§ 3126. — Libraries and information network.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 7USC3126]
TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
CHAPTER 64--AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH, EXTENSION, AND TEACHING
SUBCHAPTER II--COORDINATION AND PLANNING OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH,
EXTENSION, AND TEACHING
Sec. 3126. Libraries and information network
(a) Congressional declaration of policy
It is declared to be the policy of Congress that--
(1) cooperation and coordination among, and the more effective
utilization of, disparate agricultural libraries and information
units be facilitated;
(2) information and library needs related to agricultural
research and education be effectively planned for, coordinated, and
evaluated;
(3) a structure for the coordination of the agricultural
libraries of colleges and universities, Department of Agriculture
libraries, and their closely allied information gathering and
disseminating units be established in close conjunction with private
industry and other research libraries;
(4) effective access by all colleges and universities and
Department of Agriculture personnel to literature and information
regarding the food and agricultural sciences be provided;
(5) programs for training in information utilization with
respect to the food and agricultural sciences, including research
grants for librarians, information scientists, and agricultural
scientists be established or strengthened; and
(6) the Department of Agriculture establish mutually valuable
working relationships with international and foreign information and
data programs.
(b) Food and Nutrition and Education Resources Center
There is established within the National Agricultural Library of the
Department of Agriculture a Food and Nutrition Information and Education
Resources Center. Such Center shall be responsible for--
(1) assembling and collecting food and nutrition education
materials, including the results of nutrition research, training
methods, procedures, and other materials related to the purpose of
this chapter;
(2) maintaining such information and materials in a library; and
(3) providing notification about these collections on a regular
basis to the State cooperative extension services, State educational
agencies, and other interested persons.
(c) Authorization of appropriations
Funds are authorized to be appropriated annually in such amounts as
Congress may determine necessary to support the purposes of this
section. The Secretary is authorized to carry out this section with
existing facilities through the use of grants, contracts, or such other
means as the Secretary deems appropriate and to require matching of
funds. No funds appropriated to support the purposes of this section
shall be used to purchase additional equipment unless specifically
authorized by law subsequent to September 29, 1977.
(Pub. L. 95-113, title XIV, Sec. 1411, Sept. 29, 1977, 91 Stat. 990;
Pub. L. 97-98, title XIV, Sec. 1412, Dec. 22, 1981, 95 Stat. 1302.)
References in Text
For definition of ``this chapter'', referred to in subsec. (b)(1),
see note set out under section 3102 of this title.
Amendments
1981--Subsec. (a)(6). Pub. L. 97-98, Sec. 1412(1)-(3), added par.
(6).
Subsec. (b)(3). Pub. L. 97-98, Sec. 1412(4), substituted
``notification about these collections on a regular basis to the State
cooperative extension services, State educational agencies, and other
interested persons'' for ``for the dissemination of such information and
materials on a regular basis to State educational agencies and other
interested persons''.
Effective Date of 1981 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 97-98 effective Dec. 22, 1981, see section 1801
of Pub. L. 97-98, set out as an Effective Date note under section 4301
of this title.
