Sec. 4. Brucellosis research and compensation
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Title IV of the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 (7 U.S.C. 7624 et seq.) is amended by inserting after the title heading the following: There is established in the Department a livestock disease initiative under which the Secretary shall provide to eligible entities competitive grants for research and development described in subsection (d). To be eligible to receive a grant under this section, an entity shall be— a Federal agency; a National Laboratory; an institution of higher education; a research institution; or a State agricultural experiment station.
In awarding grants under this section, the Secretary shall give priority to research and development relating to bovine brucellosis, bovine tuberculosis, and other zoonotic diseases in livestock that are covered by a high-priority research and extension initiative authorized under section 1672 of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 ( 7 U.S.C. 5925 ). An entity that receives a grant under this section shall use the grant to conduct research and development relating to surveillance methods, vaccines, vaccination delivery systems, or diagnostic tests for diseases in domestic livestock that present a potential concern to public health and safety, as determined by the Secretary.
In awarding grants under this section, the Secretary may give priority to proposals from eligible entities that provide matching funds for the grants in a manner as determined by the Secretary, but shall not require eligible entities to have matching funds as a requirement of being awarded a grant. The matching funds requirement under section 1492 of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 ( 7 U.S.C. 3371 ) shall not apply in the case of a grant awarded under this section.
There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2015 through 2018. . Section 1501(c) of the Agricultural Act of 2014 ( 7 U.S.C. 9081(c) ) is amended— in paragraph (1)(A), by inserting or brucellosis after fire condition both places it appears; in paragraph (2)— in subparagraph (A), by striking or at the end; in subparagraph (B), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; or ; and by adding at the end the following: brucellosis, as described in paragraph (6). ; and by adding at the end the following:
An eligible livestock producer may receive assistance under this paragraph only if the grazing losses occur due to quarantine of livestock under section 10407 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 ( 7 U.S.C. 8306 ) due to brucellosis infection in the Greater Yellowstone Designated Surveillance Area, as determined by the Secretary. The payment rate for assistance under this paragraph shall be equal to 60 percent of the monthly feed cost (as determined under paragraph (3)(C)) for the total number of livestock of the eligible livestock producer subject to quarantine. .
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