universities. 104 STAT. 3778 PUBLIC LAW 101-624—NOV. 28, 1990 (4) RESEARCH UNKAGES. — Appropriate linkages within the centers shall include related efforts in agriculture, medicine, veterinary medicine, public health, engineering and related life and physical sciences, and social sciences dealing with health related behavior. (5) RESEARCH SCOPE.—Each center shall conduct research and education on the full spectrum of production, processing, transportation, and marketing for commodity classes, such as animals (including animal products and animal feed), agronomic crops, and horticultural crops. (c) ESTABLISHMENT OF CENTERS. — (1) GRANTS.— The Secretary shall make grants to establish the centers. Such grants establishing centers shall be competitively awarded based on merit and relevance in reference to meeting the purposes specified in subsection (a). (2) PERIODS AND PREFERENCES.—Grants may be awarded for periods of up to five years and may be renewed in competition with demonstration of adequate performance. The Secretary shall give preference to proposals that demonstrate linkages with action agencies of the Department, with other related Federal research laboratories and agencies, and with private industry. TM!!f^lfi!,^ (3) PRIMARY INSTITUTION IN CENTER.—The primary institution involved in a center shall be a land-grant college with other cooperating or collaborating academic institutions, nonprofit research and development entities, and Federal laboratories. A center may involve institutions or laboratories in more than one State. (4) MATCHING FUNDS.—The non-Federal sponsors of a center shall contribute an amount of funds for operation of the center equal to not less than the amount awarded by the Federal Government. (d) PROGRAM PLAN AND REVIEW. — (1) PLAN.— A program plan shall be developed by the Department after obtaining the advice of representative users of the centers, including both action agencies and appropriate representatives from various segments of the food industry. The plan shall be submitted to the Congress for review at intervals of not less than once every three years. (2) REVIEW.—Accomplishments and directions of the centers shall be reviewed by the Department on a periodic basis, but not less frequently than at the end of the second and fourth years after the date of the enactment of this Act. The persons conducting the review shall be appointed by, and report to, the Secretary. (e) LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS.— Funds provided under this section may not be used for the planning, repair, rehabilitation, acquisition, or construction of a building or facility. (f) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section: (1) The term "center" means a national center for gigricultural product quality research established under this section. (2) The term "Secretary" means the Secretary of Agriculture. (3) The term "Department" means the Department of Agriculture. (g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— (1) There are authorized to be appropriated such funds as may be necessary to carry out this section for each of the fiscal years 1991 through 1995.
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