110 HR 2419 RH: Farm, Nutrition, and Bioenergy Act of 2007 U.S. House of Representatives 2007-07-23 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
IB Union Calendar No. 164 110th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2419 [Report No. 110–256, Part I] IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 22, 2007 Mr. Peterson of Minnesota introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned July 23, 2007 Reported from the Committee on Agriculture with an amendment Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic July 23, 2007 Committee on Foreign Affairs discharged; committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on May 22, 2007 A BILL To provide for the continuation of agricultural programs through fiscal year 2012, and for other purposes.
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Short title and table of contents
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Short title
This Act may be cited as the Farm, Nutrition, and Bioenergy Act of 2007. (b)
Table of contents
The table of contents for this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title and table of contents. Title I—Commodity Programs Sec. 1001. Definitions. Subtitle A—Direct Payments and Counter-Cyclical Payments Sec. 1101. Adjustments to base acres. Sec. 1102. Availability of direct payments. Sec. 1103. Availability of counter-cyclical payments. Sec. 1104. Availability of revenue-based counter-cyclical payments. Sec. 1105. Producer agreement required as condition of provision of direct payments and counter-cyclical payments. Sec. 1106. Planting flexibility. Sec. 1107. Period of effectiveness. Subtitle B—Marketing Assistance Loans and Loan Deficiency Payments Sec. 1201. Availability of nonrecourse marketing assistance loans for loan commodities. Sec. 1202. Loan rates for nonrecourse marketing assistance loans. Sec. 1203. Term of loans. Sec. 1204. Repayment of loans. Sec. 1205. Loan deficiency payments. Sec. 1206. Payments in lieu of loan deficiency payments for grazed acreage. Sec. 1207. Special marketing loan provisions for upland cotton. Sec. 1208. Special competitive provisions for extra long staple cotton. Sec. 1209. Availability of recourse loans for high moisture feed grains and seed cotton. Sec. 1210. Deadline for repayment of marketing assistance loan for peanuts. Sec. 1211. Commodity quality incentive payments for healthy oilseeds. Subtitle C—Sugar Sec. 1301. Sugar program. Sec. 1302. United States membership in the international sugar organization. Sec. 1303. Flexible marketing allotments for sugar. Subtitle D—Dairy-Related Provisions Sec. 1401. Dairy product price support program. Sec. 1402. Dairy forward pricing program. Sec. 1403. Dairy export incentive program. Sec. 1404. Revision of Federal marketing order amendment procedures. Sec. 1405. Dairy indemnity program. Sec. 1406. Extension of milk income loss contract program. Sec. 1407. Dairy promotion and research program. Sec. 1408. Report on Department of Agriculture reporting procedures for nonfat dry milk. Sec. 1409. Federal Milk Marketing Order Review Commission. Subtitle E—Administration Sec. 1501. Administration generally. Sec. 1502. Suspension of permanent price support authority. Sec. 1503. Payment Limitations. Sec. 1504. Adjusted gross income limitation. Sec. 1505. Adjustments of loans. Sec. 1506. Personal liability of producers for deficiencies. Sec. 1507. Extension of existing administrative authority regarding loans. Sec. 1508. Assignment of payments. Sec. 1509. Tracking of benefits. Sec. 1510. Upland cotton storage payments. Sec. 1511. Government publication of cotton price forecasts. Title II—Conservation Subtitle A—Conservation Programs of the Food Security Act of 1985 Sec. 2101. Conservation reserve program. Sec. 2102. Wetlands reserve program. Sec. 2103. Conservation security program. Sec. 2104. Grassland reserve program. Sec. 2105. Environmental quality incentives program. Sec. 2106. Regional water enhancement program. Sec. 2107. Grassroots source water protection program. Sec. 2108. Conservation of private grazing land. Sec. 2109. Great Lakes basin program for soil erosion and sediment control. Sec. 2110. Farm and ranchland protection program. Sec. 2111. Farm viability program. Sec. 2112. Wildlife habitat incentive program. Subtitle B—Conservation Programs Under Other Laws Sec. 2201. Agricultural management assistance program. Sec. 2202. Resource Conservation and Development Program. Sec. 2203. Small watershed rehabilitation program. Subtitle C—Additional Conservation Programs Sec. 2301. Chesapeake Bay program for nutrient reduction and sediment control. Sec. 2302. Voluntary public access and habitat incentive program. Subtitle D—Administration and Funding Sec. 2401. Funding of conservation programs under Food Security Act of 1985. Sec. 2402. Improved provision of technical assistance under conservation programs. Sec. 2403. Cooperative conservation partnership initiative. Sec. 2404. Regional equity and flexibility. Sec. 2405. Administrative requirements for conservation programs. Sec. 2406. Annual report on participation by specialty crop producers in conservation programs. Sec. 2407. Promotion of market-based approaches to conservation. Sec. 2408. Establishment of State technical committees and their responsibilities. Sec. 2409. Payment limitations. Subtitle E—Miscellaneous Provisions Sec. 2501. Inclusion of income from affiliated packing and handling operations as income derived from farming for application of adjusted gross income limitation on eligibility for conservation programs. Sec. 2502. Encouragement of voluntary sustainability practices guidelines. Sec. 2503. Farmland resource information. Title III—Trade Sec. 3001. Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954. Sec. 3002. Export credit guarantee program. Sec. 3003. Market access program. Sec. 3004. Food for Progress Act of 1985. Sec. 3005. McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition program. Sec. 3006. Bill Emerson Humanitarian Trust. Sec. 3007. Technical assistance for specialty crops. Sec. 3008. Technical assistance for the resolution of trade disputes. Sec. 3009. Representation by the United States at international standard-setting bodies. Sec. 3010. Foreign market development cooperator program. Sec. 3011. Emerging markets. Sec. 3012. Export Enhancement Program. Sec. 3013. Minimum level of nonemergency food assistance. Sec. 3014. Germplasm conservation. Title IV—NUTRITION PROGRAMS Subtitle A—Food Stamp Program Sec. 4001. Renaming the food stamp program. Sec. 4002. Definition of drug addiction or alcoholic treatment and rehabilitation program. Sec. 4003. Nutrition education. Sec. 4004. Food distribution on Indian reservations. Sec. 4005. Deobligate food stamp coupons. Sec. 4006. Allow for the accrual of benefits. Sec. 4007. State option for telephonic signature. Sec. 4008. Review of major changes in program design. Sec. 4009. Grants for simple application and eligibility determination systems and improved access to benefits. Sec. 4010. Civil money penalties and disqualification of retail food stores and wholesale food concerns. Sec. 4011. Major systems failures. Sec. 4012. Funding of employment and training programs. Sec. 4013. Reductions in payments for administrative costs. Sec. 4014. Cash payment pilot projects. Sec. 4015. Findings of Congress regarding Secure Supplemental Nutrition Assistance program nutrition education. Sec. 4016. Nutrition education and promotion initiative to address obesity. Sec. 4017. Authorization of appropriations. Sec. 4018. Consolidated block grants for Puerto Rico and American Samoa. Sec. 4019. Study on comparable access to Secure Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits for Puerto Rico. Sec. 4020. Reauthorization of community food project competitive grants. Sec. 4021. Emergency food assistance. Subtitle B—Commodity Distribution Sec. 4201. Authorization of appropriations. Sec. 4202. Distribution of surplus commodities; special nutrition projects. Sec. 4203. Commodity distribution program. Subtitle C—Child Nutrition and Related Programs Sec. 4301. Purchase of fresh fruits and vegetables for distribution to schools and service institutions. Sec. 4302. Buy American requirements. Sec. 4303. Expansion of fresh fruit and vegetable program. Sec. 4304. Purchases of locally produced foods. Subtitle D—Miscellaneous Sec. 4401. Seniors farmers’ market nutrition program. Sec. 4402. Congressional Hunger Center. Sec. 4403. Joint nutrition monitoring and related research activities. Title V—CREDIT Subtitle A—Farm ownership loans Sec. 5001. Conservation loan guarantee program. Sec. 5002. Limitations on amount of ownership loans. Sec. 5003. Down payment loan program. Sec. 5004. Beginning farmer and rancher contract land sales program. Subtitle B—Operating loans Sec. 5011. Limitations on amount of operating loans. Sec. 5012. Suspension of limitation on period for which borrowers are eligible for guaranteed assistance. Subtitle C—Administrative provisions Sec. 5021. Inventory sales preferences. Sec. 5022. Loan fund set-asides. Sec. 5023. Transition to private commercial or other sources of credit. Sec. 5024. Extension of the right of first refusal to reacquire homestead property to immediate family members of borrower-owner. Sec. 5025. Rural development and farm loan program activities. Subtitle D—Farm credit Sec. 5031. Agribusiness loan eligibility. Sec. 5032. Loan-to-asset value requirements. Sec. 5033. Population limit for single-family housing loans. Sec. 5034. Bank for cooperatives voting stock. Sec. 5035. Majority farmer control requirement. Sec. 5036. Borrower stock requirement. Sec. 5037. Rural utility loans. Sec. 5038. Farm Credit System Insurance Corporation. Sec. 5039. Risk-based capital levels. Sec. 5040. Loans to purchasers of highly fractioned lands. Title VI—Rural Development Sec. 6001. Definition of rural. Sec. 6002. Water, waste disposal, and wastewater facility grants. Sec. 6003. Rural business opportunity grants. Sec. 6004. Rural water and wastewater circuit rider program. Sec. 6005. Tribal college and university essential community facilities. Sec. 6006.  Emergency and imminent community water assistance grant program. Sec. 6007. Water systems for rural and native villages in Alaska. Sec. 6008. Grants to nonprofit organizations to finance the construction, refurbishing, and servicing of individually-owned household water well systems in rural areas for individuals with low or moderate incomes. Sec. 6009. Rural cooperative development grants. Sec. 6010. Criteria to be applied in providing loans and loan guarantees under the business and industry loan program. Sec. 6011. Appropriate technology transfer for rural areas program. Sec. 6012. Grants to improve technical infrastructure and improve quality of rural health care facilities. Sec. 6013. Rural entrepreneur and microenterprise assistance program. Sec. 6014. Criteria to be applied in considering applications for rural development projects. Sec. 6015. National sheep industry improvement center. Sec. 6016. National rural development partnership. Sec. 6017. Historic barn preservation. Sec. 6018. Grants for NOAA weather radio transmitters. Sec. 6019. Delta regional authority. Sec. 6020. Northern great plains regional authority. Sec. 6021. Rural strategic investment program. Sec. 6022. Expansion of 911 access. Sec. 6023. Access to broadband telecommunications services in rural areas. Sec. 6024. Community connect grant program. Sec. 6025. Agriculture innovation center demonstration program. Sec. 6026. Rural firefighters and emergency medical service assistance program. Sec. 6027. Value-added agricultural market development program. Sec. 6028. Assistance for rural public television stations. Sec. 6029. Telemedicine and distance learning services in rural areas. Sec. 6030. Guarantees for bonds and notes issued for electrification or telephone purposes. Sec. 6031. Comprehensive rural broadband strategy. Sec. 6032. Study of railroad issues. Title VII—Research Subtitle A—General Provisions Sec. 7101. Definitions. Sec. 7102. Budget submission and funding. Sec. 7103. Additional purposes of agricultural research and extension. Sec. 7104. National agricultural research program office. Sec. 7105. Establishment of competitive grant programs under the National Institute for Food and Agriculture. Sec. 7106. Merging of IFAFS and NRI. Sec. 7107. Capacity building grants for ASCARR institutions. Sec. 7108. Establishment of research laboratories for animal diseases. Sec. 7109. Grazinglands research laboratory. Sec. 7110. Researcher training. Sec. 7111. Fort Reno Science Park research facility. Sec. 7112. Assessing the nutritional composition of beef products. Sec. 7113. Sense of Congress regarding funding for human nutrition research. Subtitle B—National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 Sec. 7201. Advisory board. Sec. 7202. Advisory board termination. Sec. 7203. Renewable energy committee. Sec. 7204. Specialty crop committee report. Sec. 7205. Inclusion of UDC in grants and fellowships for food and agricultural sciences education. Sec. 7206. Grants and fellowships for food and agricultural sciences education. Sec. 7207. Grants for research on production and marketing of alcohols and industrial hydrocarbons from agricultural commodities and forest products. Sec. 7208. Policy research centers. Sec. 7209. Human nutrition intervention and health promotion research program. Sec. 7210. Pilot research program to combine medical and agricultural research. Sec. 7211. Nutrition education program. Sec. 7212. Continuing animal health and disease research programs. Sec. 7213. Cooperation among eligible institutions. Sec. 7214. Appropriations for research on national or regional problems. Sec. 7215. Authorization level of extension at 1890 land-grant colleges. Sec. 7216. Authorization level for agricultural research at 1890 land-grant colleges. Sec. 7217. Grants to upgrade agriculture and food sciences facilities at the District of Columbia Land Grant University. Sec. 7218. Grants to upgrade agricultural and food sciences facilities at 1890 land-grant colleges, including Tuskegee University. Sec. 7219. National research and training virtual centers. Sec. 7220. Matching funds requirement for research and extension activities of 1890 institutions. Sec. 7221. Hispanic-serving institutions. Sec. 7222. Hispanic-serving agricultural colleges and universities. Sec. 7223. International agricultural research, extension, and education. Sec. 7224. Competitive grants for international agricultural science and education programs. Sec. 7225. Limitation on indirect costs for agricultural research, education, and extension programs. Sec. 7226. Research equipment grants. Sec. 7227. University research. Sec. 7228. Extension service. Sec. 7229. Supplemental and alternative crops. Sec. 7230. Aquaculture research facilities. Sec. 7231. Rangeland research. Sec. 7232. Special authorization for biosecurity planning and response. Sec. 7233. Resident instruction and distance education grants program for insular area institutions of higher education. Subtitle C—Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 Sec. 7301. National genetics resources program. Sec. 7302. National agricultural weather information system. Sec. 7303. Partnerships. Sec. 7304. Aflatoxin research and extension. Sec. 7305. High-priority research and extension areas. Sec. 7306. High-priority research and extension initiatives. Sec. 7307. Nutrient management research and extension initiative. Sec. 7308. Agricultural telecommunications program. Sec. 7309. Assistive technology program for farmers with disabilities. Sec. 7310. Organic research. Sec. 7311. National rural information center clearinghouse. Sec. 7312. New era rural technology program. Subtitle D—Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 Sec. 7401. Partnerships for high-value agricultural product quality research. Sec. 7402. Precision agriculture. Sec. 7403. Biobased products. Sec. 7404. Thomas Jefferson initiative for crop diversification. Sec. 7405. Integrated research, education, and extension competitive grants program. Sec. 7406. Fusarium graminearum grants. Sec. 7407. Bovine Johne’s disease control program. Sec. 7408. Grants for youth organizations. Sec. 7409. Agricultural biotechnology research and development for developing countries. Sec. 7410. Agricultural bioenergy and biobased products research initiative. Sec. 7411. Specialty crop research initiative. Sec. 7412. Office of pest management policy. Subtitle E—Other Laws Sec. 7501. Critical agricultural materials act. Sec. 7502. Equity in Educational Land-Grant Status Act of 1994. Sec. 7503. Agricultural experiment station Research Facilities Act. Sec. 7504. National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act Amendments of 1985. Sec. 7505. Competitive, Special, and Facilities Research Grant Act (national research initiative). Sec. 7506. Agricultural Risk Protection Act of 2000 (carbon cycle research). Sec. 7507. Renewable Resources Extension Act of 1978. Sec. 7508. National Aquaculture Act of 1980. Sec. 7509. Construction of a Chinese Garden at the National Arboretum. Sec. 7510. Public education regarding use of biotechnology in producing food for human consumption. Sec. 7511. Fresh cut produce safety grants. Sec. 7512. UDC/EFNEP Eligibility. Sec. 7513. Smith-Lever Act. Sec. 7514. Hatch Act of 1987. Subtitle F—Additional Provisions Sec. 7601. Merit review of extension and educational grants. Sec. 7602. Review of plan of work requirements. Sec. 7603. Multistate and integration funding. Sec. 7604. Expanded food and nutrition education program. Sec. 7605. Grants to 1890 schools to expand extension capacity. Sec. 7606. Borlaug international agricultural science and technology fellowship program. Sec. 7607. Support for research regarding diseases of wheat, triticale, and barley caused by fusarium graminearum or by tilletia indica. Sec. 7608. Cost Recovery. Sec. 7609. Organic Food and Agricultural Systems Funding. Title VIII—Forestry Subtitle A—Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 Sec. 8001. National priorities for private forest conservation. Sec. 8002. Long-term, State-wide assessments and strategies for forest resources. Sec. 8003. Assistance to the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau. Sec. 8004. Changes to Forest Resource Coordinating Committee. Sec. 8005. Changes to State Forest Stewardship Coordinating Committees. Sec. 8006. Competition in programs under Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978. Sec. 8007. Cooperative forest innovation partnership projects. Subtitle B—Amendments to Other Laws Sec. 8101. Healthy forest reserve program. Sec. 8102. Emergency forest restoration program. Sec. 8103. Office of International Forestry. Sec. 8104. Rural revitalization technologies. Subtitle C—Miscellaneous Provisions Sec. 8201. Hispanic-serving institution agricultural land national resources leadership program. Title IX—Energy Sec. 9001. Table of contents. Sec. 9002. Federal procurement of biobased products. Sec. 9003. Loan guarantees for biorefineries and biofuel production plants. Sec. 9004. Energy audit and renewable energy development program. Sec. 9005. Renewable energy systems and energy efficiency improvements. Sec. 9006. Biomass Research and Development Act of 2000. Sec. 9007. Adjustments to the bioenergy program. Sec. 9008. Research, extension, and educational programs on biobased energy technologies and products. Sec. 9009. Energy Council of the Department of Agriculture. Sec. 9010. Farm energy production pilot program. Sec. 9011. Rural energy self-sufficiency initiative. Sec. 9012. Agricultural biofuels from biomass internship pilot program. Sec. 9013. Feedstock flexibility program for bioenergy producers. Sec. 9014. Dedicated ethanol pipeline feasibility studies. Sec. 9015. Biomass inventory report. Sec. 9016. Future farmsteads program. Sec. 9017. Sense of Congress on renewable energy. Title X—Horticulture and Organic Agriculture Subtitle A—Honey and Bees Sec. 10001. Annual report on response to honey bee colony collapse disorder. Subtitle B—Horticulture Provisions Sec. 10101. Tree assistance program. Sec. 10102. Specialty crop block grants. Sec. 10103. Additional section 32 funds for purchase of fruits, vegetables, and nuts to support domestic nutrition assistance programs. Sec. 10104. Independent evaluation of Department of Agriculture commodity purchase process. Sec. 10105. Quality requirements for clementines. Sec. 10106. Implementation of food safety programs under marketing orders. Sec. 10107. Inclusion of specialty crops in census of agriculture. Sec. 10108. Maturity requirements for Hass avocados. Sec. 10109. Mushroom promotion, research, and consumer information. Sec. 10110. Fresh produce education initiative. Subtitle C—Pest and Disease Management Sec. 10201. Pest and disease program. Sec. 10202. Multi-species fruit fly research and sterile fly production. Subtitle D—Organic Agriculture Sec. 10301. National organic certification cost-share program. Sec. 10302. Organic production and market data. Sec. 10303. Organic conversion, technical, and educational assistance. Subtitle E—Miscellaneous Provisions Sec. 10401. Restoration of import and entry agricultural inspection functions to the Department of Agriculture. Sec. 10402. Grant program to improve movement of specialty crops. Sec. 10403. Authorization of appropriations for market news activities regarding specialty crops. Sec. 10404. Farmers’ market promotion program. Sec. 10405. National Clean Plant Network. Title XI—Miscellaneous Provisions Subtitle A—Federal Crop Insurance Sec. 11001. Availability of supplemental crop insurance based on area yield and loss plan of insurance or area revenue plan of insurance. Sec. 11002. Premiums and reinsurance requirements. Sec. 11003. Catastrophic risk protection administrative fee. Sec. 11004. Funding for reimbursements, contracting, risk management education, and information technology. Sec. 11005. Reimbursement of research and development costs related to new crop insurance products. Sec. 11006. Research and development contracts for organic production coverage improvements. Sec. 11007. Targeting risk management education for beginning farmers and ranchers and certain other farmers and ranchers. Sec. 11008. Crop insurance ineligibility related to crop production on noncropland. Sec. 11009. Funds for data mining. Sec. 11010. Noninsured crop assistance program. Sec. 11011. Change in due date for Corporation payments for underwriting gains. Sec. 11012. Sesame insurance pilot program. Subtitle B—Livestock and Poultry Sec. 11101. Sense of Congress regarding pseudorabies eradication program. Sec. 11102. Arbitration of livestock and poultry contracts. Sec. 11103. State-inspected meat and poultry. Sec. 11104. Country of origin labeling. Sec. 11105. Sense of Congress regarding State inspected meat and poultry products. Sec. 11106. Sense of Congress regarding the voluntary control program for low pathogenic avian influenza. Sec. 11107. Sense of Congress regarding the cattle fever tick eradication program. Subtitle C—Socially Disadvantaged Producers and Limited Resource Producers Sec. 11201. Outreach and technical assistance for socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers and limited resource farmers and ranchers. Sec. 11202. Improved program delivery by Department of Agriculture on Indian reservations. Sec. 11203. Transparency and accountability for socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers. Sec. 11204. Beginning farmer and rancher development program. Sec. 11205. Provision of receipt for service or denial of service. Sec. 11206. Tracking of socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers and limited resource farmers and ranchers in Census of Agriculture and certain studies. Sec. 11207. Farmworker coordinator. Sec. 11208. Office of Outreach relocation. Sec. 11209. Minority farmer advisory committee. Sec. 11210. Coordinator for chronically underserved rural areas. Subtitle D—Other Miscellaneous Provisions Sec. 11301. Designation of separate cotton-producing States under Cotton Research and Promotion Act. Sec. 11302. Cotton classification services. Sec. 11303. Availability of excess and surplus computers in rural areas. Sec. 11304. Permanent debarment from participation in Department of Agriculture programs for fraud. Sec. 11305. No discrimination against use of registered pesticide products or classes of pesticide products. Sec. 11306. Prohibition on closure or relocation of county offices for the Farm Service Agency, Rural Development Agency, and Natural Resources Conservation Service. Sec. 11308. Regulation of exports of plants, plant products, biological control organisms, and noxious weeds. Sec. 11309. Grants to reduce production of methamphetamines from anhydrous ammonia. Sec. 11310. USDA Graduate School.
<enum>I</enum><header>Commodity Programs</header> <toc container-level="title-container" quoted-block="no-quoted-block" lowest-level="section" idref="H748177E624ED479880BF3794003D80DC" regeneration="yes-regeneration" lowest-bolded-level="division-lowest-bolded"> <toc-entry idref="H3E631D506EF14107B9ABDF17932201B8" level="section">Sec. 1001. Definitions.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="HCD4D6F495D494EB090BFFE187F322708" level="subtitle">Subtitle A—Direct Payments and Counter-Cyclical Payments</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H3ABB870C23894A08946ECCFB91F1910" level="section">Sec. 1101. Adjustments to base acres.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="HC354F0E0756D44529DC612874BBFFAAF" level="section">Sec. 1102. Availability of direct payments.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H3AF987CCFB054F658FE3AF0120443D70" level="section">Sec. 1103. Availability of counter-cyclical payments.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H7FAEC5687D4A4727BE944F147F1B0298" level="section">Sec. 1104. Availability of revenue-based counter-cyclical payments.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="HB6268A1424BD4C84AF31F6125D3CD225" level="section">Sec. 1105. Producer agreement required as condition of provision of direct payments and counter-cyclical payments.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H3AE2BC861E29490488B841E6D4829A2" level="section">Sec. 1106. Planting flexibility.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H6CF3FE97545B419CB6A80696B586B8B" level="section">Sec. 1107. Period of effectiveness.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H74546DEDAC20438596FDA360171E33A6" level="subtitle">Subtitle B—Marketing Assistance Loans and Loan Deficiency Payments</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="HFAC4239152654633ADF152D253C6799B" level="section">Sec. 1201. Availability of nonrecourse marketing assistance loans for loan commodities.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H35477AB1AF4C4E3BA8DAF27C448C8E4B" level="section">Sec. 1202. Loan rates for nonrecourse marketing assistance loans.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H679972B5BFC6484D874C32B9753FFD" level="section">Sec. 1203. Term of loans.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="HD7BB7B82E189425384EB63439DE28687" level="section">Sec. 1204. Repayment of loans.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="HD98954BE70B849AD895D58169F2E5090" level="section">Sec. 1205. Loan deficiency payments.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H2016638FB06F4B82A2EC8BC7DCFEB68" level="section">Sec. 1206. Payments in lieu of loan deficiency payments for grazed acreage.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H5D001C4E841F47F5A370FB78DC24CD00" level="section">Sec. 1207. Special marketing loan provisions for upland cotton.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="HEC407410323C4A45008D89A8FDF98E14" level="section">Sec. 1208. Special competitive provisions for extra long staple cotton.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H7F2605FB16664DA5B38C415806ACC666" level="section">Sec. 1209. Availability of recourse loans for high moisture feed grains and seed cotton.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H4A2626DBED9449DE8B001D289940DAD6" level="section">Sec. 1210. Deadline for repayment of marketing assistance loan for peanuts.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H900D2379FCA94531005160EF9D985ED0" level="section">Sec. 1211. Commodity quality incentive payments for healthy oilseeds.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H28F0E8A4C69F4EFCBFB5A88C9408E3BD" level="subtitle">Subtitle C—Sugar</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="HAE4BC7B941CE4CFCA97DA1EBD0BC5978" level="section">Sec. 1301. Sugar program.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="HB93204BC81054BF6AAA663DA7CE3F164" level="section">Sec. 1302. United States membership in the international sugar organization.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="HEE735E42EBF74787932BB5CD17987F8C" level="section">Sec. 1303. Flexible marketing allotments for sugar.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H7A9EF64E90D74B6D86B0CCAF5B041DC9" level="subtitle">Subtitle D—Dairy-Related Provisions</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="HD71558DEAAF1427A90F4121FFA6F3D10" level="section">Sec. 1401. Dairy product price support program.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="HEA89CEDB8762497700BABFCFA07C4266" level="section">Sec. 1402. Dairy forward pricing program.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H4F47DFDC9E614E96AFD34277EE4A600" level="section">Sec. 1403. Dairy export incentive program.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H8318E25D25784829B34858DEF361C00" level="section">Sec. 1404. Revision of Federal marketing order amendment procedures.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H4A99089871444B3C8EE8C161CAD6C37E" level="section">Sec. 1405. Dairy indemnity program.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="HB6091AC4F4BD4DEBA6476D000000E189" level="section">Sec. 1406. Extension of milk income loss contract program.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="HB48C3F3296164E6C977D89A504772F48" level="section">Sec. 1407. Dairy promotion and research program.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H3CA14F8DEEDB48EC9C36626459E3BB1F" level="section">Sec. 1408. Report on Department of Agriculture reporting procedures for nonfat dry milk.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H35DA0503F60E4A89B880C5B78C2B2BC9" level="section">Sec. 1409. Federal Milk Marketing Order Review Commission.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="HC62ABFDB3D6847C9A834001429CCE620" level="subtitle">Subtitle E—Administration</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H34CE5090254E4233A69800E3E022F889" level="section">Sec. 1501. Administration generally.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="HF17798786138405DB8D19BE3FF5F4C3" level="section">Sec. 1502. Suspension of permanent price support authority.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H4147F07D22774C12963DB00432E0084" level="section">Sec. 1503. Payment Limitations.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="HA7718DF1499A4281997EB996DD4B61B" level="section">Sec. 1504. Adjusted gross income limitation.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H9A4E6CD2352E49A3B350DB718B583463" level="section">Sec. 1505. Adjustments of loans.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H24B4C55492CB4325A6CB319DA8C5D114" level="section">Sec. 1506. Personal liability of producers for deficiencies.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="HA877E8329328418BAE8FEE08EFF5FB85" level="section">Sec. 1507. Extension of existing administrative authority regarding loans.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H34D57844A0B745BDBA17EE081BC5BD1" level="section">Sec. 1508. Assignment of payments.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H775FA01FE7E14A7B9583EC831400D1F5" level="section">Sec. 1509. Tracking of benefits.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H7BD4E2B3F3CB45D5B9FB90BDA7844FA5" level="section">Sec. 1510. Upland cotton storage payments.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H2ECE8C1989284573A43EF5ADBF1934DE" level="section">Sec. 1511. Government publication of cotton price forecasts.</toc-entry></toc> <section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3E631D506EF14107B9ABDF17932201B8" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>1001.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this title:</text> <paragraph id="H272BA8B1C0394D5F00A181BC00D35E31"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Agricultural Act of 1949</header><text>The term <term>Agricultural Act of 1949</term> means the Agricultural Act of 1949 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1421">7 U.S.C. 1421 et seq.</external-xref>), as in effect prior to the suspensions under section 171 of the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/7301">7 U.S.C. 7301</external-xref>), section 1602(b) of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/7992">7 U.S.C. 7992(b)</external-xref>), and section 1502(b) of this Act.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H1D958B9DDEF946AD8D241EA9331853BD"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Base acres</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>base acres</term>, with respect to a covered commodity on a farm, means the number of acres established under sections 1101 and 1302 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/7911">7 U.S.C. 7911</external-xref>, 7952), as in effect on the day before the date of the enactment of this Act, subject to any adjustment under section 1101 of this Act.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HCD27D1F43EDE426BBC705E2D72B178CB" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Comparable united states quality</header><text>The term <quote>Comparable United States Quality</quote>, with respect to upland cotton, means upland cotton classified as Middling (M) 1<fraction>3/32</fraction>-inch cotton with a micronaire of 3.7 to 4.2, strength 30 grams per tex, and uniformity of 83.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HBF159DF689AB449DBAC17FFAE086E840"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Counter-cyclical payment</header><text>The term <term>counter-cyclical payment</term> means a payment made to producers on a farm under section 1103 or 1104.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H3F3D23AF40584B86BE995860F96124AF"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Covered commodity</header><text>The term <term>covered commodity</term> means wheat, corn, grain sorghum, barley, oats, upland cotton, rice, soybeans, peanuts, and other oilseeds.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H77AD1FF9FDBA46B8A3CEC4EE1BD0AB81"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Direct payment</header><text>The term <term>direct payment</term> means a payment made to producers on a farm under section 1102.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H8BF12AA76EC1497BA879131E468205E6"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Effective price</header><text>The term <term>effective price</term>, with respect to a covered commodity for a crop year, means the price calculated by the Secretary under section 1103 to determine whether counter-cyclical payments are required to be made for that crop year under that section.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HAADB2597C12647819FC51A4B40573EF"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Extra long staple cotton</header><text>The term <term>extra long staple cotton</term> means cotton that—</text> <subparagraph id="H5B28756E9834488EA400134EFCFF47F2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>is produced from pure strain varieties of the Barbadense species or any hybrid of the species, or other similar types of extra long staple cotton, designated by the Secretary, having characteristics needed for various end uses for which United States upland cotton is not suitable and grown in irrigated cotton-growing regions of the United States designated by the Secretary or other areas designated by the Secretary as suitable for the production of the varieties or types; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H56008DA342F949CDA01B5EEB42944523"><enum>(B)</enum><text>is ginned on a roller-type gin or, if authorized by the Secretary, ginned on another type gin for experimental purposes.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H14933540926441E3AF00F65309631063" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(9)</enum><header>Far east price</header><text>The term <quote>Far East price</quote> means the Friday through Thursday average price quotation for the three lowest-priced growths of upland cotton, as quoted for Middling (M) 1<fraction>3/32</fraction>-inch cotton, delivered C/F Far East.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H5B881F3527434BEF9D006B44DCF9F51E"><enum>(10)</enum><header>Loan commodity</header><text>The term <term>loan commodity</term> means wheat, corn, grain sorghum, feed barley, malt barley, oats, upland cotton, extra long staple cotton, long grain rice, medium grain rice, short grain rice, soybeans, peanuts, other oilseeds, wool, mohair, honey, dry peas, lentils, and small chickpeas.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HB90914CA5E53446FAA652C046F7E882F"><enum>(11)</enum><header>Other oilseed</header><text>The term <term>other oilseed</term> means a crop of sunflower seed, rapeseed, canola, safflower, flaxseed, mustard seed, crambe, sesame seed, or, if designated by the Secretary, another oilseed.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H625DF47951A744B59301CDE27DCDC00" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(12)</enum><header>Payment acres</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>payment acres</term>, with respect to a covered commodity on a farm, means 85 percent of the base acres for the covered commodity, on which direct payments and counter-cyclical payments are made.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H408E43CFF5F04771ACA7FAFD9BE464D2"><enum>(13)</enum><header>Payment yield</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>payment yield</term> means the yield established for direct payments and counter-cyclical payments under section 1102 or 1302 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/7912">7 U.S.C. 7912</external-xref>; 7952), as in effect on the day before the date of the enactment of this Act, for a farm for a covered commodity.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HEAC8663E44A24BD0899302D34547FFAC"><enum>(14)</enum><header>Producer</header> <subparagraph id="H3486247AA9B945A29E5383D51C3830BB"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The term <term>producer</term> means an owner, operator, landlord, tenant, or sharecropper that shares in the risk of producing a crop and is entitled to share in the crop available for marketing from the farm, or would have shared had the crop been produced.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H6998B782E44B4810964567056758D300"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Hybrid seed</header><text>In determining whether a grower of hybrid seed is a producer, the Secretary shall—</text> <clause id="H5CBB67CEAA614E7DA739FABF9D6EC1CE"><enum>(i)</enum><text>not take into consideration the existence of a hybrid seed contract; and</text></clause> <clause id="HD0C832B5AE88426E8EA286B977BF8F12"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>ensure that program requirements do not adversely affect the ability of the grower to receive a payment under this title.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE488A4AC312D46E7864FBA2FDBA5BC00"><enum>(15)</enum><header>Secretary</header><text>The term <term>Secretary</term> means the Secretary of Agriculture.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H938CFF4D3AB848F7BDE66FC892836DE1"><enum>(16)</enum><header>State</header><text>The term <term>State</term> means each of the several States of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and any other territory or possession of the United States.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HFF902DF5C83445F2A300A382C367FEC"><enum>(17)</enum><header>Target price</header><text>The term <term>target price</term> means the price per bushel (or other appropriate unit in the case of upland cotton, rice, peanuts, and other oilseeds) of a covered commodity used to determine the payment rate for counter-cyclical payments under section 1103.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HAC93E39EA11446058E6B4D50F4986B76"><enum>(18)</enum><header>United States</header><text>The term <term>United States</term>, when used in a geographical sense, means all of the States.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H6D643B5A169E4E13B2B792BDB7210055"><enum>(19)</enum><header>United States premium factor</header><text>The term <quote>United States Premium Factor</quote> means the percentage by which the difference in the United States loan schedule premiums for Strict Middling (SM) 1<fraction>1/8</fraction>-inch cotton and for M 1<fraction>3/32</fraction>-inch exceeds the difference in the applicable premiums for comparable international qualities delivered C/F Far East.</text></paragraph></section> <subtitle commented="no" id="HCD4D6F495D494EB090BFFE187F322708" style="OLC"><enum>A</enum><header>Direct Payments and Counter-Cyclical Payments</header> <section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3ABB870C23894A08946ECCFB91F1910" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>1101.</enum><header>Adjustments to base acres</header> <subsection id="H52853D0B2C494D8F84824088B064B48"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Treatment of conservation reserve contract acreage</header> <paragraph id="H9573176CABEB4AF380AED913788E276B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall provide for an adjustment, as appropriate, in the base acres for covered commodities for a farm whenever either of the following circumstances occurs:</text> <subparagraph id="HA66DA2B29C8A47BBB5291070B510288C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>A conservation reserve contract entered into under section 1231 of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3831">16 U.S.C. 3831</external-xref>) with respect to the farm expires or is voluntarily terminated.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H8C89102D035C4978A2D327BAE5F561C6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Cropland is released from coverage under a conservation reserve contract by the Secretary.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H541B4F9013F64D8A86814FA30039BA68"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Special payment rules</header><text>For the crop year in which a base acres adjustment under paragraph (1) is first made, the owner of the farm shall elect to receive either direct payments and counter-cyclical payments with respect to the acreage added to the farm under this subsection or a prorated payment under the conservation reserve contract, but not both.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H405B517F625B41E6BB008DC07D2C49BD"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Prevention of excess base acres</header> <paragraph id="H631C1B9D32D8446FAEB12D00AF338989"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Required reduction</header><text>If the sum of the base acres for a farm, together with the acreage described in paragraph (2), exceeds the actual cropland acreage of the farm, the Secretary shall reduce the base acres for 1 or more covered commodities for the farm so that the sum of the base acres and acreage described in paragraph (2) does not exceed the actual cropland acreage of the farm.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HFF687753171F40DFA65C89D2DBC3E550"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Other acreage</header><text>For purposes of paragraph (1), the Secretary shall include the following:</text> <subparagraph id="H3CA0ED68AF7141C8AE179DDC2E8ED1C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Any acreage on the farm enrolled in the conservation reserve program or wetlands reserve program under chapter 1 of subtitle D of title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3830">16 U.S.C. 3830 et seq.</external-xref>).</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H111F15CCA9FB4194A7F726C7F6C7804E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Any other acreage on the farm enrolled in a conservation program for which payments are made in exchange for not producing an agricultural commodity on the acreage.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H573FE69DA3AA449C9D1D6BF3EEE1A5A4"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Selection of acres</header><text>The Secretary shall give the owner of the farm the opportunity to select the base acres against which the reduction required by paragraph (1) will be made.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H4B17B22FD3204C1F94895589AF68267E"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Exception for double-cropped acreage</header><text>In applying paragraph (1), the Secretary shall make an exception in the case of double cropping, as determined by the Secretary.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HA3A5112AF0E6466DA7F39DF6F6F97600"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Permanent reduction in base acres</header> <paragraph id="HF56CF61316424D61A95EF51FECDF884C"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The owner of a farm may reduce, at any time, the base acres for any covered commodity for the farm.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD0B3A883DA9841D68769E8883C6B94D5"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Administration</header><text>The reduction shall be permanent and made in the manner prescribed by the Secretary.</text></paragraph></subsection></section> <section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC354F0E0756D44529DC612874BBFFAAF" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>1102.</enum><header>Availability of direct payments</header> <subsection id="H2E11BC87468A477AA7F98734D4E37A8"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Payment required</header><text>For each of the 2008 through 2012 crop years of each covered commodity, the Secretary shall make direct payments to producers on farms for which payment yields and base acres are established.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HA3BE5B5A9CCE4157B55C25C765F2437"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Payment rate</header><text>The payment rates used to make direct payments with respect to covered commodities for a crop year are as follows:</text> <paragraph id="HE4845403DFA348E29F465CA6000462F8"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Wheat, $0.52 per bushel.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H0059F027046A4202862BB200649EB178"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Corn, $0.28 per bushel.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC667204BB6A1425596BF03F65DE4E9F"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Grain sorghum, $0.35 per bushel.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HA5BE2E20845F4FF795F6F33482C6822D"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Barley, $0.24 per bushel.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H0E4B6F050B264800BEA33832E1685093"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Oats, $0.024 per bushel.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H810CDFAE04A64B1E9F622976B031000"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Upland cotton, $0.0667 per pound.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H838039794C9A495C90E34814BF95027"><enum>(7)</enum><text>Rice, $2.35 per hundredweight.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H275CA7F6141B48EA8BFCEA2D19B916FD"><enum>(8)</enum><text>Soybeans, $0.44 per bushel.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H3D327B0B11BF40EA860173E600015026"><enum>(9)</enum><text>Other oilseeds, $0.0080 per pound.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H3A71249A37E54D3A88329EF56FEAE2AF"><enum>(10)</enum><text>Peanuts, $36.00 per ton.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H868253422D5940E9BD364B7C08B3D28D"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Payment amount</header><text>The amount of the direct payment to be paid to the producers on a farm for a covered commodity for a crop year shall be equal to the product of the following:</text> <paragraph id="H58EF48CFA8934DFBA07808334F4BEE1F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The payment rate specified in subsection (b).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H3DD280E4AD824D9A9B92EF177908A100"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The payment acres of the covered commodity on the farm.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H0715795B28A0438C985899B3C52228E6"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The payment yield for the covered commodity for the farm.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H9477EAD8C7CD4197B4AF016FE9216B57"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Time for payment</header> <paragraph id="HB6DD570848954164001B4052BC067146"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the case of each of the 2008 through 2012 crop years, the Secretary may not make direct payments before October 1 of the calendar year in which the crop of the covered commodity is harvested.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H5CFDA758F98C4C0F9514A65E13244B7E"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Advance payments</header> <subparagraph id="HA8DED23FAF1C429FA7354F663CC7571B"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Option</header><text>At the option of the producers on a farm, up to 22 percent of the direct payment for a covered commodity for any of the 2008 through 2011 crop years shall be paid to the producers in advance.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H1038DEC513AF44E0B0FCD397E1A3ABC5"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Month</header> <clause id="H3114F63FE7974B798DC75237E53D4868"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Selection</header><text>The producers shall select the month within which the advance payment for a crop year will be made.</text></clause> <clause id="HE1C552F0A83D498083AF4824F33E9394"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Options</header><text>The month selected may be any month during the period beginning on December 1 of the calendar year before the calendar year in which the crop of the covered commodity is harvested through the month within which the direct payment would otherwise be made.</text></clause> <clause id="H958B8661B95A492597FE2DD55ED5D3C"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Change</header><text>The producers may change the selected month for a subsequent advance payment by providing advance notice to the Secretary.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE6E97D5083004F049B6759887712D6FA"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Repayment of advance payments</header><text>If a producer on a farm that receives an advance direct payment for a crop year ceases to be a producer on that farm, or the extent to which the producer shares in the risk of producing a crop changes, before the date the remainder of the direct payment is made, the producer shall be responsible for repaying the Secretary the applicable amount of the advance payment, as determined by the Secretary.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H5958A6B0B03146FF00926BCDFE5F48F"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Prohibition on de minimis payments</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the total direct payment to be paid to a producer on a farm for all covered commodities is less than $25.00, the Secretary shall not tender the direct payment to the producer.</text></subsection></section> <section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3AF987CCFB054F658FE3AF0120443D70" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>1103.</enum><header>Availability of counter-cyclical payments</header> <subsection id="H8BDCC06C31F8422388A5386D3BE16DB4"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Payment required</header><text>For each of the 2008 through 2012 crop years for each covered commodity, the Secretary shall make counter-cyclical payments to producers on farms for which payment yields and base acres are established with respect to the covered commodity if the Secretary determines that the effective price for the covered commodity is less than the target price for the covered commodity.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HF8F08A40B6074AACA42284356EBBCE63"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective price</header><text>For purposes of subsection (a), the effective price for a covered commodity is equal to the sum of the following:</text> <paragraph id="HB872AC1E6B1447D1BDBC9BF0D9B6D9C4"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The higher of the following:</text> <subparagraph id="H264CCA5146FD41D3A1F7A7FA57C383F3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The national average market price received by producers during the 12-month marketing year for the covered commodity, as determined by the Secretary.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H9975608F677E45A181E09500675654EE"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The national average loan rate for a marketing assistance loan for the covered commodity in effect for the applicable period under subtitle B, except that, for the purpose of calculating counter-cyclical payments under this section for rice and barley, the Secretary shall establish national average all rice and all barley loan rates.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H8A2A877B4BC44F58A340D8842DB2DE03"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The payment rate in effect for the covered commodity under section 1102 for the purpose of making direct payments with respect to the covered commodity.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H0A321432951C45879FBEDB4451889993"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Target price</header><text>For purposes of subsection (a), the target prices for covered commodities shall be as follows:</text> <paragraph id="H8CE953692F4A4E1A9BAB4216955FA4F2"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Wheat, $4.15 per bushel.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H47EEB831914B45D4B2EEABA89153A463"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Corn, $2.63 per bushel.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H8AD78B815015418AB25B612C004FE944"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Grain sorghum, $2.57 per bushel.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H34868D62C86D486F9B7FA5190033F36"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Barley, $2.73 per bushel.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H50C1D6B735584CAC8CE0038D00DE36C5"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Oats, $1.50 per bushel.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HFA4A7038E799496296D2DF6DD4DE3124"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Upland cotton, $0.70 per pound.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H6E3134D49A3C406698758CBB00AFF716"><enum>(7)</enum><text>Rice, $10.50 per hundredweight.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H7EE14CE59E464845A9E16A43C5D298F"><enum>(8)</enum><text>Soybeans, $6.10 per bushel.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HB1828BBDAC0141EB00159106B5A6E574"><enum>(9)</enum><text>Other oilseeds, $0.1150 per pound.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H92C3408A823243B7B2DDE2613E87274C"><enum>(10)</enum><text>Peanuts, $495.00 per ton.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H23F3406E79AE4C45B04B6BE8FF6C3F85"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Payment rate</header><text>The payment rate used to make counter-cyclical payments with respect to a covered commodity for a crop year shall be equal to the difference between—</text> <paragraph id="H3950DC36571F49CB97F928B53596660"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the target price for the covered commodity; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE09DE2295752475FA216855FB700E737"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the effective price determined under subsection (b) for the covered commodity.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HA47686E350FC4B12BD479D01807CB1BE"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Payment amount</header><text>If counter-cyclical payments are required to be paid under this section for any of the 2008 through 2012 crop years of a covered commodity, the amount of the counter-cyclical payment to be paid to the producers on a farm for that crop year shall be equal to the product of the following:</text> <paragraph id="H0962B51B200A44EDB0462914E69D1912"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The payment rate specified in subsection (d).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H5CB0A2AE6F764EAAAC8BEBE6AB92D8C"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The payment acres of the covered commodity on the farm.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HB378EFCDD9BC4408A1A4681E04D52D45"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The payment yield for the covered commodity for the farm.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H5A7D5444AA55449EAD738C5322EBE3"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Time for payments</header> <paragraph id="H6A232C6814474546AC60ECA6D66200E5"><enum>(1)</enum><header>General rule</header><text>If the Secretary determines under subsection (a) that counter-cyclical payments are required to be made under this section for the crop of a covered commodity, the Secretary shall make the counter-cyclical payments for the crop as soon as practicable after the end of the 12-month marketing year for the covered commodity.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H39E7F617A55F461496DF4723ACB97080"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Availability of partial payments</header><text>If, before the end of the 12-month marketing year for a covered commodity, the Secretary estimates that counter-cyclical payments will be required for the crop of the covered commodity, the Secretary shall give producers on a farm the option to receive partial payments of the counter-cyclical payment projected to be made for that crop of the covered commodity.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD4D91C2D93344D6D817FC724BA794090"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Time for partial payments for 2008 through 2010 crop years</header><text>If the Secretary is required to make partial payments available under paragraph (2) for a covered commodity for any of the 2008 through 2010 crop years—</text> <subparagraph id="HA5393D5E0301421BA400F01744D05B25"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the first partial payment shall be made after completion of the first 6 months of the marketing year for the covered commodity; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HFC586121EA634E3487FEDC4604A2581D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the final partial payment shall be made as soon as practicable after the end of the 12-month marketing year for the covered commodity.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H0A3FE515A8C74315852007BD916C48FA"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Amount of partial payments</header> <subparagraph id="HACEF1EEFC8A74ACBBE758DB93CD4B8E2"><enum>(A)</enum><header>First partial payment</header><text>For each of the 2008 through 2010 crop years, the first partial payment under paragraph (3) to the producers on a farm may not exceed 40 percent of the projected counter-cyclical payment for the covered commodity for the crop year, as determined by the Secretary.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H7B82BC65BA844029A0BE39569D52007B"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Final payment</header><text>The final payment for each of the 2008 through 2010 crop years shall be equal to the difference between—</text> <clause id="H7B51C4975B4C4BD9A8888CB8C7004659"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the actual counter-cyclical payment to be made to the producers for the covered commodity for that crop year; and</text></clause> <clause id="H5589FDFA182C49EDB63EC7EDF5601C5D"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the amount of the partial payment made to the producers under subparagraph (A).</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H3D104C8D6CD14740BDFBEEAD9E5C4291"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Repayment</header><text>The producers on a farm that receive a partial payment under this subsection for a crop year shall repay to the Secretary the amount, if any, by which the total of the partial payments exceed the actual counter-cyclical payment to be made for the covered commodity for that crop year.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H965CC71A25234797B1D4AB8EC503FC0" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Prohibition on de minimis payments</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the total counter-cyclical payment to be paid to a producer on a farm for all covered commodities is less than $25.00, the Secretary shall not tender the counter-cyclical payment to the producer.</text></subsection></section> <section id="H7FAEC5687D4A4727BE944F147F1B0298" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>1104.</enum><header>Availability of revenue-based counter-cyclical payments</header> <subsection id="H22842FCAB880497AA53C5DCD4F5B80DD"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Availability and election of alternative approach</header> <paragraph id="HD77719C07DDA4294B881574001A999B0" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Availability of revenue-based counter-cyclical payments</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">As an alternative to receiving counter-cyclical payments under section 1103 with respect to each covered commodity on a farm, the Secretary shall give the producers on the farm an opportunity to elect to instead receive revenue-based counter-cyclical payments under this section for the 2008 through 2012 crop years. </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HBC336A6DD7E34C080070F91DBF03AFE"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Single election; time for election</header><text>As soon as practicable after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall provide notice to producers regarding their opportunity to make the election described in paragraph (1). The notice shall include the following:</text> <subparagraph id="HE380C7DD498D4D21982D5C02939C26C1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Notice that the opportunity of the producers on a farm to make the election is being provided only once.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H904F9F75B31845C4831434A77EA7163"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Information regarding the manner in which the election must be made and the time periods and manner in which notice of the election must be submitted to the Secretary.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HDC40DA70BB564F8C8CA0000B341B3CD"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Election deadline</header><text>Within the time period and in the manner prescribed pursuant to paragraph (2), the producers on a farm shall submit to the Secretary notice of the election made under paragraph (1).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H6570989B82F046C997A644571B00692C"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Effect of Failure To Make Election</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the producers on a farm fail to make the election under paragraph (1) or fail to timely notify the Secretary of the election made, as required by paragraph (3), the producers shall be deemed to have made the election to receive counter-cyclical payments under section 1103 for all covered commodities on the farm.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HFC1CAB0D74C7469EB000A04B82780080"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Payment required</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the case of producers on a farm who make the election under subsection (a) to receive revenue-based counter-cyclical payments, the Secretary shall make revenue-based counter-cyclical payments to such producers with respect to a covered commodity on the farm, if the Secretary determines that the national actual revenue per acre for the covered commodity is less than the national target revenue per acre for the covered commodity, as determined pursuant to this section.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HBECDFD66387645448CF266EA4D36AEDC"><enum>(c)</enum><header>National actual revenue per acre</header><text>For each covered commodity for each of the 2008 through 2012 crop years, the Secretary shall establish a national actual revenue per acre by multiplying the national average yield for the given year by the higher of—</text> <paragraph id="H5A4223605CBE44A1B658B45439F007E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the national average market price received by producers of the covered commodity during the 12-month marketing year established by the Secretary; or</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD43EF142E2044371B6605E7FD5350061"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the loan rate for the covered commodity under section 1202, except that, for the purpose of calculating national actual revenue per acre for rice and barley, the Secretary shall establish national average all rice and all barley loan rates.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HF0E62DFFD4EB4E9581286CC3773D9101"><enum>(d)</enum><header>National target revenue per acre</header><text>The national target revenue per acre shall be, on a per acre basis, as follows:</text> <paragraph id="H182B26A80794418EBF5B9595059E5B63"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Wheat, $149.92.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H1F08A67ADAAB41FF9EBD5600972D3872"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Corn, $344.12.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H01762E0EF9C7400F98F70009C3D797C3"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Grain Sorghum, $131.28.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H214B84D6413A47838FB46DB88F7FB296"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Barley, $153.30.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H5C0C7761982B46219C6317F9FF31FCD0"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Oats, $92.10</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HB41983F438654F3FB5D6EABAB6F3F393"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Upland cotton, $496.93.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H222DA2C03E9D4F7E83EA44E279604582"><enum>(7)</enum><text>Rice, $548.06.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H94964F888ED54C0C99975447D8678B38"><enum>(8)</enum><text>Soybeans, $231.87.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H9B0BF852472246FEB38CD6E8D36497B"><enum>(9)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Other oilseeds, $129.18. </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H6EBCBC18E41848178087A3CC087CEB93"><enum>(10)</enum><text>Peanuts, $683.83.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HC1CE4FB3E9D7491294BEB95C45CBBE6B"><enum>(e)</enum><header>National payment yield</header><text>The national payment yield shall be as follows:</text> <paragraph id="H1B4C5F8A7B19443CA0DAFFFACC978D69"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Wheat, 36.1 bushels per acre.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H2F776FDB1CD349C6BD04BB1D3DE7E8BE"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Corn, 114.4 bushels per acre.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H6E9377E874A047C29E9FBB91398D781B"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Grain Sorghum, 58.2 bushels per acre.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H32A38160DD3144FE976249F41C60581F"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Barley, 48.6 bushels per acre.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H5B7BA1767B1F48C8A73634F153C6FBEA"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Oats, 49.8 bushels per acre.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD76886637F014F15A15E874E017F5670"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Upland cotton, 634 pounds per acre.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H93D4694FD1A3493CBBC3364457B1BEDC"><enum>(7)</enum><text>Rice, 51.28 hundredweight per acre.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H75C2C0536AF84464AD47F9B3C9EBD3EB"><enum>(8)</enum><text>Soybeans, 34.1 bushels per acre.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H4ACBF26C63CC435AB27CDAF556DF8CEA"><enum>(9)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Other oilseeds, 1167.6 pounds per acre.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H945540522AFE403C8EAFBDB6CF132AB"><enum>(10)</enum><text>Peanuts, 1.496 tons per acre.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H7F2E345094A54631A99CB2C36EFA83F2"><enum>(f)</enum><header>National payment rate</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The national payment rate used to make revenue-based counter-cyclical payments for a crop year shall be the result of—</text> <paragraph id="HF2DF9146838B431699C79D96F5822CC2"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the difference between the national target revenue per acre for the covered commodity and the national actual revenue per acre for the covered commodity; divided by</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H1444326E90BC450DA181F66F9CED48CF"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the national payment yield for the covered commodity.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H6B2A42CE3B0B472CA72F847E54134C47"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Payment amount</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If revenue-based counter-cyclical payments are required to be paid for any of the 2008 through 2012 crop years of a covered commodity, the amount of the counter-cyclical payment to be paid to the producers on a farm for that crop year for the covered commodity shall be equal to the product of—</text> <paragraph id="H996A6511801241A19DB45703E97067C9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the national payment rate for the covered commodity;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H5477564C430944F4A7697BE0A1C681EE"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the payment acres of the covered commodity on the farm; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H4734B13B06F443F3000009F2FFC8E748"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the payment yield for counter-cyclical payments for the covered commodity.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H5B0D75F6BF5C464DA356E3A83513D378"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Time for payments</header> <paragraph id="H9D77EEF52EDE44BA9C48E528D664D604"><enum>(1)</enum><header>General rule</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the Secretary determines that revenue-based counter-cyclical payments are required to be made under this section for the crop of a covered commodity, the Secretary shall make the counter-cyclical payments for the crop as soon as practicable after the end of the 12-month marketing year for the covered commodity.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H4D18A7BE81F24E1188E34FAB2187247D"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Availability of partial payments</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If, before the end of the 12-month marketing year for a covered commodity, the Secretary estimates that revenue-based counter-cyclical payments will be required for the crop of the covered commodity, the Secretary shall give producers on a farm the option to receive partial payments of the revenue-based counter-cyclical payments projected to be made for that crop of the covered commodity.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HAD5FE3B1E7EB463696C81D1D9E92E0DA"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Time for partial payments for 2008 through 2010 crop years</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the Secretary is required to make partial payments available under paragraph (2) for a covered commodity for any of the 2008 through 2010 crop years—</text> <subparagraph id="HFBB2C05034D7425192501D5CE379D12B"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the first partial payment shall be made after completion of the first 6 months of the marketing year for the covered commodity; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H1500BED3D3814961AAB9418D9E07C32F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the final partial payment shall be made as soon as practicable after the end of the 12-month marketing year for the covered commodity.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H293451C3DC9540F09F7DF0E42375AE94"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Amount of partial payments</header> <subparagraph id="HBE4705A54D6248D8007791C0CFC6688B"><enum>(A)</enum><header>First partial payment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For each of the 2008 through 2010 crop years, the first partial payment under paragraph (3) to the producers on a farm may not exceed 40 percent of the projected revenue-based counter-cyclical payment for the covered commodity for the crop year, as determined by the Secretary.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H9AADFFFD4ED34883952734E707D6F86"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Final payment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The final payment for each of the 2008 through 2010 crop years shall be equal to the difference between—</text> <clause id="H9DCD0ED932244D44AFD7FEF96296972"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the actual revenue-based counter-cyclical payments to be made to the producers for the covered commodity for that crop year; and</text></clause> <clause id="H0E4BB7D1A40D4C989CF4B181A4C78BCB"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the amount of the partial payment made to the producers on a farm under subparagraph (A) for that crop year.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H0AADA45DDB4D441DA71C789953B0B5E6"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Repayment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Producers on a farm that receive a partial payment under this subsection for a crop year shall repay to the Secretary the amount, if any, by which the total of the partial payments exceed the actual revenue-based counter-cyclical payments to be made for the covered commodity for that crop year.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HA977F0B620D7420CA5576257A102AE42"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Prohibition on de minimis payments</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the total revenue-based counter-cyclical payment to be paid to a producer on a farm for all covered commodities is less than $25.00, the Secretary shall not tender the revenue-based counter-cyclical payment to the producer.</text></subsection></section> <section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB6268A1424BD4C84AF31F6125D3CD225" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>1105.</enum><header>Producer agreement required as condition of provision of direct payments and counter-cyclical payments</header> <subsection id="H1C3AF8CBBEAE4D95A1D98C2927088D43"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Compliance with certain requirements</header> <paragraph id="H9DE2C319D77542BB87FC37276610EAD1"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>Before the producers on a farm may receive direct payments or counter-cyclical payments with respect to the farm, the producers shall agree, during the crop year for which the payments are made and in exchange for the payments—</text> <subparagraph id="H4B613933050E47240037A7EF7B153E8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to comply with applicable conservation requirements under subtitle B of title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3811">16 U.S.C. 3811 et seq.</external-xref>);</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H3379256BFB4042AF9F93BA7B704EE71"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to comply with applicable wetland protection requirements under subtitle C of title XII of that Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3821">16 U.S.C. 3821 et seq.</external-xref>);</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HC979AB5BD14543D1A6719C5636EDC8C0"><enum>(C)</enum><text>to comply with the planting flexibility requirements of section 1106;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H5AC50801F64648E391189EB367BC37A1"><enum>(D)</enum><text>to use the land on the farm, in a quantity equal to the attributable base acres for the farm for an agricultural or conserving use, and not for a nonagricultural commercial or industrial use, as determined by the Secretary; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HA1583BDB4EC24199B52EE99902A6F545"><enum>(E)</enum><text>to effectively control noxious weeds and otherwise maintain the land in accordance with sound agricultural practices, as determined by the Secretary.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HACA4E1E906A6447FB800B0587F468737"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Compliance</header><text>The Secretary may issue such rules as the Secretary considers necessary to ensure producer compliance with the requirements of paragraph (1).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD1882E84086D4BD09D26E5705E91BF57"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Modification</header><text>At the request of the transferee or owner, the Secretary may modify the requirements of this subsection if the modifications are consistent with the objectives of this subsection, as determined by the Secretary.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H85A69F9FF8354A13AA068F311D00D83D"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Transfer or change of interest in farm</header> <paragraph id="H1DD528D9ED7D4A13A7B8DDB8126BF421"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Termination</header> <subparagraph id="H9508FDBF03EB45E6BECC85CBBCAE8618"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Except as provided in paragraph (2), a transfer of (or change in) the interest of the producers on a farm in base acres for which direct payments or counter-cyclical payments are made shall result in the termination of the payments with respect to the base acres, unless the transferee or owner of the acreage agrees to assume all obligations under subsection (a).</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HA32CABF292A74CE8B172A74212B6CA1B"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The termination shall take effect on the date determined by the Secretary.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H023C8D8DC5BC4271BE68C610BFF2A037"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Exception</header><text>If a producer entitled to a direct payment or counter-cyclical payment dies, becomes incompetent, or is otherwise unable to receive the payment, the Secretary shall make the payment, in accordance with rules issued by the Secretary.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HCDAADE2D2C0949409842AF4F59732212"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Acreage reports</header><text>As a condition on the receipt of any benefits under this subtitle or subtitle B, the Secretary shall require producers on a farm to submit to the Secretary annual acreage reports with respect to all cropland on the farm.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H3E6F42546F324D60B15EEAF6C9AC729B"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Tenants and sharecroppers</header><text>In carrying out this subtitle, the Secretary shall provide adequate safeguards to protect the interests of tenants and sharecroppers.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H514657C114AC4F20B3EB3E74B3A2180"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Sharing of payments</header><text>The Secretary shall provide for the sharing of direct payments and counter-cyclical payments among the producers on a farm on a fair and equitable basis.</text></subsection></section> <section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3AE2BC861E29490488B841E6D4829A2" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>1106.</enum><header>Planting flexibility</header> <subsection id="H8B4660E7D090491AA980552B51F9783B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Permitted crops</header><text>Subject to subsection (b), any commodity or crop may be planted on base acres on a farm.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H2074FF404EA044F0AA03342FDB91981D"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Limitations regarding certain commodities</header> <paragraph id="H964675FD2B864F159C3E0304AE7EF222"><enum>(1)</enum><header>General limitation</header><text>The planting of an agricultural commodity specified in paragraph (3) shall be prohibited on base acres unless the commodity, if planted, is destroyed before harvest.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H3197B28EE8FF4F3681247C8894E910A0"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Treatment of trees and other perennials</header><text>The planting of an agricultural commodity specified in paragraph (3) that is produced on a tree or other perennial plant shall be prohibited on base acres.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H6DC4A7E84F1344D383C3D133BD31EB3"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Covered agricultural commodities</header><text>Paragraphs (1) and (2) apply to the following agricultural commodities:</text> <subparagraph id="H675E1616EE0D4BEFA7A37B72F3383CEB"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Fruits.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H72D0E0EE91F648DC9727273E078DC30"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Vegetables (other than lentils, mung beans, and dry peas).</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H4B71D2F436454007B490CC4945248987"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Wild rice.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HDEF7EEB2CCF34FB593003254E648EA02"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Exceptions</header><text>Paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (b) shall not limit the planting of an agricultural commodity specified in paragraph (3) of that subsection—</text> <paragraph id="H8A2889878F984796A9E11ECCB6FEF7A4"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in any region in which there is a history of double-cropping of covered commodities with agricultural commodities specified in subsection (b)(3), as determined by the Secretary, in which case the double-cropping shall be permitted;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H100B5813B93C46ED9300C774FE53267"><enum>(2)</enum><text>on a farm that the Secretary determines has a history of planting agricultural commodities specified in subsection (b)(3) on base acres, except that direct payments and counter-cyclical payments shall be reduced by an acre for each acre planted to such an agricultural commodity; or</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HAABEC4EF50E6475FAEE7BD8D5BDAC8DA"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by the producers on a farm that the Secretary determines has an established planting history of a specific agricultural commodity specified in subsection (b)(3), except that—</text> <subparagraph id="HF3FDC02AAB4B46908CFD1E2B2E008BC5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the quantity planted may not exceed the average annual planting history of such agricultural commodity by the producers on the farm in the 1991 through 1995 or 1998 through 2001 crop years (excluding any crop year in which no plantings were made), as determined by the Secretary; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H9AA4E43534564053B0EE4E701350E95E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>direct payments and counter-cyclical payments shall be reduced by an acre for each acre planted to such agricultural commodity.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HA2DA9CD136064D3BAB45EA8FD2F848AE"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Planting Transferability Pilot Project</header> <paragraph id="HAB85D7BF05DA4B008544FF45F4D05969"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Pilot project authorized</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In addition to the exceptions provided in subsection (c), the Secretary shall carry out a pilot project in the State of Indiana under which paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (b) shall not limit the planting of tomatoes grown for processing on up to 10,000 base acres during each of the 2008 through 2012 crop years.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H976CEFE1793048D084A0D3A5006C9D19"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Contract and management requirements</header><text> To be eligible for selection to participate in the pilot project, a producer must—</text> <subparagraph id="H836656478B9F44A8A1C681EC2422BF0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>have a contract to grow tomatoes for processing; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HC902B599ED0B44A0B8A700C098DF905E"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">agree to produce the tomatoes as part of a program of crop rotation on the farm to achieve agronomic and pest and disease management benefits.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H40D85ABD795742FCAD7867DC8C886245" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Temporary reduction in base acres</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The base acres on a farm for a crop year shall be reduced by an acre for each acre planted to tomatoes under the pilot program.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H1EABD4A9480D4D0581E80BE4CFD00B2"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Duration of reductions</header><text>The reduction in the base acres of a farm for a crop year under paragraph (3) shall expire at the end of the crop year, unless the producers on the farm elect to continue to participate in the pilot project for the subsequent crop year.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD100459F26CB41018CDBADD1295795DA"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Recalculation of base acres</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the Secretary recalculates base acres for a farm while the farm is included in the pilot project, the planting and production of tomatoes under the pilot project shall be considered to be the same as the planting, prevented planting, or production of a covered commodity. Nothing in this paragraph provides authority for the Secretary to recalculate base acres for a farm.</text></paragraph></subsection></section> <section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6CF3FE97545B419CB6A80696B586B8B" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>1107.</enum><header>Period of effectiveness</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This subtitle shall be effective beginning with the 2008 crop year of each covered commodity through the 2012 crop year.</text></section></subtitle> <subtitle id="H74546DEDAC20438596FDA360171E33A6"><enum>B</enum><header>Marketing Assistance Loans and Loan Deficiency Payments</header> <section id="HFAC4239152654633ADF152D253C6799B"><enum>1201.</enum><header>Availability of nonrecourse marketing assistance loans for loan commodities</header> <subsection id="H8063760AC1B94F8BA35E3490627B72E5"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Nonrecourse loans available</header> <paragraph id="H54938602C86F46A290A5479BE3C4E900"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Availability</header><text>For each of the 2008 through 2012 crops of each loan commodity, the Secretary shall make available to producers on a farm nonrecourse marketing assistance loans for loan commodities produced on the farm.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H9C437F4662B24871BE1D2B4993390766"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Terms and conditions</header><text>The marketing assistance loans shall be made under terms and conditions that are prescribed by the Secretary and at the loan rate established under section 1202 for the loan commodity.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HE76A6CB96B2747198912A8579F754101"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Eligible production</header><text>The producers on a farm shall be eligible for a marketing assistance loan under subsection (a) for any quantity of a loan commodity produced on the farm.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H7F29D9135D664479A9A19CEA7BAA1B5B"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Treatment of certain commingled commodities</header><text>In carrying out this subtitle, the Secretary shall make loans to producers on a farm that would be eligible to obtain a marketing assistance loan, but for the fact the loan commodity owned by the producers on the farm commingled with loan commodities of other producers in facilities unlicensed for the storage of agricultural commodities by the Secretary or a State licensing authority, if the producers obtaining the loan agree to immediately redeem the loan collateral in accordance with section 166 of the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/7286">7 U.S.C. 7286</external-xref>).</text></subsection> <subsection id="HFB3D87BA38224E74BF31071492C9E2B4"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Compliance with conservation and wetlands requirements</header><text>As a condition of the receipt of a marketing assistance loan under subsection (a), the producer shall comply with applicable conservation requirements under subtitle B of title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3811">16 U.S.C. 3811 et seq.</external-xref>) and applicable wetland protection requirements under subtitle C of title XII of the Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3821">16 U.S.C. 3821 et seq.</external-xref>) during the term of the loan.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HE53D4FF7893C432AA2F6161EC862CE55"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Peanut-related loan provisions</header> <paragraph id="H8FC8086E60104448B096BC96D1B982AE"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Options for obtaining loans</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A marketing assistance loan for peanuts under this section and loan deficiency payments for peanuts under section 1205 may be obtained at option of the producers on a farm through—</text> <subparagraph id="H5C9F57D8F0504D49B47589CAE2DFEBA"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a designated marketing association or marketing cooperative of producers that is approved by the Secretary; or </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H1BC4B1A08DAA4B969DB3006B53BB0585"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Farm Service Agency. </text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE89CA390B010477AA62CF504596D6C97"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Storage of loan peanuts</header><text>As a condition on the Secretary’s approval of an individual or entity to provide storage for peanuts for which a marketing assistance loan is made under this section, the individual or entity shall agree—</text> <subparagraph id="H8B382E4221D94CAEA3141D3DB98D51A1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to provide such storage on a nondiscriminatory basis; and </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HDB3603F9FDDC4A6CB0A4FD1105D4C50"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to comply with such additional requirements as the Secretary considers appropriate to accomplish the purposes of this section and promote fairness in the administration of the benefits of this section. </text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H7E3A408D8D474E70B567866DC76D636C"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Marketing</header><text>A marketing association or cooperative may market peanuts for which a loan is made under this section in any manner that conforms to consumer needs, including the separation of peanuts by type and quality.</text></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="H35477AB1AF4C4E3BA8DAF27C448C8E4B"><enum>1202.</enum><header>Loan rates for nonrecourse marketing assistance loans</header> <subsection id="H0DB6DE8AA9FF44F095AF48A51C8F174"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Loan rates</header><text>The loan rate for a marketing assistance loan under section 1201 for a loan commodity shall be equal to the following:</text> <paragraph id="H7286C58ADBFB40B2AEACD84CC98CC24"><enum>(1)</enum><text>In the case of wheat, $2.94 per bushel.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H1CA626A0AFCF4E63BBF452B76C046596"><enum>(2)</enum><text>In the case of corn, $1.95 per bushel.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H71C305C9D9EE40EEAEBB9BFDC1837F8D"><enum>(3)</enum><text>In the case of grain sorghum, $1.95 per bushel.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H83D6344ED75E4DD08B5B55746F2C00EE"><enum>(4)</enum><text>In the case of malt barley, $2.50 per bushel.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H11351A3508144C979DF2B8CB00B023E0"><enum>(5)</enum><text>In the case of feed barley, $1.90 per bushel.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD75BDD20A092427B8E95E2FB40E98C4"><enum>(6)</enum><text>In the case of oats, $1.46 per bushel.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HBEE0DD30D6CD4DF591C1B03879F33113"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the case of the base quality of upland cotton, $0.52 per pound.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HA8430F8D57CB4826A694ADFFA8BDD07"><enum>(8)</enum><text>In the case of extra long staple cotton, $0.7977 per pound.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC4B27EFA2ECC4AF3A5A92A043E400AA"><enum>(9)</enum><text>In the case of long grain rice, $6.50 per hundredweight.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H52A206966AB44D7200B3101E83B49D40" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(10)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the case of medium grain rice and short grain rice, $6.50 per hundredweight.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H9E914EB1ABF64D1783CA8B7245FA32F5"><enum>(11)</enum><text>In the case of soybeans, $5.00 per bushel.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H91EB343CE29948F7BD6D3EF2E6C5C13B"><enum>(12)</enum><text>In the case of other oilseeds, $0.1070 per pound for each of the following kinds of oilseeds:</text> <subparagraph id="H37909B83705143999443BB417900E694"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Sunflower seed.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H5A983EC8B0A749BB970615B192709124"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Rapeseed.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HDFC6778D0F8C4F58819213F8B40DF05"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Canola.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H40FCDB3C247D4C718086B44CE7BC2F82"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Safflower.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H2BCB8D6DDAE24560ADD158681BD14FA8"><enum>(E)</enum><text>Flaxseed.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H19F5E561B9044A9BAA3934B34F229262"><enum>(F)</enum><text>Mustard seed.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H1F43927B3A4B43E8000687DEA5F39AB"><enum>(G)</enum><text>Crambe.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HF35535CDC4C04F82A6F7BDA85954A435"><enum>(H)</enum><text>Sesame seed.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HBBB439FFE22F49799600DE31BC368127"><enum>(I)</enum><text>Other oilseeds designated by the Secretary.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H2B416CAF1CFB4C84B3E50683D2EF5C4"><enum>(13)</enum><text>In the case of dry peas, $5.40 per hundredweight.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H749361A7D4D0409895E7D875A13CD87E"><enum>(14)</enum><text>In the case of lentils, $11.28 per hundredweight.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE5FEC3F5C36C432F8835A77191538591"><enum>(15)</enum><text>In the case of small chickpeas, $8.54 per hundredweight.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H8BDF9B8AD2BB402FB8EAA2A300B1006D"><enum>(16)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the case of peanuts, $355.00 per ton.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE2164D16DE984D63A603BBCAEF917B3C"><enum>(17)</enum><text>In the case of graded wool, $1.10 per pound.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H4E947C22EFB44E4ABFD87E7DCC13F091"><enum>(18)</enum><text>In the case of nongraded wool, $0.40 per pound.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H81623EFB82044E059F44FB9D4704119F"><enum>(19)</enum><text>In the case of honey, $0.60 per pound.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H6965DC9A5729450195F432D29BB7000"><enum>(20)</enum><text>In the case of mohair, $4.20 per pound.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H7D114EFC65814DB69B9C70E5E2E079CE"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Single county loan rate for other oilseeds</header><text>The Secretary shall establish a single loan rate in each county for each kind of other oilseeds described in subsection (a)(12).</text></subsection> <subsection id="HE34FDFA5C4BC4E599246773980A9AFBA" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Special rules for corn and grain sorghum</header> <paragraph id="HE2947DA1B8D94B5297787C4100FEBFC2"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Single county and national average loan rate</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall—</text> <subparagraph id="H3FA9D1CF64034A59913FF66764EF3DD1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>establish a single county loan rate for corn and grain sorghum in each county; </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H75F182C63BA748B4BC72E838F7D3DAB7"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">establish a single national average loan rate for corn and grain sorghum; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H244423EA41B74591B64B915BAF89F571"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">determine each county loan rate and the national average loan rate for corn and grain sorghum and any and all other program loan rates applicable to corn and grain sorghum from a data set that includes prices for both commodities.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HB0B6DAD9F85840E4A482E6FD065C2B2F"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Administration</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">With respect to corn and grain sorghum, the Secretary—</text> <subparagraph id="HDE53471BC9DE42B3B8F0883F03132407"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">shall administer the applicable loan, marketing loan, counter-cyclical payment, and related programs from a single loan rate for corn and grain sorghum that is identical in each individual county; </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HC126A44AA6AE4D68AFB0BB91CAEB85C"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">shall provide that any adjustment in the loan rate for location shall be determined and applied on the basis of the combined data set such that any transportation adjustment shall be the same for corn and grain sorghum in each individual county; and </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HAB716BA9FD8849CE8C21A0FBCF795EEF"><enum>(C)</enum><text>may provide for adjustments for grade, type, and quality as appropriate for the corn or grain sorghum involved in each specific transaction.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="H679972B5BFC6484D874C32B9753FFD"><enum>1203.</enum><header>Term of loans</header> <subsection id="H27FF2118E9ED4A0D8DD33B7FB1A24091"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Term of loan</header><text>In the case of each loan commodity, a marketing assistance loan under section 1201 shall have a term of 9 months beginning on the first day of the first month after the month in which the loan is made.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H3B01AB2199E647A6A949CB7E7B2F35C6"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Extensions prohibited</header><text>The Secretary may not extend the term of a marketing assistance loan for any loan commodity.</text></subsection></section> <section id="HD7BB7B82E189425384EB63439DE28687"><enum>1204.</enum><header>Repayment of loans</header> <subsection id="HE04AD76DEA694F8F004DE14AB08AD38"><enum>(a)</enum><header>General rule</header><text>The Secretary shall permit the producers on a farm to repay a marketing assistance loan under section 1201 for a loan commodity (other than upland cotton, long grain rice, medium grain rice, short grain rice, extra long staple cotton, and confectionery and each other kind of sunflower seed (other than oil sunflower seed)) at the lesser of the following:</text> <paragraph id="H14ADB54D2DF04AE69BDC3120003E3FDD"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The loan rate established for the commodity under section 1202, plus interest (determined in accordance with section 163 of the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/7283">7 U.S.C. 7283</external-xref>)).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H1B54246D85F64BE900E583E53717DC58"><enum>(2)</enum><text>A rate that the Secretary determines will—</text> <subparagraph id="H45A7020BBF2244E0A4368900739918FC"><enum>(A)</enum><text>minimize potential loan forfeitures;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H222D31A6AA1C4FEEA063AE6DFA34EAC6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>minimize the accumulation of stocks of the commodity by the Federal Government;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H063DE79CCA5C4BC8005560BF7E00C3C9"><enum>(C)</enum><text>minimize the cost incurred by the Federal Government in storing the commodity;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HEC40252BB2A249AE0000E94049CA87B5"><enum>(D)</enum><text>allow the commodity produced in the United States to be marketed freely and competitively, both domestically and internationally; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H943BA8F3D2CE4A1AA301F26BECAF371"><enum>(E)</enum><text>minimize discrepancies in marketing loan benefits across State boundaries and across county boundaries, if applicable.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HA82518CA652D4E1B88343C3231393BDB"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Repayment rates for upland cotton and rice</header><text>The Secretary shall permit producers to repay a marketing assistance loan under section 1201 for upland cotton, long grain rice, medium grain rice, and short grain rice at a rate that is the lesser of—</text> <paragraph id="H7493A6FFE70146BAB243DED16929B90"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the loan rate established for the commodity under section 1202, plus interest (determined in accordance with section 163 of the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/7283">7 U.S.C. 7283</external-xref>)); or</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC2BD9BCF95DC4A57B1B4F263C3854900"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the prevailing world market price for the commodity (adjusted to United States quality and location), as determined by the Secretary.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HF63A2E3E46504B3B8637D976251B7E08"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Repayment rates for extra long staple cotton</header><text>Repayment of a marketing assistance loan for extra long staple cotton shall be at the loan rate established for the commodity under section 1202, plus interest (determined in accordance with section 163 of the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/7283">7 U.S.C. 7283</external-xref>)).</text></subsection> <subsection id="HCB97304FE2684165A6F2F1676F9400E3" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Prevailing world market price</header><text>For purposes of this section and section 1207, the Secretary shall prescribe by regulation—</text> <paragraph id="H37BAB672E5AE4DF6B3A8A065701F585D"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a formula to determine the prevailing world market price for upland cotton, which shall be based on the Far East price of upland cotton;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H67CE88300E2249E0B51500E5A28EE525"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a formula to determine the prevailing world market price for—</text> <subparagraph id="H6B711AA3BC264D13AE389F88885FF832"><enum>(A)</enum><text>long grain rice; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H5599F33868744327AA8629A4CCE5F3FA"><enum>(B)</enum><text>medium and short grain rice;</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE3C9D5FBA1C04B75A9892BCA46B4B513"><enum>(3)</enum><text>a mechanism by which the Secretary will announce periodically the prevailing world market price for upland cotton, long grain rice, and medium and short grain rice; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H036108A2116F41DBA4AD2C2E02DC23E9"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a mechanism by which the Secretary will make the adjustments, required by subsection (e), to the prevailing world market price for upland cotton, long grain rice, and medium and short grain rice.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H1ED3B24459C14686B3F37E83A7EB8A8"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Adjustment of prevailing world market price for upland cotton and rice</header> <paragraph id="H643B8B40979A44698B473D48B914B2B3"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Rice</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The prevailing world market price for long grain, medium grain, and short grain rice determined in subsection (d) shall be adjusted to United States quality and location.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD90B3B16E4134BBB999D4F8DFD004FC2"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Cotton</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The prevailing world market price for upland cotton, determined in subsection (d) shall be—</text> <subparagraph id="HB46762DCB9174FDAB4B44443F3FA8C1E"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">adjusted to United States quality and location, with such quality adjustment to include—</text> <clause id="HADA805AE62E14AE3A4257327244800BA"><enum>(i)</enum><text>any existing United States loan schedule premiums for Comparable United States Quality; and </text></clause> <clause id="H023587C5160342EB00867F390094325C"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a reduction equal to any United States Premium Factor to upland cotton of a quality higher than Middling (M) 1<fraction>3/32</fraction>-inch; and</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HD2F2C3793AB145E60034E745F4C9C567"><enum>(B)</enum><text>adjusted to take into account average costs to market the commodity, including average transportation costs, as determined by the Secretary.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H08AF4F9CBAC64D4600A749FAD1010074"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Additional adjustment authority regarding prevailing world market price for upland cotton</header> <paragraph id="H354C7D230E864117BB05DE5E50957700"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>During the period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act through July 31, 2013, the Secretary may further adjust the prevailing world market price for upland cotton (adjusted under subsection (d)) if the Secretary determines such adjustment necessary—</text> <subparagraph id="H6CA1B731773D496692D363D2F9F7D99"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to minimize potential loan forfeitures;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HC707176F559F4987AC03F2963539F8A8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to minimize the accumulation of stocks of the commodity by the Federal Government;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H60FEA758A1C9453D98A7679C00E92800"><enum>(C)</enum><text>to allow the commodity produced in the United States to be marketed freely and competitively, both domestically and internationally;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H089D0FE0820C4E9FBAEEB9155276E87"><enum>(D)</enum><text>to ensure that United States cotton is competitive in world markets; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H1759AA0DD3E2491283986347CF44CCD6"><enum>(E)</enum><text>to ensure an appropriate transition between current-crop and forward-crop price quotations, except that the Secretary may use forward-crop price quotations prior to July 31 of the current marketing year only if there are less than three current-crop price quotations and only if such forward-crop price quotation is the lowest such quotation available.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H2BD11F1F448B41CBA4FE00824DDE6707"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Guidelines for additional adjustment</header><text>In further adjusting the prevailing world market price for upland cotton under this subsection, the Secretary shall establish a mechanism for determining and announcing such adjustments in order to avoid undue disruption in the United States market.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H39A1064BA87040048C71B079BE1520CC"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Repayment rates for confectionery and other kinds of sunflower seeds</header><text>The Secretary shall permit the producers on a farm to repay a marketing assistance loan under section 1201 for confectionery and each other kind of sunflower seed (other than oil sunflower seed) at a rate that is the lesser of—</text> <paragraph id="H3ACE4B522F104E14AAE1F0B9E7E89809"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the loan rate established for the commodity under section 1202, plus interest (determined in accordance with section 163 of the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/7283">7 U.S.C. 7283</external-xref>)); or</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC5E370BAB9D9403F8FAEA2669DAF85BA"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the repayment rate established for oil sunflower seed.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H902DDC82E254434F9FC327D39677F9CB"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Quality grades for dry peas, lentils, and small chickpeas</header><text>The loan repayment rate for dry peas, lentils, and small chickpeas shall be based on the quality grades for the applicable commodity.</text></subsection></section> <section id="HD98954BE70B849AD895D58169F2E5090"><enum>1205.</enum><header>Loan deficiency payments</header> <subsection id="H7546120C3B2E42B6B8E88C134094C8A2"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Availability of loan deficiency payments</header> <paragraph id="HE7697B064E484DB29FBA675E05EE1088"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Except as provided in subsection (d), the Secretary may make loan deficiency payments available to producers on a farm that, although eligible to obtain a marketing assistance loan under section 1201 with respect to a loan commodity, agree to forgo obtaining the loan for the commodity in return for loan deficiency payments under this section.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H959AFD253AB741C69044A14764C7B321"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Unshorn pelts, hay, and silage</header> <subparagraph id="H3CFE1841B1314A2DA6414B417E9D86A9"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Marketing assistance loans</header><text>Subject to subparagraph (B), nongraded wool in the form of unshorn pelts and hay and silage derived from a loan commodity are not eligible for a marketing assistance loan under section 1201.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H88197BFFC621479E966FA77ED78BD7DA"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Loan deficiency payment</header><text>Effective for the 2008 through 2012 crop years, the Secretary may make loan deficiency payments available under this section to producers on a farm that produce unshorn pelts or hay and silage derived from a loan commodity.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HCA16C6BB275A4D03B17E00124C7B00E8"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Computation</header><text>A loan deficiency payment for a loan commodity or commodity referred to in subsection (a)(2) shall be computed by multiplying—</text> <paragraph id="HB65B37292BF44262B86B0447F97B98C0"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the payment rate determined under subsection (c) for the commodity; by</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H3E648B50E4A94947B121774F63CF4357"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the quantity of the commodity produced by the eligible producers, excluding any quantity for which the producers obtain a marketing assistance loan under section 1201.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H612B27418D1449CA00D530872158562B"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Payment rate</header> <paragraph id="HF2E6468738464B68A915054276A95674"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>In the case of a loan commodity, the payment rate shall be the amount by which—</text> <subparagraph id="HC94F56D772D84CD6A708247094064334"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the loan rate established under section 1202 for the loan commodity; exceeds</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HBE507CC78812430F94CD31F2B01F00"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the rate at which a marketing assistance loan for the loan commodity may be repaid under section 1204.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HBB0D2B2737054097BF5177D2A5ED76C0"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Unshorn pelts</header><text>In the case of unshorn pelts, the payment rate shall be the amount by which—</text> <subparagraph id="HC69B0AF30AFB4D51B15CA61D2179E37C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the loan rate established under section 1202 for ungraded wool; exceeds</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H477EED37970F4F9890D42D45D728FF37"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the rate at which a marketing assistance loan for ungraded wool may be repaid under section 1204.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H9DD49C49BE084DCBBC4551849453C164"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Hay and silage</header><text>In the case of hay or silage derived from a loan commodity, the payment rate shall be the amount by which—</text> <subparagraph id="HB31FDD18B09345C7ACBEB5CBB917DCEA"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the loan rate established under section 1202 for the loan commodity from which the hay or silage is derived; exceeds</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H9EDDBFE2729E4677B1D5A600D681B532"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the rate at which a marketing assistance loan for the loan commodity may be repaid under section 1204.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H5FC9D9874FE1474EBDD1ED06E31F96E4"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Exception for extra long staple cotton</header><text>This section shall not apply with respect to extra long staple cotton.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HAFED3F4200EF48A3B9A7DAE3F463E07F"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Effective date for payment rate determination</header><text>The Secretary shall determine the amount of the loan deficiency payment to be made under this section to the producers on a farm with respect to a quantity of a loan commodity or commodity referred to in subsection (a)(2) using the payment rate in effect under subsection (c) as of the date the producers request the payment.</text></subsection></section> <section id="H2016638FB06F4B82A2EC8BC7DCFEB68"><enum>1206.</enum><header>Payments in lieu of loan deficiency payments for grazed acreage</header> <subsection id="H41DC88EF0186405B809D27B320B64DEC"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Eligible producers</header> <paragraph id="H9CEB406178654922AA73B1EF54C86EA"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Effective for the 2008 through 2012 crop years, in the case of a producer that would be eligible for a loan deficiency payment under section 1205 for wheat, barley, or oats, but that elects to use acreage planted to the wheat, barley, or oats for the grazing of livestock, the Secretary shall make a payment to the producer under this section if the producer enters into an agreement with the Secretary to forgo any other harvesting of the wheat, barley, or oats on that acreage.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H6434277A633148E0B2B340704E73912D"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Grazing of triticale acreage</header><text>Effective for the 2008 through 2012 crop years, with respect to a producer on a farm that uses acreage planted to triticale for the grazing of livestock, the Secretary shall make a payment to the producer under this section if the producer enters into an agreement with the Secretary to forgo any other harvesting of triticale on that acreage.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H4201A8443307463793DFA2B666FD6DB7"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Payment amount</header> <paragraph id="H45EAFC26A4084046B1DFEBCA8C046807"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The amount of a payment made under this section to a producer on a farm described in subsection (a)(1) shall be equal to the amount determined by multiplying—</text> <subparagraph id="HDA396E7B1E6D46D78D51B73D61FFBBF3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the loan deficiency payment rate determined under section 1205(c) in effect, as of the date of the agreement, for the county in which the farm is located; by</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H394D5671F2D3407780B1E7CFAFAD0632"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the payment quantity determined by multiplying—</text> <clause id="H08FEE26DA743482C8923E0FBEB76DBFC"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the quantity of the grazed acreage on the farm with respect to which the producer elects to forgo harvesting of wheat, barley, or oats; and</text></clause> <clause id="H03013989D6834EBBB335E45583EFAEE2"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the payment yield in effect for the calculation of direct payments under subtitle A with respect to that loan commodity on the farm or, in the case of a farm without a payment yield for that loan commodity, an appropriate yield established by the Secretary in a manner consistent with section 1102 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/7912">7 U.S.C. 7912</external-xref>).</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HBCDFB7A695F949B1807F003304058568"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Grazing of triticale acreage</header><text>The amount of a payment made under this section to a producer on a farm described in subsection (a)(2) shall be equal to the amount determined by multiplying—</text> <subparagraph id="H7A362E1C711A456B927FDEAB99FB9C4"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the loan deficiency payment rate determined under section 1205(c) in effect for wheat, as of the date of the agreement, for the county in which the farm is located; by</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H77A0B9EBDF044BE08F81BE66BFFC9018"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the payment quantity determined by multiplying—</text> <clause id="H5E872E4251B54FCE95AEE86289BE16DD"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the quantity of the grazed acreage on the farm with respect to which the producer elects to forgo harvesting of triticale; and</text></clause> <clause id="HD1307B9D2E6748CC97485525E9741262"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the payment yield in effect for the calculation of direct payments under subtitle A with respect to wheat on the farm or, in the case of a farm without a payment yield for wheat, an appropriate yield established by the Secretary in a manner consistent with section 1102 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/7912">7 U.S.C. 7912</external-xref>).</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H7EAC5402F8E74BCE84D272E38C96F1E1"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Time, manner, and availability of payment</header> <paragraph id="H0328F8797CEE4B8180C1AD99DA753E3D"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Time and manner</header><text>A payment under this section shall be made at the same time and in the same manner as loan deficiency payments are made under section 1205.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HBAD1D981B6A94B008B3926D6F9D008B"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Availability</header> <subparagraph id="H2D73D0D6636649189800D9D0649B6FFC"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall establish an availability period for the payments authorized by this section.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H46DE757B405C4A54985FAF67E3BDC53B"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Certain commodities</header><text>In the case of wheat, barley, and oats, the availability period shall be consistent with the availability period for the commodity established by the Secretary for marketing assistance loans authorized by this subtitle.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H9EFA02494F634DA69D60470017851FE"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Prohibition on crop insurance indemnity or noninsured crop assistance</header><text>A 2008 through 2012 crop of wheat, barley, oats, or triticale planted on acreage that a producer elects, in the agreement required by subsection (a), to use for the grazing of livestock in lieu of any other harvesting of the crop shall not be eligible for an indemnity under the Federal Crop Insurance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1501">7 U.S.C. 1501 et seq.</external-xref>) or noninsured crop assistance under section 196 of the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/7333">7 U.S.C. 7333</external-xref>).</text></subsection></section> <section id="H5D001C4E841F47F5A370FB78DC24CD00"><enum>1207.</enum><header>Special marketing loan provisions for upland cotton</header> <subsection id="H49CDAA80B7AD446D00D1748850C1B99"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Special import quota</header> <paragraph id="H475DED757AE34B8A91F6D636C28DB220"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Definition of special import quota</header><text>In this subsection, the term <term>special import quota</term> means a quantity of imports that is not subject to the over-quota tariff rate of a tariff-rate quota.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H233C77B277464BE4A33908AFCCE37279"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Establishment</header> <subparagraph id="H452076C37BDB410D99A591E3B7B1B698"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The President shall carry out an import quota program during the period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act through July 31, 2013, as provided in this subsection.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H2E444C335AAF40DDB3B97220EC5E527D" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Program requirements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Whenever the Secretary determines and announces that for any consecutive 4-week period, the Friday through Thursday average price quotation for the lowest-priced United States growth, as quoted for Middling (M) 1<fraction>3/32</fraction>-inch cotton, delivered C/F Far East, exceeds the Far East price there shall immediately be in effect a special import quota. </text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H60507BF5198F48D9A6F545A6B569D4D"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Quantity</header><text>The quota shall be equal to 1 week's consumption of upland cotton by domestic mills at the seasonally adjusted average rate of the most recent 3 months for which data are available.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HF663F2CD0B924C2EB371F6EAE109A615"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Application</header><text>The quota shall apply to upland cotton purchased not later than 90 days after the date of the Secretary's announcement under paragraph (1) and entered into the United States not later than 180 days after that date.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H7985E9CED2BA4CA3952FB5953598004F"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Overlap</header><text>A special quota period may be established that overlaps any existing quota period if required by paragraph (2), except that a special quota period may not be established under this subsection if a quota period has been established under subsection (b).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H4CBBC7A4F50A4CE7A8E4284E191D1FD8"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Preferential tariff treatment</header><text>The quantity under a special import quota shall be considered to be an in-quota quantity for purposes of—</text> <subparagraph id="H77E381F29257429E8FCE1FB94FA7E158"><enum>(A)</enum><text>section 213(d) of the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/2703">19 U.S.C. 2703(d)</external-xref>);</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H59011EF8C6DA43B480BEFF00106EA311"><enum>(B)</enum><text>section 204 of the Andean Trade Preference Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/3203">19 U.S.C. 3203</external-xref>);</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HCBA554E7D1A74E33BA4C2C04ED7195DB"><enum>(C)</enum><text>section 503(d) of the Trade Act of 1974 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/2463">19 U.S.C. 2463(d)</external-xref>); and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HBE789CA98D1242E898EC1E7FC7F1A8DA"><enum>(D)</enum><text>General Note 3(a)(iv) to the Harmonized Tariff Schedule.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD28A032F9D61432FBF2ECB937B957B6C"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>The quantity of cotton entered into the United States during any marketing year under the special import quota established under this subsection may not exceed the equivalent of 10 week’s consumption of upland cotton by domestic mills at the seasonally adjusted average rate of the 3 months immediately preceding the first special import quota established in any marketing year.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H9CDFA0D3EDBD49619B043E5BA88300DD"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Limited global import quota for upland cotton</header> <paragraph id="HF1A2D5BA2A4944459790F930CEBB6D89"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this subsection:</text> <subparagraph id="H9E48B6960A6B434D810227E3BCC1F2D"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Supply</header><text>The term <term>supply</term> means, using the latest official data of the Bureau of the Census, the Department of Agriculture, and the Department of the Treasury—</text> <clause id="HB71822ABFA9345D0BB46C11FEA86F3E9"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the carry-over of upland cotton at the beginning of the marketing year (adjusted to 480-pound bales) in which the quota is established;</text></clause> <clause id="H1E0C042F453C43C1A0DA5BEB72F9AFF"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>production of the current crop; and</text></clause> <clause id="H83C533C514C54BB9B1759DA2C21566F1"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>imports to the latest date available during the marketing year.</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H09E5E3E0AF8F4E9085F9046856BA0631"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Demand</header><text>The term <term>demand</term> means—</text> <clause id="HD99039B1C94C49209099E6D214D078AE"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the average seasonally adjusted annual rate of domestic mill consumption during the most recent 3 months for which data are available; and</text></clause> <clause id="H8686C6BDCF424347A9CBD9E7B32DD2DB"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the larger of—</text> <subclause id="H9DEAE5CF4C2D4D7CBC36AD8B38C6517"><enum>(I)</enum><text>average exports of upland cotton during the preceding 6 marketing years; or</text></subclause> <subclause id="H4296FB481E114B6C8D89F4A55D842027"><enum>(II)</enum><text>cumulative exports of upland cotton plus outstanding export sales for the marketing year in which the quota is established.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H14BC4540EEE44D6E961F5DEA81058B20"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Limited global import quota</header><text>The term <term>limited global import quota</term> means a quantity of imports that is not subject to the over-quota tariff rate of a tariff-rate quota.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H56BDFF28B9EC4B7594303400D7A718CC"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Program</header><text>The President shall carry out an import quota program that provides that whenever the Secretary determines and announces that the average price of the base quality of upland cotton, as determined by the Secretary, in the designated spot markets for a month exceeded 130 percent of the average price of the quality of cotton in the markets for the preceding 36 months, notwithstanding any other provision of law, there shall immediately be in effect a limited global import quota subject to the following conditions:</text> <subparagraph id="HC9CFACEF72D3428A926BE4EC3293D8C"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Quantity</header><text>The quantity of the quota shall be equal to 21 days of domestic mill consumption of upland cotton at the seasonally adjusted average rate of the most recent 3 months for which data are available.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H183881863DFA4AF18199BFD293CABCC9"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Quantity if prior quota</header><text>If a quota has been established under this subsection during the preceding 12 months, the quantity of the quota next established under this subsection shall be the smaller of 21 days of domestic mill consumption calculated under subparagraph (A) or the quantity required to increase the supply to 130 percent of the demand.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H6757F4CF39DF45C99F5086679B855C52"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Preferential tariff treatment</header><text>The quantity under a limited global import quota shall be considered to be an in-quota quantity for purposes of—</text> <clause id="HC0DC3BD911C1419900478DEAC01C00E"><enum>(i)</enum><text>section 213(d) of the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/2703">19 U.S.C. 2703(d)</external-xref>);</text></clause> <clause id="H06489D1021B543CA9669CAB6107CE152"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>section 204 of the Andean Trade Preference Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/3203">19 U.S.C. 3203</external-xref>);</text></clause> <clause id="H5FC5026F88E543FF91F40034A5068EF"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>section 503(d) of the Trade Act of 1974 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/2463">19 U.S.C. 2463(d)</external-xref>); and</text></clause> <clause id="H9426BCE296CF427BB72E18D669F3A63"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>General Note 3(a)(iv) to the Harmonized Tariff Schedule.</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HFC0B2F9D20DF46809C4DE6002F2FA412"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Quota entry period</header><text>When a quota is established under this subsection, cotton may be entered under the quota during the 90-day period beginning on the date the quota is established by the Secretary.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H7342969E951845769496F1AE0061EBDC"><enum>(3)</enum><header>No overlap</header><text>Notwithstanding paragraph (2), a quota period may not be established that overlaps an existing quota period or a special quota period established under subsection (a).</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H69C9D45D4E01400AA5692D7EDDCEFDA" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Economic adjustment assistance to users of upland cotton</header> <paragraph id="H85612B5F4F73496486CF785B4CCE5D16"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Issuance of marketing certificates or cash payments</header><text>During the period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act through July 31, 2013, the Secretary shall issue, on a monthly basis, marketing certificates or cash payments, at the option of the recipient, to domestic users of upland cotton for all documented use of upland cotton during the previous monthly period regardless of the origin of the upland cotton.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H808A9540A2864032AAE79E50A5A294EE"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Value of certificates or payments</header><text>The value of the marketing certificates or cash payments shall be 4 cents per pound.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC6EA9F064B6048B998D5F4BAC21F2186"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Allowable purposes</header><text>Economic adjustment assistance under this subsection shall be made available only to domestic users of upland cotton that certify that such funds shall be used only for acquisition, construction, installation, modernization, development, conversion, or expansion of land, plant, buildings, equipment, facilities, or machinery.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H9C1E54CEDD2E4602868080E4A96826F7"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Review or audit</header><text>The Secretary may conduct such review or audit of the records of a domestic user under this subsection as determined necessary to carry out the provisions of this subsection.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H5696846F611F4E108CC4ABDB16C7CA36"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Improper use of assistance</header><text>If the Secretary determines, after a review or audit of the records of the domestic user, that economic adjustment assistance under this subsection was not used for the purposes specified in paragraph (3), the domestic user shall be liable to repay such assistance to the Secretary, plus interest, as determined by the Secretary, and shall be ineligible to participate in the program established by this subsection for a period of 12 months following the determination of the Secretary.</text></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="HEC407410323C4A45008D89A8FDF98E14"><enum>1208.</enum><header>Special competitive provisions for extra long staple cotton</header> <subsection id="H8185EFF2908D45B18895C7EF7160A100"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Competitiveness program</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, during the period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act through July 31, 2013, the Secretary shall carry out a program—</text> <paragraph id="HBA475AD82307441ABAE6001557DD823F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to maintain and expand the domestic use of extra long staple cotton produced in the United States;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE05A05AC381B4FFC8000D8EB5D4F5054"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to increase exports of extra long staple cotton produced in the United States; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H8EA331B41A04487690EE993ECFCF0992"><enum>(3)</enum><text>to ensure that extra long staple cotton produced in the United States remains competitive in world markets.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HB7BC2C581F8D434A91587C16D298E2D8"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Payments under program; trigger</header><text>Under the program, the Secretary shall make payments available under this section whenever—</text> <paragraph id="HBE8E088385CB4580B5A05E411F54A94C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>for a consecutive 4-week period, the world market price for the lowest priced competing growth of extra long staple cotton (adjusted to United States quality and location and for other factors affecting the competitiveness of such cotton), as determined by the Secretary, is below the prevailing United States price for a competing growth of extra long staple cotton; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HFA82705754B043BD002D2FF7CE41A45B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the lowest priced competing growth of extra long staple cotton (adjusted to United States quality and location and for other factors affecting the competitiveness of such cotton), as determined by the Secretary, is less than 134 percent of the loan rate for extra long staple cotton.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H8BBF9847038B4691A28E1C578CA947B9"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Eligible recipients</header><text>The Secretary shall make payments available under this section to domestic users of extra long staple cotton produced in the United States and exporters of extra long staple cotton produced in the United States that enter into an agreement with the Commodity Credit Corporation to participate in the program under this section.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H84E42283971248789300AA47154956FF"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Payment amount</header><text>Payments under this section shall be based on the amount of the difference in the prices referred to in subsection (b)(1) during the fourth week of the consecutive 4-week period multiplied by the amount of documented purchases by domestic users and sales for export by exporters made in the week following such a consecutive 4-week period.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H853213ADC6A74F22A5009871D8AA2057"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Form of payment</header><text>Payments under this section shall be made through the issuance of cash or marketing certificates, at the option of eligible recipients of the payments.</text></subsection></section> <section id="H7F2605FB16664DA5B38C415806ACC666"><enum>1209.</enum><header>Availability of recourse loans for high moisture feed grains and seed cotton</header> <subsection id="HC1247FDAD59A4B37BA976926CAC756"><enum>(a)</enum><header>High moisture feed grains</header> <paragraph id="H27306BA3652C471B9129F6286C904395"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Definition of high moisture state</header><text>In this subsection, the term <term>high moisture state</term> means corn or grain sorghum having a moisture content in excess of Commodity Credit Corporation standards for marketing assistance loans made by the Secretary under section 1201.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HA9245F6E663145FC801300F273D0B244"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Recourse loans available</header><text>For each of the 2008 through 2012 crops of corn and grain sorghum, the Secretary shall make available recourse loans, as determined by the Secretary, to producers on a farm that—</text> <subparagraph id="HD8C0C3C135274CAE8D20932515C20670"><enum>(A)</enum><text>normally harvest all or a portion of their crop of corn or grain sorghum in a high moisture state;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HDBF7E1FFAC6F4AB5B29FAC13459F76"><enum>(B)</enum><text>present—</text> <clause id="H2767D8012D8A469B997C40F5B12558D9"><enum>(i)</enum><text>certified scale tickets from an inspected, certified commercial scale, including a licensed warehouse, feedlot, feed mill, distillery, or other similar entity approved by the Secretary, pursuant to regulations issued by the Secretary; or</text></clause> <clause id="H28351445CAD548439E2C31E2DA6340CA"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>field or other physical measurements of the standing or stored crop in regions of the United States, as determined by the Secretary, that do not have certified commercial scales from which certified scale tickets may be obtained within reasonable proximity of harvest operation;</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H4E523421958F424E8E2E40000822537F"><enum>(C)</enum><text>certify that they were the owners of the feed grain at the time of delivery to, and that the quantity to be placed under loan under this subsection was in fact harvested on the farm and delivered to, a feedlot, feed mill, or commercial or on-farm high-moisture storage facility, or to a facility maintained by the users of corn and grain sorghum in a high moisture state; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HD92801CA5F6947BD92C47ED207ACE0DF"><enum>(D)</enum><text>comply with deadlines established by the Secretary for harvesting the corn or grain sorghum and submit applications for loans under this subsection within deadlines established by the Secretary.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H52C03E1B4FCA4156870154F9A7ED9133"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Eligibility of acquired feed grains</header><text>A loan under this subsection shall be made on a quantity of corn or grain sorghum of the same crop acquired by the producer equivalent to a quantity determined by multiplying—</text> <subparagraph id="HFB8911B4C2B54D45A1F7CAB2085F3387"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the acreage of the corn or grain sorghum in a high moisture state harvested on the producer's farm; by</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H64E767D73FAD4BC4BC104873B5B921FC"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the lower of the farm program payment yield used to make counter-cyclical payments under subtitle A or the actual yield on a field, as determined by the Secretary, that is similar to the field from which the corn or grain sorghum was obtained.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H670D553E28084C1C82F94F75D06EEBD"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Recourse loans available for seed cotton</header><text>For each of the 2008 through 2012 crops of upland cotton and extra long staple cotton, the Secretary shall make available recourse seed cotton loans, as determined by the Secretary, on any production.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HBE41F379171F492B81D271FCEC852FE1"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Repayment rates</header><text>Repayment of a recourse loan made under this section shall be at the loan rate established for the commodity by the Secretary, plus interest (determined in accordance with section 163 of the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/7283">7 U.S.C. 7283</external-xref>)).</text></subsection></section> <section id="H4A2626DBED9449DE8B001D289940DAD6" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>1210.</enum><header>Deadline for repayment of marketing assistance loan for peanuts</header> <subsection id="H2C9864C22BEC4864B9C1E7FCA2F03D1D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>June 30 redemption deadline</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a marketing assistance loan for peanuts may not be redeemed after June 30 of the year subsequent to the year in which the peanuts were harvested.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HE026940174294943BA647923E6ADD688"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effect of failure to redeem</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A marketing assistance loan for peanuts that is not redeemed before the deadline imposed by subsection (a) shall be deemed to be forfeited to the Commodity Credit Corporation.</text></subsection></section> <section id="H900D2379FCA94531005160EF9D985ED0" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>1211.</enum><header>Commodity quality incentive payments for healthy oilseeds</header> <subsection id="HB3C2C1CFCE934AB0A0DFFD048E4233B8"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Incentive payments required</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject to the availability of funds for this purpose, the Secretary shall provide commodity quality incentive payments during the 2009 through 2013 crop years for the production of oilseeds with specialized traits that enhance human health, as determined by the Secretary.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HB6D2642DA82E4BCF86978DB07B88124F"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Covered oilseeds</header><text>The Secretary shall make payments under this section only for the production of an oilseed that has, as determined by the Secretary—</text> <paragraph id="H681CE0E15514432E9392F503B4507E8B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>been demonstrated to reduce or eliminate the need to partially hydrogenate the oil derived from the oilseed for use in human consumption; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HB0FFE3385CF34A5FB0BF7955EE1C8FE"><enum>(2)</enum><text>1 or more traits for which compelling impediments to commercialization have been identified.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HCD2944316C0A47FEBB4105CDAB8FC591"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Request for proposals</header> <paragraph id="H66D8F04D720D4B7BAE40800152003FF2"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Issuance</header><text>If funds are available to carry out this section for a crop year, the Secretary shall issue a request for proposals for payments under this section.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H28821EFB340B40FB882CFE16707BE186"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Multiyear proposals</header><text>An entity may submit a multiyear proposal for payments under this section.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H41F7608D731B491E00E7EE86E86CAA0"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Content of proposals</header><text>A proposal for payments under this section shall include a description of—</text> <subparagraph id="H2B101901E7394994AFCFE1DF2F3118FE"><enum>(A)</enum><text>each trait of the oilseed described in subsection (b)(2) and the value of the trait as a matter of public policy;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HA4E8341168114B100072FAA529E4761"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the projected market size and value of the trait;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H19F549A4A731420189004108AAB78CC6"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the projected impact of the proposal on—</text> <clause id="H45BF60F793034BC0999FD100E6EB547"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the future price of loan commodities; and</text></clause> <clause id="H7CE9637CF9E04EFE846225A0880995F0"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>if appropriate, on Federal Government farm program outlays to support loan commodities;</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H3B987FC0932D4BD78E8D84D44FA261D6"><enum>(D)</enum><text>a range for the amount of total per bushel premiums to be paid to producers;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H898F16F0817C495583701F64E68BFFE8"><enum>(E)</enum><text>a per bushel amount of incentive payments requested for each year under this section that—</text> <clause id="HF1B2B07AFABB4687B532D9EE985CC526"><enum>(i)</enum><text>does not exceed <fraction>1/3</fraction> of the total premium offered for any year; and</text></clause> <clause id="H47EB7F379EDC4B14A44C54ACC5C97E6B"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>declines over time;</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H6A78316A38A0418EA54D61C839BBD26D"><enum>(F)</enum><text>the period of time, of not to exceed 4 years, during which incentive payments are to be provided to producers; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H9BFA95C90A4C44C8AC4D73AED239D731"><enum>(G)</enum><text>the targeted total quantity of production and estimated acres needed to produce the targeted quantity for each year under this section.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HC645D55D0C6E47DA87F9C7FFA3971583"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Contracts for production</header> <paragraph id="H7B0F4AAC34B344C700E3CC8B00ED0650"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall approve successful proposals submitted under subsection (c) on a timely basis so as to allow successful applicants to offer production contracts to producers beginning in advance of the spring planting season for the 2009 crop year.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H8964A73BD83649CFB3008D99A213E900"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Multiyear contracts</header><text>A successful applicant may enter into a multiyear contract with—</text> <subparagraph id="HFF0AB62DC3E14E1BAB98D701E0D6E5D2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a specific group of producers; or</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HCE7A2AC5ED7E41A284E521007F278353"><enum>(B)</enum><text>various groups of producers.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H1CED8CC8229A471BACB3AED5B0A286D7"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Timing of payments</header><text>The Secretary shall make payments under this section after the Secretary receives documentation that the total premium offered for crops produced under a contract (including the amount of incentive payments) has been made to covered producers.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H68329601BAF244E3BC32BB00B08AAF2"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Administration</header><text>If funding provided for a crop year is not fully allocated under the initial request for proposals under subsection (c), the Secretary shall issue additional requests for proposals for subsequent years under this section.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H1EAE2C7FDBDF4CB1B48EF89F8E55DA59"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as are necessary to carry out this section for each of fiscal years 2009 through 2013.</text></subsection></section></subtitle> <subtitle id="H28F0E8A4C69F4EFCBFB5A88C9408E3BD"><enum>C</enum><header>Sugar</header> <section id="HAE4BC7B941CE4CFCA97DA1EBD0BC5978"><enum>1301.</enum><header>Sugar program</header> <subsection id="H069B1D18C1434332B91E00D45D64BAE"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 156 of the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/7272">7 U.S.C. 7272</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H18AC2DCB5AD24DD29CBFA9ECBAB3314" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <section id="HCEA47ED9300C466B9C6900D0CFA19554"><enum>156.</enum><header>Sugar program</header> <subsection id="H46B64A0E555F47B2B0797249CDFF46D0"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Sugarcane</header><text>The Secretary shall make loans for raw cane sugar available to processors of domestically grown sugarcane at a rate equal to 18.5 cents per pound for each of the 2008 through 2012 crop years.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H582165CDD9BC4795ABFCB28E2C71C6AC"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Sugar beets</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall make loans for refined beet sugar available to processors of domestically grown sugar beets at a rate equal to 23.5 cents per pound for each of the 2008 through 2012 crop years.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H1FD9889D34D743CA936642DF8EA737D"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Term of loans</header> <paragraph id="HC4F7652F4A3040B1A000EA698E679EAD"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>A loan under this section during any fiscal year shall be made available not earlier than the beginning of the fiscal year and shall mature at the earlier of—</text> <subparagraph id="H1B683B1AABA34BA19B8BB75280A438BF"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the end of the 9-month period beginning on the first day of the first month after the month in which the loan is made; or</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HE87BAB81EDAA4A11AA95A61898DA6B75"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the end of the fiscal year in which the loan is made.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H1CDF09C0EBED4C540072BF6B00B5D728"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Supplemental loans</header><text>In the case of a loan made under this section in the last 3 months of a fiscal year, the processor may repledge the sugar as collateral for a second loan in the subsequent fiscal year, except that the second loan shall—</text> <subparagraph id="H6222A9706B3140489B762B00DC15CD04"><enum>(A)</enum><text>be made at the loan rate in effect at the time the first loan was made; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HCB18F7A5A4874D9B97A80278D67CE42"><enum>(B)</enum><text>mature in 9 months less the quantity of time that the first loan was in effect.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H5B6331E1CAD441758F9BB347881FB241"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Loan type; processor assurances</header> <paragraph id="H4144A7BB44CF4F19B21F00E6F9633C6D"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Nonrecourse loans</header><text>The Secretary shall carry out this section through the use of nonrecourse loans.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H3EA8757ACDB14E2E86B1900287B825C7"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Processor assurances</header> <subparagraph id="H3A9D0ADE5B4D44AEA14078350086D15F"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall obtain from each processor that receives a loan under this section such assurances as the Secretary considers adequate to ensure that the processor will provide payments to producers that are proportional to the value of the loan received by the processor for the sugar beets and sugarcane delivered by producers to the processor.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H0874CE819BBA4F67A9B7BFF8E10531DE"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Minimum payments</header> <clause id="H2B779C9F306F4A25825D5EA3E6396CF7"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subject to clause (ii), the Secretary may establish appropriate minimum payments for purposes of this paragraph.</text></clause> <clause id="HCB7A8BDA5E98404FA93682037864A3E1"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>In the case of sugar beets, the minimum payment established under clause (i) shall not exceed the rate of payment provided for under the applicable contract between a sugar beet producer and a sugar beet processor.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H03198A71EEF645BC85EC4D165CA05D00"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Administration</header><text>The Secretary may not impose or enforce any prenotification requirement, or similar administrative requirement not otherwise in effect on May 13, 2002, that has the effect of preventing a processor from electing to forfeit the loan collateral (of an acceptable grade and quality) on the maturity of the loan.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HA4D2F3B7E0C5437D82005F1EA6BC297B"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Loans for in-process sugar</header> <paragraph id="HADF319794A824595803B891D1707201C"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Definition of in-process sugars and syrups</header><text>In this subsection, the term <quote>in-process sugars and syrups</quote> does not include raw sugar, liquid sugar, invert sugar, invert syrup, or other finished product that is otherwise eligible for a loan under subsection (a) or (b).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HA3610F0598564387BEF397BD9ED06C81"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Availability</header><text>The Secretary shall make nonrecourse loans available to processors of a crop of domestically grown sugarcane and sugar beets for in-process sugars and syrups derived from the crop.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HEC19B0A8AC3341A8ACDFD4B17FE9C629"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Loan rate</header><text>The loan rate shall be equal to 80 percent of the loan rate applicable to raw cane sugar or refined beet sugar, as determined by the Secretary on the basis of the source material for the in-process sugars and syrups.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H5F2D26942A2C47A7829FE6AEA6FA6839"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Further processing on forfeiture</header> <subparagraph id="H8E12BB8DF40E431ABF73F548AD6C6FD6"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>As a condition of the forfeiture of in-process sugars and syrups serving as collateral for a loan under paragraph (2), the processor shall, within such reasonable time period as the Secretary may prescribe and at no cost to the Commodity Credit Corporation, convert the in-process sugars and syrups into raw cane sugar or refined beet sugar of acceptable grade and quality for sugars eligible for loans under subsection (a) or (b).</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H3370ECD41651445F9E6227CDBEA612C3"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Transfer to corporation</header><text>Once the in-process sugars and syrups are fully processed into raw cane sugar or refined beet sugar, the processor shall transfer the sugar to the Commodity Credit Corporation.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H5215FFBA985B416187F397516265C078"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Payment to processor</header><text>On transfer of the sugar, the Secretary shall make a payment to the processor in an amount equal to the amount obtained by multiplying—</text> <clause id="HC6A6DD5776D948209C65FCD010752526"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the difference between—</text> <subclause id="H19A284F73C88444500A24D370964EA78"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the loan rate for raw cane sugar or refined beet sugar, as appropriate; and</text></subclause> <subclause id="H218C5A0BD6E043DC8D299F95A7D629B"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the loan rate the processor received under paragraph (3); by</text></subclause></clause> <clause id="H0B3AC4BF5AA1409A9F6531D4CE23CF70"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the quantity of sugar transferred to the Secretary.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H9BDE3E7678864116B245C757F34071BB"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Loan conversion</header><text>If the processor does not forfeit the collateral as described in paragraph (4), but instead further processes the in-process sugars and syrups into raw cane sugar or refined beet sugar and repays the loan on the in-process sugars and syrups, the processor may obtain a loan under subsection (a) or (b) for the raw cane sugar or refined beet sugar, as appropriate.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD205C202208A4306881FEFEDDEA600E3"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Term of loan</header><text>The term of a loan made under this subsection for a quantity of in-process sugars and syrups, when combined with the term of a loan made with respect to the raw cane sugar or refined beet sugar derived from the in-process sugars and syrups, may not exceed 9 months, consistent with subsection (c).</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HB0C5F1B45266459D8B3FD3F1DFD237D0"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Avoiding forfeitures; corporation inventory disposition</header> <paragraph id="H92DB591964AE424C87832B41D8497264"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subject to subsection (d)(3), to the maximum extent practicable, the Secretary shall operate the program established under this section at no cost to the Federal Government by avoiding the forfeiture of sugar to the Commodity Credit Corporation.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H5354689EDDFB42D9A453CBC4EA0951"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Inventory disposition</header> <subparagraph id="H4621CE3F94CF40E383285F25D45430ED"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>To carry out paragraph (1), the Commodity Credit Corporation may accept bids to obtain raw cane sugar or refined beet sugar in the inventory of the Commodity Credit Corporation from (or otherwise make available such commodities, on appropriate terms and conditions, to) processors of sugarcane and processors of sugar beets (acting in conjunction with the producers of the sugarcane or sugar beets processed by the processors) in return for the reduction of production of raw cane sugar or refined beet sugar, as appropriate.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H49BFA2F496D04803B54C9188328C678B"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Bioenergy feedstock</header><text>If a reduction in the quantity of production accepted under subparagraph (A) involves sugar beets or sugarcane that has already been planted, the sugar beets or sugarcane so planted may not be used for any commercial purpose other than as a bioenergy feedstock.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H9BF117D4B8444751B0A94D791783DE8F"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Additional authority</header><text>The authority provided under this paragraph is in addition to any authority of the Commodity Credit Corporation under any other law.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H0235D5900E5348C9A4072150589EEBC1"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Information reporting</header> <paragraph id="H2D025FC36EBB453AAAE16349AF8D84D5"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Duty of processors and refiners to report</header><text>A sugarcane processor, cane sugar refiner, and sugar beet processor shall furnish the Secretary, on a monthly basis, such information as the Secretary may require to administer sugar programs, including the quantity of purchases of sugarcane, sugar beets, and sugar, and production, importation, distribution, and stock levels of sugar.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H2E832F1CFA6A4FA4BAA69FC51F943C0"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Duty of producers to report</header> <subparagraph id="HC9972F142DA442E682C6FD4934ADF5F2"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Proportionate share states</header><text>As a condition of a loan made to a processor for the benefit of a producer, the Secretary shall require each producer of sugarcane located in a State (other than the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico) in which there are in excess of 250 producers of sugarcane to report, in the manner prescribed by the Secretary, the sugarcane yields and acres planted to sugarcane of the producer.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H79D954CA72DC4BA5B0B0D7898B718E"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Other states</header><text>The Secretary may require each producer of sugarcane or sugar beets not covered by subparagraph (A) to report, in a manner prescribed by the Secretary, the yields of, and acres planted to, sugarcane or sugar beets, respectively, of the producer.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HF31851FF44D14D2CA35800440063B2F6"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Duty of importers to report</header> <subparagraph id="H3C32CD289274440A00E9AEC7D7D07D92"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Except as provided in subparagraph (B), the Secretary shall require an importer of sugars, syrups, or molasses to be used for human consumption or to be used for the extraction of sugar for human consumption to report, in the manner prescribed by the Secretary, the quantities of the products imported by the importer and the sugar content or equivalent of the products.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HA94FBADEB84C4363B346218D8126C4B"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Tariff-rate quotas</header><text>Subparagraph (A) shall not apply to sugars, syrups, or molasses that are within the quantities of tariff-rate quotas that are subject to the lower rate of duties.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HB4B85D0589FF4C95A0AA8357F2DA4B59"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Collection of information on mexico</header> <subparagraph id="HFDC7579E0A854A398D36D30290D695E2"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Collection</header><text>The Secretary shall collect—</text> <clause id="HE9E15332D6B74A1B91D5CDECD720096"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">information on the production, consumption, stocks and trade of sugar in Mexico, including United States exports of sugar to Mexico; and</text></clause> <clause id="H48978E048BBD4EF69256541320CEAE81"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>publicly available information on Mexican production, consumption, and trade of high fructose corn syrups, including United States exports of high fructose corn syrups to Mexico.</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H7B9B59F8F2064D42A6B568A90075A6AF"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Publication</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The data collected under subparagraph (A) shall be published in each edition of the World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HEBF3D364316943419417ACD37417F096"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Penalty</header><text>Any person willfully failing or refusing to furnish the information required to be reported by paragraph (1), (2), or (3), or furnishing willfully false information, shall be subject to a civil penalty of not more than $10,000 for each such violation.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H9EAD277363924F709090DE7336C502D3"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Monthly reports</header><text>Taking into consideration the information received under this subsection, the Secretary shall publish on a monthly basis composite data on production, imports, distribution, and stock levels of sugar.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H93312CF58F65436CB3E900F5DC8DAEF1"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Substitution of refined sugar</header><text>For purposes of Additional U.S. Note 6 to chapter 17 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States and the reexport programs and polyhydric alcohol program administered by the Secretary, all refined sugars (whether derived from sugar beets or sugarcane) produced by cane sugar refineries and beet sugar processors shall be fully substitutable for the export of sugar and sugar-containing products under those programs.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H082E95B29B3E461391F824E033FC93DD"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Effective period</header><text>This section shall be effective only for the 2008 through 2012 crops of sugar beets and sugarcane.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="H1A4BA4F1258B44C49D4D16F3570076D7"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Transition</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Agriculture shall make loans for raw cane sugar and refined beet sugar available for the 2007 crop year on the terms and conditions provided in section 156 of the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/7272">7 U.S.C. 7272</external-xref>), as in effect on the day before the date of the enactment of this Act.</text></subsection></section> <section id="HB93204BC81054BF6AAA663DA7CE3F164"><enum>1302.</enum><header>United States membership in the international sugar organization</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary of Agriculture shall work with the Secretary of State to restore United States membership in the International Sugar Organization within one year after the date of enactment of this Act.</text></section> <section id="HEE735E42EBF74787932BB5CD17987F8C"><enum>1303.</enum><header>Flexible marketing allotments for sugar</header> <subsection id="HF427C68552C34FFA86D2BE08DD4F2D64"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definition of human consumption</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 359a of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1359aa">7 U.S.C. 1359aa</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H0E81E8D26687412494FDB78252CC3229"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating paragraphs (1) through (4) as paragraphs (2) through (5), respectively; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HA7B4CCD006B24BA9ABEF9E1F65CDD706"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting before paragraph (2), as so redesignated, the following new paragraph (1): </text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="HEE8C2B964D50468DB347899CCDEF7816" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <paragraph id="H154095A8134F4E4D816B47FF517622CE"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Human consumption</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <quote>human consumption</quote>, when used in the context of a reference to sugar (whether in the form of sugar, in-process sugar, syrup, molasses, or in some other form) for human consumption, includes sugar for use in human food, beverages, or similar products.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H9620346D42AC4227A6D8A7B58455337B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Sugar allotments</header><text>Section 359b of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1359bb">7 U.S.C. 1359bb</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="HD56579C35BF74E0AAF40844D89005136" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <section id="H6A9EDC8AE9AC4FAE89E5540071DB81AE"><enum>359b.</enum><header>Flexible marketing allotments for sugar</header> <subsection id="H5CDD36BB32D04980877CD84B942ED94D" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Sugar Estimates</header> <paragraph id="H3CFC03EA05F347C0957CF150764208A9"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than August 1 before the beginning of each of the 2008 through 2012 crop years for sugarcane and sugar beets, the Secretary shall estimate—</text> <subparagraph id="HCC522FFA97B345E899BBA049000DA52"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the quantity of sugar that will be subject to human consumption in the United States during the crop year;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HAD250809FC694FD78F54A2C88642B588"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the quantity of sugar that would provide for reasonable carryover stocks;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HCE992316FE1A4B439FEE43B23739342D"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the quantity of sugar that will be available from carry-in stocks for human consumption in the United States during the crop year;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HEF36E82A89534F9BBDFD01FE45EC2BD4"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the quantity of sugar that will be available from the domestic processing of sugarcane, sugar beets, and in-process beet sugar; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HF7561B701DD04B61BCE56CF2AE491412"><enum>(E)</enum><text>the quantity of sugars, syrups, and molasses that will be imported for human consumption or to be used for the extraction of sugar for human consumption in the United States during the crop year, whether such articles are under a tariff-rate quota or are in excess or outside of a tariff-rate quota.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HDD89351466F948CCACD72F3EA5CDB704"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Exclusion</header><text>The estimates under this subsection shall not apply to sugar imported for the production of polyhydric alcohol or to any sugar refined and reexported in refined form or in products containing sugar.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HDD1B84BAC3D547E79364AD6C05046C7D"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Reestimates</header><text>The Secretary shall make reestimates of sugar consumption, stocks, production, and imports for a crop year as necessary, but no later than the beginning of each of the second through fourth quarters of the crop year.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H04584FDC26F249569C8DCC7EE4F1DB74"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Sugar allotments</header> <paragraph id="H14AFEB53E6194E269C3032B75EED2732"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>By the beginning of each crop year, the Secretary shall establish for that crop year appropriate allotments under section 359c for the marketing by processors of sugar processed from sugar cane or sugar beets or in-process beet sugar (whether such sugar beets or in-process beet sugar was produced domestically or imported) at a level sufficient to maintain raw and refined sugar prices above forfeiture levels so that there will be no forfeitures of sugar to the Commodity Credit Corporation under the loan program for sugar established under section 156 of the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/7272">7 U.S.C. 7272</external-xref>).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H25FC8B1E0A7F4E319D4EE930C5ABDCD5"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Minimum</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The level of allotments established under paragraph (1) may not be less than 85 percent of the estimated quantity of sugar for domestic human consumption for the crop year.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H49E8EF695D984E46B7661EF40629DD2"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Products</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may include sugar products, whose majority content is sucrose, in the allotments established under paragraph (1) if the Secretary determines that the inclusion of such sugar products is appropriate for controlling the supply of sugar for human consumption.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HCA2D08690EFD4E8FB2202764C300C837"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Coverage of allotments</header> <paragraph id="HAE4C63BD8154497DBA09ADCA3004D6BA"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The marketing allotments provided for in this part shall apply to the marketing by processors of sugar intended for domestic human consumption that has been processed from sugar cane or sugar beets or in-process beet sugar (whether such sugar beets or in-process beet sugar was produced domestically or imported).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE5906E23F3304631B843CD74B689E2BA"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Exceptions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Consistent with the administration of marketing allotments during crop years 2002 through 2007, the marketing allotments shall not apply to sugar sold—</text> <subparagraph id="HE87BF19CBA854D5C9C8C69DA3C001123"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to facilitate the exportation of such sugar to a foreign country, except that such exports of sugar shall not be eligible to receive credits under re-export programs for refined sugar or sugar containing products administered by the Secretary;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H372F0001AC234CF190A842BF71BA8DDF"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to enable another processor to fulfill an allocation established for such other processor, except that such sales must be made before May 1 and must be reported to the Secretary; or</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H1AA81BAF4CF544EBA85888425DF17864"><enum>(C)</enum><text>for uses other than domestic human consumption.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HD6B79CA0CB78498CB56C62D0B2214ECB"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Prohibitions</header> <paragraph id="HF7A13F50B5DD4B52BDAA56EED29783C"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>During any crop year or portion thereof for which marketing allotments have been established, no processor of sugar beets or sugarcane shall market for domestic human consumption a quantity of sugar in excess of the allocation established for such processor, except to enable another processor to fulfill an allocation established for such other processor or to facilitate the exportation of such sugar.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H508F56F2BD3A43C8A768F7AAD373654C"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Civil penalty</header><text>Any processor who knowingly violates paragraph (1) shall be liable to the Commodity Credit Corporation for a civil penalty in an amount equal to 3 times the United States market value, at the time of the commission of the violation, of that quantity of sugar involved in the violation.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE94CF748425F403FB5ABDA8769E80029"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Definition of market</header><text>For purposes of this part, the term <quote>market</quote> shall mean to sell or otherwise dispose of in commerce in the United States, including—</text> <subparagraph id="H2BBD2937862D4AED9D673EF6DDAC55D7"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the forfeiture of sugar under the loan program for sugar under section 156 of the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/7272">7 U.S.C. 7272</external-xref>) and such forfeited sugar shall be deemed to have been marketed during the crop year in which the loan was made;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H9223F8B0E08D4F83AABFBD00740046DB"><enum>(B)</enum><text>with respect to any integrated processor and refiner, the movement of raw cane sugar into the refining process; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H3E247C13B7B548DAB33C31FEAA08545F"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the sale of sugar for the production of ethanol or other bioenergy product, if such ethanol or bioenergy product is the subject of a payment under the feedstock flexibility program for bioenergy producers.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="H775F189E272F4605AFD9825EFB276467"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 359c of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1359cc">7 U.S.C. 1359cc</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HB464C61EB3C74411AE4C0014EF8669DB"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking subsection (b) and inserting the following new subsection:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="HCF2DAF8CFD3C4AE4B7A0BA98EB0030AA" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <subsection id="HAF7E33F095E64128B46EE909D5052C92"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Overall allotment quantity</header> <paragraph id="HD626987D2B2145EEA96506D301F9EA6D"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall establish the overall quantity of sugar to be allotted for the crop year (in this part referred to as the ‘overall allotment quantity’) at a level sufficient to maintain raw and refined sugar prices above forfeiture levels to avoid the forfeiture of sugar to the Commodity Credit Corporation.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE8FB492AA9644E959FE6F7F22C004690" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Minimum</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The overall allotment quantity established under paragraph (1) may not be less than 85 percent of the estimated quantity of sugar for domestic human consumption for the crop year.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H00E02E701EB94E0DA86D288B16F2EDE4"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Adjustment</header><text>Subject to paragraphs (1) and (2), the Secretary shall adjust the overall allotment quantity—</text> <subparagraph id="H317F2DA95AC44094B6B2441320B1C479"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to maintain raw and refined sugar prices above forfeiture levels to avoid the forfeiture of sugar to the Commodity Credit Corporation; and </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H7FD58040E17B4B599EAE9B00039BB2C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to maintain adequate supplies of raw and refined sugar in the domestic market.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>; </after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph> <paragraph id="HCEBDB8A8174B4B9F9B2404534365B100"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (d)(2), by inserting before the period the following: <quote>or in-process beet sugar</quote>;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H2373F88711864CD0AD547D5574647977"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (g)(1), by inserting at the end the following new sentence: <quote>However, the overall allotment quantity may not be reduced to a quantity less than 85 percent of the estimated quantity of sugar for domestic human consumption for the crop year.</quote>; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H8A25E228A6BA4171B71F6376CF0012B1"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by striking subsection (h).