the more effective 
    utilization of, disparate agricultural libraries and information 
    units be facilitated;
        (2) information and library needs related to agricultural 
    research and education be effectively planned for, coordinated, and 
    evaluated;
        (3) a structure for the coordination of the agricultural 
    libraries of colleges and universities, Department of Agriculture 
    libraries, and their closely allied information gathering and 
    disseminating units be established in close conjunction with private 
    industry and other research libraries;
        (4) effective access by all colleges and universities and 
    Department of Agriculture personnel to literature and information 
    regarding the food and agricultural sciences be provided;
        (5) programs for training in information utilization with 
    respect to the food and agricultural sciences, including research 
    grants for librarians, information scientists, and agricultural 
    scientists be established or strengthened; and
        (6) the Department of Agriculture establish mutually valuable 
    working relationships with international and foreign information and 
    data programs.

(b) Food and Nutrition and Education Resources Center

    There is established within the National Agricultural Library of the 
Department of Agriculture a Food and Nutrition Information and Education 
Resources Center. Such Center shall be responsible for--
        (1) assembling and collecting food and nutrition education 
    materials, including the results of nutrition research, training 
    methods, procedures, and other materials related to the purpose of 
    this chapter;
        (2) maintaining such information and materials in a library; and
        (3) providing notification about these collections on a regular 
    basis to the State cooperative extension services, State educational 
    agencies, and other interested persons.

(c) Authorization of appropriations

    Funds are authorized to be appropriated annually in such amounts as 
Congress may determine necessary to support the purposes of this 
section. The Secretary is authorized to carry out this section with 
existing facilities through the use of grants, contracts, or such other 
means as the Secretary deems appropriate and to require matching of 
funds. No funds appropriated to support the purposes of this section 
shall be used to purchase additional equipment unless specifically 
authorized by law subsequent to September 29, 1977.

(Pub. L. 95-113, title XIV, Sec. 1411, Sept. 29, 1977, 91 Stat. 990; 
Pub. L. 97-98, title XIV, Sec. 1412, Dec. 22, 1981, 95 Stat. 1302.)

                       References in Text

    For definition of ``this chapter'', referred to in subsec. (b)(1), 
see note set out under section 3102 of this title.


                               Amendments

    1981--Subsec. (a)(6). Pub. L. 97-98, Sec. 1412(1)-(3), added par. 
(6).
    Subsec. (b)(3). Pub. L. 97-98, Sec. 1412(4), substituted 
``notification about these collections on a regular basis to the State 
cooperative extension services, State educational agencies, and other 
interested persons'' for ``for the dissemination of such information and 
materials on a regular basis to State educational agencies and other 
interested persons''.


                    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 this title.
