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110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1094 

To reauthorize and provide additional funding for essential agricultural research, extension, education, and related programs, to establish the National Institutes for Food and Agriculture as an independent agency 

reporting to and coordinating with the Secretary of Agriculture, and 

for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

APRIL 12, 2007 

Ms. STABENOW (for herself and Mr. CASEY) introduced the following bill; 

which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry 

A BILL 

To reauthorize and provide additional funding for essential 

agricultural research, extension, education, and related 

programs, to establish the National Institutes for Food 

and Agriculture as an independent agency reporting to 

and coordinating with the Secretary of Agriculture, and 

for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

4 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 

5 ‘‘Creating Research Extension and Teaching Excellence 


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1 for the 21st Century Act of 2007’’ or the ‘‘CREATE-21 

2 Act of 2007’’. 

3 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents of 

4 this Act is as follows: 

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 

Sec. 2. Purposes. 

Sec. 3. Definitions. 

TITLE I—NATIONAL INSTITUTES FOR FOOD AND AGRICULTURE 

Sec. 101. Establishment of National Institutes for Food and Agriculture. 

Sec. 102. Offices; administration. 

Sec. 103. Organization of National Institutes for Food and Agriculture. 

Sec. 104. Funding. 

Sec. 105. Enhanced funding. 

Sec. 106. Single budget submission. 

Sec. 107. Capacity building grants for ASCARR Institutions. 

TITLE II—MODIFICATIONS 

Sec. 201. Repeal of National Agricultural Research, Extension, Education, and 

Economics Advisory Board. 

Sec. 202. Repeal plan of work requirements. 

Sec. 203. Indirect costs. 

TITLE III—EXTENSIONS 

Subtitle A—National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy 

Act of 1977 

Sec. 301. Grants and fellowships for food and agricultural sciences education. 

Sec. 302. Grants for research on production and marketing of alcohols and industrial hydrocarbons from agricultural commodities and forest 

products. 

Sec. 303. Policy research centers. 

Sec. 304. Human nutrition intervention and health promotion research program. 

Sec. 305. Pilot research program to combine medical and agricultural research. 

Sec. 306. Nutrition education program. 

Sec. 307. Continuing animal health and disease research programs. 

Sec. 308. Appropriations for research on national or regional problems. 

Sec. 309. Grants to upgrade agricultural and food sciences facilities at 1890 

land-grant colleges, including Tuskegee University. 

Sec. 310. National research and training virtual centers. 

Sec. 311. Matching funds requirement for research and extension activities of 

1890 Institutions. 

Sec. 312. Hispanic-serving institutions. 

Sec. 313. Competitive grants for international agricultural science and education programs. 

Sec. 314. Research equipment grants. 

Sec. 315. University research. 

Sec. 316. Extension Service. 


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Sec. 317. Supplemental and alternative crops. 

Sec. 318. Aquaculture research facilities. 

Sec. 319. Rangeland research. 

Sec. 320. Special authorization for biosecurity planning and response. 

Sec. 321. Resident instruction and distance education grants program for insular area institutions of higher education. 

Subtitle B—Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 

Sec. 331. National genetics resources program. 

Sec. 332. High-priority research and extension initiatives. 

Sec. 333. Nutrient management research and extension initiative. 

Sec. 334. Organic agriculture research and extension initiative. 

Sec. 335. Agricultural telecommunications program. 

Sec. 336. Assistive technology program for farmers with disabilities. 

Sec. 337. National Rural Information Center Clearinghouse. 

Subtitle C—Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 

1998 

Sec. 341. Partnerships for high-value agricultural product quality research. 

Sec. 342. Precision agriculture. 

Sec. 343. Biobased products. 

Sec. 344. Thomas Jefferson Initiative for crop diversification. 

Sec. 345. Integrated research, education, and extension competitive grants program. 

Sec. 346. Support for research regarding diseases of wheat, triticale, and barley 

caused by Fusarium graminearum or by Tilletia indica. 

Sec. 347. Bovine Johne’s disease control program. 

Sec. 348. Grants for youth organizations. 

Sec. 349. Agricultural biotechnology research and development for developing 

countries. 

Sec. 350. Office of Pest Management Policy. 

Subtitle D—Other Laws 

Sec. 371. Critical Agricultural Materials Act. 

Sec. 372. Equity in Educational Land-Grant Status Act of 1994. 

Sec. 373. Agricultural Experiment Station Research Facilities Act. 

Sec. 374. National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act 

Amendments of 1985. 

Sec. 375. Competitive, Special, and Facilities Research Grant Act (National 

Research Initiative). 

Sec. 376. Beginning farmer and rancher development program. 

Sec. 377. Agricultural Risk Protection Act of 2000 (Carbon Cycle Research). 

Sec. 378. Renewable Resources Extension Act of 1978. 

Sec. 379. National Aquaculture Act of 1980. 

1 SEC. 2. PURPOSES. 

2 The purposes of this Act are— 

3 (1) to integrate and organize the administration 

4 of the agricultural research, extension, education, 


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1 and related programs administered by the Secretary 

2 of Agriculture to respond to 21st century challenges 

3 and continue to meet the needs of society from a 

4 local, tribal, State, national, and international per5 spective; 

6 (2) to minimize duplication, and maximize co7 ordination and integration, among all of the pro8 grams at all levels through a solution-based ap9 proach; 

10 (3) to enhance the capacity of all participating 

11 institutions to more effectively carry out the pro12 grams, with special emphasis given to 1890 Institu13 tions, 1994 Institutions, Insular Area Institutions, 

14 ASCARR Institutions, and Small 1862 Land-Grant 

15 Institutions; 

16 (4) to provide for a more balanced portfolio of 

17 available resources and funding between capacity 

18 programs and competitive programs through the en19 hanced growth of competitive funds; 

20 (5) to position the agricultural research, exten21 sion, education, and related programs system to in22 crease the contribution of the system to society 

23 through the expansion of the portfolio of the system; 

24 and 


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1 (6) to provide funding to achieve the purposes 

2 of this Act and other purposes by enhancing by 100 

3 percent the authorized funding for agricultural re4 search, extension, education, and related programs 

5 over 7 fiscal years. 

6 SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 

7 In this Act: 

8 (1) 1862 INSTITUTION.—The term ‘‘1862 Insti9 tution’’ means a college or university eligible to re10 ceive funds under the Act of July 2, 1862 (7 U.S.C. 

11 301 et seq.). 

12 (2) 1890 INSTITUTION.—The term ‘‘1890 Insti13 tution’’ means a college or university eligible to re14 ceive funds under the Act of August 30, 1890 (7 

15 U.S.C. 321 et seq.), including Tuskegee University. 

16 (3) 1994 INSTITUTION.—The term ‘‘1994 Insti17 tution’’ means 1 of the 1994 Institutions (as defined 

18 in section 532 of the Equity in Educational Land19 Grant Status Act of 1994 (Public Law 103–382; 7 

20 U.S.C. 301 note)). 

21 (4) ASCARR INSTITUTION.— 

22 (A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘ASCARR 

23 Institution’’ means a public college or university 

24 offering a baccalaureate or higher degree in the 

25 study of agriculture. 


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1 (B) EXCLUSIONS.—The term ‘‘ASCARR 

2 Institution’’ does not include an institution eli3 gible to receive funds under— 

4 (i) the Act of July 2, 1862 (commonly 

5 known as the ‘‘First Morrill Act’’) (7 

6 U.S.C. 301 et seq.); 

7 (ii) the Act of August 30, 1890 (com8 monly known as the ‘‘Second Morrill Act’’) 

9 (7 U.S.C. 321 et seq.); or 

10 (iii) the Equity in Educational Land11 Grant Status Act of 1994 (Public Law 

12 103–382; 7 U.S.C. 301 note). 

13 (5) CAPACITY PROGRAM.—The term ‘‘capacity 

14 program’’ means each of the following agricultural 

15 research, extension, education, and related programs 

16 for which the Secretary has administrative or other 

17 authority as of the day before the date of enactment 

18 of this Act: 

19 (A) Each program established under the 

20 Act of July 2, 1862 (commonly known as the 

21 ‘‘First Morrill Act’’) (7 U.S.C. 301 et seq.). 

22 (B) Each program providing funding to 

23 any of the 1994 Institutions under sections 

24 533, 534(a), and 535 of the Equity in Edu25 cational Land-Grant Status Act of 1994 (Public 


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1 Law 103–382; 7 U.S.C. 301 note) (commonly 

2 known as ‘‘financial assistance, technical assist3 ance, and endowments to tribal colleges and 

4 Navajo Community College’’). 

5 (C) The program established under section 

6 536 of the Equity in Educational Land-Grant 

7 Status Act of 1994 (Public Law 103–382; 7 

8 U.S.C. 301 note) providing research grants for 

9 1994 institutions. 

10 (D) Each program established under sub11 sections (b), (c), and (d) of section 3 of the 

12 Smith-Lever Act (7 U.S.C. 343). 

13 (E) Each program established under the 

14 Hatch Act of 1887 (7 U.S.C. 361a et seq.). 

15 (F) Each grant program established under 

16 section 2501 of the Food, Agriculture, Con17 servation, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 

18 2279) providing outreach and assistance for so19 cially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers. 

20 (G) Each program established under sec21 tion 1417(b)(4) of the National Agricultural 

22 Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act 

23 of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(4)), including grant 

24 programs under that section (commonly known 


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1 as the ‘‘1890 Institution Teaching and Re2 search Capacity Building Grants Program’’). 

3 (H) The animal health and disease re4 search program established under subtitle E of 

5 the National Agricultural Research, Extension, 

6 and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 

7 3191 et seq.). 

8 (I) Each extension program available to 

9 1890 Institutions established under sections 

10 1444 and 1464 of the National Agricultural Re11 search, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 

12 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3221, 3312). 

13 (J) The program established under section 

14 1445 of the National Agricultural Research, 

15 Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 

16 U.S.C. 3222) (commonly known as the ‘‘Evans17 Allen Program’’). 

18 (K) The program providing grants to up19 grade agricultural and food sciences facilities at 

20 1890 Institutions established under section 

21 1447 of the National Agricultural Research, 

22 Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 

23 U.S.C. 3222b). 

24 (L) The program providing distance edu25 cation grants for insular areas established 


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1 under section 1490 of the National Agricultural 

2 Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act 

3 of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3362). 

