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 99 STAT. 1558 7 USC 347a.

Report.

Effective date. 7 USC 343 note.

PUBLIC LAW 99-198—DEC. 23, 1985

(B) in excess of the aggregate amount appropriated to carry out the Smith-Lever Act (other than section 8 of such Act) in the fiscal year ending September 30, 1985, can be allocated more effectively among the States. (2) Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate a report summarizing the results of such study and containing the recommendations of the Secretary regarding the allocation of such funds. (d) This section and the amendments made by this section shall become effective on October 1, 1985. MARKET EXPANSION RESEARCH

Transportation. 7 USC 1632.

Forests and forest products.

Schools and colleges. Contracts.

Prohibition.

Prohibition.

SEC. 1436. (a) The Secretary of Agriculture, using available funds, shall increase and intensify research programs conducted by or for the Department of Agriculture that are directed at developing technology to overcome barriers to expanded sales of United States agricultural commodities and the products thereof in domestic and foreign markets, including research programs for the development of procedures to meet plant quarantine requirements and improvement in the transportation and handling of perishable agricultural commodities. (b)(1) The Secretary of Agriculture shall conduct a research and development program to formulate new uses for farm and forest products. Such program shall include, but not be limited to, research and development of industrial, new, and value-added products. (2) To the extent practicable, the Secretary of Agriculture shall carry out the program authorized in this subsection with colleges and universities, private industry, and Federal and State entities through a combination of grants, cooperative agreements, contracts, and interagency agreements. (3)(A) There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as are necessary to carry out the program authorized under this subsection. (B) In addition, the Secretary may use funds appropriated or made available to the Secretary under provisions of law other than subparagraph (A) to carry out such program. (C) To the extent requests are made for matching funds under such program, the total amount of funds used by the Secretary to carry out the program under this subsection may not be less than $10,000,000 for each of the fiscal years ending September 30, 1986, through September 30, 1990. (4) Funds appropriated under subparagraph (A) or made available under subparagraph (B) may be transferred among appropriation accounts to carry out the purposes of the program authorized under this subsection. (5) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Federal share of the cost of each research or development project funded under this subsection may not exceed 50 percent of the cost of such project. PESTICIDE RESISTANCE STUDY

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SEC. 1437. (a) The Secretary of Agriculture is encouraged to conduct a study on the detection and management of pesticide

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