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[CITE: 7USC5930]

 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
                          CHAPTER 88--RESEARCH
 
            SUBCHAPTER VII--MISCELLANEOUS RESEARCH PROVISIONS
 
Sec. 5930. Reservation extension agents


(a) Establishment

    The Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Extension Service, 
shall establish appropriate extension education programs on Indian 
reservations and tribal jurisdictions. In establishing these extension 
programs, the Secretary shall consult with the Bureau of Indian Affairs, 
the Intertribal Agriculture Council, and the Southwest Indian 
Agriculture Association, and shall make such interagency cooperative 
agreements or memoranda of understanding as may be necessary. The 
programs to be developed and delivered on reservations and within tribal 
jurisdictions shall be determined with the advice and counsel of 
reservation or tribal program advisory committees.

(b) Administration and management

    Extension agents shall be employees of, and administratively 
responsible to, the Cooperative Extension Service of the State within 
which the reservation or tribal jurisdiction is located, and employment 
and personnel management responsibilities shall be vested with the State 
Cooperative Extension Service. In cases where a reservation or tribal 
jurisdiction is located in two or more States, the Secretary of 
Agriculture shall make the determination of administrative 
responsibility, including possible divisions along State boundaries.

(c) Advisory committees

    At the request of a State Extension Director, and with the 
assistance of the tribal authorities, the Secretary of Agriculture may 
form an advisory committee to give overall policy and program advice to 
that State Extension Director with regard to programs conducted on 
reservations or within tribal jurisdictions. Program advisory committees 
may be formed to assist extension staff in development and conduct of 
program activities.

(d) Staffing

    Insofar as possible, agent and specialist staff shall include 
individuals representative of the tribal grouping being served. Programs 
shall emphasize training and employment of local people in positions 
such as program aides, master gardeners, and volunteers. Staffing at a 
particular location shall be dependent on the needs and priorities of 
that location, as identified by the advisory committees and the State 
Extension Director, and the Director may make use of existing personnel 
and facilities as appropriate.

(e) Placing of agents

    The number of offices and their placement shall be jointly 
determined by the State Extension Directors and tribal authorities of 
the respective States by taking into consideration the agricultural 
acreage within the boundaries of an Indian reservation or tribal 
jurisdiction, the soil classifications of such acreage, and the 
population of such reservation or tribal jurisdiction.

(f) Reduced regulatory burden

    On a determination by the Secretary of Agriculture that a program 
carried out under this section has been satisfactorily administered for 
not less than 2 years, the Secretary shall implement a reduced 
reapplication process for the continued operation of the program in 
order to reduce regulatory burdens on participating university and 
tribal entities.

(g) Authorization of appropriations

    There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be 
necessary to carry out this section.

(Pub. L. 101-624, title XVI, Sec. 1677, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 3779; 
Pub. L. 102-237, title IV, Sec. 407(15), Dec. 13, 1991, 105 Stat. 1865; 
Pub. L. 104-127, title VIII, Sec. 840, Apr. 4, 1996, 110 Stat. 1170.)


                               Amendments

    1996--Subsecs. (f), (g). Pub. L. 104-127 added subsec. (f) and 
redesignated former subsec. (f) as (g).
    1991--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 102-237, Sec. 407(15)(A), (B), 
substituted ``reservation'' for ``Reservation'' and ``reservations'' for 
``Reservations'' wherever appearing.
    Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 102-237, Sec. 407(15)(A), substituted 
``reservation'' for ``Reservation'' in two places.
    Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 102-237, Sec. 407(15)(C), substituted 
``tribal'' for ``Tribal'' after ``assistance of the''.
    Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 102-237, Sec. 407(15)(A), substituted 
``reservation'' for ``Reservation'' in two places.


         Indian Subsistence Farming Demonstration Grant Program

    Pub. L. 102-237, title IX, subtitle C, Secs. 931-939, Dec. 13, 1991, 
105 Stat. 1889, established Indian subsistence farming demonstration 
grant program to provide grants to any Indian tribe, or intertribal 
consortium, for establishment on Indian reservations of subsistence 
farming operations that grow fresh produce for distribution to eligible 
recipients, and provided for definitions, applications for assistance, 
training and technical assistance by Extension Service, tribal 
consultation, use, amount, and terms of grants, additional requirements, 
and authorization of appropriations through fiscal year 1995, prior to 
repeal by Pub. L. 104-127, title VIII, Sec. 874, Apr. 4, 1996, 110 Stat. 
1175.
