Implementation of national strategic germplasm and cultivar collection assessment and utilization plan

(a) In general The Secretary of Agriculture (referred to in this section as the Secretary) shall implement the National Strategic Germplasm and Cultivar Collection Assessment and Utilization Plan developed under section 1632(d)(6) of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 5841(d)(6)) (referred to in this section as the Plan). (b) Staff The Secretary shall retain or employ such staff as the Secretary determines necessary to implement the Plan. (c) Report The Secretary shall submit to Congress an annual report that includes the following: (1) A description of the progress towards implementation of the Plan. (2) A description of the staff retained or employed under subsection (b). (3) Annual expenditures related to the implementation of— (A) the National Plant Germplasm System; and (B) the Plan. (4) Data on the use of the National Plant Germplasm System, including— (A) the number of germplasm requests submitted to the Agricultural Research Service Germplasm Resources Information Network; (B) the sectors (such as private, public, corporation, or independent) of the entities that submitted requests described in subparagraph (A); (C) the number of fulfilled requests described in subparagraph (A), by crop and Agricultural Research Service location; and (D) the sectors described in subparagraph (B) of the entities for which requests described in subparagraph (A) were fulfilled.