the acquisition and improvement of research facilities and equipment so that eligible institutions may participate fully with the State agricultural experiment stations in a balanced attack on the research needs of the people of their States.

(b) There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Agriculture for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this section $10,000,000 for each of the fiscal years ending September 30, 1982, September 30, 1983, September 30, 1984, September 30, 1985, and September 30, 1986, such sums to remain available until expended.

(c) Four per centum of the sums appropriated pursuant to this section shall be available to the Secretary for administration of this grants program. The remaining funds shall be available for grants to the eligible institutions for the purpose of assisting them in the purchase of equipment and land, and the planning, construction, alteration, or renovation of buildings to strengthen their capacity to conduct research in the food and agricultural sciences.

(d) Grants awarded pursuant to this section shall be made in such amounts and under such terms and conditions as the Secretary shall determine necessary for carrying out the purposes of this section.

(e) Federal funds provided under this section may not be utilized for the payment of any overhead costs of the eligible institutions. (f) The Secretary may promulgate such rules and regulations as the Secretary may deem necessary to carry out the provisions of this section.

AUTHORIZATION FOR APPROPRIATIONS FOR SOLAR ENERGY MODEL FARMS AND DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS

SEC. 1434. [Amendments to section 1454 of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (95 Stat. 1312; 7 U.S.C. 3263), see page 98.]

SOLAR ENERGY DEFINITION

SEC. 1435. [Amendments to section 1457 of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (95 Stat. 1313; 7 U.S.C. 3282), see page 98.]

INTERNATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH AND EXTENSION

SEC. 1436. [Amendments to section 1458 of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (95 Stat. 1313; 7 U.S.C. 3291), see page 99.]

AUTHORIZATION FOR APPROPRIATIONS FOR EXISTING AND CERTAIN NEW AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH PROGRAMS

SEC. 1437. [Amendments to section 1463 of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (95 Stat. 1314; 7 U.S.C. 3311), see page 101.]

AUTHORIZATION FOR APPROPRIATIONS FOR EXTENSION PROGRAMS

SEC. 1438. [Amendments to section 1464 of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (95 Stat. 1314; 7 U.S.C. 3312), see page 102.]

MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

SEC. 1439. [Amendments to subtitle K of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977, to add new sections 1471, 1472, and 1473 (95 Stat. 1314; 7 U.S.C. 3317, 3318, and 3319), see page 101.]

AQUACULTURE AND RANGELAND RESEARCH

SEC. 1440. [Amendments to the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977, to add new subtitle L-Aquaculture, sections 1474 through 1477 (95 Stat. 1316; 7 U.S.C. 3321, 3322, 3323, and 3324), see page 105; and to add new subtitle M-Rangeland Research, sections 1478 through 1483 (95 Stat. 1316; 7 U.S.C. 3331, 3332, 3333, 3334, 3335, and 3336), see page 107.]

COOPERATIVE STATE FORESTRY

SEC. 1441. [Amendments to the Act of October 10, 1962, commonly known as the McIntire-Stennis Act (95 Stat. 1320; 16 U.S.C. 582, 582a-1, 582a-4, and 582a-5), see page 261.]

PROHIBITION AGAINST REDUCTION OF STATE FUNDS UPON INCREASE IN FEDERAL ALLOTMENT

SEC. 1442. (a) [Amendments to section 3 of the Act of March 2, 1887, commonly known as the Hatch Act (95 Stat. 1321; 7 U.S.C. 361c), see page 21.]

(b) [Amendments to section 4 of the Act of October 10, 1962, commonly known as the McIntire-Stennis Act (95 Stat. 1321; 7 U.S.C. 582a-3), see page 262.]

EXCESS FEDERAL PROPERTY

SEC. 1443. [Amendments to section 202(d)(2) of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (95 Stat. 1321; 40 U.Š.C. 483(d)(2)), see page 54.]

RURAL DEVELOPMENT AND SMALL FARM RESEARCH AND EXTENSION

SEC. 1444. [Amendments to title V of the Rural Development Act of 1972 (95 Stat. 1322; 7 U.S.C. 2261 et seq.), see page 41.]

INCREASED EMPHASIS ON MARKETING EDUCATION PROGRAMS FOR SMALL AND MEDIUM SIZE FAMILY FARMING OPERATIONS

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SEC. 1445. In carrying out marketing research and education programs, the Secretary of Agriculture shall take such steps as may be necessary to increase the efforts of the Department of Agri

culture in providing marketing education programs for persons engaged in small and medium size family farm operations.

SOYBEAN RESEARCH ADVISORY INSTITUTE

SEC. 1446.5 (a)(1) There is established within the Department of Agriculture a temporary advisory body to be known as the Soybean Research Advisory Institute (hereinafter in this section referred to as the "Advisory Institute").

