FOOD SCIENCE AND NUTRITION RESEARCH CENTER.

SEC. 1610. FOOD SCIENCE AND NUTRITION RESEARCH CENTER. (a) Grant Authorized.— Subtitle D of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3171 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 1423 the following new section: “SEC. 1424. FOOD SCIENCE AND NUTRITION RESEARCH CENTER. “(a) Establishment of Center.— The Secretary may award a grant to a research facility described in subsection (b) to establish104 STAT. 3720 not less than one food science and nutrition research center for the Southeast Region of the United States. “(b) Research Facility Described.— The research facility referred to in subsection (a) is a research facility that is part of a land-grant college or university system and, on October 1, 1990, benefits from a dedicated non-Federal nutrition endowment of not less than $100,000,000. “(c) Administration of Funds.— The Cooperative State Research Service, in consultation with the Agricultural Research Service, shall administer funds appropriated to carry out this section— “(1) to assure a coordinated approach to human nutrition research; and “(2) to avoid duplication of research conducted at any research center established under subsection (a) with research conducted at Federal human nutrition research centers. “(d) Authorization of Appropriations.— There are authorized to be appropriated for each of the fiscal years 1991 through 1995 such sums as may be necessary to carry out this section.”. (b) Clerical Amendment.— The table of contents of the Food and Agriculture Act of 1977 (Public Law 95–113; 91 Stat. 913) is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 1423 the following new item: “Sec. 1424. Food science and nutrition research center.”.