ensure that the cooperative research, extension, and teaching programs of the various States adequately address the challenges described in paragraph (10) of section 1402 of this title. The Secretary may implement new cooperative initiatives in home economics and related disciplines to address such challenges.

SECRETARY'S REPORT

SEC. 1410.19 The Secretary shall submit to the President and Congress by January 1 of each year a report on the Nation's agricultural research, extension, and teaching activities, and such report shall include

(1) a review covering the following three categories of activities of the Department of Agriculture with respect to agricultural research, extension, and teaching activities and the relationship of these activities to similar activities of other departments and agencies of the Federal Government, the States, colleges and universities, and the private sector

(A) a current inventory of such activities organized by statutory authorization and budget outlay;

(B) a current inventory of such activities organized by field of basic and applied science; and

(C) a current inventory of such activities organized by commodity and product category;

(2) the statements of recommendations of the Joint Council developed pursuant to the provisions of section 1407(d)(2)(G) of this title and the statement of recommendations of the Advisory Board developed pursuant to the provisions of section 1408(f)(2)(E) of this title;

(3) in the second and succeeding years, a five-year projection of national priorities with respect to agricultural research, extension, and teaching, taking into account both domestic and international needs; and

(4) in the report of January 1, 1984, the Secretary's needs assessment developed pursuant to the provisions of section 1405(11) of this title.

LIBRARIES AND INFORMATION NETWORK

SEC. 1411.20 (a) It is hereby declared to be the policy of Congress that

(1) cooperation and coordination among, and the more effective utilization of, disparate agricultural libraries and information units be facilitated;

(2) information and library needs related to agricultural research and education be effectively planned for, coordinated, and evaluated;

(3) a structure for the coordination of the agricultural libraries of colleges and universities, Department of Agriculture libraries, and their closely allied information gathering and dis

19 7 U.S.C. 3125. The Amendments of 1981, section 1411, 95 Stat. 1302, changed the due date of the Secretary's Report from February 1 to January 1 and added a new paragraph (4). 20 7 U.S.C. 3126. The Amendments of 1981, section 1412, 95 Stat. 1302, added new paragraph

seminating units be established in close conjunction with private industry and other research libraries;

(4) effective access by all colleges and universities and Department of Agriculture personnel to literature and information regarding the food and agricultural sciences be provided; (5) programs for training in information utilization with respect to the food and agricultural sciences, including research grants for librarians, information scientists, and agricultural scientists be established or strengthened; and

(6) the Department of Agriculture establish mutually valuable working relationships with international and foreign information and data programs.

(b) There is hereby established within the National Agricultural Library of the Department of Agriculture a Food and Nutrition Information and Education Resources Center. Such Center shall be responsible for

(1) assembling and collecting food and nutrition education materials, including the results of nutrition research, training methods, procedures, and other materials related to the purpose of this title;

(2) maintaining such information and materials in a library; and

(3) 21 providing notification about these collections on a regular basis to the State cooperative extension services, State educational agencies, and other interested persons.

(c) Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated annually in such amounts as Congress may determine necessary to support the purposes of this section. The Secretary is authorized to carry out this section with existing facilities through the use of grants, contracts, or such other means as the Secretary deems appropriate and to require matching of funds. No funds appropriated to support the purposes of this section shall be used to purchase additional equipment unless specifically authorized by law subsequent to the date of enactment of this title.

SUPPORT FOR THE JOINT COUNCIL AND ADVISORY BOARD

SEC. 1412.22 (a) To assist the Joint Council and the Advisory Board in the performance of their duties, the Secretary may appoint, after consultation with the cochairpersons of the Joint Council and the chairperson of the Advisory Board

(1) a full-time executive director who shall perform such duties as the cochairpersons of the Joint Council and the chairperson of the Advisory Board may direct and who shall receive compensation at a rate not to exceed the rate payable for GS18 of the General Schedule established in section 5332 of title 5, United States Code; and

(2) a professional staff of not more than five full-time employees qualified in the food and agricultural sciences, of which one shall serve as the executive secretary to the Joint Council

21 The Amendments of 1981, section 1412, 95 Stat. 1302, rewrote subsection (3) to eliminate requirement for dissemination of publications.

227 U.S.C. 3127. The Amendments of 1981, section 1413, 95 Stat. 1302, revised subsection (c) with respect to the staff to assist the Joint Council and the Advisory Board.

and one shall serve as the executive secretary to the Advisory Board.

(b) The Secretary shall provide such additional clerical assistance and staff personnel as may be required to assist the Joint Council and Advisory Board in carrying out their duties.

(c) In formulating their recommendations to the Secretary, the Joint Council and Advisory Board may obtain the assistance of Department of Agriculture employees, and, to the maximum extent practicable, the assistance of employees of other Federal departments and agencies conducting related programs of agricultural research, extension, and teaching and of appropriate representatives of colleges and universities, including State agricultural experiment stations, cooperative extension services, and other non-Federal organizations conducting significant programs in the food and agricultural sciences.

GENERAL PROVISIONS

SEC. 1413.23 (a) Any vacancy in the Joint Council or the Advisory Board shall not affect their powers under this title and shall be filled in the same manner as the original position.

(b) Members of the Joint Council and Advisory Board shall serve without compensation, if not otherwise officers or employees of the United States, except that they shall, while away from their homes or regular places of business in the performance of services under this title, be allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, in the same manner as persons employed intermittently in the Government service are allowed expenses under sections 5701 through 5707 of title 5 of the United States Code.

