Sec. 7503. RESEARCH FACILITIES ACT
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## SEC. 7503 RESEARCH FACILITIES ACT ###
(a)Agricultural Research Facility Defined The Research Facilities Act is amended— ####
(1)in section 2(1) (7 U.S.C. 390(1)) by striking “a college, university, or nonprofit institution” and inserting “an entity eligible to receive funds under a capacity and infrastructure program (as defined in section 251(f)(1)(C) of the Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 (7 U.S.C. 6971(f)(1)(C)))”; and ####
(2)in section 3(c)(2)(D) (7 U.S.C. 390a(c)(2)(D)), by striking “recipient college, university, or nonprofit institution” and inserting “recipient entity”. ###
(b)Long-term Support Section 3(c)(2)(D) of the Research Facilities Act (7 U.S.C. 390a(c)(2)(D)), as amended by subsection (a), is further amended by striking “operating costs” and inserting “operating and maintenance costs”. ###
(c)Competitive Grant Program The Research Facilities Act is amended by inserting after section 3 (7 U.S.C. 390a) the following new section: > > ## “SEC. SEC. 4 COMPETITIVE GRANT PROGRAM > > **[**[7 U.S.C. 390b](/us/usc/t7/s390b)**]** > > The Secretary shall establish a program to make competitive grants to assist in the construction, alteration, acquisition, modernization, renovation, or remodeling of agricultural research facilities.” > . ###
(d)Authorization of Appropriations and Funding Limitations Section 6 of the Research Facilities Act (7 U.S.C. 390d) is amended— ####
(1)in subsection (a)— #####
(A)by striking “subsection (b),” and inserting “subsections (b), (c), and (d),”; #####
(B)by striking “2018” and inserting “2023”; and #####
(C)by adding at the end the following new sentence: “Funds appropriated pursuant to the preceding sentence shall be available until expended.”; and ####
(2)by adding at the end the following new subsections: > > ### “(c) Maximum Amount > > Not more than 25 percent of the funds made available pursuant to subsection
(a)for any fiscal year shall be used for any single agricultural research facility project. > > > ### “(d) Project Limitation > > An entity eligible to receive funds under this Act may receive funds for only one project at a time.” > .
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