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title: "7 U.S.C. § 390b"
description: "Competitive grant program"
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title_number: 7
title_name: "AGRICULTURE"
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# 7 U.S.C. § 390b - Competitive grant program

## Text

The Secretary shall establish a program to make competitive grants to assist in the construction, alteration, acquisition, modernization, renovation, or remodeling of agricultural research facilities.

(Pub. L. 88–74, § 4, as added Pub. L. 115–334, title VII, § 7503(c), Dec. 20, 2018, 132 Stat. 4821.)

## Notes

Editorial Notes

Prior ProvisionsA prior section 390b, Pub. L. 88–74, § 4, as added Pub. L. 104–127, title VIII, § 884(a), Apr. 4, 1996, 110 Stat. 1178; amended Pub. L. 105–185, title I, § 106(c), (d), June 23, 1998, 112 Stat. 530, related to task force on 10–year strategic plan for agricultural research facilities, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 107–171, title VII, § 7308(a), May 13, 2002, 116 Stat. 455. Another prior section 390b, Pub. L. 88–74, § 3, July 22, 1963, 77 Stat. 90; Pub. L. 95–113, title XIV, § 1416(1), Sept. 29, 1977, 91 Stat. 994; Pub. L. 99–198, title XIV, § 1411(c), Dec. 23, 1985, 99 Stat. 1547, related to definitions, prior to the general amendment of this subchapter by Pub. L. 104–127. A prior section 4 of Pub. L. 88–74 was classified to section 390c of this title prior to the general amendment of this subchapter by Pub. L. 104–127.