4 (M) The program providing resident in5 struction grants for insular areas established 

6 under section 1491 of the National Agricultural 

7 Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act 

8 of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3363). 

9 (N) Each program available to 1890 Insti10 tutions established under section 406 of the Ag11 ricultural Research, Extension, and Education 

12 Reform Act of 1998 (7 U.S.C. 7626). 

13 (O) The program providing competitive ex14 tension grants to eligible 1994 Institutions 

15 under section 1464 of National Agricultural Re16 search, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 

17 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3312) and the Equity in Edu18 cational Land-Grant Status Act of 1994 (Public 

19 Law 103–382; 7 U.S.C. 301 note) established 

20 under section 406 of the Agricultural Research, 

21 Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 

22 (7 U.S.C. 7626). 

23 (P) Each research and development and 

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1 Stennis Cooperative Forestry Act’’) (16 U.S.C. 

2 582a et seq.). 

3 (Q) Each program established under the 

4 Renewable Resources Extension Act of 1978 

5 (16 U.S.C. 1671 et seq.). 

6 (R) Each grant program for ASCARR In7 stitutions established under section 202. 

8 (S) Each program and related activities 

9 administered (as of the day before the date of 

10 enactment of this Act) by the Agricultural Re11 search Service of the Department. 

12 (T) Each program and related activities 

13 administered (as of the day before the date of 

14 enactment of this Act) by the Economic Re15 search Service of the Department. 

16 (U) Each forest and rangeland research 

17 and development program of the Forest Service 

18 that is administered by the Department. 

19 (6) CAPACITY PROGRAM CRITICAL BASE FUND20 ING.—The term ‘‘capacity program critical base 

21 funding’’ means the aggregate amount of Federal 

22 funds made available for all or individual capacity 

23 programs for fiscal year 2007, as appropriate. 

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1 cultural research, extension, education, and related 

2 programs for which the Secretary has administrative 

3 or other authority as of the day before the date of 

4 enactment of this Act: 

5 (A) The competitive grant program estab6 lished under section 2 of the Competitive, Spe7 cial, and Facilities Research Grant Act (7 

8 U.S.C. 450i), commonly known as the ‘‘Na9 tional Research Initiative Competitive Grants 

10 Program’’). 

11 (B) The program providing grants and re12 lated assistance established under section 

13 1417(b)(5) of the National Agricultural Re14 search, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 

15 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(5)) commonly known 

16 as the ‘‘Higher Education Multicultural Schol17 ars Program’’. 

18 (C) The Food and Agricultural Sciences 

19 grant program established under section 1417 

20 of the National Agricultural Research, Exten21 sion, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 

22 U.S.C. 3152), commonly known as the ‘‘Food 

23 and Agricultural Sciences National Needs Grad24 uate Fellowship Grants Program’’. 


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1 (D) The program providing grants under 

2 section 1417(j) of the National Agricultural Re3 search, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 

4 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3152(j)), commonly known as 

5 ‘‘Institution Challenge Grants’’. 

6 (E) The program providing grants for His7 panic-serving institutions established under sec8 tion 1455 of the National Agricultural Re9 search, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 

10 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3241). 

11 (F) The Initiative for Future Agriculture 

12 and Food Systems established under section 

13 401 of the Agricultural Research, Extension, 

14 and Education Reform Act of 1998 (7 U.S.C. 

15 7621) or any substantially similar program or 

16 authority. 

17 (G) The integrated research, education, 

18 and extension competitive grants program es19 tablished under section 406 of the Agricultural 

20 Research, Extension, and Education Reform 

21 Act of 1998 (7 U.S.C. 7626). 

22 (8) COMPETITIVE PROGRAM CRITICAL BASE

23 FUNDING.—The term ‘‘competitive program critical 

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1 petitive programs for fiscal year 2007, as appro2 priate. 

3 (9) COUNCIL.—The term ‘‘Council’’ means the 

4 Standing Council of Advisors established under sec5 tion 102(h). 

6 (10) DEPARTMENT.—The term ‘‘Department’’ 

7 means the Department of Agriculture. 

8 (11) DIRECTOR.—The term ‘‘Director’’ means 

9 the Director of the National Institutes for Food and 

10 Agriculture. 

11 (12) EXTRAMURAL ACTIVITY.—The term ‘‘ex12 tramural activity’’ includes each program and re13 lated activity administered or otherwise carried out 

14 by the entities or under an authority described in 

15 subparagraphs (A) through (R) of paragraph (5). 

16 (13) FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH.—The term 

17 ‘‘fundamental research’’ means research that, as de18 termined by the Director— 

19 (A) advances the frontiers of knowledge so 

20 as to lead to practical results or to further sci21 entific discovery; and 

22 (B) has an effect on— 

23 (i) agriculture, food, forestry, human 

24 health, or another purpose of this Act; 


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1 (ii) a priority area of the National In2 stitutes for Food and Agriculture; or 

3 (iii) another goal or purpose of a Na4 tional Institutes for Food and Agriculture 

5 program. 

6 (14) INSULAR AREA INSTITUTION.—The term 

7 ‘‘Insular Area Institution’’ has the meaning given 

8 the term ‘‘eligible institution’’ in section 1489 of the 

9 National Agricultural Research, Extension, and 

10 Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3361). 

11 (15) INTRAMURAL ACTIVITIES.—The term ‘‘in12 tramural activities’’ includes each of the programs 

13 and related activities administered or otherwise car14 ried out by the entities described in subparagraphs 

15 (S), (T), and (U) of paragraph (5). 

16 (16) NATIONAL INSTITUTES FOR FOOD AND AG17 RICULTURE.—The term ‘‘National Institutes for 

18 Food and Agriculture’’ means the National Insti19 tutes for Food and Agriculture established under 

20 section 101. 

21 (17) NATIONAL INSTITUTES FOR FOOD AND AG22 RICULTURE PROGRAM.—The term ‘‘National Insti23 tutes for Food and Agriculture program’’ includes 

24 each capacity program, competitive program, and 

25 any other program, authority, power, or activity of 


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1 the National Institutes for Food and Agriculture, in2 cluding those described in section 101. 

3 (18) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ 

4 means the Secretary of Agriculture. 

5 (19) SMALL 1862 LAND-GRANT INSTITUTIONS.— 

6 The term ‘‘Small 1862 Land-Grant Institution’’ 

7 means each 1862 institution that received, for the 3 

8 fiscal years immediately preceding the applicable fis9 cal year (based on a 3-year rolling average), less 

10 than 1 percent of— 

11 (A) in the case of a fiscal year beginning 

12 before the date of the enactment of this Act 

13 and the implementation of the National Insti14 tutes for Food and Agriculture programs (as 

15 determined by the Director), the funds received 

16 by each such institution from among available 

17 programs of the Cooperative State Research, 

18 Education, and Extension Service; and 

19 (B) in the case of a fiscal year beginning 

20 after the date of the enactment of this Act and 

21 the implementation of the National Institutes 

22 for Food and Agriculture programs (as deter23 mined by the Director), the funds received by 

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1 grams, other than funds reserved or distributed 

2 under paragraph (2)(B)(ii)(I), (2)(C)(ii)(I), or 

3 (3)(A)(ii) of section 105(c). 

4 (20) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means— 

5 (A) each of the several States of the 

6 United States; 

7 (B) the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico; 

8 (C) Guam; 

9 (D) American Samoa; 

10 (E) the Commonwealth of the Northern 

11 Mariana Islands; 

12 (F) the Federated States of Micronesia; 

13 (G) the Republic of the Marshall Islands; 

14 and 

15 (H) the United States Virgin Islands. 

16 (21) UNITED STATES.—The term ‘‘United 

17 States’’, when used in a geographical sense, means 

18 all of the States. 

19 TITLE I—NATIONAL INSTITUTES 

20 FOR FOOD AND AGRICULTURE 

21 SEC. 101. ESTABLISHMENT OF NATIONAL INSTITUTES FOR 

22 FOOD AND AGRICULTURE. 

23 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.— 

24 (1) IN GENERAL.—There is established within 

25 the Executive branch an independent agency to be 


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1 known as the ‘‘National Institutes for Food and Ag2 riculture’’. 

3 (2) MEMBERS.—The National Institutes for 

4 Food and Agriculture shall consist of— 

5 (A) the Director; 

6 (B) the Council; 

7 (C) the individual institutes established 

8 under section 103; and 

9 (D) the staff and employees of National 

10 Institutes for Food and Agriculture. 

11 (b) AUTHORITIES.— 

12 (1) TRANSFER OF AUTHORITIES.—There are 

13 transferred to National Institutes for Food and Ag14 riculture the authorities (including all budget au15 thorities and personnel), duties, obligations, and re16 lated legal and administrative functions prescribed 

17 by law or otherwise granted to the Secretary, the 

18 Department, or any other agency or official of the 

19 Department under— 

20 (A) the capacity programs; 

21 (B) the competitive programs; 

22 (C) the research, education, economic, co23 operative State research programs, cooperative 

24 extension and education programs, international 


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1 programs, and other functions and authorities 

2 delegated by the Secretary to— 

3 (i) the Under Secretary of Agriculture 

4 for Research, Education, and Economics 

5 (including under section 251 of the Fed6 eral Crop Insurance Reform and Depart7 ment of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 

8 1994 (7 U.S.C. 6971)); and 

9 (ii) the Administrator of the Coopera10 tive State Research, Education, and exten11 sion Service pursuant to section 2.66 of 

12 title 7, Code of Federal Regulations (or 

13 successor regulations); and 

14 (D) any and all other authorities adminis15 tered by— 

16 (i) the Under Secretary of Agriculture 

17 for Research, Education, and Economics; 

18 (ii) the Administrator of the Coopera19 tive State Research, Education, and exten20 sion Service; 

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1 (iv) the Chief of the Forest Service 

2 (relating to research and development); 

3 and 

4 (v) the Administrator of the Economic 

5 Research Service. 

6 (2) CONSOLIDATION OF AUTHORITIES.—To 

7 carry out this Act, in accordance with the transfer 

8 and continuation of the authorities, budgetary func9 tions, and personnel resources under this subsection, 

10 the administrative entities within the Department 

11 known as the Cooperative State Research, Edu12 cation, and Extension Service, the Agricultural Re13 search Service (including the National Agricultural 

14 Library), and the Economic Research Service, and 

15 the research and development functions of the For16 est Service, shall terminate on the earlier of— 

17 (A) October 1, 2008; or 

18 (B) such earlier date as the Director deter19 mines to be appropriate. 

