Sec. 6. Urban agriculture research initiative
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The Secretary shall award grants, on a competitive basis, for scientific and community-based participatory research on— promoting and enhancing urban agriculture; improving production efficiency and profitability of urban agriculture production; marketing urban agriculture innovations and technologies; methods to protect crops and agricultural products in urban areas from pests and disease; methods to enhance food safety related to urban agriculture production; methods to encourage advancements in material and energy science and engineering; and other research areas the Secretary determines are appropriate.
In awarding grants under this section, the Secretary shall give a preference to an eligible entity seeking a grant for outreach activities to be carried out in a historically underserved community (as such term is defined in section 4(d)). Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate, and make publicly available on the website of the Department of Agriculture, a report summarizing the research conducted under subsection (a).
Of the funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation, the Secretary shall make available to carry out this section $20,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2018 through 2022.