Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 91.djvu/1039

 PUBLIC LAW 95-113—SEPT. 29, 1977

91 STAT. 1005

to be provided by the Secretary with the advice, when available, of the Board. Such research proposals that are approved by the dean or direc- Report to tor shall be submitted to the Secretary prior to assignment of funds Secretary of thereto with a brief summary showing compliance with the provisions Agriculture, of this subtitle and the Secretary's general guidelines. MATCHING FUNDS

SEC. 1438. No funds in excess of $100,000, exclusive of the funds 7 USC 3200. provided for research on specific national or regional animal health '^' and disease problems under the provisions of section 1434 of this title, shall be paid by the Federal Government to any State under this subtitle during any fiscal year in excess of the amount from non-Federal sources made available to and budgeted for expenditure by eligible institutions in the State during the same fiscal year for animal health and disease research. The Secretary is authorized to make such payments in excess of $100,000 on the certificate of the appropriate official of the eligible institution having charge of the animal health and disease research for which such payments are to be made. If any eligible institution certified for receipt of matching funds fails to make available and budget for expenditure for animal health and disease research in any fiscal year sums at least equal to the amount for which it is certified, the difference between the Federal matching funds available and the funds made available to and budgeted for expenditure by the eligible institution shall be reapportioned by the Secretary among other eligible institutions of the same State, if there are any which qualify therefor, and, if there are none, the Secretary shall reapportion such difference among the other States. ALLOCATIONS UNDER T H I S SUBTITLE NOT SUBSTITUTIONS

SEC. 1439. The sums appropriated and allocated to States and 7 USC 3201. eligible institutions under this subtitle shall be in addition to, and not in substitution for, sums appropriated or otherwise made available to such States and institutions pursuant to other provisions of law. Subtitle F—Small Farm Research and Extension SMALL FARM RESEARCH AND EXTENSION PROGRAMS

SEC. 1440. Section 502 of the Rural Development Act of 1972 (86 Stat. 671; 7 U.S.C. 2662) is amended by— (1) amending subsection (c) to read as follows: "(c) SMALL FARM RESEARCH PROGRAMS.—Small farm research programs shall consist of programs of research to develop new approaches for initiating and upgrading small farmer operations through management techniques, agricultural production techniques, farm machinery technology, new products, new marketing techniques, and small farm finance."; and (2) adding at the end thereof a new subsection (d) as follows: "(d) SMALL FARM EXTENSION PROGRAMS.—Small farm extension programs shall consist of extension programs to improve operations of small farmers using, to the maximum extent practicable, paraprofessional personnel to work with small farmers on an intensive basis to initiate and improve management techniques, agricultural production techniques, farm machinery technology, marketing techniques.

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