115 HR 2 EAS: Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018
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115th CONGRESS2d SessionH.R. 2In the Senate of the United States,June 28, 2018.Amendment:That the bill from the House of Representatives (H.R. 2) entitled An Act to provide for the reform and continuation of agricultural and other programs of the Department of Agriculture through fiscal year 2023, and for other purposes.
, do pass with the followingStrike all after the enacting clause and insert the following:1.Short title; table of contents(a)This Act may be cited as the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018
.(b)The table of contents for this Act is as follows:Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.Sec. 2. Definition of Secretary.TITLE I—CommoditiesSubtitle A—Commodity PolicySec. 1101. Payment acres.Sec. 1102. Producer election.Sec. 1103. Price loss coverage.Sec. 1104. Agriculture risk coverage.Sec. 1105. Repeal of transition assistance for producers of upland cotton.Sec. 1106. Option to change producer election.Subtitle B—Marketing LoansSec. 1201. Extensions.Sec. 1202. Repeal; unshorn pelts.Sec. 1203. Economic adjustment assistance for upland cotton users.Subtitle C—SugarSec. 1301. Sugar program.Subtitle D—DairyPART I—Dairy Risk CoverageSec. 1401. Dairy risk coverage.PART II—Reauthorizations and Other Dairy-Related ProvisionsSec. 1411. Reauthorizations.Sec. 1412. Class I skim milk price.Sec. 1413. Milk donation program.Subtitle E—Supplemental Agricultural Disaster AssistanceSec. 1501. Supplemental agricultural disaster assistance.Sec. 1502. Loss of peach and blueberry crops due to extreme cold.Subtitle F—Noninsured Crop AssistanceSec. 1601. Noninsured crop assistance program.Sec. 1602. Additional assistance for certain producers.Subtitle G—AdministrationSec. 1701. Regulations.Sec. 1702. Suspension of permanent price support authority.Sec. 1703. Implementation.Sec. 1704. Definition of significant contribution of active personal management.Sec. 1705. Actively engaged in farming requirement.Sec. 1706. Adjusted gross income limitation.Sec. 1707. Base acres review.Sec. 1708. Farm Service Agency accountability.Sec. 1709. Technical corrections.TITLE II—ConservationSubtitle A—Conservation Reserve ProgramSec. 2101. Extension and enrollment requirements of conservation reserve program.Sec. 2102. Farmable wetland program.Sec. 2103. Duties of the Secretary.Sec. 2104. Payments.Sec. 2105. Conservation reserve enhancement program.Sec. 2106. Contracts.Sec. 2107. Conservation reserve easements.Sec. 2108. Eligible land; State law requirements.Subtitle B—Conservation Stewardship ProgramSec. 2201. Definitions.Sec. 2202. Establishment.Sec. 2203. Stewardship contracts.Sec. 2204. Duties of Secretary.Subtitle C—Environmental Quality Incentives ProgramSec. 2301. Purposes.Sec. 2302. Definitions.Sec. 2303. Establishment and administration.Sec. 2304. Evaluation of applications.Sec. 2305. Duties of the Secretary.Sec. 2306. Environmental quality incentives program plan.Sec. 2307. Limitation on payments.Sec. 2308. Conservation innovation grants and payments.Sec. 2309. Soil health demonstration pilot project.Subtitle D—Other Conservation ProgramsSec. 2401. Wetland conservation.Sec. 2402. Conservation security program.Sec. 2403. Conservation of private grazing land.Sec. 2404. Soil health and income protection program.Sec. 2405. Grassroots source water protection program.Sec. 2406. Soil testing and remediation assistance.Sec. 2407. Voluntary public access and habitat incentive program.Sec. 2408. Agriculture conservation experienced services program.Sec. 2409. Remote telemetry data system.Sec. 2410. Agricultural conservation easement program.Sec. 2411. Regional conservation partnership program.Sec. 2412. Wetland conversion.Sec. 2413. Delineation of wetlands.Sec. 2414. Emergency conservation program.Sec. 2415. Watershed protection and flood prevention.Sec. 2416. Small watershed rehabilitation program.Sec. 2417. Repeal of Conservation Corridor Demonstration Program.Sec. 2418. Repeal of cranberry acreage reserve program.Sec. 2419. Repeal of National Natural Resources Foundation.Sec. 2420. Repeal of flood risk reduction.Sec. 2421. Repeal of study of land use for expiring contracts and extension of authority.Sec. 2422. Repeal of Integrated Farm Management Program Option.Sec. 2423. Repeal of clarification of definition of agricultural lands.Sec. 2424. Resource conservation and development program.Sec. 2425. Wildlife management.Sec. 2426. Healthy forests reserve program.Sec. 2427. Watershed protection.Sec. 2428. Sense of Congress relating to increased watershed-based collaboration.Sec. 2429. Modifications to conservation easement program.Subtitle E—Funding and AdministrationSec. 2501. Funding.Sec. 2502. Delivery of technical assistance.Sec. 2503. Administrative requirements for conservation programs.Sec. 2504. Definition of acequia.Sec. 2505. Authorization of appropriations for water bank program.Sec. 2506. Report on land access, tenure, and transition.Sec. 2507. Report on small wetlands.Sec. 2508. State technical committees.Subtitle F—Technical CorrectionsSec. 2601. Farmable wetland program.Sec. 2602. Report on program enrollments and assistance.Sec. 2603. Delivery of technical assistance.Sec. 2604. State technical committees.TITLE III—TradeSubtitle A—Food for Peace ActSec. 3101. Food aid quality.Sec. 3102. Generation and use of currencies by private voluntary organizations and cooperatives.Sec. 3103. Minimum levels of assistance.Sec. 3104. Food Aid Consultative Group.Sec. 3105. Oversight, monitoring, and evaluation.Sec. 3106. Assistance for stockpiling and rapid transportation, delivery, and distribution of shelf-stable prepackaged foods.Sec. 3107. Allowance of distribution costs.Sec. 3108. Prepositioning of agricultural commodities.Sec. 3109. Annual report regarding food aid programs and activities.Sec. 3110. Deadline for agreements to finance sales or to provide other assistance.Sec. 3111. Nonemergency food assistance.Sec. 3112. Micronutrient fortification programs.Sec. 3113. John Ogonowski and Doug Bereuter Farmer-to-Farmer Program.Subtitle B—Agricultural Trade Act of 1978Sec. 3201. Priority trade promotion, development, and assistance.Subtitle C—Other Agricultural Trade LawsSec. 3301. Food for Progress Act of 1985.Sec. 3302. Bill Emerson Humanitarian Trust Act.Sec. 3303. Promotion of agricultural exports to emerging markets.Sec. 3304. Cochran emerging market fellowship program.Sec. 3305. Borlaug International Agricultural Science and Technology Fellowship Program.Sec. 3306. International food security technical assistance.Sec. 3307. McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program.Sec. 3308. Global Crop Diversity Trust.Sec. 3309. Local and regional food aid procurement projects.Sec. 3310. Foreign trade missions.TITLE IV—NutritionSubtitle A—Supplemental Nutrition Assistance ProgramSec. 4101. Definition of certification period.Sec. 4102. Food distribution program on Indian reservations.Sec. 4103. Work requirements for supplemental nutrition assistance program.Sec. 4104. Improvements to electronic benefit transfer system.Sec. 4105. Retail incentives.Sec. 4106. Required action on data match information.Sec. 4107. Income verification.Sec. 4108. Pilot projects to improve healthy dietary patterns related to fluid milk in the supplemental nutrition assistance program.Sec. 4109. Interstate data matching to prevent multiple issuances.Sec. 4110. Quality control.Sec. 4111. Requirement of live-production environments for certain pilot projects relating to cost sharing for computerization.Sec. 4112. Authorization of appropriations.Sec. 4113. Assistance for community food projects.Sec. 4114. Nutrition education State plans.Sec. 4115. Emergency food assistance program.Sec. 4116. Technical and conforming amendments.Subtitle B—Commodity Distribution ProgramsSec. 4201. Commodity distribution program.Sec. 4202. Commodity supplemental food program.Sec. 4203. Distribution of surplus commodities; special nutrition projects.Subtitle C—MiscellaneousSec. 4301. Purchase of specialty crops.Sec. 4302. Seniors farmers' market nutrition program.Sec. 4303. The Gus Schumacher food insecurity nutrition incentive.Sec. 4304. Harvesting health pilot projects.TITLE V—CreditSubtitle A—Farm Ownership LoansSec. 5101. Modification of the 3-year experience requirement for purposes of eligibility for farm ownership loans.Sec. 5102. Conservation loan and loan guarantee program.Sec. 5103. Limitations on amount of farm ownership loans.Subtitle B—Operating LoansSec. 5201. Limitations on amount of operating loans.Sec. 5202. Cooperative lending pilot projects.Subtitle C—Administrative ProvisionsSec. 5301. Beginning farmer and rancher individual development accounts pilot program.Sec. 5302. Loan authorization levels.Sec. 5303. Loan fund set-asides.Sec. 5304. Equitable relief.Sec. 5305. Socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers; qualified beginning farmers and ranchers.Sec. 5306. Emergency loan eligibility.Subtitle D—MiscellaneousSec. 5401. State agricultural mediation programs.Sec. 5402. Socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers.Sec. 5403. Sharing of privileged and confidential information.Sec. 5404. Removal and prohibition authority; industry-wide prohibition.Sec. 5405. Jurisdiction over institution-affiliated parties.Sec. 5406. Definition of institution-affiliated party.Sec. 5407. Repeal of obsolete provisions; technical corrections.Sec. 5408. Corporation as conservator or receiver; certain other powers.Sec. 5409. Reporting.Sec. 5410. Sense of the Senate.TITLE VI—Rural DevelopmentSubtitle A—Consolidated Farm and Rural Development ActSec. 6101. Water, waste disposal, and wastewater facility grants.Sec. 6102. Rural water and wastewater technical assistance and training programs.Sec. 6103. Rural water and wastewater circuit rider program.Sec. 6104. Tribal college and university essential community facilities.Sec. 6105. Community facilities direct loans and grants for substance use disorder treatment services.Sec. 6106. Emergency and imminent community water assistance grant program.Sec. 6107. Water systems for rural and native villages in Alaska.Sec. 6108. Rural decentralized water systems.Sec. 6109. Solid waste management grants.Sec. 6110. Rural business development grants.Sec. 6111. Rural cooperative development grants.Sec. 6112. Locally or regionally produced agricultural food products.Sec. 6113. Appropriate technology transfer for rural areas program.Sec. 6114. Rural economic area partnership zones.Sec. 6115. Intemediary relending program.Sec. 6116. Single application for broadband.Sec. 6117. Loan guarantee loan fees.Sec. 6118. Rural Business-Cooperative Service programs technical assistance and training.Sec. 6119. National rural development partnership.Sec. 6120. Grants for NOAA weather radio transmitters.Sec. 6121. Rural microentrepreneur assistance program.Sec. 6122. Health care services.Sec. 6123. Strategic economic and community development.Sec. 6124. Delta Regional Authority.Sec. 6125. Rural business investment program.Subtitle B—Rural Electrification Act of 1936Sec. 6201. Electric loan refinancing.Sec. 6202. Technical assistance for rural electrification loans.Sec. 6203. Loans for telephone service.Sec. 6204. Cushion of credit payments program.Sec. 6205. Guarantees for bonds and notes issued for electrification or telephone purposes.Sec. 6206. Access to broadband telecommunications services in rural areas.Sec. 6207. Community Connect Grant Program.Sec. 6208. Transparency in the Telecommunications Infrastructure Loan Program.Sec. 6209. Refinancing of broadband and telephone loans.Sec. 6210. Cybersecurity and grid security improvements.Subtitle C—MiscellaneousSec. 6301. Distance learning and telemedicine.Sec. 6302. Rural energy savings program.Sec. 6303. Rural health and safety education programs.Sec. 6304. Northern Border Regional Commission reauthorization.Sec. 6305. Council on Rural Community Innovation and Economic Development.TITLE VII—Research, Extension, and Related MattersSubtitle A—National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977Sec. 7101. Purposes of agricultural research, extension, and education.Sec. 7102. Matters relating to certain school designations and declarations.Sec. 7103. National Agricultural Research, Extension, Education, and Economics Advisory Board.Sec. 7104. Citrus disease subcommittee of specialty crop committee.Sec. 7105. Veterinary services grant program.Sec. 7106. Grants and fellowships for food and agriculture sciences education.Sec. 7107. Research equipment grants.Sec. 7108. Agricultural and food policy research centers.Sec. 7109. Education grants to Alaska Native serving institutions and Native Hawaiian serving institutions.Sec. 7110. Next generation agriculture technology challenge.Sec. 7111. Nutrition education program.Sec. 7112. Authorization for appropriations for Federal agricultural research facilities.Sec. 7113. Continuing animal health and disease research programs.Sec. 7114. Extension at 1890 land-grant colleges, including Tuskegee University; report.Sec. 7115. Report on agricultural research at 1890 land-grant colleges, including Tuskegee University.Sec. 7116. Grants to upgrade agricultural and food sciences facilities at 1890 land-grant colleges, including Tuskegee University.Sec. 7117. Grants to upgrade agriculture and food sciences facilities and equipment at insular area land-grant institutions.Sec. 7118. New Beginning for Tribal Students.Sec. 7119. Hispanic-serving institutions.Sec. 7120. Binational agricultural research and development.Sec. 7121. Partnerships to build capacity in international agricultural research, extension, and teaching.Sec. 7122. Competitive grants for international agricultural science and education programs.Sec. 7123. University research.Sec. 7124. Extension service.Sec. 7125. Supplemental and alternative crops; hemp.Sec. 7126. New Era Rural Technology program.Sec. 7127. Capacity building grants for NLGCA institutions.Sec. 7128. Agriculture Advanced Research and Development Authority pilot.Sec. 7129. Aquaculture assistance programs.Sec. 7130. Repeal of rangeland research programs.Sec. 7131. Special authorization for biosecurity planning and response.Sec. 7132. Distance education and resident instruction grants program for insular area institutions of higher education.Sec. 7133. Limitation on designation of entities eligible to receive funds under a capacity program.Sec. 7134. Scholarship program for students attending 1890 Institutions.Subtitle B—Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990Sec. 7201. Best utilization of biological applications.Sec. 7202. Integrated management systems.Sec. 7203. Sustainable agriculture technology development and transfer program.Sec. 7204. National training program.Sec. 7205. National strategic germplasm and cultivar collection assessment and utilization plan.Sec. 7206. National Genetics Resources Program.Sec. 7207. National Agricultural Weather Information System.Sec. 7208. Agricultural genome to phenome initiative.Sec. 7209. High-priority research and extension initiatives.Sec. 7210. Organic agriculture research and extension initiative.Sec. 7211. Farm business management.Sec. 7212. Urban, indoor, and other emerging agricultural production research, education, and extension initiative.Sec. 7213. Centers of excellence at 1890 Institutions.Sec. 7214. Assistive technology program for farmers with disabilities.Sec. 7215. National Rural Information Center Clearinghouse.Subtitle C—Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998Sec. 7301. National food safety training, education, extension, outreach, and technical assistance program.Sec. 7302. Integrated research, education, and extension competitive grants program.Sec. 7303. Support for research regarding diseases of wheat, triticale, and barley caused by Fusarium graminearum or by Tilletia indica.Sec. 7304. Grants for youth organizations.Sec. 7305. Specialty crop research initiative.Sec. 7306. Food Animal Residue Avoidance Database program.Sec. 7307. Office of Pest Management Policy.Sec. 7308. Forestry products advanced utilization research.Subtitle D—Other LawsSec. 7401. Critical Agricultural Materials Act.Sec. 7402. Equity in Educational Land-Grant Status Act of 1994.Sec. 7403. Research Facilities Act.Sec. 7404. Agricultural and food research initiative.Sec. 7405. Extension design and demonstration initiative.Sec. 7406. Renewable Resources Extension Act of 1978.Sec. 7407. National Aquaculture Act of 1980.Sec. 7408. Repeal of review of Agricultural Research Service.Sec. 7409. Biomass research and development.Sec. 7410. Reinstatement of matching requirement for Federal funds used in extension work at the University of the District of Columbia.Sec. 7411. Enhanced use lease authority pilot program.Sec. 7412. Transfer of administrative jurisdiction over portion of Henry A. Wallace Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, Beltsville, Maryland.Sec. 7413. Foundation for food and agriculture research.Sec. 7414. Assistance for forestry research under the McIntire-Stennis Cooperative Forestry Act.Sec. 7415. Legitimacy of industrial hemp research.Sec. 7416. Collection of data relating to barley area planted and harvested.Sec. 7417. Collection of data relating to the size and location of dairy farms.Sec. 7418. Agriculture innovation center demonstration program.Sec. 7419. Smith-Lever community extension program.Subtitle E—Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008PART I—Agricultural SecuritySec. 7501. Agricultural biosecurity communication center.Sec. 7502. Assistance to build local capacity in agricultural biosecurity planning, preparation, and response.Sec. 7503. Research and development of agricultural countermeasures.Sec. 7504. Agricultural biosecurity grant program.PART II—Miscellaneous ProvisionsSec. 7511. Farm and Ranch Stress Assistance Network.Sec. 7512. Natural products research program.Sec. 7513. Sun grant program.Sec. 7514. Mechanization and automation for specialty crops.Subtitle F—Matching Funds RequirementSec. 7601. Matching funds requirement.Sec. 7602. Extension and agricultural research at 1890 land-grant colleges, including Tuskegee University.TITLE VIII—ForestrySubtitle A—Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978Sec. 8101. State and private forest landscape-scale restoration program.Subtitle B—Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Research Act of 1978 Sec. 8201. Repeal of recycling research.Sec. 8202. Repeal of forestry student grant program.Subtitle C—Global Climate Change Prevention Act of 1990Sec. 8301. Repeals.Subtitle D—Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003Sec. 8401. Promoting cross-boundary wildfire mitigation.Sec. 8402. Authorization of appropriations for hazardous fuel reduction on Federal land.Sec. 8403. Repeal of biomass commercial utilization grant program.Sec. 8404. Water Source Protection Program.Sec. 8405. Watershed Condition Framework.Sec. 8406. Authorization of appropriations to combat insect infestations and related diseases.Sec. 8407. Healthy Forests Reserve Program reauthorization.Sec. 8408. Authorization of appropriations for designation of treatment areas.Sec. 8409. Administrative review of collaborative restoration projects.Subtitle E—Repeal or Reauthorization of Miscellaneous Forestry ProgramsSec. 8501. Repeal of revision of strategic plan for forest inventory and analysis.Sec. 8502. Semiarid agroforestry research center.Sec. 8503. National Forest Foundation Act.Sec. 8504. Conveyance of Forest Service administrative sites.Subtitle F—Forest ManagementSec. 8601. Definitions.PART I—Expedited environmental analysis and availability of categorical exclusions to expedite forest management activitiesSec. 8611. Categorical exclusion for greater sage-grouse and mule deer habitat.PART II—Miscellaneous forest management activitiesSec. 8621. Additional authority for sale or exchange of small parcels of National Forest System land.Sec. 8622. Forest Service participation in ACES program.Sec. 8623. Authorization for lease of Forest Service sites.Sec. 8624. Good neighbor authority.Sec. 8625. Wildland-urban interface.Sec. 8626. Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest land adjustment.Sec. 8627. Tennessee wilderness.Sec. 8628. Additions to Rough Mountain and Rich Hole Wildernesses.Sec. 8629. Kisatchie National Forest land conveyance.Sec. 8630. Purchase of Natural Resources Conservation Service property, Riverside County, California.Sec. 8631. Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program.Sec. 8632. Utility infrastructure rights-of-way vegetation management pilot program.Sec. 8633. Okhissa Lake rural economic development land conveyance.Sec. 8634. Prairie dogs.PART III—Timber innovationSec. 8641. Definitions.Sec. 8642. Clarification of research and development program for wood building construction.Sec. 8643. Wood innovation grant program.TITLE IX—EnergySec. 9101. Definitions.Sec. 9102. Biobased markets program.Sec. 9103. Biorefinery assistance.Sec. 9104. Repowering assistance program.Sec. 9105. Bioenergy program for advanced biofuel.Sec. 9106. Biodiesel fuel education program.Sec. 9107. Rural Energy for America Program.Sec. 9108. Rural energy self-sufficiency initiative.Sec. 9109. Feedstock flexibility program for bioenergy producers.Sec. 9110. Biomass Crop Assistance Program.Sec. 9111. Biogas research and adoption of biogas systems.Sec. 9112. Community Wood Energy Program.Sec. 9113. Carbon utilization education program.TITLE X—HorticultureSec. 10101. Specialty crops market news allocation.Sec. 10102. Local Agriculture Market Program.Sec. 10103. Organic production and market data initiatives.Sec. 10104. Organic certification.Sec. 10105. National organic certification cost-share program.Sec. 10106. Food safety education initiatives.Sec. 10107. Specialty crop block grants.Sec. 10108. Plant variety protection.Sec. 10109. Multiple crop and pesticide use survey.Sec. 10110. Clarification of use of funds for technical assistance.Sec. 10111. Hemp production.Sec. 10112. Rule of construction.TITLE XI—Crop InsuranceSec. 11101. Definitions.Sec. 11102. Data collection.Sec. 11103. Sharing of records.Sec. 11104. Use of resources.Sec. 11105. Specialty crops.Sec. 11106. Insurance period.Sec. 11107. Cover crops.Sec. 11108. Underserved producers.Sec. 11109. Expansion of performance-based discount.Sec. 11110. Enterprise units.Sec. 11111. Pasture, rangeland, and forage policy for members of Indian tribes.Sec. 11112. Submission of policies and materials to board.Sec. 11113. Whole farm revenue agent incentives.Sec. 11114. Crop production on native sod.Sec. 11115. Use of national agricultural statistics service data to combat waste, fraud, and abuse.Sec. 11116. Submission of information to corporation.Sec. 11117. Acreage report streamlining initiative.Sec. 11118. Continuing education for loss adjusters and agents.Sec. 11119. Funding for information technology.Sec. 11120. Agricultural commodity.Sec. 11121. Reimbursement of research, development, and maintenance costs.Sec. 11122. Research and development authority.Sec. 11123. Education assistance.Sec. 11124. Cropland report annual updates.TITLE XII—MiscellaneousSubtitle A—LivestockSec. 12101. Sheep production and marketing grant program.Sec. 12102. National animal health laboratory network.Sec. 12103. National Animal Disease Preparedness, Response, and Recovery Program; National Animal Vaccine and Veterinary Countermeasures Bank.Sec. 12104. Study on livestock dealer statutory trust.Sec. 12105. Definition of livestock.Subtitle B—Agriculture and Food DefenseSec. 12201. Repeal of Office of Homeland Security.Sec. 12202. Office of Homeland Security.Sec. 12203. Agriculture and food defense.Sec. 12204. Biological agents and toxins list.Sec. 12205. Authorization of appropriations.Subtitle C—Historically Underserved ProducersSec. 12301. Farming opportunities training and outreach.Sec. 12302. Urban agriculture.Sec. 12303. Office of Advocacy and Outreach.Sec. 12304. Tribal Advisory Committee.Sec. 12305. Experienced services program.Sec. 12306. Youth outreach and beginning farmer coordination.Sec. 12307. Availability of Department of Agriculture programs for veteran farmers and ranchers.Subtitle D—Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 amendmentsSec. 12401. Office of Congressional Relations and Intergovernmental Affairs.Sec. 12402. Military Veterans Agricultural Liaison.Sec. 12403. Civil rights analyses.Sec. 12404. Farm Service Agency.Sec. 12405. Under Secretary of Agriculture for Farm Production and Conservation.Sec. 12406. Under Secretary of Agriculture for Rural Development.Sec. 12407. Administrator of the Rural Utilities Service.Sec. 12408. Rural Health Liaison.Sec. 12409. Healthy Food Financing Initiative.Sec. 12410. Natural Resources Conservation Service.Sec. 12411. Office of the Chief Scientist.Sec. 12412. Trade and foreign agricultural affairs.Sec. 12413. Repeals.Sec. 12414. Technical corrections.Sec. 12415. Effect of subtitle.Sec. 12416. Termination of authority.Subtitle E—Other Miscellaneous ProvisionsSec. 12501. Acer access and development program.Sec. 12502. South Carolina inclusion in Virginia/Carolina peanut producing region.Sec. 12503. Pet and Women Safety.Sec. 12504. Data on conservation practices.Sec. 12505. Marketing orders.Sec. 12506. Study on food waste.Sec. 12507. Report on business centers.Sec. 12508. Information technology modernization.Sec. 12509. Report on personnel.Sec. 12510. Report on absent landlords.Sec. 12511. Restriction on use of certain poisons for predator control.Sec. 12512. Century farms program.Sec. 12513. Report on the importation of live dogs.Sec. 12514. Establishment of technical assistance program.Sec. 12515. Promise Zones.Sec. 12516. Precision agriculture connectivity.Sec. 12517. Improved soil moisture and precipitation monitoring.Sec. 12518. Study of marketplace fraud of traditional foods and Tribal seeds.Sec. 12519. Dairy business innovation initiatives.Sec. 12520. Report on funding for the National Institute of Food and Agriculture and other extension programs.Sec. 12521. Prohibition on slaughter of dogs and cats for human consumption.Subtitle F—General ProvisionsSec. 12601. Expedited exportation of certain species.Sec. 12602. Baiting of migratory game birds.Sec. 12603. Pima agriculture cotton trust fund.Sec. 12604. Agriculture wool apparel manufacturers trust fund.Sec. 12605. Wool research and promotion.Sec. 12606. Emergency Citrus Disease Research and Development Trust Fund.Sec. 12607. Extension of merchandise processing fees.Sec. 12608. Conforming changes to Controlled Substances Act.Sec. 12609. National Flood Insurance Program reauthorization.Sec. 12610. Emergency assistance for livestock, honey bees, and farm-raised fish.Sec. 12611. Administrative units.Sec. 12612. Drought and water conservation agreements.Sec. 12613. Encouragement of pollinator habitat development and protection.Sec. 12614. Repair or replacement of fencing; cost share payments.Sec. 12615. Food donation standards.Sec. 12616. Micro-grants for food security.Sec. 12617. Use of additional Commodity Credit Corporation funds for direct operating microloans under certain conditions.Sec. 12618. Business and innovation services essential community facilities.Sec. 12619. Rural innovation stronger economy grant program.Sec. 12620. Dryland farming agricultural systems.Sec. 12621. Remote sensing technologies.Sec. 12622. Buy American requirements.Sec. 12623. Eligibility for operators on heirs property land to obtain a farm number.Sec. 12624. Loans to purchasers of land with undivided interest and no administrative authority.Sec. 12625. Farmland ownership data collection.Sec. 12626. Rural business investment program.Sec. 12627. National Oilheat Research Alliance.Sec. 12628. Reauthorization of rural emergency medical services training and equipment assistance program.2.In this Act, the term Secretary means the Secretary of Agriculture.<enum>I</enum><header>Commodities</header><subtitle commented="no" id="PFE1F96DB4F0DA72E2D2601969831A84"><enum>A</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Commodity Policy</header><section id="id7626B431AE4B4083B0216A4585237B24"><enum>1101.</enum><header>Payment acres</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1114(e) of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/9014">7 U.S.C. 9014(e)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id08BA415BA09744FAB0EAE4BD81F70869" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><paragraph id="id144c9da2dc164e24ac872bce5b4b8a6b"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Recalculation of base acres</header><subparagraph id="id02c6d91823cd4e18a8d0b5e395c42529"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>If the Secretary recalculates base acres for a farm while a farm is engaged in planting and production of fruits, vegetables, or wild rice on base acres for which a reduction in payment acres was made under this subsection, that planting and production shall be considered to be the same as the planting and production of a covered commodity.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id994c01d4b4ed421ca2c0f779672c5149"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Prohibition</header><text>Nothing in this paragraph provides authority for the Secretary to recalculate base acres for a farm.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="P1FDDBF0B4291379CB51350B5A3E1684" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>1102.</enum><header>Producer election</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1115 of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/9015">7 U.S.C. 9015</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="id1C064BCDBC0E4E36B20D128FC05299CC"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a), in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking <quote>Except as provided in subsection (g), for the 2014 through 2018 crop years</quote> and inserting <quote>For the 2014 through 2018 crop years (except as provided in subsection (g)) and for the 2019 through 2023 crop years</quote>;</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id5E977BC7CF7246188E48CFABDFA84C37"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (c)—</text><subparagraph commented="no" id="idF3BB34E3D6324132945DC63892D6D254"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by inserting <quote>or the 2019 crop year, as applicable</quote> after <quote>2014 crop year</quote>;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id9708B2B095574A88B6AC40266118DD18"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by inserting <quote>or the 2019 crop year, as applicable,</quote> after <quote>2014 crop year</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id1A05835AFFD9469489BA68E080270228"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)—</text><clause commented="no" id="idA752883FDB31426E8EE24AAB88352084"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>elected price</quote> and inserting the following: “elected, as applicable—</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF12E110714FB4BF18FDC0A2136D28483" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subparagraph commented="no" id="id723224CE01E54D869DF33FC8BEE8CA8E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>price</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause><clause commented="no" id="id5253CAB83AF047348EDF5B55FE515DE6"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A) (as so designated), by striking the period at the end and inserting the following: “; and</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBA13024BE1FC4BF3A21F60D7393B4867" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subparagraph commented="no" id="id76CCA37EE95646378902C39A9834B6CE"><enum>(B)</enum><text>county coverage for all covered commodities on the farm for the 2020 through 2023 crop years.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="idAAEA8FCB65394E0D98EA4869431D3457"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (g)(1), by inserting <quote>for the 2018 crop year,</quote> before <quote>all of the producers</quote>.</text></paragraph></section><section id="idC2F58209DBFA40E1832F814480B3B3F4"><enum>1103.</enum><header>Price loss coverage</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1116 of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/9016">7 U.S.C. 9016</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="id329E39BC4689450D81C1083A511F6E36"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsections (a) and (d) by striking <quote>2018</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>2023</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id3B94A3E841F54AD79CD7F3302040F042"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (c)—</text><subparagraph id="idF660CB09AF404B6AA8B8324D970B5EB1"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating paragraphs (1) and (2) as subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively, and indenting appropriately;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idECE78754AFA340A79D624536AA6E9D1A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in the matter preceding subparagraph (A) (as so redesignated), by striking <quote>The payment</quote> and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0C70FB649F324AF4B9E15C59E74CC8F2" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><paragraph id="id4C9E27456C054A8B8BBDBF6AB2D32702"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The payment</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id5F4F8B17FF874C8392E12CE0BAACAF72"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id87aa4619181943ee9a1dc23bea594476" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><paragraph id="id02730d55165245f1b1645bed2dacf53b"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Announcement</header><text>Not later than 30 days after the end of each applicable 12-month marketing year for each covered commodity, the Secretary shall publish the payment rate determined under paragraph (1).</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="idCE9B1CDCD7374C879203F32555BDECE4"><enum>1104.</enum><header>Agriculture risk coverage</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1117 of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/9017">7 U.S.C. 9017</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="id3D9A717E7B1A4202BFF278D98CE3DAD4"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a), in the matter preceding paragraph (1)—</text><subparagraph id="id7CDF3D83F2E642B6BA497E342322AF97"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>(beginning with the 2019 crop year, based on the physical location of the farm)</quote> after <quote>payments</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idC7F22D300EB54CF5A89ED052B70F9E29"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>or the 2019 through 2023 crop years, as applicable</quote> after <quote>2014 through 2018 crop years</quote>;</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id4992103CD4234D8F8A2F538199ED28C9"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (c)—</text><subparagraph id="id435760E8834A4C8C97F595A94D2C68CC"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)—</text><clause id="id7F31375A32D2493BAE33A8B1E21DF847"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>paragraph (4)</quote> and inserting <quote>paragraphs (4) and (5)</quote>; and</text></clause><clause id="id18EAC3107A8D4207B9F404CD524271FC"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B), by striking <quote>(5)</quote> and inserting <quote>(6)</quote>;</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id4CC3CC4A70B4442AA421B050E1BEDCAC"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (3)—</text><clause id="id4793B31DED3E4B97B905953B0899ED90"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A)(ii), by striking <quote>(5)</quote> and inserting <quote>(6)</quote>; and</text></clause><clause id="id52DCBD2915714541BF3CDC7B38B83C58"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (C), by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>;</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id408ACD22BB5443C1A03B2DE7FCD52C70"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (4)—</text><clause commented="no" id="id583E490B01E74C00BA8CC29E8272BC6E"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>If</quote> and inserting <quote>Effective for the 2019 through 2023 crop years, if</quote>; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="idAEE737AA35574EE4BD6946F4FE752D91"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>70 percent</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>75 percent</quote>;</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="idECC726EF4F6F46E5A2551F1F960CD9A2"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraph (5) as paragraph (6); and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id2FC2A159868F4D6D941B3B8A6F6083AC"><enum>(E)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (4) the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida93fff85911b46d49bd230d869ae0d94" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><paragraph id="id919dc84fd1574c0a859db0b3e42a0116"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Trend-adjusted yield</header><text>The Secretary shall calculate and use a trend-adjusted yield factor to adjust the yield determined under paragraph (2)(A) and subsection (b)(1)(A), taking into consideration, but not exceeding, the trend-adjusted yield factor that is used to increase yield history under the endorsement under the Federal Crop Insurance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1501">7 U.S.C. 1501</external-xref> et seq.) for that crop and county.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id30076FDDFABA4ACFBB49A316AEE082AE"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (d)—</text><subparagraph commented="no" id="idE2F97E937C2C4F5599224B9FFB81E3DF"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by redesignating subparagraphs (A) and (B) as clauses (i) and (ii), respectively, and indenting appropriately;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="idB9CF5B4D60074D04A721BEDB6B8865D2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraphs (1) and (2) as subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively, and indenting appropriately;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="idC5481A4584F64041BBB034916E242CA4"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in the matter preceding subparagraph (A) (as so redesignated), by striking <quote>The payment</quote> and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB03C57FB5A8E4732B3BECE5722B73BDB" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><paragraph id="id3908A0E917324E53AE0D2467AED64115"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The payment</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idFB69D46535EB4AC48F84C909E690DA0B"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4D848BA5D27C441BB4C66FB7F7E6F39D" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><paragraph id="id833EED8104AF49EB90DA52497472D78D"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Announcement</header><text>Not later than 30 days after the end of each applicable 12-month marketing year for each covered commodity, the Secretary shall publish the payment rate determined under paragraph (1) for each county.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id1CF7C424DDFF4FB0B2B04FB5AAF54832"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subsection (e), in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idAA1E5322F7E74316BB7A974E4B94FAE2"><enum>(5)</enum><text>in subsection (g)—</text><subparagraph id="id9CA4BB2846E74400B7FA7C01479506E3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by inserting <quote>in accordance with subsection (h),</quote> before <quote>to the maximum extent practicable</quote>;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id4ED1D19AC29F4C8DA140E75EC521DB09"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (3), by striking <quote>and</quote> after the semicolon at the end;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idB35E5B0375E742D68835653E431B3E03"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (4)—</text><clause id="idB252145316EB468EA7D09BFE12395760"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by inserting <quote>effective for the 2014 through 2018 crop years,</quote> before <quote>in the case of</quote>; and</text></clause><clause id="id96EB952E1A7A4AF39D477625F0EECAE8"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id6603C67DAE964BDCA97984DC3A353D5E"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf8dada59f34c4691b0810a66cae67518" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><paragraph id="id48469283b86147d48f258c3ad4483d37"><enum>(5)</enum><text>effective for the 2019 through 2023 crop years, in the case of county coverage—</text><subparagraph id="id3a97725a9c3945ee89924a0a745729cb"><enum>(A)</enum><text>effective beginning with actual county yields for the 2019 crop year, assign an actual county yield for each planted acre for the crop year for the covered commodity by giving priority to—</text><clause id="ide04695b726cf49f1853f010f10c5bc46"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the use of actual county yields in, to the maximum extent practicable, a single source of data that provides the greatest national coverage of county-level data;</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="id80fa0fa043a74737a9718f9300abfd53"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the use of a source of data that may be used to determine an average actual county yield under subsection (b)(1)(A) and an average historical county yield under subsection (c)(2)(A) for the same county; and</text></clause><clause id="id91f0ef10b59c4f19b27a2b4a88388924"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>in the case of a county not included in any source of data described in clauses (i) and (ii), the use of—</text><subclause id="id90204afa44ce4a8dbeeda6d712244264"><enum>(I)</enum><text>other sources of county yield information; or</text></subclause><subclause id="id78dcda3bac8b470b9fd077dd561f073d"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the yield history of representative farms in the State, region, or crop reporting district, as determined by the Secretary; and</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id8416ac679f794f599d0eb29d9ac78d26"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in the case of a farm that has a tract with base acres and that tract crosses a county boundary—</text><clause id="id0d3790b6ce03484b91b15336636e5315"><enum>(i)</enum><text>prorate the base acres based on the quantity of cropland of the tract in each county; and</text></clause><clause id="idb7e33c6ea6e74bf692bd53d58db5b6f9"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>calculate any crop revenue on the basis described in clause (i).</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idC3F68EBFF94742C2A28C4EB600F35D65"><enum>(6)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide83923f135744cf99a5e2899cf742727" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subsection id="id43a080453de341eeb4a561f3889142b3"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Calculation of separate actual crop revenue and agriculture risk coverage guarantee</header><paragraph id="idA034D504C6824515835A3D4B62CE82B4"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>On request of a county Farm Service Agency committee, in coordination with a Farm Service Agency State committee, the Secretary shall consider a 1-time request to calculate a separate actual crop revenue and agriculture risk coverage guarantee for irrigated and nonirrigated covered commodities under subsection (g)(2) in a county if, during the 2014 through 2018 crop years—</text><subparagraph id="id0A26EF49EC9C4B5793B5CD3BFB9829CB"><enum>(A)</enum><text>an average of not less than 5 percent of the planted and considered planted acreage of a covered commodity in the county was irrigated; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idD39EE99840E64D5EA796426772C8240B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>an average of not less than 5 percent of the planted and considered planted acreage of the covered commodity in the county was nonirrigated.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id788bfab56be34e5592ea5d0056091b76"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Source of information</header><text>In considering a request described in paragraph (1) and calculating a separate actual crop revenue and agriculture risk coverage guarantee for irrigated and nonirrigated covered commodities in a county, the Secretary may use other sources of yield information, including the yield history of representative farms in the State, region, or crop reporting district, as determined by the Secretary.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id6EF9350B7472476BB9866531E7360318"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Publications</header><paragraph id="id35e606ea1dcf44d9aae75872a020e983"><enum>(1)</enum><header>County guarantee</header><subparagraph id="idafd75eda78f34268a7b3809465dc4981"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>For each crop year for a covered commodity, the Secretary shall publish information describing, for that crop year for the covered commodity in each county—</text><clause id="id1f8306da89874a3aacee367544035399"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the agriculture risk coverage guarantee for county coverage determined under subsection (c)(1);</text></clause><clause id="id18f587b3024648a08aaf320a5ed1b71e"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the average historical county yield determined under subsection (c)(2)(A); and</text></clause><clause id="idc3b52659591642d9963b354922bb9c43"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the national average market price determined under subsection (c)(2)(B).</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idef86ca8e6bbf4df9b98965544be04f78"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Timing</header><clause id="idCCC949672A4846EA9774BD5CCA03DD68"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Except as provided in clauses (ii) and (iii), not later than 30 days after the end of each applicable 12-month marketing year, the Secretary shall publish the information described in subparagraph (A).</text></clause><clause id="idA646212D51DB4E3A9BF1ACE3DD96A288"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Insufficient data</header><text>In the case of a covered commodity, such as temperate japonica rice, for which the Secretary cannot determine the national average market price for the most recent 12-month marketing year by the date described in clause (i) due to insufficient reporting of timely pricing data by 1 or more nongovernmental entities, including a marketing cooperative for the covered commodity, as soon as practicable after the pricing data is made available, the Secretary shall publish information describing—</text><subclause id="idD935390A8E934B23B9538D1763063135"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the agriculture risk coverage guarantee under subparagraph (A)(i); and</text></subclause><subclause id="id535FA466E79F4016A5ACDFFB54500195"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the national average market price under subparagraph (A)(iii).</text></subclause></clause><clause id="id0a638790a77249d6ab373cf627698ad3"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Transition</header><text>Not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of the <short-title>Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018</short-title>, the Secretary shall publish the information described in subparagraph (A) for the 2018 crop year.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4CD2B79B48E1470F95AACDAD8DE88A7B"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Actual average county yield</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">As soon as practicable after each crop year, the Secretary shall determine and publish each actual average county yield for each covered commodity, as determined under subsection (b)(1)(A).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ideff149b47c8c4f089733dbe97c3c4eb6"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Data sources for county yields</header><text>For the 2018 crop year and each crop year thereafter, the Secretary shall make publicly available information describing, for the most recent crop year—</text><subparagraph id="id9acc7aa5ce3c4bad9794366b242e1f73"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the sources of data used to calculate county yields under subsection (c)(2)(A) for each covered commodity—</text><clause id="id44633e08dd95432698d68ae3f7ef39de"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by county; and</text></clause><clause id="id15f23610b04841a3835100e0c9f2a6f6"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>nationally; and</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ide382e35f213642b1b7c9a731dc49e9c4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the number and outcome of occurrences in which the Farm Service Agency reviewed, changed, or determined not to change a source of data used to calculate county yields under subsection (c)(2)(A).</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section><section id="idF28951DF07124DD8873A625E07E2B335"><enum>1105.</enum><header>Repeal of transition assistance for producers of upland cotton</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1119 of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/9019">7 U.S.C. 9019</external-xref>) is repealed.</text></section><section id="id40C9E5D051664311BFE46C41FA187B58"><enum>1106.</enum><header>Option to change producer election</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1115 of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/9015">7 U.S.C. 9015</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1E73D9C7586B4035A9B91527474DA609" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subsection id="idE28A299BF4FA46CFAEB15E17AAAA514E"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Option to change producer election</header><text>Notwithstanding subsection (a), for the 2021 crop year, all of the producers on a farm may make a 1-time, irrevocable election to change the election applicable to the producers on the farm under that subsection or subsection (c), as applicable, to price loss coverage or agriculture risk coverage, as applicable, which shall apply to the producers on the farm for each of the 2021, 2022, and 2023 crop years.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section></subtitle><subtitle commented="no" id="PD5B1A0FD49E3CF1A97D04D9DDBC376D"><enum>B</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Marketing Loans</header><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="P2C0E1B0540CEBA0EFA200B8617C8C5F" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>1201.</enum><header>Extensions</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id921DC9BECD064FFDB67C61DDAB41D5BF"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1201(b)(1) of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/9031">7 U.S.C. 9031(b)(1)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="P0A4AE02A456D82D854F5638C510041A"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Loan rates</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1202(a) of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/9032">7 U.S.C. 9032(a)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2018</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text></subsection><subsection id="idbfb85c07031140299739599383b3e165"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Repayment</header><text>Section 1204 of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/9034">7 U.S.C. 9034</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="id8e48d370ed1b4d5fa376904e1d6441b0"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (e)(2)(B), in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking <quote>2019</quote>and inserting <quote>2024</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id5739731ede4742d4a63c8a18befb3bd0"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (g), by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDA0588053CBD45558134530C4A2945B2"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Loan deficiency payments</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB94206B0E78146EAB4449BE206F316BF"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Extension</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1205(a)(2)(B) of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/9035">7 U.S.C. 9035(a)(2)(B)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id201C635CBE9449B7AA9AC93444806DB8"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Payments in lieu of LDPs</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1206 of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/9036">7 U.S.C. 9036</external-xref>) is amended in subsections (a) and (d) by striking <quote>2018</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id44BBE316D1F04441A6D5BA6B0618D3CD"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Special competitive provisions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1208(a) of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/9038">7 U.S.C. 9038(a)</external-xref>) is amended in the matter preceding paragraph (1) by striking <quote>2019</quote> and inserting <quote>2024</quote>.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6B1A9DF1021F41C58D930BBF741051A4"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Availability of recourse loans</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1209 of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/9039">7 U.S.C. 9039</external-xref>) is amended in subsections (a)(2) and (b) by striking <quote>2018</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9C2B0A0DCF1E4ABCA2058F83F163E1CB"><enum>1202.</enum><header>Repeal; unshorn pelts</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1205 of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/9035">7 U.S.C. 9035</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id81B217D1602745659D1610C1212CD873"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (a)(2)—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA3BEFDF75DC54CA9A2636C81F2280430"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the paragraph heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">Unshorn pelts, hay,</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">Hay</header-in-text></quote>;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id48E67AAE1703447DB221DD1EDAABDAF8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>nongraded wool in the form of unshorn pelts and</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8F610786A6964630A5FBC1897345ACA6"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B) (as amended by section 1201(d)(1)), by striking <quote>unshorn pelts or</quote>; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC9F5645D2ECD4F28BB23A00FDBA59171"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (c)—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFA09C708C7A44D4A846DEB3F150A02D2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (2); and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA05853AAADD24121963B3B57AC69225A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (2).</text></subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="idBE516949780E46B89341147333FF76FC"><enum>1203.</enum><header>Economic adjustment assistance for upland cotton users</header><subsection id="idB6B13539879141D3A24940B8240B54C6"><enum>(a)</enum><header>2008 authority</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1207 of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/8737">7 U.S.C. 8737</external-xref>) is amended by striking subsection (c).</text></subsection><subsection id="idB7D1A0D96B6340B5B8B52F48F01FB2C9"><enum>(b)</enum><header>2014 authority</header><text>Section 1207(c) of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/9037">7 U.S.C. 9037(c)</external-xref>) is amended by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id60d4d59bd5084b2294a8cc73eb7b55eb" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><paragraph id="idb4b754e7c7874929abebf9a94119320a"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Value of assistance</header><subparagraph id="id2f5d65716fbc4a01874e2b2a8d0e3bcb"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Effective period</header><text>During the period beginning on August 1, 2013, and ending on July 31, 2021, the value of the assistance provided under paragraph (1) shall be 3 cents per pound.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id3913ebb4869b4edc96df1eafc21a82c0"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Subsequent period</header><clause id="id6640f1b584fe499189d16a165b0709da"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Beginning on the first day after the end of the period described in subparagraph (A), and subject to the availability of appropriations under clause (ii), the value of the assistance provided under paragraph (1) shall be 3 cents per pound.</text></clause><clause id="id2e2dd64d7abd44b2a0a5e34480076804"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as are necessary to carry out clause (i).</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section></subtitle><subtitle commented="no" id="PF7E2CB0B4B6271E937BB618467035CE"><enum>C</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Sugar</header><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="P3E6868BD495392C479A0F5B6732CA06" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>1301.</enum><header>Sugar program</header><subsection id="P66C14E5B4747469D95D91C97ACC26DB"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Extension</header><text>Section 156 of the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/7272">7 U.S.C. 7272</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph commented="no" id="P799EBE70467CF0FDDC8C69906DDFDE3"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)(4), by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="P6B24248A4C216F4AFC8A88B56ED393F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b)(2), by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="P3EF4FE2A4C18E987486684AE2CE2B01"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (i), by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="P542A933A468A193E3100BD882FCA6FD"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Allotments</header><paragraph id="P407CE95F4403DDB881270A826950C87"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Estimates</header><text>Section 359b(a)(1) of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1359bb">7 U.S.C. 1359bb(a)(1)</external-xref>) is amended in the matter preceding subparagraph (A) by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="P0B028A534CCC4F8D9F977DA830D8321"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Effective period</header><text>Section 359l(a) of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1359ll">7 U.S.C. 1359ll(a)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection></section></subtitle><subtitle commented="no" id="P1E3AA6364572DAF69DDE90B2B3B33C1"><enum>D</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Dairy</header><part commented="no" id="P955006064D1CE0691657C2821C56A96"><enum>I</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Dairy Risk Coverage</header><section id="id522F50B909ED494CB4C08833EE6EB72D"><enum>1401.</enum><header>Dairy risk coverage</header><subsection id="id6F44D21BFF6045A6B90B3611A9514375"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Dairy risk coverage</header><text>Part I of subtitle D of title I of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/9051">7 U.S.C. 9051</external-xref> et seq.) is amended in the part heading by striking <quote><header-in-text level="part" style="OLC">Margin Protection Program</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="part" style="OLC">Dairy Risk Coverage</header-in-text></quote>.</text></subsection><subsection id="id083EA81B7E6047AAB10E9E58318ACF18"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>Section 1401 of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/9051">7 U.S.C. 9051</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="id5063A110D79844078D43C119FDFE1705"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraphs (4) through (10) as paragraphs (5) through (11), respectively;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id2AA636C50C8F441FA9AE7AFB2062A35E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (3) the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF9E0D48BD5B64E0391217EF12BBDA4AC" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><paragraph id="id874da3abbff144e892778304f8ed8d69"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Catastrophic coverage</header><text>The term <term>catastrophic coverage</term> means coverage under section 1406(a)(2)(B).</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph id="id638511909A26492E826F99C1BA8BEFA5"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in paragraph (6) (as so redesignated)—</text><subparagraph id="id9A6AD23B528D41BFB5556F30E7156859"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the paragraph heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">Margin protection program</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">Dairy risk coverage</header-in-text></quote>;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idBC27925983144FF0AD1308C1AA46523D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>margin protection program</quote> the first place it appears and inserting <quote>dairy risk coverage</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id1C97FBADDF0E4FB68F61A13ABA39C5E6"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by striking <quote>the margin protection program</quote> and inserting <quote>dairy risk coverage</quote>;</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idCB80A022E38D4E97933C79DD8E4A0056"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in paragraph (7) (as so redesignated)—</text><subparagraph id="id497B52AFE0194E2F8DC3180C2D8DC632"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the paragraph heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">Margin protection program</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">Dairy risk coverage</header-in-text></quote>;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id507F019B979745B09268E398CEBA72BF"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>margin protection program</quote> the first place it appears and inserting <quote>dairy risk coverage</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id2BE35E4F97124D66B4923184E1AEF507"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by striking <quote>the margin protection program pursuant to</quote>; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0EC6208B63F34A98AA29E581822A24C0"><enum>(5)</enum><text>in paragraphs (8) and (9) (as so redesignated), by striking <quote>the margin protection program</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>dairy risk coverage</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id567E6F1E474F4223B59CFEC13497CCC7"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Calculation of actual dairy production margin</header><text>Section 1402(b)(1) of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/9052">7 U.S.C. 9052(b)(1)</external-xref>) is amended in the matter preceding subparagraph (A) by striking <quote>the margin protection program</quote> and inserting <quote>dairy risk coverage</quote>.</text></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="id277401EAD70340B3950F866FFBE21049"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Dairy risk coverage administration</header><text>Section 1403 of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/9053">7 U.S.C. 9053</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE488C7909D414893B7B02A2809D53A22" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><section commented="no" id="id025D6A3D71AC4AA08B671F138B8CF1EA"><enum>1403.</enum><header>Dairy risk coverage administration</header><subsection id="id22c9f120b7f8477b88fc023e0738c72d"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Beginning with the 2019 calendar year, the Secretary shall administer dairy risk coverage under which participating dairy operations are paid a dairy risk coverage payment when actual dairy production margins are less than the threshold levels for a dairy risk coverage payment.</text></subsection><subsection id="id3de8ca9494ff4736a9150b6d17412085"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Regulations</header><text>Subpart A of part 1430 of title 7, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on the date of enactment of the <short-title>Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018</short-title>), shall remain in effect for dairy risk coverage beginning with the 2019 calendar year, except to the extent that the regulations are inconsistent with any provision of this Act.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="idB5F7BCD20D604E6ABA8A35E5A7C7EB9C"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Participation of dairy operations in dairy risk coverage</header><text>Section 1404 of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/9054">7 U.S.C. 9054</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph commented="no" id="idD635C97690A044B79353EB81ECB10117"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the section heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">margin protection program</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">dairy risk coverage</header-in-text></quote>;</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id6A6D758D502A45088DBE6B4E3A47F98B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (a), by striking <quote>the margin</quote> and all that follows through <quote>payments</quote> and inserting <quote>dairy risk coverage to receive dairy risk coverage payments</quote>;</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id23DF0D3D462E4D248904AA926B01660A"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (b)—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5F7A4FE6BF794CEAAA906D5686F64D37"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in each of paragraphs (1), (3), and (4), by striking <quote>the margin protection program</quote> and inserting <quote>dairy risk coverage</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC1A71541F11C409399DC2E54821C530A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id314DCB24847442128A4B2A27782C389C" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><paragraph id="id1b57a19e568049188dcee96bd08fe209"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Catastrophic coverage</header><text>A participating dairy operation may elect to receive catastrophic coverage instead of paying a premium under section 1407.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id17240FD8A05A493881570C8ED433DEE0"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subsection (c)—</text><subparagraph commented="no" id="id7CCA0A9F4BA1465EBB8C4408BCA851F7"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraphs (1)(A) and (3), by striking <quote>the margin protection program</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>dairy risk coverage</quote>;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF39C1B02C6FC4C2CBF53FE0416989109"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (1)(B), by striking <quote>of the margin protection program</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id8FEF9FDCA03B49638C423D4A75A9B2EC"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)—</text><clause id="id20900AE984744DE39A9D9726721DBAA9"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>The administrative</quote> and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id12007DDE38B648E5A6B70BEDE6979052" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subparagraph id="id8705388C01F44E30BA78B404BA4B4CE6"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The administrative</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause><clause id="idF71D51D1A6FF4E91B5AB3240C865AD53"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA7DD04CBAF0547F5B6BE23F29BD6F8F7" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subparagraph id="id4F4E291DF97C4BD0AAB2A8479FE96DE1"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Catastrophic coverage</header><text>In addition to the administrative fee under subparagraph (A), a participating dairy operation that elects to receive catastrophic coverage shall pay an additional administrative fee of $100.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="idC46EDB6E6D7F4503BDC59B7C7B7F401D"><enum>(5)</enum><text>in subsection (d), by striking <quote>the margin protection program</quote> and inserting <quote>dairy risk coverage</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="id29ABCD7D155940C8996858B65A44A43B"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Production history of participating dairy operations</header><text>Section 1405 of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/9055">7 U.S.C. 9055</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph commented="no" id="id5A4032865B524C2AA423D52BE662916B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsections (a) and (c), by striking <quote>the margin protection program</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>dairy risk coverage</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id857B256A0936454C8537A70101AF0811"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (a)(2), by striking <quote>In subsequent years</quote> and inserting <quote>During each of the 2014 through 2019 calendar years</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="id4F6AE809A91E49BF87316CCD0B79E935"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Dairy risk coverage payments</header><text>Section 1406 of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/9056">7 U.S.C. 9056</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph commented="no" id="idC269D749C8364C63B7D1B0DDEFCF00FA"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the section heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">margin protection</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">dairy risk coverage</header-in-text></quote>;</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id3DAD382F97C94851B869EACC0DE907A6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking <quote>margin protection</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>dairy risk coverage</quote>;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id53486B6E49714874AB0DC743D84E9C3A"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (a)—</text><subparagraph commented="no" id="id093D5657AF38460D8DF33531871FFA5A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)—</text><clause commented="no" id="id7F3CC984BB6643FE976F9344526DB43D"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>to $4.00</quote> and all that follows through <quote>$5.50</quote> and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id668EAEDEA0FC4D01A3BB8AB3783FEC41" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><text>to—</text><subparagraph commented="no" id="id89111FF12AFD4F33A8051A4019403D9F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the case of catastrophic coverage, $5.00;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id2064D1A94497427087855493DBA18EAD"><enum>(B)</enum><text>$5.50</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause><clause commented="no" id="idC4354AE7DCC74128A27AB440E3402DBF"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id921CD7241E5448058672D7C91DE9ACDB" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id70C813A4BC5E487689C1E8A02C3326EA"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in the case of production subject to premiums under section 1407(b), any amount described in subparagraph (B), $8.50, or $9.00; and</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE42938DCB9E24A95B9F0768E623BA99E"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (2)—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id160C921430AB4531A3DE5816FFF7B07C"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>(2) a percentage</quote> and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3ED46844B60D46D288962E9C1617F3E5" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB37BE479786E46178E1CFF9A77E217F8"><enum>(2)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="idC7F78F58E84A40CB820C9892117DAC29"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a percentage</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id09772849D3874DF987B3AE63A8B0EC55"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A) (as so designated)—</text><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE5CEBDC9EDF04F2BA886A716D6C16C40"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>beginning with 25 percent and not exceeding</quote> and inserting <quote>that does not exceed</quote>; and</text></subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id654815995293424E90DB9AA8E97DF358"><enum>(II)</enum><text>by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; or</quote>; and</text></subclause></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDACC05A7908941F59B9C9E6697960B0B"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB05205C59AA34E9A97AD2F6DA17DA0E3" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1A618BC207574669983B3D2464788ADC" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in the case of catastrophic coverage, a coverage level of 40 percent of the production history of the participating dairy operation.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id209CD07BD2114FAB8046C083DB87A2F6"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subsection (c), in the subsection heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">margin protection</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">dairy risk coverage</header-in-text></quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="idC4EA686C291B4A3FA2AF741EA6A839DF"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Premiums for dairy risk coverage</header><text>Section 1407 of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/9057">7 U.S.C. 9057</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph commented="no" id="idD49BE05D25E747FE889D345BC82DA057"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the section heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">margin protection program</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">dairy risk coverage</header-in-text></quote>;</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="idD2C87008F31B4ABC9447DC33C8BE76B0"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (a), in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking <quote>the margin protection program</quote> and inserting <quote>dairy risk coverage</quote>;</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id2F9D822E6DCA440CBF0D6437DB7151B0"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (b)—</text><subparagraph commented="no" id="id23154BD8990D4104902FF09EF6FE7C3B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)—</text><clause commented="no" id="id7723FB232A5E477BBD1ACF36CB755ED2"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>Except as</quote> and all that follows through <quote>the</quote> and inserting <quote>The</quote>;</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="id11F04712B067437BB534D87DDB03071E"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking the rows relating to the $4.00, $4.50, and $5.00 coverage levels;</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="idC06B096E0FC140AE82736D52BB891D6B"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>$0.009</quote> and inserting <quote>$0.02</quote>;</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="id575E452E0D7F4A94AEB791FFF58DF2AF"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>by striking <quote>$0.016</quote> and inserting <quote>$0.04</quote>;</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="id31D8F5D2DBD044D4AA02E74725275745"><enum>(v)</enum><text>by striking <quote>$0.040</quote> and inserting <quote>$0.07</quote>;</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="id38EDE56D45D64CAF8ED661EC04B7DAC6"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>by striking <quote>$0.063</quote> and inserting <quote>$0.10</quote>;</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="id6686B4BD37374499A3FD194EFC318C9E"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>$0.087</quote> and inserting <quote>$0.12</quote>;</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="id5425D5C5BAC94EA9B17CBE6CD1152BCB"><enum>(viii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>$0.142</quote> and inserting <quote>$0.14</quote>; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="idC4C06187EB15443EAD113E6AC561B170"><enum>(ix)</enum><text>by adding at the end of the table the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEC527FEED2F443738CA69034AFDEA4AC" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><table align-to-level="section" blank-lines-before="1" colsep="0" frame="topbot" line-rules="no-gen" rowsep="0" rule-weights="4.0.4.0.0.0" table-template-name="Generic: 2 text, even cols" table-type=""><tgroup cols="2" grid-typeface="1.1" no-carding="1" rowsep="0" thead-tbody-ldg-size="10.10.12"><colspec align="center" coldef="fig" colname="column1" colwidth="106pts" min-data-value="19"></colspec><colspec align="center" coldef="fig" colname="column2" colwidth="106pts" min-data-value="19"></colspec><tbody><row><entry colname="column1" leader-modify="clr-ldr" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1">$8.50</entry><entry align="left" colname="column2" leader-modify="clr-ldr">$0.16</entry></row><row><entry colname="column1" leader-modify="clr-ldr" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1">$9.00</entry><entry align="left" colname="column2" leader-modify="clr-ldr">$0.18</entry></row></tbody></tgroup></table><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id3865613DFA064D4799F606E1FFAE6E31"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (3);</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id1E86138E284048EC8A59D028BF717AEA"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subsection (c)(2)—</text><subparagraph commented="no" id="idE8E6DC9693DE4E2FBB0B4C6DD76FBC56"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking the rows relating to the $4.00, $4.50, and $5.00 coverage levels;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id504B7848B3AC4CE2BB78A204E85467E1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>$0.100</quote> and inserting <quote>$0.144</quote>;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id8B526354C2D84448B31D8BFC0BEB6D0E"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by striking <quote>$0.155</quote> and inserting <quote>$0.24</quote>;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id4BB2D08E5D9F46C4B802E619C312EFED"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by striking <quote>$0.290</quote> and inserting <quote>$0.42</quote>;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id76E2639C62404F4482DA0F69DE077871"><enum>(E)</enum><text>by striking <quote>$0.830</quote> and inserting <quote>$1.08</quote>;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id206B4BF7FA4E40DBA8A0984AF4FFE14B"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>$1.060</quote> and inserting <quote>$1.32</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id739D64B99B00432E9FEBA973571157C2"><enum>(G)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>$1.360</quote> and inserting <quote>$1.68</quote>;</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7E1E32A964DF4CF7AEB6286A405D9896"><enum>(5)</enum><text>in subsection (e)—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAF771B41D9064FB7818C6690B68964F4"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>the margin protection program</quote> and inserting <quote>dairy risk coverage</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id86EE8D465F2843859F1A0DBD96E52C2A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by striking <quote>A participating dairy operation in the margin protection program</quote> and inserting <quote>A dairy operation participating in dairy risk coverage</quote>; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id97F48ECC51DC4D40A40EBCDFC5B38F9F"><enum>(6)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6976A65380C547C5BC62EDA27DE6F559" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subsection commented="no" id="idA0181963BAE740DE96A57CE4F6995B83"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Small and medium farm discount</header><text>The premium per hundredweight specified in the tables contained in subsections (b) and (c) for each coverage level shall be reduced by—</text><paragraph commented="no" id="id9473B00352144868843557A1D11FC734"><enum>(1)</enum><text>50 percent for a participating dairy operation with a production history that is less than 2,000,000 pounds; and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC719BD669D2849C38BB0B8299C04612B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>25 percent for a participating dairy operation with a production history that is not less than 2,000,000 pounds and not greater than 10,000,000 pounds.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id10A9FB55C47C4103879F38481F91E11E"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Repayment of premiums</header><paragraph id="id692789f09d7a466e957e68bee7c589ce"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall repay each dairy operation that participated in the margin protection program, as in effect for each of calendar years 2014 through 2017, an amount equal to the difference between—</text><subparagraph id="id7067823D26AC4B5F8ED42E734BD16381"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the total amount of premiums paid by the participating dairy operation under this section for the applicable calendar year; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id4E8E7DB7B0E94D98A7E27A9393386D89"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the total amount of payments made to the participating dairy operation under section 1406 for that calendar year.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id292CFFBF19364D929F665AB239E75E0A"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Applicability</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Paragraph (1) shall only apply to a calendar year for which the amount described in subparagraph (A) of that paragraph is greater than the amount described in subparagraph (B) of that paragraph.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id71110CB1D25B420E8880B9067327271E"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Effect of failure to pay administrative fees or premiums</header><text>Section 1408 of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/9058">7 U.S.C. 9058</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA3ACA46EF4AA4759817F3AA2A079197D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)(2), by striking <quote>margin protection</quote> and inserting <quote>dairy risk coverage</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id10E478E33E094ABD839A3296C70A6777"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b), by striking <quote>the margin protection program</quote> and inserting <quote>dairy risk coverage</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB586501CBC254909811434287396AEBA"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Duration</header><text>Section 1409 of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/9059">7 U.S.C. 9059</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id110EFB9B69CF4A889EC9E1334B388DFA"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>The margin protection program</quote> and inserting <quote>Dairy risk coverage</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBF9C46624EEB44BB9EFF1733E48676A1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC74CECC681914221A247EE9EA4A377C9"><enum>(k)</enum><header>Administration and enforcement</header><text>Section 1410 of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/9060">7 U.S.C. 9060</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE4D4A713F11C421F9CA22C70DE7E7272"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsections (a) and (c), by striking <quote>the margin protection program</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>dairy risk coverage</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB4604224F9CE42E181DDC424D9698C40"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b), by striking <quote>margin protection</quote> and inserting <quote>dairy risk coverage</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection></section></part><part commented="no" id="P322E51E641E20F5E4E3AC3A7E5EFB00"><enum>II</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Reauthorizations and Other Dairy-Related Provisions</header><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="PFB784705467CDAA654BCC091E1F00E4" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>1411.</enum><header>Reauthorizations</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC6B13AB422D8423782FCCF7B15261405"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Forward pricing</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1502(e) of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/8772">7 U.S.C. 8772(e)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="PC38802894E6BE8C7286347B589BB46E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="P50E86B4A49025B8436425DAF6390C0E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by striking <quote>2021</quote> and inserting <quote>2026</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="P69449EEA4991241424C4FC868F6804C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Indemnity program</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 3 of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/90/484">Public Law 90–484</external-xref> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/4553">7 U.S.C. 4553</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD26D4EE8B4364447A30B75990076ACBB"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Promotion and research</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 113(e)(2) of the Dairy Production Stabilization Act of 1983 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/4504">7 U.S.C. 4504(e)(2)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAEEAD05F884E4228A75E3A68ED2F9BF8" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>1412.</enum><header>Class I skim milk price</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id95FDF37A0A0842A38CB5920ABA4EB26D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Class I skim milk price</header><text>Section 8c(5)(A) of the Agricultural Adjustment Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/608c">7 U.S.C. 608c(5)(A)</external-xref>), reenacted with amendments by the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937, is amended by striking <quote>Throughout</quote> in the third sentence and all that follows through the period at the end of the fourth sentence and inserting <quote>Throughout the 2-year period beginning on the effective date of this sentence (and subsequent to such 2-year period unless modified by amendment to the order involved), for purposes of determining prices for milk of the highest use classification, the Class I skim milk price per hundredweight specified in section 1000.50(b) of title 7, Code of Federal Regulations (or successor regulations), shall be the sum of the adjusted Class I differential specified in section 1000.52 of such title 7 (or successor regulations), plus the adjustment to Class I prices specified in sections 1005.51(b), 1006.51(b), and 1007.51(b) of such title 7 (or successor regulations), plus the simple average of the advanced pricing factors computed in sections 1000.50(q)(1) and 1000.50(q)(2) of such title 7 (or successor regulations), plus $0.74.</quote>.</text></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD6973763F3EF4674A3312B7D24891024"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective date and implementation</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4D6EA70330C4466E9BDD32644E7EC28A"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take effect on the first day of the first month beginning more than 120 days after the date of enactment of this Act.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id387D7CF0520D4C61BE41B4C696ED0DEE"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Implementation</header><text>Implementation of the amendment made by subsection (a) shall not be subject to any of the following:</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3DFEF2F8AA614425AE1782C67404886C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The notice and comment provisions of section 553 of title 5, United States Code.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id753C1FD1B5ED46EE807280C3469AB341"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The notice and hearing requirements of section 8c(3) of the Agricultural Adjustment Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/608c">7 U.S.C. 608c(3)</external-xref>), reenacted with amendments by the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id81DAD34462FB495C84402C603FC98B45"><enum>(C)</enum><text>The order amendment requirements of section 8c(17) of that Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/608c">7 U.S.C. 608c(17)</external-xref>).</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC21357543B4B4271BF8E4893D461356F"><enum>(D)</enum><text>A referendum under section 8c(19) of that Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/608c">7 U.S.C. 608c(19)</external-xref>).</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id1ED865945A3A479F9FEF1B40EDFF6FF6"><enum>1413.</enum><header>Milk donation program</header><subsection id="id9BB16D66EA1C4645A8C1FE3BCACD63B2"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Part III of subtitle D of title I of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/9071">7 U.S.C. 9071</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1001C7D7F278466096BC57F7B7FB04A0" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><part id="id50DF949B1ED04CDD9F3F25BE2C402B25" style="OLC"><enum>III</enum><header>Milk Donation Program</header><section id="idA187A7FDFE3348578EBC0DB3957A01ED"><enum>1431.</enum><header>Milk donation program</header><subsection id="idB25A7E60EA94440CBD547BD7959373E5"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text><paragraph id="id9307D801CE744B2B9E743C5F920D3FD4"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Eligible dairy organization</header><text>The term <term>eligible dairy organization</term> means a dairy farmer (either individually or as part of a cooperative), or a dairy processor, who—</text><subparagraph id="id131787DE043B471BAC582737A206E38A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>accounts to a Federal milk marketing order marketwide pool; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id20FF9514B3FC487B8EC034AD4B68DE6F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>incurs qualified expenses under subsection (e).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id2837C26ADA554FCD8F0B8693ED6F1B41"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Eligible distributor</header><text>The term <term>eligible distributor</term> means a public or private nonprofit organization that distributes donated eligible milk.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idA891A53A4D7B4E4D9DB8C8DB12297051"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Eligible milk</header><text>The term <term>eligible milk</term> means Class I fluid milk products produced and processed in the United States.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id5503435969654C3AA288ED8D959BC2D6"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Eligible partnership</header><text>The term <term>eligible partnership</term> means a partnership between an eligible dairy organization and an eligible distributor.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id0A72C7BEA8C54316B3B2EF2E2C93ACD2"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Participating partnership</header><text>The term <term>participating partnership</term> means an eligible partnership for which the Secretary has approved a donation and distribution plan for eligible milk under subsection (c)(2).</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id9e901260c8a64c3a99c78df06f72172e"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Program required; purposes</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of the <short-title>Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018</short-title>, the Secretary shall establish and administer a milk donation program for the purposes of—</text><paragraph id="ida69b7e4cbd7948d09486b7e3b33c57b6"><enum>(1)</enum><text>encouraging the donation of eligible milk;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idc6a96f70bbb44c66b0df38bf7902e406"><enum>(2)</enum><text>providing nutrition assistance to individuals in low-income groups; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id075b0c84d08941c2956dda61dc903e41"><enum>(3)</enum><text>reducing food waste.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id7634dbbbb3c84b1d9abde1d55d43b0c8"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Donation and distribution plans</header><paragraph id="id7F3E4A1D81EB4DE18DA893DBD2685A29"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>To be eligible to receive reimbursement under subsection (d), an eligible partnership shall submit to the Secretary a donation and distribution plan that—</text><subparagraph id="id32884E5C20F3446F844FAC18C3745742"><enum>(A)</enum><text>describes the process that the eligible partnership will use for the donation, processing, transportation, temporary storage, and distribution of eligible milk;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idCBFB244B662D44A4B123BA8C924904E1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>includes an estimate of the quantity of eligible milk that the eligible partnership will donate each year, based on—</text><clause id="id02CE7246518C4EAC94CB4DD32C80DFAD"><enum>(i)</enum><text>preplanned donations; and</text></clause><clause id="idC7BFA8D873264D05AF0E2234E1A8CA17"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>contingency plans to address unanticipated donations; and</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id49FCC93BE9F74EF79BF78F9EC05763F2"><enum>(C)</enum><text>describes the rate at which the eligible partnership will be reimbursed, which shall be based on a percentage of the limitation described in subsection (e)(2).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idC06EBD60EDEC481AA6209FDF14606508"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Review and approval</header><text>Not less frequently than annually, the Secretary shall—</text><subparagraph id="idABC8AF3B24E84E39A9850D3C76FEB63C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>review donation and distribution plans submitted under paragraph (1); and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id873A691E4EE24CF69620044E79BE8A81"><enum>(B)</enum><text>determine whether to approve or disapprove each of those donation and distribution plans.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ida97673b7c34c4d989c68ef3653921c5d"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Reimbursement</header><paragraph id="id1FD9810721EA4F84AF91415C7587A020"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>On receipt of appropriate documentation under paragraph (2), the Secretary shall reimburse an eligible dairy organization that is a member of a participating partnership on a regular basis for qualified expenses described in subsection (e).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id04C1BB8CFF864690A91FA4F68A6667C0"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Documentation</header><subparagraph id="id20EA33CA86EF4BCE8EEC8490D3FB8160"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>An eligible dairy organization shall submit to the Secretary such documentation as the Secretary may require to demonstrate the qualified expenses described in subsection (e) of the eligible dairy organization.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id6DD194FF867C47D7B62F2A349D35678C"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Verification</header><text>The Secretary may verify the accuracy of documentation submitted under subparagraph (A) by spot checks and audits.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idBAC959ED583A487299C2EBD1ABB111E1"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Retroactive reimbursement</header><text>In providing reimbursements under paragraph (1), the Secretary may provide reimbursements for qualified expenses incurred before the date on which the donation and distribution plan for the applicable participating partnership was approved by the Secretary.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idbc21187e9d2c4c49aeacc7737e1a24e6"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Qualified expenses</header><paragraph id="idCF19BA0977C04BF7BA1E1568841EC8AD"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The amount of a reimbursement under subsection (d) shall be an amount equal to the product of—</text><subparagraph id="id57B86457A5DD41A1A01B81099BD0EDEC"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the quantity of eligible milk donated by the eligible dairy organization under a donation and distribution plan approved by the Secretary under subsection (c); and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id7E8CD8B6599B417881894A361692D604"><enum>(B)</enum><text>subject to the limitation under paragraph (2), the rate described in that donation and distribution plan under subsection (c)(1)(C).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id54E008313A544F75B00B46982B4ABC50"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>Expenses eligible for reimbursement under subsection (d) shall not exceed the value that an eligible dairy organization incurred by accounting to the Federal milk marketing order pool at the difference in the Class I milk value and the lowest classified price for the applicable month (either Class III milk or Class IV milk).</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id6B31098DAD4B41E49908586E936B29B9"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Preapproval</header><paragraph id="id75f302c984484241953059a7aa1c0a75"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall—</text><subparagraph id="id1E2855513B5E4A7DA66C15F3B3173017"><enum>(A)</enum><text>establish a process for an eligible partnership to apply for preapproval of donation and distribution plans under subsection (c); and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idCD9185FC4EC44FFD9A37A946243CCAAC"><enum>(B)</enum><text>not less frequently than annually, preapprove an amount for qualified expenses described in subsection (e) that the Secretary will allocate for reimbursement under each donation and distribution plan preapproved under subparagraph (A), based on an assessment of—</text><clause id="id59691A51177248A4AAB444B6CEFD8400"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the feasibility of the plan; and</text></clause><clause id="id71FA5308C13041E990B19F4250191080"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the extent to which the plan advances the purposes described in subsection (b).</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id57B1CBE7E517409DA6F1E2F3622A0882"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Preference</header><text>In preapproving amounts for reimbursement under paragraph (1)(B), the Secretary shall give preference to eligible partnerships that will provide funding and in-kind contributions in addition to the reimbursements.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id1afa5f6d7272422dae679eb798eb09b1"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Adjustments</header><subparagraph id="id4D8125FD67E342C386623F2282AFB2A9"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall adjust or increase amounts preapproved for reimbursement under paragraph (1)(B) based on performance and demand.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id426D4CB6F3CD4BD5B21A7418F84F2D61"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Requests for increase</header><clause id="id0BD4876709724E20B68A081CF3C6F214"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall establish a procedure for a participating partnership to request an increase in the amount preapproved for reimbursement under paragraph (1)(B) based on changes in conditions.</text></clause><clause id="id40DDAC63552645A6A4E5EED6E6610329"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Interim approval; incremental increase</header><text>The Secretary may provide an interim approval of an increase requested under clause (i) and an incremental increase in the amount of reimbursement to the applicable participating partnership to allow time for the Secretary to review the request without interfering with the donation and distribution of eligible milk by the participating partnership.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ide3dd4e2c79954fe0b8633870bd6a1dba"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Prohibition on resale of products</header><paragraph id="id55FF7D9688834162BB9CA2C4BA9A48A3"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>An eligible distributor that receives eligible milk donated under this section may not sell the products back into commercial markets.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id3ac4c7340c2a4ee3bf969348a0ec0d0e"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Prohibition on future participation</header><text>An eligible distributor that the Secretary determines has violated paragraph (1) shall not be eligible for any future participation in the program established under this section.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id9FEC20FA4E9645F0A23BD86015363017"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Administration</header><text>The Secretary shall publicize opportunities to participate in the program established under this section.</text></subsection><subsection id="id0AF699B5A8384368860CE9EB0FD43BDE"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Reviews</header><text>The Secretary shall conduct appropriate reviews or audits to ensure the integrity of the program established under this section.</text></subsection><subsection id="idE1361998F8044C429600F7C17C41FF6A"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Funding</header><text>Of the funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation, the Secretary shall use to carry out this section $8,000,000 for fiscal year 2019, and $5,000,000 for each fiscal year thereafter, to remain available until expended.</text></subsection></section></part><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection id="idB2BDB2D658C64402BC4036E8C5530E21"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming amendment</header><text>Section 1401 of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/9051">7 U.S.C. 9051</external-xref>) is amended, in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking <quote>and part III</quote>.</text></subsection></section></part></subtitle><subtitle id="id655D22413AD443BD81553AA2570FC6A2" style="OLC"><enum>E</enum><header>Supplemental Agricultural Disaster Assistance</header><section id="id61962388C2CC457797E06476CA52CA2B"><enum>1501.