116 STAT. 444 PUBLIC LAW 107-171—MAY 13, 2002 "(39) PROGRAM TO COMBAT CHILDHOOD OBESITY.— Research and extension grants may be made under this section to institutions of higher education with demonstrated capacity in basic and cHnical obesity research, nutrition research, and community health education research to develop and evaluate community-wide strategies that catalyze partnerships between families and health care, education, recreation, mass media, and other community resources to reduce the incidence of childhood obesity. " (40) INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT.— Research and extension grants may be made under this section to coordinate and improve research, education, and outreach on, and implementation on farms of, integrated pest management. "(41) BEEF CATTLE GENETICS.— Research and extension grants for beef cattle genetics evaluation research may be made under this section to consortia of institutions of higher education that have expertise in beef cattle genetic evaluation research and technology and that have been actively involved for at least 20 years in the estimation and prediction of progeny differences for publication and use by seed stock producer breed associations. "(42) DAIRY PIPELINE CLEANER.—Research and extension grants may be made under this section for the purpose of preventing and eliminating the dangers of dairy pipeline cleaner, including development of safer packaging and transfer mechanisms, outlining accident causes and potential prevention measures, and other means of improving efforts to prevent ingestion of dairy pipeline cleaner. "(43) DEVELOPMENT OF PUBLICLY HELD PLANTS AND ANIMAL VARIETIES. —Research and extension grants may be made under this section for the purpose of development of publicly held plants and animal varieties (including germplasm for identity- preserved markets) and genetic resource conservation activities. "(44) SUGARCANE GENETICS.— Research grants may be made under this section for the purpose of maintaining acceptable yields under reduced production inputs, implementing markerassisted breeding strategies and other basic plant genomic technologies to screen for improved plant resistance to diseases, weeds, and insects toward minimizing pesticide use, enhancing food, fiber and energy production, and developing varieties for maximum performance under prevailing conditions, including management for improved soil and water conservation.". (c) ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM FOR FARMERS WITH DISABILITIES.— Section 1680(a) of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 5933(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: " (6) CONSIDERATION FOR GRANTS FOR NEW PROGRAMS.— For each fiscal year that amounts are made available for grants under this subsection, the Secretary may make grants in a manner that ensures that eligible entities who apply for grants, but have not previously received a grant under this subsection, are given full consideration.". SEC. 7209. NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH, EXTENSION, AND TEACHING POLICY ACT OF 1977. (a) NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH, EXTENSION, EDU- CATION, AND ECONOMIC ADVISORY BOARD. —Section 1408 of the
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