</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H355A7F743C7D4737A6FBC119C85DA298"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Allocation of marketing allotments</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 359d(b) of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1359dd">7 U.S.C. 1359dd(b)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H5D75362C521B459B83E5A3365DA4F800"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (1)(F), by striking <quote>Except as otherwise provided in section 359f(c)(8), if</quote> and inserting <quote>If</quote>; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H3F6897DF37934F2396CAF8BB008C84E1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by striking subparagraphs (H) and (I) and inserting the following new subparagraph:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="HBB67EF720BA8490989A6DAF8B157F09C" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <subparagraph id="H9E41EC8B2C144179B7798E99354E83F6"><enum>(H)</enum><header>New entrants starting production, reopening, or acquiring an existing factory with production history</header> <clause id="H886F2818A54A483A97433B602C00DBF6"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Allocation for a new entrant that has constructed a new factory or reopened a factory that was not operating since before 1998</header><text>If a New Entrant constructs a new sugar beet processing factory, or acquires and reopens a sugar beet processing factory that last processed sugar beets prior to the 1998 crop year and there is no allocation currently associated with the factory, the Secretary shall—</text> <subclause id="H965F5A8D256C4B738E1FF08CF0664362"><enum>(I)</enum><text>assign an allocation for beet sugar to the New Entrant that provides a fair and equitable distribution of the allocations for beet sugar in order to enable the New Entrant to achieve a factory utilization rate comparable to the factory utilization rates of other similarly situated processors; and</text></subclause> <subclause id="HC9805EDC8E1145068CF3D680ADC899F"><enum>(II)</enum><text>reduce the allocations for beet sugar of all other processors on a pro rata basis to reflect the allocation to the New Entrant.</text></subclause></clause> <clause id="H58D1E5E6E7CC4AC09D4263B03C1B5341"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Allocation for a new entrant that has acquired an existing factory with a production history</header><text>If a New Entrant acquires an existing factory that has processed sugar beets from the 1998 or later crop years and has a production history, then, upon the mutual agreement of the New Entrant and the company currently holding the allocation associated with the factory, the Secretary shall transfer to the New Entrant a portion of allocation of the current allocation holder to reflect the historical contribution of the production of the acquired factory to the total allocation of the current allocation holder. In the absence of mutual agreement, the new entrant shall be ineligible for a beet sugar allocation.</text></clause> <clause id="H9E3B4F40D0804BE7A4C1BB25CED37ED1"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Appeals</header><text>Any decision made under this subsection may be appealed to the Secretary pursuant to section 359i.</text></clause> <clause id="HCE107E1CF72049A1B69BE27195F700A3"><enum>(iv)</enum><header>Definition</header><text>In this subparagraph, the term <quote>New Entrant</quote> means an individual, corporation, or other entity that does not have an allocation of the beet sugar allotment under this part, is not affiliated with any other individual, corporation, or entity that has an allocation of beet sugar under this part (known as a <quote>third party</quote>), and will process sugar beets produced by sugar beet growers under contract with the New Entrant for the production of sugar at the new or re-opened factory that is the basis for the New Entrant allocation.</text></clause> <clause id="HC48A3FF1FAD447B3BF9602645D968661"><enum>(v)</enum><header>Affiliation</header><text>For purposes of this subparagraph, a New Entrant and a third party shall be deemed to be <quote>affiliated</quote> if—</text> <subclause id="H568AE3AF837F4F889F8DDDDEE2E1145"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the third party has an ownership interest in the New Entrant;</text></subclause> <subclause id="H42E0B20B51B3471EA4E352515EE867FF"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the New Entrant and the third party have owners in common;</text></subclause> <subclause id="HFB152830F52E4A68A78E4C29EAB3007D"><enum>(III)</enum><text>the third party has the ability to exercise control over the New Entrant by organizational rights, contractual rights, or any other means;</text></subclause> <subclause id="HDA151B113F8441E1B6006586E485483D"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>the third party has a contractual relationship with the New Entrant by which the New Entrant will make use of the facilities or assets of such third party; or</text></subclause> <subclause id="HB946F9D7EA0B4FBD9C60352F40BAFEF8"><enum>(V)</enum><text>any other similar circumstance exists by which the Secretary determines that the New Entrant and the third party are affiliated.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H5512301D3CBA420FB60016003074E7C6"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Reassignment of deficits</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 359e(b) of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1359ee">7 U.S.C. 1359ee(b)</external-xref>) is amended in both paragraphs (1)(D) and (2)(C) by inserting <quote>of raw cane sugar</quote> after <quote>imports</quote>.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H54D6F1F3BEDD4672A3C617BDCFDA0000"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Provisions applicable to producers</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 359f(c) of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1359ff">7 U.S.C. 1359ff(c)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H918C6C283B43478588B518FAD7E448E1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by striking <quote>quantity of sugarcane</quote> and inserting <quote>quantity of sugar produced from sugarcane</quote>;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H3FF1A6827E08408180E4FC50083CB674"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (5)(C), by inserting <quote>for sugar</quote> before <quote>in excess of the farm’s proportionate share</quote>;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H27CE885239614E33AA008C7D6C60FDD5"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in paragraph (7), by striking <quote>amount of sugarcane</quote> and inserting <quote>amount of sugar from sugarcane</quote>; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H84DC497FDDD0485795992E62E31CA187"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (8) and inserting the following new paragraph:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="HA5A115791D3E47CD87EEB45DFC3F0029" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <paragraph id="H0EE005AF03534CD0A52D8374B420B185"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Seed definition</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this subsection, the term <quote>seed</quote> includes only varieties of seed dedicated to the production of sugarcane from which is produced sugar for human consumption, and excludes seed of high-fiber cane varieties dedicated to other uses, as determined by the Secretary.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HFFCC0319F1844B9BA9C9CEDB7BBCC276"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Special rules</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 359g of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1359gg">7 U.S.C. 1359gg</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HF75E3AB1B61D422386D25BC16C52EE24"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking subsection (a) and inserting the following new subsection:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H53EEE253F44E415581DBBD00249DCBFF" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <subsection id="HC050A0BEC8DF43FB96B5202320258571"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Transfer of acreage base history</header> <paragraph id="H9BC23D6A909747B7BB11CB3FA6FAA102"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Transfer authorized</header><text>For the purpose of establishing proportionate shares for sugarcane farms under section 359f(c), the Secretary, on application of any producer, with the written consent of all owners of a farm, may transfer the acreage base history of the farm to any other parcels of land of the applicant.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HCAEEC25619454498B031EEA7BE96F413"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Converted acreage base</header> <subparagraph id="H08B91EB349D34D508F078094C68E688B"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Sugarcane base acreage established under section 359f(c) that has been or is converted to non-agricultural use on or after May 13, 2002, may be transferred to other land suitable for the production of sugarcane that can be delivered to a processor in a proportionate share State in accordance with this paragraph.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H4757EFFC1831485AB9AF5FC1002343B6"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Notification</header><text>Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of the <short-title>Farm, Nutrition, and Bioenergy Act of 2007</short-title>, or the subsequent conversion of sugarcane base acreage to a non-agricultural use, the Secretary, acting through the Farm Service Agency, shall notify the affected landowner (or landowners) of the transferability of the applicable sugarcane base acreage.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HC6DD1ADCA10245E980EA97DBD0B107B6"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Initial transfer period</header><text>The owner of the base attributable to the acreage at the time of the conversion shall be afforded 90 days from the date of the receipt of the notification under subparagraph (B) to transfer the base to one or more farms owned by the owner.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H678B1313FA8744879F52A038D6ABBE00"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Grower of record</header><text>If the transfer under subparagraph (C) cannot be accomplished within the time period prescribed in such subparagraph, then the grower of record with regard to the base acreage on the date on which the acreage was converted to non-agricultural use shall be so notified, and shall be afforded 90 days from the date of the receipt of such notification to transfer the base to one or more farms operated by the grower.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H33361FFA008D449ABEDA51408CA63C09"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Pool distribution</header><text>If the transfers under subparagraphs (B) and (C) cannot be accomplished within the time periods prescribed therein, then the county committee for the applicable parish shall place the acreage base in a pool for possible assignment to other farms. After providing reasonable notice to farm owners, operators, and growers of record in the parish, the county committee shall accept requests from owners, operators, and growers of record in the parish. The county committee shall assign the base to other farms in the parish that are eligible and capable of accepting such base, based on a random drawing from among the requests received from owners, operators, and growers of record with eligible farms.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H671961DD422F4343B385008E588811D7"><enum>(F)</enum><header>Statewide reallocation</header><text>Any base remaining unassigned after the processes in subparagraphs (A) through (E) shall be made available to the State committee for allocation among the remaining county committees in the State representing parishes with farms eligible for assignment of the base. The remaining base shall be reallocated to requesting county committees based on a random drawing. Any county committee receiving base under this subparagraph shall allocate the base to eligible farms using the process described in subparagraph (E).</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H3301DF67C59547839300C0CBB029BF1C"><enum>(G)</enum><header>Status of reassigned base</header><text>Once reassigned pursuant to this paragraph, the acreage base shall remain on the farm, and will be subject to the transfer provisions of paragraph (1).</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>; </after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph> <paragraph id="HB5698B75A7A54899B6A133898965D91C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking subsection (d) and inserting the following new subsection:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="HA99E23604FF34E8A00C56B468F5686AB" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <subsection id="HEED734A6CD7B4B23B8567C9B04A128CD"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Transfers of mill allocations</header> <paragraph id="HE6DCB73DCC39474F84DCFBDDD78FD4C3"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Transfer authorized</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A producer in a proportionate share State, upon written consent from all affected crop-share owners (or the representative of the crop-share owners) of a farm may deliver sugarcane to another processing company if the additional delivery, when combined with such other processing company’s existing deliveries, does not exceed the processing capacity of the company.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H4487215968C44F789C05C58C3172C312"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Allocation adjustment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding section 359d, the Secretary shall adjust the allocations of each of such processing companies affected by a transfer under paragraph (1) to reflect the change in deliveries, based on—</text> <subparagraph id="H54DBC0D286CA4F319D2D00A68B2545E6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the number of acres of sugarcane base being transferred; and </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HAC6486858A964280A125511E7949507F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the pro-rata amount of allocation at the processing company holding the applicable allocation that equals the grower’s contribution to the processing company’s allocation for the sugarcane base acres being transferred.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H0E077D11D7EC410DA4A36212F8E78D7F"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Appeals</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 359i of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1359ii">7 U.S.C. 1359ii</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H0E6C5E97FC0B404188F8EF80E0E778E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a), by inserting <quote>or 359g(d)</quote> after <quote>359f</quote>; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H8B504FA224714490A720C4BEBD47A057"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking subsection (c).</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HE955C884DD7247219C34374C38BC29FA"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Administration of tariff rate quotas</header><text>The Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 is amended by striking section 359k (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1359kk">7 U.S.C. 1359kk</external-xref>) and inserting the following new section:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H6207070C16CF420584CD6711A0B300C3" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <section id="H107A9D92F2C6445CA29398BAFA2D7F23"><enum>359k.</enum><header>Administration of tariff rate quotas</header> <subsection id="HFA11EFB95C1A4B3FA57DBD69FE1047A1"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, at the beginning of the quota year, the Secretary shall establish the tariff-rate quotas for raw cane sugar and refined sugars at the minimum necessary to comply with obligations under international trade agreements that have been approved by the Congress. This subsection shall not apply to specialty sugar.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H7E6684C00C5545F7A8408551776752BF"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Adjustment</header> <paragraph id="H72E2435F865F448C86B2B9F12715B661"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Before April 1</header> <subparagraph id="HC9DCA57B3C444779A4EF88B1D0AB8279"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Initial adjustment required</header><text>Before April 1 of a fiscal year, in the event that there is an emergency shortage of sugar in the United States market that is caused by war, floods, hurricanes, or other natural disaster, or other similar event, the Secretary shall take action to increase supply as provided under sections 359c(b)(2) and 359e(b), including an increase in the tariff-rate quota for raw cane sugar to accommodate the reassignment to imports.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HE0054D52698544B8B2BD27C7B974721"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Additional adjustment</header><text>If, after adjustment under subparagraph (A), there is still a shortage of sugar in the United States market, and marketings of domestic sugar have been maximized, the Secretary may increase the tariff-rate quota for refined sugars sufficient to accommodate the supply increase, if such further increase will not threaten to result in the forfeiture of sugar pledged as collateral for a loan under section 156 of the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/7272">7 U.S.C. 7272</external-xref>).</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HB323FA593F7C4605BDED040000C9C45E"><enum>(2)</enum><header>On or after April 1</header> <subparagraph id="HE09053EE673F44AB918FAACEE73C4E8E"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Initial adjustment authorized</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">On or after April 1 of a fiscal year, the Secretary may take action to increase supply as provided under sections 359c(b)(2) and 359e(b), including an increase in the tariff-rate quota for raw cane sugar to accommodate the reassignment to imports.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H518C3CCE59CD4A18878300ADB2F3552"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Additional adjustment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If, after adjustment under subparagraph (A), there is still a shortage of sugar in the United States market, and marketings of domestic sugar have been maximized, the Secretary may increase the tariff-rate quota for raw cane sugar if such further increase will not threaten to result in the forfeiture of sugar pledged as collateral for a loan under section 156 of the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/7272">7 U.S.C. 7272</external-xref>).</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HFE5FF429776640E1A15CCFE2B1004355"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Orderly shipping patterns for major suppliers</header> <paragraph id="HEF783A52EC40499690F7960049845C92"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary of Agriculture shall establish orderly shipping patterns for major suppliers of sugar to the United States under the tariff rate quotas in accordance with this subsection.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H43916339BA564329BEB7B7BB23E9175"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Very large major suppliers</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If a country holds quota allocations of at least 100,000 metric tons of sugar, the Secretary shall allow the country to export up to 25 percent of the country’s quota allocation to the United States in each calendar quarter. Sugar permitted to enter into the United States in a calendar quarter, but not actually entered in that quarter, may be entered into the United States at any time during the remainder of the fiscal year.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HCB35119E39EB43B5AF98A7858618B703"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Large major suppliers</header><text>For countries holding quota allocations of more than 45,000 metric tons of sugar, but less than 100,000 metric tons of sugar, the Secretary shall require that the country may ship not more than 50 percent of the country’s quota sugar to the United States in the first six months of the year.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="H732486379A0D41F5AA32BEBE4697904F"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 is amended by inserting after section 359k (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1359kk">7 U.S.C. 1359kk</external-xref>) the following new section:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H08DC9D5171874C76B743FBDC3465004B" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <section id="HE4C8F35B4C754F05A51D7B5DD13B3439"><enum>359l.</enum><header>Effective period</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This part shall be effective only for the 2008 through 2012 crop years for sugar.</text></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="H5CFA180D7564475485EA9D87CFE2101D"><enum>(k)</enum><header>Transition</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Agriculture shall administer flexible marketing allotments for sugar for the 2007 crop year for sugar on the terms and conditions provided in part VII of title III of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, as in effect on the day before the date of the enactment of this Act.</text></subsection></section></subtitle> <subtitle id="H7A9EF64E90D74B6D86B0CCAF5B041DC9"><enum>D</enum><header>Dairy-Related Provisions</header> <section id="HD71558DEAAF1427A90F4121FFA6F3D10" section-type="subsequent-section" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>1401.</enum><header>Dairy product price support program</header> <subsection id="HA599EECF478A4D4A955137CCE10400E8"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Support activities</header><text>During the period beginning on January 1, 2008, through December 31, 2012, the Secretary of Agriculture shall support the price of cheddar cheese, butter, and nonfat dry milk through the purchase of such products made from milk produced in the United States.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HEFB1F3D79A82460198816E275CB47362"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Purchase price</header><text>To carry out subsection (a) during the period specified in such subsection, the Secretary shall purchase—</text> <paragraph id="HB0439E71A1D24E1194AFD7AC27D54815"><enum>(1)</enum><text>cheddar cheese in blocks at not less than $1.13 per pound;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HBF6E2B9F83344A16BFFA663D0868963D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>cheddar cheese in barrels at not less than $1.10 per pound;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H4ABE9520C42647E8AFF11607FFB9072B"><enum>(3)</enum><text>butter at not less than $1.05 per pound; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H50D890D46AF74E219400C88109B63301"><enum>(4)</enum><text>nonfat dry milk at not less than $0.80 per pound.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H45C71A671EE34886001DA071F15C557"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Temporary price adjustment to avoid excess inventories</header> <paragraph id="H11063626566B4A0EBF8CE551EB1F8678"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Adjustments authorized</header><text>The Secretary may adjust the minimum purchase prices established under subsection (b) only as permitted under this subsection.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H1CA560AEF3774BDAABD4E765980074CB"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Cheese inventories in excess of 200 million pounds</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If net removals for a period of 12 consecutive months exceed 200 million pounds of cheese, but do not exceed 400 million pounds, the Secretary may reduce the purchase prices under paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (b) during the immediately following month by not more than 10 cents per pound.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H59D7D40449E4449E9720E32EFD85F157"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Cheese inventories in excess of 400 million pounds</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If net removals for a period of 12 consecutive months exceed 400 million pounds of cheese, the Secretary may reduce the purchase prices under paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (b) during the immediately following month by not more than 20 cents per pound.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE344ABED68374C96B6FC44FB7362A351"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Butter inventories in excess of 450 million pounds</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If net removals for a period of 12 consecutive months exceed 450 million pounds of butter, but do not exceed 650 million pounds, the Secretary may reduce the purchase price under subsection (b)(3) during the immediately following month by not more than 10 cents per pound.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HCBCF5B0E53F04E808C7E1200A010F8CD"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Butter inventories in excess of 650 million pounds</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If net removals for a period of 12 consecutive months exceed 650 million pounds of butter, the Secretary may reduce the purchase price under subsection (b)(3) during the immediately following month by not more than 20 cents per pound.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HCA86BDDAD41A4E2C9EDC67692504FBC5"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Nonfat dry milk inventories in excess of 600 million pounds</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If net removals for a period of 12 consecutive months exceed 600 million pounds of nonfat dry milk, but do not exceed 800 million pounds, the Secretary may reduce the purchase price under subsection (b)(4) during the immediately following month by not more than 5 cents per pound.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HA1A89BCF987D4856ACD11BE1E172802"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Nonfat dry milk inventories in excess of 800 million pounds</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If net removals for a period of 12 consecutive months exceed 800 million pounds of nonfat dry milk, the Secretary may reduce the purchase price under subsection (b)(4) during the immediately following month by not more than 10 cents per pound.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HD5F3828D59FD401A97CF51C224262E05"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Uniform purchase price</header><text>The prices that the Secretary pays for cheese, butter, or nonfat dry milk, respectively, under subsection (a) shall be uniform for all regions of the United States.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H27094A941B544B1100F03365A6F3AE3B"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Sales from inventories</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the case of each commodity specified in subsection (b) that is available for unrestricted use in inventories of the Commodity Credit Corporation, the Secretary may sell the commodity at the market prices prevailing for that commodity at the time of sale, except that the sale price may not be less than 110 percent of the minimum purchase price specified in subsection (b) for that commodity.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H016761C34A054FDF9CF0F9DD09471902" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Net removals defined</header><text>In this section, the term <quote>net removals</quote> means—</text> <paragraph id="HA5D8B08D2BD24B8783AEC70010AD7747"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the sum of the quantity of a product described in subsection (a) purchased by the Commodity Credit Corporation under this section and the quantity of such product exported under section 153 of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/713a-14">15 U.S.C. 713a–14</external-xref>); less</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H6F7831EDDDE54958BA005F65E1009192"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the amount of such product sold for unrestricted use by the Commodity Credit Corporation.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H33BF102E5C4A4DD3A9D9BA03EACFF7C"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Commodity credit corporation</header><text>The Secretary shall use the funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to carry out this section.</text></subsection></section> <section id="HEA89CEDB8762497700BABFCFA07C4266" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>1402.</enum><header>Dairy forward pricing program</header> <subsection id="HD7F06B39B8564F31A749C48E95286132"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Program required</header><text>The Secretary of Agriculture shall establish a program under which milk producers and cooperative associations of producers are authorized to voluntarily enter into forward price contracts with milk handlers.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H9E2B3E8C907544D3ACB8C3F304387D43"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Minimum milk price requirements</header><text>Payments made by milk handlers to milk producers and cooperative associations of producers, and prices received by milk producers and cooperative associations, in accordance with the terms of a forward price contract authorized by subsection (a), shall be deemed to satisfy —</text> <paragraph id="HFBF6DCC02427408D9BDEE41126E96B"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">all uniform and minimum milk price requirements of paragraphs (B) and (F) of subsection (5) of section 8c of the Agricultural Adjustment Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/627">7 U.S.C. 627</external-xref>), reenacted with amendments by the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HF42E71204701410291BB18EB86E2B64E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the total payment requirement of paragraph (C) of such subsection.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H12218DF5441D4378BA28C80305E43464"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Milk covered by program</header> <paragraph id="H07118E6A045846D8B12915694EE044C6"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Covered milk</header><text>The program shall apply only with respect to the marketing of federally regulated milk that—</text> <subparagraph id="H97E3A9B4316B4CFE9390041D9DF800ED"><enum>(A)</enum><text>is not classified as Class I milk or otherwise intended for fluid use; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H5C87849850EC4C9E9E08041029E13400"><enum>(B)</enum><text>is in the current of interstate or foreign commerce or directly burdens, obstructs, or affects interstate or foreign commerce in federally regulated milk.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H96C27ED2D75943B194954599654549E6"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Relation to class I milk</header><text>To assist milk handlers in complying with the limitation in paragraph (1)(A) without having to segregate or otherwise individually track the source and disposition of milk, a milk handler may allocate milk receipts from producers, cooperatives, and other sources that are not subject to a forward contract to satisfy the handler’s obligations with regard to Class I milk usage.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HDB3AA07688E045C09268AA9766197E5"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Voluntary program</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A milk handler may not require participation in a forward pricing contract as a condition of the handler receiving milk from a producer or cooperative association of producers, and such producer or cooperative association may continue to have their milk priced under the order’s minimum payment provisions. The Secretary shall investigate complaints made by producers or cooperative associations of coercion by handlers to enter into forward contracts, and if the Secretary finds evidence of such coercion, the Secretary shall take appropriate action.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HE718D54D11B34C3A94DD10624BFB6C42"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Duration</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">No forward price contract may be entered into under this program after September 30, 2012, and no forward contract entered into under the program may extend beyond September 30, 2015.</text></subsection></section> <section id="H4F47DFDC9E614E96AFD34277EE4A600" section-type="subsequent-section" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>1403.</enum><header>Dairy export incentive program</header> <subsection id="H14080563C3DA45058DF40023F59FFA9C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Extension</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subsection (a) of section 153 of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/713a-14">15 U.S.C. 713a–14</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2007</quote> and inserting <quote>2012</quote>.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HADC018EB7E96498C918926A800E6558"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Compliance with trade agreements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 153 of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/713a-14">15 U.S.C. 713a–14</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H98AEEC0DF7584E89BED3AAC62670AEE9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (c), by striking paragraph (3) and inserting the following new paragraph:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H9310DA7F05C24857BA00CC937004053" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <paragraph id="H15D2F4A2E77C47F4A7AEBB43FD5AEC4"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the maximum volume of dairy product exports allowable consistent with the obligations of the United States under the Uruguay Round Agreements approved under section 101 of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/3511">19 U.S.C. 3511</external-xref>) is exported under the program each year (minus the volume sold under section 1163 of this Act (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/99/198">Public Law 99–198</external-xref>; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1731">7 U.S.C. 1731</external-xref> note) during that year), except to the extent that the export of such a volume under the program would, in the judgment of the Secretary, exceed the limitations on the value set forth in subsection (f); and</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph> <paragraph id="HFFC3E5CAEBE644249E3352E4C000A87"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (f), by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the following new paragraph:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="HE90E5F904387463EAB369E309E09467B" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <paragraph id="HF81DFD1AC22949AC85491BEB08DD76C4"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Funds and commodities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as provided in paragraph (2), the Commodity Credit Corporation shall in each year use money and commodities for the program under this section in the maximum amount consistent with the obligations of the United States under the Uruguay Round Agreements approved under section 101 of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/3511">19 U.S.C. 3511</external-xref>), minus the amount expended under section 1163 of this Act (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/99/198">Public Law 99–198</external-xref>; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1731">7 U.S.C. 1731</external-xref> note) during that year.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="H8318E25D25784829B34858DEF361C00" section-type="subsequent-section" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>1404.</enum><header>Revision of Federal marketing order amendment procedures</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Subsection (17) of section 8c of the Agricultural Adjustment Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/608c">7 U.S.C. 608c</external-xref>), reenacted with amendments by the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937, is amended to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="HE422CF99BF2B46529D00B2F770D3E5F1" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <paragraph id="H94BDEDC0569D4501A361D23D87FFD4FC" indent="up1"><enum>(17)</enum><header>Provisions applicable to amendments</header> <subparagraph id="H63C37B04446D4CB9ADCD7911600023DA"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Applicability to amendments</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The provisions of this section and section 8d, applicable to orders shall be applicable to amendments to orders.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H515D423AF70449B1B7DA9618260734F6"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Advance notice of hearing</header><text>Notice of a hearing upon a proposed amendment to any order issued pursuant to this section shall be given not less than 3 days before the date fixed for the hearing, and such notice shall be deemed to be due notice of the hearing.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H589067B83F594782909768FA06FA21EA"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Prompt response to requests for amendment hearings</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not more than 30 days after receipt of a written request for an amendment hearing regarding a milk marketing order, the Secretary shall—</text> <clause id="H2F623121ED4A4209A7D09E7B80216947"><enum>(i)</enum><text>issue a denial of the request; or</text></clause> <clause id="HE283272160B748639D00CE04BDEDCD9D"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>issue notice of the hearing, which shall begin no more than 60 days, and conclude no more than 90 days, after receipt of the request.</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H3384C114F05147D7A8F3B8CD1FFDAB7"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Submission and use of evidence</header><text>The proponents of any amendment proposed to be made to a milk marketing order shall file with the Secretary all testimony and other evidence in support of the amendment, in written form, at least 7 business days before the date fixed for the hearing. The Secretary shall make such written testimony and other evidence available to interested members of the public. Subject to any evidentiary objections and cross examination of submitting witness, the written testimony and evidence shall be entered into evidence without being read at the hearing.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H7CEC7F0CE236494B8E003BE2B95C4EDC"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Issuance of decision</header><text>The Secretary shall issue a recommended decision on a proposed amendment to a milk marketing order not later than 90 days after the date set by the Administrative Law Judge for the submission of post-hearing proposed findings and conclusions and written arguments or briefs. The final decision shall be issued not later than 60 days after the date on which the recommended decision was issued.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HD36A7C25128B4337877238382C0000C9" commented="no"><enum>(F)</enum><header>Avoiding duplication</header><text>The Secretary shall not be required to call a hearing on any amendment proposed to be made to a milk marketing order in response to an application for a hearing on such proposed amendment if the application requesting the hearing is received by the Secretary within 90 days after the date on which the Secretary has announced the decision on a previously proposed amendment to that order and the two proposed amendments are essentially the same.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section> <section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4A99089871444B3C8EE8C161CAD6C37E" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>1405.</enum><header>Dairy indemnity program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 3 of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/90/484">Public Law 90–484</external-xref> (7 U.S.C. 450<italic>l</italic>) is amended by striking <quote>2007</quote> and inserting <quote>2012</quote>.</text></section> <section id="HB6091AC4F4BD4DEBA6476D000000E189"><enum>1406.</enum><header>Extension of milk income loss contract program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1502(c)(3)(B) of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/7982">7 U.S.C. 7982(c)(3)(B)</external-xref>), as amended by section 9006(a) of the U.S. Troop Readiness, Veterans’ Care, Katrina Recovery, and Iraq Accountability Appropriations Act, 2007 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/110/28">Public Law 110–28</external-xref>, 121 Stat. 217), is amended by striking <quote>2007</quote> and inserting <quote>2012</quote>.</text></section> <section id="HB48C3F3296164E6C977D89A504772F48" section-type="subsequent-section" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>1407.</enum><header>Dairy promotion and research program</header> <subsection id="H11F652EB579648C887F1A30AD5B0424"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Extension of promotion authority</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 113(e)(2) of the Dairy Production Stabilization Act of 1983 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/4504">7 U.S.C. 4504(e)(2)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2007</quote> and inserting <quote>2012</quote>.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H3C1641595511453D8F1E7BE0F5C7E9A7"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Definition of united states for promotion program</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 111 of the Dairy Production Stabilization Act of 1983 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/4502">7 U.S.C. 4502</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H2E4C4D0FCE43434DB772899BE8A636C6"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking subsection (l) and inserting the following new subsection:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H6E50637D330244E0852E00942E636700" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <subsection id="HA6DFE6D105B8438900E1CB73D82E11E5"><enum>(l)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the term <quote>United States</quote>, when used in a geographical sense, means all of the States, the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico;</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph> <paragraph id="HEE727318843D42E2907D47574095A043"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (m), by striking <quote>(as defined in subsection (l))</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H14AC01FA0C0E49898DE6C4E5428F74BD"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Definition of united states for research program</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 130 of the Dairy Production Stabilization Act of 1983 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/4531">7 U.S.C. 4531</external-xref>)) is amended by striking paragraph (12) and inserting the following new paragraph:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="HECFBB41C7CE642BA90C312EDA6D35279" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <paragraph id="HCED80E4A2DCE46759298C625DD96F077"><enum>(12)</enum><text>the term <quote>United States</quote>, when used in a geographical sense, means all of the States, the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section> <section id="H3CA14F8DEEDB48EC9C36626459E3BB1F" section-type="subsequent-section" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>1408.</enum><header>Report on Department of Agriculture reporting procedures for nonfat dry milk</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall submit to Congress a report regarding Department of Agriculture reporting procedures for nonfat dry milk and the impact of these procedures on Federal milk marketing order minimum prices during the period beginning on July 1, 2006, and ending on the date of the enactment of this Act.</text></section> <section id="H35DA0503F60E4A89B880C5B78C2B2BC9"><enum>1409.</enum><header>Federal Milk Marketing Order Review Commission</header> <subsection id="HA14A05B50A4243C7BE78EF73893E1524"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject to the availability of appropriations to carry out this section, the Secretary of Agriculture shall establish a commission to be known as the <quote>Federal Milk Marketing Order Review Commission</quote>, in this section referred to as the <quote>commission</quote>, which shall conduct a comprehensive review and evaluation of—</text> <paragraph id="H5F1070CF9D6841A48C12225DF66247C0"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the current Federal milk marketing order system; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H6807E63D0DBA4807B640752569502345"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">non-Federal milk marketing order systems.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HA06F32024EBB49A68C768E6C8408F3C6"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Elements of review and evaluation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">As part of the review and evaluation under subsection (a), the commission shall consider legislative and regulatory options for—</text> <paragraph id="H821E6FC4B03946B2BF2400A5F97F9F08"><enum>(1)</enum><text>ensuring that the competitiveness of dairy products with other competing products in the marketplace is preserved and enhanced;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE6260B09351344DE91007E44FD5C1755"><enum>(2)</enum><text>enhancing the competitiveness of American dairy producers in world markets; </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC258EFF8874E4B4B863B00F5FB8C4745"><enum>(3)</enum><text>increasing the responsiveness of the Federal milk marketing order system to market forces; </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H53C2F9415F424358BB0700EEA8017778"><enum>(4)</enum><text>streamlining and expediting the process by which amendments to Federal milk market orders are adopted; </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HED3C6E7F31BD4F3D809001D3004EF697"><enum>(5)</enum><text>simplifying the Federal milk marketing order system; </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HB8D45FA2D6BA4601843536984023F657"><enum>(6)</enum><text>evaluating whether the Federal milk marketing order system, established during the Great Depression, continues to serve the interests of the public, dairy processors, and dairy farmers;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H23FF65F355AF4E6ABB8B90509CA36211"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">evaluating whether Federal milk marketing orders are operating in a manner to minimize costs to taxpayers and consumers; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H64EA60A144BA4CE4A25214212197D6FE"><enum>(8)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">evaluating the nutritional composition of milk, including the potential benefits and costs of adjusting the milk content standards.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H18597EEE65014131A85F12BD84EE7E22" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Membership</header> <paragraph id="H9D4202E1FD924DDFA1B7B5EB0948EA00"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Composition</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The commission shall consist of 16 members.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD6D1B5A3A04945019431B3633C11CB45"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Members</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">As soon as practicable after the date on which funds are first made available to carry out this section, commission members shall be appointed as follows:</text> <subparagraph id="H9B919865E75C42B1AB6EAB6900006B1D"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Two members appointed by the Chairman of the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives, in consultation with the ranking member of the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H82CD4F682B754975AB53CEB6DDF9F7CD"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Two members appointed by the Chairman of the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate, in consultation with the ranking member of the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry of the Senate.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HFD7F231873384DD3AAEEE2EEA84BF641"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Fourteen members appointed by the Secretary of Agriculture.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H8B617465EEF248F69F8D7FA4218CD8BE"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Special appointment requirements</header><text>In the case of the members to be appointed under paragraph (2)(E), the Secretary shall comply with the following requirements:</text> <subparagraph id="H46DD3C60F2AE45EE838B49111432EBF2"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">At least one member shall represent a national consumer organization.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H65DA872D5FC54D41A2C460BEC15DCB4F"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">At least four members shall represent land-grant universities or ASCARR institution with accredited dairy economic programs, with two of these members being experts in the field of economics.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HD983130336C3459CAC25D581ACB4902"><enum>(C)</enum><text>At least one member shall represent the food and beverage retail sector.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HC9F960E3B2B147648760CDCCDDA0F484"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Four dairy producer and four dairy processors, appointed so as to balance geographical distribution of milk production and dairy processing, reflect all segments of dairy processing, and represent all regions of the United States equitably, including States that operate outside of a Federal milk marketing order.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H543DA26E4A354EA995D5CE8DEB00E69"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Chair</header><text>The commission shall elect one of its appointed members to serve as chairperson for the duration of the commission’s proceedings.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HB50A2D0889594DD78E15EA57660760A9"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Vacancy</header><text>Any vacancy occurring before the termination of the commission shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE7B54B865188413F8C70B3834912E2B"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Compensation</header><text>Members of the commission shall serve without compensation, but shall be reimbursed by the Secretary of Agriculture from existing budget authority for necessary and reasonable expenses incurred in the performance of the duties of the commission.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H8599DF2C388147E3A65BFB584B8B900"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than two years after the date of the first meeting of the commission, the commission shall submit to the Secretary of Agriculture and Congress a report setting forth the results of the review and evaluation conducted under this section, including such recommendations regarding the legislative and regulatory options considered under subsection (b) as the commission considers to be appropriate. The report findings shall reflect, to the extent practicable, a consensus opinion of the commission members, but the report may include majority and minority findings regarding those matters for which consensus was not reached. </text></subsection> <subsection id="H0642B8911E304F02956025CBD8FE8302"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Advisory nature</header><text>The commission is wholly advisory in nature, and the recommendations of the commission are non-binding.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H523754994AB148D7AEABA58C2D76BA77"><enum>(f)</enum><header>No effect on existing programs</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall not allow the existence of the commission to impede, delay, or otherwise affect any decision making process of the Department of Agriculture, including any rulemaking procedures planned, proposed, or near completion.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H0A188C44B2B14D67BA45B17F183E8C54"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Administrative assistance</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall provide administrative support to the commission, and expend such funds as necessary from existing budget authority to carry out this responsibility.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H748A68E7E10E4E7798EEC59B4DA7ACB8"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as are necessary to carry out this section.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H778E146778F74E37B696B53563357B77" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Termination</header><text>The commission shall terminate immediately after submission of the report under subsection (d).</text></subsection></section></subtitle> <subtitle commented="no" id="HC62ABFDB3D6847C9A834001429CCE620" style="OLC"><enum>E</enum><header>Administration</header> <section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H34CE5090254E4233A69800E3E022F889" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>1501.</enum><header>Administration generally</header> <subsection id="H6E460F457A504D6999E5AC78DAFCFC7C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Use of commodity credit corporation</header><text>The Secretary shall use the funds, facilities, and authorities of the Commodity Credit Corporation to carry out this title.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H6308A9A5A46C4C7DBC83C13936511085"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Determinations by Secretary</header><text>A determination made by the Secretary under this title shall be final and conclusive.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H53C679FE42DF4BE2A35C91A39E4E87C0"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Regulations</header> <paragraph id="HAF90AA55334340EAA9F2E2456B295511"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary and the Commodity Credit Corporation, as appropriate, shall promulgate such regulations as are necessary to implement this title.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H1A9B3934779547DD9DEB774C72B826F9"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Procedure</header><text>The promulgation of the regulations and administration of this title shall be made without regard to—</text> <subparagraph id="HBFEB0E2E7C1342BA82CD95A4D7102483"><enum>(A)</enum><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/44/35">chapter 35</external-xref> of title 44, United States Code (commonly known as the <quote>Paperwork Reduction Act</quote>);</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H1FE430F45F13444B979E8806C62FB9E4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Statement of Policy of the Secretary of Agriculture effective July 24, 1971 (36 Fed. Reg. 13804), relating to notices of proposed rulemaking and public participation in rulemaking; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H289C12CC92F0448A97EF43E2FF2C787F"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the notice and comment provisions of <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/553">section 553</external-xref> of title 5, United States Code.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HAEC9BDFF400D43A49C000442007DFEED"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Congressional review of agency rulemaking</header><text>In carrying out this subsection, the Secretary shall use the authority provided under <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/808">section 808</external-xref> of title 5, United States Code.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H2807E55D977E47F189F5B11860DEEB83"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Adjustment authority related to trade agreements compliance</header> <paragraph id="HC85C93A1ABA54BD284DC15432CB5F295"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Required determination; adjustment</header><text>If the Secretary determines that expenditures under subtitles A through E that are subject to the total allowable domestic support levels under the Uruguay Round Agreements (as defined in section 2 of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/3501">19 U.S.C. 3501</external-xref>)), as in effect on the date of enactment of this Act, will exceed such allowable levels for any applicable reporting period, the Secretary shall, to the maximum extent practicable, make adjustments in the amount of such expenditures during that period to ensure that such expenditures do not exceed such allowable levels.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H46887678F6CC43D88DD4F85E1EFA9A1"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Congressional notification</header><text>Before making any adjustment under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives or the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate a report describing the determination made under that paragraph and the extent of the adjustment to be made.</text></paragraph></subsection></section> <section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF17798786138405DB8D19BE3FF5F4C3" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>1502.</enum><header>Suspension of permanent price support authority</header> <subsection id="H77C9FB8A59F0477893CF516B3064BC3B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938</header><text>The following provisions of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 shall not be applicable to the 2008 through 2012 crops of covered commodities, peanuts, and sugar and shall not be applicable to milk during the period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act through December 31, 2012:</text> <paragraph id="H3D3315C0B6B04EC29B53FF7569409363"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Parts II through V of subtitle B of title III (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1326">7 U.S.C. 1326 et seq.</external-xref>).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE1DAE46F00654B59BD65E192B5AF55D8"><enum>(2)</enum><text>In the case of upland cotton, section 377 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1377">7 U.S.C. 1377</external-xref>).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HDF56C5CD8A8E44838B7D2CB6678B352F"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Subtitle D of title III (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1379a">7 U.S.C. 1379a et seq.</external-xref>).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H60B7B18EB3CF4FF6982753449B1D2668"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Title IV (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1401">7 U.S.C. 1401 et seq.</external-xref>).</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HFB233753722B46CF861505E1BB434C7B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Agricultural Act of 1949</header><text>The following provisions of the Agricultural Act of 1949 shall not be applicable to the 2008 through 2012 crops of covered commodities, peanuts, and sugar and shall not be applicable to milk during the period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act and through December 31, 2012:</text> <paragraph id="H2D5F0982A638496297250026F72256F4"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Section 101 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1441">7 U.S.C. 1441</external-xref>).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H4DD3DD2A11644A25928231B33D95C1DA"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Section 103(a) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1444">7 U.S.C. 1444(a)</external-xref>).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H3EC983F80DD24FEFBFAC3DE6CDB8BA7C"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Section 105 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1444b">7 U.S.C. 1444b</external-xref>).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H95B00DBA50B44F9000126C4DF98E5917"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Section 107 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1445a">7 U.S.C. 1445a</external-xref>).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD2A8707FF61340F787F34DBA05FACDAE"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Section 110 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1445e">7 U.S.C. 1445e</external-xref>).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H616F764087CD4BB4B375009D705176EC"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Section 112 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1445g">7 U.S.C. 1445g</external-xref>).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HBAFBC421DA124601B08CF4A4BA7852A0"><enum>(7)</enum><text>Section 115 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1445k">7 U.S.C. 1445k</external-xref>).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H9DB2437B79A24CFC9743238E7488E900"><enum>(8)</enum><text>Section 201 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1446">7 U.S.C. 1446</external-xref>).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HDF394ABC77E54C53A4D96C203D8CCE6"><enum>(9)</enum><text>Title III (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1447">7 U.S.C. 1447 et seq.</external-xref>).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H92D9A805458F455AABF9EA72606C156E"><enum>(10)</enum><text>Title IV (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1421">7 U.S.C. 1421 et seq.</external-xref>), other than sections 404, 412, and 416 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1424">7 U.S.C. 1424</external-xref>, 1429, and 1431).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H1247090913354CB0BEF9E0DD401CDF6"><enum>(11)</enum><text>Title V (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1461">7 U.S.C. 1461 et seq.</external-xref>).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD065FC3DF6CE41A2A298619467C4D1AD"><enum>(12)</enum><text>Title VI (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1471">7 U.S.C. 1471 et seq.</external-xref>).</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H4652F1C2188E4A35B793A79B675DECF0"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Suspension of certain quota provisions</header><text>The joint resolution entitled <quote>A joint resolution relating to corn and wheat marketing quotas under the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended</quote>, approved May 26, 1941 (7 U.S.C. 1330 and 1340), shall not be applicable to the crops of wheat planted for harvest in the calendar years 2008 through 2012.</text></subsection></section> <section id="H4147F07D22774C12963DB00432E0084" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>1503.</enum><header>Payment Limitations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"></text> <subsection id="HE41B185724B24232B26FD8B4406823D3"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Extension and revision of limitations</header><text></text> <paragraph id="H89D1AF4642364B60BEEBFA3CDF16C62B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Extension</header><text>Sections 1001 and 1001C(a) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1308">7 U.S.C. 1308</external-xref>, 1308–3(a)) are amended by striking <quote>Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002</quote> each place it appears (other than in subsection (d)(1) of section 1001 of such Act) and inserting <quote><short-title>Farm, Nutrition, and Bioenergy Act of 2007</short-title></quote>. </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H2FFAFB95126241E4911013B355847059"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Combination of limits</header><text>Section 1001 of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1308">7 U.S.C. 1308</external-xref>) is amended by striking subsections (b) and (c) and inserting the following new subsections:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H116723A3764E47EB8F5C64AB9177563C" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <subsection id="H5FE2574F3C9B4F7DA9938503D7EB8E81"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Limitation on direct and counter-cyclical payments for covered commodities (other than peanuts)</header><text></text> <paragraph id="H81E0E09D79FB4BED9731BDEA04991BF5"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Direct payments</header><text>The total amount of direct payments received, directly or indirectly, by a person or any legal entity (except a joint venture or a general partnership) in any crop year under subtitle A of title I of the <short-title>Farm, Nutrition, and Bioenergy Act of 2007</short-title> for 1 or more covered commodities (except for peanuts) may not exceed $60,000. </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H115718D6BC5C43A7AA5C10A78000A0E1"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Counter-cyclical payments</header><text>The total amount of counter-cyclical payments received, directly or indirectly, by a person or any legal entity (except a joint venture or a general partnership in any crop year under subtitle A of title I of the <short-title>Farm, Nutrition, and Bioenergy Act of 2007</short-title> for one or more covered commodities (except for peanuts) may not exceed $65,000.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H54D50206DAA743F68FED7460044B42CD"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Limitation on direct and counter-cyclical payments for peanuts</header><text></text> <paragraph id="H5C27DE9513474B17A1BE90B5F9FEA74"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Direct payments</header><text>The total amount of direct payments received, directly or indirectly, by a person or any legal entity (except a joint venture or a general partnership) in any crop year under subtitle A of title I of the <short-title>Farm, Nutrition, and Bioenergy Act of 2007</short-title> for peanuts may not exceed $60,000. </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H244B08FEC9E24B5591A3F09ECF4CEB3"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Counter-cyclical payments</header><text>The total amount of counter-cyclical payments received, directly or indirectly, by a person or any legal entity (except a joint venture or a general partnership in any crop year under subtitle A of title I of the <short-title>Farm, Nutrition, and Bioenergy Act of 2007</short-title> for peanuts may not exceed $65,000.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HB69AE3C9AA7F4D85BC97E666071392C9"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Direct attribution</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1001 of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1308">7 U.S.C. 1308</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HC597BFF5F90A41A5825D92C89CECFA3B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)—</text> <subparagraph id="H58110370B3F2452A89A6F5B406849615"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraphs (2) and (3) as paragraphs (4) and (5), respectively; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H45A89464C618413696D677ADE906012"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (1) the following new paragraphs:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H6630A8851BF54197BFF2FF755895E824" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <paragraph id="H438CE049EBCA490400F06FCCF2CED0E3"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Legal entity</header><text>The term <quote>legal entity</quote> means an entity that is created under Federal or State law and that—</text> <subparagraph id="H84DB0FDF3AF74432AC3338005421FA80"><enum>(A)</enum><text>owns land or an agricultural commodity; or </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H71415BEC0B7944389FFA9155033149E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>produces an agricultural commodity. </text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC06403E4833F4FF4A17E045B33728734"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Person</header><text>The term <quote>person</quote> means a natural person, and does not include a legal entity.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HBDC8865C43F04B20B76203C898DB1BFD"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"> by striking subsections (d) through (e) and inserting the following new subsections:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H891BAE8B16F249168FD100A1F650C2F7" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <subsection id="H1D8D382C0A4E45119EC1BCDFAC60F043"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Attribution of payments</header><text></text> <paragraph id="HE26AD0E4FCEC4377A7D9005B598F55CC"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>In implementing subsections (b) and (c), the Secretary shall issue such regulations as are necessary to ensure that the total amount of payments are attributed to a person by taking into account the direct and indirect ownership interests of the person in a legal entity that is eligible to receive such payments. </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H322CFFC8349B432787349D544CFE9347"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Payments to a person</header><text>Every payment made directly to a person shall be combined with the person’s pro rata interest in payments received by a legal entity in which the person has a direct or indirect ownership interest. </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HEBC1B00E32AF4C18A1E1F8BD6800145B"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Payments to a legal entity</header><text></text> <subparagraph id="H202681883BB34746852FA81463CCE834"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Every payment made to a legal entity shall be attributed to those persons who have a direct or indirect ownership interest in the legal entity. </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H5712DDC01D4C47E2A69DB000E1519C3"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Attribution of payments</header><text></text> <clause id="HF0D9C42E0A1C4E1CB5C6CC209200B380"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Payment limits</header><text>Except as provided in clause (ii), payments made to a legal entity shall not exceed the amounts specified in subsections (b) and (c). </text></clause> <clause id="H625CC9DFE7404A6693F069047CF843C"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Exception</header><text>Payments made to a joint venture or a general partnership shall not exceed, for each payment specified in subsections (b) and (c), the amount determined by multiplying the maximum payment amount specified in subsections (b) and (c) by the number of persons and legal entities (other than joint ventures and general partnerships) that comprise the ownership of the joint venture or general partnership. </text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H01C3D43418B2400A9620E400805C8F21"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Four levels of attribution for embedded entities</header><text></text> <subparagraph id="HD8F8F04A7BBC405C868E2D41A936E049"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Attribution of payments made to legal entities shall be traced through four levels of ownership in entities. </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HBD4ED4ACEDB745A086D0D0006D54629E"><enum>(B)</enum><header>First level</header><text>Any payments made to a legal entity (a first-tier entity) that is owned in whole or in part by a person shall be attributed to the person in an amount that represents the direct ownership in the first-tier entity by the person. </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H357E59A3EE4D40FD9BA3F283A1D07CFE"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Second level</header><text>Any payments made to a first-tier entity that is owned in whole or in part by another legal entity (a second-tier entity) shall be attributed to the second-tier entity in proportion to the second-tier entity’s ownership in the first-tier entity. If the second-tier entity is owned in whole or in part by a person, the amount of the payment made to the first-tier entity shall be attributed to the person in the amount that represents the indirect ownership in the first-tier entity by the person. </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H2AD672F97413490A86C088936B5235C3"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Third and fourth levels</header><text>The Secretary shall attribute payments at the third and fourth tiers of ownership in the same manner as specified in subparagraph (C) unless the fourth-tier of ownership is that of a fourth-tier entity and not that of a person, in which case the Secretary shall reduce the amount of the payment to be made to the first-tier entity in the amount that represents the indirect ownership in the first-tier entity by the fourth-tier entity. </text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H904C4F923A8948C5BEA1782999908200"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Special rules</header><text></text> <paragraph id="H32AEE64A9FA741FE801BBCB141EF2C8C"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Minor children</header><text>Payments received by a child under the age of 18 shall be attributed to the child’s parents, except that the Secretary shall issue regulations which provide the conditions under which payments received by a child under the age of 18 will not be attributed to the child’s parents. </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H4E638FDBD1CA438E9E92C8F6C0128D80"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Marketing cooperatives</header><text>Subsections (b) and (c) shall not apply to a cooperative association of producers with respect to commodities produced by its members which are marketed by such association on behalf of its members but shall apply to such producers as persons. </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HB7F7605146F34C73BBB45959FF8205D1"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Trusts and estates</header><text></text> <subparagraph id="HC975B9E230A048A784FF27A24880C6EF"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>With respect to irrevocable trusts and estates, the Secretary shall administer the provisions of this subtitle in such manner as the Secretary determines will ensure that fair and equitable treatment of the beneficiaries of such trusts and estates. </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HE648F61A983B4093B429AC98AA3F0026"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Irrevocable trust</header><text>In order for a trust to be considered an irrevocable trust, the terms of the trust agreement must not allow for modification or termination of the trust by the grantor, allow for the grantor to have any future, contingent, or remainder interest in the corpus of the trust, or provide for the transfer of the corpus of the trust to the remainder beneficiary in less than 20 years from the date the trust is established except in cases where the transfer is contingent on the remainder beneficiary achieving at least the age of majority or is contingent on the death of the grantor or income beneficiary. </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H8F9AA712886D42F499FD379434A87F3C"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Revocable trust</header><text>A revocable trust shall be considered to be the same person as the grantor of the trust. </text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HF91329E60F744BAE9E410042F4DB8C00"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Cash rent tenants</header><text></text> <subparagraph id="H0A5303EE6B0947B58D41D17894066A2"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Definition</header><text>In this paragraph, the term <quote>cash rent tenant</quote> means a person or legal entity that rents land— </text> <clause id="H851D8B0C62534254B080CA95211BE143"><enum>(i)</enum><text>for cash; or </text></clause> <clause id="HA8E69993633343AF8B737286F4E23AE"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>for a crop share guaranteed as to the amount of the commodity to be paid in rent. </text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H2629027A8F5A43DDA2110174DF4854AB"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Restriction</header><text>A cash rent tenant who makes a significant contribution of active personal management, but not of personal labor, with respect to a farming operation is eligible to receive a payment described in subsection (b) only if the tenant makes a significant contribution of equipment used in the farming operation. </text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HBB8CD8D4B36D4AF8AEA4A4F76B6CE2F1"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Federal agencies</header><text></text> <subparagraph id="HFEB38951FC984224AE9426C89BFF1391"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Federal agencies shall not be eligible to receive any payment described in subsection (b) or (c). </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H8FB6402C90BB472900BB0987B38D569B"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Rents land</header><text>A person or legal entity that rents land owned by a Federal agency may receive such payments. </text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HCB23CDA77DBA46AC9505A98950921C32"><enum>(6)</enum><header>State and local governments</header><text></text> <subparagraph id="H98D2E4A22C68423994001C13848862FD"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Governments ineligible</header><text></text> <clause id="H05D314A43153477A9EC919CFEAF3D567"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Except as provided in subparagraphs (B) and (C), State and local governments and political subdivisions and agencies of such governments, shall not be eligible to receive payments described in subsections (b) and (c). </text></clause> <clause id="HF7E023A6F41549678300234FCB740012"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Tenants</header><text>A person or legal entity that rents land owned by a State or local government or a political subdivision or agency of such government, may receive payments described in subsections (b) and (c) if they otherwise meet all applicable criteria. </text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H1C099286D6074BADBFC12C02BC176337"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Exception</header><text></text> <clause id="H6AA9D7D27C63498897AD56DBB01548EF"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Within the limitation described in clause (ii), a State and the political subdivisions and agencies of such governments, may receive payments described in subsections (b) and (c), if the State or a political subdivision or agency of such government—</text> <subclause id="H63D05C771716421DAACE42C2FD17FAA"><enum>(I)</enum><text>is the producer of all crops produced on a farm; and </text></subclause> <subclause id="H9D4A5F7E6B8E45DEB0877DC0CE2877C2"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the proceeds from the crop production are used to maintain a public school. </text></subclause></clause> <clause id="H1C83D0C1C0BE485F95AF2761DFE2C4C2"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>For each State, the total amount of payments described in subsections (b) and (c) that are received collectively by the State and all political subdivisions or agencies of such governments shall not exceed the amounts that one legal entity may receive in one year as specified in subsections (b) and (c). </text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HBA27214A6CB94A02994596FE077C104E"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Share leases</header><text>A State and the political subdivisions and agencies of such governments may, without regard to the provisions of subparagraph (B), receive payments described in subsections (b) and (c) if— </text> <clause id="H5A6D8500107846528BC1BD3EB02400B7"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the payments are received with respect to land that is share leased to a private party; </text></clause> <clause id="H751501B826964DED8BD792DC7C514DA6"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the lease was in effect on the date of enactment of the <short-title>Farm, Nutrition, and Bioenergy Act of 2007</short-title>; and </text></clause> <clause id="HB6FC369A0150410BADBECD3B84D5C605"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the land is used to maintain a public school. </text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H3598076A46E242D09F6D584CA7918F86"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Changes in farming operations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the administration of this subtitle, the Secretary may not approve any change in a farming operation that otherwise will increase the number of persons to which the limitations under this section are applied unless the Secretary determines that the change is bona fide and substantive. The addition of a family member to a farming operation under the criteria set out in section 1001A shall be considered a bona fide and substantive change in the farming operation. </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H7C1EE13BDC6E42728C0416FECB94D7D4"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Denial of program benefits</header><text></text> <subparagraph id="H718DFCE4B1F94EAE96000748C79EB817"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Two year denial of payment</header><text>A person or legal entity shall be ineligible to receive payments specified in subsections (b) and (c) for that year, and the succeeding crop year, in which the Secretary determines that the person or entity engaged in an activity in which the primary purpose of the activity was to avoid the application of the provisions of this subtitle to the person, legal entity or any other person or legal entity. </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H97D158BF051C4F748C5B05A61C5BDDCB"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Extended ineligibility</header><text>If the Secretary determines that a person or legal entity, for their benefit or the benefit of any other person or legal entity, has knowingly engaged in, or aided in the creation of fraudulent documents, failed to disclose material information relevant to the administration of this subtitle requested by the Secretary, or committed other equally serious actions as identified in regulations issued by the Secretary, the Secretary may for a period not to exceed five crop years deny the issuance of payments to the person or legal entity. </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HAFCA620E713A45D2B804B0BA0E4273B"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Pro rata denial</header><text>Payments otherwise owed to a person or legal entity covered by subparagraphs (A) or (B) shall be denied in a pro rata manner based upon the ownership interest of the person or legal entity in a farm, and payments otherwise payable to the person or legal entity who is a cash rent tenant on a farm owned or under the control of such person or legal entity shall be denied. </text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H757160BF260F49928344A93E4FCE9232"><enum>(9)</enum><header>Death of owner</header><text>In the event of a transfer of any ownership interest in land or a commodity as the result of the death of a program participant, the new owner of such land or commodity may, if such person is otherwise eligible to participate in the applicable program, succeed to the prior owner’s contract and receive payments subject to this section without regard to the amount of payments received by the new owner. Payments made pursuant to this subsection shall not exceed the amount to which the previous owner was entitled to receive under the terms of the contract at the time of the death of the prior owner.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H357A82C1402E4DE993C58FB07E1F124F"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Repeal of three-entity rule</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1001A of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1308-1">7 U.S.C. 1308–1</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H8C05897369F2457BAAEDBCB54225DC4D"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the section heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">prevention of creation of entities to qualify as separate persons</header-in-text></quote>and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">notification of interests</header-in-text></quote>; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HA6235C051D0D45E28636DEBEC8D6DAB"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking subsection (a) and inserting the following new subsection:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H581B3911838D47EFA85D30591605B075" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <subsection id="HD7F4F580FBA24DC5AD3E1F7081D334E5"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Notification of interests</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To facilitate administration of sections 1001 and this section, each entity or person receiving payments described in subsections (b) and (c) of section 1001 as a separate person shall provide to the Secretary of Agriculture, at such times and in such manner as prescribed by the Secretary, the name and social security number of each individual, or the name and taxpayer identification number of each entity, that holds or acquires an ownership interest in such separate person and shall provide such information regarding each entity in which such separate person holds an ownership interest.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HA2C7FED04383491397BE1E8BB6D3B651"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Amendment for consistency</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1001A of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1308-1">7 U.S.C. 1308–1</external-xref>) is amended by striking subsection (b) and inserting the following new subsections:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="HF93AE06C9DFA4580ACE888D81BCD16C9" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <subsection id="H6D7A2B8654DF4B838D775614F470E0EF"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Actively engaged</header><text></text> <paragraph id="HCEE31516D4A1460284BF9C281E0761"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>To be eligible to receive a payment described in subsection (b) and (c) of section 1001, a person or legal entity must be actively engaged in farming as provided in this subsection or subsection (c). </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC32FA1238471448F98BBC9FB60659143"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Classes actively engaged</header><text>Except as provided in subsections (c) and (d)— </text> <subparagraph id="H0A8CC20425F845DDB1D5D451756BC29D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a person, including a person participating in a farming operation as a partner in a general partnership, a participant in a joint venture, a grantor of a revocable trust, or a participant in a similar entity as determined by the secretary, shall be considered to be actively engaged in farming with respect to a farm operation if—</text> <clause id="H1453AF156320415798A4C047D381B535"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the person makes a significant contribution (based on the total value of the farming operation) to the farming operation of—</text> <subclause id="HD3C2D5905BFB4C4AA4F5FA01CDB35E"><enum>(I)</enum><text>capital, equipment, or land; and </text></subclause> <subclause id="HFB4D1F8FBF6F4878A6603568109E5D86"><enum>(II)</enum><text>personal labor or active personal management; </text></subclause></clause> <clause id="H1C67B7F518654BC686B6A1797FFFB496"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the person’s share of the profits or losses from the farming operation is commensurate with the contributions of the person to the farming operation; and </text></clause> <clause id="HEE7E4FE9E1E74BE1AF719735D83FFAB5"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the contributions of the person are at risk; </text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HD569CCB88483486495E732174DB0F442"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a legal entity that is a corporation, joint stock company, association, limited partnership, charitable organization, or other similar entity determined by the Secretary, including any such entity participating in the farming operation as a partner in a general partnership, a participant in a joint venture, a grantor of a revocable trust, or as a participant in a similar entity as determined by the Secretary shall be considered as actively engaged in farming with respect to a farming operation if— </text> <clause id="H7A5917AFE0364EB8A7926E1BCCE50038"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the entity separately makes a significant contribution (based on the total value of the farming operation) of capital, equipment, or land; </text></clause> <clause id="HFBB14E56912242B7AE8014D3B55E70B4"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the stockholders or members collectively make a significant contribution of personal labor or active personal management to the operation; and </text></clause> <clause id="HB22DBF76FB4D427E9B93634E038B0025"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the standards provided in clauses (ii) and (iii) of paragraph (A), as applied to the entity, are met by the entity; </text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HB53E49068D064A69B15CB91D4CF4C016"><enum>(C)</enum><text>if a legal entity that is a general partnership, joint venture, or similar entity, as determined by the Secretary, separately makes a significant contribution (based on the total value of the farming operation involved) of capital, equipment, or land, and the standards provided in clauses (ii) and (iii) of paragraph (A), as applied to the entity, are met by the entity, the partners or members making a significant contribution of personal labor or active personal management shall be considered to be actively engaged in farming with respect to the farming operation involved; and </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H86772702B87641D8ADF8747800371B83"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in making determinations under this subsection regarding equipment and personal labor, the Secretary shall take into consideration the equipment and personal labor normally and customarily provided by farm operators in the area involved to produce program crops. </text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HB6426040B7CA4537A65257BAD343003B"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Special classes actively engaged</header><text></text> <paragraph id="H64054C2529004EC1BD39A6A020AC05C4"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Landowner</header><text>A person or legal entity that is a landowner contributing the owned land to a farming operation shall be considered to be actively engaged in farming with respect to the farming operation if the landowner receives rent or income for such use of the land based on the land’s production or the operation’s operating results, and the person or legal entity meets the standard provided in clauses (ii) and (iii) of subsection (b)(2)(A). </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H0AF762E8D64246CC8128F931C3E8B347"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Adult family member</header><text>With respect to a farming operation when a majority of the participants are family members, an adult family member shall be considered to be actively engaged in farming with respect to the farming operation if the person—</text> <subparagraph id="H787D78D3724847F000AE96C7ABF100E9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>makes a significant contribution, based on the total value of the farming operation, of active personal management or personal labor; and </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H6E29096D2ADB447D8BDDDAC9BE615EA"><enum>(B)</enum><text>such contribution meets the standards provided in clauses (ii) and (iii) of subsection (b)(2)(A). </text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H09C7CE5EEB5A4555B85E50091BDA5256"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Sharecropper</header><text>A sharecropper who makes a significant contribution of personal labor to a farming operation shall be considered to be actively engaged in farming with respect to the farming operation if such contribution meets the standards provided in clauses (ii) and (iii) of subsection (b)(2)(A). </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HBC8C3311989146FCA6D0064D4162B04B"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Growers of hybrid seed</header><text>In determining whether a person or legal entity growing hybrid seed under contract shall be considered to be actively engaged in farming, the Secretary shall not take into consideration the existence of a hybrid seed contract. </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC37CBC6BB280483CBB09709600641D96"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Custom farming services</header><text>A person or legal entity receiving custom farming services will be considered separately eligible for payment limitation purposes if such person or legal entity is actively engaged in farming based on subsection (b)(2) or paragraphs (1) through (5) of this subsection. No other rules with respect to custom farming shall apply in making a determination under this section. </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H32ACC3E0E2E349888CF6E56CD1400920"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Spouse</header><text>Where one spouse is determined to be actively engaged, the other spouse shall be determined to have met the requirements of subclause (II) of subsection (b)(2)(A)(i) of this section. </text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H9B11B5EE97F948B687613BEDEB591570"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Classes not actively engaged</header><text></text> <paragraph id="H5E903D4C462C4D039CCCD5A73701CE4B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Cash rent landlord</header><text>A landlord contributing land to a farming operation shall not be considered to be actively engaged in farming with respect to the farming operation if the landlord receives cash rent, or a crop share guaranteed as to the amount of the commodity to be paid in rent, for such use of the land. </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H54F77990A72E4EE584B137005E235150"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Other persons</header><text>Any other person determined by the Secretary as failing to meet the standards set out in subsections (b)(2) and (c) shall not be considered to be actively engaged in farming with respect to a farming operation.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="H5E8EEF12C0334B0D875CA88F768DADD8"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Transition</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1001 of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1308">7 U.S.C. 1308</external-xref>), as in effect on the day before the date of the enactment of this Act, shall continue to apply with respect to the 2007 crop of any covered commodity.</text></subsection></section> <section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA7718DF1499A4281997EB996DD4B61B"><enum>1504.</enum><header>Adjusted gross income limitation</header> <subsection id="H3F07B840BBB549DCB3FA6E06A59004C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Extension of adjusted gross income limitation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1001D of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1308-3a">7 U.S.C. 1308–3a</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H61E8E3A9592D4A9DB65C69A95F70EA5F"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (b)(2), by striking <quote>Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote><short-title>Farm, Nutrition, and Bioenergy Act of 2007</short-title></quote>; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6A5089C32C334BF99529C14B17A845CB"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (e), by striking <quote>2007</quote> and inserting <quote>2012</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HB347AE441C004A3CAB23ED805E34D322" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Modification of limitation</header><text>Section 1001D(b) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 1308–3a(b)) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HE782BEE95D2642229CE5B3B390208572"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the following new paragraph:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H3282D2A5626B45EDBC6E88941D7539DA" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <paragraph id="HECFEC94AD56B4A28A18719057DBE43B5"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Caps</header> <subparagraph id="HC6D04A2E86464F1898D616E8C1362EB2"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Upper limit</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an individual or entity shall not be eligible to receive any benefit described in paragraph (2) during a crop year if the average adjusted gross income of the individual or entity exceeds $1,000,000.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HD6A9775B7E3F40B1B4D1926F18686434"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Producer exemption</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an individual or entity shall not be eligible to receive any benefit described in paragraph (2) during a crop year if the average adjusted gross income of the individual or entity exceeds $500,000, unless not less than 66.66 percent of the average adjusted gross income of the individual or entity is derived from farming, ranching, or forestry operations, as determined by the Secretary.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE8F9946446414884BE2C9629F1286701"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)(A), by striking <quote>or C</quote>; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H391CD99F7A214E6CA972CD233CD6F8FF"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H6A7EBFECFB9C4003A245CEC347F00081" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <paragraph id="H179127A1CF904E628B339BC410CB0085"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Income derived from farming, ranching or forestry operations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In determining what portion of the average adjusted gross income of an individual or entity is derived from farming, ranching, or forestry operations, the Secretary shall include income derived from the following:</text> <subparagraph id="H73995CA8B9CA40C30009A0F1009B811D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The production of crops, livestock, or unfinished raw forestry products.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H11BD693089FA474B8373E92039272EA"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The sale, including the sale of easements and development rights, of farm, ranch, or forestry land or water rights.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HD5E0C5A3FECE4FA4959D33FCEDB68718"><enum>(C)</enum><text>The sale, but not as a dealer, of equipment purchased to conduct farm, ranch, or forestry operations when the equipment is otherwise subject to depreciation expense.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H4039168AC3B14F7787F65CF5F498C848"><enum>(D)</enum><text>The rental of land used for farming, ranching, or forestry operations.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HCE366D4227A24D1AB8002CCC52889EFA"><enum>(E)</enum><text>The provision of production inputs and services to farmers, ranchers, and foresters.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H22E0861664E04AD3A4E42B4E6B2C34E"><enum>(F)</enum><text>The processing, storing, and transporting of farm, ranch, and forestry commodities. </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H43E3A999785F4BA1B3AD4117EB8663C"><enum>(G)</enum><text>The sale of land that has been used for agriculture.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection></section> <section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9A4E6CD2352E49A3B350DB718B583463" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>1505.</enum><header>Adjustments of loans</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 162 of the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/7282">7 U.S.C. 7282</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H2686666522164635B71E5509C4F61119"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a), by inserting <quote>(except for cotton and long grain, medium grain, and short grain rice)</quote> after <quote>commodity</quote>; </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H8F9218426C98448190544DFD6D379FB0"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b), by striking <quote>Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002</quote> and inserting <quote><short-title>Farm, Nutrition, and Bioenergy Act of 2007</short-title></quote>; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H83E04ACCB989416485E9E1EF39045EE7"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new subsections:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="HB7A6FCDFF4554522810007F193F6566E" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <subsection id="H31E30FCD946A487B8FFC24A31EB83E12"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Adjustment in loan rate for cotton</header> <paragraph id="HF3C6378AA7FF4AE5847F7003D3B77335"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Adjustment authority</header><text>The Secretary may make appropriate adjustments in the loan rate for cotton for differences in quality factors.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H31BFC0F6B4AD43FBB13518E2C56E8DF3"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Revisions to quality adjustments for upland cotton</header> <subparagraph id="HE195FB03BBA84AADADF67B70C1DF3BA"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Revision</header><text>Within 180 days after the date of the enactment of the <short-title>Farm, Nutrition, and Bioenergy Act of 2007</short-title>, the Secretary, after consultation with the private sector as provided in paragraph (3), shall implement revisions in the administration of the marketing assistance loan program for upland cotton to more accurately and efficiently reflect market values for upland cotton.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HF5D603B23FD4407F8DF4032792227271"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Mandatory revisions</header><text>The revisions required under subparagraph (A) shall include the following:</text> <clause id="HCAF8D4D693E74A9BB115EDD98C417D47"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The elimination or adjustment of warehouse location differentials to reflect market conditions.</text></clause> <clause id="H4D322E2BF49741EF8466CB63E3B87B00"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>The establishment of differentials for the various quality factors and staple lengths of cotton based on a three-year, weighted moving average of the weighted designated spot market regions as determined by regional production.</text></clause> <clause id="HCAE98DFF4F604BCDAACA977E4E4D1BCE"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>The elimination of any artificial split in the premium or discount between upland cotton with a 32 or 33 staple length due to micronaire;</text></clause> <clause id="H56CADE0E1330473496954EB040DEA900"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>A mechanism to ensure that no premium or discount is established that exceeds the premium or discount associated with a leaf grade that is one better than the applicable color grade.</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HB6C9CF997CD14A7FADE8EF878CC29F35"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Discretionary revisions</header><text>The revisions under subparagraph (A) may include, at a minimum, the following:</text> <clause id="H6861B5E0FE9D4BE5952BB24ED17FA6D"><enum>(i)</enum><text>The use of non-spot market price data, in addition to spot market price data, that would enhance the accuracy of the price information used in determining quality adjustments under this subsection.</text></clause> <clause id="H2C38E95F2FFA4EB9B8EB6D386472FB65"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>Adjustments in the premiums or discounts associated with upland cotton with a staple length of 33 or above due to micronaire with the goal of eliminating any unnecessary artificial splits in the calculations of such premiums or discounts.</text></clause> <clause id="HD15A685898BD421CA01BCBDE74E4272"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>Such other adjustments determined appropriate by the Secretary, after consultations conducted in accordance with paragraph (3).</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H78861031C7594742AD18E2686EE8E143"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Consultation with private sector</header> <subparagraph id="H46A041BB986D440187D3D52259595FF7"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Prior to revision</header><text>Prior to implementing any revisions to the administration of the marketing assistance loan program for upland cotton, the Secretary should endeavor to consult with an existing private sector committee whose membership includes representatives of the production, ginning, warehousing, cooperative, and merchandising segments of the United States cotton industry and that has developed recommendations concerning such revisions.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H89F0872E68FD423E003DA0867E47D1E6"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Upon review</header><text>The Secretary shall also consult with the committee referred to in subparagraph (A) when conducting a review of adjustments in the operation of the loan program as provided in paragraph (4).</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HF20CED2CE907458EBED200AD745CAB07"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Inapplicability of federal advisory committee act</header><text>The Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.) shall not apply to consultations under this paragraph with the committee referred to in subparagraph (A).</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H10557A16D3064D8B9CA04DB0685247C2"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Review of adjustments</header><text>The Secretary may review the operation of the upland cotton quality adjustments implemented pursuant to this subsection and may make further revisions to the administration of the loan program, by either revoking or revising the actions taken pursuant to paragraph (2)(B) or by revoking or revising any actions taken or authorized to be taken under paragraph (2)(B).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD4D5E0F365064D7F83FA24BFED076A4"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Adjustments in effect prior to revision</header><text>The quality differences (premiums and discounts for quality factors) applicable to the upland cotton loan program (prior to any revisions in accordance with this subsection) shall be established by the Secretary by giving equal weight—</text> <subparagraph id="H0250DD19665048F38FF6715C2B84519C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to loan differences for the preceding crop; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H3186FDE66ADF4088A72E9D009600004E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to market differences for such crop in the designated United States spot markets.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H3AB3D70313A44038A19EC176623474A1"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Rice limitation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">With respect to long grain rice and medium and short grain rice, the Secretary shall not make adjustments in the loan rates for such commodities, except for differences in grade and quality (including milling yields).</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section> <section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H24B4C55492CB4325A6CB319DA8C5D114" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>1506.</enum><header>Personal liability of producers for deficiencies</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 164 of the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/7284">7 U.S.C. 7284</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote><short-title>Farm, Nutrition, and Bioenergy Act of 2007</short-title></quote>.</text></section> <section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA877E8329328418BAE8FEE08EFF5FB85" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>1507.</enum><header>Extension of existing administrative authority regarding loans</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 166 of the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/7286">7 U.S.C. 7286</external-xref>) is amended in subsections (a) and (c)(1) by striking <quote>subtitle B and C of title I of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>subtitle B of title I of the <short-title>Farm, Nutrition, and Bioenergy Act of 2007</short-title></quote>.</text></section> <section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H34D57844A0B745BDBA17EE081BC5BD1" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>1508.</enum><header>Assignment of payments</header> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9034398CCBAF4881AC823D2ED447DB5F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The provisions of section 8(g) of the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/590h">16 U.S.C. 590h(g)</external-xref>), relating to assignment of payments, shall apply to payments made under the authority of this title.</text></subsection> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9F6AAFDF729846AAA7B60AE79B91078"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Notice</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The producer making the assignment, or the assignee, shall provide the Secretary with notice, in such manner as the Secretary may require, of any assignment made under this section.</text></subsection></section> <section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H775FA01FE7E14A7B9583EC831400D1F5" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>1509.</enum><header>Tracking of benefits</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">As soon as practicable after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall track the benefits provided, directly or indirectly, to individuals and entities under titles I and II and the amendments made by those titles.</text></section> <section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7BD4E2B3F3CB45D5B9FB90BDA7844FA5" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>1510.</enum><header>Upland cotton storage payments</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Beginning with the 2012 crop of upland cotton, the Secretary may not use the funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to pay storage, handling, and other costs associated with the storage of upland cotton for which a marketing assistance loan is made under section 1201.</text></section> <section id="H2ECE8C1989284573A43EF5ADBF1934DE"><enum>1511.</enum><header>Government publication of cotton price forecasts</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 15 of the Agricultural Marketing Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/1141j">12 U.S.C. 1141j</external-xref>) is amended by striking subsection (d).</text></section></subtitle> <enum>II</enum><header>Conservation</header> <toc container-level="title-container" quoted-block="no-quoted-block" lowest-level="section" idref="H9EE78789DD5A4FB8B299EE35C4E1DB19" regeneration="yes-regeneration" lowest-bolded-level="division-lowest-bolded"> <toc-entry idref="HF817FFEA3E7948D0AEAA83AD3CDAE4CD" level="subtitle">Subtitle A—Conservation Programs of the Food Security Act of 1985</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="HF808C223A92E47380045B82051754200" level="section">Sec. 2101. Conservation reserve program.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="HF331547530C04EB8969251DD71F5DF" level="section">Sec. 2102. Wetlands reserve program.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H70A679BF72444A7ABCB7B0014E56EC" level="section">Sec. 2103. Conservation security program.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H90FE3BEDB9DC495382DB7541F500F0D1" level="section">Sec. 2104. Grassland reserve program.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="HB23A56DC7EE449CEA82F49FD007CE16B" level="section">Sec. 2105. Environmental quality incentives program.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="HE794C73EADB74824B853C787A0096400" level="section">Sec. 2106. Regional water enhancement program.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H432193ECB11F4ACAB44E3065A2B14192" level="section">Sec. 2107. Grassroots source water protection program.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H587C7F8539044E969EFB84BB0088B700" level="section">Sec. 2108. Conservation of private grazing land.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H3BDC980AAE8246508B1C88383EE2DE4C" level="section">Sec. 2109. Great Lakes basin program for soil erosion and sediment control.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="HDD4AB5AA30794637B6893C8937C1376E" level="section">Sec. 2110. Farm and ranchland protection program.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H3F9AC7FC9C6F42858B499BFDF066294D" level="section">Sec. 2111. Farm viability program.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H807CE9A42DD34727BFBD9FEC00C12991" level="section">Sec. 2112. Wildlife habitat incentive program.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H50822C57A84348AC988D07E85FB95153" level="subtitle">Subtitle B—Conservation Programs Under Other Laws</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="HF18F2E09C5C94ACDB9F7ECEB1C20FCB1" level="section">Sec. 2201. Agricultural management assistance program.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="HA3A0709AD7A247DBA9A7F76C1F5F51B" level="section">Sec. 2202. Resource Conservation and Development Program.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H7E8D754D32B641D5934107A69201B074" level="section">Sec. 2203. Small watershed rehabilitation program.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H1278409216C641D9B18FCFFE573E003E" level="subtitle">Subtitle C—Additional Conservation Programs</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H92B7A8AE1226413200B63BD5F4D25621" level="section">Sec. 2301. Chesapeake Bay program for nutrient reduction and sediment control.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="HA7FEDB3919944D36A294787765FED51C" level="section">Sec. 2302. Voluntary public access and habitat incentive program.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H9E9F10ABE08446B8959F754EAFB8CB" level="subtitle">Subtitle D—Administration and Funding</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H40E3C8E3D7E045A8A3C8468F8E001266" level="section">Sec. 2401. Funding of conservation programs under Food Security Act of 1985.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H5C2AA03BD87C45EA95433F6BEB646421" level="section">Sec. 2402. Improved provision of technical assistance under conservation programs.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H6287E290AE634CAD88F6C8C170D295C" level="section">Sec. 2403. Cooperative conservation partnership initiative.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="HF8A3F83CF35B41678DA9A692A2ABD520" level="section">Sec. 2404. Regional equity and flexibility.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="HAE6ECD12A1604FE692DCD46C62E89F58" level="section">Sec. 2405. Administrative requirements for conservation programs.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H16FE6E09B6EE4A1E8516ADEC64870554" level="section">Sec. 2406. Annual report on participation by specialty crop producers in conservation programs.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H76B06B60A0A5494FAAB408DBE579CD86" level="section">Sec. 2407. Promotion of market-based approaches to conservation.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="HD15273F9FB9341DF85C7314E8664487" level="section">Sec. 2408. Establishment of State technical committees and their responsibilities.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H9042F759F92545D685944322B3BBE5F" level="section">Sec. 2409. Payment limitations.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="HB7108A098E374E7F942381B66384DB7F" level="subtitle">Subtitle E—Miscellaneous Provisions</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H9B4689790DAB44E18779007BDBDBFBA3" level="section">Sec. 2501. Inclusion of income from affiliated packing and handling operations as income derived from farming for application of adjusted gross income limitation on eligibility for conservation programs.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H5E1173BE44704CC5AC1282853532775F" level="section">Sec. 2502. Encouragement of voluntary sustainability practices guidelines.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H869F815E9088461EA9951B9528D12538" level="section">Sec. 2503. Farmland resource information.</toc-entry></toc> <subtitle id="HF817FFEA3E7948D0AEAA83AD3CDAE4CD"><enum>A</enum><header>Conservation Programs of the Food Security Act of 1985</header> <section id="HF808C223A92E47380045B82051754200" section-type="subsequent-section" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>2101.</enum><header>Conservation reserve program</header> <subsection id="HB16651EC7084456E86F92D349E009FE2"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Authorization and eligible land</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1231 of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3831">16 U.S.C. 3831</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H743802B6199A4711B37931A4D6B64F6F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)—</text> <subparagraph id="HA2E11B7B4BC348689F8CCDE72B9BB5F8"><enum>(A)</enum><text> by striking <quote>2007</quote> and inserting <quote>2012</quote>; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H923DEA1482B44954A03ECAF9DB166E74"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting before the period the following: <quote>and to address issues raised by State, regional, and national conservation initiatives</quote>; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H949B250C5E20403EBA43CB6209BDE73"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b)—</text> <subparagraph id="H34F8516B3C584367A8F400CA54DBC3C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)(B)—</text> <clause id="H7A25CB5DED604B80815786B400D62F6B"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002</quote> and inserting <quote>the <short-title>Farm, Nutrition, and Bioenergy Act of 2007</short-title></quote>; and</text></clause> <clause id="H899BD064217F46ABBE83FB7DA7BF847D"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HDB555B8A97664A48ABC3E72916915B94"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (4), by striking the semicolon at the end of subparagraph (E) and inserting <quote>; or</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H139EB95CFC424D698F63689556BA2400" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Maximum enrollment</header><text>Section 1231(d) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3831">16 U.S.C. 3831(d)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2007</quote> and inserting <quote>2012</quote>.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H6AEA03445C104F0EBF914C8D79B3F6B"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Conservation priority areas</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1231(f) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3831">16 U.S.C. 3831(f)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>the Chesapeake Bay Region (Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia)</quote> and inserting <quote>the Chesapeake Bay Region</quote>.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H4CDC86F0F2D5473FADFA80D800AE512B" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Treatment of multi-year grasses and legumes</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subsection (g) of section 1231 of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3831">16 U.S.C. 3831</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="HC5DB137B9F344F4DB24794AE9CDF7C55" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <subsection id="HC1A246D46BC34ADCA05F19F62DCCA058"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Multi-year grasses and legumes</header> <paragraph id="HBB854EF846184AAC9C58F3C2DBB3F535"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of this subchapter, alfalfa and other multi-year grasses and legumes in a rotation practice, approved by the Secretary, shall be considered agricultural commodities.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H9FB1FF79E08C4B1C872564F997EF2BEA"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Cropping history</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Alfalfa, when grown as part of a rotation practice, as determined by the Secretary, is an agricultural commodity subject to the cropping history criteria under subsection (b)(1)(B) for the purpose of determining whether highly erodible cropland has been planted or considered planted for 4 of the 6 years referred to in such subsection.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="HCBB26BD20F364E31B2DE5C5CEB2EFA12"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Pilot program for enrollment of wetland and buffer acreage in conservation reserve</header><text>Section 1231(h)(1)(A) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3831">16 U.S.C. 3831(h)(1)(A)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2007</quote> and inserting <quote>2012</quote>.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HC065C51810F54144B8D74E850000CEDC"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Managed haying and grazing</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1232(a)(7) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3832">16 U.S.C. 3832(a)(7)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HC17DA9BB7E0E465F8EE4E781F17F2300"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A)—</text> <subparagraph id="HBE58718F2862470AB4D00D21C007B94"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting <quote>and prescribed grazing for the control of invasive species</quote> after <quote>biomass</quote>; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H215A5122EBD848CAA131331FF76CDDCF"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end of the subparagraph;</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H0AB76B40A3F846D1998C44789CD6777D"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating subparagraph (B) as subparagraph (D); and </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HA7FF7BB59BDA45109EC7CD13FAA18F8"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by inserting after subparagraph (A) the following new subparagraph:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H46F84AADB7FA40C8836C0970D283B4E9" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <subparagraph id="H5452357600EF43ABAA60F1E3ABAEDF9E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>managed grazing during the year, except that in permitting such grazing, the Secretary shall—</text> <clause id="H5723FFD27DDB4060A27F9B939B3E8E72"><enum>(i)</enum><text>reduce the rental payment otherwise payable under the contract by a percentage determined by the Secretary to be appropriate; and</text></clause> <clause id="H1134249771B040959769F180A0ACD9E5"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">require a management plan, including a grazing rate, approved by the Secretary that is consistent with section 1231(a);</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H404A769EC6BD4B46B22D83793F665928" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(C)</enum><text>dryland crop production and grazing practices on acreage enrolled into the conservation reserve enhancement program announced on May 27, 1998 (63 Fed. Reg. 28965) where the conservation reserve enhancement program is initiated to address declining groundwater or surface water resources and water quality issues associated with declining groundwater or surface water resources and the conservation reserve enhancement contract requires the owner or operator to retire a water right, except that in permitting dryland crop production and grazing, the Secretary shall—</text> <clause id="HC37D880883554F9C9FEAA5D000202E90"><enum>(i)</enum><text>develop an appropriate working lands conservation plan that implements conservation practices suitable to the region to address soil conservation, water quality, wildlife habitat, or other environmental benefits;</text></clause> <clause id="HB6922146040E43AD9C8770EE6CED4699"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>apply the provisions of section 11005 of the <short-title>Farm, Nutrition, and Bioenergy Act of 2007</short-title> in determining the eligibility for crop insurance of dryland crop production and grazing activities allowed under a conservation reserve enhancement contract for the purposes of this section, dryland crop production and grazing activities allowed under a conservation reserve enhancement contract shall be considered <quote>noncropland</quote> in applying the provisions of section 11005 of the <short-title>Farm, Nutrition, and Bioenergy Act of 2007</short-title>;</text></clause> <clause id="H2C5006EACF584B71A9751085D391B4D1"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>reduce the rental payment otherwise payable under the contract by an amount commensurate with the economic value of the crop production or grazing activity, while still leaving sufficient financial incentives for the owner or operator to participate in the conservation reserve enhancement; and</text></clause> <clause id="HCA05772EE3444AD3BAC279B93FE562E8"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>at the request of a State that has previously entered into a conservation reserve enhancement program agreement, renegotiate the agreement to allow for the dryland crop production and grazing in accordance with this section; and</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HBBA27328A2B04F73B5B908C0E39625B5"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Rental rates</header><text>Section 1234(c) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3834">16 U.S.C. 3834(c)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H599976094E5741C6B1606855D7044D1B" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <paragraph id="HDF66F0C5014743B1BF80D8EA82CEF87E"><enum>(5)</enum><header>County average market dry-land and irrigated cash rental rates</header> <subparagraph id="HE5EB0DA3B1644317BB2CA0372C01FF71"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Annual estimates</header><text>Beginning not later than one year after the date of the enactment of the <short-title>Farm, Nutrition, and Bioenergy Act of 2007</short-title>, the National Agricultural Statistics Service shall conduct an annual survey of per acre estimates of county average market dry-land and irrigated cash rental rates for cropland and pastureland in all counties or equivalent subdivisions within each State with 20,000 acres or more of cropland and pastureland.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H6DA12CF7128249388F53689F5289D849"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Public availability of estimates</header><text> The estimates derived as a result of the annual survey conducted under subparagraph (A) shall be maintained on a website of the Department of Agriculture for use by the general public.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H93B73BDD635446F38B868E001325F7C5"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Funding</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Funds to conduct the annual survey required by subparagraph (A) shall come from funds made available for the conservation reserve program under this subchapter.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="HD5A208F118FB4D39BFEF3455C8E79576" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Conservation Reserve Program transition incentives</header><text>Section 1235 of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3835">16 U.S.C. 3835</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H350C5BBD2EA14474A200D6E43EC7CBAF"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (c)(1)(B)—</text> <subparagraph id="H3F9F9D5469014C45A8572EA46F07688"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in clause (ii), by striking <quote>or</quote> at the end;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HC043209492DC48088B227C3316D57631"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by redesignating clause (iii) as clause (iv); and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H97AB0BF60EF84572B8006600D6488000"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by inserting after clause (ii) the following new clause:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8683DEE333F9439B91D689002C5F00E6" style="OLC"> <clause id="HDFEE0236CFF24A92AEDB8581997990E2"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>to facilitate a transition of land subject to the contract from a retired or retiring owner or operator to a beginning farmer or rancher, socially disadvantaged farmer or rancher, or limited resource farmer or rancher for the purpose of returning some or all of the land into production using sustainable grazing or crop production methods; or</text></clause><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H34B7BAD7BB0648CB85B0BC37B02CB13"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new subsection:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6D1664D729434714B0C7955B73F2ECE5" style="OLC"> <subsection id="HA0CCB03845ED448892518F446C44A61C"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Transition option for certain farmers or ranchers</header> <paragraph id="H0BCF4E3685AA4944A7B774007392D646"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Duties of the secretary</header><text>In the case of a contract modification approved in order to facilitate the transfer of land subject to a contract from a retired or retiring owner or operator under subsection (c)(1)(B)(iii) to a beginning farmer or rancher, socially disadvantaged farmer or rancher, or limited resource farmer or rancher (in this subsection referred to as a <quote>covered farmer or rancher</quote>) the Secretary shall—</text> <subparagraph id="H820C4606ACEE4E279BCC4C00128907B9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>beginning on the date that is 1 year before the date of termination of the contract—</text> <clause id="HE55566F010514A738BFFF38EA7F57197"><enum>(i)</enum><text>allow the covered farmer or rancher, in conjunction with the retired or retiring owner or operator, to make conservation and land improvements; and</text></clause> <clause id="H6C27E0EEAFCD4B5F95EA63BDAAADEA95"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>allow the covered farmer or rancher, at the election of the covered farmer or rancher, to begin the certification process under the Organic Foods Production Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/6501">7 U.S.C. 6501 et seq.</external-xref>);</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H061A092B239745908799AC5C76328C8C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>beginning on the date of termination of the contract, require the retired or retiring owner or operator to sell or lease (under a long-term lease or a lease with an option to purchase) to the covered farmer or rancher the land subject to the contract for production purposes;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H676EAF496BE14F338C03B72614A55F32"><enum>(C)</enum><text>require the covered farmer or rancher to develop and implement a comprehensive conservation plan that meets such sustainability criteria as the Secretary may establish; </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H23321212B8A94E709B2845DBBB1F1F03"><enum>(D)</enum><text>provide to the covered farmer or rancher an opportunity to enroll in the conservation security program or the environmental quality incentives program by not later than the date on which the farmer or rancher takes possession of the land through ownership or lease; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H68DAFF8894F94928BC1CE81BADCB46FA"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">continue to make annual payments to the retired or retiring owner or operator for not more than an additional 2 years after the date of termination of the contract, if the retired or retiring owner or operator is not a family member (as defined in section 1001A(b)(3)(B) of this Act) of the covered farmer or rancher.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H040ACADF1FBB44D794488F6F39843EE0" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Reenrollment</header><text>The Secretary shall provide to a beginning farmer or rancher, socially disadvantaged farmer or rancher, or limited resource farmer or rancher described in paragraph (1) the option to reenroll any applicable partial field conservation practice that is—</text> <subparagraph id="H69504F04E1974C23AAC3542B0036EA53" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><text>eligible for enrollment under the continuous signup requirement of section 1231(h)(4)(B); and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H8EE475281FD345D097DF23C7008B1BBA" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><text>part of an approved comprehensive conservation plan.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H5445B87176924D4588F423B907F1DB8E"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Early termination</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1235(e)(1) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3835">16 U.S.C. 3835(e)(1)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>before January 1, 1995,</quote>.</text></subsection></section> <section id="HF331547530C04EB8969251DD71F5DF" section-type="subsequent-section" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>2102.</enum><header>Wetlands reserve program</header> <subsection id="H94195E688AE540C7B3FAC7BAAB2EBBE7"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment and purpose</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subsection (a) of section 1237 of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3837">16 U.S.C. 3837</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8F1FA07AFF6A4D6DACC6F418CE3BF0D6" style="OLC"> <subsection id="H6B0FD2ED69D5486FA26CDDC431B6667"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment and purposes</header> <paragraph id="HFA2A99FE4DEF47A18CC0412929DFBBF4"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>The Secretary shall establish a wetlands reserve program to assist owners of eligible lands in restoring and protecting wetlands.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HB8B10C0B053E41C08C980987F3DF27D6"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Purposes</header><text>The purposes of the wetlands reserve program are—</text> <subparagraph id="HD17BFF7A54F147369F7085D7607BED46"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to restore, to create, to protect, or to enhance wetlands on lands that are eligible under subsections (c) and (d); and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HC79E908AE4304C81008BF8977F39BA2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to authorize the Secretary, at the sole discretion of the Secretary, to purchase flood-plain easements.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="HE76093F30E4243298441BADDAE0185B0"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Maximum enrollment</header><text>Section 1237(b) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3837">16 U.S.C. 3837(b)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HA925889629E847CC8D88BAA3BDD3636E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the following new paragraph:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H86CBB348716F40E4913B3D186C72048C" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <paragraph id="HF59D75D6F37A456AADA916DC9D8BC6DC"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Maximum enrollment</header><text>The total number of acres enrolled in the wetlands reserve program shall not exceed 3,605,000 acres.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE775685CA3584D7D92B06B47055E96AC"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new paragraphs:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="HB620B2B04FD0496CB9CFAB1E1E00AC10" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <paragraph id="HC805223EC933491EA02F5CAE6758B805"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Annual enrollment goal</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Of the total number of acres authorized by paragraph (1), to the maximum extent practicable, the Secretary shall enroll 250,000 acres in each fiscal year.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H35B58233670F433499B075AF884538E6"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Flood-plain easements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Of the acres to be enrolled each fiscal year, not more than 10,000 acres may be enrolled using flood-plain easements.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H03866742C76F4C2E9D2BBB75DBF5F7DB"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Eligible lands</header><text>Subsection (c) of section 1237 of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3837">16 U.S.C. 3837</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA4C95D4BBCFD44F99752CBDC4F0300D1" style="OLC"> <subsection id="H26C69AB2F86647FAAC2FB8A89450B1EB"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Eligibility</header><text>For purposes of enrolling land into the wetland reserve program established under this subchapter during the 2008 through 2012 fiscal years, land shall be eligible to be placed into such reserve if the Secretary determines that—</text> <paragraph id="H408B87C8910142679905A5F252FF1D07"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the case of wetlands—</text> <subparagraph id="HF258326602184F3598672398FD55BF4C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the land maximizes wetland values and functions and wildlife benefits;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H02C3D6CB380C4956991B26590013C73E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the land is farmed wetland or converted wetland, together with adjacent lands that are functionally dependent on such wetlands, except that converted wetlands where the conversion was not commenced prior to December 23, 1985, shall not be eligible to be enrolled in the program under this section; </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H2CDD778A760949B1B52423D27D346730"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the likelihood of the successful restoration of such land, and the resultant wetland values, merit inclusion of the land into the program taking into consideration the cost of such restoration; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HEFE561FF74074F308CBB0969C7B5CA9D"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the land consists of riparian areas, including areas that link wetlands that are protected by easements or some other device or circumstance that achieves the same purpose as an easement; or</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H4052D855CE2E4AD4B065772D8506AC2E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in the case of flood-plain lands—</text> <subparagraph id="HCC54B39F4AA44144B6A26715651B0493"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the flood-plain land has been damaged by flooding at least once within the previous calendar year, or has been subject to flood damage at least twice within the previous 10 years; or</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HA56C78108E6A461A954097902CAEF1E3"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the enrollment of other land within the flood plain would contribute to the restoration of the flood storage and flow or erosion control.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="HA0D73B75C2FA46DEB13EC253901E502D"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Ineligible lands</header><text>Subsection (e) of section 1237 of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3837">16 U.S.C. 3837</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H860944AE9DBF451E8CC46C1070E2CEF" style="OLC"> <subsection id="HE191923FDEA8411B81A2EBFD3B2A336"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Ineligible land</header><text>The Secretary may not acquire easements on—</text> <paragraph id="H6DE4D6992B7043DE927ECEE4109D179E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the case of wetlands—</text> <subparagraph id="H11336A6C6D2C470DAEEA005411ED6253"><enum>(A)</enum><text>land that contains timber stands established under the conservation reserve under subchapter B; or</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H059A0C05E2AE4469B6D3A356E419141F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>pasture land established to trees under the conservation reserve under subchapter B; or</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H6A3FB233ADA44C72971DB364FE3C365B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in the case of flood-plain lands—</text> <subparagraph id="H9D3B482CD7DA4F2699168EBE6F92C0BD" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><text>land on which implementation of restoration practices would not be productive; or</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H5F466909AD994D8989B8C0EB270225AB"><enum>(B)</enum><text>land that is subject to an existing easement or deed restriction, and the easement or deed provides sufficient protection or restoration of the flood plain’s functions and values, as determined by the Secretary.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="H5CD309BB73D1480E871ED65E5D6FEE00"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Easements and agreements</header><text>Section 1237A of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3837a">16 U.S.C. 3837a</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H28ADC5D8B24E401BAE9CC7581EFD3D0"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)(2), by inserting <quote>if applicable,</quote> after <quote>(2)</quote>;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H2FA09561FC2C4A26A3A17FB36C25C830"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b)—</text> <subparagraph id="H06A74F3AF53B460C9DA009B579009DEA"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the matter before paragraph (1), by inserting <quote>or flood-plain land</quote> after <quote>values of wetland</quote>;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HEB8AC0CC75C4426DA3F2C6CAFD8E047"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)(B), by inserting <quote>or flood-plain land</quote> after <quote>wetland</quote>; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HB5CC5D002FE44E23B86661154EC0C5A3"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (3), by inserting <quote>or flood-plain lands</quote> after <quote>wetlands</quote>;</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H2563FE0BCB404387B8B8934CBAF0DF6C"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (f)—</text> <subparagraph id="H57E9FE32FA754794B99CED7FB40450F6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>Compensation for</quote> in the first sentence and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="HD36CE4C0655C4BDA85D848F995407FE0" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <paragraph id="HB114698A282344EC84C53CC226D5A394"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Compensation provided; amount</header><text>Compensation for</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HD668EFBEECFB4125A0260094703B53C7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H722DEFD8A57E43AB8796D1CE3E4F8DEB" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <paragraph id="H5E973620AD67412DAB66B0DD4F00C"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Method for determination of fair market value</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall determine the fair market value of land under paragraph (1) based on the option specified in subparagraph (A), (B), (C), or (D) that results in the lowest amount of compensation to be paid by the Secretary:</text> <subparagraph id="H1C625BDB2CA2419585212F69B7CD8391"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A percentage of the fair market value based on the Uniform Standards for Professional Appraisals Procedures, as determined by the Secretary.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H780B81B4B2334D70905D87004C744484"><enum>(B)</enum><text>A percentage of the market value determined by an area wide market survey.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HC68534CC22A44C29863906C8EDA3B9F"><enum>(C)</enum><text>A geographic cap, prescribed in regulations issued by the Secretary.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H341739AA114B4D7ABD48A878BA4DDCC4"><enum>(D)</enum><text>The offer made by the owner of the land.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HF9119AF45E66417AA986E9D6A9CEE4B6"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new subsection:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H65FDB1A9FF51409FA5B97C64625B8B76" style="OLC"> <subsection id="HD68AFD140A5242E789A5B3E1DA4F69CD"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Acceptance of contributions</header><text>The Secretary may accept and use contributions of non-Federal funds to administer the program under this subchapter.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H13EE8AF6D5E848288CC04465BF2CDE3"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Duties of the Secretary</header><text>Section 1237C of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3837c">16 U.S.C. 3837c</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HA65EA3CED8544950A39976C9BB8846AC"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)(1)—</text> <subparagraph id="HB636E2E242324A678906E8F4029EFD63"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>including necessary maitenance activities,</quote> after <quote>values,</quote>; and </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H5B45A87A681445DE8465B63B6E527D63"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>or flood plains land</quote> after <quote>wetland</quote>; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H2CDFDB6C154144439F2EBF381C5001E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking subsection (c) and inserting the following new subsection:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H04688ED531C44D7FBED788F801AD8809" style="OLC"> <subsection id="H722B59D4F3B14E449F7040B9E48139C2"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Ranking of offers</header> <paragraph id="H4052DF13323A4CA9A6AADDD910BDC072"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>When evaluating offers from landowners, the Secretary may consider—</text> <subparagraph id="H929D284F735642F18500E67761D2B927"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the conservation benefits of obtaining an easement or other interest in the land;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H3E3083EE97294C9187E240E4F74BDA46"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the cost-effectiveness of each easement or other interest in eligible land, so as to maximize the environmental benefits per dollar expended; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H1159629D59DB48459986DDB9C1E3D449"><enum>(C)</enum><text>whether the landowner or another person is offering to contribute financially to the cost of the easement or other interest in the land to leverage Federal funds.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H186B8161160E4B73BD4FBD46005C6570"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Conservation benefits</header><text>In determining the acceptability of easement offers, the Secretary may take into consideration—</text> <subparagraph id="HA1D4C29065D4442B90626F9E4D512900"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the case of wetlands—</text> <clause id="H4EEBE1261F2D43D38205CA62C9D635E4"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the extent to which the purposes of the easement program would be achieved on the land;</text></clause> <clause id="HA050CEAD46A648059079CB28423495D4"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the productivity of the land; and</text></clause> <clause id="H436EB4E114F14F520016EFB57BCBF3FD"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the on-farm and off-farm environmental threats if the land is used for the production of agricultural commodities; and</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HF7C92D0F94084EECBBAB00C4B2F1E74"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in the case of flood-plain lands—</text> <clause id="HAA37C5C801404E59A8F3D21DEE439E64"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the extent to which the purposes of the easement program would be achieved on the land;</text></clause> <clause id="H74C4C4D174B74946AA441194AF5269B9"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>whether the land has been repeatedly flooded over the last ten years;</text></clause> <clause id="HCA8B4720CA0844E498FD132C90659818"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the extent to which an easement on the flood-plain land would contribute to the restoration or management of land in the area surrounding the flood-plain land; and</text></clause> <clause id="H2C26C242B9274C6BADAFA65BF94DF14"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>other factors, as determined by the Secretary.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HE38BC45813414055AA90F4286370C8D3"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Wetlands reserve enhancement</header><text>Section 1237D(c) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3837d">16 U.S.C. 3837d(c)</external-xref>) is amended by striking paragraph (4) and inserting the following new paragraph:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCC356925DC7D4D6A974042E263E21DA" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="HD7113E30873A4DDC8DDCD9E5BE50F4A3"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Wetlands reserve enhancement</header> <subparagraph id="H67C4D02E4294414A841983D860FB36C8"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The provisions of this subchapter that limit payments to any person, and section 1305(d) of the Agricultural Reconciliation Act of 1987 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/100/203">Public Law 100–203</external-xref>; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1308">7 U.S.C. 1308</external-xref> note), shall not apply to payments received by a State, political subdivision, or agency thereof in connection with agreements entered into under a special wetlands reserve enhancement program carried out by that entity that has been approved by the Secretary.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H947FD3F9337643B781B8646102C2BE53"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Agreements</header><text>The Secretary may enter into agreements with States (including political subdivisions and agencies of States) regarding payments described in subparagraph (A) that the Secretary determines will advance the purposes of this subchapter.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="HF026831017CA4A43B4C5B31DDF00D53E"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Authorization</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Food Security Act of 1985 is amended by inserting after section 1237F (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3837f">16 U.S.C. 3837f</external-xref>) the following new section:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H020FF9C1DB9B4473B6D46E75E6B13992" style="OLC"> <section id="H373E2337A2244B3497E855FA068299F5"><enum>1237G.</enum><header>Period of authorization</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This subchapter is authorized to be carried out for the 2008 through 2012 fiscal years.</text></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section> <section id="H70A679BF72444A7ABCB7B0014E56EC" section-type="subsequent-section" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>2103.</enum><header>Conservation security program</header> <subsection id="H8F354EFA7C2740318D143B7111D4EA2E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment of new conservation security program through 2017</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subchapter A of chapter 2 of subtitle D of title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3838">16 U.S.C. 3838 et seq.</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H22803A75BD894148AD4BB118155D81C" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <subchapter id="H747DB1BEDACA408E8DBEEF2019A88F85"><enum>A</enum><header>Conservation Security Program</header> <section id="H9B72B34C1EA74AE799D8124335FFD00"><enum>1238.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this subchapter:</text> <paragraph id="H4E26FE748072432E8B55B3FA94498928"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Beginning farmer or rancher</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <quote>beginning farmer or rancher</quote> has the meaning given the term under section 343(a) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1991">7 U.S.C. 1991(a)</external-xref>).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H68DC4CA49AEF4DAE92E7BB78CFE9912" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Conservation plan</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <quote>conservation plan</quote> means a plan that—</text> <subparagraph id="HFCF6C08153004BA88FAC5E16A640A53"><enum>(A)</enum><text>identifies resources of concern, inventories resources, and establishes benchmark data and stewardship enhancement objectives; </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HB30E98F03F5F413FAADCF180B0F4C5C9"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">describes improvements that will enable the producer to meet and exceed the stewardship threshold for all applicable resources of concern; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H81C4D18C90E54651ABE9D9AE70F27CE9"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">contains a schedule and evaluation plan for the planning, installing, maintaining, and managing new conservation practices, activities, and management measures and maintaining, managing, and improving existing conservation practices, activities, and management measures.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H6EC72E64675C46D790C8E45923242758"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Conservation practice</header><text>The term <quote>conservation practice</quote> means a site-specific land management practice or activity, or a supporting structural practice, that is part of an implemented management system designed to address a priority resource of concern.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HBE41371145E0404A8F8B3D972213B153"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Conservation security contract</header><text>The term <quote>conservation security contract</quote> means a contract entered into under this subchapter.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H96EB603D9C8B4BE681CC270083E3ADE7"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Conservation security program</header><text>The term <quote>conservation security program</quote> means the program established under section 1238A(a).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE9AEDA00D559486BB38973B39775D16F" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Management intensity</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"> The term <quote>management intensity</quote> means the degree, scope, and comprehensiveness of conservation practices, activities, or management measures taken by a producer to address a priority resource of concern to a level exceeding the stewardship threshold.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H40BBD08BD87B49F8A6CDF572F0AA4368"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Nondegradation standard</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <quote>nondegradation standard</quote> means the level of natural resource conservation and environmental management measures required to improve and sustain the status and condition of natural and environmental resources to a level that, as determined by the Secretary—</text> <subparagraph id="H81511781A822468DAB0360D72369B43F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>prevents impairment of soil, water, and air quality and the quality of fish and wildlife habitat; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H5D0402529E2F4178B0CB00D91BD11B3F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>sustains the long-term productivity of agricultural resources.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H36CE22759242402DAEE3FE96C8A4F40"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Priority resource of concern</header><text>The term <quote>priority resource of concern</quote> means a resource of concern identified by the Secretary, consistent with the requirements of section 1238C(a), that must be addressed by participants in the conservation security program in a particular watershed or other area within that State.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H21E2EF15AB08442180B8BD851B70DE3"><enum>(9)</enum><header>Producer</header><text>The term <quote>producer</quote> means an owner, operator, landlord, tenant, or sharecropper that–—</text> <subparagraph id="HC477B919ACBE407B83CE84BDC8C4842"><enum>(A)</enum><text>shares in the risk of producing any crop or livestock; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HF668050CF9FB4EE3AF82133F00B1DC83"><enum>(B)</enum><text>is entitled to share in the crop or livestock available for marketing from a farm (or would have shared had the crop or livestock been produced).</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H4D8BB7BA9379466CAF1200078E1372DF"><enum>(10)</enum><header>Resource-specific index</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <quote>resource-specific index</quote> means an index of management intensity or other similar index, developed by the Secretary, that estimates the expected level of resource and environmental outcomes of the conservation practices, activities, and management measures employed by a producer.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE167F795435D4D9A83B1BEED29C0412"><enum>(11)</enum><header>Socially disadvantaged farmer or rancher</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <quote>socially disadvantaged farmer or rancher</quote> has the meaning given the term under section 355(e) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2003">7 U.S.C. 2003(e)</external-xref>).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H683413A0CFAE42B5805FE8B0939E9E0"><enum>(12)</enum><header>Structural practice</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <quote>structural practice</quote> means a site-specific, constructed conservation practice that is integrated with and essential to the successful implementation of the system of land management practices and activities that are the basis of a conservation security contract.</text></paragraph></section> <section id="H6DC512EF39474EAAA8001CBA6D29555D"><enum>1238A.</enum><header>Conservation security program</header> <subsection id="H406625B44E084F1881A302252CB47706"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment and purpose</header><text>The Secretary shall establish, and for each of fiscal years 2012 through 2017, carry out a conservation security program to assist producers in improving environmental quality by addressing priority resources of concern in a comprehensive manner.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H6C0D7D0F97284A8BAB56C0BDB6BBCEB8"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Eligible producers</header><text>To be eligible to participate in the conservation security program, a producer shall—</text> <paragraph id="H82E81CFB456549A1AD45DB66B6EDDA1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>demonstrate that the producer is addressing at least one priority resource of concern to a minimum level of management intensity determined by the Secretary; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H0A6077BF519E4081A7C2047C95E616EE"><enum>(2)</enum><text>develop and submit to the Secretary, and obtain the approval of the Secretary of, a conservation offer.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H997CFFDA5980460ABE17BAE89D49B1F3"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Eligible land</header> <paragraph id="H4442150668D34D0CA666DCB70948BD12"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Except as provided in paragraph (2), private agricultural land (including cropland, grassland, prairie land, improved pasture land, forest land and rangeland) and land under the jurisdiction of an Indian tribe (as defined by the Secretary) shall be eligible for enrollment in the conservation security program.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC6C8080942774A62A600222248247462"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Exclusions</header> <subparagraph id="HB92D2BB5DD3A411480B599D97600CFB1"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Land enrolled in other conservation programs</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as provided in subsection (f)(3)(A), the following lands are not eligible for enrollment in the conservation security program:</text> <clause id="HB207175F44644980B82132F96CDA29FE"><enum>(i)</enum><text>Lands enrolled in the conservation reserve program under subchapter B of chapter 1.</text></clause> <clause id="HC152DCFB76C64EBDA3D265040405BAAB"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>Land enrolled in the wetlands reserve program established under subchapter C of chapter 1.</text></clause> <clause id="H21F63B46BADD47C38F22D9086D67BB96"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>Land enrolled in the grassland reserve program established under subchapter C of chapter 2.</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H8DBBA0DD62ED4A8CACFB29489E9270D7"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Conversion to cropland</header><text>Land used for crop production after October 1, 2011, that had not been planted, considered to be planted, or devoted to crop production for at least 4 of the 6 years preceding that date (except for land enrolled in the conservation reserve program or that has been maintained using long-term crop rotation practices, as determined by the Secretary) shall not be the basis for any payment under the conservation security program.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HF22CEA5D9EF748278857F4BFF900137C"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Economic uses</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">With respect to eligible land covered by a conservation security contract, the Secretary shall permit economic uses of the land that—</text> <paragraph id="H22F982626A6B499EB5A13894FEB4655"><enum>(1)</enum><text>maintain the agricultural nature of the land; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HF79E689D7A164BA388BA1517BBD2153C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>are consistent with the conservation purposes of the conservation security program.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H22F7EC2363FF4691BA8DC117C08E5058"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Conservation security contracts</header> <paragraph id="HF4B3B76E87FE4965988BA8A76663B71B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">After a determination that a producer is eligible for the conservation security program, and on approval of the conservation offer of the producer, the Secretary shall enter into a conservation security contract with the producer to enroll the land to be covered by the contract in the conservation security program.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD7BB41C9E1F643B3B6D6D5B48348BD99"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Term</header><text>A conservation security contract shall be for a term of 5 years.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H24E8EE1107F54B7EBE4502C6604DBAD3"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Agricultural operation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">All the acres of the agricultural operation that are under the producer’s effective control at the time the producer enters into a conservation security contract shall be covered by the conservation security contract.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H29CCAC0D0248454F809741C699FC1206"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Provisions</header><text>The conservation security contract of a producer shall—</text> <subparagraph id="H902BFB2B9A734EC5A255E450193F0175"><enum>(A)</enum><text>include a conservation plan approved by the Secretary;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H40CE600ABEC24C328BEDB1BFAF3A92"><enum>(B)</enum><text>describe the land covered by the conservation security contract;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H6EFF18E6BBEF4B9CB3334FE5B13C9976"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">state the amount of the stewardship enhancement payment the Secretary agrees to make to the producer each year of the conservation security contract under section 1238C(c);</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HB826FE10FAB44FC8A936D538A2B4F54B"><enum>(D)</enum><text>describe the new conservation practices and activities the producer is required to implement during the term of the conservation security contract in order to increase the level of management intensity with which the producer addresses a priority resource of concern or priority resources of concern, as designated by the Secretary under section 1238C(a)(1); and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H9D40173F80664CDC94A8F090AE6791DC"><enum>(E)</enum><text>include such other provisions as the Secretary determines necessary to ensure the conservation purposes of the conservation security program are met.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD9CA511AC446452B97962C60E427968B" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(5)</enum><header>On-farm research and demonstration or pilot testing</header><text>The Secretary may approve a conservation security contract that includes—</text> <subparagraph id="HA382FCB07B16421BA2DED7FE00D7A219"><enum>(A)</enum><text>on-farm conservation research and demonstration activities; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H8BBA0CCD274E4BA6AF177558002B7136"><enum>(B)</enum><text>pilot testing of new technologies or innovative conservation practices.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HB06116400F804DC0B2D6D67BE43E674"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Modification</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may allow a producer to modify a conservation security contract before the expiration of the contract if the Secretary determines that failure to modify the contract would significantly interfere with achieving the purposes of the conservation security program.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H15BEDE142C794061A555B2DE1993EFB0"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Contract Termination</header><text></text> <paragraph id="H2D798CABCA204CCFBD9DF5F0131E84F7"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Voluntary termination</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A producer may terminate a conservation security contract if the Secretary determines that termination of the contract would not defeat the purposes of the conservation plan of the producer.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H49B167D7B64A42D1875FA8003F269291"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Involuntary termination</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may terminate a contract under this subchapter if the Secretary determines that the producer violated the contract.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H4B2BEAD6B1F74612B91E8D1D376F3249"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Transfer or change of interest in land subject to conservation security contract</header> <subparagraph id="H47E38901FDE0432DA8938C2BAAD385BF"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Except as provided in subparagraph (B), the transfer, or change in the interest, of a producer in land subject to a conservation security contract shall result in the termination of the conservation security contract.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H4BBFA105741C404EA4EEE6F73BAEFE28"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Transfer of duties and rights</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subparagraph (A) shall not apply if, within a reasonable period of time after the date of the transfer or change in the interest in land, the transferee of the land provides written notice to the Secretary that all duties and rights under the conservation security contract have been transferred to, and assumed by, the transferee. The Secretary shall specify what will be considered a reasonable period of time for purposes of providing the notification required by this subparagraph.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HD39CA74FF7F640DF9322D16FA1462EA8"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Contract Renewal</header><text>At the end of an initial conservation security contract of a producer, the Secretary may allow the producer to renew the contract for one additional five-year period if the producer—</text> <paragraph id="HEE208B2B01144A6AA2E6E326923116D2"><enum>(1)</enum><text>demonstrates compliance with the terms of the existing contract, including a demonstration that the producer has complied with the schedule for the implementation of new practices and activities included in the conservation security contract and has met the stated goals for increasing the level of management intensity with which the producer is addressing the designated priority resource of concern or priority resources of concern; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H98FF248F61914E0CA7353B114D98E648"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">agrees to implement and maintain such additional new conservation practices and activities as the Secretary determines necessary and feasible to achieve higher levels of management intensity with which the producer addresses the designated priority resource of concern or priority resources of concern.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H48D022073C8D48B9B4DADEA7153B06"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Effect of noncompliance due to circumstances beyond the control of producers</header><text>The Secretary shall include in the conservation security contract a provision to ensure that a producer shall not be considered in violation of a conservation security contract for failure to comply with the conservation security contract due to circumstances beyond the control of the producer, including a disaster or related condition, as determined by the Secretary.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HE6FFB7D3FD784A29B2B2F6A376C9851D"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Evaluation of offers</header><text>In evaluating applications by producers to enroll in the conservation security program, the Secretary shall—</text> <paragraph id="H6B9380859B634B0CB8E320004CCB16EE"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">consider the extent to which the anticipated environmental benefits from the contract are provided at least cost relative to other similar activities;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC8BB240491F9420AB2C88DA1585CAABE"><enum>(2)</enum><text>consider the extent to which the producer proposes to increase the level of performance on applicable resource-specific indices or the level of management intensity with which the producer addresses the designated priority resources of concern; </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H2412FE80365B4D11839C42ED928F7482"><enum>(3)</enum><text>consider the extent to which the environmental benefits expected to result from the contract complements other conservation efforts in the watershed or region;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H39375B586AA749E5A7F5F53014EDFE57"><enum>(4)</enum><text>consider the multiple benefits of conservation-based farming systems, including resource-conservation crop rotations, managed rotational grazing, and the adoption of certified production under the national organic production program under the Organic Foods Production Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 6501 et. seq.); and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H843D46C60A3E462BBC5232001E976F60"><enum>(5)</enum><text>develop any additional criteria for evaluating applications that the Secretary determines are necessary to ensure that national, State, and local conservation priorities are effectively addressed.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HB912F9038C1441F987D4822DDE92FFC7" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(k)</enum><header>Coordination with organic certification</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Within 90 days after the date of the enactment of the <short-title>Farm, Nutrition, and Bioenergy Act of 2007</short-title>, the Secretary shall establish a transparent and producer-friendly means by which producers may coordinate and simultaneously certify eligibly under a conservation security contract and under the national organic production program established under the Organic Foods Production Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 6501 et. seq.).</text></subsection></section> <section id="H7B5B3279DB584143BDEFB6D7FD66D95F"><enum>1238B.</enum><header>Duties of producers</header> <subsection id="HF2C66CB0408642DEB4161105E2DC2254"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Agreement by producer</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Under a conservation security contract, a producer shall agree—</text> <paragraph id="H63C62A9C28694030A63E95027DDEEDD8"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to implement during the term of the conservation security contract the conservation plan approved by the Secretary;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HFAFE1D04ADA74F9BB569028D33EB7B23"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to maintain, and make available to the Secretary at such times as the Secretary may request, appropriate records showing the effective and timely implementation of the conservation security contract; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H193813755251461BAFDCD9203391DA1B"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">not to engage in any activity during the term of the conservation security contract that would interfere with the purposes of the conservation security program.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H741EA7F5E45C406081DD26D33900376F"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effect of violation</header><text>On the violation of a term or condition of the conservation security contract of a producer—</text> <paragraph id="H9380C0FEB68B43C2B6FAAD18AED87FEF"><enum>(1)</enum><text>if the Secretary determines that the violation warrants termination of the conservation security contract, the producer shall—</text> <subparagraph id="H0E02B200319841D4AE8EE55100B233FF"><enum>(A)</enum><text>forfeit all rights to receive payments under the conservation security contract; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H68145656BC1B4EA999BDC82C3557A376"><enum>(B)</enum><text>refund to the Secretary all or a portion of the payments received by the producer under the conservation security contract, including any advance payments and interest on the payments, as determined by the Secretary; </text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD1342D5F90A2496181B2563D17BAAE81"><enum>(2)</enum><text>if the Secretary determines that the violation does not warrant termination of the conservation security contract, the producer shall refund to the Secretary, or accept adjustments to, the payments provided to the producer, as the Secretary determines to be appropriate; or</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H583E9435CC704634A7CFEA4430656C44"><enum>(3)</enum><text>some combination of the remedies authorized by paragraphs (1) and (2), as determined by the Secretary to be appropriate.</text></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="H43931F48BEF24011A18878BEA0DA648F"><enum>1238C.</enum><header>Duties of the Secretary</header> <subsection id="HC2E10C57655844E09495C945FCAC71F2"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Identification of priority resources of concern</header> <paragraph id="H8B30941B2F5B47C18244EBFF263FFDB"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Identification at state level</header><text>The Secretary shall ensure that the identification of priority resources of concern is made at the State level so that each priority resource of concern—</text> <subparagraph id="H957FDB4C883E43A3815502DFBB885670"><enum>(A)</enum><text>represents a significant environmental concern, including watershed management or wildlife habitat, in the State to which agricultural activities are contributing; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H9427EB6042E648778F5F241779EA8164"><enum>(B)</enum><text>is likely to be addressed successfully through the implementation of conservation practices and other activities by producers.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H33FF3C1529924707B4338C92B9621E1B"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall identify not more than 5 resources of concern as priority resources of concern in a particular watershed or other appropriate region or area within a State.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H8A2A52E5C61841E3A866ABFDF26E5D06"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Advice and consultation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary, with the advice of the appropriate State technical committee and in consultation with Federal and State agencies with expertise related to natural resources and environmental quality, shall designate, to the extent practicable, each priority resource of concern identified under paragraph (1) as either a primary, secondary, or tertiary resource of concern.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HEB53DE57345042D18522B6C6F237A3A5"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Development of resource-specific indices</header><text>The Secretary shall develop resource-specific indices to measure the management intensity with which specific resources of concern are addressed, for purposes of determining eligibility and payments for participants in the conservation security program.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HDFD9B816A5CC49399935960045DFD071"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Stewardship enhancement payment</header> <paragraph id="HB7ABC4401A26441D836153F4AA4F578F"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Timing of payment</header><text>The Secretary shall make a payment under a conservation security contract as soon as practicable after October 1 of each fiscal year.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H966B66B15E12412EA9E4DC81891111FD"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Exclusions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A payment to a producer under this subsection shall not be provided for—</text> <subparagraph id="H6DA320DA24FE44FFA8748192AD56F295"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the design, construction, or maintenance of animal waste storage or treatment facilities or associated waste transport or transfer devices for animal feeding operations; or </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HD2117908F44A4DE3A69804162CDA00DF"><enum>(B)</enum><text>conservation practices and activities for which there is no net cost or loss of income to the producer, as determined by the Secretary.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H3BA536F06B9A4EADBE7078A01B6EEF00"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Availability of payments</header><text>The Secretary shall provide a stewardship enhancement payment to a producer under a conservation security contract to compensate the producer for—</text> <subparagraph id="H0E2CE33C4CC04213887CFA32C875F8A4"><enum>(A)</enum><text>ongoing implementation and maintenance of conservation practices, activities, and management measures in place on the producers operation at the time the conservation security contract is accepted; and </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H9CED83A3E86548E4811DC7EF58E293EB"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">installation and adoption of new conservation practices, activities, and management measures or improvements to conservation practices, activities, and management measures in place on the producer’s operation, as required by the conservation security contract. </text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HFF328150B27D4D25A8B7B223DE052B00"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Payment amount</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amount of the stewardship enhancement payment shall be determined by the Secretary and shall be based, to the maximum extent feasible, on—</text> <subparagraph id="H284AA2C18FB14BA696F97F7EBAC46875"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a portion of the actual costs incurred by the producer; and </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HECB6D2292A2E4E959FA6007BCE470357"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the income forgone by the producer; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H1EC6863260DA45A087AA8E09E3B93200"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">resource-specific indices, in any case in which such indices have been developed and implemented..