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SEC. 886. RURAL DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH AND EDUCATION.
Section 502(a) of the Rural Development Act of 1972 (7 U.S.C.
2662(a)) is amended by inserting after the first sentence the follow-
ing: ‘‘The rural development extension programs shall also promote
coordinated and integrated rural community initiatives that
advance and empower capacity building through leadership develop-
ment, entrepreneurship, business development and management
training, and strategic planning to increase jobs, income, and quality
of life in rural communities.’’.
SEC. 887. DAIRY GOAT RESEARCH PROGRAM.
Section 1432(b)(5) of the National Agricultural Research, Exten-
sion, and Teaching Policy Act Amendments of 1981 (Public Law
97–98; 7 U.S.C. 3222 note) is amended by striking ‘‘1995’’ and
inserting ‘‘1997’’.
SEC. 888. COMPETITIVE GRANTS FOR RESEARCH TO ERADICATE AND
CONTROL BROWN CITRUS APHID AND CITRUS TRISTEZA
VIRUS.
Section 1672 of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade
Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 5925) (as amended by section 863) is amended
by inserting before subsection (b) the following:
‘‘(a) BROWN CITRUS APHID AND CITRUS TRISTEZA VIRUS.—
‘‘(1) RESEARCH
GRANTS
AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary of
Agriculture may make competitive grants available to support
research for the purpose of—
‘‘(A) developing methods to eradicate the brown citrus
aphid and the citrus tristeza virus from citrus crops grown
in the United States; or
‘‘(B) adapting citrus crops grown in the United States
to the brown citrus aphid and the citrus tristeza virus.
‘‘(2) METHOD
OF
PROVIDING
GRANTS.—Grants authorized
under this subsection shall be made in the same manner,
and shall be subject to the same conditions, as provided for
competitive grants under the Competitive, Special, and Facili-
ties Research Grant Act (7 U.S.C. 450i).
‘‘(3) 
AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this subsection
$3,000,000 for fiscal year 1997.’’.
SEC. 889. STUTTGART NATIONAL AQUACULTURE RESEARCH CENTER.
(a) TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS TO SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE.—
(1) PURPOSE.—The first section of Public Law 85–342 (16
U.S.C. 778) is amended—
(A) by striking ‘‘Secretary of the Interior’’ and all that
follows through ‘‘directed to’’ and inserting ‘‘Secretary of
Agriculture shall’’;
(B) by striking ‘‘an experiment station or stations’’
and inserting ‘‘1 or more centers’’; and
(C) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘Department of Agri-
culture’’ and inserting ‘‘Secretary of the Interior’’.
(2) AUTHORITY.—Section 2 of Public Law 85–342 (16 U.S.C.
778a) is amended by striking ‘‘, the Secretary’’ and all that
follows through ‘‘authorized’’ and inserting ‘‘, the Secretary
of Agriculture is authorized’’.
(3) ASSISTANCE.—Section 3 of Public Law 85–342 (16 U.S.C.
778b) is amended—
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(A) by striking ‘‘Secretary of the Interior’’ and inserting
‘‘Secretary of Agriculture’’; and
(B) by striking ‘‘Department of Agriculture’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘Secretary of the Interior’’.
(b) TRANSFER OF FISH FARMING EXPERIMENTAL LABORATORY
TO DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE.—
(1) DESIGNATION
OF
STUTTGART
NATIONAL
AQUACULTURE
RESEARCH CENTER.—
(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Fish Farming Experimental
Laboratory in Stuttgart, Arkansas (including the facilities
in Kelso, Arkansas), shall be known and designated as
the ‘‘Stuttgart National Aquaculture Research Center’’.
(B) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, map, regula-
tion, document, paper, or other record of the United States
to the laboratory referred to in subparagraph (A) shall
be deemed to be a reference to the ‘‘Stuttgart National
Aquaculture Research Center’’.
(2) TRANSFER OF LABORATORY TO DEPARTMENT OF AGRI-
CULTURE.—Subject to section 1531 of title 31, United States
Code, not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of
this Act, there are transferred to the Department of Agri-
culture—
(A) the personnel employed in connection with the
laboratory referred to in paragraph (1)(A);
(B) the assets, liabilities, contracts, and real and per-
sonal property of the laboratory;
(C) the records of the laboratory; and
(D) 
the 
unexpended 
balance 
of 
appropriations,
authorizations, allocations, and other funds employed in
connection with, held in connection with, arising from,
available to, or to be made available in connection with
the laboratory.
(3) NONDUPLICATION OF FACILITIES.—The research center
referred to in paragraph (1)(A) shall be complementary to,
and not duplicative of, facilities of colleges, universities, and
nonprofit institutions, and facilities of the Agricultural Research
Service, within the State and region, as determined by the
Administrator of the Service.
SEC. 890. EXPANSION OF AUTHORITIES RELATED TO NATIONAL
ARBORETUM.
(a) SOLICITATION OF GIFTS, BENEFITS, AND DEVISES.—The first
sentence of section 5 of the Act of March 4, 1927 (20 U.S.C. 195),
is amended by inserting ‘‘solicit,’’ after ‘‘authorized to’’.
