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 74Tx CONGRESS. SESS. I. CH. 338 . JUNE 29, 1935. SEc. 2. The Secretary is also authorized and directed to encourage research similar to that authorized under section 1 to be conducted by agricultural experiment stations established or which may here- after be established in pursuance of the Act of March 2, 1887, pro- viding for experiment stations, as amended and supplemented, by the allotment a nd payment as p rovided in sect ion 5 to Puert o Rico and the State s and Territ ories f or the use o f such experi ment s tation s of sums appropriated therefor pursuant to this title. SEc. 3. For the purposes of this title there is authorized to be appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appro- priated, the sum of $1,00 0,000 f or the fisca l year beginn ing af ter th e date of the enactment of this title, and for each of the four fiscal years thereafter $1,000,000 more than the amount authorized for the preceding fiscal year, and $5,000,000 for each fiscal year thereafter. Moneys appropriated in pursuance of this title shall also be avail- ble for the purchase and rental of land and the construction of buildings necessary for conducting research provided for in this title, for the equipment and maintenance of such buildings, and for printing and disseminating the results of research. Sums appropri- ated in pursuance of this title shall be in addition to, and not in substitution for, appropriations for research or other activities of the Department of Agriculture and sums appropriated or otherwise made available for agricultural experiment stations. SEc. 4. Forty per centum of the sums appropriated for any fiscal year under section 3 shall be available for the purposes of section 1 : Provided, That not to exceed 2 per centum of the sums appropriated may be used for the administration of section 5 of this title. The sums available for the purposes of section 1 shall be designated as the " Special research fund, Department of Agriculture ", and no part of such special fund shall be used for the prosecution of research heretofore instituted or for the prosecution of any new research project except upon approval in writing by the Secretary. One- half of such special research fund shall be used by the Secretary for the establishment and maintenance of research laboratories and facil- ities in the major agricultural regions at places selected by him and fo r the prosecu tion, in acc ordanc e with sectio n 1, o f rese arch a t such laboratories. SEc. 5. (a) Sixty per centum of the sums appropriated for any fiscal year under section 3 shall be available for the purposes of section 2. The Secretary shall allot, for each fiscal year for which an appropriation is made, to Puerto Rico and each State and Terri- tory an amount which bears the same ratio to the total amount to be allotted as the rural population of Puerto Rico or the State or Territory bears to the rural population of Puerto Rico and all the States and Territories as determined by the last"preceding decennial census . No allotment and no payment under any allotment shall be made for any fiscal year in excess of the amount which Puerto Rico or the State or Territory makes available for such fiscal year out of its own funds for research and for the establishment and mainte- nance of necessary facilities for the prosecution of such research . If Puerto Rico or any State or Territory fails to make available for such purposes f or any fiscal y ear a sum equal to the total amount to which it may be entitled for such year, the remainder of such amount shall be withheld by the Secretary . The total amount so withheld may be allotted by the Secretary of Agriculture to Puerto Rico and the St ates and Territ ories which mak e available fo r such year an amount equal to that part of the total amount withheld which may be allotted to them by the Secretary of Agriculture, but 437 Agricul tural ex per i- me nt stations. Prosecution of work by. Vol. 24, p. 440; L. S. C.,p.138. Puerto Rico. Vol . 46, p. 1520 C .,p . 141 . Sums authorized for first fiscal year and each year thereafter. Post, pp. 582, 1424. Availability of funds . To be additional to existing appropriations. Allotments. Proviso. Administration ex- penses . "Spec ial research fund, Department of Agriculture," created ; restriction on use. Post, p. 1425 . Research laborat ories and facilities; estab- lishment. Portion for agricul- tural stations. State, et c ., allocations. Allotment limited to amount advanced by State. Wit hho ld ing allot- ment. Allocation of with- he ld allotment.
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