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‘‘(G) Each extension program available to
1890 Institutions established under sections 1444
and 1464 of the National Agricultural Research,
Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7
U.S.C. 3221, 3312).
‘‘(H) The program established under section
1445 of the National Agricultural Research, Ex-
tension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7
U.S.C. 3222) (commonly known as the ‘Evans-
Allen Program’).
‘‘(I) The program providing grants to up-
grade agricultural and food sciences facilities at
1890 Institutions established under section 1447
of the National Agricultural Research, Exten-
sion, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C.
3222b).
‘‘(J) The program providing distance edu-
cation grants for insular areas established under
section 1490 of the National Agricultural Re-
search, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of
1977 (7 U.S.C. 3362).
‘‘(K) The program providing resident in-
struction grants for insular areas established
under section 1491 of the National Agricultural
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Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of
1977 (7 U.S.C. 3363).
‘‘(L) Each program available to 1890 Insti-
tutions established under section 406 of the Agri-
cultural Research, Extension, and Education Re-
form Act of 1998 (7 U.S.C. 7626).
‘‘(M) The program providing competitive
extension grants to eligible 1994 Institutions
under section 1464 of National Agricultural Re-
search, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of
1977 (7 U.S.C. 3312) and the Equity in Edu-
cational Land-Grant Status Act of 1994 (Public
Law 103–382; 7 U.S.C. 301 note) established
under section 406 of the Agricultural Research,
Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 (7
U.S.C. 7626).
‘‘(N) Each research and development and
related program established under Public Law
87–788 (commonly known as the ‘McIntire-Sten-
nis Cooperative Forestry Act’) (16 U.S.C. 582a
et seq.).
‘‘(O) Each program established under the
Renewable Resources Extension Act of 1978 (16
U.S.C. 1671 et seq.).
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‘‘(P) Each program providing funding to
Hispanic-serving agricultural colleges under sec-
tion 1456 of the National Agricultural Research,
Extension and Teaching Policy Act of 1977.
‘‘(Q) The administration and management
of the farm energy education and technical as-
sistance program carried out under section 9005
of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act
of 2002.
‘‘(R) Other programs, including any pro-
grams added by amendments made by title VII
of the Food and Energy Security Act of 2007
that are infrastructure programs, as determined
by the Secretary.
‘‘(5) INSTITUTE.—The term ‘Institute’ means the
National Institute of Food and Agriculture established
by subsection (b)(1)(A).
‘‘(b) ESTABLISHMENT OF NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR
FOOD AND AGRICULTURE.—
‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—There is established
within the Department an agency to be known
as the ‘National Institute of Food and Agri-
culture’.
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‘‘(B) LOCATION.—The location of the Insti-
tute shall be in Washington, District of Colum-
bia, as determined by the Secretary.
‘‘(C) MEMBERS.—The Institute shall consist
of—
‘‘(i) the Director;
‘‘(ii) the individual offices established
under subsection (e); and
‘‘(iii) the staff and employees of Na-
tional Institute for Food and Agriculture.
‘‘(2) TRANSFER
OF
AUTHORITIES.—There are
transferred to the Institute the authorities (including
all budget authorities and personnel), duties, obliga-
tions, and related legal and administrative functions
prescribed by law or otherwise granted to the Sec-
retary, the Department, or any other agency or offi-
cial of the Department under—
‘‘(A) the infrastructure programs;
‘‘(B) the competitive programs;
‘‘(C) the research, education, economic, co-
operative State research programs, cooperative
extension and education programs, international
programs, and other functions and authorities
delegated by the Secretary to the Administrator
of the Cooperative State Research, Education,
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and Extension Service pursuant to section 2.66
of title 7, Code of Federal Regulations (or suc-
cessor regulations); and
‘‘(D) any and all other authorities adminis-
tered by the Administrator of the Cooperative
State Research, Education, and Extension Serv-
ice.
‘‘(3) 
CONSOLIDATION
OF
AUTHORITIES.—To
carry out this Act, in accordance with the transfer
and continuation of the authorities, budgetary func-
tions, and personnel resources under this subsection,
the administrative entity within the Department
known as the Cooperative State Research, Education,
and Extension Service shall terminate on the earlier
of—
‘‘(A) October 1, 2008; or
‘‘(B) such earlier date as the Director deter-
mines to be appropriate.
