agricultural research facilities study

agricultural research facilities study Sec. 1462. (a) The Secretary shall conduct a comprehensive study of the status and future needs of agricultural research facilities and, within fourteen months after the date of enactment of this title, submit to the President and Congress a report on this study. (b) (1) The report shall cover agricultural research facilities and materials including, but not limited to, buildings and farms, laboratories, plant, seed, genetic stock, insect, virus, and animal collections, and lease and purchase items such as computers, laboratory instruments, and related equipment. (2) The report shall include recommendations for a program to provide the United States with the most modem and efficient system of research facilities needed to advance agricultural research in all fields, and recommendations with regard to priority requirements for research instrumentation and facilities needing modernization, construction, or renovation in accordance with the requirements of State, regional, and national priority programs of research and based on the fullest utilization of human, monetary, and physical resources.