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[CITE: 7USC347a]

 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
            CHAPTER 13--AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANICAL COLLEGES
 
        SUBCHAPTER IV--AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION WORK APPROPRIATION
 
Sec. 347a. Disadvantaged agricultural areas


(a) Congressional findings

    The Congress finds that there exists special circumstances in 
certain agricultural areas which cause such areas to be at a 
disadvantage insofar as agricultural development is concerned, which 
circumstances include the following: (1) There is concentration of farm 
families on farms either too small or too unproductive or both; (2) such 
farm operators because of limited productivity are unable to make 
adjustments and investments required to establish profitable operations; 
(3) the productive capacity of the existing farm unit does not permit 
profitable employment of available labor; (4) because of limited 
resources, many of these farm families are not able to make full use of 
current extension programs designed for families operating economic 
units nor are extension facilities adequate to provide the assistance 
needed to produce desirable results.

(b) Appropriation

    In order to further the purposes of section 342 of this title in 
such areas and to encourage complementary development essential to the 
welfare of such areas, there are authorized to be appropriated such sums 
as the Congress from time to time shall determine to be necessary for 
payments to the States on the basis of special needs in such areas as 
determined by the Secretary of Agriculture.

(c) Assistance

    In determining that the area has such special need, the Secretary 
shall find that it has a substantial number of disadvantaged farms or 
farm families for one or more of the reasons heretofore enumerated. The 
Secretary shall make provisions for the assistance to be extended to 
include one or more of the following: (1) Intensive on-the-farm 
educational assistance to the farm family in appraising and resolving 
its problems; (2) assistance and counseling to local groups in 
appraising resources for capability of improvement in agriculture or 
introduction of industry designed to supplement farm income; (3) 
cooperation with other agencies and groups in furnishing all possible 
information as to existing employment opportunities, particularly to 
farm families having under-employed workers; and (4) in cases where the 
farm family, after analysis of its opportunities and existing resources, 
finds it advisable to seek a new farming venture, the providing of 
information, advice, and counsel in connection with making such change.

(d) Allocation of funds

    No more than 10 per centum of the sums available under this section 
shall be allotted to any one State. The Secretary shall use project 
proposals and plans of work submitted by the State Extension directors 
as a basis for determining the allocation of funds appropriated pursuant 
to this section.

(e) Appropriation as additional; limitation on amount

    Sums appropriated pursuant to this section shall be in addition to, 
and not in substitution for, appropriations otherwise available under 
this subchapter. The amounts authorized to be appropriated pursuant to 
this section shall not exceed a sum in any year equal to 10 per centum 
of sums otherwise appropriated pursuant to this subchapter.

(May 8, 1914, ch. 79, Sec. 8, as added Aug. 11, 1955, ch. 798, 
Sec. 1(a), 69 Stat. 683; amended Pub. L. 87-749, Sec. 1(h), Oct. 5, 
1962, 76 Stat. 745.)


                            Prior Provisions

    A prior section 8 of act May 8, 1914, was renumbered section 9 and 
is classified to section 348 of this title.


                               Amendments

    1962--Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 87-749 struck out ``, Alaska, Hawaii, and 
Puerto Rico'' before ``on the basis of''.
