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[CITE: 7USC390b]

 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
              CHAPTER 14--AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATIONS
 
                   SUBCHAPTER III--RESEARCH FACILITIES
 
Sec. 390b. Task force on 10-year strategic plan for agricultural 
        research facilities
        

(a) Establishment

    Not later than 6 months after April 4, 1996, the Secretary shall 
establish a task force, to be known as the ``Strategic Planning Task 
Force''. The task force shall be comprised of 15 members.

(b) Composition

    The Secretary shall select the members of the task force from a list 
of individuals recommended by the Advisory Board established under 
section 3123 of this title. In submitting the list to the Secretary, the 
Board may recommend for selection individuals (including members of the 
Advisory Board) who have expertise in facilities development, 
modernization, construction, consolidation, and closure.

(c) Duties

    The task force shall review all currently operating agricultural 
research facilities constructed in whole or in part with Federal funds, 
and all planned agricultural research facilities proposed to be 
constructed with Federal funds, pursuant to criteria established by the 
Secretary, to ensure that a comprehensive research capacity is 
maintained.

(d) 10-year strategic plan

    Not later than 2 years after the task force is established, the task 
force shall prepare and submit to the Secretary and the congressional 
agriculture committees a 10-year strategic plan, reflecting both 
national and multistate perspectives, for development, modernization, 
construction, consolidation, and closure of Federal agricultural 
research facilities and agricultural research facilities proposed to be 
constructed with Federal funds.

(e) Applicability of Federal Advisory Committee Act

                         (1) Public meetings

        All meetings of the task force shall be publicly announced in 
    advance and shall be open to the public. Detailed minutes of 
    meetings and other appropriate records of the activities of the task 
    force shall be kept and made available to the public on request.

                            (2) Exemption

        The Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.) and title 
    XVIII of the Food and Agriculture Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2281 et 
    seq.) shall not apply to the task force.

(f) ``Agricultural research facility'' defined

    Notwithstanding section 390(1) of this title, in this section the 
term ``agricultural research facility'' means a facility for research in 
food and agricultural sciences.

(g) Comprehensive research capacity

    After submission of the 10-year strategic plan required under 
subsection (d) of this section, the Secretary shall continue to review 
periodically each operating agricultural research facility constructed 
in whole or in part with Federal funds, and each planned agricultural 
research facility proposed to be constructed in whole or in part with 
Federal funds, pursuant to criteria established by the Secretary, to 
ensure that a comprehensive research capacity is maintained.

(Pub. L. 88-74, Sec. 4, as added Pub. L. 104-127, title VIII, 
Sec. 884(a), Apr. 4, 1996, 110 Stat. 1178; amended Pub. L. 105-185, 
title I, Sec. 106(c), (d), June 23, 1998, 112 Stat. 530.)

                       References in Text

    The Federal Advisory Committee Act, referred to in subsec. (e)(2), 
is Pub. L. 92-463, Oct. 6, 1972, 86 Stat. 770, as amended, which is set 
out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.
    The Food and Agriculture Act of 1977, referred to in subsec. (e)(2), 
is Pub. L. 95-113, Sept. 29, 1977, 91 Stat. 913, as amended. Title XVIII 
of the Act is classified generally to chapter 55A (Sec. 2281 et seq.) of 
this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see 
Short Title of 1977 Amendment note set out under section 1281 of this 
title and Tables.


                            Prior Provisions

    A prior section 390b, Pub. L. 88-74, Sec. 3, July 22, 1963, 77 Stat. 
90; Pub. L. 95-113, title XIV, Sec. 1416(1), Sept. 29, 1977, 91 Stat. 
994; Pub. L. 99-198, title XIV, Sec. 1411(c), Dec. 23, 1985, 99 Stat. 
1547, related to definitions, prior to the general amendment of this 
subchapter by Pub. L. 104-127.
    A prior section 4 of Pub. L. 88-74 was classified to section 390c of 
this title prior to the general amendment of this subchapter by Pub. L. 
104-127.


                               Amendments

    1998--Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 105-185, Sec. 106(c), substituted 
``multistate'' for ``regional''.
    Subsec. (g). Pub. L. 105-185, Sec. 106(d), added subsec. (g).

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 390 of this title.
