PUBLIC LAW 105-185-JUNE 23, 1998 112 STAT. 553 "(B) SELECTION.—On the basis of the evaluation under subparagraph (A), the Secretary may select the projects that the Secretary considers most promising for additional research or demonstration related to preparation of a national plan for the control, management, and possible i eradication of imported fire ants. The Secretsiry shall notify Notification. the task force of the projects selected under this subparagraph. "(4) SELECTION AND SUBMISSION OF NATIONAL PLAN.— "(A) EVALUATION OF SUBSEQUENT GRANTS. —I f the Secretary awards grants under paragraph (3)(B), the Secretary shall evaluate all of the research or demonstration projects conducted under the grants for use as the basis of a national plan for the control, management, and possible eradication of imported fire ants by the Federal Government, State and local governments, and owners and operators of land. "(B) SELECTION.— On the basis of the evaluation under subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall select 1 project funded under paragraph (3)(B), or a combination of those projects, for award of a grant for final preparation of the national plan. "(C) SUBMISSION.—The Secretary shall submit to Congress the final national plan prepared under subparagraph (B) for the control, msinagement, and possible eradication of imported fire ants. "(g) FoRMOSAN TERMITE RESEARCH AND ERADICATION. — "(1) RESEARCH PROGRAM. —The Secretary may make competitive research grants under this subsection to regional and multijurisdictional entities, local government planning organizations, and local governments for the purpose of conducting research for the control, management, and possible eradication of Formosan termites in the United States. "(2) ERADICATION PROGRAM.— The Secretary may enter into cooperative agreements with regional and multijurisdictional entities, local government planning organizations, and local governments for the purposes of— "(A) conducting projects for the control, management, and possible eradication of Formosan termites in the United States; and "(B) collecting data on the effectiveness of the projects. "(3) FUNDING PRIORITY.— In allocating funds made available to carry out paragraph (2), the Secretary shall provide a higher priority for regions or locations with the highest historical rates of infestation of Formosan termites. " (4) MANAGEMENT COORDINATION.— The program management of research grants, cooperative agreements, and projects under this subsection shall be conducted under existing authority in coordination with the national formosan termite management and research demonstration program conducted by the Agricultural Research Service. " (h) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. —T here are authorized to be appropriated such sums as are necessary to carry out this section for each of fiscal years 1999 through 2002.".
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