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‘‘(C) SOURCES.—The non-Federal contribu-
tions required under subparagraph (A)—
‘‘(i) may be in the form of in-kind con-
tributions, including office equipment, office
space, and services; and
‘‘(ii) may not be made from funds
made available for community development
block grants under title I of the Housing
and Community Development Act of 1974
(42 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.).
‘‘(4) DURATION.—The Secretary may not pro-
vide a grant under this subsection to establish, ex-
pand, or operate a telework location in a rural area
after the date that is 2 years after the establishment
of the telework location.
‘‘(5) MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF GRANT.—The amount
of a grant provided to an eligible entity under this
subsection shall not exceed $500,000.
‘‘(d) APPLICABILITY OF CERTAIN FEDERAL LAW.—An
entity that receives funds under this section shall be subject
to the provisions of Federal law (including regulations), ad-
ministered by the Secretary of Labor or the Equal Employ-
ment Opportunity Commission, that govern the responsibil-
ities of employers to employees.
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‘‘(e) REGULATIONS.—Not later than 180 days after the
date of enactment of this section, the Secretary shall pro-
mulgate regulations to carry out this section.
‘‘(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATION.—There is
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section
$30,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2002 through 2006, of
which $5,000,000 shall be provided to establish an institute
under subsection (b).’’.
SEC. 644. HISTORIC BARN PRESERVATION.
Subtitle D of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Devel-
opment Act (7 U.S.C. 1981 et seq.) (as amended by section
643) is amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘SEC. 379C. HISTORIC BARN PRESERVATION.
‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
‘‘(1) BARN.—The term ‘barn’ means a building
(other than a dwelling) on a farm, ranch, or other ag-
ricultural operation for—
‘‘(A) housing animals;
‘‘(B) storing or processing crops;
‘‘(C) storing and maintaining agricultural
equipment; or
‘‘(D) serving an essential or useful purpose
related to agriculture on the adjacent land.
‘‘(2) ELIGIBLE APPLICANT.—The term ‘eligible
applicant’ means—
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‘‘(A) a State department of agriculture (or
a designee);
‘‘(B) a national or State nonprofit organi-
zation that—
‘‘(i) is exempt from tax under section
501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986; and
‘‘(ii) has experience or expertise, as de-
termined by the Secretary, in the identifica-
tion, evaluation, rehabilitation, preserva-
tion, or protection of historic barns; and
‘‘(C) a State historic preservation office.
‘‘(3) HISTORIC BARN.—The term ‘historic barn’
means a barn that—
‘‘(A) is at least 50 years old;
‘‘(B) retains sufficient integrity of design,
materials, and construction to clearly identify
the barn as an agricultural building; and
‘‘(C) meets the criteria for listing on Na-
tional, State, or local registers or inventories of
historic structures.
‘‘(4) SECRETARY.—The term ‘Secretary’ means
the Secretary, acting through the Undersecretary of
Rural Development.
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‘‘(b) PROGRAM.—The Secretary shall establish a his-
toric barn preservation program—
‘‘(1) to assist States in developing a listing of
historic barns;
‘‘(2) to collect and disseminate information on
historic barns;
‘‘(3) to foster educational programs relating to
the history, construction techniques, rehabilitation,
and contribution to society of historic barns; and
‘‘(4) to sponsor and conduct research on—
‘‘(A) the history of barns; and
‘‘(B) best practices to protect and rehabili-
tate historic barns from the effects of decay, fire,
arson, and natural disasters.
‘‘(c) GRANTS.—
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary may make
grants to, or enter into contracts or cooperative agree-
ments with, eligible applicants to carry out an eligi-
ble project under paragraph (2).
‘‘(2) ELIGIBLE PROJECTS.—A grant under this
subsection may be made to an eligible entity for a
project—
‘‘(A) to rehabilitate or repair a historic
barn;
‘‘(B) to preserve a historic barn through—
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‘‘(i) the installation of a fire protection
system, including fireproofing or fire detec-
tion system and sprinklers; and
‘‘(ii) the installation of a system to
prevent vandalism; and
‘‘(C) to identify, document, and conduct re-
search on a historic barn to develop and evaluate
appropriate techniques or best practices for pro-
tecting historic barns.
‘‘(3) REQUIREMENTS.—An eligible applicant
that receives a grant for a project under this sub-
section shall comply with any standards established
by the Secretary of the Interior for historic preserva-
tion projects.
‘‘(d) FUNDING.—There is authorized to be appro-
priated to carry out this section, $25,000,000 for the period
of fiscal years 2002 through 2006, to remain available until
expended.’’.
SEC. 645. GRANTS FOR EMERGENCY WEATHER RADIO
TRANSMITTERS.
Subtitle D of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Devel-
opment Act (7 U.S.C. 1981 et seq.) (as amended by section
644)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
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‘‘SEC. 379D. GRANTS FOR EMERGENCY WEATHER RADIO
TRANSMITTERS.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, acting through the
Administrator of the Rural Utilities Service, may make
grants to public and nonprofit entities for the Federal share
of the cost of acquiring radio transmitters to increase cov-
erage of rural areas by the emergency weather radio broad-
cast system of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Ad-
ministration.
‘‘(b) ELIGIBILITY.—To be eligible for a grant under
this section, an applicant shall provide to the Secretary—
‘‘(1) a binding commitment from a tower owner
to place the transmitter on a tower; and
‘‘(2) a description of how the tower placement
will increase coverage of a rural area by the emer-
gency weather radio broadcast system of the National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
‘‘(c) FEDERAL SHARE.—A grant provided under this
section shall be not more than 75 percent of the cost of ac-
quiring a radio transmitter described in subsection (a).
‘‘(d) AUTHORIZATION.—There is authorized to be ap-
propriated to carry out this section $2,000,000 for each of
fiscal years 2002 through 2006.’’.
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SEC. 646. GRANTS FOR TRAINING FARM WORKERS.
Subtitle D of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Devel-
opment Act (7 U.S.C. 1981 et seq.) (as amended by section
645) is amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘SEC. 379E. GRANTS FOR TRAINING FARM WORKERS.
‘‘(a) DEFINITION OF ELIGIBLE ORGANIZATION.—In
this section, the term ‘eligible organization’ means—
‘‘(1) a nonprofit organization; or
‘‘(2) a consortium of nonprofit organizations, ag-
ribusinesses, State and local governments, agricul-
tural labor organizations, farmer cooperatives, or
community-based organizations;
that has the ability to train farm workers.
‘‘(b) GRANTS.—The Secretary shall make grants to eli-
gible organizations to provide training to farm workers—
‘‘(1) on the use of technology in agriculture; and
‘‘(2) to develop the specialized skills necessary to
produce higher value crops.
‘‘(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section
$10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2002 through 2006.’’.
SEC. 647. DELTA REGIONAL AUTHORITY.
(a) SUPPLEMENTS TO FEDERAL GRANT PROGRAMS.—
Section 382D of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Develop-
ment Act (7 U.S.C. 2009aa–3) is amended to read as fol-
lows:
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‘‘SEC. 382D. SUPPLEMENTS TO FEDERAL GRANT PROGRAMS.
‘‘(a) FINDING.—Congress finds that certain States and
local communities of the region, including local develop-
ment districts, may be unable to take maximum advantage
of Federal grant programs for which the States and commu-
nities are eligible because—
‘‘(1) they lack the economic resources to provide
the required matching share; or
‘‘(2) there are insufficient funds available under
the applicable Federal law authorizing the Federal
grant program to meet pressing needs of the region.
‘‘(b) FEDERAL GRANT PROGRAM FUNDING.—Notwith-
standing any provision of law limiting the Federal share,
the areas eligible for assistance, or the authorizations of ap-
propriations, under any Federal grant program, and in ac-
cordance with subsection (c), the Authority, with the ap-
proval of the Federal cochairperson and with respect to a
project to be carried out in the region, may—
‘‘(1) increase the Federal share of the costs of a
project under any Federal grant program to not more
than 90 percent (except as provided in section
382F(b)); and
‘‘(2) use amounts made available to carry out
this subtitle to pay all or a portion of the increased
Federal share.
‘‘(c) CERTIFICATIONS.—
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‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In the case of any project for
which all or any portion of the basic Federal share
of the costs of the project is proposed to be paid under
this section, no Federal contribution shall be made
until the Federal official administering the Federal
law that authorizes the Federal grant program cer-
tifies that the project—
‘‘(A) meets (except as provided in subsection
(b)) the applicable requirements of the applicable
Federal grant program; and
‘‘(B) could be approved for Federal con-
tribution under the Federal grant program if
funds were available under the law for the
project.
‘‘(2) CERTIFICATION BY AUTHORITY.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The certifications and
determinations required to be made by the Au-
thority for approval of projects under this Act in
accordance with section 382I—
‘‘(i) shall be controlling; and
‘‘(ii) shall be accepted by the Federal
agencies.
‘‘(B) ACCEPTANCE BY FEDERAL COCHAIR-
PERSON.—In the case of any project described in
paragraph (1), any finding, report, certification,
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or documentation required to be submitted with
respect to the project to the head of the depart-
ment, agency, or instrumentality of the Federal
Government responsible for the administration of
the Federal grant program under which the
project is carried out shall be accepted by the
Federal cochairperson.’’.
(b) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section
382M(a) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development
Act (7 U.S.C. 2009aa–12(a)) is amended by striking
‘‘2002’’ and inserting ‘‘2006’’.
(c) TERMINATION OF AUTHORITY.—Section 382N of
the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7
U.S.C. 2009aa–13) is amended by striking ‘‘2002’’ and in-
serting ‘‘2006’’.
(d) DELTA REGION AGRICULTURAL ECONOMIC DEVEL-
OPMENT.—Subtitle D of the Consolidated Farm and Rural
Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1981 et seq.) (as amended by
section 646) is amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘SEC. 379F. DELTA REGION AGRICULTURAL ECONOMIC DE-
VELOPMENT.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may make grants
to assist in the development of state-of-the-art technology
in animal nutrition (including research and development
of the technology) and value-added manufacturing to pro-
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mote an economic platform for the Delta region (as defined
in section 382A) to relieve severe economic conditions.
‘‘(b) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There
are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section
$7,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2002 through 2006.’’.
(e) DEFINITION
OF LOWER MISSISSIPPI.—Section
4(2)(I) of the Delta Development Act (42 U.S.C. 3121 note;
Public Law 100–460) is amended by inserting ‘‘Butler,
Conecuh, Escambia, Monroe,’’ after ‘‘Russell,’’.
SEC. 648. SEARCH GRANTS FOR SMALL COMMUNITIES.
The Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act
(as amended by section 604) is amended by adding at the
end the following:
‘‘Subtitle J—SEARCH Grants for
Small Communities
‘‘SEC. 386A. DEFINITIONS.
‘‘In this subtitle:
‘‘(1) COUNCIL.—The term ‘council’ means an
independent citizens’ council established by section
386B(d).
‘‘(2) ENVIRONMENTAL PROJECT.—
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The term ‘environ-
mental project’ means a project that—
‘‘(i) improves environmental quality;
and
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‘‘(ii) is necessary to comply with an
environmental law (including a regulation).
‘‘(B) INCLUSION.—The term ‘environmental
project’ includes an initial feasibility study of a
project.
‘‘(3) REGION.—The term ‘region’ means a geo-
graphic area of a State, as determined by the Gov-
ernor of the State.
‘‘(4) SEARCH GRANT.—The term ‘SEARCH
grant’ means a grant for special environmental as-
sistance for the regulation of communities and habitat
awarded under section 386B(e)(3).
‘‘(5) SMALL COMMUNITY.—The term ‘small com-
munity’ means an incorporated or unincorporated
rural community with a population of 2,500 inhab-
itants or less.
‘‘(6) STATE.—The term ‘State’ has the meaning
given the term in section 381A(1).
‘‘SEC. 386B. SEARCH GRANT PROGRAM.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—There is established the SEARCH
Grant Program.
‘‘(b) APPLICATION.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than October 1 of
each fiscal year, a State may submit to the Secretary
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an application to receive a grant under subsection (c)
for the fiscal year.
‘‘(2) REQUIREMENTS.—An application under
paragraph (1) shall contain—
‘‘(A) a certification by the State that the
State has appointed members to the council of
the State under subsection (c)(2)(C); and
‘‘(B) such information as the Secretary may
reasonably require.
‘‘(c) GRANTS TO STATES.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 60 days after
the date on which the Office of Management and
Budget apportions any amounts made available
under this subtitle, for each fiscal year after the date
of enactment of this subtitle, the Secretary shall, on
request by a State—
‘‘(A) determine whether any application
submitted by the State under subsection (b)
meets the requirements of subsection (b)(2); and
‘‘(B) subject to paragraph (2), subsection
(e)(4)(B)(ii), and section 386D(b), if the Sec-
retary determines that the application meets the
requirements of subsection (b)(2), award a grant
of not to exceed $1,000,000 to the State, to be
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used by the council of the State to award
SEARCH grants under subsection (e).
‘‘(2) GRANTS TO CERTAIN STATES.—The aggre-
gate amount of grants awarded to States other than
Alaska, Hawaii, or 1 of the 48 contiguous States,
under this subsection shall not exceed $1,000,000 for
any fiscal year.
‘‘(d) INDEPENDENT CITIZENS’ COUNCIL.—
‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in
each State an independent citizens’ council to carry
out the duties described in this section.
‘‘(2) COMPOSITION.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Each council shall be
composed of 9 members, appointed by the Gov-
ernor of the State.
‘‘(B) REPRESENTATION; RESIDENCE.—Each
member of a council shall—
‘‘(i) represent an individual region of
the State, as determined by the Governor of
the State in which the council is established;
‘‘(ii) reside in a small community of
the State; and
‘‘(iii) be representative of the popu-
lations of the State.
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‘‘(C) APPOINTMENT.—Before a State re-
ceives funds under this subtitle, the State shall
appoint members to the council for the fiscal
year, except that not more than 1 member shall
be an agent, employee, or official of the State
government.
‘‘(D) CHAIRPERSON.—Each council shall se-
lect a chairperson from among the members of
the council, except that a member who is an
agent, employee, or official of the State govern-
ment shall not serve as chairperson.
‘‘(E) FEDERAL REPRESENTATION.—
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—An officer, em-
ployee, or agent of the Federal Government
may participate in the activities of the
council—
‘‘(I) in an advisory capacity; and
‘‘(II) at the invitation of the
council.
‘‘(ii) RURAL DEVELOPMENT STATE DI-
RECTORS.—On the request of the council of
a State, the State Director for Rural Devel-
opment of the State shall provide advice
and consultation to the council.
‘‘(3) SEARCH GRANTS.—
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‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Each council shall re-
view applications for, and recommend awards of,
SEARCH grants to small communities that meet
the eligibility criteria under subsection (c).
‘‘(B) RECOMMENDATIONS.—In awarding a
SEARCH grant, a State—
‘‘(i) shall follow the recommendations
of the council of the State;
‘‘(ii) shall award the funds for any rec-
ommended environmental project in a time-
ly and expeditious manner; and
‘‘(iii) shall not award a SEARCH
grant to a grantee or project in violation of
any law of the State (including a regula-
tion).
‘‘(C) 
NO
MATCHING
REQUIREMENT.—A
small community that receives a SEARCH grant
under this section shall not be required to pro-
vide matching funds.
‘‘(e) SEARCH GRANTS FOR SMALL COMMUNITIES.—
‘‘(1) ELIGIBILITY.—A SEARCH grant shall be
awarded under this section only to a small commu-
nity for 1 or more environmental projects for which
the small community—
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‘‘(A) needs funds to carry out initial feasi-
bility or environmental studies before applying
to traditional funding sources; or
‘‘(B) demonstrates, to the satisfaction of the
council, that the small community has been un-
able to obtain sufficient funding from traditional
funding sources.
‘‘(2) APPLICATION.—
‘‘(A) DATE.—The council shall establish
such deadline by which small communities shall
submit applications for grants under this section
as will permit the council adequate time to re-
view and make recommendations relating to the
applications.
‘‘(B) LOCATION OF APPLICATION.—A small
community shall submit an application de-
scribed in subparagraph (A) to the council in the
State in which the small community is located.
‘‘(C) CONTENT OF APPLICATION.—An appli-
cation described in subparagraph (A) shall
include—
‘‘(i) a description of the proposed envi-
ronmental project (including an expla-
nation of how the project would assist the
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small community in complying with an en-
vironmental law (including a regulation));
‘‘(ii) an explanation of why the project
is important to the small community;
‘‘(iii) a description of all actions taken
with respect to the project, including a de-
scription of any attempt to secure funding
and a description of demonstrated need for
funding for the project, as of the date of the
application; and
‘‘(iv) a SEARCH grant application
form provided by the council, completed and
with all required supporting documentation.
‘‘(3) REVIEW AND RECOMMENDATION.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in
subparagraph (B), not later than March 5 of
each fiscal year, each council shall—
‘‘(i) review all applications received
under paragraph (2); and
‘‘(ii) recommend for award SEARCH
grants to small communities based on—
‘‘(I) an evaluation of the eligi-
bility criteria under paragraph (1);
and
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‘‘(II) the content of the applica-
tion.
‘‘(B) EXTENSION OF DEADLINE.—The State
may extend the deadline described in subpara-
graph (A) by not more than 10 days in a case
in which the receipt of recommendations from a
council under subparagraph (A)(ii) is delayed
because of circumstances beyond the control of
the council, as determined by the State.
‘‘(4) UNEXPENDED FUNDS.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—If, for any fiscal year,
any unexpended funds remain after SEARCH
grants are awarded under subsection (d)(3)(B),
the council may repeat the application and re-
view process so that any remaining funds may
be recommended for award, and awarded, not
later than July 30 of the fiscal year.
‘‘(B) RETENTION OF FUNDS.—
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—Any unexpended
funds that are not awarded under sub-
section (d)(3)(B) or subparagraph (A) shall
be retained by the State for award during
the following fiscal year.
‘‘(ii) LIMITATION.—A State that accu-
mulates a balance of unexpended funds de-
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scribed 
in 
clause 
(i) 
of 
more 
than
$3,000,000 shall be ineligible to apply for
additional funds for SEARCH grants until
such time as the State expends the portion
of the balance that exceeds $3,000,000.
‘‘SEC. 386C. REPORT.
‘‘Not later than September 1 of the first fiscal year
for which a SEARCH grant is awarded by a council, and
annually thereafter, the council shall submit to the Sec-
retary a report that—
‘‘(1) describes the number of SEARCH grants
awarded during the fiscal year;
‘‘(2) identifies each small community that re-
ceived a SEARCH grant during the fiscal year;
‘‘(3) describes the project or purpose for which
each SEARCH grant was awarded, including a state-
ment of the benefit to public health or the environ-
ment of the environmental project receiving the grant
funds; and
‘‘(4) describes the status of each project or por-
tion of a project for which a SEARCH grant was
awarded, including a project or portion of a project
for which a SEARCH grant was awarded for any fis-
cal year before the fiscal year in which the report is
submitted.
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‘‘SEC. 386D. FUNDING.
‘‘(a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is
authorized to be appropriated to carry out section 386B(c)
$51,000,000, of which not to exceed $1,000,000 shall be used
to make grants under section 386B(c)(2).
‘‘(b) ACTUAL APPROPRIATION.—If funds to carry out
section 386B(c) are made available for a fiscal year in an
amount that is less than the amount authorized under sub-
section (a) for the fiscal year, the appropriated funds shall
be divided equally among the 50 States.
‘‘(c) UNUSED FUNDS.—If, for any fiscal year, a State
does not apply, or does not qualify, to receive funds under
section 386B(b), the funds that would have been made avail-
able to the State under section 386B(c) on submission by
the State of a successful application under section 386B(b)
shall be redistributed for award under this subtitle among
States, the councils of which awarded 1 or more SEARCH
grants during the preceding fiscal year.
‘‘(d) OTHER EXPENSES.—There are authorized to be
appropriated such sums as are necessary to carry out the
provisions of this subtitle (other than section 386B(c)).’’.
SEC. 649. NORTHERN GREAT PLAINS REGIONAL AUTHOR-
ITY.
The Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act
(as amended by section 648) is amended by adding at the
end the following:
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‘‘Subtitle K—Northern Great Plains
Regional Authority
‘‘SEC. 387A. DEFINITIONS.
‘‘In this subtitle:
‘‘(1) AUTHORITY.—The term ‘Authority’ means
the Northern Great Plains Regional Authority estab-
lished by section 387B.
‘‘(2) FEDERAL
GRANT
PROGRAM.—The term
‘Federal grant program’ means a Federal grant pro-
gram to provide assistance in—
‘‘(A) implementing the recommendations of
the Northern Great Plains Rural Development
Commission established by the Northern Great
Plains Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 2661
note; Public Law 103–318);
‘‘(B) acquiring or developing land;
‘‘(C) constructing or equipping a highway,
road, bridge, or facility;
‘‘(D) carrying out other economic develop-
ment activities; or
‘‘(E) conducting research activities related
to the activities described in subparagraphs (A)
through (D).
‘‘(3) INDIAN TRIBE.—The term ‘Indian tribe’ has
the meaning given the term in section 4 of the Indian
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Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (25
U.S.C. 450b).
‘‘(4) REGION.—The term ‘region’ means the
States of Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota,
and South Dakota.
‘‘SEC. 387B. NORTHERN GREAT PLAINS REGIONAL AUTHOR-
ITY.
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—There is established the
Northern Great Plains Regional Authority.
‘‘(2) COMPOSITION.—The Authority shall be com-
posed of—
‘‘(A) a Federal member, to be appointed by
the President, by and with the advice and con-
sent of the Senate;
‘‘(B) the Governor (or a designee of the Gov-
ernor) of each State in the region that elects to
participate in the Authority; and
‘‘(C) a member of an Indian tribe, who
shall be a chairperson of an Indian tribe in the
region or a designee of such a chairperson, to be
appointed by the President, by and with the ad-
vice and consent of the Senate.
‘‘(3) COCHAIRPERSONS.—The Authority shall be
headed by—
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‘‘(A) the Federal member, who shall serve—
‘‘(i) as the Federal cochairperson; and
‘‘(ii) as a liaison between the Federal
Government and the Authority;
‘‘(B) a State cochairperson, who—
‘‘(i) shall be a Governor of a partici-
pating State in the region; and
‘‘(ii) shall be elected by the State mem-
bers for a term of not less than 1 year; and
‘‘(C) the member of an Indian tribe, who
shall serve—
‘‘(i) as the tribal cochairperson; and
‘‘(ii) as a liaison between the govern-
ments of Indian tribes in the region and the
Authority.
‘‘(b) ALTERNATE MEMBERS.—
‘‘(1) ALTERNATE
FEDERAL
COCHAIRPERSON.—
The President shall appoint an alternate Federal co-
chairperson.
‘‘(2) STATE ALTERNATES.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The State member of a
participating State may have a single alternate,
who shall be—
‘‘(i) a resident of that State; and
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‘‘(ii) appointed by the Governor of the
State.
