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7 U.S.C. § 5852

Agricultural Weather Office

United States · Title 7 — AGRICULTURE · Status: effective

Agriculture & Food
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7 U.S.C. § 5852, Agricultural Weather Office, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/430944
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The Secretary of Agriculture shall establish in the Department of Agriculture an Agricultural Weather Office to plan and administer the National Agricultural Weather Information System. The system shall be comprised of the office established under this section and the activities of the State agricultural weather information systems described in section 5854 of this title. The Secretary shall appoint a Director to manage the activities of the Agricultural Weather Office and to advise the Secretary on scientific and programmatic coordination for climate, weather, and remote sensing. The Secretary, acting through the Office, may undertake the following activities to carry out this subchapter: Enter into cooperative projects with the National Weather Service to— With funds allocated to carry out this subsection, the Secretary of Agriculture may make grants to State agricultural experiment stations, all colleges and universities, other research institutions and organizations, Federal agencies, private organizations and corporations, and individuals to carry out research in all aspects of atmospheric sciences and climatology that can be shown to be important in both a basic and developmental way to understanding, forecasting, and delivering agricultural weather information. Grants made under this subsection shall be made on a competitive basis. In selecting among applications for grants under subsection (c), the Secretary shall give priority to proposals which emphasize—

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