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7 U.S.C. § 5925g — Urban, indoor, and other emerging agricultural production research, education, and extension initiative

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7 U.S.C. § 5925g — Urban, indoor, and other emerging agricultural production research, education, and extension initiative

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**(a) Competitive research and extension grants authorized** In consultation with the Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production Advisory Committee established under [section 6923(b) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section6923/b&num=0&edition=prelim), the Secretary may make competitive grants to support research, education, and extension activities for the purposes of facilitating the development of urban, indoor, and other emerging agricultural production, harvesting, transportation, aggregation, packaging, distribution, and markets, including by— (1) assessing and developing strategies to remediate contaminated sites; (2) determining and developing the best production management and integrated pest management practices; (3) identifying and promoting the horticultural, social, and economic factors that contribute to successful urban, indoor, and other emerging agricultural production; (4) analyzing the means by which new agricultural sites are determined, including an evaluation of soil quality, condition of a building, or local community needs; (5) exploring new technologies that minimize energy, lighting systems, water, and other inputs for increased food production; (6) examining building material efficiencies and structural upgrades for the purpose of optimizing growth of agricultural products; (7) developing new crop varieties and agricultural products to connect to new markets; or (8) examining the impacts of crop exposure to urban elements on environmental quality and food safety. **(b) Grant types and process** Subparagraphs (A) through (E) of paragraph (4), paragraph (7), and paragraph (11)(B) of subsection (b) of [section 3157 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section3157&num=0&edition=prelim) shall apply with respect to the making of grants under this section. **(c) Priority** The Secretary may give priority to grant proposals that involve— (1) the cooperation of multiple entities; or (2) States or regions with a high concentration of or significant interest in urban farms, rooftop farms, and indoor production facilities. **(d) Funding** (1) **Mandatory funding** — Of the funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation, the Secretary shall use to carry out this section— (A) $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2019, to remain available until expended; and (B) $2,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2024 through 2031. (2) **Authorization of appropriations** — In addition to amounts made available under paragraph (1), there is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 through 2023.

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7 U.S.C. § 3157 — Competitive, special, and facilities research grants

**(a) Establishment of grant program** (1) In order to promote research in food, agriculture, and related areas, a research grants program is hereby established in the Department of Agriculture. (2) **Short Title.—** — This section may be cited as the “Competitive, Special, and Facilities Research Grant Act”. **(b) Agriculture and food research initiative** (1) **Establishment** — There is established in the Department of Agriculture an Agriculture and Food Research Initiative under which the Secretary of Agriculture (referred to in this subsection as “the Secretary”) may make competitive grants for fundamental and applied research, extension, and education to address food and agricultural sciences (as defined under [section 3103 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section3103&num=0&edition=prelim)). (2) **Priority areas** — The competitive grants program established under this subsection shall address the following areas: (A) *Plant health and production and plant products* — Plant systems, including— (i) plant genome structure and function; (ii) molecular and cellular genetics and plant biotechnology; (iii) conventional breeding, including cultivar and breed development, selection theory, applied quantitative genetics, breeding for improved food quality, breeding for improved local adaptation to biotic stress and abiotic stress, and participatory breeding; (iv) plant-pest interactions and biocontrol systems; (v) crop plant response to environmental stresses; (vi) unproved nutrient qualities of plant products; and (vii) new food and industrial uses of plant products. (B) *Animal health and production and animal products* — Animal systems, including— (i) aquaculture; (

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7 U.S.C. § 9001 — Implementation

**(a) Maintenance of base acres and payment yields** The Secretary shall maintain, for each covered commodity and upland cotton, base acres and payment yields on a farm established under sections 8702 and 8751 of this title, as adjusted pursuant to sections 8711, 8712, 8718, and 8752 of this title, as in effect on September 30, 2013, and as adjusted pursuant to sections 9012 and 9013 of this title. **(b) Streamlining** In implementing this chapter and the amendments made by this title,11 See References in Text note below. the Secretary shall— (1) continue to reduce administrative burdens and costs to producers by streamlining and reducing paperwork, forms, and other administrative requirements, to ensure that— (A) a producer (or an agent of a producer) may report information, electronically (including geospatial data) or conventionally, to the Department of Agriculture, subject to the Secretary— (i) establishing reasonable levels of tolerance that reflect the differences in accuracy between measures of common land units and geospatial data; and (ii) ensuring that discrepancies that occur within the levels of tolerance established under clause (i) shall not be used to penalize a producer (or an agent of a producer) under any program administered by the Department of Agriculture; (B) on the request of a producer (or an agent of a producer), the Department of Agriculture electronically shares with the producer (or agent) in real time and without cost to the producer (or agent) the common land unit data, related farm level data, conservation practices, and other information of the producer through a single Department of Agriculture-wide login; (C) not later than September 30, 2020, the Administrator of the Risk Management Agency and the Administrator of

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7 U.S.C. § 5925g — Urban, indoor, and other emerging agri-

Page 1810 TITLE 7—AGRICULTURE § 5925g Pub. L. 110–246, set out as a note under section 8701 of this title. § 5925g. Urban, indoor, and other emerging agri- cultural production research, education, and extension initiative (a) Competitive research and extension grants authorized In consultation with the Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production Advisory Committee established under section 6923(b) of this title, the Secretary may make competitive grants to support research, education, and extension ac- tivities for the purposes of facilitating the de- velopment of urban, indoor, and other emerging agricultural production, harvesting, transpor- tation, aggregation, packaging, distribution, and markets, including by— (1) assessing and developing strategies to re- mediate contaminated sites; (2) determining and developing the best pro- duction management and integrated pest man- agement practices; (3) identifying and promoting the horti- cultural, social, and economic factors that contribute to successful urban, indoor, and other emerging agricultural production; (4) analyzing the means by which new agri- cultural sites are determined, including an evaluation of soil quality, condition of a build- ing, or local community needs; (5) exploring new technologies that minimize energy, lighting systems, water, and other in- puts for increased food production; (6) examining building material efficiencies and structural upgrades for the purpose of op- timizing growth of agricultural products; (7) developing new crop varieties and agri- cultural products to connect to new markets; or (8) examining the impacts of crop exposure to urban elements on environmental quality and food safety. (b) Grant types and process Subparagraphs (A) through (E) of paragra

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