; and (2) does not supersede or modify any existing authorities. (l) Funding (1) Fund There is established in the Treasury of the United States a fund, to be known as the Agriculture Transformation Acceleration Fund , which shall be administered by the Director for the purposes of carrying out this section. (2) Separate budget and appropriation (A) Budget request The budget request for ARPA–Terra shall be separate from the rest of the budget request of the Department. (B) Appropriations Appropriations to the Fund shall be separate and distinct from the rest of the appropriations for the Department. . (b) Conforming amendments (1) The first section 225 of the Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 (relating to Food Access Liaison) ( 7 U.S.C. 6925 ) is redesignated as section 224A. (2) Section 296(b) of the Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 ( 7 U.S.C. 7014(b) ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (11) The authority of the Secretary to establish in the Department the Advanced Research Projects Agency–Terra under section 224B. .