§7628 — Title 7 Agriculture | U.S. Code

Summary

The Secretary of Agriculture can give grants to groups of land-grant colleges and universities to fund multi-State research on two wheat diseases: wheat scab (caused by Fusarium graminearum and related fungi) and Karnal bunt (caused by Tilletia indica and related fungi). The money can pay for studying how these diseases spread and the toxic vomitoxin they make; creating better crop-management practices; making fast and accurate testing, post-harvest handling, and safe milling/food-processing methods; strengthening breeding programs (including a regional breeding nursery and germplasm testing); and developing fungicide systems or other chemical controls until resistant varieties are ready. Grants can also pay to collect and share research and outreach information. The Secretary can set up a committee of agricultural experiment station directors to oversee grants. The law allows whatever money is needed for fiscal years 1999–2013, $10,000,000 each year for fiscal years 2014–2018, and $15,000,000 each year for fiscal years 2019–2023. Grant recipients may use no more than 10% of the funds for indirect costs.

Title 7, §7628

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(a)The Secretary of Agriculture may make grants to consortia of land-grant colleges and universities to enhance the ability of the consortia to carry out multi-State research projects aimed at understanding and combating diseases of wheat, triticale, and barley caused by Fusarium graminearum and related fungi (referred to in this section as “wheat scab”) or by Tilletia indica and related fungi (referred to in this section as “Karnal bunt”).

(b)Funds provided under this section shall be available for the following collaborative, multi-State research activities:

(1)Identification and understanding of the epidemiology of wheat scab or of Karnal bunt, and the toxicological properties of vomitoxin, a toxic metabolite commonly occurring in wheat, triticale, and barley infected with wheat scab.

(2)Development of crop management strategies to reduce the risk of wheat scab or Karnal bunt occurrence.

(3)Development of—

(A)efficient and accurate methods to monitor wheat, triticale, and barley for the presence of Karnal bunt or of wheat scab and resulting vomitoxin contamination;

(B)post-harvest management techniques for wheat, triticale, and barley infected with wheat scab or with Karnal bunt; and

(C)milling and food processing techniques to render wheat scab contaminated grain safe.

(4)Strengthening and expansion of plant-breeding activities to enhance the resistance of wheat, triticale, and barley to wheat scab and to Karnal bunt, including the establishment of a regional advanced breeding material evaluation nursery and a germplasm introduction and evaluation system.

(5)Development and deployment of alternative fungicide application systems and formulations to control wheat scab and Karnal bunt and consideration of other chemical control strategies to assist farmers until new more resistant wheat, triticale, and barley varieties are available.

(c)Funds provided under this section shall be available for efforts to concentrate, integrate, and disseminate research, extension, and outreach-orientated information regarding wheat scab or Karnal bunt.

(d)To oversee the use of a grant made under this section, the Secretary may establish a committee composed of the directors of the agricultural experiment stations in the States in which land-grant colleges and universities that are members of the consortium are located.

(e)There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section—

(1)such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 1999 through 2013;

(2)$10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2018; and

(3)$15,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 through 2023.

(f)A recipient of a grant under this section may not use more than 10 percent of the funds provided by the grant for the indirect costs of carrying out the initiatives described in subsection (a).

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Editorial Notes

Codification Pub. L. 110–234 and Pub. L. 110–246 made identical

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to this section. The

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by Pub. L. 110–234 were repealed by section 4(a) of Pub. L. 110–246.

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2018—Subsec. (e)(3). Pub. L. 115–334, § 7303(1), added par. (3). Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 115–334, § 7303(2), added subsec. (f). 2014—Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 113–79 amended subsec. (e) generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: “There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 1999 through 2012.” 2008—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 110–246, § 7307(1), substituted “grants” for “grant” in heading. Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 110–246, § 7307(2), substituted “2012” for “2007”. 2002—Pub. L. 107–171, § 7207(d)(4)(A), substituted “, triticale, and barley caused by Fusarium graminearum or by Tilletia indica” for “and barley caused by Fusarium graminearum” in section catchline. Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 107–171, § 7207(d)(1), reenacted heading without change and amended text generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: “The Secretary of Agriculture may make a grant to a consortium of land-grant colleges and universities to enhance the ability of the consortium to carry out a multi-State research project aimed at understanding and combating diseases of wheat and barley caused by Fusarium graminearum and related fungi (referred to in this section as ‘wheat scab’).” Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 107–171, § 7207(d)(2)(A), (B), inserted “or of Karnal bunt,” after “epidemiology of wheat scab” and “, triticale,” after “occurring in wheat”. Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 107–171, § 7207(d)(2)(C), inserted “or Karnal bunt” after “wheat scab”. Subsec. (b)(3)(A). Pub. L. 107–171, § 7207(d)(2)(D), substituted “, triticale, and barley for the presence of Karnal bunt or of” for “and barley for the presence of”. Subsec. (b)(3)(B). Pub. L. 107–171, § 7207(d)(2)(E), substituted “, triticale, and barley infected with wheat scab or with Karnal bunt” for “and barley infected with wheat scab”. Subsec. (b)(3)(C). Pub. L. 107–171, § 7207(d)(2)(F), inserted “wheat scab” after “to render”. Subsec. (b)(4). Pub. L. 107–171, § 7207(d)(2)(G), substituted “, triticale, and barley to wheat scab and to Karnal bunt” for “and barley to wheat scab”. Subsec. (b)(5). Pub. L. 107–171, § 7207(d)(2)(H), inserted “and Karnal bunt” after “wheat scab” and “, triticale,” after “resistant wheat”. Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 107–171, § 7207(d)(3), inserted “or Karnal bunt” after “wheat scab”. Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 107–171, § 7131, substituted “such sums as may be necessary” for “$5,200,000” and “2007” for “2002”.

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of 2008 AmendmentAmendment 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 an

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note under section 8701 of this title.

§7628 Support for Research Regarding Diseases of Wheat, Triticale, and Barley Caused by Fusarium Graminearum or by Tilletia Indica

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