1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to higher education; appropriating money for the University of Minnesota 
1.3 	to perform research in promising industry sectors.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. APPROPRIATIONS; INDUSTRY RESEARCH.
 1.6 	$40,000,000 in fiscal year 2026 and $40,000,000 in fiscal year 2027 are appropriated 
1.7 	from the general fund to the Board of Regents of the University of Minnesota to advance 
1.8 	innovation and new technologies in the biomanufacturing, precision agriculture, hypersonics, 
1.9 	and green energy and green iron industries.