I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2398 
To reauthorize and provide additional funding for essential agricultural re-
search, extension, education, and related programs, to establish the Na-
tional Institutes for Food and Agriculture as an independent agency 
reporting to and coordinating with the Secretary of Agriculture, and 
for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 21, 2007 
Mr. BARROW (for himself, Mr. BISHOP of Georgia, Mr. SPACE, and Mr. 
SCOTT of Georgia) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Agriculture 
A BILL 
To reauthorize and provide additional funding for essential 
agricultural research, extension, education, and related 
programs, to establish the National Institutes for Food 
and Agriculture as an independent agency reporting to 
and coordinating with the Secretary of Agriculture, and 
for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Creating Research Extension and Teaching Excellence 
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for the 21st Century Act of 2007’’ or the ‘‘CREATE-21 
Act of 2007’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents of 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
Sec. 2. Purposes. 
Sec. 3. Definitions. 
TITLE I—NATIONAL INSTITUTES FOR FOOD AND AGRICULTURE 
Sec. 101. Establishment of National Institutes for Food and Agriculture. 
Sec. 102. Offices; administration. 
Sec. 103. Organization of National Institutes for Food and Agriculture. 
Sec. 104. Funding. 
Sec. 105. Enhanced funding. 
Sec. 106. Single budget submission. 
Sec. 107. Capacity building grants for ASCARR Institutions. 
TITLE II—MODIFICATIONS 
Sec. 201. Merit Review of Extension and Educational Grants. 
Sec. 202. Repeal plan of work requirements. 
Sec. 203. Indirect costs. 
TITLE III—EXTENSIONS 
Subtitle A—National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy 
Act of 1977 
Sec. 301. Grants and fellowships for food and agricultural sciences education. 
Sec. 302. Grants for research on production and marketing of alcohols and in-
dustrial hydrocarbons from agricultural commodities and forest 
products. 
Sec. 303. Policy research centers. 
Sec. 304. Human nutrition intervention and health promotion research pro-
gram. 
Sec. 305. Pilot research program to combine medical and agricultural research. 
Sec. 306. Nutrition education program. 
Sec. 307. Continuing animal health and disease research programs. 
Sec. 308. Appropriations for research on national or regional problems. 
Sec. 309. Grants to upgrade agricultural and food sciences facilities at 1890 
land-grant colleges, including Tuskegee University. 
Sec. 310. National research and training virtual centers. 
Sec. 311. Matching funds requirement for research and extension activities of 
1890 Institutions. 
Sec. 312. Hispanic-serving institutions. 
Sec. 313. Competitive grants for international agricultural science and edu-
cation programs. 
Sec. 314. Research equipment grants. 
Sec. 315. University research. 
Sec. 316. Extension Service. 
Sec. 317. Supplemental and alternative crops. 
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Sec. 318. Aquaculture research facilities. 
Sec. 319. Rangeland research. 
Sec. 320. Special authorization for biosecurity planning and response. 
Sec. 321. Resident instruction and distance education grants program for insu-
lar area institutions of higher education. 
Subtitle B—Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 
Sec. 331. National genetics resources program. 
Sec. 332. High-priority research and extension initiatives. 
Sec. 333. Nutrient management research and extension initiative. 
Sec. 334. Organic agriculture research and extension initiative. 
Sec. 335. Agricultural telecommunications program. 
Sec. 336. Assistive technology program for farmers with disabilities. 
Sec. 337. National Rural Information Center Clearinghouse. 
Subtitle C—Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 
1998 
Sec. 341. Partnerships for high-value agricultural product quality research. 
Sec. 342. Precision agriculture. 
Sec. 343. Biobased products. 
Sec. 344. Thomas Jefferson Initiative for crop diversification. 
Sec. 345. Integrated research, education, and extension competitive grants pro-
gram. 
Sec. 346. Support for research regarding diseases of wheat, triticale, and barley 
caused by Fusarium graminearum or by Tilletia indica. 
Sec. 347. Bovine Johne’s disease control program. 
Sec. 348. Grants for youth organizations. 
Sec. 349. Agricultural biotechnology research and development for developing 
countries. 
Sec. 350. Office of Pest Management Policy. 
Subtitle D—Other Laws 
Sec. 371. Critical Agricultural Materials Act. 
Sec. 372. Equity in Educational Land-Grant Status Act of 1994. 
Sec. 373. Agricultural Experiment Station Research Facilities Act. 
