§ 5930. — Reservation extension agents.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 7USC5930]
TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
CHAPTER 88--RESEARCH
SUBCHAPTER VII--MISCELLANEOUS RESEARCH PROVISIONS
Sec. 5930. Reservation extension agents
(a) Establishment
The Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Extension Service,
shall establish appropriate extension education programs on Indian
reservations and tribal jurisdictions. In establishing these extension
programs, the Secretary shall consult with the Bureau of Indian Affairs,
the Intertribal Agriculture Council, and the Southwest Indian
Agriculture Association, and shall make such interagency cooperative
agreements or memoranda of understanding as may be necessary. The
programs to be developed and delivered on reservations and within tribal
jurisdictions shall be determined with the advice and counsel of
reservation or tribal program advisory committees.
(b) Administration and management
Extension agents shall be employees of, and administratively
responsible to, the Cooperative Extension Service of the State within
which the reservation or tribal jurisdiction is located, and employment
and personnel management responsibilities shall be vested with the State
Cooperative Extension Service. In cases where a reservation or tribal
jurisdiction is located in two or more States, the Secretary of
Agriculture shall make the determination of administrative
responsibility, including possible divisions along State boundaries.
(c) Advisory committees
At the request of a State Extension Director, and with the
assistance of the tribal authorities, the Secretary of Agriculture may
form an advisory committee to give overall policy and program advice to
that State Extension Director with regard to programs conducted on
reservations or within tribal jurisdictions. Program advisory committees
may be formed to assist extension staff in development and conduct of
program activities.
(d) Staffing
Insofar as possible, agent and specialist staff shall include
individuals representative of the tribal grouping being served. Programs
shall emphasize training and employment of local people in positions
such as program aides, master gardeners, and volunteers. Staffing at a
particular location shall be dependent on the needs and priorities of
that location, as identified by the advisory committees and the State
Extension Director, and the Director may make use of existing personnel
and facilities as appropriate.
(e) Placing of agents
The number of offices and their placement shall be jointly
determined by the State Extension Directors and tribal authorities of
the respective States by taking into consideration the agricultural
acreage within the boundaries of an Indian reservation or tribal
jurisdiction, the soil classifications of such acreage, and the
population of such reservation or tribal jurisdiction.
(f) Reduced regulatory burden
On a determination by the Secretary of Agriculture that a program
carried out under this section has been satisfactorily administered for
not less than 2 years, the Secretary shall implement a reduced
reapplication process for the continued operation of the program in
order to reduce regulatory burdens on participating university and
tribal entities.
(g) Authorization of appropriations
There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be
necessary to carry out this section.
(Pub. L. 101-624, title XVI, Sec. 1677, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 3779;
Pub. L. 102-237, title IV, Sec. 407(15), Dec. 13, 1991, 105 Stat. 1865;
Pub. L. 104-127, title VIII, Sec. 840, Apr. 4, 1996, 110 Stat. 1170.)
Amendments
1996--Subsecs. (f), (g). Pub. L. 104-127 added subsec. (f) and
redesignated former subsec. (f) as (g).
1991--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 102-237, Sec. 407(15)(A), (B),
substituted ``reservation'' for ``Reservation'' and ``reservations'' for
``Reservations'' wherever appearing.
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 102-237, Sec. 407(15)(A), substituted
``reservation'' for ``Reservation'' in two places.
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 102-237, Sec. 407(15)(C), substituted
``tribal'' for ``Tribal'' after ``assistance of the''.
Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 102-237, Sec. 407(15)(A), substituted
``reservation'' for ``Reservation'' in two places.
Indian Subsistence Farming Demonstration Grant Program
Pub. L. 102-237, title IX, subtitle C, Secs. 931-939, Dec. 13, 1991,
105 Stat. 1889, established Indian subsistence farming demonstration
grant program to provide grants to any Indian tribe, or intertribal
consortium, for establishment on Indian reservations of subsistence
farming operations that grow fresh produce for distribution to eligible
recipients, and provided for definitions, applications for assistance,
training and technical assistance by Extension Service, tribal
consultation, use, amount, and terms of grants, additional requirements,
and authorization of appropriations through fiscal year 1995, prior to
repeal by Pub. L. 104-127, title VIII, Sec. 874, Apr. 4, 1996, 110 Stat.
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