; and (3) by adding at the end the following: (4) persons furnishing to producers or harvesters of aquatic products services directly related to their operating needs. . V Improving agricultural research 501. Funding for agricultural research in States without Agricultural Research Service facilities Subtitle B of title VI of the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 ( 7 U.S.C. 7651 et seq. ) is amended by adding at the end the following: 621. Funding for agricultural research in States without Agricultural Research Service facilities There is authorized to be appropriated $5,000,000 for fiscal year 2024 and each fiscal year thereafter, to remain available until expended, for agricultural research at 1862 Institutions and State agriculture agencies in States that do not have an Agricultural Research Service facility, to address the research priorities of those States. . 502. Seaweed methane reduction research grants Subtitle H of title XVI of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 is amended by inserting after section 1673 ( 7 U.S.C. 5926 ) the following: 1674. Seaweed methane reduction research grants (a) Definitions In this section: (1) Eligible entity The term eligible entity means an institution of higher education (as defined in section 101 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1001 )). (2) Secretary The term Secretary means the Secretary of Agriculture. (b) Grants The Secretary shall provide grants to eligible entities for the research and development of the suitability of cold-water seaweed species for reduction of enteric methane through livestock feed additives. (c) Research priorities The Secretary shall give priority in providing grants under subsection (b) for the following types of research: (1) Research conducted on which varieties of seaweed inhibit methane production. (2) Research conducted on which varieties of seaweed that inhibit methane production can grow in cold-water climates. (3) Research conducted on whether bromoform from seaweed