AGRICULTURE AND FOOD RESEARCH INITIATIVE.

SEC. 7504. AGRICULTURE AND FOOD RESEARCH INITIATIVE. Subsection (b) of the Competitive, Special, and Facilities Research Grant Act (7 U.S.C. 3157(b)) is amended— (1) in paragraph (2)— (A) in subparagraph (D)— (i) by redesignating clauses (iii) through (vii) as clauses (iv) through (viii), respectively; and (ii) by inserting after clause (ii) the following new clause: “(iii) soil health;” ; (B) in subparagraph (E)— (i) in clause (iii), by striking “and” at the end; (ii) in clause (iv), by striking the period at the end and inserting “; and”; and (iii) by adding at the end the following new clause: “(v) tools that accelerate the use of automation or mechanization for labor-intensive tasks in the production and distribution of crops.” ; and (C) in subparagraph (F)— (i) in clause (vi), by striking “and” at the end; (ii) in clause (vii), by striking the period at the end and inserting “; and”; and (iii) by adding at the end the following new clause: “(viii) barriers and bridges to entry and farm viability for young, beginning, socially disadvantaged, veteran, and immigrant farmers and ranchers, including farm succession, transition, transfer, entry, and profitability issues.” ; (2) in paragraph (6)— (A) in subparagraph (D), by striking “and” at the end; (B) in subparagraph (E), by striking the period at the end and inserting “; and”; and (C) by adding at the end the following: “(F) to an institution to carry out collaboration in biomedical and agricultural research using existing research models.” ; and (3) in paragraph (11)(A)— (A) in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking “2018” and inserting “2023”; and (B) in clause (ii), by striking “4” and inserting “5”.