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 $157,045,000 to carry into effect the provisions of the Hatch Act approved March 2, 1887, as amended, 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, and payments under section 1361(c) of the Act of October 3, 1980 (7 U.S.C. 301n.); $17,500,000 for grants for cooperative forestry research under the Act approved103 STAT. 957 October 10, 1962 (16 U.S.C. 582a-582-a7), as amended by Public Law 92–318 approved June 23, 1972, including administrative expenses, and payments under section 1361(c) of the Act of October 3, 1980 (7 U.S.C. 301n.); $25,333,000 for payments to the 1890 land-grant colleges, including Tuskegee University, for research under section 1445 of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (Public Law 95–113), as amended, including administration by the United States Department of Agriculture, and penalty mail costs of the 1890 land-grant colleges including Tuskegee University; $56,543,000 for contracts and grants for agricultural research under the Act of August 4, 1965, as amended (7 U.S.C. 450i); $43,066,000 for competitive research grants including administrative expenses; $5,476,000 for the support of animal health and disease programs authorized by section 1433 of Public Law 95–113, including administrative expenses; $325,000 for supplemental and alternative crops and products as authorized by the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3319d); $5,368,000 for grants for research and construction of facilities to conduct research pursuant to the Critical Agricultural Materials Act of 1984 (7 U.S.C. 178); and section 1472 of the Food and Agricultural Act of 1977, as amended (7 U.S.C. 3318), to remain available until expended; $475,000 for rangeland research grants as authorized by subtitle M of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977, as amended; $6,004,000 for higher education grants under section 1417(a) of Public Law 95–113, as amended (7 U.S.C. 3152(a)); $3,750,000 for grants as authorized by section 1475 of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 and other Acts; $3,152,000 for grants to States for the operation of international trade development centers, as authorized by the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977, as amended (7 U.S.C. 3292); $4,450,000 for low-input agriculture as authorized by the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 4701–4710); and $13,507,000 for necessary expenses of Cooperative State Research Service activities, including coordination and program leadership for higher education work of the Department, 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 $100,000 for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109; in all, $341,994,000. building and facilities For acquisition of land, construction, repair, improvement, extension, alteration, and purchase of fixed equipment or facilities and for grants to States and other eligible recipients for such purposes, as necessary to carry out the agricultural research, extension and teaching programs of the Department of Agriculture, where not otherwise provided, $45,686,000. 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 said103 STAT. 958 Act, for retirement and employees’ compensation costs for extension agents and for costs of penalty mail for cooperative extension agents and State extension directors, $244,094,000; payments for the nutrition and family education program for low-income areas under section 3(d) of the Act, $58,635,000; payments for the urban gardening program under section 3(d) of the Act, $3,500,000; payments for the pest management program under section 3(d) of the Act, $7,164,000; payments for the farm safety program under section 3(d) of the Act, $970,000; payments for the pesticide impact assessment program under section 3(d) of the Act, $2,580,000; 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, $953,000; payments for a groundwater quality program under section 3(d) of the Act, $5,250,000; payments for a financial management assistance pro-gram under section 3(d) of the Act, $1,427,000; for special grants for financially stressed farmers and dislocated farmers as authorized by Public Law 100–219, $3,350,000; payments for carrying out the provisions of the Renewable Resource Extension Act of 1978 under 3(d) of the Act, $2,765,000 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, $22,000,000; in all, $363,146,000, 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 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), 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, $8,811,000, of which not less than $2,300,000 is for Home Economics.