Sec. 403. Conventional breeding initiative
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Section 251(e) of the Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 ( 7 U.S.C. 6971(e) ) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: The Under Secretary shall establish a special initiative within the Research, Education, and Extension Office to coordinate research activities at the Department relating to conventional plant and animal breeding. In carrying out the special initiative established under subparagraph (A), the Under Secretary shall establish a working group that reports to the Under Secretary, to be comprised of individuals who are responsible for the management or administration of public breeding programs in the Department from each of the following agencies within the Department:
The National Institute of Food and Agriculture. The Agricultural Research Service. The Economic Research Service. The National Agricultural Statistics Service. The working group shall— coordinate conventional plant and animal breeding research being conducted at or funded by an agency described in subparagraph (B); carry out ongoing analysis and tracking activities for public grants to ensure that a diverse range of crop and animal breeding needs are being met in a timely and transparent manner; coordinate and collaborate with the National Genetics Resource Advisory Council established pursuant to section 1632 of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 ( 7 U.S.C. 5841 ); maximize the delivery of public cultivars and public breeds and ensure the efficient coordination of the activities of the working group and the activities of each of— the Agricultural Research Service; the National Institute of Food and Agriculture; the National Genetic Resources Advisory Council; genetic resource conservation centers; land-grant colleges and universities (as defined in section 1404 of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3103)); nongovernmental organizations with interests or expertise in conventional breeding; and public and private conventional plant and animal breeders; and evaluate conventional public plant and animal breeding activities and outcomes to make recommendations to the Under Secretary on the adequacy of human and financial resources needed to ensure that the next generation of public breeders and agricultural breeders are prepared to meet the challenges of the future.
The Under Secretary shall establish an advisory board whose primary duty will be to make recommendations to the working group established under subparagraph
(B)on matters related to the duties specified in subparagraph (C). The advisory board shall be comprised of individuals with expertise in conventional plant and animal breeding including representatives from each of the following: The Agricultural Research Service. The National Institute of Food and Agriculture. Private foundations and nonprofit organizations that have expertise in conventional plant and animal breeding. Private agricultural research and technology transfer firms. Land-grant colleges and universities. The terms conventional breeding , public cultivar , and public breed have the meaning given such terms in paragraph
(11)of subsection
(b)of the of the Competitive, Special, and Facilities Research Grant Act (7 U.S.C. 450i(b)). . Section 296(b) of the Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 ( 7 U.S.C. 7014(b) ), as amended by section 109(b), is further amended— in paragraph
(7)(as amended by such section 109(b)), by striking or at the end; in paragraph (8), (as amended by such section 109(b)), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; or ; and by adding at the end the following new paragraph: the authority of the Secretary to establish a conventional plant and animal breeding special initiative under section 251(e). .
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