7 USC § 3124 - Existing research programs

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title: "7 USC § 3124 - Existing research programs"
title_number: 7
title_name: "AGRICULTURE"
section_number: "3124"
section_name: "Existing research programs"
chapter_number: 64
chapter_name: "AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH, EXTENSION, AND TEACHING"
subchapter_number: "II"
subchapter_name: "COORDINATION AND PLANNING OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH, EXTENSION, AND TEACHING"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 95–113, title XIV, § 1409, Sept. 29, 1977, 91 Stat. 989; Pub. L. 97–98, title XIV, § 1409, Dec. 22, 1981, 95 Stat. 1301.)"
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# § 3124. Existing research programs

September 29, 1977

It is the intent of Congress in enacting this chapter to augment, coordinate, and supplement the planning, initiation, and conduct of agricultural research programs existing prior to , except that it is not the intent of Congress in enacting this title to limit the authority of the Secretary of Health and Human Services under any Act which the Secretary of Health and Human Services administers.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 95–113, title XIV, § 1409, Sept. 29, 1977, 91 Stat. 989; Pub. L. 97–98, title XIV, § 1409, Dec. 22, 1981, 95 Stat. 1301.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

For definition of “this chapter”, referred to in text, see note set out under .

### Amendments

1981— substituted “Secretary of Health and Human Services” for “Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare” in two places.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 1981 Amendment

Amendment by  effective , see , set out as an Effective Date note under .

### Effective Date

Section effective , see , set out as an Effective Date of 1977 Amendment note under .