12 2 STA T . 12 5 2 PUBLIC LA W 11 0– 2 34—M A Y 22 , 200 8(d)CONF O RMI N GA M E N D MEN TS.— ( 1 ) Section 1 473 o f t h e Na tiona l A gr ic u ltural R e s earch ,Ex tension, and T eaching P olic y Actof1 9 77 (7 U .S.C. 3319) isa m ended in the first sentence b y stri k ing ‘ ‘and subsection (d) ’ ’. ( 2 ) Section 1 6 71(d) of the F ood, Agriculture, Conser v ation, and Trade Act of 199 0 (7 U.S.C. 5 924(d) is amended by striking ‘‘Paragra p hs (1), (6), (7), and (11)’’ and inserting ‘‘Paragraphs (4), (7), ( 8 ), and (11)( B )’’. (3) Section 1672B(b) of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 5925b(b)) is amended by striking ‘‘Paragraphs (1), (6), (7), and (11)’’ and inserting ‘‘Para - graphs (4), (7), (8), and (11)(B)’’. SEC.740 7. AGRI C ULT URAL RIS KP R O TECTIO N ACT O F2 000. Section 221 of the Agricultural Risk Protection Act of 2000 (7 U.S.C. 6711(g)) is amended by striking subsection (g) and inserting the follo w ing
‘‘(g) A U T H ORI ZA TION OF A P PROPRIATIONS.—There is authori z ed to be appropriated to carry out this section $ 15,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2007 through 2012.’’. SEC. 740 8 .E X C H ANGE OR SALE AUTHORIT Y . Title I II of the D epartment of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 (Public L aw 103 – 354
108 Stat. 3238) is amended by adding at the end the following: ‘ ‘SEC. 3 07. EXCHANGE OR SALE AUTHORITY. ‘‘(a) DEFINITION OF Q UA L IFIED ITEM OF PERSONAL PROPERT Y .— In this section, the term ‘ q ualified item of personal property’ means— ‘‘(1) an animal; ‘‘(2) an animal product; ‘‘(3) a plant; or ‘‘(4) a plant product. ‘‘(b) G ENERAL AUTHORITY.—Except as provided in subsection (c), notwithstanding chapter 5 of subtitle I of title 40, United States Code, the Secretary, acting through the Under Secretary for Research, Education, and Economics, in managing personal property for the purpose of carrying out the research functions of the Department, may exchange, sell, or otherwise dispose of any qualified item of personal property, including by way of public auction, and may retain and apply the sale or other proceeds, without further appropriation and without fiscal year limitation, in whole or in partial payment— ‘‘(1) to acquire any qualified item of personal property; or ‘‘(2) to offset costs related to the maintenance, care, or feeding of any qualified item of personal property. ‘‘(c) E XC EPTION.—Subsection (b) does not apply to the free dissemination of new varieties of seeds and germplasm in accord- ance with section 520 of the Revised Statutes (commonly known as the ‘Department of Agriculture O rganic Act’) (7 U.S.C. 2201).’’. SEC. 740 9 . ENHANCE D USE LEASE AUTHORITY PILOT PROGRA M . Title III of the Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 (Public Law 103–354; 108 Stat. 3238) (as amended by section 7408) is amended by adding at the end the following: 7USC2 2 41a.
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