I
105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2534
To reform, extend, and repeal certain agricultural research, extension, and
education programs, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SEPTEMBER 24, 1997
Mr. COMBEST (for himself, Mr. DOOLEY of California, Mr. SMITH of Oregon,
and Mr. STENHOLM) introduced the following bill; which was referred to
the Committee on Agriculture
A BILL
To reform, extend, and repeal certain agricultural research,
extension, and education programs, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the
‘‘Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reau-
thorization Act of 1997’’.
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents of
this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
TITLE I—COORDINATION, PLANNING, AND DEFINITIONS
REGARDING 
AGRICULTURAL 
RESEARCH, 
EXTENSION,
AND EDUCATION
Sec. 101. Priorities and management principles for federally supported and
conducted agricultural research, education, and extension.
Sec. 102. Principal definitions regarding agricultural research, education, and
extension.
Sec. 103. Consultation with National Agricultural Research, Extension, Edu-
cation, and Economics Advisory Board.
Sec. 104. Relevance and merit of federally funded agricultural research, exten-
sion, and education.
Sec. 105. Expansion of authority to enter into cost-reimbursable agreements.
TITLE II—REFORM OF EXISTING RESEARCH, EXTENSION,
AND EDUCATION AUTHORITIES
Subtitle A—Smith-Lever Act and Hatch Act of 1887
Sec. 201. Adoption of short titles for Smith-Lever Act and Hatch Act of 1887.
Sec. 202. Expanded eligibility of colleges and universities for extension funding.
Sec. 203. Consistent matching funds requirements under Hatch Act of 1887
and Smith-Lever Act.
Sec. 204. Use of funds for multi-state and multi-institutional activities under
Smith-Lever Act.
Sec. 205. Transfer of Smith-Lever Act and Hatch Act of 1887 funds between
research and extension activities.
Sec. 206. Plans of work to address critical research and extension issues and
use of protocols to measure success of plans.
Subtitle B—National Agricultural Research, Extension, and
Teaching Policy Act of 1977
Sec. 211. Plans of work for 1890 Institutions to address critical research and
extension issues and use of protocols to measure success of
plans.
Sec. 212. Matching funds requirement for research and extension activities at
1890 land-grant colleges, including Tuskegee Institute.
Sec. 213. International research, extension, and teaching.
Sec. 214. Task force on 10-year strategic plan for agricultural research facili-
ties.
Subtitle C—Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of
1990
Sec. 231. National agricultural weather information system.
Sec. 232. Agricultural genome initiative.
Subtitle D—National Research Initiative
Sec. 241. Waiver of matching requirement for certain small colleges and univer-
sities.
Subtitle E—Other Existing Laws
Sec. 251. Findings, authorities, and competitive research grants under Forest
and Rangeland Renewable Resources Research Act of 1978.
TITLE III—EXTENSION OR REPEAL OF RESEARCH,
EXTENSION, AND EDUCATION INITIATIVES
Subtitle A—Extensions
Sec. 301. National Research Initiative under Competitive, Special, and Facili-
ties Research Grant Act.
Sec. 302. Equity in Educational Land-Grant Status Act of 1994.
Sec. 303 Education grants programs for Hispanic-serving institutions.
Sec. 304. General authorization for agricultural research programs.
Sec. 305. General authorization for extension education.
TITLE IV—MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Sec. 401. Role of Secretary of Agriculture regarding food and agricultural
sciences research, education, and extension.
Sec. 402. Office of Pest Management Policy.
Sec. 403. Sense of Congress regarding importance of school-based agricultural
education.
TITLE I—COORDINATION, PLAN-
NING, AND DEFINITIONS RE-
GARDING AGRICULTURAL RE-
SEARCH, 
EXTENSION, 
AND
EDUCATION
SEC. 101. PRIORITIES AND MANAGEMENT PRINCIPLES FOR
FEDERALLY SUPPORTED AND CONDUCTED
AGRICULTURAL 
RESEARCH, 
EDUCATION,
AND EXTENSION.
