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 PUBLIC LAW 98-284—MAY 16, 1984

98 STAT. 181

Public Law 98- •284 98th Congress A n Act To extend and improve the existing program of research, development, and demonstration in the production and manufacture of guayule rubber, and to broaden such program to include other critical agricultural materials.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the first section of the Native Latex Commercialization and Economic Development Act of 1978 (hereinafter referred to as "the Act") is amended to read as follows: "That this Act may be cited as the 'Critical Agricultural Materials Act'.". SEC. 2. Section 2 of the Act is amended— (1) by inserting "(1)" after "SEC. 2. (a)"; (2) by redesignating subsections (b) through (e) as paragraphs (2) through (5); and (3) by striking out paragraph (5) (as so redesignated) and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "(5) Congress further recognizes that ongoing research into the development and commercialization of native latex has been conducted by the Department of Agriculture, the Department of Commerce, the National Science Foundation, and other public as well as private and industrial research groups, and that these research efforts should be continued and expanded."; and (4) by striking out subsection (f) and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "(b) In addition, Congress recognizes that the development of a domestic industry or industries for the production and manufacture from native agricultural crops of products other than rubber which are of strategic and industrial importance but for which the Nation is now dependent upon foreign sources, would benefit the economy, the defense, and the general well-being of the Nation, and that additional research efforts in this area should be undertaken or continued and expanded. "(c) It is therefore the policy of the United States to provide for the development and demonstration of economically feasible means of culturing and manufacturing Parthenium and other hydrocarboncontaining plants, along with other native agricultural crops, for the production of critical agricultural materials to benefit the Nation and promote economic development.". SEC. 3. (a) Section 3(d) of the Act is amended to read as follows: "(d) The term 'native' means hydrocarbon-containing plants and other agricultural crops of strategic and industrial importance which may be cultured in North America, especially plants which are members of the genus Parthenium known as Guayule."; and (b) Section 3 of the Act is further amended by striking out subsection (e). SEC. 4. (a) Section 4(a) of the Act is amended by striking out "Guayule Research and Commercialization" and inserting in lieu thereof "Research and Development of Critical Agricultural Materials".

May 16, 1984 [H.R. 2733] 7 USC 178 note.

7 USC 178.

Hydrocarboncontaining plants.

7 USC 178a.

7 USC 178b.

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