</enum><header>Supplemental agricultural disaster assistance</header><subsection id="idBB1F68BCBAA44A3E93FCE73101518AC4"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Members of Indian tribes</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1501(a)(1)(B) of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/9081">7 U.S.C. 9081(a)(1)(B)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph commented="no" id="idB211F7C36756418B9F0F7F95598C423A"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating clauses (iii) and (iv) as clauses (iv) and (v), respectively; and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id4B54E11186EE43798CC88D7A5371FE8B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting after clause (ii) the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3935306BD7C242B495C58791B228752C" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFB0D51DD9B884FFEA681B77C3A3E3976"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>an Indian tribe or tribal organization (as those terms are defined in section 4 of the <act-name parsable-cite="ISDA">Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/5304">25 U.S.C. 5304</external-xref>));</text></clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBD2F283EA4A14BFDAA7714DFEBA22880"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Livestock indemnity program</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1501(b) of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/9081">7 U.S.C. 9081(b)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id555FFF63DAC143CD8BA666DE7CDB4BBD"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (1)(B), by striking <quote>cold.</quote> and inserting <quote>cold, on the condition that in the case of the death loss of unweaned livestock due to that adverse weather, the Secretary may disregard any management practice, vaccination protocol, or lack of vaccination by the eligible producer on a farm.</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id621D5AB2C41A434A8F5795100D5416C9"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id48D8273084C647B291A5001487F4D1E6" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><paragraph id="id30BE3FCC3DE840A08DDC06BD198D4C44"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Sharing of bison market value data</header><text>To ensure that payments made under this subsection relating to bison are consistent with the market value of bison, the Secretary shall annually seek input and data from the bison industry (including bison producer groups) relating to the market value of bison.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id815bf814a6c4405cb67fe449e8d406ef"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Tree assistance program</header><text>Section 1501(e) of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/9081">7 U.S.C. 9081(e)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="idCD214793DC3146B2AB0B6FA95FD298C7"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (3), in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>paragraph (4)</quote> and inserting <quote>paragraphs (4) and (5)</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id65D28E7E32EA438D9AF6E52165D95E57"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idebd3bb5f8df44a9ba2ee39fd1746a0ac" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><paragraph id="idcd0218230a27484f877242d64066b16e"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Payment rate for beginning and veteran producers</header><text>Subject to paragraph (4), in the case of a beginning farmer or rancher or a veteran farmer or rancher (as those terms are defined in section 2501(a) of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2279">7 U.S.C. 2279(a)</external-xref>) that is eligible to receive assistance under this subsection, the Secretary shall provide reimbursement of 75 percent of the costs under subparagraphs (A)(i) and (B) of paragraph (3).</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="idCC22B4962A8B4E44A70F00C8C0772BF9"><enum>1502.</enum><header>Loss of peach and blueberry crops due to extreme cold</header><subsection id="idC17145822AE745CFBA0329FA4EA69B16"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall provide compensation for expenses relating to losses of peach and blueberry crops that occurred—</text><paragraph id="idF4A5F06E6B0C495EA35B324C4806B2B1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>during calendar year 2017; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id020E4EF6C91E4DF0978083D7FC76E7DC"><enum>(2)</enum><text>due to extreme cold, as determined by the Secretary.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id734EE1DCFC124108A8666D01EA8596AF"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Funding</header><text>Of the funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation, the Secretary shall use to carry out this section $18,000,000, to remain available until expended.</text></subsection></section></subtitle><subtitle id="id29E2370FBAAC4F0C88377A017B7CA88C" style="OLC"><enum>F</enum><header>Noninsured Crop Assistance</header><section id="id0C9CA369B7324BB0B65F7D8EB4A55754"><enum>1601.</enum><header>Noninsured crop assistance program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 196 of the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/7333">7 U.S.C. 7333</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="idBC89FC6C932046D096FC583F6658C81B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)—</text><subparagraph id="id18641FE7905341F39C257B11BAF7E1B3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5F844A5A21CA4FEC921353C8D4C7B70B" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subparagraph id="id9418218ec1f3433899283a05c217e486"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Data collection and sharing</header><text>The Secretary shall coordinate with the Administrator of the Risk Management Agency on the type and format of data received under the noninsured crop disaster assistance program that—</text><clause id="id420bdf1be40746e3b34af021cec4241d"><enum>(i)</enum><text>best facilitates the use of that data in developing policies or plans of insurance offered under the Federal Crop Insurance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1501">7 U.S.C. 1501</external-xref> et seq.); and</text></clause><clause id="idfd9b12f6f48648ebaa2f4a75d92141a1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>ensures the availability of that data on a regular basis.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id9e6e3b1858ff4f6ba2722ab10353504a"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Coordination</header><text>The Secretary shall coordinate between the agencies of the Department that provide programs or services to farmers and ranchers that are potentially eligible for the noninsured crop disaster assistance program under this section—</text><clause id="idC4C255E7357C4AC4880772AFF9312C52"><enum>(i)</enum><text>to make available coverage under—</text><subclause id="idF2A79B4F59314B669C63D5D28A66C3CF"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the fee waiver under subsection (k)(2); or</text></subclause><subclause id="id3083A58BB5AF49C99EBD0163052CE02D"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the premium discount under subsection (l)(3); and</text></subclause></clause><clause id="idFA412548E8504008988274C6543F39D7"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>to share eligibility information to reduce paperwork and avoid duplication.</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id5F96495577974FF0A78015B482B56A95"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (4)—</text><clause id="idCC137AAAE2F54F70BFB861AF0D64651D"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B), by striking clause (i) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB04E3C7FEF5844ABB92A8C8C5AF3163C" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><clause id="id34354D9BDD3F4EE78E99F8FD48FBD658"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><subclause id="idD8D01821E4E54C4381085EF81D1C142F"><enum>(I)</enum><header>Agricultural Act of 2014</header><text>As determined by the Secretary, native sod acreage that has been tilled for the production of a covered crop during the period beginning on February 8, 2014, and ending on the date of enactment of the <short-title>Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018</short-title> shall be subject to 4 cumulative years of a reduction in benefits under this section as described in this subparagraph.</text></subclause><subclause id="id579FC23FB567454687C8E19699C532E9"><enum>(II)</enum><header>Subsequent years</header><item id="id7E3453AC71FD4986B5C7F9F1570FB2A2"><enum>(aa)</enum><header>Non-hay and non-forage crops</header><text>During the first 4 crop years of planting, as determined by the Secretary, native sod acreage that has been tilled for the production of a covered crop other than a hay or forage crop after the date of enactment of the <short-title>Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018</short-title> shall be subject to 4 cumulative years of a reduction in benefits under this section as described in this subparagraph.</text></item><item id="id6624D4E01D7B47F3B66ACD18B6C359CB"><enum>(bb)</enum><header>Hay and forage crops</header><text>During each crop year of planting, as determined by the Secretary, native sod acreage that has been tilled for the production of a hay or forage crop after the date of enactment of the <short-title>Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018</short-title> shall be subject to 4 cumulative years of a reduction in benefits under this section as described in this subparagraph.</text></item></subclause></clause><after-quoted-block>; </after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause><clause id="idF4F2B81EE3964C5D9246C335CE376B27"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by redesignating subparagraph (C) as subparagraph (D);</text></clause><clause id="idBB46CCC1D34643F885A8DBD04F8DD5D5"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by inserting after subparagraph (B) the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF6A83F8EEDA44DAB9E36D60055AD061D" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subparagraph id="id742D5DC1CD72456CAE7A332EC545BBDF"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Native sod conversion certification</header><clause id="idEA072F60A70049E89F9774DE88E334E5"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Certification</header><text>As a condition on the receipt of benefits under this section, a producer that has tilled native sod acreage for the production of an insurable crop as described in subparagraph (B)(i) shall certify to the Secretary that acreage using—</text><subclause id="idD61AF23C67464320A9E37CB4287E30A9"><enum>(I)</enum><text>an acreage report form of the Farm Service Agency (FSA–578 or any successor form); and</text></subclause><subclause id="id9D12F48BFCA94D8BB237BEA95F647FD9"><enum>(II)</enum><text>1 or more maps.</text></subclause></clause><clause id="idD3B7557D4FDB43E9BA592F550C9F872A"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Corrections</header><text>Beginning on the date on which a producer submits a certification under clause (i), as soon as practicable after the producer discovers a change in tilled native sod acreage described in that clause, the producer shall submit to the Secretary any appropriate corrections to a form or map described in subclause (I) or (II) of that clause.</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB8B5588CB0704DF5BABFFB696A223C05"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Annual reports</header><text>Not later than January 1, 2019, and each January 1 thereafter through January 1, 2023, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate a report that describes the tilled native sod acreage that has been certified under clause (i) in each county and State as of the date of submission of the report.</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause><clause id="id75DCE356A0B94776A7833469222FEB1C"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>in subparagraph (D) (as so redesignated)—</text><subclause id="idB0EE431038AA436F82CBE0BC0F71EF4D"><enum>(I)</enum><text>by striking <quote>This paragraph</quote> and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBB3C3AE302D443538F342FF0768E439F" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><clause id="id71DCE40AA3A9472B9BFF5E0E20E8EABB"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subject to clause (ii), this paragraph</text></clause><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subclause><subclause id="id6B9322C4972F4EBA9F4101846D2AFF0F"><enum>(II)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4B1421D617AC40EF9A2BBDE2B9BA257C" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><clause id="id98B078C2BEED42DEB104A8C5194DB3A8"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Election</header><text>A governor of a State other than a State described in clause (i) may elect to have this paragraph apply to the State.</text></clause><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idA7CC7ED787D5409E9CB486B05783787C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b)—</text><subparagraph id="id92E8BD0450A04FE2A7E6790C77257658"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>not later than 30 days</quote> and inserting <quote>by an appropriate deadline</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idC9ACF0CA18B94EB39BF960C0773007AB"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCF725D8BEC5E41B482A9D9E980CC1538" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><paragraph id="idb02612234ab34b0a8d0ce497a6484ae4"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Streamlined submission process</header><text>The Secretary shall establish a streamlined process for the submission of records and acreage reports under paragraphs (2) and (3) for—</text><subparagraph id="id62aa56c799d9476db95ffd97f41c7255"><enum>(A)</enum><text>diverse production systems such as those typical of urban production systems, other small-scale production systems, and direct-to-consumer production systems; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idff7378b3e8e349189970ac0f8c035ca9"><enum>(B)</enum><text>additional coverage under subsection (l)—</text><clause id="id15f0f788819f4d2684b590e4bb89ec5f"><enum>(i)</enum><text>for maximum liabilities not greater than $100,000; and</text></clause><clause id="idd4e8a09d51e943c4af0e81c8dc864810"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>that is equivalent to the process described in the regulations for microloan operating loans under parts 761 and 764 of title 7, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on the date of enactment of the <short-title>Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018</short-title>).</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id5f6c6f8cf18441f1840807f1c803cab6"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (d)—</text><subparagraph id="iddf94eb8ea6004f418997e35ea127adf2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) as paragraphs (2), (3), and (4), respectively;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idaa1e96682b644f31a7d77b30b96ba2bb"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting before paragraph (2) (as so redesignated) the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9B267B390AA8489583F374E79658266B" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><paragraph id="id6E9CA4B52CD346DAA001877DFAE54A8E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the producer’s share of the total acres devoted to the eligible crop; by</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ida0fd28dd101d46ac912972e657e831ab"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (2) (as so redesignated), by striking <quote>established yield for the crop</quote> and inserting <quote>approved yield for the crop, as determined by the Secretary</quote>;</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id3ed70c196fdc4fff895737eb52a3f9d6"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subsection (e)—</text><subparagraph id="idd2dab1f1241f4c0f8a6ccf6e4140853d"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>farm</quote> and inserting <quote>approved</quote>;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id43186c7e47a34522b8941639a9a37720"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)—</text><clause id="id691F3E6EE6864C039F8FC1A6B47376F1"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in the second sentence—</text><subclause id="id48D2FA20BD074B29BAE7586C57437B85"><enum>(I)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>approved</quote> before <quote>yield</quote>; and</text></subclause><subclause id="idC0F43685E13A4F3DA52BEC8D04872584"><enum>(II)</enum><text>by striking <quote>Subject</quote> and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6FEC601A6E6C4BE490E1541C6A1DDF27" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subparagraph id="id6234A72490B34F0A8998DA0E3854B78C"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Calculation</header><text>Subject</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subclause></clause><clause id="idA64A821BAD594D0EAD4CDA8EE68179AF"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in the matter preceding subparagraph (B) (as so designated)—</text><subclause id="idE3AB3C79CB304D25A54D4A85F833DAD7"><enum>(I)</enum><text>by striking <quote>yield coverage</quote> and inserting <quote>an approved yield</quote>; and</text></subclause><subclause id="id3FD7D26265FF45B2AC43998373450B20"><enum>(II)</enum><text>by striking <quote>The Secretary</quote> and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8644DC04BAFE4FC58DCF149A5A3A8705" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subparagraph id="idE89870C1D6C240BAB708A87A2665DE2C"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="iddcdfbee201eb4012814ae740698f0a9e"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (3), by striking <quote>transitional yield of the producer</quote> and inserting <quote>county expected yield</quote>;</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id2A468814AB8B4D0D8367396081E66682"><enum>(5)</enum><text>in subsection (i)(2), by striking <quote>exceed $125,000</quote> and inserting the following: “exceed—</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2202AB90FF5B4B7282C2A27CA891C83A" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subparagraph id="id888C9D9908514A9D9999D187B15D369C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the case of catastrophic coverage under subsection (c), $125,000; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idDD2824B2EA71444C8C02A11DB79033DD"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in the case of additional coverage under subsection (l), $300,000</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph id="idb17584b5c3c64389acb81aa4ffa2c336"><enum>(6)</enum><text>in subsection (k)(1)—</text><subparagraph id="idC000B0339FDC4BF49C843D6C5E3E6453"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>$250</quote> and inserting <quote>$325</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id9119e519cf7b4d8dadb32ae8c6ac132e"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B)—</text><clause id="id949A88DFCEDC4ABDB7F9EEFB0900DA43"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>$750</quote> and inserting <quote>$825</quote>; and</text></clause><clause id="id60CFF833B1084E51B19D21A22231FF0C"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>$1,875</quote> and inserting <quote>$1,950</quote>; and</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id2E5267C0170F488394D0219BE1199D8A"><enum>(7)</enum><text>in subsection (l)—</text><subparagraph id="id16B47F37272E48A2BA7900C995C9AB5B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)—</text><clause id="idE581F1B841A74707ACF10B4CB9D3AC41"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by redesignating subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C) as subparagraphs (B), (C), and (D), respectively;</text></clause><clause id="id6D130D7E668E445AA61F5970C6AEF9D0"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by inserting before subparagraph (B) (as so redesignated) the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB73FDD674FF04D3DB11FD1DFD99387DC" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subparagraph id="id4E9788C6BEBC412384C382D07CE8B02D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the producer's share of the total acres devoted to the crop;</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause><clause id="id3BBFE26FD0694F458E26EBE9F6B8EEC3"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (C) (as so redesignated), by inserting <quote>, contract price, or other premium price (such as a local, organic, or direct market price, as elected by the producer)</quote> after <quote>price</quote>;</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id9A8F00D2A37D443D9B4D8B72A8870758"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking paragraphs (3) and (5); and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id0E7EEB65E69B4D0E9ED0986B34B5D33E"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraph (4) as paragraph (3).</text></subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="idC48A267F5A824324AFF76EFBC7D5CE0D"><enum>1602.</enum><header>Additional assistance for certain producers</header><subsection id="idF4698BD2B62349E2956A34CBE24652EC"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definition of qualifying natural disaster declaration</header><text>In this section, the term <term>qualifying natural disaster declaration</term> means—</text><paragraph id="ID49E453E1405F44149E131786E67C44AA"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a natural disaster declared by the Secretary under section 321(a) of the <act-name parsable-cite="CFRDA">Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1961">7 U.S.C. 1961(a)</external-xref>); or</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID66AA56319ACF46E58CF53F559959343A"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a major disaster or emergency designated by the President under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/5121">42 U.S.C. 5121</external-xref> et seq.).</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idEE598B62EE48449DA354965E6DD38D64"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Availability of additional assistance</header><text>As soon as practicable after October 1, 2018, the Secretary shall make available assistance under section 196 of the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/7333">7 U.S.C. 7333</external-xref>) to producers of an eligible crop (as defined in subsection (a)(2) of that section) that suffered losses in a county covered by a qualifying natural disaster declaration for production losses due to volcanic activity.</text></subsection><subsection id="id2307dc6c46344eaba7fd4f81d92ddde8"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Amount</header><text>The Secretary shall make assistance available under subsection (b) in an amount equal to the amount of assistance determined under section 196(d) of the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/7333">7 U.S.C. 7333(d)</external-xref>), less any fees that are owed by producers under section 196(k) of that Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/7333">7 U.S.C. 7333(k)</external-xref>).</text></subsection></section></subtitle><subtitle id="PBB9571C44A89FE63E9304EB09728A97"><enum>G</enum><header>Administration</header><section id="idC262B946C0E24DBEAA982B2AC5F258F4"><enum>1701.</enum><header>Regulations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1601(c)(2) of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/9091">7 U.S.C. 9091(c)(2)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="id744D11BB0A1C406ABF762C37A3E942F7"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>title and sections 11003 and 11017</quote> and inserting <quote>title, sections 11003 and 11017, title I of the <short-title>Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018</short-title> and the amendments made by that title, and section 10109 of that Act</quote>;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id3242A82678B34080A0495A88DD7E2B84"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A), by adding <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id23B9F96C825F44D2BFBED2289D6724E1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B), by striking <quote>; and</quote> and inserting a period; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id4CF8115C5CDE4308B3735116B470FBD3"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by striking subparagraph (C).</text></paragraph></section><section id="idF5936B5E247A4668B8E5DD13A9E45EC9"><enum>1702.</enum><header>Suspension of permanent price support authority</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1602 of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/9092">7 U.S.C. 9092</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2018</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text></section><section id="id387339122BDC481E85BDB5DF9E3134E6"><enum>1703.</enum><header>Implementation</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1614 of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/9097">7 U.S.C. 9097</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="id5193AF2F9A0B492DB190AD3F528E77CB"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking subsection (b) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id138278d836f64cbfaf761df2759524ce" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subsection id="idd221bababeb34fa99451acc26c3bcfa0"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Streamlining</header><text>In implementing this title, the Secretary shall—</text><paragraph id="id85732771dc8a4193869c807241b90d07"><enum>(1)</enum><text>reduce administrative burdens and costs to producers by streamlining and reducing paperwork, forms, and other administrative requirements, including through the implementation of the Acreage Crop Reporting and Streamlining Initiative that, in part, shall ensure that—</text><subparagraph id="id81a4cb7371cf49d7b4d665170741f463"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a producer (or an agent of a producer) may report information electronically (including geospatial data) or conventionally to the Department of Agriculture;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idaa1cafc689194e46b146e1711b4893c6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Department of Agriculture collects and collates producer information that allows cross-agency collation, including by—</text><clause id="idee0f51628e624397a2032edfe05b4b37"><enum>(i)</enum><text>using farm numbers, common-land-unit identifiers, or other common identifiers to enable data across the farm production and conservation mission area to be collated by farm, field, and operator or owner;</text></clause><clause id="id8bd253a856ba442498ffb9cf8116d389"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>recording and making available data at the smallest possible unit, such as field-level; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="id9cbbc3b31c01490b8d9a19fb4e0e538d"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>harmonizing methods for determining yields and property descriptions; and</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id37039af004cc4907abf7d981f849e444"><enum>(C)</enum><text>on the request of the producer (or agent thereof), the Department of Agriculture electronically shares with the producer (or agent) in real time and without cost to the producer (or agent) the common land unit data, related farm level data, conservation practices and other information of the producer through a single Department-wide login;</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id5d5a15b3a6bd4201bbcdd85b6c39e591"><enum>(2)</enum><text>improve coordination, information sharing, and administrative work with the Farm Service Agency, the Risk Management Agency, the Natural Resources Conservation Service, and other agencies, as determined appropriate by the Secretary, including by—</text><subparagraph id="ida2a828ea20004ffd9fbbc7e2ee69d0fe"><enum>(A)</enum><text>streamlining processes and reducing paperwork for cross-agency interactions, such as acreage reports and conservation compliance determinations; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idaa9beaa114624520953e760950fce55b"><enum>(B)</enum><text>utilizing common acreage reporting processes to collect relevant field-level data such that a producer—</text><clause id="idF7A14C50988B48FA943E443BEDD0C9F0"><enum>(i)</enum><text>has the option to report—</text><subclause id="idC6A9AF51B82B43818CA7DFA853FC90E0"><enum>(I)</enum><text>to any of those agencies; and</text></subclause><subclause id="id7EC33426183F491CAB42708E4683D64B"><enum>(II)</enum><text>electronically; and</text></subclause></clause><clause id="id05E4F4CCF1C14C8095C100D4FF069EA3"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>does not need to report duplicative information; and</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="iddb0d0d8ef13b4b728c4d7c5b7cc1db78"><enum>(3)</enum><text>take advantage of new technologies to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of program delivery to producers, including by—</text><subparagraph id="id1a61228763834688ae37b13e2eeab1e0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>providing an option, as practicable, for uploading other farm- or field-level data that is unrelated to program requirements, such as input costs or field characteristics, such as soil test results;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id338334a5e2654f2e819aa36974ae30e5"><enum>(B)</enum><text>maintaining historical information and allowing users to examine trends on a field- or farm-level;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ide2f3f358a3de446fa21c02545762829d"><enum>(C)</enum><text>providing access to agency tools, such as farm- or field-level estimates of benefits of existing or prospective conservation practices;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id649be2fd68214ca4a86fdcbe0017865b"><enum>(D)</enum><text>developing data standards and security procedures to allow optional precision agriculture or other third-party providers to develop applications to use or feed into the datasets and analysis; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id4dcc427b60f7473294f711159f27d645"><enum>(E)</enum><text>developing methods to summarize the improved yield or reduced risk relating to conservation best practices through cooperative extension services or other similar means, while ensuring the privacy of individual producers.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph id="id213247BF69DB4AB88709E82F4CDD18BF"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8D268F60C2F545248FC71383F231CCED" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subsection id="id18DEAFDED9FA49ACBCA032802771689E"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Deobligation of unliquidated obligations</header><paragraph id="id846D71983AA7473D89DAE6129C8EA29F"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subject to paragraph (3), any payment obligated or otherwise made available by the Secretary under this title on or after the date of enactment of the <short-title>Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018</short-title> that is not disbursed to the recipient by the date that is 5 years after the date on which the payment is obligated or otherwise made available shall—</text><subparagraph id="id11318B43878F4DD2A3B688D13B933068"><enum>(A)</enum><text>be deobligated; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id98E6A5D5A24F4D759B40F6E8FE655D50"><enum>(B)</enum><text>revert to the Treasury.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idF349D0E9587349778D03A9CE80A8AB66"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Outstanding payments</header><subparagraph id="idA6E4EDE60E394123ACE16F771DF6D9F4"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subject to paragraph (3), any payment obligated or otherwise made available by the Farm Service Agency (or any predecessor agency of the Department of Agriculture) under the laws described in subparagraph (B) before the date of enactment of the <short-title>Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018</short-title>, that is not disbursed by the date that is 5 years after the date on which the payment is obligated or otherwise made available shall—</text><clause id="idD90505F22C1B44B7A09E29E9A5EDFF00"><enum>(i)</enum><text>be deobligated; and</text></clause><clause id="idDF0DE1FD79F84E56A819A4BFBA3BC7E3"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>revert to the Treasury.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id96350D59AC104A969833C1287C3D94CB"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Laws described</header><text>The laws referred to in subparagraph (A) are any of the following:</text><clause id="idE8370EC1DDA948D68D01D42AA57A4AE1"><enum>(i)</enum><text>This title.</text></clause><clause id="idC32321429256453EB73C1ED9D1FA7841"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>Title I of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/8702">7 U.S.C. 8702</external-xref> et seq.).</text></clause><clause id="id634D650752A54FF6911367B32F9ED8E0"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>Title I of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/7901">7 U.S.C. 7901</external-xref> et seq.).</text></clause><clause id="id697185973EF343C089A60894304A7413"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>The Agricultural Market Transition Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/7201">7 U.S.C. 7201</external-xref> et seq.).</text></clause><clause id="id1F3B0AF16CD94A61934B8CE9737D2D48"><enum>(v)</enum><text>Titles I through XI of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/101/624">Public Law 101–624</external-xref>; 104 Stat. 3374) and the amendments made by those titles.</text></clause><clause id="idEC535CB9E05443728750C8017E892AEC"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>Titles I through X of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/99/198">Public Law 99–198</external-xref>; 99 Stat. 1362) and the amendments made by those titles.</text></clause><clause id="id37446A31AB85428D984F39ACF280B28E"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>Titles I through XI of the Agriculture and Food Act of 1981 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/97/98">Public Law 97–98</external-xref>; 95 Stat. 1218) and the amendments made by those titles.</text></clause><clause id="id5DE9C206C530484AAA11CA8D6B482F79"><enum>(viii)</enum><text>Titles I through X of the Food and Agriculture Act of 1977 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/95/113">Public Law 95–113</external-xref>; 91 Stat. 917) and the amendments made by those titles.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idEAF57D7CD46947A699336DA2E7D25291"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Waiver</header><text>The Secretary may delay the date of the deobligation and reversion under paragraph (1) or (2) of any payment—</text><subparagraph id="id5358C5D0DEB744CE8B53527EC35D43FC"><enum>(A)</enum><text>that is the subject of—</text><clause id="id044CD44DFA4948B1944CA884A69980C9"><enum>(i)</enum><text>ongoing administrative review or appeal;</text></clause><clause id="idF8723FF16BCF491682F765FBAB975755"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>litigation; or</text></clause><clause id="id2ABC70ED1C054655B8B117C5DFC6DABE"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the settlement of an estate; or</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idB5A8D0522CCA40A9B404D8A0476C67BF"><enum>(B)</enum><text>for which the Secretary otherwise determines that the circumstances are such that the delay is equitable.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section><section id="id32FA904B34444A55B650ACC312439082"><enum>1704.</enum><header>Definition of significant contribution of active personal management</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1001(a) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1308">7 U.S.C. 1308(a)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id39135A9675CA400B8ED5ACF132601C62" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><paragraph id="id4e128f1d99ef45ef97354f7d52762d21"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Significant contribution of active personal management</header><text>The term <quote>significant contribution of active personal management</quote> means active personal management activities performed by a person with a direct or indirect ownership interest in the farming operation on a regular, continuous, and substantial basis to the farming operation, and that meet at least one of the following to be considered significant:</text><subparagraph id="id849dd2fc62894dc59f9f9aac65c58441"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Are performed for at least 25 percent of the total management hours required for the farming operation on an annual basis.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idfdbf0bb5f2d74958b587448036723f19"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Are performed for at least 500 hours annually for the farming operation.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section><section commented="no" id="idB7EC6AE8E29C41F2BB514BE8202D2159"><enum>1705.</enum><header>Actively engaged in farming requirement</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1001A(b) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1308-1">7 U.S.C. 1308–1(b)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1066444D712D45B398B8B8CD8EB2D420" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC4DA71B586F14CDCB2B69104C9306DCC"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Actively engaged in farming requirement</header><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6CF5AC0AB10749A69E7E9B4A4041099A"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, section 1001, and sections 1001B through 1001F, and any regulations to implement those provisions or sections, the Secretary shall consider not more than 1 person or legal entity per farming operation to be actively engaged in farming using active personal management.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id2470906b08aa42de85c3de254d5381aa"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>The Secretary may only consider a person or legal entity to be actively engaged in farming using active personal management under subparagraph (A) if the person or legal entity—</text><clause id="idfdeed956d7744a538177af092e4c22f5"><enum>(i)</enum><text>together with other persons or legal entities in the farming operation qualifying as actively engaged in farming under paragraph (2), does not collectively receive, directly or indirectly, an amount equal to more than the limitation under section 1001(b);</text></clause><clause id="id4609dfe6695d4ccea28806122e564031"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>does not use the active management contribution allowed under this section to qualify as actively engaged in farming in more than 1 farming operation; and</text></clause><clause id="idcc894dbb637f4fa683de824bffe4abd9"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>manages a farming operation that does not substantially share equipment, labor, or management with persons or legal entities that, together with the person or legal entity, collectively receive, directly or indirectly, an amount equal to more than the limitation under section 1001(b).</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section><section id="idc384956c85ae45f69b4f0953edc7c8dd"><enum>1706.</enum><header>Adjusted gross income limitation</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1001D(b)(1) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 1308–3a(b)(1)) is amended by striking <quote>$900,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$700,000</quote>.</text></section><section id="id34f5ebcd85a748e0b8912c0627145044"><enum>1707.</enum><header>Base acres review</header><subsection id="idff501714ae90442d9f4cff34177e29ae"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall review the establishment, calculation, reallocation, adjustment, and reduction of base acres under part II of subtitle A of title I of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/9011">7 U.S.C. 9011</external-xref> et seq.).</text></subsection><subsection id="id9f783a6cd2b64b03a9a87df726c18531"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate a report describing the results of the review under subsection (a).</text></subsection></section><section id="id3c06ad9f3c81422cb4a7159024d2e16d"><enum>1708.</enum><header>Farm Service Agency accountability</header><subsection id="idcaebd2d1f4dc494089c4c67c74641a53"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary, in consultation with the Inspector General of the Department of Agriculture, shall establish policies, procedures, and plans to improve program accountability and integrity through targeted and coordinated activities, including utilizing data mining to identify and reduce errors, waste, fraud, and abuse in programs administered by the Farm Service Agency.</text></subsection><subsection id="idb05040373375414280da7ba60096ffba"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter through fiscal year 2023, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate a report describing a summary of—</text><paragraph id="idbac17f382a1f4d64b58bde026f772530"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the existing efforts of the Department of Agriculture to eliminate errors, waste, fraud, and abuse, including efforts that involve coordination with other departments or agencies;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id09d070d81eab4f148e73b679e0e4ebf5"><enum>(2)</enum><text>identified weaknesses or program integrity issues that contribute to errors, waste, fraud, and abuse in Farm Service Agency programs and plans for actions to be taken to address and reduce those weaknesses or program integrity issues;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ida2f15d51c9c4489984c00b1ae496ab80"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the existing and planned data sampling and mining activities of the Farm Service Agency;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idbde2459882b34bcd85812b7f3fcebf04"><enum>(4)</enum><text>errors, waste, fraud, or abuse identified through activities under subsection (a); and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id73586283652c4c5ea8dcc79a87ce6424"><enum>(5)</enum><text>any plans for administrative actions or recommendations for legislative changes relating to reducing errors, waste, fraud, and abuse in programs of the Department of Agriculture.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id932B1066ED164B66AAC0A7FBD7F68BB5"><enum>1709.</enum><header>Technical corrections</header><subsection id="id223BB1C2893D4FFAB7D5C5F14D0C2568"><enum>(a)</enum><text>Section 1112(c)(2) of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/9012">7 U.S.C. 9012(c)(2)</external-xref>) is amended by striking subparagraph (A) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD74B9A3BF71D4C68834C29A4E9613850" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subparagraph id="id7B59804BDED84689A17BC5B0D8555120"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Any acreage on the farm enrolled in—</text><clause id="idFD85A583E63041F98A820BAB05DA757B"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the conservation reserve program established under subchapter B of chapter 1 of subtitle D of title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3831">16 U.S.C. 3831</external-xref> et seq.); or</text></clause><clause id="idB59810403C3848A3993860BCB118749C"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a wetland reserve easement under section 1265C of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3865c">16 U.S.C. 3865c</external-xref>).</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection id="id9A8B6F67EEBE4E769A62B0783A546B85"><enum>(b)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1614(d) of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/9097">7 U.S.C. 9097(d)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="id67FF81F4BA334E4393EECB8EEA0E43C2"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>pursuant <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/2/901">2 U.S.C. 901(a)</external-xref></quote> and inserting <quote>pursuant to section 251(a) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/2/901">2 U.S.C. 901(a)</external-xref>)</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1FFBCF4A6EA3417AB397F886E9F68797"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking <quote>subtitles B</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>subtitle B</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection></section></subtitle><enum>II</enum><header>Conservation</header><subtitle id="id870DA1EB7D594615A897A7066FA63FCD" style="OLC"><enum>A</enum><header>Conservation Reserve Program</header><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="P11F797294911B18296F34EBFFE1D5B6" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>2101.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Extension and enrollment requirements of conservation reserve program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1231 of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3831">16 U.S.C. 3831</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE943FF734FB044D89693D25A42951B18"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a), by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id66C07915B5C849F8BA358B198C28E568"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b)(1)—</text><subparagraph id="id431C430AA416463485D862FD68BF7D71"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A)(i), by striking <quote>or</quote> at the end and inserting <quote>and</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id02FB8CB150D84FC28EEA1B5C833A5B57"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B), by striking <quote>Agricultural Act of 2014</quote> and inserting <quote><short-title>Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018</short-title></quote>;</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id4430F2EB8FF446C1AB3F38CF67FC8976"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (d)—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEC1D5914A5364FE38B02D2F23354AB9A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id98402F74B96F4F9288B23CD2473BC2FF"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in subparagraph (D), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1A53CA1DDF1849E4BC17697A58AA7814"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (E), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id158A1686EAE440779490455BF020A839"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB2AFF5D69E1940318948068F202EFDA6" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2EBD875FA0D2496F820667C8360B7BCB"><enum>(F)</enum><text>each of fiscal years 2019 through 2023, not more than 25,000,000 acres.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id307EE2BE965C4F6F945027ECE8496B54"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)—</text><clause id="idD93754C135A54AA697815480690476A7"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A)—</text><subclause id="id46976B0124CF4A0C81B6D11C3E8076F4"><enum>(I)</enum><text>by striking <quote>limitations</quote> and inserting <quote>limitation</quote>; and</text></subclause><subclause id="id3D07BFED75024F668A318EC47E64DB06"><enum>(II)</enum><text>by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>; and</text></subclause></clause><clause id="id16BB2F12D34C4961A5EB1D028A573CA0"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B)—</text><subclause id="id0C799FB1B1CB443FB7D1F014B617DCBD"><enum>(I)</enum><text>by striking <quote>may</quote> and inserting <quote>shall</quote>;</text></subclause><subclause id="id08ADF886E99A465AB6C955B05A699556"><enum>(II)</enum><text>by striking <quote>land with expiring</quote> and inserting the following: “land, as determined by the Secretary—</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id64CB21E9E3314B0993F0EF6C792D5512" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><clause id="idC553D1504B19499EA3D90E2790432614"><enum>(i)</enum><text>with expiring</text></clause><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subclause><subclause id="idF0BCDDCB057F4385BB6FBA489683FA3A"><enum>(III)</enum><text>in clause (i) (as so designated), by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and</text></subclause><subclause id="idA032180EE2AA455E8649FCAF7EC1B0E8"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block act-name="" changed="added" id="id816523AD9036486980D321BA6B9D0222" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5DD82535F7D0468CA415E2A9F4326806"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">at risk of conversion or development; or</text></clause><clause id="idB19F07304E514F8C94847E8D299B8E17"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>of ecological significance, including land that—</text><subclause id="id481668D9E3014B31AAD4C9BEA0DE937A"><enum>(I)</enum><text>may assist in the restoration of threatened or endangered species under the <act-name parsable-cite="ESA">Endangered Species Act of 1973</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1531">16 U.S.C. 1531</external-xref> et seq.);</text></subclause><subclause id="id663DCEF6890F49728D0B13D1DFB17E09"><enum>(II)</enum><text>may assist in preventing a species from being listed as a threatened or endangered species under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1531">16 U.S.C. 1531</external-xref> et seq.); or</text></subclause><subclause id="id4330266785D7427DA15B58D2F363F712"><enum>(III)</enum><text>improves or creates wildlife habitat corridors.</text></subclause></clause><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subclause></clause><clause id="id5673CE4CF8B64AB1AD6A20303AB0C58D"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (C)—</text><subclause id="id4A798A8BE7A5456D8FB4BD53C2FA4585"><enum>(I)</enum><text>by striking <quote>the Secretary shall make</quote> and inserting</text><quoted-block act-name="" changed="added" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="idA88E4CCA50BA4F79A2BDCF68080D9D15" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><text>the Secretary shall—</text><clause id="idFB555DAE9F064EE1B8CF7E01FB09F7C1"><enum>(i)</enum><text>make</text></clause><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subclause><subclause id="idE0D16569A6274592B1B52B19CC0191FF"><enum>(II)</enum><text>in clause (i) (as so designated), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text></subclause><subclause id="idF619129AF5D04098B8D24D17E990BC3E"><enum>(III)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block act-name="" changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id470349E8A34F406F96D81C4E2D7DD506" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6A5D4A7204474045B4CF65005BE878C7"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>offer enrollment under subparagraph (A) during any period that any other land may be enrolled in the conservation reserve.</text></clause><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id1D085AEAC3E34239A0485CBF7A85930B"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id82A87554C275445BA663350BE2ECE3DA" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><paragraph id="idA9CEA3A5660541348A662F0504044F58"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Additional enrollment procedure</header><subparagraph id="id7E2B1290164E486194360E43BFF0A400"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Grasslands and continuous sign-up</header><text>With respect to enrollment in the conservation reserve program using continuous sign-up under section 1234(d)(2)(A)(ii) or of grassland described in subsection (b)(3), the Secretary shall allow producers to submit applications for enrollment on a continuous basis.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id9F1001EBE0924262986572A009AB3AA3"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Annual enrollment</header><text>Subject to the availability of acreage for enrollment in the conservation reserve program for a fiscal year in accordance with paragraph (1), the Secretary shall enter into contracts under the conservation reserve program for each fiscal year.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idF630CEE5CF5741CFB12AC9C78E83292E"><enum>(4)</enum><header>State acres for wildlife enhancement</header><subparagraph id="id22B20D6824704F3995E0687EF5CDE23B"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>For the purposes of applying the limitations in paragraph (1), the Secretary shall give priority to land—</text><clause id="id1460F8511D1C42A5B2615C44F8BCFCBD"><enum>(i)</enum><text>enrolled in the conservation reserve program using continuous sign-up under section 1234(d)(2)(A)(ii); and</text></clause><clause id="idA42498CD055B451489C54A99015061E0"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>on which practices to maintain, enhance, or restore wildlife habitat on land designated as a State acres for wildlife enhancement area under subsection (j)(1) shall be conducted.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idB8558332326C4A558B4E535274F10F1D"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Acreage</header><text>Of the acres maintained in the conservation reserve in accordance with paragraph (1), to the maximum extent practicable, not less than 30 percent of acres enrolled in the conservation reserve using continuous sign-up under section 1234(d)(2)(A)(ii) shall be of land described in subparagraph (A).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id0C85C62ADFFE4D08B5CBA39DB87F75DD"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Enrollment of water quality practices to foster clean lakes, estuaries, and rivers</header><subparagraph id="idD3D1BE2AE3C04B3AB2A4F6704A0AC943"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>For purposes of applying the limitation in paragraph (1), the Secretary shall give priority to the enrollment in the conservation reserve program under this subchapter of land that, as determined by the Secretary—</text><clause id="idA796C086FF43498E9210D875D55552C6"><enum>(i)</enum><text>will have a positive impact on water quality; and</text></clause><clause id="idE28247561599435BAE815A3D2DB3BE15"><enum>(ii)</enum><subclause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id24B5D13FBC9A42EB96DFA6D47BFB0847"><enum>(I)</enum><text>will be devoted to—</text><item changed="added" id="id7917DCECB9F046DA8F7D7846FAEBE7B4" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>a grass sod waterway;</text></item><item changed="added" id="id49250F704D4846C6BFC13F04E530F973" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>a contour grass sod strip;</text></item><item changed="added" commented="no" id="id555C5F4CA8BF40039C7694D221ACA5BC" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(cc)</enum><text>a prairie strip;</text></item><item changed="added" id="id43AE64E1539B4089897CF783B61791F5" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(dd)</enum><text>a filterstrip;</text></item><item changed="added" id="id8E58B3635C664B0C9EA56323F3CA660D" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(ee)</enum><text>a riparian buffer;</text></item><item changed="added" id="id06BA1E2B336B45B38FF8D0DC7F0ABB09" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(ff)</enum><text>a wetland or a wetland buffer;</text></item><item changed="added" id="id3FF30F0678494E998FE0A8AEAF5BB2DC" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(gg)</enum><text>a saturated buffer;</text></item><item changed="added" id="id235B1E5063DF419484780BC8A8C4D94A" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(hh)</enum><text>a bioreactor; or</text></item><item changed="added" id="id5FAE5FC2C6344A70B3FE8FE6C1E994A9" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>another similar water quality practice, as determined by the Secretary; or</text></item></subclause><subclause changed="added" id="id4C810C1C02E34307A463AE5131660041" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(II)</enum><text>will be enrolled in the conservation reserve program using continuous sign-up under section 1234(d)(2)(A)(ii).</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id0D19AACDB46D45C181E768B0B9E529F9"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Sediment and nutrient loadings</header><text>In carrying out subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall consider land that—</text><clause id="idC89F42A4907746E5B229CEF9E4910373"><enum>(i)</enum><text>is located in a watershed impacted by sediment and nutrient; and</text></clause><clause id="id573211C9287B473E805FFC2037B644DC"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>if enrolled, will reduce sediment loadings, nutrient loadings, and harmful algal blooms, as determined by the Secretary.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id29E61A5D13F341B496C4E8019876D95D"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Acreage</header><text>Of the acres maintained in the conservation reserve in accordance with paragraph (1), to the maximum extent practicable, not less than 40 percent of acres enrolled in the conservation reserve using continuous sign-up under section 1234(d)(2)(A)(ii) shall be of land described in subparagraph (A).</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA59FBB79EAAD499AA8DED3428A1E80A1"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Report</header><text>The Secretary shall—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6F57F8772738406587D6317081409ECB"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in the monthly publication of the Secretary describing conservation reserve program statistics, include a description of enrollments through the priority under this paragraph; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id52D85525B5AE4CB7946E4A2AC7BCEDE9"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>publish on the website of the Farm Service Agency an annual report describing a summary of, with respect to the enrollment priority under this paragraph—</text><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAE5587027FC34B98B85A342EC0D0BF2C"><enum>(I)</enum><text>new enrollments;</text></subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEFFC7BD13CBF49C39B5D944C3593E15D"><enum>(II)</enum><text>expirations;</text></subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id35FF7F207F3F41F7BDC9D2A826B9C207"><enum>(III)</enum><text>geographic distribution; and</text></subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8645D4CB48BF4347BEB32F9EAA4ED29D"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>estimated water quality benefits.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id6CEED8E285A14F63BA9A512BF85C95DF"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id265ABDA1FAC746C693E159BA412A908C" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subsection id="id15EAB1D56F1647439E071E6F1AFDA563"><enum>(j)</enum><header>State acres for wildlife enhancement</header><paragraph id="id90D4B6D96CB146AA882DBC49A66D23E7"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>A State or Indian Tribe, in consultation with the applicable State technical committee established under section 1261(a), may submit to the Secretary a request to designate within the State or territory of the Indian Tribe a State acres for wildlife enhancement area (referred to in this subsection as a <term>SAFE area</term>) in accordance with this subsection.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id9A9DBD54353B42BB96B315417FB61721"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Requests</header><text>A request submitted under paragraph (1) shall—</text><subparagraph id="id42E481BCE36E4C21A59DED1056267A4A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>include a description of—</text><clause id="id4E43F3BC391245039EE3ED6C55B07D04"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the specific wildlife species that would benefit from the creation of the habitat;</text></clause><clause id="id434D1F12FC484520935C0A7928C8937E"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the number of acres requested for enrollment;</text></clause><clause id="id68A13E257B39461A89A9C1B2D31654DE"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the geographic area where the habitat would be created; and</text></clause><clause id="id2BA1C8028CB44A38A9940B079CF98C41"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>the 1 or more specific practices to be conducted for the benefit of the wildlife species described in clause (i);</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id10B40685F1A54F03886C07E3FBA689E0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>be in accordance with State or national wildlife habitat plans or goals; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id4621DA0D12474731874BA8BBB3EE8D34"><enum>(C)</enum><text>include a wildlife monitoring and evaluation plan.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idFA418C26787C40C2A2EF8C4C280FCEB5"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Priority</header><text>The Secretary may give priority to requests submitted under paragraph (1)—</text><subparagraph id="idA61571C23BE34D8F94300E17CD13C0CA"><enum>(A)</enum><text>that cover an area—</text><clause id="idBC23A42409244AF9BC12F3C8CACF5C02"><enum>(i)</enum><text>on which the habitat for a particular species may be declining or in danger of declining;</text></clause><clause id="id98BBE657D2B5478283F163460FECD06D"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the designation of which would help—</text><subclause id="idB94893C30C3B41428D27FB2A6B374B99"><enum>(I)</enum><text>to prevent the listing of a species as a threatened species or an endangered species under the <act-name parsable-cite="ESA">Endangered Species Act of 1973</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1531">16 U.S.C. 1531</external-xref> et seq.); or</text></subclause><subclause id="id8DB445E8CD1E42AD917E44E13E8C77C3"><enum>(II)</enum><text>to remove a species from the list of threatened species or endangered species under that Act;</text></subclause></clause><clause id="id639AF87D0AA14397A2BDF1B86292D596"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>that is adjacent to other conservation land, including to establish wildlife corridors and large blocks of conservation land; or</text></clause><clause id="id99826BA13E9E47E08B43F84623FC698C"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>that provides economic or social value to the local community for outdoor recreation activities; or</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="idE8F85558519447ED9AE08231876CB738"><enum>(B)</enum><text>that include a commitment of funds from which to pay for incentive payments to an agricultural producer that enrolls land in the conservation reserve program within a SAFE area.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idCBA8EF395B604107B92A2F46A8E32779"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Regional balance</header><text>To the maximum extent practicable, the Secretary shall maintain a regional balance in the designation of SAFE areas.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBD518DABBC3A4A1DBDB6BEDBBE0D0BDE"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Report</header><text>The Secretary shall—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBD044C581FD740B3A085B6C16F8F3846"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the monthly publication of the Secretary describing conservation reserve program statistics, include a description of enrollments in SAFE areas; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id599C0C8B87A744CFBF78DBCEB8187FD1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>publish on the website of the Farm Service Agency an annual report describing a summary of, with respect to SAFE areas—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6BBF0D427A10404C94608097098F35E1"><enum>(i)</enum><text>new enrollments;</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id491FF6CC75B54B4C847273253CE365CA"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>expirations;</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id58BAFE9DCF344EA9B7A3A5A8183F1AC8"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>geographic distribution; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id46A9776CEA754B77805796152331D77E"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>estimated wildlife benefits.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2B454AE23B2E4EDF8C5C33230A775A18"><enum>2102.</enum><header>Farmable wetland program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1231B(a)(1) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3831b">16 U.S.C. 3831b(a)(1)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCC3B20FEF1304A569280FC0BC4C73AC7"><enum>2103.</enum><header>Duties of the Secretary</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0EC5B6F3ECD3470AB0E8819FF2F99C92"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Cost-Share and rental payments</header><text>Section 1233(a)(1) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3833">16 U.S.C. 3833(a)(1)</external-xref>) is amended by inserting <quote>, including the cost of fencing and other water distribution practices, if applicable</quote> after <quote>interest</quote>.</text></subsection><subsection id="id8a24e4c193db4194a52d418435232084"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Specified activities permitted</header><text>Section 1233(b) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3833">16 U.S.C. 3833(b)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="ida9727dd34f5f413dba9712501e0aef5a"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking paragraphs (1), (2), (3), and (5);</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id69a74eb988a04284933a0c6e3843dd29"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraph (4) as subparagraph (C) and indenting appropriately;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idDAAE382F20204AC0A0C705A37F7E8516"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by inserting before subparagraph (C) (as so redesignated) the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB853BD3E6A2D45FD9737F8FC1808837D" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subparagraph commented="no" id="HA603522229C1489FA1350D2A10D745F6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>harvesting, grazing, or other commercial use of the forage, without any reduction in the rental rate, in response to—</text><clause commented="no" id="HB2C9A732F76D4449AD794F8DDC155740"><enum>(i)</enum><text>drought;</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="HA7BDEB5706494CF4A2779A5ECA62271D"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>flooding;</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="H75D8031CF5CD464ABA72B43B84D3973D"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>a state of emergency caused by drought or wildfire—</text><subclause commented="no" id="HB838D6BE18B94BE29DC3CFDB99674714"><enum>(I)</enum><text>that is declared by the Governor, in consultation with the State Committee of the Farm Service Agency, of the State in which the land that is subject to a contract under the conservation reserve program is located;</text></subclause><subclause commented="no" id="H7544DFB415814548BDBA6F73A5342821"><enum>(II)</enum><text>that covers any part of the State or the entire State; and</text></subclause><subclause commented="no" id="H349442B571CE4F5589F3D62B7DA45995"><enum>(III)</enum><text>the declaration of which under subclause (I) is not objected to by the Secretary during the 5 business days after the date of declaration; or</text></subclause></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4EE8CEF2A6BC49D69F8141A62C01D9C1"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>any other emergency, as determined by the Secretary;</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph id="idf536bf2b459f4e0eb18af986dc0e5e7a"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in the matter preceding subparagraph (B) (as so designated), by striking <quote>The Secretary</quote> and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5779c6464e3941c6b90ce732da4f186d" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><paragraph id="idbe8e1709ec5a4c919d7ad8261f091c4d"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph id="idbfc5e70380c942d8a75851cf3e4c27c5"><enum>(5)</enum><text>in paragraph (1) (as so designated)—</text><subparagraph id="id06bfec0c8c5143f197cef2c143db3473"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by inserting before subparagraph (B) (as so designated) the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0df2db93a5b3456a8bff8f8b87505229" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subparagraph id="id20718cd85ad84d19a612219e88d361cd"><enum>(A)</enum><text>consistent with the conservation of soil, water quality, and wildlife habitat—</text><clause id="id0f1f42a3ba634b328c5734080a6c4408"><enum>(i)</enum><text>managed harvesting and other commercial use (including the managed harvesting of biomass), in exchange for a reduction in the annual rental rate of 25 percent for the acres covered by the activity, except that in permitting those activities, the Secretary, in consultation with the State technical committee established under section 1261(a) for the applicable State, shall—</text><subclause id="id81bb1d60c9df44f8b1e1a5822fe48406"><enum>(I)</enum><text>develop appropriate vegetation management requirements;</text></subclause><subclause id="ida557b8b140fd4b6796b448be3821ca81"><enum>(II)</enum><text>subject harvesting to restrictions during the primary nesting season for birds in the area, as determined by the Secretary, in consultation with the State technical committee;</text></subclause><subclause id="id7c14e5970e31464f812f40415e59f076"><enum>(III)</enum><text>not allow harvesting to occur more frequently than once every 3 years on the same land; and</text></subclause><subclause id="idc84e516eb1fe42cd924d90ce68992978"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>not allow more than <fraction>1/3</fraction> of the acres covered by all of the conservation reserve program contracts of the owner or operator to be harvested during any year; and</text></subclause></clause><clause id="id2ee722a22fd6490784dbd509ad42f795"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>grazing, in exchange for a reduction in the annual rental rate of 25 percent for the acres covered by the activity, except that in permitting that grazing, the Secretary, in consultation with the State technical committee established under section 1261(a) for the applicable State, shall—</text><subclause id="id7d49d690741e4145903d0e9bdc967bb3"><enum>(I)</enum><text>develop appropriate vegetation management requirements and stocking rates, based on stocking rates under the livestock forage disaster program established under section 1501(c) of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/9081">7 U.S.C. 9081(c)</external-xref>) (referred to in this subsection as the <term>livestock forage disaster program</term>), for the land that are suitable for continued grazing;</text></subclause><subclause id="ide026f2e393cc4d4c8f7712249c7737f0"><enum>(II)</enum><text>identify the periods during which grazing may be conducted, taking into consideration regional differences, such as—</text><item id="id19959ef3f5b44f18817428824afdfe46"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>climate, soil type, and natural resources;</text></item><item id="id2a49f07b40d7400593dffad44698d100"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>the appropriate frequency and duration of grazing activities; and</text></item><item id="idaa88597318f7423995f718faf8dfad0a"><enum>(cc)</enum><text>how often during a year in which grazing is permitted that grazing should be allowed to occur;</text></item></subclause><subclause id="idea69a6dd3f5f4fa592802bdd23002d25"><enum>(III)</enum><text>not allow grazing to occur more frequently than once every 3 years on the same land;</text></subclause><subclause id="id0f6289573a764831ad7c13b9e0e17366"><enum>(IV)</enum><item commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id4425DBEFA6A6429FA48ED726016ADCBA"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>in the case of a conservation reserve program contract that covers more than 20 acres, not allow more than <fraction>1/3</fraction> of the acres covered by all of the conservation reserve program contracts of the owner or operator to be grazed during any year; or</text></item><item changed="added" id="id86e31405f2cd4b1bba16e927a5e011ab" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>in the case of a conservation reserve program contract that covers less than or equal to 20 acres, allow grazing on all of the land covered by the contract at 25 percent of the stocking rate permitted under the livestock forage disaster program; and</text></item></subclause><subclause id="id6d0a27c24f5f4b9495a94d228f2f042e"><enum>(V)</enum><text>allow a veteran or beginning farmer or rancher to graze livestock without any reduction in the rental rate; and</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idcf378fe8246c46d682ae54b059f4ab30"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph (C) (as so redesignated), by striking <quote>; and</quote> and inserting a period; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idcbcdd5f050184835bf9a4c289445e507"><enum>(6)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide9fde691a9b545288a8edb5fd5681db0" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><paragraph id="id25dd53ccb2f94382be215decc7df72f8"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Restrictions and conditions</header><text>Paragraph (1)(A) shall be subject to the following restrictions and conditions:</text><subparagraph id="id42fe4031a0b146d09cf8345b7a95d6c5"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Severe or higher intensity drought</header><text>Land located in a county that has been rated by the United States Drought Monitor as having a D2 (severe drought) or greater intensity for not less than 1 month during the normal grazing period established under the livestock forage disaster program for the 3 previous consecutive years shall be ineligible for harvesting or grazing under paragraph (1)(A) for that year.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ide4e108af7cc04049b9eb65eb56802e99"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Damage to vegetative cover</header><text>The Secretary, in coordination with the applicable State technical committee established under section 1265(a), may determine for any year that harvesting or grazing under paragraph (1)(A) shall not be permitted on land subject to a contract under the conservation reserve program in a particular county if harvesting or grazing for that year would cause long-term damage to the vegetative cover on that land.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id8d3c781e03fc46ee900a75eee2b5acf1"><enum>(C)</enum><header>State acres for wildlife enhancement</header><text>The Secretary, in consultation with the State technical committee established under section 1261(a) for the applicable State, may allow grazing or harvesting in accordance with paragraph (1)(A) on land covered by a contract enrolled under the State acres for wildlife enhancement program established by the Secretary or established under section 1231(j) through the duration of that contract, if grazing or harvesting is specifically permitted under the applicable State acres for wildlife enhancement program agreement for that contract.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id34baef2f69744be28467ca79b07c32cd"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Conservation reserve enhancement program</header><text>The Secretary, in consultation with the State technical committee established under section 1261(a) for the applicable State, may allow grazing or harvesting under paragraph (1)(A) to be conducted on land covered by a contract enrolled under the conservation reserve enhancement program established by the Secretary under this subchapter or under section 1231A, if grazing or harvesting is specifically permitted under the applicable conservation reserve enhancement program agreement for that contract.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD74778EF4F4942D3B26A3A7909446D59"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Harvesting and grazing</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1233 of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3833">16 U.S.C. 3833</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4B4F40BB193A488D88FF0E55914C816B" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subsection id="id3E880B5C76CB407A9795291A19BDE20D"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Harvesting and grazing</header><paragraph id="idA0E402B75827415CA57BE2E22C3EF339"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary, in consultation with the State technical committee established under section 1261(a) for the applicable State, may permit harvesting and grazing in accordance with subsection (b) on any land subject to a contract under the conservation reserve program.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id6D77F164D35147669A99CAC42723BCE8"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Exception</header><text>The Secretary, in coordination with the applicable State technical committee established under section 1261(a), may determine for any year that harvesting or grazing described in paragraph (1) shall not be permitted on land subject to a contract under the conservation reserve program in a particular county, or under a particular practice, if harvesting or grazing for that year in that county or under that practice, as applicable, would cause long-term damage to vegetative cover on that land.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section><section id="H718EFC596B1E429596805926A3F6DB43"><enum>2104.</enum><header>Payments</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1234 of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3834">16 U.S.C. 3834</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="id7E3351F12ADA4FAC9DFD557819DD6F10"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (c)—</text><subparagraph id="idE5BEE586F89A4A94B0AB046756560807"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraphs (1) and (2) as subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively, and indenting appropriately;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id490A0E4AB48F460BB2996F57847C2F3E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting before subparagraph (A) (as so redesignated) the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id43246314CEEC402EA6F3087EA5ECBDC0" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><paragraph commented="no" id="idF3F2AF064E1E4D6FABCAD7FB681ABCF0"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Signing and practice incentive payments</header><subparagraph commented="no" id="idD625E934DB824A6488D2320860644DA4"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>In the case of a continuous enrollment contract, the Secretary may make an incentive payment to an owner or operator of eligible land in an amount sufficient to encourage participation in the program established under this subchapter.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id83313627CF20418193DBB2725B804B5D"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Limitation on making payments</header><text>The Secretary may only make an incentive payment under subparagraph (A) if the national average market price received by producers during the previous 12-month marketing year for major covered commodities is greater than the national average market price received by producers during the most recent 10 marketing years for major covered commodities.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idE1F45449343C47C48787B0C65EB4E225"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Tree thinning and other practices</header></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id03DDBF67C39749F0855AAF7DE0DC2208"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)(B) (as so designated), by striking <quote>paragraph (1)</quote> and inserting <quote>subparagraph (A)</quote>;</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id09C0880FF7C44961A9E351762ADA0F7C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (d)—</text><subparagraph commented="no" id="id05AF7D9A36634DA18D47EBB870E71425"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (3)(A)—</text><clause commented="no" id="id2271F204B2AF47CA9CCCD9FBDF4EB70C"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>Secretary may</quote> and inserting the following: “Secretary—</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCB8AA9688A4D4DBC9FBA1539D25763C7" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><clause commented="no" id="id81443F1FBA604AB48443F71863B6AFC3"><enum>(i)</enum><text>may</text></clause><after-quoted-block>; </after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause><clause commented="no" id="id186DE65D5D834EF5BC795762ABD9E6A7"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in clause (i) (as so designated), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text></clause><clause id="id0971641A50C44C7A8F432BEED0B22124"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB3D1D828CDE44770B23C35A59B30CFAF" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><clause id="id84B47576B6AF4127846B1C64089AC843"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>shall prioritize the enrollment of marginal and environmentally sensitive land that is the subject of the contract offer.</text></clause><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id925C45E35985489296A6104E9C2A3B36"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (5)—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id87A3A44D74574034AB36D64C05410E9F"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>other</quote> before <quote>year,</quote>;</text></clause><clause id="id6DB5639BB5D348C394BD7F3413E155AB"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (C)—</text><subclause id="idB30607FEF26C436C89913758695573A0"><enum>(I)</enum><text>by striking <quote>The Secretary may use</quote> and inserting <quote>Subject to paragraph (3)(A)(ii), with respect to</quote>; and</text></subclause><subclause id="id6819B4F0E0904C639F875E37B1512647"><enum>(II)</enum><text>by striking <quote>rental rates</quote> the first place it appears and inserting the following: “rental rates, the Secretary—</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id02FE4A6C6B6B49CF81944074417A29A1" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><clause id="idF76F107B92E34961A310A3B62EC0D5E2"><enum>(i)</enum><text>shall apply the limitation described in subsection (g)(1); and</text></clause><clause id="idC216612D1C2A4B96A7FAC962CEAED4CD"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>may use the estimates</text></clause><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subclause></clause><clause id="id21CA0DD2F63945DA8564F7AEC44CECAA"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2D92CAABB65E43F0BF73C6AC8C1E0B42" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subparagraph commented="no" id="id5B759CB5E06E4ED184482DFC57FDA9A7"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Rental rate limitation</header><text>Except in the case of an incentive payment under subsection (c), a payment under this subchapter shall not exceed 88.5 percent of the estimated rental rate determined under subparagraph (A).</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id45152F9F67DD4162A1925C34A245EC3D"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (g)—</text><subparagraph id="idE9F669817C334CA78D435B059AA29B8B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>The total</quote> and inserting <quote>Except as provided in paragraph (2), the total</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idA708D42249CE4C43B1596D7BD0967FA4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF2FACDF575614805AB0F9A811D73AED7" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDF88946A5B0A40BF907FAE53203D6970"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Wellhead protection</header><text>Paragraph (1) and section 1001D(b) shall not apply to rental payments received by a rural water district or association for land that is enrolled under this subchapter for the purpose of protecting a wellhead.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="id2e8d88f2fec8476ab21bafeeeee5d86b" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>2105.</enum><header>Conservation reserve enhancement program</header><subsection id="idf83d3c9c36134941a538578df0bd02f9"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subchapter B of chapter 1 of subtitle D of title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985 is amended by inserting after section 1231 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3831">16 U.S.C. 3831</external-xref>) the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8eb94b1f58fd4321a1fada96e10d6f42" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><section id="ide9e413eb1ce8449bbe463452bdd34b02"><enum>1231A.</enum><header>Conservation reserve enhancement program</header><subsection id="idba3c378b8ccd49d2a54c1b6ebb1fdbf5"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text><paragraph id="idbd20e3a452df4fa7a263bab39dbfe46b"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Eligible land</header><text>The term <term>eligible land</term> means land that is eligible to be included in the program established under this subchapter.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idec3e5e557c16479683d8f33c80941bae"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Eligible partner</header><text>The term <term>eligible partner</term> means—</text><subparagraph id="idf2591031699b4d3c9189b9812a1f531e"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a State;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id5850d29b91ec48fcba36825597ece78f"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a political subdivision of a State;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idee59afa8ae014641be77dda0ddc2c73f"><enum>(C)</enum><text>an Indian tribe (as defined in section 4 of the <act-name parsable-cite="ISDA">Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/5304">25 U.S.C. 5304</external-xref>));</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id0f7185ece2814842b0e0e66df24f71cc"><enum>(D)</enum><text>a nongovernmental organization;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id1b77bfd181d040be82ff71c9ff16d7f1"><enum>(E)</enum><text>an institution of higher education (as defined in section 101(a) of the <act-name parsable-cite="HEA65">Higher Education Act of 1965</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1001">20 U.S.C. 1001(a)</external-xref>));</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id6FC7D6FD1AFB461D89D32C4384E99020"><enum>(F)</enum><text>a State cooperative extension service;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idF7E1E4CA04A44A888F7F0A74CF1FD88D"><enum>(G)</enum><text>a research institute; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id255317fb8a78465e9180cd574cff9b32"><enum>(H)</enum><text>any other entity, as determined appropriate by the Secretary.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id816863c3c99e4c1890b1dd4e30050e9e"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Management</header><text>The term <term>management</term> means an activity conducted by an owner or operator under a contract entered into under this subchapter after the establishment of a conservation practice on eligible land, to regularly maintain or enhance the vegetative cover established by the conservation practice—</text><subparagraph id="idC3BC30E504684D61ABF7B0FD5D65A989"><enum>(A)</enum><text>throughout the term of the contract; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idC21D0DA078904F4289B5819B692FE410"><enum>(B)</enum><text>consistent with the conservation plan that covers the eligible land.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id0e8cb9b2991642e39be7453e1a550654"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Program</header><text>The term <term>program</term> means a conservation reserve enhancement program carried out under an agreement under subsection (b)(1).</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id7f463f56f823464c8605ea8b34d5179f"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Agreements</header><paragraph id="id795fc513f4204710b18b873629eb12da"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary may enter into an agreement with an eligible partner to carry out a conservation reserve enhancement program—</text><subparagraph id="iddcfb0798d7bc4e3eb1ae6c49ffd7902c"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to assist in enrolling eligible land in the program established under this subchapter; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id253c913d36a64f29b8cfda4ba1a55aea"><enum>(B)</enum><text>that the Secretary determines will advance the purposes of this subchapter.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id80c6f939f4ec480eafe7f7a5e2865c6f"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>An agreement entered into under paragraph (1) shall—</text><subparagraph id="id7AC9515A72FD4249972531A0D57223E9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>describe—</text><clause id="ida99fa62a1cbd4a5baeee539809e6b899"><enum>(i)</enum><text>1 or more specific State or nationally significant conservation concerns to be addressed by the agreement;</text></clause><clause id="id00f3fa29566542a4a465c114ceba2f2c"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>quantifiable environmental goals for addressing the concerns under clause (i);</text></clause><clause id="id7A8D2B00C75248B0935E3647F052AF59"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>a suitable acreage goal for enrollment of eligible land under the agreement, as determined by the Secretary;</text></clause><clause id="id15E1A0D916E54A8D818E143F68627122"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>the location of eligible land to be enrolled in the project area identified under the agreement;</text></clause><clause id="id64c3db7358f1487da37899547030b38b"><enum>(v)</enum><text>the payments to be offered by the Secretary and eligible partner to an owner or operator; and</text></clause><clause id="ide17b9d12b0584d879324ebec96c66108"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>an appropriate list of conservation reserve program conservation practice standards, including any modifications to the practice standards, that are appropriate to meeting the concerns described under clause (i), as determined by the Secretary in consultation with eligible partners; and</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idCDCB82C9768E495E8152996DD2888C94"><enum>(B)</enum><text>require the eligible partner to provide funds.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idf3e8654429f2433e9584e1ce926af18f"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Effect on existing agreements</header><subparagraph id="idD5E6906ACFD14C4098715AD5DDE60310"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subject to subparagraph (B), an agreement under this subsection shall not affect, modify, or interfere with existing agreements under this subchapter.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idA75E8C803424439686D919D825B86718"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Modification of existing agreements</header><text>To implement this section, the signatories to an agreement under this subsection may mutually agree to a modification of an agreement entered into before the date of enactment of this section under the Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program established by the Secretary under this subchapter.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id23dea51e621e4b9bbe510243b50fb4a0"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Payments</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idbcc765c9800d435eba20fb2e09dc812d"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Funding requirement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Funds provided by an eligible partner may be in cash, in-kind contributions, or technical assistance.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idafe95edb44e24ef5b85f92e24c29173f"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Marginal pastureland cost-share payments</header><text>The Secretary shall ensure that cost-share payments to an owner or operator to install stream fencing, crossings, and alternative water development on marginal pastureland under a program reflect the fair market value of the cost of installation.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id28dca091b1a2488d973c95c280d3cf7a"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Cost-share and practice incentive payments</header><subparagraph id="idbbdce207de0f4f0a954f6fe56201e1af"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>On request of an owner or operator, the Secretary shall provide cost-share payments when a major conservation practice component is completed under a program, as determined by the Secretary.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id565cbd38e1e846c9a722aab9ef2da1a4"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Assignment to eligible partner</header><text>An owner or operator may assign cost-share and practice incentive payments to an eligible partner if the eligible partner installs the conservation practice or conducts the ongoing management of the conservation practice on behalf of the owner or operator.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id42f61ef1370347bb8f624178fd163b10"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Riparian buffer management payments</header><subparagraph id="id8b7c5c104fe54612899e59dbde415c00"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>In the case of an agreement under subsection (b)(1) that includes riparian buffers as an eligible practice, the Secretary shall make cost-share payments to encourage the regular management of the riparian buffer throughout the term of the agreement, consistent with the conservation plan that covers the eligible land.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idae3390af2ce74a12aa0a9e1990d572c0"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>The amount of payments received by an owner or operator under subparagraph (A) shall not be greater than 100 percent of the normal and customary projected management cost, as determined by the Secretary, in consultation with the applicable State technical committee established under section 1261(a).</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id8F0E89D9B8C947EE8C0E80A7992FB829"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Forested riparian buffer practice</header><paragraph id="idbc4fa45a57094bbeb448c864477c85f6"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Food-producing woody plants</header><text>In the case of an agreement under subsection (b)(1) that includes forested riparian buffers as an eligible practice, the Secretary shall allow an owner or operator—</text><subparagraph id="idd5bf5b08b2644bd397402da010d412fc"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to plant food-producing woody plants in the forested riparian buffers, on the conditions that—</text><clause id="id38b02f10e0e341f3aa1572d28bd78cfc"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the plants shall contribute to the conservation of soil, water quality, and wildlife habitat; and</text></clause><clause id="id73dd3bed056640f0b8e67c9eb11a3ddb"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the planting shall be consistent with—</text><subclause id="id13ebdac0a34f4729ad423e1e92288e70"><enum>(I)</enum><text>recommendations of the applicable State technical committee established under section 1261(a); and</text></subclause><subclause id="ide1216b2aab0b4df8bc576949c80b8f5b"><enum>(II)</enum><text>technical guide standards of the applicable field office of the Natural Resources Conservation Service; and</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idffc52fa4e63a45b4a780d21e273025e4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to harvest from plants described in subparagraph (A), on the conditions that—</text><clause id="id5191fdd8af924693a09cfd2850d34926"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the harvesting shall not damage the conserving cover or otherwise have a negative impact on the conservation concerns targeted by the program; and</text></clause><clause id="id1704ba0fd00a4def92b3f5355d9a7267"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>only native plant species appropriate to the region shall be used within 35 feet of the watercourse.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idb0542867ca524f0891cc5bd2ab4f2971"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Technical assistance</header><text>For the purpose of enrolling forested riparian buffers in a program, the Administrator of the Farm Service Agency, in consultation with the Chief of the Forest Service—</text><subparagraph id="ida7c1376b817e4551a4a328de043a502d"><enum>(A)</enum><text>shall provide funds for technical assistance directly to a State forestry agency; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id8587f62ba8904cbb8f6d7f9c2cab78bc"><enum>(B)</enum><text>is encouraged to partner with a nongovernmental organization—</text><clause id="iddb7724631fad475b969b7ff6aef3d4c0"><enum>(i)</enum><text>to make recommendations for conservation practices under the program;</text></clause><clause id="id9d1f623c5ed74864936c726ce919bb6c"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>to provide technical assistance necessary to carry out the conservation practices recommended under clause (i); and</text></clause><clause id="ide49aace467ae4c72812a11b5498f5308"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>to implement riparian buffers by—</text><subclause id="idcc235ec77af147d098eebe877de26797"><enum>(I)</enum><text>pooling and submitting applications on behalf of owners and operators in a specific watershed; and</text></subclause><subclause id="id0da627b22b0f4197b8ba6543b8b6e83a"><enum>(II)</enum><text>carrying out management activities for the duration of the program.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id778183b988f0446ca4af8c40cb456ed0"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Acreage</header><text>Of the acres of land maintained in the conservation reserve in accordance with section 1231(d)(1), to the maximum extent practicable, not less than 20 percent of the acres enrolled in the conservation reserve program using continuous sign-up under section 1234(d)(2)(A)(ii) shall be enrolled under an agreement under subsection (b)(1).</text></subsection><subsection id="ide36ada8fcd754349b92240cd768231c2"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Status report</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the end of each fiscal year, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report that describes, with respect to each agreement entered into under subsection (b)(1)—</text><paragraph id="id0398f5d1de3947359750e49fdedd6683"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the status of the agreement;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idd627bb3ffe6144feb7cca5b41fa9402f"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the purposes and objectives of the agreement;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idc850f111ca374d92ae405855b9edc285"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the Federal and eligible partner commitments made under the agreement; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ide3064485e8c5470abd1cb1fdfb022c93"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the progress made in fulfilling those commitments.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection id="id7B34743A79634A7C8D1A3034B98FFF57"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming amendments</header><paragraph id="id5521F99631574586AC32E4E76D750706"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Section 1240R(c)(3) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3839bb-5">16 U.S.C. 3839bb–5(c)(3)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>a special conservation reserve enhancement program described in section 1234(f)(4)</quote> and inserting <quote>the Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program under section 1231A</quote>.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF445043FFCFD42B2ACF7E09660F24253"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Section 1244(f)(3) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3844">16 U.S.C. 3844(f)(3)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>subsection (d)(2)(A)(ii) or (g)(2) of section 1234</quote> and inserting <quote>section 1231A or 1234(d)(2)(A)(ii)</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id32D85FF46751484A83FDE05F0DE3DD7B"><enum>2106.</enum><header>Contracts<italic></italic></header><subsection id="idC69E84D41B7E4DF890C49FB6D4E27D0F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 1235 of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3835">16 U.S.C. 3835</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id42A763C266284DF7BFB0055A3169A642"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking subsection (e);</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDDE0FD20BB9D486E851FCC0F2BA09789"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating subsections (f) through (h) as subsections (e) through (g), respectively;</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id25DE187CE7F24143BCEBE62E8577BAD9"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (e) (as so redesignated)—</text><subparagraph id="idEF71FC8C245A461F8F00FFD42C9E1121"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)—</text><clause id="id2C992A582A52465AA79558A6829F9847"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>retired farmer or rancher</quote> and inserting <quote>contract holder</quote>;</text></clause><clause id="idBF51AB6F715946E6AA84817D44BF18AB"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>retired or retiring owner or operator</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>contract holder</quote>;</text></clause><clause id="idD0BDB721A2554E01B17C2BF38D846967"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A), in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking <quote>1 year</quote> and inserting <quote>2 years</quote>;</text></clause><clause id="id54E7A914C2864DC09211B13A7E7651D7"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B), by inserting <quote>purchase, including a lease with a term of less than 5 years and an option to</quote> before <quote>purchase)</quote>;</text></clause><clause id="idA840C43CB1E44B4EB6DB1DD50A8FF1F1"><enum>(v)</enum><text>in subparagraph (D), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></clause><clause id="idE8530B0D12204AD1932AF2558C970F4C"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>by redesignating subparagraph (E) as subparagraph (F); and</text></clause><clause id="id97D9968CAC8A4F2BAC489D96354091FC"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>by inserting after subparagraph (D) the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id026EAAB2B93F4D19865B4AF7A9CFFA11" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subparagraph id="id60546C0ACF2645C0AD2F09ADDC0B4768"><enum>(E)</enum><text>give priority to the enrollment of the land in—</text><clause id="id5201308219EC41C7AC8818C3054CA76C"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the conservation stewardship program established under subchapter B of chapter 2;</text></clause><clause id="id96C38E2AC0EC4854AC24A19B8F983B74"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the environmental quality incentives program established under chapter 4; or</text></clause><clause id="id713C0C48944349ACBA5FCD96BBF0CF64"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the agricultural conservation easement program established under subtitle H; and</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id878C97744C0040159DEA61789D27DEC2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)(A), by striking <quote>under the</quote> and inserting the following: “under—</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id20FC0DF7568C4C549B170270C582230F" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><clause id="id6B3864E8867946F9A1504FD0F454E9BD"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the conservation reserve program for grasslands described in section 1231(b)(3); or</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCC508034811E4A30869930764E3F35EB"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the</text></clause><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idEAE06C61E15B43D5B96425FF242C4DF6"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2B335613502642B58F15D99DFBF4C45D" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subsection id="idCF543DC40C824CFC830CF6258C8CCA39"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Owner or operator election relating to conservation reserve easements</header><paragraph id="id101894B2859D4FF39BCAEF426461116F"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Definition of covered contract</header><text>In this subsection, the term <term>covered contract</term> means a contract entered into under this subchapter—</text><subparagraph id="id3A993C0FF91D480D9D85C8832C38DBCF"><enum>(A)</enum><text>during the period beginning on the date of enactment of this subsection and ending on September 30, 2023; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id293D68DBF2314B2A8956068DAE5CE58E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>that covers land enrolled in the conservation reserve program—</text><clause commented="no" id="id2D5EC6F8711F4A5A89A1E0587F1FFC4B"><enum>(i)</enum><text>under the clean lakes, estuaries, and rivers priority described in section 1231(d)(5); or</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="id4122BDF930C945BE8A2B11A52E71AC04"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>that is located in a State acres for wildlife enhancement area under section 1231(j).