,,ii  #aahth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #hcd  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the
 ,,united ,,states  ,march #af1         
#bjbc,mr4 ,bennet 7for himself and ,mr4 
,marshall7 introduced the following     
bill2 which was read twice and referred 
to the ,committee on ,agriculture1      
,nutrition1 and ,forestry  ,a ,,bill    
,to amend the ,national ,agricultural   
,research1 ,extension1 and ,teaching    
,policy ,act of #aigg to reauthorize the
 ,agriculture ,advanced ,research and   
,development ,authority1 and for other  
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,advancing ,cutting 
,edge ,agriculture ,act of #bjbc or the 
,,ace ,agriculture ,act of #bjbc4  #b4  
,agriculture ,advanced ,research and    
,development ,authority ,section        
#adgc;,h of the ,national ,agricultural 
,research1 ,extension1 and ,teaching    
,policy ,act of #aigg 7#g ,u4,s4,c4     
#ccaik7 is amended-- 7#a7 in the section
 heading1 by striking ,pilot2  7#b7 in  
subsection 7a77#f77;,a71 by striking    

growing1 and inserting growing          
7including water conservation           
technologies and innovation712  7#c7 in 
subsection 7b7-- 7,a7 by striking pilot 
program each place it appears and       
inserting program2  7,b7 in paragraph   
7#b7-- 7i7 in subparagraph 7,b7-- 7,i7  
by inserting the long-term and high-risk
 technological before barriers2 and     
7,,ii7 by striking and resilience to    
extreme weather2 and inserting water    
conservation1 the reduction1 avoidance1 
sequestration1 or mitigation of         
greenhouse gas emissions from the       
agriculture sector1 and resilience to   
extreme weather1 drought1 infectious    
diseases1 plant and animal pathogens1   
and plant and animal pests22 and  7ii7  
in subparagraph 7,d71 by inserting or   
economic cost before the period at the  
end2  7,c7 in paragraph 7#c77;,b7-- 7i7 
in clause 7ii71 in the matter preceding 
subclause 7,i71 by striking advise the  
,chief ,scientist on1 and2 and  7ii7 by 
striking clause 7iii7 and inserting the 

following3  7iii7 ,relationship within  
the ,department of ,agriculture  7,i7   
,chief ,scientist ,the ,director shall  
work in close collaboration with the    
,office of the ,chief ,scientist4       
7,,ii7 ,other programs ,no other        
official who is the head of any other   
program of the ,department of           
,agriculture shall report to the        
,director4  2 and  7,d7 in paragraph    
7#i71 by striking the paragraph         
designation and heading and all that    
follows through ,in carrying out and    
inserting the following3  7#i7          
,personnel matters  7,a7 ,in general    
,the ,director shall establish and      
maintain within the ,,agarda a staff    
with sufficient qualifications and      
expertise to enable the ,,agarda to     
carry out the responsibilities of the   
,,agarda under this section in          
conjunction with other operations of the
 ,department of ,agriculture4  7,b7 ,use
 of existing personnel authorities ,in  
carrying out  2  7#d7 in subsection 7c71

 by adding at the end the following3    
7#d7 ,use of strategic plan ,the        
,secretary shall use the strategic plan 
developed under paragraph 7#a7 and dated
 #bjbb to inform the administration of  
the ,,agarda under this section4  2     
7#e7 in subsection 7d7-- 7,a7 by        
redesignating subparagraph 7,c7 of      
paragraph 7#b7 as paragraph 7#e71       
indenting appropriately1 and moving the 
paragraph so as to appear after         
paragraph 7#c72  7,b7 in paragraph 7#c71
 by striking #ej1jjj1jjj for each of    
fiscal years #bjai through #bjbc and    
inserting #ajj1jjj1jjj for each of      
fiscal years #bjbd through #bjbi2  7,c7 
by inserting after paragraph 7#c7 the   
following3  7#d7 ,other funding ,in     
addition to amounts otherwise made      
available to carry out this section1 the
 ,secretary may use to carry out this   
section other unobligated funds         
available to the ,secretary for any     
other purpose4  2 and  7,d7 in paragraph
 7#e7 7as redesignated by subparagraph  

7,a771 by striking this paragraph and   
inserting paragraph 7#b7 or 7#d72 and   
7#f7 by striking subsection 7e74