In the August 26, 2016, Federal Register, USDA's National Institute for Food and Agriculture ("NIFA") issued a final rule revising the general administrative guidelines applicable to the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative competitive grant program. Specifically, the final rule implements the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative commodity board provisions added by section 7404 of the Agricultural Act of 2014, which amended the general administration, special considerations, and eligible entities subsections for the program, and added a special contributions requirement making it necessary to modify the program's administrative provisions. The rule was effective August 26, 2016.
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