Title 7 — AgricultureRelease 119-73

§389a Conditions of transfer of dry land and irrigation field stations; reservation of mineral rights

Title 7 › Chapter CHAPTER 14— - AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATIONS › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER II— - EXPERIMENT STATIONS FOR PROPAGATION OF TREES, SHRUBS, VINES, AND VEGETABLES › § 389a

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

When land for dryland or irrigation experiment stations is given or sold, the Secretary of Agriculture must put conditions on the transfer so the place keeps being used for cooperative agricultural research by the Department of Agriculture and the State. Each transfer must also keep all mineral rights for the United States and allow the federal government to look for, mine, and remove those minerals under rules the Secretary of the Interior makes.

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Title 7, §389a

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Conveyances or patents under this section and section 389 of this title shall be upon such conditions as in the opinion of the Secretary of Agriculture will assure the use of such station in the cooperative agricultural experimental work of the Department of Agriculture and the respective State. Any such conveyances of the land shall contain a reservation to the United States of all the minerals in the land together with the right to prospect for, mine, and remove the same under such regulations as the Secretary of the Interior may prescribe.

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Transfer of Functions

Functions of all officers, agencies, and employees of Department of Agriculture transferred, with certain exceptions, to Secretary of Agriculture by 1953 Reorg. Plan No. 2, § 1, eff. June 4, 1953, 18 F.R. 3219, 67 Stat. 633, set out as a note under section 2201 of this title.

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Citation

7 U.S.C. § 389a

Title 7 — Agriculture

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73