‘‘(B) QUORUM.—A State alternate member
shall not be counted toward the establishment of
a quorum of the members of the Authority in
any case in which a quorum of the State mem-
bers is required to be present.
‘‘(3) ALTERNATE TRIBAL COCHAIRPERSON.—The
President shall appoint an alternate tribal cochair-
person, by and with the advice and consent of the
Senate.
‘‘(4) DELEGATION OF POWER.—No power or re-
sponsibility of the Authority specified in paragraphs
(2) and (3) of subsection (c), and no voting right of
any member of the Authority, shall be delegated to
any person who is not—
‘‘(A) a member of the Authority; or
‘‘(B) entitled to vote in Authority meetings.
‘‘(c) VOTING.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A decision by the Authority
shall require a majority vote of the Authority (not in-
cluding any member representing a State that is de-
linquent under subsection (g)(2)(D)) to be effective.
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‘‘(2) QUORUM.—A quorum of State members
shall be required to be present for the Authority to
make any policy decision, including—
‘‘(A) a modification or revision of an Au-
thority policy decision;
‘‘(B) approval of a State or regional devel-
opment plan; and
‘‘(C) any allocation of funds among the
States.
‘‘(3) PROJECT AND GRANT PROPOSALS.—The ap-
proval of project and grant proposals shall be—
‘‘(A) a responsibility of the Authority; and
‘‘(B) conducted in accordance with section
387I.
‘‘(4) VOTING BY ALTERNATE MEMBERS.—An al-
ternate member shall vote in the case of the absence,
death, disability, removal, or resignation of the Fed-
eral, State, or Indian tribe member for whom the al-
ternate member is an alternate.
‘‘(d) DUTIES.—The Authority shall—
‘‘(1) develop, on a continuing basis, comprehen-
sive and coordinated plans and programs to establish
priorities and approve grants for the economic devel-
opment of the region, giving due consideration to
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other Federal, State, tribal, and local planning and
development activities in the region;
‘‘(2) not later than 220 days after the date of en-
actment of this subtitle, establish priorities in a devel-
opment plan for the region (including 5-year regional
outcome targets);
‘‘(3) assess the needs and assets of the region
based on available research, demonstrations, inves-
tigations, assessments, and evaluations of the region
prepared by Federal, State, tribal, and local agencies,
universities, local development districts, and other
nonprofit groups;
‘‘(4) formulate and recommend to the Governors
and legislatures of States that participate in the Au-
thority forms of interstate cooperation;
‘‘(5) work with State, tribal, and local agencies
in developing appropriate model legislation;
‘‘(6)(A) enhance the capacity of, and provide
support for, local development districts in the region;
or
‘‘(B) if no local development district exists in an
area in a participating State in the region, foster the
creation of a local development district;
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‘‘(7) encourage private investment in industrial,
commercial, and other economic development projects
in the region; and
‘‘(8) cooperate with and assist State governments
with economic development programs of participating
States.
‘‘(e) ADMINISTRATION.—In carrying out subsection
(d), the Authority may—
‘‘(1) hold such hearings, sit and act at such
times and places, take such testimony, receive such
evidence, and print or otherwise reproduce and dis-
tribute a description of the proceedings and reports
on actions by the Authority as the Authority con-
siders appropriate;
‘‘(2) authorize, through the Federal, State, or
tribal cochairperson or any other member of the Au-
thority designated by the Authority, the administra-
tion of oaths if the Authority determines that testi-
mony should be taken or evidence received under oath;
‘‘(3) request from any Federal, State, tribal, or
local agency such information as may be available to
or procurable by the agency that may be of use to the
Authority in carrying out the duties of the Authority;
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‘‘(4) adopt, amend, and repeal bylaws and rules
governing the conduct of business and the perform-
ance of duties of the Authority;
‘‘(5) request the head of any Federal agency to
detail to the Authority such personnel as the Author-
ity requires to carry out duties of the Authority, each
such detail to be without loss of seniority, pay, or
other employee status;
‘‘(6) request the head of any State agency, tribal
government, or local government to detail to the Au-
thority such personnel as the Authority requires to
carry out duties of the Authority, each such detail to
be without loss of seniority, pay, or other employee
status;
‘‘(7) provide for coverage of Authority employees
in a suitable retirement and employee benefit system
by—
‘‘(A) making arrangements or entering into
contracts with any participating State govern-
ment or tribal government; or
‘‘(B) otherwise providing retirement and
other employee benefit coverage;
‘‘(8) accept, use, and dispose of gifts or donations
of services or real, personal, tangible, or intangible
property;
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‘‘(9) enter into and perform such contracts,
leases, cooperative agreements, or other transactions
as are necessary to carry out Authority duties, in-
cluding any contracts, leases, or cooperative agree-
ments with—
‘‘(A) any department, agency, or instru-
mentality of the United States;
‘‘(B) any State (including a political sub-
division, agency, or instrumentality of the
State);
‘‘(C) any Indian tribe in the region; or
‘‘(D) any person, firm, association, or cor-
poration; and
‘‘(10) establish and maintain a central office
and field offices at such locations as the Authority
may select.
‘‘(f) FEDERAL AGENCY COOPERATION.—A Federal
agency shall—
‘‘(1) cooperate with the Authority; and
‘‘(2) provide, on request of the Federal cochair-
person, appropriate assistance in carrying out this
subtitle, in accordance with applicable Federal laws
(including regulations).
‘‘(g) ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.—
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‘‘(1) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share of the
administrative expenses of the Authority shall be—
‘‘(A) for fiscal year 2002, 100 percent;
‘‘(B) for fiscal year 2003, 75 percent; and
‘‘(C) for fiscal year 2004 and each fiscal
year thereafter, 50 percent.
‘‘(2) NON-FEDERAL SHARE.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The non-Federal share
of the administrative expenses of the Authority
shall be paid by non-Federal sources in the
States that participate in the Authority.
‘‘(B) SHARE PAID BY EACH STATE.—The
share of administrative expenses of the Authority
to be paid by non-Federal sources in each State
shall be determined by the Authority.
‘‘(C) NO
FEDERAL
PARTICIPATION.—The
Federal cochairperson shall not participate or
vote in any decision under subparagraph (B).
‘‘(D) DELINQUENT STATES.—If a State is
delinquent in payment of the State’s share of ad-
ministrative expenses of the Authority under this
subsection—
‘‘(i) no assistance under this subtitle
shall be provided to the State (including as-
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sistance to a political subdivision or a resi-
dent of the State); and
‘‘(ii) no member of the Authority from
the State shall participate or vote in any
action by the Authority.
‘‘(h) COMPENSATION.—
‘‘(1) FEDERAL AND TRIBAL COCHAIRPERSONS.—
The Federal cochairperson and the tribal cochair-
person shall be compensated by the Federal Govern-
ment at the annual rate of basic pay prescribed for
level III of the Executive Schedule in subchapter II of
chapter 53 of title 5, United States Code.
‘‘(2) ALTERNATE
FEDERAL
AND
TRIBAL
CO-
CHAIRPERSONS.—The alternate Federal cochairperson
and the alternate tribal cochairperson—
‘‘(A) shall be compensated by the Federal
Government at the annual rate of basic pay pre-
scribed for level V of the Executive Schedule de-
scribed in paragraph (1); and
‘‘(B) when not actively serving as an alter-
nate, shall perform such functions and duties as
are delegated by the Federal cochairperson or the
tribal cochairperson, respectively.
‘‘(3) STATE MEMBERS AND ALTERNATES.—
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‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—A State shall com-
pensate each member and alternate representing
the State on the Authority at the rate established
by State law.
‘‘(B) NO ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION.—No
State member or alternate member shall receive
any salary, or any contribution to or sup-
plementation of salary from any source other
than the State for services provided by the mem-
ber or alternate member to the Authority.
‘‘(4) DETAILED EMPLOYEES.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—No person detailed to
serve the Authority under subsection (e)(6) shall
receive any salary or any contribution to or sup-
plementation of salary for services provided to
the Authority from—
‘‘(i) any source other than the State,
tribal, local, or intergovernmental agency
from which the person was detailed; or
‘‘(ii) the Authority.
‘‘(B) VIOLATION.—Any person that violates
this paragraph shall be fined not more than
$5,000, imprisoned not more than 1 year, or
both.
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‘‘(C) APPLICABLE
LAW.—The Federal co-
chairperson, the alternate Federal cochairperson,
and any Federal officer or employee detailed to
duty on the Authority under subsection (e)(5)
shall not be subject to subparagraph (A), but
shall remain subject to sections 202 through 209
of title 18, United States Code.
‘‘(5) ADDITIONAL PERSONNEL.—
‘‘(A) COMPENSATION.—
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The Authority may
appoint and fix the compensation of an ex-
ecutive director and such other personnel as
are necessary to enable the Authority to
carry out the duties of the Authority.
‘‘(ii) 
EXCEPTION.—Compensation
under clause (i) shall not exceed the max-
imum rate for the Senior Executive Service
under section 5382 of title 5, United States
Code, including any applicable locality-
based comparability payment that may be
authorized under section 5304(h)(2)(C) of
that title.
‘‘(B) EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.—The executive
director shall be responsible for—
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‘‘(i) the carrying out of the adminis-
trative duties of the Authority;
‘‘(ii) direction of the Authority staff;
and
‘‘(iii) such other duties as the Author-
ity may assign.
‘‘(C) NO FEDERAL EMPLOYEE STATUS.—No
member, alternate, officer, or employee of the Au-
thority (except the Federal cochairperson of the
Authority, the alternate and staff for the Federal
cochairperson, and any Federal employee de-
tailed to the Authority under subsection (e)(5))
shall be considered to be a Federal employee for
any purpose.
‘‘(i) CONFLICTS OF INTEREST.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided under
paragraph (2), no State member, Indian tribe mem-
ber, State alternate, officer, or employee of the Au-
thority shall participate personally and substantially
as a member, alternate, officer, or employee of the Au-
thority, through decision, approval, disapproval, rec-
ommendation, the rendering of advice, investigation,
or otherwise, in any proceeding, application, request
for a ruling or other determination, contract, claim,
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controversy, or other matter in which, to knowledge of
the member, alternate, officer, or employee—
‘‘(A) the member, alternate, officer, or em-
ployee;
‘‘(B) the spouse, minor child, partner, or or-
ganization (other than a State or political sub-
division of the State or the Indian tribe) of the
member, alternate, officer, or employee, in which
the member, alternate, officer, or employee is
serving as officer, director, trustee, partner, or
employee; or
‘‘(C) any person or organization with whom
the member, alternate, officer, or employee is ne-
gotiating or has any arrangement concerning
prospective employment;
has a financial interest.
‘‘(2) DISCLOSURE.—Paragraph (1) shall not
apply if the State member, Indian tribe member, al-
ternate, officer, or employee—
‘‘(A) immediately advises the Authority of
the nature and circumstances of the proceeding,
application, request for a ruling or other deter-
mination, contract, claim, controversy, or other
particular matter presenting a potential conflict
of interest;
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‘‘(B) makes full disclosure of the financial
interest; and
‘‘(C) before the proceeding concerning the
matter presenting the conflict of interest, receives
a written determination by the Authority that
the interest is not so substantial as to be likely
to affect the integrity of the services that the Au-
thority may expect from the State member, In-
dian tribe member, alternate, officer, or em-
ployee.
‘‘(3) VIOLATION.—Any person that violates this
subsection shall be fined not more than $10,000, im-
prisoned not more than 2 years, or both.
‘‘(j) VALIDITY OF CONTRACTS, LOANS, AND GRANTS.—
The Authority may declare void any contract, loan, or
grant of or by the Authority in relation to which the Au-
thority determines that there has been a violation of any
provision under subsection (h)(4) or subsection (i) of this
subtitle, or sections 202 through 209 of title 18, United
States Code.
‘‘SEC. 387C. ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
GRANTS.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Authority may approve
grants to States, Indian tribes, local governments, and pub-
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lic and nonprofit organizations for projects, approved in
accordance with section 387I—
‘‘(1) to develop the transportation and tele-
communication infrastructure of the region for the
purpose of facilitating economic development in the
region (except that grants for this purpose may be
made only to States, Indian tribes, local governments,
and nonprofit organizations);
‘‘(2) to assist the region in obtaining the job
training, employment-related education, and business
development (with an emphasis on entrepreneurship)
that are needed to build and maintain strong local
economies;
‘‘(3) to provide assistance to severely distressed
and underdeveloped areas that lack financial re-
sources for improving basic public services;
‘‘(4) to provide assistance to severely distressed
and underdeveloped areas that lack financial re-
sources for equipping industrial parks and related fa-
cilities; and
‘‘(5) to otherwise achieve the purposes of this
subtitle.
‘‘(b) FUNDING.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Funds for grants under sub-
section (a) may be provided—
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‘‘(A) entirely from appropriations to carry
out this section;
‘‘(B) in combination with funds available
under another Federal grant program; or
‘‘(C) from any other source.
‘‘(2) PRIORITY OF FUNDING.—To best build the
foundations for long-term economic development and
to complement other Federal, State, and tribal re-
sources in the region, Federal funds available under
this subtitle shall be focused on the activities in the
following order or priority:
‘‘(A) Basic public infrastructure in dis-
tressed counties and isolated areas of distress.
‘‘(B) Transportation and telecommuni-
cation infrastructure for the purpose of facili-
tating economic development in the region.
‘‘(C) Business development, with emphasis
on entrepreneurship.
‘‘(D) Job training or employment-related
education, with emphasis on use of existing pub-
lic educational institutions located in the region.
‘‘(3) FEDERAL SHARE IN GRANT PROGRAMS.—
Notwithstanding any provision of law limiting the
Federal share in any grant program, funds appro-
priated to carry out this section may be used to in-
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crease a Federal share in a grant program, as the Au-
thority determines appropriate.
‘‘SEC. 387D. SUPPLEMENTS TO FEDERAL GRANT PROGRAMS.
‘‘(a) FINDING.—Congress finds that certain States and
local communities of the region, including local develop-
ment districts, may be unable to take maximum advantage
of Federal grant programs for which the States and commu-
nities are eligible because—
‘‘(1) they lack the economic resources to provide
the required matching share; or
‘‘(2) there are insufficient funds available under
the applicable Federal law authorizing the Federal
grant program to meet pressing needs of the region.
‘‘(b) FEDERAL GRANT PROGRAM FUNDING.—Notwith-
standing any provision of law limiting the Federal share,
the areas eligible for assistance, or the authorizations of ap-
propriations, under any Federal grant program, and in ac-
cordance with subsection (c), the Authority, with the ap-
proval of the Federal cochairperson and with respect to a
project to be carried out in the region, may—
‘‘(1) increase the Federal share of the costs of a
project under any Federal grant program to not more
than 90 percent (except as provided in section
387F(b)); and
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‘‘(2) use amounts made available to carry out
this subtitle to pay all or a portion of the increased
Federal share.
‘‘(c) CERTIFICATIONS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In the case of any project for
which all or any portion of the basic Federal share
of the costs of the project is proposed to be paid under
this section, no Federal contribution shall be made
until the Federal official administering the Federal
law that authorizes the Federal grant program cer-
tifies that the project—
‘‘(A) meets (except as provided in subsection
(b)) the applicable requirements of the applicable
Federal grant program; and
‘‘(B) could be approved for Federal con-
tribution under the Federal grant program if
funds were available under the law for the
project.
‘‘(2) CERTIFICATION BY AUTHORITY.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The certifications and
determinations required to be made by the Au-
thority for approval of projects under this Act in
accordance with section 387I—
‘‘(i) shall be controlling; and
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‘‘(ii) shall be accepted by the Federal
agencies.
‘‘(B) ACCEPTANCE BY FEDERAL COCHAIR-
PERSON.—In the case of any project described in
paragraph (1), any finding, report, certification,
or documentation required to be submitted with
respect to the project to the head of the depart-
ment, agency, or instrumentality of the Federal
Government responsible for the administration of
the Federal grant program under which the
project is carried out shall be accepted by the
Federal cochairperson.
‘‘SEC. 387E. LOCAL DEVELOPMENT DISTRICTS AND ORGANI-
ZATIONS AND NORTHERN GREAT PLAINS INC.
‘‘(a) DEFINITION
OF
LOCAL
DEVELOPMENT
DIS-
TRICT.—In this section, the term ‘local development district’
means an entity—
‘‘(1) that—
‘‘(A) is a planning district in existence on
the date of enactment of this subtitle that is rec-
ognized by the Economic Development Adminis-
tration of the Department of Commerce; or
‘‘(B) is—
‘‘(i) organized and operated in a man-
ner that ensures broad-based community
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participation and an effective opportunity
for other nonprofit groups to contribute to
the development and implementation of pro-
grams in the region;
‘‘(ii) governed by a policy board with
at least a simple majority of members con-
sisting of—
‘‘(I) elected officials or employees
of a general purpose unit of local gov-
ernment who have been appointed to
represent the government; or
‘‘(II) individuals appointed by the
general purpose unit of local govern-
ment to represent the government;
‘‘(iii) certified to the Authority as hav-
ing a charter or authority that includes the
economic development of counties or parts
of counties or other political subdivisions
within the region—
‘‘(I) by the Governor of each State
in which the entity is located; or
‘‘(II) by the State officer des-
ignated by the appropriate State law
to make the certification; and
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‘‘(iv)(I) a nonprofit incorporated body
organized or chartered under the law of the
State in which the entity is located;
‘‘(II) a nonprofit agency or instrumen-
tality of a State or local government;
‘‘(III) a public organization established
before the date of enactment of this subtitle
under State law for creation of multi-juris-
dictional, area-wide planning organiza-
tions; or
‘‘(IV) a nonprofit association or com-
bination of bodies, agencies, and instrumen-
talities described in subclauses (I) through
(III); and
‘‘(2) that has not, as certified by the Federal
cochairperson—
‘‘(A) inappropriately used Federal grant
funds from any Federal source; or
‘‘(B) appointed an officer who, during the
period in which another entity inappropriately
used Federal grant funds from any Federal
source, was an officer of the other entity.
‘‘(b) GRANTS TO LOCAL DEVELOPMENT DISTRICTS.—
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Authority may make
grants for administrative expenses under this section.
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‘‘(2) CONDITIONS FOR GRANTS.—
‘‘(A) MAXIMUM AMOUNT.—The amount of
any grant awarded under paragraph (1) shall
not exceed 80 percent of the administrative ex-
penses of the local development district receiving
the grant.
‘‘(B) MAXIMUM
PERIOD.—No grant de-
scribed in paragraph (1) shall be awarded to a
State agency certified as a local development dis-
trict for a period greater than 3 years.
‘‘(C) LOCAL SHARE.—The contributions of a
local development district for administrative ex-
penses may be in cash or in kind, fairly evalu-
ated, including space, equipment, and services.
‘‘(c) DUTIES OF LOCAL DEVELOPMENT DISTRICTS.—
A local development district shall—
‘‘(1) operate as a lead organization serving
multicounty areas in the region at the local level; and
‘‘(2) serve as a liaison between State, tribal, and
local governments, nonprofit organizations (including
community-based groups and educational institu-
tions), the business community, and citizens that—
‘‘(A) are involved in multijurisdictional
planning;
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‘‘(B) provide technical assistance to local
jurisdictions and potential grantees; and
‘‘(C) provide leadership and civic develop-
ment assistance.
‘‘(d) NORTHERN GREAT PLAINS INC.—Northern Great
Plains Inc., a nonprofit corporation incorporated in the
State of Minnesota to implement the recommendations of
the Northern Great Plains Rural Development Commission
established by the Northern Great Plains Rural Develop-
ment Act (7 U.S.C. 2661 note; Public Law 103–318)—
‘‘(1) shall serve as an independent, primary re-
source for the Authority on issues of concern to the re-
gion;
‘‘(2) shall advise the Authority on development of
international trade;
‘‘(3) may provide research, education, training,
and other support to the Authority; and
‘‘(4) may carry out other activities on its own
behalf or on behalf of other entities.
‘‘SEC. 387F. DISTRESSED COUNTIES AND AREAS AND NON-
DISTRESSED COUNTIES.
‘‘(a) DESIGNATIONS.—Not later than 90 days after the
date of enactment of this subtitle, and annually thereafter,
the Authority, in accordance with such criteria as the Au-
thority may establish, shall designate—
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‘‘(1) as distressed counties, counties in the region
that are the most severely and persistently distressed
and underdeveloped and have high rates of poverty,
unemployment, or outmigration;
‘‘(2) as nondistressed counties, counties in the re-
gion that are not designated as distressed counties
under paragraph (1); and
‘‘(3) as isolated areas of distress, areas located in
nondistressed counties (as designated under para-
graph (2)) that have high rates of poverty, unemploy-
ment, or outmigration.
‘‘(b) DISTRESSED COUNTIES.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Authority shall allocate
at least 75 percent of the appropriations made avail-
able under section 387M for programs and projects
designed to serve the needs of distressed counties and
isolated areas of distress in the region.
‘‘(2) FUNDING LIMITATIONS.—The funding limi-
tations under section 387D(b) shall not apply to a
project to provide transportation or telecommuni-
cation or basic public services to residents of 1 or
more distressed counties or isolated areas of distress
in the region.
‘‘(c) NONDISTRESSED COUNTIES.—
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‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in this
subsection, no funds shall be provided under this sub-
title for a project located in a county designated as
a nondistressed county under subsection (a)(2).
‘‘(2) EXCEPTIONS.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The funding prohibi-
tion under paragraph (1) shall not apply to
grants to fund the administrative expenses of
local 
development 
districts 
under 
section
387E(b).
‘‘(B) MULTICOUNTY
PROJECTS.—The Au-
thority may waive the application of the funding
prohibition under paragraph (1) to—
‘‘(i) a multicounty project that in-
cludes participation by a nondistressed
county; or
‘‘(ii) any other type of project;
if the Authority determines that the project could
bring significant benefits to areas of the region
outside a nondistressed county.
‘‘(C) ISOLATED AREAS OF DISTRESS.—For
a designation of an isolated area of distress for
assistance to be effective, the designation shall be
supported—
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‘‘(i) by the most recent Federal data
available; or
‘‘(ii) if no recent Federal data are
available, by the most recent data available
through the government of the State in
which the isolated area of distress is located.
‘‘(d) TRANSPORTATION, TELECOMMUNICATION, AND
BASIC PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE.—The Authority shall al-
locate at least 50 percent of any funds made available under
section 387M for transportation, telecommunication, and
basic public infrastructure projects authorized under para-
graphs (1) and (3) of section 387C(a).
‘‘SEC. 387G. DEVELOPMENT PLANNING PROCESS.
‘‘(a) STATE DEVELOPMENT PLAN.—In accordance
with policies established by the Authority, each State mem-
ber shall submit a development plan for the area of the re-
gion represented by the State member.
