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7 U.S.C. § 326 — Ascertainment and certification of amounts due States; certificates withheld from States; appeal to Congress

submitted 136 years ago by ch. 841 to r/title-7-AGRICULTURE · 154 words · no verdicts yet

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By October 1 each year, the Secretary of Agriculture certifies which states qualify for college funding. If the Secretary withholds a certificate, the state may appeal to Congress. The Treasury holds the money until the next Congress decides.

Each year, on or before October 1, the Secretary of Agriculture must check each state and territory to see if it qualifies for its share of the yearly money set aside for land-grant colleges (or colleges for Black students) under this part of the law. The Secretary then certifies to the Secretary of the Treasury which states and territories qualify, and how much each one gets. If the Secretary of Agriculture decides to withhold a state's or territory's certificate — meaning deny it the money — the Secretary must report the facts and the reasons to the President. That state's or territory's share must then be kept separate in the Treasury until the end of the next Congress. This gives the state or territory a chance to appeal the Secretary's decision to Congress, if it wants to. If that next Congress does not order the money to be paid, the money goes back into the general Treasury.
the actual law source: uscode.house.gov ↗public domain

On or before the 1st day of October in each year, the Secretary of Agriculture shall ascertain and certify to the Secretary of the Treasury as to each State and Territory whether it is entitled to receive its share of the annual appropriation for colleges, or of institutions for colored students, under this subchapter, and the amount which thereupon each is entitled, respectively, to receive. If the Secretary of Agriculture shall withhold a certificate from any State or Territory of its appropriation the facts and reasons therefor shall be reported to the President, and the amount involved shall be kept separate in the Treasury until the close of the next Congress, in order that the State or Territory may, if it should so desire, appeal to Congress from the determination of the Secretary of Agriculture. If the next Congress shall not direct such sum to be paid it shall be covered into the Treasury.

Source credit: (Aug. 30, 1890, ch. 841, § 4, 26 Stat. 419; 1939 Reorg. Plan No. I, §§ 201, 204, eff. July 1, 1939, 4 F.R. 2728, 53 Stat. 1424; 1953 Reorg. Plan No. 1, §§ 5, 8, eff. Apr. 11, 1953, 18 F.R. 2053, 67 Stat. 631; Pub. L. 94–273, § 3(1), Apr. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 376; Pub. L. 96–88, title III, § 301(a)(2)(E), Oct. 17, 1979, 93 Stat. 677; Pub. L. 97–97, title XIV, § 1419, Dec. 22, 1981, 95 Stat. 1306.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit
  • 1890Enacted · Act of Aug. 30, 1890, ch. 841 · 26 Stat. 419
  • 1976Amended · Pub. L. 94-273 · 90 Stat. 376
  • 1979Amended · Pub. L. 96-88 · 93 Stat. 677
  • 1981Amended · Pub. L. 97-97 · 95 Stat. 1306

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by ch. 841 on 1890-08-30.

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