20 (3) RESERVATION.—Notwithstanding any other 

21 provision of this Act, any and all administrative au22 thority over the functions and activities of the Na23 tional Agricultural Statistics Service, consistent with 

24 those authorities, functions, and activities as in ef25 fect on the day before the date of enactment of this 


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1 Act, shall remain under the authority of the Sec2 retary. 

3 (c) POWERS.—The Director may— 

4 (1) promulgate such regulations as the Director 

5 determines to be necessary to govern the operations, 

6 organization, and personnel of the National Insti7 tutes for Food and Agriculture; 

8 (2) make such expenditures as are necessary to 

9 carry out this Act; 

10 (3) enter into contracts or other arrangements, 

11 or modifications of contracts or other arrange12 ments— 

13 (A) to provide for the carrying out, by or14 ganizations or individuals in the United States 

15 (including agencies of the Department and 

16 other Government agencies) of such National 

17 Institutes for Food and Agriculture programs 

18 as the Director determines to be necessary to 

19 carry out this Act; and 

20 (B) at the request of the President or the 

21 Secretary, for the carrying out of such specific 

22 National Institutes for Food and Agriculture 

23 program-related activities as are in the national 

24 interest or are otherwise of critical importance, 


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1 as determined by the President or the Sec2 retary, with the concurrence of the Director; 

3 (4) make advance, progress, and other pay4 ments relating to National Institutes for Food and 

5 Agriculture programs without regard to the sub6 sections (a) and (b) of section 3324 of title 31, 

7 United States Code; 

8 (5) acquire by purchase, lease, loan, gift, or 

9 condemnation, and hold and dispose of by grant, 

10 sale, lease, or loan, real and personal property of all 

11 kinds necessary for, or resulting from, the exercise 

12 of authority under this Act; 

13 (6) receive and use donated funds, if the funds 

14 are donated without restriction other than that the 

15 funds be used in furtherance of National Institutes 

16 for Food and Agriculture programs or 1 or more of 

17 the purposes of this Act; 

18 (7) publish or arrange for the publication of in19 formation so as to further the full dissemination of 

20 information of value consistent with the purposes of 

21 this Act and the national interest, without regard to 

22 section 501 of title 44, United States Code; 

23 (8) accept and use the services of voluntary and 

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1 tion 5703 of title 5, United States Code, for persons 

2 serving without compensation; 

3 (9) prescribe, with the approval of the Comp4 troller General of the United States, the extent to 

5 which vouchers for funds expended under contracts 

6 for authorized activities shall be subject to 

7 itemization or substantiation prior to payment, with8 out regard to the limitations of other laws relating 

9 to the expenditure and accounting of public funds; 

10 and 

11 (10) arrange with and reimburse the Secretary 

12 and the heads of other Federal agencies for the per13 formance of any activity that the National Institutes 

14 for Food and Agriculture is authorized to conduct. 

15 (d) CONSULTATION.—The Director shall consult with 

16 the Secretary on an ongoing basis to ensure that the na17 tional interest is being served by the administration of the 

18 National Institutes for Food and Agriculture, National In19 stitutes for Food and Agriculture programs, and other au20 thorities provided under this Act. 

21 (e) REPORTING.—Not later than December 31, 2007, 

22 and biennially thereafter, the Director shall submit to the 

23 Secretary, the Committee on Agriculture of the House of 

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1 tions of the House of Representatives, and the Committee 

2 on Appropriations of the Senate a comprehensive report 

3 that describes the National Institutes for Food and Agri4 culture programs and related activities funded, initially 

5 implemented, and otherwise carried out by the National 

6 Institutes for Food and Agriculture during the period cov7 ered by the report. 

8 SEC. 102. OFFICES; ADMINISTRATION. 

9 (a) LOCATION.—The National Institutes for Food 

10 and Agriculture shall be located in Washington, District 

11 of Columbia. 

12 (b) DIRECTOR.— 

13 (1) APPOINTMENT.— 

14 (A) IN GENERAL.—The Director shall be— 

15 (i) a distinguished expert in 1 or more 

16 National Institutes for Food and Agri17 culture programs (or issues addressed by 

18 or fields relating to those programs); and 

19 (ii) appointed by the President, by 

20 and with the advice and consent of the 

21 Senate. 

22 (B) RECOMMENDATIONS.—Before any per23 son is appointed as Director, the President 

24 shall afford the Council an opportunity to make 


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1 recommendations to the President with respect 

2 to the appointment. 

3 (C) RATE OF PAY.—The Director shall re4 ceive basic pay at the rate provided for level II 

5 of the Executive Schedule under section 5513 

6 of title 5, United States Code. 

7 (2) TERM.—The Director shall serve for a sin8 gle, 6-year term. 

9 (3) AUTHORITY.—Except as may be otherwise 

10 provided in this Act— 

11 (A) the Director shall— 

12 (i) exercise all of the authority grant13 ed to the National Institutes for Food and 

14 Agriculture by this Act; 

15 (ii) in consultation with the Council, 

16 formulate programs in accordance with 

17 policies adopted by the National Institutes 

18 for Food and Agriculture; 

19 (iii) establish committees and offices 

20 within the National Institutes for Food 

21 and Agriculture, as appropriate; 

22 (iv) establish procedures for the provi23 sion and administration of capacity pro24 gram funding and competitive program 

25 grants by the National Institutes for Food 


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1 and Agriculture in accordance with this 

2 Act and other applicable law; 

3 (v) establish procedures for the peer 

4 or merit review of National Institutes for 

5 Food and Agriculture program activities in 

6 accordance with this Act and other applica7 ble law, as appropriate; 

8 (vi) assess the personnel needs of re9 search, education, extension, and other 

10 fields in the areas supported by National 

11 Institutes for Food and Agriculture pro12 grams; and 

13 (vii) cooperate with the Council to 

14 plan programs that assist in meeting the 

15 future personnel needs of disciplines and 

16 activities in the areas supported by Na17 tional Institutes for Food and Agriculture 

18 programs, including portable fellowship 

19 and training programs, as applicable; and 

20 (B) all actions taken by the Director pur21 suant to this Act shall be final and binding 

22 upon the National Institutes for Food and Agri23 culture. 

24 (4) DELEGATION AND REDELEGATION OF

25 FUNCTIONS.—The Director may, from time to time, 


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1 establish such procedures as the Director determines 

2 to be appropriate to authorize the performance by 

3 any other officer, agency, or employee of the Na4 tional Institutes for Food and Agriculture of any of 

5 the functions of the Director under this Act. 

6 (5) FORMULATION OF PROGRAMS.—The formu7 lation of programs in accordance with the policies of 

8 the National Institutes for Food and Agriculture 

9 shall be carried out by the Director, in consultation 

10 with the Council. 

11 (6) AUTHORITY TO GRANT AND CONTRACT.— 

12 The Director may make grants and enter into con13 tracts and other arrangements pursuant to this Act 

14 and other applicable law. 

15 (7) STATUS; POWER TO VOTE AND HOLD OF16 FICE.— 

17 (A) IN GENERAL.—The Director shall— 

18 (i) serve as a voting ex officio member 

19 of the Council; and 

20 (ii) except with respect to compensa21 tion and tenure, serve in a manner com22 mensurate with the other members of the 

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1 (B) ELECTION.—The Director shall be eli2 gible for election by the Council as Chairperson 

3 or Vice Chairperson of the Council. 

4 (c) STAFF APPOINTMENT.—The Director shall, in ac5 cordance with such policies as the Council may from time 

6 to time establish, recruit, hire, prescribe, appoint, and fix 

7 the compensation of such personnel as are necessary to 

8 carry out this Act, including the appointment, for a lim9 ited term or on a temporary basis, of appropriate— 

10 (1) scientific and other expert and accomplished 

11 staff; and 

12 (2) other technical and professional personnel 

13 on leave of absence from academic, industrial, or re14 search institutions. 

15 (d) ROTATING CREDENTIALED STAFF.— 

16 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Director shall be as17 sisted by an appropriately-credentialed staff of ex18 perts in— 

19 (A) National Institutes for Food and Agri20 culture programs; and 

21 (B) issues addressed by, and fields relating 

22 to, those programs. 

23 (2) REQUIREMENTS.—Credentialed staff mem24 bers described in paragraph (1) shall be— 


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1 (A) recruited from the community of Na2 tional Institutes for Food and Agriculture pro3 grams or related fields; and 

4 (B) appointed by the Director to serve on 

5 the basis of 4-year rotating appointments. 

6 (e) TEMPORARY STAFF.—Staff hired by the Director 

7 under this section may include researchers, scientists, and 

8 other credentialed, technical, or professional personnel 

9 hired for limited terms, or on temporary bases, including 

10 individuals on leave of absence from academic, industry, 

11 research, science, or other institutions. 

12 (f) VOLUNTEERS.— 

13 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Director may accept the 

14 services of voluntary, uncompensated personnel, on 

15 appropriate terms and conditions and in accordance 

16 with other applicable law. 

17 (2) FREEDOM FROM LIABILITY.—Voluntary 

18 personnel described in paragraph (1) shall be held 

19 free from liability in accordance with the Volunteer 

20 Protection Act of 1997 (42 U.S.C. 14501 et seq.). 

21 (g) TRANSFER OF FUNDS FROM OTHER GOVERN22 MENT DEPARTMENTS OR AGENCIES.— 

23 (1) IN GENERAL.—Funds available to the De24 partment, or any other department or agency of the 

25 Federal Government for activities that are analogous 


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1 to, or could contribute to the purposes or goals of, 

2 National Institutes for Food and Agriculture pro3 grams, other relevant research, extension, or edu4 cation programs, or related or other relevant activi5 ties, shall be available for transfer, in whole or in 

6 part, to the National Institutes for Food and Agri7 culture, with the approval of the Secretary or the 

8 head of the other appropriate department or agency 

9 transferring the funds, for such use as is consistent 

10 with the purposes for which the funds were initially 

11 made available. 

