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§3125 Annual report of Secretary of Agriculture to President and Congress

Title 7 › Chapter CHAPTER 64— - AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH, EXTENSION, AND TEACHING › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER II— - COORDINATION AND PLANNING OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH, EXTENSION, AND TEACHING › § 3125

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Summary

The Secretary of Agriculture must send the President and Congress a yearly report by January 1 about the Nation’s agricultural research, extension, and teaching work. The report must review how the Department’s activities match up with work by other federal agencies, states, colleges, and the private sector. It must include three current inventories (organized by the law that authorizes each activity and by its budget, by scientific field, and by commodity or product), any recommendations from the Advisory Board, and, starting in the second year, a five-year projection of national priorities that considers both U.S. and international needs.

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Title 7, §3125

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The Secretary shall submit to the President and Congress by January 1 of each year a report on the Nation’s agricultural research, extension, and teaching activities, and such report shall include—
(1)a review covering the following three categories of activities of the Department of Agriculture with respect to agricultural research, extension, and teaching activities and the relationship of these activities to similar activities of other departments and agencies of the Federal Government, the States, colleges and universities, and the private sector—
(A)a current inventory of such activities organized by statutory authorization and budget outlay;
(B)a current inventory of such activities organized by field of basic and applied science; and
(C)a current inventory of such activities organized by commodity and product category;
(2)any recommendations of the Advisory Board; and
(3)in the second and succeeding years, a five-year projection of national priorities with respect to agricultural research, extension, and teaching, taking into account both domestic and international needs.

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1996—Par. (2). Pub. L. 104–127 substituted “any recommendations of the Advisory Board” for “the recommendations of the Joint Council developed under section 3122(f) of this title, the recommendations of the Advisory Board developed under section 3123(g) of this title, and the recommendations of the Technology Board developed under section 3123a(d) of this title”. 1990—Par. (2). Pub. L. 101–624 amended par. (2) generally. Prior to amendment, par. (2) read as follows: “the statements of recommendations of the Joint Council developed pursuant to the provisions of section 3122(d)(2)(G) of this title and the statement of recommendations of the Advisory Board developed pursuant to the provisions of section 3123(f)(2)(E) of this title; and”. 1985—Par. (4). Pub. L. 99–198 struck out par. (4) which provided for inclusion “in the report of January 1, 1984, the Secretary’s needs assessment developed pursuant to the provisions of section 3121(11) of this title”. 1981—Pub. L. 97–98 substituted in provision preceding par. (1) “January 1” for “February 1” and added par. (4).

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of 1981 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 97–98 effective Dec. 22, 1981, see section 1801 of Pub. L. 97–98, set out as an

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note under section 4301 of this title.

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Section effective Oct. 1, 1977, see section 1901 of Pub. L. 95–113, set out as an

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of 1977 Amendment note under section 1307 of this title. Termination of Reporting RequirementsFor termination, effective May 15, 2000, of provisions of this section relating to submittal to Congress of annual report on agricultural research, extension, and teaching activities, see section 3003 of Pub. L. 104–66, as amended, set out as a note under section 1113 of Title 31, Money and Finance, and page 44 of House Document No. 103–7.

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7 U.S.C. § 3125

Title 7Agriculture

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73