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NASULGC's Farm Bill Provisions |
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401. Complia=
nce
With Multistate and Integration Requirements |
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Summary |
(a) Amends Section 3 of the Smith-Lever Act regarding
the funds expended on multistate cooperative extension activities. (b) Am=
ends
section 3 of the Hatch Act with regard to funds expended on integrated
research and extension activities. |
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Legislative
Language |
SEC. 401. COMPLIANCE WITH MULTISTATE AND INTEGRATION
REQUIREMENTS. (a) FUNDS EXPENDED ON MULTISTATE
COOPERATIVE EXTENSION ACTIVITIES. -- Section 3 of the Smith-Lever Act (7
U.S.C. 343) is amended by striking subsection (h)
and inserting the following: “(h)
MULTISTATE COOPERATIVE EXTENSION ACTIVITIES.— “(1)
DEFINITION OF MULTISTATE ACTIVITY. —In this subsection, the term
‘multistate activity’ means a cooperative extension activity =
in
which 2 or more States cooperate to resolve problems that concern more th=
an 1
State. “(2) REQUIREMENT. — “(A) IN GENERAL. — To
receive funding under subsections (b) and (c) for a fiscal year, a State =
must
have expended on multistate activities, in the preceding fiscal year, an
amount equivalent to not less than 25 percent of the funds paid to the St=
ate
under subsections (b) and (c) for the preceding fiscal year. “(B) DETERMINATION OF
AMOUNT.—In determining compliance with subparagraph (A), the Secret=
ary
shall include all cooperative extension funds expended by the State in the
preceding fiscal year, including Federal, State, and local funds. “(3) REDUCTION OF PERCENTAG=
E.
— The Secretary may reduce the minimum percentage required to be
expended for multistate activities under paragraph (2) by a State in a ca=
se
of hardship, unfeasibility, or other similar circumstances beyond the con=
trol
of the State, as determined by the Secretary. “(4) APPLICABILITY. —=
This
subsection does not apply to funds provided-- “(A) to a 1994 Institution =
(as
defined in section 532 of the Equity in Educational Land-Grant Status Act=
of
1994 (7 U.S.C. 301 note; Public Law 103-382)); or “(B) to=
the (b) FUNDS EXPENDED ON INTEGRATED
RESEARCH AND EXTENSION ACTIVITIES. — Section 3 of the Hatch Act of =
1887
(7 U.S.C. 361c) is amended by striking subsection (i=
)
and inserting the following: “(i) INTEGRATED RESEARCH AND EXTENSION ACTIVITI=
ES.
— “(1) IN GENERAL.— “(A) REQUIREMENT. —To=
receive
funding under this Act and subsections (b) and (c) of section 3 of the
Smith-Lever Act (7 U.S.C. 343) for a fiscal year, a State must have expen=
ded
on activities that integrate cooperative research and extension (referred=
to
in this section as ‘integrated activities’), in the preceding
fiscal year, an amount equivalent to not less than 25 percent of the funds
paid to the State under this section and subsections (b) and (c) of secti=
on 3
of the Smith-Lever Act (7 U.S.C. 343) for the preceding fiscal year. “(B) DETERMINATION OF AMOUN=
T.
— In determining compliance with subparagraph (A), the Secretary sh=
all
include all cooperative research and extension funds expended by the Stat=
e in
the prior fiscal year, including Federal, State, and local funds. “(2) REDUCTION OF PERCENTAG=
E.
— The Secretary may reduce the minimum percentage required to be
expended for integrated activities under paragraph (1) by a State in a ca=
se
of hardship, unfeasibility, or other similar circumstances beyond the con=
trol
of the State, as determined by the Secretary. “(3) APPLICABILITY. —=
This
subsection does not apply to funds provided — “(A) to a 1994 Institution =
(as
defined in section 532 of the Equity in Educational Land-Grant Status Act=
of
1994 (7 U.S.C. 301 note; Public Law 103-382)); or “(B) to=
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“(4) RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER REQUIREMENTS. — Funds descr=
ibed
in paragraph (1)(B) that a State uses to calcu=
late
the required amount of expenditures for integrated activities under parag=
raph
(1)(A) may also be used in the same fiscal year to calculate the amount of
expenditures for multistate activities required under subsection (c)(3) of
this section and section 3(h) of the Smith-Le=
ver
Act (7 U.S.C. 343(h)).”. |