S.Amdt. 1080
What it does: 2 changes: replaces text in 2 places
Sen. Jon Tester (D-MT)What it changes
2 changes to S. 954
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Change 1: Rewrites page 902, lines 12–13
ReplacesPrinted pageRemoves page 902, lines 12–13 of the printed bill. See that page
Inserted: (5) by redesignating subsections (h) and (j) as subsections (k) and (l), respectively;
Original wording
On page 902, strike lines 12 and 13 and insert the following:
Change 2: Rewrites page 918, lines 7–11
ReplacesPrinted pageRemoves page 918, lines 7–11 of the printed bill. See that page
Inserted: (j) Conventional Breeding Initiative.--
Inserted: (1) Definitions.--
Inserted: (A) Conventional breeding.--The term 'conventional breeding' means the development of new varieties of an organism through controlled mating and selection without the use of transgenic methods.
Inserted: (B) Public breed.--The term 'public breed' means a breed that is the commercially available uniform end product of a publicly funded breeding program that--
Inserted: (i) has been sufficiently tested to demonstrate improved characteristics and stabile performance; and
Inserted: (ii) remains in the public domain for research purposes.
Inserted: (C) Public cultivar.--The term 'public cultivar' means a cultivar that is the commercially available uniform end product of a publicly funded breeding program that--
Inserted: (i) has been sufficiently tested to demonstrate improved characteristics and stabile performance; and
Inserted: (ii) remains in the public domain for research purposes.
Inserted: (2) Establishment.--Beginning on the date of enactment of the Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2013, the Secretary shall carry out an initiative to address research needs in conventional breeding for public cultivar and public breed development, as described in paragraph (3).
Inserted: (3) Purposes.--The purposes of the initiative established by paragraph (2) are--
Inserted: (A) to fund public cultivar and public breed development through conventional breeding, with no requirement or preference for the use of marker-assisted or genomic selection methods; and
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Inserted: (B) to conduct research on--
Inserted: (i) selection theory;
Inserted: (ii) applied quantitative genetics;
Inserted: (iii) conventional breeding for improved food quality;
Inserted: (iv) conventional breeding for improved local adaptation to biotic stress and abiotic stress; and
Inserted: (v) participatory conventional breeding.
Inserted: (4) Eligible entities.--The Secretary may carry out the initiative established by paragraph (2) through grants to--
Inserted: (A) institutions of higher education;
Inserted: (B) research institutions or organizations;
Inserted: (C) private organizations or corporations;
Inserted: (D) State agricultural experiment stations;
Inserted: (E) individuals; or
Inserted: (F) groups consisting of 2 or more entities or individuals described in subparagraphs (A) through (E).
Inserted: (5) Research project grants.--In carrying out this subsection, the Secretary shall--
Inserted: (A) seek and accept proposals for grants;
Inserted: (B) award grants on a competitive basis;
Inserted: (C) determine the relevance and merit of proposals through a system of peer review, in consultation with experts in conventional breeding;
Inserted: (D) award grants on the basis of merit, quality, and relevance; and
Inserted: (E) award grants for a term that is practicable for conventional cultivar development.
Inserted: (6) Authorization of appropriations.--There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this subsection $25,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2018.
Inserted: (7) in subsection (k) (as redesignated by paragraph (5)), by striking "2012" each place it appears and inserting "2018"; and
Inserted: (8) in subsection (l) (as redesignated by para-
Original wording
On page 918, strike lines 7 through 11 and insert the following:
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2014 through 2018.
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SA 1080. Mr. TESTER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 954, to reauthorize agricultural programs through 2018; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 902, strike lines 12 and 13 and insert the following:
(5) by redesignating subsections (h) and (j) as subsections (k) and (l), respectively;
On page 918, strike lines 7 through 11 and insert the following: 2014 through 2018.
“(j) Conventional Breeding Initiative.--
“(1) Definitions.--
“(A) Conventional breeding.--The term ‘conventional breeding' means the development of new varieties of an organism through controlled mating and selection without the use of transgenic methods.
“(B) Public breed.--The term ‘public breed' means a breed that is the commercially available uniform end product of a publicly funded breeding program that--
“(i) has been sufficiently tested to demonstrate improved characteristics and stabile performance; and
“(ii) remains in the public domain for research purposes.
“(C) Public cultivar.--The term ‘public cultivar' means a cultivar that is the commercially available uniform end product of a publicly funded breeding program that--
“(i) has been sufficiently tested to demonstrate improved characteristics and stabile performance; and
“(ii) remains in the public domain for research purposes.
“(2) Establishment.--Beginning on the date of enactment of the Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2013, the Secretary shall carry out an initiative to address research needs in conventional breeding for public cultivar and public breed development, as described in paragraph (3).
“(3) Purposes.--The purposes of the initiative established by paragraph (2) are--
“(A) to fund public cultivar and public breed development through conventional breeding, with no requirement or preference for the use of marker-assisted or genomic selection methods; and
“(B) to conduct research on--
“(i) selection theory;
“(ii) applied quantitative genetics;
“(iii) conventional breeding for improved food quality;
“(iv) conventional breeding for improved local adaptation to biotic stress and abiotic stress; and
“(v) participatory conventional breeding.
“(4) Eligible entities.--The Secretary may carry out the initiative established by paragraph (2) through grants to--
“(A) institutions of higher education;
“(B) research institutions or organizations;
“(C) private organizations or corporations;
“(D) State agricultural experiment stations;
“(E) individuals; or
“(F) groups consisting of 2 or more entities or individuals described in subparagraphs (A) through (E).
“(5) Research project grants.--In carrying out this subsection, the Secretary shall--
“(A) seek and accept proposals for grants;
“(B) award grants on a competitive basis;
“(C) determine the relevance and merit of proposals through a system of peer review, in consultation with experts in conventional breeding;
“(D) award grants on the basis of merit, quality, and relevance; and
“(E) award grants for a term that is practicable for conventional cultivar development.
“(6) Authorization of appropriations.--There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this subsection $25,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2018.”;
(7) in subsection (k) (as redesignated by paragraph (5)), by striking “2012” each place it appears and inserting “2018”; and
(8) in subsection (l) (as redesignated by para-
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Senate amendment submitted
May 22, 2013