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I 110th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2720 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 14, 2007 Mr. Kind (for himself, Mr. Flake, Mr. Crowley, Mr. Reichert, Ms. Berkley, Mr. Blumenauer, Mr. Kirk, Mr. McDermott, Mr. Petri, Mr. Ryan of Wisconsin, Mr. Shays, and Mr. Smith of Washington) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Labor, Foreign Affairs, and Ways and Means, 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 A BILL To amend the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to reform commodity programs and to increase nutrition, conservation, and energy programs of the Department of Agriculture, to reduce the national budget deficit, and for other purposes.
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Short title; table of contents
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Short title
This Act may be cited as the Food and Agriculture Risk Management for the 21st Century Act of 2007 or the FARM 21 Act of 2007. (b)
Table of contents
The table of contents for this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. Title I—Risk Management Accounts Sec. 101. Adjusted gross income limitation. Sec. 102. Risk management accounts. Sec. 103. Direct payments. Sec. 104. Counter-cyclical payments. Sec. 105. Dairy. Sec. 106. Repeal of other commodity programs. Sec. 107. Recourse loan program. Sec. 108. Crop insurance reimbursement rate. Title II—Reallocations Subtitle A—Conservation Sec. 201. Conservation. Subtitle B—Healthy Foods Sec. 221. Domestic Nutrition and Health. Subtitle C—McGovern-Dole Sec. 231. Reauthorization of McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program. Subtitle D—Renewable Energy Sec. 241. Energy. Subtitle E—Rural Development Sec. 251. Rural development. Sec. 252. Rural entrepreneur and microenterprise assistance program. Sec. 253. Enhancing rural infrastructure. Subtitle F—Nutrition Sec. 261. Exclusion of combat-related military pay from countable income. Sec. 262. Strengthening the food purchasing power of low-income Americans. Sec. 263. Supporting working families with child care expenses. Sec. 264. Increasing the minimum benefit. Sec. 265. Exclusion of retirement accounts from countable financial resources. Sec. 266. Facilitating simplified reporting. Sec. 267. Reauthorization of food stamp program and food distribution program on Indian reservations, and the commodity supplemental food program. Sec. 268. Outreach grants. Sec. 269. Funds to States for improving and innovating program access and integrity. Sec. 270. Supporting State efforts during natural disasters. Sec. 271. Community food grants. Sec. 272. Expanding the use of food stamps at farmers’ markets. Sec. 273. Commodities for the emergency food assistance program. Sec. 274. Community food assistance and food bank infrastructure grants under the Food Stamp Act. Sec. 275. Food for the hungry transportation grant program. Subtitle G—Deficit Reduction Sec. 281. Deficit reduction.
<enum>I</enum><header>Risk Management Accounts</header> <section id="H7217DA0A15BB4D9D8B8C418151C96F38"><enum>101.</enum><header>Adjusted gross income limitation</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1001D(b) of the Farm Security Act of 1985 is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H76F728EA485941FB00107D18678E0042" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="H6AAFAA764CA24368A022DA903CB7FAFD"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Further limitations on payments</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">After 2007, notwithstanding any other provision of law, an individual or entity shall not be eligible to receive any direct, counter-cyclical or transition payment under any provision of law administered by the Department of Agriculture if the average adjusted gross income of the individual or entity exceeds $200,000. For purposes of this paragraph,</text> </paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </section><section id="HE8B53E6E06424772AC4E33B5B808687"><enum>102.</enum><header>Risk management accounts</header> <subsection id="H7EF0BA8368EB4E9397329DB907DC9881"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Accounts required</header><text>The Secretary shall offer to enter into a risk management account contract with an operator of a farm.</text> </subsection><subsection id="HA50F066D038145539699CC29FDC0C9B1"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Operator</header><text>For the purposes of this section, an operator means an individual or entity that—</text> <paragraph id="HD61CCE642E554E34B741004489F1C7DC"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">either—</text> <subparagraph id="H618EC4EBFE7543CA88C2D8DE9596FA65"><enum>(A)</enum><text>during each of the preceding 5 taxable years, filed a schedule F of the Federal income tax returns or a comparable tax form related to the agricultural operations of the individual or entity, as approved by the Secretary; or</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H931F33EFDBD24E5CA7996D452E042F9C"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is a beginning farmer or rancher, as determined by the Secretary; and</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HE575CDD09FD641C1BB278D8121E53D33"><enum>(2)</enum><text>earned—</text> <subparagraph id="HA90E37463F9D47B58F157F4FFF9B0092"><enum>(A)</enum><text>at least $10,000 in average adjusted gross revenue for the preceding 5 taxable years;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9245E6CA3BCB4CF9B82DD1BA88952511"><enum>(B)</enum><text>less than such amount, but is a limited resource farmer or rancher, as determined by the Secretary; or</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDF6B11A3420F43189F4D1DB0ABC5EA79"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">at least $10,000 in estimated income from all agricultural operations for the applicable year, as determined by the Secretary, and is a beginning farmer or rancher under paragraph (1)(B).</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HA66EA8EC1B214E71852BDD060960E31C"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Farm</header><text>For the purposes of this section, a farm is land used for production of crops, livestock and other agricultural products of which the operator has more than de-minimis control or ownership.</text> </subsection><subsection id="HB94B7CF1FB6E4894BE5E989E109E7700"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Adjusted gross revenue</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section, the term <term>adjusted gross revenue</term> means the adjusted gross income as determined by the Secretary, from the sale of agricultural crops grown, dairy products produced, and livestock raised as part of an agricultural operation—</text> <paragraph id="H104CDBB35B814A788C27E0EE48987E66"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by taking into account gross receipts from the sale of agricultural crops, eligible livestock and dairy products on the agricultural operation, including insurance indemnities;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H2DA3F84ECFD14F17BC5DA6421291F71"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by including all farm payments paid by the Secretary or any other government entity for the agricultural operation related to agricultural crops, eligible livestock and dairy products;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HC53AC2AB1C354FA4B0B95763C4C5B2AA"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by deducting the cost or basis of livestock or other items purchased for resale, such as feeder livestock, on the agricultural operation;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H4E92B117192A44E7A7336D02BCDDC6B6"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by excluding revenues that do not arise from the sale of crops grown, dairy products produced or livestock raised on an agricultural operation, such as revenues associated with the packaging, merchandising, marketing and reprocessing of the agricultural product beyond that typically undertaken by a producer of the crop, dairy products or livestock as determined by the Secretary;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HAB92923634264B2A8B87512E96593F6D"><enum>(5)</enum><text>by using with such adjustments, additions and additional documentation as the Secretary determines is appropriate, information presented on—</text> <subparagraph id="HADF778243DC84FBBABC3B13661C2BBAA"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a schedule F of the Federal income tax returns of the producer; or</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC770C067DEAD4C198EE2013FB3BAFBE2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a comparable tax form related to the agricultural operations of the producer, as approved by the Secretary.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H3EC188DC8C6E4D14BC63656CB6F200D6"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Average adjusted gross revenue</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section, the term <term>average adjusted gross revenue</term> means—</text> <paragraph id="H6C7CC275C25144D1BF4F839E09756828"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the rolling average of the adjusted gross revenue of a producer for each of the preceding 5 taxable years; or</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H6B412654DFC14BD4BFC374D64D1E96EE"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in the case of a beginning farmer or rancher or other agricultural operation that does not have adjusted gross revenue for each of the preceding 5 taxable years, the estimated income of the agricultural operation for the applicable year, as determined by the Secretary.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H7B66A2BC8E824FD3AE3041BE8DBB87B8"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>Any operator of a farm may establish a risk management account in the name of the farm to be jointly administered by the Secretary and the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board.</text> </subsection><subsection id="H7E9B507FB1E8414500622C956F01E003"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Voluntary contributions</header><text>An operator of a farm may make voluntary contributions up to the limits specified in section 219(b)(5)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.</text> </subsection><subsection id="H06CDD7FEDD3E44B58BC9EB00867153C3"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Withdrawals</header><text>An operator who establishes an account may withdraw funds under following conditions and amounts:</text> <paragraph id="H0EA8609DE09A4F5BBFF3BC02E93297F8"><enum>(1)</enum><text>In a year when the farm’s adjusted gross revenue is less than 95 percent of the five-year average adjusted gross revenue, the producer may withdraw funds up to the amount of the difference.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HFD712F631E974A5FAF6D8F3995D8F5C7"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Up to 10 percent of the account balance for investments in rural enterprises that contribute to the agricultural economy, as defined by the Secretary, no more than once in any five-year period.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HA953567D4D5C4A1986357BA611CB861B"><enum>(3)</enum><text>When withdrawals are necessary to protect the solvency of the farm, as determined by the Secretary.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HAB1A659A6E624E2FA42B6DF2ACDC76BE"><enum>(4)</enum><text>To purchase revenue or crop insurance.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H8B3D21F73A5F4AC4A3B4B164F3CEA6A3"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>Payments to an account created under this section shall be made in the interest of the farm.</text> </subsection><subsection id="H02FA91F4EEDD478EB6ED1742A4D95C24"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Tax treatment</header><text>Contributions shall not be subject to Federal income tax, except that withdrawals will be counted toward the gross income of the producer in the year withdrawn.</text> </subsection><subsection id="HBAA901BA30B74345B329F871A9DAAE06"><enum>(k)</enum><header>Violations</header><text>If an operator fails to meet the conditions established for a contribution to an account, the operator shall refund to the Secretary an amount equal to the contribution in any fiscal year in which a violation occurred.</text> </subsection><subsection id="H7CE6ED98B726410D00005EA9C747B795"><enum>(l)</enum><header>Sale or transfer</header><text>If an operator sells or transfers a farm, the operator may elect to—</text> <paragraph id="HE6B04DA05BC049C6882754993BF46729"><enum>(1)</enum><text>transfer all or a portion of the account to another farm in which the operator has a controlling ownership interest or acquires a controlling ownership interest within two years of the sale or transfer of the original agricultural operation;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H5F38E403D4A14D5598E29B2275058137"><enum>(2)</enum><text>transfer the account to the purchaser of the farm if the operator is not already a holder of a account; or</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H5D7528AE549A42D39C4649D1098446F2"><enum>(3)</enum><text>rollover the account into an Individual Retirement Account pursuant to section 408 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 of the operator, if the operator is a natural person, or, if the operator is an entity, into the accounts of any natural person who has a substantial beneficial interest in the farm that is the subject of the account.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HFB2C540EEE6344A4B2DA64DCA023D09C"><enum>(m)</enum><header>Conservation compliance</header><text>Any operator and any holder of a beneficial interest in a farm subject to an account shall—</text> <paragraph id="HAC59B499AACC4F85BC47FFB9D3384F36"><enum>(1)</enum><text>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</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H8B0790CDDAD5424CA24302001E56C7E2"><enum>(2)</enum><text>comply with applicable wetland conservation 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> </paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HDED3DAA42E6C4ACEAABDC5951512CC19"><enum>103.</enum><header>Direct payments</header> <subsection id="H20E0CADC62DC4815A46BBE43B8DD1E9B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 1103 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/7913">7 U.S.C. 7913</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2007</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>2012</quote>.</text> </subsection><subsection id="H290C9D8DF71142CF004788421E9E3F15"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Reduction in direct payment amounts</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding subsection (c) of section 1103 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002, producers otherwise eligible for direct payments under such section shall receive—</text> <paragraph id="HDC1A3564BF6B49A5B52033E19CA3B917"><enum>(1)</enum><text>65 percent of their direct payment for fiscal year 2008;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H20ECB097F968476800C7081DDBF53D9F"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">45 percent of their direct payment for fiscal year 2009;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HC5C11AAA7EC44D0C938398E6935C6B00"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">25 percent of their direct payment for fiscal year 2010;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HA9A0BF711F044EB4B3CFD45068FCBC9C"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">20 percent of their direct payment for fiscal year 2011; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H1B9F1AD50ED64F3DA2AD68F6FCF95180"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">10 percent of their direct payment for fiscal years 2012 through 2014.