TOBACCO RESEARCH FOR MEDICINAL PURPOSES.

SEC. 222. TOBACCO RESEARCH FOR MEDICINAL PURPOSES. (a) Assistance.—Of the amount made available under section 261(a)(2), the Secretary, acting through the Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, shall use $3,000,000 to provide a grant jointly to Georgetown University and North Carolina State University to conduct research regarding the extraction and purification of proteins from genetically altered tobacco that may be used as a vaccine for cervical cancer. (b) Relation to Other Law.—The Secretary may make the grant described in subsection (a) notwithstanding any general prohibition on the use of appropriated funds to carry out research related to the production, processing, or marketing of tobacco or tobacco products.