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2012 U.S. Code
Title 7 - Agriculture
Chapter 64 - AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH, EXTENSION, AND TEACHING (§§ 3101 - 3363)
Subchapter X - FUNDING AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS (§§ 3310 - 3319j)
Section 3317 - Program evaluation studies

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Publication TitleUnited States Code, 2012 Edition, Title 7 - AGRICULTURE
CategoryBills and Statutes
CollectionUnited States Code
SuDoc Class NumberY 1.2/5:
Contained WithinTitle 7 - AGRICULTURE
CHAPTER 64 - AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH, EXTENSION, AND TEACHING
SUBCHAPTER X - FUNDING AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Sec. 3317 - Program evaluation studies
Containssection 3317
Date2012
Laws in Effect as of DateJanuary 15, 2013
Positive LawNo
Dispositionstandard
Source CreditPub. L. 95-113, title XIV, §1471, as added Pub. L. 97-98, title XIV, §1439(a), Dec. 22, 1981, 95 Stat. 1314.
Statutes at Large Reference95 Stat. 1314
Public Law ReferencesPublic Law 95-113, Public Law 97-98

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FUNDING AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS - 7 U.S.C. § 3317 (2012)
§3317. Program evaluation studies

(a) 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.

(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.

(Pub. L. 95–113, title XIV, §1471, as added Pub. L. 97–98, title XIV, §1439(a), Dec. 22, 1981, 95 Stat. 1314.)

References in Text

For definition of “this chapter”, referred to in subsec. (a), see note set out under section 3102 of this title.

Effective Date

Section effective Dec. 22, 1981, see section 1801 of Pub. L. 97–98, set out as a note under section 4301 of this title.

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