Sec. 12606. Emergency Citrus Disease Research and Development Trust Fund
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In this section, the term citrus means edible fruit of the family Rutaceae, including any hybrid of that fruit and any product of that hybrid that is produced for commercial purposes in the United States. There is established in the Treasury of the United States a trust fund, to be known as the Emergency Citrus Disease Research and Development Trust Fund (referred to in this section as the Citrus Trust Fund ), consisting of such amounts as shall be transferred to the Citrus Trust Fund pursuant to subsection (d).
From amounts in the Citrus Trust Fund, the Secretary shall make payments annually beginning in fiscal year 2019 to— entities engaged in scientific research and extension activities, technical assistance, or development activities to combat domestic or invasive citrus diseases and pests that pose imminent harm to the United States citrus production and threaten the future viability of the citrus industry, including huanglongbing and the Asian Citrus Psyllid; and entities engaged in supporting the dissemination and commercialization of relevant information, techniques, or technologies discovered under research and extension activities funded through— the Citrus Trust Fund; or other research and extension projects intended to solve problems caused by citrus production diseases and invasive pests.
In making payments under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall give priority to entities that use the payments to address the research and extension priorities established pursuant to section 1408A(g)(4) of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 ( 7 U.S.C. 3123a(g)(4) ). In determining how to distribute funds under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall— seek input from Federal and State agencies and other entities involved in citrus disease response; and take into account other public and private citrus-related research and extension projects and the funding for those projects.
The Secretary shall ensure that funds provided under paragraph
(1)shall be in addition to and not supplant funds made available to carry out other citrus disease activities carried out by the Department of Agriculture in consultation with State agencies. Of the funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation, the Secretary shall transfer to the Citrus Trust Fund $25,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 through 2023, to remain available until expended.
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Sec. 12606
Emergency Citrus Disease Research and Development Trust Fund
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