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7 U.S.C. 5925: High-priority research and extension initiatives

Created in 1990 by Public Law 101-624. Changed by 9 later laws. 1 bill in this Congress would change it.

This Congress

  • S. 5526 Agricultural Act of 2026 · reported by committee · would change (d), (e), (f), (g), (h)

How it got here

2018

  • Pub. L. 115–334, §7614(b)(2)(C), designated first and second sentences as pars. (1) and (3), respectively, inserted headings, and added par. (2). (Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018) Law text · (a)
  • Pub. L. 115–334, §7209(1)(A), substituted, in heading, "Alfalfa seed and alfalfa forage systems" for "Alfalfa and forage", and in text, substituted "alfalfa seed and alfalfa forage systems" for "alfalfa and forage" and "alfalfa seed and other alfalfa forage" for "alfalfa and other f… (Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018) Law text · (d)
  • Pub. L. 115–334, §7209(1)(B), added pars. (11) to (20). (Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018) Law text · (d)
  • Pub. L. 115–334, §7209(2), substituted "2023" for "2018". (Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018) Law text · (e)
  • Pub. L. 115–334, §7209(3), substituted "2023" for "2018". (Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018) Law text · (f)
  • Pub. L. 115–334, §7209(4)(A), substituted "2023" for "2018". (Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018) Law text · (g), (2), (3)
  • Pub. L. 115–334, §7209(4)(B), (C), added par. (4) and redesignated former pars. (4) and (5) as (5) and (6), respectively. (Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018) Law text · (g)
  • Pub. L. 115–334, §7209(5), substituted "2023" for "2018". (Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018) Law text · (h)

2014

  • Pub. L. 113–79, §7209(1), substituted "subsections (d) through (g)" for "subsections (e) through (i)". (Agricultural Act of 2014) Law text · (a)
  • Pub. L. 113–79, §7209(2), substituted "subsections (d) through (g)" for "subsections (e) through (i)". (Agricultural Act of 2014) Law text · (b)
  • Pub. L. 113–79, §7128(b)(2)(C), redesignated subsec. (d) as (c), and struck out former subsec. (c) which related to matching funds requirement. (Agricultural Act of 2014) Law text · (c)
  • Pub. L. 113–79, §7209(5), added pars. (9) and (10), redesignated pars. (6), (9), (10), (44), (45), (46), (49), and (50) as (1) to (8), respectively, and struck out former pars. (1) to (5), (7), (8), (11) to (43), (47), (48), (51), and (52), which related to certain research and extensi… (Agricultural Act of 2014) Law text · (d)
  • Pub. L. 113–79, §7128(b)(2)(C)(ii), redesignated subsec. (e) as (d). (Agricultural Act of 2014) Law text · (d)
  • Pub. L. 113–79, §7209(6), added subsec. (e) and struck out former subsec. (e) which related to imported fire ant control, management, and eradication. (Agricultural Act of 2014) Law text · (e)
  • Pub. L. 113–79, §7128(b)(2)(C)(ii), redesignated subsec. (f) as (e). (Agricultural Act of 2014) Law text · (e)
  • Pub. L. 113–79, §7209(7), added subsec. (f) and struck out former subsec. (f) which related to Formosan termite research and eradication. (Agricultural Act of 2014) Law text · (f)
  • Pub. L. 113–79, §7128(b)(2)(C)(ii), redesignated subsec. (g) as (f). Former subsec. (f) redesignated (e). (Agricultural Act of 2014) Law text · (f)
  • Pub. L. 113–79, §7128(b)(2)(C)(ii), redesignated subsec. (h) as (g). (Agricultural Act of 2014) Law text · (g)
  • Pub. L. 113–79, §7209(8)(A), substituted "2018" for "2012". (Agricultural Act of 2014) Law text · (g), (2)
  • Pub. L. 113–79, §7209(8)(A), (B), struck out "pest and pathogen" after "bee" in heading and substituted "pest, pathogen, health, and population status surveillance" for "pest and pathogen surveillance" and "2018" for "2012" in text. (Agricultural Act of 2014) Law text · (g)
  • Pub. L. 113–79, §7209(8)(D), added par. (4).Former par. (4) redesignated (5). (Agricultural Act of 2014) Law text · (g)
  • Pub. L. 113–79, §7209(8)(E)(i), (ii), substituted "annual report—" for "annual report" in introductory provisions, inserted subpar. (A) designation before "describing", redesignated former subpars. (A) and (B) as cls. (i) and (ii) of subpar. (A), respectively, and realigned margins. (Agricultural Act of 2014) Law text · (g)
  • Pub. L. 113–79, §7209(8)(C), redesignated par. (4) as (5). (Agricultural Act of 2014) Law text · (g)
  • Pub. L. 113–79, §7209(8)(E)(iii)(I), inserted "and honey bee health disorders" after "collapse". (Agricultural Act of 2014) Law text · (g)
  • Pub. L. 113–79, §7209(8)(E)(iv)(I), inserted ", including best management practices" after "strategies" (Agricultural Act of 2014) Law text · (g)
  • Pub. L. 113–79, §7209(8)(E)(iii)(II), (iv)(II), (v), added cl. (iii). (Agricultural Act of 2014) Law text · (g)
  • Pub. L. 113–79, §7209(8)(E)(vi), added subpars. (B) and (C). (Agricultural Act of 2014) Law text · (g), (C)
  • Pub. L. 113–79, §7209(9), substituted "2018" for "2012". (Agricultural Act of 2014) Law text · (h)
  • Pub. L. 113–79, §7209(3), (4), redesignated subsec. (i) as (h) and struck out former subsec. (h) which related to regional centers of excellence. (Agricultural Act of 2014) Law text · (h)
  • Pub. L. 113–79, §7128(b)(2)(C)(ii), redesignated subsec. (i) as (h). (Agricultural Act of 2014) Law text · (h)
  • Pub. L. 113–79, §7209(4), redesignated subsec. (i) as (h). (Agricultural Act of 2014) Law text · (i)
  • Pub. L. 113–79, §7128(b)(2)(C)(ii), redesignated subsec. (j) as (i). (Agricultural Act of 2014) Law text · (i)
  • Pub. L. 113–79, §7128(b)(2)(C)(ii), redesignated subsec. (j) as (i). (Agricultural Act of 2014) Law text · (j)

