FEDERAL APPROPRIATIONS

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FEDERAL APPROPRIATIONS

• What makes them different ?
• Acts of Congress
• Formula Funds Special Projects
• Special Terms and Conditions

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CONGRESSIONAL ACTS

• TEACHING
• MORRILL ACT OF 1862
• MORRILL ACT OF 1890
• EDUCATION ACT OF 1994
• RESEARCH
• HATCH ACT OF 1887
• EXTENSION
• SMITH-LEVER ACT OF 1914

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FIRST MORRILL ACT - 1862

• Land grants to provide funding for a college
  providing education in agriculture.
• Each state granted 30,000 acres per
  representation to be sold to provide funds.
• Blacks not permitted to attend original
  land-grant colleges. Only 2 states established
  separate institutions for blacks.

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EDUCATION REAUTHORIZATION ACT

• Established in 1994
• Added 29 additional land grant institutions

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HATCH ACT - 1887

• Established agricultural experiment station
• Conduct original research or experiments
• Original grant was 15,000 per year per state.
• Use it or lose it!

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SECOND MORRILL ACT - 1890

• Expanded Morrill Act of 1862 to include
  historically black institutions.
• Southern states which did not have black colleges
  by 1890 established them later under the 1890
  Act. Tuskegee is exception.
• States given annual grant of 15,000 with 1,000
  annual increases over 10 year period.

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SMITH LEVER ACT - 1914

• Created Cooperative Extension - a partnership of
  USDA and land-grant colleges local government.
• Extended the teaching and research activities
  into the community.
• Via demonstration, publications, classes, etc.
• 4-H program

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4-H PROGRAM

• Originated due to vital need to improve life in
  rural areas by introducing improved methods of
  farming and homemaking.
• First corn club for boys forerunner of 4-H clubs
• 1907 marked beginning of 4-H work under USDA
• CE provided staff support for early 4-H program
• 4-H name was made official in 1924.

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FORMULA FUNDS

• Based on formulas to determine allocation.
• Smith Lever 3 b, c d
• Special Projects
• Penalty Mail (Terminated 10/03)
• Federal Retirement
• Renewable Resources
• Other AES
• Regional Research
• McIntire Stennis
• Animal Health

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Smith-Lever or Cooperative Ext.

• 3b c
• 4H
• Rural Development
• Part time Farming
• 3 d
• Expanded Food and Nutrition Program (EFNEP)
• Farm Safety
• Integrated Pest Management
• Water Quality
• Renewable Resources

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Agricultural Experiment Station Funds

• Hatch
• Rural Population
• Farm Census Data
• McIntire Stennis
• Volume of Timber
• Non-Federal Forest Lands
• Animal Health
• Livestock value and income

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Special Terms and Conditions

• Must be in accordance with OMB A-21
• Unallowable Expenditures
• Indirect Costs
• Tuition Remission
• Capital Expenditures (without prior approval)