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 PUBLIC LAW 101-624—NOV. 28, 1990 104 STAT. 3707 "(11) To the extent the Joint Council is composed of more than 21 members, representatives of other public and private institutions, producers, and representatives of the public who are interested in and have the potential to contribute to (as determined by the Secretary) the formulation of national policy in the food and agricultural sciences. "(c) ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS. — "(1) TERMS.— Members of the Joint Council shall be appointed for a term of up to three years by the Secretary from nominations made by the organizations and agencies described in subsection (b). The terms of the members shall be staggered. "(2) CHAIRPERSON.—The Joint Council shall be jointly chaired by the Assistant Secretary of Agriculture for research, extension, and teaching, and a person to be elected from among the non-Federal membership of the Joint Council. "(3) MEETINCJS.— The Joint Council shall meet at legist once during each three-month period. At least one meeting each year shall be a combined meeting with the Advisory Board. The meetings of the Joint Council shall be publicly announced in advance and shall be open to the public. Appropriate records of the activities of the Joint Council shall be kept and made available to the public on request. "(d) PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY.—The primary responsibility of the Joint Council is to bring about more effective research, extension, and teaching in the food and agricultural sciences in the United States by improving the planning and coordination of publicly and privately supported food and agricultural science activities and by relating Federal budget development and program management to these processes. "(e) OTHER RESPONSIBIUTIES.—The responsibilities of the Joint Council shall also include the following: "(1) Provide a forum for the interchange of information among the organizations represented by the members of the Joint Council that will assure improved awareness among these organizations concerning the agricultural research, extension, and teaching programs, results, and directions of each organization. "(2) Analyze and evaluate the economic, environmental, and social impacts of agricultural research, extension, and teaching programs conducted in the United States. "(3) Determine high priority issues and goals for agricultural research, extension, and teaching programs, and submit annual reports identifying such high priority issues and goals to the Secretary and to Congress. "(4) Develop and review the effectiveness of a system, for use by the Secretary, of compiling, maintaining, and disseminating information about each federally supported agricultural research or extension project and, to the maximum extent possible, information about private agricultural research and extension projects conducted by colleges and universities, foundations, contract research groups, businesses, and others. Information about private agricultural research and extension shall not be included in this system unless they are partially or entirely funded by the Federal Government or the organizations sponsoring the projects agree to the inclusions of information about such projects. Records. Public information. Reports. 39-194O-91-13:QL3Part5

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