</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H5986D6D0C9054D23A65292F69B0674B5"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Payment limitations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An individual or entity may not receive, directly or indirectly, payments under a conservation security contract that, in the aggregate, exceed $150,000 for the 5-year term of the conservation security contract, excluding funding arrangements with federally recognized Indian Tribes or Alaska Native Corporations.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H310468C28AC448B3B69620C5CB31ED75"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Regulations</header><text>The Secretary shall promulgate regulations that—</text> <paragraph id="H8B2B06BE6C2840E0B1A3FCA787FA3D23"><enum>(1)</enum><text>provide for adequate safeguards to protect the interests of tenants and sharecroppers, including provision for sharing payments, on a fair and equitable basis; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H661182D68ACA487EBADB7185EEFEDBB3"><enum>(2)</enum><text>prescribe such other rules as the Secretary determines to be necessary to ensure a fair and reasonable application of the limitations established under subsection (d).</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H0947C3FE38EB4624B1C19C057D68400"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Allocation to states</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">When making allocations to States of funds made available to carry out the conservation security program, the Secretary shall give significant consideration to the extent and magnitude of the environmental needs associated with agricultural production in each State, the degree to which implementation of the conservation security program in the State is, or will be, effective in helping producers address these needs, and other considerations to achieve equitable geographic distributions of funds, as determined by the Secretary.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H9ECED6E4DD3B4195B8C91F55EA743907"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Technical assistance</header><text>For each of fiscal years 2008 through 2017, the Secretary shall provide appropriate technical assistance to producers for the development and implementation of conservation security contracts, in an amount not to exceed 15 percent of the amounts expended for the fiscal year.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H71F1B5A3FC794C3C8F2B80437E1FCDF7" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Data</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall maintain conservation security program contract and payment data in a manner that provides detailed and segmented data that allows for quantification of the amount of payments made to producers for—</text> <paragraph id="H3EF90C82A25447AD9DD2A857918FE52"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the maintenance of conservation practices, activities, and management measures in place on the producer’s operation at the time the conservation security offer is accepted by the Secretary; </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HB5A4A15E7CB64910BC00F599A27525F0"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the installation and adoption of new conservation practices, activities, and management measures and the improvements to conservation practices, activities, and management measures in place on the producer’s operation at the time the conservation security offer is accepted by the Secretary;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H60FC637B160A421D801487D8866472B2"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">participation in research, demonstration, and pilot projects; and </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HB1DEDABE433A4D50BAE95327E4D1E5B1"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the development and periodic assessment and evaluation of comprehensive conservation plans.</text></paragraph></subsection></section></subchapter><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="HE2B0A3E50B8C40B3964985AA7D1F1D00"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effect on existing conservation security contracts</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subchapter A of chapter 2 of subtitle D of title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3838">16 U.S.C. 3838 et seq.</external-xref>), as in effect on the day before the date of the enactment of this Act, shall continue to apply to conservation security contracts entered into before October 1, 2007. The Secretary of Agriculture may continue to make payments under such subchapter, as so in effect, with respect to such a conservation security contracts during the term of the contract.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H2B44663FD4FE4A9DA598A22DD2898E91"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Prohibition on new contracts</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A conservation security contract may not be entered into or renewed under subchapter A of chapter 2 of subtitle D of title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3838">16 U.S.C. 3838 et seq.</external-xref>), as in effect on the day before the date of the enactment of this Act, after September 30, 2007.</text></subsection></section> <section id="H90FE3BEDB9DC495382DB7541F500F0D1" section-type="subsequent-section" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>2104.</enum><header>Grassland reserve program</header> <subsection id="HF2D2FD65AD6F43DA979C34006BEAFEF3"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Enrollment priority</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subsection (b) of section 1238N of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3838n">16 U.S.C. 3838n</external-xref>) is amended by striking paragraph (3) and inserting the following new paragraph:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H22E0371769224095B3995657D1958BF4" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <paragraph id="H80D4A7D0CE024FE7B3B8C78FF16CD843"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Priority for long-term agreements and easements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Of the total number of acres enrolled in the program at any one time through the methods described in paragraph (2)(A), the Secretary shall ensure that at least 60 percent of the acres were enrolled through the use of 30-year rental agreements and permanent and long-term easements described in clause (ii) of such paragraph.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="HA3B31B7EBCA24AA2A6040026C4F7FF4F" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Enrollment of acreage</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subsection (b) of section 1238N of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3838n">16 U.S.C. 3838n</external-xref>) is amended by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the following new paragraph: </text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="HD4CF1B781E9F4FB2B0F5A9B27226271" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <paragraph id="H6BAF1FC23F5F4FA3879EF70900C4A5C2"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Enrollment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall enroll an additional 1,000,000 acres of restored or improved grassland, rangeland, and pastureland in the grassland reserve program during fiscal years 2008 through 2012.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="HF22BE917E310440E8474469D3363869F"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Enrollment of Conservation Reserve Program Land</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1238N of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3838n">16 U.S.C. 3838n</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsections:</text> <quoted-block id="HF85FB8AA4FA740E6A9631ED245102038" style="OLC"> <subsection id="HC11457FA24864DCDA4A0E03E3600E729"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Enrollment of Conservation Reserve Program Land</header> <paragraph id="HB31F2301804E49BBBDA3CC721161407C"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Enrollment authorized</header><text>Subject to the eligibility requirements of subsection (c) and all other requirements of this subchapter, land enrolled in the conservation reserve program may be enrolled in the grassland reserve program if the Secretary determines that the land is of high ecological value and under significant threat of conversion to other uses.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H74B312DB3550473A8BC879774E1E9C7D"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Maximum enrollment</header><text>The number of acres of conservation reserve program land enrolled under this subsection in a calendar year shall not exceed 10 percent of the total number of acres enrolled in the grassland reserve program in that calendar year.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H98F263CC475E4E90AAD5006F58EFFCB9"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Prohibition on duplication of payments</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Land enrolled in the program under this subsection shall no longer be eligible for payments under the conservation reserve program.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H723E7F71AF304569AD7936C22B406ED7"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Method for determination of fair market value</header><text>The Secretary shall determine the fair market value of land to be enrolled in program based on the option specified in paragraph (1), (2), (3), or (4) that results in the lowest amount of compensation to be paid by the Secretary:</text> <paragraph id="HC9F8D4F6A7524E02A65D6D85FCC0D6EF"><enum>(1)</enum><text>A percentage of the fair market value based on the Uniform Standards for Professional Appraisals Procedures, as determined by the Secretary.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HBECC52CDDEDD42A1A03449C296C74B31"><enum>(2)</enum><text>A percentage of the market value determined by an area wide market survey.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H5A50C013F0984F1285C77F8300A2F6F2"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A geographic cap, as prescribed in regulations issued by the Secretary.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC5731F5B21364577BD2D55B3199C0273"><enum>(4)</enum><text>The offer made by the owner of the land.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="H60895710CFA340CA9C2790C5226E1D00" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Grassland reserve enhancement</header><text>Section 1238N of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3838n">16 U.S.C. 3838n</external-xref>) is amended by inserting after subsection (d), as added by subsection (b), the following new subsection:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H5D144194E5B549B2A58E02895916002E" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <subsection id="H08393735A62D479C8EF0EF922D32E45C"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Grassland reserve enhancement</header><text>The Secretary may enter into such agreements with States, including political subdivisions and agencies of States, that the Secretary determines will advance the purposes of the grassland reserve program. Section 1305(d) of the Agricultural Reconciliation Act of 1987 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/100/203">Public Law 100–203</external-xref>; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1308">7 U.S.C. 1308</external-xref> note) shall not apply to payments received by a State or political subdivision or agency thereof in connection with such an agreement.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="H59443B8A671040D9B0CF9207AB6FB871"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Use of Private Organizations or State Agencies</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1238Q of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3838q">16 U.S.C. 3838q</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HA68D385EC427445881BBE3C59F63D6D7"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking subsection (a) and inserting the following new subsection: </text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="HFEE98F7E862344A8AFE9374700201112" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <subsection id="HF28714D325694E1291BF2D9B3354B4C0"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Authority To Use Private Organizations or States</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall permit a private conservation or land trust organization (referred to in this section as a <quote>private organization</quote>) or a State agency to own, write, and enforce an easement under this subchapter, in lieu of the Secretary, subject to the right of the Secretary to conduct periodic inspections and enforce the easement, if—</text> <paragraph id="H5C9B7D646AEE4015B09E6FD9517D8126"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the Secretary determines that granting the permission will promote protection of grassland, land that contains forbs, and shrubland; </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HB09092674FF74CC69D802C1EA6C9B54"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the owner authorizes the private organization or State agency to hold and enforce the easement; and </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HFF31C56F3F9C480FAA4635DDA6697C2C"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the private organization or State agency agrees to assume the costs incurred in administering and enforcing the easement, including the costs of restoration or rehabilitation of the land as specified by the owner and the private organization or State agency.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph> <paragraph id="HA69A1F857BD34F7CA8008257BA5FCE"><enum>(2)</enum><text> in subsection (b), by striking <quote>hold</quote> and inserting <quote>own, write,</quote>; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC53E9749F07E4F54BB6DE12E13A30954"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (c), by striking <quote>hold</quote> and inserting <quote>own, write,</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="HB23A56DC7EE449CEA82F49FD007CE16B" section-type="subsequent-section" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>2105.</enum><header>Environmental quality incentives program</header> <subsection id="H03962B15005444D3BE9FB971D15FDE33"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Purposes</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1240 of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3839aa">16 U.S.C. 3839aa</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HBACAA17615D342919557B89C7D19519F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by inserting <quote>, forest management, organic transition,</quote> after <quote>agricultural production</quote>; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HF38B41E212DE47A88F40F9DBF508A386"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking paragraphs (3) and (4) and inserting the following new paragraphs:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="HE2D00B29E5BE4DE7A3308BDEDC203D16" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <paragraph id="H0716BB2DAFF34C0B802D31AA9E004685"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">providing flexible assistance to producers to install and maintain conservation practices that, while sustaining production of food and fiber—</text> <subparagraph id="HDA1D179D3A824E1881FA4DF6DE54F05"><enum>(A)</enum><text> enhance soil, water, and related natural resources, including grazing land, forestland, wetland, and wildlife; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H7333452C99D9443DB260A8CE4E008800"><enum>(B)</enum><text>conserve energy;</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H591F3632614A49B892B9BEC5B7AD949E"><enum>(4)</enum><text>assisting producers to make beneficial, cost effective changes to cropping systems, grazing management, energy use, forest management, nutrient management associated with livestock, pest or irrigation management, or other practices on agricultural and forested land; and</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HBE097794CED84EFF98CA026CFE1314F9"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1240A of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3839aa-1">16 U.S.C. 3839aa–1</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HD34656DD90F946CFB13146DA38A55D3"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (3) and inserting the following new paragraph:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H8EC6C5752981460FAB72C765B2F26507" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <paragraph id="H894B8958487C4FA1A747CAF2DD415BCB"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Land management practice</header> <subparagraph id="HB9F1DDBA71454217BEEDF20058B7A53"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <quote>land management practice</quote> means a site-specific nutrient or manure management, integrated pest management, irrigation management, tillage or residue management, grazing management, air quality management, forest management, silvicultural practice, or other land management practice carried out on eligible land that the Secretary determines is needed to protect from degradation, in the most cost-effective manner, water, soil, or related resources.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HBF90A248A5D641BE87D734BD1F0F3D3"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Forest management practices</header><text>For purposes of subparagraph (A), forest management practices may include activities that the Secretary determines are needed to—</text> <clause id="H44FA512C012B4443A93FB737BBF2CB98"><enum>(i)</enum><text>improve water quality; </text></clause> <clause id="H8F217DD2AEB64876B90086C472A7724"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>restore forest biodiversity; or</text></clause> <clause id="H0FD1857444694568BB816F66CF61575D"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>control invasive species.</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HC01142AAC840412288593E3E001DA5B7"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Coordinated implementation</header><text>A land management practice may involve multiple landowners implementing eligible conservation activities in a coordinated fashion.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; </after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph> <paragraph id="HFE1C4D3763344FEEBB944B50FADCF56"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (4), by inserting <quote>alpacas, bison,</quote> after <quote>sheep,</quote>;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H183F3554F467403DAFA5DF4B98085F7"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraphs (3), (4), (5), and (6), as so amended, as paragraphs (4), (5), (6), and (8), respectively;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H4EB552F3599348A18FA3996B224C08D7"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (2) the following new paragraph:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="HACA9299BC0094E12892FC3DC10C5A9BA" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <paragraph id="H20601DDB7A094C7A9FCA567477273D27"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Integrated pest management</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <quote>integrated pest management</quote> means a sustainable approach to managing pests by combining biological, cultural, physical, and chemical tools in a way that minimizes economic, health, an environmental risks.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph> <paragraph id="H35DEA581651E499295D4F09C67E50B7"><enum>(5)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (6), as so redesignated, the following new paragraph:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H1564E439CB6E4D148C8942DF2045E0B1" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <paragraph id="HDD60B2436F6C483D97A1A268AAA9D606"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Socially disadvantaged farmer or rancher</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <quote>socially disadvantaged farmer or rancher</quote> has the meaning given the term under section 355(e) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2003">7 U.S.C. 2003(e)</external-xref>).</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H537F2AE1928041C790273884F0E006D"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Eligible practices</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1240B(a) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3839aa-2">16 U.S.C. 3839aa–2(a)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HA1018C395AA4414D8C73404BC2212183"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>2010</quote> and inserting <quote>2012</quote>; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HB0A6DBCE52F248DCA000316CFAF43795"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)—</text> <subparagraph id="H718225ADA4E846B50018D2CA23344205"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A), by inserting <quote>or receives organic certification</quote> after <quote>chapter</quote>; and </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HF4606A5AB5634B44A8CB9F9076429409"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking subparagraph (B) and inserting the following new subparagraph:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H5B59860AEC2B407E9776093D0102B757" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <subparagraph id="H1BD990BDDB414D4BADC5FBBDE19CF910"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a producer that implements a land management practice, receives technical services from an approved third-party provider, develops a comprehensive nutrient management plan, or implements energy efficiency improvements or renewable energy systems, in accordance with this chapter shall be eligible to receive incentive payments.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HA9257332A99F46979136DDD8AE3010D9"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Beginning farmers or ranchers and socially disadvantaged farmers or ranchers</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1240B(d)(2) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3839aa-2">16 U.S.C. 3839aa–2(d)(2)</external-xref>) is amended by striking subparagraph (A) and inserting the following new subparagraph:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H64A3A21367794AB1A468929345302E48" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <subparagraph id="HEAD35E50CE414FB8A2F68E1B1EFFD68F"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Increased cost-share for certain producers</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall increase the amount provided under paragraph (1) to a producer that is a beginning farmer or rancher, socially disadvantaged farmer or rancher, or limited resource farmer or rancher to 90 percent of the cost of the practice, as determined by the Secretary.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="H1D69E6CFED534A7FA07131F19E8BAFF6" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Additional support for use of gasifier technology</header><text>Section 1240B(d)(2) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3839aa-2">16 U.S.C. 3839aa–2(d)(2)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="HD42E829252B8472F8B5F004EC71F4D01" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <subparagraph id="H121C53AAE37E4C939D52DB7BD4BD9B18"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Increased cost-share for use of gasifier technology</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In carrying out this chapter, the Secretary shall promote air quality by providing for a 90 percent cost share for those projects that utilize gasifier technology for the purposes of the disposal of animal carcasses and by-products.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="H2DAAD6D9336347A58CA3729E31839556"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Incentive payments</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1240B(e) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3839aa-2">16 U.S.C. 3839aa–2(e)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H0112742B175C47D58605ADF87490CD9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the following new paragraph:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H08952669F18846E60077747405E7FF80" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <paragraph id="HEA8ECAA2112A4E159566E0EA7843BAF4"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Availability of incentive payments</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall make incentive payments in an amount and at a rate determined by the Secretary to be necessary to encourage a producer—</text> <subparagraph id="HD0825962C6B2483BA0A812A946C2FA4D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to perform 1 or more land management practices;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H47C012DF81DF4839B3D139C8B95D7CDF"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to receive technical services from an approved third-party provider;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HC38D4C9FB730490BB522E275487373D3"><enum>(C)</enum><text>to develop a comprehensive nutrient management plan; or</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H1F7119CB7F3D456D8BDA2FAB873A6DB"><enum>(D)</enum><text>to implement energy efficiency improvements or renewable energy systems.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph> <paragraph id="H00AA2CA4A31B42F09F1CE09ED6895829"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by inserting <quote>pollinator habitat,</quote> after <quote>invasive species,</quote>. </text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H3A29AFAF653D41F5AEDC7582785313F2" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Allocation of funding</header><text>Section 1240B(g) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3839aa-2">16 U.S.C. 3839aa–2(g)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H69F5240CB21D4B2385003096B3500638"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>For each</quote> and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H33C03A2F1D9041AFAADA4E00DE507500" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <paragraph id="H3D6A097A037C4A5C001C3C80F21BAFAD"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Allocation for livestock production practices</header><text>For each</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE25C584DD7BA4715A74838AA76D421D6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in such paragraph, as so designated, by striking <quote>2007</quote> and inserting <quote>2012</quote>; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H0C0F78751A13436EBF2BFD275742528B"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H7CCBB42570F74BBAA1A3B36BE893B9F0" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <paragraph id="HFF3BC2487C054E6D85C46618D0A51CD8"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Allocation for certain producers</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For each of fiscal years 2007 through 2012, of the funds made available for cost-share payments and incentive payments under this chapter, the Secretary shall reserve, for a period of not less than 90 days after the date on which the funds are made available for the fiscal year—</text> <subparagraph id="HAEC940EC68E14B9581B2E78292863709"><enum>(A)</enum><text>not less than 5 percent for beginning farmers and ranchers; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HDE25B8802F3742CDB3FDDAC97E3FEEF8"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">not less than 5 percent of funds for socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers and limited resource farmers and ranchers.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H2B2A8414647F4095BA1364711552FAFA"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Eligibility of market agencies and custom feeding businesses</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1240B of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3839aa-2">16 U.S.C. 3839aa–2</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: </text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H2268DBB59D0040D186BDEFFB7472C269" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <subsection id="H1F1180AA8F89426098F972EFC37C4F0"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Eligibility of market agencies and custom feeding businesses for assistance</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A market agency (as defined in section 301(c) of the Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/201">7 U.S.C. 201(c)</external-xref>)) or custom feeding business may receive technical assistance, cost-share payments, or incentive payments under the program. Any reference to <quote>producer</quote> in this chapter shall be deemed to include a market agency or custom feeding business.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="H8BECC45C5E8A4FC5BE466192E974B324"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Evaluation of applications for cost-share payments and incentive payments</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1240C of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3839aa-3">16 U.S.C. 3839aa–3</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H136A3A5E06894B58A9DFEE66C8FBDB" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <section id="HD0A54FB54EA24324B128BBAE1E74E61"><enum>1240C.</enum><header>Evaluation of applications for cost-share payments and incentive payments</header> <subsection id="H79F52DAE5A08449AA4FB16EF8E92668D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Priorities and grouping of applications</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In evaluating applications for cost-share payments and incentive payments, the Secretary shall—</text> <paragraph id="HCB5A4E1CCE0F41FD845E6C777042782C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>prioritize applications based on their overall level of cost-effectiveness to ensure that the conservation practices and approaches proposed are the most efficient means of achieving the anticipated environmental benefits of the project; </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H6F9B1793481E476C86FD70B68990E155"><enum>(2)</enum><text>prioritize applications based on how effectively and comprehensively the project addresses the designated resource concern or resource concerns;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H16F5AD8E76614AD69B7D95E75B7202CE"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">prioritize applications that best fulfill the purpose of the environmental quality incentives program specified in section 1240(1);</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H3A5547086B1246EE84F567CE57D2F745"><enum>(4)</enum><text>develop criteria for evaluating applications that will ensure that national, State, and local conservation priorities are effectively addressed; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H6F0A759C12524EA7B4976B86C548C8FD"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to the greatest extent practicable, group applications of similar crop or livestock operations for evaluation purposes or otherwise evaluate applications relative to other applications for similar farming operations.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H002D789BCA734C968647617FD9065E4"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Evaluation process</header><text>The Secretary shall ensure that the evaluation process is as streamlined and efficient as practicable in the case of applications that—</text> <paragraph id="HF1F8C06517974CF4BF681DBE26D99E00"><enum>(1)</enum><text>involve operations with substantial and sound environmental management systems; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HA2AD31FEEA2842589936B600C1007920"><enum>(2)</enum><text>seek a single practice or a limited number of practices to further improve the environmental performance of that system.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="H1DAF18D821884509AD9322C7B9E84CB"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Duties of producers</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1240D(2) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3839aa-4">16 U.S.C. 3839aa–4(2)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>or ranch</quote> and inserting <quote>, ranch, or forestland</quote>.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H9C9B12E1175B4910A4E8B778D1F1BB6D"><enum>(k)</enum><header>Program plan</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1240E of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3839aa-5">16 U.S.C. 3839aa–5</external-xref>) is amended by striking subsections (a) and (b) and inserting the following new subsections:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="HA906DFD3FEC64BA29BFC7FE46338CC22" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <subsection id="H45196607F4AC41AD914056DDEE75C44F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Plan of operations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To be eligible to receive cost-share payments or incentive payments under the program, a producer shall submit to the Secretary for approval a plan of operations that—</text> <paragraph id="H4653317191B341388CA744A6971EA873"><enum>(1)</enum><text>specifies practices covered under the program;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HEE23BEEAB97A472B006509647D000859"><enum>(2)</enum><text>includes such terms and conditions as the Secretary considers necessary to carry out the program, including a description of the purposes to be met by the implementation of the plan; </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H2E19E261BE3E43F585DBB6A973B00EE"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in the case of a confined livestock feeding operation, provides for development and implementation of a comprehensive nutrient management plan, if applicable; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H7DCF40D2488F4FA8A59669BA1F571B06"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the case of forestland, is consistent with the provisions of a forest management plan meeting with the approval of the Secretary, which may include a forest stewardship plan, as specified in section 5 of the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/2103a">16 U.S.C. 2103a</external-xref>), other practice plan approved by the State forester, or other plan determined appropriate by the Secretary.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H87B19D04B7AC4CAAB3CFA1AECDB3517"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Avoidance of duplication</header><text>The Secretary shall—</text> <paragraph id="HE23B239DB4F646FB8B006E003E530092"><enum>(1)</enum><text>consider a permit acquired under a water or air quality regulatory program as the equivalent of a plan of operations under subsection (a); and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE70E704DDA584FD8B954F9D71D6D65D9"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to the maximum extent practicable, eliminate duplication of planning activities under the program under this chapter and comparable conservation programs.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="H6C70218DAB4940D7B2AE5ED9BBECD3A8"><enum>(l)</enum><header>Duties of the secretary</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1240F of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3839aa-6">16 U.S.C. 3839aa–6</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HA493C3E5A2514997A9EB69259CAC878F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>To the extent</quote> and inserting <quote>(a) <header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Provision of assistance</header-in-text>.—To the extent</quote>; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H3B67C435CFF84791BC6CFF70C8D8AEB2"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new subsection:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="HE3116927CAA243F6A7FFA68870E700B2" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <subsection id="H32FCC5C343B0457F9FE4239C7B38073C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Water savings</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the case of a practice primarily intended to conserve water, the Secretary may provide assistance to a producer under this section only if the Secretary determines that—</text> <paragraph id="H4DE4E522AC804F98A4A41799E8B73F84"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the practice results in a minimum reduction, as determined by the Secretary, in the total consumptive use of ground water or surface water resources affected by the practice;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC2F939747A5B4D18BE20CDEDF3A15459"><enum>(2)</enum><text>any saved water remains in the source for the useful life of the practice; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H2BD8C11EAA754611A3ACA88039E74FF7"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the practice will not result, directly or indirectly, in an increase in the consumptive use of water in the agriculture operation of the producer.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H227166D5100142A4A4C7B61D12D8ACA6"><enum>(m)</enum><header>Conservation innovation grants</header><text>Section 1240H of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3839aa-8">16 U.S.C. 3839aa–8</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H883137AD52894441B7756CBFB3072D8B" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <section id="H26DCE71EE5A44DCEAC007B641DE5EBC3"><enum>1240H.</enum><header>Conservation innovation grants</header> <subsection id="H45A3F86829114256AF74984459F4E6F3"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Competitive grants</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall pay the cost of competitive grants that are intended to stimulate innovative approaches to leveraging Federal investment in environmental enhancement and protection, in conjunction with agricultural production or forest resource management, through the program.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H663ABB62ADE340E9BD78861CF6025EA0"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Use</header><text>The Secretary may provide grants under this section to governmental and non-governmental organizations and persons, on a competitive basis, to carry out projects that—</text> <paragraph id="HDFB6259A89B34997B68F28DDBEDB283"><enum>(1)</enum><text>involve producers that are eligible for payments or technical assistance under the program;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H705DDBFCBAD8427A872CB154EFFF47F4"><enum>(2)</enum><text>leverage funds made available to carry out the program under this chapter with matching funds provided by State and local governments and private organizations to promote environmental enhancement and protection in conjunction with agricultural production; </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HAC417D477F6F4C0B9801009100DD9ED9"><enum>(3)</enum><text>ensure efficient and effective transfer of innovative technologies and approaches demonstrated through projects that receive funding under this section; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H3BABADF2E20F4980B92CD800BFDDA2D3"><enum>(4)</enum><text>provide environmental and resource conservation benefits through increased participation by producers of specialty crops.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H62280A18262C469F860300AC51483379" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Pilot program for comprehensive conservation planning</header> <paragraph id="HF9779FE4773640A7BA350259CCAA679B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Pilot program required</header><text>The Secretary shall establish a pilot program to undertake comprehensive conservation planning to assist producers before they submit an application for assistance under any of the conservation programs authorized by this subtitle.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H1E5176F563964CA2A9E7FA6BAFD1401B"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Conservation planning assistance</header><text>The Secretary shall undertake pilot projects under the pilot program in the locations specified in paragraph (3) to assist producers by making a comprehensive assessment of the resource concerns, needs, and alternative solutions for the producer’s entire operation, as determined by the Secretary, following the procedures in the Natural Resources Conservation Service conservation planning manual. The assistance shall be provided by the Secretary directly or through third party providers certified by the Secretary, and shall not be at the expense of the producer. The results of the comprehensive planning assistance shall be provided to the producer to enable informed choices on the type of financial assistance available under this subtitle that would most effectively address the resource needs of the operation consistent with the environmental goals for the area in which the operation is located.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HDB61F687FCEF48E7BE4CD2AAD87E00DF"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Pilot projects</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Pilot projects in comprehensive conservation planning shall be undertaken in the Chesapeake Bay watershed, and shall include the identification of hydrologic, soil, and rural land use factors that are unique to the Delmarva Peninsula.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD1A926E8775E42A6B22EC72007DEA82"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Report</header><text>The Secretary shall conduct an assessment of the effectiveness of the pilot program and publish a report, available to the public, of the results of the assessment. Such assessments shall be undertaken in the second year and the fifth year of the pilot program.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H00F0C436C08941D2B17CF3C07E2D4DC7"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Funding</header> <paragraph id="HC9A23A5FAB4B479383D9379CAA37E00"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Availability of funds</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Of the funds made available under section 1241(a)(6) for fiscal years 2008 through 2012, the Secretary shall use $30,000,000 for fiscal year 2008, $35,000,000 for fiscal year 2009, $50,000,000 for fiscal year 2010, $60,000,000 for fiscal year 2011, and $75,000,000 for fiscal year 2012.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H05CD4AA77C3A46868B053F5D6BE6D0B2"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Outreach for certain producers</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Of the funds made available under paragraph (1) for a fiscal year, the Secretary shall use $5,000,000 to make grants to support effective outreach and innovative approaches for outreach and to serve organic producers and producers of specialty crops (as defined in section 3 of the Specialty Crops Competitiveness Act of 2004 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/108/465">Public Law 108–465</external-xref>; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1621">7 U.S.C. 1621</external-xref> note).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H9DEDFA73DBD94D52AE34A51CF48CCC7C" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Comprehensive conservation planning</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Of the funds made available under paragraph (1) for a fiscal year, the Secretary shall use $5,000,000 to carry out the comprehensive conservation planning pilot program under subsection (c).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD7AE57AB58ED4C5DB8BD00D744955ED7"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Air quality</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Of the funds made available under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall use $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2008, $15,000,000 for fiscal year 2009, $30,000,000 for fiscal year 2010, $40,000,000 for fiscal year 2011, and $55,000,000 for fiscal year 2012 to support air quality improvement and performance incentives for States to help meet State and local regulatory requirements related to air quality.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section> <section id="HE794C73EADB74824B853C787A0096400" section-type="subsequent-section" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>2106.</enum><header>Regional water enhancement program</header> <subsection id="H930E64EA521945EFB30503D5B937863B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Purpose and goals</header><text>The purpose of this section is to authorize a regional water enhancement program, within the environmental quality incentives program, to enhance performance-based, cost-effective conservation carried out through cooperative agreements entered into by the Secretary of Agriculture with producers, governmental entities, and Indian tribes. The goal of the program is to improve water quality or ground and surface water quantity through coordinated program activities on agricultural lands. The Secretary will develop goals and provide coordinated program assistance for water quality or water quantity improvement projects.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H755CA2644B9D497887CCB0FE651DA3CE"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Establishment of program</header><text>Section 1240I of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3839aa-9">16 U.S.C. 3839aa–9</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H84B2917C5F94427D96C7CA6730CB7098" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <section id="H2A90A36AA4C141ED833EF420CFBCDCA"><enum>1240I.</enum><header>Regional water enhancement program</header> <subsection id="HC09D0E2F1B81483B9812E61E4B70F2CD"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text> <paragraph id="H359E3BB0395E4B5BACA8B467A5C4800"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Regional water enhancement activities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <quote>regional water enhancement activities</quote> includes resource condition assessment and modeling, water quality, water quantity or water conservation plan development, management system and environmental monitoring and evaluation, cost-share of restoration or enhancement projects, incentive payments for land management practices, easement purchases, conservation contracts with landowners, improved irrigation systems, water banking and other forms of water transactions, groundwater recharge and other conservation related activities that the Secretary determines will help to achieve the water quality or water quantity benefits on agricultural lands identified in a partnership agreement.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE4046A6008A845C1BC9B1830F87DAACE"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Partnership agreement</header><text>The term <quote>partnership agreement</quote> means an agreement between the Secretary and a partner under subsection (d).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H61829DC1320341ED9807CEE23EF3E2DE"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Partner</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <quote>partner</quote> means an entity that enters into a partnership agreement with the Secretary to carry out regional water enhancement activities. The term includes—</text> <subparagraph id="H5E0B4FB72B3E4A25BB5600E6F51C86C6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>an agricultural producer, agricultural or silvicultural producer association, or other group of such producers;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H40C2776082B447A299199D7600D073E0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a State or unit of local government, including an irrigation or water district; or</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HAFBF1138DD4442C5B7E876BC17A94861"><enum>(C)</enum><text>a federally recognized Indian tribe.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H08508E124B0E45E4AE62BCEA5DE6785D"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Establishment of program</header> <paragraph id="HDFE776FD7E6D4255A0D6892FAD1BCAA1"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>The Secretary shall establish a regional water enhancement program in accordance with this section to improve water quality or water quantity on a regional scale to benefit working agricultural land and other lands surrounding agricultural land.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H5D5DE11213564BB69B1BC821008E7D47"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Identification of water quality and water quantity priority areas</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall identify areas where protecting or improving water quality, water quantity, or both is a priority. In identifying these areas, the Secretary shall prioritize the Chesapeake Bay, the Upper Mississippi River basin, the Everglades, and the Klamath River basin. Not more than 50 percent of the funds made available for the regional water enhancement program shall be reserved for priority areas identified in this paragraph.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H196F8A847458411194C704296C96B097"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Selection of partners</header> <paragraph id="H1AD5E33043CF4119B8836DA5F561008D"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Solicitation of partnership proposals</header><text>Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of the <short-title>Farm, Nutrition, and Bioenergy Act of 2007</short-title>, the Secretary shall invite prospective partners to submit competitive grant proposals for regional water enhancement partnerships.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H194574B352D64EF4AC65ED03CA486D3"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Elements</header><text>To be eligible for consideration for participation in the program, a proposal submitted by a partner shall contain the following elements:</text> <subparagraph id="H55367CF22B224158A18380471D1C4C36"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Identification of the exact geographic area for which the partnership is proposed, which may be based on—</text> <clause id="H7EDEC6FA25694D74A0A7929CF076B5EC"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a watershed (or portion thereof);</text></clause> <clause id="H67AEF6FDBB8347EF902DBF00CFB6FD97"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>an irrigation, water, drainage district, including service area; or</text></clause> <clause id="HC11DD919E28241DCA37F25B1C94F004C"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>some other geographic area with characteristics making it suitable for landscape-wide program implementation, as may be determined by the Secretary.</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HB248841619F642CD8B616FACF68BDC9F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Identification of the water quality or water quantity issues that are of concern in the area.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H5241E39B0E6B4768A52DF52E8121CB2"><enum>(C)</enum><text>A method for determining a baseline assessment of water quality, water quantity, and other resource conditions in the region.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H9EA7C59A2DF140AFAA7EB5D26200FA78"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A detailed description of the proposed regional water enhancement activities to be undertaken in the area, including an estimated timeline and budget for each activity.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HB9D92829263F4C95A69FFB451644AB9C"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A description of the performance measures to be used to gauge the effectiveness of the regional water enhancement activities.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H5B07BB89D6D34EAF9EC717B516A851A1"><enum>(F)</enum><text>A description of other regional water enhancement activities carried out by the Secretary.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H3046B90E0B644238999D32A45D029B48"><enum>(G)</enum><text>A description of regional water enhancement activities carried out by partners through other means.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H1F6088DD4CD14A609C85E220BB4C23ED"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Selection of proposals</header><text>The Secretary shall award grants competitively, based on the following criteria applied by the Secretary:</text> <subparagraph id="HD9A3E741FE8D4630B3470734EFC66371"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Proposals that will result in the inclusion of the highest percentage of agricultural lands and producers in the area.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HECD957CC3B3646DCA1596700476C007F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Proposals that will result in the highest percentage of on-the-ground activities versus administrative costs.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H8280E6506D094DC691551124CE8094FA"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Proposals that will provide the greatest contribution to sustaining or enhancing agricultural production in the area or rural economic development.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HB5201E0867BC4F629EAEC82B3D10832E"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Proposals that include performance measures that will allow post-activity conditions to be satisfactorily measured to gauge overall effectiveness.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H3856585E91044506A3D6D0048A3CE13"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Proposals that will capture surface-water runoff on farms through the construction, improvement, or maintenance of irrigation ponds.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H1294B8A6951A444B96D400D071F6BCAA"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Proposals that have the highest likelihood of improving issues of concern for the area through the participation of multiple interested persons.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H7AC681EAE32642E28793D804B5F572DF"><enum>(G)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Proposals that will assist producers in meeting a regulatory requirement imposed on lands in agriculture production that reduces the economic scope of the producer’s operation.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H53D8B804BFEF488589AB78223FB03B53"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Duration</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Grants under this subsection shall be made on a multi-year basis, not to exceed 5 years total, except that the Secretary may terminate a grant earlier if the performance measures are not being met.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HC6BAD6CCDD664AD980FEE75BFF550091"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Partnership agreements</header> <paragraph id="HF14304ABF47A483F92C758EFA6B2A4F6"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Generally</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 30 days after the award of a grant to a partner under subsection (c), the Secretary shall enter into a partnership agreement with the grant recipient. At a minimum, the agreement shall contain—</text> <subparagraph id="H11DC5C4BEF6E4F4E97044239DBEB3D4D"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a description of the respective duties and responsibilities of the Secretary and the partner in carrying out regional water enhancement activities; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HE6E52FEA7DF141AFA74F0021189800EE"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the criteria that the Secretary will use to measure the overall effectiveness of the regional water enhancement activities funded by the grant in improving the water quality or quantity conditions of the region relative to the performance measures in the grant proposal.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HFA50A917E7964EEF9883006336F8C98D"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Acceptance of contributions</header><text>The Secretary may accept and use contributions of non-Federal funds to administer the program under this section.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HB6E251BC5E4F46D8A4EEFEB478E64F1F"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Waiver authority</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall waive the limitation in section 1001D of this Act if the Secretary determines that doing so is necessary to fulfill the objectives of the regional water enhancement program.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H951977FD33794D28A75CEF422D00BEA4"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Modification of secretarial authority</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To the extent that the Secretary will be carrying out regional water enhancement activities in an area, the Secretary may use the general authorities provided in this subtitle to ensure that all producers and landowners in the region have the opportunity to participate in such activities.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H4064C8CF8E6B4DE48CA25D167E83C387"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Relationship with other programs</header><text>The Secretary shall ensure that, to the extent producers and landowners are individually participating in other programs under this subtitle in a region where the regional water enhancement program is in effect, any improvements to water quality or water quantity attributable to such individual participation is included in the evaluation criteria developed under subparagraph (d)(1)(B).</text></subsection> <subsection id="H002D01618268494C8C458889E2504391"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Consistency with state law</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any regional water enhancement activity conducted under this section shall be consistent with State water laws.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HD1C967BEB36B4E19B287977694D6B800"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Funding</header> <paragraph id="H7C57A2CF9BE543518CC78D46B15B5E3C"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Availability of funds</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In addition to funds made available to carry out this chapter under section 1241(a)(6), the Secretary shall use funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to carry out this section in the amount of, to the maximum extent practicable, $60,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2008 through 2012.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HCEE909DAEF984EF8AEBB1CD5007DBC61"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Limitation on administrative expenses</header><text>Not more than 3 percent of the funds made available under paragraph (1) for a fiscal year may be used for administrative expenses of the Secretary.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section> <section id="H432193ECB11F4ACAB44E3065A2B14192"><enum>2107.</enum><header>Grassroots source water protection program</header> <subsection id="H8143C84F9FA54FB491BE367C581723D0"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1240O(b) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3839bb-2">16 U.S.C. 3839bb–2(b)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>$5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2002 through 2007</quote> and inserting <quote>$20,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2008 through 2012</quote>.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HF3CD51D5FB5A47798578EE702BC09F67"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Additional funding</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1240O of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3839bb-2">16 U.S.C. 3839bb–2</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: </text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H1555B5B5AD7F46698782C64DC5B1DC33" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <subsection id="H3E04416FAB5445C88B0706DCE489A904"><enum>(c)</enum><header>One-time infusion of funds</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Of the funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation, the Secretary shall make available, on a one-time basis, $10,000,000 to carry out this section. Such funds shall remain available until expended.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section> <section id="H587C7F8539044E969EFB84BB0088B700" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>2108.</enum><header>Conservation of private grazing land</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1240M(e) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3839bb">16 U.S.C. 3839bb(e)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2007</quote> and inserting <quote>2012</quote>.</text></section> <section id="H3BDC980AAE8246508B1C88383EE2DE4C" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>2109.</enum><header>Great Lakes basin program for soil erosion and sediment control</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1240P(c) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3839bb-3">16 U.S.C. 3839bb–3(c)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2007</quote> and inserting <quote>2012</quote>.</text></section> <section id="HDD4AB5AA30794637B6893C8937C1376E" section-type="subsequent-section" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>2110.</enum><header>Farm and ranchland protection program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Subchapter B of chapter 2 of subtitle D of title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3838h">16 U.S.C. 3838h et seq.</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H44402746B4CB4064B392E3DB7C529EF1" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <subchapter id="HF5C65D0BEAF14C32815F3B0589186E2E"><enum>B</enum><header>Farm and ranchland protection program</header> <section id="H5A7D7C632C464BA400EBC38212B8EAB"><enum>1238H.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this subchapter:</text> <paragraph id="H3F6898E18A36496AAFC5872EABBC36D8"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Eligible entity</header><text>The term <term>eligible entity</term> means any of the following:</text> <subparagraph id="H5D6B2EBC11E647719D072F6DB5D52CF6" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(A)</enum><text>An agency of a State or local government or an Indian tribe (including a farmland protection board or land resource council established under State law).</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HDA9A8862BC714EB1BBB8102141C36C9D"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An organization that is organized for, and at all times since the formation of the organization has been operated principally for, 1 or more of the conservation purposes specified in clause (i), (ii), (iii), or (iv) of <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/170">section 170(h)(4)(A)</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HA95E36BDDFC346E485617557EE8F8284"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An organization described in <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/501">section 501(c)(3)</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 that is exempt from taxation under section 501(a) of that Code.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HFE4D192FD67E469A00CF6135A6FA23E"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An organization described in <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/509">section 509(a)(2)</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H4413A4A7A30344B09634A2F9C0C83625"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An organization described in <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/509">section 509(a)(3)</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 that is controlled by an organization described in section 509(a)(2), of that Code.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H79B9401EBC744CD0B61B98BF1F154400"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Eligible land</header><text>The term <term>eligible land</term> means land on a farm or ranch that—</text> <subparagraph id="H0D0CECD07F5245ED9CAC8F00606133"><enum>(A)</enum><text>is cropland;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HA29376BA586046B3AC2432151CF2EFDF"><enum>(B)</enum><text>is rangeland;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H0451C04E3273447EB2003032DC5E57EB"><enum>(C)</enum><text>is grassland;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HCC1CB2E842C44903ABD02706F996E5CB"><enum>(D)</enum><text>is pasture land;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HEBDECD43082946FBA245F89BB21060CC"><enum>(E)</enum><text>is forest land that is an incidental part of an agricultural operation, as determined by the Secretary; or</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HB312564577A843868187C68D3EE9B3CB"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">contains historical or archaeological resources.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HA965FF31768E48A383166F3EADE36C02"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Indian tribe</header><text>The term <term>Indian tribe</term> has the meaning given the term in section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/450b">25 U.S.C. 450b</external-xref>).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HDD669AA73C8D4646991B482964ACAAE4"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Program</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>program</term> means the farm and ranchland protection program established under section 1238I(a).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HDEF2CE2A3FC24E6A912452275B627ECE"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Secretary</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <quote>Secretary</quote> means the Secretary of Agriculture.</text></paragraph></section> <section id="H3ECDB453E120442F85BEC8CB76DCA644"><enum>1238I.</enum><header>Farm and ranchland protection program</header> <subsection id="HF6D682A232684CAE94129BF639DFBE17"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header> <paragraph id="H87D187A975ED4CB093DA4DD0DE00BC88"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Establishment and purpose</header><text>The Secretary shall establish and carry out a farm and ranchland protection program under which the Secretary shall facilitate and provide funding for the purchase of conservation easements or other interests in eligible land that is subject to a pending offer from a certified State or eligible entity for the purpose of protecting the agricultural use and related conservation values of the land by limiting incompatible nonagricultural uses of the land.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD6A2DC2A82AB4C97BFDDEB7100C7DAD6"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Priority</header><text>In carrying out the program, the Secretary shall give the highest priority—</text> <subparagraph id="H515E0502A2A947E6B4A3478CBFE70120"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to protecting farm and ranchland with prime, unique or other productive soils that are at risk of non-agricultural development; or</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H736E538701BE4487B1127843861EBDBF"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to projects that further a State or local policy consistent with the purposes of the program.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H5DD19B9D8C574AC98D9EEE15415DC644"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Grants to certified states</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall make grants to States certified by the Secretary under subsection (c). Such grants shall be made based on demonstrated need for farm and ranch land protection. Grants may be made for multiple transactions so long as all funds provided under the program are used to purchase conservation easements or other interests in land in a timely and effective manner. A State receiving a grant under this subsection may use up to 10 percent of the grant funds for reasonable costs of purchasing and enforcing conservation easements.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H071A188A604E4131BE6BD59D2C203341"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Certification of states for grants</header> <paragraph id="H4C354094A6AC4962B7564FBAB7F0F19C"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Certification process</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall implement a process, to be published in the Federal Register, for certifying States as eligible to participate in the program. The Secretary may provide a reasonable transitional period, not to extend past September 30, 2008, in order to allow continued operation of the program for such time as needed for the Secretary to implement the certification process.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H32518663B6A240A4ADBF54D93D0000BE"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Certification requirements</header><text>To be certified under the process implemented under paragraph (1), a State shall demonstrate, at a minimum, the following:</text> <subparagraph id="H72F2CFC759A74746B2B9ABE714D9064C"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A legislative or organizational purpose consistent with the purposes of the program.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HC5DD0E7CE68343CFB742D1451EB07C36"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The necessary authority and the resources and technical ability to monitor and enforce the terms of conservation easements or other interests in land or to require the holder of such easements or other interests in land acquired with the use of funding under the program to monitor and enforce the terms of such easements or other interests in land.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H9668390ADD6D42B0A7115D6759689F89"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The capacity to provide the necessary matching funds from non-Federal sources for projects undertaken under the program and to use program funds in a timely and effective manner.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H9387D1724F7A4E05BBEEDCC1A4D96894"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Policies and procedures to ensure that, on average, the purchase price of conservation easements or other interests in land purchased with program funds do not exceed the fair market value of the easements or other interests in land.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H69C139EE851C456EA08897F7D7E53C8B"><enum>(E)</enum><text>Policies and procedures that ensure that conservation easements or other interests in land purchased with program funds will continue to protect the agricultural use and related conservation values of the land.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H9AB135C312FC4196966013E73FF8178D"><enum>(F)</enum><text>Provision for continued stewardship of the conservation easements or other interest in land purchased with program funds in the event the State loses its certification under the program.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H0519A346FF524C0D992DA043F391DF6D"><enum>(G)</enum><text>A determination of its own criteria and priorities for purchasing conservation easements and other interests in land under the program.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HEEB7FB2D8DAB4602A6D902C9C3321785"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Agreements with eligible entities</header> <paragraph id="H71B9D6452A934E13BD2CAA1DEA1B433"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Agreements authorized</header><text>The Secretary may enter into an agreement with an eligible entity, under which the entity may purchase conservation easements using a combination of its own funds and funds distributed by the Secretary under the program. </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE2E26955CA954B2DA05712F3A5F89122"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Terms and conditions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An agreement under this subsection shall stipulate the terms and conditions under which the eligible entity shall use funds provided by the Secretary under the program. The eligible entity shall be authorized to use its own terms and conditions for conservation easements and other purchases of interests in land, so long as—</text> <subparagraph id="H45816E97BB354C72BC25AF72E66CC776"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">such terms and conditions are consistent with the purposes of the program and permit effective enforcement of the conservation purposes of such easements or other interests; </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H0D509273255D4070837E5550AF76CAA3"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the eligible entity has in place a requirement consistent with agricultural activities regarding the impervious surfaces to be allowed for any conservation easement or other interest in land purchased using funds provided under the program; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HD6E71FF69E294DC89ED8B810471D43A1"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the eligible entity requires use of a conservation plan for any highly erodible cropland for which a conservation easement or other interest in land has been purchased using funds provided under the program.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HB486003019394F8D859E734E48008520"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Federal contingent right of enforcement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may require the inclusion of a Federal contingent right of enforcement or executory limitation in a conservation easement or other interest in land for conservation purposes purchased with Federal funds provided under the program, in order to preserve the easement as a party of last resort. The inclusion of such a right or interest shall not be considered to be the Federal acquisition of real property and the Federal standards and procedures for land acquisition shall not apply to the inclusion of the right or interest</text></subsection> <subsection id="H34835C52CFDD45558995E2E7BBCD727B" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Review; revocation</header> <paragraph id="HD5867BE87DE9437CAA26FDE26EBB9966"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Review</header><text>Every 3 years, the Secretary shall review the certification of States under subsection (c) and the performance of eligible entities in meeting the terms and conditions of an agreement under subsection (d).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HEC273D1EC3AF4BDE8259003400E1EACE"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Revocation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"> If, in the determination of the Secretary, a State no longer meets the qualifications described in subsection (c)(2) or an eligible entity is not meeting the terms and conditions of an agreement under subsection (d), the Secretary may—</text> <subparagraph id="H9BEDB41264A742C5BDBD09B2FE01D34E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>revoke the certification of the State or terminate the agreement with the eligible entity; or</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H5F116AB630D044B1A8A11E9247615983"><enum>(B)</enum><text>allow the State or eligible entity a specified period of time in which to take such actions as may be necessary to retain its certification or to meet the terms and conditions of the agreement, as the case may be.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H9B0875D68855457D9FD232A8F2F5A4E"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Conservation plan</header><text>Any highly erodible cropland for which a conservation easement or other interest is purchased under this subchapter shall be subject to the requirements of a conservation plan. In the case of an easement or other interest in land that is perpetual in duration, the Secretary may not require the conversion of the cropland to less intensive uses if, under such plan, soil erosion can be reduced to <quote>T</quote> or below.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HFD3B622DD2DB4F9C9BACD8004ED5E8A6"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Cost sharing</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The share of the cost provided under this section for purchasing a conservation easement or other interest in land shall not exceed 50 percent of the appraised fair market value of the conservation easement or other interest in eligible land. Fair market value shall be determined on the basis of an appraisal of the conservation easement or other interest in eligible land using an industry-approved methodology determined by the entity.</text></subsection></section></subchapter><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section> <section id="H3F9AC7FC9C6F42858B499BFDF066294D" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>2111.</enum><header>Farm viability program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1238J(b) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3838j">16 U.S.C. 3838j(b)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2007</quote> and inserting <quote>2012</quote>.</text></section> <section id="H807CE9A42DD34727BFBD9FEC00C12991" section-type="subsequent-section" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>2112.</enum><header>Wildlife habitat incentive program</header> <subsection id="H830EBB0E462F430581E9E6C0D16352B4"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Reauthorization</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1240N of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3839bb-1">16 U.S.C. 3839bb–1</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H1DCEB83645174EA3B43BAB616DD6D05F" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <subsection id="H465AFF3776914EE686B7C11B51DEBB5F"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Duration of program</header><text>Using funds made available under section 1241(a)(7), the Secretary shall carry out the program during fiscal years 2008 through 2012.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="H385913D4CA104D77A617D966D6817C22"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Cost share for long-term agreements and impact on scope of operations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1240N(b)(2) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3839bb-1">16 U.S.C. 3839bb–1(b)(2)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H12E805A05090476EAD4CBC51C7323CED"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the paragraph heading by inserting <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">and impact on scope of operations</header-in-text></quote> after <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">agreements</header-in-text></quote>;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HF7F15CDBCF3940A0BE361F48497CA8D9"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>years,</quote> and inserting <quote>years, or that will assist producers in meeting a regulatory requirement imposed on lands in agriculture production that reduces the economic scope of the producer’s operation,</quote>; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HCA54BD5A0F7E42558F703C1485BE0389"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (B), by striking <quote>15 percent</quote> and inserting <quote>25 percent</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection></section></subtitle> <subtitle id="H50822C57A84348AC988D07E85FB95153"><enum>B</enum><header>Conservation Programs Under Other Laws</header> <section id="HF18F2E09C5C94ACDB9F7ECEB1C20FCB1" section-type="subsequent-section" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>2201.</enum><header>Agricultural management assistance program</header> <subsection id="HFBC05052DE1449AFA00812CC1790854E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Eligible states</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 524(b)(1) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1524">7 U.S.C. 1524(b)(1)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HB907A0F6DA1A4AA5805D1B4221DEC5BC"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>Hawaii,</quote> after <quote>Delaware,</quote>; and </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H82A423BCCD8D49DABB22562291267B56"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>Virginia,</quote> after <quote>Vermont,</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HDE1C1C9BD68B46C48C66D25921DE1CA1"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Technical correction</header><text>Section 524(b)(4)(B)(i) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1524">7 U.S.C. 1524(b)(4)(B)(i)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>Except as provided in clauses (ii) and (iii), the</quote> and inserting <quote>The</quote>.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H848DAF40E00F45799DCEE09716696BB0"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Certain uses</header><text>Section 524(b)(4) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1524">7 U.S.C. 1524(b)(4)(B)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="HC9F65A98BFE648D7A6D15D304B33DE52" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <subparagraph id="H98ED3111EA8646EE8FFB6F342880E092"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Certain uses</header><text>Of the amounts made available to carry out this subsection for a fiscal year, the Commodity Credit Corporation shall use not less than—</text> <clause id="H06FE448A59B44E7B9F9FA25BE64BA5FF"><enum>(i)</enum><text>50 percent to carry out subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C) of paragraph (2) through the Natural Resources Conservation Service;</text></clause> <clause id="H15EFFD6DF7B543DA9559154719FA26D5"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>10 percent to provide organic certification cost share assistance through the Agricultural Marketing Service; and</text></clause> <clause id="HE6E681CF5A3840A08DB3509555E5C300"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>40 percent to conduct activities to carry out subparagraph (F) of paragraph (2) through the Risk Management Agency.</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section> <section id="HA3A0709AD7A247DBA9A7F76C1F5F51B" section-type="subsequent-section" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>2202.</enum><header>Resource Conservation and Development Program</header> <subsection id="H8E00540C07754D04A6C7EC195C004BC4"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Locally led planning process</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1528 of the Agriculture and Food Act of 1981 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3451">16 U.S.C. 3451</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H517A6088956C41AE84947207DCC8CEE0"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>planning process</quote> in the matter preceding subparagraph (A) and inserting <quote>locally led planning process</quote>; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD55DACD3EA6841DCBF21ABDDCDE819BF"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (9), by striking <quote>council</quote> and inserting <quote>locally led council</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H757E991A001B4930AF7FB28066702B41"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Authorized technical assistance</header><text>Section 1528(13) of the Agriculture and Food Act of 1981 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3451">16 U.S.C. 3451(13)</external-xref>) is amended by striking subparagraphs (C) and (D) and inserting the following new subparagraphs:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H7410153992694629AE1525A0261DC2F3" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <subparagraph id="H0BEEC31F6DC14FB8A1965C04C4A4261E"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">providing assistance for the implementation of area plans and projects; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H9A45D243C7F344F686C3E0A9E54D774C"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">providing services which bring to bear the resources of Department of Agriculture programs in a local community, as defined in the locally led planning process. </text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="H24276663A4BB4080A10954F49CB90098"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Improved provision of technical assistance</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1531 of the Agriculture and Food Act of 1981 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3454">16 U.S.C. 3454</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H85C4B3A81D3B4D6F8D007B34D6409360"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>(a) <header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">In general</header-in-text>.—</quote> before <quote>In carrying</quote>; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H3D2EED83B0004A58907981313DC40006"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new subsection:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="HE7544D97CBFC407CB0F1C80016A631CB" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <subsection id="H923A774309994CA089D1679F3D289530"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Coordinator</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To improve the provision of technical assistance to councils under this subtitle, the Secretary shall designate an individual, to be known as the <quote>Coordinator</quote>, for each council. The Coordinator shall be directly responsible for the provision of technical assistance to the council.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H47EFD6BCFD8B494D8721F84F3DD09EA5"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Program evaluation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1534 of the Agriculture and Food Act of 1981 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3457">16 U.S.C. 3457</external-xref>) is repealed.</text></subsection></section> <section id="H7E8D754D32B641D5934107A69201B074" section-type="subsequent-section" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>2203.</enum><header>Small watershed rehabilitation program</header> <subsection id="H713111CDF0434DF095E3BECDF5020D7"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Availability of funds</header><text>Section 14(h)(1) of the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1012">16 U.S.C. 1012(h)(1)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDB984CC7553E491C90D4BE97A7F300DA"> <subparagraph id="HA3D4F421668E445E9CD6001C9B41F042"><enum>(G)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$50,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2009 through 2012.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="H5CA36F504FC845208179D2BFD5371A7"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 14(h)(2)(E) of the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1012">16 U.S.C. 1012(h)(2)(E)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>fiscal year 2007</quote> and inserting <quote>each of fiscal years 2007 through 2012</quote>.</text></subsection></section></subtitle> <subtitle id="H1278409216C641D9B18FCFFE573E003E"><enum>C</enum><header>Additional Conservation Programs</header> <section id="H92B7A8AE1226413200B63BD5F4D25621" section-type="subsequent-section" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>2301.</enum><header>Chesapeake Bay program for nutrient reduction and sediment control</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Chapter 5 of subtitle D of the Food Security Act of 1985 is amended by inserting after section 1240P (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3839bb-3">16 U.S.C. 3839bb–3</external-xref>) the following new section:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="HCF7CC587A2B749EAA0D824051058DE34" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <section id="H5EC548F66E2A4E518B5C2F1732949F20"><enum>1240Q.</enum><header>River restoration in the Chesapeake Bay watershed</header> <subsection id="H126FFF66D00B47AA88C0C5EE996BE91B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Chesapeake bay watershed defined</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section, the term <quote>Chesapeake Bay watershed</quote> means all tributaries, backwaters, and side channels, including their watersheds, draining into the Chesapeake Bay.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H90DE739517C644A2B9333594A8C467EA"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Comprehensive plan for Chesapeake bay watershed</header> <paragraph id="H60C18E4A4F6B40D6889300F7C7000536"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Development</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Agriculture shall develop, as expeditiously as practicable, a proposed comprehensive plan for the purpose of restoring, preserving, and protecting the Chesapeake bay watershed.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H76B6A2E9704747A596F03DE0DF342B33"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Proven technologies and innovative approaches</header><text>The comprehensive plan shall provide for the development of new technologies and innovative approaches to advance the following goals:</text> <subparagraph id="H878D4121AFF54690B022F21BCA3B63DD"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Improvement of water quality and quantity within the Chesapeake Bay.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HA683E9016371479B95DAF8D007016B6C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Restoration, enhancement, and preservation of habitat for plants and wildlife.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H0A43316682F644E8BCFA3D1C8D09EE54"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Increase economic opportunity for producers and rural communities.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE7407160D2B948A09B04BF60BF44946"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Specific components</header><text>The comprehensive plan shall include such features as are necessary to provide for—</text> <subparagraph id="H23385126177C4AA5B4B8CD8076615F77"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the development and implementation of a program for erosion prevention and control, sediment control and sediment removal, and reduction of nutrient loads;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HF6BDA3468F9D4F258932369832E678D4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the development and implementation of a program for—</text> <clause id="H189DCA0019CF483AB147A6AA9EBFAB"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the planning, conservation, evaluation, and construction of measures for fish and wildlife habitat conservation and rehabilitation; and</text></clause> <clause id="HEB650AE4F51B47929C1973F8E95AF50"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>stabilization and enhancement of land and water resources; and</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HCD73A9C4A57146748E553591567394B9"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the development and implementation of a long-term resource monitoring program.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H06CC1F7BA3274A928F381DF4ABB60D2"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Consultation</header><text>The comprehensive plan shall be developed by the Secretary in consultation with appropriate Federal and State agencies.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H320D44D74A854C22B28FA785414178E5"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Submission of plan</header> <paragraph id="H854FA617DC974E62B7BF5CABEC2FA2D9"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Submission</header><text>Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of the <short-title>Farm, Nutrition, and Bioenergy Act of 2007</short-title>, the Secretary shall transmit to Congress a report containing the comprehensive plan.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HBFEE7D7AFA644CA3A823695057645BB2"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Additional studies and analyses</header><text>After submission of the report required by paragraph (1), the Secretary shall continue to conduct such studies and analyses related to the comprehensive plan as are necessary, consistent with this subsection.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H4DC3E439E1AA42AFB254D7F43EA00402" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Restoration enhancement and preservation projects</header> <paragraph id="HC38194EDF1214056B0D333785F3448D5" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Project authority</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In cooperation with appropriate Federal and State agencies, the Secretary shall carry out restoration enhancement and preservation projects for the Chesapeake Bay watershed to address the goals specified in subsection (b)(2). To achieve the restoration, preservation, and protection benefits of a project, the Secretary shall proceed expeditiously with the implementation of the project consistent with the comprehensive plan.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE541032A5A8F4E788BEA08256B359CA6"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Critical projects</header><text>In carrying out this subsection, the Secretary shall begin with the Susquehanna River, the Shenandoah River, the Potomac River, and the Patuxent River.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H34B5DC2147A848FEBDA7D580932F5C00" commented="no"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Availability of funds</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Of the funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation, the Secretary shall use to carry out projects under this subsection the following amounts:</text> <subparagraph id="H11209C05BDEE49F7B4272E32C536A584"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$10,000,000 for fiscal year 2008.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H71330ED8270E4492BFC8A8C146C0EC9F"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$15,000,000 for fiscal year 2009.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H13D1C7E3245E4EE5A0F21843AE81D4CD"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$30,000,000 for fiscal year 2010.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HB8B694CF1BF344E286F53B2DFEE11ECD"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$40,000,000 for fiscal year 2011.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H15982F71D8C2470E95C923C82DC98F08"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$55,000,000 for fiscal year 2012.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H829EA775DFC24E0DA7FAFF3166BEDFEB" commented="no"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Federal share</header><text>The Federal share of the cost of carrying out any individual project under this subsection shall not exceed $5,000,000.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HFB0B5A0E83B54BB1B5A1FE6B2982B1A1"><enum>(e)</enum><header>General provisions</header> <paragraph id="H169B0486CC5A41DCB642EC4ED4676753"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Water quality</header><text>In carrying out projects and activities under this section, the Secretary shall take into account the protection of water quality by considering applicable State water quality standards.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HFED8FABDFD3E4847B2D2697321B796B3"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Public participation</header><text>In developing the comprehensive plan under subsection (b) and carrying out projects under subsection (d), the Secretary shall implement procedures to facilitate public participation, including providing advance notice of meetings, providing adequate opportunity for public input and comment, maintaining appropriate records, and making a record of the proceeding of meetings available for public inspection.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H16EFEAD90C9A4C2EA71DB6D528FB134C"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Coordination</header><text>The Secretary shall integrate and coordinate projects and activities carried out under this section with other Federal and State programs, projects, and activities.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H28E7DB9802B64912BB12C31C7FA57E60"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Cost sharing</header> <paragraph id="H88D462EDEA3A486FA5F59E81E1D1409"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Non-Federal share</header><text>Subject to subsection (d)(4), the non-Federal share of the cost of projects and activities carried out under this section shall be not less than 35 percent.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HBCC9598F8692433283406CCEACEB6BD6"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Operation, maintenance, rehabilitation, and replacement</header><text>The operation, maintenance, rehabilitation, and replacement of projects carried out under this section shall be a non-Federal responsibility.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H5A7B97A838BA41F59799FC95DABBBB77" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Sense of congress regarding Chesapeake bay executive council</header> <paragraph id="HC0BEE93139CE4CB6A3218BDDF3CB4C6D"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Findings</header><text>Congress finds the following:</text> <subparagraph id="HD7759CC031114D8D9BF88F7D614F432C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>One of the stated goals of the Chesapeake Bay Agreement is to <quote>develop, promote, and achieve sound land use practices which protect and restore watershed resources and water quality, maintain reduced pollutant loadings for the Bay and its tributaries, and restore and preserve aquatic living resources</quote>.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H07850A1EC2074C7299D2AE95CB279DD"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Department of Agriculture conservation programs are integral to the restoration of the Chesapeake Bay and achieving the water quality goals for the Chesapeake Bay program.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H508AE46B991A45DF93D447858424002F"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Sense of congress</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In light of the findings specified in paragraph (1), it is the sense of Congress that the Secretary of Agriculture should be a member of the Chesapeake Bay Executive Council, and is authorized to do so under section 1(3) of the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/590a">16 U.S.C. 590a(3)</external-xref>).</text></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section> <section id="HA7FEDB3919944D36A294787765FED51C"><enum>2302.</enum><header>Voluntary public access and habitat incentive program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Chapter 5 of subtitle D of title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985 is amended by inserting after section 1240Q, as added by section 2301, the following new section:</text> <quoted-block id="H8B800B475A4F4FEBB447CCFAEF001088"> <section id="H3FCE32CB2A6F44B4BF1206A0A19847C"><enum>1240R.</enum><header>Voluntary public access and habitat incentive program</header> <subsection id="HFFBB129F1C3B4368B5EAE9DE00AE8D60"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>The Secretary shall establish a voluntary public access program under which States and tribal governments may apply for grants to encourage owners and operators of privately-held farm, ranch, and forest land to voluntarily make that land available for access by the public for wildlife-dependent recreation, including hunting or fishing, under programs administered by the States and tribal governments.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H8D94D1CB022C4A6F00FE7CE388D0145F"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Applications</header><text>In submitting applications for a grant under the program, a State or tribal government shall describe—</text> <paragraph id="HD407402DCD924640B4CBB574A556D815"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the benefits that the State or tribal government intends to achieve by encouraging public access to private farm and ranch land for—</text> <subparagraph id="HF2C7059B699D4FF5863BF83BB9C622B1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>hunting and fishing; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HE5BBEF44DCA34C26005265DB07FB397D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to the maximum extent practicable, other recreational purposes; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HDE4D298E59E24B1C80C662B102FC1178"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the methods that will be used to achieve those benefits.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HD09A5C0F97AF47C984BFFA584DC9CB2"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Priority</header><text>In approving applications and awarding grants under the program, the Secretary shall give priority to States and tribal governments that—</text> <paragraph id="HC22C90FFE3F647B400B6E3F6D87956B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>have consistent opening dates for migratory bird hunting for both residents and non-residents;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H4C661E2A24F84D4A956885EFCB8D48E3"><enum>(2)</enum><text>propose to maximize participation by offering a program the terms of which are likely to meet with widespread acceptance among landowners;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H929A912650AE4BC60056A5B9B3A480CE"><enum>(3)</enum><text>propose to ensure that land enrolled under the State or tribal government program has appropriate wildlife habitat;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HB0FE256D79F842BCA554240465E2BD96"><enum>(4)</enum><text>propose to strengthen wildlife habitat improvement efforts on land enrolled in a special conservation reserve enhancement program described in 1234(f)(4) by providing incentives to increase public hunting and other recreational access on that land; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HDAD44C077E1F47A2A19E1F207FDA19A0"><enum>(5)</enum><text>propose to use additional Federal, State, tribal government, or private resources in carrying out the program.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HD171FE5DD1AF4E22B800971E66E21D20"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Relationship to other laws</header><text>Nothing in this section preempts a State or tribal government law, including any State or tribal government liability law.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H2F982830EA0F40CCAD6E3F746E28A600"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Regulations</header><text>The Secretary shall promulgate such regulations as are necessary to carry out this section.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H2A91183B93C04127A54DA0AFB53800BE"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary $20,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2008 through 2012 to carry out this section.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section></subtitle> <subtitle id="H9E9F10ABE08446B8959F754EAFB8CB"><enum>D</enum><header>Administration and Funding</header> <section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H40E3C8E3D7E045A8A3C8468F8E001266" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>2401.</enum><header>Funding of conservation programs under Food Security Act of 1985</header> <subsection id="HC11B45B16CDF45649BD599D69BFEF1B5"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1241(a) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3841">16 U.S.C. 3841(a)</external-xref>) is amended in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking <quote>2007</quote> and inserting <quote>2012</quote>.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H5A1D75FC97D04B299B104006AB7C3585"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conservation security program</header><text>Paragraph (3) of section 1241(a) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3841">16 U.S.C. 3841(a)</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="HC9034162616247C98190F911B4A1A127" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <paragraph id="H186D5572F3C34AD9BF59B9B8DBE40042"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The conservation security program under subchapter A of chapter 2, using, to the maximum extent practicable— </text> <subparagraph id="H38C5E3F55DD14F0C88BD44D5C6379D8B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the case of conservation security contracts entered into before October 1, 2007, under such subchapter, as in effect on the day before the date of the enactment of the <short-title>Farm, Nutrition, and Bioenergy Act of 2007</short-title>—</text> <clause id="H1E112CB48E7A4FD2B204A8D300C26292"><enum>(i)</enum><text>$1,454,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2007 through 2012; and </text></clause> <clause id="HC5A3D03231064E5AA1D21E2FCAB4AC9F"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>$1,927,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2007 through 2017; and</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H778562AA642546A39DE3A9DCCA001590"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in the case of conservation security contracts entered into on or after October 1, 2011, under such subchapter—</text> <clause id="H84678D319A89412AA5399BAA40351E57"><enum>(i)</enum><text>$501,000,000 for fiscal year 2012; and </text></clause> <clause id="HD127F0B28259482E8F53AB00F74E23F4"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>$4,646,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2012 through 2017.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="H01C7111918414E64864D52574D4E5752"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Farm and ranchland protection program</header><text>Paragraph (4) of section 1241(a) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3841">16 U.S.C. 3841(a)</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="HC37CD0CAD1F44153A6E984FA8B0E3F3" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <paragraph id="H06EEFE0C44D94F9CB8BD0077CC92F504" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(4)</enum><text>The farm and ranchland protection program under subchapter B of chapter 2, using, to the maximum extent practicable—</text> <subparagraph id="HC140B67472B440D2B305485C101D419C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>$125,000,000 in fiscal year 2008;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H032B8D266CD045B6BEA5D4EB2F30F25D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>$150,000,000 in fiscal year 2009;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HF19C83C68F094478A10072CDAE7E22E4"><enum>(C)</enum><text>$200,000,000 in fiscal year 2010;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HF3AB4F3932B14EEAB1848614117CF6EE"><enum>(D)</enum><text>$240,000,000 in fiscal year 2011; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H2BCDC08AF8C742D49834321F70E1BF40"><enum>(E)</enum><text>$280,000,000 in fiscal year 2012.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="HEB086CDAA854413D8F6B72B02C7DE678"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Environmental quality incentives program</header><text>Paragraph (6) of section 1241(a) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3841">16 U.S.C. 3841(a)</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H63C391FB68F14639B9918D2C7900011F" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <paragraph id="H07D4815A5B824723827EACF5628F143F"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The environmental quality incentives program under chapter 4, using, to the maximum extent practicable—</text> <subparagraph id="H290A530687A04B3283FE25DCEB99590"><enum>(A)</enum><text>$1,500,000,000 in fiscal year 2008;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HDA56EA6CF85940ACAF4E4D8291C16400"><enum>(B)</enum><text>$1,600,000,000 in fiscal year 2009;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HEC26F7724C5A4D1C862FF1CBC753A437"><enum>(C)</enum><text>$1,700,000,000 in fiscal year 2010;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HE885B0B3F7DE4490B7702459C1AB98A5"><enum>(D)</enum><text>$1,800,000,000 in fiscal year 2011; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H9F6D96FC90104D0784E1CF42E49E093"><enum>(E)</enum><text>$2,000,000,000 in fiscal year 2012.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="HA0288500079D462BBEEB78F2AD43BCA3" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Wildlife habitat incentives program</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Paragraph (7)(D) of section 1241(a) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3841">16 U.S.C. 3841(a)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2007</quote> and inserting <quote>2012</quote>.</text></subsection></section> <section id="H5C2AA03BD87C45EA95433F6BEB646421" section-type="subsequent-section" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>2402.</enum><header>Improved provision of technical assistance under conservation programs</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1242 of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3842">16 U.S.C. 3842</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H8853473609474B239D579D31CAB04533"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)—</text> <subparagraph id="H5A73DFA62650431687EBF900023AB7F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>or</quote> at the end of paragraph (1); and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H6BBDF6D5F8BA433A9713CF3F9B34FE11"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following new paragraphs:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H063925453CFA433CB11E72964831CA6B" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <paragraph id="H1E4699E923824DC7B211ED297BA03159"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">through a contract with an approved third party, if available; or</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H752E5ADB54574D7FA0B11479A5AFE02E"><enum>(3)</enum><text>at the option of the producer, through a payment as determined by the Secretary, directly to an approved third party, if available, or to the producer for an approved third party, if available.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HABB411B6E66249D6AD96FC1B21BB19CF"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b)—</text> <subparagraph id="HFA6518E20FB64A30BC6465A2E2604B7B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>technical assistance</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>technical services</quote>; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HC3E23D7FB4C84A21AAC3538BDE9FD45"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)(B), by striking <quote>that assistance</quote> and inserting <quote>those technical services</quote>; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H01DDA60CC7264CE982B9FFF4DA61ED09"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new subsections:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H423D3B13F13F43AE968700BCB98EA7D0" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <subsection id="H00E28C9E9D634C0493DD4008F89FE36"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Payment amounts</header> <paragraph id="H0C1C50CF5DF144DE83CC73C555D1C592"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Use of prevailing market rates</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall set the amounts of payments under subsection (b)(1)(B) for technical services at levels not less than prevailing private market rates.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD86A278DF1554462B7754EE1C886985D"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Exception</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Paragraph (1) shall not apply in instances where personnel of the Department of Agriculture are immediately available to provide comparable technical services to eligible producers.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HC22A46DC9A6E42B9907CDD3ECD834E7D"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Review and Expedited Approval of Technical Assistance Specifications</header> <paragraph id="HD916201E7EEE4808B134C625815C2DC4"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Review of existing technical assistance specifications</header> <subparagraph id="H2018676180C94067003BBBB17FE05E35"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Review of specifications</header><text>The Secretary shall direct each State to review and ensure, to the maximum extent practicable, the completeness and relevance of technical assistance specifications in effect as of the date of the enactment of the <short-title>Farm, Nutrition, and Bioenergy Act of 2007</short-title>.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H2BC721C333804CCCBFA608CE6BEB8984"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Consultation</header><text>In conducting the assessment under subparagraph (A), a State shall consult with specialty crop producers, crop consultants, cooperative extension and land-grant universities, nongovernmental organizations, and other qualified entities. </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H08CDC18D4C764A4FA55781169D29F623"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Expedited revision of specifications</header><text>If a State determines under subparagraph (A) that revisions to its technical assistance specifications are necessary, the State shall establish an administrative process for expediting the revisions. </text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H1EB0B7B24BD04D99BB30A3BC84E55EB7"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Addressing concerns of specialty crop producers</header> <subparagraph id="HCDD5460E6E0F49C6A74FB95802DD2D1"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall direct each State to fully incorporate into its technical assistance specifications and provide for the appropriate range of conservation practices and resource mitigation measures available to specialty crop producers.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H2D3F4994EAD64283B9232C3F4519214F"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Availability of adequate technical assistance</header><text>The Secretary shall ensure that adequate technical assistance is available for the implementation of conservation practices by specialty crop producers through Federal conservation programs. In carrying out this requirement, the Secretary shall develop—</text> <clause id="H3CAC9144505B40ECA885CFCB50BD741C"><enum>(i)</enum><text>programs that meet specific needs of specialty crop producers through cooperative agreements with other agencies and nongovernmental organizations; and</text></clause> <clause id="H4A57E55AFD044CF0B6D66FCD20366B50"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>program specifications that allow for innovative approaches that engage local resources in providing technical assistance for planning and implementation of conservation practices.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H6634E06789E44D6CB22451AFE6412EF1"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Non-Federal assistance</header><text>The Secretary may request the services of, and enter into cooperative agreements or contracts with, non-Federal entities to assist the Secretary in providing technical assistance necessary to develop and implement conservation programs under this title.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section> <section id="H6287E290AE634CAD88F6C8C170D295C" section-type="subsequent-section" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>2403.</enum><header>Cooperative conservation partnership initiative</header> <subsection id="HFD403AB85D2544C9ACCA4681070002A6"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Transfer of existing provisions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subsections (b), (c), and (d) of section 1243 of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3843">16 U.S.C. 3843</external-xref>) are—</text> <paragraph id="H8476B5AE828D4E8DA3CAA73F7B57F086"><enum>(1)</enum><text>redesignated as subsections (c), (d), and (e), respectively; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HCA2E876396AA4DED8EEE21358F5029FC"><enum>(2)</enum><text>transferred to appear at the end of section 1244 of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3844">16 U.S.C. 3844</external-xref>).</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H31C6EC8505E74BE694E421B777CEB7AE"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Establishment of partnership initiative</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1243 of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3843">16 U.S.C. 3843</external-xref>), as amended by subsection (a), is amended to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="HCEE88A2B06D34554BA5D0354C822C570" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <section id="H49E7FC5C74CF421EAB19CFF4DEFE1232"><enum>1243.</enum><header>Cooperative conservation partnership initiative</header> <subsection id="HEB9C1A507F244AACAD160016291DDB87"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment of initiative</header> <paragraph id="H498172B7A4C745918BC7BF1045009950"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall establish a cooperative conservation partnership initiative (in this section referred to as the <quote>Partnership</quote>) within each program described in subsection (b) to address conservation issues involving production agriculture on local, regional, or State levels. </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HDCEF2831A3D64687BCEACC9311D2C032"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Administration</header><text>The Secretary shall carry out the Partnership—</text> <subparagraph id="H17D49904D1784E398EB4922B736B87C6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by selecting proposals for grants and agreements by eligible entities described in subsection (c) through a competitive selection process;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H5DA28FF502C7484900ADB81947D9700"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by making grants to, and entering into agreements with, with eligible entities described in subsection (c) for not less than 2 years, but not more than 5 years, in duration; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H87E67862D4C3450F9D8979E70478E3A3"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by providing producers that are participating in a special project and initiative of an eligible entity preferential enrollment into 1 or more of the programs described in subsection (b).</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H334E1307F5CE4CEF9CCBE7CB551BB84"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Purposes</header><text>The purposes of the Partnership are to carry out special projects and initiatives—</text> <subparagraph id="H3DB8B07AFBA34D33A47389E032D74EAD"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to address conservation issues involving production agriculture on local, regional, or State levels through producers and eligible entities; </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HBA77A4646B304D85BDDCC8683223EFAB"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to address community and economic development needs and opportunities; and </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H0B7C5B8436654E7688B16F85BD279723"><enum>(C)</enum><text>to increase access to, and participation in, the programs described in subsection (b) by producers of specialty crops (as defined in section 3 of the Specialty Crops Competitiveness Act of 2004, Pub. L. 108–465 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1621">7 U.S.C. 1621</external-xref> note).</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HED95FAEDC10E464CBD5D8EE2B53AC98"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Covered programs</header><text>The conservation programs covered by this section are the following:</text> <paragraph id="H3A9E255E7E41427ABE4C9EB1F3F7E57D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Conservation security program.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H5C688E33E32B472897C5397D0559275F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Environmental quality incentives program.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H68E10E73D1004648B7533309C7CD9D5B"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Wildlife habitat incentive program.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H9E7BE48DB8604B6493279B2763C900F0"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Eligible partners</header><text>Grants may be made or agreements may be entered into under this section with any of the following (or a combination thereof):</text> <paragraph id="H562551E0A5984A13A2F2436DD8378137"><enum>(1)</enum><text>States and agencies of States.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H7241B20008FC4FA5945743EA6F38CA4"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Political subdivisions of States, including counties and State- or county-sponsored conservation districts.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H5CF00B9FEDBD4346B424583B59CF7400"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Indian tribes.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H1804CB64F36D4550997625C00FE96B3"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Nongovernmental organizations and associations, including producer associations, farmer cooperatives, extension associations, and conservation organizations with a history of working cooperatively with producers to effectively address resource concerns related to agricultural production, as determined by the Secretary.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H4FB462CDC4C143E0A49429B599E9C4DF"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A combination of partners specified in a preceding paragraph.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H1AADE24141964F49BA767DF4DC438761"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Applications</header> <paragraph id="H67DE5B89BAFD45D9AF3458C8C0757C58"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Competitive process</header><text>The Secretary shall establish a competitive process for considering applications for grants or agreements under this section consistent with the evaluation criteria listed in subsection (e).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC2E639557BD24B779544535DEA7D341F"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Program allocation</header><text>Applications shall include—</text> <subparagraph id="H7B1122D224184CF290720000376012F7"><enum>(A)</enum><text>specification of the amount of funding or acres, or both, of 1 or more covered programs specified in subsection (b) proposed to be allocated to carry out the special project or initiative; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H48BC649C827A44BE894B36C5742BDAB8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a schedule for utilization of funding or acres over the life of the proposed project or initiative.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H1FDACFB55520475EBC6CDE7EC086B5BC"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Evaluation criteria</header><text>In evaluating applications for grants or agreements under this section the Secretary shall consider the extent to which—</text> <paragraph id="H774DC6B38A5D420AA8E4A6C0AE06F6A"><enum>(1)</enum><text>preferential enrollment in the covered programs specified in the application will effectively address the environmental objectives established for the special project or initiative; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HF145FD18F1DF40FB81874FCCE2A1F8AA"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the special project or initiative covered by the application—</text> <subparagraph id="H8EB91B3756354175A58778C5FBE01B35"><enum>(A)</enum><text>enjoys local and regional support from producers and other interested persons, including governmental and nongovernmental organizations with appropriate expertise on the issues the project or initiative seeks to address;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H37A296880DAF42F3AE47BC5E644EA149"><enum>(B)</enum><text>includes clear environmental objectives;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HBD2F3771387F489E818C36B9100FB4C"><enum>(C)</enum><text>includes a well defined project or initiative plan that identifies sensitive areas requiring treatment and prioritizes conservation practices and activities needed to achieve environmental objectives;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H4FD4F9C2EBB14BE08C61BDD8F8F96142"><enum>(D)</enum><text>promises adequate and coordinated participation to achieve the objectives of the project or initiative;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HB2CEA77AB4834F3181AF9C2BDF422ECF"><enum>(E)</enum><text>coordinates integration of local, State, and Federal efforts to make the best use of available resources and maximize cost-effective investments;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H9E9FF60EABD3494CAEEA435147526690"><enum>(F)</enum><text>leverages financial and technical resources from sources other than the programs authorized by this subtitle, including financial and technical resources provided by Federal and State agencies, local governments, nongovernmental organizations and associations, and other private sector entities;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HE93E8689600F4C9299D512FE6CA599B0"><enum>(G)</enum><text>describes how all necessary technical assistance will be provided to each producer participating in the project or initiative, including cost estimates for technical assistance and whether such assistance will be provided by technical service providers;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H3F14BC7FF4134B9EABF79830A1E3C7C9"><enum>(H)</enum><text>describes how the administrative costs of the project or initiative will be minimized;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H5D7243A26E00492C9C30AF4650C47B2C"><enum>(I)</enum><text>addresses a local, State, regional, or national environmental priority or priorities, with particular emphasis on any priority for which there is an existing State or federally approved plan in place for addressing that priority;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H1A857BE24D9F49609051344F247F0251"><enum>(J)</enum><text>includes a plan to evaluate progress, measure results, and meet the purposes of the agreement; </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HF42C353E8A414BC49D82B21C44754C16"><enum>(K)</enum><text>clearly demonstrates that enrollment of producers in covered programs will be consistent with the purposes and policies of each individual program, as established in statute, rules and regulations, and program guidance promulgated by implementing agencies;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H2E14650DCF27460E9B12837C3C27A7F5"><enum>(L)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">links resource and environmental objectives with community development or agritourism objectives that can be improved as a result of addressing the resources of concern; </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H663780C988E3482E8FBB0192DBE1F6E"><enum>(M)</enum><text>demonstrates innovation in linking environmental and community development objectives; and </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HBB99425927404D568398AF00A888CA50"><enum>(N)</enum><text>addresses the needs of beginning farmers and ranchers, socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers, and limited resource farmers and ranchers.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H0890A4C1FBC04971A4BB3C7C358356FF"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Priorities</header><text>To the maximum extent practicable, consistent with the requirements of subsection (d), the Secretary shall ensure that, each fiscal year, grants are awarded and agreements are entered into under this section to support projects and initiatives that collectively address the resource concerns facing producers, ranchers, and nonindustrial private forest landowners, including specifically projects and initiatives that are designed—</text> <paragraph id="HFED60F20824947BE9873818D1FA2BEF5"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to achieve improvements in water quality in watersheds impacted by agriculture, particularly by increasing the participation of producers in implementing best management practices in a watershed or developing environmentally and economically viable alternative uses for manure and litter;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H86F071DA0E424D969C00E7C1B06BD0DF"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to achieve improvements in air quality in a geographical area where agricultural operations impact air quality;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE9C0A1BF842347888F4DF5822EBFD8F"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to support State activities to efficiently manage and utilize their water resources in regions, States or local areas where water quantity is a concern;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H7B5A7616B5D84A6AB1BEAE02BB42CEF"><enum>(4)</enum><text>to assist in carrying out a State Wildlife Habitat Incentives Program plan or other State, regional, or national conservation initiative.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H1A40ECBB5D154363913794E3633BCF4E"><enum>(5)</enum><text>to control invasive species on rangeland or other agricultural land through the cooperative efforts of multiple producers in a geographical area;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H822E6ADE76BF4DE7A2D69D5B79007650"><enum>(6)</enum><text>to address a specific resource of concern or set of concerns on private, non-industrial forest land;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H05189C9C76C246DAAEAEDD47E278F1D6"><enum>(7)</enum><text>to reduce losses of pesticides to the environment by engaging multiple producers in a geographic area in adoption of integrated pest management practices and approaches; </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HF8E2EFB23F744A99A38BA7414E4658B0"><enum>(8)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to protect farmland and ranch land facing development pressures from being converted to non-agricultural use; or</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H77A988B5CD664E6B9000A90383162314"><enum>(9)</enum><text>to assist producers in carrying out good management practices to enhance food safety.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H3279469B3F3D4E8CBE87656F004E78A7" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Duties of partners</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Eligible partners shall—</text> <paragraph id="H3F9D014C2AFF4353ABEE67C7A3CF9551"><enum>(1)</enum><text>identify conservation issues affecting production agriculture on local, regional, or State levels that could be addressed through special projects and initiatives; </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HA993E7433CF34C2CAAA0A1C21B300049"><enum>(2)</enum><text>enter into agreements or obtain grants from the Secretary to carry out special projects and initiatives; </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HA743999977DA4F15A4E2523D01949E40"><enum>(3)</enum><text>identify through outreach efforts producers that can participate in the special project or initiative of the eligible entity if the producer is otherwise eligible to be enrolled, as determined by the Secretary, or has already enrolled, in the applicable program described in subsection (b); and </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE092BD97A5744AA3855D47447079AE67"><enum>(4)</enum><text>carry out the special project and initiative.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HA50C5453EC04472E0097273983F04700" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Duties of the Secretary</header> <paragraph id="HAB2295617D05498B99ADBC95D03E42F8"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Additional duties</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In addition to the normal administration of the programs described in subsection (b), the Secretary shall be responsible for basic administrative and oversight functions relating to the special projects and initiatives, including—</text> <subparagraph id="HE06C9705D0E44748AFFEB16535196E64"><enum>(A)</enum><text>rules and procedures relating to conservation standards and specifications; </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HDA28BF64E7C04C0CA71532004977FC65"><enum>(B)</enum><text>conservation compliance; </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H4BD3A4DCFDDD4EEE8951D3A011F17F90"><enum>(C)</enum><text>appeals; </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HDB092C052E20454890A062AF5F3D8EA7"><enum>(D)</enum><text>adjusted gross income limitations; </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HD74755A018ED4EB3B744CCB0C2C06BE8"><enum>(E)</enum><text>direct attribution; and </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H49555C81DF504050A9095055DB23016F"><enum>(F)</enum><text>such other similar functions as the Secretary might designate.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H20C9FACFCF0D48E983836CDC183345F0"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Flexibility</header><text>The Secretary may adjust eligibility criteria, approved practices, practice standards, innovative conservation practices, and other elements of the programs described in subsection (b) to better reflect unique local circumstances and purposes if the Secretary determines such adjustments would—</text> <subparagraph id="H7A57C8A838EB484F94EBE4FF99D8B3E1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>improve environmental enhancement and long-term sustainability of the natural resource base; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H88FC591B72D24FF3A43DEFADC7DD7BEE"><enum>(B)</enum><text>be consistent with the purposes of the program and the special project and initiative. </text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H33346456743944BB8CA7D34C10143D8D"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Preferential enrollment</header><text>Subject to the limitations under subsection (j), the Secretary shall provide preferential enrollment to producers that are eligible—</text> <subparagraph id="H89C471D2C8F440C1AE43E2001DF9E49"><enum>(A)</enum><text>for the applicable program described in subsection (b); and </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H2892BD0B58F34E109185F45B228770C7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to participate in the special project and initiative of an eligible partner.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HE2403AA8F03C4B95BEB60501EC8C1500"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Cost share</header><text>The Secretary shall not require more than 25 percent of the cost of a project or initiative supported under a grant or agreement entered into under this section to come from non-Federal sources. However, the Secretary may give higher priority to projects or initiatives offering to cover a higher percentage of the cost of the project or initiative from non-Federal sources.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H1FCFE79617E24447AE4001DA939CEACB" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Incentive and bonus payments</header> <paragraph id="H875D425280014A72A3F1576BFFF223C"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Availability</header><text>Applications submitted under subsection (d)(2) may include proposals for special incentive and bonus payments, consistent with the statutory purposes of the programs involved, to producers that—</text> <subparagraph id="H9AE3235B140A46E79800025776778424"><enum>(A)</enum><text>restore land, water, or habitat as a community development asset; or</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H65AEFA36E40B4B98B6D0355DDBD6FC1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>provide public access to enrolled land.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H815CE87F651F4D0188B035FC43F60B1"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Criteria</header><text>The Secretary shall develop and publish criteria for providing special incentive or bonus payments to producers under paragraph (1).</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H594235941D834C5892418FA545129897"><enum>(k)</enum><header>Funding</header> <paragraph id="H19830752FD224D339CF4FDCAF3752CBF"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Set-aside</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Of the funds provided for each of fiscal years 2008 through 2012 to implement the programs specified in subsection (b), the Secretary shall reserve 10 percent to ensure an adequate source of funds for grants, agreements, financial assistance to producers under this section.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H383B19157D6A4A84B900DDC939810F6"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Allocation to states</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall allocate to States 90 percent of the funds reserved under paragraph (1) for a fiscal year to allow State Conservationists, with the advice of State technical committees, to select projects and initiatives for funding under this section at the State level. The Secretary shall develop criteria for this allocation made on a similar basis as to the program priorities under subsection (f).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H90D19D80DC844197BDC323BBF13B5B89"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Unused funding</header><text>Any funds reserved for a fiscal year under paragraph (1) that are not obligated by April 1 of that fiscal year may be used to carry out other activities under conservation programs under subtitle D during the remainder of that fiscal year.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H5ECFD7D6E7A745F8952E7B7151735071"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Administrative costs funding cap</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Of the funds made available under this section for a particular project or initiative, not more than 5 percent may be expended by the eligible entity on the administrative costs of the project or initiative.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section> <section id="HF8A3F83CF35B41678DA9A692A2ABD520" section-type="subsequent-section" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>2404.</enum><header>Regional equity and flexibility</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1241(d) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3841">16 U.S.C. 3841(d)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>$12,000,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$15,000,000</quote>.</text></section> <section id="HAE6ECD12A1604FE692DCD46C62E89F58" section-type="subsequent-section" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>2405.</enum><header>Administrative requirements for conservation programs</header> <subsection id="HDC57B617CACE4E8E8C00B2D5F60C653"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Incentives for certain producers</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1244(a) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3844">16 U.S.C. 3844(a)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HCD0C5251EE0D43CC84F310CE48D1FF58"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the subsection heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Beginning</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Incentives for certain</header-in-text></quote>;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H1814F0D29CAA4E8683A0DD58FB2B9CE1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>, socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers, limited resource farmers and ranchers,</quote> after <quote>beginning farmers and ranchers</quote>; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HB816AE31F9B84DE4AF5BB62B3C857295"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by striking <quote>and limited resource agricultural producers</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H1D132FEB75A643CBA630D4C0CB01B9ED"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Single, simplified application process for conservation programs</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1244 of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3844">16 U.S.C. 3844</external-xref>), as amended by section 2403, is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:</text> <quoted-block id="H9EC8E2A6DB2C4E97A5D60093A3ED2881" style="OLC"> <subsection id="H0385A89BB1AB4690A7C7E3F0D8A07988"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Single, simplified application process</header> <paragraph id="H0338E3EC29F144FC8FF1E47CE42D3D33"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In carrying out any of the conservation programs under this title administered by the Natural Resources Conservation Service, the Secretary shall establish and make available to producers and landowners a single, simplified application process to be used by producers and landowners in initially requesting assistance under such programs. The Secretary shall ensure that—</text> <subparagraph id="H4AF4F914B84B46F7AAA3A3E369E8385"><enum>(A)</enum><text>conservation program applicants are not required to provide information that duplicates information and resources already available to the Secretary regarding that applicant and for that specific operation; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HFB99CF0A6E24443B8846AEAFB44B82EA"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the application process is streamlined to minimize complexity and redundancy.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD78FEF425503430B005F3BAD25FDFF00"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Review of application process</header><text>The Secretary shall review the conservation application process and the forms and related mechanisms used to receive assistance requests from producers and landowners. The purpose of the review shall be to determine what information the applicant is actually required to submit during the application process, including—</text> <subparagraph id="HEDB12977452741AD8FC6B8D80016EF77"><enum>(A)</enum><text>identification information for the applicant;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H62624F2357814AAE97BA9DE33F4FB878"><enum>(B)</enum><text>identification and location information for the land parcel or tract of concern;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H720CA018DAA94448B087179F2DB5E603"><enum>(C)</enum><text>a general statement of the applicant’s resource concern or concerns for the land parcel or tract; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HF918AD6E6FE240F094CC8071BCC4BD01"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the minimum amount of other information the Secretary considers essential for the applicant to provide.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HAC728ADC87D74B04919122C1918810FA"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Revision and streamlining</header><text>The Secretary shall carry out a revision of the application forms and processes for conservation programs covered in this subsection to enable utilization of information technology as an avenue to incorporate appropriate data and information concerning the conservation needs and solutions appropriate for the land area identified by the applicant. The revision shall seek to streamline the application process to minimize the burden placed on the applicant.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H9E9B262D5F9D462DBB09939345EBFCED"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Conservation program application</header><text>When the needs of an applicant are adequately assessed by the Secretary, directly or through a third-party provider under section 1242, in order to determine the conservation programs under this title that best match the needs of the applicant, with the approval of the applicant, the Secretary may convert the initial application into a specific application for assistance for a specific program. To the maximum extent practical, the specific application for conservation program assistance shall be carried out by the Secretary by requesting only that specific further information from the applicant that is not already available to the Secretary.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H12235794F6634AE89428E8D11EDD491"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Implementation and notification</header><text>Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of the <short-title>Farm, Nutrition, and Bioenergy Act of 2007</short-title>, the Secretary shall complete the requirements of this subsection and shall submit to Congress a written notification of such completion.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section> <section id="H16FE6E09B6EE4A1E8516ADEC64870554" section-type="subsequent-section" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>2406.</enum><header>Annual report on participation by specialty crop producers in conservation programs</header> <subsection id="H9C85A862B2524732001E04654ED3D14C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Report required</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subtitle F of title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985 is amended by inserting after section 1251 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/2005a">16 U.S.C. 2005a</external-xref>) the following new section:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H8732632B764B499A8EB7AA829E94DA63" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <section id="H11E2E6EA7D444034A3D9B47C44DE569E"><enum>1252.</enum><header>Annual report on participation by specialty crop producers in conservation programs</header> <subsection id="H133941B38B534420B8679F41A2F79CAF"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Report required</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Agriculture shall submit to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate an annual report that—</text> <paragraph id="HB8E5B7548D3B4CED999D0100BAACFBCC"><enum>(1)</enum><text>documents and analyzes the participation by producers of specialty crops in conservation programs under subtitle D, including the conservation security program and the environmental quality incentives program;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H748BFE7DA5664B6B998BBD2EF21408FC"><enum>(2)</enum><text>tracks such participation by crop and livestock type; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H258E085F92094AAE92D7335600C91253"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">describes the results of implementing the plan required by subsection (b), as well as any modifications to the plan that the Secretary finds necessary to increase its effectiveness.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H774C7DB7EC254D539B9C77FFBF64A044"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Access plan</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">As part of each report submitted under subsection (a), the Secretary shall set forth a plan to improve the access of producers of specialty crops to, and their participation in, conservation programs under subtitle D. In developing the plan, the Secretary shall consult with organizations representing producers of specialty crops.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H0FA18171B64C406FA3B94B8681EB51B3"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Specialty crop defined</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section, the term <quote>specialty crop</quote> has the meaning given such term by section 3(1) of the Specialty Crops Competitiveness Act of 2004 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/108/465">Public Law 108–465</external-xref>; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1621">7 U.S.C. 1621</external-xref> note). </text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="H47CD78CF18434E5ABAAC9971FA54B11F"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Initial report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The first report required under section 1252 of the Food Security Act of 1985, as added by subsection (a), shall be submitted not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act. Subsection (a)(2) of such section shall not apply with respect to the first report.</text></subsection></section> <section id="H76B06B60A0A5494FAAB408DBE579CD86" section-type="subsequent-section" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>2407.</enum><header>Promotion of market-based approaches to conservation</header> <subsection id="H37468443B6454159938156EA85F913B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Findings</header><text>Congress finds the following:</text> <paragraph id="H5DB2DF16D5FD4983AAD6A35943D3FE04"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Many of the conservation and environmental benefits produced on farms, ranches, and private forest lands in the United States do not have an assigned value in the market place or lack a private market altogether.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE42FDEE17D0944A5948F3EBDD17E860"><enum>(2)</enum><text>While private markets for environmental goods and services are emerging, their viability has been hampered by several barriers.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H874A52FDCCF84881866EB3F9685854B8"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The Federal Government can help overcome these barriers and promote the establishment of markets for agricultural and forestry conservation activities.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HF4AF74CEA3804C2BB407014537547D9D"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Generating substantial private-sector demand for environmental goods and services hinges on the ability to use environmental credits generated by agricultural and forest conservation activities.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H551F7357D1A54FABBDC128CFF77DBC4B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Market-based approaches</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subtitle E of title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985 is amended by inserting after section 1244 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3844">16 U.S.C. 3844</external-xref>) the following new section:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H271A921E71734BB18CF282E0FC3139C2" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <section id="H738E35D5B5294EE8BAE486ACCD47BBC"><enum>1245.</enum><header>Market-based approaches to conservation</header> <subsection id="H1C28DACFC71E413FB190383258875147"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Implementation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To facilitate the development and effective operation of private sector market-based approaches for environmental goods and services produced by farmers, ranchers, and owners of private forest land, the Secretary may conduct research and analysis, enter into contracts and cooperative agreements, and award grants for the purpose of—</text> <paragraph id="H9A453AE476DA45A9AF4E4C5D04E36D86"><enum>(1)</enum><text>promoting the development of consistent standards and processes for quantifying environmental benefits, including the creation of performance standards or baselines;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HCEF3881222424BE8AABC2D65DB9D41B7"><enum>(2)</enum><text>promoting the establishment of reporting and credit registries, including third-party verification and certification; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HBAC60B4917A9444DA8D00FA75250017"><enum>(3)</enum><text>promoting actions that facilitate the development and functioning of private-sector market-based approaches for environmental goods and services involving agriculture and forestry.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H3FE0789319E540E2B5845B1E3338B13B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Environmental services standards board</header> <paragraph id="H4505FF249892489BB2E25789D5201566"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There is to be established an Environmental Services Standards Board to develop consistent performance standards for quantifying environmental services from land management and agricultural activities in order to facilitate the development of credit markets for conservation and land management activities that are agriculture or forest based.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H5636063C17A94020AA347BA0F01782B4"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Chairperson</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Agriculture shall serve as chair of the Environmental Services Standards Board.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HB9F7ECF19E4B46F0AAC0EFB7B82F126C"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Membership</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Environmental Services Standards Board shall be comprised of the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of Energy, the Secretary of Commerce, the Secretary of Transportation, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, the Commander of the Army Corps of Engineers, and such other representatives as determined by the President.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H37383DD7506A4F518CEB604BE89FE214"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Subcommittees</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Environmental Services Standards Board may form subcommittees to address specific issues.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H7F90B02A2F6B46C49D153C1D4D83A661"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Dissemination of performance standards</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Federal agencies are authorized to adopt performance standards developed by the Environmental Services Standards Board for quantifying environmental services that establish credits to meet requirements of environmental and conservation programs.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H7168DFB637B446870071D7D3E0DAFB2D" commented="no"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Funding </header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There is authorized to be appropriated $50,000,000 to carry out this section. Amounts so appropriated shall remain available until expended.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HEA3355D44487438B8750D72876224B00" commented="no"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text> <paragraph id="H570ED30DA51246C9BE47948987FEAF9B" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Baseline</header><text>The term <quote>baseline</quote> means a level of effort or performance that is expected to be met before an entity can generate marketable credits.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H35774588FC684B6BB826A13C9D17762F" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Performance standard</header><text>The term <quote>performance standard</quote> means a defined level of environmental performance, expressed as a narrative or measurable number, which specifies the minimum acceptable environmental performance of an operation or practice.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section> <section id="HD15273F9FB9341DF85C7314E8664487" section-type="subsequent-section" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>2408.</enum><header>Establishment of State technical committees and their responsibilities</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Subtitle G of title XII of the Farm Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3861">16 U.S.C. 3861</external-xref>, 3862) is amended to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="HF92E57BCBEAD45CB82C0855DC64E0817" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <subtitle id="H87F39961992044B380F48991CFB9499C"><enum>G</enum><header>State Technical Committees </header> <section id="H19E7A64666E64871A27431495DC42035"><enum>1261.</enum><header>Establishment of State technical committees</header> <subsection id="H38BBA816BC6D4051AEB695A929C4A649"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall establish a technical committee in each State to assist the Secretary in the considerations relating to implementation and technical aspects of the conservation programs under this title.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H179E63F2FA27464E9EDDAB5BDABB24A9"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Composition</header><text>Each State technical committee shall be composed of agricultural producers and other professionals that represent a variety of disciplines in the soil, water, wetland, and wildlife sciences. The technical committee for a State shall include representatives from among the following:</text> <paragraph id="H8539213DFE684025B13EFF983A31440"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The Natural Resources Conservation Service.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HCAE3B3C1003E464894B51065F971DEDE"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The Farm Service Agency.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE2A9F57605DF4C158E6FAED734852FD7"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The Forest Service.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HCAA97D7B59C144D0A4694BFC87568FD1"><enum>(4)</enum><text>The Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H2986EA57FF0844169F00F7DDC80046D"><enum>(5)</enum><text>The State fish and wildlife agency.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H285A59C962DD4C13BDE8006C9B895967"><enum>(6)</enum><text>The State forester or equivalent State official.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H85AE33E1A2CF4ACAB440AFF5A13200C7"><enum>(7)</enum><text>The State water resources agency.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HF34AC367780D4885A4A9C6E5DBA98F18"><enum>(8)</enum><text>The State department of agriculture.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H0AF15359B8B84CA3BABD5155E29B4FC"><enum>(9)</enum><text>The State association of soil and water conservation districts.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H382E8967C8524D4789A1479374E8FDC8"><enum>(10)</enum><text>At least 12 agricultural producers representing the variety of crops and livestock or poultry grown within the State.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD34BBCEC8F44460F00EBB800CF26B0AF"><enum>(11)</enum><text>Nonprofit organizations within the meaning of <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/501">section 501(c)(2)</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 with demonstrable conservation expertise and experience working with agriculture producers in the State.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H692B456805A9471C951F209750CAABB"><enum>(12)</enum><text>Agribusiness.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H535383F70EE24FBBAFBAE1DBAD14801B"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Subcommittees</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A State technical committee shall convene one or more subcommittees to provide technical guidance and implementation recommendations. The topics that a subcommittee shall address shall include, at a minimum, the following:</text> <paragraph id="H9FC42B85E57F48219EBF94046D4E682E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Establishing priorities and criteria for State initiatives under the programs in this title, including the review of whether local working groups are addressing those priorities.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC0A76CD0E4824518965FECDCE4718938"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Issues related to private forestlands protection and enhancement.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H3970415DCD2A4F7082B825887A9BD19"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Issues related to water quality and water quantity.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H41609F3E42674FFA84260393FEEB951D"><enum>(4)</enum><text>In those States where applicable, issues related to air quality.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H5212FE4ADBC04B0D91EF1E717330B4CE"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Issues related to wildlife habitat, including the protection of nesting wildlife.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HF2C8437DD88B4834A26DF56E25D2D9E"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Issues related to wetland protection, restoration, and mitigation requirements.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC80A86E8A5574335872122C9666828C1"><enum>(7)</enum><text>Other issues as the Secretary determines would be useful.</text></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="H73D110236A10401BAA35633F1DDDE874" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>1262.</enum><header>Responsibilities</header> <subsection id="H54912994475D497692A3D8BE84C08CFA"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Each State technical committee established under section 1261 shall meet regularly to provide information, analysis, and recommendations to appropriate officials of the Department of Agriculture who are charged with implementing the conservation provisions of this title.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HD563CF1CCDB04123B6B67744BB4E39F0"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Public notice and attendance</header><text>Each State technical committee shall provide public notice of, and permit public attendance at, meetings considering issues of concern related to carrying out this title.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HFCFC8C01D8CE41B1ACA1EF65FCAF8341"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Advisory role</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The role of a State technical committee is advisory in nature, and the committee shall have no implementation or enforcement authority. However, the Secretary shall give strong consideration to the recommendations of the committee in administering the programs under this title.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HD3B0FA24C789454CA410CED8576E5B02"><enum>(d)</enum><header>FACA requirements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as provided in subsection (b), a State technical committee, including any subcommittee of State technical committee, is exempt from the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.).</text></subsection></section></subtitle><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section> <section id="H9042F759F92545D685944322B3BBE5F"><enum>2409.</enum><header>Payment limitations</header> <subsection id="HA9ADFC6A18934CCC8B72F500D893981E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Food Security Act of 1985 is amended by inserting after section 1245, as added by section 2407, the following new section:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H9539685297884499B082AD06A5A99788" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <section id="H28A9850849434CAB853E01D85346F2A9"><enum>1246.</enum><header>Payment limitations</header> <subsection id="H81ED516DB47A4D0F90052010001BF21E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Payments for conservation practices</header><text>The total amount of payments that a person or a legal entity (except a joint venture or a general partnership) may receive, directly or indirectly, in any fiscal year shall not exceed—</text> <paragraph id="HFF8508C5206D4CA5AE2BB02CECBDDFCD"><enum>(1)</enum><text>$60,000 from any single program under this title or as agricultural management assistance under section 524(b) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/524">7 U.S.C. 524(b)</external-xref>); or</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H685AA82757B44A7E869EA26ECDE9A0F7"><enum>(2)</enum><text>$125,000 from more than one program under this title and as agricultural management assistance under section 524(b) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H7AD2A04DF70A46C0B3F5193B13E6E0CB"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Exceptions</header><text>The limitations under subsection (a) shall not apply with respect to the following:</text> <paragraph id="H4B6AF1D66F8E47BE86EA886F2847D86"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The wetlands reserve program under subchapter C of chapter 1 of subtitle D.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H9ADDF0FDC4E643D4974DA761961B9FE4"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The farm and ranchland protection program under subchapter B of chapter 2 of such subtitle.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H54A2F3F0F8EF47B0AB7BCE36DB5255B"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The grassland reserve program under subchapter C of chapter 2 of such subtitle.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H967CC02469264BDB85B2E8E342C67DF"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Direct attribution</header> <paragraph id="HB180E8A9E0EF4B1FB893400000FAE6E"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>In implementing the payment limitations in subsection (a), the Secretary shall issue such regulations as are necessary to ensure that the total amount of payments are attributed to a person by taking into account the direct and indirect ownership interests of the person in a legal entity that is eligible to receive such payments.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HAFAB0C7FECFB4EC8ABC21941A600DC1C"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Payments to a person</header><text>Every payment made directly to a person shall be combined with the person’s pro rata interest in payments received by a legal entity in which the person has a direct or indirect ownership interest.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H5D2A90FBB893460C9537E3126B18E3D"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Payments to a legal entity</header> <subparagraph id="HE1047D6452694BB1BEF00C5D3CDAA9"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Every payment made to a legal entity shall be attributed to those persons who have a direct or indirect ownership interest in the legal entity.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H71643AAE963946EA8164009E5F02206C"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Attribution of payments</header> <clause id="H461594ABE77045A1B0D7A550F4D44393"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Payment limits</header><text>Except as provided in clause (ii), payments made to a legal entity shall not exceed the amounts specified in subsection (a).</text></clause> <clause id="H1E726DD93CE14538ACE8B9F285E847F"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Exception</header><text>Payments made to a joint venture or a general partnership shall not exceed, for each payment specified in subsection (a), the amount determined by multiplying the maximum payment amount specified in subsection (a) by the number of persons and legal entities (other than joint ventures and general partnerships) that comprise the ownership of the joint venture or general partnership.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="HD35A66AB1C164957B3C0646602A87C44"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming amendments</header> <paragraph id="H5A0553CC58CD4D4E8600225E8C043549"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Existing payment limitations in conservation programs</header><text>Title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985 is amended— </text> <subparagraph id="H7BF84044AD50498BA9D942F2B8F36955"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in section 1234 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3834">16 U.S.C. 3834</external-xref>) by striking subsection (f);</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H87EEB15D930044DDA471D96C3E79A660"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in section 1238C (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3838c">16 U.S.C. 3838c</external-xref>), as amended by section 2103, by striking subsections (d) and (e); and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HB6D70C52A61648CD8FF615CAE354A118"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by striking section 1240G (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3839aa-7">16 U.S.C. 3839aa–7</external-xref>).</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H2C005C4B16544CEC8B754BE3A2D596B3"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Agricultural management assistance</header><text>Section 524(b) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/524">7 U.S.C. 524</external-xref>) is amended by striking paragraph (3).</text></paragraph></subsection></section></subtitle> <subtitle id="HB7108A098E374E7F942381B66384DB7F"><enum>E</enum><header>Miscellaneous Provisions</header> <section id="H9B4689790DAB44E18779007BDBDBFBA3" section-type="subsequent-section" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>2501.</enum><header>Inclusion of income from affiliated packing and handling operations as income derived from farming for application of adjusted gross income limitation on eligibility for conservation programs</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1001D(b)(1) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 1308-3a(b)(1)) is amended by inserting <quote>(including, for purposes of paragraph (2)(C), affiliated packing and handling operations)</quote> after <quote>derived from farming</quote>.</text></section> <section id="H5E1173BE44704CC5AC1282853532775F" section-type="subsequent-section" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>2502.</enum><header>Encouragement of voluntary sustainability practices guidelines</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In administering this title and the amendments made by this title, the Secretary of Agriculture may encourage the development of voluntary sustainable practices guidelines for producers and processors of specialty crops.</text></section> <section id="H869F815E9088461EA9951B9528D12538"><enum>2503.</enum><header>Farmland resource information</header> <subsection id="HA601E7D46CC34791A464EB99E26CE259"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Development and dissemination of farmland resource information</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Agriculture shall design and implement educational programs and materials emphasizing the importance of productive farmland to the Nation’s well-being and distribute educational materials through communications media, schools, groups, and other Federal agencies. The Secretary shall carry out this subsection through existing agencies or interagency groups and in cooperation with nonprofit organizations and the cooperative extension services of States.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HD95FFC140F344D13A6AF682BB75011EB"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Farmland information centers</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall designate 1 or more farmland information centers to provide technical assistance and serve as central depositories and distribution points for information on farmland issues. Information provided by a center shall include online access to data on land cover and use changes and trends and literature, laws, historical archives, policies, programs, and innovative actions or proposals by local and State governments or nonprofit organizations related to farmland protection.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HFC78943171CE4C899172B29D9F54F991"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Funding</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Funds for the farmland information centers designated under subsection (b) shall be provided using funds made available for the farm and ranchland protection program established under subchapter B of chapter 2 of subtitle D of title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3838h">16 U.S.C. 3838h et seq.</external-xref>). Such funding for a fiscal year shall not exceed one-half of 1 percent of the funds made available for the farm and ranchland protection program for that fiscal year, but no less than $400,000 annually.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HAB1213CC66424D67A114519280DC457B"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Matching funds</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Federal funding for a farmland information center designated under subsection (b) shall be matched with non-Federal funds, through cash or in-kind contributions.</text></subsection></section></subtitle> <enum>III</enum><header>Trade</header> <toc container-level="title-container" quoted-block="no-quoted-block" lowest-level="section" idref="H04D4130D53BB4E628957C8CD3D851400" regeneration="yes-regeneration" lowest-bolded-level="division-lowest-bolded"> <toc-entry idref="H473583B6E432458CA1AD5BB21B929CE" level="section">Sec. 3001. Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H8DEF3B99B79C45DCA0E88F627DFECF03" level="section">Sec. 3002. Export credit guarantee program.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="HE28EE78045AC48479661F491051CE1E2" level="section">Sec. 3003. Market access program.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H1AD79013FAD24EB3B1D39175A01F66DE" level="section">Sec. 3004. Food for Progress Act of 1985.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="HB2E94C6252CF4398BDC918FF43456038" level="section">Sec. 3005. McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition program.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H1B11DD87307A4660ABB7BD59040983ED" level="section">Sec. 3006. Bill Emerson Humanitarian Trust.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H091E846795324E4491F3912FA5BDD160" level="section">Sec. 3007. Technical assistance for specialty crops.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H0EEC011B5D9A4695A09BDBDE7C167600" level="section">Sec. 3008. Technical assistance for the resolution of trade disputes.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="HDB63776EF75E45ADABBDA4277E5FF853" level="section">Sec. 3009. Representation by the United States at international standard-setting bodies.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H353413A78E484906B4D0066B6979EC74" level="section">Sec. 3010. Foreign market development cooperator program.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="HC0E23445212C453580B86DBA90523B3" level="section">Sec. 3011. Emerging markets.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H045559C089E847C6959728E7E81D7C56" level="section">Sec. 3012. Export Enhancement Program.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="HC00075C53D9E433FA3009B56551FE1F1" level="section">Sec. 3013. Minimum level of nonemergency food assistance.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H97BB06A78B1B4AC48FF0B43776618B16" level="section">Sec. 3014. Germplasm conservation.</toc-entry></toc> <section id="H473583B6E432458CA1AD5BB21B929CE"><enum>3001.</enum><header>Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954</header> <subsection id="HD018CDA9D34B41939BAB295EA17D00F0"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Purpose of program</header><text>Section 201 of the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1721">7 U.S.C. 1721</external-xref>) is amended so that paragraph (1) reads as follows:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="HA44C1CBCADA64AF8849C2F007906C532" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <paragraph id="HF0DCD6F24EB34E07A55087DFE2927C82"><enum>(1)</enum><text>address famine and food crises and respond to emergency food needs arising from manmade disasters, and natural disasters.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="H5748CD93B8204D0087791F5625D45CA"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Support for eligible organizations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 202(e)(1) of the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1722">7 U.S.C. 1722(e)(1)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H2A741EF85A8D461FB31504C6EA5FF44B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>not less than 5 percent nor more than 10 percent of the funds</quote> and inserting <quote>not less than 7 percent nor more than 12 percent of the funds</quote>;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H69E4241EC17844CC94C01EF25076A588"><enum>(2)</enum><text>striking <quote>and</quote> at the end of subparagraph (A);</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HEFFCFFFB2824428DA270368D7F523534"><enum>(3)</enum><text>striking the period at the end of subparagraph (B) and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HFC786B33583D489FBC4F429EA3C405D3"><enum>(4)</enum><text>inserting after subparagraph (B) the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H59D654DC6A674369A381BD1E2B78C884" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <subparagraph id="HB151AFD2DEE14F3B89BF7720077C64C2"><enum>(C) </enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">developing, implementing and improving monitoring systems of programs receiving funds under this title.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HC21180CB0A5043DDB73C0923FE7BD4B1" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Generation and use of currencies by private voluntary organizations and cooperatives</header><text> Subsection (b) of section 203 of the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1723">7 U.S.C. 1723</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>1 or more recipient countries</quote> and inserting <quote>in 1 or more recipient countries</quote>.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H847668F262F04E4998ABE0156712CB79"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Levels of assistance</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 204(a) of the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1724">7 U.S.C. 1724(a)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H6FCABFD0858946798F266D6100087105"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (1) by striking <quote>2002 through 2007</quote> and inserting <quote>2008 through 2012</quote>; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HAE47434FF9824C57B82CFFA83E4B9E9B"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (2) by striking <quote>2002 through 2007</quote> and inserting <quote>2008 through 2012</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H99109D485FDC449B80F4532D780337F8"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Food Aid Consultative Group</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 205(f) of the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1725">7 U.S.C. 1725(f)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2007</quote> and inserting <quote>2012</quote>.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H2CE7CF0A0699463C8E04B820D082E7B0"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Denial of proposals</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Paragraph (3) of section 207(a) of the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1726a">7 U.S.C. 1726a(a)</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H667B6138281C4484B343ABA05E58499E" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <paragraph id="HC25DC8602DD14592B18143080000B798"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Denial</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If a proposal under paragraph (1) is denied, the response shall specify the reasons for denial.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="HD5DD860513F54513B92BFA19C95BFE65"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Program oversight, monitoring, and evaluation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 207 of the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1726a">7 U.S.C. 1726a</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="HD89FF0FB2220435FB46B4FCFBBE5F2C8" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <subsection id="H37A2A75D1BD547A1BEAF1800EB5D2F00"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Program oversight, monitoring, and evaluation</header> <paragraph id="H2AC136D65A3D42448038EC49349B04F9"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Administrator, in consultation with the Secretary, shall establish systems to improve, monitor, and evaluate the effectiveness and efficiency of assistance provided under this title in order to maximize the impact of such assistance. Such systems shall include the following:</text> <subparagraph id="H0C8F9FC5E7AB476D8BC0F3FA7DD31091"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">program monitors in countries receiving assistance under this title; </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H3726EF4BA48E4FBEBCD400E51BE3AE33"><enum>(B)</enum><text>country and regional food aid impact evaluations; </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HD8DB083873A34B2C832D9EECA13E98E6"><enum>(C)</enum><text>evaluations of best practices for food aid programs; </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H68465777F9994899B0E9002DF7A0B439"><enum>(D)</enum><text>evaluation of monetization programs; </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H36E9545980964A60A8531F871482A706"><enum>(E)</enum><text>early warning assessments to prevent famines; and </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HB206B3037F5D46149B00136C5E584BEE"><enum>(F)</enum><text>upgraded information technology systems.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H1BCAABBC64A442019FB4E5017D930351"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Implementation report</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of the <short-title>Farm, Nutrition, and Bioenergy Act of 2007</short-title>, the Administrator shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report on efforts undertaken to implement (1).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H2BD41516AC8A4A38973895D5B03548DE"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Annual report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than February 1 of each year, the Administrator shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report assessing the systems implemented under paragraph (1) and their impact on the effectiveness and efficiency of assistance provided under this title.