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 114 STAT. 408 PUBLIC LAW 106-224 -JUNE 20, 2000 SEC. 222. TOBACCO RESEARCH FOR MEDICINAL PURPOSES. (a) ASSISTANCE. —Of the amount made available under section 261(a)(2), the Secretary, acting through the Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, shall use $3,000,000 to provide a grant jointly to Georgetown University and North Carolina State University to conduct research regarding the extraction and purification of proteins from genetically altered tobacco that may be used as a vaccine for cervical cancer. (b) RELATION TO OTHER LAW.— The Secretary may make the grant described in subsection (a) notwithstanding any general prohibition on the use of appropriated funds to carry out research related to the production, processing, or marketing of tobacco or tobacco products. SEC. 223. RESEARCH ON SOIL SCIENCE AND FOREST HEALTH MANAGE- MENT. Of the amount made available under section 261(a)(2), the Secretary shall use $10,000,000 to provide a grant to the University of Nebraska in Lincoln, Nebraska, for laboratories and equipment for research on soil science and forest health and management. SEC. 224. RESEARCH ON WASTE STREAMS FROM LIVESTOCK PRODUC- TION. Of the amount made available under section 261(a)(2), the Secretary shall use $3,500,000 to expand current research related to technologies for— (1) reducing, modifying, recycling, and using waste streams from livestock production; and (2) eliminating associated air, water, and soil quality problems. SEC. 225. IMPROVED STORAGE AND MANAGEMENT OF LIVESTOCK AND POULTRY WASTE. (a) ASSISTANCE.— Of the amount made avedlable under section 261(a)(2), the Secretary shall use $5,000,000 — (1) to review and assess the actual or potential failure of waste storage and handling systems used in livestock or poultry production and the environmental damages associated with the failure of the systems; and (2) to study and demonstrate appropriate market-oriented mechanisms to assist livestock producers and poultry producers to prevent the failure of the systems and rectify environmental damages associated with the failure of the systems. Grants. (b) IMPLEMENTATION.— The Secretary shall ceirry out this sec- Contracts, tion through grgoits, contracts, and cooperative agreements with livestock producers, poultry producers, associations of such producers, and foundations supported by such producers. SEC. 226. ETHANOL RESEARCH PILOT PLANT. Of the amount made available under section 261(a)(2), the Secretary shall use $14,000,000 to provide a grant to the State of Illinois to complete the construction of a corn-based ethanol research pilot plant (Agreement No. 59-3601-7-078) at Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, Illinois. SEC. 227. BIOINFORMATICS INSTITUTE FOR MODEL PLANT SPECIES. (a) ESTABLISHMENT AND PURPOSE.—The Secretary, acting through the Agricultural Research Service, may enter into a

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