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SEC. 7210. FARM BUSINESS MANAGEMENT. 
Section 1672D(d) of the Food, Agriculture, Con-
servation, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 5925f(d)) is 
amended by striking ‘‘such sums as are necessary to carry 
out this section.’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘to carry 
out this section— 
‘‘(1) such sums as are necessary for fiscal year 
2013; and 
‘‘(2) $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2014 
through 2018.’’. 
SEC. 7211. REGIONAL CENTERS OF EXCELLENCE. 
Subtitle H of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, 
and Trade Act of 1990 is amended by inserting after sec-
tion 1672D (7 U.S.C. 5925) the following: 
‘‘SEC. 1673. REGIONAL CENTERS OF EXCELLENCE. 
‘‘(a) 
ESTABLISHMENT.—The 
Secretary 
may 
prioritize regional centers of excellence established for spe-
cific agricultural commodities for the receipt of funding. 
‘‘(b) COMPOSITION.—A regional center of excellence 
shall be composed of 1 or more colleges and universities 
(including land-grant institutions, schools of forestry, 
schools of veterinary medicine, or NLGCA Institutions (as 
defined in section 1404 of the National Agricultural Re-
search, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 
U.S.C. 3103))) that provide financial support to the re-
gional center of excellence. 
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‘‘(c) CRITERIA FOR REGIONAL CENTERS OF EXCEL-
LENCE.—The criteria for consideration to be a regional 
center of excellence shall include efforts— 
‘‘(1) to ensure coordination and cost-effective-
ness by reducing unnecessarily duplicative efforts re-
garding research, teaching, and extension; 
‘‘(2) to leverage available resources by using 
public/private partnerships among agricultural in-
dustry groups, institutions of higher education, and 
the Federal Government; 
‘‘(3) to implement teaching initiatives to in-
crease awareness and effectively disseminate solu-
tions to target audiences through extension activi-
ties; 
‘‘(4) to increase the economic returns to rural 
communities by identifying, attracting, and directing 
funds to high-priority agricultural issues; and 
‘‘(5) to improve teaching capacity and infra-
structure at colleges and universities (including land- 
grant institutions, schools of forestry, and schools of 
veterinary medicine, and NLGCA Institutions). 
‘‘(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
$10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2018.’’. 
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SEC. 7212. ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM FOR FARM-
ERS WITH DISABILITIES. 
Section 1680(c)(1) of the Food, Agriculture, Con-
servation, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 5933(c)(1)) 
is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘is’’ and inserting ‘‘are’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘section’’ and all that follows 
and inserting the following: ‘‘section— 
‘‘(A) $6,000,000 for each of fiscal years 
1999 through 2013; and 
‘‘(B) $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 
2014 through 2018.’’. 
SEC. 
7213. 
NATIONAL 
RURAL 
INFORMATION 
CENTER 
CLEARINGHOUSE. 
Section 2381(e) of the Food, Agriculture, Conserva-
tion, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 3125b(e)) is 
amended by striking ‘‘2012’’ and inserting ‘‘2018’’. 
Subtitle C—Agricultural Research, 
Extension, and Education Re-
form Act of 1998 
SEC. 7301. RELEVANCE AND MERIT OF AGRICULTURAL RE-
SEARCH, EXTENSION, AND EDUCATION FUND-
ED BY THE DEPARTMENT. 
Section 103(a)(2) of the Agricultural Research, Ex-
tension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 (7 U.S.C. 
7613(a)(2)) is amended— 
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