12 (2) USE OF FUNDS.—Funds transferred under 

13 paragraph (1) shall be expendable by the National 

14 Institutes for Food and Agriculture for the purposes 

15 for which the transfer was made. 

16 (h) STANDING COUNCIL OF ADVISORS.— 

17 (1) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established a 

18 Standing Council of Advisors, 

19 (2) MEMBERSHIP.— 

20 (A) COMPOSITION.—The Council shall be 

21 composed of 13 members, of which— 

22 (i) 1 member shall be the Director; 

23 and 

24 (ii) 12 members shall be qualified 

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1 cordance with subparagraph (B) who are 

2 distinguished members of the public, in3 cluding representatives of— 

4 (I) agriculture, food, nutrition, 

5 and forestry organizations; 

6 (II) industry; and 

7 (III) the scientific, research, edu8 cation, extension, international, stake9 holder, consumer, customer, family, 

10 community and youth, and profes11 sional entities in whose interest the 

12 National Institutes for Food and Ag13 riculture is authorized to carry out 

14 National Institutes for Food and Ag15 riculture programs and related activi16 ties. 

17 (B) APPOINTMENTS.—Of the members of 

18 the Council described in subparagraph (A)(ii)— 

19 (i) 4 members shall be— 

20 (I) appointed by the Secretary, 

21 with the consent of the Director; 

22 (II) selected on the basis of es23 tablished records of expertise and dis24 tinguished accomplishment; and 


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1 (III) selected so as to provide 

2 representation across the spectrum of 

3 views of National Institutes for Food 

4 and Agriculture programs and related 

5 fields from all regions of the United 

6 States, taking into consideration the 

7 need for representation from the 

8 State, local, and tribal levels; 

9 (ii) 4 members shall be— 

10 (I) appointed by the Chairman 

11 and Ranking Member of the Com12 mittee on Agriculture of the House of 

13 Representatives, with the consent of 

14 the Director; and 

15 (II) selected so as to provide rep16 resentation of the views of stakeholder 

17 leaders in all regions of the United 

18 States, taking into consideration the 

19 need for representation from the 

20 State, local, and tribal levels; and 

21 (iii) 4 members shall be— 

22 (I) appointed by the Chairman 

23 and Ranking Member of the Com24 mittee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and 


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1 Forestry of the Senate, with the con2 sent of the Director; and 

3 (II) selected so as to provide rep4 resentation of the views of stakeholder 

5 leaders in all areas of the United 

6 States, taking into consideration the 

7 need for representation from the State 

8 local, and tribal levels. 

9 (C) TERM.—Each of the groups of 4 mem10 bers appointed under clauses (i) through (iii) of 

11 subparagraph (B) shall be appointed to 4-year, 

12 staggered terms. 

13 (3) DUTIES.— 

14 (A) IN GENERAL.—The Council shall assist 

15 the Director in— 

16 (i) establishing priorities of the Na17 tional Institutes for Food and Agriculture; 

18 and 

19 (ii) reviewing, judging, and maintain20 ing the relevance of National Institutes for 

21 Food and Agriculture programs. 

22 (B) OVERSIGHT REVIEW.—To ensure that 

23 the purposes of this Act and the needs of the 

24 United States are being met, the Council shall 

25 conduct an annual oversight review of— 


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1 (i) the administration of the National 

2 Institutes for Food and Agriculture; 

3 (ii) activities funded through the ca4 pacity programs; 

5 (iii) proposals and other activities 

6 funded through the competitive programs; 

7 and 

8 (iv) other activities of the National In9 stitutes for Food and Agriculture. 

10 (4) MEETINGS.— 

11 (A) IN GENERAL.—The Council shall hold 

12 periodic meetings to provide an interface be13 tween the Council and stakeholders, and to en14 sure that the National Institutes for Food and 

15 Agriculture is linking national goals with real16 istic opportunities. 

17 (B) FREQUENCY.—Meetings described in 

18 subparagraph (A) shall be held at the call of 

19 the Director, or at the joint call of the Director 

20 and the Secretary, but not less often than twice 

21 annually. 

22 (5) EXPENSES.— 

23 (A) IN GENERAL.—The Director shall, 

24 from any administrative funds otherwise avail25 able to the National Institutes for Food and 


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1 Agriculture, pay the reasonable expenses in2 curred by the Council in holding meetings and 

3 conducting related activities, as determined to 

4 be appropriate by the Director. 

5 (B) LIMITATION.—The expenses of the 

6 Council paid by the Director under subpara7 graph (A) shall not be counted toward any gen8 eral limitation on the expenses of advisory com9 mittees, panels, commissions, or task forces of 

10 the Department contained in any Act making 

11 appropriations for the Department, whether en12 acted before, on, or after the date of enactment 

13 of this Act, unless the Act of appropriation spe14 cifically— 

15 (i) refers to this paragraph; and 

16 (ii) includes the Council within the 

17 general limitation. 

18 SEC. 103. ORGANIZATION OF NATIONAL INSTITUTES FOR 

19 FOOD AND AGRICULTURE. 

20 (a) ORGANIZATION.— 

21 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Director shall organize 

22 the National Institutes for Food and Agriculture 

23 into 6 institutes (referred to in this section as ‘‘indi24 vidual institutes’’) to administer the programs and 

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1 Agriculture in an integrated, multidisciplinary, inter2 disciplinary, transdisciplinary, interagency, and 

3 inter-institutional manner, to the maximum extent 

4 practicable. 

5 (2) INSTITUTES.—The individual institutes 

6 shall be the following: 

7 (A) The Institute for Economic Opportuni8 ties in Agriculture and Natural Resources. 

9 (B) The Institute for Nutrition and 

10 Health. 

11 (C) The Institute for Rural and Urban 

12 Community Development. 

13 (D) The Institute for Natural Resources 

14 and Environment. 

15 (E) The Institute for Food Safety and Ag16 ricultural Security. 

17 (F) The Institute for Families, Youth, and 

18 Communities. 

19 (3) ADMINISTRATION.— 

20 (A) IN GENERAL.—The Director, in con21 junction with the head of each individual insti22 tute, shall carry out National Institutes for 

23 Food and Agriculture programs with the goal of 

24 focusing those programs, and the participants, 


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1 grantees, and other stakeholders of those pro2 grams on— 

3 (i) understanding important problem 

4 areas and opportunities relating to a pro5 gram; 

6 (ii) discovering and implementing so7 lutions to address those problem areas; and 

8 (iii) exploring other opportunities pro9 vided under the programs. 

10 (B) STAKEHOLDER INPUT.—The Director, 

11 in consultation with the Council and the head 

12 of each individual institute, shall solicit input 

13 from appropriate participants, grantees, and 

14 other stakeholders of the programs and activi15 ties of the National Institutes for Food and Ag16 riculture relating to the problem areas, oppor17 tunity areas, solution areas, and Institute pro18 grams and related activities carried out by the 

19 National Institutes for Food and Agriculture. 

20 (4) MODIFICATION OF ORGANIZATION.—Begin21 ning on October 1 of the fifth full fiscal year begin22 ning after the date of enactment of this Act, the Di23 rector, in consultation with the Secretary and the 

24 Council, may include in a report required under sec25 tion 101(e) any recommendation of the Director 


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1 with respect to the organization of the National In2 stitutes for Food and Agriculture or the individual 

3 institutes, as the Director determines to be in the 

4 best interest of the United States. 

5 (b) PROGRAM INTEGRATION AND COORDINATION.— 

6 (1) IN GENERAL.—In accordance with applica7 ble law (including regulations), the Director, in co8 ordination with the head of each individual institute 

9 and taking into consideration the advice of the 

10 Council, shall ensure, to the maximum extent prac11 ticable, that National Institutes for Food and Agri12 culture programs are administered, funded, and car13 ried out— 

14 (A) in an integrated, multidisciplinary, 

15 interdisciplinary, transdisciplinary, interagency, 

16 and inter-institutional manner that ensures— 

17 (i) the most efficient collaborative use 

18 of resources; and 

19 (ii) the focus of all resources and ac20 tivities on strategic, priority, problem, op21 portunity, and solution areas identified by 

22 the Director and the head of each applica23 ble individual institute, taking into consid24 eration the advice of the Council; 


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1 (B) among applicable participants, grant2 ees, and stakeholders, in a coordinated manner 

3 that encourages and ensures— 

4 (i) the most efficient collaborative ap5 plication of resources; and 

6 (ii) the focus of all resources and ac7 tivities on strategic, priority, problem, op8 portunity, and solution areas on a local, 

9 State, Indian tribal, regional, national, and 

10 international basis, as the Director and the 

11 head of each applicable individual institute, 

12 taking into consideration the advice of the 

13 Council, determine to be appropriate. 

14 (2) SCOPE.—The Director, in consultation with 

15 the Secretary and the Council, shall ensure, through 

16 the integration and coordination under paragraph 

17 (1), that opportunities are maximized with respect 

18 to— 

19 (A) the use of appropriate authorities, 

20 agencies, institutions, disciplines, and activities 

21 of the National Institutes for Food and Agri22 culture; and 

23 (B) the inclusion of appropriate partici24 pants and other stakeholders in those activities, 

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1 university, extension, international, and other 

2 appropriate stakeholders, as determined by the 

3 Director. 

4 (c) MATCHING AND LEVERAGING OF SCARCE BUDG5 ET RESOURCES.—The National Institutes for Food and 

6 Agriculture and the Director shall provide for the match7 ing and leveraging of National Institutes for Food and Ag8 riculture resources by intramural activity and extramural 

9 activity program participants and recipients— 

10 (1) in accordance with applicable law governing 

11 the applicable capacity program, competitive pro12 gram, or other authority or activity; or 

13 (2) if not otherwise provided for by law, as the 

14 Director, in consultation with the Council, deter15 mines to be appropriate, taking into consideration— 

16 (A) the ability of the participating or re17 cipient institutions or entities to provide match18 ing funds; and 

19 (B) the treatment of the institutions or en20 tities with respect to matching fund and similar 

21 requirements under other authorities. 

