The bill also includes money for the Food and Drug Administration to monitor dietary supplements, providing funding for voluntary reporting of adverse effects.

Utah State University, the state's land-grant institution, will get millions out of the bill for continued research in several fields, including about $3.5 million for a poisonous plant lab in Logan to continue research on the plants and their effects on the agricultural industry, particularly range livestock; and nearly $3.5 million to continue a forage and range research lab to study grasses that use less water.

"Each dollar spent on research helps America's agriculture industry become more efficient and productive," Sen. Bob Bennett, R-Utah, said in a statement. "It's an important investment with a sizable return."

Republican Senate colleague Orrin Hatch praised another section of the bill that earmarks $1.5 million to the FDA that will allow the dietary supplement industry to voluntarily report problems.

"This funding will help the FDA apply the law to protect consumers from unsafe products," Hatch said.

tburr@sltrib.com

Earmarked for a wide range of endeavors

The bill also includes:

* $20 million for the Environmental Quality Incentives Program, which administers conservation projects such as drought relief and water quality programs for Utah farmers and ranchers.

* $5 million for the Utah Conservation Initiative to help meet conservation and natural resources needs statewide.

* About $5 million for habitat and conservation efforts to help keep the sage grouse off the endangered species list.

* $3 million to continue improvements to the Washington Fields Canal, which will divert water from the Virgin River in southwestern Utah.

* $1.5 million for the Jack Berryman Institute, which evaluates wildlife disease threats.

* $1.5 million to continue research on large predators in Utah and the Intermountain West.

* $1.485 million for the Biotechnology and Genomics Research Center at Utah State University, which studies how organisms react to their environments.

* $1 million for air quality research in the agricultural industry to help modify practices that would yield lower harmful emissions.

* $1 million to help reduce cricket and grasshopper populations.

* $900,000 for the Utah Botanical Center to assist in research and education of native plants, wildlife and wetlands relating to urban growth.