</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id42AC9B54835947FB924F499BC71B5546"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Election</header><text>On the expiration of a covered contract, an owner or operator party to the covered contract shall elect—</text><subparagraph id="id8FCE05204E0B4F6D8759C76F5E0D10CF"><enum>(A)</enum><text>not to reenroll the land under the contract;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idD0B8F52CED424DBBB647D90D19013CB7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to reenroll the land under the contract, on the conditions that—</text><clause id="id89BCEE031FF0420C9F42736838B204E8"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the annual rental payment shall be decreased by 40 percent; and</text></clause><clause id="idA284CE98950F44A3B760E569A425648E"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>no incentive payments shall be provided under the contract; or</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id279B4301F62F48BA987B0131514DC0DC"><enum>(C)</enum><text>not to reenroll the land under the contract and to enroll the land under the contract in a conservation reserve easement under section 1231C.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id95b9fcd961e043c9964e003c72b5731c"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Exception</header><text>On the expiration of a covered contract, if land enrolled in the conservation reserve program under that contract is determined by the Secretary to not be suitable for permanent protection through a conservation reserve easement under section 1231C, notwithstanding paragraph (2)(B), the Secretary shall allow the land to be reenrolled under the terms of the conservation reserve program in effect on the date of expiration.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id41F77EAB5B864DF9975F918D8C2BFACB"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming amendment</header><text>Section 1241(a)(1)(B) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3841">16 U.S.C. 3841(a)(1)(B)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>1235(f)</quote> and inserting <quote>1235(e)</quote>.</text></subsection></section><section id="idB52473F26F5A417B82E8D27BC227F30B"><enum>2107.</enum><header>Conservation reserve easements</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Subchapter B of chapter 1 of subtitle D of title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985 is amended by inserting after section 1231B (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3831b">16 U.S.C. 3831b</external-xref>) the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id54BB835FA0FB4622888D06692E2CD908" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><section id="id2F75BFC96EBD4EA69EA34B2C43B1D115"><enum>1231C.</enum><header>Conservation reserve easements</header><subsection id="id0CC4C083E63E4987B16A55DBB97196AA"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><paragraph id="id35F5AA7CA3C044408ECACFA4D3517786"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Enrollment</header><text>The Secretary shall offer to enroll land in the conservation reserve program through a conservation reserve easement in accordance with this section.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id3D48BB3A8976418DB1CED6A2DD3543C2"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Exclusion of acreage limitation</header><text>For purposes of applying the limitations in section 1231(d)(1), the Secretary shall not count acres of land enrolled under this section.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idF7BC3AE575C3487381A76F6E3F2892F8"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Eligible land</header><text>Only land subject to an expired covered contract (as defined in section 1235(h)(1)) shall be eligible for enrollment through a conservation reserve easement under this section.</text></subsection><subsection id="id2A25C37482CB4391B48BBDC964D7673F"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Term</header><text>The term of a conservation reserve easement shall be—</text><paragraph id="id7DD34761F92F48FDB1745B4E3D3B35CB"><enum>(1)</enum><text>permanent; or</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id6E7470932D2B44DDB7611220DC543F84"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the maximum period allowed by State law.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idddf8eaec8bf34fe78d5bf3128c70fe33"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Agreements</header><text>To be eligible to enroll land in the conservation reserve program through a conservation reserve easement, the owner of the land shall enter into an agreement with the Secretary—</text><paragraph id="ida6f3dccdd95f47cfabb495120a632e0d"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to grant an easement on the land to the Secretary;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idd4c729b8c2dd4a9f9c77c2c251dc680a"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to implement a conservation reserve easement plan developed for the land under subsection (h)(1);</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id0bff42f04e4340558486bd74677a3440"><enum>(3)</enum><text>to create and record an appropriate deed restriction in accordance with applicable State law to reflect the easement;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idf1df39ad0882450aa947cad62ea62d5c"><enum>(4)</enum><text>to provide a written statement of consent to the easement signed by any person holding a security interest in the land;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id761bb7431bc449859ee40cca9663e145"><enum>(5)</enum><text>to comply with the terms and conditions of the easement and any related agreements; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id4e80bce5809a435c9ec79d1aa2c3e1e1"><enum>(6)</enum><text>to permanently retire any existing base history for the land covered by the easement.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ida20f4e45efec4831a5e8719e8b823b13"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Terms and conditions of easements</header><paragraph id="id19300a9a7f664052b0c6b1d1e5e63b9e"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>A conservation reserve easement shall include terms and conditions that—</text><subparagraph id="id60eafa12595d46d3a43f33bf147ed98f"><enum>(A)</enum><text>permit—</text><clause id="iddc19f19489c64d13b241cfdc6b821725"><enum>(i)</enum><text>repairs, improvements, and inspections on the land that are necessary to maintain existing public drainage systems; and</text></clause><clause id="idabd51fdc4a4c487eab523ab5f9066e25"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>owners to control public access on the land while identifying access routes to be used for restoration activities and management and easement monitoring;</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idfde4630189c34ae5b2699b65efc60038"><enum>(B)</enum><text>prohibit—</text><clause id="id83fa2e43f56d4d4eac18a1d0a3e5fd10"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the alteration of wildlife habitat and other natural features of the land, unless specifically authorized by the Secretary as part of the conservation reserve easement plan;</text></clause><clause id="id7688e0f8143e40e784ff7f0ba766f086"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the spraying of the land with chemicals or the mowing of the land, except where the spraying or mowing is authorized by the Secretary or is necessary—</text><subclause id="id0033e0fe3d574a5ea014d061871ad3cb"><enum>(I)</enum><text>to comply with Federal or State noxious weed control laws;</text></subclause><subclause id="id6a790a159d044fdca86b3aa529dcd4e2"><enum>(II)</enum><text>to comply with a Federal or State emergency pest treatment program; or</text></subclause><subclause id="id6ad8be55750748b4afd46760ce2361a5"><enum>(III)</enum><text>to meet habitat needs of specific wildlife species;</text></subclause></clause><clause id="id4aeab5582fa7449d9b000f1dae640375"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>any activity to be carried out on the land of the owner or successor that is immediately adjacent to, and functionally related to, the land that is subject to the easement if the activity will alter, degrade, or otherwise diminish the functional value of the land; and</text></clause><clause id="iddaa0714ee05d4011a24936fae17c3141"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>the adoption of any other practice that would tend to defeat the purposes of the conservation reserve program, as determined by the Secretary; and</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id0210a9e9a3b34e3d8f7e367b4e32a423"><enum>(C)</enum><text>include any additional provision that the Secretary determines is appropriate to carry out this section or facilitate the practical administration of this section.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id62fc0a47e0af42b4ab8d163c5ceaffef"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Violation</header><text>On the violation of a term or condition of a conservation reserve easement—</text><subparagraph id="idBC756EB60F7E4345BE4BD1C44C377BC5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the conservation reserve easement shall remain in force; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idAFE48851B1234C9389A355A2D90382E0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Secretary may require the owner to refund all or part of any payments received by the owner under the program, with interest on the payments, as determined appropriate by the Secretary.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id375dbb58917e4d829a0e72f21a2a30cc"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Compatible uses</header><text>Land subject to a conservation reserve easement may be used for compatible economic uses, including hunting and fishing, managed timber harvest, or periodic haying or grazing, if the use—</text><subparagraph id="id2dff3772fe6245efa6e0829553ca2852"><enum>(A)</enum><text>is specifically permitted by the conservation reserve easement plan developed for the land; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id812052659c3b4304b7f763fbc44963c5"><enum>(B)</enum><text>is consistent with the long-term protection and enhancement of the conservation resources for which the easement was established.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id072ed2c27af14aa198494071b3ff5447"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Compensation</header><paragraph id="id88455f1d0ba7450da76492234b3b5095"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Determination</header><subparagraph id="idf7c9fdfb19a244c7a419a0e7ab339479"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Permanent easements</header><text>The Secretary shall pay as compensation for a permanent conservation reserve easement acquired under this section an amount necessary to encourage enrollment of land in such a conservation reserve easement, based on the lowest of—</text><clause id="id26e1151df45d41358e92a01ad7a4989e"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the fair market value of the land, as determined by the Secretary, using the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice or an areawide market analysis or survey;</text></clause><clause id="id485f5dad2ffb4fbbafac4aba0817b689"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the amount corresponding to a geographical limitation, as determined by the Secretary in regulations prescribed by the Secretary; or</text></clause><clause id="idf0bcc79f89b64cfaab417abf85bd3e8d"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the offer made by the landowner.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id1c26bed8da91440db684b92f46dcb46c"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Other</header><text>Compensation for a conservation reserve easement that is not permanent due to a restriction in applicable State law shall be not less than 50 percent, but not more than 75 percent, of the compensation that would be paid for a permanent conservation reserve easement.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id89351adf372143e3925892faa143b008"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Form of payment</header><text>Compensation for a conservation reserve easement shall be provided by the Secretary in the form of a cash payment, in an amount determined under paragraph (1).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idca7d9c5772d849d081c5b8821cee13c8"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Payments</header><text>The Secretary may provide payment under this paragraph to a landowner using—</text><subparagraph id="idb296036736524d28b14346187e981fd4"><enum>(A)</enum><text>10 annual payments; or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id69fadebb259e4dc1bc790112025904f8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>1 payment.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id36a6baee7d7041e8878299741cbcbc14"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Timing</header><text>The Secretary shall provide any annual easement payment obligation under paragraph (3)(A) as early as practicable in each fiscal year.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id970af6eebf7e4d7689236c82951312d4"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Payments to others</header><text>The Secretary shall make a payment, in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Secretary, in a manner as the Secretary determines is fair and reasonable under the circumstances, if an owner who is entitled to a payment under this section—</text><subparagraph id="idfe8d60d1d983490687a4fa4e2bb9b4c1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>dies;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idf24c7772a50d410dbba88ae41f8660d4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>becomes incompetent;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id865b5e74c956412486340b2ad54d271e"><enum>(C)</enum><text>is succeeded by another person or entity who renders or completes the required performance; or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id503e940830304f30bfc2b4436b922270"><enum>(D)</enum><text>is otherwise unable to receive the payment.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id012aa2bbb5834ddaa1ae2742d78b12c4"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Technical assistance</header><paragraph id="id7f23b082798d40b483e27290a22a1e33"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall assist owners in complying with the terms and conditions of a conservation reserve easement.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idfa7ae37bcb5a4e70bfa01aa7fb58c8f2"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Contracts or agreements</header><text>The Secretary may enter into 1 or more contracts with private entities or agreements with a State, nongovernmental organization, or Indian Tribe to carry out necessary maintenance of a conservation reserve easement if the Secretary determines that the contract or agreement will advance the purposes of the conservation reserve program.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idc023c3f3aea147ab92f7c90fb7e674db"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Administration</header><paragraph id="idaac48de2338b4a6b80ba7215f319aec1"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Conservation reserve easement plan</header><text>The Secretary shall develop a conservation reserve easement plan for any land subject to a conservation reserve easement, which shall include practices and activities necessary to maintain, protect, and enhance the conservation value of the enrolled land.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ide87ffaa264464d7d801b6ef5e9dfe134"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Delegation of easement administration</header><subparagraph id="id0745d0af227c4dec819a297078e63b3d"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Federal, State, or local government agencies</header><text>The Secretary may delegate any of the management, monitoring, and enforcement responsibilities of the Secretary under this section to other Federal, State, or local government agencies that have the appropriate authority, expertise, and resources necessary to carry out those delegated responsibilities.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idadb6e50bd9e14ec8a943925c0e8d703c"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Conservation organizations</header><text>The Secretary may delegate any management responsibilities of the Secretary under this section to conservation organizations if the Secretary determines the conservation organization has similar expertise and resources.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF0D6A88C01AA4CDFAEF265B6990F8A58" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>2108.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Eligible land; State law requirements</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary shall revise paragraph (4) of section 1410.6(d) of title 7, Code of Federal Regulations, to provide that land shall not be ineligible for enrollment in the conservation reserve program established under subchapter B of chapter 1 of subtitle D of title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3831">16 U.S.C. 3831</external-xref> et seq.) under that paragraph if the Deputy Administrator (as defined in section 1410.2(b) of title 7, Code of Federal Regulations (or successor regulations)), in consultation with the applicable State technical committee established under section 1261(a) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3861">16 U.S.C. 3861(a)</external-xref>) determines, under such terms and conditions as the Deputy Administrator, in consultation with the State technical committee, determines to be appropriate, that making that land eligible for enrollment in that program is in the best interests of that program.</text></section></subtitle><subtitle id="idB093EBCCCD2D45E59BAA75247F9DCF9F" style="OLC"><enum>B</enum><header>Conservation Stewardship Program</header><section id="id84DEB96382F74AC9B893BDAC1D44BF9D"><enum>2201.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1238D of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3838d">16 U.S.C. 3838d</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="idEA55139E84804F5AB73AB60794DDDE9D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)(B)—</text><subparagraph id="id1B57CA1F147A4F048CBEF7CF91CD829C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in clause (i), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idD71B3A1D36474D3AA0047B50B6C95315"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in clause (ii), by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id6928D1030FE449C2BEFA38E47F4ABC73"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF990829692884055A11303E00F6B8ECA" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><clause id="idC628842EA19F4E6BB405EEFA795EF065"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>development of a comprehensive conservation plan, as defined in section 1238G(f)(1);</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB11094CD864F4CD0938C9495A57A331C"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>soil health planning, including planning to increase soil organic matter; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id100D8351D806464EB591BA31C3D50430"><enum>(v)</enum><text>activities that will assist a producer to adapt to, or mitigate against, increasing weather volatility.</text></clause><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id623E5CFB5F654D0CAF06A7608F08F96C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (7), by striking the period at the end and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id318C07003ED54114A6D5D5F447B31AE0" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><text>through the use of—</text><subparagraph id="idB5103934D8B6439FBF0209A3A1A0A40D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>quality criteria under a resource management system;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id3DE81048FDF2452881E5E86C93928AAA"><enum>(B)</enum><text>predictive analytics tools or models developed or approved by the Natural Resources Conservation Service;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idABB1A827B0724F58A0CD3217A91DC787"><enum>(C)</enum><text>data from past and current enrollment in the program; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idC06A97940D2B4BC9BF28682F0CABA80E"><enum>(D)</enum><text>other methods that measure conservation and improvement in priority resource concerns, as determined by the Secretary.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section><section id="idA3A08A75CDB04FA4A1B548F14BFBF60B"><enum>2202.</enum><header>Establishment</header><subsection commented="no" id="id96095D2173A84068A56AF34A04085E75"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Extension</header><text>Section 1238E(a) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3838e">16 U.S.C. 3838e(a)</external-xref>) is amended in the matter preceding paragraph (1) by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="id31469451C91D46BAAAD02DEC67A47759"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Exclusions</header><text>Section 1238E(b)(2) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3838e">16 U.S.C. 3838e(b)(2)</external-xref>) is amended in the matter preceding paragraph (1) by striking <quote>the Agricultural Act of 2014</quote> and inserting <quote>the <short-title>Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018</short-title></quote>.</text></subsection></section><section id="id62B06721EAE54E779C22B26A923447DC"><enum>2203.</enum><header>Stewardship contracts</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1238F of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3838f">16 U.S.C. 3838f</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="id489767FA5FF64642AA4CF0F5E6802B5A"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (b), by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2B6E02A53D67407A8C6155FD4BC2BE57" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><paragraph id="id68EC83D58E6A408D9597637651113761"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Ranking of applications</header><subparagraph id="id0FD3B1814E924A97950319F4B173D616"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>In evaluating contract offers submitted under subsection (a), the Secretary shall rank applications based on—</text><clause id="idAE6F9C6793DE412299EE0C158F967A2E"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the natural resource conservation and environmental benefits that result from the conservation treatment on all applicable priority resource concerns at the time of submission of the application;</text></clause><clause id="idD34DCB09886D4A75BBD2EAEC580FEA2D"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the degree to which the proposed conservation activities increase natural resource conservation and environmental benefits; and</text></clause><clause id="id31912DD3B1904551A677E7C3209F366C"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>other consistent criteria, as determined by the Secretary.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id96AD6A072FDE4239A9DA7ABF6953E786"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Additional criterion</header><text>If 2 or more applications receive the same ranking under subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall rank those contracts based on the extent to which the actual and anticipated conservation benefits from each contract are provided at the lowest cost relative to other similarly beneficial contract offers.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph id="id4A92DA869C5940DE9CFF0EDEB35EFF28"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (e)—</text><subparagraph id="id5CC5A73FB6FE4644BCEDF777B9C92508"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)—</text><clause id="idE2B79B3961F44DB6842EADFC6711A23D"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>new or improved</quote> after <quote>integrate</quote>; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="idCC848F10C9E643DF8EF8FE23C300B7E7"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>demonstrating continued improvement during the additional 5-year period,</quote> after <quote>operation,</quote>; and</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id2AB608FE9EE14572A2ADB2D113CF517E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (3)(B), by striking <quote>to exceed the stewardship threshold of</quote> and inserting <quote>to adopt or improve conservation activities, as determined by the Secretary, to achieve higher levels of performance with respect to not less than</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="id489BC05D1366478D8C900B4DB35141CF"><enum>2204.</enum><header>Duties of Secretary</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1238G of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3838g">16 U.S.C. 3838g</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="id3DE3D3F79E104E45A9B068410FD45672"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (c)—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1F2DECCC688E4246A3EEE80300E5BA61"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the matter preceding paragraph (1)—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id808CF95C3FBC44D7B6144D7697F3A8EE"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>Agricultural Act of 2014, and ending on September 30, 2022</quote> and inserting <quote><short-title>Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018</short-title>, and ending on September 30, 2028</quote>; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBDF4BB15253D4FA8A42944F92BFE8971"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>, to the maximum extent practicable</quote>;</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6255F90F8852401898D8E5E2379D8590"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (1)—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id46C0E43CB8B9480581CEFD2554A30584"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting <quote>to the maximum extent practicable,</quote> before <quote>enroll</quote>; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id58C732F07AE544FCAE53907DC77B64EF"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>10,000,000</quote> and inserting <quote>8,797,000</quote>; and</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id70350DA930074F9A8505FB94E0611E07"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)—</text><clause commented="no" id="idAC840C18C74C4E45B432153CBA49766B"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>notwithstanding any other provision of this subchapter,</quote> before <quote>manage</quote>; and</text></clause><clause id="id28495065DCCF458EAB3D4348A2DFD82F"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>all financial</quote> and all that follows through the period at the end and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id60F8A87EC66A475CB529A1454142143C" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><text>all—</text><subparagraph id="idC57AAD8597EA4DA58C8C8343ECC8E6FC"><enum>(A)</enum><text>financial assistance, including payments made under subsections (d)(5), (e), and (f);</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idFC0850C38FA04000BF29782D7D61D1E9"><enum>(B)</enum><text>technical assistance; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id4B5B40822A8E4D2CA577DB0C91CACBD8"><enum>(C)</enum><text>any other expenses associated with enrollment or participation in the program.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; </after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id521587324B134E868AFE0D3996B4253E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (d), by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8FE2CAFA7EF545C2BF44AABFBE5D4985" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><paragraph commented="no" id="id3755F5DB9506489C95FEE4E44185C49D"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Payment for cover crop activities</header><text>Subject to the restriction under subsection (c)(2), the amount of a payment under this subsection for cover crop activities shall be not less than 125 percent of the annual payment amount determined by the Secretary under paragraph (2).</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph id="id4BEC443975BD42EFABD67EDFBB3947A4"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (e)—</text><subparagraph id="idB658879FB0534D04A484DC491439ADD1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the subsection heading, by inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">and advanced grazing management</header-in-text></quote> after <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">rotations</header-in-text></quote>;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id325F5B46ED384F01A44E32F3BBF40DEF"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (2);</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id319EC02F472E4AE5B5E6B377591A454C"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraphs (1) and (4) as paragraphs (2) and (1), respectively, and moving the paragraphs so as to appear in numerical order;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id7590CAECA4F74E96902C086C57C8B479"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in paragraph (1) (as so redesignated)—</text><clause id="idE7501411C61245188B25C3D992BCAA33"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by redesignating subparagraphs (A) through (D) and (E) as clauses (i) through (iv) and (vi), respectively, and indenting appropriately;</text></clause><clause id="id5D694EFF8549465DAC7F828A36537850"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking the paragraph designation and all that follows through <quote>the term</quote> in the matter preceding clause (i) (as so redesignated) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idff1312355c284cb684e2087f751d5609" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><paragraph id="id35957237D1144F42AA78C4FAA7F1A75B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this subsection:</text><subparagraph id="id22D9499E3F18471B9A6054B43132907D"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Advanced grazing management</header><text>The term <term>advanced grazing management</term> means the use of a combination of grazing practices (as determined by the Secretary), which may include management-intensive rotational grazing, that provide for—</text><clause id="iddeeb8de91dd14bd385dde9369393b8e8"><enum>(i)</enum><text>improved soil health and carbon sequestration;</text></clause><clause id="id4fc1d24c184344c495c7c1d5980fa269"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>drought resilience;</text></clause><clause id="id8a2b1746aa594c5f895eafb6dc8523f9"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>wildlife habitat;</text></clause><clause id="id9884cbdce15c4230a031f33289e20891"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>wildfire mitigation;</text></clause><clause id="idb0b8eb5b82334b6ea56e99c3fe539239"><enum>(v)</enum><text>control of invasive plants; and</text></clause><clause id="idec469ce09fbe49838bc57e534b3952fb"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>water quality improvement.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idafcd585c2d4043bd9002e8f773e2f9ac"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Management-intensive rotational grazing</header><text>The term <term>management-intensive rotational grazing</term> means a strategic, adaptively managed multipasture grazing system in which animals are regularly and systematically moved to fresh pasture in a manner that—</text><clause id="idaa2e4a7b8e224303b0d541960bcfbb6b"><enum>(i)</enum><text>maximizes the quantity and quality of forage growth;</text></clause><clause id="id61d6586eeffd451dbd56a48a08c08442"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>improves manure distribution and nutrient cycling;</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="id641b0f9c771e465188e134cdcc528ed7"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>increases carbon sequestration from greater forage harvest;</text></clause><clause id="id046207e968204df4b9a80d9d281c831b"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>improves the quality and quantity of cover for wildlife;</text></clause><clause id="id7e0e3370787f49b0b1c1d9dd57d42ae3"><enum>(v)</enum><text>provides permanent cover to protect the soil from erosion; and</text></clause><clause id="idcdeba2c31d93471bbdc9a368a4d91864"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>improves water quality.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idDFE3FAE13D2A44FBBCB4FA3200EF3624"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Resource-conserving crop rotation</header><text>The term</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause><clause commented="no" id="id5A1A694C66C24CD78B340547825C7181"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (C) (as so designated)—</text><subclause commented="no" id="idE8E334974ED24902B30796502913E97F"><enum>(I)</enum><text>in clause (iv) (as so redesignated), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end; and</text></subclause><subclause commented="no" id="idCDF786FB4BD14A5781A3648D136528CF"><enum>(II)</enum><text>by inserting after clause (iv) (as so redesignated) the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF23DCA347C35476C978C1EAD1CB149B7" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><clause commented="no" id="idF3063C0B50FF4CDF8083CBE3FBCA165A"><enum>(v)</enum><text>builds soil organic matter; and</text></clause><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idFDDECD3ACC1744558B3FA2EE51C948A9"><enum>(E)</enum><text>in paragraph (2) (as so redesignated), by striking <quote>improve resource-conserving</quote> and all that follows through the period at the end and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="idA3E29C3DB3B94106808C3F025E3FDB11" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><text>improve, manage, and maintain—</text><subparagraph id="id6EE9BCEFAB39456590689201FFC0FF7B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>resource-conserving crop rotations; or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id2AF6797FD0AB4ECDAD4FDD78791C47F0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>advanced grazing management.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id9CC79415E4D54C4085939E8C4A52E74F"><enum>(F)</enum><text>in paragraph (3)—</text><clause id="id5E1AFABE979D4164A7EDE02BB81C7C85"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>paragraph (1)</quote> and inserting <quote>paragraph (2)</quote>; and</text></clause><clause id="idE014AF12A6FB4F108AADB9639EAAE01A"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>and maintain</quote> and all that follows through the period at the end and inserting <quote>or improve, manage, and maintain resource-conserving crop rotations or advanced grazing management for the term of the contract.</quote>; and</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id4236CC7DDC9E40D38C827802C66AA3D3"><enum>(G)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id95A332B9AB074CFAA2C0A4BA137BA6E7" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><paragraph commented="no" id="id17FE9DBB48E045A9B0E30340879E2362"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Amount of payment</header><text>Subject to the restriction under subsection (c)(2), an additional payment provided under paragraph (2) shall be not less than 150 percent of the annual payment amount determined by the Secretary under subsection (d)(2).</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id53D10C13C4C14E15B6D294BF4AE04D90"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by redesignating subsections (f) through (i) as subsections (g) through (j), respectively;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id404FCD0B85244ABC91112731F9E015E8"><enum>(5)</enum><text>by inserting after subsection (e) the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDAC2B37F37034A8894E9A2282AFFA3B2" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subsection id="id48C82894DFC24CFEB4FD101786FB2EEF"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Payment for comprehensive conservation plan</header><paragraph id="id0835CC1483BB48C9B709524195DADFAF"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Definition of comprehensive conservation plan</header><text>In this subsection, the term <quote>comprehensive conservation plan</quote> means a conservation plan that meets or exceeds the stewardship threshold for each priority resource concern identified by the Secretary under subsection (a)(2).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idC0DA38C1B184411EBDD3FE3EF86EFA07"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Payment for comprehensive conservation plan</header><text>Subject to the restriction under subsection (c)(2), the Secretary shall provide a 1-time payment to a producer that develops and implements a comprehensive conservation plan.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="idC786D72DACE54A0B9661A0C93147FC90"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Amount of payment</header><text>The Secretary shall determine the amount of payment under paragraph (2) based on—</text><subparagraph commented="no" id="idE051D4F9A60B4ACCB31BCB7BA0E71219"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the number of priority resource concerns addressed in the comprehensive conservation plan; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="idA96E6AC7D00D45B1945593CDDE2B0C02"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the number of types of land uses included in the comprehensive conservation plan.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>; </after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id487A3E1933774A5D8D238A8431D697E0"><enum>(6)</enum><text>in subsection (g) (as so redesignated)—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDC6C18A1865D426A85749FDF7CAB6732"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>2014 through 2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2019 through 2023</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id93B0614D0374443BBD710F5196BBE1FF"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>or acequias</quote> after <quote>Indian tribes</quote>; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id4A385A6D2E1A447A9A50E543A32EFB0C"><enum>(7)</enum><text>in subsection (i) (as so redesignated)—</text><subparagraph commented="no" id="id213E726110C340A59B2B005265D7E474"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking the subsection designation and heading and all that follows through <quote>The Secretary</quote> and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA17EED13795D43DD9EF1C491B8A38719" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subsection commented="no" id="id8F236A71774547A3AB7688C80ED512D6"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Organic certification</header><paragraph commented="no" id="id5F3671E2D8554F20A4D704B404CA9C64"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Coordination</header><text>The Secretary</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="idBD50E4ED335245DCA119F6244868D076"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAAAD8259CF634EEEB7ABB995DA7DBA88" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><paragraph id="idfbc7fb6fc7db41d28776725b069d60ac"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Allocation</header><subparagraph id="idA2B88E5B68B54FDCA6A063BDF0B9F38F"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Using funds made available for the program for each of fiscal years 2019 through 2023, the Secretary shall allocate funding to States to support organic production and transition to organic production through paragraph (1).</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id7914520D1B004B8A8FADDC45B7129DFC"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Determination</header><text>The Secretary shall determine the allocation to a State under subparagraph (A) based on—</text><clause id="id929C1DC284E44D068BB5F3201DE4B87B"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the certified and transitioning organic operations of the State; and</text></clause><clause id="id42172A04ADC44A6881842BE4BF53FC01"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the organic acreage of the State.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3AD77CAC5F0447C1BF5E0FB103194BDF"><enum>(8)</enum><text>in subsection (j) (as so redesignated), by striking <quote>subsection (f)</quote> and inserting <quote>subsection (g)</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4D59C586AA5D4258B63C24D702FFB5A3"><enum>(9)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF8997AD0598C4BB5903E2816DDCAA735" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subsection id="idF0D66F10ED6A4F2AB4908E4641E88ACE"><enum>(k)</enum><header>Streamlining and coordination</header><text>To the maximum extent feasible, the Secretary shall provide for streamlined and coordinated procedures for the program and the environmental quality incentives program under chapter 4, including applications, contracting, conservation planning, conservation practices, and related administrative procedures.</text></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4B85182BFD784735B14B283B4455A749"><enum>(l)</enum><header>Soil health</header><text>To the maximum extent feasible, the Secretary shall manage the program to enhance soil health.</text></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB3A49C8EC7E84827822232DA3B5BA509"><enum>(m)</enum><header>Annual report</header><text>Each fiscal year, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate a report describing—</text><paragraph id="idec1adaeef028440b87b6663d52f6dfb8"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the national average rate of funding per acre for the program for that fiscal year, including a description of whether the program is managed in accordance with the restriction under subsection (c)(2); and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id5b7ae7c958f549eab472916c610060d0"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the payment rates for conservation activities offered to producers under the program and an analysis of whether payment rates can be reduced for the most expensive conservation activities.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section></subtitle><subtitle id="idB202C2567E414A49BAB0184D585054D6" style="OLC"><enum>C</enum><header>Environmental Quality Incentives Program</header><section id="id029A6692508044DCA79CF272B8AAA378"><enum>2301.</enum><header>Purposes</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1240 of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3839aa">16 U.S.C. 3839aa</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="id7C60D893B00D4F638DBF827C05CC83C9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (3)—</text><subparagraph id="id1402100B3CED4D8A84DD954217C3A1EA"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id14AE0A19A9554A4C8F1A0DC456C87D47"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id18085583D22147D99137A75311CA0A53" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id545EDBB556564E99803E8907B390603F"><enum>(D)</enum><text>adapting to, and mitigating against, increasing weather volatility; and</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id5CE9DD876810497EB4096BA4E11CE649"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (4)—</text><subparagraph id="id59D541EEE82A4BD9949DFAE61951CB79"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>to make beneficial, cost effective changes to production systems (including conservation practices related to organic production)</quote> and inserting <quote>to address identified, new, or expected resource concerns associated with changes to production systems, including conservation practices related to organic production</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idA4927B1F1948449E81A3942F7AA3E3BB"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>livestock, pest or irrigation management</quote> and inserting <quote>crops and livestock, pest management, irrigation management, drought resiliency measures</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="id4F27C991F0724C06AB5BBDCA58F16D23"><enum>2302.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1240A of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3839aa-1">16 U.S.C. 3839aa–1</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id433D9029978D487F9BB0C523789A19C5"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating paragraphs (1) through (4) and (5) as paragraphs (2) through (5) and (7), respectively;</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id05BC22FBB2954A0AB4073BC364FFA1A1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting before paragraph (2) (as so redesignated) the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id165250F64DF24401B168D00B70C42FCF" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><paragraph commented="no" id="idC5817E89AC6547F180EE1751F12F6B3C"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Conservation planning survey</header><text>The term <term>conservation planning survey</term> means a plan that—</text><subparagraph commented="no" id="idD3C7DA34AE2B4C6C86A45DE313B29EC7"><enum>(A)</enum><text>is developed by—</text><clause commented="no" id="id7C1B5671313F47F58BB72A084D4CEC57"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a State or unit of local government (including a conservation district);</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="id0A0B54EA518A4A67BEAAEEE4E3D482DF"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a Federal agency; or</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="idF3D8D8D7084C48C08A2F7CC019AF2F87"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>a third-party provider certified under section 1242(e) (including a certified rangeland professional);</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id0FB11939317B4D81AB7EBFA8376D979B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>assesses rangeland or cropland function and describes conservation activities to enhance the economic and ecological management of that land;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="idC09118369BC34CD69EE33A2D417E8A26"><enum>(C)</enum><text>can be incorporated into a comprehensive planning document required by the Secretary for enrollment in a conservation program of the Department of Agriculture; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id45F6D4006A894E27B5384531D1941765"><enum>(D)</enum><text>provides recommendations for enrollment in the program or other conservation programs of the Department of Agriculture.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph id="id65E6D7EF14924FF5B20EC5D0CEAC8557"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in paragraph (2) (as so redesignated), in subparagraph (B)—</text><subparagraph id="id8BFC7A07CC5A4899A3DA374731A78431"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by redesignating clause (vi) as clause (vii);</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id5B85205E3C7340B7A97E547AB3C595C5"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting after clause (v) the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBBD537490FE9492DBCEAD45A34B3E143" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5206766C0AD04C9C81A79EB28B0E37C8"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>Land that facilitates the avoidance of crossing an environmentally sensitive area, as determined by the Secretary.</text></clause><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idBD1A8CF68CA94DF4B42A2A126B7748EF"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in clause (vii) (as so redesignated), by inserting <quote>identified or expected</quote> before <quote>resource concerns</quote>;</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id7E059AC8CA144440A34325C904C47905"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in paragraph (5) (as so redesignated)—</text><subparagraph id="idCE67EA84FF1B41DEAD4C32E323B542F2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A)—</text><clause id="id934794F0A03E442588761987EEFEB752"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in clause (iv), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></clause><clause id="id6AE5DCA636AD4199B4F3D63EAAEAC0D6"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by redesignating clause (v) as clause (vii); and</text></clause><clause id="id625C83C5F9594116BC31244AFFBCCD93"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by inserting after clause (iv) the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id406178AE690F47BFA6F13D6F57D8428C" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><clause commented="no" id="id59ebf95df9fd4e84968eb8bab0057c1c"><enum>(v)</enum><text>soil tests for—</text><subclause commented="no" id="id5C643BC664D04536A62411CA7321EF3C"><enum>(I)</enum><text>heavy metals, volatile organic compounds, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, and other contaminants; and</text></subclause><subclause commented="no" id="id59CFF531598241D4AEDB13BBFFB8FDA2"><enum>(II)</enum><text>biological and physical soil health;</text></subclause></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida402af67850d4557b55406cacd2d93d4"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>scientifically based soil remediation practices to be carried out by the producer, as determined by the Secretary; and</text></clause><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id3CB12A0E0C7646D3897A7FCAB3295D72"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B)—</text><clause id="idCC4299C0E29743D7BA1CCDFFFCE01852"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in clause (i), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></clause><clause id="id652BD5579BCE4423B9E5E24B66525ED7"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by redesignating clause (ii) as clause (v); and</text></clause><clause id="idF74F883FC0AF47548AFC088FD540BAE2"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by inserting after clause (i) the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id618727FF2EEE44D8B9A13512C8F0F28E" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><clause id="idAE7B503968DB425597DC449CAEB000B4"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>resource-conserving crop rotation planning;</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC88771E3F6D84130B6D8D0A02F4928FD"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>soil health planning, including planning to increase soil organic matter;</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="id21752BB705944671A64EA50745CE9D9F"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>a conservation planning survey; and</text></clause><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id0701CD7865F641F6895CEC1CD6C16736"><enum>(5)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (5) (as so redesignated) the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3F5F06B39A8D4E80A5CB87FFCFACF576" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><paragraph id="idF1308CF2B68D40519BD2BD2CA18A3678"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Producer</header><text>The term <quote>producer</quote> includes an acequia.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section><section commented="no" id="id80EC9C2B4E2B4BD4A7DA3FABFA4D7ABC"><enum>2303.</enum><header>Establishment and administration</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1240B of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3839aa-2">16 U.S.C. 3839aa–2</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph commented="no" id="idA8C100AB13044B95AB5089E32EB979E0"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (a), by striking <quote>2019</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>;</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id70A88B23BC6D496B8E95ED749E06C082"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b)(2)—</text><subparagraph commented="no" id="id9A51B1835E394006AAE6E86A177731E8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>A contract</quote> and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDE4430CA17FF4BBF8F2A1058DBD96401" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subparagraph commented="no" id="idB858B979EDD04680A53906BA2A7EF892"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>A contract</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="idCE4297B5149E43ECA6946CA49B89166B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEC6E8FC955C24C6E9B09257A77E18BBC" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subparagraph commented="no" id="id8C395E502C7549F48A9080AAC3649D88"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Wildlife practices</header><clause commented="no" id="idF0BF8A95CB1E49A9BB8620867876B0E5"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>In the case of a contract under the program entered into solely for the establishment of 1 or more annual management practices for the benefit of wildlife, notwithstanding any maximum contract term established by the Secretary, the contract shall have a term that does not exceed 10 years.</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="id18CB4B28A0CF4BFD927951CE72C091D8"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Inclusions</header><text>A contract under the program may include a practice that provides incentives to producers to—</text><subclause commented="no" id="id7E5216F6E8F14C5B810FCA99DABDBB29"><enum>(I)</enum><text>carry out postharvest flooding to provide seasonal wetland habitat for waterfowl and migratory birds during the fall and winter months; and</text></subclause><subclause commented="no" id="id2452B4D947CD415295A59AE06B7BA8FE"><enum>(II)</enum><text>maintain the hydrology of temporary and seasonal wetlands of not more than 2 acres in order to maintain waterfowl and migratory bird habitat on working cropland.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id68BFA44A57F446AC9562DEC66A89B27C"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (d)—</text><subparagraph id="id737DD863AE4D4D60A461B197C5320599"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (4)(B)—</text><clause id="id7BD2A166C76B41FAB171765BC356E4F8"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in clause (i)—</text><subclause id="id190FCA7FE36F429F9ADD21A9529C71D3"><enum>(I)</enum><text>by striking <quote>Not more than</quote> and inserting <quote>The Secretary shall provide at least</quote>;</text></subclause><subclause id="id5F84C99173BD4A3BB3C1E050683DED9E"><enum>(II)</enum><text>by striking <quote>may be provided</quote>; and</text></subclause><subclause id="id6167C6A7B39A4D1C9B81FAC4610064A4"><enum>(III)</enum><text>by striking <quote>the purpose of</quote> and inserting <quote>all costs related to</quote>;</text></subclause></clause><clause id="id4275C652D38443D5BED966BD9904C06B"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in clause (ii), by striking <quote>90-day</quote> and inserting <quote>180-day</quote>; and</text></clause><clause id="id9638B53DEDE24965BACF8A3C171339CB"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idadf982023ec5464692fb86b175810723" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><clause id="id8f33fb15144b4137bfb4440373acb044"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Option to opt out</header><text>A producer described in subparagraph (A) shall be given the opportunity to opt out of the advance payments under clause (i).</text></clause><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id9C053E2D833F444FAE81C85F66F99847"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7634522E666740C7B7B41B89FE257223" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><paragraph id="id59a5bc6585594e0abfdc9e21afcddd25"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Review and guidance for cost share rates</header><subparagraph id="idb1a8592cda9e4134b22fb302ec4a9d0c"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 365 days after the date of enactment of this paragraph, the Secretary shall—</text><clause id="id5b52108f93794faf9cdd23ac8204f716"><enum>(i)</enum><text>review the cost share rates of payments made to producers for practices on eligible land under this section; and</text></clause><clause id="idcfcc6a6cf0774bc9a3a9558dc6cc6dc6"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>evaluate whether those rates are the least costly rates of payment that—</text><subclause id="idcb78306d90714189a0788138e95e9cea"><enum>(I)</enum><text>encourage participation in the program; and</text></subclause><subclause id="id588b61ec1880485196f1e3edeaefd74d"><enum>(II)</enum><text>encourage implementation of the most effective practices to address local natural resource concerns on eligible land.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id674dd4a6173448749bad01515530d0ff"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Guidance</header><clause id="idBC96F35BB8F84035A18741912C5185DC"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall issue guidance to States to consider the use of the least costly rate of payment to producers for practices.</text></clause><clause id="id87EF86A8515C49A9B7C8F2E96C71EB43"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Considerations</header><text>In determining the least costly rate of payment to producers under clause (i), the Secretary shall consider the rate of payment that—</text><subclause id="id5CFB1C0598AB44EF975D6CC904419847"><enum>(I)</enum><text>encourages participation in the program; and</text></subclause><subclause id="id8BCD1E0F9E844B4C85AA27D05A1579D9"><enum>(II)</enum><text>most effectively addresses local natural resource concerns on eligible land.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id3780c405550e4146b30f60f86b4a9548"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Review of conservation practice standards</header><subparagraph id="id9e2e69c4be66496c867d054748c5f2c4"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Review</header><text>Not later than 365 days after the date of enactment of this paragraph, the Secretary shall review conservation practice standards under the program to evaluate opportunities to increase flexibility within conservation practice standards while ensuring equivalent natural resource benefits.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idc4e9deb615f84c35bc3a523febdd7515"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Guidance</header><text>If the Secretary identifies under subparagraph (A) a conservation practice standard that can be modified to provide more flexibility without compromising natural resource benefits, the Secretary shall issue guidance for revising the applicable conservation practice standard.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idA80E0731002F492897F9B9A4E2C11D75"><enum>(9)</enum><header>Increased payments for high-priority practices</header><subparagraph id="idfeec1f0cb7784a74b96b8c73ad54e7dc"><enum>(A)</enum><header>State determination</header><text>Each State, in consultation with the State technical committee established under section 1261(a) for the State, may designate 10 practices to be eligible for increased payments under subparagraph (B), on the condition that the practice, as determined by the Secretary—</text><clause id="id5FA8309BFC0F4FE99327198A5702D739"><enum>(i)</enum><text>has received a high Natural Resources Conservation Service evaluation score for addressing specific causes of impairment relating to excessive nutrients in groundwater or surface water or for addressing the conservation of water to advance drought mitigation;</text></clause><clause id="id63117B32D48945EB805D26D2871137EC"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>meets other environmental priorities; and</text></clause><clause id="id0A274F710BA24122B39D462CD8C19AA7"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>is geographically targeted to address a natural resource concern in a specific watershed.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id3be97bbc0bb84d68aaf1f5c1a32374bf"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Increased payments</header><text>Notwithstanding paragraph (2), the Secretary may increase the amount that would otherwise be provided for a practice under this subsection to not more than 90 percent of the costs associated with planning, design, materials, equipment, installation, labor, management, maintenance, or training.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id21E96AB9202B4228AEAB22C87FC50F14"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subsection (f)—</text><subparagraph commented="no" id="id0B8AD152627045E6981A69DC9956094F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)—</text><clause commented="no" id="id8163373C718448BA8A06355C6F9A07B8"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>2014 through 2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2019 through 2023</quote>;</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="id406518795C3049F0A8732A383729BACD"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>60</quote> and inserting <quote>50</quote>; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="id9D6C273510F2460685DCCC67B12C46B0"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>production.</quote> and inserting <quote>production, including grazing management practices.</quote>;</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idEB166125D42A4326925746FF9AB8F797"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)—</text><clause id="idDEE2FC40166541A1B5FE2D4E42121165"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>For each</quote> and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id57F80ED7994D495793455A320B058463" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subparagraph id="id1F9DA98DBE134BEEA41A9490FF87ECB1"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Fiscal years 2014 through 2018</header><text>For each</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause><clause id="id0F6F8D46BAE2481997823B910338DCD3"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF300B5DB0AF646BFB80D94D062F2A339" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subparagraph id="idAA2F04EFAD014C5CB550CCAEF823220C"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Fiscal years 2019 through 2023</header><text>For each of fiscal years 2019 through 2023, at least 10 percent of the funds made available for payments under the program shall be targeted at practices benefitting wildlife habitat under subsection (g).</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id4F022C477883484A9316493DC23DEA77"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE46A2E4B17F34FB48C06D3FB96CBD4FD" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><paragraph id="id175e588e330a42dca828972c951d40d2"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Review of process for determining annual funding allocations to States</header><subparagraph id="idA665D2C14C2D41A4AB09971AA2CD2E1B"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 365 days after the date of enactment of the <short-title>Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018</short-title>, the Secretary shall review the process for determining annual funding allocations to States under the program.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id23A05632187B4688B70A809CA2B7A112"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Considerations</header><text>In conducting the review under subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall consider—</text><clause id="id238b9adc3dfd4b539eb6346f49c630a5"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the roles of, in determining annual funding allocations to States—</text><subclause id="id36b9eed289e042de8ed4e0c2549f5739"><enum>(I)</enum><text>relevant data on local natural resource concerns, including the outcomes of the Conservation Effects Assessment Project carried out by the Natural Resources Conservation Service; and</text></subclause><subclause id="id54f8e15c182a4bee94dae8f1cc06c7b3"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the recommendations of State technical committees established under section 1261(a) and other local stakeholder input;</text></subclause></clause><clause id="idc3809357c90e48cb90ecafa2aedb6b91"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>how to utilize the data and local input described in subclauses (I) and (II) of clause (i) such that, to the maximum extent practicable, consideration of local natural resource concerns is a leading factor when determining annual funding allocations to States; and</text></clause><clause id="ide169cdc285024894b5ad78900135674e"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the process used at the national level to evaluate State budget proposals and allocate funds to achieve priority natural resource objectives, including the factors considered in ranking State proposals.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; </after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id29CFB8589E39439DB2A21FCAA099ACA1"><enum>(5)</enum><text>in subsection (h)—</text><subparagraph id="id2e23028d7ef94025b427870433449da0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf752e0a3094242919b14155ff7ffe01e" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><paragraph id="id98aa1b19380e441485fe57ad0b7868d7"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Availability of payments</header><text>The Secretary may provide water conservation and system efficiency payments under this subsection to an entity described in paragraph (2) or a producer for—</text><subparagraph id="id02fda34ea5484f5d9c7c18f7a05a3917"><enum>(A)</enum><text>water conservation scheduling, water distribution efficiency, soil moisture monitoring, or an appropriate combination thereof;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id380cd9ad6e5e4ad0a2df4dd8210378fd"><enum>(B)</enum><text>irrigation-related structural or other measures that conserve surface water or groundwater, including managed aquifer recovery practices; or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idc7cc14fb8b9047388f3b1754a216ab76"><enum>(C)</enum><text>a transition to water-conserving crops, water-conserving crop rotations, or deficit irrigation.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id55921fea8b7443a1af8c7b536f62f59f"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by redesigning paragraph (2) as paragraph (3);</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id572FCDE69E934DC7B12B5FA8EBB9E920"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (1) the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id63bb67949cba4f9ab52230d77950295e" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><paragraph id="id1013228ec32245b3921ce67d0cc958de"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Eligibility of certain entities</header><subparagraph id="id8c7ca91ba23043dfb6e177ada059c7a1"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Notwithstanding section 1001(f)(6), the Secretary may enter into a contract under this subsection with a State, irrigation district, groundwater management district, acequia, or similar entity under a streamlined contracting process to implement water conservation or irrigation practices under a watershed-wide project that will effectively conserve water, provide fish and wildlife habitat, or provide for drought-related environmental mitigation, as determined by the Secretary.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idfcd2dadbd2e248ce9c0a05b3e8730220"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Implementation</header><text>Water conservation or irrigation practices that are the subject of a contract entered into under subparagraph (A) shall be implemented on—</text><clause id="idcf7b93f614ec41dfa70b1d56d0076aeb"><enum>(i)</enum><text>eligible land of a producer; or</text></clause><clause id="idd5be336188a942fd842bd4cf7a298ace"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>land that is under the control of an irrigation district, a groundwater management district, an acequia, or a similar entity.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id982a327e96c6482fa6effcb4326aca4d"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Waiver authority</header><text>The Secretary may waive the applicability of the limitations in section 1001D(b) or section 1240G for a payment made under a contract entered into under this paragraph if the Secretary determines that the waiver is necessary to fulfill the objectives of the project.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id762f48f7a1c7438a806dc84a71d10071"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in paragraph (3) (as so redesignated)—</text><clause id="id1be6b544694c4ec8ba8d7ac978373623"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>to a producer</quote> and inserting <quote>under this subsection</quote>;</text></clause><clause id="id263f38b61b0b4d9bb1a9430df184d733"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>the eligible land of the producer is located, there is a reduction in water use in the operation of the producer</quote> and inserting <quote>the land on which the practices will be implemented is located, there is a reduction in water use in the operation on that land</quote>; and</text></clause><clause id="id2b003c745ac848b38abc9c0cfa4b834b"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B), by inserting <quote>except in the case of an application under paragraph (2),</quote> before <quote>the producer agrees</quote>; and</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id24329C86873148FB936B1CBE9E18EB12"><enum>(E)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd43185eeee1e4349a454a97d96d4f35c" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><paragraph id="idc6992688f7a14de2a0df7cf27fb3184b"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Effect</header><text>Nothing in this section authorizes the Secretary to modify the process for determining the annual allocation of funding to States under the program.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idB65AE751DF8441B0A1F805683A44C2C4"><enum>(6)</enum><text>in subsection (i)(3), by striking <quote>$20,000 per year or $80,000 during any 6-year period</quote> and inserting <quote>$160,000 during the period of fiscal years 2019 through 2023</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id2EB8FAF879B944C1BE7AA5D15E094FE7"><enum>(7)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2757814274AC418BA83E93E7F72D6D93" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subsection id="id64D264108CC449ABA776D513510FDE90"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Micro-EQIP pilot program</header><paragraph id="idCF48A0903D934E52AFC4907EF4F25F1B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>On request of not more than 10 States, the Secretary may establish under the environmental quality incentives program a pilot program in that State under which the Secretary may—</text><subparagraph id="id74FF808ABCD6418FBA1674C5435F0C24"><enum>(A)</enum><text>provide financial and technical assistance to small-scale agricultural producers, including beginning farmers and ranchers and limited resource producers, that enter into contracts with the Secretary under the pilot program to address natural resource concerns relating to production on small-scale agricultural operations; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC6B2C9D7DF314C81B50F64E6588B901A"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">conduct outreach to small-scale agricultural producers to increase participation in the pilot program.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idDDD8253E09B540C78001C954CF097C29"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Payments</header><subparagraph id="id278782995B4C4736A8C0373405B0A040"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall determine whether a small-scale agricultural producer is eligible to receive payments under this subsection—</text><clause id="idBD9319BBE9C64358A1A262196E5D8966"><enum>(i)</enum><text>on a State-by-State basis;</text></clause><clause id="id9C1387DAE9F54B7BA213C3BE54A975F4"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in consultation with the technical committee established under section 1261(a) of the State in which the small-scale agricultural producer is located; and</text></clause><clause id="id355F05F66DEB483DBBC95E2B537C53FF"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>based on factors that may include—</text><subclause id="id843B4A74DF4F42C1982FD27874C997E7"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the operations of a small-scale agricultural producer, including with respect to adjusted gross income and gross sales;</text></subclause><subclause id="idA97F3CFF118B46A9855EAE5BD04E44AA"><enum>(II)</enum><text>demographic data relating to small-scale agricultural producers compiled by the National Agricultural Statistics Service; and</text></subclause><subclause id="idA3B593D9DA074A03BE22A1E16BE905D2"><enum>(III)</enum><text>other relevant information, as determined by the Secretary.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id21B3D9CFF61B4E8F894F1B6DD927993C"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Amount</header><text>The Secretary shall provide payments under this subsection to a producer that is eligible for the payments under subparagraph (A) in an amount that the Secretary determines is necessary to achieve the purpose described in paragraph (1)(A).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idB7C674801E654213AAB1DF39BA35A3B3"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Applications</header><subparagraph id="idB241DD3427264E7DA4B2D3B29EF1B86A"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>To be eligible to receive financial and technical assistance under this subsection, a producer that is eligible for the assistance under paragraph (2)(A) shall submit to the Secretary an application at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary may require.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id6DBCB7015944498296775FEAB1AF6EF0"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Administration</header><text>To the maximum extent practicable, the Secretary shall limit the administrative burdens, and the regulatory barriers that contribute to administrative burdens, on producers applying for payments under this subsection, including by streamlining the application and approval processes for payments.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id1D245E9A0CB84A7789E14968BBFB2356"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Pilot program coordinator</header><text>The Secretary may designate a pilot program coordinator in each State who—</text><subparagraph id="id3724CFB1BFA742B7B096464551ADF814"><enum>(A)</enum><text>at the time of designation is an employee of the Natural Resources Conservation Service in that State; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idA413E762B79046FBB14F45DAABF955F2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>shall be responsible for—</text><clause id="id5C791386002C45CAA6A58AAF91077F5A"><enum>(i)</enum><text>public outreach relating to the pilot program under this subsection;</text></clause><clause id="idA9A957CED5DF450AA5F842426AD07B1C"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>assisting producers in the submission of applications under the pilot program; and</text></clause><clause id="id4E3C05889086413B95640BACB276B5BD"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>distributing financial and technical assistance under this subsection in that State.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idB77C60C75896430CA70E41750D107324"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than May 1, 2022, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate a report describing the results of the pilot program under this subsection, including—</text><subparagraph id="id6755FCF1E0E14AE296FAA8B1CF518454"><enum>(A)</enum><text>steps taken under paragraph (3)(B) to limit administrative burdens and regulatory barriers; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idBADBAC44B1D141968D3FB1177AE12D83"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to the maximum extent practicable, demographic information about each small-scale agricultural producer participating in the pilot program.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section><section commented="no" id="id631D90B9805F4EC9BF207EE8B347317E"><enum>2304.</enum><header>Evaluation of applications</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1240C(a) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3839aa-3">16 U.S.C. 3839aa–3(a)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="idD1A21D4D6F6E4B75B6BB31B0BF3CE3EC"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>that will ensure</quote> and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="idE92B3BAFBDB84D70947852BCA65DAFAB" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><text>that shall—</text><paragraph id="id18943E01248B451D9BADABC1F4509668"><enum>(1)</enum><text>ensure</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; </after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph id="id1C81736AEE5046B8B200BC44ED13A5E8"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (1) (as so designated), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idC68EA2CDEDF74BDDB9FE16C07079FEBF"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAB58424C7B884965B7DFF9A413A40E23" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id811D4B6648554738924AEAD63F40DA1F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>give priority to the consideration of the most effective practices to address natural resource concerns on eligible land.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section><section id="id27E424C55ADF49AAA66C7ABB3F4AA7AC"><enum>2305.</enum><header>Duties of the Secretary</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1240F of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3839aa-6">16 U.S.C. 3839aa–6</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="id4CF6ABAA81B94040A009ADA456240A38"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>To the extent appropriate,</quote> and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block act-name="" changed="added" id="id3CE406FC49E14DEFB9AF1FB6615D561B" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subsection id="id08678AB894484AC29B39ECBA0F4AE51D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Assistance to producers</header><text>To the extent appropriate,</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph id="idB590110380B6461A8EA8B72AF51D9D34"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block act-name="" changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5C172514FAE747A4B11F059737474C83" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subsection id="idB5A7FC00F57F40FB81B44B031732E536"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Streamlining and coordination</header><text>To the maximum extent feasible, the Secretary shall—</text><paragraph id="id2C7B9F3C7B2D4D29A2D27B0D2F0C6522"><enum>(1)</enum><text>provide for streamlined and coordinated procedures for the program and the conservation stewardship program under subchapter B of chapter 2, including applications, contracting, conservation planning, conservation practices, and related administrative procedures; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id34EBCA5C0CA44AD4BB5B3C34AA0527DE"><enum>(2)</enum><text>coordinate management of the program and the conservation stewardship program under subchapter B of chapter 2 to facilitate the ability of a participant in the program to enroll in the conservation stewardship program after meeting the stewardship threshold (as defined in section 1238D) for not less than 2 priority resource concerns under that program.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id554915F137BB4F8090A9F16287A6DA13"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Soil health</header><text>To the maximum extent feasible, the Secretary shall manage the program to enhance soil health.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB8377C54E30D4C4289AC0C290A1D64B5" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>2306.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Environmental quality incentives program plan</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1240E(a)(3) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3839aa-5">16 U.S.C. 3839aa–5(a)(3)</external-xref>) is amended by inserting <quote>progressive</quote> before <quote>implementation</quote>.</text></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2DA1A21112264544ACCCB0FDE317E093" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>2307.</enum><header>Limitation on payments</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1240G of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3839aa-7">16 U.S.C. 3839aa–7</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2014 through 2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2019 through 2023</quote>.</text></section><section commented="no" id="idEF302BCF37D5437480A728D9E34C251A"><enum>2308.</enum><header>Conservation innovation grants and payments</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1240H of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3839aa-8">16 U.S.C. 3839aa–8</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph commented="no" id="idD2F701B2DE3643719DC487C4F449A4CD"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)(2)—</text><subparagraph id="id45A5E13B9AFD45DDB5A246A118FAFA36"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating subparagraphs (E) and (F) as subparagraphs (F) and (G), respectively;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idD8BD26621EB141B1B0988873103FE574"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting after subparagraph (D) the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0FF5760BFD0448788C3A5DD1B1E9D34C" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subparagraph id="idF75B8D37A35945A6B01702EE90E48146"><enum>(E)</enum><text>partner with farmers to develop innovative conservation practices for urban, indoor, or other emerging agricultural practices to increase—</text><clause id="idAE4F7959D674445686072922880DBD4A"><enum>(i)</enum><text>green space;</text></clause><clause id="idF875D54845C3463BBC7A8CFF1B31BA9D"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>pollinator habitat;</text></clause><clause id="id3C22588115104784BAC5663FD59EF9F0"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>stormwater management;</text></clause><clause id="id9342AA94749A42768D6C33899BDED1C2"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>carbon sequestration; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9AC856EE98CF4581BFC6D758F9868042"><enum>(v)</enum><text>access to agricultural production sites through land tenure agreements and other contracts;</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idAB1070C096054E1FA25557DFE99E5881"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in subparagraph (F) (as so redesignated), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id1B4BE7D1A7804EDF9A7DA7A234528C0F"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in subparagraph (G) (as so redesignated), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idD091927CE4824075AC5A9B1DC14FE221"><enum>(E)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF5DB3B09B3A54EE38EF40B7A844DE398" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subparagraph id="id5E48152FDC044F5D95D6B0791AB4EAA8"><enum>(H)</enum><text>utilize edge-of-field and other monitoring practices on farms—</text><clause id="id486B94B3203B422C968B53602164DBDC"><enum>(i)</enum><text>to quantify the impacts of conservation practices utilized under the program; and</text></clause><clause id="id446DEF0FC2764E328BC30629690BC0FA"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>to assist producers in making the best conservation investments for their operation.</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idAC956454F0CD48F2B1D48BB22D4A34C5"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b)(2), by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text></paragraph></section><section commented="no" id="id92AD040AD57B47BAB3F3F36DD91F1AF1"><enum>2309.</enum><header>Soil health demonstration pilot project</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Chapter 4 of subtitle D of title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3839aa">16 U.S.C. 3839aa</external-xref> et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block act-name="" changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6DBA734462FB40BB8760AD0A317B4F05" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><section id="id1FA36146657C44D78138AB4B13A34945"><enum>1240I.</enum><header>Soil health demonstration pilot project</header><subsection id="id5B7327578D1B48F79B1065FA2CA317FD"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall carry out a pilot project that provides financial incentives, as determined by the Secretary, to producers to adopt practices designed to improve soil health, including by increasing carbon levels in soil (or <quote>soil carbon levels</quote>).</text></subsection><subsection id="id3CEAD272C3654E0B9D5C8B202DD0B87B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>In establishing the pilot project under subsection (a), the Secretary shall—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id075DC5561C60416492292DEE4016C5B0"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">identify geographic regions of the United States, including not less than 1 drought prone region, based on factors such as soil type, cropping history, and water availability, in which to establish the pilot project;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id10BDED9C6DA4412F86E421DD3226475C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>establish payments to provide an incentive for the use of practices approved under the pilot project that—</text><subparagraph id="id035B67D9A4344FB1B9E7367EC242670D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>improve soil health;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id1EB7795EDC824F79820D6ADEDCCE92AA"><enum>(B)</enum><text>increase carbon levels in the soil; or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id0CC157097AEA4B398229BED6AA468168"><enum>(C)</enum><text>meet the goals described in subparagraphs (A) and (B); and</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id1787E230743E43E9BAB80D1DF4B542C1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>establish protocols for measuring carbon levels in soil to measure gains in soil health as a result of the practices used in the pilot project.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id8B32F7433BDA40E5858899EE63BEB939"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Study; report to Congress</header><paragraph id="id13605A612FE4438183B4B0E8C4C293FA"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Study</header><text>Not later than September 30, 2022, the Secretary shall conduct a study regarding changes in soil health, and, if feasible, economic outcomes, as a result of the practices used in the pilot project established under subsection (a).</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id04C4D70579DF44D193E81696B56ACAD9"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Report to Congress</header><text>Not later than September 30, 2023, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report describing and analyzing the results of the study conducted under paragraph (1).</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE0DC922ADF194B488BD706B28A65545D"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Funding</header><text>Of the funds made available to carry out this chapter, the Secretary may use to carry out the pilot project under subsection (a) $15,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 through 2023.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section></subtitle><subtitle id="id2AF01261E995448D91842D24199BF0C2" style="OLC"><enum>D</enum><header>Other Conservation Programs</header><section id="idF1232343C9254848A9FC8CEC035052AF"><enum>2401.</enum><header>Wetland conservation</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1222(c) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3822">16 U.S.C. 3822(c)</external-xref>) is amended by inserting before the period at the end the following: <quote>in the presence of the affected person, as long as the affected person makes themselves available for the on-site visit</quote>.</text></section><section commented="no" id="idF5994EE508024F6F9D50CB44A0CB8562"><enum>2402.</enum><header>Conservation security program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Subchapter A of chapter 2 of subtitle D of title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3838">16 U.S.C. 3838</external-xref> et seq.) is repealed.</text></section><section commented="no" id="id38863F1F96E048BC9BE254D3FAE2DD69"><enum>2403.</enum><header>Conservation of private grazing land</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1240M of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3839bb">16 U.S.C. 3839bb</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph commented="no" id="id4A2DEC208E9C4DBC9CA76AE7198A8C2B"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (c)(2), by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2EFC99A69C594AD680EDA8CB7A0C6E90" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subparagraph commented="no" id="idB9C443A0C6AE4FE8AC55D3275B629A90"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Partnerships</header><text>In carrying out the program under this section, the Secretary shall provide education and outreach activities through partnerships with—</text><clause commented="no" id="id6D12DAE973854234BC344915C0E45536"><enum>(i)</enum><text>land-grant colleges and universities (as defined in section 1404 of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/3103">7 U.S.C. 3103</external-xref>)); and</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="idC3C5DAD6711B47FB8C35E27E26A97797"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>nongovernmental organizations.</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="idB1B38E0821384AB587C7E09C919792FC"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (e), by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text></paragraph></section><section id="idA553375C7FEB4947B23947E6AF157296"><enum>2404.</enum><header>Soil health and income protection program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Chapter 5 of subtitle D of title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985 is amended by inserting after section 1240M (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3839bb">16 U.S.C. 3839bb</external-xref>) the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC0AECB07E7A3450F9F91376D57BC5F50" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><section id="id650F5F96E0F64F0C969ED0C0A2C64680"><enum>1240N.</enum><header>Soil health and income protection program</header><subsection id="idB1672A3E38544286B9C27713113B9FAC"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definition of eligible land</header><text>In this section:</text><paragraph id="id3522D812BEA341A2925EC648E2F1CC2B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The term <term>eligible land</term> means land that—</text><subparagraph id="id4C190747D2A14079B5F47AEA0B802CDF"><enum>(A)</enum><text>is selected by the owner or operator of the land for proposed enrollment in the program under this section; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id4E8DBDC2B89549FC85253A4918206F04"><enum>(B)</enum><text>as determined by the Secretary—</text><clause id="id5E066AF797A24BBE9A30607845F08F55"><enum>(i)</enum><text>had a cropping history or was considered to be planted during the 3 crop years preceding the crop year described in subsection (b)(2); and</text></clause><clause id="id852500751F3B4F3185168CBAE027F888"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>is verified to be less-productive land, as compared to other land on the applicable farm.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idA6C8207BF5264032895CD72EDBD0AD45"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Exclusion</header><text>The term <term>eligible land</term> does not include any land covered by a conservation reserve program contract under subchapter B of chapter 1 that expires during the crop year described in subsection (b)(2).</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idB753192C0F734974A86321A41F728051"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Establishment</header><paragraph id="idC2065796F9DD42F38C1478EF56C4BC00"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall establish a voluntary soil health and income protection program under which eligible land is enrolled through the use of agreements to assist owners and operators of eligible land to conserve and improve the soil, water, and wildlife resources of the eligible land.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idE3C09796BC9A468C846F4CBAF3D9E063"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Deadline for participation</header><text>Eligible land may be enrolled in the program under this section only during the first crop year beginning after the date of enactment of the <short-title>Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018</short-title>.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id86FA614DD6EF4110818D89CFC0A7FF94"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Agreements</header><paragraph id="id38EB1F37D24A46D2AF8BA12053C10924"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>An agreement described in subsection (b) shall—</text><subparagraph id="id36966445B0994FE48B11BACCF43166AA"><enum>(A)</enum><text>be entered into by the Secretary, the owner of the eligible land, and (if applicable) the operator of the eligible land; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id729BACDDC29348F88A6EFA1526C48228"><enum>(B)</enum><text>provide that, during the term of the agreement—</text><clause id="id348E2BE839B04DCB8D98F8754093BD60"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the lowest practicable cost perennial conserving use cover crop for the eligible land, as determined by the applicable State conservationist after considering the advice of the applicable State technical committee, shall be planted on the eligible land;</text></clause><clause id="idC2F77BCA7AF2401AA95926048BB07BE1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>except as provided in paragraph (5), the owner or operator of the eligible land shall pay the cost of planting the conserving use cover crop under clause (i);</text></clause><clause id="idF7D85CAB6EF3454984848561CB569277"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>subject to paragraph (6), the eligible land may be harvested for seed, hayed, or grazed outside the nesting and brood-rearing period established for the applicable county;</text></clause><clause id="id8D69F1228861435CA4BAAEFC5A1C8910"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>the eligible land may be eligible for a walk-in access program of the applicable State, if any; and</text></clause><clause id="id279F1BDAD8C147BF8BF65D31A93DF3BC"><enum>(v)</enum><text>a nonprofit wildlife organization may provide to the owner or operator of the eligible land a payment in exchange for an agreement by the owner or operator not to harvest the conserving use cover.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idA27E472D09984B0B81685F3430268610"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Payments</header><text>Except as provided in paragraphs (5) and (6)(B)(ii), the annual rental rate for a payment under an agreement described in subsection (b) shall be equal to 50 percent of the average rental rate for the applicable county under section 1234(d), as determined by the Secretary.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idE7C4246872B147AEB53E3D0B1B697AE2"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Limitation on enrolled land</header><text>Not more than 15 percent of the eligible land on a farm may be enrolled in the program under this section.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id68E00673F94E4AB09E7D895BE2ABF19F"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Term</header><subparagraph id="id174C9E6C282444CF9DF1702CBDB415BF"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Except as provided in subparagraph (B), each agreement described in subsection (b) shall be for a term of 3, 4, or 5 years, as determined by the parties to the agreement.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id5A107BCE4C0D4796ADCF216E9A1390B1"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Early termination</header><clause id="id435E4209AC574A6C918563686F964712"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Secretary</header><text>The Secretary may terminate an agreement described in subsection (b) before the end of the term described in subparagraph (A) if the Secretary determines that the early termination of the agreement is necessary.</text></clause><clause id="idAE88F72814174A579F752E77E6367554"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Owners and operators</header><text>An owner and (if applicable) an operator of eligible land enrolled in the program under this section may terminate an agreement described in subsection (b) before the end of the term described in subparagraph (A) if the owner and (if applicable) the operator pay to the Secretary an amount equal to the amount of rental payments received under the agreement.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id9DAD6F494F3B4921B81799D1042CF702"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Beginning, small, socially disadvantaged, young, or veteran farmers and ranchers</header><text>With respect to a beginning, small, socially disadvantaged, young, or veteran farmer or rancher, as determined by the Secretary—</text><subparagraph id="id8A8B41C7BDCA43F0A5EB32F6218C736E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>an agreement described in subsection (b) shall provide that, during the term of the agreement, the beginning, underserved, or young farmer or rancher shall pay 50 percent of the cost of planting the conserving use cover crop under paragraph (1)(B)(i); and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idB7F6A61116B64593B9629354EE2FF901"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the annual rental rate for a payment under an agreement described in subsection (b) shall be equal to 75 percent of the average rental rate for the applicable county under section 1234(d), as determined by the Secretary.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id73AF824DC54A4DAA8AF41E90B2101B1B"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Harvesting, haying, and grazing outside applicable period</header><text>The harvesting for seed, haying, or grazing of eligible land under paragraph (1)(B)(iii) outside of the nesting and brood-rearing period established for the applicable county shall be subject to the conditions that—</text><subparagraph id="id8E5629766DD44A5BA0172C604D554825"><enum>(A)</enum><text>with respect to eligible land that is so hayed or grazed, adequate stubble height shall be maintained to protect the soil on the eligible land, as determined by the applicable State conservationist after considering the advice of the applicable State technical committee; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="iddcfe223258524fb2b3129420fc8c1786"><enum>(B)</enum><text>with respect to eligible land that is so harvested for seed—</text><clause id="idE4ED954893BD4C7FA608B65959FA5D1D"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the eligible land shall not be eligible to be insured or reinsured under the Federal Crop Insurance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1501">7 U.S.C. 1501</external-xref> et seq.); and</text></clause><clause id="id7AA7573BB1B64F4FAE5EEB0FC6EA010D"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the rental payment otherwise applicable to the eligible land under this subsection shall be reduced by 25 percent.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idB48825BECD0D4D15960F3CE46F224A22"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Funding</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as are necessary to carry out this section.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section><section commented="no" id="id0E226DD42AB04313A47DD6CD0402D585"><enum>2405.</enum><header>Grassroots source water protection program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1240O of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3839bb-2">16 U.S.C. 3839bb–2</external-xref>) is amended by striking subsection (b) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id58DBC7C083D1498196E0A81139B17416" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subsection commented="no" id="id46DB0B3918834A18A2F5C6442A537CFE"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $25,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 through 2023.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section><section id="idA796CBB7CA4F469488B55D03F85F350C" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>2406.