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(11) Section 1670(a)(4) of the Food, Agriculture,
Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C.
5923(a)(4)) is amended by striking ‘‘the Adminis-
trator of the Cooperative State Research, Education,
and Extension Service’’ and inserting ‘‘the Director of
the National Institute of Food and Agriculture’’.
(12) Section 537 of the Federal Agriculture Im-
provement and Reform Act of 1996 (7 U.S.C. 7446)
is amended in each of subsections (a)(2) and
(b)(3)(B)(i) by striking ‘‘Cooperative State Research,
Education, and Extension Service’’ and inserting
‘‘the National Institute of Food and Agriculture’’.
(13) Section 103(a) of the Agricultural Research,
Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 (7
U.S.C. 7613(a)) is amended—
(A) in the subsection heading, by striking
‘‘COOPERATIVE STATE RESEARCH, EDUCATION,
AND EXTENSION SERVICE’’ and inserting ‘‘NA-
TIONAL
INSTITUTE
OF
FOOD
AND
AGRI-
CULTURE’’; and
(B) in each of paragraphs (1) and (2)(A),
by striking ‘‘the Cooperative State Research,
Education, and Extension Service’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘the National Institute of Food and Agri-
culture’’.
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(14) Section 401(f)(5) of the Agricultural Re-
search, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998
(7 U.S.C. 7621(f)(5)) is amended by striking ‘‘the Co-
operative State Research, Education, and Extension
Service’’ and inserting ‘‘the National Institute of
Food and Agriculture’’.
(15) Section 407(c) of the Agricultural Research,
Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 (7
U.S.C. 7627(c)) is amended by striking ‘‘the Coopera-
tive State Research, Education, and Extension Serv-
ice’’ and inserting ‘‘the National Institute of Food
and Agriculture’’.
(16) Section 410(a) of the Agricultural Research,
Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 (7
U.S.C. 7630(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘the Admin-
istrator of the Cooperative State Research, Education,
and Extension Service’’ and inserting ‘‘the Director of
the National Institute of Food and Agriculture’’.
(17) Section 307(g)(5) of the Agricultural Risk
Protection Act of 2000 (7 U.S.C. 8606(g)(5)) is
amended by striking ‘‘Administrator of the Coopera-
tive State Research, Education, and Extension Serv-
ice’’ and inserting ‘‘the Director of the National Insti-
tute of Food and Agriculture’’.
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(18) Section 6(b) of the Cooperative Forestry As-
sistance Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2103b(b)) is amended
by striking ‘‘the Cooperative State Research, Edu-
cation, and Extension Service, may provide technical,
financial, and related assistance to State foresters,
equivalent State officials, or Cooperative Extension
officials’’ and inserting ‘‘the National Institute of
Food and Agriculture, may provide technical, finan-
cial and related assistance to State foresters, equiva-
lent State officials, and Institute officials’’.
(19) Section 19 of the Cooperative Forestry As-
sistance Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2113) is amended in
subsections (a)(2) and (b)(1)(B)(i), by striking ‘‘Ex-
tension Service,’’ each place it appears and inserting
‘‘National Institute of Food and Agriculture,’’.
(20) Section 105(a) of the Africa: Seeds of Hope
Act of 1998 (22 U.S.C. 2293 note; Public Law 105–
385) is amended by striking ‘‘the Cooperative State
Research, 
Education, 
and 
Extension 
Service
(CSREES)’’ and inserting ‘‘the National Institute of
Food and Agriculture’’.
(21) Section 307(a)(4) of the National Aero-
nautic and Space Administration Authorization Act
of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16657(a)(4)) is amended by strik-
ing subparagraph (B) and inserting the following:
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‘‘(B) the program and structure of, peer re-
view process of, management of conflicts of inter-
est by, compensation of reviewers of, and the ef-
fects of compensation on reviewer efficiency and
quality within, the National Institute of Food
and Agriculture of the Department of Agri-
culture;’’.
SEC. 7402. COORDINATION OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH
SERVICE AND NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FOOD
AND AGRICULTURE.
Title III of the Department of Agriculture Reorganiza-
tion Act of 1994 is amended by adding after section 308
(as added by section 7314) the following:
‘‘SEC. 309. COORDINATION OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH
SERVICE AND NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FOOD
AND AGRICULTURE.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Undersecretary for Research,
Education, and Economics shall coordinate the programs
under the authority of the Administrator of the Agricultural
Research Service and the Director of the National Institute
of Food and Agriculture, and the staff of the Administrator
and the Director, including national program leaders, shall
meet on a regular basis to—
‘‘(1) increase coordination and integration of re-
search programs at the Agricultural Research Service
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and the research, extension, and education programs
of the National Institute of Food and Agriculture;
‘‘(2) coordinate responses to emerging issues;
‘‘(3) minimize duplication of work and resources
at the staff level of each agency;
‘‘(4) use the extension and education program to
deliver knowledge to stakeholders;
‘‘(5) address critical needs facing agriculture;
and
‘‘(6) focus the research, extension, and education
funding strategy of the Department.
‘‘(b) REPORTS.—Not later than 270 days after the date
of enactment of this section, and annually thereafter, the
Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Agriculture of
the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agri-
culture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate a report de-
scribing efforts to increase coordination between the Agri-
cultural Research Service and the National Institute for
Food and Agriculture.
‘‘(c) ROADMAP.—
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days
after the date of enactment of this section, the Sec-
retary, acting through the Under Secretary for Re-
search, Education, and Economics shall—