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 PUBLIC LAW 95-547—OCT. 28, 1978

92 STAT. 2063

Public Law 95-547 95th Congress An Act To amend section 1445(b) of the Food and Agriculture Act of 1977 to modify the formula for distribution of funds authorized thereunder for agricultural research.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 1445(b) of the Food and Agriculture Act of 1977 is amended to read as follows: " (b) Beginning with the fiscal year ending September 30, 1979, the funds appropriated in each fiscal year under this section shall be distributed as follows: "(1) Three per centum shall be available to the Secretary for administration of this section. "(2) The remainder shall be allotted among the eligible institutions as follows: "(A) Funds up to the total amount made available to all eligible institutions in the fiscal year ending September 30, 1978, under section 2 of the Act of August 4, 1965 (79 Stat. 431; 7 U.S.C. 450i), shall be allocated among the eligible institutions in the same proportion as funds made available under section 2 of the Act of August 4, 1965, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1978, are allocated among the eligible institutions. "(B) Of funds in excess of the amount allocated under subparagraph (A) of this paragraph, 20 per centum shall be allotted among eligible institutions in equal proportions; 40 per centum shall be allotted among the eligible institutions in the proportion that the rural population of the State in which each eligible institution is located bears to the total rural population of all the States in which eligible institutions are located, as determined by the last preceding decennial census; and the balance shall be allotted among the eligible institutions in the proportion that the farm population of the State in which each eligible institution is located bears to the total farm population of all the States in which the eligible institutions are located, as determined by the last preceding decennial census. In computing the distribution of funds allocated under this subparagraph, the allotments to Tuskegee Institute and Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University shall be determined as if each institution were in a separate State.". Approved October 28, 1978.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: HOUSE REPORT No. 95-1619 (Coram, on Agriculture). CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 124 (1978): Oct. 2, considered and passed House. Oct. 13, considered and passed Senate.

Oct. 28, 1978 [H.R. 13989]

Food and Agriculture Act of 1977, amendment. 7 USC 3222. Agricultural research, distribution of funds. Formula modification.

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