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 PUBLIC LAW 105-185-JUNE 23, 1998 112 STAT. 529 SEC. IW. REIil^CH FORMULA FUNDS FOR 1862 INSTITUTICH^S. (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 3 of the Hatch Act of 1887 (7 U.S.C. 361c) is amended— (1) in subsection (c)— (A) by redesignating paragraphs 1, 2, 3, and 5 as paragraphs (1), (2), (3), and (4), respectively; and (B) by striking paragraph (3) and inserting the following: "(3) Not less than 25 percent shall be allotted to the States for cooperative research employing multidisciplinary approaches in which a State agricultural experiment station, working with another State agricultural experiment station, the Agricultural Research Service, or a college or university, cooperates to solve problems that concern more than 1 State. The funds available under this paragraph, together with the funds available under subsection (b) for a similar purpose, shall be designated as the 'Multistate Research Fund, State Agricultural Experiment Stations'."; and (2) by adding at the end the following: "(h) PEER REVIEW AND PLAN OF WORK. — "(1) PEER REVIEW. —Research carried out under subsection (c)(3) shall be subject to scientific peer review. The review of a project conducted under this paragraph shall be considered to satisfy the merit review requirements of section 103(e) of the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998. "(2) PLAN OF WORK.— The State shall include in the plan of work of the State required under section 7 a description of the manner in which the State will meet the requirements of subsection (c)(3).". (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS. —Section 3 of the Hatch Act of 1887 (7 U.S.C. 361c) is amended— (1) in subsection (b)(1), by striking "subsection 3(c)(3)" and inserting "subsection (c)(3)"; and (2) in subsection (e), by striking "subsection 3(c)3" and inserting "subsection (c)(3)". SEC. 105. EXTENSION FORMULA FUNDS FOR 1862 INSTrrUTIONS. Section 3 of the Smith-Lever Act (7 U.S.C. 343) is amended by adding at the end the following: "(h) MULTISTATE COOPERATIVE EXTENSION ACTIVITIES. — "(1) IN GENERAL. —Not less than the applicable percentage specified under paragraph (2) of the amounts that are paid to a State under subsections (b) and (c) during a fiscal year shall be expended by States for cooperative extension activities in which 2 or more States cooperate to solve problems that concern more than 1 State (referred to in this subsection as 'multistate activities'). " (2) APPLICABLE PERCENTAGES.— " (A) 1997 EXPENDITURES ON MULTISTATE ACTIVITIES.— Of the Federed formula funds that were paid to each State for fiscal year 1997 under subsections (b) and (c), the Secretary of Agriculture shall determine the percentage that the State expended for multistate activities. " (B) REQUIRED EXPENDITURES ON MULTISTATE ACTIVI- TIES. — Of the Federal formula funds that are paid to each State for fiscal year 2000 and each subsequent fiscal year

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