‘‘(c) DIRECTOR.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Institute shall be headed
by a Director, who shall be an individual who is—
‘‘(A) a distinguished scientist; and
‘‘(B) appointed by the President (after tak-
ing into consideration recommendations made by
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the National Academy of Sciences), by and with
the advice and consent of the Senate.
‘‘(2) TERM.—The Director shall serve for a sin-
gle, 6-year term.
‘‘(3) SUPERVISION.—The Director shall report
directly to the Secretary.
‘‘(4) COMPENSATION.—The Director shall receive
basic pay at the rate provided for level II of the Exec-
utive Schedule under section 5513 of title 5, United
States Code.
‘‘(5) AUTHORITY AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF DI-
RECTOR.—
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Except as otherwise
specifically provided in this section, the Director
shall—
‘‘(i) exercise all of the authority pro-
vided to the Institute by this section;
‘‘(ii) formulate programs in accordance
with policies adopted by the Institute;
‘‘(iii) establish offices within the Insti-
tute;
‘‘(iv) establish procedures for the peer
review of research funded by the Institute;
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‘‘(v) establish procedures for the provi-
sion and administration of grants by the
Institute in accordance with this section;
‘‘(vi) assess the personnel needs of agri-
cultural research in the areas supported by
the Institute, and, if determined to be ap-
propriate by the Director, for other areas of
food and agricultural research;
‘‘(vii) plan programs that will help
meet agricultural personnel needs in the fu-
ture, including portable fellowship and
training programs in fundamental agricul-
tural research and fundamental science; and
‘‘(viii) consult regularly with the Na-
tional Agricultural Research, Extension,
Education, and Economics Advisory Board.
‘‘(B) FINALITY
OF
ACTIONS.—An action
taken by the Director in accordance with this
section shall be final and binding upon the Insti-
tute.
‘‘(C) DELEGATION AND REDELEGATION OF
FUNCTIONS.—
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided
in clause (ii), the Director may, from time
to time and as the Director considers to be
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appropriate, authorize the performance by
any other officer, agency, or employee of the
Institute of any of the functions of the Di-
rector under this section.
‘‘(ii) CONTRACTS, GRANTS, AND OTHER
ARRANGEMENTS.—The Director may enter
into contracts and other arrangements, and
provide grants, in accordance with this sec-
tion.
‘‘(iii) FORMULATION OF PROGRAMS.—
The formulation of programs in accordance
with the policies of the Institute shall be
carried out by the Director.
‘‘(6) STAFF.—The Director shall recruit and hire
such senior staff and other personnel as are necessary
to assist the Director in carrying out this section.
‘‘(7) REPORTING AND CONSULTATION.—The Di-
rector shall—
‘‘(A) periodically report to the Secretary
with respect to activities carried out by the Insti-
tute; and
‘‘(B) consult regularly with the Secretary to
ensure, to the maximum extent practicable,
that—
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‘‘(i) research of the Institute is relevant
to agriculture in the United States and oth-
erwise serves the national interest; and
‘‘(ii) the research of the Institute sup-
plements and enhances, and does not re-
place, research conducted or funded by—
‘‘(I) other agencies of the Depart-
ment;
‘‘(II) the National Science Foun-
dation; or
‘‘(III) the National Institutes of
Health.
