PUBLIC LAW 101-624—NOV. 28, 1990 104 STAT. 3757 (4) The term "Center" means the Alternative Agricultural R^earch and Commercialization Center. (5) The term "commercialization" or "commercialize" includes— (A) activities associated with the development of alternative agricultural products or industrial plants; (B) the application of technology and techniques to the development of industrial products and alternative agricultural products; and (C) the market development of new nonfood, nonfeed uses of new and traditional agricultural commodities and processes that will lead to the creation of goods and services that may be marketed for profit. (6) The term "Fund" means the Alternative Agricultural Research and Commercialization Revolving Fund. (7) The term "host institution" means an existing entity that is located in the region that is— (A) a university or other institution of higher education; (B) a Department of Agriculture laboratory; (C) a State agricultural experiment station; (D) a State cooperative extension service facility; or (E) another organization that is involved in the development or commercialization of new nonfood, nonfeed uses for agricultural commodities, or is involved in rural economic development. (8) The term "new nonfood, nonfeed product development" meeins targeted research, including fundamental and applied research, concerning— (A) the production and processing of agricultural commodities for the purposes of developing new nonfood, nonfeed products; (B) the uses of new nonfood, nonfeed products; and (C) steps necessary to make a nonfood, nonfeed product available for the marketplace. (9) The term "new nonfood, nonfeed product" means an item that is primarily not a food, feed, or traditional forest or fiber product, including an item that exists but is not commercially available from an agricultural commodity. (10) The term "nonprofit organization" means an organization that is— (A) described in section 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986; and ' (B) exempt from taxation under section 501(a) of such Code. (11) The term "Secretary" means the Secretary of Agriculture. (12) The term "traditional forest or fiber product" means a forest or fiber product that is derived from forest or agricultural materials and does not have substantial new properties. SEC. 1658. ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH AND COMMER- 7 USC 5902. CIALIZATION CENTER (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary of Agriculture shall establish an Alternative Agricultural Research and Commercialization Center to carry out the purpose of this subtitle. The Center shall be operated as an independent entity within the Department of Agri-
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