Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 91.djvu/1040

 91 STAT. 1006

PUBLIC LAW 95-113—SEPT. 29, 1977 and small farm finance, and to increase utilization by small farmers of existing services offered by the United States Department of Agriculture and other public and private agencies and organizations.". PROGRAM MONEYS

7 USC 2662.

Appropriation authorization.

Funds, apportionment.

SEC. 1441. Section 503 of the Kural Development Act of 1972 (86 Stat. 672, as amended; 7 U.S.C. 2663) is amended by— (1) inserting in subsection (a) a comma and the phrase "except subsections (c) and (d) of section 502," after the pihrase "this title"; (2) redesignating subsections (c), (d), and (e) as (e), (f), and (g), respectively; (3) adding new subsections (c) and (d) as follows: " (c) There are hereby authorized to be appropriated to carry out the purposes of subsections (c) and (d) of section 502 of this title not to exceed $20,000,000 for each of the fiscal years ending September 30, 1978, and September 30, 1979. "(d) Such sums as Congress shall appropriate to carry out the purposes of this title pursuant to subsection (c) of this section shall be distributed by the Secretary as follows: "(1) 4 per centum to be used by the Secretary for Federal administration; "(2) 19 per centum to be allocated among the several States to carry out the programs authorized in subsection (c) of section 502 of this title in such amounts as determined by the Secretary; and "(3) 77 per centum to be allocated among the several States to carry out the programs authorized in subsection (d) of section 502 of this title in such amounts as determined by the Secretary."; and (4) striking out in subsection (f), as redesignated by subsection (b) of this section, the word "and" after " (b)," and inserting a comma and the phrase "and (d) " after "(c)". DEFINITION OF SMALL FARMER

SEC. 1442. Section 507 of the Rural Development Act of 1972 (86 Stat. 674; 7 U.S.C. 2667) is amended by adding at the end thereof a new subsection (c) to read as follows: "(c) 'Small farmer' means any farmer with gross sales from farming of $20,000 or less per year.". REPORTS

SEC. 1443. Title V of the Rural Development Act of 1972 (86 Stat. 671-674, as amended; 7 U.S.C. 2661-2668) is amended by adding at the end thereof a new section 510 to read as follows: a REPORTS

Report to Congress.

7 USC 2670.

"SEC. 510. The Secretary shall evaluate annually the effectiveness of the programs established under subsections (c) and (d) of section 502 of this title and make a report to Congress not later than February 1 of each year on that evaluation and the operation of the programs during the preceding fiscal year.".

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