(a) Authorization of appropriations to Secretary of AgricultureThere are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out this subchapter—(1) such sums as are necessary for each of fiscal years 1991 through 2013; and
(2) $2,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2023.
(b) Administration and managementNo more than 3 per centum of funds authorized under subsection (a) shall be available for administration and management of the program.
(c) Contract authority as limited by amounts provided in appropriations actsNotwithstanding any other provision of this subchapter the authority to enter into contracts shall be effective for any fiscal year only to such extent or in such amounts as are provided in appropriations Acts.
(d) Activities limited to critical materials other than native latex after fiscal 1988Notwithstanding any other provision of this subchapter, the Secretaries and the Joint Commission shall limit their activities under this subchapter to critical agricultural materials other than native latex after the close of the fiscal year ending September 30, 1988.
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CHAPTER 8A— RUBBER AND OTHER CRITICAL AGRICULTURAL MATERIALS
SUBCHAPTER II— CRITICAL AGRICULTURAL MATERIALS
§ 178. Congressional findings and declaration of policy
§ 178b. Joint Commission on Research and Development of Critical Agricultural Materials
§ 178c. Research and development program by Secretary of Agriculture
§ 178d. Research and development program by Secretary of Commerce
§ 178e. Cooperative projects with Mexico, Australia, and Israel
§ 178f. Assistance from States and public agencies; contracts and agreements
§ 178g. Powers of Secretary of Agriculture
§ 178h. Powers of Secretary of Commerce
§ 178i. Coordination of activities with Federal agencies
§ 178j. Laws governing inventions under this subchapter
§ 178k. Disposition of byproducts and strategic and industrially important products