7 U.S.C. § 3127
To assist the Advisory Board in the performance of its duties, the Secretary may appoint, after consultation with the chairperson of the Advisory Board-
The Secretary shall provide such additional clerical assistance and staff personnel as may be required to assist the Advisory Board in carrying out its duties.
In formulating its recommendations to the Secretary, the Advisory Board may obtain the assistance of Department of Agriculture employees, and, to the maximum extent practicable, the assistance of employees of other Federal departments and agencies conducting related programs of agricultural research, extension, and teaching and of appropriate representatives of colleges and universities, including State agricultural experiment stations, cooperative extension services, and other non-Federal organizations conducting significant programs in the food and agricultural sciences.
7 U.S.C. § 3127
EDITORIAL NOTES
AMENDMENTS1998-Subsecs. (a), (b). Pub. L. 105-185, §606(c)(1)(A), substituted "its duties" for "their duties".Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 105-185, §606(c)(1)(B), substituted "its recommendations" for "their recommendations". 1996- Pub. L. 104-127, §§852(b)(3)(A), 853, in section catchline, substituted "Advisory Board" for "Joint Council, Advisory Board, and Technology Board".Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 104-127, §§852(b)(3)(B)(i), (ii), 853, in introductory provisions, substituted "To assist the Advisory Board in" for "To assist the Joint Council, the Advisory Board, and the Technology Board in" and "with the chairperson of the Advisory Board" for "with the cochairpersons of the Joint Council and the chairperson of the Advisory Board and the Technology Board". Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 104-127, §§852(b)(3)(B)(ii), 853, substituted "the chairperson of the Advisory Board" for "the cochairpersons of the Joint Council and the chairperson of the Advisory Board and the Technology Board".Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 104-127, §§852(b)(3)(B)(iii), 853, substituted "one shall serve as the executive secretary to the Advisory Board" for "one shall serve as the executive secretary to the Joint Council, one shall serve as the executive secretary to the Advisory Board, and one shall serve as the executive secretary to the Technology Board".Subsecs. (b), (c). Pub. L. 104-127, §§852(b)(3)(C), 853, substituted "Advisory Board" for "Joint Council, Advisory Board, and Technology Board". 1991-Subsecs. (b), (c). Pub. L. 102-237 substituted ",Advisory Board, and Technology Board" for "and Advisory Board".1990- Pub. L. 101-624, §1605(b)(1)(A), amended section catchline generally. Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 101-624, §1605(b)(1)(B), in introductory provision, substituted ",the Advisory Board, and the Technology Board" for "and the Advisory Board" and inserted "and the Technology Board" before the dash, in par. (1), inserted "and the Technology Board" before "may direct", and in par. (2), substituted "Council," for "Council and" and inserted before period at end ",and one shall serve as the executive secretary to the Technology Board". Subsecs. (b), (c). Pub. L. 101-624, §1605(b)(1)(C), (D), which directed the substitution of ",the Advisory Board, and the Technology Board" for "and the Advisory Board", could not be executed because the phrase "and the Advisory Board" did not appear in text. 1981-Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 97-98 inserted in provision preceding par. (1) provision requiring consultation with the cochairpersons of the Joint Council and the chairperson of the Advisory Board, redesignated former par. (2) as (1) and substituted provision that a full-time executive director perform such duties as the cochairpersons of the Joint Council and chairperson of the Advisory Board direct for provision that an executive director perform such duties as the chairman of the Joint Council and the chairman of the Advisory Board direct, and redesignated former par. (1) as (2) and inserted provision that one of the full-time staff serve as the executive secretary to the Joint Council and one serve as executive secretary to the Advisory Board.
STATUTORY NOTES AND RELATED SUBSIDIARIES
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1981 AMENDMENT Amendment by Pub. L. 97-98 effective Dec. 22, 1981, see section 1801 of Pub. L. 97-98 set out as an Effective Date note under section 4301 of this title.
EFFECTIVE DATESection effective Oct. 1, 1977, see section 1901 of Pub. L. 95-113 set out as an Effective Date of 1977 Amendment note under section 1307 of this title.
REFERENCES IN OTHER LAWS TO GS-16, 17, OR 18 PAY RATESReferences in laws to the rates of pay for GS-16, 17, or 18, or to maximum rates of pay under the General Schedule, to be considered references to rates payable under specified sections of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees, see section 529 [title I, §101(c)(1)] of Pub. L. 101-509 set out in a note under section 5376 of Title 5.
- Advisory Board
- The term "Advisory Board" means the National Agricultural Research, Extension, Education, and Economics Advisory Board.
- Department of Agriculture
- The term "Department of Agriculture" means the United States Department of Agriculture.
- Secretary
- The term "Secretary" means the Secretary of Agriculture of the United States.
- State agricultural experiment stations
- The term "State agricultural experiment stations" means those institutions eligible to receive funds under the Act of March 2, 1887 (24 Stat. 440-442, as amended; 7 U.S.C. 361a-361i).
- agricultural research
- The term "agricultural research" means research in the food and agricultural sciences.
- cooperative extension services
- The term "cooperative extension services" means the organizations established at the land-grant colleges and universities under the Smith-Lever Act of May 8, 1914 (38 Stat. 372-374, as amended; 7 U.S.C. 341-349), and section 209(b) of the Act of October 26, 1974 (88 Stat. 1428, as amended; D.C. Code, sec. 31-1719(b)).
- extension
- The term "extension" means the informal education programs conducted in the States in cooperation with the Department of Agriculture.