:

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8.Federal administra

tion (direct appro.) : 1,482,000: 4: 1,698,000 4: +139,000(9): 1,837,000: 4 Unobligated balance

Total available or

Proposed Supplemental

for pay increase costs:

: 1,825,176:

:186,031,000: 95 :201,083,000: 105: +31,393,000 :232,476,000 105

Total, appropriation...:186,031,000:

-186,000

95 :200,897,000 : 105

1/ Includes 3% set-aside for Federal administration.

Z/ Includes 4% set-aside for Federal administration.

EXPLANATION OF PROGRAM

The Agriculture, Rural Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act of 1981, funds Cooperative Research activities authorized under the following acts: 1. Payments to agricultural experiment stations under the Hatch Act, and for penalty mail Agricultural Experiment Stations Act of August 11, 1955, Hatch Act of 1887 as amended 7 U.S.C. 361a-3611; Education Amendments of 1972, Public Law 92-318, June 23, 1972; Public Law 93-471, October 26, 1974; and Public Law 95-113, September 29, 1977, as amended.

The Act of August 11, 1955, as amended, provides that the distribution of
Federal payments to States for fiscal year 1955 shall become a fixed base
and that any sums appropriated in excess of the 1955 level shall be
distributed in the following manner:

2.

-20% shall be allotted equally to each State.

-not less than 52% shall be allotted to the States as follows:
one-half in an amount proportionate to the relative rural

population of each State to the total rural population
of all States, and

one-half in an amount proportionate to the relative farm
population of each State to the total farm population

of all States.

-not more than 25% shall be allotted to the States for cooperative research in which two or more State agricultural experiment stations are cooperating to solve problems that concern the agriculture of more than one State.

-3% shall be available to the Secretary of Agriculture for the

administration of this Act.

The Act also provides that any amount in excess of $90,000 available for allotment to any State, exclusive of the regional research fund, shall be matched by the State out of its own funds for research, and for the establishment and maintenance of facilities necessary for the performance of such research.

The Hatch Act provides for the mailing under penalty indicia by agricultural experiment stations of bulletins, reports, periodicals, reprints of articles, and other publications, including lists of publications necessary for dissemination of results of research. Mailings include not only those to individual farmers upon request but also to newspapers, libraries, other experiment stations, and organizations interested in results of research and dissemination of such results. Under Title 39 U.S.C. 3206(b) and 3203(a)(4), the Department paid to the U.S. Postal Service $509,051 to cover postage of mail sent under the penalty privilege by the State agricultural experiment stations during fiscal year 1980. Funds of $476,000 have been set-aside from the fiscal year 1981 appropriation under the Hatch Act for payments to the U.S. Postal Service.

Three percent of funds appropriated under the Hatch Act is set-aside for Federal administration. Administration includes disbursement of funds and a continuous review and evaluation of the research programs of the State agricultural experiment stations supported wholly or in part from Hatch funds. Cooperative Research encourages and assists in the establishment of cooperation within and between the States, and also actively participates in the planning and coordination of research programs between the States and the Department at the regional and national level.

Cooperative Forestry Research The Cooperative Forestry Research Act of October 10, 1962, 16 U.S.C. 582a-7; Education Amendments of 1972, Public Law 92-318, June 23, 1972.

The Act authorizes funding of research in State institutions certified by a State representative designated by the governor of each State. The Act provides that appropriated funds be apportioned among States as determined by the Secretary after consultation with a national advisory board of not less than seven officials of the forestry schools of the State-certified eligible colleges and universities chosen by a majority of those schools. Determination of apportionments follows consideration of pertinent factors including, but not limited to, areas of non-Federal commercial forest land and volume of timber cut from growing stock. The Act also limits the payments to the amount made available and budgeted from non-Federal sources by the certified institutions for expenditure for forestry research. Three percent of funds appropriated under this Act is set-aside for Federal administration.

3.

4.

5.

Payments to 1890 Colleges and Tuskegee Institute

The National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977, Section 1445, Public Law 95-113, September 29, 1977; Public Law 95-547, October 28, 1978.

Public Law 95-113, as amended, provides for support of continuing agricultural research at colleges eligible to receive funds under the Act of August 30, 1890, including Tuskegee Institute. Beginning with fiscal year 1979, there shall be appropriated funds for each fiscal year, an amount not less than 15% of the total for such year under Section 3 of the Act of March 2, 1887. These funds shall be distributed as follows:

-3% shall be available to the Secretary of Agriculture.
-Payments to States in fiscal year 1978 is a fixed base. Of
funds in excess of this amount:

20% shall be allotted equally to each State.

