[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3793 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3793

To require the establishment of research and grant programs to identify 
and field test methods, practices, and technologies for the efficient, 
     healthful, and environmentally sound disposal of animal waste.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 5, 1998

 Mr. Etheridge (for himself, Mr. Hefner, and Mrs. Clayton) introduced 
 the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture

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                                 A BILL


 
To require the establishment of research and grant programs to identify 
and field test methods, practices, and technologies for the efficient, 
     healthful, and environmentally sound disposal of animal waste.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Animal Waste Research Act of 1998''.

SEC. 2. ANIMAL WASTE RESEARCH AND GRANT PROGRAMS.

    (a) Research Program.--The Secretary of Agriculture shall establish 
a research program in the Agriculture Research Service for the purpose 
of identifying methods, practices, and technologies for the efficient, 
healthful, and environmentally sound disposal of animal waste.
    (b) Grant Program.--
            (1) Competitive grants authorized.--The Secretary may make 
        grants to colleges, universities, and other entities for the 
        purpose of testing and analyzing, under normal field 
        conditions, animal waste disposal methods, practices, and 
        technologies identified under subsection (a) or otherwise 
        determined by the Secretary to warrant field testing. Except as 
        provided in paragraph (2), grants under the program shall be 
        awarded on a competitive basis.
            (2) Special grant.--In carrying out paragraph (1) in fiscal 
        year 1999, the Secretary shall make a grant to the Animal and 
        Poultry Waste Management Center of North Carolina State 
        University in Raleigh, North Carolina, to implement field trial 
        studies of animal waste disposal methods, practices, and 
        technologies under consideration, as of the date of the 
        enactment of this Act, by the Center for such a field trial.
    (c) Reporting Requirements.--
            (1) By recipients.--A college, university, or other entity 
        receiving a grant under subsection (b) shall submit to the 
        Secretary a report containing the findings and recommendations 
        derived from field trial studies conducted using the grant 
        funds. A report shall be submitted every six months during the 
        course of the field trial study and upon the completion of the 
        study.
            (2) By the secretary.--The Secretary shall compile and 
        summarize the reports received under paragraph (1) and, 
        together with such findings and recommendations as the 
        Secretary considers appropriate, submit a report to Congress 
        not later than March 15 of each year regarding the progress and 
        results of the research and grant programs.
    (d) Use of Agriculture Research Service.--The Secretary shall carry 
out this section through the Director of the Agriculture Research 
Service.
    (e) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated--
            (1) for fiscal year 1999--
                    (A) $500,000 to carry out subsection (a); and
                    (B) $4,500,000 to carry out subsection (b), of 
                which, the first $2,000,000 shall be used for the grant 
                required under subsection (b)(2); and
            (2) for subsequent fiscal years, such sums as are necessary 
        to carry out this section.
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