§ 361e. — Payment of allotments to State agricultural experiment stations; directors and treasurers or other officers; accounting; reports to Secretary; replacement by States of diminished, lost or misapplied allotments; subsequent allotments or payments contingent on such replacement.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 7USC361e]
TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
CHAPTER 14--AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATIONS
SUBCHAPTER I--GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 361e. Payment of allotments to State agricultural
experiment stations; directors and treasurers or other officers;
accounting; reports to Secretary; replacement by States of
diminished, lost or misapplied allotments; subsequent allotments
or payments contingent on such replacement
Sums available for allotment to the States under the terms of
sections 361a to 361i of this title, excluding the Multistate Research
Fund, State Agricultural Experiment Stations, shall be paid to each
State agricultural experiment station in equal quarterly payments
beginning on the first day of October of each fiscal year upon vouchers
approved by the Secretary of Agriculture. Each such station authorized
to receive allotted funds shall have a chief administrative officer
known as a director, and a treasurer or other officer appointed by the
governing board of the station. Such treasurer or other officer shall
receive and account for all funds allotted to the State under the
provisions of sections 361a to 361i of this title and shall report, with
the approval of the director, to the Secretary of Agriculture on or
before the first day of December of each year a detailed statement of
the amount received under provisions of said sections during the
preceding fiscal year, and of its disbursement on schedules prescribed
by the Secretary of Agriculture. If any portion of the allotted moneys
received by the authorized receiving officer of any State agricultural
experiment station shall by any action or contingency be diminished,
lost, or misapplied, it shall be replaced by the State concerned and
until so replaced no subsequent appropriation shall be allotted or paid
to such State.
(Mar. 2, 1887, ch. 314, Sec. 5, 24 Stat. 441; Aug. 11, 1955, ch. 790,
Sec. 1, 69 Stat. 673; Pub. L. 94-273, Sec. 9(2), Apr. 21, 1976, 90 Stat.
378; Pub. L. 105-185, title II, Sec. 203(c)(3), June 23, 1998, 112 Stat.
535.)
Codification
Section was formerly classified to section 368a of this title. See
sections 361c and 361d of this title.
Amendments
1998--Pub. L. 105-185, Sec. 203(c)(3), substituted ``Multistate
Research Fund, State Agricultural Experiment Stations'' for ``regional
research fund authorized by section 361c(c)(3) of this title'' in first
sentence.
1976--Pub. L. 94-273 substituted ``October'' for ``July'' and
``December'' for ``September''.
1955--Act Aug. 11, 1955, amended section generally to provide for
quarterly payment of allotments, to require annual report of allotments
and disbursements, and to provide for replacement of funds diminished,
lost, or misapplied. For provisions which authorized appropriations for
investigations and experiments, see sections 361c and 361d of this
title.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 361g of this title.