Sec. 374. National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act 
Amendments of 1985. 
Sec. 375. Competitive, Special, and Facilities Research Grant Act (National 
Research Initiative). 
Sec. 376. Beginning farmer and rancher development program. 
Sec. 377. Agricultural Risk Protection Act of 2000 (Carbon Cycle Research). 
Sec. 378. Renewable Resources Extension Act of 1978. 
Sec. 379. National Aquaculture Act of 1980. 
TITLE IV—ENHANCEMENTS 
Subtitle A—Research and Extension 
Sec. 401. Compliance with multistate and integration requirements. 
Sec. 402. Expansion of food and agricultural sciences awards. 
Sec. 403. Sustainable human development initiative. 
Subtitle B—Nutrition 
Sec. 411. Expanded food and nutrition education program. 
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Sec. 412. University of the district of columbia eligibility for the expanded food 
and nutrition program. 
Sec. 413. Food stamp nutrition education reimbursement for 1890 institutions. 
Sec. 414. Reauthorization of the national nutrition monitoring and related re-
search act of 1990. 
Subtitle C—1890 Initiatives 
Sec. 421. Research and education under the national agricultural research, ex-
tension, and teaching policy act of 1977. 
Sec. 422. Extension formula programs under the national agricultural research, 
extension, and teaching policy act of 1977. 
Sec. 423. Children, youth, and families education and research network 
(CYFERnet) program. 
Sec. 424. Animal health and disease research program. 
Sec. 425. Mcintire-Stennis cooperative forestry act. 
Sec. 426. Outreach and assistance for socially disadvantaged farmers and 
ranchers. 
Sec. 427. Grants to 1890 schools to expand extension capacity. 
Sec. 428. National center for the study of socialy disadvantaged farmers. 
Subtitle D—Forestry 
Sec. 431. Mcintire-Stennis cooperative forestry research program. 
Subtitle E—Rural Development 
Sec. 441. Extension of agricultural telecommunications program to rural devel-
opment. 
Sec. 442. Authorization of rural development research under the initiative for 
future agriculture and food systems. 
Sec. 443. Priority initiatives: land use management. 
Sec. 444. Priority initiatives: water and air quality. 
Sec. 445. Priority initiatives: agrotourism. 
Sec. 446. Organic agriculture research and extension initiative. 
Sec. 447. Biosecurity. 
Sec. 448. Beginning farmers and ranchers. 
Sec. 449. Resident instruction and distant education. 
Sec. 450. Tribal college and university essential community facilities. 
Sec. 451. Value-added agricultural product market development. 
Sec. 452. Innovation center demonstration projects. 
Sec. 453. Rural entrepreneurship development program. 
Sec. 454. Amendments to the consolidated farm and rural development act re-
lating to 2002 farm bill programs. 
Subtitle F—International Trade 
Sec. 461. FAS/extension service internships. 
Sec. 462. FAS internships; university-assisted funding. 
Sec. 463. Borlaug international agricultural science and technology fellowship 
program. 
Subtitle G—Energy 
Sec. 471. Procurement of biobased products. 
Sec. 472. Bioenergy development grants. 
Sec. 473. Biodiesel fuel education and development grants. 
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Sec. 474. Energy audit and renewable energy development program. 
Sec. 475. Renewable energy systems and energy efficiency improvements. 
Sec. 476. Biomass research and development. 
Sec. 477. Cooperative research and extension projects; carbon cycle research. 
Subtitle H—Conservation 
Sec. 478. Environmental quality incentives. 
Sec. 479. Conservation technical assistance and education by extension service. 
Sec. 480. Asssessment and reform of conservation programs. 
SEC. 2. PURPOSES. 
The purposes of this Act are— 
(1) to integrate and organize the administration 
of the extramural agricultural research, extension, 
education, and related programs administered by the 
Secretary of Agriculture to respond to 21st century 
challenges and continue to meet the needs of society 
from a local, tribal, State, national, and inter-
national perspective; 
(2) to minimize duplication, and maximize co-
ordination and integration, among the programs at 
all levels through a solution-based approach; 
(3) to enhance the capacity of all participating 
institutions to more effectively carry out the pro-
grams, with special emphasis given to 1890 Institu-
tions, 1994 Institutions, Insular Area Institutions, 
ASCARR Institutions, and Small 1862 Land-Grant 
Institutions; 
(4) to provide for a more balanced portfolio of 
available resources and funding between capacity 
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