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[CITE: 7USC3128]

 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
       CHAPTER 64--AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH, EXTENSION, AND TEACHING
 
   SUBCHAPTER II--COORDINATION AND PLANNING OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH, 
                         EXTENSION, AND TEACHING
 
Sec. 3128. General provisions


(a) Vacancies in Advisory Board

    Any vacancy in the Advisory Board shall not affect its duties under 
this title and shall be filled in the same manner as the original 
position.

(b) Compensation and expenses of members of Advisory Board

    Members of the Advisory Board shall serve without compensation, if 
not otherwise officers or employees of the United States, except that 
they shall, while away from their homes or regular places of business in 
the performance of services under this chapter, be allowed travel 
expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, in the same manner 
as persons employed intermittently in the Government service are allowed 
expenses under sections 5701 through 5707 of title 5.

(c) Authorization of appropriations

    There are authorized to be appropriated annually such sums as 
Congress may determine necessary to carry out the provisions of section 
3127 of this title and subsection (b) of this section.

(Pub. L. 95-113, title XIV, Sec. 1413, Sept. 29, 1977, 91 Stat. 991; 
Pub. L. 97-98, title XIV, Sec. 1414(a), Dec. 22, 1981, 95 Stat. 1303; 
Pub. L. 101-624, title XVI, Sec. 1605(b)(2), Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 
3713; Pub. L. 103-354, title II, Sec. 218(e)(7), Oct. 13, 1994, 108 
Stat. 3213; Pub. L. 104-127, title VIII, Secs. 852(b)(4), 853(b)(5), 
Apr. 4, 1996, 110 Stat. 1171, 1172; Pub. L. 105-185, title VI, 
Sec. 606(b), (c)(2), June 23, 1998, 112 Stat. 603, 604.)

                       References in Text

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


                               Amendments

    1998--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 105-185, Sec. 606(c)(2), substituted 
``its duties'' for ``their powers''.
    Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 105-185, Sec. 606(b), substituted ``Advisory 
Board'' for ``Joint Council, the Advisory Board,''.
    1996--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 104-127, Secs. 852(b)(4)(A), 
853(b)(5)(A), substituted ``the Advisory Board'' for ``the Joint 
Council, the Advisory Board, or the Technology Board''.
    Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 104-127, Sec. 853(b)(5)(B), struck out ``and 
the Technology Board'' before ``shall serve without''.
    Pub. L. 104-127, Sec. 852(b)(4)(B), which directed substitution of 
``Advisory Board'' for ``Joint Council, Advisory Board,'' could not be 
executed because those words did not appear in text.
    1994--Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 103-354 struck out subsec. (d) which read 
as follows: ``The President shall appoint, by and with the advice and 
consent of the Senate, an Assistant Secretary of Agriculture who shall 
perform such duties as are necessary to carry out this chapter and who 
shall receive compensation at the rate now or hereafter prescribed by 
law for Assistant Secretaries of Agriculture.''
    1990--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 101-624, Sec. 1605(b)(2)(A), substituted 
``, the Advisory Board, or the Technology Board'' for ``or the Advisory 
Board''.
    Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 101-624, Sec. 1605(b)(2)(B), substituted ``, 
the Advisory Board, and the Technology Board'' for ``and Advisory 
Board''.
    Subsecs. (d), (e). Pub. L. 101-624, Sec. 1605(b)(2)(C), redesignated 
subsec. (e) as (d) and struck out former subsec. (d) which read as 
follows: ``The Subcommittee on Food, Agricultural, and Forestry 
Research, the Joint Council, and the Advisory Board shall improve 
communication and interaction among themselves and with others in the 
agricultural science and education system through such mechanisms as the 
exchange of reports, joint meetings, and the use of liaison 
representatives.''
    1981--Subsecs. (c) to (e). Pub. L. 97-98 added subsecs. (c) to (e).


                    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.
