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PUBLIC LAW 88-74-JULY 22, 1963
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SEC. 4. (a) There are hereby authorized to be appropriated for allo- Allocation of cation to the States for the purposes of section 2 such sums as the funds. Congress deems advisable. (b)(1) One-third of the funds appropriated pursuant to this section for any fiscal year shall be allotted equally among the States. (2) Two-thirds of the funds appropriated pursuant to this section for any fiscal year shall be allocated among the States as follows: Onehalf in an amount which bears the same ratio to the total amount to be allotted as the rural population of the State bears to the total rural population of all the States as determined by the last preceding decennial census current at the time each such sum is first appropriated; and one-half in an amount which bears the same ratio to the total amount to be allotted as the farm population of the State bears to the total farm population of all the States as determined by the last preceding decennial census current at the time such sum is first appropriated. (c) It shall be the duty and responsibility of the Secretary to administer the provisions of section 4 of this Act under such rules and regulations as he may prescribe as necessary therefor. SEC. 5. Any State in order to be eligible for payments from funds Eligibility. allocated pursuant to section 4 shall submit, in such form as the Secretary may require, specific proposals for acquisition or construction of physical facilities defined in section 2 of this Act. No State shall receive any payment for any such proposal unless such proposal is approved by the Secretary. SEC. 6. (a)No payment shall be made to any State under the pro- Matching funds. visions of section 4 of this Act in any amount greater than the amount made a^•ai]able by such State from non-Federal funds for purposes for which payments are made under section 4 of this Act. (b) Any unused portion of the allotment of any State for any fiscal year shall remain available, at the option of such State, for payment to such State for a period of not more than two fiscal years following the fiscal year in which such allotment is first made available. SEC. 7. With respect to multiple-purpose physical facilities, the Multiple-pursegment or portion thereof which is to be utilized for agricultural pose facilities. research shall be the basis for determination of fund support under this Act. SEC. 8. For each fiscal year that funds are made available for allo- Notification cation to States under the provisions of section 4 and section B of this to States. Act, the Secretary shall fiscertain, at the earliest practicable date during such year, the amount of the allocation to which each State is entitled, and shall notify each State in writing promptly thereafter as to the amount of such allocation. SEC. 9. (a) Any State agricultural experiment station authorized Administrative to receive payments under the provisions of section 4 of this Act shall officer, duties. have a chief administrative officer, to be known as a director, and a treasurer or other officer appointed by the governing board of such station. Such treasurer or other officer shall receive and account for all funds paid to such station pursuant to the provisions of this Act, and shall submit a report, approved by the director of such station, Report to Secretary Secretary on or before the first day of September of each year. tary. Such report shall contain a detailed statement of the amount received under the provisions of this Act during the preceding fiscal year, and of its disbursements on schedules prescribed by the Secretary. (b) If any portion of the allotted funds received by the authorized receiving officer of any State agricultural experiment station shall by any action or contingency be diminished, lost, or misapplied, it shall be repaid by the State concerned, and until repaid no part of any subsequent appropriation shall be allocated or paid to such State.
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