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duction of, distribution of, and new r.nd extended uses and markets for, 

 agricultural commodities and byproducts and manufactures thereof ; and 

 research relating to the conservation, development, and use of land and 

 water resources for agricultural purposes. Research authorized under this 

 section shall be in addition to research provided for under existing law 

 (but both activities shall be coordinated so far as practicable) and shall be 

 conducted by such agencies of the Department of Agriculture as the Secre- 

 tary may designate or establish. 



"Section 2. The Secretary is also authorized and directed to encourage 

 research similar to that authorized under Section 1 to be conducted by 

 agricultural experiment stations established or which may hereafter be 

 established in pursuance of the Act of March 2. 1887, providing for experi- 

 ment stations, as amended and supplemented, by the allotment and payment 

 as provided in Section 5 to Puerto Rico and the States and Territories for 

 the use of such experiment stations of sums appropriated therefor pursuant 

 to this title. 



"Section 3. For the purposes of this title there is authorized to be appro- 

 priated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the 

 sum of $1,000,000 for the fiscal year beginning after the date of the enact- 

 ment of this title, and for each of the four fiscal years thereafter $1,000,000 

 more than the amount authorized for the preceding fiscal year, and $5,000,000 

 for each fiscal year thereafter. Moneys appropriated in pursuance of this 

 title shall also be available for the purchase and rental of land and the con- 

 struction of buildings necessary for conducting research provided for in 

 this title, for the equipment and maintenance of such buildings, and for 

 printing and disseminating the results of research. Sums appropriated in . 

 pursuance of this title shall be in addition to, and not in substitution for, 

 appropriations for research or other activities of the Department of Agri- 

 culture and sums appropriated or otherwise made available for agricultural 

 experiment stations. 



"Section 4. Forty per centum of the sums appropriated for any fiscal year 

 under Section 3 shall be available for the purposes of Section 1 : Provided, 

 That not to exceed 2 per centum of the sums appropriated may be used for 

 the administration of Section 5 of this title. The sums available for the 

 purposes of Section 1 shall be designated as the 'Special research fund. 

 Department of Agriculture,' and no part of such special fund shall be used 

 for the prosecution of research heretofore instituted or for the prosecution 

 of any new research project except upon approval in writing by the Secre- 

 tary. One-half of such special research fund shall be used by the Secretary 

 for the establishment and maintenance of research laboratories and facilities 

 in the major agricultural regions at places selected by him and for the 

 prosecution, in accordance with section 1, of research at such laboratories. 



"Section 5. (a) Sixty per centum of the sums appropriated for any fiscal 

 year under Section 3 shall be available for the purposes of Section 2. The 

 Secretary shall allot for each fiscal year for which an appropriation is made, 

 to Puerto Rico and each State and Territory an amount which bears the 

 same ratio to the total amount to be allotted as the rural population of 

 Puerto Rico or the State or Territory bears to the rural population of 

 Puerto Rico and all the States and Territories as determined by the last 

 preceding decennial census. No allotment and no payment under any allot- 

 ment shall be made for any fiscal year in excess of the amount which Puerto 

 Rico or any State or Territory makes available for such fiscal year out of its 

 own funds for research and for the establishment and maintenance of neces- 

 sary facilities for the prosecution of such research. If Puerto Rico or any 

 State or Territory fails to make available for such purposes for any fiscal 

 year a sum equal to the total amount to which it may be entitled for such 

 year, the remainder of such amount shall be withheld by the Secretary. The 

 total am.ount so withheld may be allotted by the Secretary of Agriculture to 

 Puerto Rico and the States and Territories which make available for such 

 year an amount equal to that part of the total amount withheld which may 

 be allotted to them by the Secretary of Agriculture, but no such additional 



