; and (ii) in the case of a State department of agriculture, the chief law enforcement officer of the State; and (B) paragraph (1) of this subsection shall not apply to the violation. (e) Authorization of appropriations There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as are necessary to carry out this section. (f) Effect Nothing in this section prohibits the production of hemp in a State or the territory of an Indian tribe for which a State or Tribal plan is not approved under this section in accordance with other Federal laws (including regulations). 297C. Authority to issue regulations and guidelines The Secretary shall have sole authority to issue Federal regulations and guidelines that relate to the production of hemp, including Federal regulations and guidelines that relate to the implementation of section 297B. . 3. Funding for hemp research (a) Supplemental and alternative crops Section 1473D(c)(3)(E) of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 ( 7 U.S.C. 3319d(c)(3)(E) ) is amended by inserting (including hemp (as defined in section 297A of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946)) after material . (b) Critical agricultural materials Section 5(b)(9) of the Critical Agricultural Materials Act ( 7 U.S.C. 178c(b)(9) ) is amended by inserting , and including hemp (as defined in section 297A of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946) after hydrocarbon-containing plants . 4. Legitimacy of industrial hemp research (a) In general Section 7606 of the Agricultural Act of 2014 ( 7 U.S.C. 5940 ) is amended— (1) by redesignating subsections (a) and (b) as subsections (b) and (a), respectively, and moving the subsections so as to appear in alphabetical order; (2) in subsection (b) (as so redesignated), in the subsection heading, by striking In general and inserting Industrial hemp research