S.Amdt. 390

SA 390. Ms. STABENOW (for herself, Mr. Cornyn, Mrs. Feinstein, and
Mr. Schumer) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her to
the bill S. 1790, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2020 for
military activities of the Department of Defense, for military
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy,
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of subtitle H of title X, add the following:

SEC. 108__. WAIVER UNDER SPECIALTY CROP RESEARCH INITIATIVE.

Section 412(g)(3) of the Agricultural Research, Extension,
and Education Reform Act of 1998 (7 U.S.C. 7632(g)(3)) is
amended--
(1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``An entity'' and
inserting ``Subject to subparagraph (C), an entity''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
``(C) Waiver.--The Secretary may waive the requirement
under subparagraph (A) for an entity receiving a grant under
this section if the Secretary determines that--
``(i) the results of the grant--

``(I) will benefit a specific specialty crop; and
``(II) are likely to be applicable to agricultural
commodities generally, including specialty crops; or

``(ii)(I) the grant involves scientifically important
research; and

``(II) the grant recipient is unable to satisfy the
matching funds requirement.''.

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