Title 7, AgricultureRelease 119-102
§345 Replacement of Diminished, Lost or Misapplied Funds; Restrictions on Use; Reports of Colleges
Title 7 › CHAPTER 13 — AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANICAL COLLEGES › SUBCHAPTER IV — AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION WORK APPROPRIATION › § 345
Summary
If any part of the money a State gets for cooperative agricultural extension work is lost, reduced, or used wrongly, the State must pay it back. The State will not get more of this funding until the money is replaced. The funds may not be used to buy, build, fix, or keep buildings, to buy or rent land, to pay for college courses or college lectures, or for any use not listed in the law.
Full Legal Text
Title 7, §345
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If any portion of the moneys received by the designated officer of any State for the support and maintenance of cooperative agricultural extension work, as provided in this subchapter, shall by any action or contingency be diminished or lost or be misapplied, it shall be replaced by said State and until so replaced no subsequent appropriation shall be apportioned or paid to said State. No portion of said moneys shall be applied, directly or indirectly, to the purchase, erection, preservation, or repair of any building or buildings, or the purchase or rental of land, or in college-course teaching, lectures in college, or any other purpose not specified in this subchapter.
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 L. 110–234 were repealed by section 4(a) of Pub.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.
Amendments
2008—Pub. L. 110–246, § 7403(b), struck out at end “It shall be the duty of said colleges, annually, on or about the first day of January, to make to the Governor of the State in which it is located a full and detailed report of its operations in extension work as defined in this subchapter, including a detailed statement of receipts and expenditures from all sources for this purpose, a copy of which report shall be sent to the Secretary of Agriculture.” 1962—Pub. L. 87–749 struck out references to territories and possessions wherever appearing. 1953—Act June 26, 1953, among other changes, inserted “Territory, or possession” after “State,” wherever latter term appeared, struck out provision that not more than five per centum of each annual appropriation should be applied to the printing and distribution of publications, and struck out the provision that copies of the required reports should be sent to the Secretary of the Treasury.
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, see section 4 of Pub. L. 110–246, set out as an
Effective Date
note under section 8701 of this title.
Reference
Citations & Metadata
Citation
7 U.S.C. § 345
Title 7, Agriculture
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102