(a) PRIORITY SETTING PROCESS.—Section 1402 of
the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and
Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3101) is amend-
ed—
(2) by inserting ‘‘(a) PURPOSES.—’’ before
‘‘The purposes’’; and
(3) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section:
‘‘(3) achieves agricultural research, education,
and extension objectives through multi-institutional
and multifunctional approaches and by conducting
research at facilities and institutions best equipped
to achieve those objectives.’’.
(c) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The heading of such
section is amended by inserting ‘‘, PRIORITIES, AND
MANAGEMENT PRINCIPLES’’ after ‘‘PURPOSES’’;
SEC. 102. PRINCIPAL DEFINITIONS REGARDING AGRICUL-
TURAL RESEARCH, EDUCATION, AND EXTEN-
SION.
(a) FOOD
AND AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES.—Para-
graph (8) of section 1404 of the National Agricultural Re-
search, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7
U.S.C. 3103) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(8) FOOD
AND
AGRICULTURAL
SCIENCES.—
The term ‘food and agricultural sciences’ means
basic, applied, and developmental research, exten-
sion, and teaching activities in food and fiber, agri-
cultural, renewable natural resources, forestry, and
physical and social sciences, including (but not lim-
ited to) activities relating to the following:
‘‘(A) Animal health, production, and well-
being.
‘‘(B) Plant health and production.
‘‘(C) Animal and plant germ plasm collec-
tion and preservation.
‘‘(D) Aquaculture.
‘‘(E) Food safety.
‘‘(F) Soil and water conservation and im-
provement.
‘‘(G) Forestry, horticulture, and range
management.
‘‘(H) Nutritional sciences and promotion.
‘‘(I) Farm enhancement, including finan-
cial management, input efficiency, and profit-
ability.
‘‘(J) Home economics.
‘‘(K) Rural human ecology.
‘‘(L) Youth development and agricultural
education, including 4–H.
‘‘(M) Expansion of domestic and inter-
national markets for agricultural commodities
and products, including agricultural trade bar-
rier identification and comprehension.
‘‘(N) Information management and tech-
nology transfer related to agriculture.
‘‘(O) 
Biotechnology 
related 
to 
agri-
culture.’’.
(b) REFERENCES TO TEACHING OR EDUCATION.—
Paragraph (14) of such section is amended by striking
‘‘the term ‘teaching’ means’’ and inserting ‘‘TEACHING
AND EDUCATION.—The terms ‘teaching’ and ‘education’
mean’’.
(c) APPLICATION
OF DEFINITIONS
TO AGRICUL-
TURAL RESEARCH, EXTENSION, AND EDUCATION.—Such
section is further amended by striking the section heading
and all that follows through the matter preceding para-
graph (1) and inserting the following:
‘‘SEC. 1404. PRINCIPAL DEFINITIONS REGARDING AGRICUL-
TURAL RESEARCH, EDUCATION, AND EXTEN-
SION.
‘‘When used in this title or any other law relating
to any research, extension, or education activities of the
Department of Agriculture regarding the food and agricul-
tural sciences (unless the context requires otherwise):’’.
(d) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Such section is
further amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘the term’’ in paragraphs (1),
(2), (3), (5), (6), (7), (10) through (13), and (15),
(16), and (17) and inserting ‘‘The term’’,
(2) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘the terms’’
and inserting ‘‘The terms’’;
(3) in paragraph (9), by striking ‘‘the term’’
the first place it appears and inserting ‘‘The term’’;
(4) by striking the semicolon at the end of
paragraphs (1) through (7) and (9) through (15)
and inserting a period; and
(5) in paragraph (16)(F), by striking ‘‘; and’’
and inserting a period.
SEC. 103. CONSULTATION WITH NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL
RESEARCH, EXTENSION, EDUCATION, AND
ECONOMICS ADVISORY BOARD.
Subsection (d) of section 1408 of the National Agri-
cultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of
1977 (7 U.S.C. 3123) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(d) CONSULTATION.—
‘‘(1) AS AFFECTING ADVISORY BOARD.—In car-
rying out this section, the Advisory Board shall so-
licit opinions and recommendations from persons
who will benefit from and use federally funded agri-
cultural research, extension, education, and econom-
ics.
