7 U.S.C. § 3317 — Program evaluation studies
submitted 45 years ago by Pub. L. 95-113 to r/title-7-AGRICULTURE · 107 words · no verdicts yet
This section requires regular evaluations of the agricultural programs covered by the chapter. The evaluations must provide information that may improve administration and effectiveness, and the section authorizes related cooperation and reporting.
(a) The Secretary* must regularly conduct program evaluations to meet the purposes of this chapter and the responsibilities assigned to the Secretary and the Department of Agriculture* in this chapter. Such evaluations is designed to provide information that can be used to improve the administration and effectiveness of agricultural research*, extension*, and teaching* programs in achieving their stated objectives.
(b) The Secretary is authorized to encourage and foster the regular evaluation of agricultural research, extension, and teaching programs within the State agricultural experiment stations*, cooperative extension services*, and colleges and universities, through the development and support of cooperative evaluation programs and program evaluation centers and institutes.
The Secretary* shall regularly conduct program evaluations to meet the purposes of this chapter and the responsibilities assigned to the Secretary and the Department of Agriculture* in this chapter. Such evaluations shall be designed to provide information that may be used to improve the administration and effectiveness of agricultural research*, extension*, and teaching* programs in achieving their stated objectives.
The Secretary is authorized to encourage and foster the regular evaluation of agricultural research, extension, and teaching programs within the State agricultural experiment stations*, cooperative extension services*, and colleges and universities, through the development and support of cooperative evaluation programs and program evaluation centers and institutes.
Source credit: (Pub. L. 95–113, title XIV, § 1471, as added Pub. L. 97–98, title XIV, § 1439(a), Dec. 22, 1981, 95 Stat. 1314.)
- 1981Enacted · Pub. L. 95-113 · 95 Stat. 1314
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