Laws: Cases and Codes : U.S. Code : Title 7 : Section 361a


   
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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