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 PUBLIC LAW 104-127—APR. 4, 1996 110 STAT. 1183 be deemed to be a reference to the "Claude Harris National Aquacultural Research Center". (2) TRANSFER OF LABORATORY TO DEPARTMENT OF AGRI- CULTURE.— Subject to section 1531 of title 31, United States Code, not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior may transfer, in whole or in part, to the Department of Agriculture, with the consent of the Secretary of Agriculture— (A) the personnel employed in connection with the laboratory referred to in paragraph (1); (B) the assets, liabilities, contracts, and real and personal property of the laboratory; (C) the records of the laboratory; and (D) the unexpended balance of appropriations, authorizations, allocations, and other funds employed in connection with, held in connection with, arising from, available to, or to be made available in connection with the laboratory. (b) NONDUPLICATION OF FACILITIES.—The research center designated by subsection (a) shall be complementary to, and not duplicative of, facilities of colleges, universities, and nonprofit institutions, and facilities of the Agricultural Research Service, within the State and region, as determined by the Secretary of Agriculture. SEC. 892. USE OF REMOTE SENSING DATA AND OTHER DATA TO ANTICI- 7 USC 5935. PATE POTENITAL FOOD, FEED, AND FIBER SHORTAGES OR EXCESSES AND TO PROVIDE TIMELY INFORMATION TO ASSIST FARMERS WITH PLANTING DECISIONS. (a) FINDINGS.— Congress finds that— (1) remote sensing data can be useful to predict impending famine problems and forest infestations in time to allow remedial action; (2) remote sensing data can inform the agricultural community as to the condition of crops and the land that sustains those crops; and (3) remote sensing data and other data can be valuable, when received on a timely basis, in determining the need for additional plantings of a particular crop or a substitute crop. (b) INFORMATION DEVELOPMENT.— The Secretary of Agriculture and the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, maximizing private funding and involvement, shall provide farmers and other interested persons with timely information, through remote sensing, on crop conditions, fertilization and irrigation needs, pest infiltration, soil conditions, projected food, feed, and fiber production, and any other information available through remote sensing. (c) COORDINATION.—The Secretary of Agriculture and the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration shall jointly develop a proposal to provide farmers and other prospective users with supply and demand information for food and fibers. (d) SUNSET.— The authorities provided by this section shall expire 5 years after the date of enactment of this Act. SEC. 893. SENSE OF SENATE REGARDING METHYL BROMIDE ALTER- NATIVE RESEARCH AND EXTENSION ACTIVITIES. It is the sense of the Senate that—

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