7 USC § 3333 - Rangeland research grants

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identifier: "/us/usc/t7/s3333"
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title: "7 USC § 3333 - Rangeland research grants"
title_number: 7
title_name: "AGRICULTURE"
section_number: "3333"
section_name: "Rangeland research grants"
chapter_number: 64
chapter_name: "AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH, EXTENSION, AND TEACHING"
subchapter_number: "XII"
subchapter_name: "RANGELAND RESEARCH"
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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, § 1480, as added Pub. L. 97–98, title XIV, § 1440(a), Dec. 22, 1981, 95 Stat. 1319; amended Pub. L. 107–171, title VII, § 7209(d), May 13, 2002, 116 Stat. 445; Pub. L. 113–79, title VII, § 7128(b)(1)(C), Feb. 7, 2014, 128 Stat. 878; Pub. L. 115–334, title VII, § 7614(b)(1)(C), Dec. 20, 2018, 132 Stat. 4834.)"
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# § 3333. Rangeland research grants

**(a)** **In general** The Secretary may make grants to—

**(1)** land-grant colleges and universities, State agricultural experiment stations, and colleges, universities, and Federal laboratories having a demonstrable capacity in rangeland research, as determined by the Secretary, to carry out rangeland research; and

**(2)** the Joe Skeen Institute for Rangeland Restoration for the purposes of facilitating and expanding ongoing State-Federal range management, animal husbandry, and agricultural research, education, and extension programs to meet the targeted, emerging, and future needs of western United States rangelands and associated natural resources.

**(b)** **Matching requirements**

**(1)** **In general** Except as provided in paragraph (2), this grant program shall be based on a matching formula of 50 percent Federal and 50 percent non-Federal funding (including funding from an agricultural commodity promotion, research, and information program).

**(2)** **Exception** Paragraph (1) shall not apply to a grant to a Federal laboratory or a grant under subsection (a)(2).

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 95–113, title XIV, § 1480, as added Pub. L. 97–98, title XIV, § 1440(a), Dec. 22, 1981, 95 Stat. 1319; amended Pub. L. 107–171, title VII, § 7209(d), May 13, 2002, 116 Stat. 445; Pub. L. 113–79, title VII, § 7128(b)(1)(C), Feb. 7, 2014, 128 Stat. 878; Pub. L. 115–334, title VII, § 7614(b)(1)(C), Dec. 20, 2018, 132 Stat. 4834.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2018— designated existing provisions as subsec. (a), inserted heading, and added subsec. (b).

2014— struck out subsec. (a) designation and heading and subsec. (b). Prior to amendment, subsec. (b) related to matching requirements.

2002— inserted section catchline and amended text generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: “The Secretary may make grants to land-grant colleges and universities, State agricultural experiment stations, and to colleges, universities, and Federal laboratories having a demonstrable capacity in rangeland research, as determined by the Secretary, to carry out rangeland research. Except in the case of Federal laboratories, this grant program shall be based on a matching formula of 50 per centum Federal and 50 per centum non-Federal funding.”

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 2018 Amendment

Amendment by  applicable to grants, cooperative agreements, or other awards made after , with matching funds requirement in effect on , to continue to apply to such grant, cooperative agreement, or other award, see , set out as a note under .

### Effective Date

Section effective , see , set out as a note under .