To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to enter into a lease involving the South Central Agricultural Laboratory in Clay County, Nebraska, to facilitate the improvement of the laboratory to support cooperative State and Federal agricultural research.

Bill: 113-hr-4264
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Fortenberry, Jeff [R-NE-1]
Introduced: 2014-03-14
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural education

Agricultural research

Educational facilities and institutions

Government buildings, facilities, and property

Intergovernmental relations

Nebraska

State and local government operations
Latest action: action_date: 2014-04-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, and Nutrition.

Summaries:
action_date: 2014-03-14
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to lease the South Central Agricultural Laboratory in Clay County, Nebraska, to the Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska to allow the Board to undertake capital improvements in order to conduct a cooperative state and federal agricultural research program.</p>

tv_txt: I 113th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 4264 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 14, 2014 Mr. Fortenberry introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture A BILL To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to enter into a lease involving the South Central Agricultural Laboratory in Clay County, Nebraska, to facilitate the improvement of the laboratory to support cooperative State and Federal agricultural research.

1. Lease authority, South Central Agricultural Laboratory, Clay County, Nebraska Subject to such terms and conditions as the Secretary of Agriculture considers appropriate to protect the interests of the United States, the Secretary may lease the South Central Agricultural Laboratory, consisting of approximately 640 acres in Clay County, Nebraska, to the Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska, which currently operates the laboratory pursuant to a revocable permit, in order to allow the Board of Regents to undertake capital improvements as necessary to maintain and conduct a cooperative State and Federal agricultural research program. The term of the lease may not exceed 20 years, but the Secretary may renew the lease for one or more additional 20-year periods.