</enum><header>Soil testing and remediation assistance</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Chapter 5 of subtitle D of title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985 is amended by inserting after section 1240O (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3839bb-2">16 U.S.C. 3839bb–2</external-xref>) the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6D4DD741882843C8AB2A29512AC53E8E" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><section commented="no" id="id45CEF945CDA845258E213606FBE587F5"><enum>1240P.</enum><header>Soil testing and remediation assistance</header><subsection commented="no" id="idBB181F74C5C248E3B80A6CE8B8802B3D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definition of producer</header><text>In this section, the term <term>producer</term> includes a small-scale producer of food.</text></subsection><subsection id="idfba394752d42406e8b8e04209d6467b0"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Soil health and quality</header><text>To improve the health and quality of the soil used for agricultural production, the Secretary shall work with producers to mitigate the presence of contaminants in soil, including by carrying out subsections (c), (d), and (e).</text></subsection><subsection id="idd66db8121e874c89b7d997750e7df81e"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Soil testing protocol</header><paragraph id="id69182ABB81A94E83881734AB6C502221"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary, in consultation with the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, shall establish a coordinated soil testing protocol to simplify the process used by producers to evaluate soil health, including testing for—</text><subparagraph id="id792DA09C009A4516962646F29DD7961C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the optimal level of constituents in and characteristics of the soil, such as organic matter, nutrients, and the potential presence of soil contamination from heavy metals, volatile organic compounds, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, or other contaminants; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idF63AC057E3F84E0DB3DE83FA2BE06768"><enum>(B)</enum><text>biological and physical characteristics indicative of proper soil functioning.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id4541142f22e34b4c898b91ab9c1d0381"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Public availability</header><text>The Secretary shall make the soil testing protocol established under paragraph (1) available to the public.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id607b0c3a8a484e1e953b9f365e152f72"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Soil assessment and remediation technical assistance</header><paragraph id="id91f0b4a537b445de931d6d3654963277"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall provide technical assistance to a producer carrying out a soil assessment or soil remediation practice that shall include—</text><subparagraph id="idA6BCCDD885974A6BA55DBCE2C9A94B2F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>an overall review of the health of the soil used by the producer for agricultural production;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idB2BF20DE299E499F88A39F8AB89B2709"><enum>(B)</enum><text>testing of the soil, if applicable, to determine the suitability of the soil for agricultural production;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idFBE185855F03416AB91721D37BE178A9"><enum>(C)</enum><text>based on the results of the soil tested under subparagraph (B), a consultation with the producer and a determination of the quality, health, and level of contamination of the soil adequate—</text><clause id="id4e8bb477cdec4df4b0b433b90d1e53c1"><enum>(i)</enum><text>to protect against a health risk to producers;</text></clause><clause id="ide48c2534ab394817a062dcbafd1a00f5"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>to limit contaminants from entering agricultural products for human consumption; and</text></clause><clause id="id1e7f796c0d6440a2a20210e0b31fe3b8"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>to regenerate and sustain the soil; and</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id4CB25ED9C42E46CC9AE6EA404FCB320B"><enum>(D)</enum><text>recommendations on methods to conduct remediation or soil building efforts to improve soils and ensure that the producers—</text><clause id="id1B60429DE390457BAF8ABBD5C7424CBE"><enum>(i)</enum><text>are not growing products in soils with high levels of heavy metals, volatile organic compounds, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, or other contaminants;</text></clause><clause id="id2F49A6E5AEF94152B6A975A93D100998"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>have appropriate information regarding financial resources and conservation practices available to keep soil healthy, including practices, as defined in section 1240A; and</text></clause><clause id="idA2903D77E99F4E91ADFCB76D0D18CAEC"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>are given information about experts, including experts outside of the Natural Resources Conservation Service, that may provide assistance to producers to oversee and monitor soil under remediation or regeneration to ensure soils are suitable for agricultural production in the future.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idABA449ABA8204D25BBA3328D098D7C7F"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Education and outreach</header><text>The Secretary shall conduct education and outreach to producers regarding the uses of soil and methods of addressing soil contamination and soil health degradation.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id66405d2502024ed69a2db7a9ae6d977d"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Referral</header><text>On the request of a producer, where soil is found to pose an imminent hazard to human health, the Secretary may refer the producer to the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency for additional assistance for remediation under section 104(k) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/9604">42 U.S.C. 9604(k)</external-xref>).</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section><section id="idAF68BEC788704C9EBC9BF3364F2B25D2"><enum>2407.</enum><header>Voluntary public access and habitat incentive program</header><subsection id="id590C4379CC3442689A9B36621618FA52"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Conservation innovation grants and payments</header><text>Section 1240H of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3839aa-8">16 U.S.C. 3839aa–8</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id157F3B67A1344C19B61F7E2F747D53CC"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the section 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">grants, voluntary public access and habitat incentive program,</header-in-text></quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idDF063AE2DCA849059B34B3B4DAF262BD"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (d).</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id3C4BBAF68B21447F82B7EB9B4F019A38"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Modifications and merging of provisions</header><text>Section 1240R of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3839bb-5">16 U.S.C. 3839bb–5</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="idB0AC04318050478CA45C45B14372AD67"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (b)—</text><subparagraph id="id15F7C3A14E3D45DA97B64FFC7CDFBEB8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by redesignating subparagraphs (A) and (B) as clauses (i) and (ii), respectively, and indenting appropriately; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id1D31456D8A7743E1A6AA782F314A6245"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraphs (1) and (2) as subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively, and indenting appropriately;</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id7F2C174DF670426FB370D485FE396999"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (c), by redesignating paragraphs (1) through (5) as subparagraphs (A) through (E), respectively, and indenting appropriately;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idD91178B6C3AA4CBCA790F763EEA032F2"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (d)—</text><subparagraph id="idFCB4A7F9014F43B8A551B9F054BB54BB"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>section</quote> and inserting <quote>subsection</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id89C820334DAC413F8A7733BD515F0BC1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraphs (1) and (2) as subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively, and indenting appropriately;</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idE816C8C4417744FBB6A40ABF83A6CB23"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subsection (e), by striking <quote>section</quote> and inserting <quote>subsection</quote>;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idF375F133DF2A459F87A0A789808293FD"><enum>(5)</enum><text>by striking subsection (f);</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id892EAEE5B12844A59531B2A6A8866159"><enum>(6)</enum><text>by redesignating subsections (a) through (e) as paragraphs (1) through (5), respectively, and indenting appropriately;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id004954485BB440C49C461E6227676F20"><enum>(7)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD4B5B949E40B4B4088C95BD4B70F159E" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><paragraph id="id9C1C6DD6998A4A188F267ACA0526338A"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Funding</header><text>Of the funds made available to carry out this chapter, the Secretary shall use to carry out this subsection $40,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2019 through 2023.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph id="id375495CCF15E44D4ABAA5A1BA68B38D4"><enum>(8)</enum><text>by striking the section designation and heading and all that follows through <quote>The Secretary shall establish a voluntary public access program</quote> in paragraph (1) (as so redesignated) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0451E665CE5746E685155530F60166DE" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subsection id="id0704821374F1459A960CFEA02626C16A"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Voluntary public access and habitat incentive program</header><paragraph id="id6454BFF19BBF469A92AF797E4B867CAC"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Out of the funds made available to carry out this chapter, the Secretary shall carry out a voluntary public access program (referred to in this subsection as the <term>program</term>)</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph id="idC87AAA3D75D445E5BC7334FF8D04516F"><enum>(9)</enum><text>by moving subsection (c) (as so amended and redesignated) so as to appear after subsection (b) of section 1240H (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3839aa-8">16 U.S.C. 3839aa–8</external-xref>) (as amended by subsection (a)(2)).</text></paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" id="id7D4387917E8D45B3919BAC3D99EC3759"><enum>2408.</enum><header>Agriculture conservation experienced services program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1252 of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3851">16 U.S.C. 3851</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF5C6685F51064117B06BDA8F4BC701EB" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subsection commented="no" id="idE2FC024C93A34898875BA8F162363552"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Termination of effectiveness</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The authority provided by this section terminates effective October 1, 2023.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section><section id="idCC927781DF834944B1939DBF2C834260"><enum>2409.</enum><header>Remote telemetry data system</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Food Security Act of 1985 is amended by inserting after section 1252 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3851">16 U.S.C. 3851</external-xref>) the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9E9598FB7DB9484EAF4D8A801DE15A7C" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><section id="id5D1A14E1501347DDB7343F921F306DF3"><enum>1253.</enum><header>Remote telemetry data system</header><subsection id="id34F450626FCD4AAF8BDEDCEF07740B16"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Finding</header><text>Congress finds that a remote telemetry data system, as used for irrigation scheduling—</text><paragraph id="id3494220D88F64DAEB066A5F51E4E9EF5"><enum>(1)</enum><text>combines the use of field, weather, crop, soil, and irrigation data to ensure that the precise quantity of necessary water is applied to crops; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id28AFFB6D093C4A53A35422B37C60FB4E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>saves water and energy while sustaining or increasing crop yields.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id75D381565C4F46BAB0978372CE9C8887"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Best practice</header><text>In carrying out the environmental quality incentives program established under chapter 4 of subtitle D, the Secretary shall encourage as a best management practice the use of remote telemetry data systems for irrigation scheduling.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section><section commented="no" id="id9BCB62F000954CAD8172003224136BE9"><enum>2410.</enum><header>Agricultural conservation easement program</header><subsection id="id3ACBD15B565941E083A3CC47EDF60A07"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Purposes</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1265(b)(3) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3865">16 U.S.C. 3865(b)</external-xref>)(3) is amended by inserting <quote>that may negatively impact the agricultural uses and conservation values</quote> before <quote>; and</quote>.</text></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="id44202F48B58449C1B8B77A91DE055423"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1265A of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3865a">16 U.S.C. 3865a</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph commented="no" id="id8E4BB596E513470FA800CC9A7F2607EE"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (1)(B), by striking <quote>subject to an agricultural land easement plan, as approved by the Secretary</quote>;</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="idD965079A6F8F4D61A2E65D70F7E0D4A6"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (2)(A), by striking <quote>government or an Indian tribe</quote> and inserting <quote>government, an Indian tribe, or an acequia</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idEAD7A65BF534467CB1168FA2ACB97131"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in paragraph (3)—</text><subparagraph id="id1FC7F81C7B4843B4AF28B81DF0B46946"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A)(i), by striking <quote>entity;</quote> and inserting <quote>entity, unless the land will be enrolled in an agricultural land easement under subparagraph (B);</quote>;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idECAC7F000C91480F8ADA90F80BBCAE26"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by redesignating subparagraphs (B) and (C) as subparagraphs (C) and (D), respectively; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idDA2CF2622609481FBB4DCCDC22F8D96B"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by inserting after subparagraph (A) the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9EC9528848094BC788BC84FB25418E38" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subparagraph id="idD15F55C6465949F98E1DD14D92178BF4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in the case of an agricultural land easement, agricultural land that meets the conditions described in clauses (ii) and (iii) of subparagraph (A) that is owned by an organization described in paragraph (2)(B), on the conditions that—</text><clause id="id36CA3DD5810A4F0BA45573A0FA568E72"><enum>(i)</enum><text>if the organization that owns the land is also the eligible entity that would hold the agricultural land easement, the organization that owns the land shall certify to the Secretary on submission of the application that the land will be owned by a farmer or rancher that is not an organization described in paragraph (2)(B) on acquisition of the agricultural land easement;</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id66a71c30edb645c19a1780aec972fe1e"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>if the organization that owns the land is not the eligible entity that would hold the agricultural land easement, the organization that owns the land shall certify, through an agreement, contract, or guarantee with the Secretary on submission of the application, that the organization will identify a farmer or rancher that is not an organization described in paragraph (2)(B) and effect the timely subsequent transfer of the ownership of the land to that farmer or rancher after the date of acquisition of the agricultural land easement; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="ided77187c51da4fe89355b7687f97a38c"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>if the organization that certified the timely subsequent transfer of the ownership of the land under clause (ii) breaches the agreement, contract, or guarantee without justification and without a plan to effect the timely transfer of the land, that organization shall reimburse the Secretary for the entire amount of the Federal share of cost of each applicable agricultural land easement.</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="id3097B9608E2341C0A5DD4D65AC3A77E7"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Agricultural land easements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1265B of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3865b">16 U.S.C. 3865b</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9C8AEFE674D44F379F8CA155D03D79B5"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (a)(2), by striking <quote>provide</quote> and all that follows through the period at the end and inserting <quote>implement the program, including technical assistance with the development of a conservation plan under subsection (b)(3).</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id1558921DBBDD4107B250D1CEF041D47A"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b)—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4F9E7D122B79403A8C43D80441C13808"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (2)—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idABD5F1753D884444ACDC8C7D38A48CC7"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (A), in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking <quote>paragraph (4)</quote> and inserting <quote>paragraph (5)</quote>; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBC4D847659E044A8AD5F6E5D558C9249"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B), by striking clause (ii) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id072881EC2F0C497DB15F092E1891A431" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><clause commented="no" id="id443CCEFFBCCE4B99B97ED16E98AFBF97"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Non-federal share</header><text>The non-Federal share provided by an eligible entity under clause (i) may comprise—</text><subclause commented="no" id="idB5D5BDAF7FFD41569BCB32E85CD7255A"><enum>(I)</enum><text>a charitable donation or qualified conservation contribution (as defined in <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/170">section 170(h)</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986) from the private landowner from which the agricultural land easement will be purchased;</text></subclause><subclause commented="no" id="id54A79F7510A64B1F95E3CF820073FC36"><enum>(II)</enum><text>costs associated with securing a deed to the agricultural land easement, including the cost of appraisal, survey, inspection, and title; and</text></subclause><subclause commented="no" id="id78D0E83F376847EA8758C7EC9AA01FDF"><enum>(III)</enum><text>other costs, as determined by the Secretary.</text></subclause></clause><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id067A38C5FA9D48DA814BD492C8D74008"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraphs (3) through (5) as paragraphs (4) through (6), respectively;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id9DF32C8795EA4022ABE418883B699874"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (2) the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC6DDB1428C6F468D97B70938CE13AF69" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><paragraph commented="no" id="id18950B44936B41F1B3497C94C3D2BCC7"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Condition on assistance</header><text>An eligible entity applying for cost-share assistance under this subsection shall develop an agricultural land easement plan—</text><subparagraph commented="no" id="id970B3107A08D4FEB81D0582DFF77782B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>with the landowner of the eligible land subject to the agricultural land easement; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id3A3FE621B3DF47088681484B126191CA"><enum>(B)</enum><text>that—</text><clause id="id6f0a6963ec344ad4b4a5c9cdace37fe8"><enum>(i)</enum><text>describes the natural resource concerns on the eligible land subject to the agricultural land easement;</text></clause><clause id="id8732058E696945369F58F2A2150CF5D6"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>describes the conservation measures and practices that the landowner of the eligible land subject to the agricultural land easement may employ to address the concerns under clause (i);</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="idED6E51B9B4954084BE56206452E9E55B"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>in the case of grasslands of special environmental significance, requires the management of grasslands according to a grasslands management plan; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1223D55EACE4430C822DE3C18AB95E94"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>in the case of highly erodible cropland, requires the implementation of a conservation plan that includes, at the option of the Secretary, the conversion of highly erodible cropland to less intensive uses.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; </after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id25246E7827F24D61849CD5E0AD303A8F"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (4) (as so redesignated)—</text><clause commented="no" id="idB740BB7316B54F5AA23A14319198D60B"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B)—</text><subclause commented="no" id="idD68D03019CE24A278EAD2246C2912057"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in clause (i), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></subclause><subclause commented="no" id="idCF5173C92F434D24899FE9974024154C"><enum>(II)</enum><text>in clause (ii), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text></subclause><subclause commented="no" id="idF92892ED7EC748108FD73AF2B6330D80"><enum>(III)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB2052CED39B847E6B77FCEAEFA949A95" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><clause commented="no" id="idDD7AB3235A964E47B1EFC6AEB5DAFEE3"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>consultation with the appropriate State technical committee established under section 1261 to adjust evaluation and ranking criteria to account for geographic nuances if those adjustments—</text><subclause id="id5b326e7a6c844bff8388f726e0908830"><enum>(I)</enum><text>meet the purposes of the program; and</text></subclause><subclause id="id61F2BBEF8FF941069C6A5F7DAC353C3A"><enum>(II)</enum><text>continue to maximize the benefits of Federal investment under the program.</text></subclause></clause><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subclause></clause><clause commented="no" id="idF466CDD61C024F7FADE96CF74C226C60"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA21F7A4AA4CF4263BE0082AA2F7477F7" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subparagraph id="idf9f6207e6e8b42f9841d3230c22c1ec3"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Priority</header><text>In evaluating applications under the program, the Secretary may give priority to an application for the purchase of an agricultural land easement that, as determined by the Secretary, maintains agricultural viability.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id65A0D20585B141DF9FBCB684CB6645B4"><enum>(E)</enum><text>in paragraph (5) (as so redesignated)—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF63CF632411C41CAB5652D648399023C"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (B)(i), by striking <quote>paragraph (5)</quote> and inserting <quote>paragraph (6)</quote>;</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5824A44D50C442D0BD06C4E08CB375EB"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (C)—</text><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE5E87528022C49538D796AB475A60CFE"><enum>(I)</enum><text>in clause (i), by inserting <quote>and the agricultural activities to be conducted on the eligible land</quote> after <quote>program</quote>; and</text></subclause><subclause commented="no" id="id01B080E216374FF99DDD18332C61F5FF"><enum>(II)</enum><text>by striking clause (iv) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF09D65947C5D4AC59497BEF85C636762" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id155AFF152B3748CA9047F21A7B0EF058"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>exclude a right of inspection, unless the eligible entity fails to provide monitoring reports to the Secretary;</text></clause><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subclause></clause><clause commented="no" id="idAFD8D25B52F94F67A3AE635630C230B8"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by redesignating subparagraphs (D) and (E) as subparagraphs (E) and (F), respectively; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0DF83FE17AAE4CF28DC7398AA63580F1"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting after subparagraph (C) the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFC1EBDD527F64B44B030EDEC276315E3" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subparagraph id="id1aeb77ecc9d84631b432ab17330c1f2d"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Additional permitted terms and conditions</header><text>An eligible entity may include terms and conditions for an agricultural land easement that—</text><clause id="idd26ef89e661b4bcf9c648e1e9923670f"><enum>(i)</enum><text>are intended to keep the land subject to the agricultural land easement in farmer ownership, as determined by the Secretary; and</text></clause><clause id="idb5228d3d9f0342abba973f0df7282a86"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>include other relevant activities relating to the agricultural land easement, as determined by the Secretary.</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="idEAB1D1328EF64B67A3D533EC7F4B95DA"><enum>(F)</enum><text>in paragraph (6) (as so redesignated)—</text><clause commented="no" id="idA35651CAD6AE41AD888852F4A26C29EE"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B)—</text><subclause commented="no" id="id7F4BDDCDCACE481E8BAE333395D2DBB5"><enum>(I)</enum><text>in clause (iii), by redesignating subclauses (I) through (III) as items (aa) through (cc), respectively, and indenting appropriately;</text></subclause><subclause commented="no" id="idBF9C4FFACEE148A9B9A87F859280A2A4"><enum>(II)</enum><text>by redesignating clauses (i) through (iii) as subclauses (I) through (III), respectively, and indenting appropriately;</text></subclause><subclause commented="no" id="id1D2890A23AB04DD9A584FD4C58C7F11A"><enum>(III)</enum><text>in the matter preceding subclause (I) (as so redesignated), by striking <quote>entity will</quote> and inserting the following: “eligible entity—</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id52E20942517A469CB57B2EFBA344CC54" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><clause commented="no" id="idD20EDC7B391C4BC5B5B6271144F15EC2"><enum>(i)</enum><text>will</text></clause><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subclause><subclause commented="no" id="idF58BAC5FC03A4F8C800CE8E71ACF6058"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>in clause (i)(III)(cc) (as so redesignated), by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and</text></subclause><subclause commented="no" id="idE57355356AB84033AF0DC207EBD22FF5"><enum>(V)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDADE27D3BB5848BAAEA3556993CBA10F" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><clause id="id3104713e046143cebfe1e00eb0f52878"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>has—</text><subclause id="id6e68b9b39662466b8fdf250b33c73f53"><enum>(I)</enum><text>been accredited by the Land Trust Accreditation Commission, or by an equivalent accrediting body, as determined by the Secretary; and</text></subclause><subclause id="id0d6bee31b00e499985f4ec82484c0470"><enum>(II)</enum><text>acquired not fewer than 10 agricultural land easements under the program; and</text></subclause><subclause id="id2BE4D2D63BB84C81AF4660D7C8D3C05E"><enum>(III)</enum><text>successfully met the responsibilities of the eligible entity under the applicable agreements with the Secretary, as determined by the Secretary, relating to agricultural land easements that the eligible entity has acquired under the program; or</text></subclause></clause><clause commented="no" id="id283a019583b448e292d88275eca5bf8d"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>is a State department of agriculture or other State agency with statutory authority for farm and ranchland protection that has—</text><subclause commented="no" id="idf724c97d9ac84cd690df56fa02410dc7"><enum>(I)</enum><text>acquired not fewer than 10 agricultural land easements under the program; and</text></subclause><subclause commented="no" id="id6141d9c79a594d4d8166d730f6eb7e65"><enum>(II)</enum><text>successfully met the responsibilities of the eligible entity under the applicable agreements with the Secretary, as determined by the Secretary, relating to agricultural land easements that the eligible entity has acquired under the program.</text></subclause></clause><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subclause></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7C8A9A95B47B4CD998FF701BFCDFB94E"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by redesignating subparagraph (C) as subparagraph (D); and</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCA274F6DDD5943FEABC8868C4E4600D0"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by inserting after subparagraph (B) the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAFFB18F8A15D4AC0987683D9690509DA" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id74B03C860ADF456BA1E017D52F54B3A5"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Terms and conditions</header><text>Notwithstanding paragraph (5)(C), to account for geographic and other differences among States and regions, an eligible entity certified under subparagraph (A) may use terms and conditions established by the eligible entity for agricultural land easements, on the condition that those terms and conditions shall be consistent with the purposes of the program.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id015A73EF9FE14E73A3E537B951286E35"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Wetland reserve easements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1265C of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3865c">16 U.S.C. 3865c</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="id3A56C080455E46099D3674FB9EF50BB1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (b)—</text><subparagraph id="idD0C4E00C935B4131957BB5D57ACA533D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)(D), by inserting <quote>and acequias</quote> after <quote>Indian tribes</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idEE16772CCC87497B8556FB55F2D21914"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (3)—</text><clause commented="no" id="id94DDABCCE7CE4D7CA2491FACED9790D9"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B)—</text><subclause commented="no" id="idEF6A7973BA6A4CC6AC061CD19A89F938"><enum>(I)</enum><text>in clause (iii), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></subclause><subclause commented="no" id="id0B164B17870F4C03BD11AC6BFBE36459"><enum>(II)</enum><text>by redesignating clause (iv) as clause (v); and</text></subclause><subclause commented="no" id="id531A7669FCC944B9B0120F25EAF63C86"><enum>(III)</enum><text>by inserting after clause (iii) the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBEDB08CD15DE4492B89FBB58C60062C6" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><clause commented="no" id="id8F46CB7103B84F608414296677831CD7"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>the ability of the land to sequester carbon; and</text></clause><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subclause></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4421B68609D046C5BD48B055ED9D1F09"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (C), by inserting <quote>and improving water quality</quote> before the period at the end;</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id8f93c531b74747c98da2d4bd11dcec3d"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (d)(2), by striking <quote>or Indian tribe</quote> and inserting <quote>Indian tribe, or acequia</quote>;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id35d2ee47026f4eecb9ac1177ed586dcf"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (e), by striking <quote>or Indian tribe</quote> and inserting <quote>Indian tribe, or acequia</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idB36AC8EC4AC147DB984E2358CAFFC64B"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subsection (f)—</text><subparagraph id="id387BFA5B510B46229CA5E50824FDC98E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraphs (2) and (3) as paragraphs (3) and (4), respectively; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idD0DF5A5AD32443AE9A2F7735298B792F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (1) the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id43929806AE804283A2C2D364AB3765D8" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><paragraph id="id183283FB78044C15BF263E7B28881ECD"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Native vegetation</header><text>The Secretary may allow the establishment or restoration of an alternative vegetative community on the entirety of the eligible land subject to a wetland reserve easement if that alternative vegetative community—</text><subparagraph id="id3451B530F8B2436A9ED202F98F815240"><enum>(A)</enum><text>will substantially support or benefit migratory waterfowl or other wetland wildlife; or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id750A1829B7484388B5811E85EEAFB01D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>will meet local resource concerns or needs (including as an element of a regional, State, or local wildlife initiative or plan).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="id55C9EF5BB6AA47FC8C0783A0A63232CD"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Administration</header><text>Section 1265D of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3865d">16 U.S.C. 3865d</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph commented="no" id="idCE3C069712CB45C386C01278120E034C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)—</text><subparagraph id="id02BB84F72DA8467CB7D2C42F4B0ECDBA"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by inserting <quote>subject to paragraph (2),</quote> before <quote>lands owned</quote>;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idED9314EF675B4F82AD19903C59ECEB52"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraphs (1) through (4) as subparagraphs (A) through (D), respectively, and indenting appropriately;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idBE8499DCE0A24B868F8A6B79F7387053"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in the matter preceding subparagraph (A) (as so redesignated), by striking <quote>The Secretary</quote> and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC3E792765BAE4404952C463F3B952C60" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><paragraph id="idB6140B5CE56B401A8244C2080E219DBD"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id241D151E81EF46ECB6EF762AB1D43CA7"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEF56036C09F6421699B9DC98B53BC57F" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><paragraph id="id92884ED61008487FAF3FE101FBD0AE20"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Land owned by acequias</header><text>Notwithstanding paragraph (1)(B), the Secretary may use program funds for the purpose of acquiring an easement on land owned by an acequia.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id88B8973DD0884FE593B648ED83322EB9"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (d)—</text><subparagraph commented="no" id="idD58A0CF5045C4ECE896DB9515F58785F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>transferred into the program</quote> and inserting <quote>enrolled in an easement under section 1265C(b)</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id3A7556EFF6904301B1EA0288ABE51684"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1E74C3E45A6143CE819A8FF31B827685" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><paragraph commented="no" id="idC07B01F951A044A1BB7E8907CED9604B"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Agricultural land easements</header><text>A farmer or rancher who owns eligible land subject to an agricultural land easement may enter into a contract under subchapter B of chapter 1.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" id="id9299C6331C39432C90091346EA2595F3"><enum>2411.</enum><header>Regional conservation partnership program</header><subsection id="id0C99873E9FCA4525BB044A6F6E93582E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment and purposes</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1271 of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3871">16 U.S.C. 3871</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="idD2F90ABBC63548CBB1624EBECC417D62"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)—</text><subparagraph id="idBB8175DCCF0B4A09A105C4669AEF3B49"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by inserting <quote>, including grant agreements under section 1271C(d),</quote> after <quote>partnership agreements</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idBC41A43E513045F6A9DD334DC675D5AA"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by striking <quote>contracts with producers</quote> and inserting <quote>program contracts with eligible producers</quote>; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id444EC17C8DFC4369AD2CF6FB869AA5C9"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b)—</text><subparagraph id="id3FAD864D183F47678BC0B8CA98A4229D"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (1), in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>use covered programs</quote> and inserting <quote>carry out conservation activities</quote>;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id301E97464E784F34A996F90BAC5991E6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id32D1AE00AB0D4530904738AFFC2CA263" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><paragraph id="id94BFE27F05DF4A189B33AFC5F43FC6CC"><enum>(2)</enum><text>To further the conservation, protection, restoration, and sustainable use of soil, water (including sources of drinking water), wildlife, agricultural land, and related natural resources on eligible land on a regional or watershed scale.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idAB8D96CACD1D4E319346A8E24C3EA02A"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (3)—</text><clause id="idC8227A49C51A472BB555FADBB2FFADED"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by inserting <quote>eligible</quote> before <quote>producers</quote>; and</text></clause><clause id="id2E065379D4FB41B7BD516F70A26C3AED"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B), by striking <quote>installation</quote> and inserting <quote>adoption, installation,</quote>; and</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id8FFB27947996461CA83D0E4BB2615A6B"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAF0B64AF19384BC18088318E3E255A0C" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><paragraph id="id07c340740e224e0c9df9df16b71bbd8e"><enum>(4)</enum><text>To encourage the flexible and streamlined delivery of conservation assistance to eligible producers through partnership agreements.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id6978da1967104efcb3cd07eb78f7f0de"><enum>(5)</enum><text>To encourage alignment of partnership projects with other Federal, State, and local agencies and programs addressing similar natural resource or environmental concerns in a coordinated manner.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id0A3F7DBED51345C1862C7A815F29FBD2"><enum>(6)</enum><text>To engage eligible producers in conservation projects to achieve greater conservation outcomes and benefits for eligible producers than would otherwise be achieved.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB26E4C94C2904F2881834A252010B8E3"><enum>(7)</enum><text>To advance conservation and rural community development goals simultaneously.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id1F6A78875C8048FA92352A4CD0D1C6A7"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1271A of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3871a">16 U.S.C. 3871a</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph commented="no" id="id9666452B4ED142F9A3599BB4D1540EBC"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (1)—</text><subparagraph commented="no" id="idB7B3A51A69D14DB4AA8A05035C4A0B24"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by inserting <quote>a purpose, activity, or agreement under any of</quote> after <quote>means</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="idC641F3C5E5C44CFF98ACDB95EF49AD51"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4921A764F11D452B964447AE77DF6008" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subparagraph commented="no" id="idA26485E387184FAF83EEDAA438AC0716"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The conservation reserve program established under subchapter B of chapter 1 of subtitle D.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="idC4822ABD25AE4807BC2C831F410306CB"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The program established by the Secretary to carry out the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1001">16 U.S.C. 1001</external-xref> et seq.), except for any program established by the Secretary to carry out section 14 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1012">16 U.S.C. 1012</external-xref>) of that Act.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idFC18D42CDE674B8D9FDD8E69809B49FF"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking paragraphs (2) and (3) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3A1B626F28494CD7A05671B1E73FE521" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><paragraph id="id4122C184E7D54A3DA38714FDD6FF00FF"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Eligible activity</header><text>The term <term>eligible activity</term> means—</text><subparagraph id="id079724BA459D48BB8111BFDF4736880C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>an eligible activity under the statutory authority for a covered program; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id12011F60EFE64AFF9172DCBA6FC4A6A2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>any other related activity that an eligible partner determines will help address natural resource concerns, subject to the approval of the Secretary.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idCE7468917DE5478987BE973189E50D47"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Eligible land</header><text>The term <term>eligible land</term> means—</text><subparagraph id="id7EEC77E6DF394FACA4D112298CB9DD50"><enum>(A)</enum><text>eligible land under the statutory authority for a covered program; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id3E576CF5EC5446E68A973873312CB191"><enum>(B)</enum><text>any other agricultural or nonindustrial private forest land or associated land on which the Secretary determines an eligible activity would help address natural resource concerns.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; </after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph id="id429FF20089A74DE2B5516E7A6DEE6194"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in paragraph (4)—</text><subparagraph id="id4B953F12956D44259EE457D9D6C2DDFB"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph (E), by inserting <quote>acequia,</quote> after <quote>irrigation district,</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id7C1CD644B03B41839B1A80ADFD54BC7B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id89F621E1F9CA444AA7A3007786D17539" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subparagraph commented="no" id="id08EE9C38B57249B4905F08B3CBF4C9FC"><enum>(I)</enum><text>An organization described in clause (i), (ii), or (iii) of section 1265A(2)(B).</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idA7C74B4FD8A545E291E03E3F7DE08A20"><enum>(J)</enum><text>A conservation district.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idC84DC1916AC14CC98149E23496A1F284"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraphs (5) and (6) as paragraphs (6) and (7), respectively;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idF9CF04DE1F5C40D58C3D1C069AA8F5C4"><enum>(5)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (4) the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id769670ED1A6C4306A83FCBBBC3FD0646" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><paragraph id="idC35C9FC9EC20418891E21340D4CEC256"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Eligible producer</header><text>The term <term>eligible producer</term> means a person, legal entity, or Indian tribe that is an owner or operator on eligible land.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph id="id8670A6ADE1DA415B99ED61A782E7CF10"><enum>(6)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id008BC2AA3F924E008D403A742820797B" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB9B139C1E2AC4913B598DFC038D651CD"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Program contract</header><text>The term <term>program contract</term> means the contract established by the Secretary under section 1271C(b)(1).</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id7A51AEBD06254F309C46620D95ABDE3F"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Regional conservation partnerships</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1271B of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3871b">16 U.S.C. 3871b</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="id1820AE884EAD4EA58E03B656244553D1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a), by inserting <quote>eligible</quote> before <quote>producers</quote>;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idE767F3CC64E343B18B5F5C33BC7ACDDC"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking subsection (b) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id80EE459C1C6F4ABD8FFD6DB1AA41C288" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subsection id="id35BC7E2A8863474F9C46F0BACE2E77B3"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Maximum length</header><paragraph id="idBE1D9A90039B4FEFAC6EDEEFDA81B5DA"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Except as provided in paragraph (2), the term of a partnership agreement shall not be longer than 5 years.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id1B70BEB426EC40F3AEEF461124ACEFD7"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Exceptions</header><subparagraph id="idBB1F538AE8F24518AA66DFA9EBFB967C"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Concurrent program deadline</header><text>Subject to approval by the Secretary, the term of a partnership agreement may be longer than 5 years if the longer period is concurrent with a deadline established under a State or Federal program that relates specifically to the project.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE36A02888B724282ACF1E5FE806DC139"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Special circumstances</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the case of special circumstances outside the control of an eligible partner (as determined by the Secretary) that have created a delay in the implementation of a project of the eligible partner, the eligible partner may request an extension of the term of the partnership agreement.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id4eadc332780241a2a48d40164d162728"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Partnership agreement renewals</header><text>If an eligible partner demonstrates to the satisfaction of the Secretary that the eligible partner has made progress in addressing 1 or more natural resource concerns defined in the partnership agreement, not earlier than 1 year before the date of expiration of the partnership agreement, the eligible partner may request from the Secretary a renewal of the partnership agreement, including a renewal of funding, through an expedited approval process—</text><subparagraph id="idCF51B37575FF4BAABEAA09666720AEFE"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to continue to implement the partnership agreement;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id8B121B9A29684E4794008E60D87C7B2F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to expand the scope of the partnership agreement;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id056D70A3DE034A6298DFD968A0110166"><enum>(C)</enum><text>to enroll additional eligible producers; or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idd99aecf8ce6940d69eb7cc0ac12d7a5b"><enum>(D)</enum><text>to carry out other conservation activities relating to the project, including the assessment of the project under subsection (c)(1)(E), as mutually agreed by the Secretary and the eligible partner.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph id="idA334A9B674964BF28CFC36EB79556048"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (c)—</text><subparagraph id="idB6D85877CB5F41979C0B1517A1F22A85"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)—</text><clause id="id59A5E6C0FB864A299180B4D6A93C1E6C"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A)—</text><subclause id="id5BD5A1148BE44A18BC1935536C4A5DD3"><enum>(I)</enum><text>by redesignating clauses (iii) and (iv) as clauses (iv) and (v), respectively; and</text></subclause><subclause id="id7FEEF94337994D77BE26CA78C119C1F9"><enum>(II)</enum><text>by striking clauses (i) and (ii) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id938AFC388C9F4E2DA5FD876B99D6EE82" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA9DB64195D6E4AB399BF127E9AC4A170"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">1 or more natural resource concerns that the project shall address;</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD31A44237D2245AC91658C02F3256AE3"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the eligible activities on eligible land to be conducted under the project to address the natural resource concerns;</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6B01DC03E4F74680BE33078B9D536B44"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the implementation timeline for carrying out the project, including any interim milestones;</text></clause><after-quoted-block>; </after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subclause></clause><clause id="idD13AF17F932A4A0D970B8E654A050FA3"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B), by inserting <quote>eligible</quote> before <quote>producers</quote>;</text></clause><clause id="id0DFF8372056C472FB0854C8293F49FCC"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (C), by striking <quote>a producer</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>an eligible producer</quote>;</text></clause><clause id="id73D898AEB69F4B5EA6475966956DC38C"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>in subparagraph (D), by inserting <quote>or in-kind contributions</quote> after <quote>additional funds</quote>; and</text></clause><clause id="idB32F8B7D109446559469565CEBFDBF9F"><enum>(v)</enum><text>in subparagraph (E), by striking <quote>of the project’s effects; and</quote> and inserting the following: “of—</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1A18418E42C14F599A711AFFBBFBA3DB" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><clause id="id9DC70EC993ED4B55A62470A2E1D905D1"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the progress made by the project in addressing each natural resource concern defined in the partnership agreement, including in a quantified form; and</text></clause><clause id="idF5DE9A1D322D46809424989DBB17992D"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>as appropriate, other environmental, economic, or social outcomes of the project; and</text></clause><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idDB330C9B1FE543169CB9181558AD7F8E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)—</text><clause id="idA79772AE41384C1BA4DBD2B7D11718C8"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>An eligible</quote> and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5ABAE9FC6F074DA9AE2567847043B5DE" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subparagraph id="idD59AC890ED3B4A53B3C75458AEC4BF68"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>An eligible</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause><clause id="idC20695D209174389B2652372EBF5CE22"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id71D72DB55AE0418B894E4A01DC4E71E3" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subparagraph id="id58a56e7311a24a07a7e7a1f1134e7dbc"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Form</header><text>A contribution of an eligible partner under this paragraph may be in the form of—</text><clause id="id1622DA5003FD4427B64904E60B70DD03"><enum>(i)</enum><text>direct funding;</text></clause><clause id="id8E570E83B3E9419BA55DD7FD10DD1716"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in-kind support; or</text></clause><clause id="idC552CCAF508441DDADC14C0DBCEDFB0A"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>a combination of direct funding and in-kind support.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8c5d1e588b694abf8b17f938c13d4b16"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Treatment</header><text>Any amounts expended during the period beginning on the date on which the Secretary announces the approval of an application under subsection (e) and ending on the day before the effective date of the partnership agreement by an eligible partner for staff salaries or development of the partnership agreement shall be considered to be a part of the contribution of the eligible partner under this paragraph.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idB32ED66FC3AC4B309DA1E5146B5AF8FE"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (e);</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idB8C00FD27F2146D48CBBE09DABA0E0F6"><enum>(5)</enum><text>by inserting after subsection (c) the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1C5C96A00FF94D828FC01047C4753579" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subsection id="idcf545da718714d0db0d94f4e78c4bb6b"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Duties of Secretary</header><text>The Secretary shall—</text><paragraph id="id232D014EDA8E40CFB0D643B8A3867993"><enum>(1)</enum><text>establish a timeline for carrying out the duties of the Secretary under a partnership agreement, including—</text><subparagraph id="idDF8E41D74E074C2AB93041F795BF43E9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>entering into contracts with eligible producers;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id1EA5F92973BF43CBB6A3819A813B4392"><enum>(B)</enum><text>providing financial assistance to eligible producers; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id3DBE23EE511D41E5A3387E3C7A4718E6"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in the case of a partnership agreement that is a grant agreement under section 1271C(d), providing the grant amounts to the eligible partner;</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id9B8A55992FF54CEB97435136CC6234EB"><enum>(2)</enum><text>establish in each State a program coordinator for the State, who shall be responsible solely for providing assistance to eligible partners and eligible producers under the program;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idF3FDB4FE201C47DDA2FB564BF651F1B4"><enum>(3)</enum><text>establish guidance to assist eligible partners with carrying out the assessment required under subsection (c)(1)(E);</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idFF77F89E15974E378C813AF9AD9D0D18"><enum>(4)</enum><text>provide to each eligible partner that has entered into a partnership agreement—</text><subparagraph id="idE1B2070A8FD845B5B2102F3E6F3F91E4"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a semiannual report describing the status of each pending and obligated contract under the project of the eligible partner; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id14838AD67E324467965BC3E6BF0CA5B5"><enum>(B)</enum><text>an annual report describing how the Secretary used amounts reserved by the Secretary for that year for technical assistance under section 1271D(f);</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id213B1A5E78204C7390C4A1E3C8C14FF6"><enum>(5)</enum><text>allow an eligible partner to use a new or modified conservation practice standard under a partnership agreement, if the Secretary ensures that the new or modified conservation practice standard—</text><subparagraph id="id74554528ED654E9181F435815BC1AF28"><enum>(A)</enum><text>is based on the best available science;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id5D7CF460EABC4192A8D6F91E1E141433"><enum>(B)</enum><text>is implemented after consultation with the Secretary at the local level to assess the anticipated effectiveness of the new or modified conservation practice standard; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id0EA2E5D9C32840278CB399C497964AB2"><enum>(C)</enum><text>effectively addresses natural resource concerns; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id776CAEC216A643F7BB473A3B26CEF895"><enum>(6)</enum><text>ensure that any eligible activity effectively addresses natural resource concerns.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph id="idC40C988D2E0E4777A0535120AFCCB36D"><enum>(6)</enum><text>in subsection (e) (as redesignated by paragraph (4))—</text><subparagraph id="id20A17B3083AB4439985ADBED8D764D52"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id64B380531AE149F48B9DA1BC392708A1" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><paragraph id="idFF92EBCF70034F3B96FDDC8ECC375063"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Criteria used</header><text>In carrying out the process described in paragraph (1), the Secretary shall—</text><subparagraph id="idD56B9004C6374F938D5277B451A4F63A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>make public the criteria used in evaluating applications; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idB9ACB0F842CE43BB9822ECDDCAFA32B2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in the case of an application submitted by a lead eligible partner that identifies a local conservation district as another eligible partner for the project, evaluate the engagement of the lead eligible partner with the local conservation district to ensure local input.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id4A77C641EC9B4DC784A49BCE4EEC746B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (3)—</text><clause id="id6406B0F634574BD4878F09CAAB0AAD81"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking the paragraph designation and heading and all that follows through <quote>description of—</quote> and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9B19512CC6224476880684D08ED702A0" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><paragraph id="id581BFD59A218439EAF0E658307C48FCC"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>The Secretary shall develop a simplified application process that requires each application submitted under this subsection to include a description of—</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause><clause id="idB829A5577B164BA39E2BA4C445F1AE24"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (C), by striking <quote>, including the covered programs to be used</quote>; and</text></clause><clause id="id120CD668F25E4662BED5ED8FFDCF25A7"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (D), by inserting <quote>or in-kind</quote> after <quote>financial</quote>;</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id2D5D2E9A76C44F728BACF5EE61BCBB99"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (4)—</text><clause id="id78BD7996D14C4139A0C0C0A8B984E55F"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>may</quote> and inserting <quote>shall</quote>;</text></clause><clause id="id493F09A144FA4658887E8ABDD7CA0F18"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in subparagraphs (A) and (B), by inserting <quote>eligible</quote> before <quote>producers</quote> each place it appears;</text></clause><clause id="id46EFDFD1920C4E01B38405572758497C"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by striking subparagraph (D);</text></clause><clause id="id2749164B2E1346AD954CAD38F114E59B"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>by redesignating subparagraphs (E) and (F) as subparagraphs (G) and (H), respectively; and</text></clause><clause id="idE7E3767F81574866BF1958E78EB35257"><enum>(v)</enum><text>by inserting after subparagraph (C) the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCDE8C5E693734FF5B9615F928D39992D" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subparagraph id="id6CB11287E80D473BBABFDB8159B745FF"><enum>(D)</enum><text>build new partnerships at the local, State, and corporate levels or include a diversity of stakeholders in the project;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idDD4464F05191401F988CB32754DD15BC"><enum>(E)</enum><text>deliver a high percentage of applied conservation—</text><clause id="idF09D833738034A3287918229F929E820"><enum>(i)</enum><text>to address the identified natural resource concerns; or</text></clause><clause id="idAD76D924472141149AF4228EF660C65A"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in the case of a project in a critical conservation area under section 1271F, to address the critical conservation condition for that critical conservation area;</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id653ce25451554a4095c06a5930386822"><enum>(F)</enum><clause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="idBF793EF49F0D421D9B44960A719A9D56"><enum>(i)</enum><text>develop and implement new watershed or habitat plans to address 1 or more natural resource concerns; or</text></clause><clause changed="added" id="id3A24613CE3584095993AC0029CF468B1" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>implement the project consistent with existing watershed restoration plans;</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idB2C54F41F18D4A9096A072BA88855B86"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB256A55AF05748B2A7C555A27CA3A13F" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFC4E7E0FB6D540E094A22AD3A7523C4E"><enum>(5)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Review</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To the extent practicable, after receipt of an application under this subsection, the Secretary shall provide to each applicant information and feedback (including written information and feedback, as the Secretary determines to be appropriate) throughout the annual program application process for any improvements that could be made to the application.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idFCFCC266B3B94638BF12615711A181D4"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Assistance to eligible producers</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1271C of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3871c">16 U.S.C. 3871c</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="idC3B61B73B7D24CD9B4C95D09C9DF4EA7"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the section heading, by inserting <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">eligible</header-in-text></quote> before <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">producers</header-in-text></quote>;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id946990F9A966452BBA028FE4A7C5C3BB"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking subsections (a) and (b) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC5EAD0F0DCD9498195A6BC2261407F55" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subsection id="id82B349F1C0A74EAC84EB0B7234AFAB1C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>An eligible producer may receive financial or technical assistance to conduct eligible activities on eligible land through a program contract entered into with the Secretary.</text></subsection><subsection id="id58E11F150B774561A0C35F3D7D0C5584"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Program contracts</header><paragraph id="idFBABC3C1EA044FDBAB60744AE725DB83"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall establish a program contract to be entered into with an eligible producer to conduct eligible activities on eligible land, subject to such terms and conditions as the Secretary may establish.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCEFF2F54062C49A9B4B40B53EC38AD04"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Application bundles</header><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCEB4900231CF489D8B992A5DBB7AC326"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>An eligible partner may submit to the Secretary, on behalf of eligible producers, a bundle of applications for assistance under the program through program contracts to address a substantial portion of a natural resource concern defined in the partnership agreement.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id54688539BC944C75AA719C457E5AEA81"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Priority</header><text>The Secretary shall give priority to applications described in subparagraph (A).</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>; </after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph id="idE9B3B49A037A48498AC3E73B48320914"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (c)—</text><subparagraph id="id02685A8FC1A445CF800A5016A04F94B0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>In accordance with statutory requirements of the covered programs involved, the Secretary may make payments to a producer</quote> and inserting <quote>Subject to section 1271D, the Secretary may make payments to an eligible producer</quote>;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id5F92A259719C45169AC0F25310CCD857"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by inserting <quote>eligible</quote> before <quote>producers</quote> each place it appears; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="idCFE11DAF39D64C9F95D9E830F137B78F"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (3), by striking <quote>participating</quote> and inserting <quote>eligible</quote>; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id486B5AC7142243D0BD03F3E0E584F90A"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id57E11A62A91C4563A189F7DD36F8DF32" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subsection id="id9EBEA3C45E6743C181DC3856EFA62DF3"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Funding arrangements through grant agreements</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5C365353623F40F295020E4F513DC1C1"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>A partnership agreement may be a grant agreement entered into with an eligible partner in accordance with this subsection.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC8EB8DB1A309456E919162234B1A9EFA"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>Under a grant agreement under paragraph (1)—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA36FAAC8779C4740BFD64B2F82F44DB6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>using amounts made available to carry out this subtitle, the Secretary shall provide to the eligible partner a grant;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0E388A81840F4B8A827FE5B9351DB9B6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the eligible partner shall carry out eligible activities on eligible land (including by contracting with 1 or more producers, if the eligible partner determines the contracting to be appropriate), on the condition that the eligible activities directly or indirectly benefit agricultural producers (including forestry producers), to address natural resource concerns on a regional or watershed scale, such as—</text><clause id="id32ec70c8726b4991989fb0c9b8e82490"><enum>(i)</enum><text>infrastructure investments relating to agricultural or nonindustrial private forest production that would benefit multiple producers, such as a multiproducer irrigation water delivery system, including investments to address drought;</text></clause><clause id="idd83685c5a4234801922b0ee865b85300"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>projects addressing water quality or quantity concerns (including drought) in coordination with producers, including the development and implementation of watershed plans;</text></clause><clause id="id945998c10c274defbb3c74a3c420bfa6"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>projects that use innovative approaches to leveraging the Federal investment in conservation with private financial mechanisms, in conjunction with agricultural production or forest resource management, such as—</text><subclause id="id5E965E3CF13640F89D060A750113FDA6"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the provision of performance-based payments to eligible producers; and</text></subclause><subclause id="id05AB250EE7844D67B042C61CA8A91FF0"><enum>(II)</enum><text>support for an environmental market;</text></subclause></clause><clause id="idb8b53f973eef44f5bae691faf1414ade"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>projects that facilitate pilot testing of new conservation practices, technologies, or activities;</text></clause><clause id="id88711e18b5b84e2b96f6dd765805fdc2"><enum>(v)</enum><text>projects that promote the long-term viability and sustainability of agricultural land through innovative agricultural land and water protection strategies and mechanisms, including projects that support the transfer of land to beginning farmers and ranchers, veteran farmers and ranchers, socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers, and limited resource farmers and ranchers; and</text></clause><clause id="id8629ff83834f49cd9816ed26907f5454"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>other projects for which the Secretary determines that the goals and objectives of the program would be easier to achieve through the grant agreement; and</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idbbaa2ef7d02d4f4b9b5002588f333901"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the Secretary may provide technical and administrative assistance, as mutually agreed by the parties.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id759AB5F020B34926B2703D3866E4DC0B"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Nonapplicability of adjusted gross income limitation</header><text>The adjusted gross income limitation described in section 1001D(b)(1) shall not apply to the receipt by an eligible partner of a grant under this subsection.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBB68EF0B3D04460DA8DDB9192D821ECA"><enum>(4)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Limitation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may not use more than 30 percent of funding made available to carry out the program for grant agreements.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HEEA54127F84C4BF5893AAD0EFC25A9CE"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Reports</header><text>An eligible partner that enters into a grant agreement under this subsection shall submit to the Secretary—</text><subparagraph id="idF6AB57BFA99344769997ABE4CE726485"><enum>(A)</enum><text>any information that the Secretary requires to prepare the report under section 1271E(b); and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id4FE920EF99714EA9A345FBADAAA03871"><enum>(B)</enum><text>an annual report that describes the status of the project carried out by the eligible partner, including a description of—</text><clause id="id6761abe1c883420b9b439095050d15be"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the use of the grant funds;</text></clause><clause id="idE103D61AF3AE4E75BB1B4D6D5D90A7FF"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>any subcontracts awarded using grant funds;</text></clause><clause id="id89EED9811E6E4ABFA6D607C8D4EECBCA"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the eligible producers receiving funding using the grant funds;</text></clause><clause id="id79ea7519a0634f71be0e0be9eebd3432"><enum>(iv)</enum><subclause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id934182E0F5CC4D4F803A5091252CA0D1"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the progress made by the project in addressing each natural resource concern defined in the grant agreement, including in a quantified form; and</text></subclause><subclause changed="added" id="id8700B85CDF0D4E02A8244F166A358FD1" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(II)</enum><text>as appropriate, other environmental, economic, or social outcomes of the project; and</text></subclause></clause><clause id="idBB9C2A476552445F9D9A84C63D414F47"><enum>(v)</enum><text>any other reporting data the Secretary determines are necessary to ensure compliance with the program rules.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idDDA332D0241F416999CD81F931485007"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Funding</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1271D of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3871d">16 U.S.C. 3871d</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="id9478750B1F6F4846AF872CCBD9F504DB"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)—</text><subparagraph id="idF1F7859E4CFE42D68F5C49C357834E2A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>$100,000,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$200,000,000</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id415E13E9D2B24D26A4E7EB21C976AEEB"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>2014 through 2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2019 through 2023</quote>;</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id33390381511E45F3B160F1A184A8168F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (c), by striking paragraphs (1) and (2) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3A984F33B437458F8724034C13DCA0C5" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><paragraph commented="no" id="idA3FCE65CF0104A0CB6C8751AD5B84E5A"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>To ensure that additional resources are available to carry out the program, in addition to the funds made available under subsection (a), for each fiscal year the Secretary shall transfer 7 percent of the funds and acres made available for the following programs:</text><subparagraph commented="no" id="idD997C59356F1451C9A06A75B7CE0A628"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The conservation stewardship program established under subchapter B of chapter 2 of subtitle D.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id3D00B8556E92475A9E540AC4006A70D8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The environmental quality incentives program established under chapter 4 of subtitle D.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id4EC4D5D55A8846BCAD830B5C74B4A511"><enum>(C)</enum><text>The agricultural conservation easement program established under subtitle H.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id2987D23B135E46A5ABAF74896475E290"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Duration of availability</header><text>Any funds or acres transferred under paragraph (1) shall remain available for obligation only for the purposes of carrying out the program until expended.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id6ad27a2bcbe4450e9f1952f55a30faf7"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Distribution of funds</header><text>To the maximum extent practicable, of projects receiving funds or acres transferred under paragraph (1) from a program described in subparagraph (A), (B), or (C) of that paragraph, the percentage of projects that shall have purposes similar to the purposes of the applicable program from which funds or acres were transferred shall be approximately equal to the percentage of funds or acres transferred from the applicable program.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph id="idA8B90E5B604C4606B14CD4D01EEC3259"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (d)—</text><subparagraph id="idE1C219DBC2064FD4A56467ED1ADFB94E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>25 percent of the funds and acres to projects based on a State competitive process administered by the State Conservationist, with the advice of the State technical committee</quote> and inserting the following: <quote>40 percent of the funds and acres to projects based on a State or multistate competitive process administered by the Secretary at the local level with the advice of the applicable State technical committees</quote>;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id8B3D6DD5D2954F8FB014041F38F14104"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (2);</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idF0D928CC0D9B4379B26A4950BED35A09"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (2); and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id251310A05D2E45B3B49A2AEC57CA8B9B"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in paragraph (2) (as so redesignated), by striking <quote>35 percent</quote> and inserting <quote>60 percent</quote>;</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id32E6F0F68E644C628732F3578311CE03"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subsection (e)—</text><subparagraph id="id6606D0ADB7DF44E28D8913933CB378AF"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>None of the funds</quote> and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id63C1DF64AB4040DE9E3825442926F966" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><paragraph id="id0F6B49E3DED3474C9680113D37505917"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Except as provided in paragraph (2), none of the funds</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id37D8FF794A9D4D57983666AC1D41F1D8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5B9D1EBCF2DE4D7E8E02D95E53044215" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><paragraph id="idBAC6DD4753644BB99326EF26FC0DF36C"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Project development and outreach</header><text>Under a partnership agreement, the Secretary may advance reasonable amounts of funding for technical assistance to eligible partners to conduct project development and outreach activities in a project area, including—</text><subparagraph id="id5441C7BBB2554EB090ECE7FAAC244EB8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>providing outreach and education to eligible producers for potential participation in the project;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id9ED32109CD264D799720849005174E9A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>developing a watershed or habitat plan;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idCA0C04A39FE849EF9543870FBC14E099"><enum>(C)</enum><text>establishing baseline metrics to support the development of the assessment required under section 1271B(c)(1)(E); or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idAC4F174282C04DF79500AB787B280CA1"><enum>(D)</enum><text>providing technical assistance to eligible producers.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id111e00834a9e4f0aa987f08c81c3e4e7"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Reimbursement</header><text>The Secretary may reimburse reasonable amounts of funding for activities conducted during the period beginning on the date on which the Secretary announces the approval of an application under section 1271B(e) and ending on the day before the effective date of the partnership agreement.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idED6A11C4D10241F5858BCB986C214151"><enum>(5)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id674D956F55714CF9A678E880BA78E958" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subsection id="id866B5AB251344AE48D890B085A67D275"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Technical assistance</header><paragraph id="id5BDBF2A5446F4731BE81709E7B817D1C"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>At the time of project selection, the Secretary shall identify and make publically available the amount that the Secretary shall use to provide technical assistance under the terms of the partnership agreement.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id5876A20412FD4B5CBB70EBCABCC2242A"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>The Secretary shall limit costs of the Secretary for technical assistance to costs specific and necessary to carry out the objectives of the program.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id7811F8140A414717B8EC98F43DC88ABC"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Third-party providers</header><text>The Secretary shall develop and implement strategies to encourage third-party technical service providers to provide technical assistance to eligible partners pursuant to a partnership agreement.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id31D6C7D640A64885A55BDCF150878827"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Administration</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1271E of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3871e">16 U.S.C. 3871e</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="id338995DC1E1D47D4906392038AA22D7F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (b)—</text><subparagraph id="id24B1CA4CFFE84902ABBD387CB5743B8B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking <quote>December 31, 2014</quote> and inserting <quote>December 31, 2018</quote>;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idBEF443CD52CC43EFAD674F21ACD93B71"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraphs (1) and (2), by inserting <quote>eligible</quote> before <quote>producers</quote> each place it appears;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idE04462E4724C4C74918A032B96472C59"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraphs (1) through (4) as paragraphs (2) through (5), respectively; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id6CFFF16EAFEE4F2F91722415D202A381"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by inserting before paragraph (2) (as so redesignated) the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5DA0215475E849D289624F1B84FDB5E7" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><paragraph id="id9FFF948249AA45FDA4A0AE330F3AA6B6"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a summary of—</text><subparagraph id="idA6CABF22EE9748D980AFCFE539AAA164"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the progress made towards addressing the 1 or more natural resource concerns defined for the projects; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id3DEDBC520E2F4659BBCBF06313A4C971"><enum>(B)</enum><text>any other related environmental, social, or economic outcomes of the projects;</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id44544CD2A8064132BE9506CE7831CA80"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9857844972F24496AAE71C8BF5200F5D" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA41F6E22152242988ED005F59E0C673C"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Compliance with certain requirements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may not provide assistance under the program to an eligible producer unless the eligible producer agrees, during the program year for which the assistance is provided—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2E4E9C95685342329575CF2545C6CE89"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to comply with applicable conservation requirements under subtitle B; and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE5C02177606E431BA5828914F460A0DA"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to comply with applicable wetland protection requirements under subtitle C.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="id1D6645BFBD0440E3AFD2E2B59BD79702"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Historically underserved producers</header><text>To the maximum extent practicable, in carrying out the program, the Secretary shall work with eligible partners to maintain eligible benefits available through the covered programs for beginning farmers and ranchers, veteran farmers and ranchers, socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers, and limited resource farmers and ranchers.</text></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id28E1ED94E87F49D28C0F430F6E34D809"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Regulations</header><text>The Secretary shall issue regulations to carry out the program.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id355C5CBBF3884814AE032E213444C3ED"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Critical conservation areas</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1271F of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3871f">16 U.S.C. 3871f</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id602A5F63D36643D7B5C8FD00BA26FC93"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating subsections (a), (b), and (c) as subsections (b), (c), and (e), respectively;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idBA5D3BE6F15E4B5A9A90BD9966A06F6D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting before subsection (b) (as so redesignated) the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC51E725A73E64A19BFE8BDE2C9511B4B" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subsection id="id896636727BA54B80B92F17D175D30EC4"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text><paragraph id="id9B9E7C14F58C4DB9AA4CFF42EB55F15D"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Critical conservation area</header><text>The term <term>critical conservation area</term> means a geographical area that contains a critical conservation condition that can be addressed through the program.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id4B1BA728389B4B1682C84F43A8B5D463"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Critical conservation condition</header><text>The term <term>critical conservation condition</term> means—</text><subparagraph id="id87d3fdcf57cc4c939e99256a498403e9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a condition of land that would benefit from water quality improvement, including through reducing erosion, promoting sediment control, and addressing nutrient management activities affecting large bodies of water of regional, national, or international significance; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id10d9f46e7e374e188b8abeef8ac15bc4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a condition of land that would benefit from water quantity improvement, including improvement relating to—</text><clause id="id53789E882B764D41BEEB0D7E4C9B01D3"><enum>(i)</enum><text>drought;</text></clause><clause id="id8f81b8714a2246169961e0223f699340"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>groundwater, surface water, aquifer, or other water sources; or</text></clause><clause id="id9f0bb5eebc584517b59a16dcd6d0723a"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>water retention and flood prevention.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph id="id92EE9A820DAD4CB59FC758F2BF10CE5F"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (b) (as so redesignated)—</text><subparagraph id="id0DADE36FFA1F4F5896CF0A2BAE7D02F3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>producer</quote> and inserting <quote>program</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id5A98ED2135A74E0E8B185BF5EC343A5D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>that address each critical conservation condition for which the critical conservation area is designated</quote> before the period at the end;</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id4C94ED835C944B089041DE9EFEE5DC3E"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subsection (c) (as so redesignated)—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCB9925D2F44F4AFD833E0E258621D659"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating paragraphs (1) through (3) as paragraphs (2) through (4), respectively;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idFD26C1DBC02C4062BF4804AB70F22DAA"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting before paragraph (2) (as so redesignated) the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id857F17C5F80A4A2692B58292F51371E0" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><paragraph id="idF44F98A51EDE42A5AE270A01DF210DD1"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall identify 1 or more critical conservation conditions that apply to each critical conservation area designated under this section after the date of enactment of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/113/79">Public Law 113–79</external-xref>; 128 Stat. 649), including the conservation goals and outcomes sufficient to demonstrate that progress is being made to address the critical conservation conditions.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idB2721C03DF9747E796AF37883C663C0A"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (2) (as so redesignated)—</text><clause id="id1C57EBF936F14059B0DE5579D5B55C73"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking subparagraphs (C) and (D) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4028DB0C24F44F4FAB37B9BDFB447EBE" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subparagraph id="id26FF14DA18054FD0B185B20E402E99B4"><enum>(C)</enum><text>contains a critical conservation condition; or</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id176EED6E61764302A75E8B74D012CAB7"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by redesignating subparagraph (E) as subparagraph (D); and</text></clause><clause id="idD03834DD7133499989F23EA264CFF918"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (D) (as so redesignated), by inserting <quote>eligible</quote> before <quote>producers</quote>; and</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idD319A37752B345EA8E32F86FABB50919"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (3) (as so redesignated) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1761A821214E482F98E3FCA9B4A7981B" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><paragraph id="id78C9BBCDC7924607BEBF2D210EC19658"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Review and withdrawal</header><text>The Secretary may—</text><subparagraph id="id57CE77A632B843928B0C342FA50BF78B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>review designations of critical conservation areas under this section not more frequently than once every 5 years; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1B914F5991E94339AFEE93D8AF2720CF"><enum>(B)</enum><text>withdraw designation of a critical conservation area only if the Secretary determines that the area is no longer a critical conservation area.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idB8DA60F945344C6E86525753E2F21659"><enum>(5)</enum><text>by inserting after subsection (c) (as so redesignated) the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC5C3FACC45414030994E01BA3CFCF534" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA6F775A7F0984906992EAF3F20AB8E8B"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Outreach to eligible partners and eligible producers</header><text>The Secretary shall provide outreach and education to eligible partners and eligible producers in critical conservation areas designated under this section to encourage the development of projects to address each critical conservation condition identified by the Secretary for that critical conservation area.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph id="id2C404660D4234C91BEC71782FCC71951"><enum>(6)</enum><text>in subsection (e) (as so redesignated)—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBDA51BCF6A3843DBB4C565E6DABB5F58"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>producer</quote> and inserting <quote>program</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idE465BD46576F4884BB2155F38B8FAE76"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (3); and</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id04A259A1661E426C97295EDE3852F29A"><enum>(7)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8B73996C425A4EE99019F38ED04DB7EE" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subsection id="idC97CE25521644F1796068BF4AAF69E4E"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Reports</header><text>Not later than December 31, 2018, and each year thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate a report describing the status of each critical conservation condition for each critical conservation area designated under this section, including—</text><paragraph id="id226bef7bf6ee4cb3aee5958d00246629"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the conditions for which each critical conservation area is designated;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idf21de7bb719d45dc8dfd16ee311db561"><enum>(2)</enum><text>conservation goals and outcomes sufficient to demonstrate that progress is being made to address the critical conservation conditions;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id6ff82eefdb3545039a1e5695ee74ae95"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the partnership agreements selected to address each conservation goal and outcome; and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id95a88216751f43d5b33abbc6473990c2"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the extent to which each conservation goal and outcome is being addressed by the partnership agreements.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id40309631D5E74EBFAC6135B027A77A14"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Conforming amendments</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7F3230210D264FB3BFFF0882E5726FFE"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Section 1271E of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3871e">16 U.S.C. 3871e</external-xref>) (as amended by subsection (f)) is amended—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9EE2F2656ED64F9DAFB4A141B34A1D7F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subsection (a), by striking <quote>1271B(d)</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>1271B(e)</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3759891DD32349EE910E091EC6A47BC4"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (b)(5), in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>1271C(b)(2)</quote> and inserting <quote>1271C(d)</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id06D510142DE34C1EBA445B00FE837279"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Section 1271F of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3871f">16 U.S.C. 3871f</external-xref>) is amended in subsection (b) (as redesignated by subsection (g)(1)) by striking <quote>1271D(d)(3)</quote> and inserting <quote>1271D(d)(2)</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="idDC68172137714988A1EC02DA1E4C6409" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>2412.</enum><header>Wetland conversion</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1221(d) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3821">16 U.S.C. 3821(d)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="id9430C69847914994AFFCABBC0DBF204C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>Except as</quote> and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF499A965FF564D3CB930DFAA26390F6C" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><paragraph id="id0796F0B93E0646C993095730D190C1B9"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Except as</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph id="id92A93C4783B64922997FA5959C41C053"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id69135B68A2CB47DCA31FF775BB9A5B95" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><paragraph id="id3D2FBAFA02AF40C29CF1BA000E82D89D"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Duty of the Secretary</header><text>No person shall become ineligible under paragraph (1) if the Secretary determines that an exemption under section 1222(b) applies to that person.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section><section id="id4FBCE1954AB54928AD7C62E361ED9273"><enum>2413.</enum><header>Delineation of wetlands</header><subsection id="idA7B85770B1EA46AAA7DA6DB90B028D8E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Identification of minimal effect exemptions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1222(d) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3822">16 U.S.C. 3822(d)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="idEA2BB31DA7BB4F07AA1FB5531D03CD4F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the first sentence, by striking <quote>For purposes</quote> and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8D8EF22137D7405BBD88C55883ABFEAB" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><paragraph id="id2A7263F5152E4865A051B4FA26FFC240"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>For purposes</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph id="id8721BCE7D1814EF39E768593C55A5133"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (1) (as so designated)—</text><subparagraph id="id26AE3150497A42ABB37119C1BDE620CA"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the first sentence, by inserting <quote>not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of the <short-title>Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018</short-title>, in accordance with paragraph (2),</quote> before <quote>the Secretary</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id07090E40E46A44EBBBD4A2E2DD15C478"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in the second sentence, by striking <quote>The Secretary</quote> and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD1FFCBAA3D1A45B296251D8023A56E1A" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><paragraph id="id79148CE8C17D4008B034A89E87C777AF"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>The Secretary shall carry out paragraph (1)—</text><subparagraph id="id2D4F4958E8DE47E88CFE0F93109AD13B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in compliance with applicable Federal environmental laws, including the <act-name parsable-cite="NEPA69">National Environmental Policy Act of 1969</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/4321">42 U.S.C. 4321</external-xref> et seq.);</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id315C85C0185E4A4DB854476C8BE03745"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in accordance with subsections (d) and (e) of section 12.31 of title 7, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on the date of enactment of the <short-title>Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018</short-title>); and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id61187FBBFF7844D98C87F2A88787E885"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in consultation with—</text><clause id="id01FA1A1D950444AD931FB3FAE6E3CA0D"><enum>(i)</enum><text>State technical committees established under section 1261(a);</text></clause><clause id="id4965C536848C4B5BA5B0886D83AC8D66"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>State wildlife and water resource agencies;</text></clause><clause id="idEB8F607B59654682A3D504063754B923"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service;</text></clause><clause id="id7E5A2A661C844D2A8A545498342C43A9"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>State Committees of the Farm Service Agency; and</text></clause><clause id="idF225CD327A204D05BE5D6741376193B2"><enum>(v)</enum><text>agricultural commodity organizations.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id81833F49AD524D08B3143E6C20981BA0"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Training of employees</header><text>The Secretary</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id616413BCB4994627B03DBE3812EE6E33"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Mitigation banking</header><text>Section 1222(k)(1) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3822">16 U.S.C. 3822(k)(1)</external-xref>) is amended by striking subparagraph (B) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id25C3D0F75BB145738599D5F9ADBC3032" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subparagraph id="id4EE69298E7BC426EA34DCBE14789A8AE"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry out this paragraph $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 through 2023.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section><section commented="no" id="id825AC5013A9D474E86ABF05A546BD158"><enum>2414.</enum><header>Emergency conservation program</header><subsection commented="no" id="idEFF61A75D5964935994DB4859588B514"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Watershed protection program</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 403 of the Agricultural Credit Act of 1978 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/2203">16 U.S.C. 2203</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph commented="no" id="idCE19CD28FF5A44C9885E1D78B773EE1F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the section heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">measures</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">watershed protection program</header-in-text></quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id7419ECEC9FF6484D9C89749AEA6C8218"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (a), by inserting <quote>watershed protection</quote> after <quote>emergency</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="id69EC6B5B3FF340FD92FBC707236AF674"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Payment limitations</header><text>Title IV of the Agricultural Credit Act of 1978 is amended by inserting after section 403 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/2203">16 U.S.C. 2203</external-xref>) the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEDDC2DDFF43147A395A05038093D8B73" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><section id="id6C84D92C7AC8475689649F6A3FFE8F2E"><enum>403A.</enum><header>Payment limitation</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The maximum payment made under the emergency conservation program to an agricultural producer under this title may not exceed $500,000.</text></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="id044806A20E74410C9E5D784985028D26"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Funding and administration</header><text>Section 404 of the Agricultural Credit Act of 1978 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/2204">16 U.S.C. 2204</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph commented="no" id="idCA523F07C9D3474D876D84DA5093BD55"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the fourth sentence, by striking <quote>The Corporation</quote> and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD93761967F0E4032B86F9BED0BA713B3" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subsection commented="no" id="idFB5F37ECEA274E3A9A660F8F34118F66"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>The Commodity Credit Corporation</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="idB02F3147341E469588FC3677CB01400F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in the third sentence, by striking <quote>In implementing the provisions of</quote> and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA18369BFCDBA4939B5C4055F86271968" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subsection commented="no" id="idACA7AE829F454E94A196AC43FFC0312D"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Use of Commodity Credit Corporation</header><text>In implementing</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id92D98BD0AC724532980E997A54C0BE98"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by striking the second sentence;</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id7CB5E73170014B4BB2442B51005F25EE"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by striking the section designation and all that follows through <quote>There are authorized</quote> in the first sentence and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id11956ABF869443F7A4A447192A748C2A" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><section commented="no" id="id99F33DFA9C974E629928AC538B68F126"><enum>404.</enum><header>Funding and administration</header><subsection commented="no" id="id011EC56A03394F43964D5EDF618777B9"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There are authorized</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id233F7A97E6F34AA5AB721920F2ABAD4C"><enum>(5)</enum><text>in subsection (a) (as so designated), by inserting <quote>, to remain available until expended</quote> before the period at the end; and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id4C12BF263F864D0793EF7850A25DEB47"><enum>(6)</enum><text>by inserting after subsection (a) (as so designated) the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id97820565808441C1832F7FE68185F141" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subsection commented="no" id="id7915B09DBC674DB0BC7BB007E30A1900"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Set-aside for fencing</header><text>Of the amounts made available under subsection (a) for a fiscal year, 25 percent shall be set aside until April 1 of that fiscal year for the repair or replacement of fencing.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id40681A86CC914AAA942BC69066F6B6D9"><enum>2415.</enum><header>Watershed protection and flood prevention</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 10 of the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1007">16 U.S.C. 1007</external-xref>) is amended by striking the section designation and all that follows through <quote>No appropriation</quote> in the second sentence and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6F8F24B14789454093E60A0569C9F4EC" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><section id="id1038B06B820749978829109CA597BCDF"><enum>10.</enum><header>Funding</header><subsection id="id27FD9DF450D54ECC8FEBFDC838D4FE78"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this Act $200,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 through 2023.</text></subsection><subsection id="id49CB5AF5866E4D2DBF3B49949537E3A4"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Limitations</header><text>No appropriation</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section><section commented="no" id="id5993048AEBD746318D973D5CF8360EBF"><enum>2416.</enum><header>Small watershed rehabilitation program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 14(h)(2) of the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1012">16 U.S.C. 1012(h)(2)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph commented="no" id="id72E2081105A5470385725ABA2C9E1092"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (D), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="idE72B1BF1C34F4B43B86D4D71AC97E1FE"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subparagraph (E), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id91F4246BEA8B45D68D84C97DA65B1AED"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF953B51B068E4B90B28198EAE16327DD" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subparagraph commented="no" id="idE704C1A0BD1A44169161DA00FCA3518F"><enum>(F)</enum><text>$20,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 through 2023.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section><section id="idE26BC49AC25040FBA4F263B665F04DA7"><enum>2417.</enum><header>Repeal of Conservation Corridor Demonstration Program</header><subsection id="idD42DA37F32304B78B1C145E6E7D6D530"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subtitle G of title II of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3801">16 U.S.C. 3801</external-xref> note; <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/107/171">Public Law 107–171</external-xref>) is repealed.</text></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="idCA411466FB3847FFBA176826C1083C4D"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming amendment</header><text>Section 5059 of the Water Resources Development Act of 2007 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3801">16 U.S.C. 3801</external-xref> note; <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/110/114">Public Law 110–114</external-xref>) is repealed.</text></subsection></section><section commented="no" id="idFA4491BCF8C54B5784C8A5D4583F306C"><enum>2418.</enum><header>Repeal of cranberry acreage reserve program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 10608 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3801">16 U.S.C. 3801</external-xref> note; <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/107/171">Public Law 107–171</external-xref>) is repealed.</text></section><section commented="no" id="id6397EBFE4F3642EC8A6396FE0B0411C1"><enum>2419.</enum><header>Repeal of National Natural Resources Foundation</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Subtitle F of title III of the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/5801">16 U.S.C. 5801</external-xref> et seq.) is repealed.</text></section><section commented="no" id="idAAAB17703AC64B2B8C94205C58CC4501"><enum>2420.</enum><header>Repeal of flood risk reduction</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 385 of the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/7334">7 U.S.C. 7334</external-xref>) is repealed.</text></section><section commented="no" id="idF4F9590CE1AB4FFC82CD9D2A5D879696"><enum>2421.</enum><header>Repeal of study of land use for expiring contracts and extension of authority</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1437 of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3831">16 U.S.C. 3831</external-xref> note; <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/101/624">Public Law 101–624</external-xref>) is repealed.</text></section><section commented="no" id="idF7A715347FE9424298FF5B49CF4B44A7"><enum>2422.</enum><header>Repeal of Integrated Farm Management Program Option</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1451 of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/5822">7 U.S.C. 5822</external-xref>) is repealed.</text></section><section id="id9E07D0F0CD1947EF9C81572F638B00D8"><enum>2423.</enum><header>Repeal of clarification of definition of agricultural lands</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 325 of the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/104/127">Public Law 104–127</external-xref>; 110 Stat. 992) is repealed.</text></section><section commented="no" id="idE3EA6913A130429F939628E90762C033"><enum>2424.</enum><header>Resource conservation and development program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1537 of the Agriculture and Food Act of 1981 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3460">16 U.S.C. 3460</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4A42456BD0E34BC88381A777D783B594" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><section commented="no" id="idAD1AE826D5364A3AACE85D34D302D02C"><enum>1537.</enum><header>Termination of effectiveness</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The authority provided by this subtitle terminates effective October 1, 2023.</text></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section><section id="idF25359878B6748498202DC515C9BE291"><enum>2425.</enum><header>Wildlife management</header><subsection id="id971f675dfa0d4a75ba7073300ed467d9"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary and the Secretary of the Interior shall continue to carry out the Working Lands for Wildlife model of conservation on working landscapes, as implemented on the day before the date of enactment of this Act, in accordance with—</text><paragraph id="idae506f9db54540089495fa79ea4f9149"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the document entitled <quote>Partnership Agreement Between the United States Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service and the United States Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service</quote>, numbered A–3A7516–937, and formalized by the Chief of the Natural Resources Conservation Service on September 15, 2016, and by the Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service on August 4, 2016, as in effect on September 15, 2016; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idb3a2e89b43b04b03a7806c869014c52f"><enum>(2)</enum><text>United States Fish and Wildlife Service Director’s Order No. 217, dated August 9, 2016, as in effect on August 9, 2016.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ide4bbf9a9b9cd4bdf8781c40ed461b844"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Expansion of model</header><text>The Secretary and the Secretary of the Interior may expand the conservation model described in subsection (a) through a new partnership agreement between the Farm Service Agency and the United States Fish and Wildlife Service for the purpose of carrying out conservation activities for species conservation.</text></subsection><subsection id="ida4412f57d0384162b116e8a62ba1e1fe"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Extension of period of regulatory predictability</header><paragraph id="idFD94764FB5BA47D8AF0BDB58812A4617"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Definition of period of regulatory predictability</header><text>In this subsection, the term <term>period of regulatory predictability</term> means the period of regulatory predictability under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1531">16 U.S.C. 1531</external-xref> et seq.) initially determined in accordance with the document and order described in paragraphs (1) and (2), respectively, of subsection (a).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id90C6433DBA494884A892D63920A1CCE9"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Extension</header><text>After the period of regulatory predictability, on request of the Secretary, the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, may provide additional consultation under section 7(a)(2) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1536">16 U.S.C. 1536(a)(2)</external-xref>), or additional conference under section 7(a)(4) of that Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1536">16 U.S.C. 1536(a)(4)</external-xref>), as applicable, with the Chief of the Natural Resources Conservation Service or the Administrator of the Farm Service Agency, as applicable, to extend the period of regulatory predictability.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idce9492e20dfe4e719d44c054400308a6"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Regulatory certainty</header><text>Section 1244 of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3844">16 U.S.C. 3844</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id320514b5e75b4d29b49d89eefbf612ce" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subsection commented="no" id="id5aba933271d1410bbae9ef6b9027198b"><enum>(n)</enum><header>Regulatory certainty</header><paragraph commented="no" id="id4a7ccb6630eb43299f46161a459aa0a0"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>In addition to technical and programmatic information that the Secretary is otherwise authorized to provide, on request of a Federal agency, a State, an Indian tribe, or a unit of local government, the Secretary may provide technical and programmatic information—</text><subparagraph commented="no" id="iddd8ec99d367d4141ac1bf65417694bff"><enum>(A)</enum><text>subject to paragraph (2), to the Federal agency, State, Indian tribe, or unit of local government to support specifically the development of mechanisms that would provide regulatory certainty, regulatory predictability, safe harbor protection, or other similar regulatory assurances to a farmer, rancher, or private nonindustrial forest landowner under a regulatory requirement—</text><clause commented="no" id="id91b8aaa359c645de81feee0824cdde4c"><enum>(i)</enum><text>that relates to soil, water, or wildlife; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="id65448ac693494901a1c16b086ecf5807"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>over which that Federal agency, State, Indian tribe, or unit of local government has authority; and</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id1ae5c323cf4a4bdc8bc1728d5f3978a9"><enum>(B)</enum><text>relating to conservation practices or activities that could be implemented by a farmer, rancher, or private nonindustrial forest landowner to address a targeted soil, water, or wildlife resource concern that is the direct subject of a regulatory requirement enforced by that Federal agency, State, Indian tribe, or unit of local government, as applicable.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="ide11329035f614979a7ce3259e1627910"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Mechanisms</header><text>The Secretary shall only provide additional technical and programmatic information under paragraph (1) if the mechanisms to be developed by the Federal agency, State, Indian tribe, or unit of local government, as applicable, under paragraph (1)(A) are anticipated to include, at a minimum—</text><subparagraph commented="no" id="idaef5481e71d8413db1d9f15e38b4cc43"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the implementation of 1 or more conservation practices or activities that effectively addresses the soil, water, or wildlife resource concern identified under paragraph (1);</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id772821f86ac147188298b25886f35b47"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the on-site confirmation that the applicable conservation practices or activities identified under subparagraph (A) have been implemented;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="idc831f9f16b5d4c41919d2e453db1af94"><enum>(C)</enum><text>a plan for a periodic audit, as appropriate, of the continued implementation or maintenance of each of the conservation practices or activities identified under subparagraph (A); and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id7efff5c0bf674f05b880a43c9eeecf78"><enum>(D)</enum><text>notification to a farmer, rancher, or private nonindustrial forest landowner of, and an opportunity to correct, any noncompliance with a requirement to obtain regulatory certainty, regulatory predictability, safe harbor protection, or other similar regulatory assurance.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id75dfe7f4003b4832bd9322051bf3645f"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Continuing current collaboration on soil, water, or wildlife conservation practices</header><text>The Secretary shall—</text><subparagraph commented="no" id="idf2a728b970e2429e9094aa58ab2139f7"><enum>(A)</enum><text>continue collaboration with Federal agencies, States, Indian tribes, or local units of government on existing regulatory certainty, regulatory predictability, safe harbor protection, or other similar regulatory assurances in accordance with paragraph (2); and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="idf201f1bb111845789e9d714578ced096"><enum>(B)</enum><text>continue collaboration with the Secretary of the Interior on consultation under section 7(a)(2) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1536">16 U.S.C. 1536(a)(2)</external-xref>) or conference under section 7(a)(4) of that Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1536">16 U.S.C. 1536(a)(4)</external-xref>), as applicable, for wildlife conservation efforts, including the Working Lands for Wildlife model of conservation on working landscapes, as implemented on the day before the date of enactment of the <short-title>Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018</short-title>, in accordance with—</text><clause commented="no" id="id6849252AF0684968808B0D7162096C94"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the document entitled <quote>Partnership Agreement Between the United States Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service and the United States Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service</quote>, numbered A–3A75–16–937, and formalized by the Chief of the Natural Resources Conservation Service on September 15, 2016, and by the Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service on August 4, 2016, as in effect on September 15, 2016; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="idAB6974A1A8F4488E87C0C4A2E64FFA15"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>United States Fish and Wildlife Service Director’s Order No. 217, dated August 9, 2016, as in effect on August 9, 2016.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="ida3d48a85442a45018fcfd009d0ddbe04"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Savings clause</header><text>Nothing in this subsection—</text><subparagraph commented="no" id="id281cbb9f574543aea998807356b944d1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>preempts, displaces, or supplants any authority or right of a Federal agency, a State, an Indian tribe, or a unit of local government;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id57ba111150204c3cbc6a15f67bf780b2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>modifies or otherwise affects, preempts, or displaces—</text><clause commented="no" id="idd20f941a2dff4505b9cd1fec18f73fc7"><enum>(i)</enum><text>any cause of action; or</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="id1a3a75d55ada4f938dd863301c8d3661"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a provision of Federal or State law establishing a remedy for a civil or criminal cause of action; or</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id330a52a1855d44dca899e8d06f2c3e87"><enum>(C)</enum><text>applies to a case in which the Department of Agriculture is the originating agency requesting a consultation or other technical and programmatic information or assistance from another Federal agency in assisting farmers, ranchers, or nonindustrial private forest landowners participating in a conservation program administered by the Secretary.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section><section commented="no" id="id94115E80F1C4440A981791A6306B4A4A"><enum>2426.</enum><header>Healthy forests reserve program</header><subsection commented="no" id="id737921E6C3674BD3B4D947D472DB9A4C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Purposes</header><text>Section 501(a) of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/6571">16 U.S.C. 6571(a)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph commented="no" id="id3A17DFC846CA4518B5B165B4BF8A60BE"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="idF87E124A8EA74FC7B990110F4EDC8E7D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (3), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="idCAB5A63C6DF34F21A4DE36A986D5474B"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block act-name="" changed="added" id="idD594EDD1C87245B5B9FEEEB5ACA30B7B" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><paragraph id="idA5BE21621A804F448A9F18E4D2868218"><enum>(4)</enum><text>to conserve forest land that provides habitat for species described in section 502(b)(2).</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="idC320D713E9F1451AAE258BED59E31F9A"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Eligibility</header><text>Section 502 of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/6572">16 U.S.C. 6572</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph commented="no" id="id4FFEF868267A4896B4B110C86C8FE6F7"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (b)—</text><subparagraph commented="no" id="idE87D6610477049048DF693045F32206B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>private land</quote> and all that follows through <quote>which will</quote> and inserting <quote>private land, including private forest land or land being restored to forest, the enrollment of which will maintain,</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id8E370D366E434278A4B91C86D96A0E81"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)—</text><clause commented="no" id="id9AB658A7C058410F9A82B6679C5BBDA3"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>private land</quote> and all that follows through <quote>which will</quote> and inserting <quote>private land, including private forest land or land being restored to forest, the enrollment of which will maintain,</quote>;</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="idA55A1A9D0EB34C5BB928D1B616069DB1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking subparagraph (B) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block act-name="" changed="added" id="id71E4B9A045F84384955E79ECA6C0C0F9" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subparagraph id="id04B60380F84D4052B5F57349FFEFF0DA"><enum>(B)</enum><clause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id3EB96DED45B2469DAA9CB7EE741B6B97"><enum>(i)</enum><text>are candidates for such listing, State-listed species, or special concern species; or</text></clause><clause changed="added" id="id2C350C0F6F5F454B84349BC690B85C31" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>are deemed a species of greatest conservation need under a State wildlife action plan.</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="idF6BFD443F84C46E7BA856CA3C44EB0C6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (c)—</text><subparagraph commented="no" id="idDC72CA900BAE4B63A9E3FF9E63FAB938"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="idB5143D2188134D3C88AF3C7004097A7F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id8B2CFD507F3A4C2085A01A0D80FB7977"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block act-name="" changed="added" id="id85EE6D4135CB456B8180A7C20879E379" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><paragraph id="id9F7ABD750CC54719A4B4307A806586CC"><enum>(3)</enum><text>conserve forest land that provides habitat for species described in section 502(b)(2).</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id81FE37A3BBF84E54A981A4DEC0DFA3F8"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (e)—</text><subparagraph commented="no" id="id51F78170797A464D8991A8F74FCA5201"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (2);</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id9DC524F4686E4C73BE88B7FF6DAB4C54"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (2); and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="idE84D2B0C9AFB47B3BAEE17948F8316F6"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)(B) (as redesignated by subparagraph (A))—</text><clause commented="no" id="id67ADE26A161E4612BD282F752F58E978"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in clause (ii), by striking <quote>or</quote> at the end; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="idD24971DC04EF434AA030A0DE95F0B92E"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking clause (iii) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block act-name="" changed="added" id="idB1DBAA0E61924881864E7CED55D2DEF9" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><clause id="id94BE1CB70BA640E59A6926BC041648F0"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>a permanent easement; or</text></clause><clause id="idFF7948DA376549D68CF13720125C9F5F"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>any combination of the options described in clauses (i), (ii), and (iii).</text></clause><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id7C409DA3162545CDA616D2EAB013ABC6"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subsection (f)(1)(B), by striking clause (ii) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block act-name="" changed="added" id="idDFCC8B9C21934EBFBF56A352ADD8E55D" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><clause id="id76E9A7644BC440539A5183A9C276CE08"><enum>(ii)</enum><subclause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id11D4D020CBFF4847A18262318FEB5BDA"><enum>(I)</enum><text>are candidates for such listing, State-listed species, or special concern species; or</text></subclause><subclause changed="added" id="id439390F01CB7496C8257B52CD54AD60C" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(II)</enum><text>are deemed a species of greatest conservation need under a State wildlife action plan.</text></subclause></clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="id1703CE8759C2480182D73330EEA065C6"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Restoration plans</header><text>Section 503(b) of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/6573">16 U.S.C. 6573(b)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph commented="no" id="id35D654117E544052993CB125A6C5B6EA"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraphs (1) and (2) as subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively, and indenting appropriately;</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id9D1EE8619B1E47ABAF22C8F06BF76CA7"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking the subsection designation and all that follows through <quote>restoration practices</quote> and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block act-name="" changed="added" id="id3444B492249C4897B318E6F4BAC9D4B8" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subsection id="id95D6AF139D114C139083DBC8F217E5BD"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Practices and measures</header><paragraph id="id70141BB506ED4E5BAB0F3EE014E581C5"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Definition of practices and measures</header><text>In this subsection, the term <term>practices and measures</term> includes land management practices, vegetative treatments, structural practices and measures, practices to improve biological diversity, practices to increase carbon sequestration, and other appropriate activities, as determined by the Secretary.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id2F9EABF291E840F7A8CCC353E57A5672"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Restoration plans</header><text>The restoration plan may require such restoration practices and measures</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id87E675DD9A924F72BB3667F69DD3C02D"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A) (as redesignated by paragraph (1)), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end; and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id71961925EAAD4724A5C68E03FA85D094"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B) (as redesignated by paragraph (1)), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>, or a species deemed a species of greatest conservation need under a State wildlife action plan.</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id0D7074FC617F4A39A6F74068FB071A77"><enum>2427.</enum><header>Watershed protection</header><subsection id="id2D37733316F24C58AB4AE4D26E3B74B4"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Watershed areas</header><text>Section 2 of the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1002">16 U.S.C. 1002</external-xref>) is amended in the undesignated matter following paragraph (3) by inserting <quote>(except in cases in which the Secretary determines that the undertaking is necessary in a larger watershed or subwatershed in order to address regional drought concerns)</quote> after <quote>fifty thousand acres</quote>.</text></subsection><subsection id="id17B2983DB75A4FE99A8B1482A5142729"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Authority of the Secretary</header><text>Section 3 of the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1003">16 U.S.C. 1003</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="id967C405E1C1B4A9DA750514B82F4E703"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking the section designation and all that follows through <quote>In order to assist</quote> and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block act-name="" changed="added" id="idCB5E2DAA5E7144BC9FB09160B05C9771" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><section id="idE048C405B6F94214A29686D5AB8E102A"><enum>3.</enum><header>Assistance to local organizations</header><subsection id="id1EB7B65C34AD43B3914442E7F696E3B2"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>In order to assist</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph id="idDB466A84E2D04C979DCC3A8C794D9D49"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block act-name="" changed="added" id="id9AA198CFF9C94A97BE7E9C8C51AAB309" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subsection id="idFEFD88EC595D4E3DA69863EFD8E22EF3"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Waiver</header><text>The Secretary may waive the watershed plan for works of improvement if the Secretary determines the watershed plan is unnecessary or duplicative.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id084A10D57D794D3E9234754964143156"><enum>2428.</enum><header>Sense of Congress relating to increased watershed-based collaboration</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">It is the sense of Congress that the Federal Government should recognize and encourage partnerships at the watershed level between nonpoint sources and regulated point sources to advance the goals of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/1251">33 U.S.C. 1251</external-xref> et seq.) and provide benefits to farmers, landowners, and the public.</text></section><section id="id16FD949CA44148E18647483694C60103"><enum>2429.</enum><header>Modifications to conservation easement program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3801">16 U.S.C. 3801</external-xref> et seq.) is amended by inserting after subtitle E the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDE7207473F034AB986B32DDFB4FD11A5" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subtitle id="idAB27F8208722441881B1C4F98D09939F" style="OLC"><enum>F</enum><header>Other Conservation Provisions</header><section id="id7807B6EFB10241B4A05AD31B37FD669E"><enum>1251.</enum><header>Modifications to conservation easement program</header><subsection id="id92207CEE3CB24D9E9A8169E87F659760"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definition of covered program</header><text>In this section, the term <term>covered program</term> means wetland reserve easements under section 1265C.</text></subsection><subsection id="id4A9CAC1CE3264F8CAFB817CF1569ED41"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Modifications</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of law applicable to the covered program, subject to subsection (c), if requested by the landowner, the Secretary shall—</text><paragraph id="idE3925CF70BD04E41A8A76525B3112776"><enum>(1)</enum><text>allow land enrolled in the covered program to be—</text><subparagraph id="id9159FF636C134B0D94AD74D6BDFC2C08"><enum>(A)</enum><text>modified for water management, general maintenance, vegetative cover control, wildlife habitat management, or any other purpose, subject to the condition that the modification shall be approved jointly by—</text><clause id="id057F0B27418A4E43BCC69BFCBA68F934"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the State department of natural resources (or equivalent State agency); and</text></clause><clause id="idCDE1B063D3624677953A12567E8AFC2A"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the technical committee established under section 1261(a) of the State; or</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id699DF928C74F402496252168FF0974CB"><enum>(B)</enum><text>exchanged for land that has equal or greater conservation, wildlife, ecological, and economic values, as determined by the Secretary; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id43D5BA3712B74AA7927B04F9DC73F59B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>provide for the modification of an easement under the covered program if the Secretary determines that the modification—</text><subparagraph id="id702744295309497FBA828EAD0164647A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>would facilitate the practical administration and management of the land covered by the easement; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id680F47A7DE34472295AE9868FFF732A7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>would not adversely affect the functions and values for which the easement was established.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id790E98A3734A4112B33A278981584F96"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Requirements</header><paragraph id="id245D3A10467A4F83BCAB27F77EFB01AC"><enum>(1)</enum><header>No effect on enrolled acreage, ecological functions and values</header><text>A modification or exchange under subsection (b) shall not—</text><subparagraph id="id4D2D428333E640B0AE822CE63A9C2E41"><enum>(A)</enum><text>result in a net loss of acreage enrolled in the covered program; or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id87a5c327a2b446f0b91e6aeb7ac2ed86"><enum>(B)</enum><text>adversely affect any ecological or conservation function or value for which the applicable easement was established.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id10480833AE3D4BEC95482250BB6210F4"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Exchanged acres</header><text>Any land for which an exchange is made under subsection (b) shall satisfy all requirements for enrollment in the covered program.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id7299DFEE855A422080F0E64036EB3B11"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Restriction on payments</header><text>In modifying any easement under the covered program, the Secretary shall not increase any payment to any party to the easement.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id68C7DB5634A247118E6949C503293DCB"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Costs</header><text>A party to an easement under the covered program that requests a modification or exchange under subsection (b) shall be responsible for all costs of the modification or exchange, including—</text><paragraph id="id757848e747324571bdbb0fffbc8ace99"><enum>(1)</enum><text>an appraisal to determine whether the economic value of the land for which an exchange is made under subsection (b) is equal to or greater than the value of the land removed from the covered program;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="iddfc82ddbab034e8e9ff05ba3d26885a6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the repayment of the costs paid by the Secretary for any restoration of land removed from the covered program;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id5be50eb92c2a4ef388a40dff84a7f13e"><enum>(3)</enum><text>if applicable, a survey of property boundaries, including review and approval by the applicable agency;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idd9d85857202f42298a3cb75307d9012a"><enum>(4)</enum><text>preparation and recording in accordance with standard real estate practices of any exchange, including requirements for title approval by the Secretary, subordination of liens, and amended warranty easement deed recording; and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2BD547A19B934A8DABFF9A5F02DCCB99"><enum>(5)</enum><text>any applicable recording and legal fees.</text></paragraph></subsection></section></subtitle><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section></subtitle><subtitle id="id9BB26D2D05A94BF683CD0624F3654538" style="OLC"><enum>E</enum><header>Funding and Administration</header><section commented="no" id="idFF115777285949ACA2D8FFD487F76857"><enum>2501.</enum><header>Funding</header><subsection commented="no" id="id2A889C51D8834E17A8FD2D3267872472"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</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—</text><paragraph commented="no" id="id4DD38E0AB66C43598C7C309474EEC32C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking <quote>2018 (and fiscal year 2019 in the case of the program specified in paragraph (5))</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>;</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="idD18BAF7A3D9E43FA95B23D4DB3C3B310"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)—</text><subparagraph commented="no" id="id6B2C016D5DCB46B0B5C4A7D8984EB880"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>$10,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2014 through 2018</quote> and inserting <quote>$11,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2019 through 2023</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id0710BEAC523A4A2182904BF912C574CC"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B)—</text><clause id="id9181CA7CE4FD4C53B3DA32530C90C28A"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>$33,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2014 through 2018</quote> and inserting <quote>$50,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2019 through 2023, including not more than $5,000,000 to provide outreach and technical assistance,</quote>; and</text></clause><clause id="id973F6698F7A44224B297381196CFCD27"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>retired or retiring owners and operators</quote> and inserting <quote>contract holders</quote>;</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id2DDEBEF7FA934FD18A0DD25DEA6041CD"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by striking subparagraphs (A) through (E) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id28E8BA66318D4A559E3939F691FF2BF3" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subparagraph commented="no" id="id2B62276F1A5A4CCDA02493A6B63B97DC"><enum>(A)</enum><text>$400,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 through 2021;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id7FF6F8AC670B47F38981A60E87BD7ECC"><enum>(B)</enum><text>$425,000,000 for fiscal year 2022; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id51DCA34E45B24D81B205CA7EB5E74252"><enum>(C)</enum><text>$450,000,000 for fiscal year 2023.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id93306F97E42F4B9DBF21D4761B408AD3"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in paragraph (5), by striking subparagraphs (A) through (E) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2DCDA35714F5481695DC484DEB8A7CE8" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subparagraph commented="no" id="id795C0A24B14E47F8A8364A2CE296829F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>$1,473,000,000 for fiscal year 2019;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id01CC00F7A1484F968BFE9E8650129574"><enum>(B)</enum><text>$1,478,000,000 for fiscal year 2020;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id227F60F19EEA44D3B10766FB035CD347"><enum>(C)</enum><text>$1,541,000,000 for fiscal year 2021;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id62951F3A6D1C4CA4A969C889D77B4809"><enum>(D)</enum><text>$1,571,000,000 for fiscal year 2022; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="idDACF762A467F4FACAF95ECD408E13D9F"><enum>(E)</enum><text>$1,595,000,000 for fiscal year 2023.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="id6D5D47CC91C841EDB65267F6DB31679B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Availability of funds</header><text>Section 1241(b) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3841">16 U.S.C. 3841(b)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2018 (and fiscal year 2019 in the case of the program specified in subsection (a)(5))</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="id4CAC66A868D34080A4A2F95A2D810B8D"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Allocations review and update</header><text>Section 1241(g) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3841">16 U.S.C. 3841(g)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Review and Update</header-in-text></quote> in the subsection heading and all that follows through <quote>The Secretary</quote> in paragraph (2) and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Update</header-in-text>.—The Secretary</quote>.</text></subsection><subsection id="id41E682CEE1BC436386014331DDEDD637"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Assistance to certain farmers or ranchers for conservation access</header><text>Section 1241(h)(1) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3841">16 U.S.C. 3841(h)(1)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="idF531005519734FE0BB3917C676761AA4"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idAD8BAD5F89894ACE8EB5BC742078D241"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking <quote>5 percent</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>15 percent</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idB510EE2406C947E789EDEED1BF125568"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Conservation standards and requirements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD9C1AD86B3874BA1A528528B7EBA7D30" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subsection id="idED739041519348F0814D59E56A614902"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Conservation standards and requirements</header><paragraph id="id1FBF2FF2DFC3458DAFAFEE3FC938B926"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subject to the requirements of this title, the Natural Resources Conservation Service shall serve as the lead agency in developing and establishing technical standards and requirements for conservation programs carried out under this title, including—</text><subparagraph id="idBEEF175CB31F4075BB94912703D1A557"><enum>(A)</enum><text>standards for conservation practices under this title;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idC54FA710F5EB4A8DB6914F7EA8093324"><enum>(B)</enum><text>technical guidelines for implementing conservation practices under this title, including the location of the conservation practices;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idBDF0D0BD53CB4C9EB1CEEACD903AFBF8"><enum>(C)</enum><text>standards for conservation plans; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id73D2561905BD4FE08428E12B03A6043F"><enum>(D)</enum><text>payment rates for conservation practices and activities under programs carried out under this title.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idFAB8EB3BD5064EE6BD0B7F25D9B091E7"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Consistency of Farm Service Agency standards</header><text>The Administrator of the Farm Service Agency shall ensure that the standards and requirements of programs administered by the Farm Service Agency incorporate and are consistent with the standards and requirements established by the Natural Resources Conservation Service under paragraph (1).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idD731258892AA49DE94F84BD1B2454CAC"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Local flexibility</header><text>The Secretary shall establish a procedure to allow, on request of a State committee of the Farm Service Agency or a State technical committee established under section 1261(a) to modify any standard or requirement established under paragraph (1), that modification if the modification—</text><subparagraph id="id878018C1C66B4C068B2C94803F83FA22"><enum>(A)</enum><text>addresses a specific and local natural resource concern;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idFFFC651523BA4176881931DC46EBB6DE"><enum>(B)</enum><text>is based on science; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6D602F172009424CA0DAACC7DAA6BC27"><enum>(C)</enum><text>maintains the conservation benefits of the standards and requirements established under paragraph (1).</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section><section commented="no" id="idFDA72CA5F08D423784CFF5C5D5218466"><enum>2502.</enum><header>Delivery of technical assistance</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1242 of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3842">16 U.S.C. 3842</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph commented="no" id="id92F46A6BA91E45099F43FB2069D78951"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (a)—</text><subparagraph commented="no" id="id939411BD89FA4E0CB136F8A8249BD9E3"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking the subsection designation and heading and all that follows through <quote>the term</quote> and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id223A9DAB4999484E890F0EDA5AA9EB1F" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subsection commented="no" id="idD5E883EA2BF44F9DB7AF893F399F56E5"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text><paragraph commented="no" id="id66C564C6B83E475F83F93695E3970749"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Eligible participant</header><text>The term</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id7C55D4020D3D435B8BD540829BBA5B18"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id12F75E542F0C49298AEDD4CAA630A5E1" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><paragraph commented="no" id="id27DF39055048441CBEC515B509ADF83D"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Third-party provider</header><text>The term <term>third-party provider</term> means a commercial entity (including a farmer cooperative, agriculture retailer, or other commercial entity, as determined by the Secretary), a nonprofit entity, a State, a unit of local government (including a conservation district), or a Federal agency, that has expertise in the technical aspect of conservation planning, including nutrient management planning, watershed planning, or environmental engineering.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id4899D6EAD05A47C9AA82D7B683B5BBB4"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (e), by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2E530831565B4D13B00A1B66373E2B4E" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><paragraph id="idd7655ff48ea340dfa22573004f62652b"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Certification process</header><text>The Secretary shall certify a third-party provider through—</text><subparagraph id="id9D08CB5AEACC459BB87E5DA9B22F0552"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a certification process administered by the Secretary, acting through the Chief of the Natural Resources Conservation Service; or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idEC0B888BC9AF4BE9A389F456FBC2F71F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a non-Federal entity approved by the Secretary to perform the certification.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id8F304E8ACFA54F2680A7B3AF73CBDBEA"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Streamlined certification</header><text>The Secretary shall provide a streamlined certification process for a third-party provider that has an appropriate specialty certification, including a sustainability specialty certification and a 4R nutrient management specialty certification from the American Society of Agronomy.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph id="idB1774F3D9C56408999F433B40E172E64"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (h)—</text><subparagraph id="id7E8C879E208043ED9DF11E992FDF38EB"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (3) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id23996ECC7F184DBC9C38E0E50CB53BE9" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><paragraph id="idc0a940e6c6e94053ba989a40d04499ce"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Expedited revision of standards</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018, the Secretary shall develop an administrative process for—</text><subparagraph id="idD56C17FFF7914682B05F2FC2BA3E7A73"><enum>(A)</enum><text>expediting the establishment and revision of conservation practice standards; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id1764F3DD10494FF09AD460963B5999A4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>considering conservation innovations with respect to any establishment or revision under subparagraph (A).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id761a8f690710422c9853b1e622c7ef57"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of the <short-title>Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018</short-title>, and every 2 years thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report on—</text><subparagraph id="id53db27729acc42c69d0b99e73b340418"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the administrative process developed under paragraph (3);</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id249D9239361F44BDA90993D040439F20"><enum>(B)</enum><text>conservation practice standards that were established or revised under that process; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id13895464CF20454B8BD4335FA99F9FCC"><enum>(C)</enum><text>conservation innovations that were considered under that process.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph></section><section commented="no" id="idE9667D0F8C324376AB09C42A7C1209C0"><enum>2503.</enum><header>Administrative requirements for conservation programs</header><subsection commented="no" id="idF9B50D15E8EB4C0AA8B761C6E3E12399"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Incentives for acequias</header><text>Section 1244(a) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3844">16 U.S.C. 3844(a)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="id9ADD4CCEB27940B4BD6743DCC4E1ACED"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the subsection heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">ranchers and Indian tribes</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">ranchers, Indian tribes, and acequias</header-in-text></quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idbb0fe6e02da043ab958aeed04d0f8b2c"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id55f273afc09743ab803a967ef4814d1f" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subparagraph id="id088f8765796a4b1e987b48d17b957998"><enum>(F)</enum><text>Acequias.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id17433118AC294BC3BD3AAB0FD76572F5"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Acreage limitations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1244(f) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3844">16 U.S.C. 3844(f)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF3341D827DA04922AB4C5DB5B1140486"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (1)(B), by striking <quote>10</quote> and inserting <quote>15</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id43E7CA49BD8C453196BEBEC262581BA4"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (5), by striking <quote>the Agricultural Act of 2014</quote> and inserting <quote>the <short-title>Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018</short-title></quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="id27ED3D553AF64C9A80B708F57FD014DA"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Funding for Indian Tribes</header><text>Section 1244(l) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3844">16 U.S.C. 3844(l)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>may</quote> and inserting <quote>shall</quote>.</text></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="id6662965249E8476A94D3E7305385D01B"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Exemption from certain reporting requirements</header><text>Section 1244(m) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3844">16 U.S.C. 3844(m)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph commented="no" id="id4930CA8B9FD7466E8DBB52F6294BE63C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by inserting <quote>or commodity</quote> after <quote>conservation</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="idE48003F17D4A4989B73FAAC2BEDBABF6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by inserting <quote>or the Farm Service Agency</quote> before the period at the end.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="idCAAB6C06FAD445508CFABE55613853BB"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Source water protection</header><text>Section 1244 of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3844">16 U.S.C. 3844</external-xref>) (as amended by section 2425(d)) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9F470FFCF2294FFCA46E60428A5B8F67" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subsection commented="no" id="idF4995B18E20A458CA98B8C76F9213D46"><enum>(o)</enum><header>Source water protection</header><paragraph id="id66f541b3a96844d2b4aa116f07596ad2"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>In carrying out the conservation stewardship program under subchapter B of chapter 2 of subtitle D and the environmental quality incentives program under chapter 4 of subtitle D, the Secretary shall encourage water quality and water quantity practices that—</text><subparagraph id="idF459B0D53A654211BC2FCA05063147BE"><enum>(A)</enum><text>protect sources of potable water, including protecting against public health threats; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idF82EB1BAE99D4458B8E6E9977B7A4CD7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>mutually benefit agricultural producers.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idBF7DB1F59B184C0E98D81A19516E0675"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Collaboration and payments</header><text>In encouraging practices under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall—</text><subparagraph id="id62FE294CEF8C4645A209687EF7042D07"><enum>(A)</enum><text>work collaboratively with drinking water utilities, community water systems, and State technical committees established under section 1261 to identify local priority areas for the protection of source waters for drinking water; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id6732237E75D64D35814C161DCC99E6BC"><enum>(B)</enum><text>subject to limitations under the programs described in paragraph (1), provide payment rates to producers for water quality practices or enhancements that primarily result in off-farm benefit at a rate sufficient to encourage greater adoption of those practices or enhancements by producers.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="id72CCAF5C6BB746DE891C18F3FFECEB24"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Payments made to acequias</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1244 of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3844">16 U.S.C. 3844</external-xref>) (as amended by subsection (e)) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0D8DD72D49FA4C97AAED8A55D6718B39" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subsection commented="no" id="id5305795ADFFC4179958A9F8BC86740AB"><enum>(p)</enum><header>Payments made to acequias</header><paragraph commented="no" id="id3ed5c2e3616c446e9ff5742a6c08023d"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Waiver authority</header><text>The Secretary may waive the applicability of the limitations in section 1001D(b) or section 1240G for a payment made under a contract under this title entered into with an acequia if the Secretary determines that the waiver is necessary to fulfill the objectives of the project under the contract.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id13692b2735f549198653975a3a6af7f7"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Contract limitations</header><text>If the Secretary grants a waiver under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall impose a separate payment limitation, as determined by the Secretary, for the contract to which the waiver applies.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section><section id="id35c4b20bdf384161b773639599036c66"><enum>2504.</enum><header>Definition of acequia</header><subsection id="idCEEF2E5DB8214CE0B7ABC4323EFA5406"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 1201(a) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3801">16 U.S.C. 3801(a)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="idE1CAA0AEB77A47ACA6070FAB797AE8D9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraphs (1) through (27) as paragraphs (2) through (28), respectively;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idA3C24EB91C534BAEAB0CBE1D6211CA5C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting before paragraph (2) (as so redesignated) the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc11965fbf08e440eb61229a443e1ed4a" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><paragraph id="id851ca2824b22407aa4dafe63c05d4cf0"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Acequia</header><text>The term <term>acequia</term> means an entity that—</text><subparagraph id="id9b7c0b18aa7d47379b88f26e5d6cc008"><enum>(A)</enum><text>is a political subdivision of a State;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idc5e2db2c90a0430a9f3f550fc4d70f09"><enum>(B)</enum><text>is organized for the purpose of managing the operation of an irrigation ditch; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idf4a3b47adae242029e562ae818c2fa5b"><enum>(C)</enum><text>does not have the authority to impose taxes or levies.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph id="idEA757431C68D4746B3DE4379BB9307C1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in paragraph (19)(B) (as so redesignated), by inserting <quote>acequia,</quote> before <quote>or other</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id665CE9787B84408FA051001B1592A40B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming amendments</header><text>Section 363 of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2006e">7 U.S.C. 2006e</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="idC91E5271F8A3417E9BB986A52AC1E638"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>section 1201(a)(16)</quote> and inserting <quote>section 1201(a)</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id982F4F932CE940E19EF4071EF5E9AD79"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking <quote>(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3801">16 U.S.C. 3801(a)(16)</external-xref>)</quote> and inserting <quote>(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3801">16 U.S.C. 3801(a)</external-xref>)</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="idCA5BA9FDB57D4E4CA6DDEC2517A42A96"><enum>2505.</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations for water bank program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 11 of the Water Bank Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1310">16 U.S.C. 1310</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="id62960EBEDDE641C2AA39A104894702E7"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the first sentence, by striking <quote>without fiscal year</quote> and all that follows through <quote>necessary</quote> and inserting <quote>$5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 through 2023, to remain available until expended,</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id03C605B1496D485EA4CE55544D4C23D0"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking the second sentence.</text></paragraph></section><section id="idce0cd8ae2304462688a6bc7dbcc7f85e"><enum>2506.</enum><header>Report on land access, tenure, and transition</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture, in consultation with the Chief Economist, shall submit to Congress and make publicly available a report identifying—</text><paragraph id="idbc9728c165814025b6b300413bb81f92"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the barriers that prevent or hinder the ability of beginning farmers and ranchers and historically underserved producers to acquire or access farmland;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id30155aa70c554644b71cac1686da3212"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the extent to which Federal programs, including agricultural conservation easement programs, land transition programs, and financing programs, are improving—</text><subparagraph id="id940D7CE043884F4ABB9865CBF101E5A7"><enum>(A)</enum><text>farmland access and tenure for beginning farmers and ranchers and historically underserved producers; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id82223BE9F7514DA1A0443E9244A1B7D0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>farmland transition and succession; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ide08b492fdca1438fbc83ec4c216ada23"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the regulatory, operational, or statutory changes that are necessary to improve—</text><subparagraph id="id40D9DF2E0F04452797D6DF49723C068D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the ability of beginning farmers and ranchers and historically underserved producers to acquire or access farmland;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id178B6170671C42B38F8DBA64F52CACAB"><enum>(B)</enum><text>farmland tenure for beginning farmers and ranchers and historically underserved producers; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9868B2094C574002BB108CFAF9712244"><enum>(C)</enum><text>farmland transition and succession.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="id0F0506FC40074439A948A5AFBA0BD170"><enum>2507.</enum><header>Report on small wetlands</header><subsection id="id1172348A268E40429314D9E0DA77D40F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Chief of the Natural Resources Conservation Service shall submit to Congress a report describing the number of wetlands with an area not more than 1 acre that have been delineated in each of the States of North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota, and Iowa.</text></subsection><subsection id="id8A8DAF7CA7A74EB6B7BBAB560197E99B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Requirement</header><text>In the report under subsection (a), the Chief of the Natural Resources Conservation Service shall list the number of wetlands acres in each State described in the report by tenths of an acre, and ensure the report is based on based available science.</text></subsection></section><section id="idD3ADD744EAC446AFA4E9F7777454C2D8"><enum>2508.</enum><header>State technical committees</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1262(c) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3862">16 U.S.C. 3862(c)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id46EF0A2E9EF54809897BBB56879E3DF8" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><paragraph id="id9301C5D1766B46438CB190281E5A78F7"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Recommendations to Secretary</header><text>Each State technical committee shall regularly review new and innovative technologies and practices, including processes to conserve water and improve water quality and quantity, and make recommendations to the Secretary for further consideration of and possible development of conservation practice standards that incorporate those technologies and practices.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section></subtitle><subtitle commented="no" id="id68D1A3027910436CB391F097AB44817E" style="OLC"><enum>F</enum><header>Technical Corrections</header><section commented="no" id="idCC9A07B3EAB74C71865F37D9CA9E757B"><enum>2601.</enum><header>Farmable wetland program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1231B(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3831b">16 U.S.C. 3831b(b)(2)(A)(i)</external-xref>) is amended by adding a semicolon at the end.</text></section><section commented="no" id="id2C23A3B64D5D48D89492613C92AF1B6F"><enum>2602.</enum><header>Report on program enrollments and assistance</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1241(i) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3841">16 U.S.C. 3841(i)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph commented="no" id="id47675EC4A3DE419DA340EB43F2B8B252"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking paragraphs (2) and (4); and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="idE58C4D4C2079490CA32C65B173B7EDE6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraphs (3), (5), and (6) as paragraphs (2), (3), and (4), respectively.</text></paragraph></section><section commented="no" id="idE9F2AF14280D47A3972E34E215F1767A"><enum>2603.</enum><header>Delivery of technical assistance</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1242 of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3842">16 U.S.C. 3842</external-xref>) is amended in subsections (e)(3)(B) and (f)(4) by striking <quote>third party</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>third-party</quote>.</text></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA5E50F3096D048EDBC30172FF3936CF7" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>2604.</enum><header>State technical committees</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1261(b)(2) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3861">16 U.S.C. 3861(b)(2)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>under section 1262(b)</quote>.</text></section></subtitle><enum>III</enum><header>Trade</header><subtitle id="idEA217A68F02648B5A0F125221229F90A" style="OLC"><enum>A</enum><header>Food for Peace Act</header><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEDA31E2CDE3F4C558FACC7E9AD75E3C2" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>3101.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Food aid quality</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 202(h)(3) of the Food for Peace Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1722">7 U.S.C. 1722(h)(3)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2014 through 2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2019 through 2023</quote>.</text></section><section id="idB1C1CFBE514C4623836E9AA7EFA37C7A"><enum>3102.</enum><header>Generation and use of currencies by private voluntary organizations and cooperatives</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 203 of the Food for Peace Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1723">7 U.S.C. 1723</external-xref>) is amended by striking subsection (b) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5C011E48BB2249088C90CDDE478C8111" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subsection id="id111208AECF9C46ECAD4F18C53E5F59FC"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Local Sales</header><text>In carrying out agreements of the type referred to in subsection (a), the Administrator may permit private voluntary organizations and cooperatives to sell, in 1 or more recipient countries, or in 1 or more countries in the same region, commodities distributed under nonemergency programs under this title for each fiscal year to generate proceeds to be used as provided in this section.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section><section id="idC08C3B163F1F4F83987E146C81AE9951"><enum>3103.</enum><header>Minimum levels of assistance</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 204(a) of the Food for Peace Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1724">7 U.S.C. 1724(a)</external-xref>) is amended in paragraphs (1) and (2) by striking <quote>2018</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text></section><section id="idA80C65732F634A7284A90198114DBEF1"><enum>3104.</enum><header>Food Aid Consultative Group</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 205 of the Food for Peace Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1725">7 U.S.C. 1725</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="id2BD009378C064676BBC46FE4E52483E0"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (d)(1), in the first sentence, by striking <quote>45</quote> and inserting <quote>30</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id7DBB4265DA4A46ECBD41753A0509827B"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (f), by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text></paragraph></section><section id="idCF4F1AB26B3A4A7281FFC5668D3AE650"><enum>3105.</enum><header>Oversight, monitoring, and evaluation</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 207(f)(4) of the Food for Peace Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1726a">7 U.S.C. 1726a(f)(4)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="idCDB290D54128468C973A28B0DC560FF2"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (A)—</text><subparagraph id="id8DCE245644A345FE9424FDF7DA79362A"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>$17,000,000</quote> and inserting <quote>1.5 percent, but not less than $17,000,000,</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id9F08D01DF5DA4BDFB708E4590406048E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>2018</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>2023</quote>; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idD426AFFA119A4D3B96589032584B1080"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (B)(i), by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text></paragraph></section><section id="idEDD63D3FAEA042839B50EF53C0E94D05"><enum>3106.</enum><header>Assistance for stockpiling and rapid transportation, delivery, and distribution of shelf-stable prepackaged foods</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 208(f) of the Food for Peace Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1726b">7 U.S.C. 1726b(f)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3FEB64177E6E4A7DBD0E149AE52B4F36" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>3107.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Allowance of distribution costs</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 406(b)(6) of the Food for Peace Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1736">7 U.S.C. 1736(b)(6)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>distribution costs</quote> and inserting <quote>distribution costs, including the types of activities for which costs were paid under this subsection prior to fiscal year 2017</quote>.</text></section><section id="idACCB908DE3D64319A3634A3335C5D27F"><enum>3108.</enum><header>Prepositioning of agricultural commodities</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 407(c)(4)(A) of the Food for Peace Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1736a">7 U.S.C. 1736a(c)(4)(A)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2018</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text></section><section id="id585DC6195BC44FB68C1D365B1E8EDD72"><enum>3109.</enum><header>Annual report regarding food aid programs and activities</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 407(f)(1)(A) of the Food for Peace Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1736a">7 U.S.C. 1736a(f)(1)(A)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="id29DE1615C488409BAEC495F95C7139D8"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting <quote>or each separately</quote> after <quote>jointly</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id0013B9C82E6F47B98062B37C28233705"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting <quote>by the Administrator, the Secretary, or both, as applicable,</quote> after <quote>Act</quote>.</text></paragraph></section><section id="idB07914B8FB544D339F9D8E959833DF42"><enum>3110.</enum><header>Deadline for agreements to finance sales or to provide other assistance</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 408 of the Food for Peace Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1736b">7 U.S.C. 1736b</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text></section><section commented="no" id="idE6323EC6ED344358A1BC04ED0D01903A"><enum>3111.</enum><header>Nonemergency food assistance</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 412(e) of the Food for Peace Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1736f">7 U.S.C. 1736f(e)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph commented="no" id="idA7F0C37A3BB9432F9504A7338D93751C"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the subsection heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Minimum level of</header-in-text></quote>;</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id8B124224CAB44FDC8238960B416AD0F1"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>;</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id21EDC43F17A64AEAAE822850C6906A1E"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (2), by striking <quote>$350,000,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$365,000,000</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id8D97C4B12D9A47E4973F3E50EF8D82BD"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id331EC97CDF80408B8B48A253F2EB07C9" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><paragraph commented="no" id="id32A5CE1974A0473F94D9F6021878115A"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Farmer-to-farmer program</header><text>In determining the amount expended for a fiscal year for nonemergency food assistance programs under paragraphs (1) and (2), amounts expended for that year to carry out programs under section 501 may be considered amounts expended for those nonemergency food assistance programs.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id39A0CEE21B5A4A9ABEC7C2BAE12F8785"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Community development funds</header><text>In determining the amount expended for a fiscal year for nonemergency food assistance programs under paragraphs (1) and (2), amounts expended for that year from funds appropriated to carry out part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2151">22 U.S.C. 2151</external-xref> et seq.) may be considered amounts expended for those nonemergency food assistance programs if the funds are made available through grants or cooperative agreements that—</text><subparagraph commented="no" id="id33A0FCB530D94879838E0B5238F2CF74"><enum>(A)</enum><text>strengthen food security in developing countries; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id5DCA5821E7E14C6F88CC8D2E0D9157BF"><enum>(B)</enum><text>are consistent with the goals of title II.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section><section id="idB9EC83798D3A4EAE999A4DF78058814F"><enum>3112.</enum><header>Micronutrient fortification programs</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 415(c) of the Food for Peace Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1736g-2">7 U.S.C. 1736g–2(c)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text></section><section id="idD94FF7E1084249E2AC8080AD7452EF59"><enum>3113.</enum><header>John Ogonowski and Doug Bereuter Farmer-to-Farmer Program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 501 of the Food for Peace Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1737">7 U.S.C. 1737</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="id5EA673FA38744D9E81BC9A0B29C09EC0"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (b)—</text><subparagraph id="idBB2DF5A0B9574D4D93B6A730E0297A9F"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by inserting <quote>section 1342 of title 31, United States Code, or</quote> after <quote>Notwithstanding</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id8B8A2CA63C5F4C62B9FADDD06000029B"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (2), in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by inserting <quote>employees or staff of a State cooperative institution (as defined in subparagraphs (A) through (D) of section 1404(18) of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/3103">7 U.S.C. 3103(18)</external-xref>),</quote> after <quote>private corporations,</quote>;</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idDB802038AADE41A68F37B198C98DE67E"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (d), in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id7FBCD922636C48F3AF364BE9B9A766E7"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (e)(1), in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text></paragraph></section></subtitle><subtitle id="idA6325AF2B8074CB1AD20C88C78CEA9F3" style="OLC"><enum>B</enum><header>Agricultural Trade Act of 1978</header><section id="id58C8017044804D289A95850BAC315CD6"><enum>3201.</enum><header>Priority trade promotion, development, and assistance</header><subsection id="id0CE2130EA9474202A13029511064409F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Title II of the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/5621">7 U.S.C. 5621</external-xref> et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="iddd93ac1e3e54419e86772cc8a578a218" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subtitle id="id55CB3994AB19482CBED794EBF876D680" style="OLC"><enum>C</enum><header>Priority Trade Promotion, Development, and Assistance</header><section id="id89261dae0af04af2a2de0a7d455e8280"><enum>221.</enum><header>Establishment</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary shall carry out activities under this subtitle—</text><paragraph id="id0995DBF98B6A4B06A988BDE595A6FE51"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to access, develop, maintain, and expand markets for United States agricultural commodities; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id9850D39C3CBF4154B125CCF870D34A0F"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to promote cooperation and the exchange of information.</text></paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID6D5BD2418EAD404B84C281B3351885AD" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>222.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Market access program</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID85B472D3FCC34A7388E8C08D1DBC4526"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Commodity Credit Corporation shall establish and carry out a program to encourage the development, maintenance, and expansion of commercial export markets for agricultural commodities (including commodities that are organically produced (as defined in section 2103 of the Organic Foods Production Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/6502">7 U.S.C. 6502</external-xref>))) through cost-share assistance to eligible trade organizations that implement a foreign market development program.</text></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID7456B236948740C7A3EE5F140E686CA7"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Type of assistance</header><text>Assistance under this section may be provided in the form of funds of, or commodities owned by, the Commodity Credit Corporation, as determined appropriate by the Secretary.</text></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID9E7A9771BF7A405C8AAEFCB77FD8E619"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Requirements for participation</header><text>To be eligible for cost-share assistance under this section, an organization shall—</text><paragraph id="ID5E9A7448760C4703BDC7C1BDB12B3570"><enum>(1)</enum><text>be an eligible trade organization;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ID1A96C387553A433EBB54F8EBAE0D9F68"><enum>(2)</enum><text>prepare and submit a marketing plan to the Secretary that meets the guidelines governing such plans established by the Secretary; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="IDBD2A6A3501E141B7BB9E771EDD29C92F"><enum>(3)</enum><text>meet any other requirements established by the Secretary.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDA95251DF76984D6C8CED6E22C2D7F7EC"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Eligible trade organizations</header><text>An eligible trade organization shall be—</text><paragraph id="IDA4564507835B49BAA61D7D0BBC323A70"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a United States agricultural trade organization or regional State-related organization that—</text><subparagraph id="idEBB441AEB8F141AE92B2B6700950FB86"><enum>(A)</enum><text>promotes the export and sale of agricultural commodities; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id54BF8FC0033A41EE813F0DF9ACE13C62"><enum>(B)</enum><text>does not stand to profit directly from specific sales of agricultural commodities;</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDD165CA2A169C48F1919761B65CD666DB"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a cooperative organization or State agency that promotes the sale of agricultural commodities; or</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ID9208C382FC6C4EF389124DC1EDF0E21E"><enum>(3)</enum><text>a private organization that promotes the export and sale of agricultural commodities if the Secretary determines that such organization would significantly contribute to United States export market development.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID6AC1C36E1F244A739EEA9E97A33B2ACC"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Approved marketing plan</header><paragraph id="ID010C9BEC6CF148FEB7C0B0542BE1E5EA"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>A marketing plan submitted by an eligible trade organization under this section shall describe the advertising or other market oriented export promotion activities to be carried out by the eligible trade organization with respect to which assistance under this section is being requested.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="IDA300DE34AC7B4B4C904935109396BD9C"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>To be approved by the Secretary, a marketing plan submitted under this subsection shall—</text><subparagraph id="IDA1711B32526B4910B47DB005E387F163"><enum>(A)</enum><text>specifically describe the manner in which assistance received by the eligible trade organization in conjunction with funds and services provided by the eligible trade organization will be expended in implementing the marketing plan;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDF40312E5ECAE477581DB998E3025B0CE"><enum>(B)</enum><text>establish specific market goals to be achieved as a result of the market access program; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID944CBDE1D3F34CF993DAC4CEFAF47421"><enum>(C)</enum><text>contain any additional requirements that the Secretary determines to be necessary.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDF20F297D2D5F405DA77CFECD2649202D"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Amendments</header><text>A marketing plan may be amended by the eligible trade organization at any time, with the approval of the Secretary.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="IDF30502359D2F4F618937CCABEC762900"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Branded promotion</header><text>An agreement entered into under this section may provide for the use of branded advertising to promote the sale of agricultural commodities in a foreign country under such terms and conditions as may be established by the Secretary.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID04D0E02A413842C08C50724A1C88B22B"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Other terms and conditions</header><paragraph id="IDE110FDA6C2CA423B96F3F60D556789BA"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Multiyear basis</header><text>The Secretary may provide assistance under this section on a multiyear basis, subject to annual review by the Secretary for compliance with the approved marketing plan.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="IDD1BC86F9401A4EDBBA504AC75FA4BE5F"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Termination of assistance</header><text>The Secretary may terminate any assistance made, or to be made, available under this section if the Secretary determines that—</text><subparagraph id="ID9192CEED2C8546F2AA6261D61E654972"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the eligible trade organization is not adhering to the terms and conditions of the program established under this section;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID9B5AA19BAA5A4E21BC9F3D6FF0A4C818"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the eligible trade organization is not implementing the approved marketing plan or is not adequately meeting the established goals of the market access program;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID7AA5DE46BFAD4F12A22A4ABCFA994280"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the eligible trade organization is not adequately contributing its own resources to the market access program; or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDEA1FB5B2524C4BFCAFB11F7ACBA8223F"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the Secretary determines that termination of assistance in a particular instance is in the best interests of the program.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID7FF0A1F06E394E5FBD607F1FA27DF4EE"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Monitoring and evaluations</header><subparagraph id="id68A1C8A5ECE54E9C9498A8F1866F6F7D"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Monitoring</header><text>The Secretary shall monitor the expenditure of funds received under this section by recipients of those funds.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id08F5D54CF4CC4EBDBE56E78B601D41EA"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Evaluations</header><text>The Secretary shall make evaluations of the expenditure of funds received under this section, including—</text><clause id="ID509B90238BF3475C9B7E43B59CED2BF1"><enum>(i)</enum><text>an evaluation of the effectiveness of the program in developing or maintaining markets for United States agricultural commodities;</text></clause><clause id="IDB052300E14C448B8AC941A410EE44407"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>an evaluation of whether assistance provided under this section is necessary to maintain markets for United States agricultural commodities; and</text></clause><clause id="ID93881CC06E354010936D35CC20751516"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>a thorough accounting of the expenditure of those funds by the recipient.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id94D374CB0BFC4091A6168F6EA14E85B7"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Initial evaluation</header><text>The Secretary shall make an initial evaluation of expenditures of a recipient under this paragraph not later than 15 months after the initial provision of funds to the recipient.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDEB2B25861BD24BEFBDE9D60CEF134161"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Use of funds</header><text>Funds made available to carry out this section—</text><subparagraph id="ID5AE5F979E31347EEB368B1E2F65D298B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>shall not be used to provide direct assistance to any foreign for-profit corporation for the use of the corporation in promoting foreign-produced products;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID25BA5D5B94974AA0981C36AEF5BB43E6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>shall not be used to provide direct assistance to any for-profit corporation that is not recognized as a small-business concern described in section 3(a) of the Small Business Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/632">15 U.S.C. 632(a)</external-xref>), excluding—</text><clause id="IDB9724AAC87454F43BC5BC5936544923E"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a cooperative;</text></clause><clause id="ID34A5A3422E19405FA3A4359D4338C268"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>an association described in the first section of the Act entitled <quote>An Act to authorize association of producers of agricultural products</quote>, approved February 18, 1922 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/291">7 U.S.C. 291</external-xref>); and</text></clause><clause id="ID904773C0E2BE491DB418400CAB160A99"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>a nonprofit trade association; and</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDA066B60B3AEB4E99AABEEFC84F91B68A"><enum>(C)</enum><text>may be used by a United States trade association, cooperative, or small business for individual branded promotional activity related to a United States branded product, if the beneficiaries of the activity have provided funds for the activity in an amount that is at least equivalent to the amount of assistance provided under this section.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDF3F52ADE5130483EBFB494F5B65405D2"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Level of marketing assistance</header><paragraph id="ID4F1769D136C34894AA71B43653FE1E53"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall justify in writing the level of assistance provided to an eligible trade organization under the program under this section and the level of cost-sharing required of the organization.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="IDEB3DCCD9B17A42748891015D66E61139"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Limitation</header><subparagraph id="id91B2FB9EA45A4999A22C0226A550FB35"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Except as provided in subparagraph (B), assistance provided under this section for activities described in subsection (e)(4) shall not exceed 50 percent of the cost of implementing the marketing plan.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id774511EF04C445FDA929DD261ED5FC34"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Action by United States Trade Representative</header><clause id="idA1994EC10634413680C9F179CDED41F3"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary may determine not to apply the limitation described in subparagraph (A) in the case of agricultural commodities with respect to which there has been a favorable decision by the United States Trade Representative under section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/2411">19 U.S.C. 2411</external-xref>).</text></clause><clause id="id9D0D6799746E4E05A069B5B322B6DADD"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Requirement</header><text>Criteria for determining that the limitation shall not apply under clause (i) shall be consistent and documented.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" id="idC41327AD9C5D4773AC62344A782B7498"><enum>223.</enum><header>Foreign market development cooperator program</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID80FC50C874364BC3AC1806FEEDA10058"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definition of eligible trade organization</header><text>In this section, the term <term>eligible trade organization</term> means a United States trade organization that—</text><paragraph id="IDC7A4D9288EE84B0FBED18E348D43CD83"><enum>(1)</enum><text>promotes the export of 1 or more United States agricultural commodities; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ID3BD03D2B498143A7A38FABC8E466D823"><enum>(2)</enum><text>does not have a business interest in or receive remuneration from specific sales of agricultural commodities.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID42B185D922BA4A30AAB4C1672457BE7D"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>The Secretary shall establish and, in cooperation with eligible trade organizations, carry out a foreign market development cooperator program to maintain and develop foreign markets for United States agricultural commodities, with a continued significant emphasis on the importance of the export of value-added United States agricultural commodities into emerging markets.</text></subsection><subsection id="ID67EA7B9CDBCF42BBB32A254180DFA210"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Use of funds</header><text>Funds made available to carry out this section shall be used only to provide—</text><paragraph id="ID18EEFF349EBD43D39385F58F882087CD"><enum>(1)</enum><text>cost-share assistance to an eligible trade organization under a contract or agreement with the eligible trade organization; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ID35015C2F43E44D19806EDE3E6D03E50B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>assistance for other costs that are appropriate to carry out the foreign market development cooperator program, including contingent liabilities that are not otherwise funded.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID1E76356C1F00450C8C9C2A2F0D369957"><enum>224.</enum><header>E (Kika) de la Garza Agricultural Fellowship Program</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8E69B33FE97D48019AE40803E11D2F7C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definition of emerging market</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section, the term <term>emerging market</term> means any country, foreign territory, customs union, or other economic market that the Secretary determines—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE2BA3114217E4AF19EDB56DB631BF6CE"><enum>(1)</enum><text>is taking steps toward a market-oriented economy through the food, agriculture, or rural business sectors of the economy of that country, territory, customs union, or other economic market, as applicable; and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEBCFFB819EB14C0FB931018B187F2328"><enum>(2)</enum><text>has the potential to provide a viable and significant market for United States agricultural commodities.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id90B0E845C6704E9D9E36C75AF67372B8"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall establish a program, to be known as the <quote>E (Kika) de la Garza Agricultural Fellowship Program</quote>—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id482F50B4FFAD41A7B409C5D844C60354"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to develop agricultural markets in emerging markets; and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBE7972CC1CF945F7A639B4DBEEA28865"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to promote cooperation and exchange of information between agricultural institutions and agribusinesses in the United States and emerging markets.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDD444EBA8940244ECA9E272B35CB7AB85"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Development of agricultural systems</header><paragraph id="IDCC33534FA15C4E2DB7327ACB2A2F073E"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><subparagraph id="ID673E5EEA13594793AB370267292113EC"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Establishment of program</header><text>To develop, maintain, or expand markets for exports of United States agricultural commodities, the Secretary shall make available to emerging markets the expertise of the United States—</text><clause id="idB3DC0F4D9D13415AB3BEAB00302A0B97"><enum>(i)</enum><text>to make assessments of food and rural business systems needs;</text></clause><clause id="idB8B0DB9B83B94CD59797A1E9AF499C5D"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>to make recommendations on measures necessary to enhance the effectiveness of the food and rural business systems described in clause (i), including potential reductions in trade barriers; and</text></clause><clause id="idA3846345F4654A36B579707165E9FB4E"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>to identify and carry out specific opportunities and projects to enhance the effectiveness of the food and rural business systems described in clause (i).</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDB946AD62AF944E5EA1ECE01FB97E5062"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Extent of program</header><text>The Secretary shall implement this paragraph with respect to at least 3 emerging markets in each fiscal year.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID8C1B483A3C4E4C76AFDE2A21154A6E0D"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Experts from the United States</header><text>The Secretary may implement paragraph (1) by providing—</text><subparagraph id="ID6ABCE1D285494CC083A8689CF1DDFE02"><enum>(A)</enum><text>assistance to teams (consisting primarily of agricultural consultants, agricultural producers, other persons from the private sector, and government officials expert in assessing the food and rural business systems of other countries) to enable those teams to conduct the assessments, make the recommendations, and identify the opportunities and projects described in paragraph (1)(A) in emerging markets;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID1D3B00C0E4584747992E101863BDC198"><enum>(B)</enum><text>necessary subsistence expenses in the United States and necessary transportation expenses by individuals designated by emerging markets to enable those individuals to consult with food and rural business system experts in the United States to enhance those systems of those emerging markets;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID6B61CEA052674686AEFB8979834921D2"><enum>(C)</enum><text>necessary subsistence expenses in emerging markets and necessary transportation expenses of United States food and rural business system experts, agricultural producers, and other individuals knowledgeable in agricultural and agribusiness matters to assist in transferring knowledge and expertise to entities in emerging markets; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id9882E3F4029D4B97823223B0FEA76B68"><enum>(D)</enum><text>necessary subsistence expenses and necessary transportation expenses of United States food and rural business system experts, including United States agricultural producers and other United States individuals knowledgeable in agriculture and agribusiness matters, and of individuals designated by emerging markets, to enable those designated individuals to consult with those United States experts—</text><clause id="id0D3A76F7ABD9431391048C9BFBFE949E"><enum>(i)</enum><text>to enhance food and rural business systems of emerging markets; and</text></clause><clause id="idF76F9799D7BF438EA8DE9CE6D22BD081"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>to transfer knowledge and expertise to emerging markets.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID8F67EDB10159496597A2562774F00D56"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Cost-sharing</header><text>The Secretary shall encourage the nongovernmental experts described in paragraph (2) to share the costs of, and otherwise assist in, the participation of those experts in the program under this subsection.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="IDE099CA64BE95479C90FE57E9E53D7F0D"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Technical assistance</header><text>The Secretary is authorized to provide, or pay the necessary costs for, technical assistance (including the establishment of extension services) to enable individuals or other entities to carry out recommendations, projects, and opportunities in emerging markets, including recommendations, projects, and opportunities described in clauses (ii) and (iii) of paragraph (1)(A).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ID0A481A8EC06E41299FD34F3AF78C7A73"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Reports to Secretary</header><text>A team that receives assistance under paragraph (2)(A) shall prepare and submit to the Secretary such reports as the Secretary may require.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ID1D77D92C136148F5B8DA899C934EE9C5"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Advisory committee</header><text>To provide the Secretary with information that may be useful to the Secretary in carrying out this subsection, the Secretary may establish an advisory committee composed of representatives of the various sectors of the food and rural business systems of the United States.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ID53D99B88E22C428AAAA12554B6AD25C6"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Effect</header><text>The authority provided under this subsection shall be in addition to and not in place of any other authority of the Secretary or the Commodity Credit Corporation.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDAF58735D1512484DAFEF353B2114CB8D" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>225.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Technical assistance for specialty crops</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID9054B495AB7F4614978B55A813B69B55"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>The Secretary of Agriculture shall establish an export assistance program (referred to in this section as the <quote>program</quote>) to address existing or potential unique barriers that prohibit or threaten the export of United States specialty crops.</text></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDCC65BEB47ADF42EB9598E91F55C42FC7"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Purpose</header><text>The program shall provide direct assistance through public and private sector projects and technical assistance, including through the program under section 2(e) of the Competitive, Special, and Facilities Research Grant Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/3157">7 U.S.C. 3157(e)</external-xref>), to remove, resolve, or mitigate existing or potential sanitary and phytosanitary and technical barriers to trade.</text></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID1A6FC5175DDE44E88315BFAEA93A7797"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Priority</header><text>The program shall address time sensitive and strategic market access projects based on—</text><paragraph id="ID108470EEF961466D9103C11716CAD01E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>trade effect on market retention, market access, and market expansion; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="IDB795081432A14EECA649804BC07F55D2"><enum>(2)</enum><text>trade impact.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="id273e893267a44e009e4fc34878c40fe6"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Multiyear projects</header><text>The Secretary may provide assistance under the program to a project for longer than a 5-year period if the Secretary determines that further assistance would effectively support the purpose of the program described in subsection (b).</text></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID2EB138DF53E34F1695540525958B7987"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Annual report</header><text>Each year, the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report that contains, for the period covered by the report, a description of—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0A289D09AEC64A48B57DD37ADE93E2EB"><enum>(1)</enum><text>each factor that affects the export of specialty crops, including each factor relating to any—</text><subparagraph id="ID16F382FB6DC24F43976ADFF28CC373C3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>significant sanitary or phytosanitary issue;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDC2C044D666AD4788879A94DED72793DC"><enum>(B)</enum><text>trade barrier; or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id61BB9EE12B24459D8DA19CBC6CB53DE4"><enum>(C)</enum><text>emerging sanitary or phytosanitary issue or trade barrier; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id49DB441A754B42ECBBC9630B5EC27390"><enum>(2)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id121048CE4F5A449CA151D44F5F7F7EFD"><enum>(A)</enum><text>any funds provided under section 226(c)(4) that were not obligated in a fiscal year; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph changed="added" commented="no" id="idA7920F3AC3B44DE2B4648F338DF52230" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a description of why the funds described in subparagraph (A) were not obligated.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id1ED2E63253D94325BB088DFA7C7F9A1C"><enum>226.</enum><header>Funding and administration</header><subsection id="ID039443e5a3194423bb04781cd75fa940"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Commodity Credit Corporation</header><text>The Secretary shall use the funds, facilities, and authorities of the Commodity Credit Corporation to carry out this subtitle.</text></subsection><subsection id="ID35e5bfa43a9e4e2fb30a226f051d78a3"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Funding amount</header><text>For each of fiscal years 2019 through 2023, of the funds of, or an equal value of commodities owned by, the Commodity Credit Corporation, the Secretary shall use to carry out this subtitle $259,500,000, to remain available until expended.</text></subsection><subsection id="id894923535C704F9FB5671A2B9F9BD416"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Allocation</header><text>For each of fiscal years 2019 through 2023, the Secretary shall allocate funds to carry out this subtitle in accordance with the following:</text><paragraph id="id79F4C7221467411FBE89C29925663DA2"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Market access program</header><text>For market access activities authorized under section 222, of the funds of, or an equal value of commodities owned by, the Commodity Credit Corporation, not less than $200,000,000 for each fiscal year.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="idA5892D516E0646A7A1C72B37A75A30D8"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Foreign market development cooperator program</header><text>To carry out section 223, of the funds of, or an equal value of commodities owned by, the Commodity Credit Corporation, not less than $34,500,000 for each fiscal year.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id368C507AABD64693B4EC994D078DE4F9"><enum>(3)</enum><header>E (Kika) de la Garza Agricultural Fellowship Program</header><text>To provide assistance under section 224, of the funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation, not more than $10,000,000 for each fiscal year.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEB9345E667EC4AE4852C3315A5173218"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Technical assistance for specialty crops</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To carry out section 225, of the funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation, not less than $9,000,000 for each fiscal year, to remain available until expended.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id97de6462c5d4448f86a94801a27dd02c"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Priority trade fund</header><subparagraph id="id9ebf152c38724ea6b250ca565f58b87e"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>In addition to the amounts allocated under paragraphs (1) through (4), and notwithstanding any limitations in those paragraphs, as determined by the Secretary, for 1 or more programs under this subtitle for authorized activities to access, develop, maintain, and expand markets for United States agricultural commodities, $6,000,000 for each fiscal year.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idd7eeb3d92f4941298b3f212a210bc1ae"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Considerations</header><text>In allocating funds made available under subparagraph (A), the Secretary may consider providing a greater allocation to 1 or more programs under this subtitle for which the amounts requested under applications exceed available funding for the 1 or more programs.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id776B281BC45D404EB5C90188DEA10DAC"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Cuba</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding section 908 of the Trade Sanctions Reform and Export Enhancement Act of 2000 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/7207">22 U.S.C. 7207</external-xref>) or any other provision of law, funds made available under this section may be used to carry out the programs authorized under sections 222 and 223 in Cuba. Funds may not be used as described in the previous sentence in contravention with directives set forth under the National Security Presidential Memorandum entitled ‘Strengthening the Policy of the United States Toward Cuba’ issued by the President on June 16, 2017, during the period in which that memorandum is in effect.</text></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id094FCF9859EE41A6A153F7C6FB0FAFB0"><enum>(e)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authorization for appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In addition to any other amounts provided under this section, there are authorized to be appropriated such sums as are necessary to carry out the programs and authorities under subsection (c)(5) and sections 222 through 225.</text></subsection></section></subtitle><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection id="idB87598C6D9DC4DB8865FD8A8781400F4"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming amendments</header><paragraph id="id372F812F483E4826B744C0B46826DB6A"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Market access program</header><subparagraph id="idD96C5621E3D1456E85D61EDDA0CF5288"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Section 203 of the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/5623">7 U.S.C. 5623</external-xref>) is repealed.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idAC3E2E6AE565415396E593C116BF4E76"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Section 211 of the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/5641">7 U.S.C. 5641</external-xref>) is amended by striking subsection (c).</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id2B4D26E5739E4271BAA804DA1ED2B71B"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Section 402(a)(1) of the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/5662">7 U.S.C. 5662(a)(1)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>203</quote> and inserting <quote>222</quote>.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id9BD7F73C4D9F449ABE5492D9D5D9C6C9"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Section 282(f)(2)(C) of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1638a">7 U.S.C. 1638a(f)(2)(C)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>section 203 of the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/5623">7 U.S.C. 5623</external-xref>)</quote> and inserting <quote>section 222 of the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978</quote>.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id37245FB85AC1476EBDD10DDE5EC89108"><enum>(E)</enum><text>Section 718 of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/5623">7 U.S.C. 5623</external-xref> note; <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/105/277">Public Law 105–277</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>section 203 of the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/5623">7 U.S.C. 5623</external-xref>)</quote> and inserting <quote>section 222 of the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978</quote>.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id8016BDA33A384CB28C3E5C5609E61AFD"><enum>(F)</enum><text>Section 1302(b) of the Agricultural Reconciliation Act of 1993 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/5623">7 U.S.C. 5623</external-xref> note; <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/103/66">Public Law 103–66</external-xref>) is amended—</text><clause id="id3da4c3fd2ae14e4d972930c9fb6bbba0"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking <quote>section 203 of the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/5623">7 U.S.C. 5623</external-xref>)</quote> and inserting <quote>section 222 of the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978</quote>; and</text></clause><clause id="id871ddd79e4e740c4a76f4ed2fe8db361"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>section 203 of such Act</quote> and inserting <quote>section 222 of that Act</quote>.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idFC02343FE54A487B898B55AE96E5D908"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Foreign market development cooperator program</header><text>Title VII of the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/5721">7 U.S.C. 5721</external-xref> et seq.) is repealed.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id56C200302BAB4054A40AD307FDE3BD90"><enum>(3)</enum><header>E (Kika) de la Garza Agricultural Fellowship Program</header><subparagraph id="idA931B336B1B54559A250FB9914A0432A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Section 1542 of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C 5622 note; <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/101/624">Public Law 101–624</external-xref>) is amended—</text><clause id="id890BB9B89017476B86A75092F906A69A"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking subsection (d);</text></clause><clause id="id21C7FF2258424E838102C23AAB84E08C"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by redesignating subsections (e) and (f) as subsections (d) and (e), respectively; and</text></clause><clause id="idB55F0A5B465A480A86982A47FDA02D17"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>in subsection (e) (as so redesignated)—</text><subclause id="idC838EAF103784F5FAEA6F1FA26A4B6A0"><enum>(I)</enum><text>in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking <quote>country</quote> and inserting <quote>country, foreign territory, customs union, or economic market</quote>; and</text></subclause><subclause id="id7FB481B348E740059295BF50C28DA6A4"><enum>(II)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>the country</quote> and inserting <quote>that country, foreign territory, customs union, or economic market, as applicable</quote>.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id2A3E94A0BF774C12B73F6B63563F8488"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Section 1543(b)(5) of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/3293">7 U.S.C. 3293(b)(5)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>section 1542(f)</quote> and inserting <quote>section 1542(e)</quote>.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id9127D80931874ED885C82730A4BFC7FF"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Section 1543A(c)(2) of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/5679">7 U.S.C. 5679(c)(2)</external-xref>) is amended by inserting <quote>and section 224 of the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978</quote> after <quote>section 1542</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id99CCF28B43234EBCA4F3BA6943E950F3"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Technical assistance for specialty crops</header><text>Section 3205 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/5680">7 U.S.C. 5680</external-xref>) is repealed.</text></paragraph></subsection></section></subtitle><subtitle id="id2BA62938BF9C4F63BC375DB46CF446BD" style="OLC"><enum>C</enum><header>Other Agricultural Trade Laws</header><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="P6D104ADE4CD5665900ECCA9ECFE1DDD" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>3301.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Food for Progress Act of 1985</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Food for Progress Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1736o">7 U.S.C. 1736o</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8F1A23261B7F4ED7943FA282648CA365"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>President</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>Secretary</quote>;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idDD46CE03916D4E8DB63BBE364D39AE51"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b)—</text><subparagraph id="id7084674536E0413BB128AA9F0E66AD59"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (5)—</text><clause id="id76D9E03C306F4A40ABBCC76AA1DBA95F"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in subparagraph (E), by striking <quote>and</quote>;</text></clause><clause id="id56C8DAB9BB764685860868F39CFFD64E"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (F), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text></clause><clause id="id4611711934FE49888406E785BEFC0B0A"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAC94ECBAE9684F0AA5601F3E2B6D697C" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subparagraph id="idD89E3C07E4C5498C90221CF208720CE1"><enum>(G)</enum><text>a land-grant college or university (as defined in section 1404 of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/3103">7 U.S.C. 3103</external-xref>)).</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id803DA7F7C9C245B4AB48C103FB2209F3"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF4B2A9C90C624E10A371930A59B8D2F5" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><paragraph id="id99809735D21545ABA28451E7314CB418"><enum>(10)</enum><header>Secretary</header><text>The term <term>Secretary</term> means the Secretary of Agriculture.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id5B9C5154B37B4E47BB391A53006E6F94"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (c)—</text><subparagraph id="id865E7A13644E4B25A5465BBD1402C636"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>food</quote>;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idF94F52119B674BFCA52B40A581649AC6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>entities to furnish</quote> and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="idA14D79B532E64E12BF7F62973F02D8EE" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><text>entities—</text><paragraph id="id451AC8ED88C54FE2AC022871277251AF"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to furnish</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idC8A135071D4949E298EDCA1A32916898"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (1) (as so designated), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; or</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id569A3E0BD88640E0A63E28537D34F677"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEF89B2D0F60C490BBC1E29FAE9960A98" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><paragraph id="id456C3973ED5443A6A80D22C071C77A02"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to provide financial assistance under subsection (l)(5) to eligible entities.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idB4332DF19479407CBB01E5692D8E5A3F"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subsection (f)(3), by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>;</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id6B5E1F6346DF49028CD36C6521B7DB44"><enum>(5)</enum><text>in subsection (g), by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>;</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id4A29C80F8A0A4863993B1B1FD3DE5E26"><enum>(6)</enum><text>in subsection (k), by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>;</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="idB5E8111DDEF34A6585E8CD0409212F0A"><enum>(7)</enum><text>in subsection (l)—</text><subparagraph commented="no" id="id9C670AAA547D464B8AEE3AE7324066AD"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking the subsection designation and heading and all that follows through <quote>(1) To enhance</quote> and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id83F29C746841428386FD8A161A8D07DD" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subsection commented="no" id="id4E3D41F8FCB4466189071D4CC9D56BEE"><enum>(l)</enum><header>Support for Agricultural Development</header><paragraph commented="no" id="idAD6CF2E9E2C4402A820104516C64F566"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>To enhance</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id1494FEEE2E32461888D364D3BDF9E769"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="idF822C1740F444A7BA8721A74D93DBA53"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (4)(B), by inserting <quote>internal</quote> before <quote>transportation</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id786784EDB26A47B8B86A39910626F81D"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id084ec5b42e284fc7ab6d66612c07092b" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><paragraph commented="no" id="id644A52B7991E4A24A38A88536BFE60A4"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Flexibility</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, as necessary to carry out this section, the following funds shall be used to pay for the costs described in paragraph (4):</text><subparagraph id="id4457921113c44511a58278827d64df2c"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Of the funds of the Corporation described in subsection (f)(3), 30 percent.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id5daa9fb5c751410d905127dfe692a778"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Of the funds for administrative expenses under paragraph (1), 30 percent.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id8e7496f7e91b4a3493fde3e0a746e1fa"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Of the funds of the Corporation, $26,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 through 2023.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="idA4ED539DA15B49469404D76FB4157C43"><enum>(8)</enum><text>in subsection (m), in the subsection heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Presidential</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Secretarial</header-in-text></quote>;</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id37210BCB5F124D8AA772D0FD51011BBC"><enum>(9)</enum><text>in subsection (n)—</text><subparagraph id="idf5cbfdb2d9174e4c9987a6067f51ed98"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)—</text><clause id="id6fd247b617bf4850a1b7a4a755684a5f"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A), in the matter preceding clause (i), by inserting <quote>and assistance</quote> after <quote>commodities</quote>; and</text></clause><clause id="ide60152a861ae4a52bdf7e7e443d5516b"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B), by inserting <quote>and assistance made available under this section</quote> after <quote>commodities</quote>; and</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idbd974010f7924680afc0a8721b7f9fa8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDD81BEDB96A5412DBA9D74A9EE09456F" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><paragraph commented="no" id="id7A0802F85698488F81F5443C822866E2"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Requirements</header><subparagraph commented="no" id="id0B8521E75F6F4F4C8A02AE94D490E5E4"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 270 days after the date of enactment of the <short-title>Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018</short-title>, the Secretary shall issue regulations and revisions to agency guidance and procedures necessary to implement the amendments made to this section by that Act.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="idF03F617FF81B411EB70A23655C516880"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Consultations</header><text>Not later than 270 days after the date of enactment of the <short-title>Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018</short-title>, the Secretary shall consult with the Committee on Agriculture and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate relating to regulations issued and agency guidance and procedures revised under subparagraph (A).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id99992215E4374F3F8A68AB98EF11C527"><enum>(10)</enum><text>in subsection (o), in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking <quote>(acting through the Secretary)</quote>.</text></paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="P2C06AB4C4B4B7229B5DCEE98171EA1D" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>3302.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Bill Emerson Humanitarian Trust Act</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 302 of the Bill Emerson Humanitarian Trust Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1736f-1">7 U.S.C. 1736f–1</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="P9722CC4F4B5FBCC54785C5B0F762018"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (b)(2)(B)(i), by striking <quote>2018</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>2023</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC7A4591A28E74DCFADD21534EAE585A6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (h), by striking <quote>2018</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text></paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="PDF35A1304AF025B2212169A3CC03C23" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>3303.</enum><header>Promotion of agricultural exports to emerging markets</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1542(a) of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/5622">7 U.S.C. 5622</external-xref> note; <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/101/624">Public Law 101–624</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="P575613AD4E976F365EB11383FF6D73D"><enum>3304.</enum><header>Cochran emerging market fellowship program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1543 of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/3293">7 U.S.C. 3293</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id972FEF704DA44332B764CCD66CDBAA8A"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (c)—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD7A55A1C84494E4A92849C30286BFD37"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by inserting <quote>(which may include agricultural extension services)</quote> after <quote>systems</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE5B4904DD7154B5D9976BA8497A0E919"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id79221892575A4100BC860F35F7D8C293"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>enhance trade</quote> and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="idB05946D52447416FB38D7A32BFBB1614" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><text>enhance—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB5BC48DC1C45429AAC8F978F9FA8DE5B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>trade</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id492253B701CD4712BBE275F215340B10"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A) (as so designated) by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; or</quote>; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEA5A548FEE31419D8B146BE59DE76A78"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3BB4746C1FF24A14939434E850039B52" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA7E7F41112AE4DB18B51D6FA9F284457"><enum>(B)</enum><text>linkages between agricultural interests in the United States and regulatory systems governing sanitary and phytosanitary standards for agricultural products that—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id617B7367DD774B61A693D595856B56BA"><enum>(i)</enum><text>may enter the United States; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1FF19606693A4DCAA17E5B1460F57C2A"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>may pose risks to human, animal, or plant life or health.</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB125ADE27B864E81989B02DADA261A45"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (f)—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8DF9CF8F75FE48EB8CB18191635A6171"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>$3,000,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$4,000,000</quote>;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id356EEF545E0D47338593EE0666DC2CCA"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by striking <quote>$2,000,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$3,000,000</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD7781B0A102A44259620133315D9D34F"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (3), by striking <quote>$5,000,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$6,000,000</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3C7DAE7FA0CA4340A38066B0BCD635DC" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>3305.</enum><header>Borlaug International Agricultural Science and Technology Fellowship Program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1473G of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/3319j">7 U.S.C. 3319j</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id08AFF229AADE4AE98055A39A0A2EED5B"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (c)(2)—</text><subparagraph commented="no" id="id7F5EAC30D3434373822D28A6FDC2A319"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>shall support</quote> and inserting <quote>support</quote>;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="idc486e326b2e441c1a9ca8563ab6e1f5a"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph (C), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id706E981880444BD0884857B345A34582"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in subparagraph (D), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id20FBF440D57344A185F8DC048C6054F2"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCDD093DEB1304A02AFE0720188430462" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subparagraph commented="no" id="id862176D85E5D43689D32B01DCA37BF2D"><enum>(E)</enum><text>the development of agricultural extension services in eligible countries.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="idA1924ABFD20E44BF9175DE99095A196E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (f)—</text><subparagraph commented="no" id="idB7DA4862BD9F4E2E85B76440A66A310E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>The Secretary</quote> and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE66167C70ABF4464AFB07D48CE390B09" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><paragraph commented="no" id="id343B9F583DC64A26B87862919441C20B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="idCF5E7E3B86114926818005EBAE31FC06"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idacb15f226ee2465ca18fee53d9ecd66b" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><paragraph id="idbbd4277b1135415bb9bd11bf346ca2eb"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Leveraging alumni engagement</header><text>In carrying out the purposes and programs under this section, the Secretary shall encourage ongoing engagement with fellowship recipients who have completed training under the program to provide advice regarding, and participate in, new or ongoing agricultural development projects, with a priority for capacity-building projects, that are sponsored by—</text><subparagraph id="idff138e8dd44c4baba8a804a393b73170"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Federal agencies; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idcea446b4d14944c6a1ccf3a50252fe98"><enum>(B)</enum><text>institutions of higher education in the eligible country of the fellowship recipient.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id68659C26BF414509A77D25AB5EB4F95F"><enum>3306.</enum><header>International food security technical assistance</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 is amended by inserting after section 1543A (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/5679">7 U.S.C. 5679</external-xref>) the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD67AAD6C4059473BB4EFCC0BB72243F2" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id34F955FF7F9B43179186B28E192F199F"><enum>1543B.</enum><header>International food security technical assistance</header><subsection id="ide9906130240446649e918a1d012fc540"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definition of international food security</header><text>In this section, the term <quote>international food security</quote> means access by any person at any time to food and nutrition that is sufficient for a healthy and productive life.</text></subsection><subsection id="id9EA77BAA10DE4601BCD05EC63C48519A"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Collection of information</header><text>The Secretary of Agriculture (referred to in this section as the <quote>Secretary</quote>) shall compile information from appropriate mission areas of the Department of Agriculture (including the Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services mission area) relating to the improvement of international food security.</text></subsection><subsection id="id3235940f4389466b896e64991fd4ff22"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Public availability</header><text>To benefit programs for the improvement of international food security, the Secretary shall organize the information described in subsection (b) and make the information available in a format suitable for—</text><paragraph id="idAB8D3C89D79048A9B04F8B64E6D3E6B0"><enum>(1)</enum><text>public education; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idF60FAD3673B04B438C041D5A55CCA608"><enum>(2)</enum><text>use by—</text><subparagraph id="idC17A63A840E84981A718461A1D7A06D3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a Federal, State, or local agency;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idAE3F7BAC55B548BAADDAF60FCB49AE28"><enum>(B)</enum><text>an agency or instrumentality of the government of a foreign country;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idD24B3C3897A9486AB2C7CFCA09E3D01C"><enum>(C)</enum><text>a domestic or international organization, including a domestic or international nongovernmental organization; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id9D658AD02177410986EA4BB9F18A50FE"><enum>(D)</enum><text>an intergovernmental organization.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id6879200C51E14B2DA2AA9A20BA80E680"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Technical assistance</header><text>On request by an entity described in subsection (c)(2), the Secretary may provide technical assistance to the entity to implement a program for the improvement of international food security.</text></subsection><subsection id="idf2229a9276f64ea98fe1f3ae13fe8ba8"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Program priority</header><text>In carrying out this section, the Secretary shall give priority to programs relating to the development of food and nutrition safety net systems with a focus on food insecure countries.</text></subsection><subsection id="idB28051D2B8CD484D8DA7CB104C325BA6"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $1,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 through 2023.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id45AA751CE0214BB6A5E6FD241B40FCFD" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>3307.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA4DBB8160A664B1AB228FCE12A364534"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2627FB276B5345A98E1EA477E19E0E6F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>that is</quote> and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id067BD76180514681AF2692D486399159" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><text>that—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1603CA61D4264927A49E3D836DAAB3B8"><enum>(1)</enum><text>is</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5D9BC7803A67480994796EB3C880566B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (1) (as so designated), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; or</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id748EEEE8FDF64BEF94C4320F9314D54A"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAA0C8C40A6C148398F1DB56D3F2D812B" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB8FE82CB14CA464F8A663DE37CF53948"><enum>(2)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id23323055079C497AA8263A5A9A910B7B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>is produced in and procured from—</text><clause changed="added" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9EFF32C4A2B441F68894E91898FEC6C6" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a developing country that is a recipient country; or</text></clause><clause changed="added" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id526C9C18DA964F8C84B282261CDD2FBE" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a developing country in the same region as a recipient country; and</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph changed="added" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id69094CC497CB413FAD6C56B6B95FDAE6" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(B)</enum><text>at a minimum, meets each nutritional, quality, and labeling standard of the recipient country, as determined by the Secretary.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0D3416AFAB53486DAEA7292DFFB0B65C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (c)(2)(A)—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id96F433C2D3B74B088CA20D45F84A1EC9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in clause (v)(IV), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFC8FD7CC9EB84A7492C451B09436D1C7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by redesignating clause (vi) as clause (vii); and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4DDB1B627C234004A5E2F518F9ADEE65"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by inserting after clause (v) the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD20D23ADC1BF49328A936E3FF1C51597" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB066923BD24E475C8B78C9819463BA30"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>the costs associated with transporting the commodities described in subsection (a)(2) from a developing country described in subparagraph (A)(ii) of that subsection to any designated point of entry within the recipient country; and</text></clause><after-quoted-block>; </after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5D39B2BC35DD4718BE7866BBE8882A95"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (f)(1)—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDE500B5F52F3472AAFBCBD6AC95D091A"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating subparagraphs (E) and (F) as subparagraphs (F) and (G), respectively; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id692048A5F5614C919A457D5A523CB6A6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting after subparagraph (D) the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id32068AAC743943C18FBA1B7EAF9A5A2D" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA664611491614E2680EBA761BD9BA25E"><enum>(E)</enum><text>ensure to the maximum extent practicable that assistance—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id11619528E4564C339584816D25AA1649"><enum>(i)</enum><text>is provided under this section in a timely manner; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5A70986021DB49FC80D12F91B63FA7A0"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>is available when needed throughout the applicable school year;</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB91BF960D8D04273B29E31F257D85E01"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (l)—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2A57CFAE72164960B07185DA882A1E48"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (2), by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id57A9A2E01B154FD0AF297417B1BE7185"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id473FA905ACBC4A84A85BD501AD057432" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD952BC14B2DA4AA78DFF5BF0A8BB9F01"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Purchase of commodities</header><text>Of the funds made available to carry out this section, not more than 10 percent shall be used to purchase agricultural commodities described in subsection (a)(2).</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="P717E16E441A6EAC7A6218488D794DFD" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>3308.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Global Crop Diversity Trust</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 3202(c) of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2220a">22 U.S.C. 2220a</external-xref> note; <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/110/246">Public Law 110–246</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2014 through 2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2019 through 2023</quote>.</text></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="P6ACF5F3F41BD0D5043C3E0ABF79741E" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>3309.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Local and regional food aid procurement projects</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 3206(e)(1) of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1726c">7 U.S.C. 1726c(e)(1)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF507FDD2C4894F7B8A999BDA02573EFE"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>to the Secretary</quote> after <quote>appropriated</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6EB037660B5C436AB4D356F589A681AD"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>2014 through 2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2019 through 2023</quote>.</text></paragraph></section><section id="id758943baaa1c43fbbe0922427688cd24"><enum>3310.</enum><header>Foreign trade missions</header><subsection id="id57112d4ed0774ab9b9563bee9755ebde"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Tribal representation on trade missions</header><paragraph id="id6feaf7a1476049c5acad9f2cd42d0a60"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary, in consultation with the Tribal Advisory Committee established under subsection (b)(2) of section 309 of the Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/6921">7 U.S.C. 6921</external-xref>) (as added by section 12304(2)) (referred to in this section as the <quote>Advisory Committee</quote>), shall seek—</text><subparagraph id="id9940084b45414c33a96af31a159922bd"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to support the greater inclusion of Tribal agricultural and food products in Federal trade-related activities; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id295e30788df84c38911e1c4a4eb1512e"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to increase the collaboration between Federal trade promotion efforts and other Federal trade-related activities in support of the greater inclusion sought under subparagraph (A).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ideddf96958c0342ac82d6e3e027dea833"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Interdepartmental coordination</header><text>In carrying out activities to increase the collaboration described in paragraph (1)(B), the Secretary shall coordinate with—</text><subparagraph id="id4388e89aaf064f5e9cbeddd87479349e"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the Secretary of Commerce;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idc213aff617904078988092d586f43dc9"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Secretary of State;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idb7b4d23b21ac4e06b3c21e400913278f"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the Secretary of the Interior; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id0f768799f1ff4e108f90d0aea9c5a889"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the heads of any other relevant Federal agencies.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="iddc0652b496d140c08600a57a7ea23b1b"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Report; goals</header><paragraph id="ida1101c6788e6474fb3b36567f6f18fd5"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit a report describing the efforts of the Department of Agriculture and other Federal agencies under this section to—</text><subparagraph id="id6B33A7B3453643358D3BC12507C32A09"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the Advisory Committee;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idba491ea58c9145b3b65464efd2bb4e5d"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id921B5D5623654DC3B65D67A7D0D08576"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idaf678c4f9b5f4f7bbb79271ee32a6a16"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id5524906BCF7C4A45A61151AEC0B11AA6"><enum>(E)</enum><text>the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id00859EC7C3184FE590BC3D06116EACFE"><enum>(F)</enum><text>the Committee on Indian Affairs of the Senate.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id632097162ed5403894ad864488de39e5"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Goals</header><text>Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall establish goals for measuring, in an objective and quantifiable format, the extent to which Indian Tribes and Tribal agricultural and food products are included in the trade-related activities of the Department of Agriculture.</text></paragraph></subsection></section></subtitle><enum>IV</enum><header>Nutrition</header><subtitle id="id79033FFB12BE45CC95F81D3B696A3FC6" style="OLC"><enum>A</enum><header>Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program</header><section commented="no" id="id7A587FA7D7154F1DB93C731C7F9E34B3"><enum>4101.</enum><header>Definition of certification period</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 3 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2012">7 U.S.C. 2012</external-xref>) is amended by striking subsection (f) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3FE49194FDBB4B79BE4C23E491651361" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subsection commented="no" id="id3F905C2C1DFF4F09BE1F1009B3C11BC3"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Certification period</header><paragraph commented="no" id="id69B1BCE58CC241DDAC1B1D7A7E7E6E3E"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The term <term>certification period</term> means the period for which a household shall be eligible to receive benefits.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="idAD1BB19F6B674ADAADB29EDD39FB1C06"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Time limits</header><subparagraph commented="no" id="id2510F4DA80E84907BBF670977DA48F52"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Except as provided in subparagraph (C), the certification period shall not exceed 12 months.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id656F22C51E324D8D892CC513320CDB60"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Contact</header><text>A State agency shall have at least 1 contact with each certified household every 12 months.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id0368F6D6E44A42798EA4AD4F270C87C3"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Elderly or disabled household members</header><text>The certification period may be for a duration of—</text><clause commented="no" id="idC3F5DC35DB374E89821B49C4A241EC1A"><enum>(i)</enum><text>not more than 24 months if each adult household member is elderly or disabled; or</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="idF9AAA8AAF70140FBAAA165F7E39BA060"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>not more than 36 months if—</text><subclause commented="no" id="id1B427FC6874844CB976834728DAB2F85"><enum>(I)</enum><text>each adult household member is elderly or disabled; and</text></subclause><subclause commented="no" id="id7A6E37F20F3E4C07A407047B5840D819"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the household of the adult household member has no earned income at the time of certification.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id402DF37FC502444CA0C76EAF56094612"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Extension of limit</header><text>The limits under this paragraph may be extended until the end of any transitional benefit period established under section 11(s).</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section><section id="id16049e46849c44e9b349865d6d1b3295"><enum>4102.</enum><header>Food distribution program on Indian reservations</header><subsection id="id6fc4ec88c5854c9b943979485fc7f9b7"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 4(b) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2013">7 U.S.C. 2013(b)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph commented="no" id="idbb8b3c2221ee4a39bad563521ec8267b"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (4) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1529b6ffbfaf46b7ac2a6fd20c57d2d5" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><paragraph commented="no" id="ide0560fab7b6846a2b37a2afa521c279b"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Administrative costs</header><subparagraph commented="no" id="idcf9aaf336bbe4485a91a6592c3a4a72a"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall pay not less than 80 percent of administrative costs and distribution costs on Indian reservations as the Secretary determines necessary for effective administration of such distribution by a State agency or tribal organization.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id12f02d01e12f452980cde48c22794dc0"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Waiver</header><text>The Secretary shall waive up to 100 percent of the non-Federal share of the costs described in subparagraph (A) if the Secretary determines that—</text><clause commented="no" id="id2ec4828ed8e043b2841a057951c845de"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the tribal organization is financially unable to provide a greater non-Federal share of the costs; or</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="id668ca658b73f46778f82b0c962208f39"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>providing a greater non-Federal share of the costs would be a substantial burden for the tribal organization.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id30ab47d7941e444bb2e74ada77ea4de1"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>The Secretary may not reduce any benefits or services under the food distribution program on Indian reservations under this subsection to any tribal organization that is granted a waiver under subparagraph (B).</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id5ac5c879b3f842fe810053ba2103eb0a"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Tribal contribution</header><text>The Secretary may allow a tribal organization to use funds provided to the tribal organization through a Federal agency or other Federal benefit to satisfy all or part of the non-Federal share of the costs described in subparagraph (A) if that use is otherwise consistent with the purpose of the funds.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph id="idED86CF56B7D2471A80F0EBB90BBE77A3"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (6)(F), by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id2E6A3AA85D9E420EAA26621D47951913"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id40b541949e6342c6a68a0eb44ab280eb" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><paragraph id="id4a0a6f1121974015a07020417dc6e1a5"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Availability of funds</header><subparagraph id="id880DEE63247247EE953CA73D70565B07"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Funds made available for a fiscal year to carry out this subsection shall remain available for obligation for a period of 2 fiscal years.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id3885473B6B844BE5976EABDB01FA7653"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Administrative costs</header><text>Funds made available for a fiscal year to carry out paragraph (4) shall remain available for obligation by the State agency or tribal organization for a period of 2 fiscal years.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="id2c40a1cd331c40b6888cac03dbbd7389"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Demonstration project for tribal organizations</header><paragraph commented="no" id="id7B82D4C9841448179DCBB044B07A822E"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this subsection:</text><subparagraph commented="no" id="id8C1E19B3227D49B3A54FEC8F1C54B0B4"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Demonstration project</header><text>The term <term>demonstration project</term> means the demonstration project established under paragraph (2).</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id333A03E219BA48EEAD4DCACE863DBD73"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Food distribution program</header><text>The term <term>food distribution program</term> means the food distribution program on Indian reservations carried out under section 4(b) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2013">7 U.S.C. 2013(b)</external-xref>).</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id0946DC8AD7414C14A6C4E8B88335B29A"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Indian reservation</header><text>The term <term>Indian reservation</term> has the meaning given the term <term>reservation</term> in section 3 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2012">7 U.S.C. 2012</external-xref>).</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id92CBDB17CCC746588570AB760E605F68"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Indian tribe</header><text>The term <term>Indian tribe</term> has the meaning given the term in section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/5304">25 U.S.C. 5304</external-xref>).</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id56A5F2868AA644B4B842B445398121CF"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Self-determination contract</header><text>The term <term>self-determination contract</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/25/5304">25 U.S.C. 5304</external-xref>).</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id707D91A5544E43FBB82CE1F4BD96819D"><enum>(F)</enum><header>Tribal organization</header><text>The term <term>tribal organization</term> has the meaning given the term in section 3 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2012">7 U.S.C. 2012</external-xref>).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id6905ef54830a4b7b8960a540db60f17f"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>Subject to the availability of appropriations, the Secretary shall establish a demonstration project under which 1 or more tribal organizations may enter into self-determination contracts to purchase agricultural commodities under the food distribution program for the Indian reservation of that tribal organization.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="idd43ee584c94844fc85a1b107b92ff529"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Eligibility</header><subparagraph commented="no" id="id28B0C83283D941398A8AE0C267156F6A"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Consultation</header><text>The Secretary shall consult with the Secretary of the Interior and Indian tribes to determine the process and criteria under which a tribal organization may participate in the demonstration project.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id53a59c37abec401ca2f6cec0d12c2620"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Criteria</header><text>The Secretary shall select for participation in the demonstration project tribal organizations that—</text><clause commented="no" id="id26A7277575104F569DE9B4A305F62CFF"><enum>(i)</enum><text>are successfully administering the food distribution program of the tribal organization under section 4(b)(2)(B) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2013">7 U.S.C. 2013(b)(2)(B)</external-xref>);</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="id02a5f41238874546826c7d35ddbdc6d6"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>have the capacity to purchase agricultural commodities in accordance with paragraph (4) for the food distribution program of the tribal organization; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="idf222f55e45fd4cfd8be3bddc2912f716"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>meet any other criteria determined by the Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of the Interior and Indian tribes.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="idcdbf02f6021642beb83e69e0133837d8"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Procurement of agricultural commodities</header><text>Any agricultural commodities purchased by a tribal organization under the demonstration project shall—</text><subparagraph commented="no" id="id53292CF634924A038D605AEBF121F3ED"><enum>(A)</enum><text>be domestically produced;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="idEB621C48A68346E2A506420BA8F37110"><enum>(B)</enum><text>supplant, not supplement, the type of agricultural commodities in existing food packages for that tribal organization;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id9C49D6274AF64BAB8F9B9FE156DD083C"><enum>(C)</enum><text>be of similar or higher nutritional value as the type of agricultural commodities that would be supplanted in the existing food package for that tribal organization; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id5745C3EEF70E4C3D9A3D78DA6C8FE7E8"><enum>(D)</enum><text>meet any other criteria determined by the Secretary.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id5de607d4222d4c11bbf0274facf667c2"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act and annually thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate a report describing the activities carried out under the demonstration project during the preceding year.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id0a9cde36c4d641909017239fa29c065f"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Funding</header><subparagraph commented="no" id="id1D9C56740A8742C99D71A91EC21069F3"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Authorization of Appropriations</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry out this subsection $5,000,000, to remain available until expended.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id1c3e176eb6754ab3bbc9f359dda61d9f"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Appropriations in advance</header><text>Only funds appropriated under subparagraph (A) in advance specifically to carry out this subsection shall be available to carry out this subsection.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idaf98912c00fd478181b4e90c23a4436b"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Conforming amendment</header><text>Section 3(v) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2012">7 U.S.C. 2012(v)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>the Indian Self-Determination Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/450b">25 U.S.C. 450b(b)</external-xref>)</quote> and inserting <quote>section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/5304">25 U.S.C. 5304</external-xref>)</quote>.</text></subsection></section><section id="idF2FA4823DD1943879C301D40BC15FD58"><enum>4103.</enum><header>Work requirements for supplemental nutrition assistance program</header><subsection id="idF9DDF399D0734D20848827AC46DDDEA5"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Work requirements for able-bodied adults without dependents</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 6 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2015">7 U.S.C. 2015</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="id9D39CF5F9DBF4867AC4AF70DB0EB9922"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (d)—</text><subparagraph id="id84FE2A74704A40CFAA723D1BE0207AC4"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id718FD4943CF24502B777EFCDCF81ACCC"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking the second sentence;</text></clause><clause id="id068B07842F794C4DAD286F776EF76A8E"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>, as amended</quote> each place it appears;</text></clause><clause id="id3715DB25563C45F291616EC66BC2FD86"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>(F) a person</quote> and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5A95E12B56EC4ABEB43EC08C93C2A3C1" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><clause id="id74308D1ADEE94DB7980968FAE0FC33BE"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>a person</text></clause><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause><clause id="id47F0CB0929154EDF9531A5EF5DE0747B"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>by striking <quote>(E) employed</quote> and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id915BD1135E7E43AB85035F4745A5021A" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><clause id="id70F01A91C7BE4E2480F30FB3C2945613"><enum>(v)</enum><text>employed</text></clause><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause><clause id="idEAB3FC737CC54C5BA682CFEE735AFA79"><enum>(v)</enum><text>by striking <quote>(D) a regular</quote> and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA507278897A24D6AA6686016AA5BA1C0" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><clause id="id4F8A45D66BF04C4A8C703A2D92321865"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>a regular</text></clause><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause><clause id="id76783B98F6094DA6821642498B2104A2"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>by striking <quote>(C) a bona fide student</quote> and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8277F1924DC74151BD938A1A674D1D8D" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><clause id="idA0A73BBF1F414117981959A2021902CE"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>a bona fide student</text></clause><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause><clause id="id22030D66CDFF4BA1B29C40354F8EE83E"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>(B) a parent</quote> and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3143AD23268443D0B617432018B1D8EB" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><clause id="id5A7BC0284FBE4FA3A77718F360E55AED"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a parent</text></clause><after-quoted-block>; </after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause><clause id="id3B27EF24BFC24A10BB1D179A846D1F72"><enum>(viii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>(A) currently</quote> and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id705E9D075F1E4D3E94CFE9A33D9A7E0E" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><clause id="idEB0B4D357EAF4695BE32A0839CD786DB"><enum>(i)</enum><text>currently</text></clause><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause><clause id="idD4E98B4A7A804D089D3308FCC3BE1461"><enum>(ix)</enum><text>by striking <quote>(2) A person who</quote> and all that follows through <quote>if he or she is</quote> inserting the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF6F1A3C8263E45668E863D38C07EF4E2" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subparagraph id="id2E12D9A4067D4E55B3B84AF7AE75BC0E"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Exemptions</header><text>A person who otherwise would be required to comply with the requirements of subparagraphs (A) through (D) shall be exempt from such requirements if the person is—</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id49A97BDA66E342899DAA5269E9F5AB77"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (1) (as amended by subparagraph (A)) the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id015785B99ADE49DAA9AB8476D562070E" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><paragraph id="id29E0F681ADAC4E59B37103C621C3F0B2"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Additional work requirements</header><subparagraph id="id9933904C0D78443B9ADFB0F6D4E5809A"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Definition of work program</header><text>In this paragraph, the term <term>work program</term> means—</text><clause id="id1C2EDFF6661545BABC525B4D49FD145C"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a program under title I of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act;</text></clause><clause id="idA6F69B76C1AC41CD8727619F1EF9D738"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a program under section 236 of the Trade Act of 1974 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/2296">19 U.S.C. 2296</external-xref>);</text></clause><clause id="id5662CA01ADAD4A7AB61D2ADB72A1811D"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>a program of employment and training operated or supervised by a State or political subdivision of a State that meets standards approved by the Governor of the State, including a program under paragraph (4), other than a job search program or a job search training program; and</text></clause><clause id="id5bd7faa7b081407f8827d783f2fd9b1a"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>a workforce partnership under paragraph (4)(N).</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id0485E9D063514941A81883DD9AC68BB4"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Work requirement</header><text>Subject to the other provisions of this paragraph, no individual shall be eligible to participate in the supplemental nutrition assistance program as a member of any household if, during the preceding 36-month period, the individual received supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits for not less than 3 months (consecutive or otherwise) during which the individual did not—</text><clause id="id8029CC919B184B668966BF8B65B567F0"><enum>(i)</enum><text>work 20 hours or more per week, averaged monthly;</text></clause><clause id="id58351BEA313F4147BE4E3D8066FC4443"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>participate in and comply with the requirements of a work program for 20 hours or more per week, as determined by the State agency;</text></clause><clause id="idBD31795A7C344F39A483EDD4B80E7CBB"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>participate in and comply with the requirements of a program under section 20 or a comparable program established by a State or political subdivision of a State; or</text></clause><clause id="idD262AFF6A1AB4E84812CB2C1EA28E142"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>receive benefits pursuant to subparagraph (C), (D), (E), or (F).</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id8FCDF0C3F9904104878D82131B5DF220"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Exception</header><text>Subparagraph (B) shall not apply to an individual if the individual is—</text><clause id="idA3D9085C10384545B779F5547DD6C21C"><enum>(i)</enum><text>under 18 or over 50 years of age;</text></clause><clause id="idE6D0193A5BBD4AD2B36AACD0D6B11A29"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>medically certified as physically or mentally unfit for employment;</text></clause><clause id="id5176ABEBD5F64C02A4A193358DB3A2F6"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>a parent or other member of a household with responsibility for a dependent child;</text></clause><clause id="idE40495E2C8624ECAB91355B4697DF9C6"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>otherwise exempt under paragraph (1)(E); or</text></clause><clause id="id6034014B6FA84CEAB7E444E5B431A7FD"><enum>(v)</enum><text>a pregnant woman.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id807705544A064AB4B937687A43424FEE"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Waiver</header><clause commented="no" id="id46296867b2ab49dda9ca9245548d0c35"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>On the request of a State agency, the Secretary may waive the applicability of subparagraph (B) to any group of individuals in the State if the Secretary makes a determination that the area in which the individuals reside—</text><subclause commented="no" id="idfcca7464a3d3493cbd05a0fc3b5de7b8"><enum>(I)</enum><text>has an unemployment rate of over 10 percent; or</text></subclause><subclause commented="no" id="idbe2510ed9ff94cbcab86cd8f7e4d68aa"><enum>(II)</enum><text>does not have a sufficient number of jobs to provide employment for the individuals.</text></subclause></clause><clause commented="no" id="idBC627B4072E94D509028B6142FEFEC0E"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Report</header><text>The Secretary shall report the basis for a waiver under clause (i) to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id172B50DB827C4A06827187FBB3A1131A"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Subsequent eligibility</header><clause id="id17A7E3917E6349239A35D40D521BAE9A"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Regaining eligibility</header><text>An individual denied eligibility under subparagraph (B) shall regain eligibility to participate in the supplemental nutrition assistance program if, during a 30-day period, the individual—</text><subclause id="id8CF784997D4D4CB1B40442FCC8BB3A8D"><enum>(I)</enum><text>works 80 or more hours;</text></subclause><subclause id="id1A5A863FBE1C45408C6E7AE1618C4E52"><enum>(II)</enum><text>participates in and complies with the requirements of a work program for 80 or more hours, as determined by a State agency; or</text></subclause><subclause id="idC96D2A9E2C714D139A4B01632DC662AD"><enum>(III)</enum><text>participates in and complies with the requirements of a program under section 20 or a comparable program established by a State or political subdivision of a State.</text></subclause></clause><clause id="id7E18B31F2FA24CB0B5D13BA9D0D8E527"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Maintaining eligibility</header><text>An individual who regains eligibility under clause (i) shall remain eligible as long as the individual meets the requirements of clause (i), (ii), or (iii) of subparagraph (B).</text></clause><clause id="idEDD95B45DF684679BCFC422CE904A3B2"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Loss of employment</header><subclause id="idE1D0FC89CAA04E7FB0C1504786AAE02C"><enum>(I)</enum><header>In general</header><text>An individual who regained eligibility under clause (i) and who no longer meets the requirements of clause (i), (ii), or (iii) of subparagraph (B) shall remain eligible for a consecutive 3-month period, beginning on the date the individual first notifies the State agency that the individual no longer meets the requirements of clause (i), (ii), or (iii) of subparagraph (B).</text></subclause><subclause id="idF20F4F9DC32044E8B31BE196C5F8AFAE"><enum>(II)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>An individual shall not receive any benefits pursuant to subclause (I) for more than a single 3-month period in any 36-month period.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id176EFC1E7AB8473FA2D538D485F86C7F"><enum>(F)</enum><header>15-percent exemption</header><clause id="id25F2390CBA044F6B83839C6DBF4432E2"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this subparagraph:</text><subclause id="idB0A7C15F63374B5A8A5582CFAB1B8C18"><enum>(I)</enum><header>Caseload</header><text>The term <term>caseload</term> means the average monthly number of individuals receiving supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits during the 12-month period ending the preceding June 30.</text></subclause><subclause id="id264D8310E27D41508EC295A9763C8999"><enum>(II)</enum><header>Covered individual</header><text>The term <term>covered individual</term> means a member of a household that receives supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits, or an individual denied eligibility for supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits solely due to subparagraph (B), who—</text><item id="id72991DD29C63477FB9B24D439AA0CD98"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>is not eligible for an exception under subparagraph (C);</text></item><item id="id616D2250D89D46A790931E70241A70F7"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>does not reside in an area covered by a waiver granted under subparagraph (D);</text></item><item id="idE9ADD4D6F64C4BCBA2FD73FD6537CBBD"><enum>(cc)</enum><text>is not complying with clause (i), (ii), or (iii) of subparagraph (B);</text></item><item id="idE4EE34DA99D84A5389BA8319F9D89846"><enum>(dd)</enum><text>is not receiving supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits during the 3 months of eligibility provided under subparagraph (B); and</text></item><item id="id584694A3C7CD4B8FA8A29321BE9C3885"><enum>(ee)</enum><text>is not receiving supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits under subparagraph (E).</text></item></subclause></clause><clause id="idFCC4FA6495114F6092FB17E0EA0DADCA"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>General rule</header><text>Subject to clauses (iii) through (vii), a State agency may provide an exemption from the requirements of subparagraph (B) for covered individuals.</text></clause><clause id="idC7AE98512BE04C21B2496FC149ABB96E"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Fiscal year 1998</header><text>Subject to clauses (v) and (vii), for fiscal year 1998, a State agency may provide a number of exemptions such that the average monthly number of the exemptions in effect during the fiscal year does not exceed 15 percent of the number of covered individuals in the State in fiscal year 1998, as estimated by the Secretary, based on the survey conducted to carry out section 16(c) for fiscal year 1996 and such other factors as the Secretary considers appropriate due to the timing and limitations of the survey.</text></clause><clause id="idFB05422A62C34AD78E7BCC5C38D8456C"><enum>(iv)</enum><header>Subsequent fiscal years</header><text>Subject to clauses (v) through (vii), for fiscal year 1999 and each subsequent fiscal year, a State agency may provide a number of exemptions such that the average monthly number of the exemptions in effect during the fiscal year does not exceed 15 percent of the number of covered individuals in the State, as estimated by the Secretary under clause (iii), adjusted by the Secretary to reflect changes in the State's caseload and the Secretary's estimate of changes in the proportion of members of households that receive supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits covered by waivers granted under subparagraph (D).</text></clause><clause id="idED96CC6167FB49378E681D7722EEBF10"><enum>(v)</enum><header>Caseload adjustments</header><text>The Secretary shall adjust the number of individuals estimated for a State under clause (iii) or (iv) during a fiscal year if the number of members of households that receive supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits in the State varies from the State's caseload by more than 10 percent, as determined by the Secretary.</text></clause><clause id="idED68115D50ED454D83E410E1A0A6BEFD"><enum>(vi)</enum><header>Exemption adjustments</header><text>During fiscal year 1999 and each subsequent fiscal year, the Secretary shall increase or decrease the number of individuals who may be granted an exemption by a State agency under this subparagraph to the extent that the average monthly number of exemptions in effect in the State for the preceding fiscal year under this subparagraph is lesser or greater than the average monthly number of exemptions estimated for the State agency for such preceding fiscal year under this subparagraph.</text></clause><clause id="id80AF011878174AAFB52AF0F397D9735A"><enum>(vii)</enum><header>Reporting requirement</header><text>A State agency shall submit such reports to the Secretary as the Secretary determines are necessary to ensure compliance with this subparagraph.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id67ADA6A1D96C45FFBE6C8F8FD56F34CA"><enum>(G)</enum><header>Other program rules</header><text>Nothing in this paragraph shall make an individual eligible for benefits under this Act if the individual is not otherwise eligible for benefits under the other provisions of this Act.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id666E715EAE7C4241963CFBB5992887BB"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking subsection (o).</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id05042FA707414685A00464684378BBD1"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Employment and training programs that meet State and local workforce needs</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 6(d)(4) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2015">7 U.S.C. 2015(d)(4)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="id02BBF7D5055448F599C8B314A7181B30"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A)—</text><subparagraph id="idBDAE4B98EAE14FA7A1535017A778A7C5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in clause (i)—</text><clause id="idD56AF230B3B846818EB3DD4183457259"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>, in consultation with the State workforce development board, or, if the State demonstrates that consultation with private employers or employer organizations would be more effective or efficient, in consultation with private employers or employer organizations,</quote> after <quote>designed by the State agency</quote>; and</text></clause><clause id="idB9D3F17BA6A14687BCEC07935E9F9D2A"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>that will increase their ability to obtain regular employment.</quote> and inserting the following: “that will—</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB32FE164EB624217A2A8DAF55AC43B5B" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subclause id="id0B8B7AFA491840A2B34035816CAEF31A"><enum>(I)</enum><text>increase the ability of the household members to obtain regular employment; and</text></subclause><subclause id="id43B39DCF7B45417A8E579A248184D63D"><enum>(II)</enum><text>meet State or local workforce needs.</text></subclause><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idB75EE5A9EE5A4482A056A5740CBE22D0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in clause (ii), by inserting <quote>and implemented to meet the purposes of clause (i)</quote> after <quote>under this paragraph</quote>;</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id728CCE0F7FDE4B2F84C4B1C0F87C2554"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B)—</text><subparagraph id="id601607C94BE04A0AA87E28A49C958B3B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in clause (iv), by redesignating subclauses (I) and (II) as items (aa) and (bb), respectively, and indenting appropriately;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idBC4F3359EB524A6FA5A2CD6420BBC430"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by redesignating clauses (i) through (vii) and clause (viii) as subclauses (I) through (VII) and subclause (IX), respectively, and indenting appropriately;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id1F90A043233E4696A8A66D434F4B00C0"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by inserting after subclause (VII) (as so redesignated) the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id39CA73291BBD485B92DEC390A73FCCAE" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subclause commented="no" id="id9E1E612204C34FEB989C008DFB9CDCDB"><enum>(VIII)</enum><text>Programs or activities described in subclauses (I) through (XII) of clause (iv) of section 16(h)(1)(F) that the Secretary determines, based on the results of the applicable independent evaluations conducted under clause (vii)(I) of that section, are effective at increasing employment or earnings for households participating in a pilot project under that section.</text></subclause><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idA2799FF9D1D745348799979FE58C6980"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in the matter preceding subclause (I) (as so redesignated)—</text><clause id="id8E9AEA70D6A54490A62600A18D3B91E0"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>this subparagraph</quote> and inserting <quote>this clause</quote>;</text></clause><clause id="id4eea612d35da4d35acf7f6870154a149"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>and a program containing a component under subclause (I) shall contain at least 1 additional component</quote> before the colon; and</text></clause><clause id="id9BD0FDE6028E456D9E48DA27E32704E7"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>(B) For purposes of this Act, an</quote> and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1EE22C03EB6449EAA73489DC28B5E4BB" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subparagraph id="idEB4FB9071E814C5D89FE6131178D87A6"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this Act:</text><clause id="idF405A4615C4C4F68B4D30FC7C5EA5990"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Employment and training program</header><text>The term</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idE9CEEDA20B8F48A7B907972805656952"><enum>(E)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2458370BFAE9406CB0622C21B4FAD269" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><clause commented="no" id="idA6225D85D7C74F3AB279877A88DC9C46"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Workforce partnership</header><subclause commented="no" id="idD298C02264684FE79787C93B35C166E9"><enum>(I)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The term <term>workforce partnership</term> means a program that—</text><item commented="no" id="id1C3E9525CF544C939359E95D894C13A4"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>is operated by a private employer, an organization representing private employers, or a nonprofit organization providing services relating to workforce development;</text></item><item commented="no" id="idCAD8C646F3DB4430B1F92B7A7E1E6DD0"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>the Secretary or the State agency certifies—</text><subitem commented="no" id="id28cf22a0fcbd4e5385e4631e571d356e"><enum>(AA)</enum><text>subject to subparagraph (N)(ii), would assist participants who are members of households participating in the supplemental nutrition assistance program in gaining high-quality, work-relevant skills, training, work, or experience that will increase the ability of the participants to obtain regular employment;</text></subitem><subitem commented="no" id="idCD958F08DC3847358DA6951BE47DD1AB"><enum>(BB)</enum><text>subject to subparagraph (N)(ii), would provide participants with not fewer than 20 hours per week of training, work, or experience under subitem (AA);</text></subitem><subitem commented="no" id="id2769425dfad54796ba68862276ed67b9"><enum>(CC)</enum><text>would not use any funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act;</text></subitem><subitem id="idabd33d350e6d4ee1b7c887cd1efc06f1"><enum>(DD)</enum><text>would provide sufficient information, on request by the State agency, for the State agency to determine that participants who are members of households participating in the supplemental nutrition assistance program are fulfilling any applicable work requirement under this subsection;</text></subitem><subitem id="id8839398239a54ab799e67a8a3dd62f84"><enum>(EE)</enum><text>would be willing to serve as a reference for participants who are members of households participating in the supplemental nutrition assistance program for future employment or work-related programs; and</text></subitem><subitem commented="no" id="id45722a3f4d094f598fe33bc88e75bc5d"><enum>(FF)</enum><text>meets any other criteria established by the Secretary, on the condition that the Secretary shall not establish any additional criteria that would impose significant paperwork burdens on the workforce partnership; and</text></subitem></item><item commented="no" id="id93618C46042E4DD0A3D6D9BF53C48702"><enum>(cc)</enum><text>is in compliance with the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/29/201">29 U.S.C. 201</external-xref> et seq.), if applicable.</text></item></subclause><subclause commented="no" id="id5007EA95C8E446518E943CC09376706F"><enum>(II)</enum><header>Inclusion</header><text>The term <term>workforce partnership</term> includes a multistate program.</text></subclause></clause><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idbd6e4e77e1ec45858f06dc016da74f74"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subparagraph (E)—</text><subparagraph id="id4B47E5D8BFD5416EB31F0B88871DE9E5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the second sentence, by striking <quote>Such requirements</quote> and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD83524B0FCE44EABA7643F5EEED1B06C" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><clause id="id9AD3D0B5D1BA4B02AE31762A03D01BD8"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Variation</header><text>The requirements under clause (i)</text></clause><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id10A0B39590964A00B63A82B1DA44DCF7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>(E) Each State</quote> and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1D870FA7B986495AB5D1CEFE5575B5C1" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subparagraph id="id41A1EED1702C4B35A7DE47CA4556D26D"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Requirements for participation for certain individuals</header><clause id="idD5CFFC3B5BAF4DD88442A3824D5C9D14"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Each State</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idFD5714E31F134FC6B67603C9C8C21CB0"><enum>(C)</enum><text>adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id72149325CEE3442D93CCCF51DA4CC991" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><clause id="idCE1E7814CDB8423BA120B92F254D785F"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Application to workforce partnerships</header><text>To the extent that a State agency requires an individual to participate in an employment and training program, the State agency shall consider an individual participating in a workforce partnership to be in compliance with the employment and training requirements.</text></clause><after-quoted-block>; </after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id88B7B25468A744B0A238E41180E242F7"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subparagraph (H), by striking <quote>(B)(v)</quote> and inserting <quote>(B)(i)(V)</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idB3A834B19A704ED3A5752038A10C21F7"><enum>(5)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id76918256202743C3ADA97CEA572E458E" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subparagraph id="id06911c8ac3d747afbe7744c108d3b3d9"><enum>(N)</enum><header>Workforce partnerships</header><clause id="idf79390c204f64da6b9f7218767a3b379"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>A work registrant may participate in a workforce partnership to comply with the requirements of paragraph (1)(A)(ii) and paragraph (2).</text></clause><clause id="idb0427f651d6c4d76a48c8c1d130da2b3"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Certification</header><text>In certifying that a program meets the requirements of subitems (AA) and (BB) of subparagraph (B)(ii)(I)(bb) to be certified as a workforce partnership, the Secretary or the State agency shall require that the program submit to the Secretary or State agency sufficient information that describes—</text><subclause id="id9ce21580ffd04e45897d51bbe5db7460"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the services and activities of the program that would provide participants with not fewer than 20 hours per week of training, work, or experience under those subitems; and</text></subclause><subclause id="id3f59276a935540d6bd9bb026fc4bdfa6"><enum>(II)</enum><text>how the program would provide services and activities described in subclause (I) that would directly enhance the employability or job readiness of the participant.</text></subclause></clause><clause id="id101e4854c2fc45bf92371d5b794760f3"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Supplement, not supplant</header><text>A State agency may use a workforce partnership to supplement, not to supplant, the employment and training program of the State agency.</text></clause><clause id="id222a1575361f4cec9ce53630346368a9"><enum>(iv)</enum><header>Participation</header><text>A State agency may provide information on workforce partnerships, if available, to any member of a household participating in the supplemental nutrition assistance program, but may not require any member of a household to participate in a workforce partnership.</text></clause><clause id="id0e97e2763eb04289ac918041b1fbee3c"><enum>(v)</enum><header>Effect</header><subclause id="id5267fada28814e569fcda3d72f1f05fa"><enum>(I)</enum><header>In general</header><text>A workforce partnership shall not replace the employment or training of an individual not participating in the workforce partnership.</text></subclause><subclause id="idfe1ef0822f6943128ff6ae9692271698"><enum>(II)</enum><header>Selection</header><text>Nothing in this subsection affects the criteria or screening process for selecting participants by a workforce partnership.</text></subclause></clause><clause id="ide91c1fa028014bdeb400653e4fbd3a12"><enum>(vi)</enum><header>Limitation on reporting requirements</header><text>In carrying out this subparagraph, the Secretary and each applicable State agency shall limit the reporting requirements of a workforce partnership to—</text><subclause id="id106c9018b07c44d2b09de50186fd8d81"><enum>(I)</enum><text>on notification that an individual is receiving supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits, notifying the applicable State agency that the individual is participating in the workforce partnership;</text></subclause><subclause id="idabc5db235c2441aaad233f7ba71b0671"><enum>(II)</enum><text>identifying participants who have completed or are no longer participating in the workforce partnership;</text></subclause><subclause id="id128a2d4607c448a7804e0fa5e1783223"><enum>(III)</enum><text>identifying changes to the workforce partnership that result in the workforce partnership no longer meeting the certification requirements of the Secretary or the State agency under subparagraph (B)(ii)(I)(bb); and</text></subclause><subclause id="idc1413a4c8fa6419db735fc39192c70b5"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>providing sufficient information, on request by the State agency, for the State agency to verify that a participant is fulfilling any applicable work requirements under this subsection.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id318d4a2a3ec4478f966dfcd93c41b571"><enum>(O)</enum><header>Referral of certain individuals</header><clause id="id602DD74CD5E84942B4744CFFB504352F"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>In accordance with such regulations as may be issued by the Secretary, with respect to any individual who is not eligible for an exemption under paragraph (1)(E) and who is determined by an employment and training program component to be ill-suited to participate in the employment and training program component, the State agency shall—</text><subclause id="idd2794b1f3708473f9bd53599e200fa30"><enum>(I)</enum><text>refer the individual to an appropriate employment and training program component;</text></subclause><subclause id="idad00fcf5b4404402a7649b94fcb05afb"><enum>(II)</enum><text>refer the individual to an appropriate workforce partnership, if available;</text></subclause><subclause id="idc90f36d976c14b1c9ec19a11ba635110"><enum>(III)</enum><text>reassess the physical and mental fitness of the individual under paragraph (1)(A); or</text></subclause><subclause id="id8e22bc5e41644fbfaaae57db43249914"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>to the maximum extent practicable, coordinate with other Federal, State, or local workforce or assistance programs to identify work opportunities or assistance for the individual.</text></subclause></clause><clause id="id5FA89AF075E647FF9B8D25CD565496C3"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Process</header><text>In carrying out clause (i), the State agency shall ensure that an individual undergoing and complying with the process established under that clause shall not be found to have refused without good cause to participate in an employment and training program.</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id376F339B4E914410994AC870F04B9B5C"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Updating work-related pilot projects</header><paragraph id="id8E39EE6366934671B21246214432D06D"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 16(h) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2025">7 U.S.C. 2025(h)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><subparagraph id="idCB7C45F9724D45428B55020C3ABB582C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)—</text><clause id="idEF1B95CFE9544EB49C35FE01D2C57E57"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B)(ii), by striking <quote>6(o)</quote> and inserting <quote>6(d)(2)</quote>;</text></clause><clause id="id720ED6F5195B4E25943E60B67AF3FF12"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (E)—</text><subclause id="id8F27D9AD84D84016A6D0ABA82F8841CA"><enum>(I)</enum><text>in clause (i)—</text><item id="idCAD0F2378021496F9A6F57F876D53260"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>in subclause (I), by striking <quote>6(o)(3)</quote> and inserting <quote>6(d)(2)(C)</quote>; and</text></item><item id="id7432A8A93738431CB344E425F96D0054"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>in subclause (II), by striking <quote>subparagraph (B) or (C) of section 6(o)(2)</quote> and inserting <quote>clause (ii) or (iii) of section 6(d)(2)(B)</quote>; and</text></item></subclause><subclause id="id57A7F2F509004D4AB9E9FD69D73167F7"><enum>(II)</enum><text>in clause (ii)—</text><item id="idC127674DDF8548F49B8FD06CFEA6010A"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>in the matter preceding subclause (I), by striking <quote>subparagraph (B) or (C) of section 6(o)(2)</quote> and inserting <quote>clause (ii) or (iii) of section 6(d)(2)(B)</quote>;</text></item><item id="id8108256EDBCD4494A7E0C69847D7F96F"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>in subclause (I), by striking <quote>6(o)(2)</quote> and inserting <quote>6(d)(2)(B)</quote>;</text></item><item id="id600B0E45BBE945DBB7BF7CB1AEA8312A"><enum>(cc)</enum><text>in subclause (II), by striking <quote>6(o)(3)</quote> and inserting <quote>6(d)(2)(C)</quote>;</text></item><item id="idAFD1B15F58B74B4B8862DD31054D221F"><enum>(dd)</enum><text>in subclause (III), by striking <quote>6(o)(4)</quote> and inserting <quote>6(d)(2)(D)</quote>; and</text></item><item id="id1D507B61932E48AFA81846AF24BB8B94"><enum>(ee)</enum><text>in subclause (IV), by striking <quote>6(o)(6)</quote> and inserting <quote>6(d)(2)(F)</quote>; and</text></item></subclause></clause><clause id="id93A8BD6ED9CB432289335A05B486E07E"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (F)—</text><subclause id="id78297CE6CEE24684A1D59387F5C4C575"><enum>(I)</enum><text>in clause (ii)(III)(ee)(AA), by striking <quote>6(o)</quote> and inserting <quote>6(d)(2)</quote>;</text></subclause><subclause commented="no" id="id8490367AC9F94A33B3D9C521B414B5A7"><enum>(II)</enum><text>in clause (viii)—</text><item id="idB539DEC9995F498AAF2032764E497233"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>in subclause (III), by striking <quote>September 30, 2018</quote> and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id2DD93027D8B7411DA134097B98F55832" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><text>September 30, 2023, for—</text><item id="id034B0BEE26E84BD1A559E6D96D783806"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>the continuation of pilot projects being carried out under this subparagraph as of the date of enactment of the <short-title>Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018</short-title>, if the pilot projects meet the limitations described in subclause (II); and</text></item><item id="id77533B958E57437F938A86D4FC8973A5"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>additional pilot projects authorized under clause (x).</text></item><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></item><item commented="no" id="id976e0ed20c124839aa580cc8dd2eb004"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id299cb10ad39141158f23ef0567f100cf" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subclause commented="no" id="idfb01795537bc4d24939ae2c8bde75f4c"><enum>(IV)</enum><header>Funds for additional pilot projects</header><text>From amounts made available under section 18(a)(1), the Secretary shall use to carry out clause (x) $92,500,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 and 2020, to remain available until expended.</text></subclause><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></item></subclause><subclause id="idCFC86795959C4724AED60DE04DB750E0"><enum>(III)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9A634DAD5F374F0E95A5F8BFE4356DD2" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><clause commented="no" id="id8e247257b7bc43ce93c0d0c3f93bac10"><enum>(x)</enum><header>Authority to carry out additional pilot projects</header><subclause commented="no" id="id45c8b5a67a324830b1b269207b0113fc"><enum>(I)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subject to the availability of funds under clause (viii), the Secretary may carry out 8 or more additional pilot projects using a competitive grant process.</text></subclause><subclause commented="no" id="id4acf37d7cad3478abc3364392c922c82"><enum>(II)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>Except as otherwise provided in this clause, a pilot project under this clause shall meet the criteria described in clauses (i), (ii)(II)(bb), and (iii) through (vi) and items (aa) through (dd) of clause (ii)(III).</text></subclause><subclause id="id6C66C040730049E7B30121FA8BB4E4E7"><enum>(III)</enum><header>Evaluation and reporting</header><item id="id798c5ff3248d4344963877e4927f7d7e"><enum>(aa)</enum><header>Optional evaluation</header><subitem id="iddbe51276c5eb43e5a61beae2db12c0e8"><enum>(AA)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall have the option to conduct an independent longitudinal evaluation of pilot projects carried out under this clause, in accordance with clause (vii)(I).</text></subitem><subitem id="id51e85cd6e7094f2db3ad4fd77f627edd"><enum>(BB)</enum><header>Qualifying criteria</header><text>If the Secretary determines to conduct an independent longitudinal evaluation under subitem (AA), to be eligible to participate in a pilot project under this clause, a State agency shall agree to participate in the evaluation described in clause (vii), including providing evidence that the State has a robust data collection system for program administration and is cooperating to make available State data on the employment activities and post-participation employment, earnings, and public benefit receipt of participants to ensure proper and timely evaluation.</text></subitem></item><item id="id3dfc651652de4c4086130ce52c465018"><enum>(bb)</enum><header>Reporting</header><text>If the Secretary determines not to conduct an independent longitudinal evaluation under item (aa), subject to such terms and conditions as the Secretary determines to be appropriate and not less frequently than annually, each State agency participating in a pilot project carried out under this clause shall submit to the Secretary a report that describes the results of the pilot project.</text></item></subclause><subclause commented="no" id="id3f7cd2e245414aed875ec389dd74857f"><enum>(IV)</enum><header>Voluntary activities</header><text>Except as provided in subclause (VIII), employment and training activities under a pilot project carried out under this clause shall be voluntary for work registrants.</text></subclause><subclause commented="no" id="id0b05d141451a46aabf8040e9d8209524"><enum>(V)</enum><header>Eligibility</header><text>To be eligible to participate in a pilot project carried out under this clause, a State agency shall commit to maintain at least the amount of State funding for employment and training programs and services under paragraphs (2) and (3) and under section 20 as the State expended for fiscal year 2018.</text></subclause><subclause commented="no" id="idaf76fdad8f5648c78ed42012e31f1164"><enum>(VI)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>In carrying out pilot projects under this clause, the Secretary shall not be subject to the limitation described in clause (viii)(II)(aa).</text></subclause><subclause commented="no" id="idca794a92e5b245ff9e8e6e598e15fbbe"><enum>(VII)</enum><header>Priority</header><text>In selecting pilot projects under this clause, the Secretary may give priority to pilot projects that—</text><item commented="no" id="idda61fa202b604e16bdd7fed202beabae"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>are targeted to—</text><subitem commented="no" id="id295477fdae5040d9adadad62911b2ad1"><enum>(AA)</enum><text>individuals 50 years of age or older;</text></subitem><subitem commented="no" id="ide7659430a83a4775902f4ff89ea9a528"><enum>(BB)</enum><text>formerly incarcerated individuals;</text></subitem><subitem commented="no" id="id6e9ff1c5d9fb4c4ba0521a7487832f01"><enum>(CC)</enum><text>individuals participating in a substance abuse treatment program.</text></subitem><subitem commented="no" id="id4ea2ced3dc9247fdae64dc09677f2db8"><enum>(DD)</enum><text>homeless individuals;</text></subitem><subitem commented="no" id="iddb4c5a52f6a04865a678e0c552dd97c3"><enum>(EE)</enum><text>people with disabilities seeking to enter the workforce; or</text></subitem><subitem commented="no" id="id796735527c824f6aa151222ab0e1acd2"><enum>(FF)</enum><text>other individuals with substantial barriers to employment; or</text></subitem></item><item commented="no" id="ida48bd5a2246a43f78fa34167edecdb00"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>support employment and workforce participation through an integrated and family-focused approach in providing supportive services.</text></item></subclause><subclause commented="no" id="idd711a622542941c8b0c16777b4dd855f"><enum>(VIII)</enum><header>Pilot projects for mandatory participation in employment and training activities</header><text>A State agency may be eligible to participate in a pilot project under this clause to test programs that assign work registrants to mandatory participation in employment and training activities, on the conditions that—</text><item commented="no" id="ide7d58dcf9c7f4de2833aff477b1f0b26"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>the pilot project provides individualized case management designed to help remove barriers to employment for participants; and</text></item><item commented="no" id="id4c45cdd25d0b4648aa4b272b8ef26558"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>a work registrant is not assigned to employment and training activities primarily consisting of job search, job search training, or workforce activities.</text></item></subclause></clause><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idEF8365B5A36A4656A0F59A7A8D174620"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (5)—</text><clause id="id89AD8C90BBC14D87AC5C33923DB30B15"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A)—</text><subclause id="id67420B4DBAD74658B30457363DE987BF"><enum>(I)</enum><text>in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking <quote>section 6(d)(4)</quote> and inserting <quote>this paragraph</quote>; and</text></subclause><subclause id="id2439D398A39B46FDAA4E6DD5260E20C2"><enum>(II)</enum><text>by redesignating clauses (i) and (ii) as subclauses (I) and (II), respectively, and indenting appropriately;</text></subclause></clause><clause id="id925BA7B3941144EDBDB67506C59BF468"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B)—</text><subclause id="id3869B706B6BC4B0CBC0F9FD5EF921846"><enum>(I)</enum><text>in clause (ii), by redesignating subclauses (I) and (II) as items (aa) and (bb), respectively, and indenting appropriately;</text></subclause><subclause id="id9C4396F3A17E437681CB0D672A0D92E2"><enum>(II)</enum><text>in clause (iv)—</text><item id="id68D5B631C8C943AA8E970BEB27EF6758"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>in the matter preceding subclause (I), by striking <quote>clause (iii)</quote> and inserting <quote>subclause (III)</quote>;</text></item><item id="id7898B83621874FBFA63DF16C39873022"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>in subclause (IV)—</text><subitem id="id6C098205D5C24C93A04B3F4DF4E4F720"><enum>(AA)</enum><text>in item (cc), by striking <quote>section 6(b)</quote> and inserting <quote>subsection (b)</quote>; and</text></subitem><subitem id="id70E89ACDD2144AA49C78D8956A992DD6"><enum>(BB)</enum><text>by redesignating items (aa) through (cc) as subitems (AA) through (CC), respectively, and indenting appropriately; and</text></subitem></item><item id="id1AB2EA5BD5964251B5D28E52DB497DA6"><enum>(cc)</enum><text>by redesignating subclauses (I) through (V) as items (aa) through (ee), respectively, and indenting appropriately;</text></item></subclause><subclause id="idF39A7F3FC5D244BA8709EDF31E9DDA4E"><enum>(III)</enum><text>by redesignating clauses (i) through (iv) as subclauses (I) through (IV), respectively, and indenting appropriately; and</text></subclause><subclause id="id01B0272AF7FD43AD9190750BA0301FC2"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id68F593D7330743B596E1AF80EB11854D" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subclause id="id220befe29f0045679a6125d86b2cc254"><enum>(V)</enum><header>State option</header><text>The State agency may report relevant data from a workforce partnership carried out under subparagraph (N) to demonstrate the number of program participants served by the workforce partnership.</text></subclause><after-quoted-block>; </after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subclause></clause><clause id="id86401EA778754262A6D9905FF965DB2A"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (C)—</text><subclause id="id81FD5BCEA92543028871B7D2826381A4"><enum>(I)</enum><text>in clause (iii), by striking <quote>and</quote> after the semicolon;</text></subclause><subclause id="id9AFD09408D9249CAB683F1EA678E9ECE"><enum>(II)</enum><text>in clause (iv)—</text><item id="id9B001DB5CA504B01BCE39C95B9DF81F7"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>in the matter preceding subclause (I)—</text><subitem id="id6C49BC29B94446C8891050652C5DD0CC"><enum>(AA)</enum><text>by striking <quote>paragraph (1)(E)</quote> and inserting <quote>subparagraph (E) of section 16(h)(1)</quote>; and</text></subitem><subitem id="id17D592BBB3784D948A1C35E0E13AC65D"><enum>(BB)</enum><text>by striking <quote>paragraph (1)</quote> and inserting <quote>that section</quote>;</text></subitem></item><item id="id4A4B3C1F695340F991A2DED56D2090D2"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>in subclause (I)—</text><subitem id="id80783A2DC4A74D2E8A66FD5D327CA7A9"><enum>(AA)</enum><text>by striking <quote>paragraph (1)(E)(ii)</quote> and inserting <quote>section 16(h)(1)(E)(ii)</quote>; and</text></subitem><subitem id="id170AEF6F791045D1B5F04FACB162A581"><enum>(BB)</enum><text>by striking <quote>subparagraph (B) or (C) of section 6(o)(2)</quote> and inserting <quote>clause (ii) or (iii) of paragraph (2)(B)</quote>;</text></subitem></item><item id="id7CCD77E3ADC747219CDA6EA30B0B0FED"><enum>(cc)</enum><text>in subclause (II), by striking <quote>paragraph (1)(E)</quote> and inserting <quote>section 16(h)(1)(E)</quote>; and</text></item><item id="idCB13C51BC5774ED8A20CE860DB9A26E0"><enum>(dd)</enum><text>by redesignating subclauses (I) through (III) as items (aa) through (cc), respectively, and indenting appropriately;</text></item></subclause><subclause id="id4CF840480362439EB5A4A0A819C8F793"><enum>(III)</enum><text>by redesignating clauses (i), (ii), (iii), and (iv) as subclauses (I), (II), (IV), and (VI), respectively, and indenting appropriately;</text></subclause><subclause id="id39DBA090C3A449398D6805F1E7572FCD"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>by inserting after subclause (II) (as so redesignated) the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCCA2CB68DF854545A579EC1D0195DBEE" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subclause id="idED2376BFED4A4E15B34A10E3FBCB6F6C"><enum>(III)</enum><text>that the State agency has consulted with the State workforce board or, if appropriate, private employers or employer organizations, in the design of the employment and training program;</text></subclause><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subclause><subclause id="id308677B8242948988B42229300ADEB49"><enum>(V)</enum><text>by inserting after subclause (IV) (as so redesignated) the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAA35FE706F194F57A4CEE7796EC549E9" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subclause id="id8395b8b321ad4a55b7a03783f9fc7ec9"><enum>(V)</enum><text>that the employment and training program components of the State agency are responsive to State or local workforce needs; and</text></subclause><after-quoted-block>; </after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subclause></clause><clause id="id7E0420556FC74CB3A5029BCCEBD4E5DE"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>in subparagraph (D), by striking <quote>subparagraph (B)</quote> and inserting <quote>clause (ii)</quote>;</text></clause><clause id="idB5CA80CE17F946D7BAC4F622CF0694FF"><enum>(v)</enum><text>in subparagraph (E), by inserting <quote>or that the employment and training program is not adequately meeting State or local workforce needs</quote> after <quote>is inadequate</quote>;</text></clause><clause id="id5FF94C72F31A4FEA8B97219FB9CD5E6A"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>in subparagraph (F)—</text><subclause id="id55DA1A543C884EB2B474ABD8D0A2114B"><enum>(I)</enum><text>in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking <quote>October 1, 2016</quote> and inserting <quote>October 1, 2020</quote>;</text></subclause><subclause id="idC8F687F80E604ADEA081858878A1244A"><enum>(II)</enum><text>in clause (i), by striking <quote>and</quote> after the semicolon;</text></subclause><subclause id="id9FE234792A9B48EDBF72B77817304FA0"><enum>(III)</enum><text>in clause (ii), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>;</text></subclause><subclause id="id974B4151BC3A46ED92D4C3991171489E"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>by redesignating clauses (i) and (ii) as subclauses (I) and (II), respectively, and indenting appropriately; and</text></subclause><subclause id="id996354F4F19A48A7B41AED1C6E795D34"><enum>(V)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC0F739AFD04242C7B6AC62D333C89C06" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subclause id="id30F72D8E20F24CD99033D6858192BE99"><enum>(III)</enum><text>are meeting State or local workforce needs.</text></subclause><after-quoted-block>; </after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subclause></clause><clause id="id3232092D58BB4E74901CEB193B7AEF60"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>by redesignating subparagraphs (A) through (F) (as so amended) as clauses (i) through (vi), respectively, and indenting appropriately; and</text></clause><clause id="id6D851B8E4D5A4F80B0F38D203F7DD010"><enum>(viii)</enum><text>by redesignating the paragraph as subparagraph (P), indenting the subparagraph appropriately, and moving the subparagraph so as to appear after subparagraph (O) of section 6(d)(4) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2015">7 U.S.C. 2015(d)(4)</external-xref>) (as added by subsection (b)(5)).</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id291F2FF8D8944D15B8C516F4F75A7816"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Research, demonstration, and evaluations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 17 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2026">7 U.S.C. 2026</external-xref>) is amended—</text><subparagraph id="id90E1A8A1F4574D9E8874D8373C39F232"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (b)—</text><clause commented="no" id="idAD60DD2EC34A47519F9FF01BD8C7A2BF"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking paragraphs (2) and (3);</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="id04F7FD289E6148F89BF5738EBA2C5826"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>(b)(1)(A) The Secretary</quote> and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC1AC2A87B17F4870836BBEDE8C18CAF9" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subsection commented="no" id="id099EC518D29548E5AF83CF424231E521"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Demonstration projects; pilot projects</header><paragraph commented="no" id="id0CC78A35E2DF435DBFA6C5653B021B47"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause><clause id="id3BD838CA8F3747C5AF65E08E4F8D1C8E"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (1) (as so designated)—</text><subclause id="idACA96CFAEC504645962B0921560C8141"><enum>(I)</enum><text>in subparagraph (D)—</text><item id="idA5C66BC9A5C348CC83B75F5935F46237"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>in clause (i), in the matter preceding subclause (I), by striking <quote>subparagraph (A)</quote> and inserting <quote>paragraph (1)</quote>;</text></item><item id="idCD14147D16174652B74371D243E920CA"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>in clause (ii), by striking <quote>clause (i)</quote> and inserting <quote>subparagraph (A)</quote>; and</text></item><item id="idEBD70B1C8BF746F6B83986E62F046BF7"><enum>(cc)</enum><text>in clause (iii), by striking <quote>clause (i)(III)</quote> and inserting <quote>subparagraph (A)(iii)</quote>;</text></item></subclause><subclause id="id88074EB69AB44FD3B4ABCF27A65FFE81"><enum>(II)</enum><text>by redesignating subparagraph (D) as paragraph (4), and indenting appropriately;</text></subclause><subclause commented="no" id="id783512094EF54B99924F9438DFF7B4A0"><enum>(III)</enum><text>in subparagraph (C), by striking <quote>(C)(i) No waiver</quote> and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id06B8B3C59B2345A2AF8492E045502965" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><paragraph commented="no" id="idC83B315259344C6790D46C6457649431"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Restrictions</header><subparagraph commented="no" id="id34B5ACD51A3647B08DA002E13AD5C638"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>No waiver</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subclause><subclause id="id42105757433F49C19CD3C2D40E65782C"><enum>(IV)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (B)—</text><item id="id46B547F5E12D431B98F89D43A415A213"><enum>(aa)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in clause (i), in the matter preceding subclause (I), by striking <quote>subparagraph (A)</quote> and inserting <quote>paragraph (1)</quote>;</text></item><item id="id518E3F79D1164FA19FEDAD96820B5FEF"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>in clause (ii)—</text><subitem id="idEE43C022726944F6B03C9D12E014AAC8"><enum>(AA)</enum><text>in the matter preceding subclause (I), by striking <quote>subparagraph (A)</quote> and inserting <quote>paragraph (1)</quote>; and</text></subitem><subitem id="id65D4217CBE9D49E6B13D1A0FCDFF0B01"><enum>(BB)</enum><text>in subclause (IV), by striking <quote>this paragraph</quote> and inserting <quote>this subsection</quote>;</text></subitem></item><item id="idCC437D3A4CD3411F90822B7D55ABA6C7"><enum>(cc)</enum><text>in clause (iii), in the matter preceding subclause (I), by striking <quote>subparagraph (A)</quote> and inserting <quote>paragraph (1)</quote>;</text></item><item id="id5F258FE98F6F4126BBFA49A4D3102D24"><enum>(dd)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in clause (iv)—</text><subitem id="idF93ADA55239E4BE4AE71C42CF46608CB"><enum>(AA)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the matter preceding subclause (I), by striking <quote>subparagraph (A)</quote> and inserting <quote>paragraph (1)</quote>;</text></subitem><subitem commented="no" id="id4557DFE39F83402691E63A046F2C6642"><enum>(BB)</enum><text>in subclause (I), by striking <quote>the date of enactment of this subparagraph</quote> and inserting <quote>August 22, 1996</quote>;</text></subitem><subitem commented="no" id="id8C1F69917EEE4A71A2DF6DA975431507"><enum>(CC)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subclause (III)(aa), by striking <quote>3(n)</quote> and inserting <quote>3(q)</quote>;</text></subitem><subitem commented="no" id="id35E83ACAAA114D478D8C6E60EA2A2AD2"><enum>(DD)</enum><text>in subclause (III)(dd), by striking <quote>(2)(B)</quote> and inserting <quote>(1)(E)(ii)</quote>;</text></subitem><subitem commented="no" id="id584BBF3CFBF54E42A167999F473D0DF6"><enum>(EE)</enum><text>in subclause (III)(ii), by striking <quote>this paragraph</quote> and inserting <quote>this subsection</quote>; and</text></subitem><subitem commented="no" id="idCB667AACB5D04EC9A7B16E4C89F2BB7E"><enum>(FF)</enum><text>in subclause (IV)(bb), by striking <quote>this subclause</quote> and inserting <quote>this clause</quote>; and</text></subitem></item><item commented="no" id="id1742406EF6DC46A1B68AE14C30D405FA"><enum>(ee)</enum><text>in clause (vi), by striking <quote>this paragraph</quote> and inserting <quote>this subsection</quote>; and</text></item></subclause><subclause commented="no" id="idD022BC64D1BE4B81BB4F3468E4D3CF17"><enum>(V)</enum><text>by redesignating subparagraph (B) as paragraph (2) and indenting appropriately;</text></subclause></clause><clause commented="no" id="id20A20044F0B44AA090E59CBD8A37F174"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>in paragraph (2) (as so redesignated)—</text><subclause commented="no" id="idFB7FAAB8D87B478B8D60FD9148FAB1E2"><enum>(I)</enum><text>by redesignating clauses (i) through (vi) as subparagraphs (A) through (F), respectively, and indenting appropriately;</text></subclause><subclause commented="no" id="id58BF18460CA74F13B8240D196BF08566"><enum>(II)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A) (as so redesignated), by redesignating subclauses (I) and (II) as clauses (i) and (ii), respectively, and indenting appropriately;</text></subclause><subclause commented="no" id="id635FF1EE85CD4A74B469DDA0F9D02AA5"><enum>(III)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B) (as so redesignated), by redesignating subclauses (I) through (IV) as clauses (i) through (iv), respectively, and indenting appropriately;</text></subclause><subclause commented="no" id="id4EEACD25EFEE413B86B8F4CBCDA11FFC"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>in subparagraph (C) (as so redesignated), by redesignating subclauses (I) and (II) as clauses (i) and (ii), respectively, and indenting appropriately; and</text></subclause><subclause commented="no" id="idCBD19A54F08B4D9BB06E5848E4634BEC"><enum>(V)</enum><text>in subparagraph (D) (as so redesignated)—</text><item commented="no" id="idA856F18E54C848A48063A85E7349318E"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>by redesignating subclauses (I) through (VII) as clauses (i) through (vii), respectively, and indenting appropriately;</text></item><item commented="no" id="idA4668729A516435C99AB215D7F4FD396"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>in clause (iii) (as so redesignated), by redesignating items (aa) through (jj) as subclauses (I) through (X), respectively, and indenting appropriately; and</text></item><item commented="no" id="id333D7F8B664B41E2B5912C11533E7D87"><enum>(cc)</enum><text>in clause (iv) (as so redesignated), by redesignating items (aa) and (bb) as subclauses (I) and (II), respectively, and indenting appropriately;</text></item></subclause></clause><clause commented="no" id="id2593CE61ADCA4DD6BCCCF3A3074C80BD"><enum>(v)</enum><text>in paragraph (3) (as so redesignated)—</text><subclause commented="no" id="id49E6BB9356BA4B1DA3CDF03724B78BBA"><enum>(I)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A) (as so redesignated)—</text><item commented="no" id="id5879B9A05FAA4DC8A13DB94C391C21A5"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>in the matter preceding subclause (I), by striking <quote>the date of enactment of this subparagraph</quote> and inserting <quote>November 28, 1990</quote>; and</text></item><item commented="no" id="id73F31BF6616F4CFEB24CE5FB0C2326F6"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>in clause (ii), by striking <quote>(ii) Clause (i)</quote> and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB41BFE4F0EEC4959A6D8FFCF10D5A1E0" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subparagraph commented="no" id="id6C522E2E91C54217B4A9E7EC9FCD8ACC"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Application</header><text>Subparagraph (A)</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></item></subclause><subclause commented="no" id="idD599EDAA41B94667A2DD01D90BBA16EA"><enum>(II)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A) (as so redesignated), by redesignating subclauses (I) and (II) as clauses (i) and (ii), respectively, and indenting appropriately; and</text></subclause></clause><clause id="idF9A84DA66F2243A99242CF364DF38C64"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>in paragraph (4) (as so redesignated)—</text><subclause id="idF5B12A57D7734FFABC0E1DF6A44C3FFD"><enum>(I)</enum><text>by redesignating clauses (i) through (iii) as subparagraphs (A) through (C), respectively, and indenting appropriately; and</text></subclause><subclause id="id0D040B4639CD4FB2ADC921AEC3436773"><enum>(II)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A) (as so redesignated), by redesignating subclauses (I) through (IV) as clauses (i) through (iv), respectively, and indenting appropriately;</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="idB4B87165B6DF4D6EA3CF4132392FE4DD"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking subsection (d);</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id356BB395415D424BAD4A07072CDFC83E"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by redesignating subsections (e) through (l) as subsections (d) through (k), respectively; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="idCCE2537B39014EC7BA02AAE42F170F52"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in subsection (e) (as so redesignated), in the first sentence, by striking <quote>subsection (b)(1)</quote> and inserting <quote>subsection (b)</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id6b110d38f4854a95a0ea414550e82d34"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>Section 18 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2027">7 U.S.C. 2027</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id782d2edcd999470ebbba61db54eb38c9" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subsection id="id893601df399449fe91eb1a59c47c0dc7"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Restriction</header><text>No funds authorized to be appropriated under this Act shall be used to operate a workforce partnership under section 6(d)(4)(N).</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection id="id98F470E1A9B5420497FE2DFB6C9EC0C9"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Conforming amendments</header><paragraph commented="no" id="idF6D98B1686A34084B0607BB81FD52F1B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Section 5(a) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2014">7 U.S.C. 2014(a)</external-xref>) is amended in the second sentence by striking <quote>(d)(2)</quote> and inserting <quote>(d)(1)(E)</quote>.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id43bc2665b4f7483ead3494127dc3e067"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Section 6(i)(3) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2015">7 U.S.C. 2015(i)(3)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>(d)</quote> and inserting <quote>(d)(1)</quote>.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id206B3CF259F6467AB8A90B744FEA6BD8"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 7(h)(6) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2016">7 U.S.C. 2016(h)(6)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>17(f)</quote> and inserting <quote>17(e)</quote>.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id74183361A36249EB8A57CB787B7296B2"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Section 7(i)(1) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2016">7 U.S.C. 2016(i)(1)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>6(o)(2)</quote> and inserting <quote>6(d)(2)(B)</quote>.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="idD92E375EFFBD453CBD08AB041E77BBE4"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Section 7(j)(1)(G) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2016">7 U.S.C. 2016(j)(1)(G)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>17(f)</quote> and inserting <quote>17(e)</quote>.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="idBE1877AF6EB547989C8C4CFCBEF70B91"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Section 11(n) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2020">7 U.S.C. 2020(n)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>17(b)(1)</quote> and inserting <quote>17(b)</quote>.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idf03f1e286f9a4f189773e2cdf82d0574"><enum>(7)</enum><text>Section 16(b)(4) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2025">7 U.S.C. 2025(b)(4)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>section 6(d)</quote> and inserting <quote>section 6(d)(1)</quote>.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id39A4F0ED7D5A4FFA977A3BCD5D9962C7"><enum>(8)</enum><text>Section 20(b)(1) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2029">7 U.S.C. 2029(b)(1)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>clause (B), (C), (D), (E), or (F) of section 6(d)(2)</quote> and inserting <quote>clause (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), or (vi) of section 6(d)(1)(E)</quote>.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="idDA02180257314AF28E45B42222065150"><enum>(9)</enum><text>Section 103(a)(2)(D) of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/29/3113">29 U.S.C. 3113(a)(2)(D)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>section 6(o) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2015">7 U.S.C. 2015(o)</external-xref>)</quote> and inserting <quote>paragraph (2) of section 6(d) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2015">7 U.S.C. 2015(d)</external-xref>)</quote>.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id09AE6E200D204EA8934ED632470DE322"><enum>(10)</enum><text>Section 121(b)(2)(B)(iv) of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/29/3151">29 U.S.C. 3151(b)(2)(B)(iv)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>section 6(o) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2015">7 U.S.C. 2015(o)</external-xref>)</quote> and inserting <quote>paragraph (2) of section 6(d) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2015">7 U.S.C. 2015(d)</external-xref>)</quote>.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id277B76C9096E4F0C905FD90E87470B55"><enum>(11)</enum><text>Section 23(b)(7)(D)(ii) of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1769d">42 U.S.C. 1769d(b)(7)(D)(ii)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>section 17(b)(1)(B) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2026">7 U.S.C. 2026(b)(1)(B)</external-xref>)</quote> and inserting <quote>paragraph (2) of section 17(b) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2026">7 U.S.C. 2026(b)</external-xref>)</quote>.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA3F2E45126B14D31B620F814C2CE4AA8"><enum>(12)</enum><text>Section 24(g)(3)(C) of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1769e">42 U.S.C. 1769e(g)(3)(C)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>section 17(b)(1)(B) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2026">7 U.S.C. 2026(b)(1)(B)</external-xref>)</quote> and inserting <quote>paragraph (2) of section 17(b) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2026">7 U.S.C. 2026(b)</external-xref>)</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" id="idD1306E39EE654C8F8D2F19CD2DA43A63"><enum>4104.</enum><header>Improvements to electronic benefit transfer system</header><subsection commented="no" id="id9b7bc2b3c885497888770de048f874b2"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Prohibited fees</header><text>Section 7 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2016">7 U.S.C. 2016</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph commented="no" id="id0df26e598ed14e1fb0614404a57cecc7"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (f)(2)(C), in the subparagraph heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="subparagraph" style="OLC">Interchange</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subparagraph" style="OLC">Prohibited</header-in-text></quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id761e0a03abb4445b9863557c549380ce"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (h), by striking paragraph (13) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id77b51a05f7ef49f9a3e150ca3b21ce65" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><paragraph commented="no" id="id9c0f69f0387a43e3bac14262b8e3ca3d"><enum>(13)</enum><header>Prohibited fees</header><subparagraph commented="no" id="id7241905422db4b0aa1648922ca91c339"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Definition of switching</header><text>In this paragraph, the term <term>switching</term> means the routing of an intrastate or interstate transaction that consists of transmitting the details of a transaction electronically recorded through the use of an EBT card in 1 State to the issuer of the card in—</text><clause commented="no" id="id8affe87570c147a08fddaee0f16cd8e3"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the same State; or</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="id093968532f6d4a91bce416eb6d12b7b9"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>another State.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id392cff05ae2b4c0db8c2433c2b62773d"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Prohibition</header><clause commented="no" id="id145E7A402FDB427A9E230C7C2A368F14"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Interchange fees</header><text>No interchange fee shall apply to an electronic benefit transfer transaction under this subsection.</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="id09BF2E0202D1423DAF6F352D729F28B7"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Other fees</header><subclause commented="no" id="idACEEB48EEECD4213AFB86CF09645F929"><enum>(I)</enum><header>In general</header><text>No fee charged by a benefit issuer (including any affiliate of a benefit issuer), or by any agent or contractor when acting on behalf of such benefit issuer, to a third party relating to the switching or routing of benefits to the same benefit issuer (including any affiliate of the benefit issuer) shall apply to an electronic benefit transfer transaction under this subsection.</text></subclause><subclause id="id239ba74293ce429da0c43c63de2e4fa3"><enum>(II)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The prohibition under subclause (I) shall be effective through fiscal year 2022.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="idfc8c82b7c3434c36b2f66cbf9b3d80e1"><enum>(b)</enum><header>EBT portability</header><text>Section 7(f)(5) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2016">7 U.S.C. 2016(f)(5)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id062D79E8D0F84779A934AD82906D8DAE" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subparagraph commented="no" id="id1c5ac1ae762d4035866f240e6f5d007a"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Operation of individual point of sale device by farmers' markets and direct marketing farmers</header><text>A farmers’ market or direct marketing farmer that is exempt under paragraph (2)(B)(i) shall be allowed to operate an individual electronic benefit transfer point of sale device at more than 1 location under the same supplemental nutrition assistance program authorization, if—</text><clause commented="no" id="id03665B5CDA54472CBE04EBB5AD617652"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the farmers’ market or direct marketing farmer provides to the Secretary information on location and hours of operation at each location; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="idaacb7531c2f74281a97c05ae2905c2ad"><enum>(ii)</enum><subclause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id35862A4D9CE840A681AF3296FDC0711D"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the point of sale device used by the farmers’ market or direct marketing farmer is capable of providing location information of the device through the electronic benefit transfer system; or</text></subclause><subclause changed="added" commented="no" id="id83ad7130fb574d6b9a900bc6a0efc284" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(II)</enum><text>if the Secretary determines that the technology is not available for a point of sale device to meet the requirement under subclause (I), the farmers' market or direct marketing farmer provides to the Secretary any other information, as determined by the Secretary, necessary to ensure the integrity of transactions processed using the point of sale device.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="id3927a9af8ce04cf0a6bed248754ce12e"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Evaluation of State electronic benefit transfer systems</header><text>Section 7(h) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2016">7 U.S.C. 2016(h)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC42BD4DB96464462B119E792F7E8B19A" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><paragraph commented="no" id="id692ced56de324de5b98bb1a8a9881d6d"><enum>(15)</enum><header>GAO evaluation and study of State electronic benefit transfer systems</header><subparagraph commented="no" id="iddb996412bc1140fda188c4483a0514bc"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Evaluation</header><clause commented="no" id="id9E5F63D5A1BC46198101096C99BF9CF9"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this paragraph, the Comptroller General of the United States (referred to in this paragraph as the <quote>Comptroller General</quote>) shall evaluate for each electronic benefit transfer system of a State agency selected in accordance with clause (ii)—</text><subclause commented="no" id="id08f5d8bb225a42f8a42f55e9cbf3cff2"><enum>(I)</enum><text>any type of fee charged—</text><item commented="no" id="idb12d378cc4314de393463d47dc3bb8c4"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>by the benefit issuer (or an affiliate, agent, or contractor of the benefit issuer) of the State agency for electronic benefit transfer-related services, including electronic benefit transfer-related services that did not exist before February 7, 2014; and</text></item><item commented="no" id="id3661a3cde33f47fe9d18e0aca5de27fa"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>to any retail food stores, including retail food stores that are exempt under subsection (f)(2)(B)(i) for electronic benefit transfer-related services;</text></item></subclause><subclause commented="no" id="id6eed613252a04162a50864b6b78753bf"><enum>(II)</enum><text>in consultation with the Secretary and the retail food stores within the State, any electronic benefit transfer system outages affecting the EBT cards of the State agency;</text></subclause><subclause commented="no" id="id4e8992be514d46b093e023cb882d9329"><enum>(III)</enum><text>in consultation with the Secretary, any type of entity that—</text><item commented="no" id="id2dade76e811848aa857f6dce151f7ba2"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>provides electronic benefit transfer equipment and related services to the State agency, any benefit issuers of the State agency, or any retail food stores within the State;</text></item><item commented="no" id="id159119f82bee4126a6300d7e47297473"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>routes or switches transactions through the electronic benefit transfer system of the State agency; or</text></item><item commented="no" id="id42e3af825c844ed48e3e8747c353e38d"><enum>(cc)</enum><text>has access to transaction information in the electronic benefit transfer system of the State agency; and</text></item></subclause><subclause commented="no" id="ide885bbb7520545e6876b740e58101164"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>in consultation with the Secretary, any emerging entities, services, or technologies in use with respect to the electronic benefit transfer system of the State agency.</text></subclause></clause><clause commented="no" id="id92476f996c5e48a48571041b5ad78453"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Selection criteria</header><text>The Comptroller General shall select for evaluation under clause (i)—</text><subclause commented="no" id="id34d84f868eaf4c9a9a82f3af11056867"><enum>(I)</enum><text>with respect to each benefit issuer that provides electronic benefit transfer-related services to 1 or more State agencies, not fewer than 1 electronic benefit transfer system provided by that benefit issuer; and</text></subclause><subclause commented="no" id="id39700b8c70d444c3b38b9fc4463384d7"><enum>(II)</enum><text>any electronic benefit transfer system of a State agency that has experienced significant or frequent outages during the 2-year period preceding the date of enactment of this paragraph.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id84b980745a5c40cd9b7e46fa1063eb6b"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Study</header><text>Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this paragraph, the Comptroller General shall submit to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate a report based on the evaluation carried out under subparagraph (A) that includes—</text><clause commented="no" id="id4d4de595460945d3bb7ed7d736632713"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a description of the types of entities that—</text><subclause commented="no" id="id1fc0b6e4c17f48819869a9421ea268f5"><enum>(I)</enum><text>provide electronic benefit transfer equipment and related services to State agencies, benefit issuers, and retail food stores;</text></subclause><subclause commented="no" id="id852535662abf4e34aefdcdfc35b11225"><enum>(II)</enum><text>route or switch transactions through electronic benefit transfer systems of State agencies; or</text></subclause><subclause commented="no" id="id79ee30659ad54fba8b8666d135b157c0"><enum>(III)</enum><text>have access to transaction information in electronic benefit transfer systems of State agencies;</text></subclause></clause><clause commented="no" id="id80ab615aa90e43a99bbe992c10b26ca4"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a description of emerging entities, services, and technologies in use with respect to electronic benefit transfer systems of State agencies; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="ide9c418e71640413eb7b14904a2a64be3"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>a summary of—</text><subclause commented="no" id="id312AECC494DF4EF6A66E56437E48A6DA"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the types of fees charged—</text><item commented="no" id="id1D22C51A50484B43BD3B54502F6FCA9C"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>by benefit issuers (or affiliates, agents, or contractors of benefit issuers) of State agencies for electronic benefit transfer-related services, including whether the types of fees existed before February 7, 2014; and</text></item><item commented="no" id="idEDC058F8290A46ACAD9AF59765ED7028"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>to any retail food stores, including retail food stores that are exempt under subsection (f)(2)(B)(i) for electronic benefit transfer-related services;</text></item></subclause><subclause commented="no" id="id4CB9196312EC41E3B0351CC2612C2968"><enum>(II)</enum><item commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id1A2C880C700648A38E62C13673749A83"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>the causes of any electronic benefit transfer system outages affecting EBT cards; and</text></item><item changed="added" commented="no" id="id692F48B761C1444EBA9766EB20EEFF41" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>potential solutions to minimize the disruption of outages to participating households.</text></item></subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="idab46284992a94a41a44984b1699f3355"><enum>(16)</enum><header>Review of EBT systems requirements</header><subparagraph commented="no" id="id462c88ccd0c64007b998682f19f03b5d"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Review</header><clause commented="no" id="idF39C797503AC48DA91F8ADA5EAF69D1E"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this paragraph, the Secretary shall review for each electronic benefit transfer system of a State agency selected under clause (ii)—</text><subclause commented="no" id="id147a1e6fab474a9493a8d817d4c3687e"><enum>(I)</enum><text>any contracts or other agreements between the State agency and the benefit issuer of the State agency to determine—</text><item commented="no" id="ide5ad280939384dfea1bc826fe69d0c43"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>the customer service requirements of the benefit issuer, including call center requirements; and</text></item><item commented="no" id="ida0eee4a921db4311b54d9f30a530c5c8"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>the consistency and compatibility of data provided by the benefit issuer to the Secretary for appropriate oversight of possible fraudulent transactions; and</text></item></subclause><subclause commented="no" id="id984e26170cab4a0bb309529b57395ca2"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the use of third-party applications that access the electronic benefit transfer system to provide electronic benefit transfer account information to participating households.</text></subclause></clause><clause commented="no" id="id2faf4437d49c4ed6943bad6e5bfaa545"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Selection criteria</header><text>The Secretary shall select for the review under clause (i) not fewer than 5 electronic benefit transfer systems of State agencies, of which—</text><subclause commented="no" id="idF09D0C870B01451393CEF9236CC30B66"><enum>(I)</enum><text>with respect to each benefit issuer that provides electronic benefit transfer-related services to 1 or more State agencies, not fewer than 1 shall be provided by that benefit issuer; and</text></subclause><subclause commented="no" id="idE02769DD997F4A83A5242C7B92586157"><enum>(II)</enum><text>not more than 4 shall have experienced significant or frequent outages during the 2-year period preceding the date of enactment of this paragraph.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id6af3d2f4aef9437096153e2ec8c19f22"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Regulations and guidance</header><text>Based on the study conducted by the Comptroller General of the United States under paragraph (15)(B) and the review conducted by the Secretary under subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall promulgate such regulations or issue such guidance as the Secretary determines appropriate—</text><clause commented="no" id="id8f5805e63588442bb64164e54d66c58f"><enum>(i)</enum><text>to prohibit the imposition of any fee that is inconsistent with paragraph (13);</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="idb3ca9471d02e4dbd9fa8e6ea3f6fefe5"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>to minimize electronic benefit system outages;</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="id934f2f28d8ab4d08bf9c07800d9c473e"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>to update procedures to handle electronic benefit transfer system outages that minimize disruption to participating households and retail food stores while protecting against fraud and abuse;</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="ida1550f8ae2ad458288dc308f5bbc9049"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>to develop cost-effective customer service standards for benefit issuers, including benefit issuer call centers or other customer service options equivalent to call centers, that would ensure adequate customer service for participating households;</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="idc76abfef69184e11b620f2e66acb39a3"><enum>(v)</enum><text>to address the use of third-party applications that access electronic benefit transfer systems to provide electronic benefit transfer account information to participating households, including by establishing safeguards consistent with sections 9(c) and 11(e)(8) to protect the privacy of data relating to participating households and approved retail food stores; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="iddad1bc56986a4a11aa4a9460d4b7d489"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>to improve the reliability of electronic benefit transfer systems.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id680447187e954f57b352bd6afd20075d"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this paragraph, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate a report that includes a description of the effects, if any, on an electronic benefit transfer system of a State agency from the use of third-party applications that access the electronic benefit transfer system to provide electronic benefit transfer account information to participating households.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="id57aa4ee0fe5a46d3b35fba70633ccbb9"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Approval of retail food stores</header><text>Section 9 of the Food and Nutrition Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2018">7 U.S.C. 2018</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph commented="no" id="idc219c76db033456c92bb66a9ae8d1d41"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)(1)—</text><subparagraph commented="no" id="id89c7acca901347e1963bacbb281f8703"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the fourth sentence, by striking <quote>No retail food store</quote> and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0bcc9699481b4b309e5e64ae89e70f4f" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subparagraph commented="no" id="id83b52896cf384142a5598f7eb8f1e5e6"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Visit required</header><text>No retail food store</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id4594dae7c5374607b8df40beeeacebc5"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in the third sentence, by striking <quote>Approval</quote> and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id70a53eb2af904e2baa9fa90e67071d9e" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subparagraph commented="no" id="id20eb42d341bf47d0b0cfcf32cfaad93a"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Certificate</header><text>Approval</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id0de7dfa054a945849e0a4d7acc321781"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in the second sentence—</text><clause commented="no" id="id1c8720c95aba400ba6b6b2b543a53cfd"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>food; and (D) the</quote> and inserting the following: “food;</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idfa6dc2a0f273449ea4910f7368e402f8" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><clause commented="no" id="id2853e44445eb4962b81b085b27f19e5c"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>any information, if available, about the ability of the anticipated or existing electronic benefit transfer equipment and service provider of the applicant to provide sufficient information through the electronic benefit transfer system to minimize the risk of fraudulent transactions; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="id069d251ca0a241e99721341fafc80684"><enum>(v)</enum><text>the</text></clause><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause><clause commented="no" id="id472cbb8cfb1f49d09dad99dfb740b133"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>concern; (C) whether</quote> and inserting the following: “concern;</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd2bc5011a06044ba8c586de8df8f1055" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><clause commented="no" id="idf8b82432bf404cebb85ca3ecd79c4fe3"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>whether</text></clause><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause><clause commented="no" id="id921af8c6c22d4a3c89d3ead1743994f2"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>applicant; (B) the</quote> and inserting the following: “applicant;</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idde638918fff54c0fbb569de62051ad85" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><clause commented="no" id="id4d279d176a7647be97b96fdc8431a3da"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the</text></clause><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause><clause commented="no" id="idb666dfd7c45d489ab3671c0ea2a031c9"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>by striking <quote>following: (A) the nature</quote> and inserting the following: “following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idcdbff57c0ef0478fa2e155ed3a11f9d8" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><clause commented="no" id="id85b36837faae4270ba8e5794ccec786d"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the nature</text></clause><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause><clause commented="no" id="ida4ed91a5fa1e44c986856564c1797437"><enum>(v)</enum><text>in the matter preceding clause (i) (as so designated), by striking <quote>In determining</quote> and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf5b0f647504a4a7389a754ea30d8aedf" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subparagraph commented="no" id="id0a697c4455a64dd0bd4adee94cbfa00c"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Factors for consideration</header><text>In determining</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="idb6eac727b4bc4929ac15f3533d0a3bf5"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in the first sentence, by striking <quote>(a)(1) Regulations</quote> and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="iddb7ac45b868b487785e887868a517408" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subsection commented="no" id="id2e2f540e56914bed9e18d0f55ba2eaa1"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Authorization to accept and redeem benefits</header><paragraph commented="no" id="id3c47cced861e49c0a80d4f7600c68dc8"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Applications</header><subparagraph commented="no" id="idcabd968b008540b6be2111f22c6c86d1"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Regulations</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id2fa03a88404144ddbc054a41985450a9"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (a), by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idfe7653b0eb704d1b863e65842dd2ce19" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><paragraph commented="no" id="id2b1cdafa9c65434da35def285a7ff0ad"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Electronic benefit transfer equipment and service providers</header><text>Before implementing clause (iv) of paragraph (1)(B), the Secretary shall issue guidance for retail food stores on how to select electronic benefit transfer equipment and service providers that are able to meet the requirements of that clause.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="idf1720842e3e7416995e79ffc25823b9c"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (c), in the first sentence, by inserting <quote>records relating to electronic benefit transfer equipment and related services, transaction and redemption data provided through the electronic benefit transfer system,</quote> after <quote>purchase invoices,</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" id="idcac70f3cff3740a4849198be98ba51b4"><enum>4105.</enum><header>Retail incentives</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 9 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2018">7 U.S.C. 2018</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7F132C2F78BE483C9D8F8566880F1031" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subsection commented="no" id="ida2678b10e1764eba8e88d03a464ca1e5"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Incentives</header><paragraph commented="no" id="id2436230AAA7743EA873436F0792022F9"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Definition of eligible incentive food</header><text>In this subsection, the term <term>eligible incentive food</term> means food that is—</text><subparagraph commented="no" id="id33037F09631743BDB60AB96E17D0AE18"><enum>(A)</enum><text>identified for increased consumption by the most recent Dietary Guidelines for Americans published under section 301 of the National Nutrition Monitoring and Related Research Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/5341">7 U.S.C. 5341</external-xref>); and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="idF6F2C0DCB81D4E62921F657F11327314"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a fruit, a vegetable, low-fat dairy, or a whole grain.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id8A95A1A124FF4933845C240152956C5F"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Regulations</header><subparagraph commented="no" id="id484FA8B62EF445308A9101EB8B567BE8"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall promulgate regulations to clarify the process by which an approved retail food store may seek a waiver to offer an incentive that may be used only for the purchase of eligible incentive food at the point of purchase to a household purchasing food with benefits issued under this Act.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id3654bc0a468648fcbfd43b6935ee7140"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Regulations</header><text>The regulations under subparagraph (A) shall establish a process under which an approved retail food store, prior to carrying out an incentive program under this subsection, shall provide to the Secretary information describing the incentive program, including—</text><clause commented="no" id="id92EAEC4F371541B4AAFBCDCDED1F23C0"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the types of incentives that will be offered;</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="id7CD39CD1AD164324B6EDC459BC2B2263"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the types of foods that will be incentivized for purchase; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="id73A001F89CC04C639EFE195218B6595F"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>an explanation of how the incentive program intends to support meeting dietary intake goals.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id09441fd23f2445cfb62a9d0f6da31f4d"><enum>(3)</enum><header>No limitation on benefits</header><text>A waiver granted under this subsection shall not be used to carry out any activity that limits the use of benefits under this Act or any other Federal nutrition law.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="ida19346cae31347a5aa17e5ea92351b1e"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Effect</header><text>Regulations promulgated under this subsection shall not affect any requirements under section 4405 of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/7517">7 U.S.C. 7517</external-xref>) or section 4304 of the <short-title>Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018</short-title>, including the eligibility of a retail food store to participate in a project funded under those sections.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="idc52d2467d5bd4a72b1779a33c230fbd5"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Report</header><text>The Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate an annual report describing the types of incentives approved under this subsection.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section><section commented="no" id="idDAE6987E90B846AEB344CF66DAB23477"><enum>4106.</enum><header>Required action on data match information</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 11(e) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2020">7 U.S.C. 2020(e)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph commented="no" id="id9BE786D3E52A4FF98B4C567CC226D2AF"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (24), by striking <quote>and</quote> after the semicolon;</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="idC5FBE5DC4E1C48C1A435B051B0AE69AB"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (25), by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id8FB038DA2EE04360B6CBB87164B959CD"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id27CAD8AEBA5F46BF958B982F6B3029ED" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><paragraph commented="no" id="idA7860959740D4741BC0E60D49458B5BE"><enum>(26)</enum><text>that for a household participating in the supplemental nutrition assistance program, the State agency shall pursue clarification and verification, if applicable, of information relating to the circumstances of the household received from data matches for the purpose of ensuring an accurate eligibility and benefit determination, only if the information—</text><subparagraph commented="no" id="id94d67d328cae43a48fa24a4f3b69c4ef"><enum>(A)</enum><text>appears to present significantly conflicting information from the information that was used by the State agency at the time of certification of the household;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id5B8D24AA527447708DF96D3FC7900901"><enum>(B)</enum><text>is obtained from data matches carried out under subsection (q), (r), or (w); or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id61dd152751bf40a2ab605ef510576934"><enum>(C)</enum><clause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id1F07A81545B04F1EAA5533AA10C4588D"><enum>(i)</enum><text>is fewer than 60 days old relative to the current month of participation of the household; and</text></clause><clause changed="added" commented="no" id="idF08EC8D312DA4E3AAA4E87EE99A0AF40" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>if accurate, would have been required to be reported by the household based on the reporting requirements assigned to the household by the State agency under section 6(c).</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section><section commented="no" id="id86F3B9FB3707482E9EDD9A7F61757AEF"><enum>4107.</enum><header>Income verification</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 17 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2026">7 U.S.C. 2026</external-xref>) (as amended by section 4103(c)(2)(C)) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb391ad6749f74f5c97011c1756c75dba" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subsection commented="no" id="idac21efa57965441b9e6c82e77c0d923a"><enum>(l)</enum><header>Pilot projects for improving earned income verification</header><paragraph commented="no" id="iddaf63031bcbe48c7ba74d350fba03197"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Under such terms and conditions as the Secretary considers to be appropriate, the Secretary shall establish a pilot program (referred to in this subsection as the <quote>pilot program</quote>) under which not more than 8 States may carry out pilot projects to test strategies to improve the accuracy or efficiency of the process for verification of earned income at certification and recertification of applicant households for the supplemental nutrition assistance program.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id5cece3a340724cd38bf5957888b02d93"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Contract options</header><subparagraph commented="no" id="id8864daa1a1bd47f3a4e599fb158f5a8f"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>In carrying out the pilot program, prior to soliciting applications for pilot projects from State agencies, the Secretary shall—</text><clause commented="no" id="idec8679a064ba47598669bcd12b64f1e1"><enum>(i)</enum><text>assess the availability of up-to-date earned income information from different commercial data service providers; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="id19B6B4F660764F119C43B82195C30232"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>make a determination regarding the overall cost-effectiveness to the Department of Agriculture and the State agencies administering the supplemental nutrition assistance program of—</text><subclause commented="no" id="id6fdcf5f8b0b94163a28aa2200851ed55"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the Secretary entering into a contract with a commercial data service provider to provide to State agencies carrying out pilot projects up-to-date earned income information for verification of the earned income at certification and recertification of applicant households for the supplemental nutrition assistance program;</text></subclause><subclause commented="no" id="idbf504dcefc2a47aa86c4c4a0c8d8e968"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the Secretary entering into an agreement with the Secretary of Health and Human Services to allow State agencies carrying out pilot projects to verify earned income information at certification and recertification of applicant households for the supplemental nutrition assistance program in the State using up-to-date earned income information from a commercial data service provider under the electronic interface developed by the State and used by the State Medicaid agency to verify income eligibility for the State Medicaid program under title XIX of the Social Security Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1396">42 U.S.C. 1396</external-xref> et seq.); or</text></subclause><subclause commented="no" id="idaabecb0433a34d16af4584581443681e"><enum>(III)</enum><text>a State agency carrying out a pilot project entering into a contract with a commercial data service provider to obtain up-to-date earned income information to verify the earned income at certification and recertification of applicant households for the supplemental nutrition assistance program in the State.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="idbb3d8a6d58554becb192267075ffd85f"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Authority to enter into contracts</header><text>If determined appropriate by the Secretary, the Secretary may, based on the cost-effectiveness determination described in subparagraph (A)(ii)—</text><clause commented="no" id="id8a5759c7805c4ac58f1743f58317264a"><enum>(i)</enum><text>enter into a contract described in subclause (I) of that subparagraph;</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="idaa68ef3401e94dd793ca4fee76c66211"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>enter into an agreement described in subclause (II) of that subparagraph; or</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="id865f2364e16b4b228cea32a2ecced314"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>allow each State agency carrying out a pilot project to enter into a contract described in subclause (III) of that subparagraph, on the condition that the Federal share of the cost of the contract shall not exceed 75 percent of the total cost of the contract.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id9d8e7660fc204a8ea7fe3e9693c6235e"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this subsection, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate a report that describes the results of the assessment and determination under subparagraph (A).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id99328c3b66e241878bc01a85d4ef561f"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Pilot projects</header><subparagraph commented="no" id="id8bedd2533d264988838a240d46ec0218"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Application</header><text>A State agency seeking to carry out a pilot project under the pilot program shall submit to the Secretary an application at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary may require, including—</text><clause commented="no" id="id33d8edf3f7094a26ba66b2d5166e423a"><enum>(i)</enum><text>an identification of the 1 or more proposed changes to the process for verifying earned income used by the State agency;</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="id5508b56a4cbb41649928142541223acf"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a description of how the proposed changes under clause (i) would meet the purpose described in paragraph (1); and</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="id9507a4e9e3184cc187221cfad56996e7"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>a plan to evaluate how the proposed changes under clause (i) would improve the accuracy or efficiency of the verification of earned income at certification and recertification of applicant households for the supplemental nutrition assistance program in the State.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="ide19c7d99aa5a4db9bfadfc3da7368977"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Selection criteria</header><text>The Secretary shall select to carry out pilot projects State agencies that, as determined by the Secretary—</text><clause commented="no" id="id6c2237943183421dad1e9eb148c78067"><enum>(i)</enum><text>do not have access to up-to-date earned income information for the verification of earned income at certification and recertification of applicant households for the supplemental nutrition assistance program in the State;</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="id1b237c3af04d4c0b9ea6663f5caf7924"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>would be able to access and use, for the verification of earned income at certification and recertification of applicant households for the supplemental nutrition assistance program in the State, up-to-date earned income information used to determine eligibility for another Federal assistance program; or</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="idc34c8d9caa9c453e98d76b73a37a354f"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>have cost-effective, innovative approaches to verifying earned income that would improve the accuracy or efficiency of the verification of earned income at certification and recertification of applicant households for the supplemental nutrition assistance program in the State.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id652806c4fca640209002fbeca25b5063"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Grants</header><text>The Secretary may make grants to a State agency to carry out a pilot project.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id6fea7134ed484772aa02c233c72e3a7a"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Effect on other requirements</header><text>A pilot project carried out under this subsection shall not alter the eligibility requirements under section 5 or the reporting requirements under section 6(c).</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id36b8d83c379c41149c4a960c7c437874"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date on which the pilot program terminates under paragraph (8), the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate a report that describes the results of the pilot projects carried out under the pilot program.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id05e29e354d82414dabbf98b1efc6760d"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Funding</header><subparagraph commented="no" id="id41a070589c3747a086908e32c3d4b922"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Out of funds made available under section 18(a)(1), on October 1, 2018, the Secretary shall make available $10,000,000 to carry out this subsection, to remain available until expended.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id9ad007eb19f44ff29df1eb40f8e67a80"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Costs</header><text>The Secretary shall allocate not more than 10 percent of the amounts made available under subparagraph (A) to carry out subparagraphs (A) and (C) of paragraph (2) and paragraph (6).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id57338295cd1e4c83a42106fc26720362"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Termination</header><text>The pilot program shall terminate not later than September 30, 2022.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section><section id="id7409a563916648b3bf7b7fe0afb7a2bd"><enum>4108.</enum><header>Pilot projects to improve healthy dietary patterns related to fluid milk in the supplemental nutrition assistance program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 17 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2026">7 U.S.C. 2026</external-xref>) (as amended by section 4107) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idfaabd2ec781444d3ab130a209cf26bd8" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subsection id="id4b96335aa3864b2fab89b57539252953"><enum>(m)</enum><header>Pilot projects to improve healthy dietary patterns related to fluid milk consumption among
participants or households in the supplemental nutrition assistance
program that under-consume fluid milk</header><paragraph id="id2bbf1b1369fe407d9f9a7f2bb6886656"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Definition of fluid milk</header><text>In this subsection, the term <term>fluid milk</term> means cow milk, without flavoring or sweeteners, consistent with the most recent Dietary Guidelines for Americans published under section 301 of the National Nutrition Monitoring and Related Research Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/5341">7 U.S.C. 5341</external-xref>), that is packaged in liquid form.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idc4db8feb1d3b49e098be5579920327d8"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Pilot projects</header><text>The Secretary shall carry out, under such terms and conditions as the Secretary considers to be appropriate, pilot projects to develop and test methods that would increase the purchase of fluid milk, in a manner consistent with the most recent Dietary Guidelines for Americans published under section 301 of the National Nutrition Monitoring and Related Research Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/5341">7 U.S.C. 5341</external-xref>), by individuals or households participating in the supplemental nutrition assistance program that under-consume fluid milk by providing an incentive for the purchase of fluid milk at the point of purchase to a household purchasing food with supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idb88eced8b84343ceb2046b38c19c8689"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Grants or cooperative agreements</header><subparagraph id="id4738b57876a642349c5dd1c9e539dec1"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>In carrying out this subsection, the Secretary may enter into competitively awarded cooperative agreements with, or provide grants to, a government agency or nonprofit organization for use in accordance with projects that meet the strategic goals of this subsection, including allowing the government agency or nonprofit organization to award subgrants to retail food stores authorized under this Act.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id55efe420d75a417482f58c1caf7d0490"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Application</header><text>To be eligible to receive a cooperative agreement or grant under this paragraph, a government agency or nonprofit organization shall submit to the Secretary an application at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary may require.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idd93120c5be1b4e88b6d63303a478dc13"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Selection criteria</header><text>Pilot projects shall be evaluated against publicly disseminated criteria that shall include—</text><clause id="id47f1b9e189c6463f924011f6ad2fabb7"><enum>(i)</enum><text>incorporation of a scientifically based strategy that is designed to improve diet quality through the increased purchase of fluid milk for participants or households in the supplemental nutrition assistance program that under-consume fluid milk;</text></clause><clause id="id0bd57d52aa294e7f92089436307e75ad"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a commitment to a pilot project that allows for a rigorous outcome evaluation, including data collection; and</text></clause><clause id="idb35b48cb50dc47ad974c03a9c2ccdd79"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>other criteria, as determined by the Secretary.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id0f1c4fd8dada46be88f45b24566cc21d"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Use of funds</header><text>Funds provided under this paragraph shall not be used for any project that limits the use of benefits under this Act.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idabf0b092be5b4208b3c55304a66cee41"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Duration</header><text>Each pilot project carried out under this subsection shall be in effect for not more than 24 months.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id58ba8aa57d124ae2a0e05df45aaf0ba8"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Projects</header><text>Pilot projects carried out under paragraph (2) shall include projects to determine whether incentives for the purchase of fluid milk by individuals or households participating in the supplemental nutrition assistance program that under-consume fluid milk result in—</text><subparagraph id="ide3d6219f49304bceba5f3ca35e7d3840"><enum>(A)</enum><text>improved nutritional outcomes for participating individuals or households;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idbd35980807bf4b79ba57cffb644c02b4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>changes in purchasing and consumption of fluid milk among participating individuals or households; or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ida94624b5a2514128974c1bb2e4fc5a69"><enum>(C)</enum><text>diets more closely aligned with healthy eating patterns consistent with the most recent Dietary Guidelines for Americans published under section 301 of the National Nutrition Monitoring and Related Research Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/5341">7 U.S.C. 5341</external-xref>).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id4cfd950dd0cd4fc59c45698c12ffa094"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Evaluation and reporting</header><subparagraph id="id0b2ec819e0ff449ba3ec6678e0b1c46e"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Evaluation</header><clause id="id00218a9931c84dd7bd71d1804215db1b"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Independent evaluation</header><subclause id="id9cdf409cf6754838ab5e70ae3f60e3b0"><enum>(I)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall provide for an independent evaluation of projects selected under this subsection that measures the impact of the pilot program on health and nutrition as described in paragraphs (2) through (4).</text></subclause><subclause id="id4e1b07938a8a4ddeb675db8fbf8cd1ea"><enum>(II)</enum><header>Requirement</header><text>The independent evaluation under subclause (I) shall use rigorous methodologies, particularly random assignment or other methods that are capable of producing scientifically valid information regarding which activities are effective.</text></subclause></clause><clause id="idf1eefe37c7dd4610900df11521f06674"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Costs</header><text>The Secretary may use funds provided to carry out this subsection to pay costs associated with monitoring and evaluating each pilot project.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id14945e3366ab4b6e92804722f1220b5d"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Reporting</header><text>Not later than 90 days after the last day of fiscal year 2019 and each fiscal year thereafter until the completion of the last evaluation under subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate a report that includes a description of—</text><clause id="idfaa389e4a40745408d5533498fda5e45"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the status of each pilot project;</text></clause><clause id="idaa751859372242ba9b2878a06bb5d2e1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the results of the evaluation completed during the previous fiscal year; and</text></clause><clause id="id40bae5236d794e7a8f89256fe9e2c5e0"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>to the maximum extent practicable—</text><subclause id="id0832164c0fd84df69ff9be3df3aad022"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the impact of the pilot project on appropriate health, nutrition, and associated behavioral outcomes among households participating in the pilot project;</text></subclause><subclause id="ide26937be33194deb8de3f251717a91b0"><enum>(II)</enum><text>baseline information relevant to the stated goals and desired outcomes of the pilot project; and</text></subclause><subclause id="id763878086f5e40f187f522667561a087"><enum>(III)</enum><text>equivalent information about similar or identical measures among control or comparison groups that did not participate in the pilot project.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idcff7c5a021a24087b2d00e9fc5f93512"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Public dissemination</header><text>In addition to the reporting requirements under subparagraph (B), evaluation results shall be shared broadly to inform policy makers, service providers, other partners, and the public to promote wide use of successful strategies.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ided50bbab4b804f4098662ef003f2e441"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Funding</header><subparagraph id="iddf5d0c67c8564c7eb9c47a08ff42d20d"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this subsection $20,000,000, to remain available until expended.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idc388bfd973cd4276999cbdb84b62fa7a"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Appropriations in advance</header><text>Only funds appropriated under subparagraph (A) in advance specifically to carry out this subsection shall be available to carry out this subsection.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section><section id="idF97476F5FCF542E2B7B10E6B3BC78E34" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>4109.</enum><header>Interstate data matching to prevent multiple issuances</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 11 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2020">7 U.S.C. 2020</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idfd2fac84df924198909c73f0db174853" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subsection id="idBBB208BAC4CF43ACA01D1B498EE9C3E6"><enum>(w)</enum><header>National Accuracy Clearinghouse</header><paragraph id="id18B7EE3C8BA04B5A9DE4B3451C2480FF"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Definition of indication of multiple issuance</header><text>In this subsection, the term <term>indication of multiple issuance</term> means an indication, based on a computer match, that benefits are being issued to an individual under the supplemental nutrition assistance program from more than 1 State simultaneously.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id8C9215AE0A3646148386C0754B6BA463"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Establishment</header><subparagraph id="idF18FDEE97B1E49DDBFFA93642B5F7511"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall establish an interstate data system, to be known as the <quote>National Accuracy Clearinghouse</quote>, to prevent the simultaneous issuance of benefits to an individual by more than 1 State under the supplemental nutrition assistance program.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idf2a5dcdb783d40b5ae610487d3a46289"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Data matching</header><text>The Secretary shall require that States make available to the National Accuracy Clearinghouse only such information as is necessary for the purpose described in subparagraph (A).</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id03bac85a2e814b44996b483885cb1624"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Data protection</header><text>The information made available by States under subparagraph (B)—</text><clause id="id54E6DCFC7887408094D2817EC7E204EE"><enum>(i)</enum><text>shall be used only for the purpose described in subparagraph (A); and</text></clause><clause id="idECBB8D3D72684DE5BDD839FD284AF382"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>shall not be retained for longer than is necessary to accomplish that purpose.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id56de11adf7f94631bb8d898fa816315a"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Issuance of interim final regulations</header><text>Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this subsection, the Secretary shall promulgate regulations (which shall include interim final regulations) to carry out this subsection that—</text><subparagraph id="ide63a0d67b85b48be830938417bf777f0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>incorporate best practices and lessons learned from the pilot program under section 4032(c) of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2036c">7 U.S.C. 2036c(c)</external-xref>);</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id49E8DA6B1B084124A2D7C06E4C8E0A36"><enum>(B)</enum><text>require a State to take appropriate action, as determined by the Secretary, with respect to each indication of multiple issuance or indication that an individual receiving benefits in 1 State has applied to receive benefits in another State, while ensuring timely and fair service to applicants for, and participants in, the supplemental nutrition assistance program;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id89cf44fd482540a0b08f60281eb2887c"><enum>(C)</enum><text>limit the information submitted through or retained by the National Accuracy Clearinghouse to information necessary to accomplish the purpose described in paragraph (2)(A);</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id8e8c1faec7cb484c8223ee701c292adf"><enum>(D)</enum><text>establish safeguards to protect—</text><clause id="idB0F1109897B64329ACC662DF258664BD"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the information submitted through or retained by the National Accuracy Clearinghouse, including by limiting the period of time that information is retained to the period necessary to accomplish the purpose described in paragraph (2)(A); and</text></clause><clause id="id85922e9abc864127b2f942c471eec601"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the privacy of information that is submitted through or retained by the National Accuracy Clearinghouse, which shall include—</text><subclause id="id17ABB1B0F19B4114AD987DDAE7FCC359"><enum>(I)</enum><text>prohibiting any contractor who has access to information that is submitted through or retained by the National Accuracy Clearinghouse from using that information for purposes not directly related to the purpose described in paragraph (2)(A); and</text></subclause><subclause id="id39F2D27E400047EB8BA06147A0324CDA"><enum>(II)</enum><text>other safeguards, consistent with subsection (e)(8);</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id4d161706f7c24399ab37112759b68d20"><enum>(E)</enum><text>establish a process by which a State shall—</text><clause id="id69a15593a1fe4c17913dc2f68d79f457"><enum>(i)</enum><text>not later than 3 years after the date of enactment of this subsection, conduct a computer match using the National Accuracy Clearinghouse;</text></clause><clause id="id0BC00DC1C03341CCB203D576D41AD5A7"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>after the first computer match under clause (i), conduct computer matches on an ongoing basis, as determined by the Secretary;</text></clause><clause id="idf43a5ea1c1fd42138807863f96974a1c"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>identify and take appropriate action, as determined by the Secretary, with respect to each indication of multiple issuance or indication that an individual receiving benefits in 1 State has applied to receive benefits in another State; and</text></clause><clause id="id4540726e040644d48e4f4030ad7b7a8e"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>protect the identity and location of a vulnerable individual (including a victim of domestic violence) that is an applicant to or participant of the supplemental nutrition assistance program; and</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id631e85d8a6104d848c7d076e5da9ee30"><enum>(F)</enum><text>include other rules and standards, as determined by the Secretary.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section><section id="id9066F0D6A0484357A547F1661E83C61B" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>4110.</enum><header>Quality control</header><subsection id="idA25A2D7153DB48609E82B58889AE8695"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Records</header><paragraph id="idEA40AA4D4FE04EDF8E7D2A9BD034FA6F"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 11(a)(3)(B) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2020">7 U.S.C. 2020(a)(3)(B)</external-xref>) is amended in the matter preceding clause (i) by inserting <quote>and systems containing those records</quote> after <quote>subparagraph (A)</quote>.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id06B3460A27834FBDBAB89AE05E338FA6"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Cost sharing for computerization</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 16(g)(1) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2025">7 U.S.C. 2025(g)(1)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><subparagraph id="id76650101FDC9445F8CFDB249E1F191EB"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph (E), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id03E92AD7FCED4AD5A6739388FCE5A30F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph (F)(ii), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idC962914F4F6641F0A87EFDDED1613466"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5339CB59EDAB4FF6BEDB472BC23CB516" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id32482E3789C948B8BDAB3E053CDE916D"><enum>(G)</enum><text>would be accessible by the Secretary for inspection and audit under section 11(a)(3)(B); and</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id87DF58985C5B47049774913FF9ECFCB2"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Quality control system</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 16(c)(1) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2025">7 U.S.C. 2025(c)(1)</external-xref>) is amended by striking subparagraph (B) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id79FB0EB7F1BF4C1DBA05EF0B8724E71B" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subparagraph id="idDBC8106B525344E78F8B8D9D15B99361"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Quality control system integrity</header><clause id="ida7e5124454bf4b68997a2f4ee2658cf2"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of the <short-title>Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018</short-title>, the Secretary shall issue interim final regulations that—</text><subclause id="id87CE513FAF4642EFAD52425F02466327"><enum>(I)</enum><text>ensure that the quality control system established under this subsection produces valid statistical results;</text></subclause><subclause id="idc73265a7520841e8b07a6e672ef6819c"><enum>(II)</enum><text>provide for oversight of contracts entered into by a State agency for the purpose of improving payment accuracy;</text></subclause><subclause id="idba699eedbfa840309b456deefb2e4afe"><enum>(III)</enum><text>ensure the accuracy of data collected under the quality control system established under this subsection; and</text></subclause><subclause id="id1ae1033af7914b8bb071ce4b46112f9b"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>to the maximum extent practicable, for each fiscal year, evaluate the integrity of the quality control process of not fewer than 2 State agencies, selected in accordance with criteria determined by the Secretary.</text></subclause></clause><clause id="idbf18663f778847c7b2c0b2fadb18678a"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Debarment</header><text>In accordance with the nonprocurement debarment procedures under part 417 of title 2, Code of Federal Regulations (or successor regulations), the Secretary shall bar any person that, in carrying out the quality control system established under this subsection, knowingly submits, or causes to be submitted, false information to the Secretary.</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="idE26502E175F040619C2ED109B4FBD7F5"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Elimination of State bonuses for error rates</header><paragraph commented="no" id="idF8C8FA2849EA47118FED1D3743E9C18B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 16(d) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2025">7 U.S.C. 2025(d)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><subparagraph commented="no" id="idaee03f11989a42b7ad66787688bbc673"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking the subsection heading and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">State performance indicators and bonuses</header-in-text>.—</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id926589ddc92c438893b165e5030e799b"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)—</text><clause commented="no" id="id288C05CF38554D54B50DAB0589FCA1C6"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A)(ii), by striking <quote>subparagraph (B)(ii)</quote> and inserting <quote>clauses (ii) and (iii) of subparagraph (B)</quote>; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="id26498114799A4007947471951D63AC94"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B)—</text><subclause commented="no" id="id4EF2E344231E48B8B9FE90CF5A9581EF"><enum>(I)</enum><text>in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking <quote>With respect</quote> and all that follows through the end of clause (i) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id39B713E135F847718D009BA94EDB9F4B" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><clause commented="no" id="id3B71219194BA4CCF837EE2E4D7156967"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Performance measurement</header><text>With respect to fiscal year 2005 and each fiscal year thereafter, the Secretary shall measure the performance of each State agency with respect to the criteria established under subparagraph (A)(i).</text></clause><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subclause><subclause commented="no" id="idC2A742E91AFF4CE39F00B2E58FA5C69C"><enum>(II)</enum><text>in clause (ii), by striking <quote>(ii) subject to paragraph (3),</quote> and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCD17A737E5F64EB7A668136B65005D6D" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><clause commented="no" id="idF50EEF945E824385A14392F34ABB4C6E"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Performance bonuses for fiscal years 2005 through 2017</header><text>With respect to each of fiscal years 2005 through 2017, subject to paragraph (3), the Secretary shall</text></clause><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subclause><subclause commented="no" id="id98EBFAE3725C421ABF28831BB2D1E00F"><enum>(III)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0F595D111B9C4ACD8458D67568A8CBC8" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><clause commented="no" id="idb6c8e91898cf48d197d06915d41f366c"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Performance bonuses for fiscal years 2018 and thereafter</header><subclause commented="no" id="idB46CFC7D5E2D4CBB82930D93F30207BD"><enum>(I)</enum><header>In general</header><text>With respect to fiscal year 2018 and each fiscal year thereafter, subject to subclause (II) and paragraph (3), the Secretary shall award performance bonus payments in the following fiscal year, in a total amount of $6,000,000 for each fiscal year, to State agencies that meet standards for high or most improved performance established by the Secretary under subparagraph (A)(ii) for the measure of application processing timeliness.</text></subclause><subclause id="id3899d32d21ca4e72bbd93ac6a4242752"><enum>(II)</enum><header>Performance bonus payments for fiscal year 2018 performance</header><text>The Secretary shall award performance bonus payments in a total amount of $6,000,000 to State agencies in fiscal year 2019 for fiscal year 2018 performance, in accordance with subclause (I).</text></subclause></clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id6D9FEC9D3E104E28AF463BAB19EDF8CB"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Conforming amendment</header><text>Section 16(i)(1) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2025">7 U.S.C. 2025(i)(1)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>(as defined in subsection (d)(1))</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="idCBE9E585B5B34F978FD1CE389E075567" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>4111.</enum><header>Requirement of live-production environments for certain pilot projects relating to cost sharing for computerization</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 16(g)(1) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2025">7 U.S.C. 2025(g)(1)</external-xref>) (as amended by section 4110(a)(2)) is amended—</text><paragraph id="idB061D60A64594E14B360A0DF432F595B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subparagraph (F), by redesignating clauses (i) and (ii) as subclauses (I) and (II), respectively, and indenting appropriately;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id4318F5313E30423081C64D2F8CB784AA"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating subparagraphs (A) through (G) as clauses (i) through (vii), respectively, and indenting appropriately;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id68E3CABB96D44AF2B4081C7342563F71"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in the matter preceding clause (i) (as so redesignated)—</text><subparagraph id="id98C81DBFBD10455EBF7DEEE1467B53E6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>paragraphs (2) and (3)</quote> and inserting <quote>paragraph (2)</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id46DCDCE0C7E84677B4AE39EBE1DB01BC"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>in the planning</quote> and inserting the following: “in the—</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF7F5B545911D49B5B216B7C5FDABCFE8" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subparagraph id="id166234DA65124FA0857EE479964A00E4"><enum>(A)</enum><text>planning</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idCB59E357E1A545C48EB5A02B8BD5AA0A"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in clause (v) (as so redesignated) of subparagraph (A) (as so designated), by striking <quote>implementation, including through pilot projects in limited areas for major systems changes as determined under rules promulgated by the Secretary, data from which</quote> and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id02A6E7B7ECA84FE2BFAF8BD54C6413FA" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><text>implementation, including a requirement that—</text><subclause id="id16626245B6864142A9BE57FAE89F38ED"><enum>(I)</enum><text>such testing shall be accomplished through pilot projects in limited areas for major systems changes (as determined under rules promulgated by the Secretary);</text></subclause><subclause id="id514D7CF75BDB4F3399CCD48DCCC41690"><enum>(II)</enum><text>each pilot project described in subclause (I) that is carried out before the implementation of a system shall be conducted in a live-production environment; and</text></subclause><subclause id="idFC854E30D6CC4D04ACF38E0BD365090C"><enum>(III)</enum><text>the data resulting from each pilot project carried out under this clause</text></subclause><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph id="id718FF90C9D2F42A78DE3642FD8BDD7B2"><enum>(5)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8551C56AE84E4AA58AF3AC474D30F18C" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF66DF7585939429A994242CE2A6F1ABD"><enum>(B)</enum><text>operation of 1 or more automatic data processing and information retrieval systems that the Secretary determines may continue to be operated in accordance with clauses (i) through (vii) of subparagraph (A).</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section><section id="idbf9851e372f14320b1557b218c6ddcdb"><enum>4112.</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 18(a)(1) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2027">7 U.S.C. 2027(a)(1)</external-xref>) is amended in the first sentence by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text></section><section commented="no" id="ide357ac9e5b2e4e8b8ce5857d09979537"><enum>4113.</enum><header>Assistance for community food projects</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 25(b)(2) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2034">7 U.S.C. 2034(b)(2)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph commented="no" id="id9f51851915ea4cedb8507bc9b762a8d8"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B) by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id7f821997159e4be3981a06d85cf71982"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subparagraph (C) by striking <quote>fiscal year 2015 and each fiscal year thereafter.</quote> and inserting <quote>each of fiscal years 2015 through 2018; and</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id23701e16a1a748818030dfc6e02d8403"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb108c15775214c9aad94cc721c89a982" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subparagraph commented="no" id="id4b2d30b89037453eaed67b0ae4989296"><enum>(D)</enum><text>$5,000,000 for fiscal year 2019 and each fiscal year thereafter.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section><section commented="no" id="idCB8FBA510F394597899D0464F2421CD0"><enum>4114.</enum><header>Nutrition education State plans</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 28(c) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2036a">7 U.S.C. 2036a(c)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph commented="no" id="idEFF3A7CB9E4F4A61B32954BD6BD6F4F4"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)—</text><subparagraph commented="no" id="idD087706ACBBC490E82A92202BB03B5E1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B)—</text><clause commented="no" id="idB1C79C23CA684E7C88F94A9A1527908B"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking <quote>Except as provided in subparagraph (C), a</quote> and inserting <quote>A</quote>;</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="idCF9389450FBB4713A5B1B03084A6D492"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in clause (ii), by striking <quote>and</quote> after the semicolon;</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="idDF8F6BBE2B134F75BD031CE224234AA1"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by redesignating clause (iii) as clause (iv); and</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="id623B8D21655F44F19C897B9546568C2D"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>by inserting after clause (ii) the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD7BAD6F4E95D4A74A0B6C3281BE65AD2" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><clause commented="no" id="id3FA193B227E6449D8CAF40E26B92896F"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>describe how the State agency shall use an electronic reporting system that measures and evaluates the projects; and</text></clause><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="idFAA6109434664FD1ACF8EDD44D360D7D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking subparagraph (C);</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id27872913c4234255a53fbf729af93df8"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (3)(B), in the matter preceding clause (i), by inserting <quote>, the Director of the National Institute of Food and Agriculture,</quote> before <quote>and outside stakeholders</quote>;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idddf76387952649f68e4e4426b6cfa330"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in paragraph (5), by inserting <quote>the expanded food and nutrition education program or</quote> before <quote>other health promotion</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id926DA86E9FF1417D9B96DF42C5832665"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id82769FDAA2F948EA9FCD4707E9DD8068" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><paragraph id="id6ba0a1afe48b43c0a4e67a58214e6599"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Report</header><text>The State agency shall submit to the Secretary an annual evaluation report in accordance with regulations issued by the Secretary.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section><section id="id83450E06D31E466D9B096916F0F2FE24"><enum>4115.</enum><header>Emergency food assistance program</header><subsection id="id31CCE4FED8D94B46B4A9701879B68F91"><enum>(a)</enum><header>State plan</header><text>Section 202A(b) of the Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/7503">7 U.S.C. 7503(b)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="id573FD69A982A40A59349EC786D276EB0"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (3), by striking <quote>and</quote> after the semicolon;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id8686F7551420438E8E768C8C4ACAC9F9"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (4), by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id5CC757E6FF59401FBA942D1033E2FA65"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBD5420AC18644270A7D2DC7A4F580C93" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><paragraph id="idd5a568fdbaf34f4887dc35cc9144371a"><enum>(5)</enum><text>at the option of the State agency, describe a plan of operation for 1 or more projects in partnership with 1 or more emergency feeding organizations located in the State to harvest, process, and package donated commodities received under section 203D(d); and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id09B30A3BB67C436AB226CCA96A5E6356"><enum>(6)</enum><text>describe a plan, which may include the use of a State advisory board established under subsection (c), that provides emergency feeding organizations or eligible recipient agencies within the State an opportunity to provide input on the commodity preferences and needs of the emergency feeding organization or eligible recipient agency.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="id91FC0AA53E3A4550AEB99C7A01435C88"><enum>(b)</enum><header>State and local supplementation of commodities</header><text>Section 203D of the Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/7507">7 U.S.C. 7507</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7D9B25DC319345E9A5DFC3DF145199D5" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subsection commented="no" id="id29915cb18cfc4f1ca2fdf63b88151b73"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Projects to harvest, process, and package donated commodities</header><paragraph commented="no" id="id90C462BF7B08485BA9C01158AA144E25"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Definition of project</header><text>In this subsection, the term <term>project</term> means the harvesting, processing, or packaging of unharvested, unprocessed, or unpackaged commodities donated by agricultural producers, processors, or distributors for use by emergency feeding organizations under subsection (a).</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id9B4AEF6FCEFA4FC9AD13DBB85737CFF4"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Federal funding for projects</header><subparagraph commented="no" id="id6ED1BEC90FDC423B8C979AD92268356D"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subject to subparagraphs (B) and (C) and paragraph (3), using funds made available under paragraph (5), the Secretary may provide funding to States to pay for the costs of carrying out a project.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id1D2AC57B402343B6A8D4122C39D3CBD7"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Federal share</header><text>The Federal share of the cost of a project under subparagraph (A) shall not exceed 50 percent of the total cost of the project.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id26F1E67833EA470DBB6F0F2D1A68FB82"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Allocation</header><clause commented="no" id="id3EBC3F8346EB4F2A850F1217FFA649AC"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Each fiscal year, the Secretary shall allocate to States that have submitted under section 202A(b)(5) a State plan describing a plan of operation for a project the funds made available under subparagraph (A) based on a formula determined by the Secretary.</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="id993C7C925C994BE2AFA816D2DDECB8C9"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Reallocation</header><text>If the Secretary determines that a State will not expend all of the funds allocated to the State for a fiscal year under clause (i), the Secretary shall reallocate the unexpended funds to other States that have submitted under section 202A(b)(5) a State plan describing a plan of operation for a project during that fiscal year or the subsequent fiscal year, as the Secretary determines appropriate.</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="id255DC9717FCB4003AD6DB62945744E5C"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Reports</header><text>Each State to which funds are allocated for a fiscal year under this subparagraph shall, on a regular basis, submit to the Secretary financial reports describing the use of the funds.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id9b2edb580fb949099286a95ce8070c53"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Project purposes</header><text>A State may only use Federal funds received under paragraph (2) for a project the purposes of which are—</text><subparagraph commented="no" id="id2A932DA8B9504DC6B9A029DC7A885E75"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to reduce food waste at the agricultural production, processing, or distribution level through the donation of food;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id07AC5F8245FA46819F618D1F4C895E9D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to provide food to individuals in need; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="idC7912E20F6FA4232878A6F18CC164B09"><enum>(C)</enum><text>to build relationships between agricultural producers, processors, and distributors and emergency feeding organizations through the donation of food.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id73E8B41FF3EB4BC780399C8519DAA1A2"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Cooperative agreements</header><text>The Secretary may encourage a State agency that carries out a project using Federal funds received under paragraph (2) to enter into cooperative agreements with State agencies of other States under section 203B(d) to maximize the use of commodities donated under the project.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="idEBED07A3CE51423B8FD53BE8DA5A0D0F"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Funding</header><text>Out of funds not otherwise appropriated, the Secretary of the Treasury shall transfer to the Secretary to carry out this subsection $4,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 through 2023, to remain available until the end of the subsequent fiscal year.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection id="id0358210654BE4A71A14E39154251C59A"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Food waste</header><text>Section 203D of the Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/7507">7 U.S.C. 7507</external-xref>) (as amended by subsection (b)) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA5267EEF63484E8C91F833EAB51D944E" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subsection id="idC2B185740A8745FBBAEB20773D513679"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Food waste</header><text>The Secretary shall issue guidance outlining best practices to minimize the food waste of the commodities donated under subsection (a).</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="id45B4C714FBEE433DB21B571009BFE63D"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Emergency food program infrastructure grants</header><text>Section 209(d) of the Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/7511a">7 U.S.C. 7511a(d)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text></subsection><subsection id="id871d871f66aa44fb80acb761baebfcc8"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Availability of commodities for the emergency food assistance program</header><text>Section 27(a) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2036">7 U.S.C. 2036(a)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="idaf38517649c442be975e417f170ec880"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idbae4acb3cb1149f49d059e1cc8fd1ea2"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)—</text><subparagraph id="idea6f5973265042b08a5eea245a7c39cd"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph (C), by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idfd216dbfb50c4e8eb09a41b2c1279151"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph (D)—</text><clause id="id13842f8f9cc64e74beef9e496a358c01"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>;</text></clause><clause id="id0e3baddb852c4f3c8febcd83f638708e"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in clause (iii), by striking <quote>and</quote> after the semicolon;</text></clause><clause id="id97C6AC2F2B524A2AA33E6001B58E5D4D"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>in clause (iv), by striking <quote>and</quote> after the semicolon;</text></clause><clause id="idab81b42b98334dcdb20f40d8451ad7b9"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD8D1A32891394B71A572073DC28EAAAD" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><clause id="id8c36b4e483b9490e88f514427024736d"><enum>(v)</enum><text>for fiscal year 2019, $23,000,000;</text></clause><clause id="id62eecacfcd5b4266a5a040e3eb6a57b0"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>for fiscal year 2020, $35,000,000;</text></clause><clause id="id68f25e2d2b954c7a955d4c11f93d08b8"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>for fiscal year 2021, $35,000,000;</text></clause><clause id="id73196498831b4ab29a8c5d91a86fe9fa"><enum>(viii)</enum><text>for fiscal year 2022, $35,000,000; and</text></clause><clause id="idcb47fd8ba6cb442aa091a98029ebaee6"><enum>(ix)</enum><text>for fiscal year 2023, $35,000,000; and</text></clause><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id98145c8d3d594da7ab5d7083837920f6"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in subparagraph (E)—</text><clause id="id33589c5335244124b275e3f988acf976"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>2019</quote> and inserting <quote>2024</quote>;</text></clause><clause id="id6c00866d02ad45a0b91100c9f33da31f"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>(D)(iv)</quote> and inserting <quote>(D)(ix)</quote>; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide321edbdf5e542b6ae8b3693de16e151"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>June 30, 2017</quote> and inserting <quote>June 30, 2023</quote>.