‘‘(b) CONTENT OF PLAN.—A State development plan
submitted under subsection (a) shall reflect the goals, objec-
tives, and priorities identified in the regional development
plan developed under section 387B(d)(2).
‘‘(c) CONSULTATION WITH INTERESTED LOCAL PAR-
TIES.—In carrying out the development planning process
(including the selection of programs and projects for assist-
ance), a State may—
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‘‘(1) consult with—
‘‘(A) local development districts; and
‘‘(B) local units of government; and
‘‘(2) take into consideration the goals, objectives,
priorities, and recommendations of the entities de-
scribed in paragraph (1).
‘‘(d) PUBLIC PARTICIPATION.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Authority and applica-
ble State and local development districts shall encour-
age and assist, to the maximum extent practicable,
public participation in the development, revision, and
implementation of all plans and programs under this
subtitle.
‘‘(2) REGULATIONS.—The Authority shall de-
velop guidelines for providing public participation
described in paragraph (1), including public hear-
ings.
‘‘SEC. 387H. PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT CRITERIA.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—In considering programs and
projects to be provided assistance under this subtitle, and
in establishing a priority ranking of the requests for assist-
ance provided to the Authority, the Authority shall follow
procedures that ensure, to the maximum extent practicable,
consideration of—
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‘‘(1) the relationship of the project or class of
projects to overall regional development;
‘‘(2) the per capita income and poverty and un-
employment and outmigration rates in an area;
‘‘(3) the financial resources available to the ap-
plicants for assistance seeking to carry out the
project, with emphasis on ensuring that projects are
adequately financed to maximize the probability of
successful economic development;
‘‘(4) the importance of the project or class of
projects in relation to other projects or classes of
projects that may be in competition for the same
funds;
‘‘(5) the prospects that the project for which as-
sistance is sought will improve, on a continuing rath-
er than a temporary basis, the opportunities for em-
ployment, the average level of income, or the economic
development of the area to be served by the project;
and
‘‘(6) the extent to which the project design pro-
vides for detailed outcome measurements by which
grant expenditures and the results of the expenditures
may be evaluated.
‘‘(b) NO RELOCATION ASSISTANCE.—No financial as-
sistance authorized by this subtitle shall be used to assist
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a person or entity in relocating from one area to another,
except that financial assistance may be used as otherwise
authorized by this title to attract businesses from outside
the region to the region.
‘‘(c) MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT.—Funds may be pro-
vided for a program or project in a State under this subtitle
only if the Authority determines that the level of Federal
or State financial assistance provided under a law other
than this subtitle, for the same type of program or project
in the same area of the State within the region, will not
be reduced as a result of funds made available by this sub-
title.
‘‘SEC. 387I. APPROVAL OF DEVELOPMENT PLANS AND
PROJECTS.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—A State or regional development
plan or any multistate subregional plan that is proposed
for development under this subtitle shall be reviewed by the
Authority.
‘‘(b) EVALUATION BY STATE MEMBER.—An applica-
tion for a grant or any other assistance for a project under
this subtitle shall be made through and evaluated for ap-
proval by the State member of the Authority representing
the applicant.
‘‘(c) CERTIFICATION.—An application for a grant or
other assistance for a project shall be approved only on cer-
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tification by the State member that the application for the
project—
‘‘(1) describes ways in which the project complies
with any applicable State development plan;
‘‘(2) meets applicable criteria under section
387H;
‘‘(3) provides adequate assurance that the pro-
posed project will be properly administered, operated,
and maintained; and
‘‘(4) otherwise meets the requirements of this sub-
title.
‘‘(d) VOTES FOR DECISIONS.—On certification by a
State member of the Authority of an application for a grant
or other assistance for a specific project under this section,
an affirmative vote of the Authority under section 387B(c)
shall be required for approval of the application.
‘‘SEC. 387J. CONSENT OF STATES.
‘‘Nothing in this subtitle requires any State to engage
in or accept any program under this subtitle without the
consent of the State.
‘‘SEC. 387K. RECORDS.
‘‘(a) RECORDS OF THE AUTHORITY.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Authority shall main-
tain accurate and complete records of all transactions
and activities of the Authority.
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‘‘(2) AVAILABILITY.—All records of the Authority
shall be available for audit and examination by the
Comptroller General of the United States and the In-
spector General of the Department of Agriculture (in-
cluding authorized representatives of the Comptroller
General and the Inspector General of the Department
of Agriculture).
‘‘(b) RECORDS OF RECIPIENTS OF FEDERAL ASSIST-
ANCE.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A recipient of Federal funds
under this subtitle shall, as required by the Authority,
maintain accurate and complete records of trans-
actions and activities financed with Federal funds
and report to the Authority on the transactions and
activities to the Authority.
‘‘(2) AVAILABILITY.—All records required under
paragraph (1) shall be available for audit by the
Comptroller General of the United States, the Inspec-
tor General of the Department of Agriculture, and the
Authority (including authorized representatives of the
Comptroller General, the Inspector General of the De-
partment of Agriculture, and the Authority).
‘‘(c) ANNUAL AUDIT.—The Inspector General of the
Department of Agriculture shall audit the activities, trans-
actions, and records of the Authority on an annual basis.
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‘‘SEC. 387L. ANNUAL REPORT.
‘‘Not later than 180 days after the end of each fiscal
year, the Authority shall submit to the President and to
Congress a report describing the activities carried out under
this subtitle.
‘‘SEC. 387M. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be appro-
priated to the Authority to carry out this subtitle
$30,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2002 through 2006, to
remain available until expended.
‘‘(b) ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.—Not more than 5
percent of the amount appropriated under subsection (a)
for a fiscal year shall be used for administrative expenses
of the Authority.
‘‘(c) MINIMUM STATE SHARE OF GRANTS.—Notwith-
standing any other provision of this subtitle, for any fiscal
year, the aggregate amount of grants received by a State
and all persons or entities in the State under this subtitle
shall be not less than 1⁄3 of the product obtained by
multiplying—
‘‘(1) the aggregate amount of grants under this
subtitle for the fiscal year; and
‘‘(2) the ratio that—
‘‘(A) the population of the State (as deter-
mined by the Secretary of Commerce based on
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the most recent decennial census for which data
are available); bears to
‘‘(B) the population of the region (as so de-
termined).
‘‘SEC. 387N. TERMINATION OF AUTHORITY.
‘‘The authority provided by this subtitle terminates ef-
fective October 1, 2006.’’.
Subtitle D—Food, Agriculture, Con-
servation, and Trade Act of 1990
SEC. 651. ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH AND
COMMERCIALIZATION CORPORATION.
(a) REPEAL
OF CORPORATION AUTHORIZATION.—
Subtitle G of title XVI of the Food, Agriculture, Conserva-
tion, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 5901 et seq.) is re-
pealed.
(b) DISPOSITION OF ASSETS.—On the date of enact-
ment of this Act—
(1) the assets, both tangible and intangible, of the
Alternative Agricultural Research and Commer-
cialization Corporation (referred to in this section as
the ‘‘Corporation’’), including the funds in the Alter-
native Agricultural Research and Commercialization
Revolving Fund as of the date of enactment of this
Act, are transferred to the Secretary of Agriculture;
and
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(2) notwithstanding the Federal Property and
Administrative Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C. 471
et seq.), the Secretary shall have authority to manage
and dispose of the assets transferred under paragraph
(1) in a manner that, to the maximum extent prac-
ticable, provides the greatest return on investment.
(c) USE OF ASSETS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Funds transferred under sub-
section (b), and any income from assets or proceeds
from the sale of assets transferred under subsection
(b), shall be deposited into an account in the Treas-
ury, and shall remain available to the Secretary until
expended, without further appropriation, to pay—
(A) any outstanding claims or obligations
of the Corporation; and
(B) the costs incurred by the Secretary in
carrying out this section.
(2) FINAL DISPOSITION.—On final disposition of
all assets transferred under subsection (b), any funds
remaining in the account described in paragraph (1)
shall be transferred into miscellaneous receipts in the
Treasury.
(d) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—
(1) The following provisions are repealed:
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(A) Section 730 of the Federal Agriculture
Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (7 U.S.C.
5902 note; Public Law 104–127).
(B) Section 9101(3)(Q) of title 31, United
States Code.
(2) Section 401(c) of the Agricultural Research,
Education, and Extension Reform Act of 1998 (7
U.S.C. 7621(c)) is amended by striking paragraph (1)
and inserting the following:
‘‘(1) CRITICAL
EMERGING
ISSUES.—Subject to
paragraph (2), the Secretary shall use the funds in
the Account for research, extension, and education
grants (referred to in this section as ‘grants’) to ad-
dress critical emerging agricultural issues related
to—
‘‘(A) future food production;
‘‘(B) environmental quality and natural re-
source management; or
‘‘(C) farm income.’’.
(3) Section 793(c)(1)(A)(ii)(II) of the Federal
Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (7
U.S.C. 2204f(c)(1)(A)(ii)(II)) is amended by striking
‘‘subtitle G of title XVI and’’.
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SEC. 652. TELEMEDICINE AND DISTANCE LEARNING SERV-
ICES IN RURAL AREAS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 2335A of the Food, Agri-
culture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C.
950aaa–5) is amended by striking ‘‘2002’’ and inserting
‘‘2006’’.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 1(b) of Public
Law 102–551 (7 U.S.C. 950aaa note) is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘1997’’ and inserting ‘‘2006’’.
Subtitle E—Rural Electrification
Act of 1936
SEC. 661. GUARANTEES FOR BONDS AND NOTES ISSUED
FOR ELECTRIFICATION OR TELEPHONE PUR-
POSES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Rural Electrification Act of
1936 is amended by inserting after section 313 (7 U.S.C.
940c) the following:
‘‘SEC. 313A. GUARANTEES FOR BONDS AND NOTES ISSUED
FOR ELECTRIFICATION OR TELEPHONE PUR-
POSES.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subsection (b), the Sec-
retary shall guarantee payments on bonds or notes issued
by cooperative or other lenders organized on a not-for-profit
basis if the proceeds of the bonds or notes are used for elec-
trification or telephone projects eligible for assistance under
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this Act, including the refinancing of bonds or notes issued
for such projects.
‘‘(b) LIMITATIONS.—
‘‘(1) OUTSTANDING LOANS.—A lender shall not
receive a guarantee under this section for a bond or
note if, at the time of the guarantee, the total prin-
cipal amount of such guaranteed bonds or notes out-
standing of the lender would exceed the principal
amount of outstanding loans of the lender for elec-
trification or telephone purposes that have been made
concurrently with loans approved for such purposes
under this Act.
‘‘(2) GENERATION
OF
ELECTRICITY.—The Sec-
retary shall not guarantee payment on a bond or note
issued by a lender, the proceeds of which are used for
the generation of electricity.
‘‘(3) QUALIFICATIONS.—The Secretary may deny
the request of a lender for the guarantee of a bond or
note under this section if the Secretary determines
that—
‘‘(A) the lender does not have appropriate
expertise or experience or is otherwise not quali-
fied to make loans for electrification or telephone
purposes;
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‘‘(B) the bond or note issued by the lender
is not of reasonable and sufficient quality; or
‘‘(C) the lender has not provided sufficient
evidence that the proceeds of the bond or note are
used for eligible projects described in subsection
(a).
‘‘(4) INTEREST RATE REDUCTION.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in
subparagraph (B), a lender may not use any
amount obtained from the reduction in funding
costs as a result of the guarantee of a bond or
note under this section to reduce the interest rate
on a new or outstanding loan.
‘‘(B) CONCURRENT LOANS.—A lender may
use any amount described in subparagraph (A)
to reduce the interest rate on a loan if the loan
is—
‘‘(i) made by the lender for electrifica-
tion or telephone projects that are eligible
for assistance under this Act; and
‘‘(ii) made concurrently with a loan
approved by the Secretary under this Act
for such a project, as provided in section
307.
‘‘(c) FEES.—
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‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—A lender that receives a
guarantee issued under this section on a bond or note
shall pay a fee to the Secretary.
‘‘(2) AMOUNT.—The amount of an annual fee
paid for the guarantee of a bond or note under this
section shall be equal to 30 basis points of the amount
of the unpaid principal of the bond or note guaran-
teed under this section.
‘‘(3) PAYMENT.—A lender shall pay the fees re-
quired under this subsection on a semiannual basis.
‘‘(4) RURAL
ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT
SUB-
ACCOUNT.—Subject to subsection (e)(2), fees collected
under this subsection shall be—
‘‘(A) deposited into the rural economic de-
velopment subaccount maintained under section
313(b)(2)(A), to remain available until ex-
pended; and
‘‘(B) used for the purposes described in sec-
tion 313(b)(2)(B).
‘‘(d) GUARANTEES.—
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—A guarantee issued under
this section shall—
‘‘(A) be for the full amount of a bond or
note, including the amount of principal, interest,
and call premiums;
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‘‘(B) be fully assignable and transferable;
and
‘‘(C) represent the full faith and credit of
the United States.
‘‘(2) LIMITATION.—To ensure that the Secretary
has the resources necessary to properly examine the
proposed guarantees, the Secretary may limit the
number of guarantees issued under this section if the
number of such guarantees exceeds 5 per year.
‘‘(3) DEPARTMENT OPINION.—On the timely re-
quest of an eligible lender, the General Counsel of the
Department of Agriculture shall provide the Secretary
with an opinion regarding the validity and authority
of a guarantee issued to the lender under this section.
‘‘(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be
appropriated such sums as are necessary to carry out
this section.
‘‘(2) FEES.—To the extent that the amount of
funds appropriated for a fiscal year under paragraph
(1) are not sufficient to carry out this section, the
Secretary may use up to 1⁄3 of the fees collected under
subsection (c) for the cost of providing guarantees of
bonds and notes under this section before depositing
the remainder of the fees into the rural economic de-
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velopment subaccount maintained under section
313(b)(2)(A).
‘‘(f) TERMINATION.—The authority provided under
this section shall terminate on September 30, 2006.’’.
(b) ADMINISTRATION.—
(1) REGULATIONS.—Not later than 180 days
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary
of Agriculture shall promulgate regulations to carry
out the amendments made by this section.
(2) IMPLEMENTATION.—Not later than 240 days
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary
shall implement the amendment made by this section.
SEC. 662. EXPANSION OF 911 ACCESS.
Title III of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7
U.S.C. 931 et seq.) is amended by adding the following:
‘‘SEC. 315. EXPANSION OF 911 ACCESS.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to such terms and condi-
tions as the Secretary may prescribe, the Secretary may
make telephone loans under this title to State or local gov-
ernments, Indian tribes (as defined in section 4 of the In-
dian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (25
U.S.C. 450b)), or other public entities for facilities and
equipment to expand 911 access in underserved rural areas.
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‘‘(b) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There
are authorized to be appropriated such sums as are nec-
essary to carry out this section.’’.
TITLE VII—AGRICULTURAL RE-
SEARCH, 
EDUCATION, 
AND
EXTENSION 
AND 
RELATED
MATTERS
Subtitle A—National Agricultural
Research, Extension, and Teach-
ing Policy Act of 1977
SEC. 701. DEFINITIONS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1404 of the National Agri-
cultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of
1977 (7 U.S.C. 3103) is amended—
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (10) through
(17) as paragraphs (11) through (18), respectively;
(2) by inserting after paragraph (9) the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(10) INSULAR AREA.—The term ‘insular area’
means—
‘‘(A) the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico;
‘‘(B) Guam;
‘‘(C) American Samoa;
‘‘(D) the Commonwealth of the Northern
Mariana Islands;
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‘‘(E) the Federated States of Micronesia;
‘‘(F) the Republic of the Marshall Islands;
‘‘(G) the Republic of Palau; and
‘‘(H) the Virgin Islands of the United
States.’’; and
(3) by striking paragraph (13) (as so redesig-
nated) and inserting the following:
‘‘(13) STATE.—The term ‘State’ means—
‘‘(A) a State;
‘‘(B) the District of Columbia; and
‘‘(C) any insular area.’’.
(b) EFFECT
OF
AMENDMENTS.—The amendments
made by subsection (a) shall not affect any basis for dis-
tribution of funds by formula (in effect on the date of enact-
ment of this Act) to—
(1) the Federated States of Micronesia;
(2) the Republic of the Marshall Islands; or
(3) the Republic of Palau.
SEC. 702. NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH, EXTEN-
SION, EDUCATION, AND ECONOMICS ADVI-
SORY BOARD.
Section 1408(h) of the National Agricultural Research,
Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C.
3123(h)) is amended by striking ‘‘2002’’ and inserting
‘‘2006’’.
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SEC. 703. GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS FOR FOOD AND AGRI-
CULTURAL SCIENCES EDUCATION.
Section 1417 of the National Agricultural Research,
Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C.
3152) is amended—
(1) in subsection (a)—
(A) by striking ‘‘and’’ after ‘‘economics,’’;
and
(B) by inserting ‘‘, and rural economic,
community, and business development’’ before
the period;
(2) in subsection (b)—
(A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘, or in
rural economic, community, and business devel-
opment’’ before the semicolon;
(B) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘, or in
rural economic, community, and business devel-
opment’’ before the semicolon;
(C) in paragraph (3), by inserting ‘‘, or
teaching programs emphasizing rural economic,
community, and business development’’ before
the semicolon;
(D) in paragraph (4), by inserting ‘‘, or
programs emphasizing rural economic, commu-
nity, and business development,’’ after ‘‘pro-
grams’’; and
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(E) in paragraph (5), by inserting ‘‘, or
professionals in rural economic, community, and
business development’’ before the semicolon;
(3) in subsection (d)—
(A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘, or in
rural economic, community, and business devel-
opment,’’ after ‘‘sciences’’; and
(B) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘, or in
the rural economic, community, and business de-
velopment workforce,’’ after ‘‘workforce’’; and
(4) in subsection (l), by striking ‘‘2002’’ and in-
serting ‘‘2006’’.
SEC. 704. COMPETITIVE RESEARCH FACILITIES GRANT PRO-
GRAM.
The National Agricultural Research, Extension, and
Teaching Policy Act of 1977 is amended by inserting after
section 1417 (7 U.S.C. 3152) the following:
‘‘SEC. 1417A. COMPETITIVE RESEARCH FACILITIES GRANT
PROGRAM.
‘‘(a) AUTHORITY.—The Secretary may award grants
to eligible institutions on a competitive basis for the con-
struction, acquisition, modernization, renovation, alter-
ation, and remodeling of food and agricultural research fa-
cilities such as buildings, laboratories, and other capital fa-
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cilities (including acquisition of fixtures and equipment)
in accordance with this section.
‘‘(b) ELIGIBLE INSTITUTIONS.—The following institu-
tions are eligible to compete for grants under subsection (a):
‘‘(1) A State cooperative institution.
‘‘(2) A Hispanic-serving institution.
‘‘(c) CRITERIA
FOR AWARD.—The Secretary shall
award grants to support the national research purposes
specified in section 1402 in a manner determined by the
Secretary.
‘‘(d) MATCHING.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may establish
such matching requirements for grants under sub-
section (a) as the Secretary considers appropriate.
‘‘(2) FORM OF MATCH.—Matching requirements
established by the Secretary may be met with unreim-
bursed indirect costs and in-kind contributions.
‘‘(3) EVALUATION PREFERENCE.—The Secretary
may include an evaluation preference for projects for
which the applicant proposes funds for the direct costs
of a project to meet the required match.
‘‘(e) TARGETED INSTITUTIONS.—The Secretary may
determine that a portion of funds made available to carry
out this section shall be targeted to particular eligible insti-
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tutions to enhance the capacity of the eligible institutions
to carry out research.
‘‘(f) ADMINISTRATION.—
‘‘(1) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary shall pro-
mulgate such regulations as are necessary to carry
out this section.
‘‘(2) STATES WITH MORE THAN 1 ELIGIBLE IN-
STITUTION.—In a State having more than 1 eligible
institution, the Secretary shall establish procedures in
accordance with the purposes specified in section 1402
to ensure that the facility proposals of the eligible in-
stitutions in the State provide for a coordinated food
and agricultural research program among eligible in-
stitutions in the State.
‘‘(g) APPLICABILITY OF THE FEDERAL ADVISORY COM-
MITTEE ACT.—The Federal Advisory Committee Act (5
U.S.C. App.) and title XVIII of the Food and Agriculture
Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2281 et seq.) shall not apply to a
panel or board created solely for the purpose of reviewing
applications or proposals submitted under this section.
‘‘(h) ADVISORY BOARD.—In carrying out this section,
the Secretary shall consult with the Advisory Board.
‘‘(i) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are
authorized to be appropriated such sums as are necessary
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to carry out this section for each of fiscal years 2002
through 2006.’’.
SEC. 705. GRANTS FOR RESEARCH ON THE PRODUCTION
AND MARKETING OF ALCOHOLS AND INDUS-
TRIAL 
HYDROCARBONS 
FROM 
AGRICUL-
TURAL COMMODITIES AND FOREST PROD-
UCTS.
Section 1419(d) of the National Agricultural Research,
Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C.
3154(d)) is amended by striking ‘‘2002’’ and inserting
‘‘2006’’.
SEC. 706. POLICY RESEARCH CENTERS.
Section 1419A of the National Agricultural Research,
Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C.
3155) is amended—
(1) in subsection (c)(3), by striking ‘‘collect and
analyze’’ and inserting ‘‘collect, analyze, and dissemi-
nate’’; and
(2) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘2002’’ and in-
serting ‘‘2006’’.
SEC. 707. HUMAN NUTRITION INTERVENTION AND HEALTH
PROMOTION RESEARCH PROGRAM.
Section 1424(d) of the National Agricultural Research,
Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C.
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3174(d)) is amended by striking ‘‘2002’’ and inserting
‘‘2006’’.
SEC. 708. PILOT RESEARCH PROGRAM TO COMBINE MED-
ICAL AND AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH.
Section 1424A(d) of the National Agricultural Re-
search, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7
U.S.C. 3174a(d)) is amended by striking ‘‘2002’’ and in-
serting ‘‘2006’’.
SEC. 709. NUTRITION EDUCATION PROGRAM.
Section 1425(c)(3) of the National Agricultural Re-
search, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7
U.S.C. 3175(c)(3)) is amended by striking ‘‘2002’’ and in-
serting ‘‘2006’’.
SEC. 710. ANIMAL HEALTH AND DISEASE RESEARCH PRO-
GRAMS.
Section 1433(a) of the National Agricultural Research,
Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C.
3195(a)) is amended in the first sentence by striking
‘‘2002’’ and inserting ‘‘2006’’.
SEC. 711. RESEARCH ON NATIONAL OR REGIONAL PROB-
LEMS.
Section 1434(a) of the National Agricultural Research,
Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C.
3196(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘2002’’ and inserting
‘‘2006’’.
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SEC. 712. EDUCATION GRANTS PROGRAMS FOR HISPANIC-
SERVING INSTITUTIONS.
Section 1455(c) of the National Agricultural Research,
Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C.
