Sec. 2. Agricultural research facilities
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Congress finds that— in 2015, agriculture and related industries— contributed $992,000,000,000 to the gross domestic product of the United States (5.5 percent of the total gross domestic product of the United States); and provided 21,000,000 jobs domestically (11 percent of total employment in the United States); the Department of Agriculture funds more than $1,500,000,000 in research funding each year to schools of agriculture; a study published in 2015 found that deferred maintenance at 91 schools of agriculture across the United States totaled $8,200,000,000, with a total replacement cost of $29,000,000,000; and infrastructure investments must be made at schools of agriculture to ensure that United States agricultural research remains globally competitive.
Title IV of the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 is amended by inserting before section 404 ( 7 U.S.C. 7624 ) the following: The purpose of this section is to assist agricultural research facilities in efforts to alter or repair those facilities or equipment of the facilities necessary for conducting agricultural research. In this section, the term agricultural research facility has the meaning given the term in section 2 of the Research Facilities Act ( 7 U.S.C. 390 ).
The Secretary shall establish in the National Institute of Food and Agriculture a competitive grant program to provide to agricultural research facilities the Federal share of the cost of the alteration, modernization, renovation, or remodeling of— the agricultural research facilities; or equipment of the agricultural research facilities necessary for conducting agricultural research. The Federal share referred to in paragraph
(1)shall be not greater than 50 percent. Grants awarded under this section shall be in such amounts and under such terms and conditions as the Secretary determines are necessary to carry out the purpose of this section. To the maximum extent practicable, grants shall be awarded under this section to ensure an equitable geographic distribution of funds. Not greater than 20 percent of amounts made available to carry out this section shall be awarded to projects in any 1 State. In carrying out this section, the Secretary shall establish procedures for— the submission of proposals for competitive grants; and in consultation with representatives of National Institute of Food and Agriculture grantmaking peer review panels, the review and selection of proposals submitted under subparagraph (A). In selecting proposals under paragraph (4)(B), the Secretary shall give priority to proposals that— are— ready to proceed quickly; and included in the facilities master plan or capital improvement plan of the college, university, or nonprofit institution; or incorporate— renewable energy; energy- or water-efficient technology; or both energy and technology described in clauses
(i)and (ii). There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $1,000,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2018 through 2028. .
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