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U.S. Code as of:
01/03/05
Section 427i. Agricultural research; authorization of additional appropriations; administrative expenses; availability of special research fund
(a) In order to carry out further research on utilization and
associated problems in connection with the development and
application of present, new, and extended uses of agricultural
commodities and products thereof authorized by section 427 of this
title, and to disseminate information relative thereto, and in
addition to all other appropriations authorized by sections 427 to
427j of this title, there is authorized to be appropriated the
following sums:
(1) $3,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1947, and
each subsequent fiscal year.
(2) An additional $3,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June
30, 1948, and each subsequent fiscal year.
(3) An additional $3,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June
30, 1949, and each subsequent fiscal year.
(4) An additional $3,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June
30, 1950, and each subsequent fiscal year.
(5) An additional $3,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June
30, 1951, and each subsequent fiscal year.
(6) In addition to the foregoing, such additional funds
beginning with the fiscal year ending June 30, 1952, and
thereafter, as the Congress may deem necessary.
The Secretary of Agriculture, in accordance with such regulations
as he deems necessary, and when in his judgment the work to be
performed will be carried out more effectively, more rapidly, or at
less cost than if performed by the Department of Agriculture, may
enter into contracts with such public or private organizations or
individuals as he may find qualified to carry on work under this
section without regard to the provisions of section 5 of title 41,
and with respect to such contracts he may make advance progress or
other payments without regard to the provisions of section 3324(a)
and (b) of title 31. Contracts under this section may be made for
work to continue not more than four years from the date of any such
contract. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 5 of the Act of
June 20, 1874, as amended (31 U.S.C. 713), any unexpended balances
of appropriations properly obligated by contracting with an
organization as provided in this subsection may remain upon the
books of the Treasury for not more than five fiscal years before
being carried to the surplus fund and covered into the Treasury.
Research authorized under this subsection shall be conducted so far
as practicable at laboratories of the Department of Agriculture.
Projects conducted under contract with public and private agencies
shall be supplemental to and coordinated with research of these
laboratories. Any contracts made pursuant to this authority shall
contain requirements making the results of research and
investigations available to the public through dedication,
assignment to the Government, or such other means as the Secretary
shall determine.
(b) In order to carry out further the purposes of section 427 of
this title, other than research on utilization of agricultural
commodities and the products thereof, and in addition to all other
appropriations authorized by sections 427 to 427j of this title,
there is authorized to be appropriated for cooperative research
with the State agricultural experiment stations and such other
appropriate agencies as may be mutually agreeable to the Department
of Agriculture and the experiment stations concerned, the following
sums:
(1) $1,500,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1947, and
each subsequent fiscal year.
(2) An additional $1,500,000 for the fiscal year ending June
30, 1948, and each subsequent fiscal year.
(3) An additional $1,500,000 for the fiscal year ending June
30, 1949, and each subsequent fiscal year.
(4) An additional $1,500,000 for the fiscal year ending June
30, 1950, and each subsequent fiscal year.
(5) In addition to the foregoing such additional funds
beginning with the fiscal year ending June 30, 1951, and
thereafter, as the Congress may deem necessary.
(c) The Secretary may incur necessary administrative expenses not
to exceed 3 per centum of the amount appropriated in any fiscal
year in carrying out this section, including the specific objects
of expense enumerated in section 427b of this title.
(d) The "Special research fund, Department of Agriculture,"
provided by section 427c of this title, shall continue to be
available solely for research into laws and principles underlying
basic problems of agriculture in its broadest aspects; research
relating to the improvement of the quality of, and the development
of, new and improved methods of production of, distribution of, and
new and extended uses and markets for, agricultural commodities and
byproducts and manufactures thereof; and research relating to the
conservation, development, and use of land and water resources for
agricultural purposes. Such research shall be in addition to
research provided for under other law (but both activities shall be
coordinated so far as practicable) and shall be conducted by such
agencies of the Department of Agriculture as the Secretary of
Agriculture may designate or establish.
(e) Appropriations for research work in the Department of
Agriculture shall be available for accomplishing such purposes by
contract through the means provided in subsection (a) of this
section.
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