Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 110 Part 1.djvu/1179

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PUBLIC LAW 104-127—APR. 4, 1996 110 STAT. 1155 (ii) COMPETITIVE BASIS. —A grant under this paragraph shall be awarded on a competitive basis. (iii) TERMS. —^A grsmt under this paragraph shall have a term that does not exceed 5 years. (iv) MATCHING FUNDS.— As a condition of making a grant under this paragraph, the Secretary shall require the funding of the grant with equal matching funds from a non-Federal source if the grant is— (I) for applied research that is commodity-specific; and (II) not of national scope. (v) DELEGATION. — The Secretary shall administer this section through the Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service of the Department of Agriculture. (vi) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS. —Funds shall be available for obligation under this paragraph for a 2-year period. (vii) ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.— The Secretary may use not more than 4 percent of the funds made available for activities described in this paragraph for administrative costs incurred by the Secretary in carry- ing out this paragraph. (viii) BUILDINGS. —Funds made available for activities described in this paragraph shall not be used for the construction of a new building or the acquisition, expansion, remodeling, or alteration of an existing building (including site grading and improvement and architect fees), (d) LIMITATIONS. — Amounts in the Account may not be used for an activity described in subsection (c) for a fiscal year if the program funding level for the fiscal year for the activity is less than 90 percent of the amount appropriated for the activity for fiscal year 1996, adjusted for inflation. SEC. 794. UNDER SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE FOR RURAL ECO- NOMIC ANr> COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT RENAMED THE UNDER SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT. (a) IN GENERAL. —Section 231 of the Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 (7 U.S.C. 6941) is amended— (1) in the section heading, by striking "ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY"; and (2) by striking "Economic and Community each place such term appears in subsections (a), (b), and (c). (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.— Section 5314 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by striking "Economic and Community".