[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 107 (Tuesday, June 26, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Page S4454]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  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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