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE52B7B86071746F3834508580835D76C"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Funding</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In addition to other funds made available for the Administrator to perform monitoring of emergency food assistance, the Administrator may implement this subsection using up to $15,000,000 of funds made available under this title for each of the fiscal years 2008 through 2012, except for paragraph (1)(F), for which only $2,500,000 shall be made available during fiscal year 2008.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="H04BCE247591846E6BED7F2F2BA32BFDA"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Shelf-Stable Prepackaged Foods</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 208(f) of the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1726b">7 U.S.C. 1726b(f)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H1C9A0CD9B99544FFB4D917C0461357E1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>2007</quote> and insert <quote>2012</quote>; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HB6D676A664F94DABBF0087F92067848E"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>$3,000,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$7,000,000</quote></text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HFCAAD954AB08429AAA4CE4AD87CF53DA"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Prepositioning</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 407(c)(4) of the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1736a">7 U.S.C. 1736a(c)(4)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HFB85F2329F57422786893B23C14C5891"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>2007</quote> and inserting <quote>2012</quote>; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HDD98D91D28E441DCBB613276C899404D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking <quote>$2,000,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$8,000,000</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H71361245DEB14C98867670BA41B5C00"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Annual reports</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 407(f) of the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1736a">7 U.S.C. 1736a(f)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H78B9F9B0DCAA4BCAB3F27FEA7F3607D5"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)—</text> <subparagraph id="HCBF4B8BB5C814143BA2DAB0988EC700"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B), by adding at the end before the semicolon the following: <quote>, and the amount of funds, tonnage levels, and types of activities for non-emergency food assistance programs under title II of this Act</quote>;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H19B88440EE3D4204B300F97D57E64C67"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph (C), by adding at the end before the semicolon the following: <quote>, and a general description of the projects and activities implemented</quote>; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H00BB527B1DC246C286856BEC77906E05"><enum>(C)</enum><text>so that subparagraph (D) reads as follows:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H2848A61DD9AA40C78F5921FA5007950" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <subparagraph id="H9C7F1611C4A8449FBFAC2389C2FA200"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an assessment of the progress toward reducing food insecurity in the populations receiving food assistance from the United States. </text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H8D5E69F521FA4E29ACF877862D841D5C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (3), by striking <quote>January 15</quote> and inserting <quote>March 1</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H7262662B245A4707B678C751AB0DC1E"><enum>(k)</enum><header>Expiration of Assistance</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 408 of the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1736b">7 U.S.C. 1736b</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2007</quote> and inserting <quote>2012</quote>.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HDFB0D13FEBBD4CAEBFBF3BB80C67285"><enum>(l)</enum><header>Micronutrient fortification program </header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 415(d) of the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1736g-2">7 U.S.C. 1736g–2</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2007</quote> and inserting <quote>2012</quote>.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H43775700D6FA4716AE609DF58366B824"><enum>(m)</enum><header>John Ogonowski and Doug Bereuter Farmer-to-Farmer Program</header> <paragraph id="H14A0D20964D34BADA4DAE069D15F3C4E"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Minimum funding</header><text>Section 501(d) of the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1737">7 U.S.C. 1737(d)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <subparagraph id="H05D98462FC3C4C839CEE96FC7BA5120"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>or $10,000,000, whichever amount is greater,</quote> after <quote>not less than 0.5 percent</quote>; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H4EE148615BAB46D1846C3F5BDDF55DD8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>2002 through 2007</quote> and inserting <quote>2008 through 2012</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H6666DB3D72A44A2D8C22412F9C00DA6B"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 501(e) of the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1737">7 U.S.C. 1737(e)</external-xref>) is amended by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the following new paragraph:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H33A5258835044AF781AD2D368BFE8072" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <paragraph id="H3F72207B01734ABCA68727AB97A7F38B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To carry out programs under this section, there is authorized to be appropriated for each of fiscal years 2008 through 2012 the following amounts: </text> <subparagraph id="H8E2865FADCD94226940608C702030000"><enum>(A)</enum><text>$10,000,000 for sub-Saharan African and Caribbean Basin countries.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H04E8BD10DB6E41348D747543E0AADE6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>$5,000,000 for all other countries not included in subparagraph (A).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HB623B5CE6BA74E9FA4B050D200BF7595"><enum>(n)</enum><header>References to committee</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1691">7 U.S.C. 1691 et seq.</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>Committee on International Relations</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>Committee on Foreign Affairs</quote>.</text></subsection></section> <section id="H8DEF3B99B79C45DCA0E88F627DFECF03"><enum>3002.</enum><header>Export credit guarantee program</header> <subsection id="HC141FF0DBF524201A5D7F17EF9B22971"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Repeal of supplier credit guarantee program and intermediate export credit guarantee program</header> <paragraph id="H52F5E98653EE47C98FFB29DB6812C6"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Repeals</header><text>Section 202 of the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/5622">7 U.S.C. 5622</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <subparagraph id="H8CF528951B254F3380A545F4A6E4FD4F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subsection (a)—</text> <clause id="HDD2B57A535344B1AA360C3DA1BA68CA3"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>(1)</quote> and all that follows through <quote>The Commodity</quote> and inserting <quote>The Commodity</quote>; and</text></clause> <clause id="HDF102D782A2145AAB9CA9E602DD495AF"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking paragraphs (2) and (3);</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HDE8FDDB9980A4F27A1C7F1F6D79869C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking subsections (b) and (c); and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H84010103718D42BD942DEF85A629FAC0"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by redesignating subsections (d) through (l) as subsections (b) through (j), respectively.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H8E1DDA6CC793425BADF6E8BDB3D70057"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Conforming amendments</header><text>The Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 is amended—</text> <subparagraph id="HDF39D576154A42598D274D5B63D712F5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in section 202 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/5622">7 U.S.C. 5622</external-xref>)—</text> <clause id="H78667258B0344D9F8310E8F7BEFB522"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in subsection (b)(4) (as redesignated by paragraph (1)(C)), by striking <quote>, consistent with the provisions of subsection (c)</quote>;</text></clause> <clause id="HFE7F29A3B7B74807AE99197645EF88D8"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in subsection (d) (as redesignated by paragraph (1)(C))—</text> <subclause id="HC17830E2166843358DF40438D3FC5FC"><enum>(I)</enum><text>by striking <quote>(1)</quote> and all that follows through <quote>The Commodity</quote> and inserting <quote>The Commodity</quote>; and</text></subclause> <subclause id="HE69B77FEB67C48E7B2860076398172C3"><enum>(II)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (2); and</text></subclause></clause> <clause id="HB92C85F0B5514AD0B65503C9BDADDB08"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>in subsection (g)(2) (as redesignated by paragraph (1)(C)), by striking <quote>subsections (a) and (b)</quote> and inserting <quote>subsection (a)</quote>; and</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HB61A972BDA1F4F62A6EA299C215D055C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in section 211 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/5641">7 U.S.C. 5641</external-xref>), by striking subsection (b) and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block id="H0A80F7EE4C7B494A91FA148B03175B85" style="OLC"> <subsection id="H2DBF8A859EDF49C38FB06232FCD990BE"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Export credit guarantee programs</header> <paragraph id="HC4B5A4CCB46C44E0AA218639F678E0B7" display-inline="yes-display-inline"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The Commodity Credit Corporation shall make available for each of fiscal years 2008 through 2012 not less than $5,500,000,000 in credit guarantees under section 202(a).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H463E815EA6714756B8E63E9982007122" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Section 202(k)(1) of the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/5622">7 U.S.C. 5622(k)(1)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2007</quote> and inserting <quote>2012</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="HE28EE78045AC48479661F491051CE1E2"><enum>3003.</enum><header>Market access program</header> <subsection id="H60D2D0DBDA2B445A98E1C6332096E64C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Organic commodities</header><text>Section 203(a) of the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/5623">7 U.S.C. 5623(a)</external-xref>) is amended by inserting after <quote>agricultural commodities</quote> the following: <quote>(including commodities that are organically produced (as defined in section 2103 of the Organic Foods Production Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/6502">7 U.S.C. 6502</external-xref>))</quote>.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H92D0F2684BBD47CEA460197D8DB09B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Funding</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 211(c)(1)(A) of the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/5641">7 U.S.C. 5641(c)(1)(A)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>, and $200,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2006 and 2007</quote> and inserting <quote>$200,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2006 and 2007, and $225,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2008 through 2012</quote>.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HC18F0482AF7C47009EAC6109F4F1EA00"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Availability of funds for activities to develop, maintain, or expand foreign markets for leaf tobacco</header><text>Section 1302(b)(3) of the Agricultural Reconciliation Act of 1993 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/5623">7 U.S.C. 5623</external-xref> note) is amended by inserting <quote>, other than leaf tobacco</quote> after <quote>tobacco</quote>.</text></subsection></section> <section id="H1AD79013FAD24EB3B1D39175A01F66DE"><enum>3004.</enum><header>Food for Progress Act of 1985</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Food for Progress Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1736o">7 U.S.C. 1736o</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2007</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>2012</quote>.</text></section> <section id="HB2E94C6252CF4398BDC918FF43456038"><enum>3005.</enum><header>McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 3107(l)(2) of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1736o-1">7 U.S.C. 1736o–1(l)(2)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2007</quote> and inserting <quote>2012</quote>.</text></section> <section id="H1B11DD87307A4660ABB7BD59040983ED"><enum>3006.</enum><header>Bill Emerson Humanitarian Trust</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 302 of the Bill Emerson Humanitarian Trust Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1736f-1">7 U.S.C. 1736f–1</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2007</quote> each place it appears in subsection (b)(2)(B)(i) and paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (h) and inserting <quote>2012</quote>.</text></section> <section id="H091E846795324E4491F3912FA5BDD160"><enum>3007.</enum><header>Technical assistance for specialty crops</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 3205 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/5680">7 U.S.C. 5680</external-xref>) is amended so that subsection (d) reads as follows:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H406514A217CE4D3EB7F3B69E379C24E8" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <subsection id="H3990096353F74DB68C10651D1E4C8EEE" commented="no"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Funding</header> <paragraph id="H384160BA805045468EDBFFB1B5FCB44" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Commodity credit corporation</header><text>The Secretary shall use the funds, facilities, and authorities of the Commodity Credit Corporation to carry out this section.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H468D00C885E448419EA58E5B9D0048C9" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Funding amount</header><text>The Secretary shall use the funds of, or an equal value of commodities owned by, the Commodity Credit Corporation to carry out this section —</text> <subparagraph id="HA68B4F87757644FABD54C500AE000379" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><text>$4,000,000 for fiscal year 2008;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H079B9391EAE3418E91C82726393F253F" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><text>$6,000,000 for fiscal year 2009;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HB16172486AD8473282ABED2157BF09C" commented="no"><enum>(C)</enum><text>$8,000,000 for fiscal year 2010;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HDF779BEA68BF448BAB5BF60400003936" commented="no"><enum>(D)</enum><text>$10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2011 through 2012.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section> <section id="H0EEC011B5D9A4695A09BDBDE7C167600"><enum>3008.</enum><header>Technical assistance for the resolution of trade disputes</header> <subsection id="H1E9CE0782B2C41FE8560FBC30039E45B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary of Agriculture may provide monitoring, analytic support, and other technical assistance to limited resource persons and organizations associated with agricultural trade (as determined by the Secretary) to address unfair trade practices of foreign countries and to reduce trade barriers.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H0AC9CD39CD28494596DC4D68C43587A3"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There are authorized such sums as necessary to carry out subsection (a).</text></subsection></section> <section id="HDB63776EF75E45ADABBDA4277E5FF853"><enum>3009.</enum><header>Representation by the United States at international standard-setting bodies</header> <subsection id="H498DFAED11984AE690878027A6007D00"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Pursuant to the authority of the Secretary provided by section 1458(a)(3) of the Food and Agriculture Act of 1977 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/3291">7 U.S.C. 3291(a)(3)</external-xref>), the Secretary is authorized to enhance United States support for international organizations, including the Food and Agriculture Organization, the Codex Alimentarius Commission, the International Plant Protection Convention, and the World Organization for Animal Health, that establish international standards regarding food, food safety, plants, and animals, respectively, by funding additional positions of Associate Professional Officers to address sanitary and phytosanitary priorities of the United States within applicable international organizations. </text></subsection> <subsection id="H387956FD1E474236BD67B83532E33E56"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as necessary to carry out this section for each of fiscal years 2007-2012.</text></subsection></section> <section id="H353413A78E484906B4D0066B6979EC74"><enum>3010.</enum><header>Foreign market development cooperator program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 703(a) of the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/5723">7 U.S.C. 5723(a)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2007</quote> and inserting <quote>2012</quote>.</text></section> <section id="HC0E23445212C453580B86DBA90523B3"><enum>3011.</enum><header>Emerging markets</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/5622">7 U.S.C. 5622</external-xref> note; <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/101/624">Public Law 101–624</external-xref>) is amended in each of subsections (a) and (d)(1)(A)(i) by striking “2007” and inserting “2012.</text></section> <section id="H045559C089E847C6959728E7E81D7C56"><enum>3012.</enum><header>Export Enhancement Program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 301(e)(1)(G) of the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/5651">7 U.S.C. 5651(e)(1)(G)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2007</quote> and inserting <quote>2012</quote>. </text></section> <section id="HC00075C53D9E433FA3009B56551FE1F1"><enum>3013.</enum><header>Minimum level of nonemergency food assistance</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline"> Section 412 of the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1736f">7 U.S.C. 1736f</external-xref>) is amended by inserting at the end the following new subsection:</text> <quoted-block id="HEE5CF5A8DE27489F9E6974FA189E4464" style="OLC"> <subsection id="H026EF92236224E7B94D270BCF165F48"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Minimum level of nonemergency food assistance</header> <paragraph id="HC00A95B8481842F084002EF7006F8DAF"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Funds</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Of the amounts made available to carry out emergency and nonemergency food assistance programs under title II, not less than $450,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2008 through 2012 shall be expended for nonemergency food assistance programs under title II.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H2273FE9AC3B14C7E9C535600F6DA97A5"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Exception</header><text>The Administrator may use less than the amount specified in paragraph (1) for a fiscal year for nonemergency food assistance programs under title II if—</text> <subparagraph id="H72455F52BEE2494BAC6604933B7B24CB"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the Administrator submits to the Committees on International Relations, Agriculture, and Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Committees on Appropriations and Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate a report requesting the reduction and containing the reasons for the reduction; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HA8B6639EFA7E4E14A7FB884FE389343B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>following submission of the report, Congress enacts a law approving the Administrator’s request.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section> <section id="H97BB06A78B1B4AC48FF0B43776618B16"><enum>3014.</enum><header>Germplasm conservation</header> <subsection id="HE264445343C14A1A819C9B509C2EEBEC"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Contribution</header><text>The Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development shall contribute funds to endow the Global Crop Diversity Trust (in this section referred to as the <quote>Trust</quote>) to assist in the conservation of genetic diversity in food crops through the collection and storage of the germplasm of such crops in a manner that provides for—</text> <paragraph id="H260C80849FF34A668E089F96CC6200E5"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the maintenance and storage of seed collections;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H5A006084C27145E1858196533B8ED3FD"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the documentation and cataloguing of the genetics and characteristics of conserved seeds to ensure efficient reference for researchers, plant breeders, and the public;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HF9A522EC0BA94F40A3C5C8186B18D17D"><enum>(3)</enum><text>building the capacity of seed collection in developing countries;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H8917F6C0E7B7465D9F1D53B408E04DA7"><enum>(4)</enum><text>making information regarding crop genetic data publicly available for researchers, plant breeders, and the public (for example, through the provision of an accessible Internet site);</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H6E0AFB2948A7408800E2E1EF4B33F388"><enum>(5)</enum><text>the operation and maintenance of a back-up facility wherein is stored duplicate samples of seeds, as a hedge against natural or man-made disasters; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HEB54049472E744B7A6001D9DD600A78D"><enum>(6)</enum><text>oversight designed to ensure international coordination of these actions and efficient, public accessibility to this diversity through a cost-effective system.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H2D8AF5CE78BE48009D914321046F4C09"><enum>(b)</enum><header>United States contribution limit</header><text>The aggregate contributions of United States Government funds provided to the Trust shall not exceed 25 percent of the total of the funds contributed to the Trust from all sources.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HD467B1533B6E4944AEB427E92541D000"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Authorization</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section a total of $60,000,000 over the period of fiscal year 2008 through fiscal year 2012.</text></subsection></section> <enum>IV</enum><header>NUTRITION PROGRAMS</header> <toc container-level="title-container" quoted-block="no-quoted-block" lowest-level="section" idref="HC9163391781348E7B25059B7A6B5D6FE" regeneration="yes-regeneration" lowest-bolded-level="division-lowest-bolded"> <toc-entry idref="H2553E307EBBB46458C00406DB639AFA" level="subtitle">Subtitle A—Food Stamp Program</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="HAEBBB3CCFBB240728D53BD525CAE86E7" level="section">Sec. 4001. Renaming the food stamp program.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="HB0D6FB963C6145C495C8548E16EC4B2C" level="section">Sec. 4002. Definition of drug addiction or alcoholic treatment and rehabilitation program.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="HFB83CD7DB2A74EF08BBE316D4F778E1C" level="section">Sec. 4003. Nutrition education.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="HCA90B6F1CDE4410DA295D47DAD044FCB" level="section">Sec. 4004. Food distribution on Indian reservations.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H11DC0FB144624442B7B6CA8D18C3972F" level="section">Sec. 4005. Deobligate food stamp coupons.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H02A2308C529D4920967EE882B76B6B02" level="section">Sec. 4006. Allow for the accrual of benefits.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H7D3FCBCBB3584B47A8A71DDB18DB6CDD" level="section">Sec. 4007. State option for telephonic signature.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="HD5EC8333427A4602BEAAE7F32C78653" level="section">Sec. 4008. Review of major changes in program design.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H97DFAF706A7441A698405EA23E566E00" level="section">Sec. 4009. Grants for simple application and eligibility determination systems and improved access to benefits.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H18DCACD0E29849A8BF24A0394211C2DA" level="section">Sec. 4010. Civil money penalties and disqualification of retail food stores and wholesale food concerns.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H8C0628AE753B4125896811CA569613A8" level="section">Sec. 4011. Major systems failures.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="HCB67D8BA1DC2414088EE13EF782B6E1D" level="section">Sec. 4012. Funding of employment and training programs.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H14D7301371854EB98BCBE12FB8F137B0" level="section">Sec. 4013. Reductions in payments for administrative costs.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H5E119A4298DD4AF081F2DDA4F4A22774" level="section">Sec. 4014. Cash payment pilot projects.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H7AE7F4DE3BC14FDEBF98ADA1402B28B1" level="section">Sec. 4015. Findings of Congress regarding Secure Supplemental Nutrition Assistance program nutrition education.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H7ADA6B8131E04CC3A3CA23EBD9E99121" level="section">Sec. 4016. Nutrition education and promotion initiative to address obesity.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H9CD753D692164CAA009D337430519B68" level="section">Sec. 4017. Authorization of appropriations.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="HEE0051C6A3B143478381311BB8528218" level="section">Sec. 4018. Consolidated block grants for Puerto Rico and American Samoa.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H02E97D4DF98E48C2A35FA74DDA02D709" level="section">Sec. 4019. Study on comparable access to Secure Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits for Puerto Rico.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H6B5C4E03BEDE41A79FA4648939D97E01" level="section">Sec. 4020. Reauthorization of community food project competitive grants.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H08F590FA936947928119A4CCC5B18E70" level="section">Sec. 4021. Emergency food assistance.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="HAC5E0F05C950486C00CBAFA5BD212F5C" level="subtitle">Subtitle B—Commodity Distribution</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="HCED864352A694B7C8944139B1BE94900" level="section">Sec. 4201. Authorization of appropriations.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H5321107632FF4247B85E40F473E53D1" level="section">Sec. 4202. Distribution of surplus commodities; special nutrition projects.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H75763EF3CF834184B2DDA147E8EFCB76" level="section">Sec. 4203. Commodity distribution program.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H0C4F0691CF16487A889B05A6357C2074" level="subtitle">Subtitle C—Child Nutrition and Related Programs</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H4F890030F2684B23A73BF9D9CAC15BBB" level="section">Sec. 4301. Purchase of fresh fruits and vegetables for distribution to schools and service institutions.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H66E438B15C9E4950878561A2BA9F0065" level="section">Sec. 4302. Buy American requirements.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="HFFFB3B19E72C4B99A3B1AF7FCB13D89" level="section">Sec. 4303. Expansion of fresh fruit and vegetable program.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="HAF94BE17EC944B45B8D069B0D200DCBB" level="section">Sec. 4304. Purchases of locally produced foods.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H47B30D9476424C9EAFC9C9B676DE7A1" level="subtitle">Subtitle D—Miscellaneous</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="HFB7F6BF9625C4F8193ED00249952902B" level="section">Sec. 4401. Seniors farmers’ market nutrition program.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H662E8285FB5E49489DB53E04824BB159" level="section">Sec. 4402. Congressional Hunger Center.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="HB8589CCB5C2C45E282D7F5BE6844E7CD" level="section">Sec. 4403. Joint nutrition monitoring and related research activities.</toc-entry></toc> <subtitle id="H2553E307EBBB46458C00406DB639AFA"><enum>A</enum><header>Food Stamp Program</header> <section id="HAEBBB3CCFBB240728D53BD525CAE86E7" section-type="subsequent-section" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>4001.</enum><header>Renaming the food stamp program</header> <subsection id="H058ABD3D593C4CEBBC3B3F33A364E02F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Amendments to the Food Stamp Act of 1977</header> <paragraph id="H6C365EE1900E4743B2B4C5D598FA87A4"><enum>(1)</enum><header>References amended</header><text>The provisions of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq,)—</text> <subparagraph id="H888A2805C93E40C89224978267007164"><enum>(A)</enum><text>specified in paragraph (2)(A) are amended in the section heading by striking <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">food stamp</header-in-text></quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">Secure Supplemental Nutrition Assistance</header-in-text></quote>;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H0F5E1CE2B626422ABD10D6DE8F3C82AD"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">specified in paragraph (2)(B) are amended in the subsection heading by striking <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="traditional">food stamp</header-in-text></quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="traditional">Secure Supplemental Nutrition Assistance</header-in-text></quote>; </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HAEB6393B8AE24BF7B9C01CE286639000"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">specified in paragraph (2)(C) are amended by striking each place it appears <quote>food stamp recipient</quote> and inserting <quote>member of a household that receives Secure Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits</quote>,</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H5880011B5290406B90E826E546FBDFF0" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">specified in paragraph (2)(D) are amended by striking <quote>food stamp recipients</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>members of households that receive Secure Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits</quote>,</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H06655A2379D544D993A2D6A814007BF9" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">specified in paragraph (2)(E) are amended by striking <quote>food stamp households</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>households that receive Secure Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits</quote>;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H93DE430571E641C18F424900EAA48942"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">specified in paragraph (2)(F) are amended by striking <quote>Simplified Food Stamp Program</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>Simplified Secure Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program</quote>;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H2FB7093C1FE143AE855DA11D069B75EE"><enum>(G)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">specified in paragraph (2)(H) are amended by striking <quote>food stamp participants</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>participants in the Secure Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program</quote>;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HB697938DD50B4D3B89346744247368E0"><enum>(H)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">specified in paragraph (2)(I) are amended by striking <quote>food stamp informational activities</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>informational activities relating to the Secure Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program</quote>;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H79B51A111B674DD0B5943BD9952C6B96"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">specified in paragraph (2)(J) are amended by striking <quote>food stamp caseload</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>caseload under the Secure Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program</quote>;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H599B629879ED427790212FF1CE72466"><enum>(J)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">specified in paragraph (2)(K) are amended by striking <quote>State’s food stamp households</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>the number of households in the State receiving Secure Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits</quote>; </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H77B40676198A4469B8367CD2FE5BCF3F"><enum>(K)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">specified in paragraph (2)(L) are amended in the section heading by striking <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">food stamp portion</header-in-text></quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">Secure Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits</header-in-text></quote>;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HE6F0147FE362450B9D55FE2BBF1771BE"><enum>(L)</enum><text>specified in paragraph (2)(M) are amended by striking <quote>food stamps</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>Secure Supplemental Assistance Nutrition Program benefits</quote>; </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HDA95419CAC294508B282DAAE7E950009"><enum>(M)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">specified in paragraph (2)(N) are amended by striking <quote>Food stamp program</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>Secure Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program</quote>; </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H01D2606FC7F940BA95BECA19F1CAE652"><enum>(N)</enum><text>specified in paragraph (2)(o) are amended by striking <quote>food stamp program benefits</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>Secure Supplemental Nutrition Program benefits</quote>; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HA34767BBC7994614A3067B1F487C195E"><enum>(O)</enum><text>specified in paragraph (2)(O) are amended by striking <quote>food stamp program</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>Secure Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Nutrition Program</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE57B0F518ADF44BB86E955239E30FAD0"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Provisions referred to</header><text>The provisions of the of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 referred to in paragraph (1) are the following:</text> <subparagraph id="HD00E3629AF0247E3971EEB97C02409E8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Sections 4 and 26.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H96C4E14FD36B4856BCB6F702DB451754"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Section 6(j).</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H68A2E48BF2B24265A4FF5FF4B42D9100"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Section 6(o)(6)(A)(ii).</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HD8E8C8E594FA460889417D91BEC69712"><enum>(D)</enum> <clause id="HCA1C9C9A2035433895001C9333CFBCC" display-inline="yes-display-inline"><enum>(i)</enum><text>Subparagraphs (D) and (E) of section 6(o)(6);</text></clause> <clause id="HFC4AFA1DD3504D83B16594CFE77777F8" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>sections 16(h)(1)(E)(i) and 12(a); and</text></clause> <clause id="H2B6F915BBD454A6792C344E1C12E757C" indent="up1"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>paragraphs (1)(B)(ii)(II) and (3)(B) of section 17(b).</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H4A946E396B92442DA1F52541A3992F30"><enum>(E)</enum><text>Sections 7(h)(3)(B)(ii), 9(b)(1), 12(a), and 17(b)(1)(B)(ii)(I).</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HA0278C0046C54E65AE2ECC3F129B5185"><enum>(F)</enum><text>Sections 11(e)(25) and 26(b).</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HD69FF4E1FD8F4FFF891317D0145FF400"><enum>(G)</enum><text>Section 11(f)(2)(B).</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H8F18875E8480474500624B766E808F50"><enum>(H)</enum><text>Section 16(a).</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HD0ECB3980AEA4479AFF6942DCEE2217"><enum>(I)</enum><text>Section 16(e)(9)(C).</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HF541B7188983434DA7001F00C406DF8"><enum>(J)</enum><text>Section 17(b)(1)(B)(iii)(I).</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HBA45AACED1744E4185ED5960A1556B94"><enum>(K)</enum><text>Section 22.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H2F9FA700C7EA4AD49D63B969CD42A713"><enum>(L)</enum> <clause id="HC93045C5A9864AED995DEE069C15CF32" display-inline="yes-display-inline"><enum>(i)</enum><text>Subsections (d)(3) and (o)(6)(A)(i) of section 6;</text></clause> <clause id="H629C80F84FB14474002F32635675FC41" indent="up1"><enum>(i)</enum><text> paragraphs (2)(B)(v)(II) and (14) of section 11(e);and</text></clause> <clause id="H35EEEBE4C03F44C2B54660A59D612FAA" indent="up1"><enum>(i)</enum><text>sections 12(e)(16), 17(b)(3)(C), and 18(a)(3)(A)(ii).</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HCDB47B8D05514E86A9E5229EC4846786"><enum>(M)</enum><text>Section 3(h)</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HE9AEF8996BCF4D2DBF840028D4212798" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(N)</enum> <clause id="H6E0439139A474D65952D193DEB0614C" display-inline="yes-display-inline"><enum>(i)</enum><text>In section 6—</text> <subclause id="HF6B2D9AC44184731B0F4104FDDD367F8" indent="up1"><enum>(I)</enum><text>subsection (h); and</text></subclause> <subclause id="H2EFBEECC143B491A9BEF3217FCC8C217" indent="up1"><enum>(II)</enum><text>in subsection (o)—</text> <item id="H18165006C8464258849D84B2D1981DE4"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>paragraph (2); and</text></item> <item id="H4D6402A5D0F24863BFD90E5B07BCA63"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>subclauses (IV) and (V) of paragraph (6)(A)(ii).</text></item></subclause></clause> <clause id="HECBF6AEF63034B6FA54FA15D07E4EB1B" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>Section 7(k)(2).</text></clause> <clause id="HD7AEE01A86264066AAAF4DA6F2B57B76" indent="up1"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>In section 11—</text> <subclause id="HB162F772FFFB4F25911529AAD99CC908"><enum>(I)</enum><text>subsection (e)(25)(A);</text></subclause> <subclause id="H27303A06C9B24057A3DE67E8DD939196"><enum>(II)</enum><text>paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) of subsection (s); and</text></subclause> <subclause id="H5C32BB5EBC214385A7DD9B86082D34A3"><enum>(III)</enum><text>subsection (t)(1)(B).</text></subclause></clause> <clause id="HFCC6C511B9AA400FA45E88665B0528CC" indent="up1"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>In section 17—</text> <subclause id="HD548CB6A6E404ED1B5F72B30B800B939"><enum>(I)</enum><text> subsection (a)(2);</text></subclause> <subclause id="HC955A4A54E1245FABD1BC395BBF4F971"><enum>(II)</enum><text>paragraphs (1)(A), (2), and (3)(D) of subsection (b);</text></subclause> <subclause id="H644AB83AC47A43EB96552FFED15B57A4"><enum>(III)</enum><text>paragraphs (1)(B), (2)(C)(ii), and (3)(E) of subsection (d); and</text></subclause> <subclause id="HD4A25182ECC24C1D008E00A8CE326FE8"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>subsections (e) and (f).</text></subclause></clause> <clause id="H504D5D155A3B4B40AE7EFA1E4707F06" indent="up1"><enum>(v)</enum><text>Section 21(d)(3).</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H408BA339DF184340AC5BB62FBF6B706E"><enum>(O)</enum> <clause id="H5C7B7FC5093D4E9B93D951A53E98B12" display-inline="yes-display-inline"><enum>(i)</enum><text>Sections 2, 3(h), and 4.</text></clause> <clause id="H35ACA3254A2D461D8F18A9500963DC" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>In section 5—</text> <subclause id="H6A9F1EE3BEF842DCAB00EBE49B004907"><enum>(I)</enum><text>subsections (a), (b), (c), and (d);</text></subclause> <subclause id="H6D071553B8934F1192FE27E2DFDDF700"><enum>(II)</enum><text>clauses (ii)(III) and (iv)(IV) of subsection (e)(6)(C);</text></subclause> <subclause id="HF64606D395F244A48666488EBE58764F"><enum>(III)</enum><text>paragraphs (1), (3), and (6)(B)(iv) of subsection (g); and</text></subclause> <subclause id="HF93200A5E8AC4E0E8CC7459697E5BBAE"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>subsections (h)(2)(A) and (k)(4)(B).</text></subclause></clause> <clause id="H74FDAB6A4BF343128DA4D36CCBBE1ED1" indent="up1"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>In section 6—</text> <subclause id="H9DEF29774E5F494497C5A8971938F239"><enum>(I)</enum><text>subsections (a) and (b);</text></subclause> <subclause id="H7A2D9B4EB0434C2B889BD1CD08416350"><enum>(II)</enum><text>in subsection (d)(1)—</text> <item id="HC158E798140944DD8DB7E2B6896F57A8"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>subparagraphs (A) and (B);</text></item> <item id="H3FB0D0D2C8EF4B18A3E6B87AD3894B2"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>clauses (i), (ii), and (iii) of subparagraph (C); and</text></item> <item id="HF8DB924EA0B940CBB212A10080755BBC"><enum>(cc)</enum><text>clauses (v) and (vi) of subparagraph (D);</text></item></subclause> <subclause id="H4542D5832BA44D339F7051CE309B5CF8"><enum>(III)</enum><text>paragraphs (2)(C), (3), and (4)(A)(i) of subsection (d);</text></subclause> <subclause id="H356A4B1A5B714F7AB19F5000B66BE588"><enum>(IV) </enum><text>subsections (e), (f), and (h);</text></subclause> <subclause id="HA4A32A076B5943FBB212BFF690BABD9B"><enum>(V)</enum><text>paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (i); and</text></subclause> <subclause id="HCA8A22F4DF484BC500F2B778EDA38DE8"><enum>(VI)</enum><text>subsections (j), (k), (l)(1), (m)(1), (n), (o)(5)(A);</text></subclause></clause> <clause id="HCA7376ABEA1C439991008B202C3D9FF5" indent="up1"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>In section 7—</text> <subclause id="HCCE97D6173224E73A30000201BDBB6B0"><enum>(I)</enum><text>subsections (a), (b), and (g);</text></subclause> <subclause id="HF3337BC29C734384A255C16D00E730DE"><enum>(II)</enum><text>paragraphs (1) and (2)(B) of subsection (j); and</text></subclause> <subclause id="H97DEE9BF0DCF4F1C8C61B000254E597"><enum>(III)</enum><text>in subsection (k)—</text> <item id="H448CF50D0EEE4C2ABD304C1227261500"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>paragraph (3); and</text></item> <item id="H6880167896054EEEB5A75D569391028E"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>subparagraphs (B)(ii) and (C) of paragraph (4).</text></item></subclause></clause> <clause id="H172D2EA40B3A4246BD523C0329472510" indent="up1"><enum>(v)</enum><text>In section 8—</text> <subclause id="H94694A27296E4BB2A06630BA9FF8BE12"><enum>(I)</enum><text>subsections (a), (c)(2), and (d)(2);</text></subclause> <subclause id="H41EC133D684543499B11F96D64D6F486"><enum>(II)</enum><text>in subsection (f)—</text> <item id="HFBE0BDD14F834740811B5FEFE0EADA39"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>clauses (i)(II)(aa), (ii)(I), and (iv) of paragraph (1)(D), and</text></item> <item id="H654C945091B3454D9E39263336844FFA"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>paragraph (3)(B)(ii)(II)(bb).</text></item></subclause></clause> <clause id="H23CE725D667C4E9BA4AF6076A8FF764B" indent="up1"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>In section 9—</text> <subclause id="H914D539AA0F74A58946D5F164290F959"><enum>(I)</enum><text>paragraphs (1) and (3) of subsection (a); and</text></subclause> <subclause id="H4B8FD15FFA1A4E2DA0C7E3167461D0ED"><enum>(II) </enum><text>subsections (b)(1), (d), (e), and (g).</text></subclause></clause> <clause id="HA345159F66DA4FCE98CB2EE29D304325" indent="up1"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>In section 11—</text> <subclause id="HC041EED061C3457297F954A8E7D98975"><enum>(I)</enum><text>subsections (c) and (d);</text></subclause> <subclause id="HFA052E099C8940AEA20059897C5BE300"><enum>(II)</enum><text>in subsection (e)—</text> <item id="H7E28E94675A040FEB8587C63E09C85C6"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>paragraph (1)(A); </text></item> <item id="H19DEE5B1E7BE4345AC56F25E6F3D2D23"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>clauses (i) and (iv) of paragraph (2)(B); and</text></item> <item id="H54EB1E13DCB64BFDA1DF00D1432F6D74"><enum>(cc)</enum><text>paragraphs (10), (17), (20)(B), and (22);</text></item></subclause> <subclause id="H9B6E829183D7474396C9FA74EC09CEA"><enum>(III) </enum><text>subsections (f)(1), (g), (i), and (j)(1);</text></subclause> <subclause id="H94DA9F4FD7B14CDA81B721BCB17264B"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>paragraphs (1), (2), (3), and (4) of subsection (o);</text></subclause> <subclause id="H362CFE3006144D9BA37DB5B16C3452D8"><enum>(V)</enum><text>subsections (p) and (q); and</text></subclause> <subclause id="H8EA1D0BFB2194BB88CB9C48C40F94966"><enum>(VI)</enum><text>paragraphs (2)(A) and (B)(4)(A) of subsection (t).</text></subclause></clause> <clause id="HF0E562C366D04E7FB61B51E800A3243F" indent="up1"><enum>(viii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Sections 12(a) and 14(a)(1).</text></clause> <clause id="HA49FD6E8B6C44B05AB1195CA5392993F" indent="up1"><enum>(ix)</enum><text>Subsections (b)(1) and (c) of section 15.</text></clause> <clause id="H9D66BC3140784D43BE0906EC64ECB6D" indent="up1"><enum>(x)</enum><text>In section 16—</text> <subclause id="H3132BC24D07A4FE895AD008CFF087369"><enum>(I)</enum><text>subsection (a);</text></subclause> <subclause id="HA941B3A1EEC8408386FC15716FA406F8"><enum>(II)</enum><text>paragraph (1), (2), and (3) of subsection (b);</text></subclause> <subclause id="H50B71F0BCB514715A2475F5960C74BD5"><enum>(III)</enum><text>in subsection (c)—</text> <item id="HD6B395340FE14C979D1149A316CA1C7E"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>the matter preceding subparagraph (A);</text></item> <item id="H60B11AE17B494900AED7B2559ED29FA3"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>subparagraphs (D)(i)(II) and (F)(iii)(I) of paragraph (1); and</text></item> <item id="HB558C773611F45CE96750088009BD12B"><enum>(cc)</enum><text>subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C) of paragraph (9);</text></item></subclause> <subclause id="HCC625642E3184DA2A842764DB8CFE5EB"><enum>(IV) </enum><text>subsections (e), (g), and (i)(1); and</text></subclause> <subclause id="H91CAEC7FE1464C2696DE9E2700CAD824"><enum>(V)</enum><text>in subsection (k)—</text> <item id="H34BE0DBB3E734CEBB0ACBE87DE998232"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>subparagraphs (A) and (B) of paragraph (2);</text></item> <item id="H5CD85A25A3854BADB4FFF6D69425962F"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>subparagraphs (A) and (B)(i) of paragraph (3); and</text></item> <item id="H1ABECF8A51A948069529FB3696EBBCDE"><enum>(cc)</enum><text>subparagraphs (A)(ii) and (B)(iv)(II) of paragraph (5).</text></item></subclause></clause> <clause id="H3F72796775A745A2A7C55E7FA41F8BE" indent="up1"><enum>(xi)</enum><text>In section 17—</text> <subclause id="H3CE944980A314126BADDCAA004D5C9C2"><enum>(I)</enum><text>subsection (a)(1);</text></subclause> <subclause id="HC911E6FCC806447AA5E3138FA6CE97D8"><enum>(II)</enum><text>in subsection (b)—</text> <item id="HD5FC511FE54A4EBF82AC8D6541D1CE8E"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>subparagraphs (A) and (B)(i) of paragraph (1); and</text></item> <item id="HEF309E1AF6504B30A703D0BCF9726240"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>subparagraph (2);</text></item></subclause> <subclause id="H7E4D0479BD204F8ABDA4DAABFF476D5"><enum>(III)</enum><text>subsection (c);</text></subclause> <subclause id="H70AEC51E957949999114B0FA52472F19"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>subparagraphs (A) and (C) of subsection (d) (2); and</text></subclause> <subclause id="HC42654B490C8415993C1CE7B398EB881"><enum>(V)</enum><text>subsections (e), (g), and (h)(2).</text></subclause></clause> <clause id="H78218B65C68746E5AF48D5856D65804B" indent="up1"><enum>(xii)</enum><text>Subsections (a)(3)(D), (b), (d), and (e) of section 18.</text></clause> <clause id="H6029AABDAD22484F819700C25D603F09" indent="up1"><enum>(xiii)</enum><text>Subsections (a)(1) and (f) of section 20.</text></clause> <clause id="HD24D55F7649E44D48DB75C4D1EA50322" indent="up1" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(xiv)</enum><text>In section 21—</text> <subclause id="H29FDF76E9A064E5F9B8B1F2CD9786CAB"><enum>(I)</enum><text>subsection (a);</text></subclause> <subclause id="H3E067B0F4AFC4772B4AC65A67939C206"><enum>(II)</enum><text>in subsection (b)—</text> <item id="H221A794CF94E483889E3C319C2D8BF0"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)—</text> <subitem id="HE0211CDCE20A4C008E500008F97BB8FE"><enum>(AA)</enum><text>clause (i) and (ii) of subparagraph (A);</text></subitem> <subitem id="H2AD09EB49CD147E4B4BC4ECFF4981719"><enum>(BB)</enum><text>subparagraphs (B) and (C)(i);</text></subitem> <subitem id="HEF6D7C637B584F2BA953B7C88100E57F"><enum>(CC)</enum><text>clause (ii), and subclauses (II), (III), and (IV) of clause (iii), of subparagraph (F); and</text></subitem> <subitem id="HC5F726F5EA5A4491983513CFDB000FD"><enum>(DD)</enum><text>subparagraph (G)(i);</text></subitem></item> <item id="H6B35E5C4F7A24EF9B91D9F5284A1A0B8"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>paragraph (3);</text></item> <item id="HA7D609D71EE341A9BA6EAD1F4FBFDC3B"><enum>(cc)</enum><text>in paragraph (4)—</text> <subitem id="H53D9B41CB2A74DCB8F9135FAF0EA3555"><enum>(AA)</enum><text>subparagraphs (A) and (B); and</text></subitem> <subitem id="HCF668B6C32BD4D2980CCFFFA28134314"><enum>(BB)</enum><text>the flush text at the end;</text></subitem></item> <item id="H1269697B803B4F6A9167F30026F69300"><enum>(dd)</enum><text>paragraphs (5) and (7);</text></item></subclause> <subclause id="HC01DF3195CC44D619D900103DEC961FC"><enum>(III)</enum><text>subsection (C)(2)(B);</text></subclause> <subclause id="H4AADBB440EC1431DB4F5655339D265B7"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>paragraphs (1)(A), (2), and (3) of subsection (d); and</text></subclause> <subclause id="H3F57507CDD424D7681EDBD6565EC4D81"><enum>(V)</enum><text>paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (f).</text></subclause></clause> <clause id="HD36CDF791F38491BB458887B1B6525BE" indent="up1" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(xv)</enum><text>In section 22—</text> <subclause id="H97F69D151CC64749977C53571FCBF643"><enum>(I)</enum><text>subsection (a)(1);</text></subclause> <subclause id="HC1AF47E44BDA47EAB281B33BD90938CB"><enum>(II)</enum><text>in subsection (b)—</text> <item id="H46E8802324B8450F9ED0C41C0427B2AF"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>paragraph (2);</text></item> <item id="H3D0D940E22FC47229E52470002801252"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>in paragraph (3)—</text> <subitem id="H54A531CD6B574B26A0618215D800F6B6"><enum>(AA)</enum><text>subparagraphs (A) and (B)(ii);</text></subitem> <subitem id="HA2FA68521E8948899569D6CE1D21B23"><enum>(BB)</enum><text>clauses (ii) and (iii) of subparagraph (C);</text></subitem> <subitem id="H149DAB1D10DD45F191F857150430B7B7"><enum>(CC)</enum><text>subparagraph (D)(ii); and</text></subitem> <subitem id="H5FAD397730EA4EC8BDC7BB89BF3E8E4E"><enum>(DD)</enum><text>clauses (i), (ii), and (iv) of subparagraph (E);</text></subitem></item> <item id="HD4535C7BE8254D03BA4C260000718877"><enum>(cc)</enum><text>paragraph (5);</text></item> <item id="HF1F7A6DCC66344D6A8B4FB95B2F747E3"><enum>(dd)</enum><text>subparagraphs (B) and (C) of paragraph (6);</text></item> <item id="HD91EBA5A394A401D9811945CBEDF89D5"><enum>(ee)</enum><text>subparagraphs (A) and (B) of paragraph (7);</text></item> <item id="HA427FB54494E4FF7A501D0B47E7B2EBA"><enum>(ff)</enum><text>paragraphs (8) and (9);</text></item> <item id="HE51E6B9C96EF42F781C5F7A421A705C4"><enum>(gg)</enum><text>in paragraph (10)—</text> <subitem id="H0C183547B3354B6C85C07B5D521D5843"><enum>(AA)</enum><text>subparagraph (A)</text></subitem> <subitem id="H376DD1210FD24634878FC548278EE17"><enum>(BB)</enum><text>clauses (i) and (ii) of subparagraph (B); and</text></subitem> <subitem id="H7744613FA41544A8A09F6DD0BCE4777B"><enum>(CC)</enum><text>subparagraph (C); and</text></subitem></item> <item id="H8BA8F739588444628FAB453203839B55"><enum>(hh)</enum><text>paragraphs (11), (12), and (13);</text></item></subclause> <subclause id="H5DC2FCCE4FFB4683A9D30346C8B0B57F"><enum>(III)</enum><text>in subsection (d)—</text> <item id="HD9F4459F1A0F439DB45C8ECDA214E07C"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>paragraph (1)(B)(i); and</text></item> <item id="HB66A292D9A3E4F33BB00DCAA2C2623FA"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>paragraph (3); and</text></item></subclause> <subclause id="H51CF310934F84BFBB6D1CBFBE410FACE"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>subsections (g)1 and (h).</text></subclause></clause> <clause id="HAD5205423F2D43468319B7427536CE3D" indent="up1" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(xvi)</enum><text>Section 23(c).</text></clause> <clause id="HEA10F15D2A4547D1B323BA87A264EFCA" indent="up1"><enum>(xvii)</enum><text>In section 26—</text> <subclause id="HB2261195FB1C4E5ABACE76DC6B4D63F9"><enum>(I)</enum><text>subparagraphs (B) and (C) of subsection (c)(4); and</text></subclause> <subclause id="HFE352405874E4B49A47034F99BB8A6D6"><enum>(II)</enum><text>subsection (f)(1).</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HB0918A365BA14F50A624866D6FC20045"><enum>(b)</enum><header>References in other laws, document, and records of the United States</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In any law (excluding the Food Stamp Act of 1977), regulation, rule, document, or record of the United States—</text> <paragraph id="H2C5F04DAB4FB4528B3F94C8076AE1CA0"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a reference to food stamp recipients shall be deemed to be a reference to recipients of Secure Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H1630668DCBC645A0BD8B204976C161F0"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a reference to food stamp households shall be deemed to be a reference to households that receive Secure Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE486CEE028DC4DE5B6E0B2147E4EBD19"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a reference to the Simplified Food Stamp Program shall be deemed to be a reference to the Simplified Secure Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H595E66291F0646DB9C9835492EA2BFB0"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a reference to food stamp participants shall be deemed to be a reference to participants in the Secure Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H789E26B9FA9F4DDC0000C149E12BBEEA"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a reference to food stamp informational activities shall be deemed to be a reference to informational activities relating to the Secure Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HF7D157047F644C18B4C723A3D6731193"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a reference to food stamp caseload shall be deemed to be a reference to caseload under the Secure Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H5A9BC81434834E56AB9E460092383B7D"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a reference to food stamps shall be deemed to be a reference to Secure Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H9B1E48AFFDA8425C86EE5C4BF3FB15F"><enum>(8)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a reference to the food stamp program shall be deemed to be a reference to Secure Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.</text></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="HB0D6FB963C6145C495C8548E16EC4B2C" section-type="subsequent-section" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>4002.</enum><header>Definition of drug addiction or alcoholic treatment and rehabilitation program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 3(f) of the <act-name parsable-cite="FSA77">Food Stamp Act of 1977</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2012">7 U.S.C. 2012(f)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote> center, under part B of title XIX of the <act-name parsable-cite="PHSA">Public Health Service Act</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/300x">42 U.S.C. 300x et seq.</external-xref>)</quote> and inserting </text> <quoted-block style="traditional" id="HA696B684AE1A42CAB114A507AC324E4D" display-inline="yes-display-inline"><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">center, that is—</text> <paragraph id="H7128CFA60768447BA987FDE026DB8B42"><enum>(1)</enum><text>tax exempt; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H4ED3FFCE8B6F4B15871500A0F0FF0600"><enum>(2)</enum><text>certified by the State title XIX agency, under part B of title XIX of the <act-name parsable-cite="PHSA">Public Health Service Act</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/300x">42 U.S.C. 300x et seq.</external-xref>), as receiving funding under part B, eligible to receive funding under part B even if no funds are being received, or operating to further the purposes of part B, except that nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to require State or Federal licensure to meet these requirements;</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section> <section id="HFB83CD7DB2A74EF08BBE316D4F778E1C" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>4003.</enum><header>Nutrition education</header> <subsection id="H26E881ED3C8E4EF98FDBFFC618F97E40"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Authority to provide nutrition education</header><text>Section 4(a) of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2013">7 U.S.C. 2013(a)</external-xref>) is amended in the first sentence by inserting <quote>and through an approved State plan, nutrition education</quote> after <quote>an allotment</quote>.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H4F75E00582B74346A325A5E864B812D3"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Implementation</header><text>Section 11(f) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 1977 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2020">7 U.S.C. 2020(f)</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block id="H608FADB0A1CA4B48973CA700ADB4E35C" style="OLC"> <subsection id="HFFEBC687E0B2400EAAD04F4437FF893"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Nutrition education</header> <paragraph id="H55644C6EDD5E499F825D87BF379052E8"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>State agencies may implement a nutrition education program for individuals eligible for Secure Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits that promotes healthy food choices consistent with current Dietary Guidelines.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HCCCB3E55CDB04F5AA1BB009FAF9BB645"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Delivery of nutrition education</header><text>State agencies may deliver nutrition education directly to eligible persons or through agreements with the Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension Service, including through the expanded food and nutrition education under section 3(d) of the Act of May 8, 1914 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/343">7 U.S.C. 343(d)</external-xref>), and other State and community health and nutrition providers and organizations.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HF110A7A309D04638A4A7113F9F6C09B6"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Nutrition education state plans</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">State agencies wishing to provide nutrition education under this subsection shall submit a Nutrition Education State Plan to the Food and Nutrition Service for approval. The plan shall identify the uses of the funding for local projects and conform to standards set forth by the Secretary in regulations or guidance. State costs for providing nutrition education under this subsection shall be reimbursed pursuant to section 16(a).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H82ACBDC024EF4897948EC97F4A6199F"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Notification</header><text>Whenever practicable, State agencies shall notify applicants, participants, and eligible program participants of the availability of nutrition education under this subsection.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section> <section id="HCA90B6F1CDE4410DA295D47DAD044FCB"><enum>4004.</enum><header>Food distribution on Indian reservations</header> <subsection id="H15D98784E1434F49A988BE975E8D3DF9"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 4 of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2013">7 U.S.C. 2013</external-xref>) is amended by striking subsection (b) and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block id="HED30FADD36C14BD6AAC784502BFE3F9B" style="OLC"> <subsection id="H33D80802D906493FB46E448C68FBBDC0"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Food distribution program on Indian reservations</header> <paragraph id="HC7DB8B47EDD24AE0A9B3A46711561E1E"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Distribution of commodities, with or without the Secure Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, shall be made whenever a request for concurrent or separate food program operations, respectively, is made by a tribal organization.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HB2D9A20BF4C04BFBA497CCB5A8ED00A2"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Administration</header> <subparagraph id="HEC0D92C3ED9C429C9CFE38B63176C8D7"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subject to subparagraphs (B) and (C), in the event of distribution on all or part of an Indian reservation, the appropriate agency of the State government in the area involved shall be responsible for the distribution.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H694F2EA2B6BA47258268F744C6221E7B"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Administration by tribal organization</header><text>If the Secretary determines that a tribal organization is capable of effectively and efficiently administering a distribution described in subparagraph (A), then the tribal organization shall administer the distribution.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H82F2549A00674599B0A29B862BADB05F"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Prohibition</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall not approve any plan for a distribution described in subparagraph (A) that permits any household on any Indian reservation to participate simultaneously in the Secure Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and the distribution of federally donated foods.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H6FF58EEDE0AB4603B2CCCB26007000C"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Disqualified participants</header><text>The Secretary shall ensure that an individual who is disqualified from participation in the Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations under this subsection is not eligible to participate in the Secure Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program under this Act.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HCA4084E99E47406B8436C7F5EB55C4CB"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Administrative costs</header><text>The Secretary is authorized to pay such amounts for administrative costs of such distribution on Indian reservations as the Secretary finds necessary for effective administration of such distribution by a State agency or tribal organization.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H84A384559114463B8D86C7BE67E7E686" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(5)</enum><header> Traditional and local foods fund</header> <subparagraph id="H12F776550422443000DC66AB8EE5EB59"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall establish a fund to purchase traditional and locally-grown food, designated by region, for recipients of food distributed under this subsection.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H4D9CD508B5244814821DBCAF6CEE8DAD"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Native american producers</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For recipients of food distributed under subparagraph (A), at least 50 percent shall be produced by Native American farmers, ranchers, and producers.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HF9758EAF2A844E269FD68AB64599000"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Definition of traditional and locally grown</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary, in conjunction with the Indian Tribal Organizations, will determine the definition of traditional and locally-grown.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H3A4DA349FFD94CA49D6B84BC637913E"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary $5,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2008 through 2012 to carry out subparagraph (A).</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="H72B3F1CADAD547C68012F986CDCA41D"><enum>(b)</enum><header>FDPIR food package</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall submit to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate a report that describes—</text> <paragraph id="H08B12AAE6BDC4A7B853FDC174FC6804D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>how the Secretary derives the process for determining the food package under the Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations established under section 4(b) of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2013">7 U.S.C. 2013(b)</external-xref>) (referred to in this subsection as the <quote>food package</quote>);</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H0BEDBFBC823C443083637DBDD34464E0"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the extent to which the food package—</text> <subparagraph id="HDF08E00F437F4D9CBEFAAB30A1A5558F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>conforms (or fails to conform) to the 2005 Dietary Guidelines for Americans published under section 301 of the National Nutrition Monitoring and Related Research Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/5341">7 U.S.C. 5341</external-xref>);</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HBA9EDF9A756744788312A69486ABB8DE"><enum>(B)</enum><text>addresses (or fails to address) the nutritional and health challenges that are specific to Native Americans; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HB2FFA718E6AD4B8A8934E8C3853FD67D"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">addresses the nutritional needs of low-income Native Americans, compared to the Secure Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program;</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HCD70375E341944C50002CFB9564DCBCB"><enum>(3)</enum><text>any plans of the Secretary to revise and update the food package to conform with the most recent Dietary Guidelines for Americans, including any costs associated with the planned changes; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H90A66B554A754D4CA4BB1966F3006880"><enum>(4)</enum><text>if the Secretary does not plan changes to the food package, the rationale of the Secretary for retaining the food package.</text></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="H11DC0FB144624442B7B6CA8D18C3972F" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>4005.</enum><header>Deobligate food stamp coupons</header> <subsection id="H48920D7707CA4E659B4E1DCE9FB3A628"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 7 of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2016">7 U.S.C. 2016</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HD8A99948C9FC4AA2913216E5C94F5F2B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking the section designation and heading and all that follows through <quote>subsection (j)) shall be</quote> and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H934124E673D24BDCA1B42E4D0395AA69" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <section id="H3FCF4349FB6548C695F2FA571F32ED02"><enum>7.</enum><header> ISSUANCE AND USE OF BENEFITS</header> <subsection id="H4BC228B1AA994A3482E17BABE098F2A"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as provided in subsection (j), EBT cards shall be</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph> <paragraph id="H2CABBAEA08F24C0898DBE3831F21D9AC"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (b)—</text> <subparagraph id="H4741850C834347EABF203FC017379600"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>(b) Coupons</quote> and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block id="HE35C30851C2B4BECA2A7DC1390F1C8B1" style="OLC"> <subsection id="H3F33C5AC2756496DA1FF4C3CCA00808B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Use</header><text>Benefits</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H05E5F6C8A3A142DD9C7E1B6C21DD5C20"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>: <italic>Provided further</italic></quote> and all that follows through <quote>denominations issued</quote> ;</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HAC15CC58F06E4937AEF4601B2E06247B"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (c)—</text> <subparagraph id="H25F1C7D9E6BE4CBDAEBEE21463AC8D6C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>(c) Coupons</quote> and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block id="HADE8C30BDBAF40B2A6F3F90006A25FBB" style="OLC"> <subsection id="HA895411DA5BA45BE855518F015883DD"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Design</header> <paragraph id="H1CC99FB154C146F5B6196000002800A7"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>EBT cards</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H2ED6084C7C76449FA042F520E4CE62CF"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in the 1st sentence by striking <quote>and define their denomination</quote>; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HA5AF4ABDE23049A3A392DD90B56E47F5"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by striking the 2d sentence and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block id="HF51D2AB279534743BB5E3163BBBA82C7" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="H963897B4560F4FB89E4D01B04EFBDD26"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Prohibition</header><text>The name of any public official shall not appear on any EBT card.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H9346EE57C6FA4762AF69ADEB7C00EF7D"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by striking subsection (d);</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H2555B4E0E9E842DE83553C311D11007E"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (e)—</text> <subparagraph id="H8B128B59C6EE4D2296E35200B64D7CA3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>coupons</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>benefits</quote>; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H078D42BD4F95454D99C34C70FEFCAEBF"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>coupon issuers</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>benefit issuers</quote>;</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H64673CF57B7949A6992DC340B5B67111"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (f)—</text> <subparagraph id="H3295DB7FCBDD4D748C39D8739D31A6A3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>coupons</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>benefits</quote>;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HBCD8D84B31D64F6F938B19AA99233B5"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>coupon issuer</quote> and inserting <quote>benefit issuer</quote>; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HE551B7407C7E402EB2877772221EBBB"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by striking <quote>section 11(e)(20)</quote> and all that follows through the period and inserting <quote>section 11(e)(19).</quote>;</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HDAB426C2C839484800E1F05181FFDA00"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by amending subsection (g) to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H9B7B4B71930E44B281311700A52CBBD3" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <subsection id="H050F90940A354C1FBFE1F09802DE5994"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Benefit system</header> <paragraph id="H2FB517E7833042CCADCD0000AB1C90F2"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Cost</header><text>The cost of documents or systems that may be required by subsection (i) may not be imposed upon a retail food store participating in the Secure Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HA992DFE2883C46F7A4DDC43EA4F37916" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Devaluation and termination of issuance of paper coupons</header> <subparagraph id="H46381CE4A2564B03B5E247CA0726073C"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Coupon issuance</header><text>Beginning on the effective date of this subsection, no State shall issue any coupon, stamp, certificate, or authorization card to a household that receives benefits under this Act.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HBE75D78E7CC14BCEAC02D2003722AE68"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Ebt cards</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Beginning 1 year after the effective date of this subsection, only an EBT card issued under subsection (i) shall be eligible for exchange at any retail food store.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HF22504F4D9724A378E467448F2681CAE"><enum>(C)</enum><header>De-obligation of coupons</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Coupons not redeemed in the 1-year period beginning on the effective date of this subsection will no longer be an obligation of the Federal Government and shall not be redeemable.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph> <paragraph id="HCAA3B1C2479945D2B977CCD797A9D35"><enum>(8)</enum><text>in subsection (h)(1) by striking <quote>coupons</quote> and inserting <quote>benefits</quote>;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H2EFBC62345E548548314E6E6EDC2DDED"><enum>(9)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (j)—</text> <subparagraph id="H98E1AE90EF2B4019B67917E22239F5D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)(A)(ii) by striking <quote>printing, shipping, and redeeming coupons</quote> and inserting <quote>issuing and redeeming benefits</quote>; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H939B13F98D86452EA393D4C6BD0094CE"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (5) by striking <quote>coupon</quote> and inserting <quote>benefit</quote>; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HFC1BEA1B1A24428490F9CF00004BE268"><enum>(10)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (k)—</text> <subparagraph id="H3952805296474784BA3F582447006E4B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>coupons in the form of</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>benefits in the form of</quote>; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H6886DEA2192E4CBF96AD54E3DAB40007"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>a coupon issued in the form of</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>benefits in the form of</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HC1AA66EAF73843508709FA63EB1DF6A4"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming amendments</header> <paragraph id="H89F19ADE3170470A8E9270A3B0CB8C87"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 3 of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2012">7 U.S.C. 2012</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <subparagraph id="HA62AE2E1D73F4FFBA36028F0E8491B37"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subsection (a) by striking <quote>coupons</quote> and inserting <quote>benefits</quote>;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H3B7EA44D1BEF440483DD23F12FEADD6B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by amending subsection (b) to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block id="HC8349591F0414555B7DB24C500C87BD" style="OLC"> <subsection id="H4828C0B4688C43258407F4F52C99FB1"><enum>(b)</enum><text><quote>Benefit</quote> means the value of assistance provided under this Act to a household by means of an electronic benefit transfer under section 7(i), or other means of providing assistance, as determined by the Secretary.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HA7BCB6B5986D47E6A8CB62E6168E0666"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the 1st sentence of subsection (c) by striking <quote>authorization cards</quote> and inserting <quote>benefits</quote>;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HAA2A4AD33CE4438C979439F7F1CBF500"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in subsection (d) by striking <quote>or access device</quote> and all that follows through <quote>number</quote> ;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HC592CC45D6A8426186A3D7D540B245D9"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (e)—</text> <clause id="H7C3CC0CF3F4D49DDAAFB1B19FD1EF5"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>coupon issuer</quote> and inserting <quote>benefit issuer</quote>; and</text></clause> <clause id="HA6E2FF61A5514FF89D07AF28F97ECC40"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>coupons</quote> and inserting <quote>benefits</quote>;</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H644066EE2DBA4D3A949BB4C8054B1403"><enum>(F)</enum><text>by after paragraph (f) the following:</text> <quoted-block id="H8FE753A9B82E47408D9D5771EC05CD6E" style="OLC"> <subsection id="H922AD2273BF842A887B7E1002D145DD0"><enum>(f-1)</enum><header>Ebt card</header><text>The term <quote>EBT card</quote> means an electronic benefit transfer card issued under section 7(i).</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H8E78EA45025E4DCDB11FBAFDCEC8F81"><enum>(G)</enum><text>in subsection (i)(5)(D) by striking <quote>coupons</quote> and inserting <quote>benefits</quote>; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HAF20F7940B564C41B415A0571E7188AB"><enum>(H)</enum><text>in subsection (t) by inserting <quote>including point of sale devices,</quote> after <quote>other means of access</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H4304BBD0EFDF4CAF8361E024B27CBB6"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 4(a) of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2013">7 U.S.C. 2013(a)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <subparagraph id="HFF11B13C19F041D3965D358E3B9F5038"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>coupons</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>benefits</quote>; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H071343973EB84046B309D65252106EF1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>coupons issued</quote> and inserting <quote>benefits issued</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H2F92FB9FD33842ECABE17C797C9E00DD"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Section 5(i)(2)(E) of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2014">7 U.S.C. 2014(i)(2)(E)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>, as defined in section 3(i) of this Act,</quote>.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HA54C93E56CCC42C000008884330405B7"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 6(b)(1) of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2015">7 U.S.C. 2015(b)(1)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <subparagraph id="H149CC81BF45C4AB1845CB38E2A802D8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B) by striking <quote>coupons or authorization cards</quote> and inserting <quote>benefits</quote>; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HCB5A92DB45FC4A1FAAE220AEE7ED65A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>coupons</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>benefits</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H82ABAD0A4A5F4D7297793C80A500A643"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Section 7(j)(5) is amended by striking <quote>coupon</quote> and inserting <quote>benefit</quote>.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H2CEAA1D0DC514C5287833EDE00BD015C"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Section 8(b) of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2017">7 U.S.C. 2017(b)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>, whether through coupons, access devices, or otherwise</quote>.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H2398E71CBF6542F68C5E1D8F18BE201C"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 9 of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2018">7 U.S.C. 2018</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <subparagraph id="HCD2E9989DD8D4B31B8068CFF72B3FA92"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>coupons</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>benefits</quote>; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HA2DDF353CFFC496F8F25574B117DB8AC"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (a)—</text> <clause id="H7141AD0DD407483290AF087112DA5D34"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in paragraph (1) by striking <quote>coupon</quote> and inserting <quote>benefit</quote>; and</text></clause> <clause id="H84ADA0710E9E4A30A7CEF91446FF003F"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in paragraph (3) by striking <quote>coupons, or to redeem,</quote>.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD48DF8CE6D574F97ADF5B95730F9EC2C"><enum>(8)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 10 of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2019">7 U.S.C. 2019</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <subparagraph id="HF4ADA06CD751424CB6EF382C4C56DFF4"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking the section designation and heading and all that follows through <quote>Regulations</quote> and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H553C6495625A44EF8342E24E7CE4D071" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <section id="HC3A91011046E4D1AA45CE4DB9014D4B2"><enum>10.</enum><header>REDEMPTION OF BENEFITS</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Regulations</text></section><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HF96F29A5535749BFA4EDD14428D98E3"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>coupons</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>benefits</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H0EF31BAB34F94B58A419690264C385A2"><enum>(9)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 11 of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2020">7 U.S.C. 2020</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <subparagraph id="H5F77B87D97C34C0000D3D04688A819FB"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (e)—</text> <clause id="HFE856AA61BDF4AF3A1CB4EFCF260D886"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in paragraph (15) by striking <quote>when using its authorization card in order to receive its coupons</quote> and inserting <quote>when receiving benefits</quote>; and</text></clause> <clause id="H8AD1CC9D40944F29A7B2A06437DD34A5"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in paragraph (19) by striking <quote>that,</quote> and all that follows through <quote>paragraph;</quote> and inserting <quote>that eligible households may be required to present photographic identification cards in order to receive their benefits.</quote>;</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HD4BC4A7339B647EB916EC02C2DBF2254"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subsection (h) by striking <quote>coupon or coupons</quote> and inserting <quote>benefits</quote>;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HE876A3FC807F47D3B5C3E6E76D4733A8"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by striking <quote>coupon</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>benefit</quote>; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HEAD1F3734C9D4F06A1E2EB904B7CDB"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by striking <quote>coupons</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>benefits</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE80CE1E860084A948DCB71EFC6918932"><enum>(10)</enum><text>Section 13 of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2022">7 U.S.C. 2022</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>coupons</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>benefits</quote>.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H99934AFFB8624396AD87C51F014C812D"><enum>(11)</enum><text>Section 15 of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2024">7 U.S.C. 2024</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <subparagraph id="HEECAC290D00F4BB9003B8C9E776758D0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subsection (a) by striking <quote>coupons</quote> and inserting <quote>benefits</quote>;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H7B86664130DF445FB8A575005EF76959"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subsection (b)(1)—</text> <clause id="H01940447AA3F418491BEB8F7D8A276D5"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>coupons</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>benefits</quote>;</text></clause> <clause id="H15FD288B071A4673901DBC9B9395F3CE"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>coupons or authorization cards</quote> and inserting <quote>benefits</quote>; and</text></clause> <clause id="H0F60598984E34951B492FA94A22E01CA"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>access device</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>benefit</quote>;</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HF0A03B4351BC42D69F5928F35EDB615B"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in subsection (c) by striking <quote>coupons</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>benefits</quote>;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H1A1F92901AEC44BB90C45758EFD51D00"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in subsection (d) by striking <quote>Coupons</quote> and inserting <quote>Benefits</quote>;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H86A00739F1294024B2D643FC39ED416"><enum>(E)</enum><text>in subsections (e) and (f) by striking <quote>coupon</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>benefit</quote>; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HA80CD74163A04E4F9E8C25E198EB6D3B"><enum>(F)</enum><text>in subsection (g) by striking <quote>coupon, authorization cards or access devices</quote> and inserting <quote>benefits</quote>; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H5B2229B3E6344C8CA69531A803D540EC"><enum>(12)</enum><text>Section 16(a) of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2025">7 U.S.C. 2025(a)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>coupons</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>benefits</quote>.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H50CC68C352CA4D9691FE90BACFD9C44E"><enum>(13)</enum><text>Section 17 of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2026">7 U.S.C. 2026</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <subparagraph id="H7576C0CFDFDA497096E8C359994FEA4F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subsection (a)(2) by striking <quote>coupon</quote> and inserting <quote>benefit</quote>;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HDA36A937E0C346328C36213004FE53E3"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subsection (b)(1)—</text> <clause id="H2DF836685F934D479D1F76B93380449B"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B)(v)—</text> <subclause id="H53F88EF4C073422BA9524E8F06EEF071"><enum>(I)</enum><text>by striking <quote>countersigned food coupons or similar</quote>; and</text></subclause> <subclause id="HE727FB0D2E2645B89729D436FBEEA446"><enum>(II)</enum><text>by striking <quote>food coupons</quote> and inserting <quote>EBT cards</quote>; and</text></subclause></clause> <clause id="HA6ECFBA94B2B491FA4B9EE75811DA3B6"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (C)(i)(I) by striking <quote>coupons</quote> and inserting <quote>EBT cards</quote>; and</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HC9933851318C40D49DEF703555A53F76"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in subsection (j) by striking <quote>coupon</quote> and inserting <quote>benefit</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H5039130C683D4E209D762C48F96CB816"><enum>(14)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 21 of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2030">7 U.S.C. 2030</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <subparagraph id="H612A3CD77ED649838E70C5D4D0FC282C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subsection (d)(3)—</text> <clause id="H41538EAFAFE245EEAB00D136047FECC4"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>food coupons</quote> and inserting <quote>benefits</quote>; and</text></clause> <clause id="H9B2DF41E398449ABADA34D3DB620CBA8"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>food stamp benefits</quote> and inserting <quote>benefits</quote>.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H664317B39AD24DA6B3484623B17900F3"><enum>(15)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 22 of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2031">7 U.S.C. 2031</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <subparagraph id="H4DC7FDD584364D789D96C9925BFDD770"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>food coupons</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>benefits</quote>;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H654104B26F3647EDAB00A8B3433497DE"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>coupons</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>benefits</quote>; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HE458F789AB8E4DB2006BDDCBDCE0E1A5"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in subsection (g)(1)(A) by striking <quote>coupon</quote> and inserting <quote>benefit</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HB325FF5ED3EE4DF8B7D9408EE2BB5C3D" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(c)</enum><header>References in other laws, documents, and records of the United States</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In any law (excluding the Food Stamp Act of 1977), regulation, rule, document, or record of the United States, a reference to <quote>coupon</quote>, <quote>authorization card</quote>, or <quote>other access device</quote> as used in the Food Stamp Act of 1977 as in effect before the date of the enactment of this Act shall be deemed to be a reference to <quote>benefit</quote> as defined in such Act as in effect after the date of the enactment of this Act. </text></subsection></section> <section id="H02A2308C529D4920967EE882B76B6B02" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>4006.</enum><header>Allow for the accrual of benefits</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 7(i) of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2016">7 U.S.C. 2016(i)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block id="H839F0CA7D3F546E098BEBAF961FD91F" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="HEB99162B7D82406C89C4283F45F109A7" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(12)</enum><header>Recovering electronic benefits</header> <subparagraph id="HEE3F320AF535419A871DBE8E578FC45E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>A State agency may recover benefits from a household’s electronic benefits account because of inactivity in the account after the household has not accessed the account the lesser of—</text> <clause id="H9840AB8BF61D4B4DB9F897CEE25EFED"><enum>(i)</enum><text>3 months during which the account has continuously had a balance in excess of $1,000, adjusted for changes in the thrifty food plan since June 2007; or</text></clause> <clause id="H64641715FCE74A0FB224C9FF9639E742"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>12 months.</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H888D96760F21409E84AA1E9CC8E7E3C"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A household whose benefits are recovered under subparagraph (A) shall receive notice and shall have the benefits made available again upon a request made during a period of not less than 12 months after the recovery.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section> <section id="H7D3FCBCBB3584B47A8A71DDB18DB6CDD"><enum>4007.</enum><header>State option for telephonic signature</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 11(e)(2)(C) of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2020">7 U.S.C. 2020(e)(2)(C)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H0CC9073BEBFB464ABBB4CE2E85832D1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>(i)</quote> after <quote>(C)</quote>; and </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD794D35B20EA4D06BF5432E94607624D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block style="traditional" id="H713224DB1EED4EDFA943859F35129100" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <clause id="H5822E4BAE1AE49E09200315452D75E00" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>A State agency may establish a system by which an applicant household may sign an application through a recorded verbal assent over the telephone. Any such system shall—</text> <subclause id="H4417AD103307477296628074214081C4"><enum>(I)</enum><text>record for future reference the household member’s verbal assent and the information to which assent was given;</text></subclause> <subclause id="HD27E6631906E43ACBC29274DD9C4A264"><enum>(II)</enum><text>include effective safeguards against impersonation, identity theft, or invasions of privacy;</text></subclause> <subclause id="H57A2CF2B00954E229CFDDA9B2BCDB1C0"><enum>(III)</enum><text>not deny or interfere with the right of the household to apply in writing;</text></subclause> <subclause id="H8ACFD4FFC7624D03BD1B2E30C240C234"><enum>(IV)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">promptly send the household member a written copy of the application, with instructions on a simple procedure for correcting any errors or omissions; </text></subclause> <subclause id="HC1D9485853A64738A5409395B064B97E"><enum>(V)</enum><text>comply with paragraph (1)(B);</text></subclause> <subclause id="H63643B2D614C4D438C8431E8041B18E7"><enum>(VI)</enum><text>satisfy all requirements for a signature on an application under this Act and other laws applicable to the Secure Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, with the date on which the household member provides verbal assent effective as the date of application for all purposes; and</text></subclause> <subclause id="H8E270377DCE94C47A0839C53837DEA9B"><enum>(VII)</enum><text>comply with such other standards as the Secretary may establish.</text></subclause></clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section> <section id="HD5EC8333427A4602BEAAE7F32C78653" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>4008.</enum><header>Review of major changes in program design</header> <subsection id="HC64CCCBE9D474EC9A15D1257A777B410"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Prohibition</header><text>Section 11(e)(6) of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2020">7 U.S.C. 2020(e)(6)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H3ED1A1F1B1A243EBB114D648BFD631AA"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A) by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end; </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE499E27EE7D14E7E9383BEEAEEAFF9C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking subparagraph (B) and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block id="H2BB55BB605274ACD9143BE471FF772BF" style="OLC"> <subparagraph id="H96DE01C584AF41CFB3D668CFD8301F52"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">except as provided in section 5(h)(4), only State employees employed in accordance with the current standards for a Merit System of Personnel Administration, or any standards later prescribed by the Office of Personnel Management pursuant to section 208 of the Intergovernmental Personnel Act of 1970 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/4728">42 U.S.C. 4728</external-xref>) modifying or superseding such standards relating to the establishment and maintenance of personnel standards on a merit basis, shall undertake such certifications and shall—</text> <clause id="H5EBADB9100C94FEE944CE4DFD1222C30"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">represent the State agency in any official communications with a prospective applicant, applicant, or recipient household regarding their application or participation, except that a nonprofit organization may assist a household under paragraph (1) through activities allowable under section 16(a)(4);</text></clause> <clause id="H825C2E5D895444CD85B3B6CAE0CE22B"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>participate in making any determinations relating to a household’s substantive or procedural compliance with the requirements of this Act or implementing regulations, including the adequacy of the household’s application or of verification of other information the household has submitted in support of that application; or</text></clause> <clause id="H52426976267E4E41ACF150095FB63FF"><enum>(iii)</enum><text> participate in making any other determinations required under this subsection;</text></clause><continuation-text continuation-text-level="subparagraph">except that nothing in this subparagraph shall prevent a State agency from contracting for automated systems, issuance services or program information activities reimbursed under paragraphs (2), (3), (4), or (6) of section 16(a) or under section 16(g) or for assisting in the verification of an applicant’s identity; and</continuation-text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HF09613142A29434491B9B2BEFD5EA8"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the State agency shall not use any Federal funds—</text> <clause id="H4144DCB06B9A43D4A99007E973945E4F"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to implement, to perform, or to carry out any contract that does not comply with the requirements in effect under subparagraph (B); or</text></clause> <clause id="HBAE1F0B1E9B444FF99DB00D46F641066"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to pay any cost associated with the termination, breach, or full or partial abrogation, of any contract that does not comply with the requirements in effect under such subparagraph;</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H4BB287119A43414E9057003F2ECF7144"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Waivers</header><text>Section 17(b)(1)(B)(iv)(III)(ff) of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2026(b)(1)(B)(iv)(III)(ff)) is amended by inserting <quote>or 11(e)(6)(B)</quote> before the semicolon at the end.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H4757BE909C544AEFADFFDE5DBA232663"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Projects</header><text>Section 26(f)(3)(E) of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2035">7 U.S.C. 2035(f)(3)(E)</external-xref>) is amended by inserting <quote>(6)(B),</quote> after <quote>paragraphs</quote>.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H0D3C2FD1737C447FB035C5A3E3FD0086"><enum>(d)</enum><header> Disasters</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 5(h) of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2014">7 U.S.C. 2014(h)</external-xref>) is amended by inserting at the end:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="HC53036E0C4D34103968C284575508C49" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <subsection id="H4CA60304F49942D7B02F4D56D5C15F64" indent="down1"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may authorize a state agency, on a temporary basis, to use employees or individuals that do not meet the standards prescribed under section 11(e)(6)(B) in order to determine eligibility for a disaster food stamp program under this subsection.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="H7A58777A106A4C94843DB1233E3F783C"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Disallowance of Funds</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">No funds shall be available under any appropriations act for implementing or continuing any contract that does not comply with section 11(e)(6)(B) of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2020">7 U.S.C. 2020(e)(6)(B)</external-xref>) as amended by subsection (a) nor for any costs associated with the termination or full or partial abrogation of such contract.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HED96B4EC405D4E1E892652BAC3F9A2E"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Transition Period</header><text>Subsection (e) shall not apply to the costs of implementing, continuing, or renegotiating any contract concluded before January 1, 2007, (but shall apply to any costs associated with the termination or full or partial abrogation of such contract) until the first day of the first month beginning at least 120 days after the date of enactment of this Act.</text></subsection></section> <section id="H97DFAF706A7441A698405EA23E566E00"><enum>4009.</enum><header>Grants for simple application and eligibility determination systems and improved access to benefits</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 11(t)(1) of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2020">7 U.S.C. 2020(t)(1)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2007</quote> and inserting <quote>2012</quote>.</text></section> <section id="H18DCACD0E29849A8BF24A0394211C2DA" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>4010.</enum><header>Civil money penalties and disqualification of retail food stores and wholesale food concerns</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 12 of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2021">7 U.S.C. 2021</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H33C80E2BC29F4257B91D3B342C393E58"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking the section heading and all that follows through <quote>(a) Any approved</quote>, and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H4ECA00CF08DA4A9292D83B12ECE88F96" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <section id="H14D7EA85E70F4DB585298C5EDDFB82"><enum>12.</enum><header>Civil money penalties and disqualification of retail food stores and wholesale food concerns</header> <subsection id="H27CAAD209D4048BB89F6FD3DB4B40172"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Disqualification</header> <paragraph id="H7FCA01C6399A498FA61B27002DDEFD8C"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>An approved</text></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD36ADC08899443AC9B944C8B52C3E3A5"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"> in subsection (a)—</text> <subparagraph id="HAFECE31713F04F459B00BA3001004B93"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the 1st sentence by striking <quote>$10,000 for each violation</quote> and all that follows through the period at the end, and inserting <quote>$100,000 for each violation.</quote>; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H810B0D5981C543019590D957CCF0596F"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the 2d sentence—</text> <clause id="H6DA588C7FEF9404F85D79300B45EA83F"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>Regulations</quote> and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block id="H2B7B6ADA862C4C5A80D277126FD174F5" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="HB2F4A56CB70142E79CCCD8563100B4CA"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Regulations</header><text>Regulations</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause> <clause id="H6F1FFE9081BC42C2AE85AB20DDA66505"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>violation and</quote> and inserting <quote>violation of</quote>; </text></clause> <clause id="HE9DE46EE69D44019B328652010CA1747"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by inserting a comma after <quote>disqualification of</quote>; and</text></clause> <clause id="H975409018FC447128F42C8ADE01EA477"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>by striking <quote>a retail store</quote> and inserting <quote>and the assessment of a civil money penalty against, a retail store</quote>;</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HCA3C1F6CDF2C4D0485B3BC398F008B70"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"> in subsection (b)—</text> <subparagraph id="H6A311657FCB546FAB4A431349D3C03DF"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>(b) Disqualification</quote> and all that follows through <quote>shall be—</quote>, and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block id="H04C6A91437DE4AFEADEAD284ACB616C5" style="OLC"> <subsection id="HE3393812DF004F76B07C30F2002BEC7D"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Period of disqualification</header><text>Subject to subsection (c), a disqualification shall be—</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H1D086E8893A044E88F6626357FB2336D"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (1) by striking <quote>of no less than six months nor more than five years</quote> and inserting <quote>not to exceed 5 years</quote>;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HC90863870463456FAD333CC901CBDE0"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"> in paragraph (2) by striking <quote>of no less than twelve months nor more than ten years</quote> and inserting <quote>not to exceed 10 years.</quote>;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H91912540D94E482CAA5760F41E4F5CCE"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"> in paragraph (3)—</text> <clause id="HD8FD66C36D774D1A8F149D35EB628759"><enum>(i)</enum><text> in subparagraph (B)—</text> <subclause id="H7F7A43D14A1A439EA2603DF6F73B4F80"><enum>(I)</enum><text>by striking <quote>coupons or trafficking in coupons or authorization cards</quote> each place it appears, and inserting <quote>program access devices or benefit instruments or trafficking in program access devices or benefit instruments</quote>; and</text></subclause> <subclause id="H55452A7445FC4301AB11B5B328894B5E"><enum>(II)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>or a finding of the unauthorized redemption, use, transfer, acquisition, alteration, or possession of benefits or access devices</quote> after <quote>concern</quote> the 1st place it appears;</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H696085F25ED047778E9EF8E230C50080" commented="no"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in paragraph (3)(C) by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end; </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H767AAFCA638D4F00B916295FFB3BD069"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (c)—</text> <subparagraph id="HD3F4250B3C234571B716ABB8B1B2755"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>(c) The action</quote> and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block id="HD3E3AEC4D47F4E7FB56C08EFB421AED1" style="OLC"> <subsection id="H478D842A8D9C449083CE17F22DCF37FA"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Treatment of disqualification and penalty determinations</header> <paragraph id="H932F4A4CFF264F3D9FECD89388F8E0F9"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Review</header><text>The action</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>; and </after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H62339DC5360F4F7C8F57B131D518D4C6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>coupons</quote> and inserting <quote>benefits</quote>; </text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC9982537C78B447B85FEFB822766C7B5"><enum>(6)</enum><text>in subsection (d) by striking <quote>coupons</quote> in each place it appears and inserting <quote>benefits</quote>;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HDB45097950254C44BCB84684F677053"><enum>(7)</enum><text>in subsection (f) by striking <quote>food coupons</quote> and inserting <quote>benefits</quote>;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HCA22706FEEA847D4BC332D7EDA43E16E"><enum>(8)</enum><text>by redesignating subsection (c) through (g) as subsection (d) through (h), respectively;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HF3338396536C4DD5B9DCFB1149FFBF8F"><enum>(9)</enum><text> inserting after subsection (b) the following:</text> <quoted-block id="H62CAE0FD6F024852933BE0300D5505E" style="OLC"> <subsection id="H6692040D36C543068600001F7C84F992"><enum>(c)</enum><text>In addition to a disqualification under subsection (b), the Secretary may assess a civil monetary penalty of up to $100,000;</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph> <paragraph id="H0CE5E6C71AAD4E708F6031589FA69D48"><enum>(10)</enum><text>by adding at the end:</text> <quoted-block id="HCA59AEB98DB8452FB9ED98C9F9E444FC" style="OLC"> <subsection id="H80132CDBB8284BB49710FDFCA075E49"><enum>(i)</enum><text>The Secretary shall, in consultation with the Inspector General of the Department of Agriculture, provide for procedures by which the processing of benefit redemptions for certain retail food stores and wholesale food concerns may be immediately suspended pending administrative action to disqualify such a store or concern. Under the procedures prescribed pursuant to this subsection, if the Secretary, in consultation with the Inspector General, determines that a retail food store or wholesale food concern is engaged in flagrant violations of this Act or the regulations issued pursuant to this Act, unsettled benefits that have been redeemed by the retail food store or wholesale food concern may be suspended and, if the suspension is upheld, subject to forfeiture pursuant to section 12(g). If the disqualification action not upheld, suspended funds held by the Secretary shall be released to such store or such concern. The Secretary shall not be liable for the value of any interest on funds suspended under this subsection.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section> <section id="H8C0628AE753B4125896811CA569613A8" section-type="subsequent-section" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>4011.</enum><header>Major systems failures</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 13(b) of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2022">7 U.S.C. 2022(b)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block id="H269AAF6D1B364628B900D52D15285698" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="H65D10DFD98014EBBB78921CB2633E9C2"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Over issuances caused by systemic state errors</header> <subparagraph id="HFB9F1196B0A04007B176F8F0ADD8107E"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>If the Secretary determines that a State agency over issued benefits to a substantial number of households in a fiscal year as a result of a major systemic error by the State agency, as determined by the Secretary, the Secretary may prohibit the State agency from collecting these over issuances from some or all households.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H619200EFD7B0430788F0B448D59187B1"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Procedures</header> <clause id="HC14B495628C046AEA4B5C3F64EFC7EC0"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Information reporting by states</header><text>Every State agency shall provide to the Secretary all information requested by the Secretary concerning the issuance of benefits to households by the State agency in the applicable fiscal year.</text></clause> <clause id="HDD5448F58EF54A9688EB3CD4CC92287E"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Final determination</header><text>After reviewing relevant information provided by a State agency, the Secretary shall make a final determination—</text> <subclause id="H6D6C47DABD4C4701978FB79020F8A54C"><enum>(I)</enum><text>whether the State agency over issued benefits to a substantial number of households as a result of a systemic error in the applicable fiscal year; and</text></subclause> <subclause id="H1572A5A5E0A1471C997B7081123F9920"><enum>(II)</enum><text>as to the amount of the over issuance in the applicable fiscal year for which the State agency is liable.</text></subclause></clause> <clause id="HF52B09FA71F741B0BA556E87DDEDB68"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Establishing a claim</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Upon determining under clause (ii) that a State agency has over issued benefits to households due to a major systemic error determined under subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall establish a claim against the State agency equal to the value of the over issuance caused by the systemic error.</text></clause> <clause id="HE63B5AA00CCC4C34AFA4B4DEB92EC9A8"><enum>(iv)</enum><header>Administrative and judicial review</header><text>Administrative and judicial review, as provided in section 14, shall apply to the final determinations by the Secretary under clause (ii).</text></clause> <clause id="H5C9ECC43B93E4E1BA5722C89F69D00DA"><enum>(v)</enum><header>Remission to the secretary</header> <subclause id="H46A8E54F9B0E480C869071002D6ECCC5"><enum>(I)</enum><header>Determination not appealed</header><text>If the determination of the Secretary under clause (ii) is not appealed, the State agency shall, as soon as practicable, remit to the Secretary the dollar amount specified in the claim under clause (iii).</text></subclause> <subclause id="HCF01D3A00F5B46418CC56471EDEE7857"><enum>(II)</enum><header>Determination appealed</header><text>If the determination of the Secretary under clause (ii) is appealed, upon completion of administrative and judicial review under clause (iv), and a finding of liability on the part of the State, the appealing State agency shall, as soon as practicable, remit to the Secretary a dollar amount subject to the finding of the administrative and judicial review.</text></subclause></clause> <clause id="HE308A9C19BEF463F8D25292987169B11"><enum>(vi)</enum><header>Alternative method of collection</header> <subclause id="H2CCA630962174965901B00C3D2A60020"><enum>(I)</enum><header>In general</header><text>If a State agency fails to make a payment under clause (v) within a reasonable period of time, as determined by the Secretary, the Secretary may reduce any amount due to the State agency under any other provision of this Act by the amount due.</text></subclause> <subclause id="H99E02C59F882410BB27C7FD831F1E731"><enum>(II)</enum><header>Accrual of interest</header><text>During the period of time determined by the Secretary to be reasonable under subclause (I), interest in the amount owed shall not accrue.</text></subclause></clause> <clause id="H10FCD8DD65E144F1AB621C322C3321E2"><enum>(vii)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>Any liability amount established under section 16(c)(1)(C) shall be reduced by the amount of the claim established under this subparagraph.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section> <section id="HCB67D8BA1DC2414088EE13EF782B6E1D"><enum>4012.</enum><header>Funding of employment and training programs</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 16(h)(1) of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2025">7 U.S.C. 2025(h)(1)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H166B26703DD2446BB59CC79796A8767D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A)(vii) by striking <quote>fiscal years 2002 through 2007</quote> and inserting <quote>fiscal years 2008 through 2012</quote>; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H6FDDF6AF3C4B4A1896819BA9E799DCF9"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subparagraph (E)(i) by striking <quote>fiscal years 2002 through 2007</quote> and inserting <quote>fiscal years 2008 through 2012</quote>.</text></paragraph></section> <section id="H14D7301371854EB98BCBE12FB8F137B0"><enum>4013.</enum><header>Reductions in payments for administrative costs</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 16(k)(3) of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2025">7 U.S.C. 2025(k)(3)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H1314016C5F7744FEAE5972B590F9F46E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A) by striking <quote>2007</quote> and inserting <quote>2012</quote>; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC04A11A82A32408EBCE2D369E0656200"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (B)(ii) by striking <quote>2007</quote> and inserting <quote>2012</quote>.</text></paragraph></section> <section id="H5E119A4298DD4AF081F2DDA4F4A22774"><enum>4014.</enum><header>Cash payment pilot projects</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 17(b)(1)(B)(vi) of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2026">7 U.S.C. 2026(b)(1)(B)(vi)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2007</quote> and inserting <quote>2012</quote>.</text></section> <section id="H7AE7F4DE3BC14FDEBF98ADA1402B28B1" section-type="subsequent-section" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>4015.</enum><header>Findings of Congress regarding Secure Supplemental Nutrition Assistance program nutrition education</header> <subsection id="H2CF21A140E98421B84386E97ADAD857B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Findings</header><text>The Congress finds the following:</text> <paragraph id="H102F2F2E90E54B04A75FE17EF12EE1E4"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Nutrition education under the Food Stamp Act of 1977 plays an essential role in improving the dietary and physical activity practices of low income Americans, helping to reduce food insecurity, prevent obesity, and reduce the risks of chronic disease.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE98A721218E343F9BA139D61412075DF"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Expert bodies, such as the Institute of Medicine, indicate that dietary and physical activity behavior change is more likely to result from the combined application of public health approaches and education than from individual education alone.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC0F1546FEA274ADD825549C114356306"><enum>(3)</enum><text>State programs are currently implementing such nutrition education using effective strategies, including direct education, group activities, and social marketing.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H197C02104ACC401CA1403CD165C06958"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Support nutrition education</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Agriculture should support and encourage the most effective interventions for nutrition education under the Food Stamp Act of 1977, including public health approaches as well as traditional education, to increase the likelihood that recipients of Secure Supplemental Nutrition Assistance benefits and those who are potentially eligible for such benefits will choose diets and physical activity practices consistent with the Dietary Guidelines for Americans. To promote the most effective implementation of publicly funded programs, State nutrition education activities under the Food Stamp Act of 1977 should be coordinated with other federally funded food assistance and public health programs and should leverage public/private partnerships to maximize resources and impact.</text></subsection></section> <section id="H7ADA6B8131E04CC3A3CA23EBD9E99121" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>4016.</enum><header>Nutrition education and promotion initiative to address obesity</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 17 of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2026">7 U.S.C. 2026</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H0B46E40B629F4776BBE10EE740289DB"> <subsection id="HE7F125A2BB284285A60610002E81E535"><enum>(k)</enum><header>Nutrition education and promotion initiative to address obesity</header> <paragraph id="HD66B9332097C4DD1B27EA3CAB9D027CB"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall establish a demonstration program, to be known as the <quote>Initiative to Address Obesity Among Low-Income Americans</quote> (referred to in this subsection as the <quote>Initiative</quote>), to develop and implement solutions to reduce obesity in the United States.</text> <subparagraph id="HD62F7291D3024EE5BEB00007CD3E93E"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Selection</header><text>The Secretary shall solicit and competitively select demonstration proposals for strategies to address obesity among low-income Americans.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H8DC1463D273542759306CAAFE7CEEA00"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Evaluation</header><text>The effectiveness of these strategies shall be rigorously evaluated to assess the impact on overweight and obesity among low-income persons.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H5C8D116E02DB4974A5AFACAE00D32CFA"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Dissemination</header><text>Evaluation results shall be shared broadly to inform policy makers, service providers, other partners, and the public in order to promote wide use of successful strategies.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H0BFE46DDB94343F09EB6798296A5AC22"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Grants</header> <subparagraph id="H0764BD64A30D4C39BD1EE53EA8F6D601"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In carrying out the Initiative, the Secretary may enter into competitively awarded contracts or cooperative agreements with, or grants to, public or private organizations or agencies as defined by the Secretary, for use in accordance with projects that meet the strategy goals of the Initiative.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HDC8D762F6D6740B5AA18CFD866C16EE8"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Application</header><text>To be eligible to receive a contract, cooperative agreement, or grant under this paragraph, an organization shall submit to the Secretary an application at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary may require.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H4107F744EC674E469B48796770577900"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Selection criteria</header><text>Demonstration proposals shall be evaluated against publicly disseminated criteria that include—</text> <clause id="H0295830A33CF4CEA80F8E5FD2C28F15C"><enum>(i)</enum><text>identification of a low-income target audience that corresponds to individuals living in households with incomes at or below 185 percent of the poverty level;</text></clause> <clause id="H3024FC628FE6491094E6F69CF7F6CEE6"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>incorporation of a scientifically-based strategy that is designed to improve diet quality through more healthful food purchases, preparation, or consumption;</text></clause> <clause id="H32A2EF5B83E64DBA838D565D67BF008C"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>a commitment to a demonstration plan that allows for a rigorous outcome evaluation, including data collection; and</text></clause> <clause id="H05189E729A034097A58BE02B19A95F4D"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>other criteria, as determined by the Secretary.</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H0271D6A6E01F44AF8E314D8300A2F1BF"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Use of funds</header> <clause id="H8B01672DCD8446AD85F1AEFE5701CA45"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Prohibition</header><text>Funds shall not be used for projects that limit the use of benefits.</text></clause> <clause id="H641ED754BFE6476DB8B3ECB451ABD3F1"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Monitoring and evaluation</header><text>The Secretary may use funds provided for the Initiative to pay costs associated with monitoring, evaluation, and dissemination of the Initiative’s findings.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H1BDEE3F03A2C4272A8CA9960C56E95BC"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this subsection $10,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2008 through 2012, except that no new grants may be made under this subsection after September 30, 2012.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section> <section id="H9CD753D692164CAA009D337430519B68"><enum>4017.</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 18(a)(1) of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2027">7 U.S.C. 2027(a)(1)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2003 through 2007</quote> and inserting <quote>2008 through 2012</quote>. </text></section> <section id="HEE0051C6A3B143478381311BB8528218"><enum>4018.</enum><header>Consolidated block grants for Puerto Rico and American Samoa</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline"> Section 19(a)(2)(A)(ii) of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2028">7 U.S.C. 2028(a)(2)(A)(ii)</external-xref>) is amended in subparagraph (A)(ii) by striking <quote>2007</quote> and inserting <quote>2012</quote>.</text></section> <section id="H02E97D4DF98E48C2A35FA74DDA02D709"><enum>4019.</enum><header>Study on comparable access to Secure Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits for Puerto Rico</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 19 of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2028">7 U.S.C. 2028</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block id="HD9B73C84106E4F6CBD4B65DC5800EB83" style="OLC"> <subsection id="HBAE914D604C44950B82585C8BCC8C58"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Study</header><text>The Secretary shall conduct a study of the feasibility and effects of including the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico under section 3(m), in lieu of providing the block grant under this section. The study shall include—</text> <paragraph id="HFC356375AACA4B5DA3C0394C1618F4AA"><enum>(1)</enum><text>an assessment of the administrative, financial management, and other changes that would be required by the Commonwealth to establish a comparable Secure Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H143A1CD03DDF45399C8B84C056C3137"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a discussion of the appropriate program rules under the other sections of the Act, such as benefit levels under section 3(o), income eligibility standards under sections 5 and 6, and deduction levels under section 5(e), for the Commonwealth to establish a comparable Secure Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H4B5A56B2F1C84EEFA07FFB4052374D00"><enum>(3)</enum><text>an estimate of the impact on Federal and Commonwealth benefit and administrative costs;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H9C9911775D4945FE91DB657BA24E98A2"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an estimate of the impact of the Secure Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program on hunger and food insecurity among low-income Puerto Ricans, and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H1172A4D2A6584CDF9D9B2C71E200E7EF"><enum>(5)</enum><text>such other findings as the Secretary deems appropriate.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section> <section id="H6B5C4E03BEDE41A79FA4648939D97E01"><enum>4020.</enum><header>Reauthorization of community food project competitive grants</header> <subsection id="H6432877C16C3494A88F51600A08EF852"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>Section 25 of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (U.S.C. 2034) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H04650251C24747DD8E00235843DC6812"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsections (c), (d), (e)(1), and (f)(1) by striking <quote>subsection (b)</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>subsection (g)</quote>;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H585748ECCE614762BB7E10733EA98680"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking subsection (b);</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H3E0E607B4105475E95AD485024230521"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by redesignating subsections (c) through (g) as subsections (b) through (f), respectively; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H6B80533DF98245FE9F22EEB883FCF503"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (f) the following:</text> <quoted-block id="HDAA11DC4687A45D4B49EA49685D0093" style="OLC"> <subsection id="HA49087667AFC4FA3856200F47CBFDAB"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to make grants available to assist eligible private nonprofit entities to establish and carry out community food projects $30,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2008 through 2012.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H1A474A1C2FAF4BAA8F3B5DBFA67D327C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Preferences for certain projects</header><text>Subsection (c) of section 25 of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2034">7 U.S.C. 2034</external-xref>), as so redesignated by subsection (a) of this section, is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H521066B3167842199D8219008D65E191"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (3) by striking <quote>or</quote> at the end;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H56328F728F2A491CB86BD8F5448E71C0"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (4) by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; or</quote>; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H22B8CDD565C041C790227B34D0E8094C"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block id="H24DF34BFAFF64365BA959E5E19A4D052" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="HD7E9E30B4DBE4695AF3532E98504F725"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">serve special needs in areas of—</text> <subparagraph id="H0ED731E5244F43678628C063D2963CFA"><enum>(A)</enum><text>transportation and processing for expanding institutional and emergency food service demand for local food;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H539078AF48FF4C6388DE2B9BB70976DB"><enum>(B)</enum><text>retail access to healthy foods in underserved markets;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HF15DB9E322E54483809F2879F05BE6D6"><enum>(C)</enum><text>integration of urban and metro-area food production in food projects; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HF03FE03C7A6E41C5AF4189995BE68BEC"><enum>(D)</enum><text>technical assistance for youth, socially disadvantaged individuals, and limited resource groups.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block></after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HFF34E5F4351E438C9C96FC8030C0BB46"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Matching fund requirements</header><text>Subsection (d)(1) of section 25 of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2034">7 U.S.C. 2034</external-xref>), as so redesignated by subsection (a) of this section, is amended by striking <quote>50</quote> and inserting <quote>75</quote>.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H57B4B38F54114DC3BA217F85EB2FFDD1"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Term of grant</header><text>Subsection (e)(2) of section 25 of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2034">7 U.S.C. 2034(e)(2)</external-xref>), as so redesignated by subsection (a) of this section, is amended by striking <quote>3</quote> and inserting <quote>5</quote>.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H66F15CF6C8AD4FA0A94C23AC842BDC0"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Funding for innovative programs</header><text>Subsection (h)(4) of section 25 of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2034">7 U.S.C. 2034</external-xref>), as so redesignated by subsection (a) of this section, is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HB5B5C1C6281440308000627DBBF23976"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>fiscal years 2003 though 2007</quote> and inserting <quote>fiscal years 2008 through 2012</quote>; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HED332A7519A5490495AD9CD2418FB03C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking <quote>200,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$500,000</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="H08F590FA936947928119A4CCC5B18E70"><enum>4021.</enum><header>Emergency food assistance</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 27(a) of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2036">7 U.S.C. 2036(a)</external-xref>) is amended by striking “2007” and inserting “2012”. </text></section></subtitle> <subtitle id="HAC5E0F05C950486C00CBAFA5BD212F5C"><enum>B</enum><header>Commodity Distribution</header> <section id="HCED864352A694B7C8944139B1BE94900"><enum>4201.</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 204(a)(1) of the Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/7508">7 U.S.C. 7508(a)(1)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>$60,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2003 through 2007</quote> and inserting <quote> $100,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2008 through 2012</quote>.</text></section> <section id="H5321107632FF4247B85E40F473E53D1"><enum>4202.</enum><header>Distribution of surplus commodities; special nutrition projects</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1114(a)(2)(A) of the Agriculture and Food Act of 1981 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1431e">7 U.S.C. 1431e(a)(2)(A)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2007</quote> and inserting <quote>2012</quote>.</text></section> <section id="H75763EF3CF834184B2DDA147E8EFCB76" section-type="subsequent-section" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>4203.</enum><header>Commodity distribution program</header> <subsection id="H4A64F77990FC46DEB15200789540A78F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Commodity distribution program</header><text>Section 4 of the Agriculture and Consumer Protection Act of 1973 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/612c">7 U.S.C. 612c</external-xref> note) is amended by striking <quote>2007</quote> and inserting <quote>2012</quote>.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HCB014C1714934D318D6F1DB38B30C83C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Commodity supplemental food program</header><text>Section 5 of the Agriculture and Consumer Protection Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/612c">7 U.S.C. 612c</external-xref> note) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HBD25241FC470433AB677C8A9F996AB5"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (a)—</text> <subparagraph id="H7317025200674436B036C3CA47B40042"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1) by striking <quote>fiscal years 2003 through 2007</quote> and inserting <quote>for fiscal year 2008 and each fiscal year thereafter</quote>; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HD7583D771D4F40ACA6F86E3903654191"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)(B)—</text> <clause id="H6535B16115B04A73007C1134F76C5E6D"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in the heading by striking in <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">2007</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">2012</header-in-text></quote>; and</text></clause> <clause id="HBD61D284BB074CE0B1FD473293007655"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>2007</quote> and inserting <quote>2012</quote>;</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H65583F1AC9CB41FE983770229294A2F6"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (d)(2) by inserting <quote>, and for each fiscal year thereafter,</quote> after <quote>2007</quote>;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HB5F03BC64F844E7C9B66B07F5EB94B8C"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by amending subsection (g) to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block id="HDAED4F11C1454D12B97CF221C5660B8" style="OLC"> <subsection id="HE37B13FACC8B497494751B73254C1B56"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Use of resources</header><text>Each local agency shall use funds made available to the agency to provide assistance under the program to low-income elderly individuals, women, infants, and children in need for food assistance in accordance with such regulations as the Secretary may prescribe.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD20A8C0996B54CF19C27CD5800D768ED"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraphs (2) and (3) of subsection (h) by inserting <quote>elderly individuals,</quote> before <quote>pregnant</quote>; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H1EA459B61F314B1D9FC0E8C03FEFE500"><enum>(5)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following: </text> <quoted-block id="H4FCED63FD783412E9D00F6CAD4738818" style="OLC"> <subsection id="H30EDB1E30C3E4B44BA0500FC63CA8EA7"><enum>(m)</enum><header>Income eligibility standards</header><text>The Secretary shall establish maximum income eligibility standards to be used in conjunction with such other risk criteria as may be appropriate in determining eligibility for the program. Such income standards shall be the same for all pregnant, postpartum, and breastfeeding women, for infants, for children, and for elderly individuals qualifying for the program, and shall not exceed the maximum income limit prescribed under section 17(d)(2)(A)(i) of the Child Nutrition Action of 1966 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1786">42 U.S.C. 1786(d)(2)(A)(i)</external-xref>).</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection></section></subtitle> <subtitle id="H0C4F0691CF16487A889B05A6357C2074"><enum>C</enum><header>Child Nutrition and Related Programs</header> <section id="H4F890030F2684B23A73BF9D9CAC15BBB" section-type="subsequent-section" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>4301.</enum><header>Purchase of fresh fruits and vegetables for distribution to schools and service institutions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 10603 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/612c-4">7 U.S.C. 612c–4</external-xref>) is amended by striking subsection (b) and inserting the following new subsection:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H11B9E61C4B9F4C43B2E0F9F82933691" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <subsection id="H60F9DC0AB41248CCBFD0E8930194556B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Purchase of fresh fruits and vegetables for distribution to schools and service institutions</header> <paragraph id="HCE297E240A2F496B82D99986605F0099"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Purchase authority</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Agriculture shall purchase fresh fruits and vegetables for distribution to schools and service institutions in accordance with section 6(a) of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1755">42 U.S.C. 1755(a)</external-xref>), using, of the amount specified in subsection (a)—</text> <subparagraph id="H2A442801D099492085114D006B7FA23" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">not less than $50,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2008 and 2009; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H28C3A26EF89B44C2A2C62B427DA5F14E"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">not less than $75,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2010 through 2012.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H7AACD91D83D041CBA2171CF3BA2959C6"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Servicing agency</header><text>The Secretary of Agriculture may provide for the Secretary of Defense to serve as the servicing agency for the procurement of the fresh fruits and vegetables under this subsection on the same terms and conditions as provided in the memorandum of agreement entered into between the Agricultural Marketing Service, the Food and Consumer Service, and the Defense Personnel Support Center during August 1995 (or any successor memorandum of agreement).</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section> <section id="H66E438B15C9E4950878561A2BA9F0065" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>4302.</enum><header>Buy American requirements</header> <subsection id="H6BE7B549F7654576BEEAB2860093F943"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Findings</header><text>The Congress finds the following:</text> <paragraph id="H0456F51B9EC34563BDA1D6CA26D19B4"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Federal law requires that commodities and products purchased with Federal funds be, to the extent practicable, of domestic origin.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H1CDF52EE100E407F85CDBEA648392FA8"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Federal Buy American statutory requirements seek to ensure that purchases made with Federal funds benefit domestic producers.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HDA2DA15D806248E3A5616287008576E0"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act requires the use of domestic food products for all meals served under the program, including foods products purchased with local funds.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HCC752446FF3048F49D73AFD420DB1152"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Buy American statutory requirements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Department of Agriculture should undertake training, guidance, and enforcement of the various current Buy American statutory requirements and regulations, including those of the National School Lunch Act and the DOD Fresh program.</text></subsection></section> <section id="HFFFB3B19E72C4B99A3B1AF7FCB13D89" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>4303.</enum><header>Expansion of fresh fruit and vegetable program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 18 of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1769">42 U.S.C. 1769</external-xref>) is amended in subsection (g)—</text> <paragraph id="H562469170A234AE8B229710668F8E015"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)—</text> <subparagraph id="HEF6FD5DC01CD413A88F3B3209E4C5037"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>July 2004</quote> and inserting <quote>July 2007</quote>; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H1E47B21D75B34D7D8F99C676DEA84B95" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (1) by amending subparagraphs (A) and (B) to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="HC0A5FBE25F1F4E1CACAB1847FA00823C"> <subparagraph id="H0C95778F43C34710B4911CDFFAAC6D74"><enum>(A)</enum><text>35 elementary or secondary schools in each State;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H399D8643A696421FBCE46FDB414200D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>additional elementary or secondary schools in each State in proportion to the student population of the State; and</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HA515AC5033E54C2F8F7B2E6755171599" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (3)(A) by striking <quote>paragraph (1)(B)</quote> and inserting <quote>paragraph (1)</quote>;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H5B0DC49C70C04350A4CD78061B239C9C"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in paragraph (5) in each of subparagraphs (A) and (B), by striking <quote>2008</quote> and inserting <quote>2012</quote>; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H2A19AF70F0244A3FA730F258776FB0C1"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in paragraph (6)(B)—</text> <subparagraph id="HCD0D6B6EAEB94034B93E2769F0558720"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in clause (i)—</text> <clause id="H4AD6FF72CA05442AACA15A22B238644"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>October 1, 2004, and on each October 1 thereafter,</quote> and inserting <quote>October 1, 2007, and on each October 1 thereafter,</quote>; and</text></clause> <clause id="H4DC8AC7609BF445A80FF8E7262E5F63F"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>$9,000,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$70,000,000</quote>; and</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H21AA5718AC8E4C3C8BE3D76E4B711D96"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H3985C3F0F9E74CBBB7ED7184CE6E98CB"> <clause id="H0D29DEA4C69647E0B84C69AA00E71C15"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Administrative expenses</header><text>For fiscal year 2009 and each fiscal year thereafter, of the amount available to carry out this subsection, the Secretary may reserve not more than 1 percent of that amount for administrative expenses in carrying out this subsection.</text></clause> <clause id="H217CA2859E844723AF5E6EFEC03300C9"><enum>(iv)</enum><header>State administrative costs</header><text>For fiscal year 2009 and each fiscal year thereafter, of the amount received by a State to carry out this subsection, the State may use not more than 5 percent of that amount for administrative expenses in carrying out this subsection. To be eligible to use such funds for such expenses, the State must submit to the Secretary a plan indicating how the State intends to use such funds.</text></clause> <clause id="HCE0849C46F164DC4BC9CDFCBD2EAC25C"><enum>(v)</enum><header>Federal requirements</header><text>The Secretary shall establish requirements to be followed by States in administering this subsection. The initial set of requirements shall be established not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this clause.</text></clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph></section> <section id="HAF94BE17EC944B45B8D069B0D200DCBB" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>4304.</enum><header>Purchases of locally produced foods</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 9(j) of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1758">42 U.S.C. 1758(j)</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF6FB136DAA08406E89B4A9B0EDE2BDA6" style="OLC"> <subsection id="H39829CC7528749F390B0029D53B29CC5"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Purchases of locally produced foods</header><text>The Secretary shall—</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9C0C1B3C5D5141E40063D818F162B5B3"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">encourage institutions receiving funds under this Act and the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1771">42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.</external-xref>) to purchase locally produced foods, to the maximum extent practicable and appropriate;</text></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H77C28749C26A469C895378A6B7D11053"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">advise institutions participating in a program described in paragraph (1) of the policy described in that paragraph and post information concerning the policy on the website maintained by the Secretary; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H60E429381AFE4C36A8649477B655C849"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">allow institutions receiving funds under this Act and the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1771">42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.</external-xref>), including the Department of Defense Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program, to use a geographic preference for the procurement of locally produced foods.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section></subtitle> <subtitle id="H47B30D9476424C9EAFC9C9B676DE7A1"><enum>D</enum><header>Miscellaneous</header> <section id="HFB7F6BF9625C4F8193ED00249952902B"><enum>4401.</enum><header>Seniors farmers’ market nutrition program</header> <subsection id="H253EF18C6A7240A3AA09FF9BBFF88FAC"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Amendment</header><text>Section 4402 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/3007">7 U.S.C. 3007</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H06040781B8B34AD690D6A2F7BCB8EA1E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H9F9FA4D88FDA4C358D34CFF193B676FA" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <subsection id="HA2835A96BB2F496AB2AA80E22E2A567"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Authorization</header> <paragraph id="H485368F4992749BDA18E00DCABD4F740"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The Secretary of Agriculture shall use $15,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2008 through 2012 of the funds available to the Commodity Credit Corporation to carry out and expand the seniors farmers’ market nutrition program.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H678F8397F227481491BC25A0A93AC00"><enum>(2)</enum><text>There are authorized to be appropriated $20,000,000 for fiscal year 2008, $30,000,000 for fiscal year 2009, $45,000,000 for fiscal year 2010, $60,000,000 for fiscal year 2011, and $75,000,000 for fiscal year 2012 to carry out and expand the seniors farmers’ market nutrition program.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph> <paragraph id="H7AF789CA5D0A41FEA09270B6A8413C89"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b)(1) by inserting <quote>honey,</quote> after <quote>vegetables,</quote>;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H9BB9B53561BA419ABD1BB2A58BC625C"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by amending subsection (c) to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block id="HD6B580BADCD2460FA2E985D1EEFD50C4" style="OLC"> <subsection id="H2D6A887F8E3E4631A4F375D8082146CA"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Exclusion of benefits in determining eligibility for other programs</header><text>The value of any benefit provided to any eligible seniors farmers’ market nutrition program recipient under this section shall not be considered to be income or resources for any purposes under any Federal, State, or local law.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD63D95B10E3C4E4FABEA6089D01B2300"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block id="H18833A83440A4A33B2E250B98631993E" style="OLC"> <subsection id="H8F4D72EC1AC44C3D94EDEBC03B60E900"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Prohibition on collection of sales tax</header><text>The State shall ensure that no State or local taxes are collected within the State on purchases of food with coupons distributed under the seniors farmers’ market nutrition program.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H4F0274FF5E0A4E6099E219C81D6C3ECD"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Regulations</header><text>The Secretary may issue such regulations as the Secretary considers necessary to carry out the seniors farmers’ market nutrition program.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="H662E8285FB5E49489DB53E04824BB159" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>4402.</enum><header>Congressional Hunger Center</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline"> Section 4404 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1621">7 U.S.C. 1621</external-xref> note) is amended to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H90E7278030F94E91846EBF1333CD84E8" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <section id="H54B5C9883C314A2582D669102A18332"><enum>4404.</enum><header>Bill Emerson national hunger fellows and Mickey Leland international hunger fellows</header> <subsection id="HCC87FAE3AB024C3F0081D0001CD1B4D7"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Short title</header><text>This section may be cited as the <quote><short-title>Bill Emerson National Hunger Fellows and Mickey Leland International Hunger Fellows Program Act of 2007</short-title></quote>.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H942FD0938F8C4D5097AA6662C69F6C00"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Findings</header><text>The Congress finds as follows:</text> <paragraph id="H817BE151A86A4233B0E6E09529C89AD"><enum>(1)</enum><text>There is a critical need for compassionate individuals who are committed to assisting people who suffer from hunger to initiate and administer solutions to the hunger problem.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H3D81535CA1BB466CAEF908EAAF95C773"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Bill Emerson, the distinguished late Representative from the 8th District of Missouri, demonstrated his commitment to solving the problem of hunger in a bipartisan manner, his commitment to public service, and his great affection for the institution and ideals of the Congress of the United States.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H4866CB718E9E470ABFCDCD39823FFA94"><enum>(3)</enum><text>George T. (Mickey) Leland, the distinguished late Representative from the 18th District of Texas, demonstrated his compassion for those in need, his high regard for public service, and his lively exercise of political talents.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H5BE9339EF502442D001FF13DD489035B"><enum>(4)</enum><text>The special concern that Mr. Emerson and Mr. Leland demonstrated during their lives for the hungry and poor was an inspiration for others to work toward the goals of equality and justice for all.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD77159B7D4B14960A30626A4A95E19A8"><enum>(5)</enum><text>These two outstanding leaders maintained a special bond of friendship regardless of political affiliation and worked together to encourage future leaders to recognize and provide service to others, and therefore it is especially appropriate to honor the memory of Mr. Emerson and Mr. Leland by creating a fellowship program to develop and train the future leaders of the United States to pursue careers in humanitarian service.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HF879D9875E164496909B8123F3FFDE89"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text> <paragraph id="HD9C73C10E3A04F519C7600E9F98E4229"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Administrator</header><text>The term <quote>Administrator</quote> means—</text> <subparagraph id="H0B835756A64D4A5D898F53EE779DCD3B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>if the Secretary of Agriculture enters into a contract described in subsection (d)(3), the head of the Congressional Hunger Center; or</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H143C5B09ED4B434EB3DD4C2D51B1469C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>if the Secretary does not enter into such a contract, the Secretary.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H49DE9F014BD84B4ABAC692AA9C48734B"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Fellow</header><text>The term <quote>fellow</quote> means—</text> <subparagraph id="HDFBCA6ED30A046939BD3216FBE910A3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a Bill Emerson Hunger Fellow; or</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H8107BF15DA3E4ADB8CDFFDDC397F7F52"><enum>(B) </enum><text>a Mickey Leland Hunger Fellow</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H4B9024AACFED44009223ABB2DEDC587B"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Fellowship programs</header><text>The term <quote>Fellowship Programs</quote> means the Bill Emerson National Hunger Fellowship Program and the Mickey Leland International Hunger Fellowship Program established by subsection (d).</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H14CFE9B47A034F9A8F8BCFC69ED740EB"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Fellowship program</header><text>There is established in the Department of Agriculture the Bill Emerson National Hunger Fellowship Program and the Mickey Leland International Hunger Fellowship Program.</text> <paragraph id="H4ECDDB5131F641DAB9B84EC12DFBB4F"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Purposes</header><text>The purposes of the Fellowship Programs are—</text> <subparagraph id="HE1C84544037142DA837DC6F896A0D879"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to encourage future leaders of the United States to pursue careers in humanitarian and public service, to recognize the needs of low-income people and hungry people, and to provide assistance to people in need; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H5DB2362DEAA948A1AA90ACD6D4119A5"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to seek public policy solutions to the challenges of hunger and poverty, to provide training and development opportunities for such leaders through placement in programs operated by appropriate organizations or entities.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H8110BD963BEE4CA6834DBFA78AAC62D"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Focus of programs</header> <subparagraph id="HA6ED3216D3284DEAB04E5DC609CAC24E"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Focus of bill emerson hunger fellowship program</header><text>The Bill Emerson Hunger Fellowship Program shall address hunger and poverty in the United States.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HE63F935B88D44B58A1E1F4602CFD177"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Focus of mickey leland hunger fellowship program</header><text>The Mickey Leland Hunger Fellowship Program shall address international hunger and other humanitarian needs.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H22E6379CB9254B0D8786002730DD6602"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Administration</header> <subparagraph id="HB88C0323CC234482B7A16D56F8DEED33"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subject to subparagraph (B), the Secretary shall offer to enter into a contract with the Congressional Hunger Center to administer the Fellowship Programs.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H8238353E828240D4BFDCF1777F2800A8"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Requirement</header><text>As a condition of a contract described in subparagraph (A), the Congressional Hunger Center shall agree to submit to Congress each year the results of an independent financial audit that demonstrates that the Congressional Hunger Center uses accounting procedures that conform to generally accepted accounting principles and auditing procedures that conform to <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/31/75">chapter 75</external-xref> of title 31, United States Code (commonly known as the <quote>Single Audit Act of 1984</quote>).</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H2D5B99367E3A4B43A357857B6500541B"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Fellowships</header> <paragraph id="H0D22A5A69C874988A1E8FAE1A1CD8DEF"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Administrator shall make available Bill Emerson Hunger Fellowships and Mickey Leland Hunger Fellowships in accordance with this subsection.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H64D3A07744A54847B8A8F52261F9B2C4"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Curriculum</header> <subparagraph id="H0726A2D5284B44188244D7094036F041"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The fellowship programs shall provide experience and training to develop the skills necessary to train fellows to carry out the purposes described in subsection (d)(1), including—</text> <clause id="H0E198089269145468DABB2DCCDB7AFA1"><enum>(i)</enum><text>training in direct service programs for the hungry and other anti-hunger programs in conjunction with community-based organizations through a program of field placement; and</text></clause> <clause id="HEBCD99EAA9834139A43512DCC2856220"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>providing experience in policy development through placement in a governmental entity or nongovernmental, nonprofit, or private sector organization.</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H5509AB2DB9C544219371F6AD4E9F98A7"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Work plan</header><text>To carry out subparagraph (A) and assist in the evaluation of the fellowships under paragraph (6), the Administrator shall, for each fellow, approve a work plan that identifies the target objectives for the fellow in the fellowship, including specific duties and responsibilities relating to those objectives.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HF6C2C657386C4922B2C833E11BDC8665"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Period of fellowship</header> <subparagraph id="H6B8B57B743FB4F378C2FB8D3C73F6CB"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Emerson fellow</header><text>A Bill Emerson Hunger Fellowship awarded under this subsection shall be for not more than 15 months.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H6B0C8B748FAE46B8A01616AF975B9C5C"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Leland fellow</header><text>A Mickey Leland Hunger Fellowship awarded under this subsection shall be for not more than 2 years.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H02C37A3CD7E64916943BEAEBF9A37775"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Selection of fellows</header> <subparagraph id="HB9DC49EA49FB4E31AD00912090212C12"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Fellowships shall be awarded pursuant to a nationwide competition established by the Administrator.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HCA1730685A1E48E18D38A02786341BFE"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Qualifications</header><text>A successful program applicant shall be an individual who has demonstrated—</text> <clause id="H9003EA11CF2246B086F1CF4420DCFA7F"><enum>(i)</enum><text>an intent to pursue a career in humanitarian service and outstanding potential for such a career;</text></clause> <clause id="HB57AC8EA6582431394F485FB25CA0429"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>leadership potential or actual leadership experience;</text></clause> <clause id="H3837D08F5429471888E68F76140BE01"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>diverse life experience;</text></clause> <clause id="H7B090BF4DAC1423DA1FA203F2614A000"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>proficient writing and speaking skills;</text></clause> <clause id="H71375792656F476BA9CCA20670AC04F1"><enum>(v)</enum><text>an ability to live in poor or diverse communities; and</text></clause> <clause id="HDD43417836564C49B1E4A1CDADD2177"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>such other attributes as are considered to be appropriate by the Administrator.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE401E2E29F2B43F59C67ECB3CBE9D778"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Amount of award</header> <subparagraph id="H469EE806333A416B9D6F2E5E51795EFD"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>A fellow shall receive a living allowance during the term of the Fellowship and, subject to subparagraph (B), an end-of-service award.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HB33BF95548A74343B2B28EA2F22867D"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Requirement for successful completion of fellowship</header><text>Each fellow shall be entitled to receive an end-of-service award at an appropriate rate for each month of satisfactory service completed, as determined by the Administrator.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H510092B56CEE45659DFB5CB500810026"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Terms of fellowship</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A fellow shall not be considered an employee of—</text> <clause id="HD0273BCCD4E5432884C9DAFEFFC9E47B"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the Department of Agriculture;</text></clause> <clause id="H80E230F8E0E449B200FB9F9EBAFD10DE"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the Congressional Hunger Center; or</text></clause> <clause id="H9545CAB2236744DD9C1BE0EAD89CE4A4"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>a host agency in the field or policy placement of the fellow.</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HC2A189CCF3794442B946009435B1C00"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Recognition of fellowship award</header> <clause id="H3CAAEBCB1A314F02BCEE68178E009B92"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Emerson fellow</header><text>An individual awarded a fellowship from the Bill Emerson Hunger Fellowship shall be known as an <quote>Emerson Fellow</quote>.</text></clause> <clause id="HCA6257EBB8A14E61A351A6DCC011BA46"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Leland fellow</header><text>An individual awarded a fellowship from the Mickey Leland Hunger Fellowship shall be known as a <quote>Leland Fellow</quote>.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HCA9BD0E4647445028E23AE7177008600"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Evaluation</header><text>The Administrator shall conduct periodic evaluations of the Fellowship Programs.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H5154DF58482A457586F7380800789F1C"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Authority</header> <paragraph id="H996BF8E8A0284DD1972CE8303CC25900"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subject to paragraph (2), in carrying out this section, the Administrator may solicit, accept, use, and dispose of gifts, bequests, or devises of services or property, both real and personal, for the purpose of facilitating the work of the Fellowship Programs.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H4A17506AF96D47CAAAF2FE82FACB3DD4"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>Gifts, bequests, or devises of money and proceeds from sales of other property received as gifts, bequests, or devises shall be used exclusively for the purposes of the Fellowship Programs.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H546736258F1F40BF9F4DE57770636BAC"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Each year, the Administrator shall submit to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate a report that describes the activities and expenditures of the Fellowship Programs during the preceding fiscal year.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H79E1580BB4E04B7E85F87B9D1F517370"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Funding</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry out this section $3,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2008 through 2012.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section> <section id="HB8589CCB5C2C45E282D7F5BE6844E7CD"><enum>4403.</enum><header>Joint nutrition monitoring and related research activities</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Subtitle D of title IV of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/107/171">Public Law 107–171</external-xref>; 116 Stat. 333) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H438564DD6DBB4D139097393DA8F8E8C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating section 4405 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/2/1161">2 U.S.C. 1161</external-xref> note; <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/107/171">Public Law 107–171</external-xref>) as section 4406; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H008A124914204F0D82EE3D38C0E1A758"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting after section 4404 the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="HB6717CC88A18476DAC3D4CE609097019" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <section id="HA7E94DFA72CB4381B4D750C2C5369322"><enum>4405.</enum><header>Joint nutrition monitoring and related research activities</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall continue to provide jointly for national nutrition monitoring and related research activities carried out as of the date of enactment of this section—</text> <paragraph id="HCCDB29AB0E944AE4A66BC6875BF5C12B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to collect continuous dietary, health, physical activity, and diet and health knowledge data on a nationally representative sample;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H71523A10C18B4709B8AFAEF946B99D2"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to periodically collect data on special at-risk populations, as identified by the Secretaries;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H299191066672484B9880AAF5B607F5F0"><enum>(3)</enum><text>to distribute information on health, nutrition, the environment, and physical activity to the public in a timely fashion;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H6D80A58F086B4EEE9752C3A3BCC44E41"><enum>(4)</enum><text>to analyze new data that becomes available;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H6E85D0F377B6418687265367DA48C745"><enum>(5)</enum><text>to continuously update food composition tables; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H8D600531378E41E5973D9272E8E1E1CC"><enum>(6)</enum><text>to research and develop data collection methods and standards.</text></paragraph></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section></subtitle> <enum>V</enum><header>CREDIT</header> <toc container-level="title-container" quoted-block="no-quoted-block" lowest-level="section" idref="H8D8A912CD5C04DE8807975C7859979BC" regeneration="yes-regeneration" lowest-bolded-level="division-lowest-bolded"> <toc-entry idref="H365F7A2AD4A5496383B900C096180473" level="subtitle">Subtitle A—Farm ownership loans</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H07C3F8C38FF24A019C9846A364B2102F" level="section">Sec. 5001. Conservation loan guarantee program.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H304B420279534E2DA2F04B65CCA936A8" level="section">Sec. 5002. Limitations on amount of ownership loans.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="HDAEE08C57A7A4C72B6EA00EFB76CE358" level="section">Sec. 5003. Down payment loan program.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="HACF7E04AA1B9445D891B36C013BCE00" level="section">Sec. 5004. Beginning farmer and rancher contract land sales program.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H03DB8E70B4E5449BB197FF726B95FE8B" level="subtitle">Subtitle B—Operating loans</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H0B3559E942EE409993ED693C17D300A5" level="section">Sec. 5011. Limitations on amount of operating loans.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="HE80695C8AAF840C5966656C11F007C64" level="section">Sec. 5012. Suspension of limitation on period for which borrowers are eligible for guaranteed assistance.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H9197E42376D74CF8AAAC103900337EDB" level="subtitle">Subtitle C—Administrative provisions</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="HFD7551CCDAA149CDB408E8AFEA1CC2E" level="section">Sec. 5021. Inventory sales preferences.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H4EBCE65F8491498F85847942DA977DAB" level="section">Sec. 5022. Loan fund set-asides.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H1B3F9CCDD40E42E2A3DD826E32BAFAE2" level="section">Sec. 5023. Transition to private commercial or other sources of credit.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H1246D3EED2894495B5D424597C73F1F7" level="section">Sec. 5024. Extension of the right of first refusal to reacquire homestead property to immediate family members of borrower-owner.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H8985DA239626426283ACE99BB37C6682" level="section">Sec. 5025. Rural development and farm loan program activities.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="HC5808F73652D4C2EBB76CA19F2942FAE" level="subtitle">Subtitle D—Farm credit</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H4AF4D2A735EC4CEC83C14A66B33003D" level="section">Sec. 5031. Agribusiness loan eligibility.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H5A082B26CD854504AEA3A5DF8BE1C1B" level="section">Sec. 5032. Loan-to-asset value requirements.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H0E15AB4B1D334401A103DD6600BA9539" level="section">Sec. 5033. Population limit for single-family housing loans.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H62736E09E0BB4D558BF701A9C0780147" level="section">Sec. 5034. Bank for cooperatives voting stock.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H63D31BCBFA5144F58C105372D196CA48" level="section">Sec. 5035. Majority farmer control requirement.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H5202F435505140ECBB2C89F57EF500DB" level="section">Sec. 5036. Borrower stock requirement.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="HDC85C192EB534184B0DDF4003F8B62E1" level="section">Sec. 5037. Rural utility loans.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H8C8E508B3D474799962B77EE008E1C03" level="section">Sec. 5038. Farm Credit System Insurance Corporation.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="HEA172D86318F4E9A87D4F900133ECF37" level="section">Sec. 5039. Risk-based capital levels.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H71AA1ECD388C4254BFB3C7E3F0A74FAE" level="section">Sec. 5040. Loans to purchasers of highly fractioned lands.</toc-entry></toc> <subtitle id="H365F7A2AD4A5496383B900C096180473"><enum>A</enum><header>Farm ownership loans</header> <section id="H07C3F8C38FF24A019C9846A364B2102F" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>5001.</enum><header>Conservation loan guarantee program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 304 of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1924">7 U.S.C. 1924</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H1C15016A2EBD4118802B7222A2CF3215"> <section id="H917CC29028FE4726B41900F5F52681FE"><enum>304.</enum><header>Conservation loan guarantee program</header> <subsection id="HABD8AD15F0164F44BF430000865F5107"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary may provide a loan guarantee, an interest subsidy, or both, to enable an eligible borrower to obtain a qualified conservation loan.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H98E89F12035645CB84A843E3948333E0"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Priority</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In providing loan guarantees under this section, the Secretary shall give priority to—</text> <paragraph id="HAEA449E41C0B4E64B5B2208F14552C"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">qualified beginning farmers or ranchers;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H4577A7E9843B448089A99792AE391EEE"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">socially disadvantaged farmers or ranchers (as defined in section 355(e)(2));</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HBB4E68C492914093ADADB92CD245671C"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">owners or tenants who use the loans to covert to sustainable or organic agricultural production systems; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H0D2F844485F746F59480B624F15D0189"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">producers who use the loans to build conservation structures or establish conservation practices to comply with section 1212 of the Food Security Act of 1985.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HAB2C57A0CE754377A333BD82F55D2778"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text> <paragraph id="H614AECBCBD2B44B7B8CE764D23F97E7F"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Eligible borrower</header><text>The term <term>eligible borrower</term> means a farmer, rancher, farm cooperative, private domestic corporation, partnership, joint operation, trust, or limited liability company, that is engaged primarily and directly in agricultural production in the United States.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H3304549B088B465B009B7B038DDB314"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Qualified conservation loan</header><text>The term <term>qualified conservation loan</term> means a loan that meets the following requirements:</text> <subparagraph id="H50772BB84E6946B3B85B64965BA4F667"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Purpose</header><text>The loan proceeds are required to be used to cover the costs to the borrower of carrying out a qualified conservation project.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H6E8218B48BB9409AB5B4CC31D5DD47F5"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Principal amount</header><text>The principal amount of the loan is not more than $1,000,000.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HB00A427D0702474AAEBDE4E78FB273D0"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Repayment period</header><text>The loan repayment period shall not exceed 10 years.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H188E7C6DB2094EA99204EA43AA109862"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Limited processing fee</header><text>The total of all processing fees charged with respect to the loan does not exceed such amount as shall be prescribed by the Secretary.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H9FB4F5C5FA804857863F56E02700EB73"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Qualified conservation project</header><text>The term <term>qualified conservation project</term> means, with respect to an eligible borrower, conservation measures that address provisions of a conservation plan of the borrower.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H3FC7BA2BC777401992FB37A993A76EE7"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Conservation plan</header><text>The term <quote>conservation plan</quote> means a plan, approved by the Secretary, that, for a farming or ranching operation, identifies the conservation activities that will be addressed with guaranteed loan funds provided under this section, including—</text> <subparagraph id="HD9C4D5D5156C45929E00AC53FD94EDA3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the installation of conservation structures;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HB2FFF97C807143A4AAFDBD0061F5E68B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the establishment of forest cover for sustained yield timber management, erosion control, or shelter belt purposes;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H8C7C7C0165DC435097F6AF2E2781BC5D"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the installation of water conservation measures;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H25B456B1AD7945FD81183638FB54AAF8"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the installation of waste management systems;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H6FF947F444BC4B06953990BBC4F0CAC"><enum>(E)</enum><text>the establishment or improvement of permanent pasture;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H7127B70A96FA436B84C909550937E908"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">compliance with section 1212 of the Food Security Act of 1985;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H3A3B078637F642A8B3E32EB832EA29FA"><enum>(G)</enum><text>other purposes consistent with the plan; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H8F3B1226EAE940D400DBF0AD2CC82E6F"><enum>(H)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any other emerging or existing conservation practices, techniques, or technologies approved by the Secretary.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H2D86523F5A964EE4A1B84FC9F4AE1B20"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Limitations applicable to loan guarantees</header> <paragraph id="H87D9A679917C43F58228884290E67354"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Limitation on amount of guarantee</header><text>The portion of a loan that the Secretary may guarantee under this section shall be not less than 80 percent and not more than 90 percent of the principal amount of the loan.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE0BC281C95E747A09D652F8C519B5C77"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Limitation on total amount outstanding</header><text>The aggregate principal amount of outstanding loans guaranteed by the Secretary under this section shall not exceed $1,000,000.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H1ABC4B503C3A456B872CC5D744C475C"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Limitation on amount of interest subsidy</header><text>The interest subsidy which the Secretary may provide under this section with respect to a loan shall result in a reduction of the interest rate agreed upon by the borrower and the lender (but to not less than zero) by—</text> <paragraph id="H6EE99AFA6B5649EC823201A84C7E6998"><enum>(1)</enum><text>500 basis points, if the principal amount of the loan is less than $100,000;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H2D0F97717544478BA7BD53ECEC49FF"><enum>(2)</enum><text>400 basis points, if the principal amount of the loan is not less than $100,000 and is less than $500,000; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HF88DE0751CE8478680D45E7718A1C8D8"><enum>(3)</enum><text>300 basis points, in any other case.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HD9A46264494C4F94A93C96E62EB95E1D"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Administrative provisions</header> <paragraph id="H31246B55AE79405A96F583E386C392C0"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Authority to collect processing fee</header><text>The Secretary may assess a fee to cover the cost of processing an application under this section equal to not more than 1 percent of the principal amount of the loan sought by the applicant, as described in the application.