§ 178d. — Research and development program by Secretary of Commerce.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 7USC178d]
TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
CHAPTER 8A--RUBBER AND OTHER CRITICAL AGRICULTURAL MATERIALS
SUBCHAPTER II--CRITICAL AGRICULTURAL MATERIALS
Sec. 178d. Research and development program by Secretary of
Commerce
The Secretary of Commerce is authorized and directed to initiate and
carry out research, technology development, technology transfer, and
demonstration projects to test and demonstrate the economic feasibility
of the manufacture and commercialization of natural rubber from
Parthenium or other hydrocarbon-containing plants or the manufacture and
commercialization of other critical agricultural materials from native
agricultural crops having strategic and industrial importance. Such
research shall include but not be limited to--
(a) conducting research and development on extraction and
processing techniques;
(b) economic analysis of the production of native latex,
including usable byproducts;
(c) studying the environmental, social, and economic impacts of
the commercial development of native latex;
(d) evaluating the commercial marketability of Parthenium and
rubber derived from other hydrocarbon-containing plants;
(e) further refining present extraction and manufacturing
technologies and future extraction and manufacturing technologies,
including technologies which utilize solar energy;
(f) developing pertinent material and records on manufacturing
of natural rubber which shall be available to other Federal and
State agencies and private persons who are interested in or involved
in natural rubber development, or manufacture; and
(g) to the extent appropriate, carrying out research activities
with respect to native agricultural crops (other than Parthenium and
other hydrocarbon-containing plants) that would supply critical
agricultural materials for strategic and industrial purposes, in the
manner specified in clauses (a) through (f).
(Pub. L. 95-592, Sec. 6, Nov. 4, 1978, 92 Stat. 2531; Pub. L. 98-284,
Sec. 6, May 16, 1984, 98 Stat. 183.)
Amendments
1984--Pub. L. 98-284, Sec. 6(1), (2), inserted in provisions
preceding cl. (a) reference to the manufacture and commercialization of
other critical agricultural materials from native agricultural crops
having strategic and industrial importance, and struck out ``may be
carried out through the Regional Commissions or otherwise and'' after
``Such research''.
Cl. (g). Pub. L. 98-284, Sec. 6(5), added cl. (g).
