[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 107 (Tuesday, June 26, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4455-S4456]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 3222. Mr. COONS (for himself and Ms. Collins) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by him 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 7512 (relating to the natural products 
     research program) and insert the following:

     SEC. 7512. NATURAL PRODUCTS RESEARCH PROGRAM.

       Section 7525 of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 
     2008 (7 U.S.C. 5937) is amended--
       (1) in subsection (b)--
       (A) in paragraph (2), by striking ``and'' at the end;
       (B) by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (4); and
       (C) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following:
       ``(3) research to improve the development and production of 
     sustainable chemicals derived from natural products that 
     improve 1

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     or more health or environmental attributes as compared to 
     existing chemicals already in use; and''; and
       (2) in subsection (e), by striking ``2018'' and inserting 
     ``2023''.
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