HR 2691 · 101th Congress · Agriculture and Food
National Agricultural Product Technology Development Act of 1989
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EnactedLatest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Research, and Foreign Agriculture.(1989-06-23)
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National Agricultural Product Technology Development Act of 1989 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to provide for the establishment of a National Agricultural Product Technology Institute as an independent entity within the Department of Agriculture. Creates the National Agricultural Product Technology Board to head the Institute. Establishes in the Treasury the Agricultural Product Technology Fund to carry out Institute programs. Establishes an agricultural product technology research and development program to: (1) provide matching grants to private or public research or educational organizations, government agencies, and commercial entities, or any combination of such groups, for new product or cost reduction projects; and (2) establish and maintain programs of information collection and dissemination. Requires entities receiving new product funds to agree to engage in commercial production and sale of any project-developed products. Authorizes appropriations. Terminates project authority under this Act on June 30, 2000.…
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