Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 116 Part 1.djvu/474

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116 STAT. 448 PUBLIC LAW 107-171—MAY 13, 2002 SEC. 7213. MATCHING REQUIREMENTS FOR RESEARCH AND EXTEN- SION FORMULA FUNDS FOR INSULAR AREA LAND-GRANT INSTITUTIONS. (a) EXPERIMENT STATIONS.—Section 3(d) of the Hatch Act of 1887 (7 U.S.C. 361c(d)) is amended by striking paragraph (4) and inserting the following: "(4) EXCEPTION FOR INSULAR AREAS. — Effective date. " (A) IN GENERAL.—Effective beginning for fiscal year 2003, in lieu of the matching funds requirement of paragraph (1), the insular areas of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Virgin Islands of the United States shall provide matching funds from non-Federal sources in an amount equal to not less than 50 percent of the formula funds distributed by the Secretary to each of the insular areas, respectively, under this section. "(B) WAIVERS. —The Secretary may waive the matching fund requirement of subparagraph (A) for any fiscal year if the Secretary determines that the government of the insular area will be unlikely to meet the matching requirement for the fiscal year.". (b) COOPERATIVE AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION.— Section 3(e) of the Smith-Lever Act (7 U.S.C. 343(e)) is amended by striking paragraph (4) and inserting the following: "(4) EXCEPTION FOR INSULAR AREAS.— Effective date. " (A) IN GENERAL.—Effective beginning for fiscal year 2003, in lieu of the matching funds requirement of paragraph (1), the insular areas of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Virgin Islands of the United States shall provide matching funds from non-Federal sources in an amount equal to not less than 50 percent of the formula funds distributed by the Secretary to each of the insular areas, respectively, under this section. "(B) WAIVERS.—The Secretary may waive the matching fund requirement of subparagraph (A) for any fiscal year if the Secretary determines that the government of the insular area will be unlikely to meet the matching requirement for the fiscal year.". SEC. 7214. DEFINITION OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES. Section 2(3) of the Research Facilities Act (7 U.S.C. 390(2)(3)) is amended to read as follows: "(3) FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES. — The term 'food and agricultural sciences' has the meaning given that term in section 1404(8) of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3103(8)).". SEC. 7215. FEDERAL EXTENSION SERVICE. Section 3(b)(3) of the Smith-Lever Act (7 U.S.C. 343(b)(3)) is amended— (1) by striking "$5,000,000" and inserting "such sums as are necessary"; and (2) by adding after the first sentence the following new sentence: "The balance of any annual funds provided under the preceding sentence for a fiscal year that remains unexpended at the end of that fiscal year shall remain available without fiscal year limitation.".