7 USC § 3197 - Availability of appropriated funds

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identifier: "/us/usc/t7/s3197"
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title: "7 USC § 3197 - Availability of appropriated funds"
title_number: 7
title_name: "AGRICULTURE"
section_number: "3197"
section_name: "Availability of appropriated funds"
chapter_number: 64
chapter_name: "AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH, EXTENSION, AND TEACHING"
subchapter_number: "V"
subchapter_name: "ANIMAL HEALTH AND DISEASE RESEARCH"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 95–113, title XIV, § 1435, Sept. 29, 1977, 91 Stat. 1004; Pub. L. 113–79, title VII, § 7111(b)(3)(B), Feb. 7, 2014, 128 Stat. 874.)"
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# § 3197. Availability of appropriated funds

Funds available to carry out sections 3195(a) and 3196 of this title shall be paid to each State or eligible institution at such times and in such amounts as shall be determined by the Secretary. Funds shall remain available for payment of unliquidated obligations for one additional fiscal year following the year of appropriation.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 95–113, title XIV, § 1435, Sept. 29, 1977, 91 Stat. 1004; Pub. L. 113–79, title VII, § 7111(b)(3)(B), Feb. 7, 2014, 128 Stat. 874.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2014— substituted “to carry out sections 3195(a) and 3196 of this title” for “for allocation under the terms of this subchapter”.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

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