3241(c)) is amended by striking ‘‘2002’’ and inserting
‘‘2006’’.
SEC. 713. COMPETITIVE GRANTS FOR INTERNATIONAL AG-
RICULTURAL SCIENCE AND EDUCATION PRO-
GRAMS.
Section 1459A(c) of the National Agricultural Re-
search, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7
U.S.C. 3292b(c)) is amended by striking ‘‘2002’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘2006’’.
SEC. 714. INDIRECT COSTS.
Section 1462 of the National Agricultural Research,
Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C.
3310) is amended—
(1) by inserting ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—’’ before
‘‘Except’’;
(2) by striking ‘‘19 percent’’ and all that follows
and inserting ‘‘the negotiated indirect cost rate estab-
lished for an institution by the cognizant Federal
audit agency for the institution.’’; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
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‘‘(b) EXCEPTION.—Subsection (a) shall not apply to
a grant awarded competitively under section 9 of the Small
Business Act (15 U.S.C. 638).’’.
SEC. 715. RESEARCH EQUIPMENT GRANTS.
The National Agricultural Research, Extension, and
Teaching Policy Act of 1977 is amended by inserting after
section 1462 (7 U.S.C. 3310) the following:
‘‘SEC. 1462A. RESEARCH EQUIPMENT GRANTS.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may make competi-
tive grants for the acquisition of special purpose scientific
research equipment for use in the food and agricultural
sciences programs of eligible institutions described in sub-
section (b).
‘‘(b) ELIGIBLE INSTITUTIONS.—The Secretary may
make a grant under this section to—
‘‘(1) a college or university; or
‘‘(2) a State cooperative institution.
‘‘(c) MAXIMUM AMOUNT.—The amount of a grant
made to an eligible institution under this section may not
exceed $500,000.
‘‘(d) PROHIBITION ON CHARGE OF EQUIPMENT AS IN-
DIRECT COSTS.—The cost of acquisition or depreciation of
equipment purchased with a grant under this section shall
not be—
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‘‘(1) charged as an indirect cost against another
Federal grant; or
‘‘(2) included as part of the indirect cost pool for
purposes of calculating the indirect cost rate of an eli-
gible institution.
‘‘(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section
$50,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2002 through 2006.’’.
SEC. 716. AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH PROGRAMS.
Section 1463 of the National Agricultural Research,
Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C.
3311) is amended—
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘$850,000,000
for each of the fiscal years 1991 through 2002’’ and
inserting ‘‘$1,500,000,000 for each of fiscal years
2002 through 2006’’; and
(2) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘2002’’ and in-
serting ‘‘2006’’.
SEC. 717. EXTENSION EDUCATION.
Section 1464 of the National Agricultural Research,
Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C.
3312) is amended by striking ‘‘$420,000,000’’ and all that
follows and inserting the following: ‘‘$500,000,000 for each
of fiscal years 2002 through 2006.’’.
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SEC. 718. AVAILABILITY OF COMPETITIVE GRANT FUNDS.
The National Agricultural Research, Extension, and
Teaching Policy Act of 1977 is amended by inserting after
section 1469 (7 U.S.C. 3315) the following:
‘‘SEC. 
1469A. 
AVAILABILITY 
OF 
COMPETITIVE 
GRANT
FUNDS.
‘‘Except as otherwise provided by law, funds made
available to the Secretary to carry out a competitive agri-
cultural research, education, or extension grant program
under this or any other Act shall be available for obligation
for a 2-year period beginning on October 1 of the fiscal year
for which the funds are made available.’’.
SEC. 719. JOINT REQUESTS FOR PROPOSALS.
(a) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this section are—
(1) to reduce the duplication of administrative
functions relating to grant awards and administra-
tion among Federal agencies conducting similar types
of research, education, and extension programs;
(2) to maximize the use of peer review resources
in research, education, and extension programs; and
(3) to reduce the burden on potential recipients
that may offer similar proposals to receive competi-
tive grants under different Federal programs in over-
lapping subject areas.
(b) AUTHORITY.—The National Agricultural Research,
Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 is amended
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by inserting after section 1473A (7 U.S.C. 3319a) the fol-
lowing:
‘‘SEC. 1473B. JOINT REQUESTS FOR PROPOSALS.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out any competitive
agricultural research, education, or extension grant pro-
gram authorized under this or any other Act, the Secretary
may cooperate with 1 or more other Federal agencies (in-
cluding the National Science Foundation) in issuing joint
requests for proposals, awarding grants, and administering
grants, for similar or related research, education, or exten-
sion projects or activities.
‘‘(b) TRANSFER OF FUNDS.—
‘‘(1) SECRETARY.—The Secretary may transfer
funds to, or receive funds from, a cooperating Federal
agency for the purpose of carrying out the joint re-
quest for proposals, making awards, or administering
grants.
‘‘(2) COOPERATING
AGENCY.—The cooperating
Federal agency may transfer funds to, or receive
funds from, the Secretary for the purpose of carrying
out the joint request for proposals, making awards, or
administering grants.
‘‘(3) LIMITATIONS.—Funds transferred or re-
ceived under this subsection shall be—
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‘‘(A) used only in accordance with the laws
authorizing the appropriation of the funds; and
‘‘(B) made available by grant only to re-
cipients that are eligible to receive the grant
under the laws.
‘‘(c) ADMINISTRATION.—
‘‘(1) SECRETARY.—The Secretary may delegate
authority to issue requests for proposals, make grant
awards, or administer grants, in whole or in part, to
a cooperating Federal agency.
‘‘(2) COOPERATING FEDERAL AGENCY.—The co-
operating Federal agency may delegate to the Sec-
retary authority to issue requests for proposals, make
grant awards, or administer grants, in whole or in
part.
‘‘(d) REGULATIONS; RATES.—The Secretary and a co-
operating Federal agency may agree to make applicable to
recipients of grants—
‘‘(1) the post-award grant administration regu-
lations and indirect cost rates applicable to recipients
of grants from the Secretary; or
‘‘(2) the post-award grant administration regu-
lations and indirect cost rates applicable to recipients
of grants from the cooperating Federal agency.
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‘‘(e) JOINT PEER REVIEW PANELS.—Subject to section
1413B, the Secretary and a cooperating Federal agency
may establish joint peer review panels for the purpose of
evaluating grant proposals.’’.
SEC. 720. SUPPLEMENTAL AND ALTERNATIVE CROPS.
Section 1473D(a) of the National Agricultural Re-
search, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7
U.S.C. 3319d(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘2002’’ and in-
serting ‘‘2006’’.
SEC. 721. AQUACULTURE.
Section 1477 of the National Agricultural Research,
Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C.
3324) is amended in the first sentence by striking ‘‘2002’’
and inserting ‘‘2006’’.
SEC. 722. RANGELAND RESEARCH.
Section 1483(a) of the National Agricultural Research,
Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C.
3336(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘2002’’ and inserting
‘‘2006’’.
SEC. 723. BIOSECURITY PLANNING AND RESPONSE PRO-
GRAMS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The National Agricultural Re-
search, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7
U.S.C. 3101 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the
following:
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‘‘Subtitle N—Biosecurity
‘‘CHAPTER 1—AGRICULTURE
INFRASTRUCTURE SECURITY
‘‘SEC. 1484. DEFINITIONS.
‘‘In this chapter:
‘‘(1) AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH FACILITY.—The
term 
‘agricultural 
research 
facility’ 
means 
a
facility—
‘‘(A) at which agricultural research is regu-
larly carried out or proposed to be carried out;
and
‘‘(B) that is—
‘‘(i)(I) an Agricultural Research Serv-
ice facility;
‘‘(II) a Forest Service facility; or
‘‘(III) an Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service facility;
‘‘(ii) a Federal agricultural facility in
the process of being planned or being con-
structed; or
‘‘(iii) any other facility under the full
control of the Secretary.
‘‘(2) 
COMMISSION.—The 
term 
‘Commission’
means the Agriculture Infrastructure Security Com-
mission established under section 1486.
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‘‘(2) FUND.—The term ‘Fund’ means the Agri-
culture Infrastructure Security Fund Account estab-
lished by section 1485.
‘‘SEC. 1485. AGRICULTURE INFRASTRUCTURE SECURITY
FUND.
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in the
Treasury of the United States an account, to be known as
the ‘Agriculture Infrastructure Security Fund Account’,
consisting of funds appropriated to, or deposited into, the
Fund under subsection (c).
‘‘(b) PURPOSES.—The purposes of the Fund are to pro-
vide funding to protect and strengthen the Federal food safe-
ty and agricultural infrastructure that—
‘‘(1) safeguards against animal and plant dis-
eases and pests;
‘‘(2) ensures the safety of the food supply; and
‘‘(3) ensures sound science in support of food and
agricultural policy.
‘‘(c) DEPOSITS INTO FUND.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be
appropriated to the Fund such sums as are necessary
for each of fiscal years 2002 through 2006.
‘‘(2) CONTRIBUTIONS AND OTHER PROCEEDS.—
The Secretary shall deposit into the Fund any funds
received—
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‘‘(A) as proceeds from the sale of assets
under subsection (e); or
‘‘(B) as gifts under subsection (f).
‘‘(3) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Amounts in the
Fund shall remain available until expended without
further Act of appropriation.
‘‘(4) ADDITIONAL FUNDS.—Funds made avail-
able under paragraph (1) shall be in addition to
funds otherwise available to the Secretary to receive
gifts and bequests or dispose of property (real, per-
sonal, or intangible).
‘‘(d) EXPENDITURES FROM FUND.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), on
request by the Secretary, the Secretary of the Treas-
ury shall transfer from the Fund to the Secretary,
and the Secretary shall accept and use without fur-
ther appropriation, such amounts as the Secretary de-
termines to be necessary to pay—
‘‘(A) the costs of planning, design, develop-
ment, construction, acquisition, modernization,
leasing, and disposal of facilities, equipment,
and technology used by the Department in car-
rying out programs relating to the purposes
specified in subsection (b), notwithstanding the
Federal Property and Administrative Services
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Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C. 471 et seq.) or any other
law that prescribes procedures for the procure-
ment, use, or disposal of property or services by
a Federal agency;
‘‘(B) the costs of specialized services relating
to the purposes specified in subsection (b);
‘‘(C) the costs of cooperative arrangements
authorized to be entered into (notwithstanding
chapter 63 of title 31, United States Code) with
State, local and tribal governments, and other
public and private entities, to carry out pro-
grams relating to the purposes specified in sub-
section (b); and
‘‘(D) administrative costs incurred in car-
rying out subparagraphs (A) through (C).
‘‘(2) LIMITATIONS.—
‘‘(A) FEDERAL
EMPLOYEES.—Amounts in
the Fund shall not be used to create any new full
or part-time permanent Federal employee posi-
tion.
‘‘(B) ADMINISTRATIVE
EXPENSES.—Begin-
ning in fiscal year 2003, not more than 1 per-
cent of the amounts in the Fund on October 1 of
a fiscal year may be used in the fiscal year for
administrative expenses of the Secretary in car-
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rying out the activities described in paragraph
(1).
‘‘(e) SALE OF ASSETS.—
‘‘(1) DISPOSAL
AUTHORITY.—Notwithstanding
the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act
of 1949 (40 U.S.C. 471 et seq.), the Secretary by sale
may dispose of all or any part of any right or title
in land (excluding National Forest System land), fa-
cilities, or equipment in the full control of the Depart-
ment used for the purposes specified in subsection (b).
‘‘(2) DISPOSITION OF PROCEEDS.—Proceeds from
any sale conducted by the Secretary under paragraph
(1) shall be deposited into the Fund in accordance
with subsection (c)(2)(A).
‘‘(f) GIFTS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—To carry out the purposes
specified in subsection (b), the Secretary may accept
gifts and bequests of funds, property (real, personal,
and intangible), equipment, services, and other in-
kind contributions from State, local, and tribal gov-
ernments, colleges and universities, individuals, and
other public and private entities.
‘‘(2) PROHIBITED SOURCE.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—For the purposes of this
subsection, the Secretary shall not consider a
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State or local government, Indian tribe (as de-
fined in section 4 of the Indian Self-Determina-
tion and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C.
450b)), other public entity, or college or univer-
sity, to be a prohibited source under any Depart-
ment rule or policy that prohibits the acceptance
of gifts from individuals and entities that do
business with the Department.
‘‘(B) 
EXCEPTION.—Notwithstanding 
any
Department rule or policy that prohibits the ac-
ceptance of gifts by the Department from indi-
viduals or private entities that do business with
the Department or that, for any other reason, are
considered to be prohibited sources, the Secretary
may accept gifts under this subsection if the Sec-
retary determines that it is in the public interest
to accept the gift.
‘‘(3) DISPOSITION
OF
GIFTS.—The Secretary
shall deposit any gift of funds under this subsection
into the Fund in accordance with subsection
(c)(2)(B).
‘‘SEC. 1486. AGRICULTURE INFRASTRUCTURE SECURITY
COMMISSION.
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall establish
a commission to be known as the ‘Agriculture Infrastruc-
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ture Security Commission’ to carry out the duties described
in subsection (f).
‘‘(b) MEMBERSHIP.—
‘‘(1) APPOINTMENT.—
‘‘(A) VOTING MEMBERS.—
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—The Commission
shall be composed of 15 voting members, ap-
pointed by the Secretary in accordance with
clause (ii), based on nominations solicited
from the public.
‘‘(ii) QUALIFICATIONS.—The Secretary
shall appoint members that—
‘‘(I) represent a balance of the
public and private sectors; and
‘‘(II) have combined expertise
in—
‘‘(aa) facilities development,
modernization, construction, secu-
rity, consolidation, and closure;
‘‘(bb) 
plant 
diseases 
and
pests;
‘‘(cc) animal diseases and
pests;
‘‘(dd) food safety;
‘‘(ee) biosecurity;
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‘‘(ff) the needs of farmers and
ranchers;
‘‘(gg) public health;
‘‘(hh) State, local, and tribal
government; and
‘‘(ii) any other area related
to agriculture infrastructure secu-
rity, as determined by the Sec-
retary.
‘‘(B) NONVOTING MEMBERS.—The Commis-
sion shall be composed of the following nonvoting
members:
‘‘(i) The Secretary.
‘‘(ii) 4 representatives appointed by the
Secretary of Health and Human Services, 1
each from—
‘‘(I) the Public Health Service;
‘‘(II) the National Institutes of
Health;
‘‘(III) the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention; and
‘‘(IV) the Food and Drug Admin-
istration.
‘‘(iii) 1 representative appointed by the
Attorney General.
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‘‘(iv) 1 representative appointed by the
Director of Homeland Security.
‘‘(v) Not more than 4 representatives of
the Department appointed by the Secretary.
‘‘(2) DATE OF APPOINTMENT.—The appointment
of each member of the Commission shall be made not
later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this
subtitle.
‘‘(c) TERM; VACANCIES.—
‘‘(1) TERM.—The term of office of a member of
the Commission shall be 4 years, except that the mem-
bers initially appointed shall be appointed to serve
staggered terms (as determined by the Secretary).
‘‘(2) VACANCIES.—A vacancy on the Commission
shall be filled in the same manner as the original ap-
pointment was made.
‘‘(d) MEETINGS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Commission shall meet
at the call of—
‘‘(A) the Chairperson;
‘‘(B) a majority of the voting members of
the Commission; or
‘‘(C) the Secretary.
‘‘(2) FEDERAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE ACT.—
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‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Federal Advisory
Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.) and title XVIII
of the Food and Agriculture Act of 1977 (7
U.S.C. 2281 et seq.) shall not apply to the Com-
mission.
‘‘(B) OPEN MEETINGS; RECORDS.—Subject
to subparagraph (C)—
‘‘(i) a meeting of the Commission shall
be—
‘‘(I) publicly announced in ad-
vance; and
‘‘(II) open to the public; and
‘‘(ii) the Commission shall—
‘‘(I) keep detailed minutes of each
meeting and other appropriate records
of the activities of the Commission;
and
‘‘(II) make the minutes and
records available to the public on re-
quest.
‘‘(C) EXCEPTION.—When required in the
interest of national security—
‘‘(i) the Chairperson may choose not to
give public notice of a meeting;
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‘‘(ii) the Chairperson may close all or
a portion of any meeting to the public, and
the minutes of the meeting, or portion of a
meeting, shall not be made available to the
public; and
‘‘(iii) by majority vote, the Commis-
sion may redact the minutes of a meeting
that was open to the public.
‘‘(e) CHAIRPERSON.—The Secretary shall select a
Chairperson from among the voting members of the Com-
mission.
‘‘(f) DUTIES.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Commission shall—
‘‘(A) advise the Secretary on the uses of the
Fund;
‘‘(B) review all agricultural research facili-
ties for—
‘‘(i) research importance; and
‘‘(ii) importance to agriculture infra-
structure security;
‘‘(C) identify any agricultural research fa-
cility that should be closed, realigned, consoli-
dated, or modernized to carry out the research
agenda of the Secretary and protect agriculture
infrastructure security;
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‘‘(D) develop recommendations concerning
agricultural research facilities; and
‘‘(E)(i) evaluate the agricultural research
facilities acquisition and modernization system
(including acquisitions by gift, grant, or any
other form of agreement) used by the Depart-
ment; and
‘‘(ii) based on the evaluation, recommend
improvements to the system.
‘‘(2) STRATEGIC PLAN.—To assist the Commis-
sion in carrying out the duties described in para-
graph (1), the Commission shall use the 10-year stra-
tegic plan prepared by the Strategic Planning Task
Force established under section 4 of the Research Fa-
cilities Act (7 U.S.C. 390b).
‘‘(3) REPORT.—
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 240
days after the date of enactment of this subtitle,
and each June 1 thereafter, the Commission shall
prepare and submit to the Secretary, the Com-
mittee on Agriculture and the Committee on Ap-
propriations of the House of Representatives,
and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition,
and Forestry and the Committee on Appropria-
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tions of the Senate, a report on the findings and
recommendations under paragraph (1).
‘‘(B) WRITTEN RESPONSE.—Not later than
90 days after the date of receipt of a report from
the Commission under subparagraph (A), the
Secretary shall provide to the Commission a
written response concerning the manner and ex-
tent to which the Secretary will implement the
recommendations in the report.
‘‘(C) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—Subject to clause
(ii), the report submitted by the Commis-
sion, and any response made by the Sec-
retary, under this subsection shall be avail-
able to the public.
‘‘(ii) EXCEPTION.—
‘‘(I) NATIONAL
SECURITY.—The
Commission or the Secretary may de-
termine that any report or response, or
any portion of a report or response,
shall not be publicly released in the in-
terest of national security.
‘‘(II) FREEDOM OF INFORMATION
ACT.—On such a determination, the re-
port or response, a portion of the re-
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port or response, or any records relat-
ing to the report or response, shall not
be released under section 552 of title 5,
United States Code.
‘‘(g) COMMISSION PERSONNEL MATTERS.—
‘‘(1) COMPENSATION OF MEMBERS.—
‘‘(A) NON-FEDERAL EMPLOYEES.—A voting
member of the Commission who is not a regular
full-time employee of the Federal Government
shall, while attending meetings of the Commis-
sion or otherwise engaged in the business of the
Commission (including travel time), be entitled
to receive compensation at a rate fixed by the
Secretary, but not exceeding the daily equivalent
of the annual rate specified at the time of such
service under GS–15 of the General Schedule es-
tablished under section 5332 of title 5, United
States Code.
‘‘(B) TRAVEL EXPENSES.—A voting member
of the Commission shall be allowed travel ex-
penses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence,
at rates authorized for an employee of an agency
under subchapter I of chapter 57 of title 5,
United States Code, while away from the home
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or regular place of business of the member in the
performance of the duties of the Commission.
‘‘(2) STAFF.—The Secretary shall provide the
Commission with any personnel and other resources
as the Secretary determines appropriate.
‘‘(h) FUNDING.—
‘‘(1) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.—
There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out
this section such sums as are necessary for each of fis-
cal years 2002 through 2006.
‘‘(2) AGRICULTURE INFRASTRUCTURE SECURITY
FUND.—For the purpose of establishing the Commis-
sion, the Secretary shall use such sums from the Fund
as the Secretary determines to be appropriate.
‘‘CHAPTER 2—OTHER BIOSECURITY
PROGRAMS
‘‘SEC. 1487. SPECIAL AUTHORIZATION FOR BIOSECURITY
PLANNING AND RESPONSE.
‘‘(a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—In addi-
tion to amounts for agricultural research, extension, and
education under this Act, there are authorized to be appro-
priated for agricultural research, education, and extension
activities for biosecurity planning and response such sums
as are necessary for each of fiscal years 2002 through 2006.
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‘‘(b) USE OF FUNDS.—Using any authority available
to the Secretary, the Secretary shall use funds made avail-
able under this section to carry out agricultural research,
education, and extension activities (including through com-
petitive grants) necessary—
‘‘(1) to reduce the vulnerability of the United
States food and agricultural system to chemical or bi-
ological attack;
‘‘(2) to continue joint research initiatives be-
tween the Agricultural Research Service, universities,
and industry on counterbioterrorism efforts (includ-
ing continued funding of a consortium in existence on
the date of enactment of this subtitle of which the Ag-
ricultural Research Service and universities are mem-
bers);
‘‘(3) to make competitive grants to universities
and qualified research institutions for research on
counterbioterrorism; and
‘‘(4) to counter or otherwise respond to chemical
or biological attack.
‘‘SEC. 1488. AGRICULTURE BIOTERRORISM RESEARCH FA-
CILITIES.
‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
‘‘(1) CONSTRUCTION.—The term ‘construction’
includes—
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‘‘(A) the construction of new buildings; and
‘‘(B) the expansion, renovation, remodeling,
and alteration of existing buildings.
‘‘(2) COST.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘cost’ means
any construction cost, including architects’ fees.
‘‘(B) EXCLUSIONS.—The term ‘cost’ does
not include the cost of—
‘‘(i) acquiring land or an interest in
land; or
‘‘(ii) constructing any offsite improve-
ment.
‘‘(3) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘eligible enti-
ty’ means a college or university that—
‘‘(A) is a land grant college or university
(as defined in section 1404 of the National Agri-
cultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Pol-
icy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3103)); and
‘‘(B) as determined by the Secretary, has—
‘‘(i) demonstrated expertise in the area
of animal and plant diseases;
‘‘(ii) substantial animal and plant di-
agnostic laboratories; and
‘‘(iii) well-established working relation-
ships with—
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‘‘(I) the agricultural industry;
and
‘‘(II) farm and commodity orga-
nizations.
‘‘(b) MODERNIZATION AND CONSTRUCTION OF FACILI-
TIES.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—To enhance the security of
agriculture in the United States against threats posed
by bioterrorism, the Secretary shall make construction
grants, on a competitive basis, to eligible entities.
‘‘(2) LIMITATION ON GRANTS.—An eligible entity
shall not receive grant funds under this section that,
in any fiscal year, exceed $10,000,000.
