Section is based on a part of section 1 of act Aug. 30, 1890, and the tenth and eleventh pars. under the heading “Emergency Appropriations” of act Mar. 4, 1907. Remainder of section 1 of act Aug. 30, 1890, is classified to section 323 of this title.
1981—Puspan. L. 97–98 substituted “food and agricultural sciences” for “agriculture, the mechanic arts, the English language, and the various branches of mathematical, physical, natural, and economic science, with special reference to their applications in the industries of life” and “the elements of food and agricultural sciences” for “the elements of agriculture and the mechanic arts”.
1907—Act Mar. 4, 1907, substituted “$50,000” for “$25,000”, and inserted proviso.
Amendment by Puspan. L. 97–98 effective Dec. 22, 1981, see section 1801 of Puspan. L. 97–98, set out as an Effective Date note under section 4301 of this title.
For transfer of functions under this section to Secretary of Agriculture, see note set out under section 321 of this title.
Puspan. L. 103–330, title VII, § 724, Sept. 30, 1994, 108 Stat. 2469, provided that: