Sec. 308. National and regional agroforestry centers
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Section 1243 of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 ( 16 U.S.C. 1642 note; Public Law 101–624 ) is amended— by striking the section heading and inserting ; National and regional agroforestry centers by striking subsection
(a)and inserting the following: The Secretary of Agriculture (referred to in this section as the Secretary )— shall establish at the Forestry Sciences Laboratory of the Forest Service, in Lincoln, Nebraska, a Semiarid Agroforestry Research, Development, and Demonstration Center; and acting through the Chief of the Forest Service and in cooperation with the Natural Resources Conservation Service, shall establish not fewer than 3 additional regional agroforestry centers at other locations, as determined by the Secretary. The Secretary shall appoint a National Director and Regional Directors to manage and coordinate the program established under subsection (b). ; in subsection (b)— in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking Center and inserting Centers established under subparagraphs
(A)and
(B)of subsection (a)(1) (referred to in this section as the ; Centers ) in paragraph (1), by striking on semiarid lands that and inserting that build soil health and ; in paragraph (3), by striking from semiarid land ; in paragraph (4)— by striking in semiarid regions ; and by striking the Great Plains region and inserting particular regions ; by striking paragraph
(6)and inserting the following: develop improved silvopasture, alley cropping, forest farming, multistory cropping, riparian buffer, windbreak and shelterbelt, and other perennial production and conservation systems and technologies to improve soil health, carbon sequestration, drought preparedness, soil and water conservation, environmental quality, and biological diversity; ; in paragraph (7), by striking on semiarid lands ; in paragraph (8), by striking on semiarid lands worldwide and inserting worldwide, including on semiarid land ; and in paragraph (9)— by striking on semiarid lands ; and by inserting and climate change after pollution ; in subsection (c), in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking Center and inserting Centers ; and in subsection (d), by striking through 2023 and inserting through 2021 and $25,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2030 .
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- Pub. L. 101-624
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