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[CITE: 7USC3292b]

 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
       CHAPTER 64--AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH, EXTENSION, AND TEACHING
 
    SUBCHAPTER VIII--INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH, EXTENSION, AND TEACHING
 
Sec. 3292b. Competitive grants for international agricultural 
        science and education programs
        

(a) Competitive grants authorized

    The Secretary may make competitive grants to colleges and 
universities in order to strengthen United States economic 
competitiveness and to promote international market development.

(b) Purpose of grants

    Grants under this section shall be directed to agricultural 
research, extension, and teaching activities that will--
        (1) enhance the international content of the curricula in 
    colleges and universities so as to ensure that United States 
    students acquire an understanding of the international dimensions 
    and trade implications of their studies;
        (2) ensure that United States scientists, extension agents, and 
    educators involved in agricultural research and development 
    activities outside of the United States have the opportunity to 
    convey the implications of their activities and findings to their 
    peers and students in the United States and to the users of 
    agricultural research, extension, and teaching;
        (3) enhance the capabilities of colleges and universities to do 
    collaborative research with other countries, in cooperation with 
    other Federal agencies, on issues relevant to United States 
    agricultural competitiveness;
        (4) enhance the capabilities of colleges and universities to 
    provide cooperative extension education to promote the application 
    of new technology developed in foreign countries to United States 
    agriculture; and
        (5) enhance the capability of United States colleges and 
    universities, in cooperation with other Federal agencies, to provide 
    leadership and educational programs that will assist United States 
    natural resources and food production, processing, and distribution 
    businesses and industries to compete internationally, including 
    product market identification, international policies limiting or 
    enhancing market production, development of new or enhancement of 
    existing markets, and production efficiencies.

(c) Authorization of appropriations

    There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as are necessary 
to carry out this section for each of fiscal years 1999 through 2002.

(Pub. L. 95-113, title XIV, Sec. 1459A, as added Pub. L. 105-185, title 
II, Sec. 229, June 23, 1998, 112 Stat. 545.)