(b) CONCESSIONS, FEES, AND VOLUNTARY SERVICES.—The Act
of March 4, 1927 (20 U.S.C. 191 et seq.), is amended by adding
at the end the following:
‘‘SEC. 6. CONCESSIONS, FEES, AND VOLUNTARY SERVICES.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding the Federal Property and
Administrative Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C. 471 et seq.) and
section 321 of the Act of June 30, 1932 (40 U.S.C. 303b), the
Secretary of Agriculture, in furtherance of the mission of the
National Arboretum, may—
‘‘(1) negotiate agreements granting concessions at the
National Arboretum to nonprofit scientific or educational
organizations the interests of which are complementary to the
mission of the National Arboretum, except that the net proceeds
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of the organizations from the concessions shall be used exclu-
sively for research and educational work for the benefit of
the National Arboretum;
‘‘(2) provide by concession, on such terms as the Secretary
of Agriculture considers appropriate and necessary, for commer-
cial services for food, drink, and nursery sales, if an agreement
for a permanent concession under this paragraph is negotiated
with a qualified person submitting a proposal after due consid-
eration of all proposals received after the Secretary of Agri-
culture provides reasonable public notice of the intent of the
Secretary to enter into such an agreement;
‘‘(3) dispose of excess property, including excess plants and
fish, in a manner designed to maximize revenue from any
sale of the property, including by way of public auction, except
that this paragraph shall not apply to the free dissemination
of new varieties of seeds and germ plasm in accordance with
section 520 of the Revised Statutes (commonly known as the
‘Department of Agriculture Organic Act of 1862’) (7 U.S.C.
2201);
‘‘(4) charge such fees as the Secretary of Agriculture consid-
ers reasonable for temporary use by individuals or groups of
National Arboretum facilities and grounds for any purpose
consistent with the mission of the National Arboretum;
‘‘(5) charge such fees as the Secretary of Agriculture consid-
ers reasonable for the use of the National Arboretum for
commercial photography or cinematography;
‘‘(6) publish, in print and electronically and without regard
to laws relating to printing by the Federal Government,
informational brochures, books, and other publications concern-
ing the National Arboretum or the collections of the Arboretum;
and
‘‘(7) license use of the National Arboretum name and logo
for public service or commercial uses.
‘‘(b) USE OF FUNDS.—Any funds received or collected by the
Secretary of Agriculture as a result of activities described in sub-
section (a) shall be retained in a special fund in the Treasury
for the use and benefit of the National Arboretum as the Secretary
of Agriculture considers appropriate.
‘‘(c) ACCEPTANCE OF VOLUNTARY SERVICES.—The Secretary of
Agriculture may accept the voluntary services of organizations
described in subsection (a)(1), and the voluntary services of individ-
uals (including employees of the National Arboretum), for the bene-
fit of the National Arboretum.’’.
SEC. 891. TRANSFER OF AQUACULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER.
(a) TRANSFER OF FISH CULTURE LABORATORY TO DEPARTMENT
OF AGRICULTURE.—
(1) 
DESIGNATION
OF
CLAUDE
HARRIS
NATIONAL
AQUACULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—The Southeastern Fish Culture Lab-
oratory in Marion, Alabama, shall be known and designated
as the ‘‘Claude Harris National Aquacultural Research Cen-
ter’’.
(B) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, map, regula-
tion, document, paper, or other record of the United States
to the laboratory referred to in subparagraph (A) shall
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be deemed to be a reference to the ‘‘Claude Harris National
Aquacultural Research Center’’.
(2) TRANSFER OF LABORATORY TO DEPARTMENT OF AGRI-
CULTURE.—Subject to section 1531 of title 31, United States
Code, not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of
this Act, the Secretary of the Interior may transfer, in whole
or in part, to the Department of Agriculture, with the consent
of the Secretary of Agriculture—
(A) the personnel employed in connection with the
laboratory referred to in paragraph (1);
(B) the assets, liabilities, contracts, and real and per-
sonal property of the laboratory;
(C) the records of the laboratory; and
(D) 
the 
unexpended 
balance 
of 
appropriations,
authorizations, allocations, and other funds employed in
connection with, held in connection with, arising from,
available to, or to be made available in connection with
the laboratory.
(b) NONDUPLICATION OF FACILITIES.—The research center des-
ignated by subsection (a) shall be complementary to, and not
duplicative of, facilities of colleges, universities, and nonprofit
institutions, and facilities of the Agricultural Research Service,
within the State and region, as determined by the Secretary of
Agriculture.
SEC. 892. USE OF REMOTE SENSING DATA AND OTHER DATA TO ANTICI-
PATE POTENTIAL FOOD, FEED, AND FIBER SHORTAGES
OR EXCESSES AND TO PROVIDE TIMELY INFORMATION
TO ASSIST FARMERS WITH PLANTING DECISIONS.
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that—
(1) remote sensing data can be useful to predict impending
famine problems and forest infestations in time to allow
remedial action;
(2) remote sensing data can inform the agricultural commu-
nity as to the condition of crops and the land that sustains
those crops; and
(3) remote sensing data and other data can be valuable,
when received on a timely basis, in determining the need for
additional plantings of a particular crop or a substitute crop.
(b) INFORMATION DEVELOPMENT.—The Secretary of Agriculture
and the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space
Administration, maximizing private funding and involvement, shall
provide farmers and other interested persons with timely informa-
tion, through remote sensing, on crop conditions, fertilization and
irrigation needs, pest infiltration, soil conditions, projected food,
feed, and fiber production, and any other information available
through remote sensing.
(c) COORDINATION.—The Secretary of Agriculture and the
Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administra-
tion shall jointly develop a proposal to provide farmers and other
prospective users with supply and demand information for food
and fibers.
(d) SUNSET.—The authorities provided by this section shall
expire 5 years after the date of enactment of this Act.
SEC. 893. SENSE OF SENATE REGARDING METHYL BROMIDE ALTER-
NATIVE RESEARCH AND EXTENSION ACTIVITIES.
It is the sense of the Senate that—