1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to higher education; increasing funding to the Natural Resources Research 
1.3 	Institute at the University of Minnesota; appropriating money.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH INSTITUTE; APPROPRIATION.
 1.6 	$10,000,000 in fiscal year 2022 and $10,000,000 in fiscal year 2023 are appropriated 
1.7 	from the general fund to the Board of Regents of the University of Minnesota for the Natural 
1.8 	Resources Research Institute to invest in applied research for economic development.