‘‘(d) POWERS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Institute shall have such
authority as is necessary to carry out this section, in-
cluding the authority—
‘‘(A) to promulgate such regulations as the
Institute considers to be necessary for governance
of operations, organization, and personnel;
‘‘(B) to make such expenditures as are nec-
essary to carry out this section;
‘‘(C) to enter into contracts or other ar-
rangements, or modifications of contracts or
other arrangements—
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‘‘(i) to provide for the conduct, by or-
ganizations or individuals in the United
States (including other agencies of the De-
partment, Federal agencies, and agencies of
foreign countries), of such agricultural re-
search or related activities as the Institute
considers to be necessary to carry out this
section; and
‘‘(ii) for the conduct of such specific
agricultural research as is in the national
interest or is otherwise of critical impor-
tance, as determined by the Secretary, with
the concurrence of the Institute;
‘‘(D) to make advance, progress, and other
payments relating to research and scientific ac-
tivities without regard to subsections (a) and (b)
of section 3324 of title 31, United States Code;
‘‘(E) to receive and use donated funds, if the
funds are donated without restriction other than
that the funds be used in furtherance of 1 or
more of the purposes of the Institute;
‘‘(F) to publish or arrange for the publica-
tion of research and scientific information to
further the full dissemination of information of
scientific value consistent with the national in-
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terest, without regard to section 501 of title 44,
United States Code;
‘‘(G)(i) to accept and use the services of vol-
untary and uncompensated personnel; and
‘‘(ii) to provide such transportation and
subsistence as are authorized by section 5703 of
title 5, United States Code, for individuals serv-
ing without compensation;
‘‘(H) to prescribe, with the approval of the
Comptroller General of the United States, the ex-
tent to which vouchers for funds expended under
contracts for scientific or engineering research
shall be subject to itemization or substantiation
prior to payment, without regard to the limita-
tions of other laws relating to the expenditure
and accounting of public funds;
‘‘(I) to reimburse the Secretary, and the
heads of other Federal agencies, for the perform-
ance of any activity that the Institute is author-
ized to conduct; and
‘‘(J) to enter into contracts, at the request
of the Secretary, for the carrying out of such spe-
cific agricultural research as is in the national
interest or otherwise of critical importance, as
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determined by the Secretary, with the consent of
the Institute.
‘‘(2) TRANSFER OF RESEARCH FUNDS OF OTHER
DEPARTMENTS OR AGENCIES.—Funds available to the
Secretary, or any other department or agency of the
Federal Government, for agricultural or scientific re-
search shall be—
‘‘(A) available for transfer, with the ap-
proval of the Secretary or the head of the other
appropriate department or agency involved, in
whole or in part, to the Institute for use in pro-
viding grants in accordance with the purposes
for which the funds were made available; and
‘‘(B) if so transferred, expendable by the In-
stitute for those purposes.
‘‘(e) OFFICES.—
‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT OF OFFICES.—
‘‘(A) OFFICE OF THE AGRICULTURAL RE-
SEARCH, 
EXTENSION, 
AND
EDUCATION
NET-
WORK.—
‘‘(i) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Director
shall establish within the Institute an Office
of the Agricultural Research, Extension,
and Education Network (referred to in this
subparagraph as the ‘Office’).
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‘‘(ii) DUTIES.—At the discretion of the
Director, the Office shall have responsibility
for all infrastructure programs.
‘‘(B) OFFICE OF COMPETITIVE PROGRAMS
FOR FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH.—
‘‘(i) DEFINITION OF FUNDAMENTAL RE-
SEARCH.—In this subparagraph, the term
‘fundamental 
research’ 
means 
research
that—
‘‘(I) is directed toward greater
knowledge or understanding of the fun-
damental aspects of phenomena and
has the potential for broad, rather than
specific, application; and
‘‘(II) has an effect on agriculture,
food, nutrition, human health, or an-
other purpose of this section.
‘‘(ii) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Director
shall establish within the Institute an Office
of Competitive Programs for Fundamental
Research (referred to in this subparagraph
as the ‘Office’).
‘‘(iii) DUTIES.—At the discretion of
the Director, the Office shall have responsi-
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bility for all competitive programs relating
to fundamental research.
‘‘(C) OFFICE
OF
COMPETITIVE
PROGRAMS
FOR APPLIED RESEARCH.—
‘‘(i) DEFINITION
OF
APPLIED
RE-
SEARCH.—In this subparagraph, the term
‘applied research’ means research that ex-
pands on the findings of fundamental re-
search to uncover practical ways in which
new knowledge can be advanced to benefit
individuals and society.
‘‘(ii) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Director
shall establish within the Institute an Office
of Competitive Programs for Applied Re-
search (referred to in this subparagraph as
the ‘Office’).
‘‘(iii) DUTIES.—At the discretion of
the Director, the Office shall have responsi-
bility for all competitive programs relating
to applied research.
‘‘(D) OFFICE OF COMPETITIVE PROGRAMS
FOR EDUCATION AND OTHER PURPOSES.—
‘‘(i) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Director
shall establish within the Institute an Office
of Competitive Programs for Education and
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Other Purposes (referred to in this subpara-
graph as the ‘Office’).
