JOINT COUNCIL ON FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES.

SEC. 852. JOINT COUNCIL ON FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES. (a) Repeal.— Section 1407 of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3122) is repealed. (b) Conforming Amendments.— (1) Section 1405 of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3121) is amended— (A) in paragraph (5), by striking “Joint Council, Advisory Board,” and inserting “Advisory Board”; and (B) in paragraph (11), by striking “the Joint Council,”. (2) Section 1410(2) of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3125(2)) is amended by striking “the recommendations of the Joint Council developed under section 1407(f),”. (3) Section 1412 of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3127) is amended— (A) in the section heading, by striking “the joint council, advisory board,” and inserting “advisory board”; (B) in subsection (a)— (i) by striking “Joint Council, the Advisory Board,” and inserting “Advisory Board”; (ii) by striking “the cochairpersons of the Joint Council and” each place it appears; and (iii) in paragraph (2), by striking “one shall serve as the executive secretary to the Joint Council, one shall serve as the executive secretary to the Advisory Board,” and inserting “one shall serve as the executive secretary to the Advisory Board”; and (C) in subsections (b) and (c), by striking “Joint Council, Advisory Board,” each place it appears and inserting “Advisory Board”. (4) Section 1413 of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3128) is amended— (A) in subsection (a), by striking “Joint Council, the Advisory Board,” and inserting “Advisory Board”; and (B) in subsection (b), by striking “Joint Council, Advisory Board,” and inserting “Advisory Board”. (5) Section 1434(c) of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3196(c)) is amended— (A) in the second sentence, by striking “Joint Council, the Advisory Board,” and inserting “Advisory Board”; and 110 STAT. 1172 (B) in the fourth sentence, by striking “the Joint Council,”.