Federal · Title 7 — Agriculture
7 U.S.C. § 178d: Research and development program by Secretary of Commerce
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conducting research and development on extraction and processing techniques; economic analysis of the production of native latex, including usable byproducts; studying the environmental, social, and economic impacts of the commercial development of native latex; evaluating the commercial marketability of Parthenium and rubber derived from other hydrocarbon-containing plants; further refining present extraction and manufacturing technologies and future extraction and manufacturing technologies, including technologies which utilize solar energy; 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 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).
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