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HE05C4D82B1BB474C9B6F0000302B37EC"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Payment limit</header><text>Section 1001(b)(1) of the Food Security of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 1308) is amended by striking <quote>$40,000</quote> and insert <quote>$30,000</quote>.</text> </subsection><subsection id="H2F0C3BEE51734E2D8CEE64FC13A9AA7B"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Planting restrictions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1105(a)(1)(C) and section 1106 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/7915">7 U.S.C. 7915(a)(1)(C)</external-xref>, 7916) are repealed.</text> </subsection><subsection id="HFD8C31802A1048E488B2A859B2B12333"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Additional eligibility requirement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1103(a) of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/7913">7 U.S.C. 7913(a)</external-xref>) is amended by inserting at the end the following new sentence: <quote>To be eligible to receive a direct payment under this section, a producer must be actively engaged in agriculture on the land for which the direct payment is paid, as determined by the Secretary.</quote>.</text> </subsection><subsection id="H0CFDD7DE3D8B4477007BD92B0487CED9"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Contribution to account</header><text>Section 1103 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC5DE96E537514CA7806064CB59E3FCC" style="OLC"> <subsection id="HD02BA11126D94FF6A1DC106DDB85A149"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Contributions to risk management account</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">50 percent of the direct payments of a producer in fiscal years 2008 and 2009 shall be deposited in the risk management account of the producer, 75 percent of the direct payments of a producer for fiscal years 2010 and 2011 shall be deposited in the risk management account of the producer, and 100 percent of the direct payments of a producer for fiscal year 2012 shall be deposited in the risk management account of the producer.</text> </subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection><subsection id="H9D6B87F8709A4876BDEAE3C1045CD300"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Stewardship</header><text>Section 1103 of Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 is amended by inserting after subsection (d), as added by subsection (f), the following new subsection:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H24DA78A58A564EC8AA3D699D89291500" style="OLC"> <subsection id="H20B7EC9461A74D7985005E284ED510AA"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Environmental stewardship</header><text>Direct payments shall be linked to environmental stewardship as follows:</text> <paragraph id="H2979AEE0639249BBB34000A6D500AFC3"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The Secretary, acting through the Chief of the Natural Resources Conservation Service, shall develop an index of environmental performance, to be linked to management intensity and significant resource concerns, for the each of the crops provided a direct payment under this section.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HF13B8CBF23F84B62B623A6E1D0870197"><enum>(2)</enum><text>To be eligible for a direct payment linked to stewardship, an individual or entity shall develop a plan that describes the level of stewardship to be achieved and the conversation practices or measures to be implemented. The individual or entity shall certify environmental performance through a qualified third-party.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H2D46667BBC4C4933A8EDDC0019A0B3B"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Subject to the percentage restrictions on direct payment amounts imposed by section 102(b) of the <short-title>Food and Agriculture Risk Management for the 21st Century Act of 2007</short-title>, 85 percent of the available direct payment shall be provided so long as the agricultural producer meets the conservation requirements of subtitles B and C 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> </paragraph><paragraph id="HDD456907C85F4596809322D106E91BB2"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject to the percentage restrictions on direct payment amounts imposed by section 102(b) of the <short-title>Food and Agriculture Risk Management for the 21st Century Act of 2007</short-title>, 90 percent of the available direct payment shall be provided so long as the agricultural producers meet the first level of environmental performance, as determined by the index of environmental performance.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HE77437E6B41C432E936DAF2E47D113D2"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject to the percentage restrictions on direct payment amounts imposed by section 102(b) of the <short-title>Food and Agriculture Risk Management for the 21st Century Act of 2007</short-title>, 95 percent of the available direct payment shall be provided so long as the agricultural producers meet the second level of environmental performance, as determined by the index of environmental performance.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H17513017D33D4563A34CA3D457CA0056"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject to the percentage restrictions on direct payment amounts imposed by section 102(b) of the <short-title>Food and Agriculture Risk Management for the 21st Century Act of 2007</short-title>, 100 percent of the available direct payment shall be provided so long as the agricultural producers meet the third level of environmental performance, as determined by the index of environmental performance.</text> </paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection></section><section id="HACB04BB96E4346A68EBA1B5839A7E6A1"><enum>104.</enum><header>Counter-cyclical payments</header> <subsection id="H474A8598C6FF4C8F9DD5002E52A87C1D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>One-year extension</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1104 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 is amended by striking <quote>2007</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>2008</quote>.</text> </subsection><subsection id="H9B60A20769E2486990C8B84B42CE0026"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Relation to other changes made by this Act</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Counter-cyclical payments described in section 1104 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 for the 2007 and 2008 crop years are to be calculated under such section without regard to the changes made by section 103 with regard to direct payments or the repeal of other commodity programs under section 106. Under no circumstances may counter-cyclical payments be made for the 2011 or subsequent crop years.</text> </subsection></section><section id="HFBC2FA54A2B14F39B98EDBC4E8CEEAAB"><enum>105.</enum><header>Dairy</header> <subsection id="H04BABE41F2C7432EB2FA8E947245F412"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Milk price support program</header><text>Section 1501 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/7981">7 U.S.C. 7981</external-xref>) is repealed.</text> </subsection><subsection id="H23A216CD1E524EFEAFC9B27F9B8C00CE"><enum>(b)</enum><header>MILC program</header><text>Section 1502 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</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1466D58F3F2D4AC4B65361E86DD04527" style="OLC"> <section id="HED78A2DE8C064EFDBC00AF6E5B6EBC77"><enum>1502.</enum><header>Support for milk producers</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Dairy operators shall receive equal annual payments in each of the fiscal years 2008 through 2012, cumulatively equal to 90 percent of the milk income loss contract payments the operator received in fiscal years 2003 through 2007. One half of the annual payment shall be immediately available to the producer, and one half of the payment shall be placed in the risk management account of the operator</text> </section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection></section><section id="HA414D223B8DB4F03AB2BFFE0BB3BE806"><enum>106.</enum><header>Repeal of other commodity programs</header> <subsection id="HB1D8740C926149598E50E5553F25D8C8"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Repeal of commodity programs</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as otherwise provided by this Act, all commodity programs set forth in subtitles A, B, C, and D of title I of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 and sections 1501 and 1502 of such Act are repealed.</text> </subsection><subsection id="H2EFFCD177F7A4413A8EA50667881F3CE"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Repeal of suspended authorities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The provisions of law that were suspended by section 1602 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 pursuant to paragraphs (1), (2), (3), and (4) of subsection (a), paragraphs (1) through (12) of subsection (b), and subsection (c) are repealed.</text> </subsection><subsection id="H25B0FE2BE60844BE8CE81948F943177D"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Repeal of sugar tariff rate quota</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The existing sugar tariff rate quota is repealed.</text> </subsection></section><section id="H11CED084A25B413089D0B5BD000347C8"><enum>107.</enum><header>Recourse loan program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary of Agriculture shall establish a recourse loan program for all commodities, including sugar, for which marketing loans were available under the terms of title I of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 at a rate of interest determined by the Secretary.</text> </section><section id="H8C8D60C283D041A9927EAE00E9E900F2"><enum>108.</enum><header>Crop insurance reimbursement rate</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 508(k)(4)(A)(ii) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1508">7 U.S.C. 1508(k)(4)(A)(ii)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>24.5</quote> and inserting <quote>23.2</quote>.</text> </section><enum>II</enum><header>Reallocations</header> <subtitle id="H3CDAE72C77DC4DCAAABC219834DBD355"><enum>A</enum><header>Conservation</header> <section id="H2C68F1C58F244EEFB7DE3BFE49531D5C"><enum>201.</enum><header>Conservation</header> <subsection id="H85F6FFBD1C864EC800ED5DE3C00B43D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Extension of environmental quality incentives program</header><text>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 paragraph (6) and inserting the following new paragraph:</text> <quoted-block id="HF00AB196EBC942FEAA904652CC463231" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="H37DD995BF87040518DAC9176CD003D73"><enum>(6)</enum><text>The environmental quality incentives program under chapter 4, using, to the maximum extent practicable—</text> <subparagraph id="H11C9E69C6DB148CDBED6AC28C34460E9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>$1,550,000,000 in fiscal year 2008;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H23DFE05E5BBF4AC08F2929AAD2E8AE13"><enum>(B)</enum><text>$1,700,000,000 in fiscal year 2009;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2C14B111337E4E3D9710B58D5326B680"><enum>(C)</enum><text>$1,800,000,000 in fiscal year 2010;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HEBAC4E7E3A5248C7A82231B9047D834E"><enum>(D)</enum><text>$1,900,000,000 in fiscal year 2011; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H601CF0DDC0944FB280B8FA825409F037"><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="HBF76CEB51060454499406712D66665D0"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Extension of conservation innovation grants program</header><text>Section 1240H of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3839aa-8">16 U.S.C. 3839aa–8</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5BC155FBAB8348CDAD92D9CED9EF40FA" style="OLC"> <subsection id="HEEFD1CD554734CDAB8A7951006F29176"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Funding</header><text>Of the funds made available under section 1241(a)(6), the Secretary shall use funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to carry out this section in the following amounts:</text> <paragraph id="H5AC971BA6441425E86635B61001B541D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>$40,000,000 for fiscal year 2008.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H92A1D950EE0844C08144F149906EEDC8"><enum>(2)</enum><text>$50,000,000 for fiscal year 2009.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H76603A3AB3AB4196AA918128FBDC9D58"><enum>(3)</enum><text>$60,000,000 for fiscal year 2010.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HB28D83529EE841FA9E6500D734614E46"><enum>(4)</enum><text>$75,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2011 through 2012.</text> </paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection><subsection id="H9C6EC2506EED4F24B62EF73C6BE74F8"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Extension of wetlands reserve program</header> <paragraph id="H018B755937574065A5A085FB49577699"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Funding extension</header><text>Section 1241(a)(2) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3841(a)(2)) is amended by striking <quote>The</quote> and inserting <quote>For each of fiscal years 2002 through 2012, the</quote>.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H832DE1A76D554F08994800E48E38D7BB"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Conforming amendment</header><text>Section 1237(c) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3837">16 U.S.C. 3837(c)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2007</quote> and inserting <quote>2012</quote>.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H1F25AB781FB04A52A5D9A15DE5ED4040"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Maximum and yearly enrollment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1237(b)(1) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3837">16 U.S.C. 3837(b)(1)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H7B5C5D4ADBFE404C8705E474CA00122F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>2,275,000 acres</quote> and inserting <quote>3,350,000 acres</quote>; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H2D14F422ED0F474A806FB8B970F588EC"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking <quote>250,000</quote> and inserting <quote>250,000 acres in 2008 and 2009, 275,000 acres in 2010 and 2011, and 300,000 acres in 2012.</quote>.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H7A634982A2204B3BBE45E06E215CDE00"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Extension of grasslands reserve program</header> <paragraph id="H88529E4B7F35474B8F2D5149A0E68FC4"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Extension and funding</header><text>Section 1241(a) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3841(a)) is amended by striking paragraph (5) and inserting the following new paragraph:</text> <quoted-block id="HB0FC3B5AD347402F914B953CEC55F7B" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="H91324DC7050D40EBA7C9FC8BF4E6DC14"><enum>(5)</enum><text>For each of fiscal years 2002 through 2012, the grassland reserve program under subchapter C of chapter 2.</text> </paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph><paragraph id="H39ED6F04B2FD42BCA91190D2333F521C"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Enrollment goals</header><text>Section 1238N(b) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3838N">16 U.S.C. 3838N(b)</external-xref>) is amended in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>2,000,000 acres</quote> and inserting <quote>500,000 acres in each of fiscal years 2008 through 2012</quote>.