‘‘(ii) DUTIES.—At the discretion of the
Director, the Office shall have responsibility
for all competitive programs that provide
education fellowships and other education-
related grants.
‘‘(2) COMPETITIVE
PROGRAMS
FOR
FUNDA-
MENTAL AND APPLIED RESEARCH.—
‘‘(A) DEFINITION OF A COMPETITIVE PRO-
GRAM
FOR
FUNDAMENTAL
AND
APPLIED
RE-
SEARCH.—In this paragraph, the term ‘competi-
tive program for fundamental and applied re-
search’ means—
‘‘(i) the competitive grant program es-
tablished under section 2 of the Competitive,
Special, and Facilities Research Grant Act
(7 U.S.C. 450i), commonly known as the
‘National Research Initiative Competitive
Grants Program’; and
‘‘(ii) any other competitive program
within the Institute that funds both funda-
mental and applied research, as determined
by the Director.
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‘‘(B) PROGRAM
ALLOCATIONS.—For pur-
poses of determining which Office established
under paragraph (1) should have primary re-
sponsibility for administering grants under a
competitive program for fundamental and ap-
plied research, the Director shall—
‘‘(i) determine whether the grant under
the competitive program for fundamental
and applied research is principally related
to fundamental or applied research; and
‘‘(ii) assign the grant to the appro-
priate Office.
‘‘(3) RESPONSIBILITY OF THE DIRECTOR.—The
Director shall ensure that the Offices established
under paragraph (1) coordinate with each other Of-
fice for maximum efficiency.
‘‘(f) REPORTING.—The Director shall submit to the
Secretary, the Committee on Agriculture and the Committee
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives, and the
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry and the
Committee on Appropriations of the Senate—
‘‘(1) not later than 1 year after the date of estab-
lishment of the Institute, and biennially thereafter, a
comprehensive report that—
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‘‘(A) describes the research funded and other
activities carried out by the Institute during the
period covered by the report; and
‘‘(B) describes each contract or other ar-
rangement that the Institute has entered into,
each grant awarded to the Institute, and each
other action of the Director taken, under sub-
section (c)(5)(C)(ii); and
‘‘(2) not later than 1 year after the date of estab-
lishment of the Institute, and annually thereafter, a
report that describes the allocation and use of funds
under subsection (g)(2) of section 401 of the Agricul-
tural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act
of 1998 (7 U.S.C. 7621).
‘‘(g) FUNDING.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In addition to funds other-
wise appropriated to carry out each program admin-
istered by the Institute, there are authorized to be ap-
propriated such sums as are necessary to carry out
this section for each fiscal year.
‘‘(2) ALLOCATION.—Funding made available
under paragraph (1) shall be allocated according to
recommendations contained in the roadmap described
in section 309(c)(1)(A).’’.
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(b) NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH, EXTEN-
SION, AND TEACHING POLICY ACT
OF 1977.—Section
1408(b) of the National Agricultural Research, Extension,
and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3123(b)) is
amended—
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘31 members’’
and inserting ‘‘24 members’’;
(2) by striking paragraph (3) and inserting the
following:
‘‘(3) MEMBERSHIP CATEGORIES.—The Advisory
Board shall consist of members from each of the fol-
lowing categories:
‘‘(A) 1 member representing a national
farm organization.
‘‘(B) 1 member representing farm coopera-
tives.
‘‘(C) 1 member actively engaged in the pro-
duction of a food animal commodity.
‘‘(D) 1 member actively engaged in the pro-
duction of a plant commodity.
‘‘(E) 1 member actively engaged in aqua-
culture.
‘‘(F) 1 member representing a national food
animal science society.
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‘‘(G) 1 member representing a national
crop, soil, agronomy, horticulture, plant pathol-
ogy, or weed science society.
‘‘(H) 1 member representing a national food
science organization.
‘‘(I) 1 member representing a national
human health association.
‘‘(J) 1 member representing a national nu-
tritional science society.
‘‘(K) 1 member representing the land-grant
colleges and universities eligible to receive funds
under the Act of July 2, 1862 (7 U.S.C. 301 et
seq.).
‘‘(L) 1 member representing the land-grant
colleges and universities eligible to receive funds
under the Act of August 30, 1890 (7 U.S.C. 321
et seq.), including Tuskegee University.
‘‘(M) 1 member representing the 1994 Insti-
tutions (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)).
