§ 3322. — Assistance programs.
[Laws in effect as of January 7, 2003]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 7, 2003 and December 19, 2003]
[CITE: 7USC3322]
TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
CHAPTER 64--AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH, EXTENSION, AND TEACHING
SUBCHAPTER XI--AQUACULTURE
Sec. 3322. Assistance programs
(a) Research and extension program
The Secretary may develop and implement a cooperative research and
extension program to encourage the development, management, and
production of important aquatic food species within the several States
and territories of the United States and to enhance further the safety
of food products derived from the aquaculture industry, in accordance
with the national aquaculture development plan, and revisions thereto,
developed under the National Aquaculture Act of 1980 [16 U.S.C. 2801 et
seq.].
(b) Grants
The Secretary may make grants to--
(1) land-grant and sea grant colleges and universities;
(2) State agricultural experiment stations;
(3) colleges, universities, and Federal laboratories having a
demonstrable capacity to conduct aquacultural research, as
determined by the Secretary; and
(4) nonprofit private research institutions;
for research and extension to facilitate or expand promising advances in
the production and marketing of aquacultural food species and products
and to enhance further the safety and wholesomeness of those species and
products, including the development of reliable supplies of seed stock
and therapeutic compounds. Except in the case of Federal laboratories,
no grant may be made under this subsection unless the State in which the
grant recipient is located makes a matching grant (of which amount an
in-kind contribution may not exceed 50 percent) to such recipient equal
to the amount of the grant to be made under this subsection, and unless
the grant is in implementation of the national aquaculture development
plan, and revisions thereto, developed under the National Aquaculture
Act of 1980 [16 U.S.C. 2801 et seq.].
(c) Aquaculture development plans
The Secretary may assist States to formulate aquaculture development
plans for the enhancement of the production and marketing of
aquacultural species and products from such States and may make grants
to States on a matching basis, as determined by the Secretary. The
aggregate amount of the grants made to any one State under this
subsection may not exceed $50,000. The plans shall be consistent with
the national aquaculture development plan, and revisions thereto,
developed under the National Aquaculture Act of 1980 [16 U.S.C. 2801 et
seq.].
(d) Aquacultural centers
To provide for aquacultural research, development, and demonstration
projects having a national or regional application, the Secretary may
establish in existing Federal facilities or in cooperation with any of
the non-Federal entities specified in subsection (b) of this section up
to five aquacultural research, development, and demonstration centers in
the United States for the performance of aquacultural research,
extension work, and demonstration projects. Funds made available for the
operation of such regional centers may be used for the rehabilitation of
existing buildings or facilities to house such centers, but may not be
used for the construction or acquisition of new buildings or facilities.
To the extent practicable, the aquaculture research, development, and
demonstration centers established under this subsection shall be
geographically located so that they are representative of the regional
aquaculture opportunities in the United States. To the extent
practicable, the Secretary shall ensure that equitable efforts are made
at these centers in addressing the research needs of those segments of
the domestic aquaculture industry located within that region.
(e) Listing of laws on aquaculture
The interagency aquaculture coordinating group established under
section 6(a) of the National Aquaculture Act of 1980 (16 U.S.C. 2805(a))
shall, in consultation with appropriate Federal and State agencies,
compile a listing of Federal and State laws, rules, and regulations
materially affecting the production, processing, marketing, and
transportation of aquaculturally produced commodities and the products
thereof. The interagency aquaculture coordinating group shall make such
listing available to the public not later than January 1, 1992, and
shall update and revise such listing not later than January 1, 1996, to
show such laws, rules, and regulations as in effect on that date.
(f) Fish disease program
The Secretary shall implement, in consultation with the Joint
Subcommittee on Aquaculture referred to in section 6 of the National
Aquaculture Act of 1980 (16 U.S.C. 2805), a fish disease program to
include the development of new diagnostic procedures for fish diseases,
the determination of the effect of water environment on the development
of the fish immune system, and the development of therapeutic,
synthetic, or natural systems, for the control of fish diseases.
(Pub. L. 95-113, title XIV, Sec. 1475, as added Pub. L. 97-98, title
XIV, Sec. 1440(a), Dec. 22, 1981, 95 Stat. 1316; amended Pub. L. 99-198,
title XIV, Sec. 1429(a), Dec. 23, 1985, 99 Stat. 1555; Pub. L. 101-624,
title XVI, Sec. 1614(a), Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 3727; Pub. L. 104-66,
title I, Sec. 1011(u), Dec. 21, 1995, 109 Stat. 711; Pub. L. 104-127,
title VIII, Sec. 820(b), Apr. 4, 1996, 110 Stat. 1168.)
References in Text
The National Aquaculture Act of 1980, referred to in subsecs. (a),
(b), and (c), is Pub. L. 96-362, Sept. 26, 1980, 94 Stat. 1198, which is
classified generally to chapter 48 (Sec. 2801 et seq.) of Title 16,
Conservation. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see
Short Title note set out under section 2801 of Title 16 and Tables.
Amendments
1996--Subsecs. (e) to (g). Pub. L. 104-127 redesignated subsecs. (f)
and (g) as (e) and (f), respectively, and struck out heading and text of
former subsec. (e). Text read as follows: ``Not later than March 1 of
each year, the Secretary shall submit a report to the President, the
House Committee on Agriculture, the House Committee on Merchant Marine
and Fisheries, the House Committee on Appropriations, the Senate
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, and the Senate
Committee on Appropriations, containing a summary outlining the progress
of the Department of Agriculture in meeting the purposes of the programs
established under this subchapter.''
1995--Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 104-66 struck out ``(1)'' before ``Not
later than'' and struck out par. (2) which required Secretary to conduct
a study assessing economic impact of animal damage to the United States
aquaculture industry.
1990--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 101-624, Sec. 1614(a)(1), inserted
heading and substituted ``United States and to enhance further the
safety of food products derived from the aquaculture industry,'' for
``United States,''.
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 101-624, Sec. 1614(a)(2), inserted heading,
inserted ``and sea grant'' after ``land-grant'' in par. (1), and
inserted before period at end ``and to enhance further the safety and
wholesomeness of those species and products, including the development
of reliable supplies of seed stock and therapeutic compounds''.
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 101-624, Sec. 1614(a)(3), inserted heading.
Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 101-624, Sec. 1614(a)(4), inserted heading,
substituted ``five aquacultural'' for ``four aquacultural'', and
inserted at end ``To the extent practicable, the Secretary shall ensure
that equitable efforts are made at these centers in addressing the
research needs of those segments of the domestic aquaculture industry
located within that region.''
Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 101-624, Sec. 1614(a)(5), inserted heading,
designated existing provisions as par. (1), substituted ``Not later than
March 1 of each year,'' for ``Not later than one year after the
effective date of this subchapter and not later than March 1 of each
subsequent year,'', and added par. (2).
Subsecs. (f), (g). Pub. L. 101-624, Sec. 1614(a)(6), added subsecs.
(f) and (g).
1985--Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 99-198, Sec. 1429(a)(1), (2), added par.
(4) and inserted ``(of which amount an in-kind contribution may not
exceed 50 percent)'' after ``matching grant''.
Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 99-198, Sec. 1429(a)(3), (4), substituted in
first sentence ``any of the non-Federal entities specified in subsection
(b) of this section'' for ``State agencies (including State departments
of agriculture), and land-grant colleges and universities,'' and
inserted provision respecting geographic location of aquaculture
research, development, and demonstration centers.
Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 99-198, Sec. 1429(a)(5), inserted ``the House
Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries,''.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 3321 of this title.
