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U.S. Code as of:
01/03/05
Section 361a. Congressional declaration of purpose; definitions
It is the policy of Congress to continue the agricultural
research at State agricultural experiment stations which has been
encouraged and supported by the Hatch Act of 1887 [7 U.S.C. 361a et
seq.], the Adams Act of 1906, the Purnell Act of 1925, the
Bankhead-Jones Act of 1935, and title I, section 9, of that Act as
added by the Act of August 14, 1946, and Acts amendatory and
supplementary thereto, and to promote the efficiency of such
research by a codification and simplification of such laws. As used
in this Act [7 U.S.C. 361a et seq.], the terms "State" or "States"
are defined to include the several States (including the District
of Columbia), Puerto Rico, Guam and the Virgin Islands. As used in
this Act [7 U.S.C. 361a et seq.], the term "State agricultural
experiment station" means a department which shall have been
established, under direction of the college or university or
agricultural departments of the college or university in each State
in accordance with an Act approved July 2, 1862, (12 Stat. 503),
entitled "An Act donating public lands to the several States and
Territories which may provide colleges for the benefit of
agriculture and the mechanic arts" [7 U.S.C. 301 et seq.]; or such
other substantially equivalent arrangements as any State shall
determine.
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