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 PUBLIC LAW 99-198—DEC. 23, 1985

99 STAT. 1555

"(b) The development of supplemental and alternative crops is of critical importance to producers of agricultural commodities whose livelihood is threatened by the decline in demand experienced with respect to certain of their crops due to changes in consumption patterns or other related causes. "(c)(1) The Secretary shall use such research funding, special or competitive grants, or other means, as the Secretary determines, to further the purposes of this section in the implementation of a comprehensive and integrated program. "(2) The program developed and implemented by the Secretary shall include— "(A) an examination of the adaptation of supplemental and alternative crops; "(B) the establishment and extension of various methods of planting, cultivating, harvesting, and processing supplemental and alternative crops at pilot sites in areas adversely affected by declining demand for crops grown in the area; "(C) the transfer of such applied research from pilot sites to on-farm practice as soon as practicable; "(D) the establishment through grants, cooperative agreements, or other means of such processing, storage, and transportation facilities near such pilot sites for supplemental and alternative crops as the Secretary determines will facilitate the achievement of a successful pilot program; and "(E) the application of such other resources and expertise as the Secretary considers appropriate to support the program. "(3) The pilot program may include, but shall not be limited to, agreements, grants, and other arrangements— "(A) to conduct comprehensive resource and infrastructure assessments; "(B) to develop and introduce supplemental and alternative income-producing crops; "(C) to develop and expand domestic and export markets for such crops; and "(D) to provide technical assistance to farm owners and operators, marketing cooperatives, and others. "(d) The Secretary shall use the expertise and resources of the Agricultural Research Service, the Cooperative State Research Service, the Extension Service, and the land-grant colleges and universities for the purpose of carrying out this section.".

Grants,

Grants,

Prohibition. Grants.

Schools and colleges,

AQUACULTURE

SEC. 1429. (a) Section 1475 of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3322) is amended by— (1) in the first sentence of subsection (b)— (A) striking out "and" at the end of paragraph (2); (B) inserting "and" after the semicolon at the end of paragraph (3); and (C) inserting after paragraph (3) the following new paragraph: "(4) nonprofit private research institutions;"; (2) in the last sentence of subsection (b), inserting "(of which amount an in-kind contribution may not exceed 50 percent)" after "matching grant";

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