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD28B93BFF59B445380CAAA33FE76642C"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Approval of application</header><text>The Secretary shall not approve an application submitted pursuant to this section, unless the Secretary has determined that—</text> <subparagraph id="H4CD0F81EBA9E4FFB93D2B9A822189407"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the loan sought by the applicant, as described in the application, would be a qualified conservation loan; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HCD3CC1EF035F43899DF6D2A8B4815000"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the project for which the loan is sought is likely to result in a net benefit to the environment.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H80E5EEABA05A40DDAEA9AE45B1F75711"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Equitable distribution of loan guarantees and interest subsidies</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall ensure that loan guarantees and interest subsidies under this section are equitably distributed among agricultural producers according to the scale of the operations.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H33682B856D6045649183779628E6F84"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Relationship with other conservation programs</header><text>Neither the application for, nor the receipt of, a loan guarantee or an interest subsidy under this section shall affect the eligibility of the recipient for assistance under title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985 or the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H3F901206DCB740D794BC6CAF5AEDA14"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For each of fiscal years 2008 through 2012, there are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary such funds as are necessary to carry out this section.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section> <section id="H304B420279534E2DA2F04B65CCA936A8"><enum>5002.</enum><header>Limitations on amount of ownership loans</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 305 of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1925">7 U.S.C. 1925</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H9647E8A67C534E4E95DEBEE4D284C9A0"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)(2), by striking <quote>$200,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$300,000</quote>; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HCAF9E5DC14674CCBBDDCC3B5D5CF85C6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating subsections (b) and (c) as subsections (c) and (d), respectively, and inserting after subsection (a) the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="HA32A719A18EC49F9A3225497E6BF0091" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <subsection id="HE74BEBC1EF2B496CB340A134410056F2"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Graduation plan</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall establish a plan, in coordination with activities under sections 359, 360, 361, and 362, to encourage each borrower with an outstanding loan under this subtitle to graduate to private commercial or other sources of credit.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section> <section id="HDAEE08C57A7A4C72B6EA00EFB76CE358"><enum>5003.</enum><header>Down payment loan program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 310E of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1935">7 U.S.C. 1935</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H6AA55D1D628D4FD2B23F4419CC0000B4"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)(1), by striking <quote>and ranchers</quote> and inserting <quote>or ranchers and socially disadvantaged farmers or ranchers</quote>;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H1F54093A59CD4F66B17C2840CE7202C8"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b)—</text> <subparagraph id="H48E077BC1EB741E2008FDB5835769500"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the following;</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="HF3D877A418CE4C74A6CDC9EE3C00B000" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <paragraph id="H82BF3D99C306454CAB515BB7242DB498"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Principal</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each loan made under this section shall be in an amount that does not exceed 45 percent of the least of—</text> <subparagraph id="H4AA1256648944B70BC12EDACF5D5B3BB"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the purchase price of the farm or ranch to be acquired;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HAF783B2B8AAE46EBB531B83E47338D08"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the appraised value of the farm or ranch to be acquired; or</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H112DD1DDA0464D94A4B0F034C905AA91"><enum>(C)</enum><text>$500,000.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD752007980F444A993CFF14EC6158CD"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Interest rate</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The interest rate on any loan made by the Secretary under this section shall be a rate equal to the greater of—</text> <subparagraph id="H02089F597CA746CEB70059C72606FFDC"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the difference obtained by subtracting 4 percent from the interest rate for farm ownership loans under this subtitle; or</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H0E52B601B4854F71983F67E768491A4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>1 percent.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H88279DC6A06749F58D8EBB7891752B1E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (3), by striking <quote>15</quote> and inserting <quote>20</quote>;</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HCBA41531B79D4EC49FF731121C994C1C"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (c)—</text> <subparagraph id="HE6305228254746F78786EEA0E344134D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>10</quote> and inserting <quote>5</quote>;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H2B502F123313477B8FC600CDD07F7ED6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (2) and redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (2); and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H6F467F695A3944FDB3B04C55606BC1F9"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)(B) (as so redesignated), by striking <quote>15-year</quote> and inserting <quote>20-year</quote>; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD0654B94CE6642EDA7F6054FD5B055D5"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subsection (d)—</text> <subparagraph id="HF911B22A5413451F87CBB6C396054190"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (3)—</text> <clause id="H42AEA83F0DFF49F7BB1DCDCCB6B18E32"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>and socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers (as defined in section 355(e)(2))</quote> after <quote>ranchers</quote>; and</text></clause> <clause id="H83A13B93CB77499F8440A269EF551CC4"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end; </text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H2D54E69049634DE589D46E2DB65B6B76" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (4), by striking <quote>ranchers.</quote> and inserting <quote>ranchers and socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers (as defined in section 355(e)(2)); and</quote>; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HC1EAF6330877412B9700B5281D1677EE"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H8F575F4CFFA7401CAB88ABC1A43BB378" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <paragraph id="H9A29254E904341559487E84FE5D698E"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">establish annual performance goals to promote the use of the down payment loan program and other joint financing participation loans as the preferred choice for direct real estate loans made by any lender to a qualified beginning farmer or rancher or socially disadvantaged farmer or rancher (as so defined).</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph></section> <section id="HACF7E04AA1B9445D891B36C013BCE00"><enum>5004.</enum><header>Beginning farmer and rancher contract land sales program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 310F of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1936">7 U.S.C. 1936</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H6788836DDE2D42149C44A7D48B2FA235" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <section id="H1C7A70C4FDB94DB5ADD28580B8B3FA6B"><enum>310F.</enum><header>Beginning farmer and rancher and socially disadvantaged farmer and rancher contract land sales program</header> <subsection id="HC572F89385DD4B9F8E785421785542E1"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall, in accordance with this section, guarantee a loan made by a private seller of a farm or ranch to a qualified beginning farmer or rancher or socially disadvantaged farmer or rancher (as defined in section 355(e)(2)) on a contract land sales basis.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H65B3F4E1A9234A89B6F105A2C481EC87"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Eligibility</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In order to be eligible for a loan guarantee under subsection (a)—</text> <paragraph id="H5B3ABF7033C1483287AAB356E7E94C00"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the qualified beginning farmer or rancher or socially disadvantaged farmer or rancher shall—</text> <subparagraph id="HC882B18093944E53B9DD5709371CA899"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">on the date the contract land sale that is subject of the loan is complete, own or operate the farm or ranch that is the subject of the contract land sale;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H97F28CBA7981476481A840383F8121AF"><enum>(B)</enum><text>have a credit history that—</text> <clause id="H983254880F9C4221AC7356B9E9C28E07"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">includes a record of satisfactory debt repayment, as determined by the Secretary; and</text></clause> <clause id="H7D5864809FA747A08BD22CEF9D044F6"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is acceptable to the Secretary; and</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H7881C86D65D140C6AD538DCFC49CA6C"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">demonstrate to the Secretary that the farmer or rancher, as the case may be, is unable to obtain sufficient credit without a guarantee to finance any actual need of the farmer or rancher, as the case may be at a reasonable rate or term;</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HA79E92DA8CDD46779F83633B2BE6B7E5"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the loan shall meet applicable underwriting criteria, as determined by the Secretary; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H883D6C5BE4DA478EACF711CF925D70D"><enum>(3)</enum><text>to carry out the loan—</text> <subparagraph id="HAB298D89FA274F418FBB4B01003456E9"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a commercial lending institution shall agree to serve as an escrow agent; or</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H7040A7A0B6B6457FA664005EECBC1B3C"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the private seller, in cooperation with the farmer or rancher, shall use an appropriate alternate arrangement, as determined by the Secretary.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H74C995C1C78045A6B86FDACEED4B828"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Limitations</header> <paragraph id="H75DA7D6682DC4076925BAC56E77C4D00"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Down payment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall not provide a loan guarantee under subsection (a) if the contribution of the qualified beginning farmer or rancher or socially disadvantaged farmer or rancher to the down payment for the farm or ranch that is the subject of the contract land sale would be less than 5 percent of the purchase price of the farm or ranch.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HFFC88AF30D7442340019F0C6FFEFF961"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Maximum purchase price</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall not provide a loan guarantee under subsection (a) if the purchase price or the appraisal value of the farm or ranch that is the subject of the contract land sale is greater than $500,000.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H2E0B1323CE654C0998B65B14C1C2F23"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Period of guarantee</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The period during which a loan guarantee under this section is in effect shall be the 10-year period beginning with the date the guarantee is provided.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HDDBFA1C5F2BB418181A1EE4CFBB73685"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Guarantee plan</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A private seller of a farm or ranch who makes a loan that is guaranteed by the Secretary under subsection (a) may select—</text> <paragraph id="H6C3E1E3913BE4023A9C437D200015924"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a prompt payment guarantee plan, which shall cover—</text> <subparagraph id="H5C84663402774A07966D30AE1B710081"><enum>(A)</enum><text>3 amortized annual installments; or</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H133C8A19163C44E5BDD12CA6D9C4CF00"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an amount equal to 3 annual installments (including an amount equal to the total cost of any tax and insurance incurred during the period covered by the annual installments); or</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H9D22762688334B378FFE7C6E2BDDF036"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a standard guarantee plan, which shall cover an amount equal to 90 percent of the outstanding principal of the loan.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section></subtitle> <subtitle id="H03DB8E70B4E5449BB197FF726B95FE8B"><enum>B</enum><header>Operating loans</header> <section id="H0B3559E942EE409993ED693C17D300A5"><enum>5011.</enum><header>Limitations on amount of operating loans</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 313(a)(1) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1943">7 U.S.C. 1943(a)(1)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>$200,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$300,000</quote>.</text></section> <section id="HE80695C8AAF840C5966656C11F007C64"><enum>5012.</enum><header>Suspension of limitation on period for which borrowers are eligible for guaranteed assistance</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 5102 of the Farm Security And Rural Investment Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1949">7 U.S.C. 1949</external-xref> note; <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/107/171">Public Law 107–171</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>September 30, 2007</quote> and inserting <quote>January 1, 2008</quote>.</text></section></subtitle> <subtitle id="H9197E42376D74CF8AAAC103900337EDB"><enum>C</enum><header>Administrative provisions</header> <section id="HFD7551CCDAA149CDB408E8AFEA1CC2E"><enum>5021.</enum><header>Inventory sales preferences</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 335(c) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1985">7 U.S.C. 1985(c)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H6688FFE82CA24FED90B4E20152755965"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)—</text> <subparagraph id="HA9E90D22621D410FA89EF169DD8E44A8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B)—</text> <clause id="HEC7C6D5D28834F5A936BAA4DCBF7166"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in the subparagraph heading, by inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subparagraph" style="OLC">; socially disadvantaged farmer or rancher</header-in-text></quote> after <quote><header-in-text level="subparagraph" style="OLC">or rancher</header-in-text></quote>;</text></clause> <clause id="H0D4CC62386364FCFA3EDF1CD008E6F15"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in clause (i), by inserting <quote>or a socially disadvantaged farmer or rancher</quote> after <quote>or rancher</quote>;</text></clause> <clause id="H113504EEC1C04EDA954C3CF93EEB008B"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by redesignating clauses (ii) through (iv) as clauses (iii) through (v), respectively;</text></clause> <clause id="HBF3E7BA6997C48AB8D9DEF57E1371D3"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>by inserting after clause (i) the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="HCF53262FBEDC4262B52CEBE4E3684DED" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <clause id="H4570C02254964858A8615F7CFAFEBB6"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Priority to be given to socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers</header><text>In carrying out this subparagraph, the Secretary shall give priority to socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers.</text></clause><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause> <clause id="HC718E90882014617BA26E64D8814D949"><enum>(v)</enum><text>in clause (iii) (as so redesignated)—</text> <subclause id="HF42EBBBE17A04565BD2C00A5C88BEC98"><enum>(I)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>or socially disadvantaged farmer or rancher</quote> after <quote>or rancher</quote>; and</text></subclause> <subclause id="H968DAF307F1641888982004EBA4588E"><enum>(II)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>, subject to clause (ii)</quote> before the period; </text></subclause></clause> <clause id="HC3C1039260464E14B1B126842DD3ED80"><enum>(vi)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in clause (iv) (as so redesignated), by inserting <quote>or a socially disadvantaged farmer or rancher</quote> after <quote>or rancher</quote>; and</text></clause> <clause id="HA7459E58E83F4644B8B225C388CB3FC"><enum>(vii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in clause (v) (as so redesignated), by inserting <quote>and socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers</quote> after <quote>and ranchers</quote>; and</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HAF784CFF4AD84120B3DADF673763004C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph (C), by inserting <quote>or a socially disadvantaged farmer or rancher</quote> after <quote>or rancher</quote>;</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H83732763D02A41BEA1F521670429C5A9"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (5)(B)—</text> <subparagraph id="HFC572E391F304A8CB60038E3961FF3B9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in clause (i)—</text> <clause id="H6FD71589F6C744A697E811B3062FF600"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in the clause heading, by inserting <quote><header-in-text level="clause" style="OLC">; socially disadvantaged farmer or rancher</header-in-text></quote> after <quote><header-in-text level="clause" style="OLC">or rancher</header-in-text></quote>;</text></clause> <clause id="H7EAE1029C9694857960053C4215410AD"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>or a socially disadvantaged farmer or rancher</quote> after <quote>a beginning farmer or rancher</quote>; and</text></clause> <clause id="H26C774486F2A4DC4A221BB26DD61CE8"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>or the socially disadvantaged farmer or rancher</quote> after <quote>the beginning farmer or rancher</quote>;</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HBA71B56E733847DC9649E06392C93B3E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by redesignating clauses (ii) and (iii) as clauses (iii) and (iv), respectively;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H0AA127DF10DC4B4499C84C93C1303E3C"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by inserting after clause (i) the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="HE31B1ADBE2D0422DB200D6152BFD034F" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <clause id="H478E348CD9054DC58F08BBA04961E2DE"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Priority to be given to socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers</header><text>In carrying out clause (i), the Secretary shall give priority to socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers.</text></clause><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HB4237C29D3F644049212E4AD95010093"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in clause (iii) (as so redesignated)—</text> <clause id="H9140F872A72D470496513193CF75C2D8"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in the matter preceding subclause (I), by inserting <quote>or a socially disadvantaged farmer or rancher</quote> after <quote>or rancher</quote>; and</text></clause> <clause id="HB18D293EBD8E4A81B400F732993B006E"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in subclause (II), by inserting <quote>or the socially disadvantaged farmer or rancher</quote> after <quote>or rancher</quote>;</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H11DBBF303DB84BDDBE83BF8F8ECA9187"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in paragraph (6)—</text> <subparagraph id="H75BA50E2C3A2401780C1FBC8DCA2A46D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A), by inserting <quote>or a socially disadvantaged farmer or rancher</quote> after <quote>or rancher</quote>; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H037D5B6326694C9284FD6C3BCDBEC00"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph (C)—</text> <clause id="HFD7455FBB3BE4809AA8C7B6EF8028B17"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in clause (i)(I), by inserting <quote>and socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers</quote> after <quote>and ranchers</quote>; and</text></clause> <clause id="H531545922CEB42ED86FF8C8F0349B437"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in clause (ii), by inserting <quote>or socially disadvantaged farmers or ranchers</quote> after <quote>or ranchers</quote>; and</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H03B31E21EC7C47CB8B31BB841ED8F223"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H6954D12AC098414995C8421058D6682" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <paragraph id="H6A4E0C2D931C48C2B216B335C0584284"><enum>(7)</enum><text>In this subsection, the term <quote>socially disadvantaged farmer or rancher</quote> has the meaning given in section 355(e)(2). </text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section> <section id="H4EBCE65F8491498F85847942DA977DAB"><enum>5022.</enum><header>Loan fund set-asides</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 346(b)(2) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1994">7 U.S.C. 1994(b)(2)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H7148C01F7C3B41D59BEA473C0081CF5B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A)—</text> <subparagraph id="H11E6043162E546ED86A06C51DB5131C7"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in clause (i)—</text> <clause id="H6D3CD416D5974000A372484C5FC5F95"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in subclause (I), by striking <quote>70 percent</quote> and inserting <quote>not less than 75 percent of the total amount made available under paragraph (1)</quote>; and</text></clause> <clause id="H0A396809B6954D7BB41F68A16B89E6A3"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in subclause (II)—</text> <subclause id="H385811A7C3464B19B54454A34EB91166"><enum>(I)</enum><text>in the subclause heading, by inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subclause" style="OLC">; participation loans</header-in-text></quote> after <quote><header-in-text level="subclause" style="OLC">payment loans</header-in-text></quote>;</text></subclause> <subclause id="H136D8CB3EBBC4154907FFB2242009ED8"><enum>(II)</enum><text>by striking <quote>60 percent</quote> and inserting <quote>not less than <fraction>2/3</fraction> of the amount reserved under subclause (I)</quote>; and</text></subclause> <subclause id="H1E72BBB463BF497B94D76F2324E5C21"><enum>(III)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>and participation loans</quote> after <quote>section 310E</quote>; and</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HC2999240A42543D0BF4D3ED2A4B100A0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in clause (ii)(III), by striking <quote>2003 through 2007, 35 percent</quote> and inserting <quote>2008 through 2012, not less than 50 percent of the total amount made available under paragraph (1)</quote>; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H5E1B62A7B635405D9827FB8E6278EA6C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B)(i), by striking <quote>25 percent</quote> and inserting <quote>not less than 40 percent of the total amount made available under paragraph (1)</quote>.</text></paragraph></section> <section id="H1B3F9CCDD40E42E2A3DD826E32BAFAE2" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>5023.</enum><header>Transition to private commercial or other sources of credit</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Subtitle D of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1981">7 U.S.C. 1981–2008r</external-xref>) is amended by inserting after section 344 the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H29320B7B01FF43BCAE063F58FAAAA9C"> <section id="H31008342B47F497CA5472225D30AEF3"><enum>345.</enum><header>Transition to private commercial or other sources of credit</header> <subsection id="H4230573D0135490CB2A5F1E700BAC7D2"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>In making or insuring a farm loan under subtitle A or B, the Secretary shall establish a plan and promulgate regulations (including performance criteria) that promote the goal of transitioning borrowers to private commercial credit and other sources of credit in the shortest practicable period of time.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H72E071A34955487EAB0118FD53AF8700"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Coordination</header><text>In carrying out this section, the Secretary shall integrate and coordinate the transition policy described in subsection (a) with—</text> <paragraph id="H513E658C3D704B17BF18F8F24B30D71B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the borrower training program established by section 359;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H919814DEB76C47DAB2DF911FAC2EF626"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the loan assessment process established by section 360;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H861D7E91A30E43E8A1CD2349D261C029"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the supervised credit requirement established by section 361;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HBEF14AEBB5D9480285B280F300B5B98D"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the market placement program established by section 362; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H93649EFB90F449268E3548A7E6D19C44"><enum>(5)</enum><text>other appropriate programs and authorities, as determined by the Secretary.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section> <section id="H1246D3EED2894495B5D424597C73F1F7"><enum>5024.</enum><header>Extension of the right of first refusal to reacquire homestead property to immediate family members of borrower-owner</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 352(c)(4)(B) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2000">7 U.S.C. 2000(c)(4)(B)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H83F545A855844B289F1CABE17FD8D7F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the 1st sentence, by striking <quote>, the borrower-owner</quote> inserting <quote>of a borrower-owner who is a socially disadvantaged farmer or rancher (as defined in section 355(e)(2)), the borrower-owner or a member of the immediate family of the borrower-owner</quote>; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H51FC8F1193264E69AD8036157B7FD3AB"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in the 2nd sentence, by inserting <quote>or immediate family member, as the case may be,</quote> before <quote>from</quote>.</text></paragraph></section> <section id="H8985DA239626426283ACE99BB37C6682"><enum>5025.</enum><header>Rural development and farm loan program activities</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Subtitle D of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1981">7 U.S.C. 1981–2008r</external-xref>) is amended by inserting after section 364 the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="HD98D4F6E133D44F985E88E3B6932B2F8" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <section id="H8B4FB326F2E444A285E8FAD283522962"><enum>365.</enum><header>Rural development and farm loan program activities</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary may not complete a study of, or enter into a contract with a private party to carry out, without specific authorization in a subsequent Act of Congress, a competitive sourcing activity of the Secretary, including support personnel of the Department of Agriculture, relating to rural development or farm loan programs.</text></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section></subtitle> <subtitle id="HC5808F73652D4C2EBB76CA19F2942FAE"><enum>D</enum><header>Farm credit</header> <section id="H4AF4D2A735EC4CEC83C14A66B33003D"><enum>5031.</enum><header>Agribusiness loan eligibility</header> <subsection id="HED1ED7DB94954894A743FAF134744476"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Long term loans</header> <paragraph id="H95BCB83C16BC4CB29000984968315394"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Eligible borrowers</header><text>Section 1.9 of the Farm Credit Act of 1971 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/2017">12 U.S.C. 2017</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <subparagraph id="H24AE8751522945098D617EACBC42C97"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>or</quote> at the end of paragraph (2);</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H1809D65105A245D385A3211B006E39E0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking the period at the end of paragraph (3) and inserting <quote>; or</quote>; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HE969BB30BBE3482DBFC6FADD4B578D58"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block id="H929B24661DF849208920A7F328F8673E" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="H41C4A22FA8A14EF3B47300001746FD9"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">persons primarily engaged in processing, preparing for market, handling, purchasing, testing, grading, distributing, or marketing farm or aquatic products; or primarily engaged in furnishing farm or aquatic business services, or farm or aquatic supplies, including inputs such as feed or fertilizer, equipment, and other capital goods to farmers, ranchers, or producers or harvesters of aquatic products, but only to the extent that the activities are related to renewable energy, except that a direct loan may not be made available under this title to a person eligible to borrow from a bank for cooperatives under section 3.7 or 3.8 (without regard to subsection (b)(1)(E) or (b)(1)(F) thereof).</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H9F79B9EAF6C447E5ABFB1715F2209EE1"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Loan purposes</header><text>Section 1.11 of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/2019">12 U.S.C. 2019</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <subparagraph id="H157003CD7DC84FFEB223E3C375EBC42"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subsection (a)(1), by striking <quote>farmers, ranchers, and producers or harvesters of aquatic products</quote> and inserting <quote>persons eligible under section 1.9(1)</quote>;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HE47AA0F734E5427687EB678B37C937A1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subsection (a)(2), by inserting <quote>under paragraph (1)</quote> after <quote>Farm Credit Bank</quote>;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H4DABFC539D504A969E8ED695F5C7A490"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in subsection (b)(1), by striking <quote>rural residents</quote> and inserting <quote>persons eligible under section 1.9(3)</quote>;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H714C626239FD4D3CB27D16D9A5B914B9"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in subsection (c)(1), by striking <quote>persons furnishing farm-related services to farmers and ranchers directly related to their on-farm operating needs</quote> and inserting <quote>persons eligible under section 1.9(2)</quote>; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H31BDEF479BD24F1C9BE8C935AAA33C0"><enum>(E)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block id="HC3F945A4D0544C238400D41F871F1BC8" style="OLC"> <subsection id="HE79FEDA0B94B4A90B3DA35B2B982F0AD"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Agribusiness loans</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Loans to persons primarily engaged in processing, preparing for market, handling, purchasing, testing, grading, distributing, or marketing farm or aquatic products; or primarily engaged in furnishing farm or aquatic business services, or farm or aquatic supplies, including inputs such as feed or fertilizer, equipment, and other capital goods to farmers, ranchers, or producers or harvesters of aquatic products, who are eligible under section 1.9(4) may be made for necessary capital structures and equipment and initial working capital for the activities only to the extent that the activities are related to renewable energy.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H82ED10E18D3C4ADBA97EC48CB96FACD"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Short- and intermediate-term loans</header><text>Section 2.4(a) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/2075">12 U.S.C. 2075(a)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H4BFE77F3BDBC4C9AA000143077FF6D51"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end of paragraph (2);</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H6091DBB9A3B1412B9B75FFEA2028750"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking the period at the end of paragraph (3) and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD07944F8FFB349278BC4C2FA3CFACBA6"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block id="H5B0ABA83AE024A3894F876A22285B8C3" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="HDC23D8A37EC640C9A21619CF09C9385C"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">persons primarily engaged in processing, preparing for market, handling, purchasing, testing, grading, distributing, or marketing farm or aquatic products; or primarily engaged in furnishing farm or aquatic business services, or farm or aquatic supplies, including inputs such as feed or fertilizer, equipment, and other capital goods to farmers, ranchers, or producers or harvesters of aquatic products, but only to the extent that the activities are related to renewable energy, except that a direct loan may not be made available under this subsection to a person eligible to borrow from a bank for cooperatives under section 3.7 or 3.8 (without regard to subsection (b)(1)(E) or (b)(1)(F) thereof).</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H77DE2E0E331840E7BD00A38947F4FFF"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Banks for cooperatives loans</header><text>Section 3.8(b)(1) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/2129">12 U.S.C. 2129(b)(1)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block id="H5F4DCD454AFF4CE5ACBFB62202E6273E" style="OLC"> <subparagraph id="H06ECFB1524704738A5479D07CB285D52"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Persons primarily engaged in processing, preparing for market, handling, purchasing, testing, grading, distributing, or marketing farm or aquatic products, or primarily engaged in furnishing farm or aquatic business services, or farm or aquatic supplies, including inputs such as feed or fertilizer, equipment, and other capital goods to farmers, ranchers, or producers or harvesters of aquatic products, but only to the extent that the activities are related to renewable energy, except that a direct loan may not be made available under this subparagraph to a farmer, rancher, or producer or harvester of aquatic products eligible to borrow from a farm credit institution under section 1.9(1) or 2.4(a)(1), or to a service provider eligible to borrow from a farm credit institution under section 1.9(2) or 2.4(a)(3) for all the provider’s farm-related or aquatic-related business activities.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section> <section id="H5A082B26CD854504AEA3A5DF8BE1C1B"><enum>5032.</enum><header>Loan-to-asset value requirements</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1.10(a)(1)(C) of the Farm Credit Act of 1971 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/2018">12 U.S.C. 2018(a)(1)(C)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>as may be authorized</quote> and inserting <quote>except as may be provided</quote>.</text></section> <section id="H0E15AB4B1D334401A103DD6600BA9539" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>5033.</enum><header>Population limit for single-family housing loans</header> <subsection id="H0FF5D8B131364FEE8BA51300713E6DD1"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Farm credit banks</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1.11(b)(3) of the Farm Credit Act of 1971 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/2019">12 U.S.C. 2019(b)(3)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2,500</quote> and inserting <quote>6,000</quote>.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H489BCEB9751943EA0008BA0082D654EB"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Associations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 2.4(b)(3) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/2075">12 U.S.C. 2075(b)(3)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2,500</quote> and inserting <quote>6,000</quote>.</text></subsection></section> <section id="H62736E09E0BB4D558BF701A9C0780147" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>5034.</enum><header>Bank for cooperatives voting stock</header> <subsection id="HD8F3373FCF974E1D8D2BED6FB8CBF4D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 3.3(c) of the Farm Credit Act of 1971 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/2124">12 U.S.C. 2124(c)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>and (ii)</quote> and inserting <quote>(ii) other categories of persons and entities described in sections 3.7 and 3.8 eligible to borrow from the bank, as determined by the bank’s board of directors; and (iii)</quote>.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H90F4A40F523644EE914096CBD0310000"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming amendments</header><text>Section 4.3A(c)(1)(D) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/2154a">12 U.S.C. 2154a(c)(1)(D)</external-xref>) is amended by redesignating clauses (ii) and (iii) as clauses (iii) and (iv), respectively, and inserting after clause (i) the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H58FBDF10DFEC4CB1A9495F92045F39EA" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <clause id="H37943FA9322D406C9EAA8F2177545D45"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">persons and entities eligible to borrow from the banks for cooperatives, as described in section 3.3(c)(ii);</text></clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section> <section id="H63D31BCBFA5144F58C105372D196CA48"><enum>5035.</enum><header>Majority farmer control requirement</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 3.8(b)(1) of the Farm Credit Act of 1971 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/2129">12 U.S.C. 2129(b)(1)</external-xref>), as amended by section 531(c) of this Act, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H123728127C2D47F9AF1528C584403B97" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <subparagraph id="HB1BC670E1DED44ADB32276BE41AE6B6F"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any association of farmers, or of producers or harvesters of aquatic products, or any federation of such associations, which has producer and investor classes of membership, but only if—</text> <clause id="H8A5B47AD83244E96BC00CF1345C7E841"><enum>(i)</enum><text>more than 50 percent of the voting control of the association is held by farmers, or producers or harvesters of aquatic products; and</text></clause> <clause id="H029F76283682402D81318F26C14366BA"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the producer class, if treated as a separate entity, operates on a cooperative basis.</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section> <section id="H5202F435505140ECBB2C89F57EF500DB" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>5036.</enum><header>Borrower stock requirement</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline"> Section 4.3A(c)(1)(E)(i) of the Farm Credit Act of 1971 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/2154a">12 U.S.C. 2154a(c)(1)(E)(i)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>not less than $1,000 or 2 percent of the amount of the loan, whichever is less</quote> and inserting <quote>determined by the institution</quote>.</text></section> <section id="HDC85C192EB534184B0DDF4003F8B62E1"><enum>5037.</enum><header>Rural utility loans</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 8.0(9) of the Farm Credit Act of 1971 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/2279aa">12 U.S.C. 2279aa(9)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HCBF9D0F578FC4AF39382EE8DE7C467DB"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>or</quote> at the end of subparagraph (A)(iii);</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H7660BE252EF940A5B95885FEDE4FAE0"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking the period at the end of subparagraph (B) and inserting <quote>; or</quote>; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HECCDA432C38E4B3DAC6F00F162EE79F7"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H79008047B9DC42B2B9EFB000A521D05C" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <subparagraph id="H312233CAAAE342FC853F1ED1D3A0894B"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">that is a loan or interest in a loan for electric or telephone facilities by a cooperative lender to a borrower who has received or is eligible to receive a loan under the Rural Electrification Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/901">7 U.S.C. 901 et seq.</external-xref>), except that—</text> <clause id="H33A009C39A17477CB839043EC0C981BF"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">subsections (c) and (d) of section 8.6, and sections 8.8 and 8.9 shall not apply to the loan or interest in the loan or to an obligation backed by a pool of obligations relating to the loan or interest in the loan; and</text></clause> <clause id="H114A97E1A2C9421BA3951362002B6B99"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the loan or interest in the loan shall be considered to meet all standards for qualified loans for all purposes under this Act, subject to reasonable underwriting, security appraisal, and repayment standards established by the Corporation.</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section> <section id="H8C8E508B3D474799962B77EE008E1C03"><enum>5038.</enum><header>Farm Credit System Insurance Corporation</header> <subsection id="H34B18B4C00334B96ADEBC6332936993B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Authority To pass along cost of insurance premiums</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1.12(b) of the Farm Credit Act of 1971 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/2020">12 U.S.C. 2020(b)</external-xref>) is amended by striking the last sentence and inserting <quote>The assessment on any such association or other financing institution for any period shall be computed in an equitable manner.</quote>.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H21FC15E6AEEB4B56A393E3D4923D95A4"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Premiums; amount in fund not exceeding secure base amount</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 5.55(a) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/2277a-4">12 U.S.C. 2277a-4(a)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H4CEF4C6322814E36BAE1B73ED0712338"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)—</text> <subparagraph id="HCACB1D2DAC504129A7F214BD3B73F338"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>(2), the annual</quote> and inserting <quote>(3), the</quote>;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H1E3EFDEE0C484E4FB755B38F749E5E5E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking subparagraphs (A) through (D) and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="HD1B7A2786D8A4263837DBD85B0D7D3E6" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <subparagraph id="H8DE71A4EF23940439672528E69451959"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the average outstanding insured obligations issued by the bank for the calendar year, after deducting therefrom the percentages of the guaranteed portions of loans and investments described in paragraph (2), multiplied by 0.0020;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H33509977137E4EDB9F647780489D67C9" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the average principal outstanding for the calendar year on loans made by the bank that are in nonaccrual status, multiplied by 0.0010; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HFEFEE96E0155428CA39510297EE1D370"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the average amount outstanding for the calendar year of other-than-temporarily impaired investments made by the bank, multiplied by 0.0010.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H303198DA45CE4F13B88384F70052D7BA"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by striking <quote>annual</quote>;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HCAB7BC939FD641FAAF4E467757170015"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in paragraph (3), in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>As used</quote> and all that follows through <quote>that</quote> and inserting <quote>As used in this section, the term <quote>government-guaranteed</quote> when applied to loans or investments, means loans, credits, or investments, or portions of loans, credits, or investments, that</quote>; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H95DD9BBFBC4D46D0AFD46CDA5D1661CC"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraphs (2) and (3) as paragraphs (3) and (4), respectively, and inserting after paragraph (1) the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H2F959ADFB6374E2AA8D47BD9D2295E39" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <paragraph id="HCED66750463C4C7C9D93F0001F9D6C89"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Deductions from average outstanding insured obligations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The average outstanding insured obligations issued by the bank for the calendar year referred to in subsection (a)(1)(A) of this section shall be reduced by deducting therefrom the sum of—</text> <subparagraph id="H0FAEEF4ECD244EF8924C588BC6ABA5FD"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">90 percent of the sum of—</text> <clause id="H11CB7974704F482489B234715CAC1E11"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the average principal outstanding for such calendar year on the guaranteed portions of Federal government-guaranteed loans made by the bank that are in accrual status; and</text></clause> <clause id="H89EBCC1C07254B57BDF9CDC98F8FB7BF"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the average amount outstanding for the calendar year of the guaranteed portions of Federal government-guaranteed investments made by the bank that are not permanently impaired, as determined by the Corporation; and</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HFAA8C3B32B75431C875419B3E6E0AA25"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">80 percent of the sum of—</text> <clause id="H239143C2ADB5454CB4BA20E15485284B"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the average principal outstanding for the calendar year on the guaranteed portions of State government-guaranteed loans made by the bank that are in accrual status; and</text></clause> <clause id="H3ACF6328CD4F4CAFB1A98DF7ADBAD7C"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the average amount outstanding for the calendar year of the guaranteed portions of State government-guaranteed investments made by the bank that are not permanently impaired, as determined by the Corporation.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HA63D996ADC0B4D67ACDE7C30A5DE21AD"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Premiums; amount in fund exceeding secure base amount</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 5.55(b) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/2277a-4">12 U.S.C. 2277a-4(b)</external-xref>) is amended by striking “annual”.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HAC3ACF7BD4C94D6F903B1BDEF7DB443C"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Secure base amount</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 5.55(c) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/2277a-4">12 U.S.C. 2277a-4(c)</external-xref>) is amended by striking the parenthetical phrase and inserting <quote>(adjusted downward to exclude an amount equal to the sum of (1) 90 percent of (A) the guaranteed portions of principal outstanding on Federal government-guaranteed loans in accrual status made by the banks, and (B) the guaranteed portions of the amount of Federal government-guaranteed investments made by the banks that are not permanently impaired; and (2) 80 percent of (A) the guaranteed portions of principal outstanding on State government-guaranteed loans in accrual status made by the banks, and (B) the guaranteed portions of the amount of State government-guaranteed investments made by the banks that are not permanently impaired, as determined by the Corporation)</quote>.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H02E0C524AC45427A8F57790090057D53"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Determination of loan and investment amounts</header><text>Section 5.55(d) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/2277a-4">12 U.S.C. 2277a-4(d)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H6F6E69954BC9452CBCBA213B18877BD6"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the subsection heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Principal Outstanding</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Loan and Investment Amounts</header-in-text></quote>;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HADC2AA8C40864DEB92DE1DE2388E3E76"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking <quote>For</quote> and all that follows through <quote>—</quote> and inserting <quote>For the purpose of subsections (a) and (c) of this section, the principal outstanding on all loans made by an insured System bank or the amount outstanding on all investments made by an insured System bank shall be determined based on all loans or investments made—</quote>; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HCD45218E24BC48F0B273FF3C52007CBD"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in each of paragraphs (1) and (2), by inserting <quote>or investments</quote> before <quote>because</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HED837D1C2C6B40C0AD277DF5CB1C5449"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Allocation to system institutions of excess reserves</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 5.55(e) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/2277a-4">12 U.S.C. 2277a-4(e)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H34A63AE3F3BE4A4DBBCDA213E5F94A3"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (3), by striking <quote>the average secure base amount for the calendar year (as calculated on an average daily balance basis)</quote> and inserting <quote>the secure base amount</quote>;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H4E531B8ACD4544F5001874F55F0047B1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (4), by striking subparagraph (B) and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H38E9CFBD10AE48B0A91D86C7B07001C9" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <subparagraph id="H0DE9E3C4CE274B85A81E584641BA8B4C"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">there shall be credited to the Allocated Insurance Reserves Account of each insured System bank an amount that bears the same ratio to the total amount (less any amount credited under subparagraph (A) of this paragraph) as the average principal outstanding for the calendar year on insured obligations issued by the bank (after deducting therefrom the percentages of the guaranteed portions of loans and investments described in subsection (a)(2) of this section), bears to the average principal outstanding for the calendar year on insured obligations issued by all insured System banks (after deducting therefrom the percentages of the guaranteed portions of loans and investments so described).</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph> <paragraph id="H67E4F04241E54AC80081A2C55661F9D"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in paragraph (6)—</text> <subparagraph id="HCD6615CFA3964AE3B2FCD988356542A6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A)—</text> <clause id="HA51A2E1C1AD948F89D00600917E7EF15"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking <quote>beginning</quote> and all that follows through <quote>2005</quote>;</text></clause> <clause id="H8D4215F1A26A4A5787A3B78D273C6D19"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking clause (i) and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H432BD02B3BEA40B18CD5FEE900F5BB75" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <clause id="HC473EA7366CD4CB2BE358E4F4EAB7ED1"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">subject to subparagraph (D), pay to each insured System bank, in a manner determined by the Corporation, an amount equal to the balance in its Allocated Insurance Reserves Account; and</text></clause><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause> <clause id="H25526A428A7C456A9D00FA40EBC15F46"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>in clause (ii)—</text> <subclause id="H5977C80BA0A54D19B2B42EE554E5541"><enum>(I)</enum><text>by striking <quote>(C), (E), and (F)</quote> and inserting <quote>(C) and (E)</quote>; and</text></subclause> <subclause id="HB5999BB7B815435CA91700DA138E3E00"><enum>(II)</enum><text>by striking <quote>outstanding,</quote> and all that follows and inserting <quote>at the time of the termination of the Financial Assistance Corporation, of the balance in the Allocated Insurance Reserves Account established under subparagraph (1)(B).</quote>;</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H47F6639CF5EA4BC29C9286B3B25E072D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph (C)—</text> <clause id="HC4FAC30FC76E41BCB4B2692359D0C9DA"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in clause (i), by striking <quote>(in addition to the amounts described in subparagraph (F)(ii))</quote>; and</text></clause> <clause id="H93662DE971794609B388AECA33007CAF"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking clause (ii) and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H1FCB3FF6E86C4D9EB4D7D26E07187E11" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <clause id="HEED9CC6ED8A04657B957028887D6E681"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Termination of account</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">On disbursement of $56,000,000, the Corporation shall close the Account established under paragraph (1)(B) and transfer any remaining funds in the Account to the remaining Allocated Insurance Reserves Accounts in accordance with paragraph (4)(B) for the calendar year in which the transfer occurs.</text></clause><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HA30153F7F4164C2C88E7F456FFA36838"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by striking subparagraph (F).</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H5AF67D4167B54581ADBD782FD64D47C"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Certification of premiums</header> <paragraph id="HE46438ABEF92499A9ED2D5B6D0D966B6"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Filing certified statement</header><text>Section 5.56(a) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/2277a-5">12 U.S.C. 2277a-5(a)</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H76CE643B4DA144F892038C546CD7302" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <subsection id="HECA6D922893249C3A651741749389631"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Filing certified statement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">On a date to be determined in the sole discretion of the Corporation’s Board of Directors, each insured System bank that became insured before the beginning of the period for which premiums are being assessed (in this section referred to as the <quote>period</quote>) shall file with the Corporation a certified statement showing—</text> <paragraph id="HE430A191D18C4045BCD4D4E8EAAA20"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the average outstanding insured obligations for the period issued by the bank;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H1844A9F8A1554833B27E392FE31D94F2"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the average principal outstanding for the period on the guaranteed portion of Federal government-guaranteed loans that are in accrual status and the average amount outstanding for the period of Federal government-guaranteed investments that are not permanently impaired (as defined in section 5.55(a)(4));</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H7B9FA2829CF643ED89C60065757FF999"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the average principal outstanding for the period on State government-guaranteed loans that are in accrual status and the average amount outstanding for the period of State government-guaranteed investments that are not permanently impaired (as defined in section 5.55(a)(4));</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H2C87843EBD16449FB7C6334C39E6E65E"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the average principal outstanding for the period on loans that are in nonaccrual status and the average amount outstanding for the period of other-than-temporarily impaired investments; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H6F274220A2D8490B8D5CA611EC734B6B"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the amount of the premium due the Corporation from the bank for the period.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph> <paragraph id="H337258F560EB4D1C9F0712F6E19F64DB"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Premium payments</header><text>Section 5.56(c) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/2277a-5">12 U.S.C. 2277a-5(c)</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H667D1B579F2743AC85CC004627A2915F" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <subsection id="H87ACBD3F17434B36A16519A7439E3737"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Premium payments</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each insured System bank shall pay to the Corporation the premium payments required under subsection (a), not more frequently than once in each calendar quarter, in such manner and at such time or times as the Board of Directors shall prescribe, except that the amount of the premium shall be established not later than 60 days after filing the certified statement setting forth the amount of the premium.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph> <paragraph id="H30AECB7CF8614D939E4FF0419691F04D"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Conforming amendments</header><text>Section 5.56 of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/2277a-5">12 U.S.C. 2277a-5</external-xref>) is amended by striking subsection (d) and redesignating subsection (e) as subsection (d).</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H33709B0AB02C40F5A48C4FCA07E2B150"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Rules and regulations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 5.58(10) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/2277a-7">12 U.S.C. 2277a-7(10)</external-xref>) is amended by inserting <quote>and section 1.12(b)</quote> after <quote>part</quote>.</text></subsection></section> <section id="HEA172D86318F4E9A87D4F900133ECF37"><enum>5039.</enum><header>Risk-based capital levels</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 8.32(a)(1) of the Farm Credit Act of 1971 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/2279bb-1">12 U.S.C. 2279bb-1(a)(1)</external-xref>) is amended by striking all through <quote>a pool of</quote> and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="HCE69724FCDC2403190EDE970001C7670" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <paragraph id="H005DB4FFBAC943BBB394A146DCDFD91C"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Credit risk</header> <subparagraph id="HF47EF9A79A3A4EAD88FEA1B1E611E096"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">With respect to securities representing an interest in, or obligations backed by, a pool of qualified loans (as defined in section 8.0(9)(C)), owned or guaranteed by the Corporation, losses occur at a rate of default and severity reasonably related to risks in electric and telephone facility loans, respectively, as determined by the Director.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H766C36194C8F4DF0B7F3B99ED25DD8C"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">With respect to securities representing an interest in, or obligations backed by, a pool of other</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section> <section id="H71AA1ECD388C4254BFB3C7E3F0A74FAE"><enum>5040.</enum><header>Loans to purchasers of highly fractioned lands</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1 of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/91/229">Public Law 91–229</external-xref> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/488">25 U.S.C. 488</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following: <quote>The Secretary of Agriculture may make and insure loans as provided in section 309 of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to eligible purchasers of highly fractionated land pursuant to section 204(c) of the Indian Land Consolidation Act. Section 4 of this Act shall not apply to trust or restricted tribal or tribal corporation property mortgaged pursuant to the preceding sentence.</quote>.</text></section></subtitle> <enum>VI</enum><header>Rural Development</header> <toc container-level="title-container" quoted-block="no-quoted-block" lowest-level="section" idref="H822EA361D3434B62A153008F3B2B14DA" regeneration="yes-regeneration" lowest-bolded-level="division-lowest-bolded"> <toc-entry idref="HF921DD441354446E84694F88EB14A375" level="section">Sec. 6001. Definition of rural.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H0266B016FF694F12A300202FCF819C95" level="section">Sec. 6002. Water, waste disposal, and wastewater facility grants.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H7D4E2BF5162C47BFBE06C4CF520046EF" level="section">Sec. 6003. Rural business opportunity grants.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="HE6A089575AE94EF4B65222D20000C159" level="section">Sec. 6004. Rural water and wastewater circuit rider program.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H7E0246F42C514F28004008157627C3F9" level="section">Sec. 6005. Tribal college and university essential community facilities.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H83F9901427FA41F1B1FCB300ABB98A7" level="section">Sec. 6006.  Emergency and imminent community water assistance grant program.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="HB5870BC17AC5486AA9B3FD88E98814FC" level="section">Sec. 6007. Water systems for rural and native villages in Alaska.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="HBA29D99386CA4738BF9793EFB6DE288C" level="section">Sec. 6008. Grants to nonprofit organizations to finance the construction, refurbishing, and servicing of individually-owned household water well systems in rural areas for individuals with low or moderate incomes.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H6E61AB8500C049719EB2B1905DF9A506" level="section">Sec. 6009. Rural cooperative development grants.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="HDCD25BD84B844B27BF07CA4E7808A6A0" level="section">Sec. 6010. Criteria to be applied in providing loans and loan guarantees under the business and industry loan program.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H4C6F1E7FAA46436DB1EE88CA477ECB83" level="section">Sec. 6011. Appropriate technology transfer for rural areas program.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H039DC4EBFAA846B3BDF900CF38BAF7D5" level="section">Sec. 6012. Grants to improve technical infrastructure and improve quality of rural health care facilities.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="HCBC7139050604AFB9EA47F7E6609007C" level="section">Sec. 6013. Rural entrepreneur and microenterprise assistance program.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="HCC816741E0724ED600B611585E9BEEDA" level="section">Sec. 6014. Criteria to be applied in considering applications for rural development projects.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H81353148DDDF4D37A26BE1CE7339DEEA" level="section">Sec. 6015. National sheep industry improvement center.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H066805F109C04D8DA3A4F2065C597641" level="section">Sec. 6016. National rural development partnership.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H914D4810EE884A97AAC06755EA73C7D7" level="section">Sec. 6017. Historic barn preservation.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="HBCCD8BEE467E42B3A47F987C5B3DC0FF" level="section">Sec. 6018. Grants for NOAA weather radio transmitters.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H872007864A274AF8B419D411363570C4" level="section">Sec. 6019. Delta regional authority.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H5EE65B1C21CC460F89B1353EB1072C94" level="section">Sec. 6020. Northern great plains regional authority.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="HB8FCC2CF228842A896097BAAD22DA94B" level="section">Sec. 6021. Rural strategic investment program.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H860B07478DC84564BE1D109C82DCC600" level="section">Sec. 6022. Expansion of 911 access.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="HDC127D58E63B4832BB3D825357ECDB42" level="section">Sec. 6023. Access to broadband telecommunications services in rural areas.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H909EC34031AB4059A29DE756128333D3" level="section">Sec. 6024. Community connect grant program.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H853A3BFAC0E44DDA9BA745E88D452E10" level="section">Sec. 6025. Agriculture innovation center demonstration program.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H34EB50BBCB2E4519BE00756B703E352F" level="section">Sec. 6026. Rural firefighters and emergency medical service assistance program.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="HB97E089026F9476184A07779158EC7B" level="section">Sec. 6027. Value-added agricultural market development program.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="HD5E3EA08358946DDBF55AD2207AF6FBA" level="section">Sec. 6028. Assistance for rural public television stations.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="HD43ED1E4AD0E4251AF7B6212588370A6" level="section">Sec. 6029. Telemedicine and distance learning services in rural areas.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H1F60BDA0A1A14B10ADF7144E7CFE9D2" level="section">Sec. 6030. Guarantees for bonds and notes issued for electrification or telephone purposes.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H5B21572C6277424EA3E3BAAFAE02BBD7" level="section">Sec. 6031. Comprehensive rural broadband strategy.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H8487C92CC7AB45E6AD392C6FEBA8AC87" level="section">Sec. 6032. Study of railroad issues.</toc-entry></toc> <section id="HF921DD441354446E84694F88EB14A375"><enum>6001.</enum><header>Definition of rural</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall prepare and submit to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate a report that—</text> <paragraph id="H801A6805D9A44569B48C052BA76062AB"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">assesses the varying definitions of <quote>rural</quote> used by the Department of Agriculture;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H57973E497A964A12BE4DABACB9FAA521"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">describes the effects those varying definitions have on the programs administered by the Department of Agriculture; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H63746BB34CE646978FDAB600FAFA7352"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">makes recommendations for ways to better target funds provided through rural development programs.</text></paragraph></section> <section id="H0266B016FF694F12A300202FCF819C95"><enum>6002.</enum><header>Water, waste disposal, and wastewater facility grants</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 306(a)(2)(B)(vii) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1926">7 U.S.C. 1926(a)(2)(B)(vii)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2002 through 2007</quote> and inserting <quote>2008 through 2012</quote>.</text></section> <section id="H7D4E2BF5162C47BFBE06C4CF520046EF"><enum>6003.</enum><header>Rural business opportunity grants</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 306(a)(11)(D) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1926">7 U.S.C. 1926(a)(11)(D)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2007</quote> and inserting <quote>2012</quote>.</text></section> <section id="HE6A089575AE94EF4B65222D20000C159"><enum>6004.</enum><header>Rural water and wastewater circuit rider program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 306(a)(22)(C) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1926">7 U.S.C. 1926(a)(22)(C)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>$15,000,000 for fiscal year 2003</quote> and inserting <quote>$25,000,000 for fiscal year 2008</quote>.</text></section> <section id="H7E0246F42C514F28004008157627C3F9"><enum>6005.</enum><header>Tribal college and university essential community facilities</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 306(a)(25) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1926">7 U.S.C. 1926(a)(25)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H17FFBC30EBE9457DBCA1AFCDCCF82FAD"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking subparagraph (B) and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE0F73B46AEEE4840B24585FD99EE537"> <subparagraph id="H57269D0456F2407FA71125BFFB8584DB"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Federal share</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall establish the maximum percentage of the cost of the facility that may be covered by a grant under this paragraph, except that the Secretary may not require non-Federal financial support in an amount that is greater than 5 percent of the total cost.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph> <paragraph id="HFAE93939562748BD8FE2E3F7694D10E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subparagraph (C), by striking <quote>2003 through 2007</quote> and inserting <quote>2008 through 2012</quote>.</text></paragraph></section> <section id="H83F9901427FA41F1B1FCB300ABB98A7"><enum>6006.</enum><header> Emergency and imminent community water assistance grant program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 306A(i)(2) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1926a">7 U.S.C. 1926a(i)(2)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2003 through 2007</quote> and inserting <quote>2008 through 2012</quote>.</text></section> <section id="HB5870BC17AC5486AA9B3FD88E98814FC"><enum>6007.</enum><header>Water systems for rural and native villages in Alaska</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 306D(d)(1) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1926d">7 U.S.C. 1926d(d)(1)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2001 through 2007</quote> and inserting <quote>2008 through 2012</quote>.</text></section> <section id="HBA29D99386CA4738BF9793EFB6DE288C"><enum>6008.</enum><header>Grants to nonprofit organizations to finance the construction, refurbishing, and servicing of individually-owned household water well systems in rural areas for individuals with low or moderate incomes</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 306E(d) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1926e">7 U.S.C. 1926e(d)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2003 through 2007</quote> and inserting <quote>2008 through 2012</quote>.</text></section> <section id="H6E61AB8500C049719EB2B1905DF9A506"><enum>6009.</enum><header>Rural cooperative development grants</header> <subsection id="HBB3A78989F8049159B9CDAD36907887C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Eligibility</header><text>Section 310B(e)(5) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1932">7 U.S.C. 1932(e)(5)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HF52FF3FFAF0A48F4BA96AB05B0D2B1E7"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>a nationally coordinated, regionally or State-wide operated project</quote> and inserting <quote>activities to promote and assist the development of cooperatively and mutually owned businesses</quote>;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H74372EF7A2B1487ABDD8E33DA3516CA"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B), by inserting <quote>to promote and assist the development of cooperatively and mutually owned businesses</quote> before the semicolon;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H823137B3B7DE48A182A625367DC93663"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by striking subparagraphs (D) and (F) and redesignating subparagraph (E) as subparagraph (D); and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H6BC4EFA996AF430AAD70B750C63D749F"><enum>(4)</enum><text>adding at the end the following: </text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCEBFD07BEDE74D7EAC2702CCB924EFD"> <subparagraph id="H1DB106E4AA5B47EB96DECC9F422CACD7"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">demonstrate a commitment to—</text> <clause id="H3A893D32FE5A4258B6094800A9F5B35B"><enum>(i)</enum><text>networking with and sharing the results of its efforts with other cooperative development centers and other organizations involved in rural economic development efforts; and</text></clause> <clause id="H359F4BBFA10741B6B2755DA820B34DB1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>developing multi-organization and multi-State approaches to addressing the cooperative and economic development needs of rural areas.</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H8DFFA2D8496A4550A8ED2207424744DE"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Authority to award multi-year grants</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 310(B)(e)(6) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1932">7 U.S.C. 1932(e)(6)</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="HD5A129E4BDC2481D8CE80605C9A3BFE8" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <paragraph id="H2392F3723180475AABC1FE74F6844801"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Grants awarded to centers that have received no prior funding under this subsection shall be made for a period of 1 year. The Secretary shall evaluate programs receiving assistance under this subsection. The Secretary may award grants for a period of more than 1 year, but not more than 3 years, to centers that have successfully met the criteria under paragraph (5).</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="H0367E6523C394D4BA0792B46298E75E0" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Authority to extend grant period for 1 year</header><text>Section 310B(e) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1932">7 U.S.C. 1932(e)</external-xref>) is amended by redesignating paragraphs (7) through (9) as paragraphs (8) through (10), respectively, and inserting after paragraph (6) the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H926945220F0948A1BB04FD08C0B41040"> <paragraph id="H88A9C3E7BD61452FB5B5831D11D5DE00"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may extend for only 1 additional 12-month period the period in which a grantee may use a grant made under this subsection.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="H1CEDCC91377F422DB99CC598A65D7E6C" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Cooperative research program</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 310B(e) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1932">7 U.S.C. 1932(e)</external-xref>), as amended by subsection (c) of this section, is amended by redesignating paragraphs (9) and (10) as paragraphs (10) and (11), respectively, and inserting after paragraph (9) the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="HEB3E1AD1FA3547BE932BECEE5203CC9C" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <paragraph id="H7852F386685C4B68AEC9B44B89B73D8"><enum>(10)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall enter into a cooperative research agreement with 1 or more qualified academic institutions in each fiscal year to conduct research on the national economic effects of all types of cooperatives. </text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="H7E15627DB7EC4D3593F1668E812186D9"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Addressing needs of minority communities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 310B(e) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1932">7 U.S.C. 1932(e)</external-xref>), as amended by subsections (c) and (d) of this section, is amended by redesignating paragraph (11) as paragraph (12) and inserting after paragraph (10) the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H1A3A226E85EA4BB1B3AB85A7D368EEFD" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <paragraph id="H3B2276AD8E55451E8517D1EC19808CD5"><enum>(11)</enum> <subparagraph id="HD031EE4A4F48462E99E7802C6FA27EB1" display-inline="yes-display-inline"><enum>(A)</enum><text>If the total amount appropriated under paragraph (12) of this subsection for a fiscal year exceeds $7,500,000, the Secretary shall reserve an amount equal to 20 percent of the amount so appropriated for grants for cooperative development centers, individual cooperatives, or groups of cooperatives, serving socially disadvantaged (within the meaning of section 355(e)) communities, a majority of the boards of directors or governing boards of which are comprised of socially disadvantaged (withing such meaning) individuals.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HC86D7BED98964002004D1CC539E8F96E" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To the extent that the Secretary determines that funds reserved under subparagraph (A) will not be used for grants described in subparagraph (A) because of insufficient applications for the grants, the Secretary shall use the funds as otherwise authorized by this subsection.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="H7DCE53E0E0F649D3B3D3FA18B3BD299B"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 310B(e)(12) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1932">7 U.S.C. 1932(e)(12)</external-xref>), as so redesignated by subsections (c) through (e) of this section, is amended by striking <quote>2007</quote> and inserting <quote>2012</quote>.</text></subsection></section> <section id="HDCD25BD84B844B27BF07CA4E7808A6A0" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>6010.</enum><header>Criteria to be applied in providing loans and loan guarantees under the business and industry loan program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 310B(g) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1932">7 U.S.C. 1932(g)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H30C7DCAC6A8F4BEEB2F6F23C841947F7"> <paragraph id="HB362ABC1607F4EE5B87C1650DBCFDD55" indent="up1"><enum>(9)</enum> <subparagraph id="H70E3849682724076BA0267EF79622804" display-inline="yes-display-inline"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In providing loans and loan guarantees under this section, the Secretary shall consider an application more favorably when compared to other applications to the extent that the project described in the application supports community development and farm and ranch income by marketing, distributing, storing, aggregating, or processing a locally or regionally produced agricultural product.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H9B113F2ECA5F4E59BE3000762DF752FB" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>In subparagraph (A), the term <quote>locally or regionally produced agricultural product</quote> means an agricultural product—</text> <clause id="HC1558EC95E294C5EBEB244C96D2C66C1"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">which is produced and distributed in the locality or region where the finished product is marketed;</text></clause> <clause id="H19692E875F86468D9FDA94E318F5918B"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">which has been shipped a total distance of 400 or fewer miles, as determined by the Secretary; and</text></clause> <clause id="H00C734603F2F486D00FEF1EF3A5E300"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">about which the distributor has conveyed to the end-use consumers information regarding the origin of the product or production practices, or other valuable information.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section> <section id="H4C6F1E7FAA46436DB1EE88CA477ECB83" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>6011.</enum><header>Appropriate technology transfer for rural areas program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 310B of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1932">7 U.S.C. 1932</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAE31266E51594252A3DCDF1D7460DF76"> <subsection id="H503AD268DE944213A8FC00C02F1D4F08"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Appropriate technology transfer for rural areas program</header> <paragraph id="H0C6FDC928D524BA7BDD47686393613DE"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Definition of national nonprofit agricultural assistance institution</header><text>In this subsection, the term <term>national nonprofit agricultural assistance institution</term> means an organization that—</text> <subparagraph id="H1C9EA627862F455A929C42C9CB00F9DE"><enum>(A)</enum><text>is described in <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/501">section 501(c)(3)</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and exempt from taxation under 501(a) of that Code;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H56CA3890CDAC459FBFD7D43FF6D102C5" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">has staff and offices in multiple regions;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H80CEBB5A712D4EACAF9E92FECBE8F307"><enum>(C)</enum><text>operates national sustainable agriculture technical assistance programs; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H0DCAB28772854FE399E441F200E92E8F"><enum>(D)</enum><text>provides the technical assistance through toll-free hotlines, a website, publications, and work shops.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H9352D98781E143A798D5EB1DFAB4DE4"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>The Secretary shall establish a national appropriate technology transfer for rural areas program to assist agricultural producers that are seeking information to help the agricultural producers—</text> <subparagraph id="HB5687AD6349647F99B05FA42CCEDC33E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>reduce input costs;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HDB5C40FE0BDE4FC0A78E313402C2E8F9"><enum>(B)</enum><text>conserve energy resources;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H4FE9AC7A839A409CA7F9BD88E1BE8057"><enum>(C)</enum><text>diversify operations through new energy crops and energy generation facilities; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H3A1853B658974115AC2507CDBBE9B131"><enum>(D)</enum><text>expand markets for the agricultural commodities produced by the producers through use of sustainable farming practices.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H45B368D515054032B5EDB1E05F152EDF"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Implementation</header> <subparagraph id="HE065A8A760F74157986C4F5B102E00F6"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall carry out the program under this subsection by making a grant to, or offering to enter into a cooperative agreement with, a national nonprofit agricultural assistance organization.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H813A88DD1E914904A8B7752061EA3341"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Cost share</header><text>A grant made, or cooperative agreement entered into, under subparagraph (A) shall provide 100 percent of the cost of providing information pursuant to paragraph (2).</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC3BFAAE4690A45E89000EE74365F5E72"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry out this subsection $5,000,000 for each fiscal year.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section> <section id="H039DC4EBFAA846B3BDF900CF38BAF7D5" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>6012.</enum><header>Grants to improve technical infrastructure and improve quality of rural health care facilities</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Subtitle D of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1981">7 U.S.C. 1981–2008r</external-xref>), as amended by section 5025 of this Act, is amended by inserting after section 365 the following:</text> <quoted-block id="HFF9BFF1457D5443EB46F8B99CBCE7077"> <section id="H1A729C4EC5694E4BBA6BC8FA43493E59"><enum>366.</enum><header>Grants to improve technical infrastructure and improve quality of rural health care facilities</header> <subsection id="H5F2FA12424F64694BA7361A9A91BE6DF"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall establish a program to award grants to rural health facilities for the purpose of assisting the facilities in—</text> <paragraph id="HE674B006EDFE482AB36C12A44156666C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>purchasing health information technology to improve quality in health care and patient safety; or</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H8061E2E115004CA2B65B094ED6AB066C"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">improving health care quality and patient safety, including the development of—</text> <subparagraph id="H455F3EB645F54873BA5F8371E81B6960"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">quality improvement support structures to assist rural health systems and professionals—</text> <clause id="H245DAEDA8522455897C86DB3B697912D"><enum>(i)</enum><text>achieve greater integration of personal and population health services; and</text></clause> <clause id="HAFB885C9EB704291B1C8C68F01CA60C2"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>address safety, effectiveness, patient- or community-centeredness, timeliness, efficiency, and equity; and</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HB2651EF1616C40DFBBDDED7B422B67C8"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">innovative approaches to the financing and delivery of health services to achieve rural health quality goals.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H43F1389AC7C740CF820090002889D320"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text> <paragraph id="H117FE7EA170747249E8922681D71C237"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Health information technology</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <quote>health information technology</quote> includes total expenditures incurred for—</text> <subparagraph id="H4A3AF3C5163147D8916EB00000321BD3"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">purchasing, leasing, and installing computer software and hardware, including handheld computer technologies, and related services;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HE0B2E298873F465AA9C7D1D016E1E8C1"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">making improvements to computer software and hardware;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HEAFAE586430D4A42B027BC846DB399DC"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">purchasing or leasing communications capabilities necessary for clinical data access, storage, and exchange;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H219CFFAF092D4ACE99DD251BD6F892C4"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">services associated with acquiring, implementing, operating, or optimizing the use of computer software and hardware and clinical health care informatics systems;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HEBBE04F3FF2F4965952D9B3337E98CD1"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">providing education and training to eligible entity staff on information systems and technology designed to improve patient safety and quality of care; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H8032975D402E495D9BDC04D3BC6FF6F7"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">purchasing, leasing, subscribing, or servicing support to establish interoperability that—</text> <clause id="HACB4F82D66E1484EBBE6C67BCCFA631C"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">integrates patient-specific clinical data with well-established national treatment guidelines;</text></clause> <clause id="H8D67DFB43D814F50A178069E6E2CE1A8"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provides ongoing, continuous quality improvement functions that allow providers to assess improvement rates over time and against averages for similar providers; and</text></clause> <clause id="HA96D3E47396043989BD694BC65E48772"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">integrates with larger health networks.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H8E36D19D69654B4087978CAF54844F21"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Rural area</header><text>The term <quote>rural area</quote> means any area of the United States that is not—</text> <subparagraph id="H79E766971AAE4650841E23997DC05D7C"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">included within the boundaries of any city, town, borough, or village, whether incorporated or unincorporated, with a population of more than 20,000 inhabitants; or</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H24797737885C48D794034F6C4425BB9C"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the urbanized area contiguous and adjacent to such a city or town.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H408082805526407AB66CCE1086409ECC"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Rural health facility</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <quote>rural health facility</quote> means any of the following:</text> <subparagraph id="HFD305448222C4886BD54B6F342780991"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Sole community hospital</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A hospital (as defined in section 1886(a)(2) of the Social Security Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1395ww">42 U.S.C. 1395ww(a)(2)</external-xref>)).</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H869D081B2B79441C992250CC42C81820"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Critical access hospital</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A critical access hospital (as defined in section 1861(mm)(1) of the Social Security Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1395x">42 U.S.C. 1395x(mm)(1)</external-xref>)).</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H8A2FFFCA12EE4B918C7BE518A8A25310"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Federally qualified health center in rural areas</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A Federally qualified health center (as defined in section 1861(aa)(4) of the Social Security Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1395x">42 U.S.C. 1395x(aa)(4)</external-xref>) that is located in a rural area. </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HDA51EEC6A2434EBAADD879B4FE18C8CD"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Rural physician or rural physician group practice</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A physician or physician group practice that is located in a rural area.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H31C0BC8A9F254392A0E6CA82BB39D410"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Rural health clinic</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A rural health clinic (as defined in section 1861(aa)(2) of the Social Security Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1395x">42 U.S.C. 1395x(aa)(2)</external-xref>)).</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HE56CEC750C7A410AA2C1100DE76ED6E"><enum>(F)</enum><header>Medicare dependent hospital</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A medicare-dependent, small rural hospital (as defined in section 1886(d)(5)(G)(iv) of the Social Security Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1395ww">42 U.S.C. 1395ww(d)(5)(G)(iv)</external-xref>)).</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H1C28685A849548838BE801FE99B72C3B"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Amount of grant</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall determine the amount of a grant awarded under this section.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H3CF5416AA5C840C6A961341F7402CCB4"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Furnishing the secretary with information</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An eligible entity receiving a grant under this section shall furnish the Secretary with such information as the Secretary may require to—</text> <paragraph id="HEA0284B416AE4B108E785D065F9C00BD"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">evaluate the project for which the grant is made; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H6FE9F017052F42C3AC55F036AAE726FA"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">ensure that assistance provided under the grant is expended for the purposes for which the grant is made.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H87C0C564464B4C909FA6C648E7FE9DA4" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry out this section not more than $30,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2008 through 2012.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section> <section id="HCBC7139050604AFB9EA47F7E6609007C"><enum>6013.</enum><header>Rural entrepreneur and microenterprise assistance program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Subtitle D of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1981">7 U.S.C. 1981–2008r</external-xref>), as amended by sections 5025 and 6012 of this Act, is amended by inserting after section 366 the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H1AF55D01298E4F5F9D55003D25A53121" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <section id="H387C8F7DD93644ACA5B08FDE870243D"><enum>367.</enum><header>Rural entrepreneur and microenterprise assistance program</header> <subsection id="H5809088ABB6E4D8B8B662719AADAF492"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text> <paragraph id="H7D8F8C63EFF04B4DA0A2A3EF7DED2D28"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Economically disadvantaged microentrepreneur</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <quote>economically disadvantaged microentrepreneur</quote> means an owner, majority owner, or developer of a microenterprise that has the ability to compete in the private sector but has been impaired because of diminished capital and credit opportunities, as compared to other microentrepreneurs in the industry.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H87515F0E3A7242DB9484A5D21F9F255"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Indian tribe</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <quote>Indian tribe</quote> has the meaning given the term in section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/450b">25 U.S.C. 450b</external-xref>).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H0048936E06244D60972D823910EDACB"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Intermediary</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <quote>intermediary</quote> means a nonprofit entity that provides assistance—</text> <subparagraph id="H1E496D2018B34FA98EBB43F7D53611F"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to a microenterprise development organization; or</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HD8F28669F9E84A31BE40B83C4D6FEDE9"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for a microenterprise development program.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HB06C2EB563AE4FC4BCC10051E8519C10"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Low-income individual</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <quote>low-income individual</quote> means an individual with an income (adjusted for family size) of not more than 80 percent of the national median income.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H2E4A1F43EFE346D2826873D3D9155DA4"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Microcredit</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <quote>microcredit</quote> means a business loan or loan guarantee of not more than $50,000 that is provided to a rural entrepreneur.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HBBD00525980B4F02BB3E49C0AA414174"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Microenterprise</header><text>The term <quote>microenterprise</quote> means—</text> <subparagraph id="HB646CFB11E4D4A1D84BC04B590AC23D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a sole proprietorship; or</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HF89E911195FA4875A4EEFC74C9BB0000"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a business entity with not more than 10 full-time-equivalent employees.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HFA8CFC99064F4E3C8C5FCB3B61A7AEAD"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Microenterprise development organization</header> <subparagraph id="H0605D802AFAE45318DB15C837983F150"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <quote>microenterprise development organization</quote> means a nonprofit entity that—</text> <clause id="H42A032E3C12E46D789CFEB89633000F"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provides training and technical assistance to rural entrepreneurs; and</text></clause> <clause id="H64CDDDCB961C468485B97DE43C9B4D25"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">facilitates access to capital or another service described in subsection (b) for rural entrepreneurs.</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H0EA2ACB857CB4FA68B07E88F7C7618BD"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Inclusions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <quote>microenterprise development organization</quote> includes an organization described in subparagraph (A) with a demonstrated record of delivering services to economically disadvantaged microentrepreneurs, or an effective plan to develop a program to deliver microenterprise services to rural entrepreneurs effectively, as determined by the Secretary.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H4A8D158DC7084C0AB1B53C9099973AF"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Microenterprise development program</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <quote>microenterprise development program</quote> means a program administered by a qualified organization serving a rural area.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC9379E1AA0634210B5E879D95F4C36A"><enum>(9)</enum><header>Microentrepreneur</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <quote>microentrepreneur means</quote> the owner, operator, or developer of a microenterprise.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HBF93BBDA244B4732877300721059B1F3"><enum>(10)</enum><header>Program</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <quote>program</quote> means the rural entrepreneur and microenterprise program established under subsection (b)(1).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HB0C54A7D989B4526B1D012271015FA1F"><enum>(11)</enum><header>Qualified organization</header><text>The term <quote>qualified organization</quote> means—</text> <subparagraph id="H26042EE5F8524965B76F76F367F9D232"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a microenterprise development organization or microenterprise development program that has a demonstrated record of delivering microenterprise services to rural entrepreneurs, or an effective plan to develop a program to deliver microenterprise services to rural entrepreneurs effectively, as determined by the Secretary;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HE029F3CBC0954C75BAA7D548E50021F9"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an intermediary that has a demonstrated record of delivering assistance to microenterprise development organizations or microenterprise development programs;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HF1E94B64DFA444C8B299FF587F7B5973"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an Indian tribe, the tribal government of which certifies to the Secretary that there is no microenterprise development organization or microenterprise development program under the jurisdiction of the Indian tribe;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H315BF7B8572D4C36B15B070009598306"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a group of 2 or more organizations or Indian tribes described in any of subparagraphs (A) through (C) that agree to act jointly as a qualified organization under this section; or</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H0F68A07F61674423B8C22B2DCA98BE14"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"> for purposes of subsection (b), a public college or university that has a demonstrated record of delivering assistance to microenterprise development organizations or microenterprise development programs.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H129D9A2FAF2F4B579BA18C243B0088BA"><enum>(12)</enum><header>Rural area</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <quote>rural area</quote> means any area of the United States that is not—</text> <subparagraph id="HF499A474B3AC47DEB004EDAE2CADAC"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">included within the boundaries of any city, town, borough, or village, whether incorporated or unincorporated, with a population of more than 20,000 inhabitants; or</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HF590AF73B12949F3BA71DF83E0FF85C7"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the urbanized area contiguous and adjacent to such a city or town.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HFE27C26F2EEA41C996EEA0BF67C4A455"><enum>(13)</enum><header>Rural capacity-building service</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <quote>rural capacity-building service</quote> means a service provided to an organization that—</text> <subparagraph id="H11C54EC7318E409DB8ED7C612C7CA102"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is, or is in the process of becoming, a microenterprise development organization or microenterprise development program; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H4A78024AC2BA4022B082B73B4D58608C"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">serves rural areas for the purpose of enhancing the ability of the organization to provide training, technical assistance, and other related services to rural entrepreneurs.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H60360377DA89496185C900D6DC793B33"><enum>(14)</enum><header>Rural entrepreneur</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <quote>rural entrepreneur</quote> means a microentrepreneur, or prospective microentrepreneur—</text> <subparagraph id="H683AA6F98A2E4D5184A572C77649EF35"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the principal place of business of which is in a rural area; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HF2D86AC596B34DDE86471E373EDB32AD"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">that is unable to obtain sufficient training, technical assistance, or microcredit elsewhere, as determined by the Secretary.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H850EC56688C945B4BF504434C830C41E"><enum>(15)</enum><header>Tribal government</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <quote>tribal government</quote> means the governing body of an Indian tribe.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H0FCC5333F9294FC58238549C2FE25DA0"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Rural entrepreneurship and microenterprise program</header> <paragraph id="HA87B135E64454B15ADCE4DC105B80049"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall establish a rural entrepreneurship and microenterprise program.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H3C3F06268A644403B9EE8B3521F7A31"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Purpose</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The purpose of the program shall be to provide low-income individuals and moderate-income individuals with—</text> <subparagraph id="H456F8DA528A346F2A9023908BEC10085"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the skills necessary to establish new small businesses in rural areas; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H1DA6122596C14E3396B294F8766F6DBA"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">continuing technical and financial assistance as individuals and business starting or operating small businesses.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H45A50B9D99B346D9BE38A21506B1F087"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Grants</header> <subparagraph id="H0F073E164DED43DE96A5366E9C688C64"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may make a grant under the program to a qualified organization—</text> <clause id="HF8E5DE14E4924915A9DEF795AD5B54D5"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to provide training, operational support, or a rural capacity-building service to a qualified organization to assist the qualified organization in developing microenterprise training, technical assistance, market development assistance, and other related services, primarily for business with 10 or fewer full-time-equivalent employees;</text></clause> <clause id="H6EC7A8F3F7414B7A97C49E953E2BA45E"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to assist in researching and developing the best practices in delivering training, technical assistance, and microcredit to rural entrepreneurs; and</text></clause> <clause id="H8E1702F52B0C4BC59B4505F239FFB915"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to carry out such other projects and activities as the Secretary determines to be consistent with the purposes of this section.</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H98B04FD8B83241DF8C6F052E9589E065"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Diversity</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In making grants under this paragraph, the Secretary shall ensure, to the maximum extent practicable, that grant recipients include qualified organizations—</text> <clause id="H3F13A1F3FB5A427B9E7016C6C4BCE573"><enum>(i)</enum><text>of varying sizes; and</text></clause> <clause id="H8DE28BE196494729822BA8A7D166274B"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>that serve racially and ethnically diverse populations.</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H7A65AD213B6C425A99D0037F5B9CB2A0"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Matching requirement</header> <clause id="H262CF29990504AD2B58EB86CD3660992"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">As a condition of any grant made to a qualified organization under this paragraph, the Secretary shall require the qualified organization to match not less than 25 percent of the total amount of the grant.</text></clause> <clause id="HF172558127B6459C9D8014DEBB05509C"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Sources</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In addition to cash from non-Federal sources, a matching share provided by the qualified organization may include indirect costs or in-kind contributions funded under non-Federal programs.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HFDBC0FD62EB54F828689BB51A8513B84"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Rural microloan and technical assistance program</header> <subparagraph id="H4B72231AF6BD45D1B3DDFF4700628D4D"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In carrying out the program, the Secretary may carry out a rural microloan program.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HD398703236E64E208D379C58937D8995"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Purpose</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The purpose of the rural microloan program shall be to provide technical and financial assistance through qualified organizations to sole proprietorships and small businesses located in rural areas with a particular focus on businesses with 10 or fewer full-time equivalent employees.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HAA90161DB40F461C8BF46CE311286117"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Authority of secretary</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In carrying out the rural microloan program, the Secretary may—</text> <clause id="H6CDDF38E6B01412C00BBCD6B5759891"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">make loans to qualified organizations for the purpose of making short-term, fixed interest rate microloans to startup, newly established, and growing rural microbusiness concerns; and</text></clause> <clause id="H3701ACB5F7D64F0DB9ED19B023E4EC39"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in conjunction with the loans, provide grants in accordance with subparagraph (E) to the organizations for the purpose of providing intensive marketing, management, and technical assistance to small business concerns that are borrowers under this paragraph.</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H202C42E2A6494DE49D02A642D9D70005"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Loan duration; interest rates; conditions</header> <clause id="HC2932F750A654C5DBD06519BB64201D"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Loan duration</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A loan made by the Secretary under this paragraph shall be for a term of 20 years.</text></clause> <clause id="H8795ADE70820481C88882F42CFF9B6EB"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Applicable interest rates</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A loan made by the Secretary under this paragraph to a qualified organization shall bear an annual interest rate of at least 1 percent.</text></clause> <clause id="H5B697B75F7814FF79990B30057EB5D6C"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Deferral of interest and principal</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may permit the deferral of payments, for principal and interest, on a loan made under this paragraph for a period of not more than 2 years, beginning on the date the loan is made.</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HFA9FE5B02B2A41329940002EF97C6CED"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Grant amounts</header> <clause id="H0D1CDB2689C44EEB977B9EAE993B42CD"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as otherwise provided in this section, each qualified organization that receives a loan under this paragraph shall be eligible to receive a grant to provide marketing, management, and technical assistance to small business concerns that are borrowers or potential borrowers under this subsection.</text></clause> <clause id="HD64DEB75B1E2401FB258265E3B9E2EFE"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Maximum amount for microenterprise development organizations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each microenterprise development organization that receives a loan under this paragraph shall receive an annual grant in an amount equal to not more than 25 percent of the total outstanding balance of loans made to the microenterprise development organization under this paragraph, as of the date the grant is made.</text></clause> <clause id="H1405ECCFE5194C53954BF4776EAEA5EF"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Matching requirement</header> <subclause id="HCC1DC964AB8F4A2F88C2359651FE4B62"><enum>(I)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">As a condition of any grant made to a qualified organization under this subparagraph, the Secretary shall require the qualified organization to match not less than 15 percent of the total amount of the grant.</text></subclause> <subclause id="H854F82510A794C309365E6D6F4808416"><enum>(II)</enum><header>Sources</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In addition to cash from non-Federal sources, a matching share provided by the qualified organization may include indirect costs or in-kind contributions funded under non-Federal programs.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H069D2D426D5A441881854EEBA125CB1"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Administrative expenses</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not more than 10 percent of assistance received by a qualified organization for a fiscal year under this section may be used to pay administrative expenses.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HF4CE805C68144276B300004D2807F067"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Furnishing the secretary with information</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A qualified organization that receives a grant under subsection (b)(3) or loan under subsection (b)(4) shall furnish the Secretary by December 1 such information as the Secretary may require to ensure that assistance provided under the grant or loan is expended for the purposes for which the grant or loan is made. </text></subsection> <subsection id="H31AB507145074BB893632EB6C1912FB3"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry out this section not more than $20,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2008 through 2012.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section> <section id="HCC816741E0724ED600B611585E9BEEDA" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>6014.</enum><header>Criteria to be applied in considering applications for rural development projects</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Subtitle D of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1981">7 U.S.C. 1981–2008r</external-xref>), as amended by sections 5025, 6012, and 6013 of this Act, is amended by inserting after section 367 the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD33E749FF9024DCA92D654AC8BEFF02F"> <section id="HD2DAB1BB4F03422194B8387074F9568E"><enum>368.</enum><header>Criteria to be applied in considering applications for rural development projects</header> <subsection id="H8972F1F138E84802950926B632645E00"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall review the income demographics, population, seasonal increases, and other factors as determined by the Secretary, of eligible communities for each program authorized or modified by, or funded pursuant to, an amendment made by title VI of the Farm, Nutrition, and Bioenergy Act of 2007 or section 306, 306A, 306C, 306D, 306E, 310(c), 310(e), 310B(b), 310B(c), 310B(e), or 379B, or subtitle F, G, H, or I of this Act, and which proposes to serve a rural area (as defined by the applicable law).</text></subsection> <subsection id="HCDBC3BA6FC7A4CB0BDF20585EEE91887"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Regulations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall issue regulations to establish the applicable limitations that a rural area cannot exceed in order to remain eligible for a program referred to in subsection (a).</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section> <section id="H81353148DDDF4D37A26BE1CE7339DEEA"><enum>6015.</enum><header>National sheep industry improvement center</header> <subsection id="H850371970CC74DF48C25D45C02EF00AB"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Funding</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 375(e)(6) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2008j">7 U.S.C. 2008j(e)(6)</external-xref>) is amended by striking paragraphs (B) and (C) and inserting the following: </text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H2BA6A8C01C4B44C9A4ECE2A2A939533B" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <subparagraph id="H7AB46268EDC347519E9611882C078D64"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry out this section $10,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2008 through 2012. </text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="HCCB5DAB841C447F194E240DCB0D78CD2"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Elimination of requirement to privatize revolving fund</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"> Section 375 of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2008j">7 U.S.C. 2008j</external-xref>) is amended by striking subsection (j).</text></subsection></section> <section id="H066805F109C04D8DA3A4F2065C597641"><enum>6016.</enum><header>National rural development partnership</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 378(g)(1) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2008m">7 U.S.C. 2008m(g)(1)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2003 through 2007</quote> and inserting <quote>2008 through 2012</quote>.</text></section> <section id="H914D4810EE884A97AAC06755EA73C7D7"><enum>6017.</enum><header>Historic barn preservation</header> <subsection id="H0245D27C72AC495590C2B695EE61B400"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Grant priority</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 379A(c) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2008o">7 U.S.C. 2008o(c)</external-xref>) is amended by redesignating paragraphs (3) and (4) as paragraphs (4) and (5) and inserting after paragraph (2) the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="HCDB58A4BC6EB44D3B4A1F146F495A4B3" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <paragraph id="H7120F159692049EC95A88B5880C7A75C"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Priority</header><text>In making grants under this subsection, the Secretary shall give the highest priority to funding projects described in paragraph (2)(C).</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="HDDFF1B5A78B847FA8629D485F3380095"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Limitations on authorization of appropriations</header><text>Section 379A(c)(5) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2008o">7 U.S.C. 2008o(c)(5)</external-xref>), as so redesignated by subsection (a) of this section, is amended by striking <quote>2002 through 2007</quote> and inserting <quote>2008 through 2012</quote>.</text></subsection></section> <section id="HBCCD8BEE467E42B3A47F987C5B3DC0FF"><enum>6018.</enum><header>Grants for NOAA weather radio transmitters</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline"> Section 379B(d) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2008p">7 U.S.C. 2008p(d)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2002 through 2007</quote> and inserting <quote>2008 through 2012</quote>.</text></section> <section id="H872007864A274AF8B419D411363570C4"><enum>6019.</enum><header>Delta regional authority</header> <subsection id="H908ABCACF3884976BBA5FD82134280A4"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 382M(a) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2009aa-12">7 U.S.C. 2009aa-12(a)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2001 through 2007</quote> and inserting <quote>2008 through 2012</quote>.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H693EE288F3B54A6CABAB0445D064C4FB"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Termination of authority</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 382N of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2009aa-13">7 U.S.C. 2009aa-13</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2007</quote> and inserting <quote>2012</quote>.</text></subsection></section> <section id="H5EE65B1C21CC460F89B1353EB1072C94"><enum>6020.</enum><header>Northern great plains regional authority</header> <subsection id="H61034934330548738B1CC7F6BBCFA837"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Federal share of administrative expenses</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 383B(g)(1) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2009bb-1">7 U.S.C. 2009bb-1(g)(1)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H48731915F367499C96307896200435DF"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>2002</quote> and inserting <quote>2007</quote>;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE2FCBC1EECE9420DABFF281C00D9CA2"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B), by striking <quote>2003</quote> and inserting <quote>2008</quote>; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H69673B51E87B44EE983F94579283F4E1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subparagraph (C), by striking <quote>2004</quote> and inserting <quote>2009</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H659A47EC750748CCA5BDA878C3C09BB"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Technical amendment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 383B(d)(6)(A) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2009bb-1">7 U.S.C. 2009bb-1(d)(6)(A)</external-xref>) is amended by inserting <quote>and resource conservation</quote> after <quote>development</quote>. </text></subsection> <subsection id="H5BC3309FDCD749E9B1DEDFDA51792DC0"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Elimination of prioritization ranking of activities to be funded</header><text>Section 383C(b)(2) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2009bb-2">7 U.S.C. 2009bb-2(b)(2)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>activities in the following order of priority</quote> and inserting <quote>following activities</quote>.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HFA4B5BC9D0604A469F6BF8001468301F"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Elimination of isolated area of distress designation</header> <paragraph id="HFD974B7CEDB7430FA6961461996B2DAD"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 383F(a) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2009bb-5">7 U.S.C. 2009bb-5(a)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <subparagraph id="HC6C4FDC7A7074644A470B42F11BFBF8D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by adding <quote>and</quote> at the end of paragraph (1);</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H524CA05EEF044785A089A171F9A7B3FE"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>; and</quote> at the end of paragraph (2) and inserting a period; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H99EEA9F991004C2182805DEFBEE229C"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (3).</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H0742A7B774244429992338A00696360"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Conforming amendments</header><text>Section 383F(b) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2009bb-5">7 U.S.C. 2009bb-5(b)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <subparagraph id="HD35062319CEE45CF8B326957F4BD3CE1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>and isolated areas of distress</quote>; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H5DE244BB58EE401B90FCB63F2548091C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by striking <quote>or isolated areas of distress</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H62F9259A34EE4A3494008FD3E0B7485E"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Reduction of minimum funds allocation for distressed counties</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 383F(b)(1) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2009bb-5">7 U.S.C. 2009bb-5(b)(1)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>75</quote> and inserting <quote>50</quote>.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H47C8533A76F14BEC8C27CDFCED8CD842"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Elimination of prohibition on providing funds to nondistressed counties</header><text>Section 383F of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2009bb-5">7 U.S.C. 2009bb-5</external-xref>) is amended by striking subsection (c) and redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (c).</text></subsection> <subsection id="HD3A73A76643F466CA39F2100A9EB03A0"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Inclusion of renewable energy among objects of minimum funds allocation</header><text>Section 383F(c) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2009bb-5">7 U.S.C. 2009bb-5(c)</external-xref>), as so redesignated by subsection (a) of this section, is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HD20924F2D89341EA0083ADABACD0E373"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the subsection heading, by inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">renewable energy</header-in-text>,</quote> after <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">telecommunication,</header-in-text></quote>; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HF3F91262D82D42BF8FA523E8141E2DC1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>renewable energy,</quote> after <quote>telecommunication</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HF16FD9F00DC54796A60010AB11F41001"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 383M(a) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2009bb-12">7 U.S.C. 2009bb-12(a)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2002 through 2007</quote> and inserting <quote>2008 through 2012</quote>.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H646D9EE06E5C4B3E9C0099C25D9B00A3"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Termination of authority</header><text>Section 383N of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2009bb-13">7 U.S.C. 2009bb-13</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2007</quote> and inserting <quote>2012</quote>. </text></subsection></section> <section id="HB8FCC2CF228842A896097BAAD22DA94B"><enum>6021.</enum><header>Rural strategic investment program</header> <subsection id="H4970A312EDCE460BBF0110D1165EF93F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Limitations on authorization of appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 385E of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2009dd-4">7 U.S.C. 2009dd-4</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFE4B89A5C9474ECBBEFD416F86D3DD2D"> <section id="H974C296183EE4BBE923C449B78229771"><enum>385E.</enum><header>Limitations on authorization of appropriations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry out this subtitle not more than $25,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2008 through 2012.</text></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="HEFE91359F7BF4FB68B81F4CC18E4DA13"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Preservation and promotion of rural heritage</header> <paragraph id="HDE8358A69F1747A1B4EB9523D7109C4"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Definition</header><text>Section 385B of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2009dd-1">7 U.S.C. 2009dd-1</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5F6DDC1323B54A44A29588093B448342"> <paragraph id="H404E26A368E14CC89CC8A35BD50027F"><enum>(12)</enum><header>Rural heritage</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <quote>rural heritage</quote> means historic sites, structures, and districts which may include rural downtown areas and main streets, neighborhoods, farmsteads, scenic and historic trails, and heritage areas and historic landscapes.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph> <paragraph id="HF3C142FE9FFA47939D2437023974BEA"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Rural strategic investment planning grants</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 385F(b) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2009dd-5">7 U.S.C. 2009dd-5(b)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <subparagraph id="H19CA4E43170741FDA911BE24CE38CB76"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end of paragraph (6); and </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H256FCAFFA7BD445FB38F40703386431B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraph (7) as paragraph (8) and inserting after paragraph (6) the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD83CDDEC5A494773A153ABE3CBC01EA1"> <paragraph id="H661963DE517A4BBA862D3FFC1B4CFED"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">preservation and promotion of rural heritage; and</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HFF0F2DECEE2944A683F729ECF60124F"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Innovation grants</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 385G(d) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2009dd-6">7 U.S.C. 2009dd-6(d)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <subparagraph id="H37A277BB91D349FF8BD9BCB365A0C265"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end of paragraph (6); and </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H680CB0CB59804430A47CB0F217418CDD"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraph (7) as paragraph (8) and inserting after paragraph (6) the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9B81649DA78B4213ABA014537C504100"> <paragraph id="H8C13D497A82047009EFC4EA3E7AC72F7"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">demonstrate a plan to protect and promote rural heritage; and</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="H860B07478DC84564BE1D109C82DCC600"><enum>6022.</enum><header>Expansion of 911 access</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 315(b) of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/904e">7 U.S.C. 904e(b)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2002 through 2007</quote> and inserting <quote>2008 through 2012</quote>.</text></section> <section id="HDC127D58E63B4832BB3D825357ECDB42"><enum>6023.</enum><header>Access to broadband telecommunications services in rural areas</header> <subsection id="H14AD91B703644F19BC34E55E13E9AA91"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 601(b) of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/950bb">7 U.S.C. 950bb(b)</external-xref>) is amended by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H1A6964003D564A57B1B740040061DE17" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <paragraph id="H8D286C00A61146EE86A2D558084D20E2"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Eligible rural community</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <quote>eligible rural community</quote> means any area of the United States that is not—</text> <subparagraph id="HEE4F5D28E1A14BC4B3FB4D8399DCD59E"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">included within the boundaries of any city, town, borough, or village, whether incorporated or unincorporated, with a population of more than 20,000 inhabitants; or </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H33D3A81F31244F8FBD47A188F583A741"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the urbanized area contiguous and adjacent to such a city or town.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="HF2F267D94259430F84C1B78D24317956"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Prioritization of applications</header> <paragraph id="H3F0F842469914FE1AD78A21DFB3DE2EB"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Definition</header><text>Section 601(b) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/950bb">7 U.S.C. 950bb(b)</external-xref>), as amended by subsection (a) of this section, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H4F616632081A4F91AD00EB01E3FBC41D" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <paragraph id="HFBA85BAC6DCE44FEBD32D6C28FC753EB"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Incumbent service provider</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <quote>incumbent service provider</quote> means, with respect to an application submitted pursuant to this section, an entity that is providing broadband service to at least 5 percent of the households in the service area proposed in the application.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph> <paragraph id="H6E0D34FB34034976B3B3D64F23515826"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Priority based on number of incumbent service providers</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 601(c) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/950bb">7 U.S.C. 950bb(c)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H6969C781C9DA43EC9C52EE42AEA50019" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <paragraph id="H05FADE5A55BC4B59AFD233811CEDEB63"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Applications prioritized based on number of incumbent service providers</header> <subparagraph id="HEDDF0736386A48E6BF8F87300131E53"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>In making or guaranteeing loans under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall give priority, in the following order, to applications from eligible rural communities that have—</text> <clause id="H76CD6091E4514397915FB8CE5E402C6F"><enum>(i)</enum><text>no incumbent service provider; </text></clause> <clause id="H9621F4640F44404AAFA60674D86067D9"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">1 incumbent services provider; or</text></clause> <clause id="H1552FDA6B1CD45C4AB964850D08100E0" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">2 incumbent service providers who, together, serve not more than 25 percent of the households in the service area proposed in the application.</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H3173B4684D2C4FCDBDB1DDC8D76E6665" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Prohibitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In carrying out this section, the Secretary may not—</text> <clause id="H21BFEAEE6F8649F4A7651185083CA7C"><enum>(i)</enum><text>make a loan to an eligible community in which there are 3 or more incumbent service providers, unless—</text> <subclause id="H9E8BE0DA03624D5CB9EE6B4F59BB603C"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the loan is to an incumbent service provider of the community;</text></subclause> <subclause id="H79F714205C3A4D4B8CA1DC06C2B5FD06"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the other providers in that community are notified of the application before approval by the Secretary, and have sufficient time to comment on the application; and</text></subclause> <subclause id="H4F4E7C542E764D7B951DE45B411316B1"><enum>(III)</enum><text>the application includes substantially increasing—</text> <item id="H0C34102FFCA8443CB9F333859F17A971"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>the quality of broadband service in the community; and</text></item> <item id="HC64C63DE66E84628A647761D018C295F"><enum>(bb)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the provision of broadband service to unserved households inside and outside the community; or</text></item></subclause></clause> <clause id="H315D43DC35CA407A8337DC916170005F"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">make a loan for new construction to any community in which more than 75 percent of the households may obtain affordable broadband service, on request, from at least 1 incumbent service provider.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H57E7A53CF4414BF3BBD048B2B6C73E6" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Paperwork reduction</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 601(c) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/950bb">7 U.S.C. 950bb(c)</external-xref>), as amended by subsection (b)(2) of this section, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE36FBA46396D41DA85E26F719B96B555"> <paragraph id="H48B6A22F28DE42E695FF9D0089A6F4D3"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Paperwork reduction</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall take steps to reduce the cost and paperwork associated with applying for a loan or loan guarantee under this section by first-time applicants, particularly those who are smaller and start-up Internet providers, including by providing for a new application which shall maintain the ability of the Secretary to make an analysis of the risk associated with the loan involved.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="HC4965BC3CE70433D9B07BAC23E11D86"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Increase in maximum number of subscriber lines that may be served by an eligible entity</header><text>Section 601(d)(3) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/950bb">7 U.S.C. 950bb(d)(3)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2</quote> and inserting <quote>10</quote>.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H171964440A6346E88C8E269941AA1BEF"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Limitation on funds to entities with more than 2 percent of subscriber lines</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 601(d) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/950bb">7 U.S.C. 950bb(d)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H832A242191AD4D1000A84D1E54BE846" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <paragraph id="H7B40F86D86284D429D1E12DFFFD164F1"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Limitation on funds to entities with more than 2 percent of subscriber lines</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not more than 25 percent of the loans made under this section in a single fiscal year may be approved for entities that serve more than 2 percent of the telephone subscriber lines in the United States.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="H98ED7658798A4B50A1E592C2D5771F39" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Loan term not to exceed 35 years</header><text>Section 601(g)(2) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/950bb">7 U.S.C. 950bb(g)(2)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>not to exceed the useful life of the assets constructed, improved, or acquired with the proceeds of the loan or extension of credit.</quote> and inserting <quote>of such length, not exceeding 35 years, as the borrower may request, so long as the Secretary determines that the loan is adequately secured. In determining the term of a loan or loan guarantee, the Secretary shall consider whether the recipient is or would be serving an area that is not receiving broadband services.</quote></text></subsection> <subsection id="H79A4EAE984014F62BE7FF06E111C8909"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Adequacy of security</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 601 of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/950bb">7 U.S.C. 950bb</external-xref>) is amended by redesignating subsections (h) through (k) as subsections (i) through (l), respectively, and inserting after subsection (g) the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H7D0B8C89F94A4CBA8BF131C1E1CD66FE" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <subsection id="HE47C649D66804EDA004123E5E5C7BEE9"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Adequacy of security</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall ensure that the type, amount, and method of security used to secure any loan or loan guarantee provided under this section is commensurate to the risk involved with the loan or loan guarantee, particularly when the loan or loan guarantee is issued to a financially healthy, strong, and stable entity. In determining the amount and method of security, the Secretary shall consider reducing the security in areas that do not have broadband service.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="H54AA1452400641A68DECD7E1AC00F4A9"><enum>(h)</enum><header>General report on program</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 601 of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/950bb">7 U.S.C. 950bb</external-xref>), as amended by subsection (g) of this section, is amended by redesignating subsections (k) and (l) as subsections (l) and (m), respectively, and inserting after subsection (j) the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H26025F2C32254BFE00FC4000BA28CAB5" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <subsection id="H355984FEA03140F0BA26A6007CF58F3C"><enum>(k)</enum><header>General program report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than December 1 of each year, the Secretary shall prepare and submit to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate a report that details for the preceding fiscal year—</text> <paragraph id="H8DB87E050AFE48CDA0259EF0F1450012"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the loans made under this section;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H9D2A2D5196514371A8628633FDF4A300"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the communities served under this section;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H8D0A91671C1E46C4B9D78FAEDD54999" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the speed of the broadband service offered by applicants for, and recipients of, loans or loan guarantees under this section;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HEA6110BAC3A34D08A7AD263C38B336FE"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the type of services offered by the applicants and recipients;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H3FCEF9D3554F4F7BA9596849CD1C18B5"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the length of time to approve applications submitted pursuant to this section; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H4232B9D80DFA41EEAAC25BBCA4F202F4"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the outreach efforts undertaken by the Department of Agriculture to encourage persons in areas without broadband service to submit applications pursuant to this section. </text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="HBD7D21039D21431F9472B24512ED5FD0"><enum>(i)</enum><header>National center for rural telecommunications assessment</header><text>Section 601 of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/950bb">7 U.S.C. 950bb</external-xref>), as amended by subsections (g) and (h) of this section, is amended by redesignating subsections (l) and (m) as subsections (m) and (n), respectively, and inserting after subsection (k) the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H562B72722B9A49A486187EC54F56F200" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <subsection id="H598EA68E52E84FF8B4BFA5A1307D2179"><enum>(l)</enum><header>National center for rural telecommunications assessment</header> <paragraph id="H9B38AE2C162A49C685D8F7FCA1AE26DE" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Establishment of center</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall designate a National Center for Rural Telecommunications Assessment (in this subsection referred to as the <quote>Center</quote>).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H569D2CC7D69A4B5B94E078338C00CD53"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Criteria</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall use the following criteria in making the designation:</text> <subparagraph id="H6B25D1DEFF354CBDAE56675D82B2EB34"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Center must be an entity with a focus on rural policy research and a minimum of 5 years experience in rural telecommunications research and assessment.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H7BA4601DA30946548B2BAC136E4BB107"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Center must be capable of assessing broadband services in rural areas.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HB6B337C8D5CA4D5F8D119EDFF9A0862E"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Center must have significant experience with other rural economic development centers and organizations in the assessment of rural policies and formulation of policy solutions at the local, State, and Federal level.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HA121A80ABD3D4D2894A3785B5B98CE84"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Board</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The management of the Center shall be vested in a board of directors that is capable of oversight of the duties set forth in paragraph (4). </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H07D17DA9AEF343DA89CA6CF058DC7B"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Duties</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Center shall—</text> <subparagraph id="HBE21CB34AE11403E8960AD80B2262100"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">assess the effectiveness of programs provided under subsection (b) in increasing broadband penetration and purchase in rural areas, especially in those rural communities identified by the Secretary as having no service before award of a broadband loan or loan guarantee under subsection (b);</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H37806B46B68F42A497D941C127499CB4"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">develop assessments of broadband availability in rural areas, working with existing rural development centers selected by the Center;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HE19CB4B50CDB4529B26FF02F93469EAB"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">identify policies and initiatives at the local, State and Federal level that have increased broadband penetration and purchase in rural areas;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H0B242BEFCC4F418FB7000015641FEAAA"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">conduct a national study of rural households and businesses focusing on the adoption of, barriers to, and utilization of broadband services; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H30C4FD12E35A4E45BBCBE68FF4CE4BC4"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provide reports to the public on the activities undertaken under this section.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H1758FA0BBF8649D7A727253215FAF95D"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Reporting requirements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Center shall report by December 1 of each year to the Secretary its activities, the results of its research, and any such information the Secretary may request regarding the prior fiscal year. In reporting to the Secretary the Center shall include the following:</text> <subparagraph id="HBEFCA2CFE3EA47FDB83B22F9323CADA5"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Assessments of the programs provided under subsection (b).</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H900FAF1BCD7F4E61835622808C64C8E6"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Annual assessments on broadband availability in rural areas under consideration by the Center.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HDBD4EA920C0E4CB58B3111B1FC230154"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Annual assessments on the effects of the policy initiatives identified in paragraph (2)(C).</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H547B6898CB7145E2ABCBE2A170A63048"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Results from the national study of rural households and businesses conducted under paragraph (4)(D).</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H97684A4DDBD64AB69624F5E4FC37159"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry out this subsection not more than $1,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2008 through 2012.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="H7D47FD3BE5484440B756BB3CE5A81B63"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Funding</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 601(m) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/950bb">7 U.S.C. 950bb(l)</external-xref>) as so redesignated by subsections (g) through (i) of this section, is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HB1C0141EB29D4276A7CB50BC48B7B4DF"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking paragraph (1);</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H980B0054A1EA49C3A20064983880C4F8"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraphs (2), (3), and (4) as paragraphs (1), (2), and (3), respectively;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H3A4E4AB80E604825879901FC34B01768"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (1)(B) (as so redesignated), by striking <quote>2007</quote> and inserting <quote>2012</quote>; </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H46AD2B9D05B644CDA4D758436D41B3C"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (2) (as so redesignated), by striking <quote>2003 through 2007</quote> and inserting <quote>2008 through 2012</quote>; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H8B5F1E383E15418A9B071E48C73385F2"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (3) (as so redesignated), by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H336AA1746FE24A8088F89E1CAA232B" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <subparagraph id="H229255E546204DDD9688325D846C51B8"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Eligible tribal communities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Of the amounts made available under subparagraph (A) for a fiscal year, 10 percent shall be reserved for entities serving eligible tribal communities.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H73A0F34F48F24E858D635140279FE4E9"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Unobligated amounts</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any amounts in the reserve established for eligible tribal communities for a fiscal year under subparagraph (D) that are not obligated by June 30 of the fiscal year shall be available to the Secretary to make loans and loan guarantees under this section to eligible entities in any State, as determined by the Secretary. </text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HD0C11D28D56B43A09111F9DC5906BABF"><enum>(k)</enum><header>Extension of authority To issue loans</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 601(n) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/950bb">7 U.S.C. 950bb(m)</external-xref>), as so redesignated by subsections (f) through (h) of this section, is amended by striking <quote>2007</quote> and inserting <quote>2012</quote>.</text></subsection></section> <section id="H909EC34031AB4059A29DE756128333D3"><enum>6024.</enum><header>Community connect grant program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Title VI of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/950bb">7 U.S.C. 950bb</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H0BBB43BCC793447E94F3392C5C5456FE" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <section id="H777DDE038DCB413691C675F9CD957959"><enum>602.</enum><header>Community connect grant program</header> <subsection id="H21B8AEDE2C0B49829F56643016004FCD"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall establish a grant program to be known as the <quote>Community Connect Grant Program</quote> to provide financial assistance to eligible applicants to provide broadband transmission service that fosters economic growth and delivers enhanced educational, health care, and public safety services.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HE84C08658EFB462599C3D64EA19EFE58"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Eligibility</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To be eligible for a grant under this section, the applicant must—</text> <paragraph id="HDEFF9855B32A4AAE93C0874EBB14A1E7"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">be legally organized as an incorporated tribal organization, an Indian tribe, or tribal organization, as defined in subsections (b) and (c) of section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/450b">25 U.S.C. 450b(b)</external-xref> and (c)), a State or local unit of government, or other legal entity, including a cooperative, private corporation, or limited liability company organized on a for-profit or not-for-profit basis;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H26DDE90FFD134C18B46023285D1969B5"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">have the legal capacity and authority to own and operate broadband facilities as proposed in its application, to enter into contracts, and to otherwise comply with applicable Federal statutes and regulations; or</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H8C3675BDCA6949880093E799203DF6F2"><enum>(3)</enum><text>be in an eligible rural community (as defined in section 601(b)(2) of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936).</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H6183176AE8F64406A3D6BCD820FA64DD"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Ineligible grant purposes</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A grant made under this section may not be used—</text> <paragraph id="H83E9186BF8E44882A5E5B12B72B3763E"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to finance the duplication of any broadband transmission service provided by another entity; or</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HEC3DEEA5193942B097EF12004DCBE8C4"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">with respect to facilities, to provide local exchange telecommunications service to any person or entity receiving the service.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HBD803B24D4454418ACAF84B307BAC4E5"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Priority</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In making grants under this section, the Secretary shall give priority to grants that will enhance community access to telemedicine and distance learning resources.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HFB1F24E7827A40358FE1CB2FB1910000"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Matching contributions</header> <paragraph id="HD0754A6340C74573B39D5D1EE9720715"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To be eligible to receive a grant under subsection (a), a grant applicant shall provide a matching contribution of at least 15 percent of the grant amount requested, in funds and in-kind contributions in a proportion to be determined by the Secretary.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H0826FBA4090C433597016528E872B3E2"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Limitations</header> <subparagraph id="H1696874BCAFD467AA78690D778DB6F6B"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Costs incurred by or on behalf of an applicant, for facilities, installed equipment, or other services rendered before submission of a completed application shall not be considered to be for an eligible grant purpose or a matching contribution.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HF306DBC50DE94F418890541B3D827DC2"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any financial assistance from Federal sources shall not be considered to be a matching contribution for purposes of this section, unless there is a Federal statutory exception specifically authorizing the Federal financial assistance to be so considered.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H971B7C08152A48379CCBE3AB79A9C5FF"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry out this section not more than $25,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2008 through 2012.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section> <section id="H853A3BFAC0E44DDA9BA745E88D452E10"><enum>6025.</enum><header>Agriculture innovation center demonstration program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 6402(i) of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1621">7 U.S.C. 1621</external-xref> note; <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/107/171">Public Law 107–171</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H61D055983A35401000A96DA85700F1E1" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <subsection id="H7B18AEADCE6541BFA2EBBF0919C25F59"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry out this section $6,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2008 through 2012.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section> <section id="H34EB50BBCB2E4519BE00756B703E352F"><enum>6026.</enum><header>Rural firefighters and emergency medical service assistance program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 6405 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1621">7 U.S.C. 1621</external-xref> note) is amended to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H929C601022174D7DB394754CC958E46" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <section id="H9672D11462F24E4B8000D64DDFC66E8D"><enum>6405.</enum><header>Rural firefighters and emergency medical service assistance program</header> <subsection id="HCFC4E36E7E224702B100B0EE10821CDA"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Grants</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall award grants to eligible entities to—</text> <paragraph id="H1EF997C0D3C74945826FF0A8F1B7B854"><enum>(1)</enum><text>enable the entities to provide for improved emergency medical services in rural areas; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H0CDDFFC6A8474B198D27D800C3E2E43"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">pay the cost of training firefighters and emergency medical personnel in firefighting, emergency medical practices, and responding to hazardous materials and bioagents in rural areas.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H788492F3978D4B5CA800BCF37E40BAF3"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Eligibility</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To be eligible to receive a grant under this section, an entity shall—</text> <paragraph id="HD11C9D4F9C104A0D97D198300000AFC3"><enum>(1)</enum><text>be—</text> <subparagraph id="HED1F743F41D547AC8E35045C28CF72DA"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a State emergency medical services office;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H186AED465D2B4BF08966CF343E2DEEA7"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a State emergency medical services association;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HD355820D3DD34C9998B1BC72B832DAE6"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a State office of rural health;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HDD8C97B4A5F14A58AF8835F6F9C50CE"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a local government entity;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H25911112E9DB4A8F9C1027E0C90D613"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an Indian tribe (as defined in section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/450b">25 U.S.C. 450b</external-xref>));</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HDFB644FC63994E1CB37C6710EF7FDAD5"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a State or local ambulance provider; or</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H7B8E4AE7525948BAAD1F52E960808800"><enum>(G)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any other entity determined appropriate by the Secretary; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HB7568CB672A5496C8D5DB71DCF2546F8"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">prepare and submit to the Secretary an application at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary may require, that includes—</text> <subparagraph id="H044537BCBBF04A69BD0845EABB9E6328"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a description of the activities to be carried out under the grant; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H1740237F71584BADB9BB8C2D14006600"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an assurance that the applicant will comply with the matching requirement of subsection (e).</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H1D6C713EDEE94BF3829F0483C568D632"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Use of funds</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An entity shall use amounts received under a grant made under subsection (a) only in rural areas to—</text> <paragraph id="HE2494861F567462BAD418946A4FCC73"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">hire or recruit emergency medical service personnel;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC403A00AD6144DE0BDBF01923DD687CB"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">recruit or retain volunteer emergency medical service personnel;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HBA60CC6C1ECB43C99562B291B4002160"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">train emergency medical service personnel in emergency response, injury prevention, safety awareness, and other topics relevant to the delivery of emergency medical services;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H14EF546CB0E9461195142E1C18F73618"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">fund training to meet State or Federal certification requirements;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H824D338FF0A74381957F35B98163E2F0"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provide training for firefighters and emergency medical personnel for improvements to the training facility, equipment, curricula, and personnel;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H8BA909748FA741D990D85687A993C7F"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">develop new ways to educate emergency health care providers through the use of technology-enhanced educational methods (such as distance learning);</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H6A025EC11653492A00C3F6F3FF49F2D8"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">acquire emergency medical services vehicles, including ambulances;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H4A3E01AA37A74E41B0219B2099902337"><enum>(8)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">acquire emergency medical services equipment, including cardiac defibrillators;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H176B35B40B1D46D3918E603E2732005C"><enum>(9)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">acquire personal protective equipment for emergency medical services personnel as required by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HFCE67DF85D2046A688CBE5C19DE66650"><enum>(10)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">educate the public concerning cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), first aid, injury prevention, safety awareness, illness prevention, and other related emergency preparedness topics.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HB2BDD154BC8D46FCBB4DFF05B954C394"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Preference</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In awarding grants under this section, the Secretary shall give preference to—</text> <paragraph id="H647AC6B2636A4943AA60A23C00FEB903"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">applications that reflect a collaborative effort by 2 or more of the entities described in subparagraphs (A) through (G) of subsection (b)(1); and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H28BD1E99F0C64AF2BBAC784B6BD38901"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">applications submitted by entities that intend to use amounts provided under the grant to fund activities described in any of paragraphs (1) through (5) of subsection (c).</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HF2BCC0F09C9D4D1DA32B2E0680292DE3"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Matching requirement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may not make a grant under this section to an entity unless the entity agrees that the entity will make available (directly or through contributions from other public or private entities) non-Federal contributions toward the activities to be carried out under the grant in an amount equal to 5 percent of the amount received under the grant.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H9D620857807745F70062985F877EBBBF"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Emergency medical services</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section, the term <quote>emergency medical services</quote>—</text> <paragraph id="HC121974822B54099A442DBF5EA2C733B"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">means resources used by a qualified public or private nonprofit entity, or by any other entity recognized as qualified by the State involved, to deliver medical care outside of a medical facility under emergency conditions that occur as a result of—</text> <subparagraph id="HA6F0EEEE53C34932B1B594FE8425468F"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the condition of the patient; or</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HAE631397CD54467691005E7981B53344"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a natural disaster or similar situation; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD1407F0180D24BA38C36E12452EE4F8D"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">includes (compensated or volunteer) services delivered by an emergency medical services provider or other provider recognized by the State involved that is licensed or certified by the State as an emergency medical technician or the equivalent (as determined by the State), a registered nurse, a physician assistant, or a physician that provides services similar to services provided by such an emergency medical services provider.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H9F52C71B2848440792B4B42EC6605F1F"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header> <paragraph id="H733DAE761FC7472491DB7D5FFAE661CD"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry out this section not more than $30,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2008 through 2012.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H31F846812F4F45CF9FD85C20D9BF02EA"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Administrative costs</header><text>Not more than 10 percent of the amount appropriated under paragraph (1) for a fiscal year may be used for administrative expenses.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section> <section id="HB97E089026F9476184A07779158EC7B"><enum>6027.</enum><header>Value-added agricultural market development program</header> <subsection id="HBD9B72A354A445C8AD4662568290A300"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definition of mid-tier value chain</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 231(a) of the Agricultural Risk Protection Act of 2000 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1621">7 U.S.C. 1621</external-xref> note; <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/106/224">Public Law 106–224</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H3BC1B268E4CC490BB6A990F77EF8B83" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <paragraph id="H08FFB7BAB1B14A85A4E2AFB1D236400"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Mid-tier value chain</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <quote>mid-tier value chain</quote> means local and regional supply networks that link independent producers with businesses and cooperatives that market value-added agricultural products in a manner that—</text> <subparagraph id="HADCDF1E985FB413FAFC11CB0CABE612B"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">targets and strengthens the profitability and competitiveness of small and medium-sized family farms, as defined in regulations pursuant to Section 302 of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H6D85A60198BC43268116458E35C52CCC"><enum>(B)</enum><text>obtains agreement from the eligible agricultural producer group, farmer or rancher cooperative, or majority-controlled producer-based business venture engaged in the value chain in the method for price determination.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="HA26BE008B9104588B513E08BF9077045"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Funding; reservation of funds; grant award criteria</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 231(b) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1621">7 U.S.C. 1621</external-xref> note; <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/106/224">Public Law 106–224</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HDB207ED486424299BA179BC61F3EC4EB"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (4) and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="HEFF473E94B444393B942007FA15A38C" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <paragraph id="HA2591874A8F94BA9998736C9243F2F32"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Funding</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this paragraph, on October 1, 2008, and on each October 1 thereafter through October 1, 2012, of the funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation, the Secretary shall make available to carry out this subsection $30,000,000, to remain available until expended.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H0BC6BF5A7DB846E99DE300E34DC2700"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Reservation of funds for projects to benefit beginning farmers and ranchers or socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers and mid-tier value chains</header> <subparagraph id="H6A4CCB6EB15A4F650079446602A505B3"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall reserve 10 percent of the amounts made available under paragraph (4) to fund projects that benefit beginning farmers and ranchers (as defined in section 343(a)(11) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act) or socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers (as defined in section 355(e) of such Act).</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H1BD082817916493D8410B8725875A1DF"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Mid-tier value chains</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall reserve 10 percent of the amounts made available under paragraph (4) to fund applications of eligible entities described in paragraph (1) that propose to develop mid-tier value chains.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H07661FAAD5B74C379CC875D0A38D0877"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Unobligated amounts</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any amounts in the reserves established under subparagraphs (A) and (B) that are not obligated by June 30 of the fiscal year shall be available to the Secretary to make grants under this section to eligible entities in any State, as determined by the Secretary.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph> <paragraph id="H064BAEA2E0A44C37971562B7CB687D5"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H58C3C5E47E614EA5B4143ECB4E16001B" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <paragraph id="H9B8FF3299CE34DD88C72FAAA61C5E589"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Criteria to be applied in awarding grants</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In awarding grants under this section, the Secretary shall consider an application more favorably when compared to other applications to the extent that the project contributes to increasing opportunities for operators of small and medium-size farms and ranches structured as family farms (as defined in regulations prescribed under section 302 of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act).</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="HD5E3EA08358946DDBF55AD2207AF6FBA" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>6028.</enum><header>Assistance for rural public television stations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 2333 of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. Sec. 950aaa-2) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H09963F1F0DD44EB0AF91E9F7B49B9496"> <subsection id="H89FBB7C995144874B3FA101431DAE45"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Digital service transition assistance for public television stations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may provide grants under this section to noncommercial education television broadcast stations that serve rural areas for the purposes of developing digital facilities, equipment, and infrastructure to enhance digital services to rural areas.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section> <section id="HD43ED1E4AD0E4251AF7B6212588370A6"><enum>6029.</enum><header>Telemedicine and distance learning services in rural areas</header> <subsection id="HBC37C15A32DD4128BD6400684FCC4B25" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>Section 2335A of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation and Trade Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/950aaa-5">7 U.S.C. 950aaa-5</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2007</quote> and inserting <quote>2012</quote>.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HB9A1035597DA4ABC8657ABB285E38DF"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming amendment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1(b) of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/102/551">Public Law 102–551</external-xref> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/950aaa">7 U.S.C. 950aaa</external-xref> note) is amended by striking <quote>2007</quote> and inserting <quote>2012</quote>.</text></subsection></section> <section id="H1F60BDA0A1A14B10ADF7144E7CFE9D2"><enum>6030.</enum><header>Guarantees for bonds and notes issued for electrification or telephone purposes</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 313A(f) of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/940c-1">7 U.S.C. 940c-1(f)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2007</quote> and inserting <quote>2012</quote>.</text></section> <section id="H5B21572C6277424EA3E3BAAFAE02BBD7" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>6031.</enum><header>Comprehensive rural broadband strategy</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall submit to the President, the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives, and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate a report describing a comprehensive rural broadband strategy that includes—</text> <paragraph id="H94CE6A2A97214C5400CE87393049A600"><enum>(1)</enum><text>recommendations—</text> <subparagraph id="HFD35A235BBD944FFA8CE375201D74F38"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to promote interagency coordination of Federal agencies in regards to policies, procedures, and targeted resources, and to improve and streamline the polices, programs, and services;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HE1928A616A324F1300354047D0512F5"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to coordinate among Federal agencies regarding existing rural broadband or rural initiatives that could be of value to rural broadband development;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H837E9AD03A5B4597B740D612C35867E9"><enum>(C)</enum><text>to address both short- and long-term solutions and needs assessments for a rapid build-out of rural broadband solutions and applications for Federal, State, regional, and local government policy makers;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H224B2DE325824D3790652B53ADA2FCFD"><enum>(D)</enum><text>to identify how specific Federal agency programs and resources can best respond to rural broadband requirements and overcome obstacles that currently impede rural broadband deployment; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H921D5D96C86C4B40BF66F507AD27C3D8"><enum>(E)</enum><text>to promote successful model deployments and appropriate technologies being used in rural areas so that State, regional, and local governments can benefit from the cataloging and successes of other State, regional, and local governments; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HDE34AAD1C0484B7BA5E0A13407A6B69E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a description of goals and timeframes to achieve the strategic plans and visions identified in the report.</text></paragraph></section> <section id="H8487C92CC7AB45E6AD392C6FEBA8AC87" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>6032.</enum><header>Study of railroad issues</header> <subsection id="H7396C87EF0A64137AA51097596CB4FCF"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Agriculture, in coordination with the Secretary of Transportation, shall conduct a study of railroad issues regarding the movement of agricultural products, domestically produced renewable fuels and domestically produced resources for the production of electricity for rural America, and economic development in rural America. The study shall include an examination of the following:</text> <paragraph id="HB1A555A28E6F482789ECBF61261E9F39"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The importance of freight railroads to—</text> <subparagraph id="H2B62844DCBC643D9936F10578D09B2AF"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the delivery of equipment, seed, fertilizer, and other such products important to the development of agricultural commodities and products;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H979D2C60AA964657BF7B9498755BE63"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the movement of agricultural commodities and products to market;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HF302664076C647C2A023148560D869FB"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the delivery of ethanol and other renewable fuels;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H56CBABCC55A646A190009B99EE3222A0"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the delivery of domestically produced resources for use in the generation of electricity for rural America;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HC1063F1CB79540DD8516D8DDDAB0583"><enum>(E)</enum><text>the location of grain elevators, ethanol plants, and other facilities;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HEF740D684036474A8DCBC87B75D23BD5"><enum>(F)</enum><text>the development of manufacturing facilities in rural America; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HF4615FAEA7B74EB6A631DF190BE3797"><enum>(G)</enum><text>the vitality and economic development of rural communities.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HEC369CEDB30B46B1B1571E4B1C0000E5"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The sufficiency in rural America of railroad capacity, the sufficiency of competition in the railroad system, the reliability of rail service, and the reasonableness of railroad prices.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HAB772320ADD24C549400C6AF13E52F0"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The accessibility to rail customers in rural America of Federal processes for the resolution of rail customer grievances with the railroads.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HD9AFF4B3BA5A47F900BAFF86397E7C55"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Report to the Congress</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Within 9 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall submit to the Congress a report that contains the results of the study required by subsection (a), and the recommendations of the Secretary for new Federal policies to address any problems identified by the study.</text></subsection></section> <enum>VII</enum><header>Research</header> <toc container-level="title-container" quoted-block="no-quoted-block" lowest-level="section" idref="HDA5C4FE8A9764095A111AC828420CF6D" regeneration="yes-regeneration" lowest-bolded-level="division-lowest-bolded"> <toc-entry idref="H834E521A657E44F2A961DAA9E50345FD" level="subtitle">Subtitle A—General Provisions</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="HECF883B4CB76417A832D3FB55572CBA5" level="section">Sec. 7101. Definitions.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H269C9201E4E34E80A66798FDFB523FDC" level="section">Sec. 7102. Budget submission and funding.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="HF2A6B3505DA846119D901D076DC4AECA" level="section">Sec. 7103. Additional purposes of agricultural research and extension.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="HFEF2E2E4D1C34E7AB43EAC1649BC00B" level="section">Sec. 7104. National agricultural research program office.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H7B453ABF617F469FA54E4700AB813825" level="section">Sec. 7105. Establishment of competitive grant programs under the National Institute for Food and Agriculture.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="HD3E07981D1F14F79A1BB7D686CB87C04" level="section">Sec. 7106. Merging of IFAFS and NRI.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="HD0FBF3AD9C804DB7A700B7321C74336F" level="section">Sec. 7107. Capacity building grants for ASCARR institutions.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H8F36B89E9BB747579039A92275A6DF5C" level="section">Sec. 7108. Establishment of research laboratories for animal diseases.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H6B56061F19734C2CAC634D9646388726" level="section">Sec. 7109. Grazinglands research laboratory.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H5436BE125C134A8AA8463D1EED7EABEA" level="section">Sec. 7110. Researcher training.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H01B09DEBD8F44B9989111111F300E859" level="section">Sec. 7111. Fort Reno Science Park research facility.