7 U.S.C. 178c: Research and development program by Secretary of Agriculture

2018

• Pub. L. 115–334 inserted ", and including hemp (as defined in section 1639o of this title)" after "hydrocarbon-containing plants". (Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018) Law text · (b)

1991

• Pub. L. 102–237 substituted "industrial purposes," for "industrial purposes,,". · (b)

1985

• Pub. L. 99–198, §1439(a), extended research program to carrying out demonstration projects to promote the development or commercialization of native agricultural crops, including projects designed to expand domestic or foreign markets for such crops. · (b)
• Pub. L. 99–198, §1439(b), added subsec. (d). · (d)

1984

• Pub. L. 98–284, §5(1), added subsec. (a). · (a)
• Pub. L. 98–284, §5(1), designated existing provisions as subsec. (b) and in first sentence of subsec. (b) as so designated inserted provision relating to development of other critical agricultural materials from native agricultural crops having strategic and industrial importance. · (b)
• Pub. L. 98–284, §5(2), redesignated cls. (a) and (b) as pars. (1) and (2) of subsec. (b). · (b), (2)
• Pub. L. 98–284, §5(2), (3), redesignated cl. (c) as par. (3) of subsec. (b) and substituted "accelerating present plant breeding, genetics, and selection programs for the purpose of improving and increasing latex yields, expanding insect and disease resistance, broadening the ranges… · (b)
• Pub. L. 98–284, §5(2), (4), redesignated cl. (d) as par. (4) of subsec. (b) and substituted "establishing a system of large-scale experimental plantings (aggregating ten thousand acres or more) to provide shrub for feedstock to process in the developmental rubber processing facility… · (b)
• Pub. L. 98–284, §5(2), redesignated cls. (e) and (f) as pars. (5) and (6), respectively, of subsec. (b). · (b), (6)
• Pub. L. 98–284, §5(2), (5), redesignated cl. (g) as par. (7) of subsec. (b) and substituted "accelerating the refinement of present extraction and processing technologies and future extraction technologies, including the development and construction of a developmental rubber process… · (b)
• Pub. L. 98–284, §5(2), redesignated cl. (h) as par. (8) of subsec. (b). · (b)
• Pub. L. 98–284, §5(7), added par. (9). · (b)
• Pub. L. 98–284, §5(8), added subsec. (c). · (c)