Extension Service

Extension Service Payments to States, Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Virgin Islands: For payments for cooperative agricultural extension work under the Smith-Lever Act, as amended by the Act of June 26, 1953, the Act of August 11, 1955, the Act of October 5, 1962 (7 U.S.C. 341–349), section 506 of the Act of June 23, 1972, and the Act of September 29, 1977 (7 U.S.C. 341–349), to be distributed under sections 3 (b) and 3 (c) of the Act, for retirement and employees’ compensation costs for extension agents, and for costs of penalty mail for cooperative extension agents and State extension directors, $179,831,000; payments for the nutrition and family education program for low-income areas under section92 STAT. 1078 3(d) of the Act, $51,810,000; payments for the urban gardening programs under section 3(d) of the Act, $3,000,000; payments for rural development work under section 3(d) of the Act, $1,000,000; payments for the pest management program under section 3(d) of the Act, $5,435,000; payments for the farm safety program under section 3(d) of the Act, $1,020,000; payments for the pesticide impact assessment program under section 3(d) of the Act, $1,735,000; payments for extension work under section 209(c) of Public Law 93–471, $910,000; $2,500,000 for Rural Development Education as authorized under the Rural Development Act of 1972 (7 U.S.C. 2661–2668); payments for extension work by the colleges receiving the benefits of the second Morrill Act (7 U.S.C. 321–326, 328) and Tuskegee Institute under section 1444 of the National Agricultural Research, Extension and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (Public Law 95–113), $10,115,000; and for carrying out the provisions of section 22 of the Act of June 29, 1935, as amended (7 U.S.C. 329), $11,500,000; in all, $268,856,000, of which not less than $75,579,000 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 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 by the Act of June 26, 1953, the Act of August 11, 1955, the Act of October 5, 1962, section 506 of the Act of June 23, 1972, section 209(d) of Public Law 93–471, and the Act of September 29, 1977 (7 U.S.C. 341–349), and to coordinate and provide program leadership for the extension work of the Department and the several States and insular possessions, $6,543,000, of which not less than $2,029,000 is for Home Economics.