12 2 STA T . 121 8PUBLIC LA W 11 0– 2 34—M A Y 22 , 2008 ‘ ‘ (A)INGE NE RAL.—TheS e cr e ta r ys ha l l esta b l i sha N ati on al F oo d and A g ric u ltural Sciences Teaching ,Ex ten - sion, and R esearch A w ards p rogra m to recogni z e and pro- mote excellence in teaching, extension, and research in the f ood and agricultural sciences at a college or uni v ersity. ‘‘( B ) MI NI MU MRE Q UIREMEN T .—The Secretary shall ma k e at least 1 cash award in each fiscal year to a nominee selected by the Secretary for excellence in each of the areas of teaching, extension, and research of food and agri- cultural science at a college or university. ’ ’. SEC.7109 . GRANT SAN DF E L L OW S HIP S FOR FOOD AND AGRIC U LTURAL SCIENCES EDUCATION. (a) E D U C ATI O N TEAC H ING P ROGRAM S .—Section 1 4 1 7 ( j )of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Actof1 9 77 (7 U .S. C . 3 1 52 (j)) is amended— (1) in the subsection heading, by striking ‘‘SECONDAR Y EDU- CATION AND 2- Y EAR POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION TEACHING PROGRAMS’’ and inserting ‘‘SECONDARY EDUCATION, 2-YEAR POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION, AND AGRICULTURE IN THE K– 12 CLASSROOM’’
and (2) in paragraph (3)— (A) by striking ‘‘secondary schools, and institutions of higher education that award an associate’s degree’’ and inserting ‘‘secondary schools, institutions of higher edu- cation that award an associate’s degree, other institutions of higher education, and nonprofit organizations’’; (B) in subparagraph (E), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; (C) in subparagraph (F), by striking the period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and ( D ) by adding at the end the following
‘‘( G ) to support current agriculture in the classroom programs for grades K–12.’’. (b) RE P ORT.—Section 1417 of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3152) is amended— (1) by redesignating subsection (l) as subsection (m); and (2) by inserting after subsection (k) the following: ‘‘(l) REPORT.—The Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Agriculture of the H ouse of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate a biennial report detailing the distribution of funds used to implement the teaching programs under subsection (j).’’. (c) AUTHORI Z ATION O F APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 1417(m) of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (as redesignated by subsection (b)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘2 0 07’’ and inserting ‘‘2012’’. (d) EFFECTI V E DATE.—The amendments made by subsection (a) take effect on O ctober 1, 200 8 . SEC. 7110. GRANTS FOR RESEARCH ON PRODUCTION AND M AR K ETING OF ALCOHOLS AND INDUSTRIAL H Y DROCAR B ONS FROM AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES AND FOREST PRODUCTS. (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1419 of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3154) is repealed. 7USC3152note.
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