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H29C95B38DDB2492DB0A382D748268BA6" level="section">Sec. 7112. Assessing the nutritional composition of beef products.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H31007B01FCC74C9887662E8000F455AD" level="section">Sec. 7113. Sense of Congress regarding funding for human nutrition research.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H95A98F2BFC1A46A1980385535D5CE38" level="subtitle">Subtitle B—National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H57269EFB4BE742DDB043A87BACCD76DF" level="section">Sec. 7201. Advisory board.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H001791FCA4C547718500B36D8248A499" level="section">Sec. 7202. Advisory board termination.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="HBA44C1BDEF46466A918EBD57ACB884E5" level="section">Sec. 7203. Renewable energy committee.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H5D30FBEFAF0E43220065283CA5DE2549" level="section">Sec. 7204. Specialty crop committee report.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="HA5A14CCFC2B34B02B35D3E9C90858000" level="section">Sec. 7205. Inclusion of UDC in grants and fellowships for food and agricultural sciences education.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H7414A2331FCD4389B049D9D3C7B6AB8D" level="section">Sec. 7206. Grants and fellowships for food and agricultural sciences education.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H607FEA5AE8FB4DB787308C926D8F84A6" level="section">Sec. 7207. Grants for research on production and marketing of alcohols and industrial hydrocarbons from agricultural commodities and forest products.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="HF63E51D282EC46A7A3F2DC60D9FF2E73" level="section">Sec. 7208. Policy research centers.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H4CDE784DB4414D1EBB435BF131F6FE2D" level="section">Sec. 7209. Human nutrition intervention and health promotion research program.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H01B0A472D62740A8AD9D5C2867180264" level="section">Sec. 7210. Pilot research program to combine medical and agricultural research.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="HA0143ABFBD3A49FB8710CDBA4D1DD797" level="section">Sec. 7211. Nutrition education program.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H6B18ABFD04304CC998A64C429F398052" level="section">Sec. 7212. Continuing animal health and disease research programs.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="HD80F26A36DD54712AAC21885F144B617" level="section">Sec. 7213. Cooperation among eligible institutions.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H88E98FF9020940718308D534A66FB56B" level="section">Sec. 7214. Appropriations for research on national or regional problems.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H0FAA58897B5E4D98BF7DAFAAF9F4E2F9" level="section">Sec. 7215. Authorization level of extension at 1890 land-grant colleges.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H6ACC4150EFB34CDE822B2FDCC5766D10" level="section">Sec. 7216. Authorization level for agricultural research at 1890 land-grant colleges.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H727521BCC9854AE6830521E769AE9DDE" level="section">Sec. 7217. Grants to upgrade agriculture and food sciences facilities at the District of Columbia Land Grant University.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H2F81A9EAFD084D90B8CC0064CBE7A0AA" level="section">Sec. 7218. Grants to upgrade agricultural and food sciences facilities at 1890 land-grant colleges, including Tuskegee University.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H8BE11E25D4EE476200293254053B76E4" level="section">Sec. 7219. National research and training virtual centers.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="HB356B8D5398342A7878039FACC041800" level="section">Sec. 7220. Matching funds requirement for research and extension activities of 1890 institutions.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H517A4166BE204F678EB4996DDEE793E9" level="section">Sec. 7221. Hispanic-serving institutions.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H5688A48CCAD54F6FA3CA390090C79965" level="section">Sec. 7222. Hispanic-serving agricultural colleges and universities.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H02983418DAFC481F8F389DFB5E08332" level="section">Sec. 7223. International agricultural research, extension, and education.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H6A859A2C10494EA4A7802CCBA1417DBE" level="section">Sec. 7224. Competitive grants for international agricultural science and education programs.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H58B2668820D543DFA564CAEC73C014A4" level="section">Sec. 7225. Limitation on indirect costs for agricultural research, education, and extension programs.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="HF7511466BA0D4A6391FA7028FF9BDDA8" level="section">Sec. 7226. Research equipment grants.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H397F7676AE584E649F0019CA823137C6" level="section">Sec. 7227. University research.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H3949B07BF10045DDA52F55F825F6CB1D" level="section">Sec. 7228. Extension service.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H4C095294098D4309B9FF174F968B4F62" level="section">Sec. 7229. Supplemental and alternative crops.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H32E733CE1774429A96E2563F78953468" level="section">Sec. 7230. Aquaculture research facilities.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="HEC4C049E126B4200A9754D8410477389" level="section">Sec. 7231. Rangeland research.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="HD253C4091D404C23896035A6F4FAFB11" level="section">Sec. 7232. Special authorization for biosecurity planning and response.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="HF8A9EA775F334CD4992DE56D4C7DBFE" level="section">Sec. 7233. Resident instruction and distance education grants program for insular area institutions of higher education.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H680E3492EF954F5498B897C889F8F49F" level="subtitle">Subtitle C—Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H1117C90F72294EA6A5B9BA3F8C9865A2" level="section">Sec. 7301. National genetics resources program.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H90624B03D1BD47D182709700AB8329C1" level="section">Sec. 7302. National agricultural weather information system.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H1FC7800824974D9092BA5E30E102478F" level="section">Sec. 7303. Partnerships.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H6DD9C7F44D39496CB58D0062881B5100" level="section">Sec. 7304. Aflatoxin research and extension.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="HC28E679885AC4CABAD973D1D28F4F59D" level="section">Sec. 7305. High-priority research and extension areas.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H186CC4A371B6425B81A5BB4BF188C787" level="section">Sec. 7306. High-priority research and extension initiatives.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="HE2AE2DA109E94A5493D9316B05E7F715" level="section">Sec. 7307. Nutrient management research and extension initiative.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H12A30282EDDF4F2AB7E4159465464483" level="section">Sec. 7308. Agricultural telecommunications program.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="HF53ECC4FA2174341A02292900000A300" level="section">Sec. 7309. Assistive technology program for farmers with disabilities.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="HFCF5A3A755784DAE94BAD3C561863B9F" level="section">Sec. 7310. Organic research.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="HACA73EFB23084079AF8BB5E4D8099315" level="section">Sec. 7311. National rural information center clearinghouse.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="HB5229AB7C81446879FB800309C1D1622" level="section">Sec. 7312. New era rural technology program.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H54EB1E308720404388529BD477B4429C" level="subtitle">Subtitle D—Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="HC414B0F91B314094874E24E4223ED48F" level="section">Sec. 7401. Partnerships for high-value agricultural product quality research.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="HACC5723C77384961B2596200D565B8CE" level="section">Sec. 7402. Precision agriculture.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="HFEB3D009189C459E817DE193A94842D2" level="section">Sec. 7403. Biobased products.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="HAB55824FDCCB44A59712BE664E785E6F" level="section">Sec. 7404. Thomas Jefferson initiative for crop diversification.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H4E13777BE52640E89D9226F0EEAB8B2B" level="section">Sec. 7405. Integrated research, education, and extension competitive grants program.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H16A6C5968E1745499473594F3C9E6000" level="section">Sec. 7406. Fusarium graminearum grants.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H4FBA72625E2046BBAB0004339D3700DB" level="section">Sec. 7407. Bovine Johne’s disease control program.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H5EA62EF58CF447C1B6CED65CB200CF65" level="section">Sec. 7408. Grants for youth organizations.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H7D0104A8C48A47F8A000E300E77EB51B" level="section">Sec. 7409. Agricultural biotechnology research and development for developing countries.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H896150809D694DD583FE5E49BB19B8E5" level="section">Sec. 7410. Agricultural bioenergy and biobased products research initiative.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H582278A14190412887F521CAE85598E0" level="section">Sec. 7411. Specialty crop research initiative.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H8537EE48399D47DBA05C08E36792A96" level="section">Sec. 7412. Office of pest management policy.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="HE3F158868DA04BF8A100BBA1A1A14D82" level="subtitle">Subtitle E—Other Laws</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H6A2F01616F504469B9BB98A1E06443D0" level="section">Sec. 7501. Critical agricultural materials act.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="HEA33FA36816C40FA9914C75DF5C8CDA8" level="section">Sec. 7502. Equity in Educational Land-Grant Status Act of 1994.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="HF8062413498B4CEB8FA2A308B521D3BE" level="section">Sec. 7503. Agricultural experiment station Research Facilities Act.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H944462380F304BE79C83A2FEE73B87FB" level="section">Sec. 7504. National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act Amendments of 1985.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H8D69EE6AD9C54393B448157D67E57CFF" level="section">Sec. 7505. Competitive, Special, and Facilities Research Grant Act (national research initiative).</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="HA74D0F8AE23B494E9DC1DFB61C00FEAF" level="section">Sec. 7506. Agricultural Risk Protection Act of 2000 (carbon cycle research).</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H8AB5ED8C5FF849B580003CA7009EEC09" level="section">Sec. 7507. Renewable Resources Extension Act of 1978.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="HEF27676CCC1742B18F258DA9EE77D0EE" level="section">Sec. 7508. National Aquaculture Act of 1980.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="HD246279118CD4306A1661433DA8726C6" level="section">Sec. 7509. Construction of a Chinese Garden at the National Arboretum.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="HF2684BF43E2D4812AD19483BA69CD050" level="section">Sec. 7510. Public education regarding use of biotechnology in producing food for human consumption.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H0F03962A1F4743B6A921D81216B5B36C" level="section">Sec. 7511. Fresh cut produce safety grants.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="HD8D22E2DCD1640A098E0F7F311D7A409" level="section">Sec. 7512. UDC/EFNEP Eligibility.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H9515402DDC6C4C2FB38B68164BAC35E" level="section">Sec. 7513. Smith-Lever Act.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H519DA300E7164388AAF42927F9F3923" level="section">Sec. 7514. Hatch Act of 1987.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H0D9707C604C245A29305C1F0ABF9CECD" level="subtitle">Subtitle F—Additional Provisions</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="HE61E0067C09A40C9A7FA31BCC9B2CDF5" level="section">Sec. 7601. Merit review of extension and educational grants.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="HADBD0F3F6EB14E17B5AB13F351FECB54" level="section">Sec. 7602. Review of plan of work requirements.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="HACD347528D7943AF9C7E4E07F09FBCAF" level="section">Sec. 7603. Multistate and integration funding.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H24F3F13BE1C442C3B259D509C6DD8B1F" level="section">Sec. 7604. Expanded food and nutrition education program.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H8EB7E0E31AE54AAFBA8898EF872CCE32" level="section">Sec. 7605. Grants to 1890 schools to expand extension capacity.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H20218DE71B3544EA9B3BD0FEC98D947F" level="section">Sec. 7606. Borlaug international agricultural science and technology fellowship program.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="HDEFB1FB0848D4FBDB600A4E8E5261D4E" level="section">Sec. 7607. Support for research regarding diseases of wheat, triticale, and barley caused by fusarium graminearum or by tilletia indica.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H03659CA8B332400AA1105200E878389D" level="section">Sec. 7608. Cost Recovery.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="HDCB60C5351A34F4BA31569BC612BF7E" level="section">Sec. 7609. Organic Food and Agricultural Systems Funding.</toc-entry></toc> <subtitle id="H834E521A657E44F2A961DAA9E50345FD"><enum>A</enum><header>General Provisions</header> <section id="HECF883B4CB76417A832D3FB55572CBA5"><enum>7101.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For purposes of this title:</text> <paragraph id="HB618FD5854BC4C33008215DAD5FFE36" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Capacity program</header><text>The term <term>capacity program</term> means the capacity program in subparagraph (M) and each of the following agricultural research, extension, education, and related programs for which the Secretary has administrative or other authority as of the day before the date of enactment of this Act:</text> <subparagraph id="H0E3186C0E5B14BB8A7ABEC60A7EDDE07" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Each program providing funding to any of the 1994 institutions under sections 533, 534(a), and 535 of the Equity in Educational Land-Grant Status Act of 1994 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/103/382">Public Law 103–382</external-xref>; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/301">7 U.S.C. 301</external-xref> note) (commonly known as financial assistance, technical assistance, and endowments to tribal colleges and the Navajo Community College).</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HC4F454B115634486AD00CB8E003741FC" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The program established under section 536 of the Equity in Educational Land-Grant Status Act of 1994 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/103/382">Public Law 103–382</external-xref>; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/301">7 U.S.C. 301</external-xref> note) providing research grants for 1994 institutions.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H2F068D727E684043B924A4239C2B8700" commented="no"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Each program established under subsections (b), (c), and (d) of section 3 of the Smith-Lever Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/343">7 U.S.C. 343</external-xref>).</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HDEAA93026BC14D89945FEC95902C809F" commented="no"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Each program established under the Hatch Act of 1887 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/361a">7 U.S.C. 361a et seq.</external-xref>).</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H4813CEA5B09445A2009050736C39F466" commented="no"><enum>(E)</enum><text>Each program established under section 1417(b)(4) of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/3152">7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(4)</external-xref>), including grant programs under that section (commonly known as the 1890 Institution Teaching and Research Capacity Building Grants Program).</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HBA431427FA524B309CAECFDAE3E93C39" commented="no"><enum>(F)</enum><text>The animal health and disease research program established under subtitle E of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/3191">7 U.S.C. 3191 et seq.</external-xref>).</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H4CE4BF8405C1440B88ADE100E1E4F6D" commented="no"><enum>(G)</enum><text>The program established under section 1445 of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/3222">7 U.S.C. 3222</external-xref>) (commonly known as the Evans-Allen Program).</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H32E28EE616F24B1FB8582087C95B7D9C" commented="no"><enum>(H)</enum><text>The program providing grants to upgrade agricultural and food sciences facilities at 1890 Institutions established under section 1447 of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/3222b">7 U.S.C. 3222b</external-xref>).</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HAEA305297F744292A6FE926EE71699F9" commented="no"><enum>(I)</enum><text>The program providing distance education grants for insular areas established under section 1490 of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/3362">7 U.S.C. 3362</external-xref>).</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HBCE2F9D07B324CAAB4CF08806F93E26F" commented="no"><enum>(J)</enum><text>The program providing resident instruction grants for insular areas established under section 1491 of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/3363">7 U.S.C. 3363</external-xref>).</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H65FAC4B1042349E091F60076A52000E" commented="no"><enum>(K)</enum><text>Each research and development and related program established under <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/87/788">Public Law 87–788</external-xref> (commonly known as the McIntire-Stennis Cooperative Forestry Act; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/582a">16 U.S.C. 582a et seq.</external-xref>).</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HB17533726C5B4E22B283F89F774E1A5" commented="no"><enum>(L)</enum><text>Each program established under the Renewable Resources Extension Act of 1978 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1671">16 U.S.C. 1671 et seq.</external-xref>).</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H2E38DCFEDB3642E4899FCA045933DE20" commented="no"><enum>(M)</enum><text>The capacity building grant program for ASCARR Institutions established under this Act.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HD257289B5398412AB045989E76DB00BE" commented="no"><enum>(N)</enum><text>Such other programs or parts of programs as determined appropriate by the Secretary.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HBD210EF5A9B34F3C94784BC7D0EF9D2F" commented="no"><enum>(O)</enum><text>The program providing competitive extension grants to eligible 1994 institutions under section 3(b)(3) of the Smith-Lever Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/343">7 U.S.C. 343(b)(3)</external-xref>).</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HBCB2A0DB953B4881A0A7CEC9E3E40086" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Competitive programs</header><text>The term <term>competitive programs</term> means the competitive program in subparagraph (N) and each of the following agricultural research, extension, education, and related programs for which the Secretary has administrative or other authority as of the day before the date of enactment of this Act:</text> <subparagraph id="HBCFBD5F8E7ED40B7A22DA49FAC7E02D6" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Competitive grant programs authorized or otherwise administered by the Department of Agriculture under the terms of section 2(b) of the Competitive, Special and Facilities Research Grant (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/450i">7 U.S.C. 450i</external-xref>).</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HF0B5FBE624D84D4000EBFE3917CE53E8" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Institution Challenge Grants, administered under 1417(j) of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977, as amended (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/3152">7 U.S.C. 3152(j)</external-xref>).</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H39948AEAAD7F4FFFADE24BD4003E00E4" commented="no"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Grants and related authorities authorized or otherwise administered by the Secretary of Agriculture under section 1417(b)(5) of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977, as amended (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/3152">7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(5)</external-xref>) (commonly known as the Higher Education Multicultural Scholars Program).</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H87F2FE1EF9334F3D86FFC99321F37F92" commented="no"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Programs authorized or otherwise administered under section 1455 of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/3241">7 U.S.C. 3241(c)</external-xref>) (commonly known as educational grant programs for Hispanic-serving institutions).</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H8A9DEB4DCB0D46BEB075CBBA004FC912" commented="no"><enum>(E)</enum><text>Integrated research, education, or extension programs authorized or otherwise administered under section 406 of the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/7626">7 U.S.C. 7626</external-xref>) except as provided under subsection (a)(14).</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H7166DD4AC0844FC0999348C58C833B16" commented="no"><enum>(F)</enum><text>Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/5811">7 U.S.C. 5811</external-xref>).</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HDF79751955964C9C00488D741CC544F2" commented="no"><enum>(G)</enum><text>Organic Research and Extension Initiative (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/5925b">7 U.S.C. 5925b</external-xref>).</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HE98AC87CED444C1D99E37E0028246732" commented="no"><enum>(H)</enum><text>Higher Education Challenge Grants (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/3152">7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(1)</external-xref>).</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H80AB29B089104E15A8ADCC4E185E00D4" commented="no"><enum>(I)</enum><text>Food and Agriculture Sciences National Needs Graduate and Postgraduate Fellowship Grants (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/3152">7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(6)</external-xref>).</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HA1E31F2CAC9D49B59523F4D000D71087" commented="no"><enum>(J)</enum><text>International Science and Education Competitive Grants (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/3292b">7 U.S.C. 3292b</external-xref>).</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H40A9C2FFB69B4E69B4A546E4F86396D9" commented="no"><enum>(K)</enum><text>Community Food Projects Competitive Grants (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2034">7 U.S.C. 2034</external-xref>).</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HF9657A807C8149A39780DCC8E2B8003E" commented="no"><enum>(L)</enum><text>Risk Management Education (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1524">7 U.S.C. 1524</external-xref>).</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HCC16C249867C404097ABC095E6A4FB2" commented="no"><enum>(M)</enum><text>High Priority Research and Extension Areas (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/5925">7 U.S.C. 5925</external-xref>).</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H825263DD2AA54022A0E64437006C4E14" commented="no"><enum>(N)</enum><text>Such other programs or parts of programs as determined appropriate by the Secretary.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H417A931E688449DDA4965F66C282A5B9" commented="no"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Capacity program critical base funding</header><text>The term <term>capacity program critical base funding</term> means the aggregate amount of Federal funds made available for all or individual capacity programs for fiscal year 2007, as appropriate.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H0A069E64C0994CA2B2958274EA719381" commented="no"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Competitive program critical base funding</header><text>The term <term>competitive program critical base funding</term> means the aggregate amount of Federal funds made available for all or individual competitive programs for fiscal year 2007, as appropriate.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HF0509C89F4614076BB4FEF9796A72147" commented="no"><enum>(5)</enum><header>ASCARR Institution</header> <subparagraph id="H078D734B8DA64B629E6F49AAD811C671" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The term <term>ASCARR Institution</term> means a public college or university offering a baccalaureate or higher degree in the study of agriculture.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HA66C944B6D544F35A1FFDCF4D4845564" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Exclusions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>ASCARR Institution</term> does not include Hispanic-serving agricultural colleges or any institution designated under—</text> <clause id="H7AE1EDDCADF94031B76E97445315C460" commented="no"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the Act of July 2, 1862 (commonly known as the <quote>First Morrill Act</quote>; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/301">7 U.S.C. 301 et seq.</external-xref>);</text></clause> <clause id="H500D208B00334AA0BAFC36665E2CC09F" commented="no"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the Act of August 30, 1890 (commonly known as the <quote>Second Morrill Act</quote>; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/321">7 U.S.C. 321 et seq.</external-xref>); or</text></clause> <clause id="H31B0368928F849A48CCA442B4708A0C5" commented="no"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the Equity in Educational Land-Grant Status Act of 1994 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/103/382">Public Law 103–382</external-xref>; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/301">7 U.S.C. 301</external-xref> note).</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H8B4FC29744DD40819BC8A3663C54FFB7" commented="no"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Secretary</header><text>The term <term>Secretary</term> means the Secretary of Agriculture.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H1C33C660F8BB4FB5A1E4BDDB8838169B" commented="no"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Directors</header><text>The term <term>Directors</term> refers to those directors appointed under section 7104.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HA6B84E7D26934D3EBBB6F7FB7F69FED9" commented="no"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Under Secretary</header><text>The term <term>Under Secretary</term> means the Under Secretary of Agriculture for Research, Education, and Economics.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC9827DB51F0C4227B9E028529993DCFA" display-inline="no-display-inline" commented="no"><enum>(9)</enum><header>Hispanic-serving agricultural college</header><text>The term <term>Hispanic-serving agricultural college</term> means a college or university that—</text> <subparagraph id="H21506E4BC13C4338971DCDD500047927" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><text>qualifies as a <quote>Hispanic-serving institution</quote> as defined in section 502(a)(5) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1101a">20 U.S.C. 1101a(a)(5)</external-xref>); and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H7AFCB868813548DC0032EABDA5670392" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">offers a baccalaureate degree program in an agricultural or food science-related discipline.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></section> <section id="H269C9201E4E34E80A66798FDFB523FDC"><enum>7102.</enum><header>Budget submission and funding</header> <subsection id="H5163E9D762CA401484F48EC287D2B0E1"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Budget request</header><text>The President shall submit to Congress, together with the annual budget submission of the President, a single budget line item reflecting the total amount requested by the President for funding for capacity programs, and a single budget line item reflecting the total amount requested by the President for funding for competitive programs for that fiscal year and for the previous 5 fiscal years. </text></subsection> <subsection id="H22139E4F45AA47ACB60211F40700F4E9"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Capacity program request</header> <paragraph id="H8D9A40B4DF7C4D58BB968EF88ECF13D7"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Critical base funding</header><text>Up to the amount of the capacity program critical base funding level, any funds requested for capacity programs in the budget submission single line item shall be apportioned among the capacity programs based on priorities established by the Under Secretary in conjunction with the Directors.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H145A13164F74403186D11C3F9027CF29"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Additional funding</header><text>Of the funds requested for capacity programs in excess of the capacity program critical base funding level, budgetary emphasis should be placed on enhancing funding for the 1890, 1994, ASCARR Institutions, Hispanic-serving agricultural colleges, and small 1862 institutions.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H5784887178334ED79C00D4F6278B00A9"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Competitive program request</header> <paragraph id="H1F90ECD296424D19968881A8E47D1504"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Critical base funding</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Up to the amount of the competitive program critical base funding level, any funds requested for competitive programs in the budget submission single line item shall be apportioned among the competitive programs based on priorities established by the Under Secretary in conjunction with the Directors.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HDDD5A8C7601D47E4986D040483D9AA20"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Additional funding</header><text>Of the funds requested for competitive programs in excess of the competitive program critical base funding level, budgetary emphasis shall be placed on enhancing funding for emerging problems and their solutions.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H326629BC7A774C4DB493A43525D5FF47"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Funding</header> <paragraph id="H48B56E1F714441CBB661065EDCE8EC8C"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Critical base funding</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Up to the total aggregate amount of the capacity program critical base funding level and the competitive program critical base funding level, funds appropriated or otherwise made available shall be apportioned among each of the capacity programs and the competitive programs based on priorities established by the Under Secretary in conjunction with the Directors.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H04B8F2EE45B646BC9159B31F326935F1"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Additional funding</header> <subparagraph id="HFDB10632963C47128E88CB0400005CF2"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Capacity funding</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available for capacity programs in excess of the capacity program critical base funding level, funding emphasis should be placed on enhancing funding for the 1890, 1994, ASCARR Institutions, Hispanic-serving agricultural colleges, and small 1862 institutions.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HA120F23EB18F457087A76616F0A77ED2"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Competitive funding</header><text>Of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available for competitive programs in excess of the competitive program critical base funding level, budgetary emphasis shall be placed on enhancing funding for emerging problems and solutions.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HD75FD19FF4EE4984BAA4B91F9BCE695C"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as necessary to carry out this section.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HAC29EAEFE4B6461082B31957AB8B7CCB"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Competitive Programs</header><text>For the purposes of this section, the term <term>competitive programs</term> includes only those programs for which annual appropriations are requested in the President’s budget. </text></subsection></section> <section id="HF2A6B3505DA846119D901D076DC4AECA"><enum>7103.</enum><header>Additional purposes of agricultural research and extension</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1403 of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/3102">7 U.S.C. 3102</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H36B42C64AF0A4184BE146820006E5194"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (6), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H6916B959A9ED4A419865001E9E56DB7C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (7), by striking the period and inserting a semicolon; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H073FE4F59F63443EB377994091490051"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding after paragraph (7) the following:</text> <quoted-block id="H65DEB3FF142E43EDA0552DE384AB172E" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="H533FE9642F5A41709560D27D7BBC0F1"><enum>(8)</enum><text>to integrate and organize the administration of the agricultural research, extension, education, and related programs administered by the Secretary of Agriculture to respond to 21st century challenges and continue to meet the needs of society from a local, tribal, State, national, and international perspective;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H1B6765C6BD114CF4B7F35064531424B7"><enum>(9)</enum><text>to minimize duplication, and maximize coordination and integration, among all of the programs at all levels through a solution-based approach; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HEF268D7A898D4F8CBD009E491EE6D37D"><enum>(10)</enum><text>to position the agricultural research, extension, education, and related programs system to increase the contribution of the system to society through the expansion of the portfolio of the system.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section> <section id="HFEF2E2E4D1C34E7AB43EAC1649BC00B"><enum>7104.</enum><header>National agricultural research program office</header> <subsection id="H80FB531332664393B219CDDF4947249F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>The Under Secretary shall organize within the office of the Under Secretary 6 research Program Offices to be known collectively as the National Agricultural Research Program Office, which shall coordinate the programs and activities of the research agencies within the mission area in an integrated, multidisciplinary, interdisciplinary, interagency, and interinstitutional manner, to the maximum extent practicable. The Program Offices within the National Agricultural Research Program Office are as follows:</text> <paragraph id="H1D9C70AA9D234FF089A4E51D74E53D72"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Renewable energy, natural resources, and environment.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H5DDB897ABAAA44A0B9259E918F5F7DC2"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Food safety, nutrition, and health.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD61BC57B1BF648518338DE5BB1906CDB"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Plant health and production.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE6DE2D8447E74461A05E563DBF9CD753"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Animal health and production and animal products.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC8624BE475CE40EFA4609CAD48E01787"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Agriculture systems and technology.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE838D1E2468E4C29BE18B1FE7192C1E8"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Agriculture economics and rural communities.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H4211C403D51C461A933F4005008EDCE6"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Qualifications of directors</header> <paragraph id="H1502277F7F114DBEA6B2CA408CD1D27"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Appointment and classification</header><text>The Under Secretary shall appoint a Director for each Program Office as a senior level position in the competitive service.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H260A606E541F4BB1B1745DF7E8BFDFB8"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Qualifications</header><text>To be eligible for appointment as a Director, an individual shall have—</text> <subparagraph id="H1983FD568CE149ECA6B6E98040B7F946"><enum>(A)</enum><text>conducted outstanding research, education, or extension in the field of agriculture or forestry;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H0D889381FA664E76A643EFD33EA1CE5E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>earned a doctoral level degree at an institution of higher education (as defined in section 101 of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/89/329">Public Law 89–329</external-xref> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1001">20 U.S.C. 1001</external-xref>)); and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HE0505AB5884D4250B295A335AAE40C2"><enum>(C)</enum><text>met qualification standards prescribed by the Director of the Office of Personnel Management for appointment to a senior level position of the competitive service.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H441041E22FD049E9AAD5963884A55414"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Duties of directors</header><text>Except as otherwise provided in this Act, each Director as appointed by the Secretary shall—</text> <paragraph id="HC78880E5CF0442FEB71F2B7C1500C750"><enum>(1)</enum><text>formulate programs in consultation with the National Agricultural Research, Extension, Education, and Economics Advisory Board (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/3123">7 U.S.C. 3123</external-xref>) (hereinafter referred to as the <quote>Board</quote>);</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H0351B9D2C7164C5283BB53622E922447"><enum>(2)</enum><text>assess strategic workforce needs of research, education, extension, and other fields;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H8BC9DB0BADE74682864BD8114504075F"><enum>(3)</enum><text>cooperate with the Board to plan programs that assist in meeting the future personnel needs of disciplines and programs;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H601AFED7CA6F4893A0D900638160701B"><enum>(4)</enum><text>develop strategic planning for department-wide research, education, extension, and related activities;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H7580156F244F4D8CB9FE63A68EFCCA50"><enum>(5)</enum><text>establish department-wide priorities for research, education, extension, and related programs;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HF032FDF000F74A209D06FFF52D9F0028"><enum>(6)</enum><text>communicate with research, education, and extension beneficiaries to identify their needs; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H9E51FE3915DB48E9ADA0B3F4B4F8EDFE"><enum>(7)</enum><text>perform such other duties deemed necessary by the Secretary.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H548BE080A9C449D6819DF63B28C81DAF"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Administration</header><text>The Under Secretary, in conjunction with the Directors and in consultation with the Board, shall direct and coordinate research, education, and extension programs within the relevant agencies of the Department of Agriculture to focus those programs, and the participants, grantees, and other beneficiaries of those programs, on—</text> <paragraph id="H3A669D0B357242D38322C65058F4C22"><enum>(1)</enum><text>understanding important problem areas and opportunities relating to a program;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HB0888619B28E4C9C99E228A7E986BCB3"><enum>(2)</enum><text>discovering and implementing solutions to address those problem areas;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HB04D26EBB2104581B7FB2B15B84302D0"><enum>(3)</enum><text>exploring other opportunities provided under the programs; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HCCC3E57444224FD1B3E081F390D9287E"><enum>(4)</enum><text>national, regional and local priorities.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H7C6FD721582B4BEAAFBC00A69EB45959"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Program integration and coordination</header> <paragraph id="H3B80AEC805924224ACE8BA00ACD1885B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>In accordance with applicable law (including regulations), the Under Secretary, in coordination with the Director of each Program Office and taking into consideration the advice of the Board, shall ensure, to the maximum extent practicable, that the research, education, and extension programs are administered, funded, and carried out—</text> <subparagraph id="H6AC32D56B3A14F23B65F990187FEF668"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in an integrated, multidisciplinary, interdisciplinary, interagency, and interinstitutional manner that ensures—</text> <clause id="HB6E635F1F5174A13A58BFA8284FA33E5"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the most efficient collaborative use of resources; and</text></clause> <clause id="H92B3A4C7474C4DC0AA2D3D8693D4BA38"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the focus of all resources and activities on strategic, priority, problem, opportunity, and solution areas identified by the Under Secretary and the Directors, taking into consideration the advice of the Board; and</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H350BC64CBF9742F5A6C29BAB97D72FFF"><enum>(B)</enum><text>among applicable participants, grantees, and beneficiaries, in a coordinated manner that encourages and ensures—</text> <clause id="H7D1F9EA055754862A5008C77ED3750ED"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the most efficient collaborative application of resources; and</text></clause> <clause id="H04978432B1D34EC8815850D672B200E0"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the focus of all resources and activities on strategic, priority, problem, opportunity, and solution areas on a local, State, tribal, regional, national, and international basis, as the Under Secretary and each Director, taking into consideration the advice of the Board, determine to be appropriate.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HB4EF16A09DD7499E83EC25BE44DF5BD7"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Scope</header><text>Each Director, in consultation with the Under Secretary and the Board, shall ensure, through the integration and coordination under paragraph (1), that opportunities are maximized with respect to—</text> <subparagraph id="H26B990B2FCC8423BBAA5BAB5B3580026"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the use of appropriate authorities, agencies, institutions, disciplines, and activities; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HD3ED8959C4B047B1A6006838923D076B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the inclusion of appropriate participants and other beneficiaries in those activities, including intramural, extramural, Government, university, extension, and international, as determined by the Under Secretary.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H4EFC028769F54D05A026248232BC549C"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Funding</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Under Secretary shall fund each Program Office through the appropriations available to the various agencies within the mission area. The aggregate staff for all Program Offices shall not exceed 30 full-time equivalent positions and shall be filled by current full-time equivalent positions.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H54611B90E0E24ED5BDDFDA7294E11BEF"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Organization</header><text>The Under Secretary shall integrate leadership functions of the national program staff of the research agencies into the National Agricultural Research Program Office in such form as required to ensure that the Directors of the Program Offices are the primary program leaders for the mission areas of the integrated agencies and that administrative duplication does not occur.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H539DBE4B3A0B4332B859D2CAB968CD5C"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Prioritizing federal research activities for specialty crops</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Under Secretary, in coordination with the Directors of relevant Program Offices, shall—</text> <paragraph id="HF31FC45C01F2448096AE07D5FEC6B4F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>coordinate with and assist producers and organizations comprised of program beneficiaries working together to develop and implement applied research and extension related to the United States specialty crop industry;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H6BF45BE4EFAC4594B0064BBE6C04D3A3"><enum>(2)</enum><text>facilitate in the delivery of information to beneficiaries in a user-friendly form, in addition to a standard research publication, and reward providers for their abilities to deliver information to both the scientific community and the end-user; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC580E80626DE4E70BAB9057331001477"><enum>(3)</enum><text>ensure coordination among research initiatives funded and sponsored by the Department of Agriculture.</text></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="H7B453ABF617F469FA54E4700AB813825"><enum>7105.</enum><header>Establishment of competitive grant programs under the National Institute for Food and Agriculture</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Any office established to administer competitive programs under section 7101(b)(2), including the Agricultural Bioenergy and Biobased Products Research Initiative, the Specialty Crop Research Initiative, and Fresh Cut Produce Safety Grants created by this Act, shall be referred to as the National Institute of Food and Agriculture.</text></section> <section id="HD3E07981D1F14F79A1BB7D686CB87C04" commented="no"><enum>7106.</enum><header>Merging of IFAFS and NRI</header> <subsection id="H27D29689757A485892E68D51B88E00B5"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Amendment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subsection (b) of the Competitive, Special, and Facilities Research Grant Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/450i">7 U.S.C. 450i(b)</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H3FBC2936E1A34C4398FFE9865730ABEA" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <subsection id="H5F50903672A0427D95CCC78917168BED" commented="no"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Competitive Grant Programs</header> <paragraph id="H7685A21DE3CA49BC96B1ED034E9FC9E6" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Competitive Basis</header><text>The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to make competitive grants for the purposes and priorities established under this subsection.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H09772D34673E43AE89759D5573168C22" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Term</header><text>The term of a competitive grant made under this subsection may not exceed 10 years.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H97FE99D197D84110BD54B2995997F232" commented="no"><enum>(3)</enum><header>General Administration</header><text>In making grants under this subsection, the Secretary shall—</text> <subparagraph id="H38B97C5A8BC44BBB93E159CE78A8C93E" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><text>seek and accept proposals for grants;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HE12D5813D8EA406699011BF1347E7239" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">determine the relevance and merit of proposals through a system of peer and merit review in accordance with section 103 of the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/7613">7 U.S.C. 7613</external-xref>);</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H34A849DC072B4C80B739F5ED00F474CF" commented="no"><enum>(C)</enum><text>award grants on the basis of merit, quality, and relevance to advancing the purposes and priorities established under paragraphs (8) and (12) of this subsection; </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H4CFF64E56C574BA6824D151563A1E3B4" commented="no"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">solicit and consider input from persons who conduct or use agricultural research, extension, or education in accordance with section 102(b) of the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/7612">7 U.S.C. 7612(b)</external-xref>); and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H1736862BBA0E4738001D6DF7E3E067D5" commented="no"><enum>(E)</enum><text>in seeking proposals for grants under this subsection and in performing peer review evaluations of such proposals, seek the widest participation of qualified scientists in the Federal Government, colleges and universities, State agricultural experiment stations, and the private sector.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H4D645F5084DE44588EA421C937C2A6FB" commented="no"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Eligible Entities</header><text>The Secretary may make a grant under this subsection to State agricultural experiment stations, all colleges and universities, university research foundations, other research institutions and organizations, Federal agencies, national laboratories, private organizations or corporations, and individuals, for research to further the programs of the Department of Agriculture.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H1873A617ABAF49D0B3061DAE155EBDC" commented="no"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Administrative Costs</header><text>Not more than 4 percent of funds made available pursuant to this subsection may be retained by the Secretary to pay administrative costs incurred by the Secretary in carrying out this subsection.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HAFCFDEC7C63B4A8498D5B5C21B82B37E" commented="no"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Construction Prohibited</header><text>Funds made available for grants under this subsection shall not be used for the construction of a new building or facility or the acquisition, expansion, remodeling, or alteration of an existing building or facility (including site grading and improvement and architect fees).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H9A7CD6EE76D24EDAACCC314256D1CBD0" commented="no"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Purposes</header><text>The purposes of the programs established under paragraph (8) shall reflect the purposes and additional purposes of agricultural research, extension, and education reflected in sections 1402 and 1403 of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3101 and 3102).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HAA72018F24B445969851CDF6A93983DB" commented="no"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Basic and Applied Research Programs</header><text>The Secretary shall establish 2 distinct programs of agricultural research, one to fund fundamental, basic research pursuant to paragraph (9) to be known as the National Research Initiative and one to fund applied, integrated research, education, and extension pursuant to paragraph (10) to be known as the Initiative for Future Agricultural and Food Systems.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H18E0D31079ED4A0989EF1503BC539E8B" commented="no"><enum>(9)</enum><header>National Research Initiative</header> <subparagraph id="H8919AE3B02ED4413BD07D0DC3EE3851E" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Allocation</header><text>The allocation of funds to the National Research Initiative shall be as follows:</text> <clause id="H69894C2B596045419411AC689740B309" commented="no"><enum>(i)</enum><text>Not less than 30 percent shall be available to make grants for research to be conducted by multidisciplinary teams.</text></clause> <clause id="HD114D712E405460F9C8C73DF8E208DB8" commented="no"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>Not less than 20 percent shall be available to make grants for research to be conducted by persons conducting mission-linked systems research.</text></clause> <clause id="HC210C2BFF44E44189558A119D3D52151" commented="no"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>Not less than 10 percent shall be available to make grants under subparagraphs (D), (F), and (G) of paragraph (13) for research and education strengthening and research opportunity.</text></clause> <clause id="H190139C1F64A4B128D9F0283A22830F9" commented="no"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>Not more than 2 percent may be used for equipment grants under paragraph (13)(D).</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H616B36B098D44BFAB4A9BC1E022E68E0" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Matching Funds</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as provided in this subparagraph, the Secretary may not take the offer or availability of matching funds into consideration in making a grant under this subsection. In the case of grants under paragraph (13)(D), the amount provided under this subsection may not exceed 50 percent of the cost of the special research equipment or other equipment acquired. The Secretary may waive all or part of the matching requirement under this subparagraph in the case of a college, university, or research foundation maintained by a college or university that ranks in the lowest one-third of such colleges, universities, and research foundations on the basis of Federal research funds received if the equipment to be acquired costs not more than $25,000 and has multiple uses within a single research project or is usable in more than 1 research project.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H7CA9A1EBCCD3417485F878204221BAD7" commented="no"><enum>(10)</enum><header>Initiative for Future Agricultural and Food Systems matching funds</header><text>As a condition of making a grant under this paragraph, the Secretary shall require the funding of the grant be matched with equal matching funds from a non-Federal source if the grant is—</text> <subparagraph id="H6BDC199675844F9493E299451824B582" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><text>for applied research that is commodity-specific; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H2652C71178A04BB380FC1387CCF46EB8" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><text>not of national scope.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H4EA8B461E2FD470E00D5BFBDA1607D3" commented="no"><enum>(11)</enum><header>Research Priorities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The research priorities for the programs established in paragraph (8) shall be consistent with the priorities in effect for the National Research Initiative (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/450i">7 U.S.C. 450i(b)</external-xref>) and Initiative for Future Agricultural and Food Systems (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/7621">7 U.S.C. 7621</external-xref>) on the day before the date of enactment of this subsection. Priorities under the Initiative for Future Agricultural and Food Systems shall include classical plant and animal breeding.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H8153304A643A41BC98DCB742A56F9CFF" commented="no"><enum>(12)</enum><header>Program Administration</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To the greatest extent possible, the Under Secretary, in conjunction with the Directors of the National Agricultural Research Program Offices established in section 7104 of the Farm, Nutrition, and Bioenergy Act of 2007, shall allocate these grants to high priority research taking into consideration, when available, the determinations made by the National Agricultural Research, Extension, Education, and Economics Advisory Board (as established under section 1408 of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/3123">7 U.S.C. 3123</external-xref>).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H040DC336952148A6BF966596D337318F" commented="no"><enum>(13)</enum><header>Special Considerations</header><text>In addition to making research grants under paragraph (9), the Secretary may conduct a program to improve research capabilities in the agricultural, food, and environmental sciences and award the following categories of competitive grants. Grants may be awarded—</text> <subparagraph id="H648822C624AA4286B2B16D8FD8638238" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to a single investigator or coinvestigators within the same discipline;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H9DBD0CF9D3CB462C90E7C27BAC31C23E" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to teams of researchers from different areas of agricultural research and scientific disciplines;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H321FF449B700405AABD1BF6584C181D6" commented="no"><enum>(C)</enum><text> to multidisciplinary teams that are proposing research on long-term applied research problems, with technology transfer a major component of all such grant proposals;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H42BE422216004DA0B1BB63E75000DBAE" commented="no"><enum>(D)</enum><text>to an institution to allow for the improvement of the research, development, technology transfer, and education capacity of the institution through the acquisition of special research equipment and the improvement of agricultural education and teaching; however the Secretary shall use not less than 25 percent of the funds made available for grants under this subparagraph to provide fellowships to outstanding pre- and post-doctoral students for research in the agricultural sciences;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H214340B1A9284CC5A958272D68D902EE" commented="no"><enum>(E)</enum><text>to a single investigator or coinvestigators who are beginning their research careers and do not have an extensive research publication record; however, to be eligible for a grant under this subparagraph, an individual shall be within 5 years of the individual’s initial career track position;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H8FBC66E235704759AF84E18F5EBF5E6" commented="no"><enum>(F)</enum><text>to ensure that the faculty of small and mid-sized institutions who have not previously been successful in obtaining competitive grants under this subsection receive a portion of the grants; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H8FF2193CB7C8477DBF255C0129E405F6" commented="no"><enum>(G)</enum><text>to improve research capabilities in States (as defined in the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/3101">7 U.S.C. 3101 et seq.</external-xref>)) in which institutions have been less successful in receiving funding under this subsection, based on a 3-year rolling average of funding levels.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD0E177F60A5E4525A7489E1DC1440092" commented="no"><enum>(14)</enum><header>Division of Funds</header><text>Of the funds made available to carry out this subsection, 60 percent shall be used to fund programs under paragraph (9) and 40 percent shall be used to fund programs under paragraph (10).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE1996D3D225F4D33AB7E389346087044" commented="no"><enum>(15)</enum><header>Transfer of Funds from the Initiative for Future Agriculture and Food Systems</header><text>Funds made available pursuant to section 401(b)(3)(D) of the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 (7 U.S.C. 7621 (b)(3)(D)) shall be transferred to the program established under this subsection.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H811260510F1740BDBC6C9C92FB8638F6" commented="no"><enum>(16)</enum><header>Authorization of Appropriations</header> <subparagraph id="H22A88B3189B442C48F1617B9A6CF016C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this subsection $500,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2008 through 2012.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H6F5F4E093C0C465491E863DB56748735"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Funds made available in each fiscal year shall remain available until expended to pay for obligations incurred in that fiscal year.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="HBD7146209A6A408797662327838EA292"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Repeals</header><text>The following provisions are hereby repealed:</text> <paragraph id="H58A31FA759F4463AA740C3F8E1C0C93B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Section 401 of the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/7621">7 U.S.C. 7621</external-xref>).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD172B188009543FEA21F2E693648AA55"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Subsection (2)(d) of the Competitive, Special, and Facilities Research Grant Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/450i">7 U.S.C. 450i(c)</external-xref>).</text></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="HD0FBF3AD9C804DB7A700B7321C74336F"><enum>7107.</enum><header>Capacity building grants for ASCARR institutions</header> <subsection id="H6A65CF6334A146779105A54BF3C5005E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Grant program</header> <paragraph id="H05B338168F9748AAA212AE4D9ED2003D"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall make competitive grants to ASCARR Institutions to assist the ASCARR Institutions in maintaining and expanding the capacity of the ASCARR Institutions to conduct education, research, and outreach activities relating to—</text> <subparagraph id="H1121F0AF30EA4AAAA2A65DD81BC96E35"><enum>(A)</enum><text>agriculture;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HB229289C600741A2949BBF83DAB297FC"><enum>(B)</enum><text>renewable resources; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H5CF89F1C4F364D3F8F9C3534437621D1"><enum>(C)</enum><text>other similar disciplines.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H8F1027509BED494EB13925B800D12E40"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Use of funds</header><text>An ASCARR Institution that receives a grant under subsection (a)(1) may use the funds made available through the grant to maintain and expand the capacity of the ASCARR Institution—</text> <subparagraph id="H1E63306A414F4BB99CD328C2E979FAB9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to successfully compete for funds from Federal grants and other sources to carry out educational, research, and outreach activities that address priority concerns of national, regional, State, and local interest;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H103AE57EC21F4703B44C851435DB60A2"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to disseminate information relating to priority concerns to—</text> <clause id="H878E80FD99644752A91CFBE21C3C300"><enum>(i)</enum><text>interested members of the agriculture, renewable resources, and other relevant communities;</text></clause> <clause id="H2AC02B4891B94DB6AFE7A4B6DCB5FF2B"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the public; and</text></clause> <clause id="HBADB4321E1F44399009D2E2C4D79CB1"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>any other interested entity;</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HB407F26163624EDBA0ABC50898A6B7FB"><enum>(C)</enum><text>to encourage members of the agriculture, renewable resources, and other relevant communities to participate in priority education, research, and outreach activities by providing matching funding to leverage grant funds; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HFDB70CF487F242A2AD2157257E71A192"><enum>(D)</enum><text>through—</text> <clause id="H044E477BA0644025909D665F24B7F1F5"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the purchase or other acquisition of equipment and other infrastructure (not including alteration, repair, renovation, or construction of buildings);</text></clause> <clause id="H69176736117D4C189D1921CE93551759"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the professional growth and development of the faculty of the ASCARR Institution; and</text></clause> <clause id="H19DD72DB99C940C8B02411CFE5C36F10"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the development of graduate assistantships.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H388A7337EB3040519021D952CD09B06"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section such sums as are necessary for each fiscal year 2008 through 2012.</text></subsection></section> <section id="H8F36B89E9BB747579039A92275A6DF5C"><enum>7108.</enum><header>Establishment of research laboratories for animal diseases</header> <subsection id="H0943AFD563264FB0A4A4814E64EA6AB"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section—</text> <paragraph id="H8B4F00EC46B14C8F88AF00F022588F51"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Animal disease</header><text>The term <term>animal disease</term> has the meaning given the term by the Secretary.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC02870AE839F4C9D8F191B94FF8F3065"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Import</header><text>The term <term>import</term> means to move from a place outside the territorial limits of the United States to a place within the territorial limits of the United States.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HFBEFF047E10F4CAC9EE9421D7DC6469"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Live virus</header><text>The term <term>live virus</term> means a live virus of foot-and-mouth disease or a live virus of any other animal disease that is a threat to the health of livestock, as determined by the Secretary.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HDC5C10DBE46C4682869E228B2DED75DA"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Secretary</header><text>The term <term>Secretary</term> means the Secretary of Agriculture.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD3BB1567AC244B17B62EA1555781C805"><enum>(5)</enum><header>State</header><text>The term <term>State</term> means any of the States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Virgin Islands of the United States, or any territory or possession of the United States.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE50F9FF4B4164F2C9B6669B81FE40301"><enum>(6)</enum><header>United states</header><text>The term <term>United States</term> means all of the States.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H107A226446A241D5A67B5D71BE59A709"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Animal disease research</header> <paragraph id="H30EB6A7C17BB487E906208C7E8FD6584"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Establishment of research facilities</header><text>The Secretary is authorized to establish research laboratories, including the acquisition of necessary land, buildings, or facilities, for research on animal diseases in the United States.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HA4E6BFCC335642EBBB0989BDF39B003B"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Activities authorized when disease threatens livestock</header><text>To the extent the Secretary determines that an animal disease constitutes a threat to the livestock industry, the Secretary is authorized to conduct research, diagnostics, and other activities related to the animal disease.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H366C373A7EDC4E549952334246008569"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Restrictions regarding live virus</header> <paragraph id="H5B843BE3464F446DB9F4AEB0D34313B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Except as provided in paragraphs (2), (3), and (4), a person or State or Federal agency may not—</text> <subparagraph id="H887829C9B879422AA4FB2EA5C4EE00DB"><enum>(A)</enum><text>import a live virus into the United States;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H631C7FDBC3BB426FAB85CF4C84DD83F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>transport a live virus within the United States; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HACE076B480B74687AC6D53DC39D3168B"><enum>(C)</enum><text>store and maintain a live virus at a research facility.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H1BF3553363C24E22805EDEBB76C269BA"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Authority of the secretary</header><text>The Secretary of Agriculture may—</text> <subparagraph id="H7C1DED35F6A241D6908C7152C301FE26"><enum>(A)</enum><text>import a live virus into the United States;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H5BC9966432484CC78F1ED9DEE8B13FC0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>transport a live virus within the United States; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H9BD4F68B978643548D1784D4278B5374"><enum>(C)</enum><text>store and maintain a live virus at a research facility.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HB541F57219964D6FA5DBC631A581A66"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Permits</header> <subparagraph id="HE1759FBF7928469F9BA3B1A3D6A510E7"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>If the Secretary determines that it is in the public interest to do so, the Secretary may issue a permit to allow a private person or a State or Federal agency to—</text> <clause id="H875B6D4BE771403EAD9B6D042F575804"><enum>(i)</enum><text>import a live virus into the United States;</text></clause> <clause id="H856379E5C5614311AAF16F60B17D002D"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>transport a live virus within the United States; and</text></clause> <clause id="H41D78416FC1944B1846E528113A2B4A1"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>store and maintain a live virus at a research facility.</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H2B06994A6472449BA4F94CB2694BB000"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Permit terms</header><text>A permit issued under this paragraph shall be subject to terms and conditions prescribed by the Secretary.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H7A194047F96144A9008108B9BB1BC5CD"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>Nothing in this section shall apply to the importation, transportation, storage, and maintenance of any live virus governed by regulations promulgated pursuant to section 351A of the Public Health Service Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/262a">42 U.S.C. 262a</external-xref>) or the Agricultural Bioterrorism Protection Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/8401">7 U.S.C. 8401</external-xref>).</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H06366FBF1FAF4DEA9C655BE0604E2F5B"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>In addition to funds otherwise available for the control or eradication of animal diseases, there are authorized to be appropriated such sums as necessary to carry out this section.</text></subsection></section> <section id="H6B56061F19734C2CAC634D9646388726"><enum>7109.</enum><header>Grazinglands research laboratory</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law, without specific authorization by an Act of Congress, the Federal land and facilities at El Reno, Oklahoma, currently administered by the Secretary of Agriculture as the Grazinglands Research Laboratory, shall not at any time, in whole or part, be declared to be excess or surplus Federal property under chapter 5 of subtitle I of title 40, United States Code, or otherwise be conveyed or transferred in whole or in part. </text></section> <section id="H5436BE125C134A8AA8463D1EED7EABEA" commented="no"><enum>7110.</enum><header>Researcher training</header> <subsection id="H8A32D6C4AAEB49838300774121CB56A7" commented="no"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Requirement</header><text>The Secretary shall require that persons receiving funds under section 1668(g)(2) of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/5921">7 U.S.C. 5921(g)(2)</external-xref>) to conduct research concerning genetically engineered plants, including seed and other propagative materials, complete a training program approved by the Secretary.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H098E63F899144452AF00A2848DEAC637" commented="no"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Certification of third-party providers</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall establish a system for approving individuals and entities to provide training under subsection (a), including criteria for the evaluation of trainers or potential trainers.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H582EB78CD49C4EEEABA0111361F396EF" commented="no"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Expertise</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In establishing criteria for the evaluation of potential trainers, the Secretary shall ensure that individuals and entities with expertise in quality management systems, plant breeding and genetics, and the technical aspects of the Federal regulatory process for agricultural biotechnology, are eligible to become approved trainers under subsection (b).</text></subsection></section> <section id="H01B09DEBD8F44B9989111111F300E859" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>7111.</enum><header>Fort Reno Science Park research facility</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary of Agriculture may lease land to the University of Oklahoma at the Grazinglands Research Laboratory at El Reno, Oklahoma, on such terms and conditions as the University and the Secretary may agree in furtherance of cooperative research and existing easement arrangements.</text></section> <section id="H29C95B38DDB2492DB0A382D748268BA6" section-type="subsequent-section" display-inline="no-display-inline" commented="no"><enum>7112.</enum><header>Assessing the nutritional composition of beef products</header> <subsection id="HFA7ABD67100946CC8C55BCC11E6B69C7" commented="no"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Study</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall award a grant, contract, or other agreement with an appropriate land-grant university to update the Department of Agriculture's Nutrient Composition Handbook for Beef, also known as Handbook #8–13. The Handbook shall incorporate accurate and current data collected by the university to be used by Federal agencies, private industries, health organizations, and consumers to determine important diet and health-related issues associated with the consumption of beef and beef products.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H66F415C835AD42A6B8DB2C76CF00ECF5" commented="no"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as are necessary to carry out this section to be available until expended .</text></subsection></section> <section id="H31007B01FCC74C9887662E8000F455AD" commented="no"><enum>7113.</enum><header>Sense of Congress regarding funding for human nutrition research</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">It is the sense of the Congress that—</text> <paragraph id="H80CF744F1FD34288B40685BEF584E865" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><text>human nutrition research has the potential for improving the health status of the American public through studies that help determine—</text> <subparagraph id="HCD7566B9871F4DBDB3F660A616D4B400" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the food and beverage intakes of Americans and the nutrient composition of the food supply;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H1DABD47206D341989D2D00612D0000EF" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the relationship between diet and obesity, particularly to prevent childhood obesity;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HDFEDCAA89CEA484399B9968007624029" commented="no"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the authoritative, peer-reviewed, science-based evidence that forms the basis for Federal nutrition policy, dietary guidelines and programs; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HB60C6792366A4E39BB1B7438D76B0080" commented="no"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the nutrient requirements for individuals at various stages in the lifespan and for vulnerable populations, particularly children and the elderly;</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HDA1E8672E2AD45D6A448565D4C1878A2" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><text>human nutrition research holds the potential for identifying factors in crops and livestock that provide nutrition benefits to humans and add value for producers;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD23202F42A5E4F6698009700BB30A" commented="no"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the potential cost savings to Federal health programs, combined with the boost in revenues for farmers who produce nutritionally enhanced foods, justifies an increase in funding to a level sufficient to conduct this essential research; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H8FC9948D72BE4C8BB61C09E090E5E8A6" commented="no"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the USDA regional human nutritional research centers have unique value in linking producer and consumer interests into investigations of food and human nutrition issues and conducting long-term nutrition studies; and activities at these centers should be preserved and coordinated with other human nutrition research activities.</text></paragraph></section></subtitle> <subtitle id="H95A98F2BFC1A46A1980385535D5CE38"><enum>B</enum><header>National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977</header> <section id="H57269EFB4BE742DDB043A87BACCD76DF"><enum>7201.</enum><header>Advisory board</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1408(g)(1) of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/3123">7 U.S.C. 3123(g)(1)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>$350,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$500,000</quote>.</text></section> <section id="H001791FCA4C547718500B36D8248A499"><enum>7202.</enum><header>Advisory board termination</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1408(h) of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/3123">7 U.S.C. 3123(h)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2007</quote> and inserting <quote>2012</quote>.</text></section> <section id="HBA44C1BDEF46466A918EBD57ACB884E5"><enum>7203.</enum><header>Renewable energy committee</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 is amended by inserting after section 1408A the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H7BE758B778914F54A60000918E29CA4F" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <section id="HDE42AC66FBD946F89360C1F100D783A0"><enum>1408B.</enum><header>Renewable energy committee</header> <subsection id="H4DB4CF20FA8748878550B515005297EC" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Initial members</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this section, the executive committee of the Advisory Board shall establish and appoint the initial members of a permanent renewable energy committee that shall be responsible for studying the scope and effectiveness of research, extension, and economics programs affecting the renewable energy industry.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HD377C5EDF8E745838EFA52A6A5CE4F44"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Non-Advisory Board members</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Individuals who are not members of the Advisory Board may be appointed as members of the renewable energy committee. Members of the renewable energy committee shall serve at the discretion of the executive committee.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HE8E2639C66334C659D518D5E72EC96D9" commented="no"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Report by renewable energy committee</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 180 days after the establishment of the renewable energy committee, and annually thereafter, the renewable energy committee shall submit to the Advisory Board a report containing the findings of its study under subsection (a). The renewable energy committee shall include in each report its recommendations.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HBD8FB88B9AE84B88AFB7821E03367667"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Coordination of functions</header><text>In carrying out its functions, the Renewable Energy Committee shall coordinate with the Biomass Research and Development Act Committee.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H3A5BAB090FD848B28058D569CF7DA2E5"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Matters To be considered in budget recommendation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In preparing the annual budget recommendations for the Department, the Secretary shall take into consideration those findings and recommendations contained in the most recent report of the renewable energy committee that are adopted by the Advisory Committee.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HA0303E9C5EEF476B998C8100C2754607"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Report by the Secretary</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the budget material submitted to Congress by the Secretary in connection with the budget submitted pursuant to <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/31/1105">section 1105</external-xref> of title 31, United States Code, for a fiscal year, the Secretary shall include a report describing how the Secretary addressed each recommendation of the renewable energy committee described in subsection (e) of this section.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section> <section id="H5D30FBEFAF0E43220065283CA5DE2549" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>7204.</enum><header>Specialty crop committee report</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1408A(c) of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/3123a">7 U.S.C. 3123a(c)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block id="H0C55B7FCDBE4426CB1F3D2EF68EA3D4" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="H85A2FA7DC43A4A759689338BEDC88E6F"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Analyses of the specialty crop sector, including the impact of changes in domestic and international markets, production and new product technologies, alternative policies and macroeconomic conditions on specialty crop production, use, farm and retail prices, and farm income and financial stability from a national, regional, and farm-level perspective.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H51F3742FF5B24B898217B81795B9E5BC"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Review of the economic state of the specialty crop industry from a regional perspective.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H2312FD200BA14C8BBBD3AF3011C059C3"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Development of data that provides applied information useful to specialty crop growers, their associations, and other interested beneficiaries in evaluating that industry from a regional and national perspective.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section> <section id="HA5A14CCFC2B34B02B35D3E9C90858000" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>7205.</enum><header>Inclusion of UDC in grants and fellowships for food and agricultural sciences education</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1417 of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/3152">7 U.S.C. 3152</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HCB0D95B6306C41E6870015AB13B71D8D" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (b), by inserting <quote>including the University of the District of Columbia,</quote> after <quote>universities,</quote>; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H79FAE5F9CE9B4F97974DAB6573B02343"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (d)(2), by inserting <quote>, including the University of the District of Columbia,</quote> after <quote>universities</quote></text></paragraph></section> <section id="H7414A2331FCD4389B049D9D3C7B6AB8D"><enum>7206.</enum><header>Grants and fellowships for food and agricultural sciences education</header> <subsection id="H4F62E84B3E894716BC32B2DB7116A424"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Education teaching programs</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1417(j) of the National Agricultural Research, Extension and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/3152">7 U.S.C. 3152(j)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HE0CB71E86FEF4861BC0016686217E52F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the subsection heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Secondary education and 2-year postsecondary education teaching programs</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Secondary education, 2-year postsecondary education, and agriculture in the K–12 classroom</header-in-text></quote>; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HB2E20D7E5A6449848127137D143FBBCC"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (3)—</text> <subparagraph id="HCC7DC219874746BFABC9AA035CCFE62D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>secondary schools, and institutions of higher education that award an associate’s degree</quote> and inserting <quote>secondary schools, institutions of higher education that award an associate’s degree, other institutions of higher education, and nonprofit organizations</quote>;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H4B76415A19D74AC69F0034090031D254"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph (E), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H0A5915BABF274DF8AFF0FD4C29556EB9"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in subparagraph (F), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H819645244C6D49ACBAC59D8142C6816C"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block id="H5B038AAE35D6493682F707903B758CC4" style="OLC"> <subparagraph id="H524D47BEA4A948609B787ECAC738C6A1"><enum>(G)</enum><text>to support current agriculture in the classroom programs for grades K–12.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H5F5C0B5F11E64B2D9C00BAC0A8D8DEA2"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1417(l) of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/3152">7 U.S.C. 3152(l)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2007</quote> and inserting <quote>2012</quote>.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H9C07073E9A0F4788BDDF2B258E56EA37"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Section 1417 of the National Agricultural Research, Extension and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block id="HBACC5CA07DA4450DA6CCAA9484AC898D" style="OLC"> <subsection id="H7DCF79E7EFAA4B7B9CE669A7F704D5E"><enum>(m)</enum><header>Report</header><text>The Secretary shall submit an annual report to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry of the Senate detailing the distribution of funds used to implement the teaching programs under subsection (j).</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section> <section id="H607FEA5AE8FB4DB787308C926D8F84A6"><enum>7207.</enum><header>Grants for research on production and marketing of alcohols and industrial hydrocarbons from agricultural commodities and forest products</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1419(d) of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/3154">7 U.S.C. 3154(d)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2007</quote> and inserting <quote>2012</quote>.</text></section> <section id="HF63E51D282EC46A7A3F2DC60D9FF2E73"><enum>7208.</enum><header>Policy research centers</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1419A of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/3155">7 U.S.C. 3155</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H4974C747EB9C4B29ADAD4E69FFE2D7FA"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (b), by inserting <quote>, including the Food Agricultural Policy Research Institute and the Agricultural and Food Policy Center</quote> after <quote>research institutions and organizations</quote>; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H6388417429914BF6BE9FC7D6D3CE8D02"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (d), by striking <quote>2007</quote> and inserting <quote>2012</quote>.</text></paragraph></section> <section id="H4CDE784DB4414D1EBB435BF131F6FE2D"><enum>7209.</enum><header>Human nutrition intervention and health promotion research program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1424(d) of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/3174">7 U.S.C. 3174(d)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2007</quote> and inserting <quote>2012</quote>.</text></section> <section id="H01B0A472D62740A8AD9D5C2867180264"><enum>7210.</enum><header>Pilot research program to combine medical and agricultural research</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1424A(d) of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/3174a">7 U.S.C. 3174a(d)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2007</quote> and inserting <quote>2012</quote>.</text></section> <section id="HA0143ABFBD3A49FB8710CDBA4D1DD797"><enum>7211.</enum><header>Nutrition education program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1425(c)(3) of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/3175">7 U.S.C. 3175(c)(3)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2007</quote> and inserting <quote>2012</quote>.</text></section> <section id="H6B18ABFD04304CC998A64C429F398052"><enum>7212.</enum><header>Continuing animal health and disease research programs</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1433(a) of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/3195">7 U.S.C. 3195(a)</external-xref>) is amended in the first sentence by striking <quote>2007</quote> and inserting <quote>2012</quote>.</text></section> <section id="HD80F26A36DD54712AAC21885F144B617" commented="no"><enum>7213.</enum><header>Cooperation among eligible institutions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1433 of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="HA1FCD46A47BD4E3ABEA2C7F01497D674" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <subsection id="HD251438037D74CF7915B529FE9A18CB0" commented="no"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Cooperation among eligible institutions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary, to the maximum extent practicable, shall encourage eligible institutions to cooperate in setting research priorities under this section through the conduct of regular regional and national meetings.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section> <section id="H88E98FF9020940718308D534A66FB56B"><enum>7214.</enum><header>Appropriations for research on national or regional problems</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1434(a) of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/3196">7 U.S.C. 3196(a)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2007</quote> and inserting <quote>2012</quote>.</text></section> <section id="H0FAA58897B5E4D98BF7DAFAAF9F4E2F9" commented="no"><enum>7215.</enum><header>Authorization level of extension at 1890 land-grant colleges</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1444(a)(2) of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/3221">7 U.S.C. 3221(a)(2)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>15 percent</quote> and inserting <quote>20 percent</quote>.</text></section> <section id="H6ACC4150EFB34CDE822B2FDCC5766D10" commented="no"><enum>7216.</enum><header>Authorization level for agricultural research at 1890 land-grant colleges</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1445(a)(2) of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/3222">7 U.S.C. 3222(a)(2)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>25 percent</quote> and inserting <quote>30 percent</quote>.</text></section> <section id="H727521BCC9854AE6830521E769AE9DDE" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>7217.</enum><header>Grants to upgrade agriculture and food sciences facilities at the District of Columbia Land Grant University</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/3101">7 U.S.C. 3101 et seq.</external-xref>) is amended by inserting after section 1447 the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCEC5F84FFCBE47D48E737BEAE57EDD3B"> <section id="HB51B71BC5B5D444EA32126DEF84183A"><enum>1447A.</enum><header>Grants to upgrade agriculture and food sciences facilities at the District of Columbia Land Grant University</header> <subsection id="H5602AD4F867C44218215640131EFC648"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Purpose</header><text>It is declared to be the intent of Congress to assist the land grant university in the District of Columbia, as established under section 208 of the District of Columbia Public Postsecondary Education Reorganization Act of October 26, 1974 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/93/471">Public Law 93–471</external-xref>) in efforts acquire, alter, or repair facilities or relevant equipment necessary for conducting agricultural research.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H41C65119D1424767BFDD973B0EBA8D5"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated for the purposes of carrying out the provisions of this section $750,000 for each of fiscal years 2008 through 2012.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section> <section id="H2F81A9EAFD084D90B8CC0064CBE7A0AA"><enum>7218.</enum><header>Grants to upgrade agricultural and food sciences facilities at 1890 land-grant colleges, including Tuskegee University</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1447(b) of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/3222b">7 U.S.C. 3222b(b)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2007</quote> and inserting <quote>2012</quote>.</text></section> <section id="H8BE11E25D4EE476200293254053B76E4"><enum>7219.</enum><header>National research and training virtual centers</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1448 of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/3222c">7 U.S.C. 3222c</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2007</quote> each place it appears in subsections (a)(1) and (f) and inserting <quote>2012</quote>.</text></section> <section id="HB356B8D5398342A7878039FACC041800"><enum>7220.</enum><header>Matching funds requirement for research and extension activities of 1890 institutions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1449(c) of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/3222d">7 U.S.C. 3222d(c)</external-xref>) is amended in the first sentence by striking <quote>for each of fiscal years 2003 through 2007,</quote>.</text></section> <section id="H517A4166BE204F678EB4996DDEE793E9"><enum>7221.</enum><header>Hispanic-serving institutions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1455(c) of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/3241">7 U.S.C. 3241(c)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2007</quote> and inserting <quote>2012</quote>.</text></section> <section id="H5688A48CCAD54F6FA3CA390090C79965"><enum>7222.</enum><header>Hispanic-serving agricultural colleges and universities</header> <subsection id="HECDA10C422FE4CCC00E9D3E87185BAFF"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The National Agricultural Research, Extension and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 is amended by inserting after section 1455 the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H903510657FCE4462A295969B5E381D83" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <section id="H86437AD60D004F3400C39FD5D23E16FD"><enum>1456.</enum><header>Hispanic-serving agricultural colleges and universities</header> <subsection id="HEFFFDAEFB01E499B940156F3A97331DC"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>As used in this section:</text> <paragraph id="H7194D0C67D3548699E72A737DFD847ED"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Endowment fund</header><text>The term <term>endowment fund</term> means the Hispanic-Serving Agricultural Colleges and Universities Fund established under subsection (b).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H09BE89F4914D4ED083EC39DDF2C028B4"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Hispanic-serving agricultural college and universities</header><text>The term <term>Hispanic-serving agricultural colleges and universities</term> means a college or university that—</text> <subparagraph id="H2063AD3446B844F6B41DACD1C30541AD"><enum>(A)</enum><text>qualifies as a <quote>Hispanic-serving institution</quote> as defined in section 502(a)(5) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1101a">20 U.S.C. 1101a(a)(5)</external-xref>); and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H7D6102A8B3F14574A379397C52E800B"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">offers associate, bachelor’s, or other accredited degree programs in agriculture-related fields.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H926770161A5F463181A863285B99E678"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Endowment</header> <paragraph id="HA75996C170A7413D8FA0918CEC0070DD"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>In accordance with this subsection, the Secretary of the Treasury shall establish a Hispanic-Serving Agricultural Colleges and Universities Fund. The Secretary of the Treasury may enter into such agreements as are necessary to carry out this subsection.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H3D20055BFFCD4E01B5898CDC63544C60"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Deposit to the endowment fund</header><text>The Secretary of the Treasury shall deposit in the endowment fund any—</text> <subparagraph id="HFB89D45A334E4F08ABE79CBD057ED4B2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>amounts made available through Acts of appropriations, which shall be the endowment fund corpus; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H7342221A97394426B2FA27A18EFB8289"><enum>(B)</enum><text>interest earned on the endowment fund corpus.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HA75FEFA8CB7A4847BF45AEFA30A9DFF2"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Investments</header><text>The Secretary of the Treasury shall invest the endowment fund corpus and income in interest-bearing obligations of the United States.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H074302AF24F34FD59EC74D080248B573"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Withdrawals and expenditures</header><text>The Secretary of the Treasury may not make a withdrawal or expenditure from the endowment fund corpus. On September 30, 2008, and each September 30 thereafter, the Secretary of the Treasury shall withdraw the amount of the income from the endowment fund for the fiscal year and warrant the funds to the Secretary of Agriculture who, after making adjustments for the cost of administering the endowment fund, shall distribute the adjusted income as follows:</text> <subparagraph id="H10DEF389785744A58FE6873CF2A62C15"><enum>(A)</enum><text>60 percent distributed among the Hispanic-serving agricultural colleges and universities on a pro rata basis based on each institution’s Hispanic enrollment count.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H07334AADF91D4D25B9B8F2BDB69E373"><enum>(B)</enum><text>40 percent distributed in equal shares to the Hispanic-serving agricultural colleges and universities.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HEC6EEEEFA7DB49DAA2AA02CD83D5A5DC"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header> <subparagraph id="H2903F75CF0D442E5B1E6049130E03900"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>For fiscal year 2008, and for each fiscal year thereafter, there is authorized to be appropriated to the Department of Agriculture an amount equal to—</text> <clause id="HEE6AC435C0FB4AE3AE4F5DE400600655"><enum>(i)</enum><text>$80,000; multiplied by</text></clause> <clause id="HADB5ED58D6C84497BCD0BE36AECF78FE"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the number of Hispanic-serving agricultural colleges and universities.</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H19BE741BBF364DD98322AAE184D5E989"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Payments</header><text>For fiscal year 2008, and for each fiscal year thereafter, the Secretary of the Treasury shall pay to the treasurer of each Hispanic-Serving agricultural college and university an amount equal to—</text> <clause id="HE29D7766591145768B7F02189FC136EE"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the total amount made available by appropriations pursuant to paragraph (1); divided by</text></clause> <clause id="HB431CD11AEED4DE4817CAE3091133E01"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the number of Hispanic-serving agricultural colleges and universities.</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H58E466181B684478BA00870000C531E8"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Use of funds</header><text>Amounts authorized to be appropriated under this subsection shall be used in the same manner as is prescribed for colleges under the Act of August 30, 1890 (commonly known as the Second Morrill Act), and except as otherwise provided in this subsection, the requirements of such Act shall apply to the Hispanic-serving agricultural colleges and universities.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H5CE7FF626ED34789A85C5CEDCEF578C"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Amounts appropriated pursuant to this section shall be held and considered to have been granted to Hispanic-serving agricultural colleges and universities to establish an endowment pursuant to subsection (b).</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H94B81C12C4EC437986E0724334B4F73D"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Institutional Capacity Building Grants</header> <paragraph id="H8EC9ABF8EC4D4A31818CBF263C2975A4"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Purpose and allowable uses</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For fiscal year 2008, and for each fiscal year thereafter, the Secretary shall make institutional capacity building grants to assist Hispanic-serving agricultural colleges and universities not including alteration, repair, renovation, or construction of buildings. </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H1733F80359D84599B661AA66159FCA01"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Criteria for Institutional Capacity Building Grants</header> <subparagraph id="H2EB6FB0FB3C84BF98518A358BE53D171"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Requirements for grants</header><text>The Secretary shall make grants under this subsection on the basis of a competitive application process under which Hispanic-serving agricultural colleges and universities may submit applications to the Secretary in such form and manner as the Secretary may prescribe.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H753CDB819C8A4713A1A899B05CFD8978"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Broader participation and geographic diversity</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">All Hispanic-serving agricultural colleges and universities shall be eligible to compete for grants under this subsection.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H402F42C3C35A4E25B3344BA87344D0B6"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Demonstration of need</header><text>The Secretary shall require as part of an application for a grant under this subsection, a demonstration of need based on criteria stated in subsection (b)(5). The Secretary may award a grant under this subsection only to an applicant that demonstrates a failure to obtain funding for a project after making a reasonable effort to otherwise obtain the funding.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H71E6E47639944DA3B26BA7A05EF8FF6D"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Payment of non-federal share</header><text>A grant awarded under this subsection shall be made only if the recipient of the grant pays a non-Federal share in an amount specified by the Secretary and based upon assessed institutional needs.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H4CF7497BA0E3460FBF65E09EA8028B87"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out this subsection, such sums as are necessary for fiscal year 2008, and for each fiscal year thereafter.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HC1D370E658304555BB64D69E865F0034"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Competitive Grants Program</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Agriculture shall establish a competitive grants program to fund basic and applied research at Hispanic-serving agricultural colleges and universities in agriculture, human nutrition, food science, bioenergy, and environmental science. There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary such sums as are necessary to carry out this subsection for fiscal year 2008 and for each fiscal year thereafter.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="HE1B3AEA85B6C43DCA55DA4E781038BE3"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Funding</header><text>Section 3 of the Act of May 8, 1914, (commonly known as the Smith-Lever Act), is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HFD6C585AFAE74455822298924EC08C0"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (b), by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="HD7A98C9C32844F99A96F6EEF9CC980E7" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <paragraph id="HFB64121D6CC649A8B7596B256F930050" indent="up1"><enum>(4)</enum><text>There are authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2008, and for each fiscal year thereafter, such sums as are necessary for the purposes set forth in section 4. Such sums shall be in addition to the sums appropriated for the several States and Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and Guam under the provisions of this section. Such sums shall be distributed on the basis on a competitive application process to be developed and implemented by the Secretary and paid by the Secretary to the State institutions established in accordance with the provisions of the Act of July 2, 1862 (commonly known as the First Morrill Act) and administered by such institutions through cooperative agreements with the Hispanic-serving agricultural colleges and universities in the States of the institutions in accordance with regulations that the Secretary shall adopt. </text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph> <paragraph id="HF8FD9BAC52EF45179DF0247600B98ECB"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (f), by inserting <quote>or Hispanic-serving agricultural colleges and universities</quote> after <quote>Institution</quote>. </text></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="H02983418DAFC481F8F389DFB5E08332"><enum>7223.</enum><header>International agricultural research, extension, and education</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1458(a) of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/3291">7 U.S.C. 3291(a)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HFA95136392714774AC88FF6B13D35100"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)—</text> <subparagraph id="H5EA6CE44E95A40ACB7B3AD60B3ABD6D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>and</quote> after the semicolon;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HE3768774B21B4A41BDD1BDF781A2884E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B), by adding <quote>and</quote> at the end; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HA62F9B603EB247FC86EDC87FA7282000"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block id="H36D29C6A14474954BD06BA74B2356E52" style="OLC"> <subparagraph id="H12EF3BE307D6448ABB7320612DBC3E45"><enum>(C)</enum><text>giving priority to those institutions with existing memorandums of understanding, agreements, or other formal ties to United States institutions, or State or Federal agencies;</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H6D44890E2DE34D8AACB815B270ABD809"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (3), by inserting <quote>Hispanic-serving agricultural colleges and universities,</quote> after <quote>universities,</quote>;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H993D539F3CAA4DC087E5007B21D80045"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in paragraph (7)(A), by striking <quote>and land-grant colleges and universities</quote> and inserting <quote>, land-grant colleges and universities, and Hispanic-serving agricultural colleges and universities</quote>; </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H9A11CEC0073343D885E500F29E73BB5D"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in paragraph (9)(A), by striking <quote>or other colleges and universities</quote> and inserting <quote>, or other colleges and universities, or Hispanic-serving agricultural colleges and universities</quote>; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H603264D0E9314668BD781D72D5D10A"><enum>(5)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block id="HB3278B11A5C04D7F9B755300AAD2567" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="H11C98A0B236B4D2A9B5EF8B2BF00FA6D"><enum>(11)</enum><text>establish a program for the purpose of providing fellowships to United States or foreign students to study at foreign agricultural colleges and universities working under agreements provided for under paragraph (3).</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section> <section id="H6A859A2C10494EA4A7802CCBA1417DBE"><enum>7224.</enum><header>Competitive grants for international agricultural science and education programs</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1459A(c) of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/3292b">7 U.S.C. 3292b(c)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2007</quote> and inserting <quote>2012</quote>.</text></section> <section id="H58B2668820D543DFA564CAEC73C014A4"><enum>7225.</enum><header>Limitation on indirect costs for agricultural research, education, and extension programs</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1462(a) of the National Agriculture Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/3310">7 U.S.C. 3310(a)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>a competitive</quote> and inserting <quote>any</quote>. </text></section> <section id="HF7511466BA0D4A6391FA7028FF9BDDA8"><enum>7226.</enum><header>Research equipment grants</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1462A(e) of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/3310a">7 U.S.C. 3310a(e)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2007</quote> and inserting <quote>2012</quote>.</text></section> <section id="H397F7676AE584E649F0019CA823137C6"><enum>7227.</enum><header>University research</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1463 of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/3311">7 U.S.C. 3311</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2007</quote> each place it appears in subsections (a) and (b) and inserting <quote>2012</quote>.</text></section> <section id="H3949B07BF10045DDA52F55F825F6CB1D"><enum>7228.</enum><header>Extension service</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1464 of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/3312">7 U.S.C. 3312</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2007</quote> and inserting <quote>2012</quote>.</text></section> <section id="H4C095294098D4309B9FF174F968B4F62"><enum>7229.</enum><header>Supplemental and alternative crops</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1473D(a) of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/3319d">7 U.S.C. 3319d(a)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2007</quote> and inserting <quote>2012</quote>.</text></section> <section id="H32E733CE1774429A96E2563F78953468"><enum>7230.</enum><header>Aquaculture research facilities</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1477 of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/3324">7 U.S.C. 3324</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2007</quote> and inserting <quote>2012</quote>.</text></section> <section id="HEC4C049E126B4200A9754D8410477389"><enum>7231.</enum><header>Rangeland research</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1483(a) of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/3336">7 U.S.C. 3336(a)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2007</quote> and inserting <quote>2012</quote>.</text></section> <section id="HD253C4091D404C23896035A6F4FAFB11"><enum>7232.</enum><header>Special authorization for biosecurity planning and response</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1484(a) of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/3351">7 U.S.C. 3351(a)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2007</quote> and inserting <quote>2012</quote>.</text></section> <section id="HF8A9EA775F334CD4992DE56D4C7DBFE"><enum>7233.</enum><header>Resident instruction and distance education grants program for insular area institutions of higher education</header> <subsection id="H0B786BECDD854767B4C4B4639CC6CF80"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Distance Education Grants for Insular Areas</header><text>Section 1490(f) of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/3362">7 U.S.C. 3362(f)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2007</quote> and inserting <quote>2012</quote>.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HDA2E45A2A43145DFBD19F00AAD26331"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Resident Instruction Grants for Insular Areas</header><text>Section 1491 of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/3363">7 U.S.C. 3363</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H1CB1DFD7E270480EB646B9FA4E6CC400"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating subsection (e) as subsection (c); and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H3A34BF11403B4FE5872280F70076AF46"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (c) (as so redesignated), by striking <quote>2007</quote> and inserting <quote>2012</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection></section></subtitle> <subtitle id="H680E3492EF954F5498B897C889F8F49F" commented="no"><enum>C</enum><header>Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990</header> <section id="H1117C90F72294EA6A5B9BA3F8C9865A2" commented="no"><enum>7301.</enum><header>National genetics resources program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1635(b) of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/5844">7 U.S.C. 5844(b)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2007</quote> and inserting <quote>2012</quote>.</text></section> <section id="H90624B03D1BD47D182709700AB8329C1"><enum>7302.</enum><header>National agricultural weather information system</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1641(c) of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/5855">7 U.S.C. 5855(c)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>1991 through 1997</quote> and inserting <quote>2008 through 2012</quote>.</text></section> <section id="H1FC7800824974D9092BA5E30E102478F" commented="no"><enum>7303.</enum><header>Partnerships</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1672(d) of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/5925">7 U.S.C. 5925(d)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>may</quote> and inserting <quote>shall</quote>. </text></section> <section id="H6DD9C7F44D39496CB58D0062881B5100" commented="no"><enum>7304.</enum><header>Aflatoxin research and extension</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1672(e)(3) of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/5925">7 U.S.C. 5925(e)(3)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>and controlling aflatoxin in the food and feed chains.</quote> and inserting <quote>improving, and eventually commercializing alfatoxin controls in corn and other affected agricultural products and crops.</quote>. </text></section> <section id="HC28E679885AC4CABAD973D1D28F4F59D" commented="no"><enum>7305.</enum><header>High-priority research and extension areas</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1672(e) of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/5925">7 U.S.C. 5925(e)</external-xref>) is amended by adding the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H1463CE0E752247F7A8B140B7AC4BCF83" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <paragraph id="H9763F91B84CA4E61BEF3231C00D470A" commented="no"><enum>(46)</enum><header>Farmed and wild cervid disease and applied genetics research</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Research grants may be made under this section for the purpose of investigating the major infectious, parasitic and toxic diseases of importance to farmed and wild cervids.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H5B49CB6CB7F94EA99D93551F59BE3655" commented="no"><enum>(47)</enum><header>Air emissions from livestock operations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Research and extension grants may be made under this section for the purpose of conducting field verification tests and developing mitigation options for air emissions from animal feeding operations.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H0DAC88A972104C44BD9D59134D008CC9" commented="no"><enum>(48)</enum><header>Swine genome project</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Research grants may be made under this section to conduct swine genome research and to map the swine genome.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD4BC992BEB5E4B5488625B55F995ECD9" commented="no"><enum>(49)</enum><header>Cattle fever tick program</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Research and extension grants may be made to study cattle fever ticks to facilitate understanding of the role of wildlife in the persistence and spread of cattle fever ticks; to develop advanced methods for eradication of cattle fever ticks; and to improve management of diseases related to cattle fever ticks that are associated with wildlife, livestock, and human health.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HB58B7A59EE704DDF9DFD6B655FFC92D" commented="no"><enum>(50)</enum><header>Colony collapse disorder program</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Research and extension grants may be made to survey and collect data of honey bee colony production and health; research various factors possibly contributing to or associated with colony collapse disorder; and develop mitigative and preventative measures to improve bee health.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H87FC74A93763405EA133B8B44631848F" commented="no"><enum>(51)</enum><header>Synthetic gypsum from electric power plants research</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Research and extension grants may be made to study the uses of synthetic gypsum from electric power plants to remediate soil and nutrient losses.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H98D69CA1616B4B0EB5E3091991B21163"><enum>(52)</enum><header>Cranberry research program</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Research and extension grants may be made to study new technologies to assist cranberry growers in complying with Federal and State environmental regulations, increase production, develop new growing techniques, establish more efficient growing methodologies, and educate farmers about sustainable growth practices.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H36BF80850B4E4AE3AF040246C83B174D"><enum>(53)</enum><header>Sorghum Research Initiative</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Research and extension grants may be made to study the use of sorghum as a bioenergy feedstock, promote diversification in, and the environmental sustainability of sorghum production, and promote water conservation through the use of sorghum.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H62DCA767009B4F9BAEDF2D7500F76294"><enum>(54)</enum><header>Bean Health Research Program</header><text>Research and extension grants may be made to study bean-based solutions to chronic health and nutritional concerns in both developed and developing countries, and to increase bean consumption.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section> <section id="H186CC4A371B6425B81A5BB4BF188C787" commented="no"><enum>7306.</enum><header>High-priority research and extension initiatives</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1672(h) of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/5925">7 U.S.C. 5925(h)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2007</quote> and inserting <quote>2012</quote>.</text></section> <section id="HE2AE2DA109E94A5493D9316B05E7F715" commented="no"><enum>7307.</enum><header>Nutrient management research and extension initiative</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1672A of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/5925a">7 U.S.C. 5925a</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H702C0491793243BC95B3E0090425825" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating subsection (g) as subsection (f);</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE5805CC0107A447FA693FEC5009E046B"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (d), by inserting <quote>or address unique regional concerns</quote> after <quote>entities</quote>;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HCA643669817A4A3E9774CF7617C7653D"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (e)(1)(B), by inserting <quote>and dairy cattle waste</quote> after <quote>swine waste</quote>; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HAF36476E8E644B61AEEF48285D9B82E8" commented="no"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subsection (f) (as so redesignated in paragraph (1)), by striking <quote>2007</quote> and inserting <quote>2012</quote>.</text></paragraph></section> <section id="H12A30282EDDF4F2AB7E4159465464483" commented="no"><enum>7308.</enum><header>Agricultural telecommunications program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1673(h) of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/5926">7 U.S.C. 5926(h)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2007</quote> and inserting <quote>2012</quote>.</text></section> <section id="HF53ECC4FA2174341A02292900000A300" commented="no"><enum>7309.</enum><header>Assistive technology program for farmers with disabilities</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1680(c)(1) of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/5933">7 U.S.C. 5933(c)(1)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2007</quote> and inserting <quote>2012</quote>.</text></section> <section id="HFCF5A3A755784DAE94BAD3C561863B9F" commented="no"><enum>7310.</enum><header>Organic research</header> <subsection id="H0F2A801CBE6942B99642FB891D972148"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Organic Agriculture Research and Extension Initiative (section 1672B of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/5925b">7 U.S.C. 5925b</external-xref>)) is amended—</text></subsection> <subsection id="HF40FB114158B489A898569C648DDC4FE"><enum></enum> <paragraph id="H724A3BC0CC5B4B0A904F9640FB824BD2" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)—</text> <subparagraph id="HB628E1462A2843F4913909BCDB5296AF" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (5), by striking <quote>and</quote> after the semicolon;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HEA71CCB4A2534DE18807829C5B847F36" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (6), at the end by striking the period and inserting a semicolon; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H8F2A0DCDB32C4599BDF4781DC588B868" commented="no"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block id="H9AC76B1E1CE9450A9BD3D73778BBE832" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="H578F42CE2DAD4255A9E15D80DEB42B78" commented="no"><enum>(7)</enum><text>examining optimal conservation and environmental outcomes relating to organically produced agricultural products; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H8D0F5CA4E77445AABF8BFB00C847ADD4" commented="no"><enum>(8)</enum><text>developing new and improved seed varieties that are particularly suited for organic agriculture.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H758EE5134EC34568A3097D80646E74A2" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following—</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="HFCF6AAEDBCB1479CA5007FA4D8677898" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <subsection id="HE60FAF91AA454BB39F153340EE1F734D" commented="no"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated $25,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2009 through 2012.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HA59855A89A8E4FB29FEC6215774330A2"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Additional funding</header><text>In addition to funds made available under subsection (f), of the funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation, the Secretary shall make available to carry out this section a total of $25,000,000 for fiscal years 2008 through 2012.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H617211956DCE45D0AD5DD87656A56600"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Coordination</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In carrying out this section, the Secretary shall ensure that the Director of the applicable Program Office established under section 7104(a) coordinates projects and activities carried out under this section to ensure, to the maximum extent practicable, that duplication of effort is eliminated or minimized.</text></subsection></section> <section id="HACA73EFB23084079AF8BB5E4D8099315"><enum>7311.</enum><header>National rural information center clearinghouse</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 2381(e) of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/3125b">7 U.S.C. 3125b(e)</external-xref>) is amended by striking ‘‘2007’’ and inserting ‘‘2012’’. </text></section> <section id="HB5229AB7C81446879FB800309C1D1622"><enum>7312.</enum><header>New era rural technology program</header> <subsection id="HFCDE6B678D3F4C6F90FD690048D7F639"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Functions</header> <paragraph id="HDEC07D45AFC6442FA9558123217951A0"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The Secretary shall establish the <quote>New Era Rural Technology Program</quote>, to make grants available for technology development, applied research, and training to aid in the development of an agriculture-based renewable energy workforce. This initiative shall support the fields of bioenergy, pulp and paper manufacturing, and for agriculture-based renewable energy resources.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H55C4AD2E04134C07810038C44D881F3C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>To receive funding under this section an entity—</text> <subparagraph id="H1EFD8E368DE3475DB5DAD15D24A3C6AE"><enum>(A)</enum><text>shall be a rural community college or advanced technological center, in existence on the date of the enactment of this Act, that participates in agricultural or bioenergy research and applied research;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H18F2F00C157340B38B37D9976BBAB49C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>shall have a proven record of development and implementation of programs to meet the needs of students, educators, and business and industry to supply the agriculture-based, renewable energy or pulp and paper manufacturing fields with certified technicians as determined by the Secretary of Agriculture; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HCFCF596AE64D458B9C992F9EB7B08E84"><enum>(C)</enum><text>shall have the ability to leverage existing partnerships and occupational outreach and training programs for secondary schools, 4-year institutions and relevant non-profit organizations.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HF223D703A4C44D43B300E03651DD937F"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Limitation on authorization of appropriations</header><text>To carry out this section, there are authorized to be appropriated such sums as necessary for each of the fiscal years 2008 through 2012.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HF28F54BC92C34AA5A2E91DA087B6160"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Community colleges</header><text>In this section, the term <term>community college</term> means an institution of higher education—</text> <paragraph id="H47CB7FFA401442DAA93E989643F7511D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>that admits as regular students persons who are beyond the age of compulsory school attendance in the State in which the institution is located and who have the ability to benefit from the training offered by the institution;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H15F71E5E0519447AADC03F45A687D780"><enum>(2)</enum><text>that does not provide an educational program for which it awards a bachelor’s degree, or an equivalent degree; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC78154C8108B41258046C5C397CE443"><enum>(3)</enum><text>that—</text> <subparagraph id="H54093A46E6454489AC00B41602942920"><enum>(A)</enum><text>provides an educational program of not less than two years that is acceptable for full credit toward such a degree; or</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HF9D8C094D57D40B8BBD95300D088917D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>offers a two-year program in engineering, technology, mathematics, or the physical, chemical or biological sciences, designed to prepare a student to work as a technician or at the semiprofessional level in engineering, scientific, or other technological fields requiring the understanding and application of basic engineering, scientific, or mathematical principles of knowledge.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HE5665588667A439B818CCCBFC3CFEB88"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Grant priority</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Preference shall be given to rural community colleges working in partnership to improve information sharing capacity and to maximize the ability to meet the requirements of this section.</text></subsection></section></subtitle> <subtitle id="H54EB1E308720404388529BD477B4429C"><enum>D</enum><header>Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998</header> <section id="HC414B0F91B314094874E24E4223ED48F"><enum>7401.</enum><header>Partnerships for high-value agricultural product quality research</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 402(g) of the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/7622">7 U.S.C. 7622(g)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2007</quote> and inserting <quote>2012</quote>.</text></section> <section id="HACC5723C77384961B2596200D565B8CE"><enum>7402.</enum><header>Precision agriculture</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 403(i)(1) of the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/7623">7 U.S.C. 7623(i)(1)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2007</quote> and inserting <quote>2012</quote>.</text></section> <section id="HFEB3D009189C459E817DE193A94842D2"><enum>7403.</enum><header>Biobased products</header> <subsection id="H880849E38B7A4F02BD1FA53474B7BFA"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Pilot Project</header><text>Section 404(e)(2) of the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/7624">7 U.S.C. 7624(e)(2)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2007</quote> and inserting <quote>2012</quote>.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HB375BD9EA8D44A6B90295FECDC5FB099"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Authorization of Appropriations</header><text>Section 404(h) of the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/7624">7 U.S.C. 7624(h)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2007</quote> and inserting <quote>2012</quote>.</text></subsection></section> <section id="HAB55824FDCCB44A59712BE664E785E6F"><enum>7404.</enum><header>Thomas Jefferson initiative for crop diversification</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 405(h) of the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/7625">7 U.S.C. 7625(h)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2007</quote> and inserting <quote>2012</quote>.</text></section> <section id="H4E13777BE52640E89D9226F0EEAB8B2B"><enum>7405.</enum><header>Integrated research, education, and extension competitive grants program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 406(f) of the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/7626">7 U.S.C. 7626(f)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2007</quote> and inserting <quote>2012</quote>.</text></section> <section id="H16A6C5968E1745499473594F3C9E6000" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>7406.</enum><header>Fusarium graminearum grants</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 408 of the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/7628">7 U.S.C. 7628(e)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HB871D9C8C1F94A7B00DB8DD669AA5B61"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the heading for such section, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">Grant</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">Grants</header-in-text></quote>; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H337BF70CAED846F898165DE126F49C6B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (e), by striking <quote>2007</quote> and inserting <quote>2012</quote>.</text></paragraph></section> <section id="H4FBA72625E2046BBAB0004339D3700DB"><enum>7407.</enum><header>Bovine Johne’s disease control program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 409(b) of the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/7629">7 U.S.C. 7629(b)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2007</quote> and inserting <quote>2012</quote>.</text></section> <section id="H5EA62EF58CF447C1B6CED65CB200CF65"><enum>7408.</enum><header>Grants for youth organizations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 410 of the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/7630">7 U.S.C. 7630</external-xref>) is amended by striking subsections (b) and (c) and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H95B34FF3A7D7420A00CD47160097E7D5" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <subsection id="H06039FEA38CA4382A988132F05C00077"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Flexibility</header><text>The Secretary shall provide maximum flexibility in content delivery to each organization receiving funds under this section so as to ensure that the unique goals of each organization, as well as the local community needs are fully met.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HC90126608BAB4DAEA6471C40D2105956"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Redistribution of funding within organizations authorized</header><text>Recipients of funds under this section are authorized to redistribute all or part of the funds received to individual councils or local chapters within such organization without further need of approval from the Secretary.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HDF56DF1F85734F2C8B12C2D28E4973CB"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section such sums as are necessary for each of fiscal years 2008 through 2012.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section> <section id="H7D0104A8C48A47F8A000E300E77EB51B"><enum>7409.</enum><header>Agricultural biotechnology research and development for developing countries</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 411(c) of the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/7631">7 U.S.C. 7631(c)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2007</quote> and inserting <quote>2012</quote>.</text></section> <section id="H896150809D694DD583FE5E49BB19B8E5"><enum>7410.</enum><header>Agricultural bioenergy and biobased products research initiative</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline"> Title IV of the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/7621">7 U.S.C. 7621 et seq.</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="HE3CB2E3DE5774CF2B500E8493E9EB2A7" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <section id="HDE3B41133A734A0E857C00009264FDC7"><enum>412.</enum><header>Agricultural bioenergy and biobased products research initiative</header> <subsection id="HD456B9ECDBD34404B4772D44B93E3ECB"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definition</header><text>For the purposes of this section, the term <term>Initiative</term> means the agricultural bioenergy and biobased products research initiative established by subsection (b).</text></subsection> <subsection id="H9BE9B2A0A5C34BBAAACE78CEECBCF2D5"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>There is established within the Department a bioenergy and biobased products research initiative to enhance the production, sustainability, and conversion of biomass to renewable fuels and related products.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H36A7C2142C714063ABD276C79FA7625"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Laboratory network</header> <paragraph id="HD93956FF521A48E1BDDBD1DE22E023"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall carry out the Initiative through a bioenergy and biobased product laboratory network that may consist of—</text> <subparagraph id="H5E227030DEE646BB99C7D5B0F600D8A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Federal agencies;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H7DBC93FBAEA24E528210AFBDD5202ECF"><enum>(B)</enum><text>national laboratories;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HA6A8EFBFBA0D4BAA84FBBD32CDDE4864"><enum>(C)</enum><text>colleges and universities;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HF00BAF2B87E54C1CB8FE4C40E27D3DAF"><enum>(D)</enum><text>research institutions and organizations;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HBCA892E7BA1F4CF1824BDAD5C442C215"><enum>(E)</enum><text>private organizations or corporations;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HC8E583CE8815432790344EA1522BD046"><enum>(F)</enum><text>State agricultural experiment stations; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H16D660616A2749AB843CFA226D149BE1"><enum>(G)</enum><text>individuals.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H47AAE6C2171D42BBB021802CC3608DE7"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Research and development objectives</header><text>The laboratory network shall focus on improving biomass production and sustainability, and improving biomass conversion in biorefineries, by—</text> <subparagraph id="H3AABC28EB8EF4AE9B802EBEE27BDCEC2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>leveraging the broad scientific capabilities of the Department in—</text> <clause id="HBCE1BF5C1A8C4A838DD2993E00C13DF"><enum>(i)</enum><text>plant genetics and breeding;</text></clause> <clause id="HAB0A52B4BF10444EB286A5AA3D7D8D5"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>crop production;</text></clause> <clause id="H056F24E6E8F64607BC1FAD6FE5644BE"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>soil and water science;</text></clause> <clause id="H4AE75CE647E24BD19B6F912CA8DF0130"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>use of agricultural waste;</text></clause> <clause id="H15F482406414410BBEEE7CC564A9DEC9"><enum>(v)</enum><text>carbohydrate, lipid, protein, and lignin chemistry and biochemistry;</text></clause> <clause id="H2AF8A10A8C684E3C96837CCEACB622E"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>enzyme development;</text></clause> <clause id="H85DF84211B4641749998B4FC4D81C86D"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>fermentation;</text></clause> <clause id="H540BB91C1F5F494BAD665B00F3499CDC"><enum>(viii)</enum><text>microbiology;</text></clause> <clause id="H825E29D45FF14D21B3A029DAF92FE527"><enum>(ix)</enum><text>cellulosic gasification; and</text></clause> <clause id="H238785C1976C42C6B73D020780671E9E"><enum>(x)</enum><text>ethanol by-product utilization.</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HA897F2ACFC6A4263A6B16F005BFC8161"><enum>(B)</enum><text>supporting bioenergy and biobased product research that will enhance the production, sustainability, and conversion of biomass to renewable fuels and related products; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H4FE48132949644849C0010FF39D96D64"><enum>(C)</enum><text> supporting bioenergy and biobased product research, and the dissemination of that research, that will assist in achieving the goals of this section.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H766F178DE40B4A5B83A825213E3C7284" commented="no"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Coordination</header><text>In carrying out the Initiative, the Secretary shall ensure that the Director of the applicable Program office established under section 7104(a)(1) shall coordinate projects and activities carried out under the Initiative with projects and activities under the Biomass Research and Development Act of 2000 (7 U.S.C. 8601 et seq) to ensure, to the maximum extent practicable, that—</text> <paragraph id="HFD677580AB8547F2A7A135E6FB9BB9C" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">duplication of effort is eliminated or minimized; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H35FA776FC01C4BC1A1F9D58F3C40C262" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the respective strengths of the Department and the Department of Energy are maximized.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H0C7141F503E444F2A7B1F876EAE48DD9"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Research projects</header><text>In carrying out this section, the Secretary shall award grants on a competitive basis.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H3838AE526A41441E838EA896DA15315C"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Administration</header> <paragraph id="H0D91F440046E4B5AB01E1026D3EF92AF"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>For grants awarded under subsection (e)(2), the Secretary shall—</text> <subparagraph id="H7B307165BE95407B99C79B76463C1B76"><enum>(A)</enum><text>seek and accept proposals for grants;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H7CE888308255495BBA4C71B4DD205C00"><enum>(B)</enum><text>determine the relevance and merit of proposals through a system of peer review in accordance with (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/7613">7 U.S.C. 7613</external-xref>); and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H09700272032149EE0005E9FB77D791D1"><enum>(C)</enum><text>award grants on the basis of merit, quality, and relevance.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H10701A55D9654AA8AA40AF013F37C2B3"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Term</header><text>A grant under this section shall have a term that does not exceed 5 years.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H32B07F98D597484E83B2DB9E6CBA846E"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Other conditions</header><text>The Secretary may set such other conditions on the award of a grant under this section as the Secretary determines appropriate.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HCC96931A5F7E405EB1B4D780C198CB8D"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Buildings and facilities</header><text>Funds made available under this section shall not be used for the construction of a new building or facility or the acquisition, expansion, remodeling, or alteration of an existing building or facility (including site grading and improvement and architect fees).</text></subsection> <subsection id="H0BBB2D3576DE4E23ADF7C4D55C6BA3E8"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Funding</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated $50,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2008 through 2012 to carry out this section.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section> <section id="H582278A14190412887F521CAE85598E0"><enum>7411.</enum><header>Specialty crop research initiative</header> <subsection id="H1BF77934B9104A69BB596D00982B558C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Title IV of the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/7621">7 U.S.C. 7621 et seq.</external-xref>), as amended by section 7410, is further amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H4A5C0711703B483D92BDD9E8938B6434" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <section id="H6905AB8F1863426AA685464B525B1054"><enum>413.</enum><header>Specialty crop research initiative</header> <subsection id="HEA05E567C93F4C63A3CC90CB3E6E1FD3"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text> <paragraph id="H0893355BDE8F433EB643CD9B73ECAE25"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Initiative</header><text>The term <term>Initiative</term> means the specialty crop research initiative established by subsection (b).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H7914247E67FD468EA48FB540DB7B8E8F" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Specialty crop</header><text>The term <term>specialty crop</term> shall have the meaning given that term in section 3(1) of the Specialty Crops Competitiveness Act of 2004 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1621">7 U.S.C. 1621</external-xref>).</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H4DABB991484C4441BC161878322BF7D9"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>There is established within the Department a specialty crop research initiative to address the critical needs of the specialty crop industry by developing and disseminating science-based tools to address needs of specific crops and their regions, including—</text> <paragraph id="H756DA80540A64986B77BA34F22989D68"><enum>(1)</enum><text>research in—</text> <subparagraph id="H4B5F3C1FE1BA4CAC8173711C00897BBC"><enum>(A)</enum><text>plant breeding, genetics, and genomics to improve crop characteristics, such as—</text> <clause id="H364E96BE2B0B4513A210DD27D7BEA1A0"><enum>(i)</enum><text>product appearance;</text></clause> <clause id="HBA19973218A848E381209569563EBEE7"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>environmental responses and tolerances;</text></clause> <clause id="H98A83531E9AD42BB9FEDED2DF3E3DDE5"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>nutrient management;</text></clause> <clause id="H976F2FBD75E3473493F6BC1F41AE42BE"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>pest and disease management; and</text></clause> <clause id="H1BD31BE7C2BA488FB003AC8EACC8099"><enum>(v)</enum><text>enhanced phytonutrient content;</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H5EA1D466486940A9BBEB264C36861D09"><enum>(B)</enum><text>safety;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H23255DA167B446E2ACBA0A932C8AA3E"><enum>(C)</enum><text>quality;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H09B5AE5D329C471FACBA3C1518C43EE7"><enum>(D)</enum><text>yield;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HB3CD2B1051C3496482AAE2293DFB1FAD"><enum>(E)</enum><text>taste; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H5C6A65F887214532B57D18EDE758D318"><enum>(F)</enum><text>shelf life;</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H35D3A437537E467BA953BEC33CCAA93C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>efforts to identify and address threats from invasive species;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H6C2EFE3CF68340199ED612C45BEC9E30"><enum>(3)</enum><text>efforts to improve agricultural production by developing more technologically efficient and effective applications of water, nutrients, and pesticides;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H0642441199004D3F9F59F61C68CBF14E"><enum>(4)</enum><text>new innovations and technology, such as enhancing mechanization and reducing reliance on labor; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HF5DDA73B7D5D43E29FC3003C138F1817"><enum>(5)</enum><text>production efficiency, productivity, profitability and marketing.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H2BF18C6622494B25B0A072BDEDF7DE6D"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Eligible entities</header><text>The Secretary may carry out the Initiative through—</text> <paragraph id="HAFA8470DBFBF4C5C810823D7B9A3F2AF"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Federal agencies;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC3D103597B044FC4BE6406D8591733CB"><enum>(2)</enum><text>national laboratories;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H960C25EA5785419ABF5E281B8D1FA892"><enum>(3)</enum><text>colleges and universities;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H28ECF9EAFFFE4C51A420610000C4154"><enum>(4)</enum><text>research institutions and organizations;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H1F30D344751942E5BD44B54D8B06BCE5"><enum>(5)</enum><text>private organizations or corporations;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H419C10B816644411BC0581008D685ED6"><enum>(6)</enum><text>State agricultural experiment stations; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H3BAAF958F25C471A8B009E799736035C"><enum>(7)</enum><text>individuals.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HEBA27F12CE2E489B86B46BB2AD1E549E"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Research projects</header><text>In carrying out this section, the Secretary shall award grants on a competitive basis.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H3EE2A92B93C24561B768DA8F258B6DCA"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Administration</header> <paragraph id="H0C1BB84F67B142A2934CA4E298EDD8E8"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>For grants awarded under subsection (d) the Secretary shall—</text> <subparagraph id="H876B5CE34601471D93F28311CC2C91A5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>seek and accept proposals for grants;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HBE4C8B183D2D430C9B8BBFC88BF80248"><enum>(B)</enum><text>determine the relevance and merit of proposals through a system of peer review in accordance with section 103; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HCDE060E912844AF2A0CDBBF85FCC29EE"><enum>(C)</enum><text>award grants on the basis of merit, quality, and relevance.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HEA6942708C624B93A91EE67B21EED9E0"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Term</header><text>A grant under this section shall have a term that does not exceed 5 years.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H4690C124B59D4EB3001736B014EE8E10"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Other conditions</header><text>The Secretary may set such other conditions on the award of a grant under this section as the Secretary determines appropriate.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HD5250E3D53AB4343BAF4C8F5D8865933"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Buildings and facilities</header><text>Funds made available under this section shall not be used for the construction of a new building or facility or the acquisition, expansion remodeling, or alteration of an existing building or facility (including site grading and improvement and architect fees).</text></subsection> <subsection id="HBD51C56DAB2246C2B4EF59C6B3284700"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Funding</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated $100,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2008 through 2012 to carry out this section.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HE7042E8395F7474499A05DB2D6C9B07F"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Additional funding</header><text>In addition to funds made available under subsection (g), of the funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation, the Secretary shall make available to carry out this section a total of $215,000,000 for fiscal years 2008 through 2012.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="HAC629C98695B4F038D004E56B2C65200"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Coordination</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"> In carrying out this section, the Secretary shall ensure that the Director of the applicable Program Office established under section 7104(a) coordinates projects and activities carried out under this section to ensure, to the maximum extent practicable, that duplication of effort is eliminated or minimized. </text></subsection></section> <section id="H8537EE48399D47DBA05C08E36792A96"><enum>7412.</enum><header>Office of pest management policy</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 614(f) of the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/7653">7 U.S.C. 7653(f)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2007</quote> and inserting <quote>2012</quote>.</text></section></subtitle> <subtitle id="HE3F158868DA04BF8A100BBA1A1A14D82"><enum>E</enum><header>Other Laws</header> <section id="H6A2F01616F504469B9BB98A1E06443D0"><enum>7501.</enum><header>Critical agricultural materials act</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 16(a) of the Critical Agricultural Materials Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/178n">7 U.S.C. 178n(a)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2007</quote> and inserting <quote>2012</quote>.</text></section> <section id="HEA33FA36816C40FA9914C75DF5C8CDA8"><enum>7502.</enum><header>Equity in Educational Land-Grant Status Act of 1994</header> <subsection id="H9C4C2CF71E0341C3B9F882EF03B81D1D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Endowment for 1994 Institutions</header><text>Section 533(b) of the Equity in Educational Land-Grant Status Act of 1994 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/301">7 U.S.C. 301</external-xref> note; <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/103/382">Public Law 103–382</external-xref>) is amended in the first sentence by striking <quote>2007</quote> and inserting <quote>2012</quote>.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HDD31D39370AE4167A99EF4DE6D245CA"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Institutional Capacity Building Grants</header><text>Section 535 of the Equity in Educational Land-Grant Status Act of 1994 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/301">7 U.S.C. 301</external-xref> note; <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/103/382">Public Law 103–382</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2007</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>2012</quote>.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H1471AF9E0441486BAAD99D5DBB8472B1"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Research Grants</header><text>Section 536(c) of the Equity in Educational Land-Grant Status Act of 1994 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/301">7 U.S.C. 301</external-xref> note; <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/103/382">Public Law 103–382</external-xref>) is amended in the first sentence by striking <quote>2007</quote> and inserting <quote>2012</quote>.</text></subsection></section> <section id="HF8062413498B4CEB8FA2A308B521D3BE"><enum>7503.</enum><header>Agricultural experiment station Research Facilities Act</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 6(a) of the Research Facilities Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/390d">7 U.S.C. 390d(a)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2007</quote> and inserting <quote>2012</quote>.</text></section> <section id="H944462380F304BE79C83A2FEE73B87FB"><enum>7504.</enum><header>National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act Amendments of 1985</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1431 of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act Amendments of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/99/198">Public Law 99–198</external-xref>; 99 Stat. 1556) is amended by striking <quote>2007</quote> and inserting <quote>2012</quote>.</text></section> <section id="H8D69EE6AD9C54393B448157D67E57CFF" commented="no"><enum>7505.</enum><header>Competitive, Special, and Facilities Research Grant Act (national research initiative)</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 2 of the Competitive, Special, and Facilities Research Grant Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/450i">7 U.S.C. 450i</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HB9FED4BA3C6743289E007E6610A2C6DD" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (b)(10), by striking <quote>2007</quote> and inserting <quote>2012</quote>; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HF8E71B66E9184EC4BC3BF94B820056FD" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking subsection (g).</text></paragraph></section> <section id="HA74D0F8AE23B494E9DC1DFB61C00FEAF"><enum>7506.</enum><header>Agricultural Risk Protection Act of 2000 (carbon cycle research)</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 221(g) of the Agricultural Risk Protection Act of 2000 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/6711">7 U.S.C. 6711(g)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2007</quote> and inserting <quote>2012</quote>.</text></section> <section id="H8AB5ED8C5FF849B580003CA7009EEC09"><enum>7507.</enum><header>Renewable Resources Extension Act of 1978</header> <subsection id="H6723D2249EAC43E0B2410091B647D5C9"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Authorization of Appropriations</header><text>Section 6 of the Renewable Resources Extension Act of 1978 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1675">16 U.S.C. 1675</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2007</quote> and inserting <quote>2012</quote>.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HC9BF56746385470E92DDF3E1312B54C0"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Termination Date</header><text>Section 8 of the Renewable Resources Extension Act of 1978 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1671">16 U.S.C. 1671</external-xref> note; <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/95/306">Public Law 95–306</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2007</quote> and inserting <quote>2012</quote>.</text></subsection></section> <section id="HEF27676CCC1742B18F258DA9EE77D0EE"><enum>7508.</enum><header>National Aquaculture Act of 1980</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 10 of the National Aquaculture Act of 1980 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/2809">16 U.S.C. 2809</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2007</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>2012</quote>.</text></section> <section id="HD246279118CD4306A1661433DA8726C6"><enum>7509.</enum><header>Construction of a Chinese Garden at the National Arboretum</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Act of March 4, 1927 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/191">20 U.S.C. 191 et seq.</external-xref>), is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H4CC83AD33F8940CEB214C2744B3F50CB" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <section id="HE10C63B795C24BCBA0C5D5402F008681" commented="no"><enum>197.</enum><header>Construction of a Chinese Garden at the National Arboretum</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">A Chinese Garden may be constructed at the National Arboretum established under this Act with—</text> <paragraph id="H8C76D660412D434C927DC496D0707606" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><text>funds accepted under the provisions of section 195 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/195">20 U.S.C. 195</external-xref>);</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H127C691EBC97430DB6CC45706C948CE8" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><text>authorities provided to the Secretary of Agriculture under section 196 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/196">20 U.S.C. 196</external-xref>); and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H6E7979B8E3244D8FA85FC645F65FE997" commented="no"><enum>(3)</enum><text>appropriations provided for this purpose.</text></paragraph></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section> <section id="HF2684BF43E2D4812AD19483BA69CD050" commented="no"><enum>7510.</enum><header>Public education regarding use of biotechnology in producing food for human consumption</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 10802(b) of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/5921a">7 U.S.C. 5921a(b)</external-xref>)is amended by striking <quote>2007</quote> and inserting <quote>2012</quote>.</text></section> <section id="H0F03962A1F4743B6A921D81216B5B36C" commented="no"><enum>7511.</enum><header>Fresh cut produce safety grants</header> <subsection id="HECB2D9702E3547339BF9013F9FD200C7" commented="no"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary may award competitive research and extension grants to eligible entities to enable such entities to design, implement, and evaluate innovative, cost-effective programs to improve and enhance the safety of fresh cut produce.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H82556AF3B180463C9BB7280045D5EEEF" commented="no"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Eligible entities</header><text>To be eligible to receive a grant under subsection (a) an entity shall—</text> <paragraph id="HBAD4ADFD439444C5B69FB338FD4CFE3" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><text>be a university, college, or other entity designated by the Secretary; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H183023187B634AB8A220C4B4E86C9970" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><text>have developed partnerships with producers of fresh cut produce.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H3C74889F46FD4AD38C8E2FA4A39484EC" commented="no"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Use of funds</header><text>An entity shall use funds received under a grant under this section to—</text> <paragraph id="H46B88D0EA792481FB3E98E01FE182F55" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><text>improve sanitation and food safety practices in the processing of fresh cut produce;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H28DF53F8D619493D8E17C9A92C39576C" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><text>develop improved techniques to monitor and inspect fresh cut produce;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE3088E04735C42DFA81DA78F908E3049" commented="no"><enum>(3)</enum><text>develop efficient, rapid and sensitive methods to detect contaminants in fresh cut produce;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE0225CA373AE4B928FA1372169563033" commented="no"><enum>(4)</enum><text>determine the sources of contamination in fresh cut produce;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H2FB4E02A0F504A6DAB63A5C9DD85E7E8" commented="no"><enum>(5)</enum><text>develop methods to reduce or destroy harmful pathogens before, during, and after processing of fresh cut produce; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H10434F66AB21401895B8B17C91F381BB" commented="no"><enum>(6)</enum><text>conduct other research as determined appropriate by the Secretary.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H96D6F04E16474F93B4221D9D452082EF" commented="no"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Matching funds required</header><text>The Secretary shall require the recipient of a grant under this section to provide funds or in-kind support from non-Federal sources in an amount at least equal to the amount provided by the Federal Government.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H17397113119D420AB154919439573C11"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Coordination</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In carrying out this section, the Secretary shall ensure that the Director of the applicable Program Office established under section 7104(a) coordinates projects and activities carried out under this section to ensure, to the maximum extent practicable, that duplication of effort is eliminated or minimized. </text></subsection> <subsection id="HB4EA0FCB806348698BC1045BFA2EC9B3" commented="no"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as are necessary to carry out this section for each of fiscal years 2008 through 2012.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H566F78E1E23448E386A204CE35DCE5B"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Additional Funding</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In addition to funds made available under subsection (f), of the funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation, the Secretary shall make available to carry out this section a total of $25,000,000 for fiscal years 2008 through 2012.</text></subsection></section> <section id="HD8D22E2DCD1640A098E0F7F311D7A409"><enum>7512.</enum><header>UDC/EFNEP Eligibility</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 208 of the District of Columbia Public Postsecondary Education Reorganization Act (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/93/471">Public Law 93–471</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HDD8FE3B0AB7247A9B278F79E2DBE3F76"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (b)(2), by striking <quote>, except</quote> and all that follows through the period and inserting a period; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H2A0FD1D4C0BE4A07877B306061DD9BC0"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (c), by striking <quote>section 3</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>section 3(c)</quote>.</text></paragraph></section> <section id="H9515402DDC6C4C2FB38B68164BAC35E"><enum>7513.</enum><header>Smith-Lever Act</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 3(e)(4) of the Smith-Lever Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/343">7 U.S.C. 343(e)(4)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HE5CB36EC4B40418BB28C56951FF51525"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the paragraph heading, by inserting <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">and the District of Columbia</header-in-text></quote> after <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">areas</header-in-text></quote>; </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HF9898D11ED814A3F977BE2340645BA9F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A), by inserting <quote> and the District of Columbia</quote> after <quote>United States</quote>;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H0E3CCDB4FA8F4192B9B0EBA9B9D60024"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A), by inserting <quote>and the District of Columbia</quote> after <quote>respectively,</quote>; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H104B016909C74DC0B6A425B87EAA4256"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B), by inserting <quote>or the District of Columbia</quote> after <quote>area</quote>.</text></paragraph></section> <section id="H519DA300E7164388AAF42927F9F3923"><enum>7514.</enum><header>Hatch Act of 1987</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 3(d)(4) of the Hatch Act of 1887 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/351c">7 U.S.C. 351c(d)(4)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HC5606BA4E2D64786BC00FEB6D4620039"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the paragraph heading, by inserting <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">and the District of Columbia</header-in-text></quote> after <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">areas</header-in-text></quote>; </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H67A97EB8BA8040C6B0E93DEB9C91CDD5"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A), by inserting <quote> and the District of Columbia</quote> after <quote>United States</quote>;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HFFDBD2C408F74368A56203A1C5CA93EB"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A), by inserting <quote>and the District of Columbia</quote> after <quote>respectively,</quote>; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H6EF553D1229045E7B1E362B93007F45"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B), by inserting <quote>or the District of Columbia</quote> after <quote>area</quote>.</text></paragraph></section></subtitle> <subtitle id="H0D9707C604C245A29305C1F0ABF9CECD"><enum>F</enum><header>Additional Provisions</header> <section id="HE61E0067C09A40C9A7FA31BCC9B2CDF5"><enum>7601.</enum><header>Merit review of extension and educational grants</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 103 of the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/7613">7 U.S.C. 7613</external-xref>) is amended in subsection (a)(2)(A), by striking <quote>Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service of the Department</quote> and inserting <quote>the National Institute for Food and Agriculture.</quote>.</text></section> <section id="HADBD0F3F6EB14E17B5AB13F351FECB54"><enum>7602.</enum><header>Review of plan of work requirements</header> <subsection id="H3D5712D2C53845A796118E4E22A013B5"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Review</header><text>The Secretary shall work with university partners in extension and research to review and identify measures to streamline the submission, reporting under, and implementation of plan of work requirements including those under—</text> <paragraph id="HE7BE6E902B364CE4B43331407877BB51"><enum>(1)</enum><text>section 1444 and 1444(d) and 1445(c) of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/3221">7 U.S.C. 3221(d)</external-xref> and 3222(c), respectively);</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H4C96906C9D79471A806986FD009D5951"><enum>(2)</enum><text>section 7 of the Hatch Act of 1887 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/361g">7 U.S.C. 361g</external-xref>); and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HECCA36455D7143E0B9D8485B089FD848"><enum>(3)</enum><text>section 4 of the Smith-Lever Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/344">7 U.S.C. 344</external-xref>).</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HAAC2F336794446E794AF007BE8338824"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall provide to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate a report regarding the review carried out under subsection (a). The report shall include recommendations—</text> <paragraph id="H40CC1DA3B50A4D128DE1295BC0214137"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to reduce the administrative burden and workload upon institutions associated with plan of work compliance while meeting Department reporting needs for inputs, outputs, and outcome indicators;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H93E07D8179AE4A44BF6B6BF4A9CD35CB"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to streamline the submission and reporting requirements of the plan of work such that it is of practical utility to both the department and the institution; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HEFE44A1A55DB4439962FAE5FC1191800"><enum>(3)</enum><text>for any legislative changes necessary to carry out the plan of work improvements.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H2BD5A2AEEA9F4D368F7DCC6528ECA950"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Consultation</header><text>In carrying out the review and formulating and compiling the recommendations, the Secretary shall consult with the land grant institutions.</text></subsection></section> <section id="HACD347528D7943AF9C7E4E07F09FBCAF"><enum>7603.</enum><header>Multistate and integration funding</header> <subsection id="H3A54D143064C4AD4AFB82588C065CE"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Funds expended on integration of research and extension</header><text>Section 3 of the Hatch Act of 1887 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/361c">7 U.S.C. 361c</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H0A9DB883F98E4C52B8BCA3CAD79279F2"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (i)(2)(B), by striking <quote>the lesser of</quote> and inserting <quote>25 percent</quote>; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H552B742318424C88956E451C14AF419F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking clauses (i) and (ii).</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H0F8D311D67D74044A29F85EE863802C4"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Funds expended on multistate cooperative extension activities</header><text>Section 3 of the Smith Lever Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/343">7 U.S.C. 343</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HB9D0F86045434758A1D8D658B0E890A4"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (h)(2)(B), by striking <quote>the lesser of</quote> and inserting <quote>25 percent</quote>; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HA230BA04BBAA4CF2B81CF244707DFE30"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking clauses (i) and (ii).</text></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="H24F3F13BE1C442C3B259D509C6DD8B1F"><enum>7604.</enum><header>Expanded food and nutrition education program</header> <subsection id="H59B976CE1AF74A8B8DD3662E78857ED2"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Funding to 1862, 1890, and Insular Area Institutions</header><text>Section 1425(c)(2)(B) of the National Agriculture Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/3175">7 U.S.C. 3175(c)(2)(B)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HA7681604F8084F2FAE1F78B5F3ACABE8"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the prefatory material, by striking <quote>among the States</quote>;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H3163730069784191AA04BA194743A4A5"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking clause (i) and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block id="H27FBF81417E14C668CDAD1AE97FDFFC8" style="OLC"> <clause id="HF70471F495B746578E563F7D24DEDCE0"><enum>(i)</enum><text>$100,000 shall be distributed to each of the land grant colleges and universities;</text></clause><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph> <paragraph id="HA88CDDADDEEB41728EF158C086725BE2"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by redesignating clause (ii) as clause (iii);</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HAF0D16DB07204872A49DCA040502EDD"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by inserting after clause (i) the following:</text> <quoted-block id="HCA870D1748C24277944100CFFA7CF75" style="OLC"> <clause id="HF19FF4B23ED94BDC8112C6C301066DDB"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>subject to subsection (d), of the remainder, 10 percent in fiscal year 2008, 11 percent in fiscal year 2009, 12 percent in fiscal year 2010, 13 percent in fiscal year 2011, 14 percent in fiscal year 2012, and 15 percent in fiscal year 2013 and each fiscal year thereafter, shall be allocated to each 1890 Institution (as defined in section 2 of the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998) in an amount that bears the same ratio to the total amount to be allocated under this clause as the population of the State living at or below 125 percent of the income poverty guidelines prescribed by the Office of Management and Budget (adjusted pursuant to section 673(2) of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/9902">42 U.S.C. 9902</external-xref>)), bears to the total population of all the States that have 1890 Institutions living at or below 125 percent of the income poverty guidelines, as determined by the last preceding decennial census at the time each such additional amount is first appropriated: <italic>Provided</italic>, That the total allocated under this clause shall not exceed (I) the amount of the funds appropriated for the conduct of the expanded food and nutrition education program for the fiscal year that are in excess of the amount appropriated for the conduct of the program for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2007, reduced by (II) any amounts expended pursuant to any adjustment under subsection (d); and</text></clause><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph> <paragraph id="HABA70AEC3E7E4F9FB60021A5F6C8603C"><enum>(5)</enum><text>by amending clause (iii), as redesignated—</text> <subparagraph id="H75D3D5D965924B618EBC9FA57FD2A305"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>allocated to each State</quote> and inserting <quote>allocated to the institution eligible to receive funds under the Act of July 2, 1862 (and including the appropriate insular area institution) in each State (and the University of the District of Columbia, notwithstanding section 208(c) of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/93/471">Public Law 93–471</external-xref>)</quote>; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HCB9B9F7684974E4E9D00F0ADCCDB353B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>subparagraph.</quote> and inserting <quote>subparagraph: Provided, That the total allocated under this clause to the University of the District of Columbia shall not exceed (I) the amount described in the proviso to clause (ii), reduced further by (II) the amount allocated under clause (ii).</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H82BF88303A504936A06C7B8331A919C8"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Authorization</header><text>Section 1425(c)(3) of the National Agriculture Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/3175">7 U.S.C. 3175(c)(3)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>$83,000,000 for each of fiscal years 1996 though 2007</quote> and inserting <quote>$90,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2008 through 2014</quote>.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H5D902E941417466BBE89CDF400DE35C9"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Effective Date</header><text>The amendments made by this section take effect on October 1, 2007.</text></subsection></section> <section id="H8EB7E0E31AE54AAFBA8898EF872CCE32"><enum>7605.</enum><header>Grants to 1890 schools to expand extension capacity</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1417(b)(4) of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/3152">7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(4)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>teaching and research</quote> and inserting <quote>teaching, research, and extension</quote>.</text></section> <section id="H20218DE71B3544EA9B3BD0FEC98D947F"><enum>7606.</enum><header>Borlaug international agricultural science and technology fellowship program</header> <subsection id="H15251038A7244FB3BD0715C151F2761F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header> <paragraph id="HA8632501911E4F7E9D6ECC1F126CCD59"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary of Agriculture shall establish a fellowship program to be known as the <quote>Borlaug International Agricultural Science and Technology Fellowship Program,</quote> to provide fellowships for scientific training to individuals from eligible countries (as described under subsection (b)) who specialize in agricultural education, research, and extension for study in the United States.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD1042EF6FF824F16BFC9BACCFAC8C01"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Programs</header><text>The Secretary shall carry out the program established under paragraph (1) through 3 programs designed to assist individual fellowship recipients as follows:</text> <subparagraph id="H6963E3270C3B4FF3B2DDAEAAEC1891DF"><enum>(A)</enum><text>A Graduate Studies Program in Agriculture to assist individuals who participate in graduate agricultural degree training at a United States institution.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HC13B417B82C24DFF009654989CCBB72B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>An Individual Career Improvement Program to assist agricultural scientists from developing countries to upgrade skills and understanding in agricultural science and technology.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H57BA8B7D08A14B19ABC0B518890929EF"><enum>(C)</enum><text>The Borlaug Agricultural Policy Executive Leadership Course to assist senior agricultural policy makers from eligible countries with an initial focus on sub-Saharan Africa and from the newly independent states of the former Soviet Union.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HD3DD1908495647128EB359B5ABC9AD90"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Eligible Countries</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Developing countries, as determined by the Secretary using a gross national income per capita test, shall be eligible to participate in the program established under this section.