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 PUBLIC LAW 106-224-JUNE 20, 2000 114 STAT. 407 Subtitle C—Research SEC. 221. CARBON CYCLE RESEARCH. (a) IN GENERAL. —Of the amount made available under section 261(a)(2), the Secretary shall use $15,000,000 to provide a grant to the Consortium for Agricultural Soils Mitigation of Greenhouse Gases, acting through Kansas State University, to develop, analyze, and implement, through the land grant universities described in subsection (b), carbon cycle research at the national, regional, and local levels. (b) LAND GRANT UNIVERSITIES.— The land grant universities referred to in subsection (a) are the following: (1) Colorado State University. (2) Iowa State University. (3) Kansas State University. (4) Michigan State University. (5) Montana State University. (6) Purdue University. (7) Ohio State University. (8) Texas A&M University. (9) University of Nebraska. (c) USE.—Land grant universities described in subsection (b) shall use funds made available under this section— (1) to conduct research to improve the scientific basis of using land management practices to increase soil carbon sequestration, including research on the use of new technologies to increase carbon cycle effectiveness, such as biotechnology and , nanotechnology; (2) to enter into partnerships to identify, develop, and evaluate agricultural best practices, including partnerships between— (A) Federal, State, or private entities; and (B) the Department of Agriculture; (3) to develop necessary computer models to predict and assess the carbon cycle; (4) to estimate and develop mechanisms to measure carbon levels made available as a result of— (A) voluntary Federal conservation progremis; (B) private and Federal forests; and (C) other land uses; (5) to develop outreach programs, in coordination with Extension Services, to shsire information on carbon cycle and agricultural best practices that is useful to agricultural producers; and (6) to collaborate with the Great Plains Regional Earth Science Application Center to develop a space-based carbon cycle remote sensing technology program to— (A) provide, on a near-continual basis, a real-time and comprehensive view of vegetation conditions; (B) assess and model agricultural carbon sequestration; and (C) develop commercial products. (d) ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS. — Not more than 3 percent of the funds made available under subsection (a) may be used by the Secretary to pay administrative costs incurred in carrying out this section.

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