§ 178n. — Administration and funding.
[Laws in effect as of January 7, 2003]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 7, 2003 and December 19, 2003]
[CITE: 7USC178n]
TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
CHAPTER 8A--RUBBER AND OTHER CRITICAL AGRICULTURAL MATERIALS
SUBCHAPTER II--CRITICAL AGRICULTURAL MATERIALS
Sec. 178n. Administration and funding
(a) Authorization of appropriations to Secretary of Agriculture
There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of
Agriculture such sums as are necessary to carry out this subchapter in
each of the fiscal years 1991 through 2007.
(b) Administration and management
No more than 3 per centum of funds authorized under subsection (a)
of this section shall be available for administration and management of
the program.
(c) Contract authority as limited by amounts provided in appropriations
acts
Notwithstanding any other provision of this subchapter the authority
to enter into contracts shall be effective for any fiscal year only to
such extent or in such amounts as are provided in appropriations Acts.
(d) Activities limited to critical materials other than native latex
after fiscal 1988
Notwithstanding any other provision of this subchapter, the
Secretaries and the Joint Commission shall limit their activities under
this subchapter to critical agricultural materials other than native
latex after the close of the fiscal year ending September 30, 1988.
(Pub. L. 95-592, Sec. 16, Nov. 4, 1978, 92 Stat. 2534; Pub. L. 98-284,
Sec. 15, May 16, 1984, 98 Stat. 184; Pub. L. 101-624, title XVI,
Sec. 1601(e), Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 3704; Pub. L. 104-127, title
VIII, Sec. 881(b), Apr. 4, 1996, 110 Stat. 1175; Pub. L. 105-185, title
III, Sec. 301(c), June 23, 1998, 112 Stat. 563; Pub. L. 107-171, title
VII, Sec. 7138, May 13, 2002, 116 Stat. 436.)
Amendments
2002--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 107-171 substituted ``2007'' for
``2002''.
1998--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 105-185 substituted ``2002'' for
``1997''.
1996--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 104-127 substituted ``1997'' for
``1995''.
1990--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 101-624, Sec. 1601(e)(1), added subsec.
(a) and struck out former subsec. (a) which read as follows: ``There is
authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Agriculture $2,500,000
for each of the fiscal years ending September 30, 1980, and September
30, 1981, $5,000,000 for each of the fiscal years ending September 30,
1982, and September 30, 1983, $5,000,000 for the fiscal year ending
September 30, 1984, $5,500,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30,
1985, $6,500,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1986,
$7,500,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1987, and $8,000,000
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1988, to carry out the purposes
of this subchapter. Funds appropriated under this paragraph shall be
available for obligation until the last day of the fiscal year after the
year for which such funds are authorized.''
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 101-624, Sec. 1601(e)(2)-(4), redesignated
subsec. (c) as (b) and substituted ``subsection (a)'' for ``subsections
(a) and (b)'', and struck out former subsec. (b) which read as follows:
``There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Commerce
$2,500,000 for each of the fiscal years ending September 30, 1980, and
September 30, 1981, $5,000,000 for each of the fiscal years ending
September 30, 1982, and September 30, 1983, $2,500,000 for the fiscal
year ending September 30, 1984, $3,000,000 for the fiscal year ending
September 30, 1985, $3,500,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30,
1986, $4,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1987, and
$4,500,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1988, to carry out
the purposes of this subchapter. Funds appropriated under this paragraph
shall be available for obligation until the last day of the fiscal year
after the year for which such funds are authorized.''
Subsecs. (c) to (e). Pub. L. 101-624, Sec. 1601(e)(4), redesignated
subsecs. (c) to (e) as (b) to (d), respectively.
1984--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 98-284, Sec. 15(a), inserted ``$5,000,000
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1984, $5,500,000 for the fiscal
year ending September 30, 1985, $6,500,000 for the fiscal year ending
September 30, 1986, $7,500,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30,
1987, and $8,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1988,''
and struck out ``and'' after ``1981,''.
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 98-284, Sec. 15(b), inserted ``$2,500,000 for
the fiscal year ending September 30, 1984, $3,000,000 for the fiscal
year ending September 30, 1985, $3,500,000 for the fiscal year ending
September 30, 1986, $4,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30,
1987, and $4,500,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1988,''
and struck out ``and'' after ``1981,''.
Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 98-284, Sec. 15(c), added subsec. (e).
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 178c of this title.
