PUBLIC LAW 101-624—NOV. 28, 1990 104 STAT. 3755 (2) on the extent of pest or disease resist£ince developed under the monitoring required by subsection (d). (b) PRIORITIES FOR RESEARCH AND EXTENSION ACTIVITIES.— When the information in the data base established under subsection (a) indicates a shortage of available pest or disease control materials or methods to protect a particular crop or animal, the Secretary of Agriculture shall set priorities designed to overcome this shortage in its pest and disease control research and extension programs conducted under this subtitle. (c) DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION IN THE DATA BASE.— The Secretary of Agriculture shall— (1) make the information contained in the data base established under subsection (a) available through the National Agricultural Library; and (2) provide such information on an annual basis to the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency in support of the activities of that Agency under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (7 U.S.C. 136 et seq.). (d) PESTICIDE RESISTANCE MONITORING.— The Secretary of Agriculture shall establish a national pesticide resistance monitoring program in accordance with the report developed by the Secretary under section 1437 of the Food Security Act of 1985 (Public Law 99-198; 99 Stat. 1558). (e) PESTICIDE DEFINED.— For purposes of this section and section 1652, the term "pesticide" shall have the same meaning as given that term in section 2(u) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (7 U.S.C. 136(u)). SEC. 1652. RESEARCH ON EXOTIC PESTS. 7 USC 5883. (a) PURPOSE. —The purpose of this section is to expand the research capacity of the Department of Agriculture and State cooperative institutions in the control and eradication of exotic pests. (b) RESEARCH PROGRAM. —The Secretary of Agriculture shall expand ongoing research and grant programs designed to control infestations of exotic pests. Expanded research and grant programs shall include— (1) improvement of existing methods of pest control, including sterile insect release, and development of safer pesticides, including pheremones; and (2) expansion of research capacity to develop new methods of pest control, including containment of pests for research purposes. SEC. 1653. STUDY OF THE BIOLOGY AND BEHAVIOR OF CHINCH BUGS, Education. INCLUDING FACTORS LEADING TO CROP LOSS AND DEVEL- 7 USC 5884. OPMENT OF IMPROVED MANAGEMENT PRACTICES. The Secretary of Agriculture shall establish a research and education program to study the biology and behavior of chinch bugs. The purpose of this study shall be— (1) to characterize the relationship between environmental and climatic factors and chinch bug outbreaks in an attempt to predict when these outbreaks occur; (2) to determine chinch bug dispersal habits, overwintering habitat preferences, and overwintering survival in native and introduced grasses;
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