Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 99 Part 2.djvu/436

 99 STAT. 1546

PUBLIC LAW 99-198—DEC. 23, 1985

"(B) to report on a regular basis with respect to the effect of emerging technological, economic, sociological, and environmental developments on the structure of agriculture. "(2) Support for this effort should include grants to examine the role of various food production, processing, and distribution systems that may primarily benefit small- and medium-sized family farms, such as diversified farm plans, energy, water, and soil conservation technologies, direct and cooperative marketing, production and processing cooperatives, and rural community resource management. "(e) To address more effectively the critical need for reducing farm input costs, improving soil, water, and energy conservation on farms and in rural areas, using sustainable agricultural methods, adopting alternative processing and marketing systems, and encouraging rural resources management, the Secretary is encouraged to designate at least one State agricultural experiment station and one Agricultural Research Service facility to examine these issues in an integrated and comprehensive manner, while conducting ongoing pilot projects contributing additional research through the Federal-State partnership.". REPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE

SEC. 1408. Section 1410 of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3125) is amended by— (1) inserting "and" at the end of paragraph (2); (2) striking out "; and" at the end of paragraph (3) and inserting in lieu thereof a period; and (3) striking out paragraph (4). COMPETITIVE, SPECIAL, AND FACILITIES RESEARCH GRANTS

Science and technology. Conservation.

Prohibition.

SEC. 1409. (a)(1) The third sentence of section 2(b) of the Act entitled "An Act to facilitate the work of the Department of Agriculture, and for other purposes", approved August 4, 1965 (7 U.S.C. 450i(b)), is amended by— (A) inserting ", with emphasis on biotechnology," after "(2) research" in paragraph (2); (B) striking out "and" at the end of paragraph (5); (C) striking out the period at the end of paragraph (6) and inserting in lieu thereof a semicolon; and (D) adding at the end thereof the following new paragraphs: "(7) research to reduce farm input costs through the collection of national and international data and the transfer of appropriate technology relating to sustainable agricultural systems, soil, energy, and water conservation technologies, rural and farm resource management, and the diversification of farm product processing and marketing systems; and "(8) research to develop new and alternative industrial uses for agricultural crops.". (2) Section 2(b) of such Act is amended by inserting after the fourth sentence the following new sentence: "No grant may be made under this subsection for any purpose for which a grant may be made under subsection (d) or for the planning, repair, rehabilitation, acquisition, or construction of a building or a facility.".

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