7 USC § 342 - Cooperative agricultural extension work; cooperation with Secretary of Agriculture

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title: "7 USC § 342 - Cooperative agricultural extension work; cooperation with Secretary of Agriculture"
title_number: 7
title_name: "AGRICULTURE"
section_number: "342"
section_name: "Cooperative agricultural extension work; cooperation with Secretary of Agriculture"
chapter_number: 13
chapter_name: "AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANICAL COLLEGES"
subchapter_number: "IV"
subchapter_name: "AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION WORK APPROPRIATION"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(May 8, 1914, ch. 79, § 2, 38 Stat. 373; June 26, 1953, ch. 157, § 1, 67 Stat. 84; Pub. L. 87–749, § 1(a), Oct. 5, 1962, 76 Stat. 745; Pub. L. 95–113, title XIV, § 1447(3), Sept. 29, 1977, 91 Stat. 1011; Pub. L. 96–294, title II, § 256(2), June 30, 1980, 94 Stat. 708; Pub. L. 99–198, title XIV, § 1435(a), Dec. 23, 1985, 99 Stat. 1557.)"
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# § 342. Cooperative agricultural extension work; cooperation with Secretary of Agriculture

Cooperative agricultural extension work shall consist of the development of practical applications of research knowledge and giving of instruction and practical demonstrations of existing or improved practices or technologies in agriculture, uses of solar energy with respect to agriculture, home economics, and rural energy and subjects relating thereto to persons not attending or resident in said colleges in the several communities, and imparting information on said subjects through demonstrations, publications, and otherwise and for the necessary printing and distribution of information in connection with the foregoing; and this work shall be carried on in such manner as may be mutually agreed upon by the Secretary of Agriculture and the State agricultural college or colleges or Territory or possession receiving the benefits of this subchapter.

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**Source Credit**: (May 8, 1914, ch. 79, § 2, 38 Stat. 373; June 26, 1953, ch. 157, § 1, 67 Stat. 84; Pub. L. 87–749, § 1(a), Oct. 5, 1962, 76 Stat. 745; Pub. L. 95–113, title XIV, § 1447(3), Sept. 29, 1977, 91 Stat. 1011; Pub. L. 96–294, title II, § 256(2), June 30, 1980, 94 Stat. 708; Pub. L. 99–198, title XIV, § 1435(a), Dec. 23, 1985, 99 Stat. 1557.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

Another  is classified to .

### Amendments

1985— substituted “shall consist of the development of practical applications of research knowledge and giving of instruction and practical demonstrations of existing or improved practices or technologies” for “shall consist of the giving of instructions and practical demonstrations”.

1980— inserted reference to rural energy.

1977— inserted reference to uses of solar energy with respect to agriculture.

1962— inserted “or Territory or possession” after “college or colleges”.

1953—Act , inserted “and subjects relating thereto” after “agriculture and home economics” near beginning of section, and inserted reference to necessary printing and distribution of information.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 1985 Amendment

Amendment by  effective , see , set out as a note under .

### Effective Date of 1977 Amendment

Amendment by  effective , see , set out as a note under .