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[CITE: 7USC7033]

 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
          CHAPTER 98--DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE REORGANIZATION
 
                     SUBCHAPTER X--FREEDOM TO E-FILE
 
Sec. 7033. Availability of agency information technology funds


(a) Reservation of funds

    From funds made available for agencies of the Department specified 
in section 7031(b) of this title for information technology or 
information resource management, the Secretary shall reserve from those 
agencies' applicable accounts a total amount equal to not more than the 
following:
        (1) For fiscal year 2001, $3,000,000.
        (2) For each subsequent fiscal year, $2,000,000.

(b) Time for reservation

    The Secretary shall notify Congress of the amount to be reserved 
under subsection (a) of this section for a fiscal year not later than 
December 1 of that fiscal year.

(c) Use of funds

                          (1) Establishment

        Funds reserved under subsection (a) of this section shall be 
    used to establish the Internet-based system required under section 
    7031 of this title and to expand the system as required by section 
    7032 of this title.

                           (2) Maintenance

        Once the system is established and operational, reserved amounts 
    shall be used for maintenance and improvement of the system.

(d) Return of funds

    Funds reserved under subsection (a) of this section and unobligated 
at the end of the fiscal year shall be returned to the agency from which 
the funds were reserved, to remain available until expended.

(Pub. L. 106-222, Sec. 4, June 20, 2000, 114 Stat. 354.)
