The agency, referred to in text, means the Agricultural Research Service.

Section was enacted as part of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2003, and also as part of the Consolidated Appropriations Resolution, 2003, and not as part of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 which comprises this chapter.

Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in the following prior appropriation acts:

Pub. L. 107–76, title I, Nov. 29, 2001, 115 Stat. 709.

Pub. L. 106–387, § 1(a) [title I], Oct. 28, 2000, 114 Stat. 1549, 1549A–6.

Pub. L. 106–78, title I, Oct. 22, 1999, 113 Stat. 1140.

Pub. L. 105–277, div. A, § 101(a) [title I], Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2681, 2681–5.