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 104 STAT. 3780 PUBLIC LAW 101-624—NOV. 28, 1990 7 USC 5931. SEC. 1678. SPECIAL GRANT TO STUDY CONSTRAINTS ON AGRICULTURAL TRADE. (a) GRANT REQUIRED. —The Secretary of Agriculture shall provide at least two special grants to land-grant colleges and universities to conduct a study that will evaluate the trade impacts of technical barriers, quality factors, and end-use characteristics in agricultural trade to determine whether such factors are consistent as between commodities. Such study shall be conducted with the objective— (1) to identify and analyze constraints related to end-use characteristics in trade and competition; (2) to design production and processing techniques to lessen their impacts; and (3) to identify public policy alternatives, nationally and internationaly, that may reduce the impacts of such trade restrictions. (b) JOINT DEVELOPMENT.—The Secretary shall ensure that the grants provided for in this section provide for the joint development of the methodology and techniques between the recipients of such grgmts to meet the objectives set forth in subsection (a). (c) REPORT.—Not later than 18 months sifter the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall report the results of the study grants under subsection (a) to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate. (d) LAND-GRANT COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES DEFINED. —For purposes of this section, the term "land-grant colleges and universities" has the meaning given to that term in section 1404(10) of the National Agricultural Research, Teaching, and Extension Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3103(10)). 7 USC 5932. SEC. 1679. PILOT PROJECT TO COORDINATE FOOD AND NUTRITION EDU- CATION PROGRAMS. Grant programs. (a) PILOT PROJECT.— The Secretary of Agriculture shall establish a five-year pilot project to make available grants to not less than two States, on a competitive basis, for the purpose of implementing in such States, a plan that— (1) provides for the full coordination of the conceptual design and program delivery of food and nutrition education programs for potential participants within the State; and (2) provides to the greatest extent possible for the coordination of such food and nutrition education programs with related State programs. (b) ELEMENTS OF THE PROJECT.—In carrying out subsection (a), the Secretary shall— (1) provide for enhanced intraagency and interagency coordination in the design and delivery of food and nutrition education programs; (2) develop more efficient methods, and improved agency organization, to inform the public and persons eligible for food and nutrition programs about such education programs (including those education programs regarding nutrition and management of family resources for better nutrition and health) and nutrition education programs available at the Federal, State, and local level; and (3) provide for an evaluation of the degree to which stated program coordination objectives are being attained, the impact on actual behavioral change of program participants, and the

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