I call up amendment No. 2287 and ask unanimous consent that the reading be dispensed with. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report. The legislative clerk read as follows: The Senator from Delaware [Mr. Carper], for himself and Mr. Boozman, proposes an amendment numbered 2287. The amendment is as follows: (Purpose: To modify a provision relating to high-priority research and extension initiatives) On page 805, strike lines 18 through 22 and insert the following: (43), (47), (48), (51), and (52); (B) by redesignating paragraphs (6), (9), (10), (40), (44), (45), (46), (49), and (50) as paragraphs (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (8), and (9), respectively; and (C) by adding at the end the following: ``(10) Corn, soybean meal, cereal grains, and grain byproducts research and extension.--Research and extension grants may be made under this section for the purpose of carrying out or enhancing research to improve the digestibility, nutritional value, and efficiency of use of corn, soybean meal, cereal grains, and grain byproducts for the poultry and food animal production industries.''; The PRESIDING OFFICER. There will now be 2 minutes of debate equally divided.
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