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WILLIAM D. CARLSON 



ASSOCIATE ADMINISTRATOR 



COOPERATIVE STATE RESEARCH SERVICE 



U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



BEFORE THE 



SUBCOMMITTEE ON DEPARTMENT OPERATIONS AND NUTRITION 



OF THE 

 COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE 



JUNE 17, 1993 



Mr. Chainnan and members of the committee. I am Dr. Carlson, 

 Associate Administrator for the Cooperative State Research Service (CSRS) and 

 I am here this morning with Dr. Essex Finney, Acting Administrator for the 

 Agricultural Research Service (ARS). I am pleased to ^pear before you today 

 on behalf of the Secretary to discuss the processes followed by the Department 

 to manage its facilities programs for agricultural research and education both in 

 the CSRS and the ARS. 

 The ARS Program 



The ARS has research facilities and field locations at over 120 domestic 

 and foreign locations. Many of these facilities were built in the 1940s, '50s, 

 '60s, and '70s and require replacement or modernization. ARS has planning 

 and design initiatives underway to construct or modernize a number of these 

 facilities. The FY 1994 budget proposes $24.6 million for priority projects at 5 

 locations. 