40% shall be allotted in an amount proportionate to the rural
population of the State in which the eligible institution is
located to the total rural population of all the States in
which eligible institutions are located, and

40% shall be allotted in an amount proportionate to the farm
population of the State in which the eligible institution is
located to the total farm population of all the States in
which eligible institutions are located.

Allotments to Tuskegee Institute and Alabama A&M University shall be determined as if each institution were in a separate State. Three percent of the funds appropriated under this Act is set aside for Federal administration. This includes disbursements of funds and review and evaluation of proposals.

Special Research Grants Section 2(c), Act of August 4, 1965, 7 U.S.C. 4501 as amended by Public Law 95-113, September 29, 1977, and Public Law 96-294, June 30, 1980; Public Law 95-592.

Section 2 of the Act of August 4, 1965, as amended, authorizes Special Research Grants for periods not to exceed five years to land-grant colleges and universities, State agricultural experiment stations, and to all colleges and universities having a demonstrable capacity in food and agricultural research to further the programs of the Department of Agriculture. Special Research Grants are awarded on the discretionary basis as well as using a competitive peer panel process in the selection of proposals to be funded. In fiscal year 1931, $17,076,000 is appropriated for this program. In addition, $500,000 is for Alcoho! Fuels Research Grants in accordance with Section 1419 of Public Law 95-113, and $650,000 is for research under the Native Latex Commercialization and Economic Development Act of 1978. Research on food and agriculture policies, soybeans, pesticide clearance. soil erosion in the Pacific Northwest, pesticide impact assessment, energy, animal health, rural development centers, integrated pest management, aquaculture, antidesertification, and germplasm resources will receive emphasis in FY 1981. Research on alcohol fuels is also carried out in accordance with Section 1419 of Public Law 95-113, as amended by Public Law 96-294, June 30, 19:0. Research will also be carried out under the Native Latex Commercialization and Economic Development Act of 1973.

Competitive Research Grants - Section 2(b), Act of August 4, 1965, 7 U.S.C. 4501 as ended by Public Law 95-113, September 29, 1977.

Section 2 of the Act of August 4, 1965 as amended, authorizes Competitive Grants for periods not to exceed five years to State Agricultural Experiment Stations, all Colleges and Universities, other research institutions and

organizations, Federal agencies, private organizations or corporations and individuals to further the programs of the Department of Agriculture. By obtaining the participation of outstanding researchers in the entire U.5. Sentific community, emphasis will be placed on basic research critical to + cod production and human nutrition including biological stress of plants, genetic mechanisms of plants, plant nitrogen fixation, plant photosynthesis and human nutrient requirements.

6. Rural Development Research - Title V, Rural Development Act of 1972, 7 U.S.C. 2661-2668; Public Law 94-259, April 5, 1976; Public Law 96-355, September 24, 1980.

7.

In 1981 and 1982 rural development funds are provided and distributed under the Hatch Act, which is consistent with the intent of Congress in appropriating funds for fiscal year 1981.

The Rural Development Act of 1972, as amended, provided that funds were to be allocated as follows:

-20% shall be allocated equally to each State.

-66% shall be allocated to each State as follows:

one-half in an amount proportionate to the relative rural
population of each State to the total rural population
of all States, and

one-half in an amount proportionate to the relative rural
population of each State to the total rural population
of all States.

-10% shall be allocated to the States for research serving two
or more States in which universities in two or more States
cooperate or which is conducted by one university to serve
two or more States.

4% shall be available to the Secretary of Agriculture for Federal
administration, national coordination, and program assistance
to the States.

Animal Health and Disease Research - The National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977, Section 1433, Public Law 95-113, September 29, 1977.

Section 1433 provides for support of livestock and poultry disease research in colleges of veterinary medicine and in eligible State agricultural experiment stations. These funds shall be distributed as follows:

4% shall be retained by the Department of Agriculture for
administration, program assistance to the eligible institu-
tions, and program coordination.

-48% shall be distributed in an amount proportionate to the value
of and income to producers from domestic livestock and poultry in
each State to the total value of and income to producers, from
domestic livestock and poultry in all the States.

-48% shall be distributed in an amount proportionate to the animal

health research capacity of the eligible institutions in each State to the total anal health esearch capacity in all the States.

Federal Administration (direct appropriation) - Authority for direct appropriations is provided in the annual Agriculture, Rural Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act. These funds are used to provide support services in connection with research planning and coordination of all programs administered by Cooperative Research.