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H86DDF68CF2E746BC000395824507E101"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Purpose of Fellowships</header><text>Fellowships under this section shall promote food security and economic growth in eligible countries by educating a new generation of agricultural scientists, increasing scientific knowledge and collaborative research to improve agricultural productivity, and extending this knowledge to users and their intermediaries in the market place. Fellowships shall support—</text> <paragraph id="HCB9F44F275A8479FAA113C5E78E2E5AD"><enum>(1)</enum><text>training and collaborative research opportunities through exchanges for entry-level international agricultural research scientists, faculty, and policymakers from eligible countries;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H5DF045AEB0CA499F97426E601B419606"><enum>(2)</enum><text>collaborative research to improve agricultural productivity;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H4E44B0449831420ABB2EFBA07F3CBF7C"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the transfer of new science and agricultural technologies to strengthen agricultural practice; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HFBF2169E5C5445A9B3D11035C2C00B3"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the reduction of barriers to technology adoption.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H736544CFBA214DDB004120F1F1422932"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Fellowship Recipients</header> <paragraph id="H713BEE073F844DE2BEE374BD142087C0"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Eligible candidates</header><text>The Secretary may provide fellowships under the program authorized by this section to individuals from eligible countries who specialize in or have experience in agricultural education, research, extension, or related fields, including individuals from the public and private sectors, and private agricultural producers.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD4B3BCA621D64B4A87C517E89F11E4D2"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Candidate identification</header><text>The Secretary shall utilize the expertise of United States land-grant and similar universities, international organizations working in agricultural research and outreach, and national agricultural research organizations to help identify program candidates for fellowships under this section from both the public and private sectors of eligible countries.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H7624272CEFB945DBB8C60500070003C9"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Use of Fellowships</header><text>Fellowships shall promote collaborative programs between agricultural professionals of eligible countries with those of the United States and the international agricultural research system and, as appropriate, with United States entities conducting research. They will be used to support fellowship recipients through the Graduate Studies Program in Agriculture established under subsection (a)(2)(A).</text></subsection> <subsection id="HB04DA716EBD64E6400A5AE56B5938005"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Program Implementation</header><text>The Secretary shall provide for the management, coordination, evaluation and monitoring of the overall Borlaug International Agricultural Science and Technology Fellowship Program and for the individual programs described in subsection (a)(2), except that the Secretary may contract out to one or more collaborating universities the management of one or more of the fellowship programs.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H43BAFF3073C54294AE8C2400492E18B5"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Authorization of Appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated without fiscal year limitation such sums as may be necessary to carry out the program established under this section.</text></subsection></section> <section id="HDEFB1FB0848D4FBDB600A4E8E5261D4E"><enum>7607.</enum><header>Support for research regarding diseases of wheat, triticale, and barley caused by fusarium graminearum or by tilletia indica</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 408(e) of the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/7628">7 U.S.C. 7628(e)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2007</quote> and inserting <quote>2012</quote>.</text></section> <section id="H03659CA8B332400AA1105200E878389D" section-type="subsequent-section" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>7608.</enum><header>Cost Recovery</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1473A of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/3319a">7 U.S.C. 3319a</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>not exceeding 10 percent of the direct cost</quote> and inserting <quote>not exceeding 19 percent of the direct cost</quote>.</text></section> <section id="HDCB60C5351A34F4BA31569BC612BF7E" section-type="subsequent-section" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>7609.</enum><header>Organic Food and Agricultural Systems Funding</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">It is the sense of Congress that the Secretary of Agriculture should use a share of Agricultural Research Service's total annual funding for research specific to organic food and agricultural systems that is at least commensurate with the organic sector's market, in order to facilitate the development of this growing sector.  A portion of these funds should be used to disseminate research results through the National Agriculture Library's Alternative Farming Systems Information Center.</text></section></subtitle> <enum>VIII</enum><header>Forestry</header> <toc container-level="title-container" quoted-block="no-quoted-block" lowest-level="section" idref="H943FF48DFC4742E3BDD7FF44BFCB3847" regeneration="yes-regeneration" lowest-bolded-level="division-lowest-bolded"> <toc-entry idref="H8042E8E7C85144619C00BCD34CDE36F8" level="subtitle">Subtitle A—Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="HC2A3C1B99B734308A1093371A498AB40" level="section">Sec. 8001. National priorities for private forest conservation.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="HA9CD906E70CD41D1A4DE8F6189B561B7" level="section">Sec. 8002. Long-term, State-wide assessments and strategies for forest resources.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H4C7F7866B49B4F78A17F57B300F789E7" level="section">Sec. 8003. Assistance to the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H0810F45DC2FD460DBB4235FEFDC0C836" level="section">Sec. 8004. Changes to Forest Resource Coordinating Committee.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H5049828ABDB2447DA7E1CEF968B5F958" level="section">Sec. 8005. Changes to State Forest Stewardship Coordinating Committees.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H2BCD2D7A51FB406EBCBB05BE14906784" level="section">Sec. 8006. Competition in programs under Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H541998732EE94E4CBF8DDC7609DCABA1" level="section">Sec. 8007. Cooperative forest innovation partnership projects.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="HB15AF7F4425342D9B07300F87CCFB835" level="subtitle">Subtitle B—Amendments to Other Laws</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H7CB58ABA3EB9442AA10321C000CD5C7E" level="section">Sec. 8101. Healthy forest reserve program.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H3174EBC179264091B4C487F85E59B345" level="section">Sec. 8102. Emergency forest restoration program.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="HACF65CE1888947A295C2134D37B6162C" level="section">Sec. 8103. Office of International Forestry.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H42897FE8AD524019927FE4D47B2D16A7" level="section">Sec. 8104. Rural revitalization technologies.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H352036AC39B743039F871B9BB25C3440" level="subtitle">Subtitle C—Miscellaneous Provisions</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="HFDAD8B37D74E4562A9DAD2812CD900FD" level="section">Sec. 8201. Hispanic-serving institution agricultural land national resources leadership program.</toc-entry></toc> <subtitle id="H8042E8E7C85144619C00BCD34CDE36F8"><enum>A</enum><header>Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978</header> <section id="HC2A3C1B99B734308A1093371A498AB40"><enum>8001.</enum><header>National priorities for private forest conservation</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 2 of the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/2101">16 U.S.C. 2101</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HA803FAC69B4A4B048C9E86B8E6F27B7"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating subsections (c) and (d) as subsections (e) and (f), respectively; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H749344547FCB4E95BAE85784F7CBD075"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting after subsection (b) the following new subsections:</text> <quoted-block id="H67B0C1579B594761A797F15334E389A" style="OLC"> <subsection id="H2C057F746E684F1BBCC08FEAFF28EC1"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Priorities</header><text>In allocating funds appropriated or otherwise made available under this Act, the Secretary shall focus on the following national private forest conservation priorities, notwithstanding other priorities specified elsewhere in this Act:</text> <paragraph id="HBF82F24E91084EC0A10656267D6588B5"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Conserving and managing working forest landscapes for multiple values and uses.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H40DB22BAFD6E47398878F1C3E95F0084"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Protecting forests from threats, including wildfire, hurricane, tornado, windstorm, snow or ice storm, flooding, drought, invasive species, or insect or disease outbreak, and restoring appropriate forest types in response to such threats.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H51535394A62A41078B7249DBE0FE055C"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Enhancing public benefits from private forests, including air and water quality, soil conservation, biological diversity, carbon storage, forest products, forestry-related jobs, production of renewable energy, wildlife and wildlife habitat, and recreation.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H9BA37B2DF3FA4ED68DA5E54548EE95D" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Reporting requirement</header><text>Not later than September 30, 2011, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report describing how funding was used under this Act and through other programs administered by the Secretary to address the national priorities specified in subsection (c) and the outcomes achieved in meeting the national priorities.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section> <section id="HA9CD906E70CD41D1A4DE8F6189B561B7"><enum>8002.</enum><header>Long-term, State-wide assessments and strategies for forest resources</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 is amended by inserting after section 2 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/2101">16 U.S.C. 2101</external-xref>) the following new section: </text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H7228B52DB903492782F4D3FA0500B9DD" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <section id="HBC4D88C464DE4B3ABF097CEDDDB7786"><enum>2A.</enum><header>State-wide assessment and strategies for forest resources</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"></text> <subsection id="HEFD80694DFF84B23B3C1978DD5998330"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Assessment and strategies for forest resources</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For a State to be eligible to receive funds under the authorities of this Act, the State forester of the State or equivalent State official shall develop and submit to the Secretary, not later than two years after the date of the enactment of the <short-title>Farm, Nutrition, and Bioenergy Act of 2007</short-title>, the following: </text> <paragraph id="H88C3FE39E0764A28BB254FD701056F6C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>A State-wide assessment of forest resource conditions, including—</text> <subparagraph id="HD3893E7A41644191875E5FA6FE1DAD60"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the conditions and trends of forest resources in that State; </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H557C1DDAD82040929ECE2F03784025C1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the threats to forest lands and resources in that State consistent with the national priorities specified in section 2(c); </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H310FF3EAED0547F3BE71E8920261A4C0"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any areas or regions of that State that are of priority; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H889445D428EA427EAD5816DF6D5D84DB"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any areas, known as multi-State areas, that are of priority to more than just that State.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H1AF0EBB55D614948AD855E4F7051BB48"><enum>(2)</enum><text> A State-wide forest resource strategy, including—</text> <subparagraph id="H34724BD916E44C999797F93799A6A953"><enum>(A)</enum><text>strategies for addressing threats to forest resources in the State outlined in the assessment required by paragraph (1); and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HEEA7A43887FE4B3C871CF25D98137B61"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a description of the resources available to the State forester or equivalent State official from all sources to address the State-wide strategy required by subparagraph (A).</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H031C4A08890E481A96F0CF6FC988E6A2"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Updating</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The State forester or equivalent State official shall submit the State-wide strategy required by subsection (a)(2) on an annual basis. The State-wide assessment of forest resource conditions required by subsection (a)(1) shall be updated as the Secretary or State Forester or equivalent State official determines to be necessary.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HCCE14E47B2154D17005FB300CFF63DA8"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Coordination</header><text>In developing the State-wide assessment and annual strategy under subsection (a), the State forester or equivalent State official shall coordinate with—</text> <paragraph id="H21219FE8FE7C43838D90E994791F7DDD"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the State Forest Stewardship Coordinating Committee established for the State under section 19(b);</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H29EDB2362E5B4AB3B8BFE98CF1F4F941"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the State wildlife agency to incorporate any overlapping priorities included in State wildlife action plans; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H794C8E73CB9940C3A604FF949DF5C408"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the State Technical Committee.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H79EC0655ECA54288BF99569E4ED366C6"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Funding</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Of the funds available under this Act for a fiscal year, the Secretary may not use more than $10,000,000 to implement this section for that fiscal year. Use of funds for implementing this section shall be consistent with the original authorities for such funds.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section> <section id="H4C7F7866B49B4F78A17F57B300F789E7"><enum>8003.</enum><header>Assistance to the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 13(d)(1) of the Cooperative Forestry Act of 1978 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/2109">16 U.S.C. 2109(d)(1)</external-xref>) is amended by striking “the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands,” and inserting “the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Republic of Palau,”.</text></section> <section id="H0810F45DC2FD460DBB4235FEFDC0C836"><enum>8004.</enum><header>Changes to Forest Resource Coordinating Committee</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 19 of the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/2113">16 U.S.C. 2113</external-xref>) is amended by striking subsection (a) and inserting the following new subsection:</text> <quoted-block id="H90702DEFAF274CDEAF9E8BE6F2213337" style="OLC"> <subsection id="HDA92DB8C3CB248D1A4B10095A49CAF0"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Forest resource coordinating committee</header><text></text> <paragraph id="H9F7699791F9F4AA6B1F8E14EB741DC73"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>The Secretary shall establish a committee, to be known as the <quote>Forest Resource Coordinating Committee</quote> (in this section referred to as the <quote>Coordinating Committee</quote>), to coordinate private non-industrial forestry activities within the Department of Agriculture and with the private sector. </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HAFD213E5CA5E43AB989BD71F8CA42E4F"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Composition</header><text>The Coordinating Committee shall be composed of the following: </text> <subparagraph id="HCF0669D043794C258E494300D91B92DA"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The Chief of the Forest Service. </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H752F8AD387834FD1A406B85D7078C467"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The Chief of the Natural Resources Conservation Service.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H897C2D262BC74914B75926951E84F8D"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Director of the Farm Service Agency. </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HA4EE66F476D14AB48F99A8F61702A0F7"><enum>(D)</enum><text>The Administrator of the Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H7328D3FFD9574E36BCB0866CE165AC78"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A representative from a State Technical Committee established under section 1261 of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3861">16 U.S.C. 3861</external-xref>).</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HAC28B27AD0B3431D919DA06D5E040031"><enum>(F)</enum><text>Non-Federal representatives appointed by the Secretary to 3 year terms, although initial appointees shall have staggered terms, including the following persons:</text> <clause id="HE92A23DA39784CD89DE930235FC3CC29"><enum>(i)</enum><text>At least three State foresters or equivalent State officials from geographically diverse regions of the United States.</text></clause> <clause id="HA7C3451FA57A4ED591FB8F1344000017"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A representative of a State fish and wildlife agency. </text></clause> <clause id="HE938ED403BD04F0A005DFF36067C9744"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>A private non-industrial forest landowner. </text></clause> <clause id="HD6E5A1B2332644DFBD7ED0912ED57004"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>A forest industry representative. </text></clause> <clause id="H5ABED47A61134B53B55F2370AD56E52B"><enum>(v)</enum><text>A conservation organization representative. </text></clause> <clause id="HE4A68C3E7A574350BF0049D7C87673B0"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>A land-grant university or college representative. </text></clause> <clause id="HD00DD81A85D641F0ADB355EE005D55E5"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>A private forestry consultant.</text></clause> <clause id="HAAB3A2CEEE064EA6A628271D0068C052"><enum>(viii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A representative of a State fish and wildlife agency.</text></clause> <clause id="H2577C4A661864CE98E62BF9F14D05CB3"><enum>(ix)</enum><text>Such other persons as determined by the Secretary to be appropriate. </text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HFE18AA87053348ABA4BF69DF7BA11795"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Chairperson</header><text>The Chief of the Forest Service shall serve as chairperson of the Coordinating Committee.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H1084503F747E49E69206C7C6D080CDDC"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Duties</header><text>The Coordinating Committee shall—</text> <subparagraph id="HF2D2968F231C4604BB4B9D035F63302C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>provide direction and coordination of actions within the Department of Agriculture, and coordination with State agencies and the private sector, to effectively address the national priorities specified in section 2(c), with specific focus on private non-industrial forest landowners;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H047CA6EF53AE47C9AA30A5FE3005275B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>clarify individual agency responsibilities of each agency represented on the Coordinating Committee concerning the national priorities specified in section 2(c), with specific focus on private non-industrial forested land; </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H34B7515743C44CF0ACAEF45579AC51EE"><enum>(C)</enum><text>provide advice on the allocation of funds, including the competitive funds set-aside by sections 8005 and 8006 of the <short-title>Farm, Nutrition, and Bioenergy Act of 2007</short-title>; and </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H5529228883054CFD82C2A56116D44E42"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">assist the Secretary in developing and reviewing the report required by section 2(d).</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H306AA2C414E74C09B4424D7FB7045BCB"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Meeting</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Coordinating Committee shall meet biannually to discuss progress in addressing the national priorities specified in section 2(c) and issues regarding non-industrial private forest land.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H5D9F6F783CFD40ABB3C66488F1FF03"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Compensation</header> <subparagraph id="HB14622FC326A4AABB6BA8B388517C543"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Federal members</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Members of the Coordinating Committee who are full-time officers or employees of the United States shall receive no additional pay, allowances, or benefits by reason of their service on the Committee.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H3AEEBF07A589427EBBECAF26F252E03D"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Non-Federal members</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Non-federal members of the Coordinating Committee shall serve without pay, but may be reimbursed for reasonable costs incurred while performing their duties on behalf of the Committee.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section> <section id="H5049828ABDB2447DA7E1CEF968B5F958"><enum>8005.</enum><header>Changes to State Forest Stewardship Coordinating Committees</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 19(b) of the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/2113">16 U.S.C. 2113(b)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HB1AE20FFC1C84FB4A5D6009800DABA9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)(B)(ii)—</text> <subparagraph id="H8B29486035A74272A44BFA4EC8CDEC59"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end of subclause (VII); and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H8B797BD691104ED083CB3ED2FC347C31"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new subclause:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="HD8FE515058DF49B5AA98004C37F7AD26" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <subclause id="HC28F7132B47849E8A8F39138B414218E"><enum>(IX)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the State Technical Committee.</text></subclause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H4242F21789DC408AB025BA66A31FE0AD"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)(C), by striking <quote>a Forest Stewardship Plan under paragraph (3)</quote> and inserting <quote>the State-wide assessment and strategy regarding forest resource conditions under section 2A</quote>;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HEB69A982DE344FA5B8B673DD4D8863FD"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by striking paragraphs (3) and (4); and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC7CB21EC5774425DB65E269BFE5E2C6E"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating paragraphs (5) and (6) as paragraphs (3) and (4), respectively.</text></paragraph></section> <section id="H2BCD2D7A51FB406EBCBB05BE14906784"><enum>8006.</enum><header>Competition in programs under Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978</header> <subsection id="HA15194B17DD241B295412BD4A7BCC8BF"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Competition</header><text>Beginning not later than three years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall competitively allocate a portion, to be determined by the Secretary, of the funds available under the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/2101">16 U.S.C. 2101 et seq.</external-xref>) to State foresters or equivalent State officials.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H62CA330F4A33487DA4156F63003F0079"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Determination</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In determining the competitive allocation of funds under subsection (a), the Secretary shall consult with the Forest Resource Coordinating Committee established by section 19(a) of the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/2113">16 U.S.C. 2113(a)</external-xref>).</text></subsection> <subsection id="H9A979D4FF10848B5BA3EAAFC10199CE8"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Priority</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall give priority for funding to States for which the strategies submitted under section 2A(a)(2) of the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 will best promote the national priorities specified in section 2(c) of such Act.</text></subsection></section> <section id="H541998732EE94E4CBF8DDC7609DCABA1"><enum>8007.</enum><header>Cooperative forest innovation partnership projects</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"></text> <subsection id="H388CB25EA4C14FC0B148B2745EB9339D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Cooperative forest innovation partnership projects</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Agriculture may competitively allocate not more than 5 percent of funding available under the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/2101">16 U.S.C. 2101 et seq.</external-xref>) to support innovative national, regional, or local education, outreach, or technology transfer projects that the Secretary determines would substantially increase the ability of the Department of Agriculture to address the national priorities specified in section 2(c) of such Act. </text></subsection> <subsection id="HACE2537FFF6A441682845D6066F851A3"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Eligibility</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding the eligibility limitations contained within the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978, any State or local government, Indian tribe, land-grant college or university, or private entity shall be eligible for funds under subsection (a). </text></subsection> <subsection id="H0F6567D7BB314E1E85CBFEFB7B657C4"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Cost-share requirement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In carrying out subsection (a), the Secretary shall not cover more than 50 percent of the total cost of a project under such subsection. In calculating the total cost of a project and contributions made with regard to the project, the Secretary shall include in-kind contributions.</text></subsection></section></subtitle> <subtitle id="HB15AF7F4425342D9B07300F87CCFB835"><enum>B</enum><header>Amendments to Other Laws</header> <section id="H7CB58ABA3EB9442AA10321C000CD5C7E"><enum>8101.</enum><header>Healthy forest reserve program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 508 of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/6578">16 U.S.C. 6578</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H423197425600496FA01575CC16070088" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <section id="H184D627105DF4CAEA2F5944BAFCEAAFA"><enum>508.</enum><header>Funding</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law, of the funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation, the Secretary shall make available to carry out this title $17,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2008 through 2012. Such funds shall remain available until expended.</text></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section> <section id="H3174EBC179264091B4C487F85E59B345"><enum>8102.</enum><header>Emergency forest restoration program</header> <subsection id="HCFA598FD195B4DCA857892101DA35498"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Title IV of the Agricultural Credit Act of 1978 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/2201">16 U.S.C. 2201–2205</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HACF8690B65674890AFEF36DB254E749"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating sections 404, 405, and 406 as sections 405, 406, and 407, respectively; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H0E65349A3B8F4238BB00F7B3CAE767C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting after section 403 the following new section:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H1C5D98BA55AE4758B2BC9B86CB69EEDC" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <section id="HE9455976C5B9414E98D95FCCC3BFEFEF"><enum>404.</enum><header>Emergency forest restoration program</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"></text> <subsection id="H7411CBF6111F44B382A75C60F79855CF"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Availability of assistance</header><text>The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to provide financial and technical assistance to an owner of non-industrial private forest lands to assist with developing and implementing an approved plan in accordance with subsection (c)(2). </text></subsection> <subsection id="H219F7AE10BAF4D05930536F2005527BD"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Amount of assistance</header> <paragraph id="HD58772C31CE349899D5D009C8C8333E8"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Cost share</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Payments under subsection (a) may not cover more than 75 percent of the total cost of measures implemented pursuant to an approved plan in accordance with subsection (c)(2).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HF5D9B098058B4B918700F9FB231BD300"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Annual limit</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An owner of non-industrial private forest lands may not receive more than $50,000 per year under this section.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H90BE7AC5AD4F463D88EBAF6FA091AF66"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Eligibility</header><text>To be eligible for assistance under this section, a landowner must— </text> <paragraph id="H3B79E3D676ED47B9A6586382B467763D"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">have suffered a loss of, or damage to, non-industrial private forest land due to events, including wildfires, hurricanes, drought, windstorms, insect and disease, ice storms, or invasive species, as determined by the Secretary; and </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H29C7E805A5F34B429CEC769CAEC219E"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">develop a plan, in cooperation with the Secretary, and agree to implement the plan during the 10-year period beginning on the date of the loss, that—</text> <subparagraph id="HF2C52BE488294AD9B6872400E7DB9FAD"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provides for reforestation, rehabilitation, and related measures for the non-industrial private forest land; </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HF47B3CC21D244F26005B9459A28458FF"><enum>(B)</enum><text>restores the land and related natural resources; </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H02E7BE66B0D54C4ABF1E8C82B5D3E17E"><enum>(C)</enum><text>uses best management practices on the forest land, in accordance with the best management practices as determined by the Secretary; and </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H0E6C567D6D9E493F0080276B07302D5C"><enum>(D)</enum><text>incorporates good stewardship and conservation practices on the land, while maintaining the land in a forested state. </text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H3943CC703B334F218BFB7BDC8203FB3F"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Non-industrial private forest land defined</header><text>In this section, the term <term>non-industrial private forest land</term> means rural lands, as determined by the Secretary, that—</text> <paragraph id="H6F463E37744740CC9EDEE9BC324291"><enum>(1)</enum><text>have existing tree cover or had tree cover within the preceding 10 years; and </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H4A34E94F12C446B99000D68550505245"><enum>(2)</enum><text>are owned by any non-industrial private individual, group, association, corporation, Indian tribe, or other private legal entity so long as the individual, group, association, corporation, tribe, or entity has definitive decision-making authority over the lands.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HEA62649CF7854A18A5C9E90BE0067E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Regulations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall issue regulations to carry out section 404 of the Agricultural Credit Act of 1978, as added by subsection (a).</text></subsection></section> <section id="HACF65CE1888947A295C2134D37B6162C"><enum>8103.</enum><header>Office of International Forestry</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 2405(d) of the Global Climate Change Prevention Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/6704">7 U.S.C. 6704(d)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2007</quote> and inserting <quote>2012</quote>.</text></section> <section id="H42897FE8AD524019927FE4D47B2D16A7"><enum>8104.</enum><header>Rural revitalization technologies</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 2371(d)(2) of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/6601">7 U.S.C. 6601(d)(2)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2004 through 2008</quote> and inserting <quote>2008 through 2012</quote>. </text></section></subtitle> <subtitle id="H352036AC39B743039F871B9BB25C3440"><enum>C</enum><header>Miscellaneous Provisions</header> <section id="HFDAD8B37D74E4562A9DAD2812CD900FD" commented="no"><enum>8201.</enum><header>Hispanic-serving institution agricultural land national resources leadership program</header> <subsection id="H06EB22DD8275414BBBFBB8F202E431B" commented="no"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Grant authority</header><text>The Secretary of Agriculture may make grants, on a competitive basis, to Hispanic-serving institutions for the purpose of establishing an undergraduate scholarship program to assist in the recruitment, retention, and training of Hispanics and other under-represented groups in forestry and related fields.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H93E418ADD5A24AD2B91E976457B86994" commented="no"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Use of grant funds</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Grants made under this section shall be used to recruit, retain, train, and develop professionals to work in forestry and related fields with Federal agencies, such as the Forest Service, State agencies, and private-sector entities. </text></subsection> <subsection id="HDACB261FAAAB48EAA117B8B5905D363" commented="no"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary for each of fiscal years 2008 through 2012 such sums as may be necessary to carry out this section. </text></subsection></section></subtitle> <enum>IX</enum><header>Energy</header> <toc container-level="title-container" quoted-block="no-quoted-block" lowest-level="section" idref="HD73D3B7AB7354407BDFB3B62CBEDD138" regeneration="yes-regeneration" lowest-bolded-level="division-lowest-bolded"> <toc-entry idref="HE7A468B833F844CA818E30A2A000439B" level="section">Sec. 9001. Table of contents.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="HB2DAF3F71DB741F0BDF3E200FAD2F77" level="section">Sec. 9002. Federal procurement of biobased products.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H3EF9D4CD73554EA8956D963924566FE3" level="section">Sec. 9003. Loan guarantees for biorefineries and biofuel production plants.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="HCC3A0F93E57E4A96A5181500511541A5" level="section">Sec. 9004. Energy audit and renewable energy development program.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H388CED24ECFD425BAB81DB60A707DD4E" level="section">Sec. 9005. Renewable energy systems and energy efficiency improvements.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H8DFE0EC7906F443988B38E37E586DD96" level="section">Sec. 9006. Biomass Research and Development Act of 2000.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H2CD3CEA0614E4E05B8CF96D220858C7D" level="section">Sec. 9007. Adjustments to the bioenergy program.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H827E67ACAA5049068B3F967500BBD1F1" level="section">Sec. 9008. Research, extension, and educational programs on biobased energy technologies and products.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="HCFDE5D9EEFC340C88F3169932FC55773" level="section">Sec. 9009. Energy Council of the Department of Agriculture.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="HA39EAF48D07F4EFB94454407AC857CFF" level="section">Sec. 9010. Farm energy production pilot program.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="HBE88762C17074BCDBAED2008379BC9E8" level="section">Sec. 9011. Rural energy self-sufficiency initiative.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H8C483203EE6D41208B3E5326FAC7757B" level="section">Sec. 9012. Agricultural biofuels from biomass internship pilot program.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H0ACFF0E66BC645F486F84CC567154412" level="section">Sec. 9013. Feedstock flexibility program for bioenergy producers.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H0B6EDE79702642F8A2F8E8AB7549A28D" level="section">Sec. 9014. Dedicated ethanol pipeline feasibility studies.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="HF571BDF4AAD341A79B743402FBEC9E" level="section">Sec. 9015. Biomass inventory report.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="HD027D27CE4654D3BB51B9EE4E3E7E3B" level="section">Sec. 9016. Future farmsteads program.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="HB9EFDD5CD2D84AD9A877BF2448B0C54C" level="section">Sec. 9017. Sense of Congress on renewable energy.</toc-entry></toc> <section id="HE7A468B833F844CA818E30A2A000439B"><enum>9001.</enum><header>Table of contents</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Title IX of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/8101">7 U.S.C. 8101 et seq.</external-xref>) is amended by inserting before section 9001 the following new section:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H7992948ACFB545A98CA3D600426F30A8" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <section id="HE85E72A3A43E4FFD80EBEBE05B72EFA9"><enum>9000.</enum><header>Table of contents</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The table of contents of this title is as follows:</text> <toc regeneration="no-regeneration"> <toc-entry level="title">Title IX - Energy</toc-entry> <toc-entry level="section">Sec. 9000. Short title; table of contents.</toc-entry> <toc-entry level="section">Sec. 9001. Definitions.</toc-entry> <toc-entry level="section">Sec. 9002. Federal procurement of biobased products.</toc-entry> <toc-entry level="section">Sec. 9003. Biorefinery development grants.</toc-entry> <toc-entry level="section">Sec. 9004. Biodiesel fuel education program.</toc-entry> <toc-entry level="section">Sec. 9005. Energy audit and renewable energy development program.</toc-entry> <toc-entry level="section">Sec. 9006. Rural energy for America program.</toc-entry> <toc-entry level="section">Sec. 9007. Hydrogen and fuel cell technologies.</toc-entry> <toc-entry level="section">Sec. 9008. Biomass Research and Development Act of 2000.</toc-entry> <toc-entry level="section">Sec. 9009. Cooperative research and extension projects.</toc-entry> <toc-entry level="section">Sec. 9010. Continuation of bioenergy program.</toc-entry> <toc-entry level="section">Sec. 9011. Research, extension, and educational programs on biobased energy technologies and products.</toc-entry> <toc-entry level="section">Sec. 9012. Energy Council of the Department of Agriculture.</toc-entry> <toc-entry level="section">Sec. 9013. Farm energy production pilot program.</toc-entry> <toc-entry level="section">Sec. 9014. Rural energy self-sufficiency initiative.</toc-entry> <toc-entry level="section">Sec. 9015. Agricultural Biofuels from Biomass Internship Pilot Program.</toc-entry> <toc-entry level="section">Sec. 9016. Feedstock flexibility program for bioenergy producers.</toc-entry></toc></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section> <section id="HB2DAF3F71DB741F0BDF3E200FAD2F77"><enum>9002.</enum><header>Federal procurement of biobased products</header> <subsection id="H695F7D98174D4BFEA93524EA5008D5DC"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Composition of biobased products</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 9002(c)(1) of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/8102">7 U.S.C. 8102(c)(1)</external-xref>) is amended by inserting <quote>, composed of at least five percent of intermediate ingredients and feedstocks (such as biopolymers, methyl soyate, and soy polyols) as designated by the Secretary,</quote> after <quote>highest percentage of biobased products practicable</quote>.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HD3354718D8864758B9A700271959AF83"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Procurement guideline considerations</header><text>Section 9002(e)(2)(B) of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/8102">7 U.S.C. 8102(e)(2)(B)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>life cycle costs</quote> and inserting <quote>information on life cycle costs if such information is appropriate and available</quote>. </text></subsection> <subsection id="HB8D4CCD14AE24B709E64B9D02E2B88F0" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Labeling requirements and revised deadline</header><text>Section 9002(h) of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/8102">7 U.S.C. 8102(h)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HBCDFFAE764DD436E85CAEAE88DBF1517"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)—</text> <subparagraph id="H7E573AA2FD9D43439B77C600C7840709"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>Within one year after the date of enactment of this Act</quote> and inserting <quote>Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of the <inline-comment display="yes">Farm, Nutrition, and Bioenergy Act of 2007</inline-comment>,</quote>; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H07608EE3EE574E8AB58EEDDC2DAC4012"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following: <quote>Criteria shall be issued for finished products and intermediate ingredients and feedstocks.</quote>; </text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H9ED786EA71B64612806EA7EF1BECD8A9"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraphs (3) and (4) as paragraphs (4) and (5), respectively, and inserting after paragraph (2) the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3E3324B4B03E454F8CAA3E26FDB4F2B9"> <paragraph id="HEBA267EBCE4D4E26AC33057EC8B48C63"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Consultation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In developing the eligibility criteria for the labeling program under this section, the Secretary shall consult with other Federal agencies and with non-governmental groups with an interest in biobased products including small and large producers of biobased materials and products, industry, trade organizations, academia, consumer organizations, and environmental organizations.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H9139FBD6711B46DA94A7C3EDE5440023"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header> <paragraph id="H70DC117333AA4C27A0302336143E28F5"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Paragraph (1) of section 9002(k) of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/8102">7 U.S.C. 8102(k)</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="HA8A52B8D83F14B54887B61656C2EAAA5" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <paragraph id="H72F8D39604194437B3A1A644DBAFA7A2"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header> <subparagraph id="H56672D1C2A664AB285A869BADAD22C8D"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Federal procurement</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated $1,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2008 through 2013 to implement the provisions of this section other than subsection (h).</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H72E85A12D2E048D3BA92E7DBC52E105"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Labeling</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated $1,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2008 through 2013 to implement subsection (h) of this section.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE00D73B86BFF46C093D982C385BB552F"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Funding for testing of biobased products</header><text>Paragraph (2)(A) of such section is amended by striking <quote>$1,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2002 through 2007</quote> and inserting <quote>$2,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2008 through 2013</quote>. </text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H0A8E5287410C4E7DBF95C17621004E27"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Report requirements</header> <paragraph id="H8706F45F86874B2C8395CEAB07BC3032"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Report by agencies to Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subsection (f) of section 9002 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/8102">7 U.S.C. 8102</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <subparagraph id="H4043F73275134CE38937022E188E92EF"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>The Office of</quote> and inserting <quote>(1) The Administrator for</quote>; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H159AE06990EE4139B11904AB88E8AD54"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H6CA518F5AE564393B12D42CFF2567185" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <paragraph id="H629F04BD2C0E432FA0A8009584044850" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To assist the Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy in preparing the report to Congress required under paragraph (1), each procuring agency each year shall submit to the Administrator a report covering the following:</text> <subparagraph id="HC479B1A46D404B0689E326D8A589FEC4"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Actions taken to implement subsections (c), (d), and (g) of this section.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H6C2A64957E214FB6A75E4BEF976D051B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The results of the annual review and monitoring program established under subsection (g)(2)(C).</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HADD387C101ED41FB0081FED5C283D39"><enum>(C)</enum><text>The number of contracts entered into by the agency during the year covered by the report that include the procurement of biobased products.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HD1461EBAE63641B090154912ECD761B6"><enum>(D)</enum><text>A list of the biobased products procured by the agency during the year covered by the report.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC28ACCD6015D4F0E9240111EF0E9B841"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Report by Secretary to Congress on implementation of section</header><text>Section 9002 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/8102">7 U.S.C. 8102</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H52FF1411A3DA42C1A504C0E04EF87812" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <subsection id="H0554F9CC709A420DAF396738452C1B93"><enum>(l)</enum><header>Report by Secretary to Congress on implementation of section</header><text>Not later than six months after the date of the enactment of the Farm, Nutrition, and Bioenergy Act of 2007, and each year thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report on the implementation of this section. The report shall include the following:</text> <paragraph id="HF59634BF709C4DB48F9626851020CAB"><enum>(1)</enum><text>A comprehensive management plan defining tasks, milestones, and funding allocations for fully implementing this section.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H82DE8147D8324EBE89691F81AEF24928"><enum>(2)</enum><text>A list of items designated under subsection (e)(1)(A) whose procurement will carry out the objectives of this section, with associated cost and performance data.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HDC7BF92B03B248A8B81581002FE3C0A3"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Information on the current status of implementation of the procurement preference under this section, including the procurement program of each Federal agency under subsection (g), and the voluntary labeling program under subsection (h).</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H1663B3DF9BD641A3B1EA7F006CA88735"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Repeal of subsection</header><text>Subsection (b) of section 9002 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/8102">7 U.S.C. 8102(b)</external-xref>) is hereby repealed. </text></subsection></section> <section id="H3EF9D4CD73554EA8956D963924566FE3"><enum>9003.</enum><header>Loan guarantees for biorefineries and biofuel production plants</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 9003 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/8103">7 U.S.C. 8103</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H05F0647EE37645DDA582BA15603123C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the section heading, by inserting <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">; loan guarantees for biorefineries and biofuel production plants</header-in-text></quote> after <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">grants</header-in-text></quote>;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H99F59D575AFA459AAB8BFDF9708526F7"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b)(2)(A), by striking <quote>and</quote> the 1st place it appears and inserting <quote>or</quote>; </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE7BEC610F08A4E1085809DC29F79D6C"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (c), by redesignating subsections (d) through (h) as subsections (e) through (i), respectively, and inserting after subsection (c) the following: </text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5D1E82CBC0BD4C0ABD74753CF378115B"> <subsection id="H8E67157B4B4C490D86964EDDDF101CC2"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Loan guarantees</header> <paragraph id="H85221C13711B48E484D09ED72F16D434"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall make loan guarantees to eligible entities to assist in paying the cost of development and construction of biorefineries and biofuel production plants (including retrofitting) to carry out projects to demonstrate the commercial viability of 1 or more processes for converting biomass to fuels or chemicals.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD2C1CBF301E948CCB1595C0051A00009"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Limitations</header> <subparagraph id="H3EAD0B23DED441DCA4B800A3A06B9CE7"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Maximum percentage of loan guaranteed</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A loan guarantee under paragraph (1) shall be for not more than 90 percent of the principal and interest due on the loan.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HCB25D9F5754945718EF6B7793DCC2FE"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Total amounts guaranteed</header><text>The total amount of principal and interest guaranteed under paragraph (1) shall not exceed—</text> <clause id="HC6F6CAF3D0BF4889831B9CA388A9EC53"><enum>(i)</enum><text>$1,000,000,000, in the case of loans valued at not more than $100,000,000; or</text></clause> <clause id="HF828D7D403704EBDBB536222EAFFAC4"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>$1,000,000,000, in the case of loans valued at more than $100,000,000 but not more than $250,000,000.</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HB605EEF52FE34B91A5B997A614B9A296"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Maximum term of loan guaranteed</header><text>The Secretary shall determine the maximum term of a loan guarantee provided under paragraph (1).</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph> <paragraph id="H77EA920591744DA496C73C1341738536"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (f) (as so redesignated)—</text> <subparagraph id="HC78D63B1D6EA411AB482BBC347E772B9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)(B)—</text> <clause id="H674A265E6A63498DA24D4E84008DFD2B"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end of clause (viii);</text></clause> <clause id="HA907619ACA60484C9318286CD58F3100"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking the period at the end of clause (ix) and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text></clause> <clause id="HF74107DE702F456085CB00F7D5D3B873"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="HB35B538D9E214A899F9D75FFB6BA3C95" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <clause id="HE09B77A6DC8E4D1BBF52AE930244CBAA"><enum>(x)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The level of local ownership.</text></clause><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H66212BEC29504FF6AEBC67B4FFD35C00"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H4CA76C69DF7C4A91BAD48489E8B9007B" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <paragraph id="HE263599EC50B4C37A4567333C0CC769"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Priority in awarding loan guarantees</header><text>In selecting projects to receive loan guarantees under subsection (d), the Secretary shall give priority to projects based on the criteria set forth in paragraph (2)(B) of this subsection.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HA4782D2AA53C4D5E9600758E00BB0061"><enum>(5)</enum><text>in subsection (i) (as so redesignated), by striking <quote>2007</quote> and inserting <quote>2012</quote>.</text></paragraph></section> <section id="HCC3A0F93E57E4A96A5181500511541A5"><enum>9004.</enum><header>Energy audit and renewable energy development program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 9005(i) of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/8105">7 U.S.C. 8105</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2007</quote> and inserting <quote>2012</quote>. </text></section> <section id="H388CED24ECFD425BAB81DB60A707DD4E"><enum>9005.</enum><header>Renewable energy systems and energy efficiency improvements</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 9006 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/8106">7 U.S.C. 8106</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H3FE7ED59C5764EFD9C9CF69DAE7331C1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking the section heading and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H332D3ACA6F37478E9F3B00BD5CA46834" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <section id="HC703D055FDCA4C7B811DD84125003866"><enum>9006.</enum><header>Rural energy for America program</header></section><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph> <paragraph id="H5DBA1929CB2B400D9CCB798A3980083"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (a)—</text> <subparagraph id="H950CE720D22E43E998FAB9A1003864AA"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by inserting <quote>, other agricultural producer</quote> after <quote>rancher</quote>; </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HA56EF347439B40F9AB39008288DB4EEF"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HBC0CAC35BBD646BFAECBD6595BCD55CF"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by striking the period and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H9BBF9D2A5DA94083009700127D8D8F36"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text> <quoted-block id="H5CF7337D96A44EC585737C6E1F942C29" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="H3BBE4335684A4AAA980998897D65008F"><enum>(3)</enum><text>produce and sell electricity generated by new renewable energy systems.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H681B51096E164E87B3EDDACFB3A8DBC8"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (b), by inserting <quote>, other agricultural producer</quote> after <quote>rancher</quote>; </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H0414100A4BE6440393251E3805862E20"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subsection (c)—</text> <subparagraph id="H11718237123945B59F32D7E3AD917DEE"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)—</text> <clause id="H3E69C8AA14E548AA8325757ECCA462F"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B), by striking <quote>50 percent</quote> and inserting <quote>75 percent</quote>; and </text></clause> <clause id="H6EA2A4EFED734FE282A84B0294D0300"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by redesignating subparagraph (B) as subparagraph (C) and inserting after subparagraph (A) the following:</text> <quoted-block id="HE38F62EFE6FE44E4AF2E342B5447CCB6" style="OLC"> <subparagraph id="H4217454C37F040B683F372FA784DE93"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Loan guarantees</header> <clause id="H60D1360778094BC88767264227DCDCAF"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Maximum amount</header><text>The amount of a loan guaranteed under this section shall not exceed $25,000,000.</text></clause> <clause id="HD25F5C33041C4086009CF75D9ED6BD5C" commented="no"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Maximum percentage</header><text>A loan guaranteed under this section shall not exceed 75 percent of the cost of the activity funded under subsection (a).</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H0C66098F64704019B34F1FA1C7CDE3C6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H7BC94A59D36E4D58B004BB83FA145F82" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <paragraph id="H5DD98158C3504859BB4FE724E6C33916"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Prioritization</header><text>The Secretary shall give the greatest priority for grants under subsection (a) to activities for which the least percentage of the total cost of such activities is requested by the farmer, rancher, other agricultural producer, or rural small business.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC48D1062D27A47A7B8019D047B44C104"><enum>(5)</enum><text>by redesignating subsections (e) and (f) as subsection (g) and (h), respectively; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H39DD2A52B2F44EC988E711E158A2DEA0"><enum>(6)</enum><text>by inserting after subsection (d) the following new subsections:</text> <quoted-block id="HD0A2A0C6461442448D8100071B072F7D" style="OLC"> <subsection id="HBF7113ED69AD4912B1D61730D781D09C"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Feasibility Studies</header> <paragraph id="HDF99A20B2A1B4047AE43FE05E707CA5E"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary may provide assistance to a farmer, rancher, other agricultural producer, or rural small business to conduct a feasibility study of a project for which assistance may be provided under this section.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H5E0D7EAA095F4BDD9F7D3BC94CD17043"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>The Secretary shall use not more than 10 percent of the funds made available to carry out this section to provide assistance described in paragraph (1).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H5EBBCF81135342A6924BAD2748A87969"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Criteria</header><text>The Secretary shall issue regulations establishing criteria for the receipt of assistance under this subsection.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H870928AB03724628BE80D5C3D8F7E540"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Avoidance of duplicative assistance</header><text>An farmer, rancher, other agricultural producer, or rural small business that receives assistance to carry out a feasibility study for a project under this subsection shall not be eligible for assistance to carry out a feasibility study for the project under any other provision of law.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HFACA19338F3144A393F80028003649B3" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Small activities</header> <paragraph id="H4C106B3707F54C17803D7B053800188B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Limitation on use of funds</header><text>The Secretary shall use not less than 15 percent of the funds made available under subsection (h) to provide grants for activities that have a cost of $50,000 or less.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HCEADE4EEEA624D6494DEC0AC257D9D40" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Exception</header><text>Beginning on the first day of the third quarter of a fiscal year, the limitation on the use of funds under paragraph (1) shall not apply to funds made available under subsection (h) for such fiscal year.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section> <section id="H8DFE0EC7906F443988B38E37E586DD96" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>9006.</enum><header>Biomass Research and Development Act of 2000</header> <subsection id="HA9DB09FF16634F438ED49757A9DDB618"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Restatement of Act</header><text>Section 9008 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (116 Stat. 486) is amended to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H63DD5B63762042869F8FFBC9183248F9" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <section id="H6CA4E3789D5743659809AF6422E3AF92"><enum>9008.</enum><header>Biomass Research and Development Act of 2000</header> <subsection id="H1D2991C8F2E5445FA9835700C9310032"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Short title</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">This section may be cited as the <quote><short-title>Biomass Research and Development Act of 2000</short-title></quote>.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H0B69B5CEBDE344F3A6A2BCC5B670B9B5"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Findings</header><text>Congress finds that—</text> <paragraph id="H913D662F7B8A4BFFBC6156563B0082B8"><enum>(1)</enum><text>conversion of biomass into biobased industrial products offers outstanding potential for benefit to the national interest through—</text> <subparagraph id="H291769C76F9640D7BC7FFBE65130DFED"><enum>(A)</enum><text>improved strategic security and balance of payments;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H51E4660F1ED14678942823D04399A25F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>healthier rural economies;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HE825F93018734C849E26653998618E09"><enum>(C)</enum><text>improved environmental quality;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H3021A3AC22374DCAA0B4AB4FC1910786"><enum>(D)</enum><text>near-zero net greenhouse gas emissions;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HF6EA9AB4233448F3B7AD9ED3DF02C133"><enum>(E)</enum><text>technology export; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H8A6302F3DAF3455C9F806996723652C3"><enum>(F)</enum><text>sustainable resource supply;</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H9BA11F33EA8B4B5800F052750763BC37"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the key technical challenges to be overcome in order for biobased industrial products to be cost-competitive are finding new technology and reducing the cost of technology for converting biomass into desired biobased industrial products;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H9E6DAEAB84494154AAA31C0031FCD4A5"><enum>(3)</enum><text>biobased fuels have the clear potential to be sustainable, low cost, and high performance fuels that are compatible with both current and future transportation systems and provide near-zero net greenhouse gas emissions;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H0EAA1EA2BC844567AEA98829C5DF0404"><enum>(4)</enum><text>biobased chemicals have the clear potential for environmentally benign product life cycles;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H664D3B23FB8E4D8AAA9D21EF1951EFAE"><enum>(5)</enum><text>biobased power can—</text> <subparagraph id="H0FB66AFFD64949979727319551DBA5D9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>provide environmental benefits;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HD62DDEA3483E4F71948006C55E92073E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>promote rural economic development; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H130E49E64C5C44E68D0691879ED12980"><enum>(C)</enum><text>diversify energy resource options;</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H0E9FB8E9C0DE4A99BE98464176993418"><enum>(6)</enum><text>many biomass feedstocks suitable for industrial processing show the clear potential for sustainable production, in some cases resulting in improved soil fertility and carbon sequestration;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HFEC04A0F5EE94983A0B87832A9BA8275"><enum>(7)</enum> <subparagraph display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H926BB805C3A64C55AA26E1CC93D388CE"><enum>(A)</enum><text>grain processing mills are biorefineries that produce a diversity of useful food, chemical, feed, and fuel products; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph indent="paragraph" id="H105981ADA6DB48AC88E793CA02533ED8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>technologies that result in further diversification of the range of value-added biobased industrial products can meet a key need for the grain processing industry;</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H6ABB76587C6F43E0A0A8289DA79792EB"><enum>(8)</enum> <subparagraph display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H1C869B09AECE4BC090AFFDD852EEA659"><enum>(A)</enum><text>cellulosic feedstocks are attractive because of their low cost and widespread availability; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph indent="paragraph" id="H1E0648F37CB94DD29C2E7800C437F8BF"><enum>(B)</enum><text>research resulting in cost-effective technology to overcome the recalcitrance of cellulosic biomass would allow biorefineries to produce fuels and bulk chemicals on a very large scale, with a commensurately large realization of the benefit described in paragraph (1);</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H7BD7B8CCE3094C5DADB65391B493CE50"><enum>(9)</enum><text>research into the fundamentals to understand important mechanisms of biomass conversion can be expected to accelerate the application and advancement of biomass processing technology by—</text> <subparagraph id="H05691B1F12814A7883A3F137AE52F651"><enum>(A)</enum><text>increasing the confidence and speed with which new technologies can be scaled up; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HBDE2C6CEFDD4419682D50E650A2B3A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>giving rise to processing innovations based on new knowledge;</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H58668AFC79674421008D1532F3DF29B5"><enum>(10)</enum><text>the added utility of biobased industrial products developed through improvements in processing technology would encourage the design of feedstocks that would meet future needs more effectively;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H46CDE78A41FC42D19F635573CAE9CF4F"><enum>(11)</enum><text>the creation of value-added biobased industrial products would create new jobs in construction, manufacturing, and distribution, as well as new higher-valued exports of products and technology;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HCCD046BC7D614E8C8B9FBB88626800A9"><enum>(12)</enum> <subparagraph display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H3266F68F927D4569BAF0EA6CAF052F95"><enum>(A)</enum><text>because of the relatively short-term time horizon characteristic of private sector investments, and because many benefits of biomass processing are in the national interest, it is appropriate for the Federal Government to provide precommercial investment in fundamental research and research-driven innovation in the biomass processing area; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph indent="paragraph" id="HEC23B92A02E04176B03B5D6744A1F00"><enum>(B)</enum><text>such an investment would provide a valuable complement to ongoing and past governmental support in the biomass processing area; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H693940EA3A6445CE877383E278B33DA4"><enum>(13)</enum><text>several prominent studies, including studies by the President's Committee of Advisors on Science and Technology and the National Research Council—</text> <subparagraph id="H1989A53EB9A14CB3A3788FF6FF1C45AD"><enum>(A)</enum><text>support the potential for large research-driven advances in technologies for production of biobased industrial products as well as associated benefits; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HFE690F9BEC984894846561F28C805807"><enum>(B)</enum><text>document the need for a focused, integrated, and innovation-driven research effort to provide the appropriate progress in a timely manner.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HC18BCF53300642EEB534751D70B6456E"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text> <paragraph id="H70E8302AA7F44736AC1D974E8D72E8A5"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Advisory committee</header><text>The term <term>Advisory Committee</term> means the Biomass Research and Development Technical Advisory Committee established by this section.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC9B3D8ED369D418FA048EE329DF09489"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Biobased fuel</header><text>The term <term>biobased fuel</term> means any transportation fuel produced from biomass.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H397164C0EFF84AD488429C007522C457"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Biobased product</header><text>The term <term>biobased product</term> means an industrial product (including chemicals, materials, and polymers) produced from biomass, or a commercial or industrial product (including animal feed and electric power) derived in connection with the conversion of biomass to fuel.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HB0F2E7BB4CF84560AA8EDF5E7C004C44"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Biomass</header><text>The term <term>biomass</term> means any organic matter that is available on a renewable or recurring basis, including agricultural crops and trees, wood and wood wastes and residues, plants (including aquatic plants), grasses, residues, fibers, and animal wastes, municipal wastes, and other waste materials.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HBAE8B2B5DA1B4365968FB7F1BBF3F48B"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Board</header><text>The term <term>Board</term> means the Biomass Research and Development Board established by this section.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H3F947919C24B494EBC9C5800459C0000"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Demonstration</header><text>The term <term>demonstration</term> means demonstration of technology in a pilot plant or semi-works scale facility.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H3D806E82E0FB409386469B9DA39BC5E4"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Initiative</header><text>The term <term>Initiative</term> means the Biomass Research and Development Initiative established under this section.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HA0F2A6BE1923442BA7FAE31BB08C964D"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Institution of higher education</header><text>The term <term>institution of higher education</term> has the meaning given the term in section 102(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1002">20 U.S.C. 1002(a)</external-xref>).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H0165409565954E9194AE789EABABA2E9"><enum>(9)</enum><header>National laboratory</header><text>The term <term>National Laboratory</term> has the meaning given that term in section 2 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC6FA305A99B146CB8C3EDCDD5DF8123B"><enum>(10)</enum><header>Point of contact</header><text>The term <term>point of contact</term> means a point of contact designated under this section.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HC100E81AA46344B8A588AE2600957987"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Cooperation and coordination in biomass research and development</header> <paragraph id="H2251164EBBF34B79A7DDEA8DC662DC07"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of Energy shall cooperate with respect to, and coordinate, policies and procedures that promote research and development leading to the production of biobased fuels and biobased products.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H28FAAD32305D4CD49CD7D664445ACF"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Points of Contact</header> <subparagraph id="H5D2194BCD42943ED9C37E618A480C38C"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To coordinate research and development programs and activities relating to biobased fuels and biobased products that are carried out by their respective Departments—</text> <clause id="H55FB6B3AAB4F44AD828E004EA84ED735"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Secretary of Agriculture shall designate, as the point of contact for the Department of Agriculture, an officer of the Department of Agriculture appointed by the President to a position in the Department before the date of the designation, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate; and</text></clause> <clause id="H3A738C23A743474D9B1E10A99C30B9BE"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the Secretary of Energy shall designate, as the point of contact for the Department of Energy, an officer of the Department of Energy appointed by the President to a position in the Department before the date of the designation, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HBA12B204B5A94021A821A189B22D7712"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Duties</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The points of contact shall jointly—</text> <clause id="HD90C7B2633E94CADB6DED1A0D575DF97"><enum>(i)</enum><text>assist in arranging interlaboratory and site-specific supplemental agreements for research and development projects relating to biobased fuels and biobased products;</text></clause> <clause id="H841E113007DE496E9533DAFC65C066C6"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>serve as cochairpersons of the Board;</text></clause> <clause id="H4CEE94213A6248619FB1F09425BC58C"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>administer the Initiative; and</text></clause> <clause id="H37A36F2B61BC4A44B37682C003CD0779"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>respond in writing to each recommendation of the Advisory Committee made under subsection (f).</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HBCB43747523A445DA9F7631C0034C605"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Biomass research and development board</header> <paragraph id="H368D0F7B299F422BB8D8840077481F11"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>There is established the Biomass Research and Development Board, which shall supersede the Interagency Council on Biobased Products and Bioenergy established by Executive Order No. 13134, to coordinate programs within and among departments and agencies of the Federal Government for the purpose of promoting the use of biobased fuels and biobased products by—</text> <subparagraph id="HF3DFA2AB2DEB43069CE157F197039654"><enum>(A)</enum><text>maximizing the benefits deriving from Federal grants and assistance; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HAC056A313E4743F796F346A05486CD5F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>bringing coherence to Federal strategic planning.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H2309A8BC327C4E5FBB3C289F7289117F"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Membership</header><text>The Board shall consist of—</text> <subparagraph id="H38AEFA1E8FBE49A58183F9F7DF6D9600"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the point of contact of the Department of Energy designated under subsection (d), who shall serve as cochairperson of the Board;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H71824B6E849840028211E85CDC72FB8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the point of contact of the Department of Agriculture designated under subsection (d), who shall serve as cochairperson of the Board;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HD8B0FFA0E20247E39FE98090386E3026"><enum>(C)</enum><text>a senior officer of each of the Department of the Interior, the Environmental Protection Agency, the National Science Foundation, and the Office of Science and Technology Policy, each of whom shall—</text> <clause id="H112C793167C34E6AACAF09F10035AC20"><enum>(i)</enum><text>be appointed by the head of the respective agency; and</text></clause> <clause id="HC300A45688704ADE821BB6691E1CCB94"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>have a rank that is equivalent to the rank of the points of contact; and</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H453C5F0E26874816952F2687B7A040A6"><enum>(D)</enum><text>at the option of the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of Energy, other members appointed by the Secretaries (after consultation with the members described in subparagraphs (A) through (C)).</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H97F55C99A22B4765008B34F1C31799A7"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Duties</header><text>The Board shall—</text> <subparagraph id="HBE01D6749BEB4F8795A711AADBEF8DFC"><enum>(A)</enum><text>coordinate research and development activities relating to biobased fuels and biobased products—</text> <clause id="H0A043310AA32429BA0E0D974057F27A8"><enum>(i)</enum><text>between the Department of Agriculture and the Department of Energy; and</text></clause> <clause id="H3D85F07DF79A48D2BB00FF4B36B0DC6E"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>with other departments and agencies of the Federal Government;</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HE897739868F44D4FB6EBE449294C3CEF"><enum>(B)</enum><text>provide recommendations to the points of contact concerning administration of this title;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H27A3036F9B8F4FDD886B33A7000894C7"><enum>(C)</enum><text>ensure that—</text> <clause id="H8103EB079C82485780CDB5D00419E4B"><enum>(i)</enum><text>solicitations are open and competitive with awards made annually; and</text></clause> <clause id="H6B454B3B72744D14B6DC053842C45B4"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>objectives and evaluation criteria of the solicitations are clearly stated and minimally prescriptive, with no areas of special interest; and</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H9B05D295F9B84245AA71767DEAA8EA11"><enum>(D)</enum><text>ensure that the panel of scientific and technical peers assembled under subsection (g) to review proposals is composed predominantly of independent experts selected from outside the Departments of Agriculture and Energy.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H25951C1E0A4C4DC095F4540971F4BC24"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Funding</header><text>Each agency represented on the Board is encouraged to provide funds for any purpose under this section.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H37DEF05342974E61AB84C3D49CE09D5C"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Meetings</header><text>The Board shall meet at least quarterly to enable the Board to carry out the duties of the Board under paragraph (3).</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HAE4FE933B6C54F1AB79000C48219FF21"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Biomass research and development technical advisory committee</header> <paragraph id="HF2CD0AD467F043E08D2498B041A93E93"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>There is established the Biomass Research and Development Technical Advisory Committee, which shall supersede the Advisory Committee on Biobased Products and Bioenergy established by Executive Order No. 13134—</text> <subparagraph id="H70177844A0394D13B1DE9090F5CD1E21"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to advise the Secretary of Energy, the Secretary of Agriculture, and the points of contact concerning—</text> <clause id="HE19E80F6E2DB492DBCCC33C49699B571"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the technical focus and direction of requests for proposals issued under the Initiative; and</text></clause> <clause id="H8CB79E54B54145AA96CF1962A0D72200"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>procedures for reviewing and evaluating the proposals;</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H4F1178BC2B46496B8641D23C5DD33E59"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to facilitate consultations and partnerships among Federal and State agencies, agricultural producers, industry, consumers, the research community, and other interested groups to carry out program activities relating to the Initiative; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HFBC52F729D594C69B13FB96D087BD824"><enum>(C)</enum><text>to evaluate and perform strategic planning on program activities relating to the Initiative.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H4CCC9F88B7954DF10033CBDEF892145D"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Membership</header> <subparagraph id="HEDCF24E3D03B401388AD5D9394B371EF"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Advisory Committee shall consist of—</text> <clause id="H92140035E1C24B86BB784634D2C19EBB"><enum>(i)</enum><text>an individual affiliated with the biofuels industry;</text></clause> <clause id="HD7029B56309E4B94B64F17640568E416"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>an individual affiliated with the biobased industrial and commercial products industry;</text></clause> <clause id="HBE3FC4CE3BA24608B95D3FE53942335"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>an individual affiliated with an institution of higher education who has expertise in biobased fuels and biobased products;</text></clause> <clause id="H1C93DE615BA24C8C9E6149ECCD6FD744"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>two prominent engineers or scientists from government or academia who have expertise in biobased fuels and biobased products;</text></clause> <clause id="HB0BB0E1742054FF68FFB6127C59691D8"><enum>(v)</enum><text>an individual affiliated with a commodity trade association;</text></clause> <clause id="H2CE0C4D4FE564AEFA2C65E4A5C2E5FD"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>2 individuals affiliated with an environmental or conservation organization;</text></clause> <clause id="H4C6F381DFEE34608853CE3BB6BADDCA"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>an individual associated with State government who has expertise in biobased fuels and biobased products;</text></clause> <clause id="H4B4A0C39C0624E1198F5D3E7FC72AC3B"><enum>(viii)</enum><text>an individual with expertise in energy and environmental analysis;</text></clause> <clause id="HB2E2C12044AC4E2999C41EFDB4B48B92"><enum>(ix)</enum><text>an individual with expertise in the economics of biobased fuels and biobased products;</text></clause> <clause id="H6DA4023A310E45918243FFAE8BF04B97"><enum>(x)</enum><text>an individual with expertise in agricultural economics;</text></clause> <clause id="H8E3BD0A3BC2F4895BADCE1EEF0E06C36"><enum>(xi)</enum><text>an individual with expertise in agronomy, crop science, or soil science; and</text></clause> <clause id="H693DC01565F448B6B8C9856E73CE676F"><enum>(xii)</enum><text>at the option of the points of contact, other members.</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H359C4234D1F64624BAF37EC699ABDA8F"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Appointment</header><text>The members of the Advisory Committee shall be appointed by the points of contact.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H429D93AE1AB140D6BF59C0AAE04C0970"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Duties</header><text>The Advisory Committee shall—</text> <subparagraph id="H7E9E6E56C7ED4C65971B43F9549E8F76"><enum>(A)</enum><text>advise the points of contact with respect to the Initiative; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H47ED323EAE514159A586A10A25F9B53"><enum>(B)</enum><text>evaluate whether, and make recommendations in writing to the Board to ensure that—</text> <clause id="H20C18A9972FA4373A82503697D907DD9"><enum>(i)</enum><text>funds authorized for the Initiative are distributed and used in a manner that is consistent with the objectives, purposes, and considerations of the Initiative;</text></clause> <clause id="H90DEE06DFF994E97B4A54274A56D2627"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>solicitations are open and competitive with awards made annually and that objectives and evaluation criteria of the solicitations are clearly stated and minimally prescriptive, with no areas of special interest;</text></clause> <clause id="H4EA1CFB04F9F4208845BDAC24F6FD392"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the points of contact are funding proposals under this title that are selected on the basis of merit, as determined by an independent panel of scientific and technical peers predominantly from outside the Departments of Agriculture and Energy; and</text></clause> <clause id="HB7E9885168784E7889D4C6F9C92BF03D"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>activities under this section are carried out in accordance with this section.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD2CB19E757A843CBB9EF85533FECA7AB"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Coordination</header><text>To avoid duplication of effort, the Advisory Committee shall coordinate its activities with those of other Federal advisory committees working in related areas.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD3FBDE984FC04F2CA32CDF1CB947E01D"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Meetings</header><text>The Advisory Committee shall meet at least quarterly to enable the Advisory Committee to carry out the duties of the Advisory Committee.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H3C789BD8794241510061C0AB4DDB853C"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Terms</header><text>Members of the Advisory Committee shall be appointed for a term of 3 years, except that—</text> <subparagraph id="H6035E245BC9A400FA8C02002C74962DE"><enum>(A)</enum><text>one-third of the members initially appointed shall be appointed for a term of 1 year; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HF410153B1D0E468CA391D1B229280BC"><enum>(B)</enum><text>one-third of the members initially appointed shall be appointed for a term of 2 years.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HB8BC7AC010AB427480EEC6DBDF538F20"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Biomass research and development initiative</header> <paragraph id="HAA70E182395443EBA1489131AC327B45"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In General</header><text>The Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of Energy, acting through their respective points of contact and in consultation with the Board, shall establish and carry out a Biomass Research and Development Initiative under which competitively awarded grants, contracts, and financial assistance are provided to, or entered into with, eligible entities to carry out research on, and development and demonstration of, biobased fuels and biobased products, and the methods, practices and technologies, for their production.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H27641FFE2E37479F9C6B066FA9ABF3D3"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Objectives</header><text>The objectives of the Initiative are to develop—</text> <subparagraph id="H7A724EA70BED40598FE08EA7B65952F0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>technologies and processes necessary for abundant commercial production of biobased fuels at prices competitive with fossil fuels;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H2B09F3FFB2414DC693F6BDBFB3E1A291"><enum>(B)</enum><text>high-value biobased products—</text> <clause id="H0632391388F04092A7A271CF926C6BBE"><enum>(i)</enum><text>to enhance the economic viability of biobased fuels and power;</text></clause> <clause id="H0DC0871203D34C0682484CE7377799E6"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>as substitutes for petroleum-based feedstocks and products; and</text></clause> <clause id="H03BAFFBCB7CA45F59422BD10BB3C1578"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>to enhance the value of coproducts arise from such technologies and processes; and</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H708A03E483D34BB39898536E5971EFD9"><enum>(C)</enum><text>a diversity of sustainable domestic sources of biomass for conversion to biobased fuels and biobased products.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H7CA31598B75A498DBC5E9181F1674C4F"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Purposes</header><text>The purposes of the Initiative are—</text> <subparagraph id="HC7FBCFBD1D4D459C8625D017AF40CBB8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to increase the energy security of the United States;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H1E917742C1FC4F4583D1008884098830"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to create jobs and enhance the economic development of the rural economy;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HED538C4189134B33B83C9CDBACA84F11"><enum>(C)</enum><text>to enhance the environment and public health; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H0C52732951EB4325B1C12809E0095000"><enum>(D)</enum><text>to diversify markets for raw agricultural and forestry products.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC0D054F1FD5A4A8CB8928884269D256B"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Technical Areas</header><text>To advance the objectives and purposes of the Initiative, the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of Energy, in consultation with the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and heads of other appropriate departments and agencies (referred to in this subsection as the <quote>Secretaries</quote>), shall direct research, development, and commercial applications toward—</text> <subparagraph id="H89159493066741CBAFA43F63FA3E0885"><enum>(A)</enum><text>feedstocks and feedstock systems relevant to production of raw materials for conversion to biobased fuels and biobased products, including—</text> <clause id="H9E43CD2E11D842EAB5F458CFCE1C67B8"><enum>(i)</enum><text>development of advanced and dedicated crops and other biomass sources with desired features, including enhanced productivity, broader site range, low requirements for chemical inputs, and enhanced processing;</text></clause> <clause id="H3DD4AF97A3E34DB58B9330B5BD893C96"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>advanced crop production methods to achieve the features described in clause (i);</text></clause> <clause id="HBE5CBC23A0A945099BCFCDC08C7D68C6"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>feedstock harvest, handling, transport, and storage;</text></clause> <clause id="H78C07E30F565444AA02414BB544D471D"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>strategies for integrating feedstock production into existing managed land; and</text></clause> <clause id="H62724D234B21406FA5A7386E364646D5"><enum>(v)</enum><text>improving the value and quality of coproducts, including materials used for animal feeding;</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H1F1788B023D0490B8208BD8950B579A2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>overcoming recalcitrance of cellulosic biomass through developing technologies for converting cellulosic biomass into intermediates that can subsequently be converted into biobased fuels and biobased products, including—</text> <clause id="HF502B003FED54DC1A06001319971A113"><enum>(i)</enum><text>pretreatment in combination with enzymatic or microbial hydrolysis;</text></clause> <clause id="H6489386E334041FBB2085EE964157F12"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>thermochemical approaches, including gasification and pyrolysis; and</text></clause> <clause id="H6100736FC6C64DC398B3DF3017916DC"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">self-processing crops that express enzymes capable of degrading cellulosic biomass;</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H733EA98229D7434F815CE4988D2ED600"><enum>(C)</enum><text>product diversification through technologies relevant to production of a range of biobased products (including chemicals, animal feeds, and cogenerated power) that eventually can increase the feasibility of fuel production in a biorefinery, including—</text> <clause id="H5A0DE4AB6B9240298546D231B200A909"><enum>(i)</enum><text>catalytic processing, including thermochemical fuel production;</text></clause> <clause id="H65841280FE75465F9CB03DF1EA042700"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>metabolic engineering, enzyme engineering, and fermentation systems for biological production of desired products, coproducts, or cogeneration of power;</text></clause> <clause id="H40DDEBFC6D2749679363EE98FCCE173C"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>product recovery;</text></clause> <clause id="H874968DECE274F71BE803276989B71D3"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>power production technologies;</text></clause> <clause id="H7469EC3BCCFD46539DF717007CF4009D"><enum>(v)</enum><text>integration into existing biomass processing facilities, including starch ethanol plants, sugar processing or refining plants, paper mills, and power plants; and</text></clause> <clause id="H03E3D1BF39B6432793AC854554142614"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>enhancement of products and coproducts, including dried distillers grains (including substantially elevated starch content, increased oil content, improved fatty acid profiles, and improved resistance to mold and mycotoxins; and</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HAF6BB9FA425746828C21B8709347B3FF"><enum>(D)</enum><text>analysis that provides strategic guidance for the application of biomass technologies in accordance with realization of improved sustainability and environmental quality, cost effectiveness, security, and rural economic development, usually featuring system-wide approaches.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H803C23FD17834D10B219D172A9F0CD8B"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Additional Considerations</header><text>Within the technical areas described in paragraph (4), and in addition to advancing the purposes described in paragraph (3) and the objectives described in paragraph (2), the Secretaries shall support research and development—</text> <subparagraph id="HBFDD3926B3BA41299F09661540406979"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to create continuously expanding opportunities for participants in existing biofuels production by seeking synergies and continuity with current technologies and practices, such as improvements in dried distillers grains as a bridge feedstock;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H4EA2BB0895B4481FA5DCAB5C41424263"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to maximize the environmental, economic, and social benefits of production of biobased fuels and biobased products on a large scale through life-cycle economic and environmental analysis and other means; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H9E93687D7891440E98225B75DC1E5F6B"><enum>(C)</enum><text>to assess the potential of Federal land and land management programs as feedstock resources for biobased fuels and biobased products, consistent with the integrity of soil and water resources and with other environmental considerations.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H3B6F2CCC6CB24D52963B648958C7F45"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Eligible Entities</header><text>To be eligible for a grant, contract, or assistance under this subsection, an applicant shall be—</text> <subparagraph id="HAE78728C5F784310BB3C8752CACEB558"><enum>(A)</enum><text>an institution of higher education;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H5EF5D171E5E643479EE3D95DCD56CBCF"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a National Laboratory;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HF8B10B5BE6CC42C4AD10D500059148F1"><enum>(C)</enum><text>a Federal research agency;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H1810423F91C34766BBE2ECD4B49DDC8"><enum>(D)</enum><text>a State research agency;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H1EE4069205A740B7BA86273729E5D43E"><enum>(E)</enum><text>a private sector entity;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H752BE3ECD22C49A9BE4EC8051071CF69"><enum>(F)</enum><text>a nonprofit organization; or</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H3D4044A7D761430BA42E5B081592CFC"><enum>(G)</enum><text>a consortium of two or more entities described in subparagraphs (A) through (F).</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H010D9841BF31401DA3C9B7DA9A58752"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Administration</header> <subparagraph id="HDA8939653DE04B269D11491FCC67A595"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>After consultation with the Board, the points of contact shall—</text> <clause id="H272CB4376179496900446C10794BF374"><enum>(i)</enum><text>publish annually one or more joint requests for proposals for grants, contracts, and assistance under this subsection;</text></clause> <clause id="HFB384DAD50894E45B64F7CDAF01EBF26"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>require that grants, contracts, and assistance under this section be awarded competitively, on the basis of merit, after the establishment of procedures that provide for scientific peer review by an independent panel of scientific and technical peers; and</text></clause> <clause id="H747FA6B74689471C895CBB6E7656F1F4"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>give some preference to applications that—</text> <subclause id="HBFB68777A5014E94BDD9EEEF95785DF"><enum>(I)</enum><text>involve a consortia of experts from multiple institutions;</text></subclause> <subclause id="HFD2253D9F4FB4FB7BE510000021CABF3"><enum>(II)</enum><text>encourage the integration of disciplines and application of the best technical resources; and</text></subclause> <subclause id="HE67B7B023698469D8BF57524E0B0EAEA"><enum>(III)</enum><text>increase the geographic diversity of demonstration projects.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H0BF89A24CFD044D6B438EE5D02413F68"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Distribution of funding by technical area</header><text>Of the funds authorized to be appropriated for activities described in this subsection, funds shall be distributed for each of fiscal years 2007 through 2012 so as to achieve an approximate distribution of—</text> <clause id="H5BA5CEB62F4D41ABB9B3DFBA90D12EFB"><enum>(i)</enum><text>20 percent of the funds to carry out activities for feedstock production under paragraph (4)(A);</text></clause> <clause id="HAF2E64E34AF64C09B7B152AB1879C5D8"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">45 percent of the funds to carry out activities for overcoming recalcitrance of cellulosic biomass under paragraph (4)(B), of which not less than 10 percent shall be used for activities referred to in each clause of paragraph (4)(B);</text></clause> <clause id="H440816078A92483F814D4F02DEDBA9CD"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>30 percent of the funds to carry out activities for product diversification under paragraph (4)(C); and</text></clause> <clause id="HE0C65C53AAE94C4FBAACC57EA7C3ED5F"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>5 percent of the funds to carry out activities for strategic guidance under paragraph (4)(D).</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HDAFD3B8CF9B94D1ABEA1B5F86831289F"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Distribution of funding within each technical area</header><text>Within each technical area described in subparagraphs (A) through (C) of paragraph (4), funds shall be distributed for each of fiscal years 2007 through 2012 so as to achieve an approximate distribution of—</text> <clause id="H9C23457686CA42269B4925AD8F9F7710"><enum>(i)</enum><text>15 percent of the funds for applied fundamentals;</text></clause> <clause id="H301791FAF68A476B8B94E1240689E0A4"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>35 percent of the funds for innovation; and</text></clause> <clause id="H2D278CBF226146C980009D7660E871C0"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>50 percent of the funds for demonstration and commercial applications.</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H0BA7BE686CB94F1B9C1C0300EA48C063"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Matching funds</header> <clause id="HB4336F20B2BA4F4998516482768B00A8"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>A minimum 20 percent funding match shall be required for demonstration projects under this section.</text></clause> <clause id="H8D5FECC9EA78499ABD84EB838479B5C4"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Commercial applications</header><text>A minimum of 50 percent funding match shall be required for commercial application projects under this section.</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HA22FCB8FDD624B1888821408676E014B"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Technology and information transfer to agricultural users</header><text>The Administrator of the Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service and the Chief of the Natural Resources Conservation Service shall ensure that applicable research results and technologies from the Initiative are adapted, made available, and disseminated through those services, as appropriate.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HAA15858D08F54844901CC064A6C6DFC7"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Administrative support and funds</header> <paragraph id="HB27FD47FA49B46F083361C57A82415A4"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In General</header><text>To the extent administrative support and funds are not provided by other agencies under paragraph (2)(b), the Secretary of Energy and the Secretary of Agriculture may provide such administrative support and funds of the Department of Energy and the Department of Agriculture to the Board and the Advisory Committee as are necessary to enable the Board and the Advisory Committee to carry out their duties under this section.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H84A1703B5AFE4100BB6D5377355BE4E"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Other Agencies</header><text>The heads of the agencies referred to in subsection (e)(2)(C), and the other members appointed under subsection (e)(2)(D), may, and are encouraged to, provide administrative support and funds of their respective agencies to the Board and the Advisory Committee.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HF6073BB0B8244F24A167AA80033F5800"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>Not more than 4 percent of the amount appropriated for each fiscal year under subsection (g)(6) may be used to pay the administrative costs of carrying out this section.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H2F1182E9A38E484BBA877FA1F800B866"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Reports</header> <paragraph id="H020D1580C36B4FEFB61081682FB9E78D"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Annual Reports</header><text>For each fiscal year for which funds are made available to carry out this section, the Secretary of Energy and the Secretary of Agriculture shall jointly submit to Congress a detailed report on—</text> <subparagraph id="H46BF25EA4E204BE300C2E146B3D57730"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the status and progress of the Initiative, including a report from the Advisory Committee on whether funds appropriated for the Initiative have been distributed and used in a manner that—</text> <clause id="H3734B827A9844CDB00190036DAC0CD7D"><enum>(i)</enum><text>is consistent with the objectives, purposes, and additional considerations described in paragraphs (2) through (5) of subsection (g);</text></clause> <clause id="H267F630321BE47B99206C00000D2CEF"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">uses the set of criteria established in the initial report submitted under title III of the Agricultural Risk Protection Act of 2000;</text></clause> <clause id="H777BD0306B5E48749866E881BD486D07"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>achieves the distribution of funds described in subparagraphs (B) and (C) of subsection (g)(7); and</text></clause> <clause id="H9E5296BC821345098760C432A89DF571"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>takes into account any recommendations that have been made by the Advisory Committee;</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HBF38CB6CCC3144ADB6FEF7D822B1EBC7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the general status of cooperation and research and development efforts carried out at each agency with respect to biobased fuels and biobased products, including a report from the Advisory Committee on whether the points of contact are funding proposals that are selected under subsection (g)(3)(B)(iii); and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H3F9C22D1CFC74741B5D5EAB4208661AE"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the plans of the Secretary of Energy and the Secretary of Agriculture for addressing concerns raised in the report, including concerns raised by the Advisory Committee.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H3E94D921974E411792CBCA63D69B3696"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Updates</header><text>The Secretary and the Secretary of Energy shall update the Vision and Roadmap documents prepared for Federal biomass research and development activities.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H9C37FCF9C13D4401A40001613586A999"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Management plan</header><text>The Secretary shall every five years, in consultation with the Secretary of Energy, submit to Congress a detailed management plan for the implementation of this section. The management plan shall include—</text> <subparagraph id="HFFF6F9A9A08C49D3A525691FE9D9528" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><text>consideration of the contribution of the section towards achieving the objectives referred to in paragraphs (2) and (3) of subsection (g) and in achieving the goals of the biomass program of the Department of Energy;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H7AF1A66237204901B1BBB648BE4EB92"><enum>(B)</enum><text>consideration of input solicited from the Advisory Committee, State, and private sources; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HA5A21B2A911F4BD290349236F77DCB58"><enum>(C)</enum><text>specific and quantifiable near and long-term goals.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HF3A7E67A0EC343C289EBFD5D8C3BC"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $200,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2006 through 2015.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="H8392E91797CC4A1FA0F3479316D948BF"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Repeal</header><text>Title III of the Agricultural Risk Protection Act of 2000 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/106/224">Public Law 106–224</external-xref>) is hereby repealed.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H6AAA47C353E64D2C88C9F4770020F2C"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Management plan submission date</header><text>The first management plan required to be submitted under section 9008(i)(3) of the Biomass Research and Development Act of 2000, as added by subsection (a), shall be submitted not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.</text></subsection></section> <section id="H2CD3CEA0614E4E05B8CF96D220858C7D" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>9007.</enum><header>Adjustments to the bioenergy program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 9010 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/8108">7 U.S.C. 8108</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HF1CE4955D0214BCFAA60917601B765C4"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)—</text> <subparagraph id="HB12837B911F74A96819530692556F14D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)—</text> <clause id="H6189542B205B401F98A3D7E1B0001E00"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>and</quote>;</text></clause> <clause id="HDA2D7682B2424FF9B2582389A91650A3"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B), by striking the final period and inserting a semicolon; and</text></clause> <clause id="HFCB7B0BBD6C34BCA9FECB9789384016B"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new subparagraphs:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="HDFBBF7F998DC47979121DCDF6845BE8" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <subparagraph id="H4B12C122768E4776B7656F1BBB222588"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">production of heat and power at a biofuels plant;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HB53A97E37CFF4903B72E4CE0F511AF97"><enum>(D)</enum><text>biomass gasification;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H4D9273C822B748D900A885E4DFAA8814"><enum>(E)</enum><text>hydrogen made from cellulosic commodities for fuel cells;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H1F9C7E26B41C4900A5D10146FE5ECD2F"><enum>(F)</enum><text>renewable diesel;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HAB5B90118C5A4B588B38CEBE9F3927D2"><enum>(G)</enum><text>such other items as the Secretary considers appropriate.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H3A5923CA1C4F4A60807E98CBD9A9B298"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (3) and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H5E92725B34DF4A10BEEC44468CFA009D" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <paragraph id="H6D74DDC21D2942E1BB59D910E0886C1C"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Eligible feedstock</header> <subparagraph id="H123A0B76F1F94BF885852BF7DC2EB1F9"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The term <quote>eligible feedstock</quote> means—</text> <clause id="HE0EE4E38ACAF414C8EACFF854E7EEFF4"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any plant material grown or collected for the purpose of being converted to energy (including aquatic plants); </text></clause> <clause id="H30A56D6E46FD46C2BF009157BE671BCF"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>any organic byproduct or residue from agriculture and forestry, including mill residues and pulping residues that can be converted into energy;</text></clause> <clause id="HB56C06124F9E497987E6BB760414EEA"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>any waste material that can be converted to energy and is derived from plant material, including—</text> <subclause id="H2A23EFCBA5E14A0A0029C48EFFA4B9C0"><enum>(I)</enum><text>wood waste and residue;</text></subclause> <subclause id="H532ADC6F79B044549BD38914E7E6600"><enum>(II)</enum><text>specialty crop waste, including waste derived from orchard trees, vineyard crops, and nut crops; or</text></subclause> <subclause id="H8E81CB207D8C407E85DDF5142DB12D56"><enum>(III)</enum><text>other fruit and vegetable byproducts or residues; or</text></subclause></clause> <clause id="HCC0BF860B2D8434F891BA90448781352"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>animal waste and byproducts.</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H1FD8F92283244AB2B569D77E54FC448D"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Exclusion</header><text>The term <quote>eligible feedstock</quote> does not include corn starch. </text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HA3B20849FF89495B97C3B33D08DC3FF0"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (4), by striking <quote>an eligible commodity</quote> and inserting <quote>eligible feedstock</quote>; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H7E210ACD96784C528974344071654F4B"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="HE4B307F7B60E4F91ABC7B7358E4714F4" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <paragraph id="H1DC0D13E33A34E40833B25AB752475"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Renewable diesel</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <quote>renewable diesel</quote> means any type of biobased renewable fuel derived from plant or animal matter that may be used as a substitute for standard diesel fuel and meets the requirements of an appropriate American Society for Testing and Material standard. Such term does not include any fuel derived from coprocessing an eligible feedstock with a feedstock that is not biomass. </text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H922437691DF643E59436DD4E7B0042B6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b)—</text> <subparagraph id="H4D51F3CD4D7540819CCB3671193CFCD8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)—</text> <clause id="HE9002CF2D1ED4926A59F2C65AB3D671D"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>The Secretary shall continue</quote> and all that follows through <quote>the Secretary makes</quote> and inserting <quote>The Secretary shall make</quote>; and</text></clause> <clause id="H4136A0CD0B1B4D4B88E1195B23358126"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>eligible commodities</quote> and inserting <quote>eligible feedstock</quote>;</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H0AD0815ED24F4C81977D40F14DACA493"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)(B), by striking <quote>eligible commodities</quote> and inserting <quote>eligible feedstock</quote>; </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HDEEA69BB18C64E95B300206FBA003510"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (3), by striking subparagraphs (B) and (C) and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="HB651B8DEDBCA4B5DA4E7E7AF3716D103" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <subparagraph id="H39EFD983989D4BD3B7045CE500306FF3"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Priority</header><text>In making payments under this paragraph, the Secretary shall give priority to contracts by considering the factors referred to in section 9003(e)(2)(B).</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HE7315F8BB2424249898FFADB156DBFA"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (6) and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="HFDA122E26DF04169B36D0524754C3859" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <paragraph id="HC37C0F5D21BE417BB801BF1BF3320030"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>The Secretary may limit the amount of payments that may be received by an eligible producer under this section as the Secretary considers appropriate.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph></section> <section id="H827E67ACAA5049068B3F967500BBD1F1"><enum>9008.</enum><header>Research, extension, and educational programs on biobased energy technologies and products</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 9011(j)(1)(C) of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/8109">7 U.S.C. 8109(j)(1)(C)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2010</quote> and inserting <quote>2012</quote>.</text></section> <section id="HCFDE5D9EEFC340C88F3169932FC55773"><enum>9009.</enum><header>Energy Council of the Department of Agriculture</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Title IX of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/8101">7 U.S.C. 8101 et seq.</external-xref>) is further amended by adding at the end the following new section:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="HB23706A996A147358FD6002858A3C4B0" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <section id="HFAEADE52B57D498081074725123B95A5"><enum>9012.</enum><header>Energy Council of the Department of Agriculture</header> <subsection id="HFA14116DAE404D95B03F8B34C7977F77"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Agriculture shall establish an energy council in the Office of the Secretary (in this section referred to as the <quote>Council</quote>) to coordinate the energy policy of the Department of Agriculture and consult with other departments and agencies of the Federal Government.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HFDE86336F2EF43AB8B963629039F7495"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Membership</header> <paragraph id="H085E240D220E4853BF277735B89FC5F8"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall appoint the members of the Council from among the staff of the agencies and mission areas of the Department of Agriculture with responsibilities relating to energy programs or policies.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H96864DF8106C4606BD50C6A800E8E674"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Chair</header><text>The chief economist and the Under Secretary for Rural Development of the Department of Agriculture shall serve as the Chairs of the Council.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H36D3AB1A7E6D4846B77D7DD43DA84234"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Duties of Office of Energy Policy and New Uses</header><text>The Office of Energy Policy and New Uses of the Department of Agriculture shall support the activities of the Council.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section> <section id="HA39EAF48D07F4EFB94454407AC857CFF"><enum>9010.</enum><header>Farm energy production pilot program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Title IX of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/8101">7 U.S.C. 8101 et seq.</external-xref>) is further amended by adding at the end the following new section:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H0FB7BE49DD88407AB4756D058893C8AC" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <section id="HB8983303452141D187CC177200C9BA62" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>9013.</enum><header>Farm energy production pilot program</header> <subsection id="HB41A1B7363D04A73B79BC4CFED4C63F5"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Program</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Agriculture shall establish a pilot program to provide grants to farmers for the purpose of demonstrating the feasibility of making a farm energy neutral using existing technologies.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HD4696BF8611F4F8B8005FDB8E7002EB6"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $5,000,000 for fiscal years 2008 through 2012.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section> <section id="HBE88762C17074BCDBAED2008379BC9E8"><enum>9011.</enum><header>Rural energy self-sufficiency initiative</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Title IX of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/8101">7 U.S.C. 8101 et seq.</external-xref>) is further amended by adding at the end the following new section:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H226D2174183F47129EDAC8687EA5C11" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <section id="HAF38FCFF7405468B8F883206A2836121" section-type="subsequent-section" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>9014.</enum><header>Rural energy self-sufficiency initiative</header> <subsection id="HBEBF2A7579134B668CCD74F08CB113B4"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Grant authority</header> <paragraph id="H5CB12040FB034939B5DCC4A617DA6D84"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Agriculture (in this section referred to as the <quote>Secretary</quote>) may make grants in accordance with this section to enable eligible rural communities to substantially increase their energy self-sufficiency.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H15B6D837BC3C44B4B3DF8B04F8E9B980"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Eligible rural community defined</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section, the term <quote>eligible rural community</quote> means a community that has a population of fewer than 25,000 individuals, and is not located in a metropolitan statistical area (as defined by the Bureau of the Census).</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H6A28F1C876814B0D909E7711B436BE83"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Applications</header> <paragraph id="H7038378CDEAF4FA39425A21616BD7098"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>A community desiring to receive a grant under this section shall submit to the Secretary an application for the grant, which contains a description of how the community would use the grant to develop an integrated renewable energy system to substantially increase its energy self-sufficiency. </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H5E8B43437C1C4208AEB134F560B57324"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Integrated renewable energy system</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In paragraph (1), the term <quote>integrated renewable energy system</quote> includes—</text> <subparagraph id="HBB846DBE3C2544EF90F9EBF2EBA353E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the use of biofuels;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H7F951E66FD1840FC82CDAD27B1785F3C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the use of biomass to produce electricity;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H16EF2D12A71F4FC49FE5E3AA87F7EF64"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the use of animal manure to produce biogas as a substitute for natural gas;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HDDE248DD752045B5B796FD26264578CE"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the use of new technologies to provide highly energy efficient lighting, buildings, or vehicles;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H20A740E53A56425F95C05388A9482BD4"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the use of wind power to produce electricity and hydrogen; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H032FAE67D2AD4B988E1F48A615B41953"><enum>(F)</enum><text>the use of solar energy.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H8CB5C9505C0048499587C8614C00D20"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Consideration of applications</header> <paragraph id="HC6D40B2D82CA4925B7365497EE1DECB2"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Evaluation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In making grants under this section, the Secretary shall evaluate applications based on their ability to demonstrate—</text> <subparagraph id="HE046FB217F7C4C32A1FC9033407B69F7"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">integration of different renewable energy sources at lowest total cost;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H66D37D6967124F4A9BA4003FAACC4772"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">integration of different renewable energy sources with greatest potential for commercialization; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HB742F6023CEF42D7B7382CC319CC573"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">development of best practices, and models for viable rural energy self-sufficiency.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H34AE72D9C35343409E589EB3203F01DB"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Preference</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In making grants under this section, the Secretary shall give preference to those which propose a project developed or carried out in coordination with—</text> <subparagraph id="H53092D1BAE46434A97A26D6290625C83"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">universities or their non-profit foundations;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HD264317F1A1E4B29B09168C5A0C25609"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Federal, State, or local government agencies;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H9AD961DC54614DAC9EE188CAFBFFF53B"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">public or private power generation entities; or</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HA6AA9317AB954149808628211D1B6122"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">government entities with responsibility for water or natural resources.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HA643C6D35EF64B30B1217730C9F8BBBF"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Grants</header> <paragraph id="HA6603D0313D141A9A09962A226005B56"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Cost-sharing</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amount of a grant under this section with respect to an application shall not exceed 75 percent of the cost of the activities described in the application.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H0EE0656B09834BE98087D834F2580068"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Number of grants per year</header><text>The Secretary may make not more than 5 grants under this section in each fiscal year.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H34C9F97757074D9D908807AC8C67AEC2"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Use of grants</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A community to which a grant is made under this section shall use the grant to develop an integrated renewable energy system to improve the energy efficiency of the community, and shall document any energy savings resulting from the use of the grant.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HB1D767012F9241019D8DA32D44C9EA3D"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Report to the Congress</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate a report that document the best practices and approaches used by grantees receiving funds under this section.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H36E662CFC4644AE09DF1931094642C76"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Limitations on authorization of appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For grants under this section, there are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary not more than $5,000,000 for fiscal year 2008, and such sums as may be necessary for fiscal years 2009 through 2012.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section> <section id="H8C483203EE6D41208B3E5326FAC7757B"><enum>9012.</enum><header>Agricultural biofuels from biomass internship pilot program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Title IX of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/8101">7 U.S.C. 8101 et seq.</external-xref>) is further amended by adding at the end the following new section:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H20A8D40FF43A4E8DA1922747547BD72F" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <section id="H873C4F3E65F947B69F4322D663A4CB6B" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>9015.</enum><header>Agricultural Biofuels from Biomass Internship Pilot Program</header> <subsection id="H7F07466CCEF8440C9251A8ABC5058F7D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>The Secretary of Agriculture shall establish a structured, academically-oriented internship pilot program (in this section referred to as the <quote>Program</quote>) to provide students from universities in California, Iowa, Missouri, Georgia, Minnesota, and other states with substantial farm-based economies with the opportunity to work within the Department of Agriculture, Congress and legislative branch agencies, other Federal departments and agencies, corporations, and nonprofit institutions on matters pertaining to policies regarding renewable energy, including the conversion of biomass and other agricultural products to produce ethanol and other biofuels.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H4205F8AD205341DAB286DB250065002F"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Eligibility</header><text>To be eligible for an internship under subsection (a) a student shall—</text> <paragraph id="HF4C49F46FEFF4959B0083C4D30BEBCF5"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">be a third or fourth year undergraduate student or a graduate student at an accredited college or university in California, Iowa, Missouri, Georgia, Minnesota, or another State with a substantial farm-based economy that commits matching funds in accordance with subsection (g);</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H8939C3EDA39243D0B95FF18901AAD100"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">be a United States citizen;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H1BB4988CE31041EB95846972612BC2A2"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">be pursuing an undergraduate or graduate program in agriculture and related supporting subjects with direct relevance to the subject of biorefinery, biofuels, and renewable energy; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H01A04431513044F0A6340939A13CDA76"><enum>(4)</enum><text>meet any other conditions or requirements that the Secretary considers necessary.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HE31F041B8EAC4087A271CAF1685EA48"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Priorities of internship pilot program</header><text>In administering the Program (including in the selection of students to participate in the Program), the Secretary shall prioritize the following activities and placements:</text> <paragraph id="H6FC4745748C348F6A35D94E513F44451"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Structured internship experiences that feature direct, hands-on assistance to policy makers engaged in the development and implementation of agriculture and related supporting policies and legislation, with direct relevance to the subject of biorefinery, biofuels, and renewable energy.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H28D53029550B4F5BA0F881EB9C38F6F4"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Internship and academic seminar programs that provide a combination of workforce training, experiential education, and leadership development designed specifically for the Department of Agriculture and Congress, with regard to agriculture-based biorefinery, biofuels, and related renewable energy policies.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H3DCEA99ECF824D80A37DE31013CD81FC"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Establishment of regional and state networks that partner with the agricultural business, government and academic communities to enhance the prospects for providing financial assistance to students, particularly minority students, from colleges and universities in each participating State who are from economically disadvantaged backgrounds.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HCD93859A94154A4FB1A3D672072416C7"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Internship and academic seminar programs that focus on agriculture-based research, development, and policies addressing new technologies to enhance agriculture production and enhanced economic development in the agriculture sector of the United States.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HED8FF8A81E21455EA300AF4232412E36"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Administration of the Pilot Program</header><text>The Secretary, in consultation with other executive and legislative branch officials, shall administer the Program. The Secretary may engage the services of an experienced, nonprofit, nonpartisan professional internship and academic seminar organization with extensive experience in developing and carrying out Washington-based or other State-based internship programs and State-based financial assistance initiatives for interns to assist in carrying out the Program.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HF9BB2F9277C8499C83A6DD692F643FD4"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Scholarships and Other Assistance for Internships</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may make available to undergraduate and graduate students participating in the Program scholarships or other types of financial assistance, including funds to cover the cost of housing, per diem living expenses, transportation, tuition and other educational expenses, and related costs, that would allow participation by eligible undergraduate and graduate students from economically-disadvantaged backgrounds within the Program States.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H6239D64CBFF44AFEBCEFF24E1283D75D"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Longitudinal studies and reporting requirements</header> <paragraph id="HE8AB4C1FB16B4D2BA3C6EE72F6C28FAD"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Longitudinal Studies and Evaluation of Internship Program</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In developing and implementing the Program, the Secretary shall carry out such longitudinal studies and program evaluations as he or she deems appropriate to ensure that the program is administered in a cost-effective manner and has specific milestones, objectives, and results quantified with regard to such Program.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H6D3C553704D5429F9D7E2D2DFBA9A963"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Reporting requirements</header><text>The Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate periodic reports regarding the development and implementation of the Program, including the longitudinal studies and evaluations required under paragraph (1).</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H714406796DB44C4C99C892FBEA9DFFBD" commented="no"><enum>(g)</enum><header>State matching requirement</header><text>As a condition of receiving an internship under the Program, the State in which the student receiving the internship is pursuing an undergraduate or graduate degree shall provide matching funds in the amount of one dollar for every two dollars provided by the Secretary under the Program.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HF84F0B89C79B4B47A79DF200BBFF6D03"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Federal contribution limit</header><text>The Secretary may not expend more than $200,000 in any fiscal year to provide internships to students pursuing an undergraduate or graduate degree in any particular State.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H6D572270DEC745079C030100A2BB5170"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Application of Funds</header><text>The Secretary shall, to the maximum extent practicable, use funds made available under subsection (j) to provide scholarships and the other forms of financial assistance described in subsection (e) directly attributable to the participation in the Program by students from rural, economically-disadvantaged backgrounds.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H215830D2CC604883AACB1EC3FC639DAA"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Authorization of Appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out this section.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section> <section id="H0ACFF0E66BC645F486F84CC567154412" section-type="subsequent-section" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>9013.</enum><header>Feedstock flexibility program for bioenergy producers</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Title IX of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/8101">7 U.S.C. 8101 et seq.</external-xref>) is further amended by adding at the end the following new section:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H308D8BC48C234D1FA6C3D74657005200" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <section id="H5DDC2CBD55CC4D72A129C761399491FE"><enum>9016.</enum><header>Feedstock flexibility program for bioenergy producers</header> <subsection id="H0D0A95F73C564BEE9063C4C203D210B7"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text> <paragraph id="H99277942054C49B2003793867D55D200"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Bioenergy</header><text>The term <quote>bioenergy</quote> means fuel grade ethanol and other biofuel.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H6F04D76E7CEF4213B3FF805C9C9014C"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Bioenergy producer</header><text>The term <quote>bioenergy producer</quote> means a producer of bioenergy that uses an eligible commodity to produce bioenergy under this section.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H77F37DD2D917433A997E9D2790439E45"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Eligible commodity</header><text>The term <quote>eligible commodity</quote> means a form of raw or refined sugar or in-process sugar that is eligible to be marketed in the United States for human consumption or to be used for the extraction of sugar for human consumption.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD24D696E41A54D40AC4C5F34D8FA75DD"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Eligible entity</header><text>The term <quote>eligible entity</quote> means an entity located in the United States that markets an eligible commodity in the United States.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H9227FAFE0C0446E18713D96D48EB37D0"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Feedstock flexibility program</header> <paragraph id="H7A2D9B14DBDE47818E2633B4B833F66"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header> <subparagraph id="HBA780DA0D7334C3A002381B0EAA98128"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Purchases and sales</header><text>For each of fiscal years 2008 through 2012, the Secretary shall purchase eligible commodities from eligible entities and sell such commodities to bioenergy producers for the purpose of producing bioenergy in a manner that ensures that 156 of the Federal Agricultural Improvement and Reform Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/7272">7 U.S.C. 7272</external-xref>) is operated at no cost to the Federal Government by avoiding forfeitures to the Commodity Credit Corporation.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HF5EA482E8C674B7AA554B1F9D9C532B2"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Competitive procedures</header><text>In carrying out the purchases and sales required under subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall, to the maximum extent practicable, use competitive procedures, including the receiving, offering, and accepting of bids, when entering into contracts with eligible entities and bioenergy producers, provided that such procedures are consistent with the purposes of subparagraph (A).</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HA40833854DDE4380A63B5F153DEFC6FA"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>The purchase and sale of eligible commodities under subparagraph (A) shall only be made in fiscal years in which such purchases and sales are necessary to ensure that the program authorized under section 156 of the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/7272">7 U.S.C. 7272</external-xref>) is operated at no cost to the Federal Government by avoiding forfeitures to the Commodity Credit Corporation.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HB9352BE1C183436F8C4876097F79431B"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Notice</header> <subparagraph id="H5F41BDB6D9E948E482AE9B820446664"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than September 1, 2007, and each September 1 thereafter through fiscal year 2011, the Secretary shall provide notice to eligible entities and bioenergy producers of the quantity of eligible commodities that shall be made available for purchase and sale for the subsequent fiscal year under this section.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H7170C3E387374A6D91F74994927CBD1"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Reestimates</header><text>Not later than the first day of each of the second through fourth quarters of each of fiscal years 2008 through 2012, the Secretary shall reestimate the quantity of eligible commodities determined under subparagraph (A), and provide notice and make purchases and sales based on such reestimates.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H955442C1A53B42A9BF6DDC3BD1496E6B"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Commodity Credit Corporation inventory</header><text>To the extent that an eligible commodity is owned and held in inventory by the Commodity Credit Corporation (accumulated pursuant to the program authorized under section 156 of the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/7272">7 U.S.C. 7272</external-xref>)), the Secretary shall sell such commodity to bioenergy producers under this section.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H0E7BFE22B6A64589ADA13B2E09A559AD" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Transfer rule; storage fees</header> <subparagraph id="H2B58B30120A84C04B000A43606156BB1"><enum>(A)</enum><header>General transfer rule</header><text>Except as provided in subparagraph (C), the Secretary shall ensure that bioenergy producers that purchase eligible commodities pursuant to this subsection take possession of such commodities within 30 calendar days of the date of such purchase from the Commodity Credit Corporation.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H8310E61E4D474FDEB6917692C60800B7"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Payment of storage fees prohibited</header> <clause id="HE47F1BD23FC94698B75576BF00FBFDFA"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall, to the greatest extent practicable, carry out this subsection in a manner that ensures no storage fees are paid by the Commodity Credit Corporation in the administration of this subsection.</text></clause> <clause id="HCC9D937D31B14473A46B13EEEDAEE615"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Exception</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Clause (i) shall not apply with respect to any commodities owned and held in inventory by the Commodity Credit Corporation (accumulated pursuant to the program authorized under section 156 of the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/7272">7 U.S.C. 7272</external-xref>)).</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H4F5958EDAF47481EBE962D1C80DDD300"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Option to prevent storage fees</header> <clause id="HA1D80A5FFE1E4DCFB12E118E5CB8BA35"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary may enter into contracts with bioenergy producers to sell eligible commodities to such producers prior in time to entering into contracts with eligible entities to purchase such commodities to be used to satisfy the contracts entered into with the bioenergy producers.</text></clause> <clause id="H9A05B209986047B698A489022B5DACE"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Special transfer rule</header><text>If the Secretary makes a sale and purchase referred to in clause (i), the Secretary shall ensure that the bioenergy producer that purchased eligible commodities takes possession of such commodities within 30 calendar days of the date the Commodity Credit Corporation purchases such commodities.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD1A799E33E76486BA3051F6CB90631F3"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Relation to other laws</header><text>If sugar that is subject to a marketing allotment under part VII of subtitle B of title III of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1359aa">7 U.S.C. 1359aa et seq.</external-xref>) is the subject of a payment under this section, such sugar shall be considered marketed and shall count against a processor’s allocation of an allotment under such part, as applicable.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H2FB12D1A34AF4BD3967DF199621B534D"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Funding</header><text>The Secretary shall use the funds, facilities, and authorities of the Commodity Credit Corporation, including the use of such sums as are necessary, to carry out this section.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section> <section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0B6EDE79702642F8A2F8E8AB7549A28D" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>9014.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Dedicated ethanol pipeline feasibility studies</header> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7AFC352362C24E5FB11CE77621DEA5F0"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Agriculture, in coordination with the Secretary of Energy and the Secretary of Transportation, shall spend up to $1,000,000 to fund feasibility studies for the construction of dedicated ethanol pipelines.</text></subsection> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3E2D517F320E465B8F3778947720EE00"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Conduct of studies</header> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1BB17A8D42B1481390134BD4177BC1B6"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Agriculture shall—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF8E584B20C634E2ABA7F57C820012A7"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">through a competitive solicitation process, select 1 or more firms having capabilities in the planning, development, and construction of dedicated pipelines to carry out the feasibility studies described in subsection (a); or</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8EFBACFBD6F045DE9E6DF8DEAE62EDB0"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">carry out the feasibility studies in conjunction with such firms.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCF152BCF55C742DB9E96E5C3054B0008"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Timing</header> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC5D5B12ECFC246049D27DE7FEDF05B07"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 120 days after the Secretary selects 1 or more firms under paragraph (1)(A) and funding is made available under subsection (f), the Secretary shall award funding under this section.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF9B39C1EA43A4DA2A4722E2D4E095F13"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Studies</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">As a condition of receiving funds under this section, a recipient of funding shall agree to submit to the Secretary a completed feasibility study not later than one year after the date on which the recipient is awarded funds pursuant to paragraph (1)(A).</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9FCE360A33814585A9FAAF19C8608478"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Study Factors</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Feasibility studies funded under this section shall include consideration of—</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H548A6EA36B934BC2B91D83A8B81CD7E5"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">existing or potential barriers to dedicated ethanol pipelines, including technical, siting, financing, and regulatory barriers;</text></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HEDBC450D9BD9419D956BAA4D32FC5D84"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">potential evolutionary pathways for the development of an ethanol pipeline transport system, such as starting with localized gathering networks as compared to major interstate ethanol pipelines to carry larger volumes from the Midwest to the East or West coast;</text></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H11A55E2207E64B5EA864C9BA177E137F"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">market risk, including throughput risk, and ways of mitigating the risk;</text></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD05BC605F4914C65BDA3198BCB661BAE"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">regulatory, financing, and siting options that would mitigate risk in these areas and help ensure the construction of dedicated ethanol pipelines;</text></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H755CB4687CE64B51959B752BD9B7F608"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">financial incentives that may be necessary for the construction of dedicated ethanol pipelines, including the return on equity that sponsors of the first dedicated ethanol pipelines will require to invest in the pipelines;</text></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8942A91BEA1B4CE69381217CBAA060F6"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">ethanol production of 20,000,000,000, 30,000,000,000, and 40,000,000,000 gallons per year by 2020; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3F66ADAF9AC340559BD1E2EA46D727D0"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">such other factors that the Secretary considers to be appropriate.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HED8AA747F8DA4345BBDE9DBF3DD73EB"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Confidentiality</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If a recipient of funding under this section requests confidential treatment for critical energy infrastructure information or commercially-sensitive data contained in a feasibility study submitted by the recipient under subsection (b)(2)(B), the Secretary shall offer to enter into a confidentiality agreement with the recipient to maintain the confidentiality of the submitted information.</text></subsection> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0EEF741CCF074EE98283E0CB6F3CC567"><enum>(e)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Review; report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Agriculture shall—</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA25EDE19BEB74E76BA4347232BE3EFAE"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">review the feasibility studies submitted under subsection (b)(2)(B) or carried out under subsection (b)(1)(B); and</text></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD3CA21EA1F974FC28E213C9B88D886CB"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">not later than 90 days after the date on which all studies are completed under subsection (b), submit to Congress a report that includes—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF1A6F34738994A64BA50EB1DA700166D"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">information about the potential benefits of constructing dedicated ethanol pipelines; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H59CB4549237743DE9BE8817129705B56"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">recommendations for legislation that could help provide for the construction of dedicated ethanol pipelines.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H25B8C8B9A3F840C4861007FCCA65E430" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(f)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Funding</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out this section $1,000,000 for fiscal year 2008, to remain available until expended.</text></subsection></section> <section id="HF571BDF4AAD341A79B743402FBEC9E" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>9015.</enum><header>Biomass inventory report</header> <subsection id="H885B49CF598B4E44B606D32D81937CE1"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Inventory required</header><text>The Secretary of Agriculture shall conduct an inventory of biomass resources on a county-by-county basis.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H1E73DBE18DC7415181C6693B1008643B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate a report containing—</text> <paragraph id="H661122CBD5E34A82BEB411BC417893BA"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the results of the inventory conducted under subsection (a); and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HA942451030214A05A3E8F6EAEF8FD04D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>an estimate of the amount of unused crop land in the United States that could be used for dedicated energy crops.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H9DEE98CD9CA947F7868500B1DAF3BC48"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Biomass resources defined</header><text>In this section, the term <quote>biomass resource</quote> has the meaning given the term <quote>eligible commodity</quote> in section 9010(a)(3) of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/8108">7 U.S.C. 8108(a)(3)</external-xref>). </text></subsection></section> <section id="HD027D27CE4654D3BB51B9EE4E3E7E3B" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>9016.</enum><header>Future farmsteads program</header> <subsection id="HDA7B5D53257849919967E2BDBB76F767"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>The Secretary of Agriculture shall establish a program to equip, in each of 5 regions of the country chosen to represent different farming practices, a farm house and its surrounding fields, facilities, and forested areas with technologies to—</text> <paragraph id="H3E7BAAC0B7584BBDA44010C8B35D7018"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">improve farm energy production and energy use efficiencies; </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H39D52B9131854FF886FD2C8BFBE099C7"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provide working examples to farmers; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H233E53658F6A4B12B844E4F9F9BB5E31"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">serve as an education, demonstration, and research facility that will teach graduate students whose focus of research is related to either renewable energy or energy conservation technologies.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H4CFE4FCB0B924D81B47810402697A9E3"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Goals</header><text>The goals of the program established under subsection (a) shall be to—</text> <paragraph id="H9C4E253C9C514083A1EBDCE99F64421B"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">advance farm energy use efficiencies and the on-farm production of renewable energies, along with advanced communication and control technologies with the latest in energy capture and conversion techniques, thereby enhancing rural energy independence and creating new revenues for rural economies;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HEEDE838F250148DEB223F0461226674C"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">accelerate private sector and university research into the efficient on-farm production of renewable fuels and help educate the farming industry, students, and the general public; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HB169C06665634F61002EC7C7E466015"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">accelerate energy independence, including the production and the conservation of renewable energies on farms.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HE76D43AE01934D78AE7FA6A075C6695E"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Collaboration partners</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The program under this section shall be carried out in partnership with regional land grant institutions, agricultural commodity commissions, biofuels companies, sensor and controls companies, and internet technology companies.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HAF337538781844F0973DDF3E87E1845D"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out this section.</text></subsection></section> <section id="HB9EFDD5CD2D84AD9A877BF2448B0C54C" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>9017.</enum><header>Sense of Congress on renewable energy</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">It is the sense of Congress that—</text> <paragraph id="HFE90319E930347569ED21498EC68A176"><enum>(1)</enum><text>energy demand in the United States is projected to increase by more than 30 percent over the next two decades;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H2D10D4870EA84DC4BFC17700396CE2D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>increased production of renewable energy and growth of its infrastructure would assist the United States in meeting the growing energy demand;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HBE4A78E7EB14424F86DA3CDD636CF7"><enum>(3)</enum><text>continued, and even accelerated, development of renewable energy inputs and technologies provide numerous benefits to the United States, including improved national security and economic growth;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H324A7CC8B1234D1C902D98BA928F0014"><enum>(4)</enum><text>while it should be a priority of the Federal Government to continue to promote policies and incentives to stimulate growth and development of renewable energy infrastructure, it should be recognized that the marketplace is also an important instrument to determine which renewable energy sources and technologies will provide the most efficient and effective energy production;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE020169073C8455FA5FBFF48B7650106"><enum>(5)</enum><text>renewable energy inputs and technology must be available in abundant quantities and provide energy at competitive prices in a reliable manner for the American consumer; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H55F876C565B54FFF97887727C2583D80"><enum>(6)</enum><text>it is in the interest of the United States to diversify its energy portfolio and increase the energy independence of the United States by further developing alternative forms of energy.</text></paragraph></section> <enum>X</enum><header>Horticulture and Organic Agriculture</header> <toc container-level="title-container" quoted-block="no-quoted-block" lowest-level="section" idref="HD47EF472AADE469F8D00947918F80064" regeneration="yes-regeneration" lowest-bolded-level="division-lowest-bolded"> <toc-entry idref="H973D9C0A88514852A429C7C97EBD50C2" level="subtitle">Subtitle A—Honey and Bees</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H016873F04B36442389001478DC233053" level="section">Sec. 10001. Annual report on response to honey bee colony collapse disorder.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H00B60DD079804328AB3CE8C7ABD0034" level="subtitle">Subtitle B—Horticulture Provisions</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H377621DC7F414D35B5CACA483A538CB" level="section">Sec. 10101. Tree assistance program.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="HEEB9F6CEAE1346639789ACA05EE14E67" level="section">Sec. 10102. Specialty crop block grants.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="HB0E5E163EF254AEFAF5DC6C1ADB58CC2" level="section">Sec. 10103. Additional section 32 funds for purchase of fruits, vegetables, and nuts to support domestic nutrition assistance programs.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H9CDE7DF2C39F4F80B96FFD4F65D2D1C9" level="section">Sec. 10104. Independent evaluation of Department of Agriculture commodity purchase process.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="HB5EDE06B04A14B12BDE0EB65B3594700" level="section">Sec. 10105. Quality requirements for clementines.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H23BFF71B316E439FB69500BDBB974F6D" level="section">Sec. 10106. Implementation of food safety programs under marketing orders.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H64A52EBCACF941C6BA8E6569416CD288" level="section">Sec. 10107. Inclusion of specialty crops in census of agriculture.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="HC1CF15AD07ED447BA236A6D9A4E61E69" level="section">Sec. 10108. Maturity requirements for Hass avocados.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H3B8F34CD5AF241808992F0B732865C09" level="section">Sec. 10109. Mushroom promotion, research, and consumer information.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H9CF16EB9CE4044A283C2BE100CEA8D2" level="section">Sec. 10110. Fresh produce education initiative.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H0E8C1C5C4EED43D29CB29508FDD0469" level="subtitle">Subtitle C—Pest and Disease Management </toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H30110EDEC18F4C7CA988019C07356939" level="section">Sec. 10201. Pest and disease program.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H7CD70E07FF864D12A204C12F536ECBF" level="section">Sec. 10202. Multi-species fruit fly research and sterile fly production.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H075CB78D222E4CCCA4B5D176BE056FA2" level="subtitle">Subtitle D—Organic Agriculture</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H7196827CDEAA4BE68057759F902D58A2" level="section">Sec. 10301. National organic certification cost-share program.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H5C25A21CE0934B3700D1B5CF4E269B3C" level="section">Sec. 10302. Organic production and market data.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H9098ED796C5B45CFAF27634CC9C2B2DF" level="section">Sec. 10303. Organic conversion, technical, and educational assistance.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H7B1978D97E604207AA1C467154002DB8" level="subtitle">Subtitle E—Miscellaneous Provisions</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H05070857998C449200527D54FC5C8437" level="section">Sec. 10401. Restoration of import and entry agricultural inspection functions to the Department of Agriculture.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H63E64E66F0B6482BA6B8D7C9FAC8CA00" level="section">Sec. 10402. Grant program to improve movement of specialty crops.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H93DD86D0746D4F9AAC7DD1B25CC5E525" level="section">Sec. 10403. Authorization of appropriations for market news activities regarding specialty crops.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H0AA553108A1D4BCC989E78CB66E80118" level="section">Sec. 10404. Farmers’ market promotion program.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H25AD6B239024467292D13E072634DB22" level="section">Sec. 10405. National Clean Plant Network.</toc-entry></toc> <subtitle id="H973D9C0A88514852A429C7C97EBD50C2"><enum>A</enum><header>Honey and Bees</header> <section id="H016873F04B36442389001478DC233053" section-type="subsequent-section" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>10001.</enum><header>Annual report on response to honey bee colony collapse disorder</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary of Agriculture shall submit to Congress an annual report describing the progress made by the Department of Agriculture in investigating the cause or causes of honey bee colony collapse and in finding appropriate strategies to reduce colony loss.</text></section></subtitle> <subtitle id="H00B60DD079804328AB3CE8C7ABD0034"><enum>B</enum><header>Horticulture Provisions</header> <section id="H377621DC7F414D35B5CACA483A538CB"><enum>10101.</enum><header>Tree assistance program</header> <subsection id="HDBC14872C1114370911E99DF3F463FA2"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Inclusion of nursery tree growers</header> <paragraph id="H3F3F4ED309764645B56BDAF1B6D2E6D"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Eligibility</header><text>Section 10201 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/8201">7 U.S.C. 8201</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <subparagraph id="HCE4F21D254AE40F4B959F992826B766E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraphs (3) and (4) as paragraphs (4) and (5), respectively; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HD6B5532FCA5B4D7AACDEDCFDBCD2B26"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (2) the following new paragraph:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="HF61D620335AA414288C085868E171E1E" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <paragraph id="HE666D6FEEB844CD4A64643111246DF23"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Nursery tree grower</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <quote>nursery tree grower</quote> means a person who produces nursery, ornamental, fruit, nut, or Christmas trees for commercial sale, as determined by the Secretary.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H9EA45FB39668456EB11C797D9EEEEF3B"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Conforming amendments</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subtitle C of title X of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 is amended—</text> <subparagraph id="HE214903EAEEA4B31B98B8DCEF8F5C4F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in section 10202 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/8202">7 U.S.C. 8202</external-xref>)—</text> <clause id="H017FB32E77634F4CB7B5E34FC9686E33"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in subsection (a), by inserting <quote>and nursery tree growers</quote> after <quote>eligible orchardists</quote>; and</text></clause> <clause id="H060A0093E12F43698E00C1D2E5DF0059"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (b), by inserting <quote>or nursery tree grower</quote> after <quote>eligible orchardist</quote>; and</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H78A94E89128147559700AB3D637DD6FD"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in section 10203 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/8203">7 U.S.C. 8203</external-xref>), by inserting <quote>and nursery tree growers</quote> after <quote>eligible orchardists</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HA578C315CECB45B29733EA8B6C55F21"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Annual payment limitation</header><text>Section 10204(a) of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/8204">7 U.S.C. 8204(a)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>$75,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$150,000 per year</quote>.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HA2E78869B8894C51978F1ED54FEC8103" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Applicability</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amendments made by this section shall apply with respect to any natural disaster occurring after the date of the enactment of this Act for which assistance is provided by the Secretary of Agriculture under the tree assistance program.</text></subsection></section> <section id="HEEB9F6CEAE1346639789ACA05EE14E67" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>10102.</enum><header>Specialty crop block grants</header> <subsection id="HC0DE35D3054D492CBF7C39137D8BA376"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Extension of program</header><text>Subsection (a) of section 101 of the Specialty Crops Competitiveness Act of 2004 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/108/465">Public Law 108–465</external-xref>; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1621">7 U.S.C. 1621</external-xref> note) is amended by striking <quote>2009</quote> and inserting <quote>2012</quote>. </text></subsection> <subsection id="HDBF4B319E77C468092A8E563743D2002"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Availability of funds</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subsection (i) of section 101 of the Specialty Crops Competitiveness Act of 2004 is amended to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC6D96985442A47288570BCA66C793000"> <subsection id="H4DDCDFAD189642BFB94D26F916D28E64"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Funding</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Of the funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation, the Secretary of Agriculture shall make grants under this section, using—</text> <paragraph id="H6BA797268F254ED89EC7EA9986C8E26"><enum>(1)</enum><text>$60,000,000 in fiscal year 2008;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H7F72FD50BEB54AF7A2F6D4D4D2DFC303"><enum>(2)</enum><text>$65,000,000 in fiscal year 2009;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HCD57C2D7D4B94BA9BE7DA2A17E7002FA"><enum>(3)</enum><text>$70,000,000 in fiscal year 2010;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H54D453927B2E400C894F7D4C19E7ECF1"><enum>(4)</enum><text>$75,000,000 in fiscal year 2011; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H1B4D9E3209454965B3DB738290F990B2"><enum>(5)</enum><text>$95,000,000 in fiscal year 2012.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="HB99FFF7A3CB343679618CFC0D92400EB"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Conforming amendments</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 101 of the Specialty Crops Competitiveness Act of 2004 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/108/465">Public Law 108–465</external-xref>; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1621">7 U.S.C. 1621</external-xref> note) is further amended—</text> <paragraph id="H3E30E00034DF4ADEA27C18B82C895524"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a), by striking <quote>Subject to the appropriation of funds to carry out this section</quote> and inserting <quote>Using the funds made available under subsection (i)</quote>;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H14391E896E20422EA351D457A249A73D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b), by striking <quote>appropriated pursuant to the authorization of appropriations in</quote> and inserting <quote>made available under</quote>; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H709FD58B59A745E59C51C3D36B781C3D"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (c), by striking <quote>Subject to the appropriation of sufficient funds to carry out this subsection, each</quote> and inserting <quote>Each</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HC02F0D4D079A4B34A42B691F661300E6" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Definition of specialty crop</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 3(1) of the Specialty Crops Competitiveness Act of 2004 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/108/465">Public Law 108–465</external-xref>; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1621">7 U.S.C. 1621</external-xref> note) is amended by inserting <quote>horticulture and</quote> before <quote>nursery</quote>.</text></subsection></section> <section id="HB0E5E163EF254AEFAF5DC6C1ADB58CC2" section-type="subsequent-section" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>10103.</enum><header>Additional section 32 funds for purchase of fruits, vegetables, and nuts to support domestic nutrition assistance programs</header> <subsection id="H0270ACDA03A94A23B373B8CFE685EF33"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Funding for additional purchases of fruits, vegetables, and nuts</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In addition to the purchases of fruits, vegetables, and nuts required by section 10603 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/612c-4">7 U.S.C. 612c–4</external-xref>), the Secretary of Agriculture shall purchase fruits, vegetables, and nuts for the purpose of providing nutritious foods for use in domestic nutrition assistance programs, using, of the funds made available under section 32 of the Act of August 24, 1935 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/612c">7 U.S.C. 612c</external-xref>), the following amounts:</text> <paragraph id="H7C9E23FD3C484333997F8741F648B4FE"><enum>(1)</enum><text>$190,000,000 in fiscal year 2008.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD0E035B24BE94A749B30A8F67CAF82F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>$193,000,000 in fiscal year 2009.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H0D2F2B3563014D8BB019D55092004200"><enum>(3)</enum><text>$199,000,000 in fiscal year 2010.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H3389AE73BC3444D3B2CC75C1FF058F"><enum>(4)</enum><text>$203,000,000 in fiscal year 2011.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H7C4BC48B82804B2994DB3E36F8184C9D"><enum>(5)</enum><text>$206,000,000 in fiscal year 2012 and each fiscal year thereafter.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HA5C8110C64104ACE8903431106EE1088"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Form of purchases</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Fruits, vegetables, and nuts may be purchased under this section in the form of frozen, canned, dried, or fresh fruits, vegetables, and nuts.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H66448B0D46F9467D9685F64680A222D4"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Value added products</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may consider offering value-added products containing fruits, vegetables or nuts under this section, taking into account—</text> <paragraph id="H15CC1193BBA540DFBCBCC3D3055E6E83"><enum>(1)</enum><text>whether demand exists for the value-added product; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HF6D31D1F608F4BB996EABEF8867EC3FD"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the interests of entities that receive fruits, vegetables, and nuts under this section.</text></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="H9CDE7DF2C39F4F80B96FFD4F65D2D1C9" section-type="subsequent-section" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>10104.</enum><header>Independent evaluation of Department of Agriculture commodity purchase process</header> <subsection id="H38DA4AB5D9FF46C7896119E767E81DA2"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Evaluation required</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Agriculture shall arrange to have performed an independent evaluation of the commodity purchasing processes (and the statutory and regulatory authority underlying such processes) used by the Department of Agriculture to remove surplus commodities from the market and support commodity prices and producer incomes, especially with regard to activities under section 32 of the Act of August 24, 1935 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/612c">7 U.S.C. 612c</external-xref>) and the importance of increasing purchases of specialty crops.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H70E5C36BD3B94A6C9DE8AF5C32E2C903"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Submission of results</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall submit to Congress a report on the results of the evaluation.</text></subsection></section> <section id="HB5EDE06B04A14B12BDE0EB65B3594700" section-type="subsequent-section" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>10105.</enum><header>Quality requirements for clementines</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 8e(a) of the Agricultural Adjustment Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/608e-1">7 U.S.C. 608e-1(a)</external-xref>), reenacted with amendments by the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937, is amended in the first sentence by inserting after <quote>nectarines,</quote> the following: <quote>clementines,</quote>. </text></section> <section id="H23BFF71B316E439FB69500BDBB974F6D"><enum>10106.</enum><header>Implementation of food safety programs under marketing orders</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline"> Section 8c(6) of the Agricultural Adjustment Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/608c">7 U.S.C. 608c(6)</external-xref>), reenacted with amendments by the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block id="H55156C7C32174E670076D030BEC1CF9" style="OLC"> <subparagraph id="H95D6EAA07E63439F8BD641FB85DE33B7" indent="up2"><enum>(K)</enum><text>In the case of an order related to a specialty crop (as such term is defined in section 3(1) of the Specialty Crops Competitiveness Act of 2004 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/108/465">Public Law 108–465</external-xref>; 118 Stat. 3883)), authorizing the implementation of quality-related food safety programs designed to enhance the safety of the specialty crop and products derived from specialty crops.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section> <section id="H64A52EBCACF941C6BA8E6569416CD288"><enum>10107.</enum><header>Inclusion of specialty crops in census of agriculture</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 2(a) of the Census of Agriculture Act of 1997 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2204g">7 U.S.C. 2204g(a)</external-xref> is amended by adding at the end the following new sentence: <quote>Beginning with the census of agriculture required to be conducted in 2008, the Secretary shall conduct as part of each census of agriculture a census of specialty crops (as such term is defined in section 3(1) of the Specialty Crops Competitiveness Act of 2004 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/108/465">Public Law 108–465</external-xref>; 118 Stat. 3883)).</quote>. </text></section> <section id="HC1CF15AD07ED447BA236A6D9A4E61E69"><enum>10108.</enum><header>Maturity requirements for Hass avocados</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Subtitle A of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 is amended by adding at the end the following new section:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7A73C3FD7DDE497F88E05D6EF943CC05" style="OLC"> <section id="HA0A9171537F441A29EF0B93E03BFD516"><enum>209.</enum><header>Maturity requirements for hass avocados</header> <subsection id="H7F4BC159F1C44098B06D8D81DF51C0CA"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Minimum percentage of dry matter</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of the <short-title>Farm, Nutrition, and Bioenergy Act of 2007</short-title>, the Secretary of Agriculture shall issue final regulations to require that all Hass avocados sold to consumers in the United States meet the minimum maturity standard of not less than 20.8 percent dry matter.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HEBE9F60223954833AFC61316FEE3119E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Exceptions</header><text>Subsection (a) and the regulations issued pursuant to such subsection shall not apply to Hass avocados—</text> <paragraph id="H2E3C8E7656B64CD6886F24380251E18C"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">intended for consumption by charitable institutions;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE6AC03B65F9F4FC4A5FFFD1BA0361C68"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">intended for distribution by relief agencies;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H9F9A1C9626DD49E1ABE708D9312B6D6D"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">intended for commercial processing into products; or</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H923F2138BCC54C3D88F444A0E87BF868"><enum>(4)</enum><text>that the Secretary determines should not be subject to such subsection or such regulations.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H06110D36FCF44E1D8FF6811CD107FC60"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Use of existing inspectors</header><text>The Secretary shall, to the greatest extent practicable, use inspectors that inspect avocados for compliance with section 8e of the Agricultural Adjustment Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/608e-1">7 U.S.C. 608e-1</external-xref>), reenacted with amendments by the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937, to conduct inspections under this section.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H5210CA9086BF4F9800800532BD941C7F"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Civil penalties</header><text>The Secretary may require any person who violates this section or the regulations issued pursuant to this section to—</text> <paragraph id="H26888CCBBF2A4E1B97A9D21D3B6B2191"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">forfeit to the United States a sum equal to the value of the commodity at the time of violation, which forfeiture shall be recoverable in a civil suit bought in the name of the United States; or</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HCFC27B49DEAC4739BC82AAB9393A27E"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">on conviction, be fined not less than $50 or more than $5,000 for each violation.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H00D0ECB524C84D558F93B07F797230C2"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Diversion</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the case of any Hass avocados that do not meet the requirements of this section or the regulations issued pursuant to this section, the Secretary may—</text> <paragraph id="H6C859417DB374FCCB9E73588FD4B78C9"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provide for the reinspection of the Hass avocados; or</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H10EDB99AD40B4495939100AAB600B1B7"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">authorized the diversion, export, or repacking of the Hass avocados.