§7631 — Title 7 Agriculture | U.S. Code

Summary

The Secretary of Agriculture, using the Foreign Agricultural Service, must set up and run a competitive grant program to fund eligible groups to develop agricultural biotechnology for developing countries. Eligible groups are: a college with an agriculture or bioscience program; a nonprofit group; or a partnership of for‑profit firms and agricultural research institutions. Grants can pay for projects that improve nutrition; increase yield and safety; raise yields of drought- and stress‑resistant crops; expand where crops can grow; lengthen fruit and vegetable shelf life; make environmentally sustainable products; and develop vaccines and other medicines that can be eaten in genetically engineered foods. Money may be provided as needed for each fiscal year 2002 through 2012.

Title 7, §7631

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(a)In this section, the term “eligible entity” means—

(A)an institution of higher education that offers a curriculum in agriculture or the biosciences;

(B)a nonprofit organization; or

(C)a consortium of for-profit institutions and agricultural research institutions.

(b)(1)The Secretary (acting through the Foreign Agricultural Service) shall establish and administer a program to make competitive grants to eligible entities to develop agricultural biotechnology for developing countries.

(2)Funds provided to an eligible entity under this section may be used for projects that use biotechnology to—

(A)enhance the nutritional content of agricultural products that can be grown in developing countries;

(B)increase the yield and safety of agricultural products that can be grown in developing countries;

(C)increase the yield of agricultural products that are drought- and stress-resistant and that can be grown in developing countries;

(D)extend the growing range of crops that can be grown in developing countries;

(E)enhance the shelf-life of fruits and vegetables grown in developing countries;

(F)develop environmentally sustainable agricultural products that can be grown in developing countries; and

(G)develop vaccines to immunize against life-threatening illnesses and other medications that can be administered by consuming genetically-engineered agricultural products.

(c)There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out this section for each of fiscal years 2002 through 2012.

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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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2008—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 110–246, § 7310, substituted “2012” for “2007”.

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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.

§7631 Agricultural Biotechnology Research and Development for Developing Countries

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