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 104 STAT. 3736 PUBLIC LAW 101-624—NOV. 28, 1990 (1) IN GENERAL. — The Secretary may approve projects to be conducted under this section that have a duration of more than one fiscal year. (2) SEQUENCE PLANTING.— In the case of a research project conducted under this section that involves the planting of a sequence of crops or crop rotations, the Secretary shall approve such projects for a term that is appropriate lo the sequence or rotation being studied. (h) PUBLIC ACCESS.— The Secretary shall ensure that research projects conducted under this section are open for public observation at specified times. (i) INDEMNIFICATION. — (1) IN GENERAL. —Subject to paragraph (2), the Secretary may indemnify the operator of a project conducted under this section for damage incurred or undue losses sustained as a result of a rigid requirement of research or demonstration under such project that is not experienced in normal farming operations. (2) SUBJECT TO AGREEMENT. — An indemnity payment under paragraph (1) shall be subject to any agreement between a project grantee and operator entered into prior to the initiation of such project. 7 USC 5812. SEC. 1622. PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION. (a) DUTIES OF SECRETARY. — The Secretary shall— (1) administer the programs and projects conducted under sections 1621 and 1623 through the Cooperative State Research Service in close cooperation with the Extension Service, Agricultural Research Service, and other appropriate agencies; (2) establish the Advisory Council in accordance with subsection (c); (3) establish a minimum of four Regional Administrative Councils in accordance with subsection (e); and (4) in conjunction with such Regional Administrative Councils, identify regional host institutions required to carry out such programs or projects. (b) REPORTS.—The Secretary shall, not later than April 1, 1991, and each April 1 thereafter, prepare and submit to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives, the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate, and the Advisory Council— (1) a report describing the results of the programs carried out under sections 1621, 1623, and 1627; and (2) a report describing the progress of projects conducted under this subtitle, including— (A) a summary and analysis of data collected under such projects; (B) recommendations based on such data for new basic or applied research; (C) the number, length, and type of projects proposed, funded and carried out, by region; and (D) the national and regional economic, social, and environmental implications of the adoption of practices developed under this subtitle and section 1650. (c) NATIONAL SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE ADVISORY COUNCIL.—The membership of the National Sustainable Agriculture Advisory Council shall include representatives of— (1) the Agricultural Research Service;

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