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 PUBLIC LAW 101-624—NOV. 28, 1990 104 STAT. 3723 fiscal years 1991 through 1995, and such sums shall remain available until expended. "(c) USE OF GRANT FUNDS. —Four percent of the sums appropriated pursuant to this section shall be available to the Secretary for administration of this grants program. The remaining funds shall be available for grants to eligible institutions for the purpose of assisting them in the purchase of equipment and land, the planning, construction, alteration, or renovation of buildings to strengthen their capacity in the production of human capital in the food and agricultural sciences and can be used at the discretion of the eligible institutions in the areas of research, extension, and resident instruction or any combination thereof. "(d) METHOD OF AWARDING GRANTS. —Grants awarded pursuant to this section shall be made in such amounts and under such terms and conditions as the Secretary shall determine necessary for carry- ing out the purposes of this section. "(e) PROHIBITION OF CERTAIN USES. — Federal funds provided under this section may not be utilized for the payment of any overhead costs of the eligible institutions. "(f) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary may promulgate such rules and regulations as the Secretary may consider necessary to carry out the provisions of this section.". (c) NATIONAL RESEARCH AND TRAINING CENTENNIAL CENTERS. — Such Act is further amended by inserting after section 1447 (as added by subsection (b)) the following new section: "SEC. 1448. NATIONAL RESEARCH AND TRAINING CENTENNIAL CENTERS. 7 USC 3222c. "(a) CoMPETmvE GRANTS AUTHORIZED. —The Secretary of Agriculture may make a competitive grant to five national research and training centennial centers located at colleges (or a consortia of such colleges) eligible to receive funds under the Act of August 30, 1890 (7 U.S.C. 321 et seq.), including Tuskegee University, that— "(1) have been designated by the Secretary for the fiscal years 1991 through 1995 as national research and training centennial centers; and "(2) have the best demonstrable capacity, as determined by the Secretary, to provide administrative leadership as— "(A) a National (Denter for Goat Research and Training; "(B) a National Center for Agricultural Engineering Development, Research, and Training; "(C) a National Center for Water Quality and Agricultural Production Research and Training; "(D) a National Center for Sustainable Agriculture Research and Training; and "(E) a National Center for Domestic and International Trade and Development Research and Training. "0)) USE OF GRANTS.—A grant made under subsection (a) may be expended by a center to— "(1) pay expenses incurred in conducting research for which the center was designated; "(2) print and disseminate the results of such research; "(3) plan, administer, and direct such research; and "(4) alter or repair buildings necessary to conduct such research. "(c) PRIORITY.—In making a grant determination under subsection (a), the Secretary shall give priority to those centers that—

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