12 2 STA T . 12 5 1 PUBLIC LA W 11 0– 2 34—M A Y 22 , 200 8notexc ee d50p e r cent o f t h eco s t of the spec ial research e qu ip m ent or other equipment acquired usin g funds from the grant .‘ ‘ ( ii )WAIVER . —T he S ecretar y may w ai v e all or part of the matching requirement under clause (i) in the case of a college , university, or research foundation maintained b y a college or university that ran k sin the lowest 1⁄3 of such colleges, universities, and research foundations on the basis of F ederal research funds received, if the equipment to be acquired using funds from the grant costs not more than $2 5,000 and has multiple uses within a single research pro j ect or is usable in more than 1 research project. ‘‘( B ) AP P L IE D RE S EAR CH .—As a condition of making a grant under paragraph (5)(B), the Secretary shall require the funding of the grant to be matched with equal matching funds from a non - Federal source if the grant is for applied research that is— ‘‘(i) commodity-specific
and ‘‘(ii) not of national scope. ‘‘(10) P R OG RA M ADMI N IS T RATION.—To the maximum extent practicable, the D irector of the N ational I nstitute of Food and Agriculture, in coordination with the U nder Secretary for R esearch, E ducation, and Economics, shall allocate grants under this subsection to high-priority research, taking into consideration, when available, the determinations made by the National Agricultural Research, Extension, Education, and Economics Advisory Board (as established under section 1 4 0 8 of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1 97 7 (7 U.S. C . 3 123)). ‘‘(11) A U THORI Z ATION O F APPROPRIATIONS.— ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—There is authori z ed to be appro- priated to carry out this subsection $700,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2008 through 2012, of which— ‘‘(i) not less than 30 percent shall be made avail- able for integrated research pursuant to section 40 6 of the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 (7 U.S.C. 7626); and ‘‘(ii) not more than 4 percent may be retained by the Secretary to pay administrative costs incurred by the Secretary in carrying out this subsection. ‘‘(B) AVAILA B ILIT Y .—Funds made available under this paragraph shall— ‘‘(i) be available for obligation for a 2-year period beginning on O ctober 1 of the fiscal year for which the funds are first made available; and ‘‘(ii) remain available until expended to pay for obligations incurred during that 2-year period. ’ ’. (b) REPEALS.— (1) Section 401 of the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 (7 U.S.C. 7621) is repealed. (2) Subsection (d) of the Competitive, Special, and Facilities Research G rant Act (7 U.S.C. 450i(d)) is repealed. (c) EFFECT ON CURRENT SOLICITATIONS.—The amendments made by this section shall not apply to any solicitation for grant applications issued by the Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service before the date of enactment of this Act. 7USC450inote.
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