§ 3292a. United States-Mexico joint agricultural research

• (a) The Secretary may provide for an agricultural research and development program with the George E. Brown United States/Mexico Foundation for Science. The program shall focus on binational problems facing agricultural producers and consumers in the 2 countries, in particular pressing problems in the areas of food safety, plant and animal pest control, and the natural resources base on which agriculture depends.
• (b) Grants under the research and development program shall be awarded competitively through the Foundation.
• (c) The provision of funds to the Foundation by the United States Government shall be subject to the condition that the Government of Mexico match, on at least a dollar-for-dollar basis, any funds provided by the United States Government.
• (d) Funds provided under this section may not be used for the planning, repair, rehabilitation, acquisition, or construction of a building or facility.