7 U.S.C. § 3103
Definitions
United States · Title 7 — AGRICULTURE · Status: effective
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When used in this chapter:
The term “cooperating forestry school” means an institution—
The term “food and agricultural sciences” means basic, applied, and developmental research, extension, and teaching activities in food and fiber, agricultural, renewable energy and natural resources, forestry, and physical and social sciences, including activities relating to the following:
The term “Hispanic-serving agricultural colleges and universities” means colleges or universities—
The term “insular area” means—
For purposes of clause (i), an area of study specified in this clause is any of the following:
The terms “NLGCA Institution” and “non-land-grant college of agriculture” do not include any institution designated under—
The term “State” means—
The term “State cooperative institutions” or “State cooperative agents” means institutions or agents designated by—
The term “sustainable agriculture” means an integrated system of plant and animal production practices having a site-specific application that will, over the long-term—
Legislative history
The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone.
- Food Stamp Act of 1977House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Agriculture and Food Act of 1981House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Food Security Act of 1985House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990
- Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act Amendments of 1991House: 417–5Senate: no recorded tally
- Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996
- Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998
- Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002
- Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008
- Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008
- Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2013
- Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018