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U.S. GOVERNMENT
INFORMATION
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115TH CONGRESS REPORT
1st Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 115-125
EDWARD T. SCHAFER AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER
MAY 16, 2017.-Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed
Mr. CONAWAY, from the Committee on Agriculture,
submitted the following
REPORT
[To accompany H.R. 2154]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Agriculture, to whom was referred the bill
(H.R. 2154) to rename the Red River Valley Agricultural Research
Center in Fargo, North Dakota, as the Edward T. Schafer Agricul-
tural Research Center, having considered the same, report favor-
ably thereon with an amendment and recommend that the bill as
amended do pass.
The amendment is as follows:
Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the following:
SECTION 1. RENAMING OF THE RED RIVER VALLEY AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER IN
FARGO, NORTH DAKOTA AS THE EDWARD T. SCHAFER AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH
CENTER.
(a) RENAMING.-The Red River Valley Agricultural Research Center in Fargo,
North Dakota, shall hereafter be known and designated as the Edward T. Schafer
Agricultural Research Center.
(b) REFERENCES.-Any reference in any law, regulation, map, document, paper, or
other record of the United States to the facility referred to in subsection (a) shall
be considered to be a reference to the Edward T. Schafer Agricultural Research Cen-
ter.
BRIEF EXPLANATION
H.R. 2154 renames the Red River Valley Agricultural Research
Center in Fargo, North Dakota, as the Edward T. Schafer Agricul-
tural Research Center.
PURPOSE AND NEED FOR LEGISLATION
Edward T. Schafer served as North Dakota's Governor from 1992
to 2000, and as our nation's Secretary of Agriculture from 2008 to
2009. Renaming the Red River Valley Agricultural Research Center
in Fargo, North Dakota, to honor Secretary Schafer is a fitting trib-
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