other sources, and such other records as will facilitate an effective audit. The Secretary of Agriculture and the Comptroller General of the United States or any of their duly authorized representatives shall have access for the purpose of audit and examination to any books, documents, papers, and records of the recipients that are pertinent to the grants received under this section.

(g) LIMITS ON OVERHEAD COSTS.-The Secretary of Agriculture shall limit allowable overhead costs, with respect to grants awarded under this section, to those necessary to carry out the purposes of the grants.

(h) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.-Except as otherwise provided in subsections (b) and (e), there are hereby authorized to be appropriated such sums as are necessary to carry out this section.

(i) RULES.-The Secretary of Agriculture may issue such rules and regulations as the Secretary deems necessary to carry out this section.

(j) APPLICATION OF OTHER LAWS.-The Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App. 2) and title XVIII of the Food and Agriculture Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2281 et seq.) shall not apply to a panel or board created for the purpose of reviewing applications or proposals submitted under this section.

(k) EMPHASIS ON SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE.-The Secretary of Agriculture shall ensure that grants made under subsections (b) and (c) are, where appropriate, consistent with the development of systems of sustainable agriculture. For purposes of this section, the term "sustainable agriculture" has the meaning given that term in section 1404(17) of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3103(17)).

(1) CONSULTATION WITH TECHNOLOGY BOARD.-The Secretary of Agriculture may consult with the Agricultural Science and Technology Review Board regarding the policies, priorities, and operation of subsections (b) and (c).

(Pub. L. 89-106, §2, Aug. 4, 1965, 79 Stat. 431; Pub. L. 95-113, § 1414, Sept. 29, 1977, 91 Stat. 991; Pub. L. 97-98, § 1415, Dec. 22, 1981, 95 Stat. 1303; Dec. 23, 1985, Pub. L. 99–198, § 1409, 99 Stat. 1546; Pub. L. 101-624, §§§ 1497, 1615, 1616, November 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 3630, 3729, 3732; Pub. L. 102-237, § 401, 105 Stat. 1862; Dec. 21, 1995, Pub. L. 104–66, § 1011(v), 109 Stat. 711; Pub. L. 104-127, § 885, April 4, 1996, 110 Stat. 1179.)

7. RESEARCH FACILITIES ACT

[As Amended Through End of 104th Congress]

RESEARCH FACILITIES ACT

(Act of July 22, 1963, Public Law 88-74, 77 Stat. 90)

AN ACT To assist the States to provide additional facilities for research at the State agricultural experimental stations.

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 "Research Facilities Act". SEC. 2. [7 U.S.C. 390] DEFINITIONS.

In this Act:

(1) AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH FACILITY.-The term "agricultural research facility" means a proposed facility for research in food and agricultural sciences for which Federal funds are requested by a college, university, or nonprofit institution to assist in the construction, alteration, acquisition, modernization, renovation, or remodeling of the facility.

(2) CONGRESSIONAL AGRICULTURE COMMITTEES.-The term "congressional agriculture committees" means the Committee on Appropriations and the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Appropriations and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate.

(3) FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES.-The term "food and agricultural sciences" means

(A) agriculture, including soil and water conservation and use, the use of organic materials to improve soil tilth and fertility, plant and animal production and protection, and plant and animal health;

(B) the processing, distribution, marketing, and utilization of food and agricultural products;

(C) forestry, including range management, production of forest and range products, multiple use of forests and rangelands, and urban forestry;

(D) aquaculture (as defined in section 1404(3) of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3103(3));

(E) human nutrition;

(F) production inputs, such as energy, to improve productivity; and

(G) germ plasm collection and preservation.

(4) SECRETARY.-The term "Secretary" means the Secretary of Agriculture.

(5) TASK FORCE.-The term "task force" means the Strategic Planning Task Force established under section 4.