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[CITE: 7USC3174a]

 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
       CHAPTER 64--AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH, EXTENSION, AND TEACHING
 
SUBCHAPTER IV--NATIONAL FOOD AND HUMAN NUTRITION RESEARCH AND EXTENSION 
                                 PROGRAM
 
Sec. 3174a. Pilot research program to combine medical and 
        agricultural research
        

(a) Findings

    Congress finds the following:
        (1) Although medical researchers in recent years have 
    demonstrated that there are several naturally occurring compounds in 
    many vegetables and fruits that can aid in the prevention of certain 
    forms of cancer, coronary heart disease, stroke, and 
    atherosclerosis, there has been almost no research conducted to 
    enhance these compounds in food plants by modern breeding and 
    molecular genetic methods.
        (2) By linking the appropriate medical and agricultural research 
    scientists in a highly-focused, targeted research program, it should 
    be possible to develop new varieties of vegetables and fruits that 
    would provide greater prevention of diet-related diseases that are a 
    major cause of death in the United States.

(b) Pilot research program

    The Secretary shall conduct, through the Cooperative State Research, 
Education, and Extension Service, a pilot research program to link major 
cancer and heart and other circulatory disease research efforts with 
agricultural research efforts to identify compounds in vegetables and 
fruits that prevent these diseases. Using information derived from such 
combined research efforts, the Secretary shall assist in the development 
of new varieties of vegetables and fruits having enhanced therapeutic 
properties for disease prevention.

(c) Agreements

    The Secretary shall carry out the pilot program through agreements 
entered into with land-grant colleges or universities, other 
universities, State agricultural experiment stations, the State 
cooperative extension services, nonprofit organizations with 
demonstrable expertise, or Federal or State governmental entities. The 
Secretary shall enter into the agreements on a competitive basis.

(d) Authorization of appropriations

    There are authorized to be appropriated $10,000,000 for each of 
fiscal years 1997 through 2002 to carry out the pilot program.

(Pub. L. 95-113, title XIV, Sec. 1424A, as added Pub. L. 104-127, title 
VIII, Sec. 808, Apr. 4, 1996, 110 Stat. 1163; amended Pub. L. 105-185, 
title III, Sec. 301(a)(5), June 23, 1998, 112 Stat. 562.)


                               Amendments

    1998--Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 105-185 substituted ``each of fiscal 
years 1997 through 2002'' for ``fiscal year 1997''.