22 (d) FUNDING ADMINISTRATION.— 

23 (1) CAPACITY PROGRAMS.—In accordance with 

24 other applicable law, in providing program funding 

25 to a particular institution or entity, the Director 


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1 shall develop, in consultation with the Council, and 

2 implement, a streamlined plan of work or adminis3 trative model designed to simplify, to the maximum 

4 extent practicable, the administration, funding, and 

5 oversight of capacity programs. 

6 (2) COMPETITIVE PROGRAMS.—In accordance 

7 with other applicable law, in making determinations 

8 regarding whether to provide program funding to a 

9 particular institution, entity, or applicant (as appli10 cable), the Director shall, whenever practicable, im11 plement an administrative model designed to stream12 line and simplify, to the maximum extent prac13 ticable, the application (as applicable), administra14 tion, funding, and oversight process. 

15 SEC. 104. FUNDING. 

16 (a) PRESERVATION OF CRITICAL BASE FUNDING.— 

17 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds pro18 vided to National Institutes for Food and Agriculture pro19 grams shall be allocated and distributed in accordance 

20 with subsection (b). 

21 (b) DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS.— 

22 (1) PRIORITY FOR CRITICAL BASE FUNDS.—In 

23 distributing funds to carry out capacity programs 

24 and competitive programs during a fiscal year, the 

25 Director shall— 


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1 (A) first, use funds made available in an 

2 amount less than or equal to the capacity pro3 gram critical base funding level only to carry 

4 out capacity programs, in accordance with para5 graph (2); and 

6 (B) after funds equal to the capacity pro7 gram critical base funding level have been allo8 cated for capacity programs for the fiscal year, 

9 use any funds made available only to carry out 

10 competitive programs, until funds are allocated 

11 in an amount equal to the competitive program 

12 critical base funding level. 

13 (2) PROPORTIONAL FUNDING OF CAPACITY

14 PROGRAMS.—The Director shall apportion funds dis15 tributed under paragraph (1)(A) in accordance with 

16 the proportion that— 

17 (A) the amount received by each applicable 

18 capacity program for fiscal year 2007; bears to 

19 (B) the total amount made available for all 

20 capacity programs for fiscal year 2007. 

21 (3) OTHER THAN CRITICAL BASE FUNDS.—In 

22 distributing funds to carry out capacity programs 

23 and competitive programs during a fiscal year, the 

24 Director shall use in accordance with section 

25 105(c)— 


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1 (A) amounts made available in excess of 

2 the sum of the capacity program critical base 

3 funding level and the competitive program crit4 ical base funding level; and 

5 (B) amounts made available pursuant to 

6 section 105(a). 

7 SEC. 105. ENHANCED FUNDING. 

8 (a) CONTINUATION OF MANDATORY FUNDING.— 

9 (1) IN GENERAL.—Beginning on October 1, 

10 2007, and each October 1 thereafter, the Secretary 

11 shall transfer to the Director $200,000,000 of funds 

12 of the Commodity Credit Corporation to carry out 

13 this Act. 

14 (2) BUDGETARY OFFSET.—Section 401(b)(3) of 

15 the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education 

16 Reform Act of 1998 (7 U.S.C. 7621(b)(3)) is 

17 amended— 

18 (A) in subparagraph (B), by adding ‘‘and’’ 

19 at the end; 

20 (B) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘; 

21 and’’ at the end and inserting a period; and 

22 (C) by striking subparagraph (D). 

23 (b) INCREASING CURRENTLY AUTHORIZED FUND24 ING.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, except 

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1 to be appropriated to the Director to carry out programs 

2 of the National Institutes for Food and Agriculture under 

3 this Act amounts equal to a level of the authorized funding 

4 for each such program as in effect on the day before the 

5 date of enactment of this Act, to be phased in as follows: 

6 (1) For fiscal year 2008, 114.3 percent of the 

7 level. 

8 (2) For fiscal year 2009, 128.6 percent of the 

9 level. 

10 (3) For fiscal year 2010, 142.9 percent of the 

11 level. 

12 (4) For fiscal year 2011, 157.2 percent of the 

13 level. 

14 (5) For fiscal year 2012, 171.5 percent of the 

15 level. 

16 (6) For fiscal year 2013, 185.8 percent of the 

17 level. 

18 (7) For fiscal year 2014 and thereafter, 200 

19 percent of the level. 

20 (c) DISTRIBUTION OF ENHANCED FUNDING.— 

21 (1) IN GENERAL.—Any funds made available 

22 for a fiscal year for the National Institutes for Food 

23 and Agriculture shall be distributed in accordance 

24 with this subsection, if the funds are provided— 

25 (A) under subsection (a)(1); or 


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1 (B) under any other authority under this 

2 or any other Act in excess of an amount equal 

3 to the sum of the capacity program critical base 

4 funding level and the competitive program crit5 ical base funding level. 

6 (2) ENHANCED COMPETITIVE PROGRAM FUND7 ING.— 

8 (A) IN GENERAL.—The Director shall use 

9 70 percent of amounts described in paragraph 

10 (1) to carry out competitive programs, of 

11 which— 

12 (i) 55 percent shall be used to carry 

13 out fundamental research activities in ac14 cordance with subparagraph (B); and 

15 (ii) 45 percent shall be used to carry 

16 out competitive research activities other 

17 than fundamental research activities in ac18 cordance with subparagraph (C), includ19 ing— 

20 (I) integrated programs and re21 lated activities; 

22 (II) applied research and related 

23 activities; 

24 (III) translational research and 

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1 (IV) activities substantially simi2 lar to activities carried out pursuant 

3 to the Initiative for Future Agri4 culture and Food Systems under sec5 tion 401 of the Agricultural Research, 

6 Extension, and Education Reform Act 

7 of 1998 (7 U.S.C. 7621), as in effect 

8 on the day before the date of enact9 ment of this Act; and 

10 (V) education and extension pro11 grams and activities (including grants 

12 for outreach, research, or education). 

13 (B) FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH ACTIVI14 TIES.— 

15 (i) OPEN FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH

16 POOL.—The Director shall allocate not less 

17 than 80 percent of amounts described in 

18 subparagraph (A)(i) to eligible applicants 

19 on a competitive basis, including applicants 

20 representing— 

21 (I) colleges, universities, and 

22 other institutions of higher education; 

23 (II) intramural research activity 

24 entities of the National Institutes for 

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1 (III) other individuals and enti2 ties eligible to receive funding under 

3 the National Research Initiative. 

4 (ii) RESERVATION AND REVERSION.— 

5 (I) IN GENERAL.—The Director 

6 shall reserve 20 percent of amounts 

7 described in subparagraph (A)(i) for 

8 allocation to 1890 Institutions, 1994 

9 Institutions, Insular Area Institutions, 

10 and Small 1862 Land-Grant Institu11 tions on a competitive basis, subject 

12 to— 

13 (aa) applicable peer and 

14 merit review requirements of 

15 Federal law (including regula16 tions); and 

17 (bb) such other peer and 

18 merit review requirements as the 

19 Director determines to be appro20 priate. 

21 (II) REVERSION OF UNUSED RE22 SERVED FUNDS.—Any amounts re23 served under subclause (I) that are 

24 not allocated to institutions under 

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1 year period following October 1 of the 

2 fiscal year for which the amounts are 

3 first made available shall be allocated 

4 to open fundamental research pool ap5 plicants on a competitive basis in ac6 cordance with clause (i). 

7 (C) OTHER RESEARCH ACTIVITIES.— 

8 (i) OPEN INTEGRATED RESEARCH

9 POOL.—The Director shall allocate not less 

10 than 80 percent of amounts described in 

11 subparagraph (A)(ii) to eligible applicants 

12 on a competitive basis, including applicants 

13 representing— 

14 (I) colleges, universities, and 

15 other institutions of higher education; 

16 (II) intramural research activity 

17 entities of the National Institutes for 

18 Food and Agriculture; and 

19 (III) other individuals and enti20 ties eligible to receive funding under 

21 the National Research Initiative. 

22 (ii) RESERVATION AND REVERSION.— 

23 (I) IN GENERAL.—The Director 

24 shall reserve 20 percent of amounts 

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1 allocation to 1890 Institutions, 1994 

2 Institutions, Insular Area Institutions, 

3 and Small 1862 Land-Grant Institu4 tions on a competitive basis, subject 

5 to— 

6 (aa) applicable peer and 

7 merit review requirements of 

8 Federal law (including regula9 tions); and 

10 (bb) such other peer and 

11 merit review requirements as the 

12 Director determines to be appro13 priate. 

14 (II) REVERSION OF UNUSED RE15 SERVED FUNDS.—Any amounts re16 served under subclause (I) that are 

17 not allocated to institutions under 

18 that subclause by the end of the 2- 

19 year period following October 1 of the 

20 fiscal year for which the amounts are 

21 first made available shall be allocated 

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1 (D) EDUCATION AND EXTENSION INTE2 GRATION.—The Director shall integrate into 

3 competitive programs of the National Institutes 

4 for Food and Agriculture national and global 

5 educational and extension initiatives, to the 

6 maximum extent practicable. 

7 (E) INDIRECT COSTS.— 

8 (i) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided 

9 in clause (ii), the Director shall provide for 

10 the payment of allowable indirect costs as11 sociated with competitive programs of the 

12 National Institutes for Food and Agri13 culture in accordance with section 1462 of 

14 the National Agricultural Research, Exten15 sion, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 

16 U.S.C. 3310). 

17 (ii) EXCEPTION.—For each of fiscal 

18 years 2008 through 2014, the Director 

19 shall ensure that allowable indirect costs, 

20 associated with competitive programs of 

21 the National Institutes for Food and Agri22 culture that are funded under section 

23 104(b)(1)(B), shall not be paid at a rate 

24 that exceeds the levels generally provided 


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1 for those competitive programs for fiscal 

2 year 2007. 

