§3105 Agricultural Research; Authorization of Additional Appropriations; Administrative Expenses; Availability of Special Research Fund

Summary

Provides money for two kinds of agricultural research under section 3104. For research on using farm commodities and sharing results, Congress authorized $3,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1947 and each following year, plus an extra $3,000,000 for each of the fiscal years ending June 30, 1948, 1949, 1950, and 1951, and more funds beginning with the fiscal year ending June 30, 1952 if Congress decides. For cooperative research with State agricultural experiment stations and other agreed agencies (not about product use), Congress authorized $1,500,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1947 and each following year, plus an extra $1,500,000 for each of the fiscal years ending June 30, 1948, 1949, and 1950, and more funds beginning with the fiscal year ending June 30, 1951 if Congress decides. The Secretary of Agriculture may spend up to 3% of the yearly appropriated amount on necessary administrative costs, including the types of expenses listed in section 427b. The Special Research Fund (section 427c) must be used only for broad basic agricultural research — such as studying core farming problems; improving quality; creating new or better methods of production, distribution, uses, and markets; and work on land and water conservation for farming. That research is extra to other research but should be coordinated when possible, and the Department may use contracts to do the work.