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HED471A3CBE2C4D0EA80098B88E208C49"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Fees</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may prescribe and collect fees to cover the costs of providing for the inspection of Hass avocados under this section. All fees and penalties collected shall be credited to the accounts that incur such costs and shall remain available until expended without fiscal year limitation.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H6D3E4D4839C94103B73987D1E2226333"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out this section.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section> <section id="H3B8F34CD5AF241808992F0B732865C09" section-type="subsequent-section" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>10109.</enum><header>Mushroom promotion, research, and consumer information</header> <subsection id="H10F898C6EDFB475FB78D56F5AE6C5D2F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Regions and members</header><text>Section 1925(b)(2) of the Mushroom Promotion, Research, and Consumer Information Act of 1990 (subtitle B of title XIX of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/101/624">Public Law 101–624</external-xref>; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/6104">7 U.S.C. 6104(b)(2)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HA3497C9D5746475F9B1C70374CBD49AD"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B), by striking <quote>4 regions</quote> and inserting <quote>3 regions</quote>;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H33951F9B5C7B424B812CA39800646C1B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subparagraph (D), by striking <quote>35,000,000 pounds</quote> and inserting <quote>50,000,000 pounds</quote>; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HB3FC905D60D34DFBAC5DE933AFDFFC90"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by striking subparagraph (E), and inserting the following new subparagraph: </text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H636C31623D0F4DBF8C22A5E86640BA3F" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <subparagraph id="H6602193DA3994005846179651F73FF14"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Additional members</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In addition to the members appointed pursuant to paragraph (1), and subject to the nine-member limit of members on the council provided in such paragraph, the Secretary shall appoint additional members to the council from a region which attains additional pounds of production as follows:</text> <clause id="HB2F849C2852E44DC9043C2752EB42D37"><enum>(i)</enum><text>If a region’s annual production is greater than 110,000,000 pounds, but less than or equal to 180,000,000 pounds, the region shall be represented by one additional member.</text></clause> <clause id="HF1F3C008DA5A44B2A3AFADD0D307BA65"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>If a region’s annual production is greater than 180,000,000 pounds, but less than or equal to 260,000,000 pounds, the region shall be represented by two additional members.</text></clause> <clause id="HA327CECC5A834F9A9BB438406FB06CB8"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>If a region’s annual production is greater than 260,000,000 pounds, the region shall be represented by three additional members.</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H612AF50AF85C4C0CB94DBDBCB000B7EF" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Powers and duties of council</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1925(c) of the Mushroom Promotion, Research, and Consumer Information Act of 1990 (subtitle B of title XIX of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/101/624">Public Law 101–624</external-xref>; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/6104">7 U.S.C. 6104(c)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HB58C4D268B254620B2C36C836E026B9B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraphs (6), (7), and (8) as paragraphs (7), (8), and (9), respectively; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HCA132A8C00B949368969528E33986BD6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (5), the following new paragraph (6):</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="HB72C42F47A7941618FADD6892B7B956C" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <paragraph id="H6A9FD879B1A443789180A10063004122"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to develop a program for good agricultural practices and good handling practices for mushrooms;</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="H9CF16EB9CE4044A283C2BE100CEA8D2" section-type="subsequent-section" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>10110.</enum><header>Fresh produce education initiative</header> <subsection id="H5F68F79A1CBD44D9ADD6671854E39674"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Initiative authorized</header><text>The Secretary of Agriculture may carry out a program to educate persons involved in the fresh produce industry and the public about—</text> <paragraph id="H456BB029291248C0BFB42986075DD094"><enum>(1)</enum><text>scientifically proven practices for reducing microbiological pathogens on fresh produce; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H91E3EAC9E1374AFBA7EDCCA764F3C00"><enum>(2)</enum><text>methods of reducing the threat of cross-contamination of fresh produce through unsanitary handling practices.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H8EAE44798BE14D3DB4F5B56484896B00"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Cooperation</header><text>The Secretary may carry out the program in cooperation with public or private partners.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HC0DBF2E460AA46E3B9FD5BEBD70153FA"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Funding</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as are necessary for each of fiscal years 2008 through 2012 to carry out this section.</text></subsection></section></subtitle> <subtitle id="H0E8C1C5C4EED43D29CB29508FDD0469"><enum>C</enum><header>Pest and Disease Management </header> <section id="H30110EDEC18F4C7CA988019C07356939" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>10201.</enum><header>Pest and disease program</header> <subsection id="HC4E76DC75322430BBB000057275F8615"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>The Secretary of Agriculture shall establish a program to—</text> <paragraph id="HD76B06C90DA04F4EA7B9F414C3FE4286"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">conduct early pest detection and surveillance activities in cooperation with state departments of agriculture;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H117ECE8FDEAF41929DDCD24F9DE8153"><enum>(2)</enum><text>determine and prioritize pest and disease threats to domestic production of specialty crops; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H15FF684F15B84E5FBA9D4692A96C4E43"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">create an audit-based certification approach to protect against the spread of plant pests and to facilitate the interstate movement of plants and plant products.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H2329C04B684B43AFACA108005FF8B9B8"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Early pest detection and surveillance improvement program</header> <paragraph id="HEFFE6BF5E6CF43CA82F0B0165308DE14"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Cooperative agreements</header><text>The Secretary of Agriculture shall enter into cooperative agreements with State departments of agriculture to provide grants to such State departments of agriculture for early pest detection and surveillance activities.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HF992E8DF01534A3F9048F15864D3200" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Application</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A State department of agriculture seeking to enter into a cooperative agreement under this subsection shall submit to the Secretary an application containing such information as the Secretary may require. The Secretary shall notify applicants of the following:</text> <subparagraph id="H4678118FB0264683A08DC00BA06EBD9"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The requirements to be imposed on a department of agriculture for auditing of, and reporting on, the use of any funds provided by the Secretary under the cooperative agreement.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H714FE6046BE04133939676E3EC19755C"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The criteria to be used to ensure that early pest detection and surveillance activities supported under the cooperative agreement are based on sound scientific data or thorough risk assessments.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HFA62D767CD2F41CAA3F1791B7EADECDE"><enum>(C)</enum><text>The means of identifying pathways of pest introductions.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HDA33F7FC02184ACEA2CBDDE0738BEFB" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Use of funds</header> <subparagraph id="H2882A00C55DF41848053F200332CBD9C"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Pest detection and surveillance activities</header><text>A State department of agriculture that receives funds under this section shall use the funds to carry out early pest detection and surveillance activities approved by the Secretary to prevent the introduction or spread of a pest.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H2A44CCD5517344E88400C462B812F24D"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Subagreements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A State department of agriculture may use funds received under this section to enter into subagreements with political subdivisions in such State that have legal responsibilities relating to agricultural pest and disease surveillance.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H8F770EE21969420E8B6FB537BDB0FA00" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Special funding considerations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall provide, subject to the availability of funds under subsection (j), funds to a State department of agriculture that the Secretary determines is in a State that has a high risk of being affected by one or more pest, based on the following factors:</text> <subparagraph id="H9202E48FE4DE43A58B45EF95A1A2CA83"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The number of international airports and maritime facilities in that State.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HBDCCE81E564E45DCA7A7DD9CEEA261A1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The volume of international passenger and cargo entry into that State.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HDF06F2ADE54945B7B6A8AFBBFD427B99"><enum>(C)</enum><text>The geographic location of that State and if such location is conducive to agricultural pest and disease establishment due to the climate or crop diversity of that State.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H557912F0B4AB4E45B92B2592B8E975A0"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The types of agricultural commodities or plants produced in that State and if the commodities or plants produced are conducive to agricultural pest and disease establishment due to the climate or crop diversity of that State.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HDDF2D6005CB84521BE007577B736C470"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Whether the Secretary has declared an emergency in that State pursuant to section 442 of the Plant Protection Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/7772">7 U.S.C. 7772</external-xref>) due to an agricultural pest or disease of Federal concern.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HBDB09BECBAA84D618C15D4008CABFCCC"><enum>(F)</enum><text>Such other factors as the Secretary considers appropriate.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H7E0F7EEE1D504EC7854566D0AB00B869" commented="no"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Cost-share</header> <subparagraph id="HED1464D6863E4782BC3D0000AB40A392" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Federal cost share; form of non-Federal cost share</header><text>Except as provided in subparagraph (B), a cooperative agreement entered into under paragraph (1) shall provide that—</text> <clause id="H324FC2F534504614BB52E40021A63678"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the Federal share of carrying out the cooperative agreement shall not exceed 75 percent of the total cost;</text></clause> <clause id="HFA6C165880E14647AC54FEC27F96EFA" commented="no"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the non-Federal share of the cost of carrying out the agreement may be provided in-kind; and</text></clause> <clause id="H72C1C0D5F29F48C5B4ECF4A099B900F7" commented="no"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>in-kind costs may include indirect costs as considered appropriate by the Secretary.</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HD0C350BA5DB44BC8A6106B2F0063C400" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Ability to provide funds</header><text>The Secretary shall not take the ability to provide non-Federal costs to carry out a cooperative agreement entered into under paragraph (1) into consideration when deciding whether to enter into a cooperative agreement with a State department of agriculture.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HCE467590A28849B9A5C6892F96FA44A8" commented="no"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Special funding considerations</header><text>The non-federal share of carrying out paragraph (4) shall not exceed 40 percent of the total costs of carrying out such paragraph.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HF874DA1B55BD491BA1D058928136009F" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Reporting requirement</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of completion of an early pest detection and surveillance activity conducted by a State department of agriculture using funds provided under this section, the department of agriculture shall submit to the Secretary a report that describes the purposes and results of the activities, including any activities conducted pursuant to a subagreement referred to in paragraph (3)(B).</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HDCD389A380B24C5389BF09573548F58" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Threat identification and mitigation program</header> <paragraph id="H382938A63E284427B4FAB8D2948CB7B0"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>In conducting the program established under subsection (a), the Secretary shall—</text> <subparagraph id="H3C704E2A888944C191945CE6F4923C71"><enum>(A)</enum><text>develop risk assessments of the existing and potential threat to the specialty crop industry in the United States from pests and disease;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HD84BB6B0F901467698A3373B6BE726F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>prepare a list prioritizing pest and disease threats to the specialty crop industry; </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H208C27569C3E48F8BDC101D459543CF" commented="no"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">develop action plans, in consultation with State departments of agriculture and other State or regional resource partnerships, that effectively address pest and disease threats to the specialty crop industry, including pathway analysis, domestic and offshore mitigation measures, and comprehensive exclusion measures at ports of entry and other key distribution centers, in addition to strategies to employ if a pest or disease is introduced;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H5EFF30CC3E4B46FCA416AD187923CDF9"><enum>(D)</enum><text>implement such action plans as soon as they are developed to test the effectiveness of such action plans and help prevent new foreign and domestic pest and disease threats from being introduced or widely disseminated in the United States; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HA2E5CA85DA23401984A5D57461A57035"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">collaborate with the nursery industry, research institutions, and other appropriate entities to develop a nursery pest risk management system to identify nursery pests and diseases, prevent the introduction, establishment, and spread of such pests and diseases, and reduce the risk of, prioritize, mitigate, and eradicate such pests and diseases.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HDA5D4D1A1C224C979B31ECFEC15E561B" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Reports</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Secretary shall update and submit to Congress the priority list and action plans described in paragraph (1), including an accounting of funds expended on the action plans.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H9BAF53C72A9A4F4594875B6D03D60323" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Audit-based approach to specialty crop phytosanitary certification</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In conducting the program established under subsection (a), the Secretary shall provide funds and technical assistance to specialty crop growers, organizations representing such growers, and State and local agencies working with such growers and organizations for the development and implementation of certification systems based on audit-based approaches, such as best management practices or nursery pest risk management systems, to address plant pests and to mitigate the risk of plant pests in the movement of plants and plant products.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H1FCD6F8969B94506A5A1005934BC6B72"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Cooperative agreements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may enter into cooperative agreements with other Federal departments or agencies, States or political subdivisions of States, national governments, local governments of other nations, domestic or international organizations, domestic or international associations, and other persons to carry out this section.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H3066989CD5D4474E8CF9D602A05EB1D9"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Consultation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall consult with the National Plant Board, State departments of agriculture, and specialty crop grower organizations to establish funding priorities under this section for each fiscal year.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H342F4D255711436D872F5DEE9800F9F6" commented="no"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Administrative costs</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not more than 5 percent of the funds provided under this section may be used for administrative costs.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HFC6ABEBE4101436B86F8E5C767DCF6EE"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section:</text> <paragraph id="H3C392111103647CBAD6263A223ECD9AC"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Early pest detection and surveillance</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <quote>early pest detection and surveillance</quote> means the full range of activities undertaken to find newly introduced pests, whether new to the United States or new to certain areas of the United States, before the pests become established, or before pest infestations become too large and costly to eradicate or control.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H1B431410807A45AA93C47900004CD23C"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Pest</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <quote>pest</quote> has the meaning given the term <quote>plant pest</quote> in section 403(14) of the Plant Protection Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/7702">7 U.S.C. 7702(14)</external-xref>).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H98BF51C5464244C4A8A5565410F5D73"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Specialty crop</header><text>The term <quote>specialty crop</quote> has the meaning given the term in section 3(1) of the Specialty Crop Competitiveness Act of 2004 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/108/465">Public Law 108–465</external-xref>; 118 Stat. 3883; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1621">7 U.S.C. 1621</external-xref> note). </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H06944067A84C4505A6E1A9C99114809B"><enum>(4)</enum><header>State department of agriculture</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <quote>State department of agriculture</quote> means an agency of a State that has a legal responsibility to perform early pest detection and surveillance activities.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HA6124E05155247DAA2525303877991E8"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Secretarial discretion</header><text>Section 442(c) of the Plant Protection Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/7772">7 U.S.C. 7772(c)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>of longer than 60 days</quote>.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HC5D891CE615548D2A5C3E7FC841EEB8F"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Funding</header><text>Of the funds fo the Commodity Credit Corporation, the Secretary shall make available to carry out this section—</text> <paragraph id="HB0CCC2BC75404121B7F8B28F00CB64DC"><enum>(1)</enum><text>$10,000,000 for fiscal year 2008;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HEDDBD8D967B84E0EBA6198F314BB05D5"><enum>(2)</enum><text>$25,000,000 for fiscal year 2009;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HBB8FE625A1984D558945E5B160410A2"><enum>(3)</enum><text>$40,000,000 for fiscal year 2010;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H75C3681A2DAC4B59B7006D4934A01E9F"><enum>(4)</enum><text>$55,000,000 for fiscal year 2011; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H56578D5BA28C4164B8DB7F1462026C16"><enum>(5)</enum><text>$70,000,000 for fiscal year 2012.</text></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="H7CD70E07FF864D12A204C12F536ECBF" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>10202.</enum><header>Multi-species fruit fly research and sterile fly production</header> <subsection id="HF54DC172FC5540D590B6CACB6F889400"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Construction</header><text>The Secretary of Agriculture shall construct a warehouse and irradiation containment facility in Waimanalo, Hawaii, to support fruit fly rearing and sterilization activities.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HCA0F141BB303453DB3FE6DD4CE3E5F66"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated—</text> <paragraph id="H2685D991365B4E288E228E976369D144"><enum>(1)</enum><text>$15,000,000 for the construction of a warehouse and irradiation containment facility pursuant to subsection (a); and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H6047D44492A54459B4B4D3CBECA0729"><enum>(2)</enum><text>$1,000,000 for fiscal year 2008 and each subsequent fiscal year for maintenance to the facilities constructed pursuant to this section.</text></paragraph></subsection></section></subtitle> <subtitle id="H075CB78D222E4CCCA4B5D176BE056FA2"><enum>D</enum><header>Organic Agriculture</header> <section id="H7196827CDEAA4BE68057759F902D58A2"><enum>10301.</enum><header>National organic certification cost-share program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 10606 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/6523">7 U.S.C. 6523</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HCF6B7F3CCFC8497687DE7154118816E1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a), by striking <quote>$5,000,000 for fiscal year 2002</quote> and inserting <quote>$22,000,000 for fiscal year 2008</quote>; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H50929D14433248FA922BF0085925B759"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b)(2), by striking <quote>$500</quote> and inserting <quote>$750</quote>.</text></paragraph></section> <section id="H5C25A21CE0934B3700D1B5CF4E269B3C"><enum>10302.</enum><header>Organic production and market data</header> <subsection id="H192B2FCA4A684C3AA223D62500CD73C2"><enum>(a)</enum><header>New data requirements</header><text>Section 7407 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/5925c">7 U.S.C. 5925c</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="HDCD1E46553DB4EF28CAC456717459B9B" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <section id="H262C99D6E60C4AE0B19400FDEABFE187" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>7407.</enum><header>Organic data collection and publication</header> <subsection id="H7D973F5B712042DD8EE63454B2F24EE8"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Data collection and publication</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To assist organic farmers in making informed production and marketing decisions, the Secretary of Agriculture shall collect and publish segregated data and survey information about the price, production, and marketing of major organically produced commodities, as determined by the Secretary.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HFD6876F942EF49A1833DDA9CADAE3C5D"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Funding</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Agriculture shall use $3,000,000 of funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to carry out this section during fiscal year 2008, and such funds shall remain available until expended.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="H67B5C2EAB15143FDBFB6E37DBFCC2B8E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Implementation report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall submit to Congress a report regarding the progress made in implementing the amendment made by subsection (a).</text></subsection></section> <section id="H9098ED796C5B45CFAF27634CC9C2B2DF" section-type="subsequent-section" display-inline="no-display-inline" commented="no"><enum>10303.</enum><header>Organic conversion, technical, and educational assistance</header> <subsection id="H675D4811724644BC8D8701EA62484859" commented="no"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this section, the Secretary shall establish a program to provide cost share and incentive payments and technical and educational assistance to producers to promote conservation practices and activities for production systems undergoing transition, in whole or in part, to organic production in accordance with the Organic Foods Production Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/6501">7 U.S.C. 6501 et seq.</external-xref>).</text></subsection> <subsection id="HDA412FE5B6C64729BC09C5A1CEAC3760" commented="no"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Organic transition cost share and incentive payments</header> <paragraph id="H23A521CD46624C379DB5A174431930DC" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall enter into contracts with eligible producers referred to in paragraph (2) to provide cost-share and incentive payments to assist in the transition to organic production systems.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HDE1D0F779F0342B89463A1FD4D0654AB" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Eligible producers</header><text>A producer is an eligible producer under this paragraph if such producer agrees to—</text> <subparagraph id="HC9BA325A8FB642C18554B4770046C0B5" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><text>develop and carry out environmental and conservation activities consistent with an organic plan that protect soil, water, wildlife, air, and other natural resources as defined by the Secretary;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H806777FED9694C1AAC24FF32A7971491" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><text>receive technical and education assistance from the Secretary, or from organizations, institutions, and consultants with cooperative agreements with the Secretary, relating to—</text> <clause id="HE811F3341D6A4DAAB14DF708608B6BF8" commented="no"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the development and implementation of conservation practices and activities that are part of an organic plan; or</text></clause> <clause id="HE25D8DB8E3CA4E4AABF2DB1889BEB4D6" commented="no"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">other aspects of transition to organic production, including marketing, credit, business, and risk management plans;</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HDE7E22937A5E4865B541D787EDFC6368" commented="no"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">submit to annual verification by a certifying agent accredited by the Department of Agriculture under section 2115 of the Organic Foods Production Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/6514">7 U.S.C. 6514</external-xref>) to determine compliance of the producer with organic certification requirements; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H92B6131EAF86420BAF9216FB2B8FE7CD" commented="no"><enum>(D)</enum><text>develop marketing, credit, business, and risk management plans, as appropriate.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD0A7217896A14C87B098E67760ADC1A2" commented="no"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Contract</header><text>A contract entered into under paragraph (1) shall provide that—</text> <subparagraph id="H1976E0ACAA8641D38E5456F749C4A58" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><text>payments provided to a producer under the contract shall only be used for—</text> <clause id="HBCB5C240D6524BDFB8EAF643F67539F" commented="no"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">conservation management and vegetative and structural practices and activities during transition to certified organic production that—</text> <subclause id="H0F3F9C74FCC84A38B7C7231975322B8B" commented="no"><enum>(I)</enum><text>are consistent with an organic plan; and</text></subclause> <subclause id="HDECBC06D6BE3439883EA462CF4F54B1F" commented="no"><enum>(II)</enum><text>protect soil, water, wildlife, air, and other natural resources, as required under the Organic Foods Production Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/6501">7 U.S.C. 6501 et seq.</external-xref>);</text></subclause></clause> <clause id="H7EF4F9D98E6C41718D0076599B2C82AF" commented="no"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">animal production measures consistent with an organic plan; and</text></clause> <clause id="H7FCE7D03DC084540B77781DAE7A304B5" commented="no"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">such other measures as the Secretary determines are appropriate and consistent with an organic plan;</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H5E4F8B35BDB2413E94A8A0A9D00587CA" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><text>subject to subparagraph (C), the contract shall terminate after a period of not more than three years;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H0659A1A0CE084FFD9E71A835B4ED983" commented="no"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the Secretary may terminate the contract if the Secretary determines the eligible producer is not pursuing organic certification under the Organic Foods Production Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/6501">7 U.S.C. 6501 et seq.</external-xref>); and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HF8A216EB0E784448A252A5A86F5517ED" commented="no"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the Secretary may require repayment in whole of payments already received if the Secretary determines the eligible producer is not pursuing organic certification under the Organic Foods Production Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 6501 et. seq).</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H4485235158E94E489CA8ECB7095C9FF5" commented="no"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Limitations on payments</header><text>An eligible producer may not receive payments under paragraph (1)—</text> <subparagraph id="HA30945C9C9854677A5F39B7D08701E57" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for a total period of more than three years;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H72AAD59904C346C8BC00ED6C584111FC" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><text>an amount not to exceed $50 per acre for crop land, or $25 per acre for grazing land; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H1B62A82F14334466A256C66A5FB6158" commented="no"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in an amount more than $10,000 in a fiscal year.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H0CDEBB9DAF024949A35DDE1922328C37" commented="no"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Technical and educational assistance</header><text>The Secretary shall provide producers with technical and educational assistance, including through the use of competitive cooperative agreements with non-profit organizations, non-governmental organizations, institutes of higher education, or consultants with expertise in advisory services for organic producers on organic production systems, and the planning for and marketing of organic products.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HAB7A37FF0FAB41E6B6D0AEBDCD5EAF" commented="no"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Use of funds</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall use 50 percent of the funds made available pursuant to the authorization of appropriations under subsection (f) to provide technical and educational assistance under subsection (c).</text></subsection> <subsection id="HCCF33FCA69E04FF2AA5CCB295500097B" commented="no"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text> <paragraph id="H39197389F4154CE4002E370080D585E5" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Organic plan</header><text>The term <quote>organic plan</quote> means an organic plan submitted under section 2114(a) of the Organic Foods Production Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/6513">7 U.S.C. 6513(a)</external-xref>) and agreed to by the producer and handler of a product and a certifying agent under such section.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HF2681334BE9B439E91FDFBFF8036C93" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Technical and educational assistance</header><text>The term <quote>technical and educational assistance</quote> means the conveyance of information and counsel regarding economic and business planning, marketing, and organic practices, such as entomological practices and pest and weed control and prevention that satisfy organic practices.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H55AB6E64583B4AB3B7DA36A8A400A2FE" commented="no"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Funding</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $50,000,000, which shall remain available until expended.</text></subsection></section></subtitle> <subtitle id="H7B1978D97E604207AA1C467154002DB8"><enum>E</enum><header>Miscellaneous Provisions</header> <section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H05070857998C449200527D54FC5C8437" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>10401.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Restoration of import and entry agricultural inspection functions to the Department of Agriculture</header> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCE6FAF8C87D748F0BBDC212983966E00"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Repeal of transfer of functions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 421 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/6/231">6 U.S.C. 231</external-xref>) is repealed.</text></subsection> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7D87BB4B82BB4E2EAE11E9C6E0B7AA17"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Conforming amendment to functions of secretary of homeland security</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 402 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/6/202">6 U.S.C. 202</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H37AC8999884A4AFDB35B150055268B27"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking paragraph (7); and</text></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H449215D9B96D4CDC8584152CE42789DD"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating paragraph (8) as paragraph (7).</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5276ECEAA57841A4975961A297AB58A1"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Transfer agreement</header> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HED7E548263D3425BB762C21EB9BFEC1"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than the effective date specified in subsection (g), the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of Homeland Security shall enter into an agreement to effectuate the return of functions required by the amendments made by this section.</text></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD325A29F14EA438E8BA3DBF800DEF125"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Use of certain employees</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The agreement may include authority for the Secretary of Agriculture to use employees of the Department of Homeland Security to carry out authorities delegated to the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service regarding the protection of domestic livestock and plants.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9634B6C3F11B4E4BA7C394EF40EFC61"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Restoration of Department of Agriculture employees</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than the effective date specified in subsection (g), all full-time equivalent positions of the Department of Agriculture transferred to the Department of Homeland Security under section 421(g) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/6/231">6 U.S.C. 231(g)</external-xref>) (as in effect on the day before such effective date) shall be restored to the Department of Agriculture.</text></subsection> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF5A9A57761D141D883479938A93D4370"><enum>(e)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authority of APHIS</header> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD54AC766D2E34CCDB200AA6501D5C7F7"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Establishment of program</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Agriculture shall establish within the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service a program, to be known as the <quote>International Agricultural Inspection Program</quote>, under which the Administrator of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (referred to in this subsection as the <term>Administrator</term>) shall carry out import and entry agricultural inspections.</text></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8C0719DA6EA7441E9085E516A5761E9F"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Information gathering and inspections</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In carrying out the program under paragraph (1), the Administrator shall have full access to—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H28791990863E4569A61B472C681824A9"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">each secure area of any terminal for screening passengers or cargo under the control of the Department of Homeland Security on the day before the date of enactment of this Act for purposes of carrying out inspections and gathering information; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2C884EE51C0C4F5C99DC3917FAA625CF"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">each database (including any database relating to cargo manifests or employee and business records) under the control of the Department of Homeland Security on the day before the date of enactment of this Act for purposes of gathering information.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCA260AC364454EAEB34CFB0047D8F1DF"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Inspection alerts</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Administrator may issue inspection alerts, including by indicating cargo to be held for immediate inspection.</text></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDCA39863482145979BE0C96BB35134B8"><enum>(4)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Inspection user fees</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Administrator may, as applicable—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9966703B58F6487480FD132DB91FF63B"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">continue to collect any agricultural quarantine inspection user fee; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0385BEB5F5954B70AE2463D78171DB95"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">administer any reserve account for the fees.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE501F8D271FD4AB781732DA987FA3FB0"><enum>(5)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Career track program</header> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9F9F0CC9390E4540B42D8276A1BF0075"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Administrator shall establish a program, to be known as the <quote>import and entry agriculture inspector career track program</quote>, to support the development of long-term career professionals with expertise in import and entry agriculture inspection.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBB036F19C4D24F759CC9D43256A90FE"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Strategic plan and training</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In carrying out the program under this paragraph, the Administrator, in coordination with the Secretary of Agriculture, shall—</text> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2ED0F2B5A1D544FA937D3366C71FCB70"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">develop a strategic plan to incorporate import and entry agricultural inspectors into the infrastructure protecting food, fiber, forests, bioenergy, and the environment of the United States from animal and plant pests, diseases, and noxious weeds; and</text></clause> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFCACD443A0D747B5AE9829008B05124B"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">as part of the plan under clause (i), provide training for import and entry agricultural inspectors participating in the program not less frequently than once each year to improve inspection skills.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAE6D678F17BC421CB4B71FE1E2A42CBF"><enum>(f)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Duties of Secretary of agriculture</header> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H852976FB3C8F4593960869D59DE0571B"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Operating procedures and tracking system</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Agriculture shall—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFFAF1D436ADE406791851B529100E1D6"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">develop standard operating procedures for inspection, monitoring, and auditing relating to import and entry agricultural inspections, in accordance with recommendations from the Comptroller General of the United States and reports of interagency advisory groups, as applicable; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE42197F89C624FF39C9966C1DD5CEC88"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">ensure that the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has a national electronic system with real-time tracking capability for monitoring, tracking, and reporting inspection activities of the Service.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0431ABF10BC84EA2A7CCEF2F8169B8C7"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Federal and State cooperation</header> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBB2B832508714248AFC1DBBEFBFA5572"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Communication system</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Agriculture shall develop and maintain an integrated, real-time communication system with respect to import and entry agricultural inspections to alert State departments of agriculture of significant inspection findings of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9ED3700834904CC0849802F3DF067EF7"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Funding</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Agriculture shall pay the costs of each import and entry agricultural inspector employed by the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service from amounts made available to the Department of Agriculture for the applicable fiscal year.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H74435B5025DB4170ADB45C6D571584A7"><enum>(g)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Effective date</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amendments made by this section take effect on the date that is 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act.</text></subsection></section> <section id="H63E64E66F0B6482BA6B8D7C9FAC8CA00" section-type="subsequent-section" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>10402.</enum><header>Grant program to improve movement of specialty crops</header> <subsection id="H9427DBB46C324B149F42B27C6DE5BAF2"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Grants authorized</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Agriculture may make grants under this section to an eligible entity described in subsection (b)—</text> <paragraph id="HC47C2E27454349C9A66465DE486FFD2D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to improve the cost-effective movement of specialty crops to local, regional, national, and international markets; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HF13283A2629A41A68BD26438852F6200"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to address regional intermodal transportation deficiencies that adversely affect the movement of specialty crops to markets inside or outside the United States.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HDA16582ED31141E2AFA48B7FE2B370E6" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Eligible grant recipients</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Grants may be made under this section to any of the following (or a combination thereof):</text> <paragraph id="H0CCD69DC5EF3419EA821488EC8472783"><enum>(1)</enum><text>State and local governments.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H6E94432B590940F3A587F3F48B9E168C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Grower cooperatives.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H2CD3F4391E4C4A8BAC3C444E4F73DBC0"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">State or regional producer and shipper organizations. </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H611F73A0D79F4291BB59E8FAE38F2344"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Other entities as determined to be appropriate by the Secretary.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H1A6086E1469249C8B4CFBDE294C6AD2F"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Matching funds</header><text>The recipient of a grant under this section shall contribute an amount of non-Federal funds toward the project for which the grant is provided that is at least equal to the amount of grant funds received by the recipient under this section.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H54BD144C030749E6BEC762AA6FD900DB" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 2008 through 2012 to carry out this section.</text></subsection></section> <section id="H93DD86D0746D4F9AAC7DD1B25CC5E525" section-type="subsequent-section" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>10403.</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations for market news activities regarding specialty crops</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Agriculture such sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 2008 through 2012 to support the market news activities regarding specialty crops (as such term is defined in section 3(1) of the Specialty Crops Competitiveness Act of 2004 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/108/465">Public Law 108–465</external-xref>; 118 Stat. 3883)).</text></section> <section id="H0AA553108A1D4BCC989E78CB66E80118" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>10404.</enum><header>Farmers’ market promotion program</header> <subsection id="H0E0A105A8DC54CEE98F73937573DECCE"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Findings</header><text>Congress finds that—</text> <paragraph id="HA722E0CB8E2A4BC58857E9D0E3959E53"><enum>(1)</enum><text>agricultural direct farmer-to-consumer marketing activities, including farmers’ markets, roadside stands, community supported agriculture, internet, mail-order, and other similar direct order marketing activities, significantly enhance the ability of agricultural producers to retain a greater share of their products’ retail value;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H38A870248FD14F10B758684E44683788"><enum>(2)</enum><text>direct farmer-to-consumer marketing activities are a crucial component of the current and future viability of small and mid-sized farms and ranches and beginning and socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HEC3EC40B23604F95AC2D7CEA8FFB7908"><enum>(3)</enum><text>agricultural direct marketing activities contribute to the health and well-being of consumers in rural, urban, and tribal communities by providing access to healthy, fresh, and affordable food.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HCE011AFCAFC4406F90A8D04C4E3CB485"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Program</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 6 of the Farmer-to-Consumer Direct Marketing Act of 1976 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/3005">7 U.S.C. 3005</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H9C030CE494CE45BA9F7E4E24AC2F95F3"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)—</text> <subparagraph id="H833D857FBE2C494EA803DFDB996B48C6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>Farmers’ Market Promotion Program</quote> and inserting <quote>Farmer Marketing Assistance Program</quote>; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H8F79D63B1869495F8D00D1B7C4E4C95"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>promote farmers’ markets</quote> and inserting <quote>direct producer to consumer marketing</quote>; </text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H5FF2DCC18E7141DF846B736983391940"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b)(1)—</text> <subparagraph id="H7A39E01F16E345E3B790006707C768B2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>, domestic farmers’ markets, roadside stands, community-supported agriculture programs, and other</quote>; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HD515B5655FE449E5A8F2A08CD4A4BF54"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B), by striking <quote>farmers’ markets, roadside stands, community-supported agriculture programs, and other direct producer-to-consumer infrastructure</quote> and inserting <quote>direct producer-to-consumer marketing and infrastructure opportunities</quote>; </text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HBBE74BB7903D4EC581CC71C0C5CBFDD1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (c)—</text> <subparagraph id="HA6AF80B8C9EA4A43A019B883EA3F00B1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraphs (1) through (7) as paragraphs (2) through (8), respectively;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H61667A4126D6408EB6F3DF89C600BB89"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting before paragraph (2) the following new paragraph:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H4FB3F8A1C3B94011A45EA941E54500FE" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <paragraph id="H3CF9EA4554874B70A62B1559BDD0ED3B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>two or more farmers or farm vendors who sell products through a common channel of distribution;</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HCD26601FE7FA4FCDBE28921E9D534F96"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (2) (as so redesignated) by striking <quote>an agricultural cooperative</quote> and inserting <quote>an agricultural cooperative or producer network or association</quote>;</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H1183BA7026574A28902781E58900FC2E"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by striking subsection (e) and inserting the following new subsections:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="HCA1F249D43A947F9BAB877A39F3EC4FC" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <subsection id="H109B31E067894FED9C9721CFD3E4D5F2"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Eligible activities</header><text>A recipient of a grant under this section may use the funds for the following activities:</text> <paragraph id="HD46F4F8D1F8D49FAAAF31431008B1B84"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Farmers markets.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H0E6CC337AEA0436DBE966369CC1607CA"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Roadside stands.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H43E92738E38D499BA64400BD467F13D4" commented="no"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Community supported agriculture operations, through which a farmer agrees to deliver a certain quantity of agricultural products to consumers at a set price.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H0313FC98F5B04AFCADF5DAED8543FB5E"><enum>(4)</enum><text>The purchase of equipment or other activities supporting the use of electronic benefit transfer systems at farmers markets.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H2610BB105AE8476BB033821F2B611769"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Agritourism activities facilitating the direct sale of agricultural products, including operations where the consumer picks their own agricultural products.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H399E0080C46F4D0FA14D5D46958FE1AD"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Other activities as determined appropriate by the Secretary.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H8FDCACC4551F485096AA32909EB735B9"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Funding</header> <paragraph id="HA259D882FD08440CBD804720F41B0054"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Of the funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation, the Secretary of Agriculture use to carry out this section—</text> <subparagraph id="HF80BDC86F52F4B72A1D33CD508F9051"><enum>(A)</enum><text>$5,000,000 in each of fiscals year 2008, 2009, and 2010; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HCC2F933DF2AF486F8FD7C86486733F9D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>$10,000,000 in each of fiscal years 2011 and 2012.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H9D79F93F42A54BB88539D15426435CF5"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Use of funds</header><text>Not less than 10 percent of the funds used to carry out this section in a fiscal year under paragraph (1) shall be used to support the use of electronic benefits transfers at farmers’ markets.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="H25AD6B239024467292D13E072634DB22" section-type="subsequent-section" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>10405.</enum><header>National Clean Plant Network</header> <subsection id="HD3ECC66D6CAE45E69C9626F100BEEEFC"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>There is established in the Department of Agriculture a program to be known as the <quote>National Clean Plant Network</quote>.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H6F9BBFE27E3E40C0A6E964EA4133BE4C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Network</header><text>The Secretary of Agriculture shall use the network—</text> <paragraph id="H162123A3748341838CAB920060B4DED9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to develop a sustainable national funding source for clean planting stock programs for horticultural crops determined by the Secretary to be of priority for the United States; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H5E7DD8B03C814238862B1FB09BBEDEB6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to enter into cooperative agreements to entities that have the expertise, facilities, and climate necessary to efficiently produce, maintain, and distribute healthy planting stock for specialty crops.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H07D7E96EB77D49088B758B43CB849BB8" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Funding</header> <paragraph id="H327C8E8C58B44D6600A2EC3343C77D45"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Commodity Credit Corporation</header><text>Of the funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation, the Secretary shall make available to carry out this section $20,000,000 for fiscal years 2008 through 2012.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H99C2CC3463EA48C9AE05E14B007828E0"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as are necessary for each of fiscal years 2008 through 2012 to carry out this section.</text></paragraph></subsection></section></subtitle> <enum>XI</enum><header>Miscellaneous Provisions</header> <toc container-level="title-container" quoted-block="no-quoted-block" lowest-level="section" idref="HC4942A3E66F041C2887D378E6F33F022" regeneration="yes-regeneration" lowest-bolded-level="division-lowest-bolded"> <toc-entry idref="H3AC7CDE1D53345BC00CAB62DCA6500C9" level="subtitle">Subtitle A—Federal Crop Insurance</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="HB82887952DD945298D5C9200E07BFD4B" level="section">Sec. 11001. Availability of supplemental crop insurance based on area yield and loss plan of insurance or area revenue plan of insurance.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H90A8113006064C7E859DB4BC6EED0FA" level="section">Sec. 11002. Premiums and reinsurance requirements.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H8C0D0F8F8C1447E6B20924EA29DD1BBF" level="section">Sec. 11003. Catastrophic risk protection administrative fee.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H5DD5A0B49BC1453BB6829D00B2D5A165" level="section">Sec. 11004. Funding for reimbursements, contracting, risk management education, and information technology.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H8A5936EE84D24C6097F20090BB298C31" level="section">Sec. 11005. Reimbursement of research and development costs related to new crop insurance products.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="HB38BCDA961E54975B9E9028B3ACF584" level="section">Sec. 11006. Research and development contracts for organic production coverage improvements.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H37DC2831FCEF4475BC19E6A120DC51AC" level="section">Sec. 11007. Targeting risk management education for beginning farmers and ranchers and certain other farmers and ranchers.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="HA11CB82156894B79BBFF32D352BEF6D" level="section">Sec. 11008. Crop insurance ineligibility related to crop production on noncropland.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H200258CEDDC4453AA63598A1D451A86D" level="section">Sec. 11009. Funds for data mining.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="HE7F7C817F84A45AE007E68F24799C072" level="section">Sec. 11010. Noninsured crop assistance program.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="HED3AB620700644C282A4801BE96EC8C3" level="section">Sec. 11011. Change in due date for Corporation payments for underwriting gains.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H2E4D596B04404351BA51C0B3FC7861FF" level="section">Sec. 11012. Sesame insurance pilot program.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H2C924646E71A46C6AF8899A936581EC" level="subtitle">Subtitle B—Livestock and Poultry</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H9DE379EAEEFE4D10A26B291564D31605" level="section">Sec. 11101. Sense of Congress regarding pseudorabies eradication program.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="HA612FD196A6C45C9904357763F9112CD" level="section">Sec. 11102. Arbitration of livestock and poultry contracts.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H298BE92AA4974F01ACDD59F303F413B5" level="section">Sec. 11103. State-inspected meat and poultry.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="HB193AEC15A7A41F3B700C948C1BFF210" level="section">Sec. 11104. Country of origin labeling.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H79D4366673C54A929CC00CB455B7576" level="section">Sec. 11105. Sense of Congress regarding State inspected meat and poultry products.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="HCC3A9756925043D7A108C4388E9EE835" level="section">Sec. 11106. Sense of Congress regarding the voluntary control program for low pathogenic avian influenza.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H2A0B88D046F94B3F9CBC1B5711C5FD3" level="section">Sec. 11107. Sense of Congress regarding the cattle fever tick eradication program.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H4B573AD667A349B1BB90355E88DF514E" level="subtitle">Subtitle C—Socially Disadvantaged Producers and Limited Resource Producers</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H1016626A520E4237A12F952E89F3B7B3" level="section">Sec. 11201. Outreach and technical assistance for socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers and limited resource farmers and ranchers.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="HB6B0AF4217F74CBDB31D001467608D9B" level="section">Sec. 11202. Improved program delivery by Department of Agriculture on Indian reservations.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H6A8E63E3691F4ED9A7D76360C9B100AE" level="section">Sec. 11203. Transparency and accountability for socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H15FAEFFC793140D2B7885BDBF0EFB4FA" level="section">Sec. 11204. Beginning farmer and rancher development program.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H52F85DD8E3194E9EB69C772C876E2BAA" level="section">Sec. 11205. Provision of receipt for service or denial of service.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H5466C77070E04C1DBC00848017335CD7" level="section">Sec. 11206. Tracking of socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers and limited resource farmers and ranchers in Census of Agriculture and certain studies.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H15172691066F411784BB18F114BC2744" level="section">Sec. 11207. Farmworker coordinator.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H5997B310412D478997D339096B00C201" level="section">Sec. 11208. Office of Outreach relocation.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H46C90B220AB841BA8DF9233CCC6F15EC" level="section">Sec. 11209. Minority farmer advisory committee.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="HC48B53E065A44BD6B8CFED6E831D7037" level="section">Sec. 11210. Coordinator for chronically underserved rural areas.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="HD69A39741AC740788EE014DC573E2067" level="subtitle">Subtitle D—Other Miscellaneous Provisions</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H59DBAF7352474875BF58B054A1199B17" level="section">Sec. 11301. Designation of separate cotton-producing States under Cotton Research and Promotion Act.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H012F9F013ED04A3CA7406E93CAB39FF" level="section">Sec. 11302. Cotton classification services.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H2708B912F9FF4BDDBCDFB5E26D259194" level="section">Sec. 11303. Availability of excess and surplus computers in rural areas.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H588D8C8FE3FB4211B3F37F5670A9CCE8" level="section">Sec. 11304. Permanent debarment from participation in Department of Agriculture programs for fraud.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H2C7EE3DE92584E5E8FC4040066C7E8AB" level="section">Sec. 11305. No discrimination against use of registered pesticide products or classes of pesticide products.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H895FE6CFA6374472BF53F9F9A8C0D9DE" level="section">Sec. 11306. Prohibition on closure or relocation of county offices for the Farm Service Agency, Rural Development Agency, and Natural Resources Conservation Service.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="HDE69F531F55E4347A275937FD22C91B5" level="section">Sec. 11308. Regulation of exports of plants, plant products, biological control organisms, and noxious weeds.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H6AA81F9EAFB644A7B249D8284DF25C08" level="section">Sec. 11309. Grants to reduce production of methamphetamines from anhydrous ammonia.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="HB62A2D81139F48258CEDD39C123C5146" level="section">Sec. 11310. USDA Graduate School.</toc-entry></toc> <subtitle id="H3AC7CDE1D53345BC00CAB62DCA6500C9"><enum>A</enum><header>Federal Crop Insurance</header> <section section-type="subsequent-section" id="HB82887952DD945298D5C9200E07BFD4B" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>11001.</enum><header>Availability of supplemental crop insurance based on area yield and loss plan of insurance or area revenue plan of insurance</header> <subsection id="HAD6CC2AA6149462D8B26184E31649890"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 508(c) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1508">7 U.S.C. 1508(c)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text> <quoted-block id="HA888ED7D50D74A6D9842C206FE4634DB"> <paragraph id="H19610A41508D43DDAA53ADB0CB3BA47B"><enum>(11)</enum><header>Supplemental area coverage</header> <subparagraph id="H8E11902A9DB246779F71DDF5E75474BE"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Availability of coverage</header><text>Notwithstanding paragraph (4), if area coverage is available in an area (as determined by the Corporation under paragraph (3)), the Corporation shall provide eligible producers in that area with the option to purchase supplemental insurance coverage based on—</text> <clause id="H41373521B47542B68496000010EECBD5"><enum>(i)</enum><text>an area yield and loss plan of insurance; or</text></clause> <clause id="H5C4F99680622419A8F1FBB1F784C3577"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an area revenue plan of insurance that includes coverage for a loss in yield.</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H90245EC7180E4C18AEC43EA0EE8C60C"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Eligible producers</header><text>To be eligible to obtain supplemental coverage under this paragraph, a producer must purchase either an individual yield and loss plan of insurance or a revenue plan of insurance that includes coverage for a loss in yield at an additional coverage level for the same crop to be covered by the supplemental coverage.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HB890BE918A7444D08ED27B477553486E"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In providing supplemental coverage to a producer under this paragraph, the sum of the following shall not exceed 100 percent:</text> <clause id="HB4D6CB23252E4FBC941091E645BA3B5D"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The coverage level expressed in percentage terms for the individual yield and loss plan of insurance or the revenue plan of insurance that includes coverage for a loss in yield that is purchased by the producer for the same crop covered by the supplemental coverage, as required by subparagraph (B).</text></clause> <clause id="H776A57163D4E4BE393C0B14F3E85DE6F"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The share expressed in percentage terms of the area yield and loss plan of insurance or the area revenue plan of insurance (at whatever coverage level is selected) that is used to determine the level of supplemental insurance coverage provided the producer under this paragraph.</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HFF71CF6EF9C34C92A7736089B7C82D96"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Payment of portion of premium</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">As provided in subsection (e), the Corporation shall pay a portion of the premium for supplemental coverage under this paragraph and the associated individual area yield and loss plan of insurance or revenue plan of insurance that includes coverage for a loss in yield.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H0AB32D7DBE3C4D3688D1007CFFAD7536"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Amount of indemnity paid under supplemental coverage</header><text>The indemnity payable under supplemental coverage provided under this paragraph shall be calculated as—</text> <clause id="H35CE47AD42B2436BB8BFBB53A089CF7"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the total indemnity for the area yield and loss plan of insurance or area revenue plan of insurance, at the coverage level chosen by the producer; multiplied by</text></clause> <clause id="HB6C3762831C243259EBE2F2B16BBFD1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the share of the coverage of the area yield and loss plan of insurance or area revenue plan of insurance selected by the producer.</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H40554826A602493BBB2E43F6CD744DA6"><enum>(F)</enum><header>Special rule relating to qualifying losses</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the case of a qualifying loss in an area (as determined by the Corporation) under supplemental coverage provided under this paragraph, subject to the applicable coverage limits, the total amount of the indemnity shall be available to the producer regardless of the loss incurred under the individual yield and loss plan of insurance or the revenue plan of insurance that includes coverage for a loss in yield of the producer.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H4F8268AB3CF6488E860067F25E8950F9"><enum>(G)</enum><header>Reinsurance year</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject to the availability of area yield and loss or revenue coverage for an insurable crop in an area (as determined by the Corporation), the Corporation shall provide supplemental coverage under this paragraph not later than the 2008 reinsurance year.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="H72F2A575A5F040A687B36C1145C2E900"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming amendments</header><text>Section 508(d)(2) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1508">7 U.S.C. 1508(d)(2)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HD8A4807227D04685855F6DB1C9F08752"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>additional coverage</quote> in the matter preceding subparagraph (A) and inserting <quote>additional and supplemental coverages</quote>; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HB84EA163A1864F39B7333BAF37C062A4"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:</text> <quoted-block id="H3CB004B8046F45D7B4E6934F4896FA32"> <subparagraph id="H09B0F0FE1FF34035AFD8B54D329254C4"><enum>(C)</enum><text>In the case of supplemental coverage provided under subsection (c)(11) that, in combination with either the individual yield and loss coverage, or a comparable coverage for a policy or plan of insurance that is not based on individual yield and does not insure more than 100 percent of the recorded or appraised average yield indemnified at not greater than 100 percent of the expected market price, the amount of the premium shall—</text> <clause id="H8ED58F58E4DF47C3A0BA042D2DE2448F"><enum>(i)</enum><text>be sufficient to cover anticipated losses and a reasonable reserve; and</text></clause> <clause id="HAD468B4CFEE94CF08D48650057BE7B48"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>include an amount for operating and administrative expenses, as determined by the Corporation, on an industry-wide basis as a percentage of the amount of the premium used to define loss ratio.</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H5A149650C6354A328960FE64A5AC39EC"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Offset</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Federal Crop Insurance Corporation shall take such actions, including the establishment of adequate premiums, as are necessary to improve the actuarial soundness of Federal multiperil crop insurance to achieve, on and after October 1, 2008, an overall projected loss ratio of not greater than 1.00.</text></subsection></section> <section id="H90A8113006064C7E859DB4BC6EED0FA"><enum>11002.</enum><header>Premiums and reinsurance requirements</header> <subsection id="HB43BC8BE872441F5A84CE453C5E05DF9"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Premium adjustments</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 508(a) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1508">7 U.S.C. 1508(a)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H5483A15CAB804E17B4067B77DC60B700" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <paragraph id="H2DF582A6DD4B4C2D00BAFAA147F89CE1"><enum>(9)</enum><header>Premium adjustments</header> <subparagraph id="H74EE8CEB291E4CF796A7E2AF5F96DDA"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Prohibition</header><text>Except as provided in subparagraph (B), the paying, allowing, or giving, or offering to pay, allow, or give, directly or indirectly, either as an inducement to procure insurance or after insurance has been procured, any rebate, discount, abatement, credit, or reduction of the premium named in an insurance policy or any other valuable consideration or inducement whatsoever not specified in the policy, is strictly prohibited under this title.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H76801CF1A9D64E869243FFCD864D180"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Exceptions</header><text>Subparagraph (A) does not apply with respect to the following:</text> <clause id="HA2BC3CFCD42D4FE79D3200BC499075E5"><enum>(i)</enum><text>A rebate authorized under subsection (b)(5)(B).</text></clause> <clause id="HE2B740208826426BBCFEFF316BBFC080"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>A performance-based discount authorized under subsection (d)(3).</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="HFD4F78A0455C4A73834B8173AE2E8946"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Payment of catastrophic risk protection fee on behalf of producers</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 508(b)(5)(B) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1508">7 U.S.C. 1508(b)(5)(B)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H7E71D25D360B459FB955DEBD63F6374"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the subparagraph heading, by inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subparagraph" style="OLC">of catastrophic risk protection fee</header-in-text></quote> after <quote><header-in-text level="subparagraph" style="OLC">Payment</header-in-text></quote>;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H99DC9216725F4F69ACDE0000049B3B00"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in clause (i)—</text> <subparagraph id="H8E0CC30E50894EA5B6068B6C0071CB51"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>or other payment</quote>; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HF7CC618DAF1146ECB300FF216DD8362F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>with catastrophic risk protection or additional coverage</quote>; and inserting <quote>through the payment of all or a portion of catastrophic risk protection administrative fees</quote>;</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H2F16ED54354540C09BFBB1BE62CEF2D"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in clause (ii)—</text> <subparagraph id="H2A9B93E6CA8F41879513E89EE60705BA"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>or other payment made by an insurance provider</quote> and inserting <quote>payment made pursuant to clause (i) by an insurance provider</quote>;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H96E90CD2F46F41E3A076005FD9DDB4E0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>issuance of catastrophic risk protection or additional coverage to</quote> and inserting <quote>payment of catastrophic risk protection administrative fees on behalf of</quote>; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H65586558C6D94B63A81918006DCA95A7"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>or other payment</quote> the second place it appears;</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H9DA4170E6D82476F8267B7CB6C639705"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in clause (iv), by striking <quote>A policy or plan of insurance</quote> and inserting <quote>Catastrophic risk protection coverage</quote>; </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H02DA80F60FC2430DBBF18221B3ABCC96"><enum>(5)</enum><text>in clause (v)—</text> <subparagraph id="HCF3350592E3943CD8C6B88EB0568B85C"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>licensing fee or other arrangement under this subparagraph</quote> and inserting <quote>licensing fee arrangement</quote>; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H797E48B817E1409C95F629046BD6112"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>levels of additional coverage</quote> and inserting <quote>levels of coverage</quote>; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HCB6A1622DA0E44AB95561B0782FF6DD1"><enum>(6)</enum><text>by striking clause (vi).</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H04FAC3914A21462F835B984227026C13"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Change in due date for policyholder premiums</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 508 of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1508">7 U.S.C. 1508</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HB418BA2392B94C65A31E223F292ED0A0"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (b)(5)(C), by striking <quote>the date that premium</quote> and inserting <quote>the same date on which the premium</quote>; </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H8D35ED619CB44AE09F92625CA99E55CD"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (c)(10)(B)—</text> <subparagraph id="H9C5E2E1605CF4959AE0041B06912FFFC"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subparagraph" style="OLC">; time for payment</header-in-text></quote> after <quote><header-in-text level="subparagraph" style="OLC">waiver</header-in-text></quote>; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H339703C6E0A54AEBB46D6BEB2C8EE5AE"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following new sentence: <quote>Subparagraph (C) of such subsection shall apply with respect to the collection date for policy premiums.</quote>; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H02C9A0E85C824109B472E20974835873"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (d), by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H5753BAA8B27141FBB36D5256C08E474E" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <paragraph id="H23663798BFB2413EA5D72D014963AF14"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Billing date for premiums</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Beginning with the 2012 reinsurance year, the Corporation shall establish August 1 as the billing date for premiums.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H9989D26C9C3C4768B3AD807FDC9F7380" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Reinsurance</header> <paragraph id="H32553377312C42B993F1F4808400209F"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Reimbursement rate</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 508(k)(4)(A) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1508">7 U.S.C. 1508(k)(4)(A)</external-xref>) is amended by striking clause (ii) and inserting the following new clause:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H077B45CE78C8437FB9659FC210184BE0" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <clause id="H15B68E9AA11D4AC8ABA04FCCB5AFA7B"><enum>(ii) </enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for the 2009 and subsequent reinsurance years, 2 percentage points below the rates, in effect as of the date of the enactment of this Act of the <short-title>Farm, Nutrition, and Bioenergy Act of 2007</short-title>, for all crop insurance policies used to define loss ratio.</text></clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph> <paragraph id="H56C65881F27445E590A5E163C299BA2"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Renegotiation of standard reinsurance agreement</header><text>Section 508(k) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1508">7 U.S.C. 1508(k)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text> <quoted-block id="H535EE8E16B904AB1B359B76F00D8E6B2" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="H13BD7FF6CFE94680A3B463E529B327EB"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Renegotiation of standard reinsurance agreement</header> <subparagraph id="HB3E5550D55D64CB4AA71BA006602FBA7"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Periodic renegotiation</header><text>Following the reinsurance year ending June 30, 2012, the Corporation may renegotiate the financial terms of the standard reinsurance agreement during the next reinsurance year and once during each period of five reinsurance years thereafter.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H36F63F9DDB4D40EA00F773A5F89E5116"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Effect of federal law changes</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If changes in Federal law are enacted that require revisions in the financial terms of the standard reinsurance agreement, and such changes in the agreement are made on a mandatory basis by the Corporation, such changes will not be deemed to be a renegotiation of the agreement for purposes of subparagraph (A).</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HD068CC210B7A4BCD8B6EC5F41848D3B"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Consultation</header><text>Approved insurance providers and their representatives may confer with each other, and collectively with the Corporation, during the renegotiation process under subparagraph (A).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph> <paragraph id="H6DACCF27770F48A1B206879FE9DB8D03"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Treatment of 2008 reinsurance year</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Clause (ii) of section 508(k)(4)(A) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1508">7 U.S.C. 1508(k)(4)(A)</external-xref>), as in effect on the day before the date of the enactment of this Act, shall continue to apply with respect to the 2008 reinsurance year.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H909BC1D7BA104FEFBFFDCD00A3906293"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Change in due date for administrative and operating expense payment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 516(b) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1516">7 U.S.C. 1516(b)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="HB0C72F2815314E86961278FF65CA06C9" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <paragraph id="HD31126F2D8904D0C9CD1B5A2EC05F66C"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Due date for administrative and operating expense payment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Beginning with the 2012 reinsurance year, the Corporation shall make payments pursuant to paragraph (1)(B) during October 2012, and for subsequent reinsurance years, every October thereafter.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="HCE80EC4E7592481D88B94436984D5979"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Conforming amendments</header> <paragraph id="H3ED0EE1EDBC442B88FAF6F7FBD3300C1"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Premium reduction authority</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subsection 508(e) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1508">7 U.S.C. 1508(e)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <subparagraph id="HA73938BD72EC442682601580D5BD826C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (2) by striking <quote>paragraph (4)</quote> and inserting <quote>paragraph (3)</quote>;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H793D2CAB96E9444F94389650F9C0B3AA"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (3); and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H306E5BD975834FDEA26962A54CA36F3F"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraphs (4) and (5) as paragraphs (3) and (4), respectively.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE4622E9854244D8995569BBE389E2B2C"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Premium rate reduction pilot program</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 523 of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1523">7 U.S.C. 1523</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <subparagraph id="H7EEB363A12674533859E1D414D5FB0E0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking subsection (d); and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HEFA30EDB46634FD500218DFF4C874185"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by redesignating subsection (e) as subsection (d).</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HA85A9468BB744DB49FC843304C002CE0"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Submission of policies and materials</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 508(h)(1)(A) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1508">7 U.S.C. 1508(h)(1)(A)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>; and</quote> and inserting <quote>; or</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="H8C0D0F8F8C1447E6B20924EA29DD1BBF" commented="no"><enum>11003.</enum><header>Catastrophic risk protection administrative fee</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 508(b)(5)(A) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1508">7 U.S.C. 1508(b)(5)(A)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>$100 per crop per county</quote> and inserting in its place <quote>$200 per crop per county</quote>.</text></section> <section id="H5DD5A0B49BC1453BB6829D00B2D5A165" commented="no"><enum>11004.</enum><header>Funding for reimbursements, contracting, risk management education, and information technology</header> <subsection id="H21C2AB6A816546B6A990B524E8857850" commented="no"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Funding</header><text>Section 516 of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1516">7 U.S.C. 1516</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsections:</text> <quoted-block id="H90B3CBD0388945EF91FC30B74550839" style="OLC"> <subsection id="HBE0B4EA867C046C6B662044B0099A790" commented="no"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Funding for reimbursements, contracting, risk management education, and information technology</header><text>Of the amounts made available from the insurance fund established under subsection (c), the Corporation shall use not more than $30,000,000 in each fiscal year to carry out the following:</text> <paragraph id="H1AB4743E0E9E404BB95109A7AFA0DF31" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Reimbursement of research and development and maintenance costs described under section 522(b).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H131BE4AA28904C2AAADA68A32199B1E3" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Research and development contracting described under section 522(c).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HCFE2C6D047964F99B435F4929FBF00BC" commented="no"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Partnerships for risk management and implementation described under section 522(d).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HFED8AA171A104A79BB38901E11EE00EC" commented="no"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Education and information programs described in section 524(a)(2).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H6E0D753D9D974885002CEA52EBAC6F1" commented="no"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Partnerships for risk management education program described in section 524(a)(3).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H52E09F00C4E640259D974FCA4E67596F" commented="no"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Information technology, as determined by the Corporation.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H995F2478BB0B4A3200FB1BB04766E2D" commented="no"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Underserved states</header><text>Of the amount made available under subsection (d), the Corporation shall use not more than $5,000,000 in each fiscal year to carry out contracting for research and development described in section 522(c)(1)(A).</text></subsection><after-quoted-block></after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="H651D1BB0EA634AAE8705BA426470FAF" commented="no"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming amendments</header> <paragraph id="H5589ACC0B7184D969CC876747FF8ADF4" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Former funding provision</header><text>Section 522 of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1522">7 U.S.C. 1522</external-xref>) is amended by striking subsection (e) and inserting the following new subsection:</text> <quoted-block id="HD2B3B78F97D9440EB250982832008D4E" style="OLC"> <subsection id="H92BF8161D0EC4C1F9C24EEE41AA2910" commented="no"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Prohibited research and development by corporation</header> <paragraph id="H7EE34BF4B7C445C4A837CF46D5867098" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><header>New policies</header><text>Notwithstanding subsection (d), the Corporation shall not conduct research and development for any new policy for an agricultural commodity offered under this title.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H625F2E00AAD84600949597D5397EC3CE" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Existing policies</header><text>Any policy developed by the Corporation under this title before October 1, 2000, may continue to be offered for sale to producers.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block></after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph> <paragraph id="HA16C62FA8F6A4BD1B8CC0320595CEFC" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Cross reference</header><text>Section 523(c)(1) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1523">7 U.S.C. 1523(c)(1)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>section 522(e)(4)</quote> and inserting <quote>section 522(e)</quote>.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H42D9DA99FC574F409D003C30423F0500" commented="no"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Education assistance funding</header><text>Section 524(a) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1524">7 U.S.C. 1524(a)</external-xref>) is amended as follows:</text> <subparagraph id="H413C72B8A6FB41D1BA18C877AE2396EE" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>paragraph (4)</quote> and inserting <quote>section 516(d)</quote>; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H399BDBC4B1FC45FCA02BA74776DDBAE6" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (4).</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="H8A5936EE84D24C6097F20090BB298C31" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>11005.</enum><header>Reimbursement of research and development costs related to new crop insurance products</header> <subsection id="H4B5DE09A517441F5978F6D34592343E5"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Reimbursement authorized</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Paragraph (1) of section 522(b) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1522">7 U.S.C. 1522(b)</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows: </text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H1BC00B0BCB0341C4B5F71DE52927A872" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <paragraph id="H5EBA10FFC61B470B89436306E6803E95"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Research and development reimbursement</header><text>The Corporation shall provide a payment to reimburse an applicant for research and development costs directly related to a policy that—</text> <subparagraph id="H65698BE3816C4E11AC67E3C1B759CA59"><enum>(A)</enum><text>is submitted to the Board pursuant to an FCIC Reimbursement Grant under paragraph (7); or</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HF8DF2C815CD34BDA963BA97BB738C421"><enum>(B)</enum><text>is submitted to the Board and approved by the Board under section 508(h) for reinsurance and, if applicable, offered for sale to producers.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="H07BF5CBB7BC748A9B32116DBDDC67072"><enum>(b)</enum><header>FCIC reimbursement grants</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 522(b) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1522">7 U.S.C. 1522(b)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text> <quoted-block id="HA9A06763530C428FA7DB3DF59E24F00" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="H10C99A79599E4FBE824DA65590E295A"><enum>(7)</enum><header>FCIC reimbursement grants</header> <subparagraph id="H5AB4687CEAF5419A97AAABF91F5E00A4"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Grants authorized</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Corporation shall provide FCIC Reimbursement Grants to persons proposing to prepare for submission to the Board crop insurance policies and provisions under subparagraphs (A) and (B) of section 508(h)(1), who apply and are approved for such FCIC Reimbursement Grants under the terms and conditions of this paragraph.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H461D5B02A48849A899D1F0AF6C1BD77D"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Submission of application</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Board shall receive and consider applications for FCIC Reimbursement Grants at least once annually. An application to receive an FCIC Reimbursement Grant from the Corporation shall consist of such materials as the Board may require, including—</text> <clause id="HFD075FAF3FE546ADBD9F5FC1DB4978D8"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a concept paper that describes the proposal in sufficient detail for the Board to determine whether it satisfies the requirements of subparagraph (C); </text></clause> <clause id="HD85040477C8140939733AC929D63F64E"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a summary of —</text> <subclause id="H0545AAB681764214003D1F4D59E9B4D5"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the need for the product, including an assessment of marketability and expected demand among affected producers; </text></subclause> <subclause id="HE7FDF1D0EAD34BC68F2032C57E43B2B"><enum>(II)</enum><text>support from producers, producer organizations, lenders, or other interested parties; </text></subclause> <subclause id="HD7FE8B9E21AB4542BBE7386F006BA221"><enum>(III)</enum><text>the impact the product would have on producers and on the crop insurance delivery system; and </text></subclause> <subclause id="H5309F12BB4924182B012F600BB00E8DB"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>that no products are offered by the private sector providing the same benefits and risk management services as the proposal. </text></subclause></clause> <clause id="H1C0D2A4459D8480E82D6BA719EAC5144"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>a summary of data sources available demonstrating that the product can reasonably be developed and properly rated; and </text></clause> <clause id="HAFEFD79154414BAD8463928700B28E74"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>identification of the risks the proposed product will cover and that the risks are insurable under the Act</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H27E5923E46CD48AD81EB78095E231640"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Approval conditions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Approval of an application for a FCIC Reimbursement Grant shall be by majority vote of the Board. The Board shall approve the application only if the Board finds that—</text> <clause id="HD4C62C7C79C34630BD9DB0051F1BB5C"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the proposal contained in the application—</text> <subclause id="HEC7923FBF80C40EFA6FEC1519C3B0DD"><enum>(I)</enum><text>provides coverage to a crop or region not traditionally served by the Federal crop insurance program;</text></subclause> <subclause id="H81E001C3B7FE4346906CB1FE7B86D4E1"><enum>(II)</enum><text>provides crop insurance coverage in a significantly improved form;</text></subclause> <subclause id="HE6D5E2AC29E54229B8F264C97BADA72C"><enum>(III)</enum><text>addresses a recognized flaw or problem in the program; </text></subclause> <subclause id="H4117DC8FA7404D57832CA6E09C9EFA7"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>introduces a significant new concept or innovation to the program; or</text></subclause> <subclause id="H3A6B64A45FC6426B83A98CFA092679A0"><enum>(V)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provides coverage, benefits, or risk management services not available from the private sector;</text></subclause></clause> <clause id="HE48DABA49F7C463685F300F0090BF28"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the applicant demonstrates the necessary qualifications to complete the project successfully in a timely manner with high quality;</text></clause> <clause id="HC95ABA6118F34B71829C76EC72361311"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the proposal is in the interests of producers and can reasonably be expected to be actuarially appropriate; </text></clause> <clause id="H1612297E6CFD4E158F82A9EA007C29CD"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>the Board determines that the Corporation has sufficient available funding to award the FCIC Reimbursement Grant; and</text></clause> <clause id="H1E87016AD2AE4563BDC7749E1B379E74"><enum>(v)</enum><text>the proposed budget and timetable are reasonable.</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HD8F1E612C0F54241B273991E50F79300"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Participation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In reviewing proposals under this paragraph, the Board may use the services of persons it deems appropriate for expert review. All proposals submitted under this paragraph will be treated as confidential in accordance with section 508(h)(4). </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H11B4211C7FFA433385B489C05FDFDFC"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Entering into agreement</header><text>Upon approval of the application, the Board shall enter into an agreement with the person for the development of a formal submission meeting the requirements for a complete submission established by the Board under section 508(h).</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H245F4B09B8944EB7B7B6F45800CBB0AB"><enum>(F)</enum><header>Feasibility studies</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In appropriate cases, the Corporation may structure the FCIC Reimbursement Grant to require, as an initial step within the overall process, the submitter to complete a feasibility study and report the results of such study to the Corporation prior to proceeding with further development. The Corporation may require such other reports as necessary to monitor the development efforts.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H80AE78B96AB14E3AAF20D062009CB0D5"><enum>(G)</enum><header>Rates</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Payment for work performed under this paragraph shall be based on rates determined by the Corporation for products submitted under section 508(h) of the Act or for those contracted by the Corporation under section 522(c) of the Act.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H6A85F334A9B740EDA1A68BB9D089DCB3"><enum>(H)</enum><header>Termination</header><text>The Corporation or the submitter may terminate any FCIC Reimbursement Grant to reimburse expenses at any time for just cause. If the Corporation or the submitter terminates the FCIC Reimbursement Grant before final approval of the product covered thereby, the submitter shall be entitled to reimbursement of all costs incurred to that point, or, in the case of a fixed rate agreement, to payment of an appropriate percentage. If the submitter terminates development without just cause, the Corporation may deny reimbursement.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H91BC26C5C1DD49B6911FDEC3E6027BE"><enum>(I)</enum><header>Consideration of products</header><text>The Board shall consider any product submitted to it developed under this paragraph under the rules it has established for products submitted under section 508(h) of this Act.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section> <section id="HB38BCDA961E54975B9E9028B3ACF584" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>11006.</enum><header>Research and development contracts for organic production coverage improvements</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 522(c) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1522">7 U.S.C. 1522(c)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HE9B36565127641CF9467002FA83CEA90"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraph (10) as paragraph (11); and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HF07CB4A499DC457784CD386D49A8E5E7"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (9) the following new paragraph:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="HF5C5D380262E43CE916F753B00C9EE77" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <paragraph id="HF34C14CE60B4444CB8469FC22B4EB5DA"><enum>(10)</enum><header>Contracts for organic production coverage improvements</header> <subparagraph id="HBDC992E73AF54078A22E7BF5676BBC5E"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Contract required</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of the <short-title>Farm, Nutrition, and Bioenergy Act of 2007</short-title>, the Corporation shall enter into one or more contracts for the development of improvements in Federal crop insurance policies covering crops produced in compliance with standards issued by the Department of Agriculture under the National Organic Program.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H3FDC4883A4914E999200F17A0894799"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Review of underwriting, risk, and loss experience</header> <clause id="H679F6040D308481BB6B01FA0421BC9D5"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Review required</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A contract under subparagraph (A) shall include a review of the underwriting, risk, and loss experience of organic crops covered by the Corporation, as compared with the same crops produced in the same counties and during the same time periods using non-organic methods. The review should be designed to allow the Corporation to determine whether significant, consistent, or systemic variations in loss history exist between organic and non-organic production, and shall include the widest available range of data, including loss history under existing crop insurance policies, collected by the National Agricultural Statistics Service, and other sources of information.</text></clause> <clause id="HE6B7DAD0BA764C8DBA88A864C14D9F6F"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Effect on premium surcharge</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Unless the review under this subparagraph documents the existence of such significant, consistent, and systemic variations in loss history between organic and non-organic crops, either collectively or on an individual basis, the Corporation shall eliminate or reduce the premium surcharge that the Corporation charges for coverage for organic crops</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H9D9AFE8DFF7343FDBACFEF2B1C4C81E0"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Additional price election</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A contract under subparagraph (A) shall include the development of a procedure, including any associated changes in policy terms or materials required for implementation of the procedure, to offer producers of organic crops an additional price election that would reflect the actual retail or wholesale prices, as appropriate, received by organic producers for their crops, as established using data collected and maintained by the Agricultural Marketing Service or other sources. The development of the procedure shall be completed in a timely manner to allow the Corporation to begin offering the additional price election for organic crops with sufficient data for the 2009 crop year, and expand it thereafter as the Agricultural Marketing Service expands its data collection and availability for prices of organic crops.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HABFDB8CB05764AB0B94E9FC536C16C1D"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Reporting requirements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Corporation shall submit to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate an annual report on the progress made in developing and improving Federal crop insurance for organic crops, including the numbers and varieties of organic crops insured, the development of new insurance approaches, and the progress of the initiatives mandated under this paragraph. The report shall also include such recommendations as the Corporation considers appropriate regarding additional opportunities to improve Federal crop insurance coverage for such crops.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section> <section id="H37DC2831FCEF4475BC19E6A120DC51AC" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>11007.</enum><header>Targeting risk management education for beginning farmers and ranchers and certain other farmers and ranchers</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 524(a) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1524">7 U.S.C. 1524(a)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HDF4BF493BC98429D9907F900BDE9F5C5"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraph (4) as paragraph (5); and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H40E02398FADB4612000084F82EBEF4F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (3) the following new paragraph:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H7B231D004C584D2AAC57851DF16EAC03" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <paragraph id="H9C26D4848AEA4758BCE7B2B425E05E8"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Targeting risk management education for certain farmers and ranchers</header> <subparagraph id="H2C0629AA9AD544B8B2C0FF3150BDD0A5"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In carrying out the education and information program established under paragraph (2) and the partnerships for risk management education program under paragraph (3), the Secretary shall include a special emphasis on risk management strategies and education and outreach specifically targeted at farmers and ranchers described in subparagraph (B).</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HC8E4A6DDD07745538EE8091EC7F6E81"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Covered farmers and ranchers</header><text>Subparagraph (A) applies with respect to the following:</text> <clause id="H57B9C80294A748DD82BCB117D0C5F529"><enum>(i)</enum><text>Beginning farmers and ranchers.</text></clause> <clause id="H58274FE37F1F4706BA96962B1EF25C48"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>Immigrant farmers and ranchers who are attempting to become established producers in the United States.</text></clause> <clause id="HD7F389A1F00A4B91BC00388D658DF136"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>Socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers.</text></clause> <clause id="H7BFF8EBEBDB7467885FB3BFD23375A3"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>Farmers and ranchers who are preparing to retire and are using transition strategies to help new farmers and ranchers get started.</text></clause> <clause id="H13271214CF8D45A18D263C0045749CAF"><enum>(v)</enum><text>Farmers and ranchers who are converting their current production and marketing systems to pursue new markets.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section> <section id="HA11CB82156894B79BBFF32D352BEF6D" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>11008.</enum><header>Crop insurance ineligibility related to crop production on noncropland</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 502 of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1502">7 U.S.C. 1502</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:</text> <quoted-block id="H82CE085628A14D4BB0A7F5DD574C538" style="OLC"> <subsection id="H569B1BC07A83493D8ED2CDF720A07303"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Crop insurance ineligibility related to crop production on noncropland</header> <paragraph id="H999C99C831464B14B8A82BD96B616600"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Noncropland defined</header><text>In this subsection, the term <quote>noncropland</quote> means native grassland and pasture the Secretary determines has never been used for crop production</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H0EF10D26170641B28D004437D4751FB1"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Ineligibility</header><text>Noncropland acreage on which an agricultural commodity for which a policy or plan of insurance is available under this title is planted shall be ineligible for crop insurance under this title for the first 4 years of planting, as determined by the Secretary. </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HF498F84EAFEC4A5F88A6AAF64B6FC59E"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Yield determination based on county actual production history</header> <subparagraph id="HF086866DE94B42A3AEC802F08D213CB4"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>If an agricultural commodity ineligible for insurance as described in paragraph (2) is planted for 4 years, beginning with the fifth year in which the commodity is planted, the producer of the commodity may procure crop insurance for the commodity under this title. The yield for such crop insurance shall be determined only—</text> <clause id="H10B1EE5925A44D548B2C5EB52A7CD55"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by using the actual production history for the farm; and</text></clause> <clause id="HF68A5491EA56481582663B9C227D69E5"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>for each year in which the farm does not have an actual production history, by using the average actual production history for the commodity in the county in which the farm is located.</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H70C81B9BA37E4E57963C065C5C0005FE"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Exception</header><text>If an agricultural commodity is planted on noncropland acreage and is eligible for insurance as provided in paragraph (2), then the yield for such crop insurance shall be determined only—</text> <clause id="HEA488E4124884396B00036132DA0DFE5"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by using the actual production history for the farm; and</text></clause> <clause id="H45C5B848CB564F12BE5FA6D27DFA713D"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>for each year in which the farm does not have an actual production history, by using the average actual production history for the commodity in the county in which the farm is located.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HDDCE1AE100694BB3B87D307700E7828E"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>This subsection shall apply to crop years following the 2007 crop year.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section> <section id="H200258CEDDC4453AA63598A1D451A86D" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>11009.</enum><header>Funds for data mining</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 515(k) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1515">7 U.S.C. 1515(k)</external-xref>) is amended by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the following new paragraph:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCE5C5120147D4E5B887D61F419A6DCE2"> <paragraph id="H3CEC27199F7749FF9DF8DC9F48B5AFBD"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Available funds</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To carry out this section, the Corporation may use, from amounts made available from the insurance fund established under section 516(c)—</text> <subparagraph id="H9C633EBB161E4588A2BE5101003CC500"><enum>(A)</enum><text>not more that $11,000,000 during fiscal year 2008; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H6BB9519D52DD4017AF6F5C214BE46F9F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>not more than $7,000,000 during fiscal year 2009 and each subsequent year thereafter.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section> <section id="HE7F7C817F84A45AE007E68F24799C072" commented="no"><enum>11010.</enum><header>Noninsured crop assistance program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 196(k)(1) of the Agricultural Market Transition Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/7333">7 U.S.C. 7333(k)(1)</external-xref>) is amended by striking subparagraphs (A) and (B) and inserting the following new subparagraphs:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="HDB1090D5EC27442FBB51BCD8E2C51C00" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <subparagraph id="H660E22C843E94A7600FC16000013E63D" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><text>$200 per crop per county; or</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HDA0B65015652482095001ED3D3CBF8E3" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><text>$600 per producer per county, but not to exceed a total of $1,800 per producer.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section> <section id="HED3AB620700644C282A4801BE96EC8C3" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>11011.</enum><header>Change in due date for Corporation payments for underwriting gains</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Effective beginning with the 2011 reinsurance year, the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation shall make payments for underwriting gains under the Federal Crop Insurance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1501">7 U.S.C. 1501 et seq.</external-xref>)—</text> <paragraph id="H2A3C61BCA6344A70811FCD5111B86BE8"><enum>(1)</enum><text>for the 2011 reinsurance year on October 1, 2012; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HDFD1E836A1F94DCD889724F7E9A81CE8"><enum>(2)</enum><text>for each reinsurance year thereafter on the October 1 of the next calendar year.</text></paragraph></section> <section id="H2E4D596B04404351BA51C0B3FC7861FF"><enum>11012.</enum><header>Sesame insurance pilot program</header> <subsection id="H44F8C63E0D1F479BB16346563488EEDF"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Pilot program required</header><text>The Secretary of Agriculture shall establish and carry out a pilot program under which a producer of non-dehiscent sesame under contract may elect to obtain multi-peril crop insurance, as determined by the Secretary.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H73BDFC7CF0B74108AF1FAF744D4DF179"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Terms and conditions</header><text>The multi-peril crop insurance offered under the sesame insurance pilot program shall—</text> <paragraph id="H758AE069450F4CA0AADB4795DF51F125"><enum>(1)</enum><text>be offered through reinsurance arrangements with private insurance companies;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HB3044FFD26EC43949B95B34BE9B8B3D4"><enum>(2)</enum><text>be actuarially sound; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H60A2501284B2494B88980228B2F14B9"><enum>(3)</enum><text>require the payment of premiums and administrative fees by a producer obtaining the insurance.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HB4D8ADA2E6A64493B008C560747DA026"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Location</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The sesame insurance pilot program shall be carried out only in the State of Texas.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H5B7A51E23B7F47DEB4A0FFAA72CFA149"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Relation to prohibition on research and development by corporation</header><text>Section 522(e)(4) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1522">7 U.S.C. 1522(e)(4)</external-xref>) shall apply with respect to the sesame insurance pilot program.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H4F18D94C2CAE46F9A815CDB44050AA9"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Duration</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall commence the sesame insurance pilot program as soon as practicable after the date of the enactment of this Act and continue the program through the 2012 crop year.</text></subsection></section></subtitle> <subtitle id="H2C924646E71A46C6AF8899A936581EC"><enum>B</enum><header>Livestock and Poultry</header> <section id="H9DE379EAEEFE4D10A26B291564D31605" commented="no"><enum>11101.</enum><header>Sense of Congress regarding pseudorabies eradication program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">It is the sense of Congress that—</text> <paragraph id="H9127C27520364E92A920CBC3A3E00C8"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Secretary should recognize the threat feral swine pose to the domestic swine population;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H3A601BB87CFC40578E538D2DE5EF64D0"><enum>(2)</enum><text>keeping the United States commercial swine herd free of pseudorabies is essential to maintaining and growing pork export markets;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HCAD96B0A28A442A98177B2FC3DE4B1AF"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the establishment of a swine surveillance system will assist the swine industry in the monitoring, surveillance, and eradication of pseudorabies; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE3CE0D9ED81D467891C0E2B324B3D13D"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">pseudorabies eradication is a high priority that the Secretary should carry out under the authorities of the Animal Health Protection Act.</text></paragraph></section> <section id="HA612FD196A6C45C9904357763F9112CD" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>11102.</enum><header>Arbitration of livestock and poultry contracts</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/181">7 U.S.C. 181 et seq.</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H70ACC02103964BA1A486F709B3FD4C77"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating section 416 as section 417; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H88A5CB643CBA4A9BA81BDACAFF1F95DA"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting after section 415 the following new section:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="HE058FA771444495EB85C17379903F4E6" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <section id="H3861EC04FCCE4137ADD7E132A52C5FF7"><enum>416.</enum><header>Arbitration of livestock and poultry contracts</header> <subsection id="HD82813C7F9A84A73B64BFFC3799B6C00"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Issuance of regulations</header><text>The Secretary of Agriculture shall promulgate regulations to establish standards related to the inclusion of arbitration provisions in livestock and poultry production contracts.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H0A1448A760CF4C95AF201036FE523785"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Content</header><text>Such regulations shall—</text> <paragraph id="H1055B52912CA49A78DC920A718B86200"><enum>(1)</enum><text>establish permissible agreements with respect to venue of arbitration, allocation of arbitration costs, number and appointment of arbitrators, and any other element of an arbitration agreement that the Secretary determines to be necessary;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H6393CF22893547089D87EB3DE081B26"><enum>(2)</enum><text>permit a producer to seek relief in a small claims court in lieu of arbitration for disputes or claims within the jurisdiction of a small claims court, despite the existence of an arbitration agreement; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H15BB492991074FE293B500F21464387D"><enum>(3)</enum><text>require any person appointed or to be appointed as an arbitrator to disclose any circumstance likely to raise doubt as to the arbitrator’s impartiality.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section> <section id="H298BE92AA4974F01ACDD59F303F413B5" section-type="subsequent-section" display-inline="no-display-inline" commented="no"><enum>11103.</enum><header>State-inspected meat and poultry</header> <subsection id="H4574E79691C24F3295B67CD3DFED7BBE" commented="no"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Review of State meat and poultry inspection programs</header> <paragraph id="HAFA4A73892A84B2EA19E4318FF364E89" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall submit to Congress a report containing the results of a review by the Secretary of each State meat and poultry inspection program. Such report shall include—</text> <subparagraph id="H0F21F1C91A224183BC70F1006B767474" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a determination of the effectiveness of each State meat and poultry inspection program; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H4050EEA0867F441683D411E363007B82" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><text>an identification of changes that are necessary to enable future transition to a State program of enforcing Federal inspection requirements as described in the amendments made by subsections (b) and (c).</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H0BFC8F1D9427436380C0009F162DF2DB" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header> <subparagraph id="H8977FFF5A87947A0AAA858A4B405D9A0" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as are necessary to carry out this section.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H80610CDD6A6E4E7690266F5D69008B5D" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Available funds</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, only funds specifically appropriated under subparagraph (A) may be used to carry out this subsection.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H92AFDC00350944248763A9E09DB73557" commented="no"><enum>(b)</enum><header>State meat inspection programs</header> <paragraph id="HB7225DB036F24477B85B3D79DE4D74F9" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Title III of the Federal Meat Inspection Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/21/661">21 U.S.C. 661 et seq.</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC64A1905648F408EA28E681F8342F15B" style="OLC"> <title id="HE9C9B347B16148CDBC472109852BA08" commented="no"><enum>III</enum><header>State Meat Inspection Programs</header> <section id="H35B7501204CE41BCA47F8BB1E2E83E08" commented="no"><enum>301.</enum><header>Policy and findings</header> <subsection id="H71401EE0B5E24AB8B973E94949F3EE1D" commented="no"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Policy</header><text>It is the policy of Congress to protect the public from meat and meat food products that are adulterated or misbranded and to assist in efforts by State and other government agencies to accomplish that policy.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HCF7EE1441EF248AF879E51BD004FD3CF" commented="no"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Findings</header><text>Congress finds that—</text> <paragraph id="H549D6DB69777400B8308888D62DCBEA2" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the goal of a safe and wholesome supply of meat and meat food products throughout the United States would be better served if a consistent set of requirements, established by the Federal Government, were applied to all meat and meat food products, whether produced under State inspection or Federal inspection;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H6CB0CBDACEE54A1BAF51F86D469453BB" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><text>under such a system, State and Federal meat inspection programs would function together to create a seamless inspection system to ensure food safety and inspire consumer confidence in the food supply in interstate commerce; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H1DF5392F95B0484E90759EE78531F8F1" commented="no"><enum>(3)</enum><text>such a system would ensure the viability of State meat inspection programs, which should help to foster the viability of small establishments.</text></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="H187C9AF035074F86B406A876B931B651" commented="no"><enum>302.</enum><header>Approval of State meat inspection programs</header> <subsection id="H18E04FFD4E7048BDB171F03EED5354BB" commented="no"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, the Secretary may approve a State meat inspection program and allow the shipment in commerce of carcasses, parts of carcasses, meat, and meat food products inspected under the State meat inspection program in accordance with this title.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H53A4902D113A4F3C87B52998441E2545" commented="no"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Eligibility</header> <paragraph id="H7D448159F8004313B967D55B9C2B795B" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>To receive or maintain approval from the Secretary for a State meat inspection program in accordance with subsection (a), a State shall—</text> <subparagraph id="H57E0B279FAE247499ED400AB785B07F6" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><text>implement a State meat inspection program that enforces the mandatory antemortem and postmortem inspection, reinspection, sanitation, and related Federal requirements of titles I, II, and IV (including the regulations, directives, notices, policy memoranda, and other regulatory requirements issued under those titles); and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H56D0917373534253865065BFBF2F098C" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><text>enter into a cooperative agreement with the Secretary in accordance with subsection (c).</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HAC5B54A1263E45FE9EB76BFAF59CF54D" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Additional requirements</header> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H54F8C8FB6FC6419C83595BBE006760CE"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>In addition to the requirements described in paragraph (1), a State meat inspection program reviewed in accordance with section 11103(a) of the <short-title>Farm, Nutrition, and Bioenergy Act of 2007</short-title> shall implement, not later than 180 days after the date on which the report is submitted under subsection (b) of such section, all recommendations from the review, in a manner approved by the Secretary.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H51F2FFE658884286BEAE457E40057F01" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Review of new state meat inspection programs</header> <clause id="HCCDE0BE011ED4BDA9DFADCAB45595027" commented="no"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Review requirement</header><text>Not later than one year after the date on which the Secretary approves a new State meat inspection program, the Secretary shall conduct a review of the new State meat inspection program, which shall include—</text> <subclause id="HFBC2E424E25C475AA71C33CB8465879B" commented="no"><enum>(I)</enum><text>a determination of the effectiveness of the new State meat inspection program; and</text></subclause> <subclause id="H072230448AF141FD9FD0858F56B5900" commented="no"><enum>(II)</enum><text>identification of changes necessary to ensure enforcement of Federal inspection requirements.</text></subclause></clause> <clause id="HCCB4D5D3ACF547C6BC696CB1442FDE0" commented="no"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Implementation requirements</header><text>In addition to the requirements described in paragraph (1), to continue to be an approved State meat inspection program, a new State meat inspection program shall implement all recommendations from the review conducted in accordance with this subparagraph, in a manner approved by the Secretary.</text></clause> <clause id="HCCA8836472BE4DB2AE00CB66D23DC296" commented="no"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Definition of new state meat inspection program</header><text>In this subparagraph, the term <quote>new State meat inspection program</quote> means a State meat inspection program that is not approved in accordance with subsection (a) between the effective date of the <short-title>Farm, Nutrition, and Bioenergy Act of 2007</short-title> and the date that is one year after the effective date of such Act.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H094B8CF5C2714A439928922682C3158B" commented="no"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Cooperative agreement</header><text>Notwithstanding <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/31/63">chapter 63</external-xref> of title 31, United States Code, the Secretary may enter into a cooperative agreement with a State that—</text> <paragraph id="H722B9B5EB1BB4A119E8638B3ABE4E3D9" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><text>establishes the terms governing the relationship between the Secretary and the State meat inspection program;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H593A953D60234C9D87F27ED1FC5F9966" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><text>provides that the State will adopt (including adoption by reference) provisions identical to titles I, II, and IV (including the regulations, directives, notices, policy memoranda, and other regulatory requirements issued under those titles);</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H3FEB0DDD6EB2431F99F37138568E8100" commented="no"><enum>(3)</enum><text>provides that State-inspected and passed meat and meat food products shall be marked with a mark of State inspection, which shall be deemed to be an official mark, in accordance with requirements issued by the Secretary;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H02F45CB51E084D3FA0EC98AE48AB9672" commented="no"><enum>(4)</enum><text>provides that the State will comply with all labeling requirements issued by the Secretary governing meat and meat food products inspected under the State meat inspection program;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HB243D3195D9B4A56B2F8075C00386FD3" commented="no"><enum>(5)</enum><text>provides that the Secretary shall have authority—</text> <subparagraph id="HA2CE36A161CB490C8C755E77BB646864" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to detain and seize livestock, carcasses, parts of carcasses, meat, and meat food products under the State meat inspection program;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HEE647BAA0A3D47ABBEE4B5234FD27F22" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to obtain access to facilities, records, livestock, carcasses, parts of carcasses, meat, and meat food products of any person, firm, or corporation that slaughters, processes, handles, stores, transports, or sells meat or meat food products inspected under the State meat inspection program to determine compliance with this Act (including the regulations issued under this Act); and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H82545F1B67D940B6A27745C111E36514" commented="no"><enum>(C)</enum><text>to direct the State to conduct any activity authorized to be conducted by the Secretary under this Act (including the regulations issued under this Act); and</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HCC22AC7AA71D4070B8E532F4C881B5D5" commented="no"><enum>(6)</enum><text>includes such other terms as the Secretary determines to be necessary to ensure that the actions of the State and the State meat inspection program are consistent with this Act (including the regulations, directives, notices, policy memoranda, and other regulatory requirements issued under this Act).</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection commented="no" id="HABD07A8C8E88454289D54770BDD54585"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Restriction on establishment size</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">After the date that is 90 days after the effective date of the <short-title>Farm, Nutrition, and Bioenergy Act of 2007</short-title>, establishments with more than 50 employees may not be accepted into a State meat inspection program. Any establishment that is subject to state inspection on such date, may remain subject to State inspection.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H8F8CB3BA2AE54A7F8C49C7365D878B54" commented="no"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Reimbursement of state costs</header><text>The Secretary may reimburse a State for not more than 50 percent of the State’s costs of meeting the Federal requirements for the State meat inspection program.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HEB88965E2240462C88B7B3812E3861E7" commented="no"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Sampling</header><text>A duly authorized representative of the Secretary shall be afforded access to State inspected establishments to take reasonable samples of the inventory of such establishments upon payment of the fair market value therefor.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H3A472B22F3A847EF8D15059CCCEEA2A2" commented="no"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Noncompliance</header><text>If the Secretary determines that a State meat inspection program does not comply with this title or the cooperative agreement under subsection (c), the Secretary shall take such action as the Secretary determines to be necessary to ensure that the carcasses, parts of carcasses, meat, and meat food products in the State are inspected in a manner that effectuates this Act (including the regulations, directives, notices, policy memoranda, and other regulatory requirements issued under this Act).</text></subsection></section> <section id="H50C76F9D3B8941FCBEABB93CABDB5F65" commented="no"><enum>303.</enum><header>Authority to take over State meat inspection programs</header> <subsection id="H54271B2C61D148D993664F15B8C19E5C" commented="no"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Notification</header><text>If the Secretary has reason to believe that a State is not in compliance with this Act (including the regulations, directives, notices, policy memoranda, and other regulatory requirements issued under this Act) or the cooperative agreement under section 302(c) and is considering the revocation or temporary suspension of the approval of the State meat inspection program, the Secretary shall promptly notify and consult with the Governor of the State.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HDB49C1666C824D2FAC539E3907C06A2" commented="no"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Suspension and revocation</header> <paragraph id="H9382CFD14B964209881197B53C83CE6E" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary may revoke or temporarily suspend the approval of a State meat inspection program and take over a State meat inspection program if the Secretary determines that the State meat inspection program is not in compliance with this Act (including the regulations, directives, notices, policy memoranda, and other regulatory requirements issued under this Act) or the cooperative agreement under section 302(c).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HDDA4122FC0614694A6F8D8526C588C79" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Procedures for reinstatement</header><text>A State meat inspection program that has been the subject of a revocation may be reinstated as an approved State meat inspection program under this Act only in accordance with the procedures under section 302(b)(2)(B).</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H367B7ABF06BF4845AE0296D48F1DF95F" commented="no"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Publication</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the Secretary revokes or temporarily suspends the approval of a State meat inspection program in accordance with subsection (b), the Secretary shall publish notice of the revocation or temporary suspension under that subsection in the Federal Register.</text></subsection> <subsection commented="no" id="H9993479311294412844230C9CC4DAED3"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Inspection of establishments</header><text>Not later than 30 days after the date of publication of a determination under subsection (c), an establishment subject to a State meat inspection program with respect to which the Secretary makes a determination under subsection (b) shall be inspected by the Secretary.</text></subsection></section> <section id="H1C60BE7D767C4DD888A79CE8F4C165F0" commented="no"><enum>304.</enum><header>Expedited authority to take over inspection of State-inspected establishments</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, if the Secretary determines that an establishment operating under a State meat inspection program is not operating in accordance with this Act (including the regulations, directives, notices, policy memoranda, and other regulatory requirements issued under this Act) or the cooperative agreement under section 302(c), and the State, after notification by the Secretary to the Governor, has not taken appropriate action within a reasonable time as determined by the Secretary, the Secretary may immediately determine that the establishment is an establishment that shall be inspected by the Secretary, until such time as the Secretary determines that the State will meet the requirements of this Act (including the regulations, directives, notices, policy memoranda, and other regulatory requirements) and the cooperative agreement with respect to the establishment.</text></section> <section id="HA887EA7483F14510B800388C107ECBE7" commented="no"><enum>305.</enum><header>Annual review</header> <subsection id="H50358719F0DE43968DF1267BD32D0950" commented="no"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall develop and implement a process to annually review each State meat inspection program approved under this title and to certify the State meat inspection programs that comply with the cooperative agreement entered into with the State under section 302(c).</text></subsection> <subsection id="HF9A3DDB95D744A1C00CBE3B768806C83" commented="no"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Comment from interested parties</header><text>In developing the review process described in subsection (a), the Secretary shall solicit comment from interested parties.</text></subsection></section> <section id="H750B77F5ED564C739FD599FFC884AB45" commented="no"><enum>306.</enum><header>Federal inspection option</header> <subsection id="HF329CB58007C49FDA58C3B153B836EF6" commented="no"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>An establishment that operates in a State with an approved State meat inspection program may apply for inspection under the State meat inspection program or for Federal inspection.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HD9803BA4A55844FE8D8DE8CC557CE87B" commented="no"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>An establishment shall not make an application under subsection (a) more than once every four years.</text></subsection></section>. (2)
Restaurants and retail stores
Title IV of the Federal Meat Inspection Act is amended— (A)by redesignating section 411 (21 U.S.C. 681) as section 414; and (B)by inserting after section 410 (21 U.S.C. 680) the following:
411.
Restaurants and retail stores
(a)
Limitation on applicability of inspection requirements
The provisions of this Act requiring inspection of the slaughter of animals and the preparation of carcasses, parts of carcasses, meat, and meat food products shall not apply to operations of types traditionally and usually conducted at retail stores and restaurants, as determined by the Secretary, if the operations are conducted at a retail store, restaurant, or similar retail establishment for sale of such prepared articles in normal retail quantities or for service of the articles to consumers at such an establishment. (b)
Central kitchen facilities
(1)
In general
For the purposes of this section, operations conducted at a central kitchen facility of a restaurant shall be considered to be conducted at a restaurant if the central kitchen of the restaurant prepares meat or meat food products that are ready to eat when they leave the facility and are served in meals or as entrees only to customers at restaurants owned or operated by the same person, firm, or corporation that owns or operates the facility. (2)
Exception
A facility described in paragraph (1) shall be subject to section 202 and may be subject to the inspection requirements of title I for as long as the Secretary determines to be necessary, if the Secretary determines that the sanitary conditions or practices of the facility or the processing procedures or methods at the facility are such that any of the meat or meat food products of the facility are rendered adulterated.
412.
Acceptance of Interstate shipments of meat and meat food products
Notwithstanding any provision of State law, a State or local government shall not prohibit or restrict the movement or sale of meat or meat food products that have been inspected and passed in accordance with this Act for interstate commerce.
413.
Advisory committees for Federal and State programs
The Secretary may appoint advisory committees consisting of such representatives of appropriate State agencies as the Secretary and the State agencies may designate to consult with the Secretary concerning State and Federal programs with respect to meat inspection and other matters within the scope of this Act.
. (c)
State poultry inspection programs
(1)
In general
The Poultry Products Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 451 et seq.) is amended by striking section 5 and inserting the following:
5.
State poultry inspection programs
(a)
Policy
It is the policy of Congress to protect the public from poultry products that are adulterated or misbranded and to assist in efforts by State and other government agencies to accomplish that policy. (b)
Findings
Congress finds that— (1)the goal of a safe and wholesome supply of poultry products throughout the United States would be better served if a consistent set of requirements, established by the Federal Government, were applied to all poultry products, whether produced under State inspection or Federal inspection; (2)under such a system, State and Federal poultry inspection programs would function together to create a seamless inspection system to ensure food safety and inspire consumer confidence in the food supply in interstate commerce; and (3)such a system would ensure the viability of State poultry inspection programs, which should help to foster the viability of small official establishments. (c)
Approval of state poultry inspection programs
(1)
In general
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, the Secretary may approve a State poultry inspection program and allow the shipment in commerce of poultry products inspected under the State poultry inspection program in accordance with this section and section 5A. (2)
Eligibility
(A)
In general
To receive or maintain approval from the Secretary for a State poultry inspection program in accordance with paragraph (1), a State shall— (i)implement a State poultry inspection program that enforces the mandatory antemortem and postmortem inspection, reinspection, sanitation, and related Federal requirements of sections 1 through 4 and 6 through 33 (including the regulations, directives, notices, policy memoranda, and other regulatory requirements issued under those sections); and (ii)enter into a cooperative agreement with the Secretary in accordance with paragraph (3). (B)
Additional requirements
(i)
In general
In addition to the requirements described in subparagraph (A), a State poultry inspection program reviewed in accordance with section 11103(a) of the Farm, Nutrition, and Bioenergy Act of 2007 shall implement, not later 180 days after the date on which the report is submitted under subsection (b) of such section, all recommendations from the review, in a manner approved by the Secretary. (ii)
Review of new state poultry inspection programs
(I)
Review requirement
Not later than one year after the date on which the Secretary approves a new State poultry inspection program, the Secretary shall conduct a review of the new State poultry inspection program, which shall include— (aa)a determination of the effectiveness of the new State poultry inspection program; and (bb)identification of changes necessary to ensure enforcement of Federal inspection requirements. (II)
Implementation requirements
In addition to the requirements described in subparagraph (A), to continue to be an approved State poultry inspection program, a new State poultry inspection program shall implement all recommendations from the review conducted in accordance with this clause, in a manner approved by the Secretary. (III)
Definition of new state poultry inspection program
In this clause, the term new State poultry inspection program means a State poultry inspection program that is not approved in accordance with paragraph (1) between the effective date of the Farm, Nutrition, and Bioenergy Act of 2007 and the date that is one year after the effective date of such Act. (3)
Cooperative agreement
Notwithstanding chapter 63 of title 31, United States Code, the Secretary may enter into a cooperative agreement with a State that— (A)establishes the terms governing the relationship between the Secretary and the State poultry inspection program; (B)provides that the State will adopt (including adoption by reference) provisions identical to sections 1 through 4 and 6 through 33 (including the regulations, directives, notices, policy memoranda, and other regulatory requirements issued under those sections); (C)provides that State-inspected and passed poultry products may be marked with the mark of State inspection, which shall be deemed to be an official mark, in accordance with requirements issued by the Secretary; (D)provides that the State will comply with all labeling requirements issued by the Secretary governing poultry products inspected under the State poultry inspection program; (E)provides that the Secretary shall have authority— (i)to detain and seize poultry and poultry products under the State poultry inspection program; (ii)to obtain access to facilities, records, and poultry products of any person that slaughters, processes, handles, stores, transports, or sells poultry products inspected under the State poultry inspection program to determine compliance with this Act (including the regulations issued under this Act); and (iii)to direct the State to conduct any activity authorized to be conducted by the Secretary under this Act (including the regulations issued under this Act); and (F)includes such other terms as the Secretary determines to be necessary to ensure that the actions of the State and the State poultry inspection program are consistent with this Act (including the regulations, directives, notices, policy memoranda, and other regulatory requirements issued under this Act). (4)
Restriction on establishment size
After the date that is 90 days after the effective date of the Farm, Nutrition, and Bioenergy Act of 2007, establishments with more than 50 employees may not be accepted into a State meat inspection program. Any establishment that is subject to state inspection on such date may remain subject to state inspection. (5)
Reimbursement of state costs
The Secretary may reimburse a State for not more than 60 percent of the State’s costs of meeting the Federal requirements for the State poultry inspection program. (6)
Sampling
A duly authorized representative of the Secretary shall be afforded access to State inspected establishments to take reasonable samples of their inventory upon payment of the fair market value therefor. (7)
Noncompliance
If the Secretary determines that a State poultry inspection program does not comply with this section, section 5A, or the cooperative agreement under paragraph (3), the Secretary shall take such action as the Secretary determines to be necessary to ensure that the poultry products in the State are inspected in a manner that effectuates this Act (including the regulations, directives, notices, policy memoranda, and other regulatory requirements issued under this Act). (d)
Annual review
(1)
In general
The Secretary shall develop and implement a process to annually review each State poultry inspection program approved under this section and to certify the State poultry inspection programs that comply with the cooperative agreement entered into with the State under subsection (c)(3). (2)
Comment from interested parties
In developing the review process described in paragraph (1), the Secretary shall solicit comment from interested parties. (e)
Federal inspection option
(1)
In general
An official establishment that operates in a State with an approved State poultry inspection program may apply for inspection under the State poultry inspection program or for Federal inspection. (2)
Limitation
An official establishment shall not make an application under paragraph (1) more than once every 4 years.
5A.
Authority to take over State poultry inspection activities
(a)
Authority To take over state poultry inspection programs
(1)
Notification
If the Secretary has reason to believe that a State is not in compliance with this Act (including the regulations, directives, notices, policy memoranda, and other regulatory requirements issued under this Act) or the cooperative agreement under section 5(c)(3) and is considering the revocation or temporary suspension of the approval of the State poultry inspection program, the Secretary shall promptly notify and consult with the Governor of the State. (2)
Suspension and revocation
(A)
In general
The Secretary may revoke or temporarily suspend the approval of a State poultry inspection program and take over a State poultry inspection program if the Secretary determines that the State poultry inspection program is not in compliance with this Act (including the regulations, directives, notices, policy memoranda, and other regulatory requirements issued under this Act) or the cooperative agreement. (B)
Procedures for reinstatement
A State poultry inspection program that has been the subject of a revocation may be reinstated as an approved State poultry inspection program under this Act only in accordance with the procedures under section 5(c)(2)(B)(ii). (3)
Publication
If the Secretary revokes or temporarily suspends the approval of a State poultry inspection program in accordance with paragraph (2), the Secretary shall publish notice of the revocation or temporary suspension under that paragraph in the Federal Register. (4)
Inspection of establishments
Not later than 30 days after the date of publication of a determination under paragraph (3), an official establishment subject to a State poultry inspection program with respect to which the Secretary makes a determination under paragraph (2) shall be inspected by the Secretary. (b)
Expedited authority To take over inspection of state-inspected official establishments
Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, if the Secretary determines that an official establishment operating under a State poultry inspection program is not operating in accordance with this Act (including the regulations, directives, notices, policy memoranda, and other regulatory requirements issued under this Act) or the cooperative agreement under section 5(c)(3), and the State, after notification by the Secretary to the Governor, has not taken appropriate action within a reasonable time as determined by the Secretary, the Secretary may immediately determine that the official establishment is an establishment that shall be inspected by the Secretary, until such time as the Secretary determines that the State will meet the requirements of this Act (including the regulations, directives, notices, policy memoranda, and other regulatory requirements) and the cooperative agreement with respect to the official establishment.
. (2)
Restaurants and retail stores, acceptance of Interstate shipments of poultry products, and advisory committees for federal and state programs
The Poultry Products Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 451 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 30 the following:
31.
Restaurants and retail stores
(a)
Limitation on applicability of inspection requirements
The provisions of this Act requiring inspection of the slaughter of poultry and the processing of poultry products shall not apply to operations of types traditionally and usually conducted at retail stores and restaurants, if the operations are conducted at a retail store, restaurant, or similar retail establishment for sale of such prepared articles in normal retail quantities or for service of the articles to consumers at such an establishment. (b)
Central kitchen facilities
(1)
In general
For the purposes of this section, operations conducted at a central kitchen facility of a restaurant shall be considered to be conducted at a restaurant if the central kitchen of the restaurant prepares poultry products that are ready to eat when they leave the facility and are served in meals or as entrees only to customers at restaurants owned or operated by the same person that owns or operates the facility. (2)
Exception
A facility described in paragraph (1) shall be subject to section 11(b) and may be subject to the inspection requirements of this Act for as long as the Secretary determines to be necessary, if the Secretary determines that the sanitary conditions or practices of the facility or the processing procedures or methods at the facility are such that any of the poultry products of the facility are rendered adulterated.
32.
Acceptance of Interstate shipments of poultry products
Notwithstanding any provision of State law, a State or local government shall not prohibit or restrict the movement or sale of poultry products that have been inspected and passed in accordance with this Act for interstate commerce.
33.
Advisory committees for Federal and State programs
The Secretary may appoint advisory committees consisting of such representatives of appropriate State agencies as the Secretary and the State agencies may designate to consult with the Secretary concerning State and Federal programs with respect to poultry product inspection and other matters within the scope of this Act
. (d)
Regulations
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall promulgate such regulations as are necessary to implement the amendments made by subsections (b) and (c). (e)
Effective date
The amendments made by subsections (b) and (c) of this Act shall take effect on the date that is 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.
11104.
Country of origin labeling
Subtitle D of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1638 et seq.) is amended— (1)in section 281(2)(A)— (A)in clause (v) by striking and; (B)in clause (vi), by striking peanuts. and inserting peanuts; and; and (C)by adding at the end the following new clause: (vii)meat produced from goats.; (2)in section 282— (A)in subsection (a), by striking paragraphs (2) and (3) and inserting the following: (2)
Designation of country of origin for beef, lamb, pork, and goat
(A)
United States country of origin
A retailer of a covered commodity that is beef, lamb, pork, or goat may designate the covered commodity as exclusively having a United States country of origin only if the covered commodity is derived from an animal that was— (i)exclusively born, raised, and slaughtered in the United States; or (ii)born and raised in Alaska or Hawaii and transported for a period of not more than 60 days through Canada to the United States and slaughtered in the United States. (B)
Multiple countries of origin
A retailer of a covered commodity that is beef, lamb, pork, or goat that is derived from an animal that is— (i)not exclusively born, raised, and slaughtered in the United States, (ii)born, raised, or slaughtered in the United States, and (iii)not imported into the United States for immediate slaughter,may designate the country of origin of such covered commodity as all of the countries in which the animal may have been born, raised, or slaughtered. (C)
Imported for immediate slaughter
A retailer of a covered commodity that is beef, lamb, pork, or goat that is derived from an animal that is imported into the United States for immediate slaughter must designate the origin of such covered commodity as— (i)the country from which the animal was imported; and (ii)the United States. (D)
Foreign country of origin
A retailer of a covered commodity that is beef, lamb, pork, or goat that is derived from an animal that is not born, raised, or slaughtered in the United States must designate a country other than the United States as the country of origin of such commodity. (E)
Ground beef, pork, and lamb
The notice of country of origin for ground beef, ground pork, or ground lamb shall include— (i)a list of all countries of origin of such ground beef, ground pork, or ground lamb; or (ii)a list of all reasonably possible countries of origin of such ground beef, ground pork, or ground lamb. (3)
Designation of country of origin for fish
(A)
In general
A retailer of a covered commodity that is farm-raised fish or wild fish may designate the covered commodity as having a United States country of origin only if the covered commodity— (i)in the case of farm-raised fish, is hatched, raised, harvested, and processed in the United States; and (ii)in the case of wild fish, is— (I)harvested in the United States, a territory of the United States, or a State, or by a vessel that is documented under chapter 121 of title 46, United States Code, or registered in the United States; and (II)processed in the United States, a territory of the United States, or a State, including the waters thereof. (B)
Designation of wild fish and farm-raised fish
The notice of country of origin for wild fish and farm-raised fish shall distinguish between wild fish and farm-raised fish. (4)
Designation of perishable agricultural commodities and peanuts
A retailer of a covered commodity that is a perishable agricultural commodity or peanut may designate the covered commodity as having a United States country of origin only if the covered commodity is exclusively produced in the United States.; and (B)by striking subsection (d) and inserting the following: (d)
Audit verification system
(1)
In general
The Secretary may conduct an audit of any person that prepares, stores, handles, or distributes a covered commodity for retail sale to verify compliance with this subtitle (including the regulations promulgated under section 284(b)). (2)
Record requirements
(A)
In general
A person subject to an audit under paragraph (1) shall provide the Secretary with verification of the country of origin of covered commodities. Records maintained in the course of the normal conduct of the business of such person, including animal health papers, import or customs documents, or producer affidavits, may serve as such verification. (B)
Prohibition on requirement of additional records
The Secretary may not require a person that prepares, stores, handles, or distributes a covered commodity to maintain a record of the country of origin of a covered commodity other than those maintained in the course of the normal conduct of the business of such person.; (3)in section 283— (A)by striking subsections (a) and (c); (B)by redesignating subsection (b) subsection (a); (C)in subsection (a) (as so redesignated), by striking retailer and inserting retailer or person engaged in the business of supplying a covered commodity to a retailer; and (D)by adding at the end the following new subsection: (b)
Fines
If, on completion of the 30-day period described in subsection (a)(2), the Secretary determines that the retailer or person engaged in the business of supplying a covered commodity to a retailer has— (1)not made a good faith effort to comply with section 282, and (2)continues to willfully violate section 282 with respect to the violation about which the retailer or person received notification under subsection (a)(1),after providing notice and an opportunity for a hearing before the Secretary with respect to the violation, the Secretary may fine the retailer or person in an amount of not more than $1,000 for each violation.; and (4)in section 285— (A)by striking This subtitle and inserting (a) In general.—Subject to subsection (b), this subtitle; and (B)by adding at the end the following new subsection: (b)
Animals in the United States on January 1, 2008
Notwithstanding subsection (a), this subtitle shall not apply to a covered commodity that is derived from an animal that is in the United States on January 1, 2008..
11105.
Sense of Congress regarding State inspected meat and poultry products
It is the sense of Congress that— (1)the food supply in the United States continues to be the safest in the world; (2)State inspected meat and poultry products are safe and wholesome, and should be available to consumers nationwide to increase the economic viability of small establishments and allow States to broadly market their products; and (3)the Federal and State meat and poultry inspection systems should function seamlessly to ensure food safety and inspire consumer confidence in the food supply.
11106.
Sense of Congress regarding the voluntary control program for low pathogenic avian influenza
It is the sense of Congress that— (1)the voluntary control program for low pathogenic avian influenza is a critical component of the animal health protection system of the United States, as well as a safeguard against highly pathogenic avian influenza; and (2)the Secretary of Agriculture has appropriately provided for the payment of compensation to owners of poultry and cooperating State agencies of 100 percent of eligible costs, and the Secretary should continue to provide such payments at 100 percent of such costs.
11107.
Sense of Congress regarding the cattle fever tick eradication program
It is the sense of Congress that— (1)the cattle fever tick and the southern cattle tick are vectors of the causal agent of babesiosis, a severe and often fatal disease of cattle; and (2)implementing a national strategic plan for the cattle fever tick eradication program is a high priority that the secretary should carry out in order to— (A)prevent the entry of cattle fever ticks into the United States; (B)enhance and maintain an effective surveillance program to rapidly detect any cattle fever tick incursions; and (C)research, identify, and procure the tools and knowledge necessary to prevent and eradicate cattle fever ticks in the United States.
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Socially Disadvantaged Producers and Limited Resource Producers
11201.
Outreach and technical assistance for socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers and limited resource farmers and ranchers
(a)
In general
Section 2501 of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 2279) is amended— (1)in subsection (a)— (A)by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following new paragraph: (2)
Requirements
The outreach and technical assistance program under paragraph (1) shall be used— (A)to enhance coordination of the outreach, technical assistance, and education efforts authorized under agriculture programs; and (B)to assist the Secretary in— (i)reaching socially disadvantaged or limited resource farmers and ranchers and prospective socially disadvantaged or limited resource farmers and ranchers in an appropriate manner; and (ii)improving the participation of those farmers and rancher in Department programs, as determined under section 2501A.; (B)in paragraph (3)— (i)in subparagraph (A), by striking entity to provide information and inserting entity that has demonstrated an ability to carry out the requirements described in paragraph (2) to provide outreach; and (ii)by adding at the end the following new subparagraphs: (D)
Additional contracting authority
(i)
In general
Any agency of the Department of Agriculture may make grants and enter into contracts and cooperative agreements with a community-based organization that meets the definition of an eligible entity under subsection (e) in order to utilize the community-based organization to provide outreach and technical assistance. (ii)
Matching funds
As a condition of any grant made, or any contract or any cooperative agreement entered into under this subparagraph, the Secretary shall require the eligible entity to match not less than 25 percent of the total amount of the funds provided by the grant, contract, or cooperative agreement. (E)
Report
The Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate, and make publicly available, an annual report that includes a list of the following: (i)The recipients of funds made available under the program. (ii)The activities undertaken and services provided. (iii)The number of producers served and outcomes of such service. (iv)The problems and barriers identified by entities in trying to increase participation by socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers.; and (C)in paragraph (4)— (i)by striking subparagraph (A), and inserting the following new subparagraph: (A)
Availability of funds
Of the funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation, the Secretary shall make available $15,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2008 through 2012 to carry out this subsection.; (ii)in subparagraph (B), by striking authorized to be appropriated under subparagraph (A) and inserting made available under subparagraph (A); and (iii)by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: (C)
Limitation on use of funds for administrative expenses
Not more than 5 percent of the amounts made available under subparagraph (A) for a fiscal year may be used for expenses related to administering the program under this section.; and (2)in subsection (e)(5)(A)(ii)— (A)by inserting and on behalf of before socially; and (B)by striking 2-year and inserting 3-year. (b)
Coordination with outreach
(1)
In general
Not more than 18 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall develop a plan to join and relocate— (A)the outreach and technical assistance program established under section 2501 of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 2279); and (B)the Office of Outreach of the Department of Agriculture. (2)
Report
After the relocation described in this subsection is completed, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report that include information describing the new location of the program.
11202.
Improved program delivery by Department of Agriculture on Indian reservations
Section 2501(g)(1) of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 2279(g)(1)) is amended— (1)in the first sentence, by striking where there is a demonstrated demand for service after offices; and (2)by striking the second sentence.
11203.
Transparency and accountability for socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers
Section 2501A of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 2279–1) is amended by striking subsection (c) and inserting the following new subsections: (c)
Compilation of program participation data
(1)
Annual requirement
For each county and State in the United States, the Secretary of Agriculture (referred to in this section as the Secretary) shall annually compile program application and participation rate data regarding socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers by computing for each program of the Department of Agriculture that serves agricultural producers and landowners— (A)raw numbers of applicants and participants by race, ethnicity, and gender, subject to appropriate privacy protections, as determined by the Secretary; and (B)the application and participation rate, by race, ethnicity, and gender, as a percentage of the total participation rate of all agricultural producers and landowners. (2)
Authority to collect data
The heads of the agencies of the Department of Agriculture shall collect and transmit to the Secretary any data, including data on race, gender, and ethnicity, that the Secretary determines to be necessary to carry out paragraph (1). (3)
Report
Using the technologies and systems of the National Agricultural Statistics Service, the Secretary shall compile and present the data compiled under paragraph (1) for each program described in that paragraph in a manner that includes the raw numbers and participation rates for— (A)the entire United States; (B)each State; and (C)each county in each State. (4)
Public availability of report
The Secretary shall maintain and make readily available to the public, via website and otherwise in electronic and paper form, the report described in paragraph (3). (d)
Limitations on use of data
(1)
Privacy protections
In carrying out this section, the Secretary shall not disclose the names or individual data of any program participant. (2)
Authorized uses
The data under this section shall be used exclusively for the purposes described in subsection (a). (3)
Limitation
Except as otherwise provided, the data under this section shall not be used for the evaluation of individual applications for assistance..
11204.
Beginning farmer and rancher development program
Section 7405 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 3319f) is amended by striking subsection (h) and inserting the following new subsection: (h)
Availability of funds
Of the funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation, the Secretary shall make available $15,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2008 through 2012 to carry out this section..
11205.
Provision of receipt for service or denial of service
In any case in which a producer or landowner, or prospective producer or landowner, requests from the Department of Agriculture any benefit or service offered by the Department to agricultural producers or landowners, the Secretary of Agriculture shall provide for the issuance, on the date on which the producer or landowner, or prospective producer or landowner, makes the request, a receipt containing— (1)the date, place, and subject of the request; and (2)the action taken, not taken, or recommendations made in response to the request.
11206.
Tracking of socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers and limited resource farmers and ranchers in Census of Agriculture and certain studies
The Secretary of Agriculture shall ensure, to the maximum extent practicable, that the Census of Agriculture and studies carried out by the Economic Research Service accurately document the number, location, and economic contributions of socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers and limited resource farmers and ranchers in agricultural production.
11207.
Farmworker coordinator
(a)
Establishment
The Secretary of Agriculture shall establish the position of Farmworker Coordinator (in this section referred to as the Coordinator), which shall be located in the Office of Outreach of the Department of Agriculture. (b)
Duties
The Secretary may delegate to the Coordinator responsibility for any or all of the following: (1)Assisting in administering the program established by section 2281 of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 5177a). (2)Serving as a liaison to community-based non-profit organizations that represent, and have demonstrated experience serving, low-income migrant and seasonal farmworkers. (3)Coordinating with the Department of Agriculture and State and local governments to assure that farmworker needs are assessed and met during declared disasters and other emergencies. (4)Consulting with the Office of Small Farm Coordination, Office of Outreach, Outreach Coordinators, and other entities to better integrate farmworker perspectives, concerns, and interests into the ongoing programs of the Department. (5)Consulting with Hispanic-serving institutions on research, program improvements, or agricultural education opportunities that assist low-income and migrant seasonal farmworkers. (5)Assuring that farmworkers have access to services and support to enter agriculture as producers. (c)
Authorization of appropriations
There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary such sums as necessary to carry out this section for fiscal years 2008 through 2012.
11208.
Office of Outreach relocation
(a)
Relocation proposal
Not more than 18 months after the date of enactment of the Act, the Secretary shall develop a proposal to relocate the Office of Outreach of the Department of Agriculture. (b)
Administration
The Office of Outreach shall be responsible for the administration of— (1)the outreach and technical assistance program established under section 2501 of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 2279); and (2)the beginning farmer and rancher development program established under section 7405 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 3319f).
11209.
Minority farmer advisory committee
(a)
Establishment
Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall establish an advisory committee, to be known as the Advisory Committee on Minority Farmers (in this section referred to as the Committee), which shall be overseen by the Office of Outreach of the Department of Agriculture. (b)
Duties
The Committee shall— (1)review all civil rights cases to ensure that they are processed in a timely manner; (2)ensure that the processing of civil rights cases complies with applicable laws; (3)report quarterly to the Secretary of Agriculture on civil rights enforcement and outreach; (4)monitor and annually report to Congress on compliance with all civil rights and related laws by all agencies and under all programs of the Department; (5)recommend to the Secretary corrective actions to prevent civil rights violations; and (6)review the operations of the outreach and technical assistance program established under section 2501 of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 2279). (c)
Membership of committee
The Committee shall be composed of the following: (1)Three members appointed by the Secretary. (2)Two members appointed by the chairman of the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate, in consultation with the ranking member of the Committee. (3)Two members appointed by the chairman of the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives, in consultation with the ranking member of the Committee. (4)A civil rights professional. (5)A socially disadvantaged farmer or rancher. (6)Such other persons or professionals as determined by the Secretary to be appropriate.
11210.
Coordinator for chronically underserved rural areas
(a)
Establishment
The Secretary of Agriculture shall establish a Coordinator for Chronically Underserved Rural Areas (in this section referred to as the Coordinator), to be located in the Office of Outreach of the Department of Agriculture. (b)
Mission
The mission of the Coordinator shall be to direct Department of Agriculture resources to high need, high poverty rural areas. (c)
Duties
The Coordinator shall consult with other offices in directing technical assistance, strategic regional planning, at the State and local level, for developing rural economic development that leverages the resources of State and local governments and non-profit and community development organizations. (d)
Authorization of appropriations
There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary such sums as necessary to carry out this section for fiscal years 2008 through 2012.
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Other Miscellaneous Provisions
11301.
Designation of separate cotton-producing States under Cotton Research and Promotion Act
Section 17(f) of the Cotton Research and Promotion Act (7 U.S.C. 2116(f)) is amended by adding at the end the following new sentence: Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, effective beginning with the 2008 crop of cotton, the States of Kansas, Virginia, and Florida shall each be deemed to be a separate cotton-producing State for the purposes of this Act..
11302.
Cotton classification services
(a)
Extension
The first sentence of section 3a of the Act of March 3, 1927 (commonly known as the Cotton Statistics and Estimates Act; 7 U.S.C. 473a), is amended by striking 2007 and inserting 2012. (b)
Establishment of Offices
The second sentence of section 3a of the Act of March 3, 1927, is amended in the proviso— (1)by striking and at the end of clause (6); (2)by striking the period at the end of clause (7) and inserting ; and; and (3)by adding at the end the following new clause: (8) the Secretary may enter into long-term lease agreements that exceed five years or may take title to property, including through purchase agreements, for the purposes of obtaining offices to be used for the classification of cotton in accordance with this Act if the Secretary determines such action would best effectuate the purposes of this Act..
11303.
Availability of excess and surplus computers in rural areas
The Secretary of Agriculture may make available to any city or town located in a rural area (as defined in section 343(a)(13)(A) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act) excess or surplus computers or other technical equipment of the Department of Agriculture.
11304.
Permanent debarment from participation in Department of Agriculture programs for fraud
The Secretary of Agriculture is hereby granted the authority to permanently debar an individual, organization, corporation, or other entity convicted of knowingly defrauding the United States in connection with any program administered by the Department of Agriculture from any subsequent participation in Department of Agriculture programs.
11305.
No discrimination against use of registered pesticide products or classes of pesticide products
In establishing priorities and evaluation criteria for the approval of plans, contracts, and agreements under title II, the Secretary of Agriculture shall not discriminate against the use of specific registered pesticide products or classes of pesticide products.
11306.
Prohibition on closure or relocation of county offices for the Farm Service Agency, Rural Development Agency, and Natural Resources Conservation Service
Until the date that is one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture may not close or relocate a county or field office of the Farm Service Agency, Rural Development Agency, or Natural Resources Conservation Service of the Department of Agriculture.
11308.
Regulation of exports of plants, plant products, biological control organisms, and noxious weeds
(a)
In general
Subtitle A of title IV of the Agricultural Risk Protection Act of 2000 (7 U.S.C. 7701 et seq. is amended by adding at the end the following new section:
420.
Regulation of exports of plants, plant products, biological control organisms, and noxious weeds
(a)
In general
The Secretary may regulate plants, plant products, biological control organisms, and noxious weeds for export purposes. (b)
Duties
The Secretary shall— (1)coordinate fruit and vegetable market analyses with the private sector and the Administrator of Foreign Agricultural Service; and (2)make publicly available on an Internet website— (A)the status of all export petitions; (B)to the greatest extent possible, an explanation of the sanitary or phytosanitary issues associated with teach pending export petition; and (C)to the greatest extent possible, information on the import requirements of foreign countries for fruits and vegetables. (c)
Regulations
The Secretary may issue regulations to implement this section.
. (b)
Table of contents
The table of contents in section 1(b) of such Act (7 U.S.C. 1501 note) is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 419 the following new item: Sec. 420. Regulation of exports of plants, plant products, biological control organisms, and noxious weeds..
11309.
Grants to reduce production of methamphetamines from anhydrous ammonia
(a)
Grant authority
The Secretary of Agriculture may make a grant to an eligible entity to enable the entity to obtain and add to an anhydrous ammonia fertilizer nurse tank a substance which will reduce the amount of methamphetamine which can be produced from any anhydrous ammonia removed from the tank. (b)
Definitions
In this section: (1)
Eligible entity
The term eligible entity means— (A)a producer of agricultural commodities; (B)a cooperative association a majority of the members of which produce or process agricultural commodities, and (C)a person in the trade or business of— (i)selling an agricultural product, including an agricultural chemical, at retail, predominantly to farmers and ranchers; or (ii)aerial and ground application of an agricultural chemical. (2)
Nurse tank
The term nurse tank shall have the meaning set forth in section 173.315(m) of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, as in effect as of the date of the enactment of this Act. (c)
Grant amount
The amount of a grant made under this section to an entity shall be not less than $40 and not more than $60, multiplied by the number of fertilizer nurse tanks of the entity. (d)
Limitations on authorization of appropriations
For grants under this section, there are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary a total of not more than $15,000,000 for fiscal years 2008 through 2012.
11310.
USDA Graduate School
(a)Section 921 of the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (7 U.S.C. 2279b) is amended by striking subsections (a) through (k) and inserting the following: The Department of Agriculture shall not establish, maintain, or otherwise operate a nonappropriated fund instrumentality of the United States to develop, administer, or provide educational training and professional development activities, including educational activities for Federal agencies, Federal employees, nonprofit organizations, other entities, and members of the general public.. (b)
Effective date
The amendment made in subsection (a) apply beginning October 1, 2008.
 July 23, 2007 Committee on Foreign Affairs discharged; committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed