Sec. 3. Public cultivar research coordination

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Section 251 of the Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 ( 7 U.S.C. 6971 ) is amended— in subsection (e), by adding at the end the following: The Under Secretary shall appoint a coordinator within the Research, Education, and Extension Office that reports to the Under Secretary to coordinate research activities at the Department relating to the breeding of public cultivars (as defined in paragraph

(3)of section 2(a) of the Competitive, Special, and Facilities Research Grant Act ( 7 U.S.C. 3157(a) )). The coordinator appointed under subparagraph

(A)shall— coordinate plant breeding research activities funded by the Department relating to the development of public cultivars; carry out ongoing analysis and track activities for any Federal research funding supporting plant breeding (including any public cultivars developed with Federal funds); and ensure that the analysis and activities are made available to the public not later than 60 days after the last day of each fiscal year; develop a strategic plan that establishes targets for public cultivar research investments across the Department to ensure that a diverse range of crop needs are being met in a timely and transparent manner; convene a working group in order to carry out the coordination functions described in this subparagraph comprised of individuals who are responsible for the management, administration, or analysis of public breeding programs within the Department from— the National Institute of Food and Agriculture; the Agricultural Research Service; and the Economic Research Service; in order to maximize delivery of public cultivars, promote collaboration among— the coordinator; the working group convened under clause (iv); the advisory council established under section 1634 of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 ( 7 U.S.C. 5843 ); genetic resource conservation centers; land-grant colleges and universities (as defined in section 1404 of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 ( 7 U.S.C. 3103 )); Hispanic-serving institutions (as defined in section 502(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1101a(a) )); Native American-serving nontribal institutions (as defined in section 371(c) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1067q(c) )); nongovernmental organizations with interest or expertise in public breeding; and public and private plant breeders; convene regular stakeholder listening sessions to provide input on national and regional priorities for public cultivar breeding research activities across the Department; and evaluate and make recommendations to the Under Secretary on training and resource needs to meet future breeding challenges. ; and in subsection (f)(1)(D)(i), by striking ( and inserting 7 U.S.C. 450i(b) ) ( . 7 U.S.C. 3157(b) ) Section 296(b)(6)(B) of the Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 ( 7 U.S.C. 7014(b)(6)(B) ) is amended by striking Office; and and inserting Office (including the public cultivar research activities coordinator under subsection (e)(6) of that section); and .

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