‘‘(2) AS AFFECTING SECRETARY.—To comply
with a provision of this title or any other law that
requires the Secretary to consult or cooperate with
the Advisory Board or that authorizes the Advisory
Board to submit recommendations to the Secretary,
the Secretary shall—
‘‘(A) solicit the written opinions and rec-
ommendations of the Advisory Board; and
‘‘(B) provide a written response to the Ad-
visory Board regarding the manner and extent
to which the Secretary will implement rec-
ommendations 
submitted 
by 
the 
Advisory
Board.’’.
SEC. 104. RELEVANCE AND MERIT OF FEDERALLY FUNDED
AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH, EXTENSION, AND
EDUCATION.
(a) REVIEW OF RELEVANCE AND MERIT.—Subtitle
K of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and
Teaching Policy Act of 1977 is amended by inserting be-
fore section 1463 (7 U.S.C. 3311) the following new sec-
tion:
‘‘SEC. 1461. RELEVANCE AND MERIT OF FEDERALLY FUND-
ED AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH, EXTENSION,
AND EDUCATION.
‘‘(a) REVIEW OF COOPERATIVE STATE RESEARCH,
EDUCATION, AND EXTENSION SERVICE.—
‘‘(1) PEER REVIEW OF RESEARCH GRANTS.—
The Secretary shall establish procedures that pro-
vide for scientific peer review of each agricultural re-
search grant administered, on a competitive basis,
by the Cooperative State Research, Education, and
Extension Service.
‘‘(2) MERIT REVIEW OF EXTENSION AND EDU-
CATION.—The Secretary shall establish procedures
that provide for merit review of each agricultural ex-
tension or education grant administered, on a com-
petitive basis, by the Cooperative State Research,
Education, and Extension Service. The Secretary
shall consult with the Advisory Board in establishing
such merit review procedures.
‘‘(b) REQUESTS FOR PROPOSALS; EVALUATION.—
‘‘(1) CONSULTATION WITH ADVISORY BOARD.—
When formulating a request for proposals involving
an agricultural research, extension, or education ac-
tivity funded, on a competitive basis, by the Sec-
retary, and when evaluating proposals submitted in
response to such a request, the Secretary shall con-
sult with the Advisory Board
‘‘(2) USER INPUT.—In formulating a request
for proposals described in paragraph (1), the Sec-
retary shall solicit and consider input from users of
agricultural research, extension, and education con-
cerning the prior year’s request for proposals.
(b) REPEAL
OF PROVISIONS
FOR WITHHOLDING
FUNDS.—
(1) SMITH-LEVER
ACT.—Section 6 of the
Smith-Lever Act (7 U.S.C. 346) is repealed.
(2) HATCH
ACT
OF
1887.—Section 7 of the
Hatch Act of 1887 (7 U.S.C. 361g) is amended by
striking the last paragraph.
(3) NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH, EX-
TENSION, AND TEACHING POLICY ACT OF 1977.—The
National Agricultural Research, Extension, and
Teaching Policy Act of 1977 is amended—
(A) in section 1444 (7 U.S.C. 3221)—
(i) by striking subsection (f); and
(ii) by redesignating subsection (g) as
subsection (f);
(B) in section 1445(g) (7 U.S.C. 3222(g)),
by striking paragraph (3); and
(C) by striking section 1468 (7 U.S.C.
3314).
SEC. 105. EXPANSION OF AUTHORITY TO ENTER INTO
COST-REIMBURSABLE AGREEMENTS.
Section 1473A of the National Agricultural Research,
Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C.
3319a) is amended in the first sentence by inserting ‘‘or
other colleges and universities’’ after ‘‘institutions’’.
TITLE II—REFORM OF EXISTING
RESEARCH, EXTENSION, AND
EDUCATION AUTHORITIES
Subtitle A—Smith-Lever Act and
Hatch Act of 1887
SEC. 201. ADOPTION OF SHORT TITLES FOR SMITH-LEVER
ACT AND HATCH ACT OF 1887.
(a) SMITH-LEVER ACT.—The Act of May 8, 1914
(commonly known as the Smith-Lever Act; 7 U.S.C. 341
et seq.), is amended by adding at the end the following
new section:
‘‘SEC. 11. SHORT TITLE.
