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[CITE: 7USC342]

 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
            CHAPTER 13--AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANICAL COLLEGES
 
        SUBCHAPTER IV--AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION WORK APPROPRIATION
 
Sec. 342. Cooperative agricultural extension work; cooperation 
        with Secretary of Agriculture
        
    Cooperative agricultural extension work shall consist of the 
development of practical applications of research knowledge and giving 
of instruction and practical demonstrations of existing or improved 
practices or technologies in agriculture, uses of solar energy with 
respect to agriculture, home economics, and rural energy and subjects 
relating thereto to persons not attending or resident in said colleges 
in the several communities, and imparting information on said subjects 
through demonstrations, publications, and otherwise and for the 
necessary printing and distribution of information in connection with 
the foregoing; and this work shall be carried on in such manner as may 
be mutually agreed upon by the Secretary of Agriculture and the State 
agricultural college or colleges or Territory or possession receiving 
the benefits of this subchapter.

(May 8, 1914, ch. 79, Sec. 2, 38 Stat. 373; June 26, 1953, ch. 157, 
Sec. 1, 67 Stat. 84; Pub. L. 87-749, Sec. 1(a), Oct. 5, 1962, 76 Stat. 
745; Pub. L. 95-113, title XIV, Sec. 1447(3), Sept. 29, 1977, 91 Stat. 
1011; Pub. L. 96-294, title II, Sec. 256(2), June 30, 1980, 94 Stat. 
708; Pub. L. 99-198, title XIV, Sec. 1435(a), Dec. 23, 1985, 99 Stat. 
1557.)

                          Codification

    Another section 1447 of Pub. L. 95-113 is classified to section 
3222b of this title.


                               Amendments

    1985--Pub. L. 99-198 substituted ``shall consist of the development 
of practical applications of research knowledge and giving of 
instruction and practical demonstrations of existing or improved 
practices or technologies'' for ``shall consist of the giving of 
instructions and practical demonstrations''.
    1980--Pub. L. 96-294 inserted reference to rural energy.
    1977--Pub. L. 95-113 inserted reference to uses of solar energy with 
respect to agriculture.
    1962--Pub. L. 87-749 inserted ``or Territory or possession'' after 
``college or colleges''.
    1953--Act June 26, 1953, inserted ``and subjects relating thereto'' 
after ``agriculture and home economics'' near beginning of section, and 
inserted reference to necessary printing and distribution of 
information.


                    Effective Date of 1985 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 99-198 effective Oct. 1, 1985, see section 
1435(d) of Pub. L. 99-198, set out as a note under section 343 of this 
title.


                    Effective Date of 1977 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 95-113 effective Oct. 1, 1977, see section 1901 
of Pub. L. 95-113, set out as a note under section 1307 of this title.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 343, 347a of this title; 
title 42 section 8852.
