Agricultural Research Act

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Agricultural Research Act - Declares it to be the purposes of this Act to: (1) provide greater congressional oversight of agricultural research by limiting the authorization for appropriations for such research to the fiscal years 1977 and 1978 and; (2) establish the Agricultural Research Planning and Budget Advisory Committee for the purpose of coordinating the formulation of agricultural research priorities and the formulation of budget requests to carry out such research. Title I: Authorizations for Appropriations - Amends Federal law to terminate authorization for appropriations for agricultural research after fiscal year 1978. Title II: Agricultural Research Planning and Budget Advisory Committee - Establishes within the Department of Agriculture a 15 member advisory body, to be appointed by the Secretary, to be known as the Agricultural Research Planning and Budget Advisory Committee. States that the Secretary shall appoint one member from each of seven specified agencies within the Department and that members shall be chosen to represent each of the following interests; (1) land grant colleges; (2) State agricultural experiment stations; (3) consumers; (4) farmers; and, (5) …