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[CITE: 7USC3222c]

 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
       CHAPTER 64--AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH, EXTENSION, AND TEACHING
 
             SUBCHAPTER VI--1890 LAND-GRANT COLLEGE FUNDING
 
Sec. 3222c. National research and training centennial centers


(a) Competitive grants authorized

    The Secretary of Agriculture may make a competitive grant to five 
national research and training centennial centers located at colleges 
(or a consortia of such colleges) eligible to receive funds under the 
Act of August 30, 1890 (7 U.S.C. 321 et seq.), including Tuskegee 
University, that--
        (1) have been designated by the Secretary for the fiscal years 
    1991 through 1995, or fiscal years 1996 through 2002, as national 
    research and training centennial centers; and
        (2) have the best demonstrable capacity, as determined by the 
    Secretary, to provide administrative leadership as--
            (A) a National Center for Goat Research and Training;
            (B) a National Center for Agricultural Engineering 
        Development, Research, and Training;
            (C) a National Center for Water Quality and Agricultural 
        Production Research and Training;
            (D) a National Center for Sustainable Agriculture Research 
        and Training; and
            (E) a National Center for Domestic and International Trade 
        and Development Research and Training.

(b) Use of grants

    A grant made under subsection (a) of this section may be expended by 
a center to--
        (1) pay expenses incurred in conducting research for which the 
    center was designated;
        (2) print and disseminate the results of such research;
        (3) plan, administer, and direct such research; and
        (4) alter or repair buildings necessary to conduct such 
    research.

(c) Priority

    In making a grant determination under subsection (a) of this 
section, the Secretary shall give priority to those centers that--
        (1) will assure dissemination of information between eligible 
    institutions described in subsection (a) of this section and among 
    agricultural producers; and
        (2) will attract students and needed professionals in the food 
    and agricultural sciences.

(d) Payments

    (1) Under the terms of a grant made under subsection (a) of this 
section, funds appropriated under subsection (f) of this section for a 
fiscal year shall be paid (upon vouchers approved by the Secretary) to a 
center receiving the grant in equal quarterly installments beginning on 
or about the first day of October of such year.
    (2) Not later than 60 days after the end of each fiscal year for 
which funds are paid under this section to a center, the research 
director of such center shall submit to the Secretary a detailed 
statement of the disbursements in such fiscal year of funds received by 
such center under this section.
    (3) If any of the funds received by a center under this section are 
misapplied, lost, or diminished by any action or contingency on the part 
of the center--
        (A) the center shall replace such funds; and
        (B) the Secretary shall not distribute to such center any other 
    funds under this subsection until such funds are replaced.

(e) Prohibited uses of funds

    Funds provided under this section may not be used--
        (1) to acquire or construct a building; or
        (2) to pay the overhead costs of the college (or consortia of 
    colleges) receiving the grant.

(f) Authorization of appropriations

    There are authorized to be appropriated $2,000,000 for each of the 
fiscal years 1991 through 2002 for grants under this section.

(g) ``Center'' defined

    For purposes of this section, the term ``center'' means a national 
research and training centennial center that receives a grant under this 
subsection.

(h) Coordination of center activities

    (1) The center designated under subsection (a)(2)(C) of this section 
shall coordinate its activities with the water quality research 
activities conducted under subtitle G of title XIV of the Food, 
Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990.\1\
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    (2) The center designated under subsection (a)(2)(D) of this section 
shall coordinate its activities with the sustainable agriculture 
research and education program established under subtitle B of title XVI 
of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 [7 U.S.C. 
5801 et seq.].

(Pub. L. 95-113, title XIV, Sec. 1448, as added Pub. L. 101-624, title 
XVI, Sec. 1612(c), Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 3723; amended Pub. L. 104-
127, title VIII, Sec. 814, Apr. 4, 1996, 110 Stat. 1166; Pub. L. 105-
185, title III, Sec. 301(a)(10), June 23, 1998, 112 Stat. 562.)

                       References in Text

    Act of August 30, 1890, referred to in subsec. (a), is act Aug. 30, 
1890, ch. 841, 26 Stat. 417, as amended, popularly known as the 
``Agricultural College Act of 1890'' and also as the ``Second Morrill 
Act'', which is classified generally to subchapter II (Sec. 321 et seq.) 
of chapter 13 of this title. For complete classification of this Act to 
the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 321 of this title 
and Tables.
    The Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990, referred 
to in subsec. (h), is Pub. L. 101-624, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 3359, as 
amended. Subtitle G of title XIV of the Act, popularly known as the 
``Agriculture and Water Policy Coordination Act'', was classified 
generally to chapter 86 (Sec. 5501 et seq.) of this title, prior to 
repeal by Pub. L. 105-185, title III, Sec. 302(c), June 23, 1998, 112 
Stat. 563. Subtitle B of title XVI of the Act enacted subchapter I 
(Sec. 5801 et seq.) of chapter 88 of this title and repealed chapter 78 
(Sec. 4701 et seq.) of this title. For complete classification of this 
Act to the Code, see Tables.


                            Prior Provisions

    A prior section 1448 of Pub. L. 95-113, title XIV, Sept. 29, 1977, 
91 Stat. 1011, amended sections 1923 and 1942 of this title, prior to 
repeal by Pub. L. 101-624, title XVI, Sec. 1601(f)(1)(D), Nov. 28, 1990, 
104 Stat. 3704.


                               Amendments

    1998--Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 105-185, Sec. 301(a)(10)(A), 
substituted ``through 2002'' for ``and 1997''.
    Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 105-185, Sec. 301(a)(10)(B), substituted 
``2002'' for ``1997''.
    1996--Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 104-127, Sec. 814(1), inserted ``, or 
fiscal years 1996 and 1997,'' after ``1995''.
    Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 104-127, Sec. 814(2), substituted ``1997'' for 
``1995''.
