7 USC § 3202 - Research and education grants for the study of antibiotic-resistant bacteria

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title: "7 USC § 3202 - Research and education grants for the study of antibiotic-resistant bacteria"
title_number: 7
title_name: "AGRICULTURE"
section_number: "3202"
section_name: "Research and education grants for the study of antibiotic-resistant bacteria"
chapter_number: 64
chapter_name: "AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH, EXTENSION, AND TEACHING"
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subchapter_name: "ANIMAL HEALTH AND DISEASE RESEARCH"
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last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 110–234, title VII, § 7521, May 22, 2008, 122 Stat. 1271; Pub. L. 110–246, § 4(a), title VII, § 7521, June 18, 2008, 122 Stat. 1664, 2033.)"
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# § 3202. Research and education grants for the study of antibiotic-resistant bacteria

**(a)** **In general** The Secretary shall provide research and education grants, on a competitive basis—

**(1)** to study the development of antibiotic-resistant bacteria, including—

**(A)** movement of antibiotic-resistant bacteria into groundwater and surface water; and

**(B)** the effect on antibiotic resistance from various drug use regimens; and

**(2)** to study and ensure the judicious use of antibiotics in veterinary and human medicine, including—

**(A)** methods and practices of animal husbandry;

**(B)** safe and effective alternatives to antibiotics;

**(C)** the development of better veterinary diagnostics to improve decisionmaking; and

**(D)** the identification of conditions or factors that affect antibiotic use on farms.

**(b)** **Administration** section 3157 of this title

Paragraphs (4), (7), (8), and (11)(B) of subsection (b) of  shall apply with respect to the making of grants under this section.

**(c)** **Authorization of appropriations** There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as are necessary to carry out this section for each of fiscal years 2008 through 2012.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 110–234, title VII, § 7521, May 22, 2008, 122 Stat. 1271; Pub. L. 110–246, § 4(a), title VII, § 7521, June 18, 2008, 122 Stat. 1664, 2033.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

and  enacted identical sections.  was repealed by .

Section was enacted as part of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008, and not as part of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 which comprises this chapter.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Enactment of this section and repeal of  by  effective , the date of enactment of , see , set out as a note under .

### Definition of “Secretary”

“Secretary” as meaning the Secretary of Agriculture, see .