Title 7, AgricultureRelease 119-102
§326 Ascertainment and Certification of Amounts Due States; Certificates Withheld From States; Appeal to Congress
Title 7 › CHAPTER 13 — AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANICAL COLLEGES › SUBCHAPTER II — COLLEGE-AID ANNUAL APPROPRIATION › § 326
Summary
By October 1 each year, the Secretary of Agriculture must tell the Treasury which States and Territories should get their share of the yearly college money, including for institutions for colored students, and how much each will receive. If the Secretary withholds a certificate, they must report the reasons to the President and set the money aside until the next Congress decides; if Congress does not order payment, the amount goes into the Treasury.
Full Legal Text
Title 7, §326
Agriculture, Source: USLM XML via OLRC
On or before the 1st day of October in each year, the Secretary of Agriculture shall ascertain and certify to the Secretary of the Treasury as to each State and Territory whether it is entitled to receive its share of the annual appropriation for colleges, or of institutions for colored students, under this subchapter, and the amount which thereupon each is entitled, respectively, to receive. If the Secretary of Agriculture shall withhold a certificate from any State or Territory of its appropriation the facts and reasons therefor shall be reported to the President, and the amount involved shall be kept separate in the Treasury until the close of the next Congress, in order that the State or Territory may, if it should so desire, appeal to Congress from the determination of the Secretary of Agriculture. If the next Congress shall not direct such sum to be paid it shall be covered into the Treasury.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
Codification Section constitutes part of section 4 of act Aug. 30, 1890. Remainder of section 4 is classified to section 321 of this title.
Amendments
1976—Pub. L. 94–273 substituted “October” for “July”.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Transfer of Functions
For
Transfer of Functions
under this section to Secretary of Agriculture, see note set out under section 321 of this title. Functions of Department of Health, Education, and Welfare and Secretary thereof under this subchapter transferred to Secretary of Education by section 301(a)(2)(E) of Pub. L. 96–88, which is classified to section 3441(a)(2)(E) of Title 20, Education.
Transfer of Functions
from Secretary of the Interior to Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, see note set out under section 321 of this title.
Reference
Citations & Metadata
Citation
7 U.S.C. § 326
Title 7, Agriculture
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102