Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 91.djvu/1017

 PUBLIC LAW 95-113—SEPT. 29, 1977

91 STAT. 983

(N) research to develop new crops, in order to expand our use of varied soils and increase the choice of nutritional and economically viable crops available for cultivation; and (O) investigation and analysis of the practicability, desirability, and feasibility of using organic waste materials to improve soil tilth and fertility, and extension programs to disseminate practical information resulting from such investigations and analyses; and (9) the existing agricultural research system consisting of the Federal Government, the land-grant colleges and universities, other colleges and universities engaged in agricultural I'esearch, the agricultural experiment stations, and the private sector constitute an essential national resource which must serve as the foundation for any further strengthening of agricultural research in the United States. PURPOSES

SEC. 1403. The purposes of this title are to— 7 USC 3102. (1) establish firmly the Department of Agriculture as the lead agency in the Federal Government for the food and agricultural sciences, and to emphasize that agricultural research, extension, and teaching are distinct missions of the Department of Agriculture; (2) undertake the special measures set forth in this title to improve the coordination and planning of agricultural research, identify needs and establish priorities for such research, assure that high priority research is given adequate funding, assure that national agricultural research, extension, and teaching objectives are fully achieved, and assure that the results of agricultural research are effectively communicated and demonstrated to farmers, processors, handlers, consumers, and all other users who can benefit therefrom; (3) increase cooperation and coordination in the performance of agricultural research by Federal departments and agencies, the States, State agricultural experiment stations, colleges and universities, and user groups; (4) enable the Federal Government, the States, colleges and universities, and others to implement needed agricultural research, extension, and teaching programs, including the initiatives specified in section 1402(8) of this title, through the establishment of new programs and the improvement of existing programs, as provided for in this title; (5) establish a new program of grants for high-priority agricultural research to be awarded on the basis of competition among scientific research workers and all colleges and universities; (6) establish a new program of grants for facilities and instrumentation used in agricultural research; and (7) establish a new program of education grants and fellowships to strengthen training and research programs in the food and agricultural sciences, to be awarded on the basis of competition. DEFINITIONS

SEC. 1404. When used in this title— 7 USC 3103. (1) the term "Advisory Board" means the National Agricultural Research and Extension Users Advisory Board; (2) the term "a^icultural research" means research in the food and agricultural sciences;

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