Smith–Lever Act of 1914

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The Smith–Lever Act of 1914 is a U.S. federal law that established the Cooperative Extension Service to provide agricultural education and outreach from land-grant universities to rural communities.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Act of Congress ⓘ
United States federal law ⓘ
administeredBy United States Department of Agriculture ⓘ
appliesIn U.S. territories (as authorized) ⓘ
all U.S. states ⓘ
appliesTo land-grant universities ⓘ
state agricultural colleges ⓘ
beneficiary American agricultural sector ⓘ
codifiedIn United States Code ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
createdProgramType cooperative extension ⓘ
dateSigned 1914-05-08 ⓘ
effectiveDate 1914-05-08 ⓘ
enactedBy 63rd United States Congress ⓘ
established Cooperative Extension Service ⓘ
focusArea 4-H youth development ⓘ
agriculture ⓘ
home economics ⓘ
rural development ⓘ
fullTitle An Act to provide for cooperative agricultural extension work between the agricultural colleges in the several States receiving the benefits of the Act of July 2, 1862, and of Acts supplementary thereto, and the United States Department of Agriculture ⓘ
fundingModel federal-state partnership ⓘ
historicalSignificance institutionalized cooperative extension in the United States ⓘ
linked federal, state, and local governments in agricultural education ⓘ
implementedThrough county extension offices ⓘ
extension agents ⓘ
jurisdiction United States federal government ⓘ
languageOfWork English ⓘ
legislativeBranch United States Congress ⓘ
namedAfter Asbury Francis Lever ⓘ
Hoke Smith ⓘ
policyArea agricultural policy ⓘ
education policy ⓘ
rural policy ⓘ
purpose to extend research-based knowledge from land-grant universities to the public ⓘ
to provide agricultural education and outreach ⓘ
relatedTo Hatch Act of 1887 ⓘ
Morrill Act of 1862 ⓘ
Morrill Act of 1890 ⓘ
requires matching funds from states ⓘ
sectionOfLaw 7 U.S.C. § 341 et seq. ⓘ
shortTitle Smith–Lever Act ⓘ
signedBy Woodrow Wilson ⓘ
sponsor Asbury Francis Lever ⓘ
Hoke Smith ⓘ
targetPopulation farmers ⓘ
rural communities ⓘ
typeOfExtension non-formal education ⓘ
yearEnacted 1914 ⓘ

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63rd United States Congress → passed → Smith–Lever Act of 1914 ⓘ
McIntire-Stennis Cooperative Forestry Program → relatedTo → Smith-Lever Extension program ⓘ
linked to: Smith–Lever Act of 1914
Morrill Act of 1862 → relatedAct → Smith-Lever Act of 1914 ⓘ
linked to: Smith–Lever Act of 1914
Smith–Lever Act of 1914 → shortTitle → Smith–Lever Act ⓘ
linked to: Smith–Lever Act of 1914
Smith–Lever Act of 1914 → fullTitle → An Act to provide for cooperative agricultural extension work between the agricultural colleges in the several States receiving the benefits of the Act of July 2, 1862, and of Acts supplementary thereto, and the United States Department of Agriculture ⓘ
linked to: Smith–Lever Act of 1914
Hatch Act agricultural research programs → associatedWith → Smith-Lever Act extension programs ⓘ
linked to: Smith–Lever Act of 1914
McIntire-Stennis Act of 1962 → relatedTo → Smith-Lever Act of 1914 ⓘ
linked to: Smith–Lever Act of 1914
Hatch Act of 1887 → relatedTo → Smith-Lever Act of 1914 ⓘ
linked to: Smith–Lever Act of 1914
Cooperative Extension Service → basedOn → Smith–Lever Act of 1914 ⓘ
Hoke Smith → notableWork → Smith-Lever Act advocacy ⓘ
linked to: Smith–Lever Act of 1914