12 2 STA T . 12 30PUBLIC LA W 110 – 23 4—M A Y 22 , 200 8‘ ‘ (c)GRANTP R IO RIT Y.—Inprovid in g gr a n tsu nd e rt h is section , the S ecretar y sha l l give pre f erence to eligi b le entities w or k ing in partnership— ‘‘( 1 )toi m prove information - sharing capacity
and ‘‘( 2 )toma x imi z e the ability to meet the re q uirements of this section. ‘‘(d) AU T H ORI Z ATION O F A P PROPRIATION S .— T here are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section such sums as are necessary for each of fiscal years 2 0 0 8 through 2012. ’ ’. SEC.7138 .C AP AC ITYBU I LD I NG G R ANTS FO R NLGCA INSTITUTIONS. Subtitle K of the N ational Agricultural R esearch, E xtension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1 97 7(7 U .S. C . 3 310 et seq.) (as amended by section 7137) is amended by adding at the end the following
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‘SEC. 1 4 73F. CAPACITY BUILDING GRANTS FOR NLGCA INSTITUTIONS. ‘‘(a) GRANT PRO G RA M .— ‘‘(1) IN G E NERA L .—The Secretary shall make competitive grants to N L GCA Institutions to assist the NLGCA Institutions in maintaining and expanding the capacity of the NLGCA Institutions to conduct education, research, and outreach activi- ties relating to— ‘‘(A) agriculture; ‘‘( B ) renewable resources; and ‘‘(C) other similar disciplines. ‘‘(2) USE OF FUN D S.—An NLGCA Institution that receives a grant under paragraph (1) may use the funds made available through the grant to maintain and expand the capacity of the NLGCA Institution— ‘‘(A) to successfully compete for funds from F ederal grants and other sources to carry out educational, research, and outreach activities that address priority concerns of national, regional, State, and local interest; ‘‘(B) to disseminate information relating to priority con- cerns to— ‘‘(i) interested members of the agriculture, renew- able resources, and other relevant communities; ‘‘(ii) the public; and ‘‘(iii) any other interested entity; ‘‘(C) to encourage members of the agriculture, renew- able resources, and other relevant communities to partici- pate in priority education, research, and outreach activities by providing matching funding to leverage grant funds; and ‘‘( D ) through— ‘‘(i) the purchase or other acquisition of equipment and other infrastructure (not including alteration, repair, renovation, or construction of buildings); ‘‘(ii) the professional growth and development of the faculty of the NLGCA Institution; and ‘‘(iii) the development of graduate assistantships. ‘‘(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section such sums as are necessary for each of fiscal years 2008 through 2012.’’. 7USC3 3 19c.
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