116 STAT. 442 PUBLIC LAW 107-171—MAY 13, 2002 to carry out this section for each of fiscal years 2003 through 2007.". SEC. 7208. FOOD, AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION, AND TRADE ACT OF 1990. (a) AGRICULTURAL GENOME INITIATIVE.— Section 1671(b) of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 5924(b)) is amended— (1) in paragraph (3), by inserting "pathogens and" before "diseases causing economic hardship"; (2) in paragraph (6), by striking "and" at the end; (3) by redesignating paragraph (7) as paragraph (8); and (4) by inserting after paragraph (6) the following new paragraph: "(7) reducing the economic impact of plant pathogens on commercially important crop plants; and". (b) HIGH-PRIORITY RESEARCH AND EXTENSION INITIATIVES.— Section 1672(e) of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 5925) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraphs: " (25) GENETICALLY MODIFIED AGRICULTURE PRODUCTS (GMAP) RESEARCH. —Research grants may be made under this section for the purposes of providing unbiased, science-based evaluation of the risks and benefits to the public and the environment of specific genetically modified plant and animal products. Grants may be used to form interdisciplinary teams to review and conduct research on scientific, social, economic, and ethical issues during the review process, to answer questions raised by the release of new genetically modified agriculture products, to conduct fundamental studies on the health and environmental safety of genetically modified agriculture products (including quantitative risk assessment, the effect of specific genetically modified agriculture products on human health, and gene flow studies), to communicate the risk of genetically modified agriculture products through extension and education programs, and to engage the public and industry in relevant issues. " (26) WIND EROSION RESEARCH AND EXTENSION.—Research and extension grants may be made under this section for the purpose of validating wind erosion models. " (27) CROP LOSS RESEARCH AND EXTENSION.—Research and extension grants may be made under this section for the purpose of validating crop loss models. " (28) LAND USE MANAGEMENT RESEARCH AND EXTENSION. — Research and extension grants may be made under this section for the purposes of evaluating the environmental benefits of land use management tools such as those provided in the Farmland Protection Program. "(29) WATER AND AIR QUALITY RESEARCH AND EXTENSION.— Research and extension grants may be made under this section for the purpose of better understanding agricultural impacts to air and water quality and means to address them. "(30) REVENUE AND INSURANCE TOOLS RESEARCH AND EXTENSION. — Research and extension grants may be made under this section for the purposes of better understanding the impact of revenue and insurance tools on farm income.
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