<section xmlns="http://xml.house.gov/schemas/uslm/1.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:dcterms="http://purl.org/dc/terms/" style="-uslm-lc:I80" id="idbf78efb5-aaf5-11e3-a8cb-a7a72594c0f9" identifier="/us/usc/t7/s6972"><num value="6972">§ 6972.</num><heading> Program staff</heading><content>
<p style="-uslm-lc:I11" class="indent0">In making the personnel reductions required under <ref href="/us/usc/t7/s6913">section 6913 of this title</ref>, the Secretary shall reduce the number of Federal research and education personnel of the Department by a percentage equal to at least the percentage of overall Department personnel reductions. The Secretary shall achieve such reduction in research and education personnel in a manner that minimizes duplication and maximizes coordination between Federal and State research and extension activities.</p>
</content><sourceCredit id="idbf78efb6-aaf5-11e3-a8cb-a7a72594c0f9">(<ref href="/us/pl/103/354/s252">Pub. L. 103–354, title II, § 252</ref>, <date date="1994-10-13">Oct. 13, 1994</date>, <ref href="/us/stat/108/3227">108 Stat. 3227</ref>.)</sourceCredit>
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