‘‘(c) REQUIREMENTS FOR GRANTS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall make a
grant to an eligible entity under this section only if,
with respect to any facility constructed using grant
funds, the eligible entity—
‘‘(A) submits to the Secretary, in such form,
in such manner, and containing such agree-
ments, assurances, and information as the Sec-
retary may require, an application for the grant;
‘‘(B) is determined by the Secretary to be
competent to engage in the type of research for
which the facility is proposed to be constructed;
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‘‘(C) provides such assurances as the Sec-
retary determines to be satisfactory that—
‘‘(i) for not less than 20 years after the
date of completion of the facility, the facil-
ity shall be used for the purposes of the re-
search for which the facility was con-
structed, as described in the grant applica-
tion;
‘‘(ii) sufficient funds are available to
pay the non-Federal share of the cost of con-
structing the facility;
‘‘(iii) sufficient funds will be available,
as of the date of completion of the construc-
tion, for the effective use of the facility for
the purposes of the research for which the
facility was constructed; and
‘‘(iv) the proposed construction—
‘‘(I) will increase the capability of
the eligible entity to conduct research
for which the facility was constructed;
or
‘‘(II) is necessary to improve or
maintain the quality of the research of
the eligible entity;
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‘‘(D) meets such reasonable qualifications as
may be established by the Secretary with respect
to—
‘‘(i) the relative scientific and technical
merit of the applications, and the relative
effectiveness of facilities proposed to be con-
structed, in expanding the quality of, and
the capacity of eligible entities to carry out,
biosecurity research;
‘‘(ii) the quality of the research to be
carried out in each facility constructed;
‘‘(iii) the need for the research activi-
ties to be carried out within the facility as
those activities relate to research needs of
the United States in securing, and ensuring
the safety of, the food supply of the United
States;
‘‘(iv) the age and condition of existing
research facilities of the eligible entity; and
‘‘(v) biosafety and biosecurity require-
ments necessary to protect facility staff,
members of the public, and the food supply;
and
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‘‘(E) has demonstrated a commitment to en-
hancing and expanding the research productivity
of the eligible entity.
‘‘(2) PRIORITY.—In providing grants under this
section, the Secretary shall give priority to an eligible
entity that, as determined by the Secretary, has dem-
onstrated expertise in—
‘‘(A) animal and plant disease prevention;
‘‘(B) pathogen and toxin mitigation;
‘‘(C) cereal disease resistance;
‘‘(D) grain milling and processing;
‘‘(E) livestock production practices;
‘‘(F) vaccine development;
‘‘(G) meat processing;
‘‘(H) pathogen detection and control; or
‘‘(I) food safety.
‘‘(d) AMOUNT OF GRANT.—The amount of a grant
awarded under this section shall be determined by the Sec-
retary.
‘‘(e) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share of the cost
of any construction carried out using funds from a grant
provided under this section shall not exceed 50 percent.
‘‘(f) GUIDELINES.—Not later than 180 days after the
date of enactment of this subtitle, the Secretary shall issue
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guidelines with respect to the provision of grants under this
section.
‘‘(g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section
$100,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2003 through 2005.’’.
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS ON INCREASING CAPACITY
FOR RESEARCH ON BIOSECURITY AND ANIMAL AND PLANT
HEALTH DISEASES.—It is the sense of Congress that fund-
ing for the Agricultural Research Service, the Animal and
Plant Health Inspection Service, and other agencies of the
Department of Agriculture with responsibilities for biosecu-
rity should be increased as necessary to improve the capac-
ity of the agencies to conduct research and analysis of, and
respond to, bioterrorism and animal and plant diseases.
Subtitle B—Food, Agriculture, Con-
servation, and Trade Act of 1990
SEC. 731. NATIONAL GENETIC RESOURCES PROGRAM.
Section 1635(b) of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation,
and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 5844(b)) is amended by
striking ‘‘2002’’ and inserting ‘‘2006’’.
SEC. 732. BIOTECHNOLOGY RISK ASSESSMENT RESEARCH.
Section 1668 of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation,
and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 5921) is amended—
(1) by redesignating subsections (e) through (g)
as subsections (f) through (h), respectively;
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(2) by inserting after subsection (d) the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(e) GRANT PRIORITY.—In selecting projects for which
grants shall be made under this section, the Secretary shall
give priority to public and private research or educational
institutions and organizations the goals of which include—
‘‘(1) formation of interdisciplinary teams to re-
view or conduct research on the environmental effects
of the release of new genetically modified agricultural
products;
‘‘(2) conduct of studies relating to biosafety of ge-
netically modified agricultural products;
‘‘(3) evaluation of the cost and benefit for devel-
opment of an identity preservation system for geneti-
cally modified agricultural products;
‘‘(4) establishment of international partnerships
for research and education on biosafety issues; or
‘‘(5) formation of interdisciplinary teams to
renew and conduct research on the nutritional en-
hancement and environmental benefits of genetically
modified agricultural products.’’; and
(3) in subsection (h) (as redesignated by para-
graph (1)), by striking paragraph (2) and inserting
the following:
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‘‘(2) WITHHOLDING OF OUTLAYS FOR RESEARCH
ON
BIOTECHNOLOGY
RISK
ASSESSMENT.—Of the
amounts of outlays made under this section or any
other provision of law to carry out research on bio-
technology (as defined and determined by the Sec-
retary of Agriculture) for any fiscal year, the Sec-
retary of Agriculture shall withhold at least 3 percent
for grants for research on biotechnology risk assess-
ment on all categories identified by the Secretary of
Agriculture as biotechnology.’’.
SEC. 733. RURAL ELECTRONIC COMMERCE EXTENSION PRO-
GRAM.
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that—
(1) electronic commerce sales in 1998 were ap-
proximately $100,000,000,000 and are expected to
reach $1,300,000,000,000 by 2003;
(2) electronic commerce presents an enormous
opportunity and challenge for small businesses, espe-
cially businesses in rural areas;
(3) while infrastructure for electronic commerce
is growing rapidly in rural areas, small businesses
will not be able to take advantage of the new tech-
nology without assistance;
(4) while electronic commerce will give businesses
new markets and new ways of doing business, many
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small businesses in rural areas will have difficulty
adopting appropriate electronic commerce business
practices and technologies;
(5) the United States has an interest in ensuring
that small businesses in rural areas participate in
electronic commerce, to encourage success of the busi-
nesses, and to promote productivity and economic
growth throughout the economy of the United States;
and
(6) an electronic commerce extension program
should be established using the nationwide county-
based infrastructure within the Cooperative Extension
Service to help small businesses throughout the United
States to identify, adapt, adopt, and use electronic
commerce business practices and technologies.
(b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this section is to estab-
lish within the Cooperative State Research, Education, and
Extension Service of the Department of Agriculture a rural
electronic commerce extension program for small businesses
and microenterprises in rural areas of the United States.
(c) PROGRAM.—Subtitle H of title XVI of the Food,
Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C.
5921 et seq.) is amended by adding after section 1669 the
following:
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‘‘SEC. 1670. RURAL ELECTRONIC COMMERCE EXTENSION
PROGRAM.
‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
‘‘(1) DEVELOPMENT CENTER.—The term ‘devel-
opment center’ means—
‘‘(A) the North Central Regional Center for
Rural Development;
‘‘(B) the Northeast Regional Center for
Rural Development or its designee;
‘‘(C) the Southern Rural Development Cen-
ter; and
‘‘(D) the Western Rural Development Center
or its designee.
‘‘(2) EXTENSION PROGRAM.—The term ‘extension
program’ means the rural electronic commerce exten-
sion program established under subsection (b).
‘‘(3) MICROENTERPRISE.—The term ‘microenter-
prise’ means a commercial enterprise that has 5 or
fewer employees, 1 or more of whom owns the enter-
prise.
‘‘(4) SECRETARY.—The term ‘Secretary’ means
the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Ad-
ministrator of the Cooperative State Research, Edu-
cation, and Extension Service.
‘‘(5) SMALL BUSINESS.—The term ‘small busi-
ness’ has the meaning given the term ‘small-business
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concern’ by section 3(a) of the Small Business Act (15
U.S.C. 632(a)).
‘‘(b) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall establish
a rural electronic commerce extension program to—
‘‘(1) expand and enhance electronic commerce
practices and technology to be used by small busi-
nesses and microenterprises in rural areas;
‘‘(2) disseminate information and expertise
through a cooperative extension service clearinghouse
system in rural areas;
‘‘(3) disseminate management, scientific, engi-
neering, and technical information to small businesses
in rural areas through the extension program; and
‘‘(4) use, when appropriate, the expertise, tech-
nology, and capabilities of other institutions and or-
ganizations, including—
‘‘(A) State and local governments;
‘‘(B) Federal departments and agencies;
‘‘(C) institutions of higher education;
‘‘(D) nonprofit organizations;
‘‘(E) small businesses and microenterprises
that have experience in electronic commerce
practice and technology; and
‘‘(F) the development centers.
‘‘(c) ADMINISTRATION.—
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‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out this section,
the Secretary shall—
‘‘(A) provide leadership, support, and co-
ordination for the extension programs;
‘‘(B) establish policies, practices, and proce-
dures to assist rural communities in the adop-
tion and use of electronic commerce techniques;
‘‘(C) identify and strengthen existing mech-
anisms designed to assist rural areas in the
adoption and use of electronic commerce tech-
niques;
‘‘(D) provide grants to fund projects and
activities under the extension program; and
‘‘(E) establish a clearinghouse system for
States, communities, and businesses to obtain in-
formation on best practices, technology transfer,
training, education, adoption, and use of elec-
tronic commerce in rural areas.
‘‘(2) OFFICE
OF
RURAL
ELECTRONIC
COM-
MERCE.—The Secretary shall establish, in the Cooper-
ative State Research, Education, and Extension Serv-
ice, an Office of Rural Electronic Commerce to assist
in carrying out this section.
‘‘(d) GRANTS.—
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‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary shall carry
out a program under which—
‘‘(A) funds are distributed to each of the de-
velopment centers to—
‘‘(i) assemble regional expertise, and
develop innovative education programs, that
may be adapted and refined by State exten-
sion programs;
‘‘(ii) train State-based cooperative ex-
tension agents to deliver rural electronic
commerce education programs; and
‘‘(iii) establish networks among univer-
sities, local governments, and private indus-
tries to focus on regional economic issues;
and
‘‘(B) competitive grants are made to cooper-
ative extension service programs at land-grant
colleges and universities (or consortia of land-
grant colleges and universities)—
‘‘(i) to develop and facilitate nation-
ally innovative rural electronic commerce
business strategies; and
‘‘(ii) to assist small businesses and
microenterprises in identifying, adapting,
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implementing, and using electronic com-
merce business practices and technologies.
‘‘(2) ELIGIBILITY.—
‘‘(A) CRITERIA.—
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary,
shall—
‘‘(I) establish criteria for the sub-
mission, evaluation, and funding of
applications for grants to carry out
projects and activities under the exten-
sion program; and
‘‘(II) evaluate, rank, and select
grant applications described in sub-
clause (I) on the basis of the selection
criteria.
‘‘(ii) FACTORS.—The selection criteria
established under clause (i) shall include—
‘‘(I) the ability of an applicant to
provide training and education on best
practices, technology transfer, adop-
tion, and use of electronic commerce in
rural communities by small business
and microenterprise;
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‘‘(II) the quality of the service to
be provided by a proposed project or
activity under the extension program;
‘‘(III) the extent and geographic
diversity of the area served by the pro-
posed project or activity under the ex-
tension program;
‘‘(IV) the extent of participation
of land-grant colleges and universities
in the extension program (including
any economic benefits that would result
from that participation);
‘‘(V) the percentage of funding
and in-kind commitments from non-
Federal sources that would be needed
by and available for a proposed project
or activity under the extension pro-
gram; and
‘‘(VI) the extent of participation
of low-income and minority businesses
or microenterprises in a proposed
project or activity under the extension
program.
‘‘(B) APPLICATION.—As a condition of
being considered for the receipt of funds under
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this section, an applicant shall submit to the
Secretary an application that meets the criteria
established under subparagraph (A)(i)(I).
‘‘(C) NON-FEDERAL SHARE.—
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—As a condition of
the receipt of funds under this section, an
applicant shall agree to obtain from non-
Federal sources (including State, local, non-
profit, or private sector sources) contribu-
tions of—
‘‘(I) except as provided in clause
(iii), during each of the years in which
the extension program receives funding
under subsection (g), 50 percent of the
estimated capital and annual oper-
ating and maintenance costs of the ex-
tension program; and
‘‘(II) after expiration of the ini-
tial funding period specified in sub-
clause (I), 100 percent of the estimated
capital and annual operating and
maintenance costs of the extension pro-
gram.
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‘‘(ii) FORM.—The non-Federal share
required under clause (i)(I) may be pro-
vided in the form of in-kind contributions.
‘‘(iii) EXCEPTION.—The non-Federal
share required under clause (i)(I) may be
reduced to 25 percent of the estimated cap-
ital and annual operating and maintenance
costs of the extension program if the grant
recipient serves low-income or minority-
owned businesses or microenterprises, as de-
termined by the Secretary.
‘‘(3) LIMITATION ON AMOUNT OF FUNDS AWARD-
ED.—
‘‘(A) INDIVIDUAL
LAND-GRANT
COLLEGES
AND
UNIVERSITIES.—A land-grant college or
university shall not receive funds under this sec-
tion in an amount that exceeds $900,000.
‘‘(B) CONSORTIA OF LAND-GRANT COLLEGES
AND UNIVERSITIES.—With respect to a consor-
tium of land-grant colleges and universities that
receives funds under this section—
‘‘(i) the total amount of the funds
awarded to the consortium shall not exceed
the product obtained by multiplying—
‘‘(I) $900,000; by
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‘‘(II) the number of land-grant
colleges and universities comprising the
consortium; and
‘‘(ii) each land-grant college or univer-
sity that is a member of the consortium
shall receive an equal percentage of the total
amount of funds awarded.
‘‘(4) SELECTION.—At least once every 180 days,
the Secretary shall evaluate, prioritize, and fund ap-
plications for proposed projects and activities under
the extension program using the criteria established
under paragraph (2)(A)(i)(I).
‘‘(e) EVALUATION.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after
a project or activity under the extension program is
funded by a grant under this section, the evaluation
panel established under paragraph (2)(A) shall evalu-
ate the project or activity.
‘‘(2) EVALUATION PANEL.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days
after the date of enactment of this section, the
Secretary shall establish an evaluation panel
to—
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‘‘(i) establish criteria for evaluating
projects and activities under the extension
program; and
‘‘(ii) using the criteria established
under clause (i), evaluate the projects and
activities.
‘‘(B) COMPOSITION.—The evaluation panel
shall be composed of—
‘‘(i) appropriate Federal, State, local
government, and land-grant college or uni-
versity officials, as determined by the Sec-
retary; and
‘‘(ii) private individuals with expertise
in electronic commerce, technology, or small
business, as determined by the Secretary.
‘‘(3) CRITERIA.—The evaluation panel shall
evaluate projects and activities under the extension
program using criteria established by the Secretary
that assess the efficiency and efficacy of the extension
program.
‘‘(4) ASSISTANCE FROM GRANT RECIPIENTS.—A
recipient of a grant under this section shall, to the
maximum extent practicable, provide to the evalua-
tion panel such materials as the evaluation panel
may request to assist in the evaluation of any project
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or activity carried out by the recipient under the ex-
tension program.
‘‘(f) REPORT.—Not later than 2 years after the date
of enactment of this section, the Secretary shall submit to
the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representa-
tives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and
Forestry of the Senate a report that describes—
‘‘(1) the policies, practices, and procedures used
to assist rural communities in efforts to adopt and
use electronic commerce techniques;
‘‘(2) the clearinghouse system for States, commu-
nities, small businesses, and individuals established to
obtain information regarding best practices, tech-
nology transfer, training, education, adoption, and
use of electronic commerce in rural areas; and
‘‘(3) the criteria used for the submission, evalua-
tion, and funding of projects and activities under the
extension program.
‘‘(g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be ap-
propriated to carry out this section $60,000,000 for
each of fiscal years 2002 through 2006, of which
$20,000,000 for each fiscal year shall be made avail-
able to carry out activities under subsection (d)(1)(A).
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‘‘(2) ADMINISTRATIVE
COSTS.—The Secretary
may use not more than 2 percent of the funds made
available under paragraph (1) to pay administrative
costs incurred in carrying out this section.’’.
SEC. 734. 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 subsection (e), by adding at the end the
following:
‘‘(25) ANIMAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES RESEARCH
AND EXTENSION.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Research and extension
grants may be made under this section for the
purpose of developing—
‘‘(i) prevention and control methodolo-
gies for animal infectious diseases that im-
pact trade, including vesicular stomatitis,
bovine 
tuberculosis, 
transmissible
spongiform encephalopathy, brucellosis, and
E. coli 0157:H7 infection;
‘‘(ii) laboratory tests for quicker detec-
tion of infected animals and presence of dis-
eases among herds;
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‘‘(iii) prevention strategies, including
vaccination programs; and
‘‘(iv) rapid diagnostic techniques for
animal disease agents considered to be risks
for agricultural bioterrorism attack, includ-
ing evaluation of the techniques.
‘‘(B) 
COLLABORATION.—Research 
under
subparagraph (A) may be conducted in collabo-
ration with scientists from the Department, other
Federal agencies, universities, and industry.
‘‘(C) EVALUATION
OF
DIAGNOSTIC
TECH-
NIQUES
AND
VACCINES.—Any research on or
evaluation of diagnostic techniques and vaccines
under subparagraph (A) shall include evaluation
of diagnostic techniques and vaccines under field
conditions in countries in which the animal dis-
ease occurs.
‘‘(26) PROGRAM TO COMBAT CHILDHOOD OBE-
SITY.—Research and extension grants may be made
under this section to institutions of higher education
with demonstrated capacity in basic and clinical obe-
sity research, nutrition research, and community
health education research to develop and evaluate
community-wide strategies that catalyze partnerships
between families and health care, education, recre-
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ation, mass media, and other community resources to
reduce the incidence of childhood obesity.
‘‘(27) INTEGRATED
PEST
MANAGEMENT.—Re-
search and extension grants may be made under this
section to land grant colleges and universities, other
Federal agencies, and other interested persons to co-
ordinate and improve research, education, and out-
reach on, and implementation on farms of, integrated
pest management.
‘‘(28) BEEF CATTLE GENETICS.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Research and extension
grants for beef cattle genetics evaluation research
may be made under this section to institutions
of higher education, or consortia of institutions
of higher education, that—
‘‘(i) have expertise in beef cattle genetic
evaluation research and technology; and
‘‘(ii) have been actively involved, for at
least 20 years, in the estimation and pre-
diction of progeny differences for publica-
tion and use by seed stock producer breed
associations.
‘‘(B) PRIORITY.—In making grants under
subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall give pri-
ority to proposals to—
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‘‘(i) establish and coordinate priorities
for genetic evaluation of domestic beef cattle;
‘‘(ii) consolidate research efforts to re-
duce duplication of effort and maximize the
return to beef industry;
‘‘(iii) streamline the process between
the development and adoption of new ge-
netic evaluation methodologies by the indus-
try;
‘‘(iv) identify new traits and tech-
nologies for inclusion in genetic programs
in order to—
‘‘(I) reduce the costs of beef pro-
duction; and
‘‘(II) provide consumers with a
high nutritional value, healthy, and af-
fordable protein source; or
‘‘(v) create decisionmaking tools that
incorporate the increasing number of traits
being evaluated and the increasing amount
of information from DNA technology into
genetic improvement programs, with the
goal of optimizing the overall efficiency,
product quality and safety, and health of
the domestic beef cattle herd resource.
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‘‘(29) DAIRY
PIPELINE
CLEANERS.—Research
and extension grants may be made under this section
for the purpose of preventing and eliminating the
dangers of dairy pipeline cleaner, including—
‘‘(A) developing safer packaging mecha-
nisms and a new transfer mechanism, including
a new pumping mechanism for dairy pipeline
cleaner;
‘‘(B) outlining—
‘‘(i) the accident history for dairy
pipeline cleaner;
‘‘(ii) the causes of accidents involving
dairy pipeline cleaner; and
‘‘(iii) potential means of prevention of
such accidents, including improved labeling
and pump structure; and
‘‘(C) other means of improving efforts to
prevent ingestion of dairy pipeline cleaner.
‘‘(30) DEVELOPMENT OF PUBLICLY HELD PLANTS
AND
ANIMAL
VARIETIES; GENETIC
RESOURCE
CON-
SERVATION
ACTIVITIES.—Research 
and 
extension
grants may be made under this section to colleges and
universities, other Federal agencies, plant breeders,
and other interested persons for the purpose of—
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‘‘(A) development of publicly held plants
and animal varieties (including germplasm for
identity-preserved markets); and
‘‘(B) genetic resource conservation activi-
ties.’’; and
(2) in subsection (h), by striking ‘‘2002’’ and in-
serting ‘‘2006’’, of which not less than $100,000 for
each of fiscal years 2002 through 2006 shall be used
to carry out subsection (e)(29).
SEC. 735. NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT RESEARCH AND EXTEN-
SION INITIATIVE.
Section 1672A(g) of the Food, Agriculture, Conserva-
tion, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 5925a(g)) is amend-
ed by striking ‘‘2002’’ and inserting ‘‘2006’’.
SEC. 736. ORGANIC AGRICULTURE RESEARCH AND EXTEN-
SION INITIATIVE.
Section 1672B of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation,
and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 5925b) is amended—
(1) in subsection (a)—
(A) by inserting after ‘‘Board,’’ the fol-
lowing: ‘‘and the National Organic Standards
Board,’’;
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘and’’ at
the end;
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(C) in paragraph (3), by striking the period
at the end and inserting a semicolon; and
(D) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(4) determining desirable traits for organic
commodities using advanced genomics, field trials,
and other methods;
‘‘(5) pursuing classical and marker-assisted
breeding for publicly held varieties of crops and ani-
mals optimized for organic systems;
‘‘(6) identifying marketing and policy con-
straints on the expansion of organic agriculture; and
‘‘(7) conducting advanced on-farm research and
development that emphasizes observation of, experi-
mentation with, and innovation for working organic
farms, including research relating to production and
marketing and to socioeconomic conditions.’’; and
(2) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘2002’’ and in-
serting ‘‘2006’’.
SEC. 737. AGRICULTURAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS PRO-
GRAM.
Section 1673(h) of the Food, Agriculture, Conserva-
tion, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 5926(h)) is amended
by striking ‘‘2002’’ and inserting ‘‘2006’’.
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SEC. 738. ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM FOR FARMERS
WITH DISABILITIES.
Section 1680(c)(1) of the Food, Agriculture, Conserva-
tion, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 5933(c)(1)) is
amended by striking ‘‘2002’’ and inserting ‘‘2006’’.