‘‘This Act may be cited as the ‘Smith-Lever Act’.’’.
(b) HATCH ACT OF 1887.—The Act of March 2,
1887 (commonly known as the Hatch Act of 1887; 7
U.S.C. 361a et seq.), is amended by adding at the end
the following new section:
‘‘SEC. 10. SHORT TITLE.
‘‘This Act may be cited as the ‘Hatch Act of 1887’.’’.
(c) COORDINATION WITH OTHER AMENDMENTS.—
For purposes of executing amendments made by provi-
sions of this Act other than this section, this section shall
be treated as having been enacted immediately before the
other provisions of this Act.
SEC. 202. EXPANDED ELIGIBILITY OF COLLEGES AND UNI-
VERSITIES FOR EXTENSION FUNDING.
Subsection (d) of section 3 of the Smith-Lever Act
(7 U.S.C. 343) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(d) FUNDS FOR COORDINATING EXTENSION AC-
TIVITIES AND ADMINISTRATIVE, TECHNICAL, AND OTHER
SERVICES.—
‘‘(1) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—The Secretary
shall receive such amounts as Congress shall deter-
mine for administrative, technical, and other services
and for coordinating the extension work of the De-
partment and the States.
‘‘(2) ELIGIBILITY OF COLLEGES AND UNIVER-
SITIES FOR EXTENSION FUNDING.—A college or uni-
versity (as such terms are defined in section 1404(4)
of the National Agricultural Research, Extension,
and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C.
3103(4))), including a foundation established by a
college or university, shall be eligible for extension
funds provided to the Secretary under paragraph
(1). The Secretary shall award such funds to col-
leges and universities on a competitive basis unless
the funds are required to be provided under a statu-
tory formula.’’.
SEC. 203. CONSISTENT MATCHING FUNDS REQUIREMENTS
UNDER HATCH ACT OF 1887 AND SMITH-
LEVER ACT.
(a) HATCH ACT OF 1887.—Subsection (d) of section
3 of the Hatch Act of 1887 (7 U.S.C. 361c) is amended
to read as follows:
‘‘(d) MATCHING FUNDS.—
‘‘(1) REQUIREMENT.—Except as provided in
paragraph (4), no allotment shall be made to a State
under subsections (b) and (c), and no payments of
such allotment shall be made to a State, in excess
of the amount which the State makes available out
of non-Federal funds for agricultural research and
for the establishment and maintenance of facilities
for the performance of such research.
‘‘(2) 
FAILURE
TO
PROVIDE
MATCHING
FUNDS.—If a State fails to comply with the require-
ment to provide matching funds for a fiscal year
under paragraph (1), the Secretary of Agriculture
shall withhold from payment to the State for that
fiscal year an amount equal to the difference be-
tween—
‘‘(A) the amount that would be allotted
and paid to the State under subsections (b) and
(c) (if the full amount of matching funds were
provided by the State); and
‘‘(B) the amount of matching funds actu-
ally provided by the State.
‘‘(3) REAPPORTIONMENT.—The Secretary shall
reapportion amounts withheld under paragraph (2)
for a fiscal year among the States satisfying the
matching requirement for that fiscal year.
‘‘(4) EXCEPTION.—Paragraph (1) shall not
apply to funds provided to a State from the Regional
research fund, State agricultural experiment sta-
tions, under subsection (c)3.’’.
(b) SMITH-LEVER ACT.—Section 3 of the Smith-
Lever Act (7 U.S.C. 343) is amended—
(1) in subsection (c)2, by striking ‘‘That pay-
ments’’ and all that follows through ‘‘Provided fur-
ther,’’; and
(2) by striking subsection (e) and inserting the
following new subsection:
‘‘(e) MATCHING FUNDS.—
‘‘(1) REQUIREMENT.—No allotment shall be
made to a State under subsections (b) and (c), and
no payments of such allotment shall be made to a
State, in excess of the amount which the State
makes available out of non-Federal funds for cooper-
ative extension work.
‘‘(2) 
FAILURE
TO
PROVIDE
MATCHING
FUNDS.—If a State fails to comply with the require-
ment to provide matching funds for a fiscal year
under paragraph (1), the Secretary of Agriculture
shall withhold from payment to the State for that
fiscal year an amount equal to the difference be-
tween—
‘‘(A) the amount that would be allotted
and paid to the State under subsections (b) and
(c) (if the full amount of matching funds were
provided by the State); and
‘‘(B) the amount of matching funds actu-
ally provided by the State.
‘‘(3) REAPPORTIONMENT.—The Secretary shall
reapportion amounts withheld under paragraph (2)
for a fiscal year among the States satisfying the
matching requirement for that fiscal year.
‘‘(4) SPECIAL RULE FOR 1994 INSTITUTIONS.—
There shall be no matching requirement for funds
made available to 1994 Institutions pursuant to sub-
section (b)(3).’’.
(c) TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS.—
(1) RECOGNITION OF STATEHOOD OF ALASKA
AND HAWAII.—Section 1 of the Hatch Act of 1887
(7 U.S.C. 361a) is amended by striking ‘‘Alaska,
Hawaii,’’.
(2) ROLE OF SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE.—
Section 3 of the Smith-Lever Act (7 U.S.C. 343) is
amended—
(1) in subsection (b)(1), by striking ‘‘Federal
Extension Service’’ and inserting ‘‘Secretary of Agri-
culture’’;
(2) in subsection (c)1, by striking ‘‘Federal Ex-
tension Service’’ and inserting ‘‘Secretary of Agri-
culture’’; and
(3) in subsection (g)(1), by striking ‘‘through
the Federal Extension Service’’.
SEC. 204. USE OF FUNDS FOR MULTI-STATE AND MULTI-IN-
STITUTIONAL 
ACTIVITIES 
UNDER 
SMITH-
LEVER ACT.
(a) MULTI-STATE AND MULTI-INSTITUTIONAL USE
REQUIRED.—Section 3 of the Smith-Lever Act (7 U.S.C.
343) is amended by striking subsection (f) and inserting
the following new subsection:
‘‘(f) MULTI-STATE AND MULTI-INSTITUTIONAL CO-
OPERATIVE EXTENSION ACTIVITIES.—
‘‘(1) DETERMINATION OF PAST PRACTICES.—
The Secretary of Agriculture shall determine for
each State the percentage of Federal funds provided
under subsections (b) and (c) for fiscal years 1997
and 1998, that the State expended for cooperative
extension activities in which—
‘‘(A) two or more States cooperated to
solve problems that concerned more than one
State; or
‘‘(B) more than one educational institution
in the State cooperated to solve problems that
concerned the State.
‘‘(2) REQUIRED
EXPENDITURES.—For fiscal
year 1999 and each fiscal year thereafter, a State
shall expend for multi-state or multi-institutional ac-
tivities described in paragraph (1) not less than 25
percent of the Federal funds provided to the State
under subsections (b) and (c) for that fiscal year.
‘‘(3) REDUCTION IN PERCENTAGE.—The Sec-
retary, by rule, may reduce the percentage specified
in paragraph (2) for all States if the Secretary de-
termines, based on the examination of past practices
under paragraph (1), that a majority of States will
be unable to satisfy the multi-state and multi-insti-
tutional activities requirement. The Secretary may
not reduce the percentage on a State-by-State basis.
‘‘(4) APPLICABILITY.—This subsection does not
apply to funds provided—
‘‘(A) by a State or local government pursu-
ant to a matching requirement;
‘‘(B) to a 1994 Institution (as defined in
section 532 of the Equity in Educational Land-
Grant Status Act of 1994 (Public Law 103–
382; 7 U.S.C. 301 note)); or
‘‘(C) to the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico,
the Virgin Islands, or Guam.’’.
SEC. 205. TRANSFER OF SMITH-LEVER ACT AND HATCH ACT
OF 1887 FUNDS BETWEEN RESEARCH AND EX-
TENSION ACTIVITIES.
(a) SMITH-LEVER ACT.—Section 3 of the Smith-
Lever Act (7 U.S.C. 343) is amended by adding at the
end the following new subsection:
‘‘(h) TRANSFER TO RESEARCH ACTIVITIES.—
‘‘(1) TRANSFER
AUTHORIZED.—Of the funds
provided to a State under subsections (b) and (c)
(other than funds expended by a State under sub-
section (k)) for a fiscal year for cooperative agricul-
tural extension work, the State may use an amount
not to exceed the percentage specified in paragraph
(2) for that fiscal year for agricultural research ac-
tivities authorized under the Hatch Act of 1887 (7
U.S.C. 361a et seq.).
‘‘(2) LIMITATION.—The amount that a State
may transfer to research and education activities
under paragraph (1) may not exceed—
‘‘(A) for fiscal year 1998, 10 percent;
‘‘(B) for fiscal year 1999, 15 percent;
‘‘(C) for fiscal year 2000, 20 percent; and
‘‘(D) for fiscal year 2001 and each fiscal
year thereafter, 25 percent.’’.
(b) HATCH ACT OF 1887.—Section 3 of the Hatch
Act of 1887 (7 U.S.C. 361c) is amended by adding at the
end the following new subsection:
‘‘(h) TRANSFER TO EXTENSION ACTIVITIES.—
‘‘(1) TRANSFER
AUTHORIZED.—Of the funds
provided to a State under this section (other than
funds allotted for the Regional research fund, State
agricultural experiment stations) for a fiscal year for
State agricultural experiment station work, the State
may use an amount not to exceed the percentage
specified in paragraph (2) for that fiscal year for co-
operative agricultural extension work authorized
under the Smith-Lever Act (7 U.S.C. 341 et seq.).
‘‘(2) LIMITATION.—The amount that a State
may transfer to cooperative agricultural extension
work under paragraph (1) may not exceed—
‘‘(A) for fiscal year 1998, 10 percent;
‘‘(B) for fiscal year 1999, 15 percent;
‘‘(C) for fiscal year 2000, 20 percent; and
‘‘(D) for fiscal year 2001 and each fiscal
year thereafter, 25 percent.’’.
SEC. 206. PLANS OF WORK TO ADDRESS CRITICAL RE-
SEARCH AND EXTENSION ISSUES AND USE OF
PROTOCOLS 
TO 
MEASURE 
SUCCESS 
OF
PLANS.
(a) SMITH-LEVER ACT.—Section 4 of the Smith-
Lever Act (7 U.S.C. 344) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘SEC. 4.’’ and inserting the fol-
lowing:
‘‘SEC. 4. ASCERTAINMENT OF ENTITLEMENT OF STATE TO
FUNDS, TIME AND MANNER OF PAYMENT,
STATE 
REPORTING 
REQUIREMENTS, 
AND
PLANS FOR WORK.
‘‘(a) ASCERTAINMENT OF ENTITLEMENT.—’’;
(2) in the last sentence, by striking ‘‘Such
sums’’ and inserting the following:
‘‘(b) TIME AND MANNER OF PAYMENT; RELATED
REPORTS.—The amount to which a State is entitled’’; and
(3) by adding at the end the following new sub-
sections:
‘‘(c) REQUIREMENTS
RELATED
TO
PLAN
OF
WORK.—Each extension plan of work for a State required
under subsection (a) shall contain descriptions of the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(1) The critical short-term, intermediate, and
long-term agricultural issues in the State and the
current and planned extension programs and
projects targeted to address such issues.
‘‘(2) The process established to consult with ex-
tension users regarding the identification of critical
agricultural issues in the State and the development
of extension programs and projects targeted to ad-
dress such issues.
‘‘(3) Other colleges and universities in the State
and other States that have unique capacity to ad-
dress the identified agricultural issues in the State.
‘‘(4) The current and emerging efforts to work
with these other institutions and States to build on
each other’s experience and take advantage of each
institution’s unique capacities, including the manner
in which the State will meet the multi-State and
multi-institutional activities requirement of section
3(f).
‘‘(5) The manner in which research and exten-
sion, including research and extension activities
funded other than through formula funds, will co-
operate to address the critical issues in the State, in-