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PUBLIC LAW 97-000—MMMM. DD, 1981

PUBLIC LAW 97-98—DEC. 22, 1981

95 STAT. 1297

(4) striking out "training and research" in paragraph (7) and inserting in lieu thereof research, extension, and teaching". DEFINITIONS

SEC. 1404. Section 1404 of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3103) is amended by(1) amending paragraph (8) to read as follows: "(8) the term 'food and agricultural sciences' means basic, applied, and developmental research, extension, and teaching activities in the food, agricultural, renewable natural resources, forestry, and physical and social sciences, in the broadest sense of these terms, including but not limited to, activities relating to: "(A) agriculture, including soil and water conservation and use, the use of organic waste materials to improve soil tilth and fertility, plant and animal production and protection, and plant and animal health; "(B) the processing, distributing, marketing, and utilization of food and agricultural products; "(C) forestry, including range management, production of forest and range products, multiple use of forest and rangelands, and urban forestry; "(D) aquaculture; "(E) home economics, including consumer affairs, food and nutrition, clothing and textiles, housing, and family wellbeing and financial management; "(F) rural community welfare and development; "(G) youth development, including 4-H clubs; "(H) domestic and export market expansion for United States agricultural products; and "(I) production inputs, such as energy, to improve productivity;^'; (2) amending paragraph (12) to read as follows: "(12) the term 'State* means any one of the fifty States, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas, the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, the Virgin Islands of the United States, and the District of Columbia;"; (3) striking out "and" immediately after the semicolon in paragraph (13); (4) amending paragraph (14) to read as follows: "(14) the term 'teaching' means formal classroom instruction, laboratory instruction, and practicum experience in the food and agricultural sciences and matters relating thereto (such as faculty development, student recruitment and services, curriculum development, instructional materials and equipment, and innovative teaching methodologies) conducted by colleges and universities offering baccalaureate or higher degrees;"; (5) adding at the end thereof new paragraphs (15) and (16) as follows: "(15) the term 'cooperating forestry schools' means those institutions eligible to receive funds under the Act of October 10, 1962 (16 U.S.C. 582a et seq.), commonly known as the MclntireStennis Act of 1962; and "(16) the term 'State cooperative institutions* or 'State cooperative agents' means institutions or agents designated by—