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. 1.4BE 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 1.7from the general fund to the Board of Regents of the University of Minnesota to advance 1.8innovation and new technologies in the biomanufacturing, precision agriculture, hypersonics, 1.9and green energy and green iron industries. 1Section 1. 25-04163 as introduced02/28/25 REVISOR VH/VJ SENATE STATE OF MINNESOTA S.F. No. 3108NINETY-FOURTH SESSION (SENATE AUTHORS: CLARK) OFFICIAL STATUSD-PGDATE Introduction and first reading04/01/2025 Referred to Higher Education