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H1B8225CDEC794FD09E77A8793147BDB7"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Extension of wildlife habitat incentives program</header><text>Section 1241(a)(7) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3841">16 U.S.C. 3841(a)(7)</external-xref>) is amended by striking subparagraphs (A) through (D) and inserting the following new subparagraphs:</text> <quoted-block id="H5FA8E0438963414D9200FEEA56B6DD66" style="OLC"> <subparagraph id="HBD3BC8C4C1E64C7191736C117C6032DD"><enum>(A)</enum><text>$80,000,000 in fiscal years 2008 and 2009;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD81E5B141B434476B5074EC5CF76F63F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>$100,000,000 in fiscal years 2010 and 2011; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H22305F6DDEE841D080A327009D85CB00"><enum>(C)</enum><text>$150,000,000 in fiscal year 2012.</text> </subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection><subsection id="H00CA766B0E304BC6B866CBBCFBEF8DDC"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Extension of farm and ranchland protection program</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Paragraph (4) of subsection (a) of section 1241 of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3841">16 U.S.C. 3841</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4133D7F64EBC4E47AC9B7CE6C57C9318" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="HF5A725C577AF4B9FBCE98743467930B7"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The farmland protection program under subchapter B of chapter 2, using $100,000,000 in each of fiscal years 2008 through 2012.</text> </paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection><subsection id="HC35B046534B8430A82C762B3EF4D5E6"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Healthy forests reserve program</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 508 of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<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 display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H73407AFB61F94285AE58287327099CF9" style="OLC"> <section id="H640B60DE50194688BC00234BEC44F75C"><enum>508</enum><header>Funding for healthy forests reserve program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For each of fiscal years 2008 through 2012, the Secretary shall use the funds, facilities, and authorities of the Commodity Credit Corporation to carry out the healthy forests reserve program, including the provision of technical assistance under the program, in an amount not to exceed $50,000,000 each fiscal year.</text> </section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection></section></subtitle><subtitle id="H7D15534D2A3148579B3E414B7CB4AE8F"><enum>B</enum><header>Healthy Foods</header> <section id="HE412CCD5890E4CB48198B87466B387E5"><enum>221.</enum><header>Domestic Nutrition and Health</header> <subsection id="H5A3888DCE611488DADBF4CFD28653EA4"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Fruit and vegetable snack program</header><text>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="H276AA7DC334147059129F52325D2075E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)—</text> <subparagraph id="HD7FF4A1B7046461FAF4737440390D56B"><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="H2EBEAF0545344745B8B5406D7CB75688"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking subparagraphs (A) and (B) and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HEAD6B44EACC44800BB3B6E57337BD3C" style="OLC"> <subparagraph id="HD471262BF45A4665B6E9DEDD83829888"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">100 elementary or secondary schools in each State;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE66E4D88717F43B8A723D4F618C62F79"><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="H2BA3F82FC1294561859BD4C5ACA710DD"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (3)(A), by striking <quote>paragraph (1)(B)</quote> and inserting <quote>paragraph (1)</quote>;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H971C68D20BDB4F3D9DF976B957BC83AE"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in paragraph (5), in each of subparagraphs (A) and (B), by striking <quote>2008</quote> and inserting <quote>2011</quote>; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HE5AD240699294DD8BDF1D7B131E49919"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in paragraph (6)(B)(i)—</text> <subparagraph id="HA8DD074DD73D4EA799A18D2DA031EC3B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>October 1, 2004,</quote> and inserting <quote>October 1, 2007,</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7CD712FC80E9429F85FAFE9DBB458CAC"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>$9,000,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$9,000,000 in fiscal year 2008, $12,000,000 in fiscal year 2009, and $75,000,000 in each of fiscal years 2010 through 2012</quote>.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HA5C8F30254A84606998953F1D7C4D54D"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Farm to school program</header><text>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 (i)(2) by striking <quote>such sums as are necessary</quote> and all that follows through the period at the end and inserting <quote>to carry out this subsection $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2008 and 2009, $8,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2010 through 2012.</quote>.</text> </subsection><subsection id="H3E721C13C3A84A26B73DEFEB2A3CA35"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Farmers market promotion program</header><text>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 by striking subsections (d) and (e) and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block id="H509A1B9E64074AF68309EEC21CF72F00" style="OLC"> <subsection id="HBDB27AF2676844F39831A5D06700351F"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Criteria and Guidelines</header> <paragraph id="H5DFC3BE436FF44F2B5ADC550EDFDCF91"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall establish criteria and guidelines for the submission, evaluation, and funding of proposed projects under the Program.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HFB388788F0284B49AEEDB408D4FC76D"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Priority</header><text>The Secretary shall prioritize the funding of projects that will support, encourage, or promote the transition to organic and other environmentally beneficial forms of agricultural production.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H11C453D932FB41798021A6549DD609F4"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Funding</header><text>Of the funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation, the Secretary shall use $25,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2008 through 2012 to carry out this section, of which $5,000,000 shall be used to support the use of electronic benefit transfers at farmers’ markets.</text> </subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H28434A9933A84BA2A17F6E565E4400C7"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Fruit and vegetable nutrition promotion program</header> <paragraph commented="no" id="H9126300F055442BB99CE2F166FC38C07"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Administrator of the Agricultural Marketing Service, shall establish and carry out a program to provide assistance to eligible trade organizations described in paragraph (3) to increase the consumption of fruits and vegetables in the United States to meet Federal health guidelines.</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H62C3C37F7D7D4A3DABCE36CCAA7596AB"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Requirements for participation</header><text>To be eligible for assistance under this section, an eligible trade organization shall—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H570EDCE641404715A02FD7DCB09E62AE"><enum>(A)</enum><text>prepare and submit a plan to increase the consumption of fruits and vegetables in the United States to the Administrator of the Agricultural Marketing Service that meets any guidelines governing such plans established by the Administrator; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HA39DCD30F2BD493DBF98778C37E800FD"><enum>(B)</enum><text>meet any other requirements established by the Administrator.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H4486B00A806B41B08B00A0FDCCC2009C"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Eligible trade organizations</header><text>An eligible trade organization referred to in paragraph (1) means any of the following:</text> <subparagraph commented="no" id="HBDB1F6D4FB094392AF7702C558C98235"><enum>(A)</enum><text>A nonprofit fruit and vegetable trade organizations in the United States.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HE79A33A3C49344C69497A9A761C159CC"><enum>(B)</enum><text>A nonprofit State or regional fruit and vegetable organization.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HDFF3E7DC03574422BCEF13A72CFE8986"><enum>(C)</enum><text>A fruit and vegetable agricultural cooperative in the United States.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HC91E9448BAEE47D7A4726C44C8CF407"><enum>(D)</enum><text>A commodity board or commission in the United States.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HC86D79F587FE428AABF606E2D06205F5"><enum>(E)</enum><text>A small business engaged in the fruit and vegetable industry in the United States.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H55151890C7B44D288742AF8E7225BC1D"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Matching funds</header><text>Assistance provided under this section shall not exceed—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H1FEDFE4E8B9E4E7895A632A5F3797D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the case of an organization described in subparagraphs (A) through (D) of paragraph (3), 90 percent of the cost of the plan to increase the consumption of fruits and vegetables in the United States submitted under paragraph (2)(A); and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H57D5E9595EB84EB8B900A7BAC3B1D53"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in the case of an organization described in paragraph (3)(E), 50 percent of the cost of the plan to increase the consumption of fruits and vegetables in the United States submitted under paragraph (2)(A).</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H4836E9ED876A40168D481C6E5400042F"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Funding</header><text>Of the funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation, the Administrator of the Agricultural Marketing Service shall use $10,000,000 in each of fiscal years 2008 through 2012 to carry out this section.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section></subtitle><subtitle id="HDC0C25A04637462090E8F993231D59"><enum>C</enum><header>McGovern-Dole</header> <section id="H4B37AE96969C4119B7E3DBF6B2F59BD7"><enum>231.</enum><header>Reauthorization of McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program</header> <subsection id="HCBB9B757150643A4BF5758793840F773"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Administration of program</header><text>Section 3107 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</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HECED79D9E08C4EAE9C52E476C9A9DDF8"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (d), in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking <quote>The President shall designate 1 or more Federal agencies to</quote> and inserting <quote>The Secretary shall</quote>;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H1CC2BEF4236E453F954671829BE333D0"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (f)(2), in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>implementing agency</quote> and inserting <quote>Secretary</quote>; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H78DD0989A1C14A33ABCE62D909AC009F"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsections (c)(2)(B), (f)(1), (h)(1) and (2), and (i), by striking <quote>President</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>Secretary</quote>.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HF23D3FB44DC94A4C85B0EF60EE9EC017"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Funding</header><text>Section 3107(l) of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 1736o–1(l)) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HDB297833E2D146FE9DEF68A19851E0C1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking paragraphs (1) and (2) and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block id="HD9456CC6EFCB49D38D0259A055AE6BB6" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="H4380E6BEF3E64BD3B9829E4D6F040867"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Use of commodity credit corporation funds</header><text>Of the funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation, the Secretary shall use to carry out this section—</text> <subparagraph id="HB0DFE78FC79F426298757128AB06E11E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>not less than $50,000,000 for fiscal year 2008;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HABCD42A15D9A42D89F20834CB7D1AF57"><enum>(B)</enum><text>not less than $50,000,000 for fiscal year 2009;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HCC05CF42F0AD4F269855627BE5CB71FA"><enum>(C)</enum><text>not less than $100,000,000 for fiscal year 2010;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4E4FBB64446B4C1BA03908F3E7609777"><enum>(D)</enum><text>not less than $150,000,000 for fiscal year 2011; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1E358F3414B742ABA35F6B69844F4451"><enum>(E)</enum><text>not less than $150,000,000 for fiscal year 2012.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph><paragraph id="H87965845844B42848800A23495AF645"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (2); and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HEDDA4ED42EC041A688DD4D2386B6122D"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in paragraph (2) (as redesignated by paragraph (2)), by striking <quote>any Federal agency implementing or assisting</quote> and inserting <quote>the Department of Agriculture or any other Federal agency assisting</quote>.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section></subtitle><subtitle id="HC008E03479B448509691BD8B7225BBB2"><enum>D</enum><header>Renewable Energy</header> <section id="H19B2D4E6ADB64D4296FD1E7B17E9CA7"><enum>241.</enum><header>Energy</header> <subsection id="HC233B69BB6914EC68FF620445DF3655F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Extension of biorefeinery grants and loans</header> <paragraph id="H5A9DA3D2B3F0486A002448E2D6328800"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Assistance methods</header><text>Subsection (c) of 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>) to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block id="HF71E39A7875A460CAC02EAC54CA313F3" style="OLC"> <subsection id="H6B28FCB90DE1481798F000CB90759775"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Assistance</header><text>The Secretary shall award grants and make loans and loan guarantees to eligible entities to assist in covering the cost of development and construction of biorefineries or for the construction or deployment of methane digesters used to capture the methane gas from livestock manure for use as a fuel source for biofuel production to carry out projects to demonstrate the commercial viability of one or more processes for converting biomass to fuels or chemicals.</text> </subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph><paragraph id="HCA58ECC5E7644C6B9B8B84CCA1FA492"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Environmental goals</header><text>Subsection (e)(2)(A) of such section is amended—</text> <subparagraph id="HE7BC89B4633D4EEEB573514323B50218"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end of clause (i);</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE9C00212CA5A41E080FECA6B5E9CB475"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by redesignating clause (ii) as clause (iii); and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF0B2A458D7D34CE38B003D003D4598FB"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by inserting after clause (i) the following new clause:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H82DDB54ACE5443E89918AA64D5FFFFA7" style="OLC"> <clause id="H123B932D51D84D0BB1E9D46C562CB6E8"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>shall select projects based on the extent to which the projects meet environmental goals for feed stocks and refineries, including goals related to reductions in greenhouse gas emissions and improvement in water quality and wildlife habitat, developed by the Secretary in consultation with the Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of Energy, and the National Academy of Sciences; and</text> </clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H364AFC02EDAD4770AEA36D5F125711D5"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Funding</header><text>Subsection (i) of such section, as amended by subsection (d)(1), is amended to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block id="HED26B5CD3E47497880D3AF6BDFCEBEC" style="OLC"> <subsection id="HC0042FB681D247B789F087B554C0EB50"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Funding</header><text>Of the funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation, the Secretary shall make available $50,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2008 and 2009 and $75,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2010 through 2012 to carry out this section.</text> </subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph><paragraph id="HCA654A1281AF453F80B8228B82151DBB"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Conforming amendments</header><text>Such section is further amended—</text> <subparagraph id="H7B631BBE7F4044D995E927ACB53F73F6"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">grants</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">assistance</header-in-text></quote>;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H755C08C4986D4E258E994139595C466F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subsection (c)—</text> <clause id="HE4BE36EDF18943FDAD1F125E66133223"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Grants</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Grants, loans, and loan guarantees</header-in-text></quote>; and</text> </clause><clause id="HEFD180037093443189087D0050C6166D"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>grants</quote> and inserting <quote>grants and make loans and loan guarantees</quote>; and</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H12DA42B175414A09B39102022B00CED5"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in subsection (e)—</text> <clause id="H533ECDF27EBB49A28ED13EC0387D68D"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>grants</quote> and inserting <quote>grants and make loans and loan guarantees</quote>; and</text> </clause><clause id="HCEC5B955CC954D5A92008BF22503E7C9"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)(A), by striking <quote>grants</quote> and inserting <quote>grants, loans, and loan guarantees</quote>.</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H70F72859A6314092B4928F75AE6D66CB"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Extension of renewable energy systems and energy efficiency improvements program</header> <paragraph id="HAABA96E737264874B163E9CA0082021D"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Priorities</header><text>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> <subparagraph id="HFE67273343584DEB98891E844ECE51A9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by redesignating subsections (c), (d), (e), and (f) as subsections (d), (e), (f), and (g), respectively; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H486F160C427B40DC81DE66FEB31110DA"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting after subsection (b) the following new subsection:</text> <quoted-block id="H6B5EEBEAF29E445099C695E071AFCDAD" style="OLC"> <subsection id="H36BACBAEFF334497B91202601E7B2D87"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Priority</header><text>The Secretary shall prioritize for the awarding of a grant, loan, or loan guarantee under this section projects that—</text> <paragraph id="HB7D8F734E678442A9612F0979E81C2BB"><enum>(1)</enum><text>will produce environmental benefits, including reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, other improvements in air quality, and improvements in water quality; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H304B142A1F8B4A78A46F3186D99D7DB8"><enum>(2)</enum><text>foster community or cooperative approaches to renewable energy development.</text> </paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H03EDD5C541CB4E59845DA830836237A6"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Funding</header><text>Subsection (g) of such section, as redesignated by paragraph (1)(A), is amended to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block id="HBE626188AE004A40AB21630078900186" style="OLC"> <subsection id="H8F2852BA20584411BE5D09D4E212C15"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Funding</header> <paragraph id="H48E4F846990746A1BCB7C29417569718"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Of the funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation, the Secretary shall make available to carry out this section—</text> <subparagraph id="H0961667909AA4A3000AABAD8E21D00"><enum>(A)</enum><text>$75,000,000 for fiscal year 2008;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA54306C3000F4AA997D3D6A4A33D8183"><enum>(B)</enum><text>$75,000,000 for fiscal year 2009;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB93863ED869448BEA31CBBE2D04BBB46"><enum>(C)</enum><text>$75,000,000 for fiscal year 2010;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H87314ED6423E4A16A67F9D4BF1C8E500"><enum>(D)</enum><text>$75,000,000 for fiscal year 2011; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB1B3112DF68649A2B6E349C6B0B2AAEA"><enum>(E)</enum><text>$100,000,000 for fiscal year 2012.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HD003C397A91B4B1FA945F9A99251F6FC"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Availability</header><text>Funds made available under paragraph (1) shall remain available until expended.</text> </paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HB04069BD78CA4F52A9BE271ED30E36D"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Reauthorization of and increased funding for biomass research and development</header><text>Section 310 of the Biomass Research and Development Act of 2000 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/7624">7 U.S.C. 7624</external-xref> note; <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/106/224">Public Law 106–224</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block id="HEE50DBC6141145B29D39C4445CBCB02" style="OLC"> <section id="H8458D4E2E5304507BD004D4405621123"><enum>310.</enum><header>Funding</header> <subsection id="HEBF4418590FA43B5A194DFEE2700FC4F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Funding</header><text>Of funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation, the Secretary shall make available to carry out this title $75,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2008 through 2012.</text> </subsection><subsection id="HD529E77FED42411AAD53C614C63CEEB7"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>In addition to amounts transferred under subsection (a), there are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this title $200,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2008 through 2012.</text> </subsection><subsection id="H38E267B08E8A4ADF00FE9EF9D7C9F12E"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Availability of funds</header><text>Amounts made available under subsection (a) or appropriated pursuant to the authorization of appropriations in subsection (b) shall remain available until expended.</text> </subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection></section></subtitle><subtitle id="H9B8694FF9F2245A6B8BD23006DB9DD16"><enum>E</enum><header>Rural Development</header> <section id="H81C58930AE91402999411325CDF8598D"><enum>251.</enum><header>Rural development</header> <subsection id="HB03AA536149347309829093FD0C6872D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Targeting of rural development funding to low-income rural areas</header><text>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 display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HEC2994945C064820973F454428CDBC49" style="OLC"> <section id="H35DF56B106114DF592B19F745CADB00"><enum>365.</enum><header>Criteria to be applied in considering applications for rural development projects</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary shall not approve an application which is submitted under any program authorized or modified by, or funded pursuant to, an amendment made by title VI of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002, and which proposes to serve a rural area (as defined by the applicable law), unless—</text> <paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H36E31A62B9734B84898C6FE6C4012990"><enum>(1)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HE7D5DB407FEA40348495EA22894C632"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the median family income in the area is not more than 85 percent of the median household income in the State in which the area is located; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB3CBD4FE1EF94278BF3C7C5C4B7B296D" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the area is not—</text> <clause id="HCD6F27F5CDAD48969DB36EA8F0BBEBE0"><enum>(i)</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;</text> </clause><clause id="H1B5A335664EE48F8B00077A34BD8D81E"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">included within the boundaries of an urbanized area or urban cluster; or</text> </clause><clause id="HDA4DB89CADEB4D2BABD2A100417EA149"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">within 10 miles of the boundary of any such city, village, borough, town, urbanized area, or urban cluster;</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H50C30868F7664D0F969E6ED900224FC"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the area—</text> <subparagraph id="H81FB5C03D4DE435E906E2DD6FBC206FA"><enum>(A)</enum><text>is in a county designated as Non-metro by the Economic Research Service of the Department of Agriculture; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA50A4415BD124000B8AF1235AEA857AB"><enum>(B)</enum><text>has experienced net population out-migration over the last 5 years; or</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HE1F0DFB6699449F69818E0A4DEDA088F"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the area is in a county designated a Non-metro Persistent Poverty County by the Economic Research Service of the Department of Agriculture.</text> </paragraph></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection><subsection id="H1EB13E48006D418D9200008E64823192"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Value-added producer grant program</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 231(b) 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—</text> <paragraph id="H2C4733FAB87F444DA5A76C439185CB65"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (4)—</text> <subparagraph id="HE62B3EA3530E495600B000265C10D6BD"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>2002</quote> and inserting <quote>2008</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2D2A35AE31A444338CE7AB17F6F28A4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>2006</quote> and inserting <quote>2012</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H87979986E36D492ABFAF2134121E55B7"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4C8E5E49B2544EB59ECC79DD7485D6B1" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="HDAF1C03B46994743B3627F51E5422360"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Priority</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In awarding grants under this section, the Secretary shall give priority to proposals that are most likely to increase the profitability and viability of small- and medium-sized farms and ranches.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H526CD213209C4A3681234BE2380715C4"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Set-aside for beginning farmers and ranchers</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not less than 10 percent and not more than 15 percent of the amounts made available for grants under this section for a fiscal year shall be available for grants to qualified beginning farmers or ranchers (as defined in section 343(a)(11) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act).</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H4C6463E2F720414D9D623237885DF289"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Set-aside for socially disadvantaged farmer and ranchers</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not less than 10 percent and not more than 15 percent of the amounts made available for grants under this section for a fiscal year shall be available for grants to socially disadvantaged farmers or ranchers (as defined in section 355(e) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act).</text> </paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HB347E4F24F13478289217D5FC366F38"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Rural broadband access</header><text>Section 601(j) of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 950bb(j)) is amended by striking <quote>—</quote> and all that follows and inserting <quote>$10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2008 through 2012, to remain available until expended.</quote>.</text> </subsection><subsection id="H6D9469D249494F9682375827601BEA2B"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Rural business opportunity grants</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 306(a)(11)(D) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1926(a)(11)(D)) is amended by striking <quote>2007</quote> and inserting <quote>2012</quote>.</text> </subsection><subsection id="H12E285C7EC8B4250A640CCDD8C808D02"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Farmworker training grant program</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 379C(c) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2008q">7 U.S.C. 2008q(c)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2007</quote> and inserting <quote>2012</quote>.</text> </subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H25A2D852132C4FBC943B49008510277E" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>252.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 section 251(a) of this Act, is amended by inserting after section 365 the following::</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAFB7E6AEE53343EE8FDA103BEFA7FCCD" style="OLC"> <section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF0DC687C57BF4F739543A8D43342B155" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>366.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Rural entrepreneur and microenterprise assistance program</header> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAD19C86635E74382B853972243814B00"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section:</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H52AF22EF5CA24CA8ABA170983588C7B6"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Economically disadvantaged microentrepreneur</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>economically disadvantaged microentrepreneur</term> 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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2528CE0BD82B4AE68398EE91EAD4D4E0"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Indian tribe</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5D234639607B44C1A200445FF5914760"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Intermediary</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>intermediary</term> means a private, nonprofit entity that provides assistance—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3FE913AB0BC047D7AD426778C9003BA7"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to a microenterprise development organization; or</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBE6FA0B6AB0441519EEDD0CD6EC568F6"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for a microenterprise development program.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF3FCBFDB436F4690BC9DD5802697B019"><enum>(4)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Low-income individual</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term low-income individual means an individual with an income (adjusted for family size) of not more than the greatest of—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8BEF11DAF11B4BCFA9C560F78679843E"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">80 percent of median income of an area;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAD56BA37A6C24E91BC3FDD7D20654E58"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">80 percent of the statewide non-metropolitan area median income; or</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA48FE6D762684F98A181BF6DB798009"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">80 percent of the national median income.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H36D1B9B756D046B08D4C45157977BCC2"><enum>(5)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Microcredit</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>microcredit</term> means a business loan or loan guarantee of not more than $50,000 that is provided to a rural entrepreneur.</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA177C9E6B5DB4D92A25B3240AB0074AC"><enum>(6)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Microenterprise</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>microenterprise</term> means—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDAF3AEE32F8C4C0D885965BA0013C8F1"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a sole proprietorship; or</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H640EA768498F436E923228B69BEFA785"><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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1A6B5C2A86D54043B0C1839CB31C862D"><enum>(7)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Microenterprise development organization</header> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBDD8FF3CC3354D8CB380390001BCC808"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>microenterprise development organization</term> means a private, nonprofit entity that—</text> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB093C641BA3448689EA00761B28C9736"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provides training and technical assistance to rural entrepreneurs; and</text> </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1DCCCAB1AD564DD7AA0365B28D2E91FE"><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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H69ABCD34B5094EE2B078A7BCA6006654"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Inclusions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>microenterprise development organization</term> 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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFC5ED0BF2B55454F9D97001D02DFB78"><enum>(8)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Microenterprise development program</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>microenterprise development organization</term> means a program administered by an organization serving a rural area.</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HEDC39485DD8E4B4E81BAE808CE3FF57C"><enum>(9)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Microentrepreneur</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>microentrepreneur</term> means the owner, operator, or developer of a microenterprise.</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4C4B9D7D926B452991E1FE112B48FE8D"><enum>(10)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Program</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>program</term> means the rural entrepreneur and microenterprise program established under subsection (b)(1).</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7ACCB0FFAAE6429491D780ED2D7CB55E"><enum>(11)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Qualified organization</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>qualified organization</term> means—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD9B11FFCF9E84007A424DBFD007BBF95"><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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA969F903455A4CEAB132AC47486DABA6"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an intermediary that has a demonstrated record of delivery assistance to microenterprise development organizations or microenterprise development programs;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2AAA8C3A4FDC48BC9E2B46103045D4AB"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a microenterprise development organization or microenterprise development program that serves rural entrepreneurs;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2C6C341C5FFB400AB9D906512E58D871"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an Indian tribe, the tribal government of which certifies to the Secretary that no microenterprise development organization or microenterprise development program exists under the jurisdiction of the Indian tribe;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H29786F6D49654948A6C1CC19652304F5"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a group of 2 or more organizations or Indian tribes described in any of subparagraphs (A) through (D) that agree to act jointly as a qualified organization under this section; or</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H34A3A9A09C164CEB9D6C08F65DDDD67"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for purposes of subsection (b), a public college or university.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H55821B21809A41B8A9DF20CBB8E036E3"><enum>(12)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Rural area</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>rural area</term> means any community that is rural in character and has a population of not more than 25,000 individuals.</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE1DC7427BD994F27A283EA658BD60002"><enum>(13)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Rural capacity building service</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>rural capacity building service</term> means a service provided to an organization that—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF421A6173E7B4490B5A9E68382A15466"><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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H98DF67179EB947D1A9CB277638F540EC"><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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H949E5CFD6F494107870000C57808DCD5"><enum>(14)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Rural entrepreneur</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>rural entrepreneur</term> means a microentrepreneur, or prospective microentrepreneur—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDF06E29A7E0F4738BC6E6D288D188D68"><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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6F41025D7A9C478FB5A0393DE7FF4EE9"><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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HEEA4721CD5FF4E96ADDEE2CB9B53F1DF"><enum>(15)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Secretary</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>Secretary</term> means the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Rural Business-Cooperative Service.</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9F195ECD5BD842D1B700F1346D88B532"><enum>(16)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Tribal government</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>tribal government</term> means the governing body of an Indian tribe.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5BB09396693C4DFD9BEC047EDDEF48B8"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Rural Entrepreneurship and Microenterprise Program</header> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H029F96237E5C4E61A6D7DE7C1D9D00EA"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Establishment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall establish a rural entrepreneurship and microenterprise program.</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDF8E033192B04360B114F44632C22BF"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1584970B044341A6BE796D68095F92F3"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the skills necessary to establish new small businesses in rural areas; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD6F8E4BC50B446D8BF5C4C5C00D81180"><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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1D4F957E2E134802A3222C48B76769D1"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Grants</header> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD34615E1AE364AC3A335335E67A2D217"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may make a grant under the program to a qualified organization—</text> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5D58F48A95664F91ACE0F2E0FF243D2E"><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 5 or fewer full-time-equivalent employees;</text> </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAC4FDC955B4248DC978B7B43AAE9E919"><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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3C672240631F4DF49F75E463016D19DA"><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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5CBB76455DC6499FA55B79269C55FA90"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subgrants</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject to such regulations as the Secretary may promulgate, a qualified organization that receives a grant under this paragraph may use the grant to provide assistance to other qualified organizations, such as small or emerging qualified organizations.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDF23B23521DD467FA9815C6EA62959DA"><enum>(C)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE9823147DAC947ED84659EB1C35D8C34"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">of varying sizes; and</text> </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1339BEBF00644D7B827C495F28313439"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">that serve racially- and ethnically-diverse populations.</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF799BC3F75074E17BEFE678E52B2545E"><enum>(D)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Cost sharing</header> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD3C7F9BB366247AA93B9F6300AA503F"><enum>(i)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Federal share</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Federal share of the cost of a project carried out using funds from a grant made under this paragraph shall be 75 percent.</text> </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCF5E88A9BD5548F982B007F6CDF2174"><enum>(ii)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Form of non-Federal share</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The non-Federal share of the cost of a project described in clause (i) may be provided—</text> <subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H78544472DA624151B2D683E58015CC09"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in cash (including through fees, grants (including community development block grants), and gifts); or</text> </subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF1A6E98102DF4A92A8C26C438C7EA4F"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in kind.</text> </subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H028CC8259A114C1C9D939400008C52DE"><enum>(4)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Rural Microloan Program</header> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8265CF5C171145D9A70089C9DE51C538"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBCE2E711F5B642320039546B25F31964"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Purpose</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The purpose of the rural microloan program shall be to provide technical and financial assistance to sole proprietorships and small businesses located in rural areas with a particular focus on those businesses with 5 or fewer full-time equivalent employees.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1B1F39F74918440BA62F4719F58E6CBC"><enum>(C)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authority of secretary</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In carrying out the rural microloan program, the Secretary may—</text> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7A0FED2A70B949338209F32715D2DE7"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">make direct 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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H32DF4658A4CC4AF796172B9D0100948E"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in conjunction with those loans, provide grants in accordance with subparagraph (E) to those qualified 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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H882B6E27C74848EBA842B7D7F1CAC00"><enum>(D)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Loan duration; interest rates; conditions</header> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H169ED4E79F484E10BD237612DD850016"><enum>(i)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4EB4B7F6418B4FF4974601271446C0A9"><enum>(ii)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2FE7E8F1960E4BAC9B7E8FD6CC4FCC"><enum>(iii)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 on which the loan was made.</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H439C3CC199454EEA9526D27200C65B2D"><enum>(E)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Grant amounts</header> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB089207A37394FD5A2C839E42090FDB2"><enum>(i)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H421F8B5B18C248569CF19BB8C784A506"><enum>(ii)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Maximum amount of grant 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 of provision of the grant.</text> </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3CFAC7BAFEEF4EDBA4BE63EDFFE75305"><enum>(iii)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Matching Requirement</header> <subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H158DA56101AB4C09A04E5EB5E5EE9BF7"><enum>(I)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2CA59586C40242E4813BB870A961BADF"><enum>(II)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE549D69A3F584B67B9951CEA1C809791"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6F6726B8B94448C18280691B97103C00"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Funding</header> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC70E3C55B2274733B9CDC946B5F41FB4"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, and on October 1, 2008, and each October 1 thereafter through October 1, 2012, out of any funds in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the Secretary of the Treasury shall transfer to the Secretary to carry out this section $50,000,000, to remain available until expended.</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4D3F83490C2743F195A8BE7BCE5BAB6"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Allocation of funds</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Of the amount made available by paragraph (1) for each fiscal year—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF73E5AE5BE6B468DB388A61CFE1FF7B0"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">not less than $30,000,000 shall be available for use in carrying out subsection (b)(3); and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H557177E3718D42A48170EF5056BDC456"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">not less than $20,000,000 shall be available for use in carrying out subsection (b)(4), of which not more than $7,000,000 shall be used to support direct loans.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H43334B1B988147C1849E9C66FD796FB3"><enum>(C)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Receipt and acceptance</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall be entitled to receive, shall accept, and shall use to carry out this section the funds transferred under paragraph (1), without further appropriation.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H14F4373F484545BB80E68941CA785400"><enum>253.</enum><header>Enhancing rural infrastructure</header> <subsection id="H4736870F839C483D96D0051B44004D49"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Use of funds</header><text>The Secretary of Agriculture shall use funds made available under subsection (d) to provide funds for applications that are pending on the date of enactment of this Act for—</text> <paragraph id="H9FADFFE54F984E0F9D22C53800004362"><enum>(1)</enum><text>water or waste disposal grants or direct loans under paragraph (1) or (2) of section 306(a) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1926">7 U.S.C. 1926(a)</external-xref>);</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HA849C4E33D30472680C5F87980255682"><enum>(2)</enum><text>emergency community water assistance grants under section 306A of that Act (7 U.S.C. 1926a);</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H85379E0075C6466581005BF6691613E7"><enum>(3)</enum><text>community facilities grants and direct loans under paragraphs (1), (19), (20), (21) of section 306(a) of that Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1926">7 U.S.C. 1926(a)</external-xref>) that support projects that assist rural first responders, as defined by the Secretary of Agriculture;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HC914FB17AEB7452CACF6EB60081F418"><enum>(4)</enum><text>broadband access loans under title VI of the Rural Electrification Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/950bb">7 U.S.C. 950bb et seq.</external-xref>); and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H6329C7C8C2D642D69569E0582F73C432"><enum>(5)</enum><text>distance learning and telemedicine grants under chapter 1 of subtitle D of title XXII of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 950aaa et seq.).</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HD3A1F230E474469889DDAA3C82A8AAF"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Limitations</header> <paragraph id="HD8628CCB14D94AFD90512BA01F09E206"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Appropriated amounts</header><text>Funds made available under this section shall be available to the Secretary of Agriculture to provide funds for applications for loans and grants described in subsection (a) that are pending on the date of enactment of this Act only to the extent that funds for the loans and grants appropriated in the annual appropriations Act for fiscal years 2008 and 2009, as appropriate, have been exhausted.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H28993B555688472B8200B60098E42D36"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Program requirements</header><text>The Secretary of Agriculture may use funds made available under this section to provide funds for a pending application for a loan or grant described in subsection (a) only if the Secretary of Agriculture processes, reviews, and approves the application in accordance with regulations in effect on the date of enactment of this Act.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HFA09205938B2447196D262C1D7E3709D"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Exclusion of certain pending applications</header><text>In this section, the term <term>application</term> does not include an application for a loan or grant that, as of the date of enactment of this Act, is in the preapplication phase of consideration under regulations of the Secretary of Agriculture in effect on the date of enactment of this Act.</text> </subsection><subsection id="H0A9536D6CFD145CFAD40E7A9DEE83330"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Funding</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Of the funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation, the Secretary of Agriculture shall make available to carry out this section $50,000,000 in fiscal year 2008, $75,000,000 in fiscal year 2009, $100,000,000 in fiscal years 2010 and 2011, and $75,000,000 in fiscal year 2012.</text> </subsection></section></subtitle><subtitle id="H7279BB6EE0D544C5A4C04413E3808B83"><enum>F</enum><header>Nutrition</header> <section id="H8BECAB5F7CB24815BD8648F77DC8A073"><enum>261.</enum><header>Exclusion of combat-related military pay from countable income</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 5(d) of the food stamp act of 2007 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2014">7 U.S.C. 2014(d)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HE207D56B4F504500A1F5F8D8F740004B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>and (18)</quote> and inserting <quote>(18)</quote>; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H070B2866D9644202B5A8E8E5A2A141CB"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting before the period at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H14537D50C9DE490491C4002008621582" style="OLC"> <quoted-block-continuation-text quoted-block-continuation-text-level="subsection">, and (19) any additional payment received under <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/37/5">chapter 5</external-xref> of title 37, United States Code, by a member of the United States Armed Forces deployed to a designated combat zone for the duration of the members deployment if the additional pay is the result of deployment to or while serving in a combat zone, and it was not received immediately prior to serving in the combat zone</quoted-block-continuation-text><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></section><section id="H6A014E98D86D4B59B7349D4310EE4F13"><enum>262.</enum><header>Strengthening the food purchasing power of low-income Americans</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 5(e)(1) of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2014">7 U.S.C. 2014(e)(1)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HD0CB075352A84A758F28E3C51D72BE2"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A)(ii) by striking <quote>not less than $134</quote> and all that follows to the end of the clause and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H19A3BEA84DD844F397D3955598A6DD36" style="OLC"> <quoted-block-continuation-text quoted-block-continuation-text-level="clause">not less than $149, $255, $210, and $131, respectively. For October 1, 2008 and each fiscal year thereafter, such amounts shall be adjusted to the nearest lower dollar increment to reflect changes in the Consumer Price Index for all urban consumers published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, for items other than food, for the twelve months ending the preceding June 30.</quoted-block-continuation-text><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph><paragraph id="H5067818241E44BF98766608118E47DFD"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B)(ii) by striking <quote>not less than $269.</quote> and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H77BBD19D23404B9E9F5361FD53B6007E" style="OLC"> <quoted-block-continuation-text quoted-block-continuation-text-level="clause">not less than $299. For October 1, 2008 and each fiscal year thereafter, such amount shall be adjusted to the nearest lower dollar increment to reflect changes in the Consumer Price Index for all urban consumers published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, for items other than food, for the twelve months ending the preceding June 30.</quoted-block-continuation-text><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></section><section id="H98BFEA6AB6514AEF0097F72CC2C8575B"><enum>263.</enum><header>Supporting working families with child care expenses</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 5(e)(3)(A) of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2014">7 U.S.C. 2014(e)(3)(A)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>, the maximum allowable level of which shall be $200 per month for each dependent child under 2 years of age and $175 per month for each other dependent,</quote>.</text> </section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H349C51CB1BF74AFEAAA4E8F6343512CB"><enum>264.</enum><header>Increasing the minimum benefit</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 8(a) of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2017">7 U.S.C. 2017(a)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>$10 per month.</quote> and inserting—</text> <quoted-block id="H64C54E4BECE74786B56BE485F29C7FE4" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="H9E1D0A3163F4420AA65E00E8A17C96D9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>for fiscal year 2008 through 2011, 10 percent of the thrifty food plan for a household containing one member, as determined by the Secretary under section 3(o);</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H492E787FF3BA471AA4BEFF577E8BF3D8"><enum>(2)</enum><text>for fiscal year 2012 and each fiscal year thereafter, 15 percent of the thrifty food plan for a household containing one member, as determined by the Secretary under section 3(o).</text> </paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H36460AF014A8495EA2FEC495F48BF49D"><enum>265.</enum><header>Exclusion of retirement accounts from countable financial resources</header> <subsection id="H398104F39D2243A6B1AD7007B169620"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Accounts</header><text>Section 5(g)(2)(B)(v) of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2014">7 U.S.C. 2014(g)(2)(B)(v)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>or retirement account (including an individual account)</quote> and inserting <quote>account</quote>.</text> </subsection><subsection id="H3D9B5DA05C9446AE841FEB6F6D34C481"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Mandatory and discretionary exclusions</header><text>Section 5(g) of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2014">7 U.S.C. 2014(g)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block id="HEDBB16BF58DB4628B661A0434505DF95" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="H69A8365F8C1D4CA6ADE0ED6F00DF9476"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Exclusion of retirement accounts from countable financial resources</header> <subparagraph id="H3D5C5DD8583D418DBEEEB6B6D591E787"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Mandatory exclusions</header><text>The Secretary shall exclude from financial resources under this subsection the value of any funds in a plan, contract, or account, described in sections 401(a), 403(a), 403(b), 408, 408A, 457(b), and 501(c)(18) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and the value of funds in a Federal Thrift Savings Plan account as provided in <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/8439">section 8439</external-xref> of title 5, United States Code.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD9E6E637C9034301A0F7DF9BB407A916"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Discretionary exclusions</header><text>The Secretary may exclude from financial resources under this subsection the value of any other retirement plans, contracts, or accounts (as determined by the Secretary through regulation).</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H87BDEE174C79429E8462C31F720000CA" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>266.</enum><header>Facilitating simplified reporting</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 6(c) of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2015">7 U.S.C. 2015(c)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H49259D5E56BB4B4D84DDA4ECFF75DC1B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)(A)—</text> <subparagraph id="H10D4A2C340874D3CBE9D46E252C5046E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>reporting by</quote> and inserting <quote>reporting</quote>;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H561465903A4B4F1E82911D8971730005"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in clause (i) by inserting <quote>for periods shorter than 4 months by</quote> before <quote>migrant</quote>;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7621D85A6CB44F38BE24779818C3744C"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in clause (ii), by inserting <quote>for periods shorter than 4 months by</quote> before <quote>households</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H1F44C85FFB704FE490009BD5A396CD51"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in clause (iii), by inserting <quote>by</quote> before <quote>households</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HCCB7DEB936A04F63BF6FF5B244F5F5E9"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (3), by—</text> <subparagraph id="H272D7666750B4F51ABDE022C8F55BBD6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the third sentence—</text> <clause id="H93E015121FE54E0FBD868FF7EEF5C643"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>Reports required to be filed monthly under paragraph (1)</quote> and inserting <quote>Except as provided in paragraph (1)(D)(ii), periodic reports filed under paragraph (1)</quote>; and</text> </clause><clause id="H686598AC2AC84E4FBA34EF1828C0379E"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>subject matter included in such reports</quote> and inserting <quote>the households required to make the reports</quote>; and</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA50D97D8BC954BA2B65BB3EF4BBF88EF"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting after the third sentence the following: <quote>The State agency shall not be required to act on information about a household described in the preceding sentence received from any source between the periodic reports unless the information clearly indicated that the household is not eligible, subject to standards established by the Secretary, or the household requested an increase in benefits.</quote>.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8A23FE547E3840BDAED09B30B1BF3BF1"><enum>267.</enum><header>Reauthorization of food stamp program and food distribution program on Indian reservations, and the commodity supplemental food program</header> <subsection id="HBF9B12FCCD8448E2ABF69250FCE01672"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Reductions in payments for administrative costs</header><text>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="HF56CA97AE9B34593A9F5A217BC8884C6"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the first sentence of subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>2007</quote> and inserting <quote>2012</quote>; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HE31D7B19C6BF40AF85BBDDCB7BBC6E07"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B)(ii) by striking <quote>2007</quote> and inserting <quote>2012</quote>.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H155B20A722994D09919817AB62ADBD56"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Cash payment pilot projects</header><text>Section 17(b)(1)(B)(vi) of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2026(b)(1)(B(vi)) is amended by striking <quote>2007</quote> and inserting <quote>2012</quote>.</text> </subsection><subsection id="HFFD790EF454F42DBAF84116CA76F7885"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>Section 18(a)(1) of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2027(a)(1)) is amended in the first sentence by striking <quote>2003 through 2007</quote> and inserting <quote>2008 through 2012</quote>.</text> </subsection><subsection id="H7F07C2A98FB84FADA1AB8DC168DB48A1"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Consolidated block grants for puerto rico and american samoa</header><text>Section 19(a)(2) of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2028">7 U.S.C. 2028(a)(2)</external-xref>) is amended in subparagraph (A)(ii) by striking <quote>2007</quote> and inserting <quote>2012</quote>.</text> </subsection><subsection id="HEFCB8BED76EF4E66AAB8F4D6D2D172DF"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Commodity distribution program</header><text>Section 4(a) 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; <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/93/86">Public Law 93–86</external-xref>) is amended in the first sentence by striking <quote>2007</quote> and inserting <quote>2012</quote>.</text> </subsection></section><section id="H11827393A50E4D839358026572C7EF9E"><enum>268.</enum><header>Outreach grants</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 11(t) of the Food Stamp Act of 2007 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2020">7 U.S.C. 2020(t)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H209EFA72EF0F4971A81E708EDE4E5ED8"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (1) by striking <quote>For each of fiscal years</quote> and all that follows through $5,000,000, and inserting <quote>For each of fiscal years 2008 through 2012, the Secretary shall use not more than amounts specified in paragraph (2) out</quote>;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HACE0426FA26546918F2E723400B8B1A4"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraphs (2), (3), (4), and (5) as paragraphs (3), (4), (5), and (6) respectively; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H6B2381631DFE43DCB1861FF7A13BF82E"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (1) the following::</text> <quoted-block id="HB10D713616AE4F2184507DED00D89CFC" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="HD9CD984409A04A13BBABECB254B6ABB9"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Amounts</header><text>The amounts to be expended under paragraph (1) shall be—</text> <subparagraph id="H83157AD8C3E141C89E8DED58964B69ED"><enum>(A)</enum><text>for fiscal year 2008, 15,000,000; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0CB8662A274A4542828E4B1D90F3E640"><enum>(B)</enum><text>for fiscal year 2009 and each fiscal year thereafter, the amount specified in subparagraph (A), as adjusted to reflect changes in the Consumer Price Index for all urban consumers published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics for the twelve months ending the preceding June 30.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE9A7AF03CECE4CD09442AA538EA41FD6" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>269.</enum><header>Funds to States for improving and innovating program access and integrity</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 16 of the Food Stamp Act of 2007 (7 U.S.C. 2025), as amended by <inline-comment display="yes">section 304,</inline-comment> is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block id="H9D660CB2855640278EDA867C94D74D8E"> <subsection id="HAB730283D997405B825BB458267CFEE2"><enum>(m)</enum><header>Funds to States for improving and innovating program access and integrity</header> <paragraph id="H8FA14EA47F1F42F098A440C4F8FFF0ED"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), the Secretary shall provide that with respect to administrative expenditures described in paragraph (2) the percent specified in (a) shall be increased to such percentage as the Secretary specifies.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H99DFC0FED3344900806FDEEB96DE367C"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Administrative expenditures described</header><text>The administrative expenditures described in this paragraph are expenditures described in (a) that a State demonstrates to the satisfaction of the Secretary are attributable to a program innovation that—</text> <subparagraph id="H979C2638AF96428FA4C3DC159E09152D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>improves access to the food stamp program;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HEC440DAE08204DD58E9E8BC5812F15B7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>improves the efficiency and effectiveness of program operations; or</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5B6A551EC5CD40BBB480D86CC2842B4"><enum>(C)</enum><text>improves program integrity.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HEEE3DDC297794F88A000F523036DFED6"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Limitations</header><text>The total amount of additional Federal funds that are made available under this subsection shall not exceed $10,000,000 in each of the fiscal years 2008 through 2012. In applying this paragraph, the Secretary shall use discretion in determining the State innovations that have the greatest likelihood of meeting the goals described in paragraph (2). The Secretary shall only make funds available under paragraph (2) that will result in new activities or operations.</text> </paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3B8D51CB8AB64BADB87B2940D12728A7"><enum>270.</enum><header>Supporting State efforts during natural disasters</header><text display-inline="no-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 adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block id="HC85962D935E04C08B43CCCC0E15C9251" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="H197C0E7D88E643ED9394A4E8C0930F7" indent="up1"><enum>(4)</enum><text>In lieu of the payments section 16(a) would otherwise require, the Secretary shall pay each State agency an amount equal to 90 percent of administrative costs allowable under section 16(a) for costs related to planning and operating disaster food stamp programs under this subsection.</text> </paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </section><section id="H93098DAC477048DFBE00A8442326A318"><enum>271.</enum><header>Community food grants</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 25(b) of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2034">7 U.S.C. 2034(b)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H71FAD1FBB2D942B2B11E16501DDA4B89"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (1) by striking <quote>From amounts made available to carry out this Act, the Secretary may</quote> and inserting <quote>The Secretary shall</quote>; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HB1C9E5B989B149299258521763B2034C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block id="H89DEF49A9F30467494DE8F738B2FB78F" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="H1BA3FF902A874BF3BD990695EED75C59"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Funding amounts</header><text>From amounts made available to carry out this Act, the Secretary shall use $25,000,000 for fiscal year 2008, and $30 million for each of the fiscal years 2009 through 2012, to make grants under this section.</text> </paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6FAFA37393CD43E2B07C07BC7D4B29AE" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>272.</enum><header>Expanding the use of food stamps at farmers’ markets</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 25 of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2034) is amended by adding at the end:</text> <quoted-block id="H349F9389736E4ADB837F00737FB3C482"> <subsection id="H3B81662D7C0D45ED96678D2B27ABD288"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Grants to expand the number of farmers’ markets that accept food stamp benefits</header> <paragraph id="H36EC1519FE2745BA81BA14F800235BB5"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>For fiscal year 2008, the Secretary shall use not more than $5 million of funds made available under section 18(a)(1) to make grants to pay 100 percent of the costs of eligible entities approved by the Secretary to carry out projects to expand the number of farmer’ markets that accept food stamp benefits by—</text> <subparagraph id="H0BDB84EE228E4E4CBFC392B1252B93A6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>providing equipment and training necessary for markets to accept food stamp benefits;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H34265A60E68A4876B6176C73CB830060"><enum>(B)</enum><text>educating and providing technical assistance to farmers and farmers’ market operators about the process and benefits of accepting food stamp benefits; or</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H81D2A359F88B474EB1392654A8CEBF14"><enum>(C)</enum><text>other activities deemed appropriate by the Secretary.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HB995702F9E364310B7F72EC3AA17B9ED"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>A grant made under this subsection shall not be made for the cost of the on-going cost of carrying out any project.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HA5CDB2C7ABBF4EDCAABB5E8135BAF5F"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Eligible entities</header><text>To be eligible to receive a grant under this subsection, an entity shall be—</text> <subparagraph id="HC744A4E838BD4B789BA1DAB9D61B78C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a State agency administering the food stamp program;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H27A8C29F41A84547B774118890617200"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a State or local government; or</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H20E0E737FCAF4D8B813D7627A504DBAF"><enum>(C)</enum><text>a private nonprofit entity that coordinates farmers’ markets in or within a State and that operates in cooperation with State or local government.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H3452C25B16C24CA3867008EEFC467F67"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Selection of eligible entities</header><text>The Secretary—</text> <subparagraph id="H5BE1DE9897024882B8F68D7DD2391E95"><enum>(A)</enum><text>shall develop criteria for the selection of eligible entities to receive grants under this subsection; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF51C53C5BBCA46C2BC18CCB3743FF700"><enum>(B)</enum><text>may give preference to any eligible entity that consists of a partnership between a government entity and a nongovernmental entity.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </section><section id="HD8F7D42EF404493F9E56A45CA678E246"><enum>273.</enum><header>Commodities for the emergency food assistance program</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—</text> <paragraph id="HE0A0305E0AEB484B8ECFF958C3F628CE"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>(a) purchase of commodities</quote> and all that follows through <quote>2007</quote> and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block id="H11127ED8CE494301B3DBBA7F25FD50DE" style="OLC"> <subsection id="H4EDB0DA31DD843EAB42DC3DC111B17B2"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Purchase of commodities</header> <paragraph id="H40D0772F00FF4FCFA03047BF8405DEA2"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>As provided in paragraph (2), for each of fiscal years 2008 through 2012</text> </paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph><paragraph id="HC18DFEB0E8394D20AF2899B494BE6261"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking <quote>$140,000,000 of</quote>; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HDDA9A122AED24F1286611C51BA20C188"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by inserting at the end:</text> <quoted-block id="H69C59A0241DB49BA94CA29DDFD42F0" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="H459389AA8E9B41F097FFD4DA858BFA9C"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Amounts</header><text>The following amounts are made available to carry out this subsection:</text> <subparagraph id="H8090534726404D30880078DE1FA9EC00"><enum>(A)</enum><text>for fiscal year 2008, $220,000,000;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3061BE2DBC354659BCBDFA15EF965930"><enum>(B)</enum><text>for fiscal year 2009, $230,000,000;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBE5F01E1A33C4B4FBC1EA2268008981"><enum>(C)</enum><text>for fiscal year 2010, $240,000,000;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF7D26E7F8D43495C929DEDCB5043E227"><enum>(D)</enum><text>for fiscal year 2011, $245,000,000; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7A5C642C90D7429FBF005036EDCFFB75"><enum>(E)</enum><text>for fiscal year 2012 and each fiscal year thereafter, the dollar amount of commodities available in the immediately preceding fiscal year adjusted by the percentage by which the thrifty food plan has been adjusted under section 3(o)(4) between June 30, 2007 and June 30 of the immediately preceding fiscal year.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA2E18C373A024602A271DF1E01439532" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>274.</enum><header>Community food assistance and food bank infrastructure grants under the Food Stamp Act</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Food Stamp Act of 1977 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2011">7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block id="H793FB602121E4344ACC500646688EC64"> <section id="HF07AF88C383E4032B8C7541CDBA0AAE7"><enum>28.</enum><header>Community food assistance and food bank infrastructure competitive grants</header> <subsection id="H1BAF290C44D24354A52F05F5A8E5E376"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definition of eligible entity</header><text>In this section, the term <term>eligible entity</term> means an emergency feeding organization (as defined in section 201A(4) of the Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/7501">7 U.S.C. 7501(4)</external-xref>).</text> </subsection><subsection id="H016A1D0D77454F90AB0094153952E4D"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Program authorized</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To carry out this section, there are authorized to be appropriated $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2008 through 2012.</text> </subsection><subsection id="H2CE3589C36044E509992292E8B4985EF"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Application</header> <paragraph id="H4CA5A7B5186C468EB6557406006454B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>To receive a grant under this section, an eligible entity shall submit an application to the Secretary at the time and manner and accompanied by any information the Secretary may require.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HEE7893B13943410E81AE66F9F944F29D"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>Each application submitted under paragraph (1) shall—</text> <subparagraph id="HBABEA79CDED742AFAD00CEF913E049E3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>identify the activity described in subsection (d) that the grant will be used to fund; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9312E7DFFAF540F9BD51E612886E8515"><enum>(B)</enum><text>describe the means by which an activity identified under subparagraph (A) will reduce hunger in the community or support the efforts of food banks or other nonprofit emergency feeding organizations as defined in subsection (a) to reduce hunger or food insecurity in their communities.