7 USC § 3292a - United States-Mexico joint agricultural research

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identifier: "/us/usc/t7/s3292a"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "7 USC § 3292a - United States-Mexico joint agricultural research"
title_number: 7
title_name: "AGRICULTURE"
section_number: "3292a"
section_name: "United States-Mexico joint agricultural research"
chapter_number: 64
chapter_name: "AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH, EXTENSION, AND TEACHING"
subchapter_number: "VIII"
subchapter_name: "INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH, EXTENSION, AND TEACHING"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 95–113, title XIV, § 1459, as added Pub. L. 105–185, title II, § 228, June 23, 1998, 112 Stat. 545; amended Pub. L. 106–74, title IV, § 423, Oct. 20, 1999, 113 Stat. 1095.)"
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# § 3292a. United States-Mexico joint agricultural research

**(a)** **Research and development program** The Secretary may provide for an agricultural research and development program with the George E. Brown United States/Mexico Foundation for Science. The program shall focus on binational problems facing agricultural producers and consumers in the 2 countries, in particular pressing problems in the areas of food safety, plant and animal pest control, and the natural resources base on which agriculture depends.

**(b)** **Administration** Grants under the research and development program shall be awarded competitively through the Foundation.

**(c)** **Matching requirements** The provision of funds to the Foundation by the United States Government shall be subject to the condition that the Government of Mexico match, on at least a dollar-for-dollar basis, any funds provided by the United States Government.

**(d)** **Limitation on use of funds** Funds provided under this section may not be used for the planning, repair, rehabilitation, acquisition, or construction of a building or facility.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 95–113, title XIV, § 1459, as added Pub. L. 105–185, title II, § 228, June 23, 1998, 112 Stat. 545; amended Pub. L. 106–74, title IV, § 423, Oct. 20, 1999, 113 Stat. 1095.)

## Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

A prior  was classified to , prior to repeal by .

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Change of Name

“George E. Brown United States/Mexico Foundation for Science” substituted in subsec. (a) for “United States/Mexico Foundation for Science” pursuant to , set out below.

> “That the United States/Mexico Foundation for Science is renamed the ‘George E. Brown United States/Mexico Foundation for Science’.”

, , , provided in part: