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Subtitle B—Food, Agriculture, Con-
servation, and Trade Act of 1990 
SEC. 7201. BEST UTILIZATION OF BIOLOGICAL APPLICA-
TIONS. 
Section 1624 of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, 
and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 5814) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘$40,000,000 for each fiscal 
year’’; and 
(2) by inserting ‘‘$40,000,000 for each of fiscal 
years 2014 through 2018’’ after ‘‘chapter’’. 
SEC. 7202. INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS. 
Section 1627 of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, 
and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 5821) is amended by 
striking subsection (d) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
through the National Institute of Food and Agriculture 
$20,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2018.’’. 
SEC. 7203. SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE TECHNOLOGY DE-
VELOPMENT AND TRANSFER PROGRAM. 
Section 1628 of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, 
and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 5831) is amended by 
striking subsection (f) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
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such sums as are necessary for each of fiscal years 2014 
through 2018.’’. 
SEC. 7204. NATIONAL TRAINING PROGRAM. 
Section 1629 of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, 
and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 5832) is amended by 
striking subsection (i) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(i) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated to carry out the National 
Training Program $20,000,000 for each of fiscal years 
2014 through 2018.’’. 
SEC. 7205. NATIONAL GENETICS RESOURCES PROGRAM. 
Section 1635(b) of the Food, Agriculture, Conserva-
tion, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 5844(b)) is amend-
ed— 
(1) by striking ‘‘such funds as may be nec-
essary’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘subtitle’’ and all that follows 
and inserting the following: ‘‘subtitle— 
‘‘(1) such sums as are necessary for each of fis-
cal years 1991 through 2013; and 
‘‘(2) $1,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2014 
through 2018.’’. 
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SEC. 7206. NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL WEATHER INFORMA-
TION SYSTEM. 
Section 1641(c) of the Food, Agriculture, Conserva-
tion, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 5855(c)) is amend-
ed by inserting ‘‘and $1,000,000 for each of fiscal years 
2014 through 2018’’ before the period at the end. 
SEC. 7207. AGRICULTURAL GENOME INITIATIVE. 
Section 1671(c) of the Food, Agriculture, Conserva-
tion, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 5924(c)) is amend-
ed by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(3) CONSORTIA.—The Secretary shall encour-
age awards under this section to consortia of eligible 
entities.’’. 
SEC. 7208. HIGH-PRIORITY RESEARCH AND EXTENSION INI-
TIATIVES. 
Section 1672 of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, 
and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 5925) is amended— 
(1) in the first sentence of subsection (a), by 
striking ‘‘subsections (e) through (i) of’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)(2)— 
(A) by striking the first sentence and in-
serting the following: 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—To facilitate the mak-
ing of research and extension grants under sub-
section (d), the Secretary may appoint a task 
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force to make recommendations to the Sec-
retary.’’; and 
(B) in the second sentence, by striking 
‘‘The Secretary may not incur costs in excess of 
$1,000 for any fiscal year in connection with 
each’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘(B) COSTS.—The Secretary may not 
incur costs in excess of $1,000 for any fiscal 
year in connection with a’’; 
(3) in subsection (e)— 
(A) by striking paragraphs (1) through 
(5), (7), (8), (11) through (43), (47), (48), 
(51), and (52); 
(B) by redesignating paragraphs (6), (9), 
(10), (44), (45), (46), (49), and (50) as para-
graphs (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), and (8), 
respectively; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(9) CERVIDAE INITIATIVE.—Research and ex-
tension grants may be made under this section to 
support collaborative research focusing on the devel-
opment of viable strategies for the prevention, diag-
nosis, and treatment of parasites and diseases of 
farmed deer and elk such as epizootic hemorrhagic 
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disease and chronic wasting disease and the map-
ping of the cervid genome. 
‘‘(10) CORN, SOYBEAN MEAL, CEREAL GRAINS, 
AND
GRAIN
BYPRODUCTS
RESEARCH
AND
EXTEN-
SION.—Research and extension grants may be made 
under this section for the purpose of carrying out or 
enhancing research to improve the digestibility, nu-
tritional value, and efficiency of use of corn, soybean 
meal, cereal grains, and grain byproducts for the 
poultry and food animal production industries.’’; 
(4) by striking subsections (f), (g), and (i); 
(5) by redesignating subsections (h) and (j) as 
subsections (j) and (k), respectively; 
(6) by inserting after subsection (e) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(f) PULSE HEALTH INITIATIVE.— 
‘‘(1) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection; 
‘‘(A) INITIATIVE.—The term ‘Initiative’ 
means the pulse health initiative established by 
paragraph (2). 
‘‘(B) PULSE.—The term ‘pulse’ means dry 
beans, dry peas, lentils, and chickpeas or 
garbanzo beans. 
‘‘(2) ESTABLISHMENT.—Notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, during the period beginning 
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