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U.S. Code as of:
01/03/05
Section 2204. General duties of Secretary; advisory functions; research and development
(a) The Secretary of Agriculture shall procure and preserve all
information concerning agriculture, rural development, aquaculture,
and human nutrition which he can obtain by means of books and
correspondence, and by practical and scientific experiments,
accurate records of which experiments shall be kept in his office,
by the collection of statistics, and by any other appropriate means
within his power; he shall collect new and valuable seeds and
plants; shall test, by cultivation, the value of such of them as
may require such tests; shall propagate such as may be worthy of
propagation; and shall distribute them among agriculturists; and he
shall advise the President, other members of his Cabinet, and the
Congress on policies and programs designed to improve the quality
of life for people living in the rural and nonmetropolitan regions
of the Nation.
(b) The Secretary is authorized to initiate or expand research
and development efforts related to solution of problems of rural
water supply, rural sewage and solid waste management, rural
housing, rural industrialization, and technology appropriate to
small- and moderate-sized family farming operations, and any other
problem that the Secretary may determine has an effect upon the
economic development or the quality of life in rural areas.
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