{"identifier":"/us/usc/t7/s8921","title":7,"num":"\u00a7\u202f8921.","heading":"Research and development of agricultural countermeasures","text":"\u00a7\u202f8921.\nResearch and development of agricultural countermeasures\n(a)\nGrant program\n(1)\nCompetitive grant program\nThe Secretary shall establish a competitive grant program to encourage basic and applied research and the development of qualified agricultural countermeasures.\n(2)\nWaiver in emergencies\nThe Secretary may waive the requirement under paragraph (1) that a grant be provided on a competitive basis if\u2014\n(A) the Secretary has declared a plant or animal disease emergency under the Plant Protection Act (\n7 U.S.C. 7701\n7 U.S.C. 8301\n(B) waiving the requirement would lead to the rapid development of a qualified agricultural countermeasure, as determined by the Secretary.\n(b)\nAuthorization of appropriations\nThere are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section\u2014\n(1) $50,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2008 through 2013; and\n(2) $15,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2023.","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t7/s8921.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t7/s8921","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f8921."},{"t":"heading","text":"Research and development of agricultural countermeasures"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t7/s8921/a","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(a)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Grant program"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t7/s8921/a/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Competitive grant program"},{"t":"content","children":[{"t":"p","text":"The Secretary shall establish a competitive grant program to encourage basic and applied research and the development of qualified agricultural countermeasures.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t7/s8921/a/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Waiver in emergencies"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"The Secretary may waive the requirement under paragraph (1) that a grant be provided on a competitive basis if\u2014"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t7/s8921/a/2/A","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(A)"},{"t":"content","text":" the Secretary has declared a plant or animal disease emergency under the Plant Protection Act (","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"7 U.S.C. 7701","href":"/us/usc/t7/s7701","tail":" et seq.) or the Animal Health Protection Act ("},{"t":"ref","text":"7 U.S.C. 8301","href":"/us/usc/t7/s8301","tail":" et seq.); and"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t7/s8921/a/2/B","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(B)"},{"t":"content","text":" waiving the requirement would lead to the rapid development of a qualified agricultural countermeasure, as determined by the Secretary.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t7/s8921/b","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(b)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Authorization of appropriations"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section\u2014"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t7/s8921/b/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"content","text":" $50,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2008 through 2013; and","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t7/s8921/b/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"content","text":" $15,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2023.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}