---
kind: "section"
citation: "7 U.S.C. § 3222b–2"
title: "7"
title_heading: "Agriculture"
number: "3222b–2"
heading: "Grants to upgrade agriculture and food sciences facilities and equipment and support tropical and subtropical agricultural research at insular area land-grant colleges and universities"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/7/3222b-2"
units:
  - "Chapter 64 — Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching"
  - "Subchapter VI — 1890 Land-Grant College Funding"
---

# §3222b–2. Grants to upgrade agriculture and food sciences facilities and equipment and support tropical and subtropical agricultural research at insular area land-grant colleges and universities

- (a) **Purpose—** It is the intent of Congress to assist the [land-grant colleges and universities](/usc/7/3103.md?p=13) in the [insular areas](/usc/7/3103.md?p=12) in efforts to—
  - (1) acquire, alter, or repair facilities or relevant equipment necessary for conducting [agricultural research](/usc/7/3103.md?p=2); and
  - (2) support tropical and subtropical [agricultural research](/usc/7/3103.md?p=2), including pest and disease research.
- (b) **Method of awarding grants—** Grants awarded pursuant to this section shall be made in such amounts and under such terms and conditions as the [Secretary](/usc/7/3103.md?p=15) determines necessary to carry out the purposes of this section.
- (c) **Regulations—** The [Secretary](/usc/7/3103.md?p=15) may promulgate such rules and regulations as the [Secretary](/usc/7/3103.md?p=15) considers to be necessary to carry out this section.
- (d) **Authorization of appropriations—** There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $8,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2008 through 2023.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 95–113, title XIV, § 1447B, as added Pub. L. 110–234, title VII, § 7125, May 22, 2008, 122 Stat. 1223, and Pub. L. 110–246, § 4(a), title VII, § 7125, June 18, 2008, 122 Stat. 1664, 1984; amended Pub. L. 113–79, title VII, § 7113, Feb. 7, 2014, 128 Stat. 874; Pub. L. 115–334, title VII, § 7119, Dec. 20, 2018, 132 Stat. 4790.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Codification

Pub. L. 110–234 and Pub. L. 110–246 enacted identical sections. Pub. L. 110–234 was repealed by section 4(a) of Pub. L. 110–246.

### Amendments

2018—Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 115–334 substituted “2023” for “2018”.

2014—Pub. L. 113–79, § 7113(a)(2), inserted “and support tropical and subtropical agricultural research” after “equipment” and substituted “colleges and universities” for “institutions” in section catchline.

Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 113–79, § 7113(a)(1), amended subsec. (a) generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: “It is the intent of Congress to assist the land-grant institutions in the insular areas in efforts to acquire, alter, or repair facilities or relevant equipment necessary for conducting agricultural research.”

Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 113–79, § 7113(b), substituted “2018” for “2012”.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Enactment of this section and repeal of Pub. L. 110–234 by Pub. L. 110–246 effective May 22, 2008, the date of enactment of Pub. L. 110–234, see section 4 of Pub. L. 110–246, set out as a note under section 8701 of this title.