Title 7 — AgricultureRelease 119-73
§3198 Withholding of appropriated funds
Title 7 › Chapter CHAPTER 64— - AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH, EXTENSION, AND TEACHING › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER V— - ANIMAL HEALTH AND DISEASE RESEARCH › § 3198
Summary
Withhold a State's 3195(c) allocation for 3195(a) if it fails subchapter requirements or rules; notify the President of the facts and reasons; hold the funds in the Treasury until the next Congress ends; if Congress orders no payment, the funds go to surplus.
Full Legal Text
Title 7, §3198
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If the Secretary determines that a State is not entitled to receive its allocation of the annual appropriation under subsection (c) of section 3195 of this title to carry out subsection (a) of such section because of its failure to satisfy requirements of this subchapter or regulations issued under it, the Secretary shall withhold such amount. The facts and reasons concerning the determination and withholding shall be reported to the President; and the amount involved shall be kept separate in the Treasury until the close of the next Congress. If the next Congress does not direct such sum to be paid, it shall be carried to surplus.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
Amendments
2014—Pub. L. 113–79 substituted “subsection (c) of section 3195 of this title to carry out subsection (a) of such section” for “section 3195 of this title”.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
Section effective Oct. 1, 1977, see section 1901 of Pub. L. 95–113, set out as an
Effective Date
of 1977 Amendment note under section 1307 of this title.
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Citation
7 U.S.C. § 3198
Title 7 — Agriculture
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73