PUBLIC LAW 104-127—APR. 4, 1996 110 STAT. 1177 on Appropriations and the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Appropriations and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate. "(3) FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES.— The term 'food and agricultural sciences' means— "(A) agriculture, including soil and water conservation and use, the use of organic materials to improve soil tilth and fertility, plant and animal production and protection, and plant and animal health; "(B) the processing, distribution, marketing, and utilization of food and agricultural products; "(C) forestry, including range management, production of forest and range products, multiple use of forests and rangelands, and urban forestry; "(D) aquaculture (as defined in section 1404(3) of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3103(3)); "(E) human nutrition; "(F) production inputs, such as energy, to improve productivity; and "(G) germ plasm collection and preservation. "(4) SECRETARY.—The term 'Secretary means the Secretary of Agriculture. "(5) TASK FORCE. —The term 'task force' means the Strategic Planning Task Force established under section 4. "SEC. 3. REVIEW PROCESS. 7 USC 390a. "(a) SUBMISSION TO SECRETARY.— Each proposal for an agricultural research facility shall be submitted to the Secretary for review. The Secretary shall review the proposals in the order in which the proposals are received. "(b) APPLICATION PROCESS. —In consultation with the congressional agriculture committees, the Secretary shall establish an application process for the submission of proposals for agricultural research facilities. " (c) CRITERIA FOR APPROVAL.— "(1) DETERMINATION BY SECRETARY.— With respect to each proposal for an agricultural research facility submitted under subsection (a), the Secretary shall determine whether the proposal meets the criteria set forth in paragraph (2). "(2) CRITERIA.— A proposal for an agricultural research facility shall meet the following criteria: "(A) NON-FEDERAL SHARE. —The proposal shall certify the availability of at least a 50 percent non-Federal share of the cost of the facility. The non-Federal share shall be paid in cash and may include funding from private sources or from units of State or local government. "(B) NONDUPLICATION OP FACILITIES.—The proposal shall demonstrate how the agricultural research facility would be complementary to, and not duplicative of, facilities of colleges, universities, and nonprofit institutions, and facilities of the Agricultural Research Service, within the State and region. "(C) NATIONAL RESEARCH PRIORITIES. —The proposal shall demonstrate how the agricultural research facility would serve— 29-194O-96 -39:QL3Part1
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