(c) There are authorized to be appropriated annually such sums as Congress may determine necessary to carry out the provisions of section 1412 of this title and subsection (b) of this section.

(d) The Subcommittee on Food, Agricultural, and Forestry Research, the Joint Council, and the Advisory Board shall improve communication and interaction among themselves and with others in the agricultural science and education system through such mechanisms as the exchange of reports, joint meetings, and the use of liaison representatives.

(e) The President shall appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, an Assistant Secretary of Agriculture who shall perform such duties as are necessary to carry out this title and who shall receive compensation at the rate now or hereafter prescribed by law for Assistant Secretaries of Agriculture.

BIOMASS ENERGY EDUCATIONAL AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS

SEC. 1413A.24 (a) The Secretary, in cooperation with State directors of cooperative extension, administrators of extension for landgrant colleges and universities, State foresters or equivalent State officials and the heads of other Federal departments and agencies,

23 7 U.S.C. 3128. The Amendments of 1981, section 1414, 95 Stat. 1303, added new subsections (c), (d), and (e).

24 Added by the Biomass Energy and Alcohol Fuels Act of 1980, Public Law 96-294, section

shall provide educational programs for producers of agricultural commodities, wood, and wood products to

(1) inform such producers of the feasibility of using biomass for energy;

(2) disseminate to such producers information regarding the results of research regarding the use of biomass for energy;

(3) inform such producers of the best available technology for the use of biomass for energy;

(4) provide technical assistance to such producers to improve their ability to efficiently use biomass for energy; and

(5) disseminate to such producers the results of research on energy conservation techniques and encourage such producers to adopt such techniques.

(b) All appropriate educational methods, including meetings, short courses, workshops, tours, demonstrations, publications, news releases, and radio and television programs may be used to carry out subsection (a).

(c) The State director of cooperative extension in each State shall develop a single, comprehensive, and coordinated plan which includes every biomass energy educational and technical assistance program in effect or proposed in such State, except that in those States which contain more than one land-grant college or university, such plan shall be jointly developed by the administrative heads of extension of such institutions. Such plan shall be developed with the full participation of the State forester or the equivalent State officials of such State. Each State's plan shall be submitted to the Secretary annually for approval. The Advisory Board shall review and make recommendations to the Secretary pertaining_to_programs conducted under this section. Each State shall submit an annual progress report on the operation of its plan to the Secretary before January 1 following the fiscal year for which such report is made.

(d) Funds made available under this section shall be provided to the State director of cooperative extension and the administrators of extension for land-grant colleges and universities in each State in a manner consistent with the effective implementation of this section.

(e) For purposes of this section

(1) the term "biomass" means any organic matter which is available on a renewable basis, including agricultural crops and agricultural wastes and residues, wood and wood wastes and residues, and animal wastes, except that such term does not include aquatic plants and municipal wastes;

(2) the term "biomass energy" means any gaseous, liquid, or solid fuel produced by conversion of biomass, and energy or steam derived from the direct combustion of biomass for the generation of electricity, mechanical power, or industrial process heat; and

(3) the term "municipal wastes" means any organic matter, including sewage, sewage sludge, and industrial or commercial waste, and mixtures of such matter and inorganic refuse

(i) from any publicly or privately operated municipal waste collection or similar disposal system; or

(ii) from similar waste flows (other than such flows which constitute agricultural wastes or residues, or wood wastes or residues from wood harvesting activities or production of forest products).

(f) there is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $10,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1981, 1982, 1983, and 1984.

Subtitle C-Agricultural Research and Education Grants and

Fellowships

PROGRAM OF COMPETITIVE, SPECIAL, AND FACILITIES GRANTS FOR AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH

SEC. 1414. [Amended section 2 of the Act of August 4, 1965 (79 Stat. 431; 7 U.S.C. 450i), which was further amended by the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act Amendments of 1981, section 1415 (95 Stat. 1303). See page 37 for the text of section 2.]

GRANTS TO ESTABLISH OR EXPAND SCHOOLS OF VETERINARY MEDICINE

SEC. 1415.25 (a) The Secretary shall conduct a program of grants to States for the purpose of meeting the costs of construction, employing faculty, acquiring equipment, and taking other action relating to the initial establishment and initial operation of schools of veterinary medicine, or the expansion of existing schools of veterinary medicine, as determined by the Secretary by regulations. This grant program shall be based on a matching formula of 50 per centum Federal and 50 per centum State funding.

(b) Except with respect to the States of Alaska and Hawaii, the Secretary shall give preference in awarding grants to States which file, with their application for funds under this section, assurances satisfactory to the Secretary that—

(1) the State has established, or has made a reasonable effort to establish, a veterinary medical training program with one or more States without colleges of veterinary medicine which consists of appropriate cooperative agreements providing for a sharing of curriculum and costs by the individual States; and

(2) the clinical training of the school to be established or expanded shall emphasize care and preventive medical programs for food-producing animals.

Notwithstanding clause (1) of this subsection, no State which the Secretary determines has made a reasonable effort to establish appropriate cooperative agreements shall be denied a grant or otherwise prejudiced because of its failure to establish such cooperative agreements.

(c) Funds appropriated to carry out this section for any fiscal year shall be apportioned and distributed as follows:

(1) Four per centum shall be retained by the Department of Agriculture for administration, program assistance to eligible States, and program coordination.

(2) The remainder shall be apportioned and distributed by the Secretary to those States which have applied for funds