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§3125b National Rural Information Center Clearinghouse

Title 7 › CHAPTER 64 — AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH, EXTENSION, AND TEACHING › SUBCHAPTER II — COORDINATION AND PLANNING OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH, EXTENSION, AND TEACHING › § 3125b

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary must create a National Rural Information Center Clearinghouse at the National Agricultural Library with help from the National Institute of Food and Agriculture. The Clearinghouse must provide, when asked, information and data to businesses, organizations, and government about federal, state, local, and nonprofit programs that people or groups in rural areas may qualify for, covering things like job training, education, health care, economic development, and emotional and financial counseling. The Library should use telecommunications to reach rural areas when possible. Federal agencies must give the Clearinghouse information when the Secretary requests it. The Secretary must ask state and local governments and nonprofit groups to share program details they have. Up to $500,000 is authorized for each fiscal year 1991 through 2023 to carry out this work.

Full Legal Text

Title 7, §3125b

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(a)Establishment
The Secretary shall establish, within the National Agricultural Library, in coordination with the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, a National Rural Information Center Clearinghouse (in this section referred to as the “Clearinghouse”) to perform the functions specified in subsection (b).
(b)Functions
The Clearinghouse shall provide and distribute information and data to any industry, organization, or Federal, State, or local government entity, on request, about programs and services provided by Federal, State, and local agencies and private nonprofit organizations and institutions under which individuals residing in, or organizations and State and local government entities operating in, a rural area may be eligible for any kind of assistance, including job training, education, health care, and economic development assistance, and emotional and financial counseling. To the extent possible, the National Agricultural Library shall use telecommunications technology to disseminate information to rural areas.
(c)Federal agencies
On request of the Secretary, the head of a Federal agency shall provide to the Clearinghouse such information as the Secretary may request to enable the Clearinghouse to carry out subsection (b).
(d)State and local agencies and nonprofit organizations
The Secretary shall request State and local governments and private nonprofit organizations and institutions to provide to the Clearinghouse such information as such agencies and organizations may have about any program or service of such agencies, organizations, and institutions under which individuals residing in a rural area may be eligible for any kind of assistance, including job training, educational, health care, and economic development assistance, and emotional and financial counseling.
(e)Limitation on authorization of appropriations
To carry out this section, there are authorized to be appropriated $500,000 for each of the 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. Section was enacted as part of the Rural Economic Development Act of 1990, and also as part of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990, and not as part of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 which comprises this chapter.

Amendments

2018—Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 115–334 substituted “2023” for “2018”. 2014—Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 113–79 substituted “2018” for “2012”. 2008—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 110–246, § 7511(c)(9), substituted “National Institute of Food and Agriculture” for “Extension Service”. Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 110–246, § 7212, substituted “2012” for “2007”. 2002—Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 107–171 substituted “2007” for “2002”. 1998—Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 105–185 substituted “2002” for “1997”. 1996—Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 104–127 substituted “1997” for “1995”.

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, except as otherwise provided, see section 4 of Pub. L. 110–246, set out as an

Effective Date

note under section 8701 of this title. Amendment by section 7511(c)(9) of Pub. L. 110–246 effective Oct. 1, 2009, see section 7511(c) of Pub. L. 110–246, set out as a note under section 1522 of this title.

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Citation

7 U.S.C. § 3125b

Title 7, Agriculture

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110