(2) The Advisory Institute shall be composed of eleven members appointed by the Secretary of Agriculture (hereinafter in this section referred to as the "Secretary"). Members appointed to the Advisory Institute shall be individuals who are recognized soybean_research experts and shall represent the interest of soybean producers, soybean processors, land grant colleges and universities, Federal research agencies, and private industry. The Secretary shall, to the maximum extent practicable, balance the membership of the Advisory Institute geographically on the basis of the soybean producing areas of the United States.

(3) The Secretary shall designate a representative of the soybean producers to serve as Chairman of the Advisory Institute.

(b) It shall be the function of the Advisory Institute to

(1) assess the effectiveness of the ongoing soybean research programs in the United States;

(2) assess the impediments to increased United States soybean production, including the soybean cyst nematode, and consider the most effective means of removing such impediments;

(3) evaluate the available means and the potential for increasing soybean production in the United States;

(4) estimate the amount of funds required to carry out a coordinated program of national soybean research to develop means of effectively increasing the overall United States soybean production and profitability; and

(5) develop plans for and sponsor an international conference on soybean research for the purpose of comparing and sharing current information on the production and utilization of soybeans.

(c) The Advisory Institute shall submit to the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry and the House Committee on Agriculture, not later than March 1, 1983, a comprehensive report on the findings of the Advisory Institute regarding research on soybean production and utilization. The Advisory Institute shall also include in such report its recommendations for actions that should be taken to ensure that an effective soybean research program is carried out in the United States.

(d) Members shall receive no compensation for service on the Advisory Institute but may be paid, while in the performance of their duties away from their homes or regular places of business, travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, as authorized by sections 5701 through 5707 of title 5, United States Code, for persons employed intermittently in Government service.

57 U.S.C. 2281 note (95 Stat. 1327).

(e) The Advisory Institute shall cease to exist on the day on which it submits its report to the committees referred to in subsection (c).

ADMINISTRATIVE JURISDICTION OVER LANDS

SEC. 1447. It is the intent of Congress that dual administration and jurisdiction by the Departments of Agriculture and the Interior over certain lands currently administered by the Secretary of Agriculture should be avoided. Therefore, the Secretary of Agriculture shall have sole administrative jurisdiction of the following described lands: The United States Sheep Experiment Station in Idaho and Summer Range in Montana. These lands, containing a total of 45,013 acres of land, more or less, were withdrawn by Executive Orders 3767, dated December 19, 1922; 2268, dated October 30, 1915; 2491 dated November 21, 1916; 3141, dated August 6, 1919; and 3165, dated September 3, 1919, for agricultural experiment purposes.

6 95 Stat. 1328.

PART III. AGRICULTURAL MARKETING RESEARCH

COOPERATIVE MARKETING ACT

Act of July 2, 1926, ch. 725, 44 Stat. 802, 7 U.S.C. 451 et seq. Chap. 725.-AN ACT To create a division of cooperative marketing in the Department of Agriculture; to provide for the acquisition and dissemination of information pertaining to cooperation; to promote the knowledge of cooperative principles and practices; to provide for calling advisers to counsel with the Secretary of Agriculture on cooperative activities; to authorize cooperative associations to acquire, interpret, and disseminate crop and market information, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That when used in this Act the term "agricultural products" means agricultural, horticultural, viticultural, and dairy products, livestock and the products thereof, the products of poultry and bee raising, the edible products of forestry, and any and all products raised or produced on farms and processed or manufactured products thereof, transported or intended to be transported in interstate and/or foreign

commerce.

SEC. 2.1 The Secretary of Agriculture is hereby authorized and directed to establish a division of cooperative marketing with suitable personnel in the Bureau of Agricultural Economics of the Department of Agriculture or in such bureau in the Department of Agriculture as may hereafter be concerned with the marketing and distribution of farm products. Such division shall be under the direction and supervision of the Secretary of Agriculture.

SEC. 3.2 (a) The division shall render service to associations of producers of agricultural products, and federations and subsidiaries thereof, engaged in the cooperative marketing of agricultural products, including processing, warehousing, manufacturing, storage, the cooperative purchasing of farm supplies, credit, financing, insurance, and other cooperative activities.

(b) The division is authorized

(1) To acquire, analyze, and disseminate economic, statistical, and historical information regarding the progress, organization, and business methods of cooperative associations in the United States and foreign countries.

(2) To conduct studies of the economic, legal, financial, social, and other phases of cooperation, and publish the results thereof. Such studies shall include the analyses of the organization, operation, financial, and merchandising problems of cooperative associations.

17 U.S.C. 452. The functions provided in section 2 are now primarily performed by the Agricultural Cooperative Service and the Economics and Statistics Service of the United States Department of Agriculture.

27 U.S.C. 453.