2008

  • Pub. L. 110–246, §7204(b)(1), substituted "subsections (e) through (i)" for "subsections (e), (f), and (g)" in first sentence. (Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008) Law text · (a)
  • Pub. L. 110–246, §7204(b)(2)(A), substituted "paragraphs (4), (7), (8), and (11)(B)" for "paragraphs (1), (6), (7), and (11)". (Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008) Law text · (b)
  • Pub. L. 110–246, §7204(b)(2)(B), substituted "subsections (e) through (i)" for "subsection (e)". (Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008) Law text · (b)
  • Pub. L. 110–246, §7203, substituted "shall" for "may". (Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008) Law text · (d)
  • Pub. L. 110–246, §7204(a)(1)(B)–(D), redesignated pars. (2), (3), (5), (6), (9) to (14), (16), (18) to (20), (22), (24), (25), (28) to (31), (33), (35) to (40), and (44) as (1) to (29), respectively, added pars. (30) to (52), and struck out former pars. (1), (4), (7), (8), (15), (17), … (Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008) Law text · (e)
  • Pub. L. 110–246, §7204(a)(1)(A), substituted ", improving, and eventually commercializing, alfatoxin controls in corn and other affected agricultural products and crops" for "and controlling aflatoxin in the food and feed chains". (Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008) Law text · (e)
  • Pub. L. 110–246, §7204(a)(2)–(4), added subsecs. (h) and (i), redesignated former subsec. (h) as (j), and substituted "2012" for "2007" in subsec. (j). (Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008) Law text · (h), (i), (j)

2004

  • Pub. L. 108–465 added par. (45). (Specialty Crops Competitiveness Act of 2004) Law text · (e)

2002

  • Pub. L. 107–171, §7208(b), added pars. (25) to (44). (Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002) Law text · (e)
  • Pub. L. 107–171, §7119, substituted "2007" for "2002". (Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002) Law text · (h)

1998

  • Pub. L. 105–185 amended section catchline and text generally, substituting present provisions for provisions which in subsecs. (a) to (f) which authorized specialized research programs relating to, respectively, brown citrus aphid and citrus tristeza virus, ethanol, aflatoxin, mesquite, prickly pea… (Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998) Law text

1996

  • Pub. L. 104–127, §§863(1), 888, added subsec. (a) and struck out heading and text of former subsec. (a). Text read as follows: "The Secretary of Agriculture is encouraged to fund research for the development of technology which will ascertain the lean content of animal carcasses to be … (Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996) Law text · (a)
  • Pub. L. 104–127, §836, substituted "1997" for "1995". (Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996) Law text · (d), (e)
  • Pub. L. 104–127, §863, redesignated subsec. (i) as (f) and struck out heading and text of former subsec. (f). Text read as follows: (Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996) Law text · (f)
  • Pub. L. 104–127, §863, redesignated subsec. (k) as (g) and struck out heading and text of former subsec. (g). Text read as follows: "The Secretary shall make research and extension grants available for the development of agricultural production and marketing systems that will service n… (Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996) Law text · (g)
  • Pub. L. 104–127, §863(1), struck out subsec. (h) which provided that Secretary of Agriculture may establish and carry out a program to conduct research on disease of scrapie in sheep and goats. (Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996) Law text · (h)
  • Pub. L. 104–127, §§836, 863(2), redesignated subsec. (i) as (f) and substituted "1997" for "1995". (Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996) Law text · (i)
  • Pub. L. 104–127, §863(1), struck out heading and text of subsec. (j). Text read as follows: "The Secretary of Agriculture may— (Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996) Law text · (j)
  • Pub. L. 104–127, §863(2), redesignated subsec. (k) as (g). (Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996) Law text · (k)

1991

  • Pub. L. 102–237, §407(11), redesignated pars. (A) to (I) as (1) to (9), respectively. · (c)
  • Pub. L. 102–237, §406(1), substituted "Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Cooperative State Research Service, to make competitive grants" for "Agricultural Research Service". · (i)
  • Pub. L. 102–237, §406(2), substituted "Research" for "Except for research funded under subsection (i), research". · (k)

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