Title 7, AgricultureRelease 119-102
§3198 Withholding of Appropriated Funds
Title 7 › CHAPTER 64 — AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH, EXTENSION, AND TEACHING › SUBCHAPTER V — ANIMAL HEALTH AND DISEASE RESEARCH › § 3198
Summary
Withhold a State's annual allocation if the Secretary finds it failed to meet subchapter rules or regulations, and report it to the President. Hold the money in the Treasury until close of the next Congress; if not paid, the funds go to surplus.
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Title 7, §3198
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If the Secretary determines that a State is not entitled to receive its allocation of the annual appropriation under subsection (c) of section 3195 of this title to carry out subsection (a) of such section because of its failure to satisfy requirements of this subchapter or regulations issued under it, the Secretary shall withhold such amount. The facts and reasons concerning the determination and withholding shall be reported to the President; and the amount involved shall be kept separate in the Treasury until the close of the next Congress. If the next Congress does not direct such sum to be paid, it shall be carried to surplus.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
Amendments
2014—Pub. L. 113–79 substituted “subsection (c) of section 3195 of this title to carry out subsection (a) of such section” for “section 3195 of this title”.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
Section effective Oct. 1, 1977, see section 1901 of Pub. L. 95–113, set out as an
Effective Date
of 1977 Amendment note under section 1307 of this title.
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Citation
7 U.S.C. § 3198
Title 7, Agriculture
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102