S.Amdt. 3217

SA 3217. Ms. HIRONO (for herself, Mr. King, and Mr. Wyden) submitted
an amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill H.R. 2, to
provide for the reform and continuation of agricultural and other
programs of the Department of Agriculture through fiscal year 2023, and
for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

Strike section 7403 and insert the following:

SEC. 7403. RESEARCH FACILITIES ACT.

(a) Definition of Agricultural Research Facility.--Section
2(1) of the Research Facilities Act (7 U.S.C. 390(1)) is
amended by striking ``a college, university, or nonprofit
institution'' and inserting ``an entity eligible under a
capacity and infrastructure program (as defined in section
251(f)(1) of the Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act
of 1994 (7 U.S.C. 6971(f)(1)))''.
(b) Criteria for Approval.--Section 3(c)(2)(D) of the
Research Facilities Act (7 U.S.C. 390a(c)(2)(D)) is amended,
in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking ``college,
university, or nonprofit institution has the ability and
commitment to support the long-term, ongoing operating
costs'' and inserting ``entity has the ability and commitment
to support the long-term, ongoing operation 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:

``SEC. 4. COMPETITIVE GRANT PROGRAM.

``The Secretary shall establish a program under which the
Secretary shall provide grants, on a competitive basis, to
assist in the construction, alteration, acquisition,
modernization, renovation, or remodeling of agricultural
research facilities.''.
(d) Funding.--Section 6 of the Research Facilities Act (7
U.S.C. 390d) is amended--
(1) by striking the section designation and heading and all
that follows through ``subsection (b),'' in subsection (a)
and inserting the following:

``SEC. 6. FUNDING.

``(a) Authorization of Appropriations.--Subject to
subsections (b), (c), and (d),'';
(2) in subsection (a), by striking ``2018'' and inserting
``2023, to remain available until expended,''; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
``(c) Maximum Amount.--Of the amounts made available under
this section, not more than 25 percent may be used during any
fiscal year for any single agricultural research facility
project.
``(d) Project Limitation.--An entity eligible to receive
funds under this Act may receive funds for only 1 project at
a time.''.
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