Subtitle C—Agricultural Research,
Extension, and Education Re-
form Act of 1998
SEC. 741. INITIATIVE FOR FUTURE AGRICULTURE AND
FOOD SYSTEMS.
Section 401 of the Agricultural Research, Extension,
and Education Reform Act of 1998 (7 U.S.C. 7621) is
amended—
(1) by striking subsection (b) and inserting the
following:
‘‘(b) FUNDING.—
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—Out of any funds in the
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the Secretary of
the Treasury shall transfer to the Account to carry
out this section—
‘‘(A) on October 1, 1998 and each October
thereafter 
through 
October 
1, 
2001,
$120,000,000; and
‘‘(B) on October 1, 2002, and each October
thereafter 
through 
October 
1, 
2005,
$145,000,000.
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‘‘(2) RECEIPT AND ACCEPTANCE.—The Secretary
shall be entitled to receive, shall accept, and shall use
to carry out this section the funds transferred under
paragraph (1), without further appropriation.’’; and
(2) in subsection (e), by adding at the end the
following:
‘‘(3) 
MINORITY-SERVING
INSTITUTIONS.—The
Secretary shall consider reserving, to the maximum
extent practicable, 10 percent of the funds made
available to carry out this section for a fiscal year for
grants to minority-serving institutions.’’.
SEC. 742. PARTNERSHIPS FOR HIGH-VALUE AGRICULTURAL
PRODUCT QUALITY RESEARCH.
Section 402(g) of the Agricultural Research, Exten-
sion, and Education Reform Act of 1998 (7 U.S.C. 7622(g))
is amended by striking ‘‘2002’’ and inserting ‘‘2006’’.
SEC. 743. PRECISION AGRICULTURE.
Section 403 of the Agricultural Research, Extension,
and Education Reform Act of 1998 (7 U.S.C. 7623) is
amended—
(1) in subsection (a)—
(A) in paragraph (3)—
(i) in subparagraph (A), inserting ‘‘or
horticultural’’ following ‘‘agronomic’’; and
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(ii) in subparagraph (C), by striking
‘‘or’’ at the end;
(iii) in subparagraph (D), by striking
the period at the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’;
and
(iv) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(E) using such information to enable intel-
ligent mechanized harvesting and sorting systems
for horticultural crops.’’;
(B) in paragraph (4)—
(i) in subparagraph (C), by striking
‘‘or’’ at the end;
(ii) in subparagraph (D), by striking
the period at the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’;
and
(iii) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(E) robotic and other intelligent machines
for use in horticultural cropping systems.’’; and
(C) in paragraph (5)(F), by inserting ‘‘(in-
cluding improved use of energy inputs)’’ after
‘‘farm production efficiencies’’;
(2) in subsection (c)(2)—
(A) by inserting ‘‘or horticultural’’ after
‘‘agronomic’’; and
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(B) by striking ‘‘and meteorological varia-
bility’’ and inserting ‘‘product variability, and
meteorological variability’’;
(3) in subsection (d)—
(A) by redesignating paragraphs (4) and
(5) as paragraphs (5) and (6), respectively; and
(B) by inserting after paragraph (3) the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(4) Improve farm energy use efficiencies.’’; and
(4) in subsection (i)(1), by striking ‘‘2002’’ and
inserting ‘‘2006’’.
SEC. 744. BIOBASED PRODUCTS.
Section 404 of the Agricultural Research, Extension,
and Education Reform Act of 1998 (7 U.S.C. 7624) is
amended—
(1) in subsection (e)(2), by striking ‘‘2001’’ and
inserting ‘‘2006’’; and
(2) in subsection (h), by striking ‘‘2002’’ and in-
serting ‘‘2006’’.
SEC. 745. THOMAS JEFFERSON INITIATIVE FOR CROP DI-
VERSIFICATION.
Section 405(h) of the Agricultural Research, Exten-
sion, and Education Reform Act of 1998 (7 U.S.C. 7625(h))
is amended by striking ‘‘2002’’ and inserting ‘‘2006’’.
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SEC. 746. INTEGRATED RESEARCH, EDUCATION, AND EX-
TENSION COMPETITIVE GRANTS PROGRAM.
Section 406 of the Agricultural Research, Extension,
and Education Reform Act of 1998 (7 U.S.C. 7626) is
amended—
(1) by redesignating subsection (e) as subsection
(f);
(2) by inserting after subsection (d) the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(e) TERM OF GRANT.—A grant under this section
shall have a term of not more than 5 years.’’; and
(3) in subsection (f) (as so redesignated), by
striking ‘‘2002’’ and inserting ‘‘2006’’.
SEC. 747. SUPPORT FOR RESEARCH REGARDING DISEASES
OF WHEAT AND BARLEY CAUSED BY FUSAR-
IUM GRAMINEARUM.
Section 408(e) of the Agricultural Research, Extension,
and Education Reform Act of 1998 (7 U.S.C. 7628(e)) is
amended by striking ‘‘2002’’ and inserting ‘‘2006’’.
SEC. 748. BOVINE JOHNE’S DISEASE CONTROL PROGRAM.
Title IV of the Agricultural Research, Extension, and
Education Reform Act of 1998 (7 U.S.C. 7621 et seq.) is
amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘SEC. 409. BOVINE JOHNE’S DISEASE CONTROL PROGRAM.
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary, in coordina-
tion with State veterinarians and other appropriate State
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animal health professionals, may establish a program to
conduct research, testing, and evaluation of programs for
the control and management of Johne’s disease in livestock.
‘‘(b) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There
are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section
such sums as are necessary for each of fiscal years 2002
through 2006.’’.
SEC. 749. GRANTS FOR YOUTH ORGANIZATIONS.
Title IV of the Agricultural Research, Extension, and
Education Reform Act of 1998 (7 U.S.C. 7621 et seq.) (as
amended by section 748) is amended by adding at the end
the following:
‘‘SEC. 410. GRANTS FOR YOUTH ORGANIZATIONS.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, acting through the
Administrator of the Cooperative State Research, Edu-
cation, and Extension Service, shall make grants to the Girl
Scouts of the United States of America, the Boy Scouts of
America, the National 4–H Council, and the National FFA
Organization to establish pilot projects to expand the pro-
grams carried out by the organizations in rural areas and
small towns (including, with respect to the National 4–H
Council, activities provided for in Public Law 107–19 (115
Stat. 153)).
‘‘(b) FUNDING.—Of the funds of the Commodity Credit
Corporation, the Secretary shall make available $8,000,000
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for fiscal year 2002, which shall remain available until ex-
pended.
‘‘(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section such
sums as are necessary for each of fiscal years 2003 through
2006.’’.
SEC. 750. AGRICULTURAL BIOTECHNOLOGY RESEARCH AND
DEVELOPMENT 
FOR 
DEVELOPING 
COUN-
TRIES.
Title IV of the Agricultural Research, Extension, and
Education Reform Act of 1998 (7 U.S.C. 7621 et seq.) (as
amended by section 749) is amended by adding at the end
the following:
‘‘SEC. 411. AGRICULTURAL BIOTECHNOLOGY RESEARCH
AND DEVELOPMENT FOR DEVELOPING COUN-
TRIES.
‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
‘‘(1) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘eligible enti-
ty’ means—
‘‘(A) an institution of higher education;
‘‘(B) a nonprofit organization; or
‘‘(C) a consortium of for-profit institutions
and agricultural research institutions.
‘‘(2) INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION.—The
term ‘institution of higher education’ means—
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‘‘(A) a historically black land-grant college
or university;
‘‘(B) a Hispanic-serving institution (as de-
fined in section 1404 of the National, Agricul-
tural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy
Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3103)); or
‘‘(C) a tribal college or university that offers
a curriculum in agriculture or the biosciences.
‘‘(b) GRANT PROGRAM.—
‘‘(1) 
IN
GENERAL.—The 
Secretary 
(acting
through the Foreign Agricultural Service) shall estab-
lish and administer a program to make competitive
grants to eligible entities to develop agricultural bio-
technology for developing countries.
‘‘(2) USE OF FUNDS.—Funds provided to an eli-
gible entity under this section may be used for
projects that use biotechnology to—
‘‘(A) enhance the nutritional content of ag-
ricultural products that can be grown in devel-
oping countries;
‘‘(B) increase the yield and safety of agri-
cultural products that can be grown in devel-
oping countries;
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‘‘(C) increase the yield of agricultural prod-
ucts that are drought- and stress-resistant and
that can be grown in developing countries;
‘‘(D) extend the growing range of crops that
can be grown in developing countries;
‘‘(E) enhance the shelf-life of fruits and
vegetables grown in developing countries;
‘‘(F) develop environmentally sustainable
agricultural products that can be grown in devel-
oping countries; and
‘‘(G) develop vaccines to immunize against
life-threatening illnesses and other medications
that can be administered by consuming geneti-
cally-engineered agricultural products.
‘‘(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section
$5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2002 through 2006.’’.
SEC. 750A. OFFICE OF PEST MANAGEMENT POLICY.
Section 614(f) of the Agricultural Research, Extension,
and Education Reform Act of 1998 (7 U.S.C. 7653(f)) is
amended by striking ‘‘2002’’ and inserting ‘‘2006’’.
SEC. 750B. SENIOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH SERVICE.
Subtitle B of title VI of the Agricultural Research, Ex-
tension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 (7 U.S.C. 7651
et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:
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‘‘SEC. 620. SENIOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH SERVICE.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—There is established in the Depart-
ment of Agriculture the Senior Scientific Research Service
(referred to in this section as the ‘Service’).
‘‘(b) MEMBERS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraphs (2)
through (4), the Secretary shall appoint the members
of the Service.
‘‘(2) QUALIFICATIONS.—To be eligible for ap-
pointment to the Service, an individual shall—
‘‘(A) have conducted outstanding research
in the field of agriculture or forestry;
‘‘(B) have earned a doctoral level degree at
an institution of higher education (as defined in
section 101 of the Higher Education Act of 1965
(20 U.S.C. 1001)); and
‘‘(C) meet qualification standards pre-
scribed by the Director of the Office of Personnel
Management for appointment to a position at
level GS–15 of the General Schedule.
‘‘(3) NUMBER.—Not more than 100 individuals
may serve as members of the Service at any 1 time.
‘‘(4) OTHER REQUIREMENTS.—
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Subject to subpara-
graph (B) and subsection (d)(2), the Secretary
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may appoint and employ a member of the Serv-
ice without regard to—
‘‘(i) the provisions of title 5, United
States Code, governing appointments in the
competitive service;
‘‘(ii) the provisions of subchapter I of
chapter 35 of title 5, United States Code,
relating to retention preference;
‘‘(iii) the provisions of chapter 43 of
title 5, United States Code, relating to per-
formance appraisal and performance ac-
tions;
‘‘(iv) the provisions of chapter 51 and
subchapter III of chapter 53 of title 5,
United States Code, relating to classifica-
tion and General Schedule pay rates; and
‘‘(v) the provisions of chapter 75 of
title 5, United States Code, relating to ad-
verse actions.
‘‘(B) EXCEPTION.—A member of the Service
appointed and employed by the Secretary under
subparagraph (A) shall have the same right of
appeal to the Merit Systems Protection Board
and the same right to file a complaint with the
Office of Special Counsel as an employee ap-
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pointed to a position at level GS–15 of the Gen-
eral Schedule.
‘‘(c) PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL SYSTEM.—The Sec-
retary shall develop a performance appraisal system for
members of the Service that is designed to—
‘‘(1) provide for the systematic appraisal of the
employment performance of the members; and
‘‘(2) encourage excellence in employment per-
formance by the members.
‘‘(d) COMPENSATION.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), the
Secretary shall determine the compensation of mem-
bers of the Service.
‘‘(2) LIMITATIONS.—The rate of pay for a mem-
ber of the Service shall—
‘‘(A) not be less than the minimum rate
payable for a position at level GS–15 of the Gen-
eral Schedule; and
‘‘(B) not be more than the rate payable for
a position at level I of the Executive Schedule,
unless the rate is approved by the President
under section 5377(d)(2) of title 5, United States
Code.
‘‘(e) RETIREMENT CONTRIBUTIONS.—
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‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—On the request of a member
of the Service who was an employee of an institution
of higher education (as defined in section 101 of the
Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001)) im-
mediately prior to appointment as a member of the
Service and who retains the right to continue to make
contributions to the retirement system of the institu-
tion, the Secretary may contribute an amount not to
exceed 10 percent of the basic pay of the member to
the retirement system of the institution on behalf of
the member.
‘‘(2) FEDERAL RETIREMENT SYSTEM.—
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Subject to subpara-
graph (B), a member for whom a contribution is
made under paragraph (1) shall not, as a result
of serving as a member of the Service, be covered
by, or earn service credit under, chapter 83 or 84
of title 5, United States Code.
‘‘(B) ANNUAL LEAVE.—Service of a member
of the Service described in subparagraph (A)
shall be creditable for determining years of serv-
ice under section 6303(a) of title 5, United
States Code.
‘‘(f) INVOLUNTARY SEPARATION.—
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‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2)
and notwithstanding the provisions of title 5, United
States Code, governing appointment in the competi-
tive service, in the case of an individual who is sepa-
rated from the Service involuntarily and without
cause—
‘‘(A) the Secretary may appoint the indi-
vidual to a position in the competitive civil serv-
ice at level GS–15 of the General Schedule; and
‘‘(B) the appointment shall be a career ap-
pointment.
‘‘(2) EXCEPTED CIVIL SERVICE.—In the case of
an individual described in paragraph (1) who imme-
diately prior to appointment as a member of the
Service was not a career appointee in the civil service
or the Senior Executive Service, the appointment of
the individual under paragraph (1)—
‘‘(A) shall be to the excepted civil service;
and
‘‘(B) may not exceed a period of 2 years.’’.
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Subtitle D—Land-Grant Funding
CHAPTER 1—1862 INSTITUTIONS
SEC. 751. CARRYOVER.
Section 7 of the Hatch Act of 1887 (7 U.S.C. 361g)
is amended by striking subsection (c) and inserting the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(c) CARRYOVER.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The balance of any annual
funds provided under this Act to a State agricultural
experiment station for a fiscal year that remains un-
expended at the end of the fiscal year may be carried
over for use during the following fiscal year.
‘‘(2) FAILURE TO EXPEND FULL ALLOTMENT.—
If any unexpended balance carried over by a State is
not expended by the end of the second fiscal year, an
amount equal to the unexpended balance shall be de-
ducted from the next succeeding annual allotment to
the State.’’.
SEC. 752. REPORTING OF TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER ACTIVI-
TIES.
Section 7(e) of the Hatch Act of 1887 (7 U.S.C.
361g(e)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(5) The technology transfer activities conducted
with respect to federally-funded agricultural re-
search.’’.
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SEC. 753. COMPLIANCE WITH MULTISTATE AND INTEGRA-
TION REQUIREMENTS.
(a) MULTISTATE COOPERATIVE EXTENSION ACTIVI-
TIES.—Section 3 of the Smith-Lever Act (7 U.S.C. 343) is
amended by striking subsection (h) and inserting the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(h) MULTISTATE COOPERATIVE EXTENSION ACTIVI-
TIES.—
‘‘(1) DEFINITION OF MULTISTATE ACTIVITY.—In
this subsection, the term ‘multistate activity’ means a
cooperative extension activity in which 2 or more
States cooperate to resolve problems that concern more
than 1 State.
‘‘(2) REQUIREMENT.—
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—To receive funding
under subsections (b) and (c) for a fiscal year,
a State must have expended on multistate activi-
ties, in the preceding fiscal year, an amount
equivalent to not less than 25 percent of the
funds paid to the State under subsections (b)
and (c) for the preceding fiscal year.
‘‘(B) DETERMINATION OF AMOUNT.—In de-
termining compliance with subparagraph (A),
the Secretary shall include all cooperative exten-
sion funds expended by the State in the pre-
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ceding fiscal year, including Federal, State, and
local funds.
‘‘(3) REDUCTION
OF
PERCENTAGE.—The Sec-
retary may reduce the minimum percentage required
to be expended for multistate activities under para-
graph (2) by a State in a case of hardship,
unfeasibility, or other similar circumstances beyond
the control of the State, as determined by the Sec-
retary.
‘‘(4) PLAN OF WORK.—The State shall include in
the plan of work of the State required under section
4 a description of the manner in which the State will
meet the requirements of this subsection.
‘‘(5) APPLICABILITY.—This subsection does not
apply to funds provided—
‘‘(A) to a 1994 Institution (as defined in
section 532 of the Equity in Educational Land-
Grant Status Act of 1994 (7 U.S.C. 301 note;
Public Law 103–382)); or
‘‘(B) to the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico,
the Virgin Islands, or Guam.’’.
(b) INTEGRATED RESEARCH AND EXTENSION ACTIVI-
TIES.—Section 3 of the Hatch Act of 1887 (7 U.S.C. 361c)
is amended by striking subsection (i) and inserting the fol-
lowing:
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‘‘(i) INTEGRATED RESEARCH AND EXTENSION ACTIVI-
TIES.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—
‘‘(A) REQUIREMENT.—To receive funding
under this Act and subsections (b) and (c) of sec-
tion 3 of the Smith-Lever Act (7 U.S.C. 343) for
a fiscal year, a State must have expended on ac-
tivities that integrate cooperative research and
extension (referred to in this section as ‘inte-
grated activities’), in the preceding fiscal year,
an amount equivalent to not less than 25 percent
of the funds paid to the State under this section
and subsections (b) and (c) of section 3 of the
Smith-Lever Act (7 U.S.C. 343) for the preceding
fiscal year.
‘‘(B) DETERMINATION OF AMOUNT.—In de-
termining compliance with subparagraph (A),
the Secretary shall include all cooperative re-
search and extension funds expended by the State
in the prior fiscal year, including Federal, State,
and local funds.
‘‘(2) REDUCTION
OF
PERCENTAGE.—The Sec-
retary may reduce the minimum percentage required
to be expended for integrated activities under para-
graph (1) by a State in a case of hardship,
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unfeasibility, or other similar circumstances beyond
the control of the State, as determined by the Sec-
retary.
‘‘(3) PLAN OF WORK.—The State shall include in
the plan of work of the State required under section
7 of this Act and under section 4 of the Smith-Lever
Act (7 U.S.C. 344), as applicable, a description of the
manner in which the State will meet the requirements
of this subsection.
‘‘(4) APPLICABILITY.—This subsection does not
apply to funds provided—
‘‘(A) to a 1994 Institution (as defined in
section 532 of the Equity in Educational Land-
Grant Status Act of 1994 (7 U.S.C. 301 note;
Public Law 103–382)); or
‘‘(B) to the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico,
the Virgin Islands, or Guam.
‘‘(5) 
RELATIONSHIP
TO
OTHER
REQUIRE-
MENTS.—Funds described in paragraph (1)(B) that a
State uses to calculate the required amount of expend-
itures for integrated activities under paragraph
(1)(A) may also be used in the same fiscal year to
calculate the amount of expenditures for multistate
activities required under subsection (c)(3) of this sec-
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tion and section 3(h) of the Smith-Lever Act (7
U.S.C. 343(h)).’’.
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this
section take effect on October 1, 2002.
CHAPTER 2—1994 INSTITUTIONS
SEC. 754. EXTENSION AT 1994 INSTITUTIONS.
Section 3(b) of the Smith-Lever Act (7 U.S.C. 343(b))
is amended by striking paragraph (3) and inserting the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(3) EXTENSION AT 1994 INSTITUTIONS.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to
be appropriated for fiscal year 2002 and each
subsequent fiscal year, for payment to 1994 In-
stitutions (as defined in section 532 of the Eq-
uity in Educational Land-Grant Status Act of
1994 (7 U.S.C. 301 note; Public Law 103–382)),
such sums as are necessary for the purposes set
forth in section 2, to remain available until ex-
pended.
‘‘(B) DISTRIBUTION.—Amounts made avail-
able under subparagraph (A)—
‘‘(i) shall be distributed on the basis of
a formula to be developed and implemented
by the Secretary, in consultation with the
1994 Institutions; and
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‘‘(ii) may include payments for exten-
sion activities carried out during 1 or more
fiscal years.
‘‘(C) COOPERATIVE
AGREEMENT.—In ac-
cordance with such regulations as the Secretary
may promulgate, a 1994 Institution may admin-
ister funds received under this paragraph
through a cooperative agreement with an 1862
Institution or an 1890 Institution (as those
terms are defined in section 2 of the Agricultural
Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act
of 1998 (7 U.S.C. 7601)).’’.
SEC. 755. EQUITY IN EDUCATIONAL LAND-GRANT STATUS
ACT OF 1994.
(a) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT TO REFLECT NAME
CHANGES.—Section 532 of the Equity in Educational
Land-Grant Status Act of 1994 (7 U.S.C. 301 note; Public
Law 103–382) is amended by striking paragraphs (1)
through (30) and inserting the following:
‘‘(1) Bay Mills Community College.
‘‘(2) Blackfeet Community College.
‘‘(3) Cankdeska Cikana Community College.
‘‘(4) College of Menominee Nation.
‘‘(5) Crownpoint Institute of Technology.
‘‘(6) D-Q University.
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‘‘(7) Dine´ College.
‘‘(8) Chief Dull Knife Memorial College.
‘‘(9) Fond du Lac Tribal and Community Col-
lege.
‘‘(10) Fort Belknap College.
‘‘(11) Fort Berthold Community College.
‘‘(12) Fort Peck Community College.
‘‘(13) Haskell Indian Nations University.
‘‘(14) Institute of American Indian and Alaska
Native Culture and Arts Development.
‘‘(15) Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwa Community
College.
‘‘(16) Leech Lake Tribal College.
‘‘(17) Little Big Horn College.
‘‘(18) Little Priest Tribal College.
‘‘(19) Nebraska Indian Community College.
‘‘(20) Northwest Indian College.
‘‘(21) Oglala Lakota College.
‘‘(22) Salish Kootenai College.
‘‘(23) Sinte Gleska University.
‘‘(24) Sisseton Wahpeton Community College.
‘‘(25) Si Tanka/Huron University.
‘‘(26) Sitting Bull College.
‘‘(27) Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute.
‘‘(28) Stone Child College.
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‘‘(29) Turtle Mountain Community College.
‘‘(30) United Tribes Technical College.
‘‘(31) White Earth Tribal and Community Col-
lege.’’.
(b) ACCREDITATION REQUIREMENT FOR RESEARCH
GRANTS.—Section 533(a)(3) of the Equity in Educational
Land-Grant Status Act of 1994 (7 U.S.C. 301 note; Public
Law 103–382) is amended by striking ‘‘sections 534 and
535’’ and inserting ‘‘sections 534, 535, and 536’’.
(c) LAND-GRANT STATUS FOR 1994 INSTITUTIONS.—
Section 533(b) of the Equity in Educational Land-Grant
Status Act of 1994 (7 U.S.C. 301 note; Public Law 103–
382) is amended by striking ‘‘$4,600,000 for each of fiscal
years 1996 through 2002’’ and inserting ‘‘such sums as are
necessary for each of fiscal years 2002 through 2006’’.
