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 PUBLIC LAW 101-624—NOV. 28, 1990 104 STAT. 3747 may be appropriate for their effective participation in the functions of the advisory council. (j) COMMENTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS. —The advisory council may prepare, for inclusion in a report submitted under section 1633— (1) comments respecting the activities of the advisory council during the period covered by the report; (2) comments on the progress of the program in meeting its objectives; and (3) recommendations respecting the future directions, program, and policy emphasis of the progrgrai. (k) REPORTS.—The advisory council may prepare such reports as the advisory council determines to be appropriate. (1) APPLICATION OF ADVISORY COMMITTEE ACT.— Section 14(a) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.) relating to the termination of an advisory committee shall not apply to the advisory committee established under this section. SEC. 1635. DEFINITIONS AND AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. (a) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this subtitle: (1) The term "program' sources Program. (2) The term "Secretary" means the Secretary of Agriculture. (3) The term "Director" means the Director of the National Genetic Resources Program. (b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are authorized to be appropriated such funds as may be necessary to carry out this subtitle for each of the fiscal years 1991 through 1995. means the National Genetic Re- 7 USC 5844. Subtitle D—National Agricultural Weather Information System SEC. 1637. SHORT TITLE AND PURPOSES. (a) SHORT TITLE. —T h is subtitle may be cited as the "National Agricultural Weather Information System Act of 1990". (b) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this subtitle are— (1) to provide a nationally coordinated agricultural weather information system, based on the participation of universities, State programs. Federal agencies, and the private weather consulting sector, and aimed at meeting the weather and climate information needs of agricultural producers; (2) to facilitate the collection, organization, and dissemination of advisory weather and climate information relevant to agricultural producers, through the participation of the private sector and otherwise; (3) to provide for research and education on agricultural weather and climate information, aimed at improving the quality and quantity of weather and climate information available to agricultural producers, including research on short-term forecaste of thunderstorms and on extended weather forecasting techniques and models; (4) to encourage, where feasible, greater private sector participation in providing agricultural weather and climate information, to encourage private sector participation in educating and training farmers and others in the proper utilization of agricultural weather and climate information, and to strengthen their National Agricultural Weather Information System Act of 1990. Science and technology. Computer technology. Education. 7 USC 5851.

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