Sec. 7601. Matching funds requirement

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Subtitle P of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 ( 7 U.S.C. 3371 ) is repealed. Section 1408(c)(1) of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 ( 7 U.S.C. 3123(c)(1) ) is amended by striking subparagraph

(B)and inserting the following: the annual establishment of national priorities, as determined by the Board; . Section 1415(a) of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 ( 7 U.S.C. 3151(a) ) is amended— by striking The Secretary and inserting the following: The Secretary ; and by adding at the end the following: A State receiving a grant under paragraph

(1)shall provide State matching funds equal to not less than the amount of the grant. . Section 1475(b) of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 ( 7 U.S.C. 3322(b) ) is amended by striking The Secretary and all that follows through the period at the end and inserting the following: Subject to paragraph (3), the Secretary may make competitive grants to entities eligible for grants under paragraph

(2)for research and extension to facilitate or expand promising advances in the production and marketing of aquacultural food species and products and to enhance the safety and wholesomeness of those species and products, including the development of reliable supplies of seed stock and therapeutic compounds. The Secretary may make a competitive grant under paragraph

(1)to— a land-grant or seagrant college or university; a State agricultural experiment station; a college, university, or Federal laboratory having a demonstrable capacity to conduct aquacultural research, as determined by the Secretary; or a nonprofit private research institution. Except as provided in subparagraph (B), the Secretary shall not make a grant under paragraph

(1)unless the State in which the grant recipient is located makes a grant to that recipient in an amount equal to not less than the amount of the grant under paragraph

(1)(of which State amount an in-kind contribution shall not exceed 50 percent). Subparagraph

(A)shall not apply to a grant to a Federal laboratory. . Section 1623(d)(2) of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 ( 7 U.S.C. 5813(d)(2) ) is amended by striking the second sentence. Section 1671 of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 ( 7 U.S.C. 5924 ) (as amended by section 7208) is amended— by redesignating subsection

(f)as subsection (g); and by inserting after subsection

(e)the following: Subject to paragraph (3), with respect to a grant or cooperative agreement under this section that provides a particular benefit to a specific agricultural commodity, the recipient of funds under the grant or cooperative agreement shall provide non-Federal matching funds (including funds from a generic agricultural commodity promotion, research, and information program) equal to not less than the amount provided under the grant or cooperative agreement. Non-Federal matching funds described in paragraph

(1)may include in-kind support. The Secretary may waive the matching funds requirement under paragraph

(1)with respect to a research project if the Secretary determines that— the results of the project are of a particular benefit to a specific agricultural commodity, but those results are likely to be applicable to agricultural commodities generally; or the project— involves a minor commodity; and deals with scientifically important research; and the recipient is unable to satisfy the matching funds requirement. . Section 1672(a) of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 ( 7 U.S.C. 5925(a) ) is amended— by striking The Secretary of Agriculture and inserting the following: The Secretary of Agriculture ; in paragraph

(1)(as so designated), in the second sentence, by striking The Secretary shall and inserting the following: The Secretary shall ; and by inserting after paragraph

(1)the following: Subject to subparagraph (C), an entity receiving a grant under paragraph

(1)shall provide non-Federal matching funds (including funds from a generic agricultural commodity promotion, research, and information program) equal to not less than the amount of the grant. Non-Federal matching funds described in subparagraph

(A)may include in-kind support. The Secretary may waive the matching funds requirement under subparagraph

(A)with respect to a research project if the Secretary determines that— the results of the project are of a particular benefit to a specific agricultural commodity, but those results are likely to be applicable to agricultural commodities generally; or the project— involves a minor commodity; and deals with scientifically important research; and the recipient is unable to satisfy the matching funds requirement. . Section 1672B of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 ( 7 U.S.C. 5925b ) (as amended by section 7210) is amended— by redesignating subsections (c), (d), and

(e)as subsections (d), (e), and (f), respectively; and by inserting after subsection

(b)the following: Subject to paragraph (3), an entity receiving a grant under subsection

(a)shall provide non-Federal matching funds (including funds from a generic agricultural commodity promotion, research, and information program) equal to not less than the amount of the grant. Non-Federal matching funds described in paragraph

(1)may include in-kind support. The Secretary may waive the matching funds requirement under paragraph

(1)with respect to a research project if the Secretary determines that— the results of the project are of a particular benefit to a specific agricultural commodity, but those results are likely to be applicable to agricultural commodities generally; or the project— involves a minor commodity; and deals with scientifically important research; and the recipient is unable to satisfy the matching funds requirement. . Section 406 of the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 ( 7 U.S.C. 7626 ) is amended— by redesignating subsections

(d)and

(e)as subsections

(e)and (f), respectively; and by inserting after subsection

(c)the following: Subject to paragraph (3), with respect to a grant under this section that provides a particular benefit to a specific agricultural commodity, the recipient of the grant shall provide non-Federal matching funds (including funds from a generic agricultural commodity promotion, research, and information program) equal to not less than the amount of the grant. Non-Federal matching funds described in paragraph

(1)may include in-kind support. The Secretary may waive the matching funds requirement under paragraph

(1)with respect to a research project if the Secretary determines that— the results of the project are of a particular benefit to a specific agricultural commodity, but those results are likely to be applicable to agricultural commodities generally; or the project— involves a minor commodity; and deals with scientifically important research; and the recipient is unable to satisfy the matching funds requirement. . Section 412(g) of the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 ( 7 U.S.C. 7632(g) ) is amended— by redesignating paragraph

(3)as paragraph (4); and by inserting after paragraph

(2)the following: An entity receiving a grant under this section shall provide non-Federal matching funds (including funds from a generic agricultural commodity promotion, research, and information program) equal to not less than the amount of the grant. Non-Federal matching funds described in subparagraph

(A)may include in-kind support. . Section 7526(c)(1)(C)(iv) of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 ( 7 U.S.C. 8114(c)(1)(C)(iv) ) is amended by striking subclause (IV). Subsection (b)(9) of the Competitive, Special, and Facilities Research Grant Act ( 7 U.S.C. 3157(b)(9) ) is amended— in subparagraph (A), by striking clause (iii); in subparagraph (B)— in clause (i), by striking clauses

(ii)and (iii), and inserting clause (ii), ; and by striking clause (iii); and by adding at the end the following: An entity receiving a grant under paragraph (5)(B) for applied research that is commodity-specific and not of national scope shall provide non-Federal matching funds equal to not less than the amount of the grant. . The amendments made by subsections

(a)and

(b)shall apply with respect to grants described in subsection

(b)that are awarded after October 1, 2018. Notwithstanding the amendments made by subsections

(a)and (b), a matching funds requirement in effect on the day before the date of enactment of this Act under a provision of law amended by subsection

(a)or

(b)shall continue to apply to a grant described in subsection

(b)that is awarded on or before October 1, 2018.

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