PRIA, Government Policy, Made Personal

Summary

Requires the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Under Secretary of Research, Education, and Economics (called the Under Secretary), to start making a roadmap for agricultural research, education, and extension within 90 days of the law. The roadmap must point out current trends and limits, find big opportunities and gaps that no single USDA part can fix alone, involve federal and nonfederal partners and the National Agricultural Research, Extension, Education, and Economics Advisory Board (established under section 3123), include roadmaps already public from other federal agencies, and recommend funding levels for research and extension. That funding part must cover competitive programs, capacity and infrastructure (with attention to future growth needs of small 1862, 1890, and 1994 institutions; Hispanic-serving agricultural colleges and universities; NLGCA institutions; and colleges of veterinary medicine), and intramural programs. The roadmap must also describe how the Act’s organizational changes have affected research, extension, and education and how unnecessary duplication was reduced. No federal officer or employee other than the Secretary (or a person the Secretary names) may review the roadmap. Within 1 year after starting the roadmap, the Secretary must use it to set the Department’s research, education, and extension agenda and must make the roadmap available to the public.

Title 7, §7614a

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(a)In general

Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary, acting through the Under Secretary of Research, Education, and Economics (referred to in this section as the “Under Secretary”), shall commence preparation of a roadmap for agricultural research, education, and extension that—

(1)identifies current trends and constraints;

(2)identifies major opportunities and gaps that no single entity within the Department of Agriculture would be able to address individually;

(3)involves—

(A)interested parties from the Federal Government and nongovernmental entities; and

(B)the National Agricultural Research, Extension, Education, and Economics Advisory Board established under section 3123 of this title;

(4)incorporates roadmaps for agricultural research, education, and extension made publicly available by other Federal entities, agencies, or offices; and

(5)describes recommended funding levels for areas of agricultural research, education, and extension, including—

(A)competitive programs;

(B)capacity and infrastructure programs, with attention to the future growth needs of—

(i)small 1862 Institutions, 1890 Institutions, and 1994 Institutions;

(ii)Hispanic-serving agricultural colleges and universities;

(iii)NLGCA Institutions; and

(iv)colleges of veterinary medicine; and

(C)intramural programs at agencies within the research, education, and economics mission area; and

(6)describes how organizational changes enacted by this Act have impacted agricultural research, extension, and education across the Department of Agriculture, including minimization of unnecessary programmatic and administrative duplication.

(b)Reviewability

The roadmap described in this section shall not be subject to review by any officer or employee of the Federal Government other than the Secretary (or a designee of the Secretary).

(c)Roadmap implementation and report

Not later than 1 year after the date on which the Secretary commences preparation of the roadmap under this section, the Secretary shall—

(1)implement and use the roadmap to set the research, education, and extension agenda of the Department of Agriculture; and

(2)make the roadmap available to the public.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

The date of enactment of this Act, referred to in subsec. (a), is the date of enactment of Pub. L. 110–246, which was approved

June 18, 2008. This Act, referred to in subsec. (a)(6), is Pub. L. 110–246,

June 18, 2008, 122 Stat. 1651, known as the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see

Short Title

note set out under section 8701 of this title and Tables. Codification Pub. L. 110–234 and Pub. L. 110–246 enacted identical sections. Pub. L. 110–234 was repealed by section 4(a) of Pub. L. 110–246. Section was enacted as part of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008, and not as part of the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998, which in part comprises this chapter.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

Enactment of this section and repeal of Pub. L. 110–234 by Pub. L. 110–246 effective May 22, 2008, the date of enactment of Pub. L. 110–234, see section 4 of Pub. L. 110–246, set out as a note under section 8701 of this title. Definition of “Secretary” “Secretary” as meaning the Secretary of Agriculture, see section 8701 of this title.

§7614a Roadmap