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 PUBLIC LAW 105-185^JUNE 23, 1998 112 STAT. 561 "(B) the personnel necessary to implement and carry out this subsection, including any personnel in addition to personnel currently performing inventorying and analy- sis functions; "(C) the organization and procedures necessary to implement and carry out this subsection, including proposed coordination with Federal land management agencies and State foresters; "(D) the schedules for annual sample plot measurements in each State inventory required by paragraph (2) within the first 5-year interval after the date of enactment of this subsection; "(E) the core set of variables to be measured in each sample plot under paragraph (2) and the standard set of tables to be used in each State and national report under paragraph (3); and "(F) the process for employing, in coordination with the Secretary of Energy and the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, remote sensing, global positioning systems, and other advanced technologies to carry out this subsection, and the subsequent use of the teclmologies.". (d) FORESTRY AND RANGELAND COMPETITIVE RESEARCH GRANTS.—Section 5 of the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Research Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 1644) is amended— (1) by striking the section heading and "SEC. 5." and inserting the following: '<SEC. 5. FORESTRY AND RANGELAND COMPETITIVE RESEARCH GRANTS. "(a) COMPETITIVE GRANT AUTHORITY.— "; and (2) by adding at the end the following: " (b) EMPHASIS ON CERTAIN HIGH PRIORITY FORESTRY RESEARCH.— The Secretary may use up to 5 percent of the amounts made available for research under section 3 to make competitive grants regarding forestry research in the high priority research areas identified under section 3(d). " (c) EMPHASIS ON CERTAIN HIGH PRIORITY RANGELAND RESEARCH.— The Secretary may use up to 5 percent of the amounts made available for research under section 3 to make competitive grants regarding rsuigeland research in the high priority research areas identified under section 3(d). "(d) PRIORITIES. —In making grants under subsections (b) and (c), the Secretary shall give priority to research proposals xrnder which— "(1) the proposed research will be collaborative research organized through a center of scientific excellence; "(2) the applicant agrees to provide matching funds (in the form of direct funding or in-kind support) in an amount equal to not less than 50 percent of the grant amount; and "(3) the proposed research will be conducted as part of an existing private and public partnership or cooperative research effort and involves several interested research partners.".

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