Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 86.djvu/713

 86 STAT. ]

PUBLIC LAW 92-419-AUG. 30, 1972

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this title ill any State during any fiscal year in excess of 5(J per centum of the total budgeted expenditures or the actual expenditures, whichever is less, of the undertaking of such agreement for such year, including any expenditures of local public and private nonprofit organizations, including Indian tribal groups, participating in the activities covered by the agreement. Payments by the Secretary under any such agreement may be made on the certificate of the appropriate State official that the expenditures provided for under such agreement have been made. SEC. 403. REPORT.—The Secretary of Agriculture shall supmit to the p^J^fj'J''° President within two years after the date of enactment of this title a mitta'i to con^-"^" written report detailing the contribution of the rural fire protection gress. program toward achieving the purposes of this title. The Secretary shall also include in such report such recommendations regarding the rural fire protection program as he deems appropriate. The President shall transmit the report to the Congress for review and appropriate action. SEC. 404. AppiiorRiATiONs.—There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out the provisions of this title $7,000,000 for each of the fiscal years ending June 30, 1973, June 30, 1974, and June 30, 1975. TITLE V—RURAL DEVELOPMENT AND SMALL F A R: \ I RESEARCH AND EDUCATION SEC. 501. PURPOSES.—The purpose of this title is to encourage and foster a balanced national development that provides opportunities for increased numbers of Americans to work and enjoy a high quality of life dispersed throughout our Nation by providing the essential knowledge necessary for successful programs of rural development. I t is further the purpose of this title— (a) to provide multistate regional agencies. States, counties, cities, multicounty planning and development of districts, businesses, industries, organizations, Indian tribes on Federal and State reservations or other federally recognized Indian tribal groups, and others involved with public services and investments in rural areas or that provide or may provide employment in these areas the best available scientific, technical, economic, organizational, environmental, and management information and knowledge useful to them, and to assist and encourage them in the interpretation and application of this information to practical problems and needs in rural development; (b) to provide research and investigations in all fields that have as their purpose the development of useful knowledge and information to assist those planning, carrying out, managing, or investing in facilities, services, businesses, or other enterprises, public and private, that may contribute to rural development; (c) to enhance the capabilities of colleges and universities to perform the vital public service roles of research, transfei-, and practical application of knowledge in support of rural development; (d) to expand research on innovative approaches to small farm management and technology and extend training and technical assistance to small farmers so that they may fully utilize the best available knowledge on sound economic approaches to small farm operations. SEC. 502. PROGRAMS AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary of Agriculture (hereafter referred to as the "Secretary^") is directed and authorized to conduct in cooperation and in coordination with colleges and universities the following programs to carry out the purposes of this title.

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