Since the NSF has $40 million for a plant genome initiative, there have been some questions raised concerning which agency, NSF or USDA, would serve as the lead agency for the national plant genome initiative. In the managers amendment, you clarified this issue by providing that USDA be the lead agency unless the funding it administered for the plant genome initiative was substantially less than that provided by another agency.
Discussing the lead agency for the national plant genome initiative during a congressional debate.
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