3 (3) ENHANCED CAPACITY PROGRAM FUND4 ING.—The Director shall use 30 percent of amounts 

5 described in paragraph (1) to carry out capacity pro6 grams, of which— 

7 (A) for each of fiscal years 2008 through 

8 2014— 

9 (i) 77.5 percent shall be allocated to 

10 capacity programs in accordance with the 

11 proportion that— 

12 (I) the amount received by the 

13 applicable capacity program during 

14 fiscal year 2007; bears to 

15 (II) the total amount made avail16 able for all capacity programs for fis17 cal year 2007; and 

18 (ii) 17.5 percent shall be allocated to 

19 1890 Institutions, 1994 Institutions, Insu20 lar Area Institutions, Small 1862 Land21 Grant Institutions, and ASCARR Institu22 tions for institutional enhancement capac23 ity programs, of which— 

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1 (II) 26 percent shall be for 1994 

2 Institutions, except that an amount 

3 from that 26 percent shall be allo4 cated to Insular Area Institutions in 

5 accordance with the proportion that— 

6 (aa) the amount received by 

7 the applicable Institution during 

8 fiscal year 2007; bears to 

9 (bb) the total amount made 

10 available for all 1890 Institu11 tions, 1994 Institutions, Insular 

12 Area Institutions, Small 1862 

13 Land-Grant Institutions, and 

14 ASCARR Institutions for fiscal 

15 year 2007; 

16 (III) 26 percent shall be for 

17 Small 1862 Land-Grant Institutions; 

18 and 

19 (IV) 12 percent shall be for 

20 ASCARR Institutions; and 

21 (B) 5 percent shall be deposited into the 

22 enhancement fund of the National Institutes for 

23 Food and Agriculture to fund capacity invest24 ments that are consistent with capacity pro25 grams of the National Institutes for Food and 


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1 Agriculture, as determined by the Director, in 

2 consultation with the Secretary and the Coun3 cil. 

4 SEC. 106. SINGLE BUDGET SUBMISSION. 

5 The President shall submit to Congress, together 

6 with the annual budget submission of the President, a sin7 gle combined budget line item reflecting the total amount 

8 requested by the President for funding for the National 

9 Institutes for Food and Agriculture, including funding for 

10 capacity programs, competitive programs, and other appli11 cable National Institutes for Food and Agriculture pro12 grams. 

13 SEC. 107. CAPACITY BUILDING GRANTS FOR ASCARR INSTI14 TUTIONS. 

15 (a) GRANT PROGRAM.— 

16 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary or the Direc17 tor, as appropriate, shall make grants to ASCARR 

18 Institutions to assist the ASCARR Institutions in 

19 maintaining and expanding the capacity of the 

20 ASCARR Institutions to conduct education, re21 search, and outreach activities relating to— 

22 (A) agriculture; 

23 (B) renewable resources; and 

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1 (2) REQUIREMENTS.—The Secretary or the Di2 rector, as appropriate, shall make grants under this 

3 section— 

4 (A)(i) through a competitive application 

5 process under which appropriate officials of 

6 ASCARR Institutions may submit applications 

7 in such form and manner as the Secretary or 

8 the Director, as appropriate, may prescribe; or 

9 (ii) through a noncompetitive application 

10 process; and 

11 (B) in such manner as to ensure geo12 graphic diversity with respect to the ASCARR 

13 Institutions that are the subjects of the grants. 

14 (3) USE OF FUNDS.—An ASCARR Institution 

15 that receives a grant under subsection (a)(1) may 

16 use the funds made available through the grant to 

17 maintain and expand the capacity of the ASCARR 

18 Institution— 

19 (A) to successfully compete for funds from 

20 Federal grants and other sources to carry out 

21 educational, research, and outreach activities 

22 that address priority concerns of national, re23 gional, State, and local interest; 

24 (B) to disseminate information relating to 

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1 (i) interested members of the agri2 culture, renewable resources, and related 

3 stakeholder communities; 

4 (ii) the public; and 

5 (iii) any other interested entity; 

6 (C) to encourage members of the agri7 culture, renewable resources, and related stake8 holder communities to participate in priority 

9 education, research, and outreach activities by 

10 providing matching funding to leverage grant 

11 funds; and 

12 (D) through— 

13 (i) the purchase or other acquisition 

14 of equipment and other infrastructure (not 

15 including the construction of new build16 ings); 

17 (ii) the renovation of facilities; 

18 (iii) the professional growth and devel19 opment of the faculty of the ASCARR In20 stitution; and 

21 (iv) the development of human capital 

22 (including through the use of graduate 

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1 (b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

2 are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this sec3 tion— 

4 (1) $5,000,000 for fiscal year 2008; 

5 (2) $7,000,000 for fiscal year 2009; 

6 (3) $9,000,000 for fiscal year 2010; 

7 (4) $11,000,000 for fiscal year 2011; 

8 (5) $13,000,000 for fiscal year 2012; 

9 (6) $15,000,000 for fiscal year 2013; 

10 (7) $17,000,000 for fiscal year 2014; and 

11 (8) such sums as are necessary for fiscal year 

12 2015 and each fiscal year thereafter. 

13 TITLE II—MODIFICATIONS 

14 SEC. 201. REPEAL OF NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RE15 SEARCH, EXTENSION, EDUCATION, AND ECO16 NOMICS ADVISORY BOARD. 

17 (a) REPEAL.—Section 1408 of the National Agricul18 tural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 

19 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3123) is repealed. 

20 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 

21 (1) NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH, EX22 TENSION, AND TEACHING POLICY ACT OF 1977.— 

23 (A) Section 1404 of the National Agricul24 tural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy 

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1 (i) in the matter preceding paragraph 

2 (1), by striking ‘‘When used in this title:’’ 

3 and inserting ‘‘In this title:’’; 

4 (ii) by striking paragraph (1); and 

5 (iii) by redesignating paragraphs (2) 

6 through (18) as paragraphs (1) through 

7 (17), respectively. 

8 (B) Section 1405 of the National Agricul9 tural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy 

10 Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3121) is amended— 

11 (i) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘the 

12 Advisory Board and’’; 

13 (ii) by striking paragraph (6); 

14 (iii) by redesignating paragraphs (7) 

15 through (12) as paragraphs (6) through 

16 (11), respectively; and 

17 (iv) in paragraph (10) (as redesig18 nated by clause (iii)) by striking ‘‘, the Ad19 visory Board’’. 

20 (C) Section 1408A of the National Agricul21 tural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy 

22 Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3123a) is repealed. 

23 (D) Section 1410 of the National Agricul24 tural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy 

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1 (i) in paragraph (1)(C), by striking 

2 the semicolon and inserting ‘‘; and’’; 

3 (ii) by striking paragraph (2); and 

4 (iii) by redesignating paragraph (3) as 

5 paragraph (2). 

6 (E) Sections 1412 and 1413 of the Na7 tional Agricultural Research, Extension, and 

8 Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3127, 

9 3128) is repealed. 

10 (F) Section 1434(c) of the National Agri11 cultural Research, Extension, and Teaching 

12 Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3196(c)) is 

13 amended in the matter preceding paragraph 

14 (1)— 

15 (i) by striking the second sentence; 

16 and 

17 (ii) in the fourth sentence, by striking 

18 ‘‘and the Advisory Board’’. 

19 (2) COMPETITIVE, SPECIAL, AND FACILITIES

20 RESEARCH GRANT ACT.—Subsection (b)(1) of the 

21 Competitive, Special, and Facilities Research Grant 

22 Act (7 U.S.C. 450i(b)(1)) is amended in the second 

23 sentence by striking ‘‘taking into consideration, 

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1 and Economics Advisory Board (as established 

2 under section 1408 of the National Agricultural Re3 search, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 

4 (7 U.S.C. 3123)) identifying high priority research 

5 areas’’. 

6 (3) AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH, EXTENSION, 

7 AND EDUCATION REFORM ACT OF 1998.— 

8 (A) Section 2 of the Agricultural Research, 

9 Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 

10 (7 U.S.C. 7601) is amended— 

11 (i) by striking paragraph (4); and 

12 (ii) by redesignating paragraphs (5) 

13 and (6) as paragraphs (4) and (5), respec14 tively. 

15 (B) Section 103 of the Agricultural Re16 search, Extension, and Education Reform Act 

17 of 1998 (7 U.S.C. 7613) is amended— 

18 (i) in subsection (a), by striking para19 graph (2) and inserting the following: 

20 ‘‘(2) MERIT REVIEW OF EXTENSION AND EDU21 CATION GRANTS.—The Secretary shall establish pro22 cedures that provide for merit review of each agri23 cultural extension or education grant administered, 

24 on a competitive basis, by the National Institutes for 

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1 (ii) by striking subsection (b); 

2 (iii) by redesignating subsections (c) 

3 through (f) as subsections (b) through (e), 

4 respectively; 

5 (iv) in subsection (b) (as redesignated 

6 by clause (iii)), by striking paragraph (1) 

7 and inserting the following: 

8 ‘‘(1) REVIEW RESULTS.—The Secretary shall 

9 formulate each request for a proposal, and evaluate 

10 each proposal, relating to an agricultural research, 

11 extension, or education activity funded on a competi12 tive basis by the Department.’’; and 

13 (v) in subsection (c) (as redesignated 

14 by clause (iii)), by striking paragraph (5). 

15 (C) Section 401(c)(2) of the Agricultural 

16 Research, Extension, and Education Reform 

17 Act of 1998 (7 U.S.C. 7621(c)(2)) is amended 

18 by striking ‘‘, in consultation with the Advisory 

19 Board,’’. 

20 (D) Section 403 of the Agricultural Re21 search, Extension, and Education Reform Act 

22 of 1998 (7 U.S.C. 7623) is amended— 

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1 (ii) in subsection (d), in the matter 

2 preceding paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘, in 

3 consultation with the Advisory Board,’’; 

4 and 

5 (iii) in subsection (g), in the matter 

6 preceding paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘, in 

7 consultation with the Advisory Board,’’. 

8 (E) Section 406(c) of the Agricultural Re9 search, Extension, and Education Reform Act 

10 of 1998 (7 U.S.C. 7626(c)) is amended by 

11 striking ‘‘in consultation with the Advisory 

12 Board’’. 

13 (F) Section 618 of the Agricultural Re14 search, Extension, and Education Reform Act 

15 of 1998 (7 U.S.C. 7656) is amended— 

16 (i) by striking subsection (c); and 

17 (ii) by redesignating subsection (d) as 

18 subsection (c). 

19 (4) RENEWABLE RESOURCES EXTENSION ACT

20 OF 1978.—Section 4(a) of the Renewable Resources 

21 Extension Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 1673(a)) is 

22 amended by striking the fourth sentence. 

