Sec. 11105. Regional Cattle and Carcass Grading Correlation and Training Centers
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The Secretary shall establish not more than three regional centers, to be known as Cattle and Carcass Grading Correlation and Training Centers (referred to in this section as the Centers ), to provide education and training for cattle and carcass beef graders of the Agricultural Marketing Service, cattle producers, and other professionals involved in the reporting, delivery, and grading of feeder cattle, live cattle, and carcasses— to limit the subjectivity in the application of beef grading standards; to provide producers with greater confidence in the price of the producers’ cattle; and to provide investors with both long and short positions more assurance in the cattle delivery system.
The Centers shall be located near cattle feeding and slaughter populations and areas shall be strategically identified in order to capture regional variances in cattle production. Each Center shall be organized and administered by offices of the Department of Agriculture in operation on the date on which the respective Center is established, or in coordination with other appropriate Federal agencies or academic institutions. The Centers shall offer intensive instructional programs involving classroom and field training work for individuals described in subsection (a).
Each Center, in carrying out the functions of the Center, shall make use of information generated by the Department of Agriculture, the State agricultural extension and research stations, relevant designated contract markets, and the practical experience of area cattle producers, especially cattle producers cooperating in on-farm demonstrations, correlations, and research projects. Funds made available to carry out this section shall not be used for the construction of a new building or facility or the acquisition, expansion, remodeling, or alteration of an existing building or facility (including site grading and improvement, and architect fees).
Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, the Secretary may use funds made available to carry out this section to provide a Center with payment for the cost of the rental of a space determined to be necessary by the Center for conducting training under this section and may accept donations (including in-kind contributions) to cover such cost. This section shall take effect on October 1, 2018.