; (2) identifies, trains, and provides technical assistance to existing or prospective rural entrepreneurs and managers or processing facilities; (3) provides technical assistance to gain compliance with Federal, State, or local regulations; (4) conducts regional, community, and local economic development planning and coordination, and leadership development; or (5) establishes a center for training, technology, and trade that will provide training to livestock or meat processing employees. (d) Limitations on authorization of appropriations There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $20,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2021 through 2023. 8. Research on meat and poultry processing facilities Subtitle K of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 ( 7 U.S.C. 3310 et seq.) is amended by inserting the following: 1473I. Research on meat and poultry processing facilities (a) In general The Secretary, acting through the Director of the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, shall make competitive grants to land-grant colleges and universities to conduct and publish research on the feasibility of establishing new and expanding existing meat and poultry processing facilities. (b) Use of funds A land-grant college or university receiving a grant under subsection (a) shall use grant funds to conduct research that identifies— (1) regional differences and availability of livestock in underserved locations; (2) opportunities for varying sizes and scales of processing in various locations; (3) the advantages and disadvantages of scale