Title 7 — AgricultureRelease 119-73
§3312 Authorization of appropriations for extension education
Title 7 › Chapter CHAPTER 64— - AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH, EXTENSION, AND TEACHING › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER X— - FUNDING AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS › § 3312
Summary
Money can be provided as needed to run the Department of Agriculture’s Cooperative Extension Service for each fiscal year from 1991 through 2023. That authority stands even if laws passed before September 29, 1977 said something different.
Full Legal Text
Title 7, §3312
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Notwithstanding any authorization for appropriations for the Cooperative Extension Service in any Act enacted prior to September 29, 1977, there are hereby authorized to be appropriated for the purposes of carrying out the extension programs of the Department of Agriculture such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 1991 through 2023.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
Codification Pub. L. 110–234 and Pub. L. 110–246 made identical
Amendments
to this section. The
Amendments
by Pub. L. 110–234 were repealed by section 4(a) of Pub. L. 110–246.
Amendments
2018—Pub. L. 115–334 substituted “2023” for “2018”. 2014—Pub. L. 113–79 substituted “2018” for “2012”. 2008—Pub. L. 110–246, § 7135, substituted “2012” for “2007”. 2002—Pub. L. 107–171 substituted “such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 1991 through 2007” for “$420,000,000 for fiscal year 1991, $430,000,000 for fiscal year 1992, $440,000,000 for fiscal year 1993, $450,000,000 for fiscal year 1994, and $460,000,000 for each of fiscal years 1995 through 2002”. 1998—Pub. L. 105–185 substituted “2002” for “1997”. 1996—Pub. L. 104–127 substituted “each of fiscal years 1995 through 1997” for “fiscal year 1995”. 1990—Pub. L. 101–624 substituted “$420,000,000 for fiscal year 1991, $430,000,000 for fiscal year 1992, $440,000,000 for fiscal year 1993, $450,000,000 for fiscal year 1994, and $460,000,000 for fiscal year 1995” for “$370,000,000 for the fiscal year ending
September 30, 1986, $380,000,000 for the fiscal year ending
September 30, 1987, $390,000,000 for the fiscal year ending
September 30, 1988, $400,000,000 for the fiscal year ending
September 30, 1989, and $420,000,000 for the fiscal year ending
September 30, 1990.” 1985—Pub. L. 99–198 substituted “$370,000,000 for the fiscal year ending
September 30, 1986, $380,000,000 for the fiscal year ending
September 30, 1987, $390,000,000 for the fiscal year ending
September 30, 1988, $400,000,000 for the fiscal year ending
September 30, 1989, and $420,000,000 for the fiscal year ending
September 30, 1990” for “$260,000,000 for the fiscal year ending
September 30, 1978, $280,000,000 for the fiscal year ending
September 30, 1979, $300,000,000 for the fiscal year ending
September 30, 1980, $320,000,000 for the fiscal year ending
September 30, 1981, $350,000,000 for the fiscal year ending
September 30, 1982, $360,000,000 for the fiscal year ending
September 30, 1983, $370,000,000 for the fiscal year ending
September 30, 1984, and $380,000,000 for the fiscal year ending
September 30, 1985, and not in excess of such sums as may after
September 29, 1977, be authorized by law for any subsequent fiscal year”. 1981—Pub. L. 97–98 inserted provisions authorizing appropriations of $360,000,000 for fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 1983, $370,000,000 for fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 1984, and $380,000,000 for fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 1985.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
of 2008 AmendmentAmendment of this section and repeal of Pub. L. 110–234 by Pub. L. 110–246 effective May 22, 2008, the date of enactment of Pub. L. 110–234, see section 4 of Pub. L. 110–246, set out as an
Effective Date
note under section 8701 of this title.
Effective Date
of 1985 Amendment Pub. L. 99–198, title XIV, § 1423, Dec. 23, 1985, 99 Stat. 1552, provided that the amendment made by section 1423 is effective Oct. 1, 1985.
Effective Date
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.
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. § 3312
Title 7 — Agriculture
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Apr 6, 2026
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