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H0FAEA4BAB9B140E6A2B4400F4791683"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Priority</header><text>In making grants under this section, the Secretary shall give priority to eligible entities the applications of which demonstrate 2 of the following criteria:</text> <subparagraph id="H98F64A6C4B314B738489C6918F3460DC"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The eligible entity serves a predominantly rural and geographically underserved area.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H33C33241948B443291BC5F4160B2787B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The eligible entity serves a community in which the rates of food insecurity, very low food insecurity, hunger, poverty, or unemployment are demonstrably higher than national average rates.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HEB7A9031A43E4CC6A26C2C001FDD600"><enum>(C)</enum><text>The eligible entity serves a community that provides demonstrable public support for the efforts of the eligible entity through the direct provision of private sector food assistance to low-income individuals.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H92614A45E28045BD87E2551CAF47E300"><enum>(D)</enum><text>The eligible entity can show that the grant will assist in the support of rural communities, small or mid-size farms, and the consumption of locally produced agricultural products by low-income people in need of temporary food assistance.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H0AD206AC7B0742029006DFC26C996C18"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Use of funds</header><text>An eligible entity shall use a grant received under this section for fiscal year to carry out activities of the eligible entity, including—</text> <paragraph id="H3DD2710F8F7241E8B559001776646600"><enum>(1)</enum><text>constructing, expanding, or repairing a facility or equipment to support hunger relief agencies in the community;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H1B74D6D0F3234FFB92F32D881895F7F1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>assisting an emergency feeding organization in the community in obtaining locally-grown or raised produce, dairy or protein products; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H5033B534C6E64F368CFA376B85BC197"><enum>(3)</enum><text>assisting an emergency feeding organization in the community for the procurement, storage, handling and distribution of locally produced agricultural products.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBF6BAB3838A746C3AACAFAD7975392A0"><enum>275.</enum><header>Food for the hungry transportation grant program</header> <subsection id="H8295DD7A327E4525BDBFD7D2DDF4AC24"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Purposes</header><text>The purposes of this section are—</text> <paragraph id="H255BE0CFC2194CC8AB79D304E7AED628"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to authorize the creation of the National Food For the Hungry Transportation, Self-Help, and Job Training Fund to facilitate the procurement and transportation of highly perishable, healthy food to low-income individuals in the United States;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H7A96FA6DAC134BD385876D389C702CB8"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to establish a competitive mechanism in the Department of Agriculture by which appropriations made available from the Fund would be allocated;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H29A134D451834D85A32E421DE6721E7C"><enum>(3)</enum><text>to ensure the direct involvement of the private carrier trucking fleet of the United States in carrying out this section;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HB9FFAE87EAE64582A023731CB06B5BA"><enum>(4)</enum><text>to increase the quantity of nutritious food available to low-income individuals in the United States by supporting the procurement and distribution of highly perishable food, such as fresh produce and protein products, to the low-income individuals;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H6AA53E81E27D46378100DFC1ED00461F"><enum>(5)</enum><text>to offer job training and employment opportunities in the food transportation and distribution systems;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H0DC190D7014D4D4D9BD14B2928E22C8C"><enum>(6)</enum><text>to better identify potential providers of donated foods and enhance the nonprofit food donation system; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H7A145EC3EDAC4B57B25F8FB0B3EA6B13"><enum>(7)</enum><text>to provide adequate funding to carry out this section.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H8872EF46BACD451AB4D720C827120524"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section:</text> <paragraph id="H2DFBE989A8AE4984AA4000FD3173CA54"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Fund</header><text>The term <term>Fund</term> means the National Food For the Hungry Transportation, Self-Help, and Job Training Fund established under subsection (c).</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HB16815FBC43A4262B2A3CEC32CFFEF00"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Nongovernmental organization</header><text>The term <term>nongovernmental organization</term> means a national nonprofit charitable organization that—</text> <subparagraph id="HE6C86CF70B38403C89182F91C4EEE0E6"><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;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H48FCFAF82225497A00F8DA6680CF20B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>is capable of, and has at least 10 years experience in, procuring donated food and other services from major domestic food manufacturers and processors, grocery wholesalers and retailers, food warehouse operations, agricultural producer organizations, fishing interests commercial transport providers (such as trucking companies), and Federal and State food assistance agencies;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5B13E42AB8A44168B710D1028033DCA7"><enum>(C)</enum><text>is capable of, and has shown proficiency in, the national distribution of highly perishable food through contracts with member emergency feeding organizations (as defined in section 201A of the Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983 (7 U.S.C. 7501));</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5E8BCA3C1FB345BB948EFB002CEA37DB"><enum>(D)</enum><text>has at least 10 years experience in procuring commercial freight for the distribution of time-sensitive food products through a network of emergency food assistance organizations;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H76AD3B4D15EA40AFBA00DB35D23F7743"><enum>(E)</enum><text>has at least 10 years experience in working with transport providers in creating, coordinating, and maintaining transfer systems designed to assist, at the national level, the delivery of time-sensitive food products, for distribution to emergency food assistance organizations in all 50 States and the District of Columbia;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H63F2B34673DD4072BED42FEB27DCE0DA"><enum>(F)</enum><text>does not operate any commercial, private, or public subsidiary trucking or freight operations for the purposes of transporting food; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H873BEBAE734643B5B85B6832D54B0514"><enum>(G)</enum><text>agrees—</text> <clause id="H1E1C3A94C5774EF88EEA3564BFDBB9B"><enum>(i)</enum><text>to contribute in-kind resources to help carry out this section;</text> </clause><clause id="HDA4C2D6BFFF34BB2A99673E5C1233785"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>to provide to eligible emergency food assistance organizations services and information free of charge; and</text> </clause><clause id="HB7A2AB7BB4294F4884C2DB27513EB23F"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>to regularly certify and inspect any member emergency feeding organization with which the nongovernmental organization entered into a contract to carry out an activity described in subparagraph (B).</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H5004A0229B9947779F1D983D1F26A523"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Primary nongovernmental organization</header><text>The term <term>primary nongovernmental organization</term> means a nongovernmental organization selected by the Secretary on a competitive basis from among nongovernmental organizations.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HC39D247A75E34132ACA023A43D29B27C"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Secretary</header><text>The term <term>Secretary</term> means the Secretary of Transportation.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HA54D20CDB41C438080929B8D66649CC0"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Time-sensitive food product</header> <subparagraph id="H007510F2C2554F35AD2DE8D4FE176382"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The term <term>time-sensitive food product</term> means a fresh, raw, or processed food with a short time limitation for safe and acceptable consumption, as determined by the Secretary.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3EB734D63AF14CD9A286368D587042F4"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Inclusions</header><text>The term <term>time-sensitive food product</term> includes fruits, vegetables, dairy products, meat, fish, and poultry.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H8C7207FD4C284FCAAF6DA2248868C15F"><enum>(c)</enum><header>National food for the hungry transportation fund</header><text>The Secretary shall offer to enter into a contract or grant agreement with a primary nongovernmental organization to establish the National Food for the Hungry Transportation Fund to track, collect, and deliver time-sensitive food products.</text> </subsection><subsection id="H53C5BD078E0947F4BDAFDE5F748EAA7B"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Program requirements</header><text>The Secretary shall ensure that funds made available under this Act are used for</text> <paragraph id="H5DE52E8C1B0A40CBB5CE1EA7121D0B3"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the development and maintenance of a computerized system for the tracking of time-sensitive food products;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H7919763488E84F3E84DAD5151DD522F7"><enum>(2)</enum><text>capital and operating costs associated with the collection and transportation of time-sensitive food products;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H169D2D05374141AC97D222CCCB4B5815"><enum>(3)</enum><text>capital and operating costs associated with the storage and distribution of time-sensitive food products;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HD8D7DF23D38C42E68D5061F9A7B2B760"><enum>(4)</enum><text>job training opportunities in trucking, food handling, food recovery, and related industries;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HD14F43D6857547D2988CF5D9169700E3"><enum>(5)</enum><text>improving the security and diversity of the food distribution and recovery systems of the United States with the use of—</text> <subparagraph id="H1237839DE9D54473A33DBA60827F2E24"><enum>(A)</enum><text>family-sized farms; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8D19AB6C40694FBEBE59CCD855B4FC88"><enum>(B)</enum><text>donations from entities of food products to persons in need;</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H2B873C92308C47CBBA5CD32023AD59B6"><enum>(6)</enum><text>providing recovered healthy foods to non-profit emergency food providers to reduce hunger in the United States; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H2765E91C691A47019BB8B3C105CDADF"><enum>(7)</enum><text>improving the identification of—</text> <subparagraph id="H46F29266844346E0AB1D4E159D8269EA"><enum>(A)</enum><text>potential providers of donated foods;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1D67D405CFC84A64AEF6AA8C522455DB"><enum>(B)</enum><text>potential nonprofit emergency food providers; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H38F6F50B286C4EE4913D1C186C7B1156"><enum>(C)</enum><text>persons in need of emergency food assistance throughout the United States.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H8053F0077A754C0EBE4B143F875CA2F5"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Additional nongovernmental organizations</header> <paragraph id="HBD93862E570B45BDACDD6B5B2CF3BDAE"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The primary nongovernmental organization may enter into 1 or more contracts with, and provide funds to, not more than 2 additional nongovernmental organizations that the Secretary determines meet the requirements in paragraph (2) to carry out some of the functions required by this section.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HE6881B0391BE4715BDAE0780DB2EEB5E"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>An additional nongovernmental organization selected under paragraph (1) shall—</text> <subparagraph id="H4BFD77678B9147699943A800A89B8C6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>have expertise in operating for several years a national information clearinghouse relating to anti-hunger activities;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA9ADC7667B0F486795ABB426AE00CD9D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>have extensive experience in working with other anti-hunger organizations throughout the United States;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC83AA0276CB24C27003BF6E388CD4E36"><enum>(C)</enum><text>have significant experience in working with the Department of Agriculture; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFD5AF412BBEE44E188B46100CBD818D2"><enum>(D)</enum><text>operate, at a national level, a hotline to provide information about—</text> <clause id="H09795670DF32460B910098FBA8531BE0"><enum>(i)</enum><text>access to food for low-income families;</text> </clause><clause id="HC6CA0F2B129749ACB9C001F98837E84F"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>programs in existence on the date of enactment of this Act that transport fresh produce to food pantries, homeless shelters, and soup kitchens that could serve as national models for replication in other areas; and</text> </clause><clause id="HF64E849C2C7D424A8C91BFE232456E17"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>ways low-income individuals and families may become self-reliant.</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HCFDAB85AE21F42308654B7F4005BFD8D"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Audits</header><text>The Secretary shall establish fair and reasonable procedures to audit the expenditure of funds made available to carry out this section.</text> </subsection><subsection id="H6A14DBE793BA42AFBD3D6C7DBDA228A0"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated, $5,000,000 for fiscal year 2008 and for each of fiscal years 2009 through 2012, the amount available in the immediately preceding fiscal year adjusted to reflect changes in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics for the twelve months ending the preceding June 30.</text> </subsection></section></subtitle><subtitle id="HF1153CB0009A49F28842D13C2255CAF7"><enum>G</enum><header>Deficit Reduction</header> <section id="HEBF784BDE2164AC080BDA1C49B6D17CA"><enum>281.</enum><header>Deficit reduction</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, savings resulting from provisions of this Act, when compared with the Congressional Budget Office March 2008 baseline estimate, are to be applied direct towards deficit reduction and are not available for offsetting additional spending unrelated to this Act.</text> </section></subtitle>