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(3) 20 per centum shall be allocated equally 

 among the States; 



(4) 66 per centum shall be allocated to each 

 State, as follows: One-half in an amount which 

 bears the same ratio to the total amount to be 

 allotted as the rural population of the States bears 

 to the total rural population of all the States as 

 determined by the last preceding decennial census 

 current at the time each such additional sum is 

 first appropriated; and one-half in an amount 

 which bears the same ratio to the total amount 

 to be allotted as the farm population of the State 

 bears to the total farm population of all the States 

 as determined by the last preceding decennial 

 census current at the time such additional sum 

 Is first appropriated. 



(c) Use of funds. 



Funds appropriated under this subchapter may 

 be used to pay salaries and other expenses of per- 

 sonnel employed to carry out the functions au- 

 thorized by this subchapter, to obtain necessary 

 supplies, equipment, services, and rent, repair, and 

 maintenance of other facilities needed, but may not 

 be used to purchase or construct buildings. 



(d) Contingencies for payment of funds; fiscal year 

 availability: budget and accounting. 



Payment of funds to any State for programs au- 

 thorized under section 2662 (a), (b), and (c) of this 

 title shall be contingent upon the Secretary's ap- 

 proval of an annual plan and budget for programs 

 conducted under each part and compliance with 

 such regtilations as the Secretary may issue under 

 this subchapter. FMnds shall be available for use by 

 the State in the fiscal year for which appropriated 

 and the next fiscal year following the year for which 

 appropriated. Funds shall be budgeted and ac- 

 counted for on such forms and at such times as the 

 Secretary shall prescribe. 



(e) Financing programs at universities other than 

 universities responsible for administration of 

 programs. 



Funds provided to each State under this subchap- 

 ter may be used to finance programs through or at 

 private and publicly supported colleges and uni- 

 versities other than the university responsible for 

 administering the programs authorized by this sub- 

 chapter. (Pub. L. 92-419, title V, § 503, Aug. 30. 1972, 

 86 Stat. 672; as amended Pub. L. 94-259, § 1, Apr. 5, 

 1976. 90 Stat. 314.) 



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1976 — Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 94-259 authorized appro- 

 prlatloils from J\ily 1, 1976 through Sept. 30, 1979. 



§ 2664. Cooperating colleges and universities. 



(a) Coordinated State program. 



Each of the programs authorized by this subchap- 

 ter shall be organized and conducted by one or more 

 colleges or universities in each State so as to provide 

 a coordinated program in each State. 



(b) State program administration; payment of funds. 

 To assure national coordination with programs 



under the Smith-Lever Act of 1914 and the Hatch 

 Act (as amended, Augiist 11, 1955), administration 

 of each State program shall be a responsibility of 

 the Institution or university accepting the benefits 



of the Morrill Act of 1862 (12 Stat. 503) as amended. 

 Such administration shall be In association with the 

 programs conducted imder the Smith-Lever Act and 

 the Hatch Act. The Secretary shall pay funds avail- 

 able to each State to said Institution or university. 



(c) Institutions eligible for programs; program pro- 

 posals; approval. 

 All private and publicly supported colleges and 

 universities In a State including the land-grant col- 

 leges of 1890 (26 Stat. 417) shaU be eUgible to 

 conduct or participate in conducting programs au- 

 thorized under this subchapter. Officials at univer- 

 sities or colleges other than those responsible for 

 administering programs authorized by this subchap- 

 ter who wish to participate in these programs shall 

 submit program proposals to the university officials 

 responsible for administering these programs and 

 they shall be responsible for approval of said 

 proF)osaJls. 



(d) Officials; designation for State program 

 administration. 



The university in each State responsible for ad- 

 ministering the program authorized by this sub- 

 chapter shall designate an official who shall be 

 responsible for programs authorized by each part of 

 section 2662 of this title and an official who shall be 

 responsible for the overall cixirdlnation of said 

 programs. 



(e) State Rural Development Advisory Council; ap- 

 pointment; membership; chairman; engineering 

 member; representation of interests; function of 

 Council. 



The chief administrative officer of the university 

 in each State responsible for administering the pro- 

 gram authorized by this subchapter shall appoint a 

 State Rural Development Advisory Council, consist- 

 ing of not more than fifteen members. The adminis- 

 trative head of agriculture of that university shall 

 serve as chairman. The administrative head of a 

 principal school of engineering in the State shall be 

 a member. There shall be at least ten additional 

 members who shall include persons representing 

 fanners, business, labor, banking, local government, 

 multlcounty planning and development districts, 

 public and private colleges and Federal and State 

 agencies Involved in rural developmient. 



It shaU be the function of the Council to review 

 and approve annual program plans conducted under 

 this subchapter and to advise the chief administra- 

 tive officer of the university on matters pertaining 

 to the program authorized. (Pub. L. 92-419, title V. 

 § 504, Aug. 30, 1972, 86 Stat. 673.) 



§ 2665. Agreements and plans. 



(a) Memorandum of understanding. 



Programs authorized under this subchapter shall 

 be conducted as mutually agreed upon by the Secre- 

 tary and the university responsible for administer- 

 ing said programs in a memorandum of understand- 

 ing which shall provide for the coordination of the 

 programs authorized under this subchapter, coordi- 

 nation of these programs with other rural develop- • 

 ment programs of Federal. State, and local govern- 

 ment, and such other matters as the Secretary shall 

 determine. 



(b) .Annual program plan. 



Annually said university shall submit to the Sec- 



