§3105 Agricultural research; authorization of additional appropriations; administrative expenses; availability of special research fund

Summary

Provides money for research to find new and better uses for farm commodities and to share that information. For that work it allows $3,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1947 and each later year, plus another $3,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1948 and each later year, plus another $3,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1949 and each later year, plus another $3,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1950 and each later year, plus another $3,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1951 and each later year, and then such additional funds beginning with the fiscal year ending June 30, 1952 and afterward as Congress thinks necessary. For cooperative research with State agricultural experiment stations and other agreed agencies it allows $1,500,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1947 and each later year, plus an additional $1,500,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1948 and each later year, plus an additional $1,500,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1949 and each later year, plus an additional $1,500,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1950 and each later year, and then such additional funds beginning with the fiscal year ending June 30, 1951 and afterward as Congress thinks necessary. The Secretary may spend up to 3 percent of any year’s appropriation for necessary administrative costs, including the types of expenses listed in section 427b. The Special Research Fund (section 427c) must be used only for broad basic agricultural research, work to improve quality and create new methods, uses, markets, and production or distribution of farm goods and byproducts, and research on land and water use for farming; this work is extra to other research and should be coordinated and carried out by agencies the Secretary names. The approved research money may be used to make contracts as described above.