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 12 2 STA T . 2 0 0 3PUBLIC LA W 110 – 2 46—J U NE 1 8, 2008 ‘ ‘ (d)AUTHORIZA TIO N O F A P PROPRIATION S.—Ther e a rea ut h o r iz ed to b ea p propriated s u c hsu m sasare n ecessar y to carry out this section. ’ ’. SEC.7209 . AGRI C ULT URAL TELEC OM MU N ICATIONS P ROGRAM. S ection 1673 o f the F ood , A g ricu l ture, C onser v ation, and Trade Actof1 9 9 0 (7 U .S.C. 5 9 2 6) is repealed. SEC. 72 1 0. ASSISTI V E TEC H NOLOG Y PROGRAM F OR FARMERS W ITH D ISA B ILITIES. Section 16 8 0(c)(1) of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 5933(c)(1)) is amended by stri k ing ‘‘2007’’ and inserting ‘‘2012’’. SEC. 7211. RESEARCH ON HONEY BEE DISEASES. Section 1681 of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 593 4 ) is repealed. SEC. 7212. NATIONAL RURAL INFORMATION CENTER CLEARINGHOUSE. Section 2381(e) of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 3125b(e)) is amended by striking ‘‘2007’’ and inserting ‘‘2012’’. Subti t leC—Agr i c ultur a l R e s earc h,Ex te n- si o n, an d Education Re f or m Act of 19 9 8 SEC. 7 3 01. PEER AND MERIT REVIEW. Section 103(a) of the Agricultural R esearch, Ex tension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 (7 U.S.C. 7613(a)) is amended by adding at the end the follo w ing

‘‘(3) CONSI DE RATION.— P eer and merit review procedures established under paragraphs (1) and (2) shall not take the offer or availability of matching funds into consideration.’’. SEC. 7302. PARTNERSHIPS FOR HIGH - VALUE AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT Q UALITY RESEARCH. Section 402 of the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Edu - cation Reform Act of 1998 (7 U.S.C. 7622) is repealed. SEC. 7303. PRECISION AGRICULTURE. Section 403 of the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Edu- cation Reform Act of 1998 (7 U.S.C. 7623) is repealed. SEC. 730 4 . BIOBASED PRODUCTS. (a) PI L OT PRO J E C T.—Section 404(e)(2) of the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 (7 U.S.C. 7624(e)(2)) is amended by striking ‘‘2007’’ and inserting ‘‘2012’’. (b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 404(h) of the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 (7 U.S.C. 7624(h)) is amended by striking ‘‘2007’’ and inserting ‘‘2012’’. SEC. 730 5 . THOMAS J EFFERSON INITIATIVE FOR CROP DIVERSIFICA- TION. Section 405 of the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Edu- cation Reform Act of 1998 (7 U.S.C. 7625) is repealed.

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