(d) CHANGE OF INDIAN STUDENT COUNT FORMULA.—
Section 533(c)(4)(A) of the Equity in Educational Land-
Grant Status Act of 1994 (7 U.S.C. 301 note; Public Law
103–382) is amended by striking ‘‘(as defined in section
390(3) of the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Tech-
nology Education Act (20 U.S.C. 2397h(3)) for each 1994
Institution for the fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘(as defined
in section 2(a) of the Tribally Controlled College or Univer-
sity Assistance Act of 1978 (25 U.S.C. 1801(a)))’’.
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(e) INCREASE IN INSTITUTIONAL PAYMENTS.—Section
534(a)(1)(A) of the Equity in Educational Land-Grant
Status Act of 1994 (7 U.S.C. 301 note; Public Law 103–
382) is amended by striking ‘‘$50,000’’ and inserting
‘‘$100,000’’.
(f) INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY BUILDING GRANTS.—
Section 535 of the Equity in Educational Land-Grant Sta-
tus Act of 1994 (7 U.S.C. 301 note; Public Law 103–382)
is amended—
(1) in subsection (b)(1), by striking ‘‘2002’’ and
inserting ‘‘2006’’; and
(2) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘$1,700,000 for
each of fiscal years 1996 through 2002’’ and inserting
‘‘such sums as are necessary for each of fiscal years
2002 through 2006’’.
(g) RESEARCH GRANTS.—Section 536(c) of the Equity
in Educational Land-Grant Status Act of 1994 (7 U.S.C.
301 note; Public Law 103–382) is amended by striking
‘‘2002’’ and inserting ‘‘2006’’.
SEC. 756. ELIGIBILITY FOR INTEGRATED GRANTS PRO-
GRAM.
Section 406(b) of the Agricultural Research, Exten-
sion, and Education Reform Act of 1998 (7 U.S.C. 7626(b))
is amended by inserting ‘‘and 1994 Institutions’’ before ‘‘on
a competitive basis’’.
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CHAPTER 3—1890 INSTITUTIONS
SEC. 757. AUTHORIZATION PERCENTAGES FOR RESEARCH
AND EXTENSION FORMULA FUNDS.
(a) EXTENSION.—Section 1444(a) of the National Ag-
ricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of
1977 (7 U.S.C. 3221(a)) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘(a) There’’ and inserting the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—There’’;
(2) by striking the second sentence; and
(3) in the third sentence, by striking ‘‘Begin-
ning’’ through ‘‘6 per centum’’ and inserting the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(2) MINIMUM AMOUNT.—Beginning with fiscal
year 2002, there shall be appropriated under this sec-
tion for each fiscal year an amount that is not less
than 15 percent’’;
(3) by striking ‘‘Funds appropriated’’ and in-
serting the following:
‘‘(3) USES.—Funds appropriated’’; and
(4) by striking ‘‘No more’’ and inserting the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(4) CARRYOVER.—No more’’.
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(b) RESEARCH.—Section 1445(a) of the National Agri-
cultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of
1977 (7 U.S.C. 3222(a)) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘(a) There’’ and inserting the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—There’’;
(2) by striking the second sentence and inserting
the following:
‘‘(2) MINIMUM AMOUNT.—Beginning with fiscal
year 2002, there shall be appropriated under this sec-
tion for each fiscal year an amount that is not less
than 25 percent of the total appropriations for the fis-
cal year under section 3 of the Hatch Act of 1887 (7
U.S.C. 361c).’’;
(3) by striking ‘‘Funds appropriated’’ and in-
serting the following:
‘‘(3) USES.—Funds appropriated’’;
(4) by striking ‘‘The eligible’’ and inserting the
following:
‘‘(4) COORDINATION.—The eligible’’; and
(5) by striking ‘‘No more’’ and inserting the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(5) CARRYOVER.—No more’’.
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SEC. 758. CARRYOVER.
Section 1445(a) of the National Agricultural Research,
Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C.
3222(a) (as amended by section 757(b)) is amended by
striking paragraph (5) and inserting the following:
‘‘(5) CARRYOVER.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The balance of any an-
nual funds provided to an eligible institution for
a fiscal year under this section that remains un-
expended at the end of the fiscal year may be
carried over for use during the following fiscal
year.
‘‘(B) FAILURE TO EXPEND FULL AMOUNT.—
If any unexpended balance carried over by an el-
igible institution is not expended by the end of
the second fiscal year, an amount equal to the
unexpended balance shall be deducted from the
next succeeding annual allotment to the eligible
institution.’’.
SEC. 759. REPORTING OF TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER ACTIVI-
TIES.
Section 1445(c)(3) of the National Agricultural Re-
search, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7
U.S.C. 3222(c)(3)) is amended by adding at the end the
following:
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‘‘(F) The technology transfer activities con-
ducted with respect to federally-funded agricul-
tural research.’’.
SEC. 760. GRANTS TO UPGRADE AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD
SCIENCES FACILITIES AT 1890 LAND-GRANT
COLLEGES, INCLUDING TUSKEGEE UNIVER-
SITY.
Section 1447(b) of the National Agricultural Research,
Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C.
3222b(b)) is amended by striking ‘‘$15,000,000 for each of
fiscal years 1996 through 2002’’ and inserting ‘‘$25,000,000
for each of fiscal years 2002 through 2006’’.
SEC. 761. NATIONAL RESEARCH AND TRAINING VIRTUAL
CENTERS.
(a) AUTHORIZATION.—Section 1448 of the National
Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act
of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3222c) is amended by striking ‘‘2002’’
each place it appears in subsections (a)(1) and (f) and in-
serting ‘‘2006’’.
(b) REDESIGNATION.—Section 1448 of the National
Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act
of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3222c) is amended—
(1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘CEN-
TENNIAL’’ and inserting ‘‘VIRTUAL’’; and
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(2) by striking ‘‘centennial’’ each place it ap-
pears and inserting ‘‘virtual’’.
SEC. 762. MATCHING FUNDS REQUIREMENT FOR RESEARCH
AND EXTENSION ACTIVITIES.
Section 1449 of the National Agricultural Research,
Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C.
3222d) is amended by striking subsections (c) and (d) and
inserting the following:
‘‘(c) MATCHING FORMULA.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—For each of fiscal years 2003
through 2006, the State shall provide matching funds
from non-Federal sources.
‘‘(2) AMOUNT.—The amount of the matching
funds shall be equal to not less than—
‘‘(A) for fiscal year 2003, 60 percent of the
formula funds to be distributed to the eligible in-
stitution; and
‘‘(B) for each of fiscal years 2004 through
2006, 110 percent of the amount required under
this paragraph for the preceding fiscal year.
‘‘(d) WAIVERS.—Notwithstanding subsection (f), for
any of fiscal years 2003 through 2006, the Secretary may
waive the matching funds requirement under subsection (c)
for any amount above the level of 50 percent for an eligible
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institution of a State if the Secretary determines that the
State will be unlikely to meet the matching requirement.’’.
CHAPTER 4—LAND-GRANT INSTITUTIONS
Subchapter A—General
SEC. 771. PRIORITY-SETTING PROCESS.
Section 102(c)(1) of the Agricultural Research, Exten-
sion, and Education Reform Act of 1998 (7 U.S.C.
7612(c)(1)) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘establish and implement a proc-
ess for obtaining’’ and inserting ‘‘obtain public’’; and
(2) by striking the period at the end and insert-
ing the following: ‘‘through a process that reflects
transparency and opportunity for input from pro-
ducers of diverse agricultural crops and diverse geo-
graphic and cultural communities.’’.
SEC. 772. TERMINATION OF CERTAIN SCHEDULE A AP-
POINTMENTS.
(a) TERMINATION.—Not later than 60 days after the
date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture
shall terminate each appointment listed as an excepted po-
sition under schedule A of the General Schedule made by
the Secretary to the Federal civil service of an individual
who holds dual government appointments, and who carries
out agricultural extension work in a program at a college
or university eligible to receive funds, under—
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(1) the Smith-Lever Act (7 U.S.C. 341 et seq.);
(2) section 1444 of the National Agricultural Re-
search, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977
(7 U.S.C. 3221); or
(3) section 208(e) of the District of Columbia
Public Postsecondary Education Reorganization Act
(88 Stat. 1428).
(b) CONTINUATION
OF CERTAIN FEDERAL BENE-
FITS.—
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Notwithstanding title 5,
United States Code, and subject to paragraph (2), an
individual described in subsection (a), during the pe-
riod the individual is employed in an agricultural ex-
tension program described in subsection (a) without
a break in service, shall continue to—
(A) be eligible to participate, to the same
extent that the individual was eligible to partici-
pate (on the day before the date of enactment of
this Act), in—
(i) the Federal Employee Health Bene-
fits Program;
(ii) the Federal Employee Group Life
Insurance Program;
(iii) the Civil Service Retirement Sys-
tem;
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(iv) the Federal Employee Retirement
System; and
(v) the Thrift Savings Plan; and
(B) receive Federal Civil Service employ-
ment credit to the same extent that the indi-
vidual was receiving such credit on the day be-
fore the date of enactment of this Act.
(2) LIMITATIONS.—An individual may continue
to be eligible for the benefits described in paragraph
(1) if—
(A) in the case of an individual who re-
mains employed in the agricultural extension
program described in subsection (a) on the date
of the enactment of this Act, the employing col-
lege or university continues to fulfill the admin-
istrative and financial responsibilities (including
making agency contributions) associated with
providing those benefits, as determined by the
Secretary of Agriculture; and
(B) in the case of an individual who
changes employment to a second college or uni-
versity described in subsection (a)—
(i) the individual continues to work in
an agricultural extension program described
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in subsection (a), as determined by the Sec-
retary of Agriculture;
(ii) the second college or university—
(I) fulfills the administrative and
financial 
responsibilities 
(including
making agency contributions) associ-
ated with providing those benefits, as
determined by the Secretary of Agri-
culture; and
(II) within 120 days before the
date of the employment of the indi-
vidual, had employed a different indi-
vidual described in subsection (a) who
had performed the same duties of em-
ployment; and
(iii) the individual was eligible for
those benefits on the day before the date of
enactment of this Act.
Subchapter B—Land-Grant Institutions in
Insular Areas
SEC. 775. DISTANCE EDUCATION GRANTS PROGRAM FOR IN-
SULAR AREA LAND-GRANT INSTITUTIONS.
The National Agricultural Research, Extension, and
Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3101 et seq.) (as
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amended by section 723) is amended by adding at the end
the following:
‘‘Subtitle O—Land Grant
Institutions in Insular Areas
‘‘SEC. 1489. DISTANCE EDUCATION GRANTS FOR INSULAR
AREAS.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may make competi-
tive or noncompetitive grants to State cooperative institu-
tions in insular areas to strengthen the capacity of State
cooperative institutions to carry out distance food and agri-
cultural education programs using digital network tech-
nologies.
‘‘(b) USE.—Grants made under this section shall be
used—
‘‘(1) to acquire the equipment, instrumentation,
networking capability, hardware and software, digital
network technology, and infrastructure necessary to
teach students and teachers about technology in the
classroom;
‘‘(2) to develop and provide educational services
(including faculty development) to prepare students
or faculty seeking a degree or certificate that is ap-
proved by the State or a regional accrediting body
recognized by the Secretary of Education;
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‘‘(3) to provide teacher education, library and
media specialist training, and preschool and teacher
aid certification to individuals who seek to acquire or
enhance technology skills in order to use technology in
the classroom or instructional process;
‘‘(4) to implement a joint project to provide edu-
cation regarding technology in the classroom with a
local educational agency, community-based organiza-
tion, national nonprofit organization, or business, in-
cluding a minority business or a business located in
a HUBZone established under section 31 of the Small
Business Act (15 U.S.C. 657a); or
‘‘(5) to provide leadership development to admin-
istrators, board members, and faculty of eligible insti-
tutions with institutional responsibility for technology
education.
‘‘(c) LIMITATION ON USE OF GRANT FUNDS.—Funds
provided under this section shall not be used for the plan-
ning, acquisition, construction, rehabilitation, or repair of
a building or facility.
‘‘(d) ADMINISTRATION OF PROGRAM.—The Secretary
may carry out this section in a manner that recognizes the
different needs and opportunities for State cooperative in-
stitutions in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
‘‘(e) MATCHING REQUIREMENT.—
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‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may establish-
ment a requirement that a State cooperative institu-
tion receiving a grant under this section shall provide
matching funds from non-Federal sources in an
amount equal to not less than 50 percent of the grant.
‘‘(2) WAIVERS.—If the Secretary establishes a
matching requirement under paragraph (1), the re-
quirement shall include an option for the Secretary to
waive the requirement for an insular area State coop-
erative institution for any fiscal year if the Secretary
determines that the institution will be unlikely to
meet the matching requirement for the fiscal year.
‘‘(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section
$4,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2002 through 2006.’’.
SEC. 776. MATCHING REQUIREMENTS FOR RESEARCH AND
EXTENSION FORMULA FUNDS FOR INSULAR
AREA LAND-GRANT INSTITUTIONS.
(a) EXPERIMENT STATIONS.—Section 3(d) of the
Hatch Act of 1887 (7 U.S.C. 361c(d)) is amended by strik-
ing paragraph (4) and inserting the following:
‘‘(4) EXCEPTION FOR INSULAR AREAS.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Effective beginning for
fiscal year 2003, in lieu of the matching funds
requirement of paragraph (1), the insular areas
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of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, and
the Virgin Islands of the United States shall pro-
vide matching funds from non-Federal sources in
an amount equal to not less than 50 percent of
the formula funds distributed by the Secretary to
each of the insular areas, respectively, under this
section.
‘‘(B) WAIVERS.—The Secretary may waive
the matching fund requirement of subparagraph
(A) for any fiscal year if the Secretary deter-
mines that the government of the insular area
will be unlikely to meet the matching require-
ment for the fiscal year.’’.
(b) COOPERATIVE AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION.—Sec-
tion 3(e) of the Smith-Lever Act (7 U.S.C. 343(e)) is
amended by striking paragraph (4) and inserting the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(4) EXCEPTION FOR INSULAR AREAS.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Effective beginning for
fiscal year 2003, in lieu of the matching funds
requirement of paragraph (1), the insular areas
of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, and
the Virgin Islands of the United States shall pro-
vide matching funds from non-Federal sources in
an amount equal to not less than 50 percent of
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the formula funds distributed by the Secretary to
each of the insular areas, respectively, under this
section.
‘‘(B) WAIVERS.—The Secretary may waive
the matching fund requirement of subparagraph
(A) for any fiscal year if the Secretary deter-
mines that the government of the insular area
will be unlikely to meet the matching require-
ment for the fiscal year.’’.
Subtitle E—Other Laws
SEC. 781. CRITICAL AGRICULTURAL MATERIALS.
Section 16(a) of the Critical Agricultural Materials
Act (7 U.S.C. 178n(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘2002’’ and
inserting ‘‘2006’’.
SEC. 782. RESEARCH FACILITIES.
Section 6(a) of the Research Facilities Act (7 U.S.C.
390d(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘2002’’ and inserting
‘‘2006’’.
SEC. 783. FEDERAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH FACILITIES.
Section 1431 of the National Agricultural Research,
Extension, and Teaching Policy Act Amendments of 1985
(Public Law 99–198; 99 Stat. 1556) is amended by striking
‘‘2002’’ and inserting ‘‘2006’’.
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SEC. 784. COMPETITIVE, SPECIAL, AND FACILITIES RE-
SEARCH GRANTS.
The Competitive, Special, and Facilities Research
Grant Act (7 U.S.C. 450i) is amended in subsection (b)—
(1) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘in—’’ and all
that follows and inserting ‘‘, as those needs are deter-
mined by the Secretary, in consultation with the Na-
tional Agricultural Research, Extension, Education,
and Economics Advisory Board, not later than July
1 of each fiscal year for the purposes of the following
fiscal year.’’; and
(2) in paragraph (10), by striking ‘‘2002’’ and
inserting ‘‘2006’’.
SEC. 785. RISK MANAGEMENT EDUCATION FOR BEGINNING
FARMERS AND RANCHERS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 524(a)(3) of the Federal
Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1524(a)(3)) is amended by
striking subparagraph (A) and inserting the following:
‘‘(A) AUTHORITY.—The Secretary, acting
through the Cooperative State Research, Edu-
cation, and Extension Service, shall establish a
program under which competitive grants are
made to qualified public and private entities (in-
cluding land-grant colleges and universities, co-
operative extension services, colleges or univer-
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sities, and community colleges), as determined
by the Secretary, for the purpose of—
‘‘(i) educating producers generally
about the full range of risk management ac-
tivities, including futures, options, agricul-
tural trade options, crop insurance, cash
forward contracting, debt reduction, produc-
tion diversification, farm resources risk re-
duction, and other risk management strate-
gies; or
‘‘(ii) educating beginning farmers and
ranchers—
‘‘(I) in the areas described in
clause (i); and
‘‘(II) in risk management strate-
gies, as part of programs that are spe-
cifically targeted at beginning farmers
and ranchers.’’.
(b) TECHNICAL CORRECTION.—Section 524(b) of the
Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1524(b)) is amended
by redesignating the second paragraph (2) and paragraph
(3) as paragraphs (3) and (4), respectively.
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SEC. 786. AQUACULTURE.
Section 10 of the National Aquaculture Act of 1980
(16 U.S.C. 2809) is amended by striking ‘‘2002’’ each place
it appears and inserting ‘‘2006’’.
SEC. 787. CARBON CYCLE RESEARCH.
Section 221 of the Agricultural Risk Protection Act of
2000 (114 Stat. 407) is amended—
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘Of the
amount’’ and all that follows through ‘‘to provide’’
and inserting ‘‘To the extent that funds are made
available for the purpose, the Secretary shall pro-
vide’’;
(2) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘under sub-
section (a)’’ and inserting ‘‘to carry out this section’’;
and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are
authorized to be appropriated for fiscal years 2002 through
2006 such sums as are necessary to carry out this section.’’.
Subtitle F—New Authorities
SEC. 791. DEFINITIONS.
In this subtitle:
(1) DEPARTMENT.—The term ‘‘Department’’
means the Department of Agriculture.
(2) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means
the Secretary of Agriculture.
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SEC. 792. REGULATORY AND INSPECTION RESEARCH.
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
(1) INSPECTION
OR
REGULATORY
AGENCY
OF
THE DEPARTMENT.—The term ‘‘inspection or regu-
latory agency of the Department’’ includes—
(A) the Animal and Plant Health Inspec-
tion Service;
(B) the Food Safety and Inspection Service;
(C) the Grain Inspection, Packers, and
Stockyards Administration; and
(D) the Agricultural Marketing Service.
(2) URGENT APPLIED RESEARCH NEEDS.—The
term ‘‘urgent applied research needs’’ includes re-
search necessary to carry out—
(A) agricultural marketing programs;
(B) programs to protect the animal and
plant resources of the United States; and
(C) educational programs or special studies
to improve the safety of the food supply of the
United States.
(b) TIMELY, COST-EFFECTIVE RESEARCH.—To meet
the urgent applied research needs of inspection or regu-
latory agencies of the Department, the Secretary—
(1) may use a public or private source; and
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(2) shall use the most practicable source to pro-
vide timely, cost-effective means of providing the re-
search.
(c) CONFLICTS OF INTEREST.—The Secretary shall es-
tablish guidelines to prevent any conflict of interest that
may arise if an inspection or regulatory agency of the De-
partment obtains research from any Federal agency the
work or technology transfer efforts of which are funded in
part by an industry subject to the jurisdiction of the inspec-
tion or regulatory agency of the Department.
(d) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary may promulgate
such regulations as are necessary to carry out this section.
SEC. 793. EMERGENCY RESEARCH TRANSFER AUTHORITY.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subsection (b), in addi-
tion to any other authority that the Secretary may have
to transfer appropriated funds, the Secretary may transfer
up to 2 percent of any appropriation made available to
an office or agency of the Department for a fiscal year for
agricultural research, extension, marketing, animal and
plant health, nutrition, food safety, nutrition education, or
forestry programs to any other appropriation for an office
or agency of the Department for emergency research, exten-
sion, or education activities needed to address imminent
threats to animal and plant health, food safety, or human
nutrition, including bioterrorism.
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(b) LIMITATIONS.—The Secretary may transfer funds
under subsection (a) only—
(1) on a determination by the Secretary that the
need is so imminent that the need will not be timely
met by annual, supplemental, or emergency appro-
priations;
(2) in an aggregate amount that does not exceed
$5,000,000 for any fiscal year; and
(3) with the approval of the Director of the Of-
fice of Management and Budget.
SEC. 794. REVIEW OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall conduct a re-
view of the purpose, efficiency, effectiveness, and impact on
agricultural research of the Agricultural Research Service.
(b) ADMINISTRATION.—In conducting the review, the
Secretary shall use persons outside the Department,
including—
(1) Federal scientists;
(2) college and university faculty;
(3) private and nonprofit scientists; or
(4) other persons familiar with the role of the
Agricultural Research Service in conducting agricul-
tural research in the United States.
(c) REPORT.—Not later than September 30, 2004, the
Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Agriculture of
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the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agri-
culture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate a report on
the results of the review.
(d) FUNDING.—The Secretary shall use to carry out
this section not more than 0.1 percent of the amount of ap-
propriations made available to the Agricultural Research
Service for each of fiscal years 2002 through 2004.
SEC. 795. TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER FOR RURAL DEVELOP-
MENT.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, acting through the
Rural Business-Cooperative Service and the Agricultural
Research Service, shall establish a program to promote the
availability of technology transfer opportunities of the De-
partment to rural businesses and residents.
(b) COMPONENTS OF PROGRAM.—The program shall,
to the maximum extent practicable, include—
(1) a website featuring information about the
program and technology transfer opportunities of the
Department;
(2) an annual joint program for State economic
development directors and Department rural develop-
ment directors regarding technology transfer opportu-
nities of the Agricultural Research Service and other
offices and agencies of the Department; and
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(3) technology transfer opportunity programs at
each Agricultural Research Service laboratory, con-
ducted at least biennially, which may include partici-
pation by other local Federal laboratories, as appro-
priate.
(c) FUNDING.—The Secretary shall use to carry out
this section—
(1) amounts made available to the Agricultural
Research Service; and
(2) amounts made available to the Rural Busi-
ness-Cooperative Service for salaries and expenses.
SEC. 796. BEGINNING FARMER AND RANCHER DEVELOP-
MENT PROGRAM.
(a) DEFINITION OF BEGINNING FARMER OR RANCH-
ER.—In this section, the term ‘‘beginning farmer or ranch-
er’’ means a person that—
(1)(A) has not operated a farm or ranch; or
(B) has operated a farm or ranch for not more
than 10 years; and
(2) meets such other criteria as the Secretary
may establish.
