RESEARCH FACILITIES ACT.

SEC. 7503. RESEARCH FACILITIES ACT. (a) Agricultural Research Facility Defined.—The Research Facilities Act is amended— (1) in section 2(1) (7 U.S.C. 390(1)) by striking “a college, university, or nonprofit institution” and inserting “an entity eligible to receive funds under a capacity and infrastructure program (as defined in section 251(f)(1)(C) of the Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 (7 U.S.C. 6971(f)(1)(C)))”; and (2) in section 3(c)(2)(D) (7 U.S.C. 390a(c)(2)(D)), by striking “recipient college, university, or nonprofit institution” and inserting “recipient entity”. (b) Long-term Support.—Section 3(c)(2)(D) of the Research Facilities Act (7 U.S.C. 390a(c)(2)(D)), as amended by subsection (a), is further amended by striking “operating costs” and inserting “operating and maintenance costs”. (c) Competitive Grant Program.—The Research Facilities Act is amended by inserting after section 3 (7 U.S.C. 390a) the following new section: “SEC. SEC. 4. [7 U.S.C. 390b] COMPETITIVE GRANT PROGRAM The Secretary shall establish a program to make competitive grants to assist in the construction, alteration, acquisition, modernization, renovation, or remodeling of agricultural research facilities.” . (d) Authorization of Appropriations and Funding Limitations.—Section 6 of the Research Facilities Act (7 U.S.C. 390d) is amended— (1) in subsection (a)— (A) by striking “subsection (b),” and inserting “subsections (b), (c), and (d),”; (B) by striking “2018” and inserting “2023”; and (C) by adding at the end the following new sentence: “Funds appropriated pursuant to the preceding sentence shall be available until expended.”; and (2) by adding at the end the following new subsections: “(c) Maximum Amount.—Not more than 25 percent of the funds made available pursuant to subsection (a) for any fiscal year shall be used for any single agricultural research facility project. “(d) Project Limitation.—An entity eligible to receive funds under this Act may receive funds for only one project at a time.” .