23 SEC. 202. REPEAL PLAN OF WORK REQUIREMENTS. 

24 (a) EXTENSION AT 1890 LAND-GRANT COLLEGES.— 

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1 Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 

2 3221(d)) is amended— 

3 (1) in paragraph (1), by striking the second 

4 sentence; and 

5 (2) by striking paragraphs (3) through (5). 

6 (b) RESEARCH AT 1890 LAND-GRANT COLLEGES.— 

7 Section 1445 of the National Agricultural Research, Ex8 tension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3222) 

9 is amended— 

10 (1) by striking subsection (a) and inserting the 

11 following: 

12 ‘‘(a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

13 are authorized to be appropriated annually such sums as 

14 Congress may determine necessary to support continuing 

15 agricultural research at colleges eligible to receive funds 

16 under the Act of August 30, 1890 (26 Stat. 417–419, as 

17 amended; 7 U.S.C. 321–326 and 328), including Tuskegee 

18 University (hereinafter referred to in this section as ‘eligi19 ble institutions’).’’; and 

20 (2) by striking subsection (c) and inserting the 

21 following: 

22 ‘‘(c) PROGRAM.—The director of the State agricul23 tural experiment station in each State in which an eligible 

24 institution is located, and the research director specified 

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1 State, shall jointly develop, by mutual agreement, a com2 prehensive program of agricultural research in the State, 

3 to be submitted for approval by the Secretary not later 

4 than 1 year after the date of enactment of this title.’’. 

5 (c) HATCH ACT OF 1887.— 

6 (1) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 3 of 

7 the Hatch Act of 1887 (7 U.S.C. 361c) is amend8 ed— 

9 (A) by striking subsection (h) and insert10 ing the following: 

11 ‘‘(h) PEER REVIEW AND PLAN OF WORK.—Research 

12 carried out under subsection (c)(3) shall be subject to sci13 entific peer review. The review of a project conducted 

14 under this paragraph shall be considered to satisfy the 

15 merit review requirements of section 103(e) of the Agricul16 tural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 

17 1998.’’; and 

18 (B) in subsection (i)(2), by striking sub19 paragraph (D). 

20 (2) REPEAL.—Section 7 of the Hatch Act of 

21 1887 (7 U.S.C. 361g) is amended by striking sub22 sections (d) through (g). 

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1 (1) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 

2 3(h)(2) of the Smith-Lever Act (7 U.S.C. 343(h)(2)) 

3 is amended by striking subparagraph (D). 

4 (2) REPEAL.—Section 4 of the Smith-Lever Act 

5 (7 U.S.C. 344) is amended by striking subsections 

6 (c) through (e). 

7 SEC. 203. INDIRECT COSTS. 

8 Section 1462 of the National Agricultural Research, 

9 Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 

10 3310) is amended by striking subsection (a) and inserting 

11 the following: 

12 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as otherwise provided in 

13 law, and in accordance with the requirements under sec14 tion 105(c)(1)(E) of the CREATE-21 Act of 2007, indi15 rect costs charged against a competitive agricultural re16 search, education, or extension grant awarded under this 

17 Act, the CREATE-21 Act of 2007, or any other Act pur18 suant to authority delegated to the Director of the Na19 tional Institutes for Food and Agriculture shall not exceed 

20 the negotiated indirect rate of cost established for an insti21 tution by the appropriate Federal audit agency for the in22 stitution.’’. 


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1 TITLE III—EXTENSIONS 

2 Subtitle A—National Agricultural 

3 Research, Extension, and Teach4 ing Policy Act of 1977 

5 SEC. 301. GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS FOR FOOD AND AGRI6 CULTURAL SCIENCES EDUCATION. 

7 Section 1417(l) of the National Agricultural Re8 search, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 

9 U.S.C. 3152(l)) is amended by striking ‘‘2007’’ and in10 serting ‘‘2014’’. 

11 SEC. 302. GRANTS FOR RESEARCH ON PRODUCTION AND 

12 MARKETING OF ALCOHOLS AND INDUSTRIAL 

13 HYDROCARBONS FROM AGRICULTURAL COM14 MODITIES AND FOREST PRODUCTS. 

15 Section 1419(d) of the National Agricultural Re16 search, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 

17 U.S.C. 3154(d)) is amended by striking ‘‘2007’’ and in18 serting ‘‘2014’’. 

19 SEC. 303. POLICY RESEARCH CENTERS. 

20 Section 1419A(d) of the National Agricultural Re21 search, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 

22 U.S.C. 3155(d)) is amended by striking ‘‘2007’’ and in23 serting ‘‘2014’’. 


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1 SEC. 304. HUMAN NUTRITION INTERVENTION AND HEALTH 

2 PROMOTION RESEARCH PROGRAM. 

3 Section 1424(d) of the National Agricultural Re4 search, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 

5 U.S.C. 3174(d)) is amended by striking ‘‘2007’’ and in6 serting ‘‘2014’’. 

7 SEC. 305. PILOT RESEARCH PROGRAM TO COMBINE MED8 ICAL AND AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH. 

9 Section 1424A(d) of the National Agricultural Re10 search, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 

11 U.S.C. 3174a(d)) is amended by striking ‘‘2007’’ and in12 serting ‘‘2014’’. 

13 SEC. 306. NUTRITION EDUCATION PROGRAM. 

14 Section 1425(c)(3) of the National Agricultural Re15 search, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 

16 U.S.C. 3175(c)(3)) is amended by striking ‘‘2007’’ and 

17 inserting ‘‘2014’’. 

18 SEC. 307. CONTINUING ANIMAL HEALTH AND DISEASE RE19 SEARCH PROGRAMS. 

20 Section 1433(a) of the National Agricultural Re21 search, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 

22 U.S.C. 3195(a)) is amended in the first sentence by strik23 ing ‘‘2007’’ and inserting ‘‘2014’’. 


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1 SEC. 308. APPROPRIATIONS FOR RESEARCH ON NATIONAL 

2 OR REGIONAL PROBLEMS. 

3 Section 1434(a) of the National Agricultural Re4 search, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 

5 U.S.C. 3196(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘2007’’ and in6 serting ‘‘2014’’. 

7 SEC. 309. GRANTS TO UPGRADE AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD 

8 SCIENCES FACILITIES AT 1890 LAND-GRANT 

9 COLLEGES, INCLUDING TUSKEGEE UNIVER10 SITY. 

11 Section 1447(b) of the National Agricultural Re12 search, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 

13 U.S.C. 3222b(b)) is amended by striking ‘‘2007’’ and in14 serting ‘‘2014’’. 

15 SEC. 310. NATIONAL RESEARCH AND TRAINING VIRTUAL 

16 CENTERS. 

17 Section 1448 of the National Agricultural Research, 

18 Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 

19 3222c) is amended by striking ‘‘2007’’ each place it ap20 pears in subsections (a)(1) and (f) and inserting ‘‘2014’’. 

21 SEC. 311. MATCHING FUNDS REQUIREMENT FOR RE22 SEARCH AND EXTENSION ACTIVITIES OF 1890 

23 INSTITUTIONS. 

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1 U.S.C. 3222d(c)) is amended in the first sentence by strik2 ing ‘‘for each of fiscal years 2003 through 2007,’’. 

3 SEC. 312. HISPANIC-SERVING INSTITUTIONS. 

4 Section 1455(c) of the National Agricultural Re5 search, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 

6 U.S.C. 3241(c)) is amended by striking ‘‘2007’’ and in7 serting ‘‘2014’’. 

8 SEC. 313. COMPETITIVE GRANTS FOR INTERNATIONAL AG9 RICULTURAL SCIENCE AND EDUCATION PRO10 GRAMS. 

11 Section 1459A(c) of the National Agricultural Re12 search, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 

13 U.S.C. 3292b(c)) is amended by striking ‘‘2007’’ and in14 serting ‘‘2014’’. 

15 SEC. 314. RESEARCH EQUIPMENT GRANTS. 

16 Section 1462A(e) of the National Agricultural Re17 search, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 

18 U.S.C. 3310a(e)) is amended by striking ‘‘2007’’ and in19 serting ‘‘2014’’. 

20 SEC. 315. UNIVERSITY RESEARCH. 

21 Section 1463 of the National Agricultural Research, 

22 Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 

23 3311) is amended by striking ‘‘2007’’ each place it ap24 pears in subsections (a) and (b) and inserting ‘‘2014’’. 


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1 SEC. 316. EXTENSION SERVICE. 

2 Section 1464 of the National Agricultural Research, 

3 Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 

4 3312) is amended by striking ‘‘2007’’ and inserting 

5 ‘‘2014’’. 

6 SEC. 317. SUPPLEMENTAL AND ALTERNATIVE CROPS. 

7 Section 1473D(a) of the National Agricultural Re8 search, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 

9 U.S.C. 3319d(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘2007’’ and in10 serting ‘‘2014’’. 

11 SEC. 318. AQUACULTURE RESEARCH FACILITIES. 

12 Section 1477 of the National Agricultural Research, 

13 Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 

14 3324) is amended by striking ‘‘2007’’ and inserting 

15 ‘‘2014’’. 

16 SEC. 319. RANGELAND RESEARCH. 

17 Section 1483(a) of the National Agricultural Re18 search, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 

19 U.S.C. 3336(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘2007’’ and in20 serting ‘‘2014’’. 

21 SEC. 320. SPECIAL AUTHORIZATION FOR BIOSECURITY 

22 PLANNING AND RESPONSE. 

23 Section 1484(a) of the National Agricultural Re24 search, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 

25 U.S.C. 3351(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘2007’’ and in26 serting ‘‘2014’’. 


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1 SEC. 321. RESIDENT INSTRUCTION AND DISTANCE EDU2 CATION GRANTS PROGRAM FOR INSULAR 

3 AREA INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION. 

4 (a) DISTANCE EDUCATION GRANTS FOR INSULAR

5 AREAS.—Section 1490(f) of the National Agricultural Re6 search, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 

7 U.S.C. 3362(f)) is amended by striking ‘‘2007’’ and in8 serting ‘‘2014’’. 

9 (b) RESIDENT INSTRUCTION GRANTS FOR INSULAR

10 AREAS.—Section 1491 of the National Agricultural Re11 search, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 

12 U.S.C. 3363) is amended— 

13 (1) by redesignating subsection (e) as sub14 section (c); and 

15 (2) in subsection (c) (as so redesignated), by 

16 striking ‘‘2007’’ and inserting ‘‘2014’’. 

