Cooperative State Research Service

Cooperative State Research Service For payments to agricultural experiment stations, for cooperative forestry and other research, for facilities, and for other expenses, including $109,066,000 to carry into effect the provisions of the Hatch Act, approved March 2, 1887, as amended by the Act approved August 11, 1955 (7 U.S.C. 361a–361i), and further amended by Public Law 92–318 approved June 23, 1972, and further amended by Public Law 93–471 approved October 26, 1974, including administration by the United States Department of Agriculture, and penalty mail costs of agricultural experiment stations under section 6 of the Hatch Act of 1887, as amended; $9,500,000 for grants for cooperative forestry research under the Act approved October 10, 1962 (16 U.S.C. 582a–582a–7), as amended by Public Law 92–318 approved June 23, 1972; $16,360,000 for payments to the 1890 land-grant colleges, including Tuskegee Institute, for research under the National Agricultural Research, Extension and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (Public Law 95–113), including administration by the United States Department of Agriculture, and penalty mail costs of the 1890 land-grant colleges, including Tuskegee Institute; $1,500,000 for Rural Development Research as authorized under the Rural Development Act of 1972, as amended (7 U.S.C. 2661–2668), including administrative expenses; $31,273,000 for contracts and grants for agricultural research under the Act of August 4, 1965, as amended (7 U.S.C. 450i), of which $15,773,000 is for special research grants, $15,000,000 is for competitive research grants, and $500,000 is for grants in accordance with section 1419 of Public Law 95–113, including administrative expenses; $5,000,000 for the support of animal health and disease research programs authorized by sections 1433 and 1434 of Public Law 95–113; and $1,696,000 for necessary expenses of the Cooperative State Research Service, including administration of payments to State agricultural experiment stations, funds for employment pursuant to the second sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed $50,000 for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109; in all, $174,395,000.