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[CITE: 7USC3319d]

 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
       CHAPTER 64--AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH, EXTENSION, AND TEACHING
 
           SUBCHAPTER X--FUNDING AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
 
Sec. 3319d. Supplemental and alternative crops


(a) Research and pilot project program

    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, during the period 
beginning October 1, 1986, and ending September 30, 2002, the Secretary 
shall develop and implement a research project program for the 
development of supplemental and alternative crops, using such funds as 
are appropriated to the Secretary each fiscal year under this chapter.

(b) Importance to producers

    The development of supplemental and alternative crops is of critical 
importance to producers of agricultural commodities whose livelihood is 
threatened by the decline in demand experienced with respect to certain 
of their crops due to changes in consumption patterns or other related 
causes.

(c) Research funding, special or competitive grants, etc.; program 
        requirements; agreements, grants and other arrangements

    (1) The Secretary shall use such research funding, special or 
competitive grants, or other means, as the Secretary determines, to 
further the purposes of this section in the implementation of a 
comprehensive and integrated program.
    (2) The program developed and implemented by the Secretary shall 
include--
        (A) an examination of the adaptation of supplemental and 
    alternative crops;
        (B) the establishment and extension of various methods of 
    planting, cultivating, harvesting, and processing supplemental and 
    alternative crops;
        (C) the transfer of such applied research to on-farm practice as 
    soon as practicable;
        (D) the establishment through grants, cooperative agreements, or 
    other means of such processing, storage, and transportation 
    facilities for supplemental and alternative crops as the Secretary 
    determines will facilitate the achievement of a successful program; 
    and
        (E) the application of such other resources and expertise as the 
    Secretary considers appropriate to support the program.

    (3) The program may include, but shall not be limited to, 
agreements, grants, and other arrangements--
        (A) to conduct comprehensive resource and infrastructure 
    assessments;
        (B) to develop and introduce supplemental and alternative 
    income-producing crops;
        (C) to develop and expand domestic and export markets for such 
    crops;
        (D) to provide technical assistance to farm owners and 
    operators, marketing cooperatives, and others;
        (E) to conduct fundamental and applied research related to the 
    development of new commercial products derived from natural plant 
    material for industrial, medical, and agricultural applications; and
        (F) to participate with colleges and universities, other Federal 
    agencies, and private sector entities in conducting research 
    described in subparagraph (E).

(d) Use of expertise and resources of other Federal agencies and land-
        grant colleges and universities

    The Secretary shall use the expertise and resources of the 
Agricultural Research Service, the Cooperative State Research Service, 
the Extension Service, and the land-grant colleges and universities for 
the purpose of carrying out this section.

(Pub. L. 95-113, title XIV, Sec. 1473D, as added Pub. L. 99-198, title 
XIV, Sec. 1428, Dec. 23, 1985, 99 Stat. 1554; amended Pub. L. 101-624, 
title XVI, Sec. 1601(b)(5), Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 3703; Pub. L. 104-
127, title VIII, Sec. 819, Apr. 4, 1996, 110 Stat. 1167; Pub. L. 105-
185, title III, Sec. 301(a)(14), title VI, Sec. 606(a), June 23, 1998, 
112 Stat. 562, 603.)

                       References in Text

    For definition of ``this chapter'', referred to in subsec. (a), see 
note set out under section 3102 of this title.


                               Amendments

    1998--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 105-185, Sec. 301(a)(14), substituted 
``2002'' for ``1997''.
    Subsec. (c)(3). Pub. L. 105-185, Sec. 606(a), made technical 
amendment to directory language of Pub. L. 104-127, Sec. 819(b)(5). See 
1996 Amendment note below.
    1996--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 104-127, Sec. 819(a), (b)(1), substituted 
``1997'' for ``1995'' and struck out ``and pilot'' after ``research''.
    Subsec. (c)(2)(B). Pub. L. 104-127, Sec. 819(b)(2), struck out ``at 
pilot sites in areas adversely affected by declining demand for crops 
grown in the area'' after ``alternative crops''.
    Subsec. (c)(2)(C). Pub. L. 104-127, Sec. 819(b)(3), struck out 
``from pilot sites'' after ``research''.
    Subsec. (c)(2)(D). Pub. L. 104-127, Sec. 819(b)(4), struck out 
``near such pilot sites'' after ``facilities'' and ``pilot'' after 
``successful''.
    Subsec. (c)(3). Pub. L. 104-127, Sec. 819(b)(5), as amended by Pub. 
L. 105-185, Sec. 606(a), struck out ``pilot'' before ``program'' in 
introductory provisions.
    Subsec. (c)(3)(E), (F). Pub. L. 104-127, Sec. 819(c), added subpars. 
(E) and (F).
    1990--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 101-624 substituted ``1995'' for 
``1990''.


                    Effective Date of 1998 Amendment

    Pub. L. 105-185, title VI, Sec. 606(a), June 23, 1998, 112 Stat. 
603, provided that the amendment made by section 606(a) is effective 
Apr. 6, 1996.