17 Subtitle B—Food, Agriculture, Con18 servation, and Trade Act of 1990 

19 SEC. 331. NATIONAL GENETICS RESOURCES PROGRAM. 

20 Section 1635(b) of the Food, Agriculture, Conserva21 tion, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 5844(b)) is amend22 ed by striking ‘‘2007’’ and inserting ‘‘2014’’. 


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1 SEC. 332. HIGH-PRIORITY RESEARCH AND EXTENSION INI2 TIATIVES. 

3 Section 1672(h) of the Food, Agriculture, Conserva4 tion, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 5925(h)) is amend5 ed by striking ‘‘2007’’ and inserting ‘‘2014’’. 

6 SEC. 333. NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT RESEARCH AND EXTEN7 SION INITIATIVE. 

8 Section 1672A of the Food, Agriculture, Conserva9 tion, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 5925a) is amend10 ed— 

11 (1) by redesignating subsection (g) as sub12 section (f); and 

13 (2) in subsection (f) (as so redesignated), by 

14 striking ‘‘2007’’ and inserting ‘‘2014’’. 

15 SEC. 334. ORGANIC AGRICULTURE RESEARCH AND EXTEN16 SION INITIATIVE. 

17 Section 1672B(e) of the Food, Agriculture, Conserva18 tion, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 5925b(e)) is 

19 amended by striking ‘‘2007’’ and inserting ‘‘2014’’. 

20 SEC. 335. AGRICULTURAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS PRO21 GRAM. 

22 Section 1673(h) of the Food, Agriculture, Conserva23 tion, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 5926(h)) is amend24 ed by striking ‘‘2007’’ and inserting ‘‘2014’’. 


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1 SEC. 336. ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM FOR FARM2 ERS WITH DISABILITIES. 

3 Section 1680(c)(1) of the Food, Agriculture, Con4 servation, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 5933(c)(1)) 

5 is amended by striking ‘‘2007’’ and inserting ‘‘2014’’. 

6 SEC. 337. NATIONAL RURAL INFORMATION CENTER CLEAR7 INGHOUSE. 

8 Section 2381(e) of the Food, Agriculture, Conserva9 tion, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 3125b(e)) is 

10 amended by striking ‘‘2007’’ and inserting ‘‘2014’’. 

11 Subtitle C—Agricultural Research, 

12 Extension, and Education Re13 form Act of 1998 

14 SEC. 341. PARTNERSHIPS FOR HIGH-VALUE AGRICULTURAL 

15 PRODUCT QUALITY RESEARCH. 

16 Section 402(g) of the Agricultural Research, Exten17 sion, and Education Reform Act of 1998 (7 U.S.C. 

18 7622(g)) is amended by striking ‘‘2007’’ and inserting 

19 ‘‘2014’’. 

20 SEC. 342. PRECISION AGRICULTURE. 

21 Section 403(i)(1) of the Agricultural Research, Ex22 tension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 (7 U.S.C. 

23 7623(i)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘2007’’ and inserting 

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1 SEC. 343. BIOBASED PRODUCTS. 

2 (a) PILOT PROJECT.—Section 404(e)(2) of the Agri3 cultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act 

4 of 1998 (7 U.S.C. 7624(e)(2)) is amended by striking 

5 ‘‘2007’’ and inserting ‘‘2014’’. 

6 (b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 

7 404(h) of the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Edu8 cation Reform Act of 1998 (7 U.S.C. 7624(h)) is amended 

9 by striking ‘‘2007’’ and inserting ‘‘2014’’. 

10 SEC. 344. THOMAS JEFFERSON INITIATIVE FOR CROP DI11 VERSIFICATION. 

12 Section 405(h) of the Agricultural Research, Exten13 sion, and Education Reform Act of 1998 (7 U.S.C. 

14 7625(h)) is amended by striking ‘‘2007’’ and inserting 

15 ‘‘2014’’. 

16 SEC. 345. INTEGRATED RESEARCH, EDUCATION, AND EX17 TENSION COMPETITIVE GRANTS PROGRAM. 

18 Section 406(f) of the Agricultural Research, Exten19 sion, and Education Reform Act of 1998 (7 U.S.C. 

20 7626(f)) is amended by striking ‘‘2007’’ and inserting 

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1 SEC. 346. SUPPORT FOR RESEARCH REGARDING DISEASES 

2 OF WHEAT, TRITICALE, AND BARLEY CAUSED 

3 BY FUSARIUM GRAMINEARUM OR BY 

4 TILLETIA INDICA. 

5 Section 408(e) of the Agricultural Research, Exten6 sion, and Education Reform Act of 1998 (7 U.S.C. 

7 7628(e)) is amended by striking ‘‘2007’’ and inserting 

8 ‘‘2014’’. 

9 SEC. 347. BOVINE JOHNE’S DISEASE CONTROL PROGRAM. 

10 Section 409(b) of the Agricultural Research, Exten11 sion, and Education Reform Act of 1998 (7 U.S.C. 

12 7629(b)) is amended by striking ‘‘2007’’ and inserting 

13 ‘‘2014’’. 

14 SEC. 348. GRANTS FOR YOUTH ORGANIZATIONS. 

15 Section 410(c) of the Agricultural Research, Exten16 sion, and Education Reform Act of 1998 (7 U.S.C. 

17 7630(c)) is amended by striking ‘‘2007’’ and inserting 

18 ‘‘2014’’. 

19 SEC. 349. AGRICULTURAL BIOTECHNOLOGY RESEARCH 

20 AND DEVELOPMENT FOR DEVELOPING COUN21 TRIES. 

22 Section 411(c) of the Agricultural Research, Exten23 sion, and Education Reform Act of 1998 (7 U.S.C. 

24 7631(c)) is amended by striking ‘‘2007’’ and inserting 

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1 SEC. 350. OFFICE OF PEST MANAGEMENT POLICY. 

2 Section 614(f) of the Agricultural Research, Exten3 sion, and Education Reform Act of 1998 (7 U.S.C. 

4 7653(f)) is amended by striking ‘‘2007’’ and inserting 

5 ‘‘2014’’. 

6 Subtitle D—Other Laws 

7 SEC. 371. CRITICAL AGRICULTURAL MATERIALS ACT. 

8 Section 16(a) of the Critical Agricultural Materials 

9 Act (7 U.S.C. 178n(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘2007’’ 

10 and inserting ‘‘2014’’. 

11 SEC. 372. EQUITY IN EDUCATIONAL LAND-GRANT STATUS 

12 ACT OF 1994. 

13 (a) ENDOWMENT FOR 1994 INSTITUTIONS.—Section 

14 533(b) of the Equity in Educational Land-Grant Status 

15 Act of 1994 (7 U.S.C. 301 note; Public Law 103–382) 

16 is amended in the first sentence by striking ‘‘2007’’ and 

17 inserting ‘‘2014’’. 

18 (b) INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY BUILDING GRANTS.— 

19 Section 535 of the Equity in Educational Land-Grant Sta20 tus Act of 1994 (7 U.S.C. 301 note; Public Law 103– 

21 382) is amended by striking ‘‘2007’’ each place it appears 

22 and inserting ‘‘2014’’. 

23 (c) RESEARCH GRANTS.—Section 536(c) of the Eq24 uity in Educational Land-Grant Status Act of 1994 (7 

25 U.S.C. 301 note; Public Law 103–382) is amended in the 

26 first sentence by striking ‘‘2007’’ and inserting ‘‘2014’’. 


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1 SEC. 373. AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION RE2 SEARCH FACILITIES ACT. 

3 Section 6(a) of the Research Facilities Act (7 U.S.C. 

4 390d(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘2007’’ and inserting 

5 ‘‘2014’’. 

6 SEC. 374. NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH, EXTEN7 SION, AND TEACHING POLICY ACT AMEND8 MENTS OF 1985. 

9 Section 1431 of the National Agricultural Research, 

10 Extension, and Teaching Policy Act Amendments of 1985 

11 (Public Law 99–198; 99 Stat. 1556; 116 Stat. 436) is 

12 amended by striking ‘‘2007’’ and inserting ‘‘2014’’. 

13 SEC. 375. COMPETITIVE, SPECIAL, AND FACILITIES RE14 SEARCH GRANT ACT (NATIONAL RESEARCH 

15 INITIATIVE). 

16 Section 2(b)(10) of the Competitive, Special, and Fa17 cilities Research Grant Act (7 U.S.C. 450i(b)(10)) is 

18 amended by striking ‘‘2007’’ and inserting ‘‘2014’’. 

19 SEC. 376. BEGINNING FARMER AND RANCHER DEVELOP20 MENT PROGRAM. 

21 Section 7405(h) of the Farm Security and Rural In22 vestment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 3319f(h)) is amended by 

23 striking ‘‘2007’’ and inserting ‘‘2014’’. 


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1 SEC. 377. AGRICULTURAL RISK PROTECTION ACT OF 2000 

2 (CARBON CYCLE RESEARCH). 

3 Section 221(g) of the Agricultural Risk Protection 

4 Act of 2000 (7 U.S.C. 6711(g)) is amended by striking 

5 ‘‘2007’’ and inserting ‘‘2014’’. 

6 SEC. 378. RENEWABLE RESOURCES EXTENSION ACT OF 

7 1978. 

8 (a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 

9 6 of the Renewable Resources Extension Act of 1978 (16 

10 U.S.C. 1675) is amended by striking ‘‘2007’’ and insert11 ing ‘‘2014’’. 

12 (b) TERMINATION DATE.—Section 8 of the Renew13 able Resources Extension Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 1671 

14 note; Public Law 95–306) is amended by striking ‘‘2007’’ 

15 and inserting ‘‘2014’’. 

16 SEC. 379. NATIONAL AQUACULTURE ACT OF 1980. 

17 Section 10 of the National Aquaculture Act of 1980 

18 (16 U.S.C. 2809) is amended by striking ‘‘2007’’ each 

19 place it appears and inserting ‘‘2014’’. 

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