‘‘(N) 1 member representing Hispanic-serv-
ing institutions.
‘‘(O) 1 member representing the American
Colleges of Veterinary Medicine.
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‘‘(P) 1 member engaged in the transpor-
tation of food and agricultural products to do-
mestic and foreign markets.
‘‘(Q) 1 member representing food retailing
and marketing interests.
‘‘(R) 1 member representing food and fiber
processors.
‘‘(S) 1 member actively engaged in rural
economic development.
‘‘(T) 1 member representing a national con-
sumer interest group.
‘‘(U) 1 member representing a national for-
estry group.
‘‘(V) 1 member representing a national con-
servation or natural resource group.
‘‘(W) 1 member representing private sector
organizations involved in international develop-
ment.
‘‘(X) 1 member representing a national so-
cial science association.’’; and
(3) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘the Adminis-
trator of the Cooperative State Research, Education,
and Extension Service’’ and inserting ‘‘the Director of
the National Institute of Food and Agriculture’’.
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—
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(1) Section 296(b) of the Department of Agri-
culture Reorganization Act of 1994 (7 U.S.C.
7014(b)) is amended—
(A) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘or’’ at
the end;
(B) in paragraph (5), by striking the period
at the end and inserting a semicolon; and
(C) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(6) the authority of the Secretary relating to the
National Institute of Food and Agriculture under sec-
tion 253; or’’.
(2) The National Agricultural Research, Exten-
sion, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 is amended—
(A) 
in 
section 
1424A(b) 
(7 
U.S.C.
3174a(b)), by striking ‘‘the Cooperative State Re-
search, Education, and Extension Service’’ and
inserting ‘‘the National Institute of Food and
Agriculture’’; and
(B) in section 1458(a)(10) (7 U.S.C.
3291(a)(10)), by striking ‘‘the Cooperative State
Research, Education, and Extension Service’’
and inserting ‘‘the National Institute of Food
and Agriculture’’.
(3) Section 522(d)(2) of the Federal Crop Insur-
ance Act (7 U.S.C. 1522(d)(2)) is amended by strik-
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ing ‘‘the Cooperative State Research, Education, and
Extension Service’’ and inserting ‘‘the National Insti-
tute of Food and Agriculture’’.
(4) Section 524(a) of the Federal Crop Insurance
Act (7 U.S.C. 1524(a)) is amended in each of para-
graphs (1)(B) and (3)(A) by striking ‘‘the Cooperative
State Research, Education, and Extension Service’’
each place it appears and inserting ‘‘the National In-
stitute of Food and Agriculture’’.
(5) Section 306(a)(11)(C) of the Consolidated
Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C.
1926(a)(11)(C)) is amended by striking ‘‘the Coopera-
tive State Research, Education, and Extension Serv-
ice’’ and inserting ‘‘the National Institute of Food
and Agriculture’’.
(6) Section 704 of the Agriculture, Rural Devel-
opment, Food and Drug Administration, and Related
Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006 (7 U.S.C. 2209b),
is amended by striking ‘‘Cooperative State Research,
Education, and Extension Service’’ and inserting
‘‘the National Institute of Food and Agriculture’’.
(7) Section 7404(b)(1)(B) of the Farm Security
and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 3101
note; Public Law 107–171) is amended by striking
clause (vi) and inserting the following:
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‘‘(vi) the National Institute of Food
and Agriculture.’’.
(8) Section 1499(c) of the Food, Agriculture,
Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C.
5506(c)) is amended by striking ‘‘the Cooperative
State Research Service’’ and inserting ‘‘the National
Institute of Food and Agriculture’’.
(9) Section 1622 of the Food, Agriculture, Con-
servation, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 5812) is
amended—
(A) in subsection (a)(1), by striking ‘‘the
Cooperative State Research Service’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘the National Institute of Food and Agri-
culture’’; and
(B) in subsection (b)(1), by striking sub-
paragraph (B) and inserting the following:
‘‘(B) the National Institute of Food and Ag-
riculture;’’.
(10) Section 1668(b) of the Food, Agriculture,
Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C.
5921(b)) is amended by striking ‘‘Cooperative State
Research, Education, and Extension Service and the
Agricultural Research Service’’ and inserting ‘‘the
National Institute of Food and Agriculture’’.