§ 2663. — 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: 7USC2663]
TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
CHAPTER 59--RURAL FIRE PROTECTION, DEVELOPMENT, AND SMALL FARM RESEARCH
AND EDUCATION
SUBCHAPTER II--RURAL DEVELOPMENT AND SMALL FARM RESEARCH AND EDUCATION
Sec. 2663. Funding
(a) Authorization of appropriations
There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as are necessary
to carry out the purposes of this subchapter.
(b) Distributions
Such sums as are appropriated to carry out the provisions of section
2662(a) and (b) of this title shall be distributed by the Secretary of
Agriculture as follows:
(1) 4 per centum shall be retained by the Secretary for program
administration and national coordination of State programs, and
program assistance to the States;
(2) 10 per centum shall be used to finance work serving two or
more States in which colleges or universities in two or more States
cooperate or that is conducted by one college or university to serve
two or more States;
(3) 20 per centum shall be allocated equally among the States;
and
(4) 66 per centum shall be allocated to each State as follows:
One-half in an amount that bears the same ratio to the total amount
to be allotted as the rural population of the State bears to the
total rural population of all the States, as determined by the last
preceding decennial census current at that time; and one-half in an
amount that bears the same ratio to the total amount to be allotted
as the farm population of the State bears to the total farm
population of all the States, as determined by the last preceding
decennial census current at that time:
Provided, That, beginning with the fiscal year ending September 30,
1982, no State may receive more than $75,000 until all States have been
allotted a minimum of $75,000.
(c) Additional distributions
Such sums as are appropriated to carry out subsections (e) and (i)
of section 2662 of this title shall be distributed by the Secretary to
colleges and universities, on a competitive or matching fund basis,
according to the Secretary's determination of the projects and manner of
funding that show the most promise of fulfilling the objectives of those
subsections.
(d) Administration of programs
Funds appropriated under this subchapter may be used to pay salaries
and other expenses of personnel employed to carry out the functions
authorized by this subchapter; to obtain necessary supplies, equipment,
and services; and to rent, repair, and maintain facilities needed, but
not to purchase or construct buildings.
(e) Development of plans of work and budgets by eligible institutions
Payment of funds to any State for programs authorized under section
2662(a), (b), (c), and (d) of this title shall be contingent upon
approval by the Secretary of a plan of work and budget for such programs
and compliance with such regulations as the Secretary may issue under
this subchapter. Plans for work shall be jointly developed in each State
by the land-grant colleges and universities eligible to receive funds
under the Act of July 2, 1862 (7 U.S.C. 301 et seq.), and the Act of
August 30, 1890 (7 U.S.C. 321 et seq.), including Tuskegee Institute. In
States in which there is no land-grant institution eligible to receive
funds under the Act of August 30, 1890, the land-grant institution
eligible to receive funds under the Act of July 2, 1862, shall be
responsible for developing plans of work and budgets. In the development
of the plans of work and budgets, consideration shall be given to
involvement of the resources and expertise of the colleges and
universities serving the region in which the plans and budgets are to be
applied.
(f) Availability; budgets and accounts
Funds shall be available for use by each State in the fiscal year
for which appropriated and the next fiscal year following the fiscal
year for which appropriated. Funds shall be budgeted and accounted for
on such forms and at such times as the Secretary shall prescribe.
(g) Financing of programs at other than cooperating institutions
Funds provided to each State under this subchapter may be used to
finance programs through or at private and publicly supported colleges
and universities other than the institutions responsible for
administering the programs, as provided under section 2664 of this
title.
(Pub. L. 92-419, title V, Sec. 503, as added Pub. L. 97-98, title XIV,
Sec. 1444(a), Dec. 22, 1981, 95 Stat. 1324; amended Pub. L. 99-198,
title XIV, Sec. 1440(b), Dec. 23, 1985, 99 Stat. 1560; Pub. L. 101-624,
title XXIII, Secs. 2389(c)(2), 2390(b)(2), Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat.
4055, 4056; Pub. L. 102-237, title IV, Sec. 403(b), Dec. 13, 1991, 105
Stat. 1863; Pub. L. 104-127, title VII, Sec. 792(b)(2), Apr. 4, 1996,
110 Stat. 1152.)
References in Text
Act of July 2, 1862, referred to in subsec. (e), is act July 2,
1862, ch. 130, 12 Stat. 503, as amended, popularly known as the First
Morrill Act, which is classified generally to subchapter I (Sec. 301 et
seq.) of chapter 13 of this title. For complete classification of this
Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 301 of this
title and Tables.
Act of August 30, 1890, referred to in subsec. (e), is act Aug. 30,
1890, ch. 841, 26 Stat. 417, as amended, popularly known as the
Agricultural College Act of 1890 and also as the Second Morrill Act,
which is classified generally to subchapter II (Sec. 321 et seq.) of
chapter 13 of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the
Code, see Short Title note set out under section 321 of this title and
Tables.
Prior Provisions
A prior section 2663, Pub. L. 92-419, title V, Sec. 503, Aug. 30,
1972, 86 Stat. 672; Pub. L. 94-259, Sec. 1, Apr. 5, 1976, 90 Stat. 314;
Pub. L. 95-113, title XIV, Sec. 1441, Sept. 29, 1977, 91 Stat. 1006;
Pub. L. 96-355, Sec. 4(1)-(3), Sept. 24, 1980, 94 Stat. 1173, 1174,
related to program moneys, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 97-98, title XIV,
Sec. 1444(a), Dec. 22, 1981, 95 Stat. 1326.
Amendments
1996--Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 104-127, Sec. 792(b)(2)(A)(ii), (iii),
which directed substitution of ``subsections (e), (h), and (i) of
section 2662 of this title shall be distributed'' for ``section
2662(e)'' and all that follows through ``shall be distributed'' and
``objectives of subsections (e), (h), and (i) of section 2662 of this
title'' for ``objectives of'' and all that follows through ``title'',
could not be executed because of prior amendment by Pub. L. 102-237,
which substituted ``subsections (e) and (i) of section 2662 of this
title shall be distributed'' for ``the provisions of section 2662(e) of
this title shall be distributed'' and ``objectives of those
subsections'' for ``objectives of section 2662(e) of this title''. See
1991 Amendment note below.
Pub. L. 104-127, Sec. 792(b)(2)(A)(i), (B), struck out ``(1)''
before ``Such sums'' and struck out par. (2) which read as follows:
``The Secretary shall distribute the amounts appropriated to carry out
section 2662(f) of this title to colleges and universities in accordance
with the requirements of such subsection.''
1991--Subsec. (c)(1). Pub. L. 102-237 substituted ``subsections (e)
and (i) of section 2662 of this title'' for ``the provisions of section
2662(e) of this title'' and ``objectives of those subsections'' for
``objectives of section 2662(e) of this title''.
1990--Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 101-624, Sec. 2390(b)(2), which directed
substitution of ``section 2662(f) of this title, and section 2662(h) of
this title'' for ``and section 2662(f) of this title'', could not be
executed because of prior amendment by Pub. L. 101-624,
Sec. 2389(c)(2)(B), which struck out ``and section 2662(f)'' wherever
appearing in par. (1). See below.
Pub. L. 101-624, Sec. 2389(c)(2), inserted heading, designated
existing provisions as par. (1), struck out ``and section 2662(f)''
before ``of this title'' in two places, and added par. (2).
1985--Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 99-198 inserted references to section
2662(f) of this title.
Effective Date
Section effective Dec. 22, 1981, see section 1801 of Pub. L. 97-98,
set out as a note under section 4301 of this title.
