---
kind: "section"
citation: "7 U.S.C. § 361d"
title: "7"
title_heading: "Agriculture"
number: "361d"
heading: "Use of funds"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/7/361d"
units:
  - "Chapter 14 — Agricultural Experiment Stations"
  - "Subchapter I — General Provisions"
---

# §361d. Use of funds


Moneys appropriated pursuant to sections [361a](/usc/7/361a.md) to [361i](/usc/7/361i.md) of this title shall also be available, in addition to meeting expenses for research and investigations conducted under authority of [section 361b of this title](/usc/7/361b.md), for printing and disseminating the results of such research, retirement of employees subject to the provisions of [section 331 of this title](/usc/7/331.md), administrative planning and direction, and for the purchase and rental of land and the construction, acquisition, alteration, or repair of buildings necessary for conducting research. The [State](/usc/7/198.md?p=5) agricultural experiment stations are authorized to plan and conduct any research authorized under [section 361b of this title](/usc/7/361b.md) in cooperation with each other and such other agencies and individuals as may contribute to the solution of the agricultural problems involved, and moneys appropriated pursuant to sections [361a](/usc/7/361a.md) to [361i](/usc/7/361i.md) of this title shall be available for paying the necessary expenses of planning, coordinating, and conducting such cooperative research.


## Source credit

(Mar. 2, 1887, ch. 314, § 4, 24 Stat. 441; Aug. 11, 1955, ch. 790, § 1, 69 Stat. 672.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section was formerly classified to section 365 of this title.

### Amendments

1955—Act Aug. 11, 1955, amended section generally to provide for printing and disseminating the results of research, retirement of employees, administrative planning and direction, purchase and rental of land, and the construction, acquisition, alteration, or repair of buildings necessary for conducting research. Former provisions which related to issuance and free mailing of publications are now contained in section 361f of this title.