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[CITE: 7USC3315]

 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
       CHAPTER 64--AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH, EXTENSION, AND TEACHING
 
           SUBCHAPTER X--FUNDING AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
 
Sec. 3315. Auditing, reporting, bookkeeping, and administrative 
        requirements
        

(a) In general

    Except as provided elsewhere in this Act or any other Act of 
Congress--
        (1) assistance provided under this chapter shall be subject to 
    the provisions of sections 450i(e), 450i(f), and 450i(h) \1\ of this 
    title;
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        (2) the Secretary shall provide that each recipient of 
    assistance under this chapter shall submit an annual report, at such 
    times and on such forms as the Secretary shall prescribe, stating 
    the accomplishments of projects (on a project-by-project basis) for 
    which such assistance was used and accounting for the use of all 
    such assistance. If the Secretary determines that any portion of 
    funds made available under this chapter has been lost or applied in 
    a manner inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter or 
    regulations issued thereunder the recipient of such funds shall 
    reimburse the Federal Government for the funds lost or so applied, 
    and the Secretary shall not make available to such recipient any 
    additional funds under this Act until the recipient has so 
    reimbursed the Federal Government;
        (3) the Secretary may retain up to 4 percent of amounts 
    appropriated for agricultural research, extension, and teaching 
    assistance programs for the administration of those programs 
    authorized under this Act or any other Act; and
        (4) the Secretary shall establish appropriate criteria for grant 
    and assistance approval and necessary regulations pertaining 
    thereto.

(b) Community food projects

    The Secretary may retain, for the administration of community food 
projects under section 2034 of this title, 4 percent of amounts 
available for the projects, notwithstanding the availability of any 
appropriation for administrative expenses of the projects.

(c) Peer panel expenses

    Notwithstanding any other provision of law regarding a competitive 
research, education, or extension grant program of the Department of 
Agriculture, the Secretary may use grant program funds, as necessary, to 
supplement funds otherwise available for program administration, to pay 
for the costs associated with peer review of grant proposals under the 
program.

(d) ``In-kind support'' defined

    In any law relating to agricultural research, education, or 
extension activities administered by the Secretary, the term ``in-kind 
support'', with regard to a requirement that the recipient of funds 
provided by the Secretary match all or part of the amount of the funds, 
means contributions such as office space, equipment, and staff support.

(Pub. L. 95-113, title XIV, Sec. 1469, Sept. 29, 1977, 91 Stat. 1019; 
Pub. L. 105-185, title II, Sec. 230(b), June 23, 1998, 112 Stat. 547.)

                       References in Text

    For definition of ``this chapter'', referred to in subsec. (a), see 
note set out under section 3102 of this title.
    Sections 450i(e), 450i(f), and 450i(h) of this title, referred to in 
subsec. (a)(1), were redesignated as sections 450i(f), 450i(g), and 
450i(i), respectively, by Pub. L. 101-624, title XIV, Sec. 1497(1), Nov. 
28, 1990, 104 Stat. 3630.


                               Amendments

    1998--Pub. L. 105-185, Sec. 230(b)(1), reenacted section catchline 
without change, designated existing provisions as subsec. (a), and 
inserted heading.
    Subsec. (a)(3). Pub. L. 105-185, Sec. 230(b)(2), added par. (3) and 
struck out former par. (3) which read as follows: ``three per centum of 
the appropriations shall be retained by the Secretary for the 
administration of the programs authorized under this chapter; and''.
    Subsecs. (b) to (d). Pub. L. 105-185, Sec. 230(b)(3), added subsecs. 
(b) to (d).
