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§361d Use of funds

Title 7 › Chapter CHAPTER 14— - AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATIONS › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER I— - GENERAL PROVISIONS › § 361d

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Money for agricultural research can also pay for other needed expenses. It may be used to print and share research findings, to pay for employee retirements, for administrative planning and direction, and to buy, rent, build, change, or repair land and buildings needed for research. State agricultural experiment stations may plan and carry out research together and with other agencies or people. The same funds can pay the costs of planning, coordinating, and running that cooperative research.

Full Legal Text

Title 7, §361d

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Moneys appropriated pursuant to sections 361a to 361i of this title shall also be available, in addition to meeting expenses for research and investigations conducted under authority of section 361b of this title, for printing and disseminating the results of such research, retirement of employees subject to the provisions of section 331 of this title, administrative planning and direction, and for the purchase and rental of land and the construction, acquisition, alteration, or repair of buildings necessary for conducting research. The State agricultural experiment stations are authorized to plan and conduct any research authorized under section 361b of this title in cooperation with each other and such other agencies and individuals as may contribute to the solution of the agricultural problems involved, and moneys appropriated pursuant to sections 361a to 361i of this title shall be available for paying the necessary expenses of planning, coordinating, and conducting such cooperative research.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Codification Section was formerly classified to section 365 of this title.

Amendments

1955—Act Aug. 11, 1955, amended section generally to provide for printing and disseminating the results of research, retirement of employees, administrative planning and direction, purchase and rental of land, and the

Construction

, acquisition, alteration, or repair of buildings necessary for conducting research. Former provisions which related to issuance and free mailing of publications are now contained in section 361f of this title.

Reference

Citations & Metadata

Citation

7 U.S.C. § 361d

Title 7Agriculture

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73