Title 7 — AgricultureRelease 119-73
§7033 Availability of agency information technology funds
Title 7 › Chapter CHAPTER 98— - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE REORGANIZATION › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER X— - FREEDOM TO E-FILE › § 7033
Summary
The Secretary must set aside money from the IT budgets of the agencies named in section 7031(b): $3,000,000 for fiscal year 2001 and $2,000,000 for each later year, and must tell Congress the amount by December 1 of that year. That money must build and expand the internet system required under sections 7031–7032 and then pay for its upkeep. Any reserved funds not spent by year-end go back to the agency and remain available until spent.
Full Legal Text
Title 7, §7033
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(a)From funds made available for agencies of the Department specified in section 7031(b) of this title for information technology or information resource management, the Secretary shall reserve from those agencies’ applicable accounts a total amount equal to not more than the following:
(1)For fiscal year 2001, $3,000,000.
(2)For each subsequent fiscal year, $2,000,000.
(b)The Secretary shall notify Congress of the amount to be reserved under subsection (a) for a fiscal year not later than December 1 of that fiscal year.
(c)(1)Funds reserved under subsection (a) shall be used to establish the Internet-based system required under section 7031 of this title and to expand the system as required by section 7032 of this title.
(2)Once the system is established and operational, reserved amounts shall be used for maintenance and improvement of the system.
(d)Funds reserved under subsection (a) and unobligated at the end of the fiscal year shall be returned to the agency from which the funds were reserved, to remain available until expended.
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Citation
7 U.S.C. § 7033
Title 7 — Agriculture
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73