PUBLIC LAW 107-171—MAY 13, 2002 116 STAT. 467 " SEC. 411. AGRICULTURAL BIOTECHNOLOGY RESEARCH AND 7 USC 7631. DEVELOPMENT FOR DEVELOPING COUNTRIES. "(a) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.— In this section, the term 'eligible entity' means— "(A) an institution of higher education that offers a curriculum in agriculture or the biosciences; "(B) a nonprofit organization; or "(C) a consortium of for-profit institutions and agricultural research institutions. "(b) GRANT PROGRAM.— "(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary (acting through the Foreign Agricultural Service) shall establish and administer a program to make competitive grants to eligible entities to develop agricultural biotechnology for developing countries. "(2) USE OF FUNDS. —Funds provided to an eligible entity under this section may be used for projects that use biotechnology to— "(A) enhance the nutritional content of agricultural products that can be grown in developing countries; "(B) increase the yield and safety of agricultural products that can be grown in developing countries; "(C) increase the yield of agricultural products that are drought- and stress-resistant and that can be grown in developing countries; "(D) extend the growing range of crops that can be grown in developing countries; "(E) enhance the shelf-life of fruits and vegetables grown in developing countries; "(F) develop environmentally sustainable agricultural products that can be grown in developing countries; and "(G) develop vaccines to immunize against life-threatening illnesses and other medications that can be administered by consuming genetically-engineered agricultural products. "(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— T here are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out this section for each of fiscal years 2002 through 2007.". SEC. 7506. LAND ACQUISITION AUTHORITY, NATIONAL PEANUT RESEARCH LABORATORY, DAWSON, GEORGIA. The limitation on the authority of the Agricultural Research Service to acquire lands by purchase using funds appropriated under the heading AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE-SALARIES AND EXPENSES in the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2002 (Public Law 107-76; 115 Stat. 708), shall not apply to the purchase of land for a research farm for the National Peanut Research Laboratory in Dawson, Georgia, for which a lease with an option to purchase has been entered into before the date of enactment of this Act.
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