Extension Service

Extension Service Payments to States, Puerto Rico, Guam, the Virgin Islands, Micronesia, Northern Marianas and American Samoa: For payments for cooperative agricultural extension work under the Smith-Lever Act, as amended, to be distributed under sections 3(b) and 3(c) of said Act, for retirement and employees’ compensation costs for extension agents and for costs of penalty mail for cooperative extension agents 105 STAT. 885and State extension directors, $262,712,000; payments for the nutrition and family education program for low-income areas under section 3(d) of the Act, $60,525,000; payments for the urban gardening program under section 3(d) of the Act, $3,557,000; payments for the pest management program under section 3(d) of the Act, $8,200,000; payments for the farm safety program under section 3(d) of the Act, $2,470,000; payments for the pesticide impact assessment program under section 3(d) of the Act, $3,405,000; grants to upgrade 1890 land-grant college extension facilities as authorized by section 1416 of Public Law 99–198, $9,508,000, to remain available until expended; payments for the rural development centers under section 3(d) of the Act, $950,000; payments for extension work under section 209(c) of Public Law 93–471, $1,010,000; payments for a groundwater quality program under section 3(d) of the Act, $11,375,000; for special grants for financially stressed farmers and dislocated farmers as authorized by Public Law 100–219, $2,550,000; payments for the Agricultural Telecommunications Program, as authorized by Public Law 100–624 (7 U.S.C. 5926), $1,221,000; payments for youth-at-risk programs under section 3(d) of the Act, $10,000,000; payments for a food safety program under section 3(d) of the Act, $1,500,000; payments for carrying out the provisions of the Renewable Resources Extension Act of 1978 under section 3(d) of the Act, $2,765,000; payments for Indian reservation agents under section 3(d) of the Act, $1,500,000; and payments for extension work by the colleges receiving the benefits of the second Morrill Act (7 U.S.C. 321–326, 328) and Tuskegee University, $24,730,000; in all, $407,978,000, of which not less than $79,400,000 is for Home Economics: Provided, That funds hereby appropriated pursuant to section 3(c) of the Act of June 26, 1953, and section 506 of the Act of June 23, 1972, as amended, shall not be paid to any State, Puerto Rico, Guam, or the Virgin Islands, Micronesia, Northern Marianas, and American Samoa prior to availability of an equal sum from non- Federal sources for expenditure during the current fiscal year. Federal administration and coordination: For administration of the Smith-Lever Act, as amended, and the Act of September 29, 1977 (7 U.S.C. 341–349), as amended, and section 1361(c) of the Act of October 3, 1980 (7 U.S.C. 301n.), and to coordinate and provide program leadership for the extension work of the Department and the several States and insular possessions, $11,347,000, of which not less than $2,300,000 is for Home Economics.