(b) PROGRAM.—The Secretary shall establish a begin-
ning farmer and rancher development program to provide
training, education, outreach, and technical assistance ini-
tiatives for beginning farmers or ranchers.
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(c) GRANTS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out this section,
the Secretary shall make competitive grants to sup-
port new and established local and regional training,
education, outreach, and technical assistance initia-
tives for beginning farmers or ranchers, including
programs and services (as appropriate) relating to—
(A) mentoring, apprenticeships, and intern-
ships;
(B) resources and referral;
(C) assisting beginning farmers or ranchers
in acquiring land from retiring farmers and
ranchers;
(D) innovative farm and ranch transfer
strategies;
(E) entrepreneurship and business training;
(F) model land leasing contracts;
(G) financial management training;
(H) whole farm planning;
(I) conservation assistance;
(J) risk management education;
(K) diversification and marketing strate-
gies;
(L) curriculum development;
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(M) understanding the impact of concentra-
tion and globalization;
(N) basic livestock and crop farming prac-
tices;
(O) the acquisition and management of ag-
ricultural credit;
(P) environmental compliance;
(Q) information processing; and
(R) other similar subject areas of use to be-
ginning farmers or ranchers.
(2) ELIGIBILITY.—To be eligible to receive a
grant under this subsection, the recipient shall be a
collaborative State, tribal, local, or regionally-based
network or partnership of public or private entities,
which may include—
(A) a State cooperative extension service;
(B) a Federal, State, or tribal agency;
(C) a community-based and nongovern-
mental organization;
(D) a college or university (including an
institution awarding an associate’s degree) or
foundation maintained by a college or univer-
sity; or
(E) any other appropriate partner, as de-
termined by the Secretary.
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(3) TERM
OF
GRANT.—The term of a grant
under this subsection shall not exceed 3 years.
(4) MATCHING REQUIREMENT.—To be eligible to
receive a grant under this subsection, a recipient shall
provide a match in the form of cash or in-kind con-
tributions in an amount equal to 25 percent of the
funds provided by the grant.
(5) SET-ASIDE.—Not less than 25 percent of
funds used to carry out this subsection for a fiscal
year shall be used to support programs and services
that address the needs of—
(A) limited resource beginning farmers or
ranchers (as defined by the Secretary);
(B) socially disadvantaged beginning farm-
ers or ranchers (as defined in section 355(e) of
the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development
Act (7 U.S.C. 2003(e)); and
(C) farmworkers desiring to become farmers
or ranchers.
(6) PROHIBITION.—A grant made under this
subsection may not be used for the planning, repair,
rehabilitation, acquisition, or construction of a build-
ing or facility.
(7) ADMINISTRATIVE
COSTS.—The Secretary
shall use not more than 4 percent of the funds made
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available to carry out this section for administrative
costs incurred by the Secretary in carrying out this
section.
(d) EDUCATION TEAMS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out this section,
the Secretary shall establish beginning farmer and
rancher education teams to develop curricula and
conduct educational programs and workshops for be-
ginning farmers or ranchers in diverse geographical
areas of the United States.
(2) CURRICULUM.—In promoting the develop-
ment of curricula, the Secretary shall, to the max-
imum extent practicable, include modules tailored to
specific audiences of beginning farmers or ranchers,
based on crop or regional diversity.
(3) COMPOSITION.—In establishing an education
team for a specific program or workshop, the Sec-
retary shall, to the maximum extent practicable—
(A) obtain the short-term services of special-
ists with knowledge and expertise in programs
serving beginning farmers or ranchers; and
(B) use officers and employees of the De-
partment with direct experience in programs of
the Department that may be taught as part of
the curriculum for the program or workshop.
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(4) COOPERATION.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out this sub-
section, the Secretary shall cooperate, to the max-
imum extent practicable, with—
(i) State cooperative extension services;
(ii) Federal and State agencies;
(iii) community-based and nongovern-
mental organizations;
(iv) colleges and universities (including
an institution awarding an associate’s de-
gree) or foundations maintained by a col-
lege or university; and
(v) other appropriate partners, as de-
termined by the Secretary.
(B) COOPERATIVE
AGREEMENT.—Notwith-
standing chapter 63 of title 31, United States
Code, the Secretary may enter into a cooperative
agreement to reflect the terms of any cooperation
under subparagraph (A).
(e) CURRICULUM AND TRAINING CLEARINGHOUSE.—
The Secretary shall establish an online clearinghouse that
makes available to beginning farmers or ranchers education
curricula and training materials and programs, which may
include online courses for direct use by beginning farmers
or ranchers.
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(f) STAKEHOLDER INPUT.—In carrying out this sec-
tion, the Secretary shall seek stakeholder input from—
(1) beginning farmers and ranchers;
(2) national, State, tribal, and local organiza-
tions and other persons with expertise in operating
beginning farmer and rancher programs; and
(3) the Advisory Committee on Beginning Farm-
ers and Ranchers established under section 5 of the
Agricultural Credit Improvement Act of 1992 (7
U.S.C. 1929 note; Public Law 102–554).
(g) PARTICIPATION BY OTHER FARMERS AND RANCH-
ERS.—Nothing in this section prohibits the Secretary from
allowing farmers and ranchers who are not beginning farm-
ers or ranchers from participating in programs authorized
under this section to the extent that the Secretary deter-
mines that such participation is appropriate and will not
detract from the primary purpose of educating beginning
farmers and ranchers.
(h) FUNDING.—
(1) FEES AND CONTRIBUTIONS.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may—
(i) charge a fee to cover all or part of
the costs of curriculum development and the
delivery of programs or workshops provided
by—
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(I) 
a 
beginning 
farmer 
and
rancher education team established
under subsection (d); or
(II) the online clearinghouse es-
tablished under subsection (e); and
(ii) accept contributions from cooper-
ating entities under a cooperative agree-
ment 
entered 
into 
under 
subsection
(d)(4)(B) to cover all or part of the costs for
the delivery of programs or workshops by
the beginning farmer and rancher education
teams.
(B) AVAILABILITY.—Fees and contributions
received by the Secretary under subparagraph
(A) shall—
(i) be deposited in the account that in-
curred the costs to carry out this section;
(ii) be available to the Secretary to
carry out the purposes of the account, with-
out further appropriation;
(iii) remain available until expended;
and
(iv) be in addition to any funds made
available under paragraph (2).
(2) TRANSFERS.—
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(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days
after the date of enactment of this Act, and on
October 1, 2002, and each October 1 thereafter
through October 1, 2005, out of any funds in the
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the Sec-
retary of the Treasury shall transfer to the Sec-
retary to carry out this section $15,000,000, to
remain available for 2 fiscal years.
(B) RECEIPT AND ACCEPTANCE.—The Sec-
retary shall be entitled to receive, shall accept,
and shall use to carry out this section the funds
transferred under subparagraph (A), without
further appropriation.
SEC. 797. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING DOUBLING OF
FUNDING FOR AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH.
It is the sense of Congress that—
(1) Federal funding for food and agricultural re-
search has been essentially constant for 2 decades,
putting at risk the scientific base on which food and
agricultural advances have been made;
(2) the resulting increase in the relative propor-
tion of private sector, industry investments in food
and agricultural research has led to questions about
the independence and objectivity of research and out-
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reach conducted by the Federal and university re-
search sectors; and
(3) funding for food and agricultural research
should be at least doubled over the next 5 fiscal
years—
(A) to restore the balance between public
and private sector funding for food and agricul-
tural research; and
(B) to maintain the scientific base on which
food and agricultural advances are made.
SEC. 798. RURAL POLICY RESEARCH.
(a) IN GENERAL.—There is established in the Treasury
of the United States an account to be known as the ‘‘Rural
Research Fund Account’’ (referred to in this section as the
‘‘Account’’) to provide funds for activities described in sub-
section (c).
(b) FUNDING.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after
the date of enactment of this Act, and on October 1,
2002, and each October 1 thereafter through October
1, 2005, out of any funds in the Treasury not other-
wise appropriated, the Secretary of the Treasury shall
transfer to the Account to carry out this section
$15,000,000, to remain available for 2 fiscal years.
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(2) RECEIPT AND ACCEPTANCE.—The Secretary
shall be entitled to receive, shall accept, and shall use
to carry out this section the funds transferred under
paragraph (1), without further appropriation.
(c) PURPOSES.—The Secretary shall use the funds in
the Account to make competitive research grants for applied
and outcome oriented research and policy research and
analysis of rural issues relating to—
(1) rural sociology;
(2) effects of demographic change, including
aging population, outmigration, and labor resources;
(3) needs of groups of rural citizens, including
senior citizens, families, youth, children, and socially
disadvantaged individuals;
(4) rural community development;
(5) rural infrastructure, including water and
waste, community facilities, telecommunications, elec-
tricity, and high-speed broadband services;
(6) rural business development, including credit,
venture capital, cooperatives, value-added enterprises,
new and alternative markets, farm and rural enter-
prise formation, and entrepreneurship;
(7) farm management, including strategic plan-
ning, business and marketing opportunities, risk
management, natural resources and environmental
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management, organic and sustainable farming sys-
tems, public sector development of new crops and crop
varieties, and intergenerational transfer strategies;
(8) rural education and extension programs, in-
cluding methods of delivery, availability of resources,
and use of distance learning; and
(9) rural health, including mental health, on-
farm safety, and food safety.
(d) REQUIREMENTS.—In making grants under this
section, the Secretary shall—
(1) solicit and consider public input from per-
sons who conduct or use agricultural research, exten-
sion, education, or rural development programs; and
(2) ensure that funded proposals will provide
high-quality research that may be of use to public pol-
icymakers and private entities in making decisions
that affect development in rural areas.
(e) ELIGIBLE GRANTEES.—The Secretary may make
a grant under this section to—
(1) an individual;
(2) a college or university or a foundation main-
tained by a college or university;
(3) a State cooperative institution (as defined in
section 1404 of the National Agricultural Research,
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Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C.
3103));
(4) a community college;
(5) a nonprofit organization, institution, or as-
sociation;
(6) a business association;
(7) an agency of a State, local, or tribal govern-
ment; or
(8) a regional partnership of public and private
agencies.
(f) TERM.—A grant under this section shall have a
term that does not exceed 5 years.
(g) MATCHING FUNDS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), the
Secretary may require as a condition of the grant
that the grant funding be matched, in whole or in
part, with matching funds from a non-Federal source.
(2) BUSINESS
ASSOCIATIONS.—The Secretary
shall require that a grant to a business association be
matched with equal matching funds from a non-Fed-
eral source.
(h) ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.—The Secretary may use
not more than 4 percent of the funds made available for
grants under this section to pay administrative costs in-
curred by the Secretary in carrying out this section.
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SEC. 798A. PRIORITY FOR FARMERS AND RANCHERS PAR-
TICIPATING IN CONSERVATION PROGRAMS.
In carrying out new on-farm research or extension
programs or projects authorized by this Act, an amendment
made by this Act, or any Act enacted after the date of enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary shall give priority in car-
rying out the programs or projects to using farms or
ranches of farmers or ranchers that participate in Federal
agricultural conservation programs.
SEC. 798B. ORGANIC PRODUCTION AND MARKET DATA INI-
TIATIVES.
The Secretary shall ensure that segregated data on the
production and marketing of organic agricultural products
is included in the ongoing baseline of data collection regard-
ing agricultural production and marketing.
SEC. 798C. ORGANICALLY PRODUCED PRODUCT RESEARCH
AND EDUCATION.
Not later than December 1, 2004, the Secretary, acting
through the Administrator of the Economic Research Serv-
ice, shall prepare, in consultation with the Advisory Com-
mittee on Small Farms, and submit to the Committee on
Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Com-
mittee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Sen-
ate, a report on—
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(1) the impact on small farms of the implemen-
tation of the national organic program under part
205 of title 7, Code of Federal Regulations; and
(2) the production and marketing costs to pro-
ducers and handlers associated with transitioning to
organic production.
SEC. 798D. INTERNATIONAL ORGANIC RESEARCH COLLABO-
RATION.
The Secretary, acting through the Agricultural Re-
search Service (including the National Agriculture Library)
and the Economic Research Service, shall facilitate access
by research and extension professionals, farmers, and other
interested persons in the United States to, and the use by
those persons of, organic research conducted outside the
United States.
SEC. 798E. REPORT ON PRODUCERS AND HANDLERS OF OR-
GANIC AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS.
Not later than 1 year after funds are made available
to carry out this section, the Secretary of Agriculture shall
submit to Congress a report that—
(1) describes—
(A) the extent to which producers and han-
dlers of organic agricultural products are con-
tributing to research and promotion programs of
the Department of Agriculture;
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(B) the extent to which producers and han-
dlers of organic agricultural products are sur-
veyed for ideas for research and promotion;
(C) ways in which the programs reflect the
contributions made by producers and handlers of
organic agricultural products and directly ben-
efit the producers and handlers; and
(D) the implementation of initiatives that
directly benefit organic producers and handlers;
and
(2) evaluates industry and other proposals for
improving the treatment of certified organic agricul-
tural products under Federal marketing orders, in-
cluding proposals to target additional resources for
research and promotion of organic products and to
differentiate between certified organic and other prod-
ucts in new or existing volume limitations or other
orderly marketing requirements.
TITLE VIII—FORESTRY
SEC. 801. OFFICE OF INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY.
Section 2405(d) of the Food, Agriculture, Conserva-
tion, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 6704(d)) is amended
by striking ‘‘2002’’ and inserting ‘‘2006’’.
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SEC. 802. MCINTIRE-STENNIS COOPERATIVE FORESTRY RE-
SEARCH PROGRAM.
It is the sense of Congress to reaffirm the importance
of Public Law 87–88 (16 U.S.C. 582a et seq.), commonly
known as the ‘‘McIntire-Stennis Cooperative Forestry Act’’.
SEC. 803. SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY OUTREACH INITIATIVE;
RENEWABLE RESOURCES EXTENSION ACTIVI-
TIES.
(a) SUSTAINABLE
FORESTRY
OUTREACH
INITIA-
TIVE.—The Renewable Resources Extension Act of 1978 is
amended by inserting after section 5A (16 U.S.C. 1674a)
the following:
‘‘SEC. 5B. SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY OUTREACH INITIATIVE.
‘‘The Secretary shall establish a program, to be known
as the ‘Sustainable Forestry Outreach Initiative’, to educate
landowners concerning—
‘‘(1) the value and benefits of practicing sustain-
able forestry;
‘‘(2) the importance of professional forestry ad-
vice in achieving sustainable forestry objectives; and
‘‘(3) the variety of public and private sector re-
sources available to assist the landowners in planning
for and practicing sustainable forestry.’’.
(b) RENEWABLE
RESOURCES
EXTENSION
ACTIVI-
TIES.—
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(1) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Sec-
tion 6 of the Renewable Resources Extension Act of
1978 (16 U.S.C. 1675) is amended by striking the
first sentence and inserting the following: ‘‘There is
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this Act
$30,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2002 through
2006.’’.
(2) TERMINATION DATE.—Section 8 of the Re-
newable Resources Extension Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C.
1671 note; Public Law 95–306) is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘2000’’ and inserting ‘‘2006’’.
SEC. 804. FORESTRY INCENTIVES PROGRAM.
Section 4(j) of the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act
of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2103(j)) is amended by striking ‘‘2002’’
and inserting ‘‘2006’’.
SEC. 805. SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY COOPERATIVE PRO-
GRAM.
The Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 is
amended by inserting after section 5 (16 U.S.C. 2103a) the
following:
‘‘SEC. 5A. SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY COOPERATIVE PRO-
GRAM.
‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
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‘‘(1) FARMER OR RANCHER.—The term ‘farmer
or rancher’ means a person engaged in the production
of an agricultural commodity (including livestock).
‘‘(2) FORESTRY COOPERATIVE.—The term ‘for-
estry cooperative’ means an association that is—
‘‘(A) owned and operated by nonindustrial
private forest landowners; and
‘‘(B) comprised of members—
‘‘(i) of which at least 51 percent are
farmers or ranchers; and
‘‘(ii) that use sustainable forestry prac-
tices on nonindustrial private forest land to
create a long-term, sustainable income
stream.
‘‘(3) NONINDUSTRIAL PRIVATE FOREST LAND.—
The term ‘nonindustrial private forest land’ has the
meaning given the term ‘nonindustrial private forest
lands’ in section 5(c).
‘‘(b) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall establish
a program, to be known as the ‘sustainable forestry coopera-
tive program’, under which the Secretary shall provide, to
nonprofit organizations on a competitive basis, grants to
establish, and develop and support, sustainable forestry
practices carried out by members of, forestry cooperatives.
‘‘(c) USE OF FUNDS.—
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‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2),
funds from a grant provided under this section shall
be used for—
‘‘(A) predevelopment, development, start-up,
capital acquisition, and marketing costs associ-
ated with a forestry cooperative; or
‘‘(B) the development or support of a sus-
tainable forestry practice of a member of a for-
estry cooperative.
‘‘(2) CONDITIONS
‘‘(A) DEVELOPMENT.—The Secretary shall
provide funds under paragraph (1)(A) only to a
nonprofit organization with demonstrated exper-
tise in cooperative development, as determined
by the Secretary.
‘‘(B) COMPLIANCE WITH PLAN.—A sustain-
able forestry practice developed or supported
through the use of funds from a grant under this
section shall comply with any applicable stand-
ards for sustainable forestry contained in a man-
agement plan that—
‘‘(i) meets the requirements of section
6A(g); and
‘‘(ii) is approved by the State forester
(or equivalent State official).
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‘‘(d) FUNDING.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after
the date of enactment of this section, and on October
1, 2002, and each October 1 thereafter through Octo-
ber 1, 2005, out of any funds in the Treasury not oth-
erwise appropriated, the Secretary of the Treasury
shall transfer to the Secretary of Agriculture to carry
out this section $2,000,000, to remain available until
expended.
‘‘(2) RECEIPT AND ACCEPTANCE.—The Secretary
shall be entitled to receive, shall accept, and shall use
to carry out this section the funds transferred under
paragraph (1), without further appropriation.’’.
SEC. 806. SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT PROGRAM.
(a) FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.—
(1) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that—
(A) the United States is becoming increas-
ingly dependent on nonindustrial private forest
land to supply necessary market commodities
and nonmarket conservation values;
(B) there is a strong demand for expanded
assistance programs for owners of nonindustrial
private forest land because the majority of the
wood supply of the United States comes from
nonindustrial private forest land;
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(C) soil, water, and air quality, fish and
wildlife habitat, aesthetic values, and opportuni-
ties for outdoor recreation in the United States
would be maintained and improved through good
stewardship of nonindustrial private forest land;
(D) the products and services resulting from
stewardship of nonindustrial private forest land
contribute to the economic, social, and ecological
health and diversity of rural communities;
(E) catastrophic wildfires threaten human
lives, property, forests, and other resources;
(F) Federal and State cooperation in forest
fire prevention and control has proven effective
and valuable because properly managed forest
stands are less susceptible to catastrophic fire, as
demonstrated by the catastrophic fire seasons of
1998 and 2000;
(G) owners of nonindustrial private forest
land face increased pressure to make that land
available for development and other uses, result-
ing in forest land loss and fragmentation that
reduces the ability of private forest land to pro-
vide a full range of societal benefits;
(H) complex investments in the manage-
ment of long-rotation forest stands, including
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sustainable hardwood management, are often the
most difficult commitments for owners of non-
industrial private forest land;
(I) the investment of a single Federal dollar
in State and private forestry programs is esti-
mated to leverage, on the average, $9 from State,
local, and private sources; and
(J) comprehensive, multiresource planning
assistance made available to each landowner be-
fore the provision of technical assistance would
provide an opportunity to ensure that the land-
owner is aware of the many projects and activi-
ties eligible for cost-share assistance.
(2) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this section
are—
(A) to strengthen the commitment of the
Secretary to sustainable forest management to
enhance the productivity of timber, fish and
wildlife habitat, soil and water quality, wetland,
recreational resources, and aesthetic values of
forest land; and
(B) to establish a coordinated and coopera-
tive Federal, State, and local sustainable forestry
program for the establishment, management,
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maintenance, enhancement, and restoration of
forests on nonindustrial private forest land.
(b) PROGRAM.—The Cooperative Forestry Assistance
Act of 1978 is amended by inserting after section 6 (16
U.S.C. 2103b) the following:
‘‘SEC. 6A. SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT PROGRAM.
‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
‘‘(1) COMMITTEE.—The term ‘Committee’ means
a State Forest Stewardship Coordinating Committee
established under section 19(b).
‘‘(2) INDIAN TRIBE.—The term ‘Indian tribe’ has
the meaning given the term in section 4 of the Indian
Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (25
U.S.C. 450b).
‘‘(3) PROGRAM.—The term ‘program’ means the
sustainable forest management program established
under subsection (b)(1).
‘‘(4) NONINDUSTRIAL PRIVATE FOREST LAND.—
The term ‘nonindustrial private forest land’ has the
meaning given the term ‘nonindustrial private forest
lands’ in section 5(c).
‘‘(5) OWNER.—The term ‘owner’ means an owner
of nonindustrial private forest land.
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‘‘(6) STATE
FORESTER.—The term ‘State for-
ester’ means the director or other head of a State for-
estry agency (or an equivalent State official).
‘‘(b) ESTABLISHMENT.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall establish
a sustainable forest management program to—
‘‘(A) provide financial assistance to State
foresters; and
‘‘(B) encourage the long-term sustainability
of nonindustrial private forest land in the
United States by assisting the owners of non-
industrial private forest land, through State for-
esters, in more actively managing the nonindus-
trial private forest land and related resources of
those owners through the use of State, Federal,
and private sector resource management exper-
tise, financial assistance, and educational pro-
grams.
‘‘(2) COORDINATION.—The Secretary, acting
through 
State 
foresters, 
shall 
implement 
the
program—
‘‘(A) in coordination with the Committees;
and
‘‘(B) in consultation with—
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‘‘(i) other Federal, State, and local
natural resource management agencies;
‘‘(ii) institutions of higher education;
and
‘‘(iii) a broad range of private sector
interests.
‘‘(c) STATE PRIORITY PLAN.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (3), as
a condition of receipt of funding under the program,
a State Forester and the Committee of the State shall
jointly develop and submit to the Secretary a 5-year
plan that describes the funding priorities of the State
in meeting the purposes of the program.
‘‘(2) PUBLIC
PARTICIPATION.—The plan sub-
mitted to the Secretary under paragraph (1) shall in-
clude documentation of the efforts of the State to pro-
vide for public participation in the development of
the plan.
‘‘(3) STATE
PRIORITIES.—The Secretary shall
ensure, to the maximum extent practicable, that the
need for expanded technical assistance programs for
owners is met in the annual funding priorities of
each State described in paragraph (1).
‘‘(d) PURPOSES.—The Secretary shall allocate re-
sources of the Secretary among States in accordance with