Sec. 7121. Auditing, reporting, bookkeeping, and administrative requirements
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Section 1469 of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 ( 7 U.S.C. 3315 ) is amended— in subsection (a)— in paragraph (2), by adding and at the end; by striking paragraph (3); and by redesignating paragraph
(4)as paragraph (3); by redesignating subsections (b), (c), and
(d)as subsections (d), (e), and (f), respectively; and by inserting after subsection
(a)the following new subsections: Except as provided in paragraph
(2)and notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary may retain not more than 4 percent of amounts made available for agricultural research, extension, and teaching assistance programs for the administration of those programs authorized under this Act or any other Act. The limitation on administrative expenses under paragraph
(1)shall not apply to peer panel expenses under subsection
(d)or any other provision of law related to the administration of agricultural research, extension, and teaching assistance programs that contains a limitation on administrative expenses that is less than the limitation under paragraph (1). To the maximum extent practicable, the Secretary, for purposes of supporting ongoing research and information dissemination activities, including supporting research and those activities through co-locating scientists and other technical personnel, sharing of laboratory and field equipment, and providing financial support, shall enter into grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, or other legal instruments with former Department of Agriculture agricultural research facilities. The Secretary, for purposes of receiving from a non-Federal agricultural research organization support for agricultural research, including staffing, laboratory and field equipment, or direct financial assistance, may enter into grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, or other legal instruments with a non-Federal agricultural research organization, the operation of which is consistent with the research mission and programs of an agricultural research facility of the Department of Agriculture. .
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