Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 116 Part 1.djvu/454

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116 STAT. 428 PUBLIC LAW 107-171—MAY 13, 2002 (i) the eligible entities to which grants were made under subparagraph (A); and (ii) not more than 10 additional eligible entities. (4) STATE LIMITATION. — (A) IN GENERAL.— Subject to subparagraph (B), in the first 3 fiscal years of the Program, the Secretary shall not make a grant under the Program to more than 1 entity in any 1 State. (B) COLLABORATION.— Nothing in subparagraph (A) precludes a recipient of a grant under the Program from collaborating with any other institution with respect to activities conducted using the grant. (f) USE OF FUNDS. — An eligible entity to which a grant is made under the Program may use the grant only for the following purposes (but only to the extent that the use is not described in section 231(d) of the Agricultural Risk Protection Act of 2000 (7 U.S.C. 1621 note; Public Law 106-224)): (1) Applied research. (2) Consulting services. (3) Hiring of employees, at the discretion of the board of directors of the Agriculture Innovation Center of the eligible entity. (4) The making of matching grants, each of which shall be in an amount not to exceed $5,000, to agricultural producers, except that the aggregate amount of all such matching grants made by the eligible entity shall be not more than $50,000. (5) Legal services. (6) Any other related cost, as determined by the Secretary. (g) RESEARCH ON EFFECTS ON THE AGRICULTURAL SECTOR.— (1) IN GENERAL. —Of the amount made available under subsection (i) for each fiscal year, the Secretary shall use $300,000 to support research at a university concerning the effects of projects for value-added agricultural commodities or products on agricultural producers and the commodity markets. (2) RESEARCH ELEMENTS.— Research under paragraph (1) shall systematically examine, using linked, long-term, global projections of the agricultural sector, the potential effects of projects described in subparagraph (A) on— (A) demand for agricultural commodities; (B) market prices; (C) farm income; and (D) Federal outlays on commodity programs. (h) REPORT TO CONGRESS. — Deadline. (1) IN GENERAL. —Not later than 3 years after the date on which the last of the first 10 grants is made under the Program, 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 on— (A) the effectiveness of the Program in improving and expanding the production of value-added agricultural commodities or products; and (B) the effects of the Program on the economic viability of agricultural producers. (2) REQUIRED ELEMENTS. — The report under paragraph (1) shall—