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="idC8032D2D47844A11A38AC413A63D38E7"><enum>4116.</enum><header>Technical and conforming amendments</header><subsection id="id3b785560bd5c468c9529ec8495c64b29"><enum>(a)</enum><text>Section 3 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2012">7 U.S.C. 2012</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="id02711c6f30c94b069e886140c7cd4085"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (d), by striking <quote>7(i)</quote> and inserting <quote>7(h)</quote>;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id91fc7ad5fec544adae427f884e63b657"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (i), by striking <quote>7(i)</quote> and inserting <quote>7(h)</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id620ea31bafaf4a9cbdcfb432108a67cd"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (o)(1)(A), by striking <quote>(r)(1)</quote> and inserting <quote>(q)(1)</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id7ec730819ebb41e18147535ff2a2dacb"><enum>(b)</enum><text>Section 5(a) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2014">7 U.S.C. 2014(a)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>3(n)(4)</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>3(m)(4)</quote>.</text></subsection><subsection id="idc2d4d000ea7c4b2e8b5bead9c08d5a28"><enum>(c)</enum><text>Section 8 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2017">7 U.S.C. 2017</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="idfed0b73a624945ecb651319ce54963aa"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (e)(1), by striking <quote>3(n)(5)</quote> and inserting <quote>3(m)(5)</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id75dfd3ad3b4d4f15b3f7d8c3f7461f48"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (f)(1)(A), by striking <quote>3(n)(5)</quote> and inserting <quote>3(m)(5)</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idc533bb935f2245d588f234718d5f34f9"><enum>(d)</enum><text>Section 9(c) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2018">7 U.S.C. 2018(c)</external-xref>) is amended in the third sentence by striking <quote>to any used by</quote> and inserting <quote>to, and used by,</quote>.</text></subsection><subsection id="idb6a31e50cb864091976a2bea69613438"><enum>(e)</enum><text>Section 10 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2019">7 U.S.C. 2019</external-xref>) is amended in the first sentence—</text><paragraph id="idef14ade7cbe04b98a5325a9aad474d30"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>or the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation</quote> each place it appears; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idc993a5b655fd4d8099862e80c4fd5b9e"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking <quote>3(p)(4)</quote> and inserting <quote>3(o)(4)</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id393d99a37e1740348e83fbc818e46281"><enum>(f)</enum><text>Section 11 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2020">7 U.S.C. 2020</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="id14ad1661aca741b69ee2ad7d76b602ce"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>3(t)(1)</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>3(s)(1)</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id67c9a0deb3c34cd38ac8ca7bf618ee93"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking <quote>3(t)(2)</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>3(s)(2)</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id521d67a0c26341b7ad82b63fa5e107c9"><enum>(g)</enum><text>Section 18(e) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2027">7 U.S.C. 2027(e)</external-xref>) is amended in the first sentence by striking <quote>7(f)</quote> and inserting <quote>7(e)</quote>.</text></subsection><subsection id="id7319700d311842a5a5a994c763370a93"><enum>(h)</enum><text>Section 25(a)(1)(B)(i)(I) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2034">7 U.S.C. 2034(a)(1)(B)(i)(I)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>service;;</quote> and inserting <quote>service;</quote>.</text></subsection></section></subtitle><subtitle commented="no" id="P4AF2D90F4551096F6AD9479AF680CEE"><enum>B</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Commodity Distribution Programs</header><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="PEA24A1BF4F6CBC0C76CE80B1EB10A92" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>4201.</enum><header>Commodity distribution program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">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>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text></section><section id="idB36C83B20A8E478C8C166D345DE9AAA6"><enum>4202.</enum><header>Commodity supplemental food program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 5 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—</text><paragraph id="id6A8459D4EEC24BD9AF85EB881B7C0704"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)—</text><subparagraph id="idBB8894D2A9B747429F3C35FE804C3944"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id16ADAEFD6E894BB29BB53F2F7E8AD15E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)(B), in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>;</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id00925689E5A344E2B9E46BAACAD0920C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (d)(2), in the first sentence, by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id2A1B71878C8441FFB7CC56317EA9432F"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (g)—</text><subparagraph id="idD803D56886FC4CBDBE142EE710445200"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>Except</quote> and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2D43180499C54699BC282A263F2DD190" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><paragraph id="id14C65379AA264E018AD950DA050C8778"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Except</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idCDAD13CF8D674ED6B65DD6467C52D213"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCC3E170233664CA0ADF600D6321A049B" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><paragraph id="idd8353e7cdfcb44f3bd3d12f37d74d70a"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Certification</header><subparagraph id="ida2bf05660b3f40c5b204c3646326d71e"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Definition of certification period</header><text>In this paragraph, the term <term>certification period</term> means the period during which a participant in the commodity supplemental food program in a State may continue to receive benefits under the commodity supplemental food program without a formal review of the eligibility of the participant.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id211CD3D536F5446C97A9EAFC3900AE13"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Minimum certification period</header><text>Subject to subparagraphs (C) and (D), a State shall establish for the commodity supplemental food program of the State a certification period of—</text><clause id="idFBC696CCD21F4A6EA0D5A65112E3D99D"><enum>(i)</enum><text>not less than 1 year; but</text></clause><clause id="idFF26EAC10586440E9FE4067F903882E7"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>not more than 3 years.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id2CE61CCF4D924E84B2D275690F80F497"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Temporary certification</header><text>An eligible individual in the commodity supplemental food program in a State may be provided with a temporary monthly certification to fill any caseload slot resulting from nonparticipation by other certified participants.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id34c0c95519284f098ab33946cc0809a1"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Approvals</header><text>A certification period of more than 1 year established by a State under subparagraph (B) shall be subject to the approval of the Secretary, who shall approve such a certification period on the condition that, with respect to each participant receiving benefits under the commodity supplemental food program of the State, the local agency in the State administering the commodity supplemental food program, on an annual basis during the certification period applicable to the participant—</text><clause id="id44f89b3e7c734e37b70f2d023595f253"><enum>(i)</enum><text>verifies the address and continued interest of the participant; and</text></clause><clause id="ida715e0343eea446c96bfd6ef6469c944"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>has sufficient reason to determine that the participant still meets the income eligibility standards under paragraph (1), which may include a determination that the participant has a fixed income.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id787F436F303B4A7DAAA27CFCA223B938" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>4203.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Distribution of surplus commodities; special nutrition projects</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1114(a)(2)(A) of the Agriculture and Food Act of 1981 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1431e">7 U.S.C. 1431e(a)(2)(A)</external-xref>) is amended in the first sentence by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text></section></subtitle><subtitle commented="no" id="P453889C3445421E3B4BD2CA7DCF36F8"><enum>C</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Miscellaneous</header><section id="idD8160D35CF7447DA91A5B0291D3C073C"><enum>4301.</enum><header>Purchase of specialty crops</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 10603(b) of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/612c-4">7 U.S.C. 612c–4(b)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text></section><section id="id99B043354F0445338DD8233BA73FF5D2"><enum>4302.</enum><header>Seniors farmers' market nutrition program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 4402(a) of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/3007">7 U.S.C. 3007(a)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text></section><section commented="no" id="ida380c38321d04306906e5afd81763f22"><enum>4303.</enum><header>The Gus Schumacher food insecurity nutrition incentive</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 4405 of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/7517">7 U.S.C. 7517</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph commented="no" id="id671721c65bfc477f83c37b8090d50d07"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the section heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">food</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">the gus schumacher food</header-in-text></quote>;</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="ideef96e8338fe4ec2afe036793c5e0e6d"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (a)—</text><subparagraph commented="no" id="id48b3b838e74f4da88509376a28759e6d"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>means</quote> and all that follows through the end of subparagraph (L) and inserting <quote>means a governmental agency or nonprofit organization.</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="ida94ca0eb05154eff9be1152cb4544bca"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (3)—</text><clause commented="no" id="id7120e8758ee34b7fafa977dbefc71bd4"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>;</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="id70ba922f3eaa4e71a975258dd6f3d100"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>means the</quote> and inserting the following: “means—</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id95FB0A5FEB4442FFB4A5BFBE5770A9B4" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subparagraph commented="no" id="id3fc0452b98794c8fa62fd7a3a5119e1a"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause><clause commented="no" id="id0af53b1f1db7494580e24ec6046ab428"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8DCB8046F5454336B425CC9742D827DF" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subparagraph commented="no" id="id3190dd0918744fa98233e9ce781b4939"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the programs for nutrition assistance under section 19 of that Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2028">7 U.S.C. 2028</external-xref>).</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="idccecdf4bca62451ca5611e14dc9717ae"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (b)—</text><subparagraph commented="no" id="id4824e846d0c345459fadae71f39583ea"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)—</text><clause commented="no" id="id24903ecf23494e72957783ad139a7fe4"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by redesignating subparagraphs (B) and (C) as subparagraphs (C) and (D), respectively;</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="idba83627d2e6d487688e0045688a8743e"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by inserting after subparagraph (A) the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB419413735E14AB1BD13D9E6DADDCAAB" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subparagraph commented="no" id="id238a2666cdcb4eed899fb6df4ea2e655"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Partners and collaborators</header><text>An eligible entity that receives a grant under this subsection may partner with, or make subgrants to, public, private, nonprofit, or for-profit entities, including—</text><clause commented="no" id="id27218453aed24c83b80d491c14b499c6"><enum>(i)</enum><text>an emergency feeding organization;</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="id2b3aad86ba8f4d0ea9770c66712df6b3"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>an agricultural cooperative;</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="id1a2c4b3dc22c44488513bd532c056492"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>a producer network or association;</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="idbd909a8ef1ef48c2a08210bc22e26997"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>a community health organization;</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="id1d677cc80d0a4738a87d52fbc362c1bc"><enum>(v)</enum><text>a public benefit corporation;</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="id1defef54aea242dcb8ea85a9826f92b0"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>an economic development corporation;</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="id00b0c8702aff47ffb14349cadf0777c7"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>a farmers’ market;</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="id06f2292f30ac41c0800507a4d44637df"><enum>(viii)</enum><text>a community-supported agriculture program;</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="id1d0147311d4147d184e3d62f728efdaa"><enum>(ix)</enum><text>a buying club;</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="id2c80566848684168a07fb80eef39ffd6"><enum>(x)</enum><text>a retail food store participating in the supplemental nutrition assistance program;</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="id079b2a364c3547468ee118f09ae6337f"><enum>(xi)</enum><text>a State, local, or tribal agency;</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="id9ad24b636d5744b48fbebc6bb9ec961c"><enum>(xii)</enum><text>another eligible entity that receives a grant; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="id20e63b16fa084d568ad3d0ee7b0b2017"><enum>(xiii)</enum><text>any other entity the Secretary designates.</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause><clause commented="no" id="idd4d75b7838b04dbfab05c8e147bf978d"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (C) (as so redesignated), by striking <quote>The</quote> and inserting <quote>Except as provided in subparagraph (D)(iii), the</quote>; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="iddd6242b94ca2455a81541f7a73137405"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>in subparagraph (D) (as so redesignated), by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC11F065143E64515A88E34BB10BAEB94" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><clause commented="no" id="id5a5256131af645b98a862cc5a76fac96"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Tribal agencies</header><text>The Secretary may allow a tribal agency to use funds provided to the Indian Tribe of the tribal agency through a Federal agency (including the Indian Health Service) or other Federal benefit to satisfy all or part of the non-Federal share described in clause (i), if such use is otherwise consistent with the purpose of such funds.</text></clause><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id9aeca19ba19946b083068aec79723d20"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)—</text><clause commented="no" id="idcaccc1b57cba435cb778d4147a9c6c0a"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A)—</text><subclause commented="no" id="id355a28853c0741daa4c11c63b348e29f"><enum>(I)</enum><text>in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking <quote>For purposes of</quote> and all that follows through <quote>that</quote> and inserting <quote>To receive a grant under this subsection, an eligible entity shall</quote>;</text></subclause><subclause commented="no" id="id1bfb211faa9743d794a05c4e773d36ee"><enum>(II)</enum><text>in clause (i), by striking <quote>meets</quote> and inserting <quote>meet</quote>; and</text></subclause><subclause commented="no" id="idf1efe0279e42499b93292bcc9ce8df5b"><enum>(III)</enum><text>in clause (ii)—</text><item commented="no" id="id35692a9445094f59b81b6128d72eb0c3"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>in the matter preceding subclause (I), by striking <quote>proposes</quote> and inserting <quote>propose</quote>;</text></item><item commented="no" id="id9565e7391abd4847a1c6daf77fb6fd96"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>by striking subclauses (II) and (III) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id97908934649244C281DF50C51C985BC1" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subclause commented="no" id="ide03bead856274703916eb159b6fc6525"><enum>(II)</enum><text>would increase the purchase of fruits and vegetables by low-income consumers participating in the supplemental nutrition assistance program by providing an incentive for the purchase of fruits and vegetables at the point of purchase to a household purchasing food with supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits;</text></subclause><subclause commented="no" id="idB8B98707226442989C4879A2DBD16ABC"><enum>(III)</enum><text>except in the case of projects receiving $100,000 or less over 1 year, would measure the purchase of fruits and vegetables by low-income consumers participating in the supplemental nutrition assistance program;</text></subclause><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></item><item commented="no" id="id5459137f859c44c1a9fcee7af761cded"><enum>(cc)</enum><text>in subclause (IV), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end; and</text></item><item commented="no" id="id3438e70752db4561aa74480af8c3824c"><enum>(dd)</enum><text>by striking subclause (V) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB7ECD2DFD8F64D389E7335B29DF55A63" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subclause commented="no" id="idad8f13189a554a0881c6d513dfc4bbaf"><enum>(V)</enum><text>has adequate plans to collect data for reporting and agrees to provide that information for the report described in paragraph (5); and</text></subclause><subclause commented="no" id="id57698fe8b78d4bc392980dfe7dc59ae7"><enum>(VI)</enum><text>would share information with the Training and Technical Assistance Centers and the Information and Evaluation Centers (as those terms are defined in paragraph (4)) for the purposes described in that paragraph.</text></subclause><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></item></subclause></clause><clause commented="no" id="idcb2d4b1894804aceb12fa8b81b6e1bb4"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B)—</text><subclause commented="no" id="id65bbd7281dac45278c0de78b5d94f0ad"><enum>(I)</enum><text>by striking clause (v);</text></subclause><subclause commented="no" id="id82c8d04918034383a423e6a1b228a40e"><enum>(II)</enum><text>by redesignating clause (vi) as clause (x); and</text></subclause><subclause commented="no" id="idbc97f988d3dd465d8bac5fb1935f18a9"><enum>(III)</enum><text>by inserting after clause (iv) the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id65CA1140D1DF4C73A3BFF244F5BA74EE" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><clause commented="no" id="id9a66f8cc1cac45f29d8e4d7fd1e6c784"><enum>(v)</enum><text>include a program design—</text><subclause commented="no" id="idf5fe6c193da845b69668f6c4f397b7cc"><enum>(I)</enum><text>that provides incentives when fruits or vegetables are purchased using supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits; and</text></subclause><subclause commented="no" id="id2f2b692de680491cbac4154eb79d392b"><enum>(II)</enum><text>in which the incentives earned may be used only to purchase fruits or vegetables;</text></subclause></clause><clause commented="no" id="ideaa3ae28cabe4463a4707ec8d27c0966"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>have demonstrated the ability to provide services to underserved communities;</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="id6721b68e81f44490a514815cf852d1de"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>include coordination with multiple stakeholders, such as farm organizations, nutrition education programs, cooperative extension services, public health departments, health providers, private and public health insurance agencies, cooperative grocers, grocery associations, and community-based and nongovernmental organizations;</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="id5d15f04424c544178ae6b7e26f7b9b88"><enum>(viii)</enum><text>offer supplemental services in high-need communities, including online ordering, transportation between home and store, and delivery services;</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="id7cbd182e2bbe4dcd80d66fce62c0a525"><enum>(ix)</enum><text>include food retailers that are open—</text><subclause commented="no" id="id1b7b9520d8b8401abb992561aa570c99"><enum>(I)</enum><text>for extended hours; and</text></subclause><subclause commented="no" id="id974c7488bebb43a483b67d9de6a80df5"><enum>(II)</enum><text>most or all days of the year; or</text></subclause></clause><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id1a1ea7677a37417e949c0ca7a44f215d"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (4) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAAC2A839BA4E404295A432B3894846A4" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><paragraph commented="no" id="idba09c504dcee495f960492eec424a19d"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Training and technical assistance centers; information and evaluation centers</header><subparagraph commented="no" id="ida41b8e28576a44ef894bf4e063c340e0"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this paragraph:</text><clause commented="no" id="id41485b6959e84ea7912863e089d9db1c"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Information and evaluation center</header><text>The term <term>Information and Evaluation Center</term> means any of the information and evaluation centers established under subparagraph (B)(i)(II).</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="iddf2fd5f9316a402d9fd0f4ec6bb06209"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Training and technical assistance center</header><text>The term <term>Training and Technical Assistance Center</term> means any of the training and technical assistance centers established under subparagraph (B)(i)(I).</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id31276291e018416290c0ad6eef09b98d"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Establishment</header><clause commented="no" id="idc4b3b6192622419bbc95da24a1d64ddc"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>To provide services to eligible entities applying for or receiving a grant under this subsection or to partners or collaborators applying for or receiving a subgrant under paragraph (1)(B), the Secretary shall establish, in accordance with clause (ii)—</text><subclause commented="no" id="id031a1f26bd5b47d4aa6b47399a78898e"><enum>(I)</enum><text>1 or more training and technical centers, each of which shall be known as a <quote>Food Insecurity Nutrition Incentive Program Training and Technical Assistance Center</quote>; and</text></subclause><subclause commented="no" id="ida6de5d9ee25042d4b6ff5da07dfa7afe"><enum>(II)</enum><text>1 or more information and evaluation centers, each of which shall be known as a <quote>Food Insecurity Nutrition Incentive Program Information and Evaluation Center</quote>.</text></subclause></clause><clause commented="no" id="ide999f9bd3ed94c7881a8881943ef2b6d"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Criteria</header><subclause commented="no" id="idf291b6ff28174ce5a4b17c37b9dffcf5"><enum>(I)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall establish the Training and Technical Assistance Centers and the Information and Evaluation Centers under clause (i) by designating as a Training and Technical Assistance Center or an Information or Evaluation Center, as applicable, 1 or more entities that meet the criteria described in subclause (II) or (III), as applicable.</text></subclause><subclause commented="no" id="idabb21235547145d795314585bd893404"><enum>(II)</enum><header>Training and technical assistance centers</header><text>To be eligible to be designated as a Training and Technical Assistance Center—</text><item commented="no" id="id2D535A59190C427FB4C3C903F223F00B"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>an entity shall—</text><subitem commented="no" id="id4dac47e34d854610a6c574086cb9798d"><enum>(AA)</enum><text>have the capacity to effectively implement and track outreach, training, and coordination functions;</text></subitem><subitem commented="no" id="idaa57db386a4d4f0f9db98756870e393f"><enum>(BB)</enum><text>be able to produce instructional materials that can easily be replicated and distributed through multiple formats;</text></subitem><subitem commented="no" id="id964c98f693e1461ca7a2f1e23b4986e2"><enum>(CC)</enum><text>have working relationships with nonprofit and private organizations, State and local governments, and tribal organizations (as defined in section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/5304">25 U.S.C. 5304</external-xref>));</text></subitem><subitem commented="no" id="id997ce20301714761a4c0508f373c36e8"><enum>(DD)</enum><text>have the ability to work in underserved or rural communities; and</text></subitem><subitem commented="no" id="id68dcbf6199b34e7684dff99cc795a12b"><enum>(EE)</enum><text>have an organizational mission aligned with the needs of eligible entities receiving grants under this subsection; or</text></subitem></item><item commented="no" id="id20A107A31D9F4E13BAF4DE7C936EED88"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>for purposes of carrying out subclauses (VII) and (VIII) of subparagraph (C)(i), an entity shall—</text><subitem id="iddfc7db26f8e149c394db6566e9a4ce1a"><enum>(AA)</enum><text>have experience developing or supporting the development of point of sale technology; and</text></subitem><subitem id="id75c37f26cd8b457a8710ecff772ba009"><enum>(BB)</enum><text>meet any other criteria, as determined by the Secretary, to effectively carry out subclauses (VII) and (VIII) of subparagraph (C)(i).</text></subitem></item></subclause><subclause commented="no" id="idc8baa0ddbce5403c9bb28a1fad007d2d"><enum>(III)</enum><header>Information and evaluation centers</header><text>To be eligible to be designated as an Information and Evaluation Center, an entity shall—</text><item commented="no" id="id66a8f558d96145d7b51c783cc7708453"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>have experience designing, creating, and maintaining an online, publicly searchable reporting and informational clearinghouse; and</text></item><item commented="no" id="idc8506849e20646ea9d98090538e6def4"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>be able to conduct systematic analysis of the impacts and outcomes of projects using a grant under this subsection.</text></item></subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id4a11708fb8964d9d9a92257059315619"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Services</header><clause commented="no" id="idc3812f8155b646748224f3e001c271cc"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Training and technical assistance centers</header><text>The Training and Technical Assistance Centers shall provide services that include—</text><subclause commented="no" id="id3bfdcf4522754d70bd72172dd0726259"><enum>(I)</enum><text>assisting eligible entities applying for a grant or partners or collaborators applying for a subgrant under this subsection in—</text><item commented="no" id="id19cbc9f3b0ec4c3babb48b8836c836e3"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>assessing the food system in the geographical area of the eligible entity; and</text></item><item commented="no" id="id37ecd13a801e4e28b522fef7123a507a"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>designing a proposed project;</text></item></subclause><subclause commented="no" id="id709e3448e9394e199bb5cdd260acb035"><enum>(II)</enum><text>collecting and providing to eligible entities applying for or receiving a grant or to partners or collaborators applying for or receiving a subgrant under this subsection information on best practices from existing projects, including best practices regarding communications, signage, record-keeping, incentive instruments, integration with point of sale systems, and reporting;</text></subclause><subclause commented="no" id="id5876c48dc1ac474297ba91907935ee2e"><enum>(III)</enum><text>disseminating information and facilitating communication among eligible entities receiving a grant or partners or collaborators receiving a subgrant under this subsection;</text></subclause><subclause commented="no" id="ideda6e91262744c6ea3652cb0dbbc1765"><enum>(IV)</enum><item commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id6EF74324D5D646F6958326791A3E90F5"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>identifying common challenges faced by eligible entities receiving a grant or partners or collaborators receiving a subgrant under this subsection; and</text></item><item changed="added" commented="no" id="id64D903CCA1684BF6A85BD29094287625" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>coordinating the work towards solutions to those challenges;</text></item></subclause><subclause commented="no" id="id550366ebb697426a9f6fdabd6fb58e94"><enum>(V)</enum><text>communicating with farms, direct to consumer markets, and grocery organizations to share information and partner on projects using a grant or subgrant under this subsection;</text></subclause><subclause commented="no" id="idebe21590a33b45c59374290f0e25a1b2"><enum>(VI)</enum><text>assisting with collaboration among eligible entities receiving a grant or partners or collaborators receiving a subgrant under this subsection, State agencies, and the Food and Nutrition Service;</text></subclause><subclause commented="no" id="id056130a3f7f44d0fb7c0c941895050d1"><enum>(VII)</enum><text>identifying and providing to eligible entities applying for or receiving a grant or partners or collaborators applying for or receiving a subgrant under this subsection information on point of sale technology that could reduce cost and increase efficiency of supplemental nutrition assistance program and incentive transaction processing at participating authorized retailers;</text></subclause><subclause commented="no" id="idD46BAC968C824E319A5D604205D6C996"><enum>(VIII)</enum><text>supporting the development of the technology described in clause (VII); and</text></subclause><subclause commented="no" id="iddaf470c7f6da4b44bdff8c23cedf49ff"><enum>(IX)</enum><text>other services identified by the Secretary.</text></subclause></clause><clause commented="no" id="id053e291f233c474db266c595b9e33a97"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Information and evaluation centers</header><text>The Information and Evaluation Centers shall provide services that include—</text><subclause commented="no" id="id463fe2e47a0d4c9db6a7437aaa5ce9b2"><enum>(I)</enum><text>using standard metrics based on outcome measures used for existing projects, and in collaboration with the Director of the National Institute of Food and Agriculture and the Administrator of the Food and Nutrition Service, creating a system to collect and compile core data sets from eligible entities receiving a grant and partners or collaborators receiving a subgrant, as appropriate, under this subsection;</text></subclause><subclause commented="no" id="id037248d34e5844d4814c28a8498f0e6b"><enum>(II)</enum><text>beginning with fiscal year 2020, preparing an annual report with summary data and an evaluation of each project receiving a grant under this subsection during the fiscal year preceding the report, that includes the amount of grant funds used for the project and the measurement of the outcomes of the project, for submission to the Secretary; and</text></subclause><subclause commented="no" id="ide18788e4b6404158b887dc63a2221594"><enum>(III)</enum><text>other services identified by the Secretary.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id99708f11b132432cb6d7866f2e32f364"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Grants and cooperative agreements</header><text>In carrying out this paragraph, the Secretary, on a competitive basis, shall make grants to, or enter into cooperative agreements with—</text><clause commented="no" id="id988dc9aaec9547e2bb03c0290a97107d"><enum>(i)</enum><text>State cooperative extension services;</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="id897a44aa3586489cabe3f008a51be591"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>nongovernmental organizations;</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="idcb80e4c498054a668ee9de9ebdb653d2"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>Federal, State, or tribal agencies;</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="id230f09f1d6da42f3a44a2465b2e48b11"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>2-year and 4-year degree-granting institutions of higher education (as defined in section 101(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1001">20 U.S.C. 1001(a)</external-xref>)) and land-grant colleges and universities (as defined in section 1404 of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/3103">7 U.S.C. 3103</external-xref>)); and</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="id9e2268ef45b44ed085d1e9bf67827311"><enum>(v)</enum><text>other appropriate partners, as determined by the Secretary.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id1920b73bb27646c2a8ceb40bc0890365"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Annual evaluation and report</header><subparagraph commented="no" id="idbd6ab32ee2e9450ab274a8f3831a0c53"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Annually beginning with fiscal year 2020, the Secretary shall conduct, and submit to Congress an evaluation of each project receiving a grant under this subsection, including—</text><clause commented="no" id="id5959705f4fe24458849f31ece57bb69d"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the results of the project;</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="idA55C6945C68643C5A2262B6EDC7B3A4A"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the amount of grant funds used for the project; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="ideb980e3dcc5b45589fd2f211eb4bd474"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>a measurement of the outcomes of the project.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="idf5529f6b92f543dd9ce4b6039659b30b"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Requirement</header><text>The evaluation conducted under subparagraph (A) shall be based on uniform data provided by eligible entities receiving a grant under this subsection.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id06d85096f3764c7ba0ceb499e94cc896"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Public availability</header><text>The Secretary shall make the evaluation conducted under subparagraph (A), including the data provided by eligible entities under subparagraph (B), publicly available online in an anonymized format that protects confidential, personal, or other sensitive data.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="idd5828c89a92e49009f1734ea38100a4c"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Reporting mechanism</header><text>The Secretary shall, to the maximum extent practicable, include eligible entities receiving a grant under this subsection, grocers, farmers, health professionals, researchers, and employees of the Department of Agriculture with direct experience with implementation of the supplemental nutrition assistance program in the design of—</text><clause commented="no" id="id5b18b22c22914b368b116d47cf4a25d3"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the instrument through which data will be collected from eligible entities under subparagraph (B); and</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="idc39dd510921c4b56923e2fde5f41b232"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the mechanism for reporting by eligible entities.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id111cc7de00e14bf6ba02fa89b2874cc9"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subsection (c), by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id06DD711F861441568E27D82EDCF4FA44" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><paragraph id="id9a77880c4de14fe190114f0fa1370307"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Mandatory funding</header><text>Of the funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation, the Secretary shall use to carry out subsection (b) $50,000,000 for fiscal year 2019 and each fiscal year thereafter.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id876d154ca51543279b826cf88eae7833"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Costs</header><text>Of the funds made available under paragraph (2) for a fiscal year, the Secretary shall allocate not more than 15 percent—</text><subparagraph commented="no" id="id790377b4810a4db0bb4d59d70c6bafed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to carry out paragraphs (4) and (5) of subsection (b); and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id5923763eb3b946bda2c4915d05cec6b4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to pay for the administrative costs of carrying out this section.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section><section commented="no" id="id3d4e1bc75a004fbd958b33ab80a5e3a5"><enum>4304.</enum><header>Harvesting health pilot projects</header><subsection commented="no" id="id1f22cf5f50754349968aba5116b727f7"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text><paragraph commented="no" id="id23e69c0e4c784237a5d3485247b7204f"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Eligible entity</header><text>The term <term>eligible entity</term> means—</text><subparagraph commented="no" id="idc0960ab2de994425ab48688fb9392748"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a nonprofit organization; or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="idcd3c37aecfdd451e8f7bf06f61e78cd5"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a State or unit of local government.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id991e33669bb44f57b83253a2fef39ef9"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Healthcare partner</header><text>The term <term>healthcare partner</term> means a healthcare provider, including—</text><subparagraph commented="no" id="id15fd73a2d3a94bcb9886ee424f0917bb"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a hospital;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="idd2a0b760dd034221b4153f2a716451da"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a Federally-qualified health center (as defined in section 1905(l) of the Social Security Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1396d">42 U.S.C. 1396d(l)</external-xref>));</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="ida91749ca7e1548c9b01345ae2453a2f8"><enum>(C)</enum><text>a hospital or clinic operated by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs; or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id13311d57cd5643a18f08b90a57e0cd2b"><enum>(D)</enum><text>a health care provider group.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id95bef30cecc94295b7d97a513bebea0f"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Member</header><subparagraph commented="no" id="idE5E5E3A199D44D64AEC3C3E325E565EB"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The term <term>member</term> means, as determined by the applicable eligible entity or healthcare partner carrying out a pilot project in accordance with procedures established by the Secretary—</text><clause commented="no" id="id7a1af7b768be437b8e639995712adbcf"><enum>(i)</enum><text>an individual eligible for—</text><subclause commented="no" id="id55990f2e5a8e44f88d0c1b7082a6484b"><enum>(I)</enum><text>benefits under the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2011">7 U.S.C. 2011</external-xref> et seq.); or</text></subclause><subclause commented="no" id="id34a994dd58264002b34774659a943e37"><enum>(II)</enum><text>medical assistance under a State plan or a waiver of such a plan under title XIX of the Social Security Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1396">42 U.S.C. 1396</external-xref> et seq.) and enrolled under such plan or waiver; and</text></subclause></clause><clause commented="no" id="iddebdea3b97044ea297b274d0ac4f1b28"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a member of a low-income household that suffers from, or is at risk of developing, a diet-related health condition.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id9463441189a1481490a04ae588cf570d"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Scope of eligibility determinations</header><text>A determination by an eligible entity or healthcare partner that an individual is a member for purposes of subparagraph (A) shall not—</text><clause commented="no" id="id6F30854773D543E78124CA49AB701BA1"><enum>(i)</enum><text>constitute a determination that the individual is eligible for benefits or assistance under title XIX of the Social Security Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1396">42 U.S.C. 1396</external-xref> et seq.) or the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2011">7 U.S.C. 2011</external-xref> et seq.), as applicable; or</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="id4DA474F5125B4C59B32A509A7CFA6469"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>be a factor in determining whether the individual is eligible for such benefits or assistance.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="idb6d741dce958489eb537d547cdf1cc84"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Pilot project</header><text>The term <term>pilot project</term> means a pilot project that is awarded a grant under subsection (b)(1).</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id0014b78ac0ec4c0fbd8c54546c845720"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Produce prescription program</header><text>The term <term>produce prescription program</term> means a program that—</text><subparagraph commented="no" id="id91f56c5c5ef646fda33dcc42cfe01530"><enum>(A)</enum><text>prescribes fresh fruits and vegetables to members;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id139b87a68a634d20ae1e96f34b2f7de7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>may provide—</text><clause commented="no" id="id9bdd7727ea5f4f58b45164745e42b5c1"><enum>(i)</enum><text>financial or non-financial incentives for members to purchase or procure fresh fruits and vegetables; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="id94613167d13446bcad2f71f2f29fb791"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>educational resources on nutrition to members; and</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id3ea16092b3dd454d9d31275d656ee267"><enum>(C)</enum><text>may establish additional accessible locations for members to procure fresh fruits and vegetables.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="id27dc1917308947ea98d77a988221fa9d"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Grant program</header><paragraph commented="no" id="id37fbb18c600c4d0caeaca2f77a3d799a"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Establishment</header><subparagraph commented="no" id="idd4e7d0d1c089412a80589bb36cc1741d"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall establish a grant program under which the Secretary shall award grants to eligible entities to conduct pilot projects that demonstrate and evaluate the impact of a produce prescription program on—</text><clause commented="no" id="iddd081613846e471189e6f4cd94776cad"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the improvement of dietary health through increased consumption of fruits and vegetables;</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="id10d5210a9be64022b662550e001dad22"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the reduction of individual and household food insecurity; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="id4d62139d81dc4623ae9a43497b514749"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the reduction in health care use and associated costs.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="idf56c9a74076843b9b0de6818a175b08c"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Healthcare partners</header><text>In carrying out a pilot project using a grant received under subparagraph (A), an eligible entity shall partner with 1 or more healthcare partners.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id2fa0c495c4574ef2975753471f378f0e"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Grant applications</header><clause commented="no" id="id911a7cb46477447a9a1961f13ec0e570"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>To be eligible to receive a grant under subparagraph (A), an eligible entity shall submit to the Secretary an application containing such information as the Secretary may require, including the information described in clause (ii).</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="idf477e95d176f49389fd6c934264c2001"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Application</header><text>An application under clause (i) shall—</text><subclause commented="no" id="id7a4ce64cef724ed6be8c728d82e06cf5"><enum>(I)</enum><text>identify the 1 or more healthcare partners with which the eligible entity is partnering under subparagraph (B); and</text></subclause><subclause commented="no" id="idc1cb475ac649412e998ddf06ca6ed608"><enum>(II)</enum><text>include—</text><item commented="no" id="id4ab63ce8bd8249ce8f11e2db4ede070e"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>a description of the methods by which an eligible entity shall—</text><subitem commented="no" id="id7181f644adbd47c99500b3eeec3e5562"><enum>(AA)</enum><text>screen and verify eligibility for members for participation in a produce prescription program, in accordance with procedures established under subsection (a)(3)(A);</text></subitem><subitem commented="no" id="idC8181C410D2B41E3A3B85AA276320883"><enum>(BB)</enum><text>implement an effective produce prescription program, including the role of each healthcare partner in implementing the produce prescription program;</text></subitem><subitem commented="no" id="idadf7c29957794da9b990b4ff78392dbd"><enum>(CC)</enum><text>evaluate members participating in a produce prescription program with respect to the issues described in clauses (i) through (iii) of subparagraph (A);</text></subitem><subitem commented="no" id="idb54deb33db324a629831a03e89bbb5d2"><enum>(DD)</enum><text>provide educational opportunities relating to nutrition to members participating in a produce prescription program; and</text></subitem><subitem commented="no" id="id9ee5137b59d143549ecb786babafc2db"><enum>(EE)</enum><text>inform members of the availability of the produce prescription pilot project;</text></subitem></item><item commented="no" id="id5364540926214620b2c4a3118125139e"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>a description of any additional nonprofit or emergency feeding organizations that shall be involved in the pilot project and the role of each additional nonprofit or emergency feeding organization in implementing and evaluating an effective produce prescription program;</text></item><item commented="no" id="id8309ba6d152b4318b9bd92c4ca48afd4"><enum>(cc)</enum><text>documentation of a partnership agreement with a relevant State Medicaid agency or other appropriate entity, as determined by the Secretary, to evaluate the effectiveness of a produce prescription program in reducing health care use and associated costs; and</text></item><item commented="no" id="idb57cc41262cf420db27466320a2a7ce3"><enum>(dd)</enum><text>any other data necessary to analyze the impact of a produce prescription program, as determined by the Secretary.</text></item></subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="idccad14e87363451e8f1fcb0fc58c7e8c"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Coordination</header><text>In carrying out the grant program established under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall coordinate with the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the heads of other appropriate Federal agencies that carry out activities relating to healthcare partners.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="idb924cb944b28410cb3b9b63cccbd5a9c"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Partnerships</header><subparagraph commented="no" id="id21092e1a1490419a9cf918d6c2a2cad7"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>In carrying out the grant program under paragraph (1), the Secretary may enter into 1 or more memoranda of understanding with a Federal agency, a State, or a private partner to ensure the effective implementation and evaluation of each pilot project.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id439b4c194e7b4cfdaef6b082897e790c"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Memorandum of understanding</header><text>A memorandum of understanding entered into under subparagraph (A) shall include—</text><clause commented="no" id="id36d26568fb864f8ab7b13eb9c167e239"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a description of a plan to provide educational opportunities relating to nutrition to members participating in the produce prescription program;</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="id634fb9ac05ea430fb8168fbb57001c30"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a description of the role of the Federal agency, State, or private partner, as applicable, in implementing and evaluating an effective produce prescription program;</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="id14a9319d7c1a4d198446781d5a72165d"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>documentation of a partnership agreement with a relevant State Medicaid agency or other appropriate entity, as determined by the Secretary, to evaluate the effectiveness of the produce prescription program in reducing health care use and associated costs; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="idc7218dad3b2d4de9b82c9f33d32fd757"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>any other data necessary to analyze the impact of the produce prescription program, as determined by the Secretary.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="id1c3c30e5f6934162a55e35ed2e6569c2"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Funding</header><paragraph commented="no" id="id4e685deb777f4c5fb603812e1266d532"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Of the funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation, the Secretary shall use to carry out this section $4,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 through 2023, to remain available until expended.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="ide16d7fa484544f5b9c1b4169557f1150"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Costs</header><text>The Secretary may use not greater than 10 percent of the amounts provided under paragraph (1) to pay for the costs of administering, monitoring, and evaluating each pilot project.</text></paragraph></subsection></section></subtitle><enum>V</enum><header>Credit</header><subtitle id="id253D415D26C645A691EB6D7853392236" style="OLC"><enum>A</enum><header>Farm Ownership Loans</header><section id="H8A76844C6ED64B7B921227D0ADD971D5"><enum>5101.</enum><header>Modification of the 3-year experience requirement for purposes of eligibility for farm ownership
loans</header><subsection id="H926AE60FB10D4FA7AE3D9F23176BE758"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 302(b) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1922">7 U.S.C. 1922(b)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="H7A6DDF5F5B2F420A8064ED769260F373"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), in the matter preceding subparagraph (A)—</text><subparagraph id="HE022C6635BD24399ABB79A28A8F93558"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>(3)</quote> and inserting <quote>(5)</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF99A9F749B9F48149B57745A928FCA9D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>(not exceeding 2 years)</quote> after <quote>period of time</quote>;</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H65A103D3583845A4BBC1303F09FE7744"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraphs (2) and (3) as paragraphs (4) and (5), respectively; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idC4B02F60CE8F4ADE8CF05394C74C0416"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (1) the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD02CFA5D81ED44859EF3052AE901500F" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><paragraph id="HDD068F34E00342559ED21384F60170B5"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Other acceptable experience</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In determining whether a farmer or rancher has other acceptable experience under paragraph (1), the Secretary may count any of—</text><subparagraph id="H7375E9F1F3E74157997E085DC5571E37"><enum>(A)</enum><text>not less than 16 hours of post-secondary education in a field related to agriculture;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE7D3CAF47625432EB3ED147EAF1282E2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>successful completion of a farm management curriculum offered by a cooperative extension service, a community college, an adult vocational agriculture program, a non-profit organization, or a land-grant college or university;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H618F4B10CE1A46B3B4824D50D02E8822"><enum>(C)</enum><text>an honorable discharge from the armed forces of the United States;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HEA4B237E33334DC98748282E76428C2F"><enum>(D)</enum><text>successful repayment of a youth loan made under section 311(b);</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H980341F9D2C24EDBBF24B7C8BC7E3209"><enum>(E)</enum><text>at least 1 year as hired farm labor with substantial management responsibilities;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H72A1984F73ED4B55B3AC8E359CD86DB1"><enum>(F)</enum><text>successful completion of a farm mentorship, apprenticeship, or internship program with an emphasis on management requirements and day-to-day farm management decisions; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7AB51203902B447BA5E811E637D22552"><enum>(G)</enum><text>an established relationship with an individual participating as a counselor who has experience in farming or ranching or is a retired farmer or rancher in a Service Corps of Retired Executives program authorized under section 8(b)(1)(B) of the Small Business Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/637">15 U.S.C. 637(b)(1)(B)</external-xref>), or with a local farm or ranch operator or organization, approved by the Secretary, that is committed to mentoring the farmer or rancher.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HAF9BB1F03AD54F62BB6AB1150E92A1F3"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Deeming rule</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of paragraph (1), a farmer or rancher is deemed to have participated in the business operations of a farm or ranch for not less than 3 years or have other acceptable experience for a period of time, as determined by the Secretary, if the farmer or rancher meets the requirements of subparagraphs (E) and (G) of paragraph (2).</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9AA71391BCBC4E6DB744BBE8FB1A3B6F"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming amendment</header><text>Section 310D(a)(2) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1934">7 U.S.C. 1934(a)(2)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>paragraphs (2) through (4) of section 302</quote> and inserting <quote>subparagraphs (A) through (D) of section 302(a)(1)</quote>.</text></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="P22CB0B864A8B9104271D939DC2D87A9"><enum>5102.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Conservation loan and loan guarantee program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 304(h) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1924">7 U.S.C. 1924(h)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text></section><section id="idFD1F6ED676564DA5BC60CEEF6A87051F"><enum>5103.</enum><header>Limitations on amount of farm ownership loans</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 305 of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1925">7 U.S.C. 1925</external-xref>) is amended in subsection (a), by striking <quote>smaller of</quote> and all that follows through the period at the end and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="idC12EA199242845A394DEB3F497FAE2AF" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><text>lesser of—</text><paragraph id="id1FC5A38268E846EEA67D0BBED1DAAF57"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the value of the farm or other security; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idFBEC3C9890B74B1A92B058AA23A012A0"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in the case of—</text><subparagraph id="idDD2B19E5ED434A628F813C25D544C96F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a loan other than a loan guaranteed by the Secretary, $600,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 through 2023; or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idD05EE160BE6E444496979751322D866A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a loan guaranteed by the Secretary, subject to subsection (c), $1,750,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 through 2023.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section></subtitle><subtitle id="id538C8DAF34F2495C8677B91440DD1114" style="OLC"><enum>B</enum><header>Operating Loans</header><section id="idDD6D38BCE7C24966941FE9D80908565D"><enum>5201.</enum><header>Limitations on amount of operating loans</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 313 of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1943">7 U.S.C. 1943</external-xref>) is amended in subsection (a)(1), by striking <quote>to exceed</quote> and all that follows through <quote>Secretary);</quote> and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id0C3EC1B1C06F42F085A8B5049C64F34B" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><text>to exceed, in the case of—</text><subparagraph id="idE451D94B1D8948C1A93AC54FF0D40249"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a loan other than a loan guaranteed by the Secretary, $400,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 through 2023; or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idD2B5870AAE0A4E2BA75B0689D4C8BBD8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a loan guaranteed by the Secretary, subject to subsection (c), $1,750,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 through 2023;</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="PE3BD7E1144E4187A02140CB7E09208B" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>5202.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Cooperative lending pilot projects</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 313(c)(4)(A) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1943">7 U.S.C. 1943(c)(4)(A)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text></section></subtitle><subtitle commented="no" id="P9FA1B28041496B2294A5698541F16DA"><enum>C</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Administrative Provisions</header><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="PA1396B2E45706B91A82239A1C00808B" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>5301.</enum><header>Beginning farmer and rancher individual development accounts pilot program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 333B(h) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1983b">7 U.S.C. 1983b(h)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="P37EB26EA47FFF1EBE961C6A868B9F82" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>5302.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Loan authorization levels</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 346(b)(1) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1994">7 U.S.C. 1994(b)(1)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id89C1CC91B7C7402BB4686B7F58051400"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>$4,226,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2008 through 2018</quote> and inserting <quote>$12,000,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 through 2023</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id07E6263388984959AF4419F82D3BBDF9"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking subparagraphs (A) and (B) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1E7AA651E37141E58A6B6FCF2F3BE81D" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subparagraph id="idA3E02572691C4B308F6B5CFFC8C89CB8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>$4,000,000,000 shall be for direct loans, of which—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id523A883976764293A0CD4DBD6926FF97"><enum>(i)</enum><text>$2,000,000,000 shall be for farm ownership loans under subtitle A; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8D552B353B3D48328FCCBFC36C9D71E1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>$2,000,000,000 shall be for operating loans under subtitle B; and</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAE18AAB37CF448EE87FB7A4C6434E42B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>$8,000,000,000 shall be for guaranteed loans, of which—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEFB7B67723ED406892641F8320534F6D"><enum>(i)</enum><text>$4,000,000,000 shall be for farm ownership loans under subtitle A; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC3036A7AFD3B449AAEFDB71DAC875F0C"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>$4,000,000,000 shall be for operating loans under subtitle B.</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="PB4A7DC3844CB35A8668FB4BD95009FA" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>5303.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Loan fund set-asides</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 346(b)(2)(A)(ii)(III) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1994">7 U.S.C. 1994(b)(2)(A)(ii)(III)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text></section><section commented="no" id="idF207B63B145F4788BE8976CD567D106B"><enum>5304.</enum><header>Equitable relief</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act is amended by inserting after section 365 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2008">7 U.S.C. 2008</external-xref>) the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF36D7B22514A47E7B3E98082B4C28A7C" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><section commented="no" id="id5354BF2F1457416ABC12323A824CB347"><enum>366.</enum><header>Equitable relief</header><subsection id="idfc601dd2f8144888a81d488ad8f4173a"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subject to subsection (b), the Secretary may provide a form of relief described in subsection (c) to any farmer or rancher who—</text><paragraph id="idD34645AF9C6940AA9842E6A939FF1643"><enum>(1)</enum><text>received a direct farm ownership, operating, or emergency loan under this title; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id4AE97569FEAD4A5AAB75A472A552F7B4"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the Secretary determines is not in compliance with the requirements of this title with respect to the loan.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idBFFF510E1E5C4D4A862A13E383A13632"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>The Secretary may only provide relief to a farm or rancher under subsection (a) if the Secretary determines that the farmer or rancher—</text><paragraph id="id2094103D1E754145851D27F0FD85C7D1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>acted in good faith; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id1116482E265E418DBEF68DD0062150A2"><enum>(2)</enum><text>relied on an action of, or the advice of, the Secretary (including any authorized representative of the Secretary) to the detriment of the farming or ranching operation of the farmer or rancher.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id8F3D6C4CC4AE4E668B3E5391BEF20834"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Forms of relief</header><text>The Secretary may provide to a farmer or rancher under subsection (a) any of the following forms of relief:</text><paragraph id="idd3565f1a0ac341b6a19804b39455466a"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The farmer or rancher may retain loans or other benefits received in association with the loan with respect to which the farmer or rancher was determined to be noncompliant under subsection (a)(2).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id058193154c344c7a8d075a1de7838121"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The farmer or rancher may receive such other equitable relief as the Secretary determines to be appropriate.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id1dc2c8abed264160aae344affa390eed"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Condition</header><text>As a condition of receiving relief under this section, the Secretary may require the farmer or rancher to take actions designed to remedy the noncompliance.</text></subsection><subsection id="idfb50cd7e0bd5427c97e3eeb8f499a974"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Administrative appeal; judicial review</header><text>A determination or action of the Secretary under this section—</text><paragraph id="idC5C8AE16EBAC4B9189C8168D57B49DED"><enum>(1)</enum><text>shall be final; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id09643146C72B41489698C698550A8468"><enum>(2)</enum><text>shall not be subject to administrative appeal or judicial review under <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/5/7">chapter 7</external-xref> of title 5, United States Code.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section><section id="id43740E55DA0F4729B4F617008642B2A0"><enum>5305.</enum><header>Socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers; qualified beginning farmers and ranchers</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act is amended by inserting after section 366 (as added by section 5304) the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0EB69DA318124010BC74C22CB7D65E04" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><section id="idED9B23DA18544E59ADAE21330FE5F19A"><enum>367.</enum><header>Socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers; qualified beginning farmers and ranchers</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In the case of a loan guaranteed by the Secretary under subtitle A or B to a socially disadvantaged farmer or rancher (as defined in section 355(e)) or a qualified beginning farmer or rancher, the Secretary shall—</text><paragraph id="idD5F9B4A2C1F14504A945EDFDF7F4B037"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">waive the guarantee fee of 1.5 percent; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id1F785A3DA87C4794B180FC1BF6DD8091"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provide for a standard guarantee plan, which shall cover an amount equal to 95 percent of the outstanding principal of the loan.</text></paragraph></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section><section id="id557E979D42314A049FE76F1BB43919A2"><enum>5306.</enum><header>Emergency loan eligibility</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 373(b)(2)(B) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2008h">7 U.S.C. 2008h(b)(2)(B)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="id7468D0DEBAE94385A42401152F9E824D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating clauses (i) and (ii) as subclauses (I) and (II), respectively, and indenting appropriately;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idABE3175800A64B389BD307A446CB41D9"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in the matter preceding subclause (I) (as so redesignated), by striking <quote>The Secretary</quote> and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id308089027505405692447E909C23BEEC" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><clause id="id322D1C9321464DF4B30AB74DF3EFC011"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary</text></clause><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph id="id6A67219155C5477F8FA3E712185811A9"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id153E2C7ADF624B3197B2AA9983DDB3FF" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><clause id="idC0692BECA2DA47EBB3EA6B1FE332B565"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Restructured loans</header><text>For purposes of clause (i), a borrower who was restructured with a write-down or restructuring under section 353 shall not be considered to have received debt forgiveness on a loan made or guaranteed under this title.</text></clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section></subtitle><subtitle commented="no" id="PE2D7893F4FB616CF50631EB700AE77E"><enum>D</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Miscellaneous</header><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="PEB7F6E9E426A9346C8B3169AAB35100" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>5401.</enum><header>State agricultural mediation programs</header><subsection id="id6532248EF24C4BD4B0379FCCB42AD71C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Issues covered by State mediation programs</header><text>Section 501(c) of the Agricultural Credit Act of 1987 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/5101">7 U.S.C. 5101(c)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="idD233118C0D1343D7B24FECDD9204DC4B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)—</text><subparagraph id="id1798BD9001834CFB881FEAB9C01FB739"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B)—</text><clause commented="no" id="idBD9739CFBDC04B61B599F358BAEAA58E"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking <quote>under the jurisdiction of the Department of Agriculture</quote>;</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6035AD2580E7494EA5F3B58D8C98E109"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in clause (ii), by inserting <quote>and the national organic program established under the Organic Foods Production Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/6501">7 U.S.C. 6501</external-xref> et seq.)</quote> before the period at the end; and</text></clause><clause id="idBE95342962234D70A311CAE0669496BE"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by striking clause (vii) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDFB544F0B0DB44788797CD6228EC6172" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><clause id="idC5AB61CFE14249A1B4C306D5802EE652"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>Lease issues, including land leases and equipment leases.</text></clause><clause id="id891D48A0ED0A49A5A2AA0C2EE4B183BD"><enum>(viii)</enum><text>Family farm transition.</text></clause><clause id="id96A2D0EF3B9C4088893E4BB0D2F9B2EC"><enum>(ix)</enum><text>Farmer-neighbor disputes.</text></clause><clause id="id7442F833C66F45B1B45C33573B8C6071"><enum>(x)</enum><text>Such other issues as the Secretary or the head of the department of agriculture of each participating State considers appropriate for better serving the agricultural community and persons eligible for mediation.</text></clause><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idACAC9AC90DBE43AD9E5D2226F61812CE"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id458CE4FD43314DA0B911416618778932" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subparagraph id="id7D10627AB8A54DDCB68A27186FFD09FA"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Mediation services</header><text>Funding provided for the mediation program of a qualifying State may also be used to provide credit counseling to persons described in paragraph (2)—</text><clause id="idC9211A3424244621B4A05A36367F7CA8"><enum>(i)</enum><text>prior to the initiation of any mediation involving the Department of Agriculture; or</text></clause><clause id="id3CAE007FB70D4BFAB1DA1EDD4958CD1B"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>unrelated to any ongoing dispute or mediation in which the Department of Agriculture is a party.</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idFB6FD2945D1F4C059CF2D95EA76199F4"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)(A)—</text><subparagraph id="idC76015C3B33E425D9E46E02DA89B7780"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in clause (ii), by striking <quote>and</quote> after the semicolon;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id56ADE254212E4D74B0375DAA113C80C2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in clause (iii), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id15BF9ED07074456EAF644C692CF187C4"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3CE529B9E81549EEB3D274BF321BBD6B" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><clause id="id3CC22606B2FD4EAF8F9BA7DA008C61D3"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>any other persons involved in an issue described in any of clauses (i) through (x) of paragraph (1)(B).</text></clause><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id8658531703E64BDE861FC8D39A56B43B"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in paragraph (3)(F), by striking <quote>that persons</quote> and inserting the following: “that—</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDEEE33A78BFD4091B4E2E5BB66FD369E" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><clause commented="no" id="idC0D861D13E75485CA9326B37E6DC784C"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the Department of Agriculture receives adequate notification of those issues; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="id1E58ED4D21DC4FEDAB259412592D9F9D"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>persons</text></clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id705DA4EA98EF46DCB53BF3B5542442BC"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Report required</header><text>Section 505 of the Agricultural Credit Act of 1987 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/5105">7 U.S.C. 5105</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCFB1BC1A5A88475EA1DF062C99356936" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><section id="id24CCA64BB58B4BDF9DABC8A3B5D2353D"><enum>505.</enum><header>Report</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of the <short-title>Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018</short-title>, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report describing—</text><paragraph id="id0a2ac5e57da942a8b625915764f1948a"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the effectiveness of the State mediation programs receiving matching grants under this subtitle;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idcac9131b985440d0ad08a0f13c40219e"><enum>(2)</enum><text>recommendations for improving the delivery of mediation services to producers;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idd379746b66e44897ad63035988a41a53"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the steps being taken to ensure that State mediation programs receive timely funding under this subtitle; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idc6f91f2e9df54dd197cd673b7052416e"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the savings to the States as a result of having a mediation program.</text></paragraph></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id82E74830DF9D4446A7459CD175FA454D"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 506 of the Agricultural Credit Act of 1987 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/5106">7 U.S.C. 5106</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text></subsection></section><section id="id3f9ce6002c7245d2ba284168f9b46a0e"><enum>5402.</enum><header>Socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers</header><subsection id="id5f334418e2204e8d856abb9d8eb5d71a"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 4.19 of the Farm Credit Act of 1971 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/2207">12 U.S.C. 2207</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="id03d654a546774d56a0bbc82c06325f99"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking the section designation and heading and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDD827FDDA7C9403BA4DC195188E77A5B" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><section id="id66B1354470CA44259B527B5495BC5EEA"><enum>4.19.<?LEXA-Enum 4.19.?></enum><header>Young, beginning, small, and socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers</header></section><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph id="idd99fc228478a4660ae69e448429466ac"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (a), in the first sentence, by striking <quote>ranchers.</quote> and inserting <quote>ranchers and socially disadvantaged farmers or ranchers (as defined in section 2501(e) of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2279">7 U.S.C. 2279(e)</external-xref>)).</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idef3efffd03cf449caea591a01f586958"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming amendment</header><text>Section 5.17(a)(3) of the Farm Credit Act of 1971 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/2252">12 U.S.C. 2252(a)(3)</external-xref>) is amended, in the second sentence, by striking <quote>ranchers.</quote> and inserting <quote>ranchers and socially disadvantaged farmers or ranchers (as defined in section 2501(e) of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2279">7 U.S.C. 2279(e)</external-xref>)).</quote>.</text></subsection></section><section id="id4c494e02076e4a6fb58e3f3b5cf7c8ae"><enum>5403.</enum><header>Sharing of privileged and confidential information</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 5.19 of the Farm Credit Act of 1971 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/2254">12 U.S.C. 2254</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1bd4cd0760d840999eaa8a4379fe5ece" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subsection id="id04e68f101a1c4eaa8597675f7653c198"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Sharing of privileged and confidential information</header><text>A System institution shall not be considered to have waived the confidentiality of a privileged communication with an attorney or an accountant if the System institution provides the content of the communication to the Farm Credit Administration pursuant to the supervisory or regulatory authorities of the Farm Credit Administration.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section><section id="id851090188C6F464D976A8C719E2CAD1A"><enum>5404.</enum><header>Removal and prohibition authority; industry-wide prohibition</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Part C of title V of the Farm Credit Act of 1971 is amended by inserting after section 5.29 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/2265">12 U.S.C. 2265</external-xref>) the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7aec13c30bd9457cb827ac2398e85a30" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><section id="ida46800ba177243fb8f2dc8e6e4b3af22"><enum>5.29A.<?LEXA-Enum 5.29A.?></enum><header>Removal and prohibition authority; industry-wide prohibition</header><subsection id="idA22A414778D54347839DE493E2289718"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definition of person</header><text>In this section, the term <term>person</term> means—</text><paragraph id="idECF6E7E385DA4C98B2CBC465A84F76BE"><enum>(1)</enum><text>an individual; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id4F3A8743B4C84E529A8B7CBE39E00C59"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in the case of a specific determination by the Farm Credit Administration, a legal entity.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id5c7237af661a463dbc717054e7121f20"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Industry-wide prohibition</header><text>Except as provided in subsection (c), any person who, pursuant to an order issued under section 5.28 or 5.29, has been removed or suspended from office at a System institution or prohibited from participating in the conduct of the affairs of a System institution shall not, during the period of effectiveness of the order, continue or commence to hold any office in, or participate in any manner in the conduct of the affairs of—</text><paragraph id="id4948e38e5b5a48aa902271c5af4a5adf"><enum>(1)</enum><text>any insured depository institution subject to section 8(e)(7)(A)(i) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/1818">12 U.S.C. 1818(e)(7)(A)(i)</external-xref>);</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idd37e0f7accfd43bd872bf6fd492e8123"><enum>(2)</enum><text>any institution subject to section 8(e)(7)(A)(ii) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/1818">12 U.S.C. 1818(e)(7)(A)(ii)</external-xref>);</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idf940891609214fc1880f7ae731efbed7"><enum>(3)</enum><text>any insured credit union under the Federal Credit Union Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/1751">12 U.S.C. 1751</external-xref> et seq.);</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idFC3650E1E7AB40DAAD894A95E8397ACE"><enum>(4)</enum><text>any Federal home loan bank;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id9779765be719461f8287186c95261a0f"><enum>(5)</enum><text>any institution chartered under this Act;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ideee27d834068457796c1fc280e218ad6"><enum>(6)</enum><text>any appropriate Federal financial institutions regulatory agency (as defined in section 8(e)(7)(D) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/1818">12 U.S.C. 1818(e)(7)(D)</external-xref>));</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id40e8de0f389145bdaeee8de54678ef12"><enum>(7)</enum><text>the Federal Housing Finance Agency; or</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ida342c200bca947819b8a8971832f2a6a"><enum>(8)</enum><text>the Farm Credit Administration.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id036e20719bd54574b1bdcf611e5e3c7b"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Exception for institution-affiliated party that receives written consent</header><paragraph id="id14253de341154e26984038a1b7ca70ee"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><subparagraph id="id7E05FC938E3A4DB7B9AF8EC36F5A9545"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Affiliated parties</header><text>If, on or after the date on which an order described in subsection (b) is issued that removes or suspends an institution-affiliated party from office at a System institution or prohibits an institution-affiliated party from participating in the conduct of the affairs of a System institution, that party receives written consent described in subparagraph (B), subsection (b) shall not apply to that party—</text><clause id="idCCAA7D62CC4546A9B5FB10006F7DE311"><enum>(i)</enum><text>to the extent provided in the written consent received; and</text></clause><clause id="idBCE832AABA1E4F20BFA113193C1F62DF"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>with respect to the institution described in each written consent.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id9E4A9B4DE83E4BA387B0E1C5EE586183"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Written consent described</header><text>The written consent referred to in subparagraph (A) is written consent received from—</text><clause id="id1bc82d7a85734361a7de4456bbc81123"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the Farm Credit Administration; and</text></clause><clause id="id55e12c74f057401db91b268d9d83041d"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>each appropriate Federal financial institutions regulatory agency (as defined in section 8(e)(7)(D) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/1818">12 U.S.C. 1818(e)(7)(D)</external-xref>)) of the applicable institution described in any of paragraphs (1), (2), (3), or (4) of subsection (b) with respect to which the party proposes to be become an affiliated party.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idbdc9186b73f24037b7266c00607602a7"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Disclosure</header><text>Any agency described in clause (i) or (ii) of paragraph (1)(B) that provides a written consent under that paragraph shall—</text><subparagraph id="id4C3FE6DCB9E94B028F6D3AE2581B6709"><enum>(A)</enum><text>report the action to the Farm Credit Administration; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id2FF17B611ACA4E8FAE36F072052D4E83"><enum>(B)</enum><text>publicly disclose the action.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id4771068da51340cdae7cd03c679b0d27"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Consultation between agencies</header><text>The agencies described in clauses (i) and (ii) of paragraph (1)(B) shall consult with each other before providing any written consent under that paragraph.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idc2cadecc1fa547bd8c7883cd95a7ea99"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Violations</header><text>A violation of subsection (b) by any person who is subject to an order described in that subsection shall be treated as violation of that order.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section><section id="id08da8e8cb4134015a7a65dbad22fb89b"><enum>5405.</enum><header>Jurisdiction over institution-affiliated parties</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Part C of title V of the Farm Credit Act of 1971 is amended by inserting after section 5.31 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/2267">12 U.S.C. 2267</external-xref>) the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF7BDBD5DDC7E4C4C83C8BE078573E8D0" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><section id="id444E4E1FB4524BECBE7D1CC085D539CC"><enum>5.31A.<?LEXA-Enum 5.31A.?></enum><header>Jurisdiction over institution-affiliated parties</header><subsection id="ide140757b2e0c4e22b086789a69d35be9"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>For purposes of sections 5.25, 5.26, and 5.32, the jurisdiction of the Farm Credit Administration over parties, and the authority of the Farm Credit Administration to initiate actions, shall include enforcement authority over institution-affiliated parties.</text></subsection><subsection id="id71BE83D71B8940A2AD176DF6277EBBA8"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effect of separation on jurisdiction and authority</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject to subsection (c), the resignation, termination of employment or participation, or separation of an institution-affiliated party (including a separation caused by the merger, consolidation, conservatorship, or receivership of a Farm Credit System institution) shall not affect the jurisdiction and authority of the Farm Credit Administration to issue any notice or order and proceed under this part against that party.</text></subsection><subsection id="id15825D3525774C668904FC289D4CCBEC"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To proceed against a party under subsection (b), the notice or order described in that subsection shall be served not later than 6 years after the date on which the party ceased to be an institution-affiliated party with respect to the applicable Farm Credit System institution.</text></subsection><subsection id="id85911B89C7A04FB2812B3BB0EA858A9F"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Applicability</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The date on which a party ceases to be an institution-affiliated party described in subsection (c) may occur before, on, or after the date of enactment of this section.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section><section id="id9464B9E8DEC84FEB9F6911E85BA07825"><enum>5406.</enum><header>Definition of institution-affiliated party</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 5.35 of the Farm Credit Act of 1971 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/2271">12 U.S.C. 2271</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="id4A6BE38695DA4E30BC04B838F7B4BFCB"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (3), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id68797B8A61164B79A0CBB15B89FAAABF"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraph (4) as paragraph (5); and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id0FA6A9F041C34439B0DDC5B5E14FA856"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (3) the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1956C5BEF5EF47EE8424BFC9380F9734" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><paragraph id="idA87D0B27C4B84740A1F09C76C28A93AC"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the term <term>institution-affiliated party</term> means—</text><subparagraph id="id249c55a5e6b74a54993e11f6f2ec5351"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a director, officer, employee, shareholder, or agent of a System institution;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idf3381f771ea74973a37c3ae49ea6dca6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>an independent contractor (including an attorney, appraiser, or accountant) who knowingly or recklessly participates in—</text><clause id="idc5f1d309c9e7485198c13e12e411e460"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a violation of law (including regulations) that is associated with the operations and activities of 1 or more System institutions;</text></clause><clause id="idf7904dc4af6d40beb9b3480b8937f60c"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a breach of fiduciary duty; or</text></clause><clause id="id4e326b0cb3b6480183f938e78939b452"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>an unsafe practice that causes or is likely to cause more than a minimum financial loss to, or a significant adverse effect on, a System institution; and</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idf586ea7a20cf4902b709b8e466a1130c"><enum>(C)</enum><text>any other person, as determined by the Farm Credit Administration (by regulation or on a case-by-case basis) who participates in the conduct of the affairs of a System institution; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section><section commented="no" id="idD790B120B4014CDA93695910AA498329"><enum>5407.</enum><header>Repeal of obsolete provisions; technical corrections</header><paragraph commented="no" id="id14F941F3AA084723B476BA72388ECD06"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Section 1.1(c) of the Farm Credit Act of 1971 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/2001">12 U.S.C. 2001(c)</external-xref>) is amended in the first sentence by striking <quote>including any costs of defeasance under section 4.8(b),</quote>.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="idEA99D17192654C03AC64FD55DA462192"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Section 1.2 of the Farm Credit Act of 1971 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/2002">12 U.S.C. 2002</external-xref>) is amended by striking subsection (a) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id20750A8AC0194D898D75821EAC353DE3" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subsection id="idbcbacb5e2f104e11ab657a2e67bd67e3"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Composition</header><text>The Farm Credit System shall include the Farm Credit Banks, the bank for cooperatives, Agricultural Credit Banks, the Federal Land Bank Associations, the Federal Land Credit Associations, the Production Credit Associations, the agricultural credit associations, the Federal Farm Credit Banks Funding Corporation, the Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation, service corporations established pursuant to section 4.25, and such other institutions as may be made a part of the Farm Credit System, all of which shall be chartered by and subject to regulation by the Farm Credit Administration.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id722A6A0AFE8D44ECA11F7CF7206D0429"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Section 2.4 of the Farm Credit Act of 1971 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/2075">12 U.S.C. 2075</external-xref>) is amended by striking subsection (d).</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="idD70244A023554605A6B37D1B72141B51"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Section 3.0(a) of the Farm Credit Act of 1971 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/2121">12 U.S.C. 2121(a)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><subparagraph commented="no" id="id0A780AEFD1CC4952B7F0DBD6CD848E1E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the third sentence, by striking <quote>and a Central Bank for Cooperatives</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id0FB8EF9E33DE4CE692EB3CACD68CDB6D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking the fifth sentence.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id7FCF61EEE19C4DD7A61E06B8FEB37DFB"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Section 3.2 of the Farm Credit Act of 1971 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/2123">12 U.S.C. 2123</external-xref>) is amended—</text><subparagraph commented="no" id="id87735F5ED4E24A988B8C3265E41E1976"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subsection (a)—</text><clause commented="no" id="id44808D296EDC48528124987381CD267B"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>not merged into the United Bank for Cooperatives or the National Bank for Cooperatives</quote>; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="id5F275C8B2C384C47B528671FA41873B0"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)(A), in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking <quote>(other than the National Bank for Cooperatives)</quote>;</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id884E6C83F18C4AC4854AE3370D246097"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking subsection (b);</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id5BF2F0C286F149CE8C62BEF87E289CE2"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in subsection (a)—</text><clause commented="no" id="id6C88DDAF32DE4CA9B64109974D8539C3"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>(a)(1) Each bank</quote> and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id42AD9E68ADEB44C0B1272A76DE45BF10" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subsection commented="no" id="idD0D6992B64694DFC8DA91EB40994B190"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Each bank</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause><clause commented="no" id="id495484579AC74F989D5D0FBBF80A7065"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>(2)(A) If approved</quote> and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD48C0852FD3A4248830A03C1D54D5041" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subsection commented="no" id="idD65D6C2B097C49B79AF88DC83AD14D1B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Nomination and election</header><paragraph commented="no" id="id1B20194F200E453DB2E786D17BFF673D"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>If approved</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="idCD7A65BA9A8F484D94B41BD3683A876E"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in subsection (b)(1) (as so designated)—</text><clause commented="no" id="id10532710FBD949E68222BB43DA8D6E4F"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B), by striking <quote>(B) The total</quote> and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCBE6FE4F01BD4B11A2B468E12F64722A" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><paragraph commented="no" id="idBBEBDA35AB7741FDB34CDBF52B5ADD82"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Number of votes</header><text>The total</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause><clause commented="no" id="idB8BCAD1DE24F47C4B6543D059B8145A8"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by redesignating clauses (i) and (ii) as subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively, and indenting appropriately; and</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="idBEF4DBA36C0441C19B5AB66E2FB27154"><enum>(E)</enum><text>in paragraph (2) (as so designated), by striking <quote>paragraph</quote> and inserting <quote>subsection</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="idEE0752C538B9468FA36A1F5899D22990"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Section 3.5 of the Farm Credit Act of 1971 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/2126">12 U.S.C. 2126</external-xref>) is amended in the third sentence by striking <quote>district</quote>.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id2CCFF3A749A54EE2966139C431B6E244"><enum>(7)</enum><text>Section 3.7(a) of the Farm Credit Act of 1971 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/2128">12 U.S.C. 2128(a)</external-xref>) is amended by striking the second sentence.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id4FFC4E922CAA42918D2AFF58E738AF64"><enum>(8)</enum><text>Section 3.8(b)(1)(A) of the Farm Credit Act of 1971 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/2129">12 U.S.C. 2129(b)(1)(A)</external-xref>) is amended by inserting <quote>(or any successor agency)</quote> after <quote>Rural Electrification Administration</quote>.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id6219CABFE8B441E49274A14F850EA11E"><enum>(9)</enum><text>Section 3.9(a) of the Farm Credit Act of 1971 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/2130">12 U.S.C. 2130(a)</external-xref>) is amended by striking the third sentence.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id441664076BCB40BE883E941AE858A57E"><enum>(10)</enum><text>Section 3.10 of the Farm Credit Act of 1971 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/2131">12 U.S.C. 2131</external-xref>) is amended—</text><subparagraph commented="no" id="idA48D1B888A174CDC9EA51D1A9BB37420"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subsection (c), by striking the second sentence; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="idD744F15C3085475B9FFFE69676C9B61E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subsection (d)—</text><clause commented="no" id="id824B77E5867243FEB208D5A2565B6F75"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>district</quote> each place it appears; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="idBA40DFC2D6BE4F07AF5224E400E3501A"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>for cooperatives (or any successor bank)</quote> before <quote>on account</quote>.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="idE1C80C4DF91A4F73B5C72901FA521103"><enum>(11)</enum><text>Section 3.11 of the Farm Credit Act of 1971 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/2132">12 U.S.C. 2132</external-xref>) is amended—</text><subparagraph commented="no" id="id7370950EA39042E190A17BA33C4F5664"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subsection (a), in the first sentence, by striking <quote>subsections (b) and (c) of this section</quote> and inserting <quote>subsection (b)</quote>;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id4F026BC3C9F04A89A8FEBBC91DCF62E3"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subsection (b)—</text><clause commented="no" id="id73F7E78E87B743D0B49B3FBA69D2246D"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in the first sentence, by striking <quote>district</quote>; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="id8F951E05410B4BB9BDDCF22D3A31D4A3"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in the second sentence, by striking <quote>Except as provided in subsection (c) below, all</quote> and inserting <quote>All</quote>;</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="idE26C2050B6054F04AE13F4EC38F9D655"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by striking subsection (c); and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id860D538D277E417BADE9E3ECFB075AF3"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by redesignating subsections (d) through (f) as subsections (c) through (e), respectively.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id946B59FB58AF4A90AA92C8425F00BB8C"><enum>(12)</enum><text>Part B of title III of the Farm Credit Act of 1971 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/2141">12 U.S.C. 2141</external-xref> et seq.) is amended in the part heading by striking <quote><header-in-text level="part" style="traditional">United and</header-in-text></quote>.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="idF0F5E8B48C9B4E778DB72D9B6AAABD1B"><enum>(13)</enum><text>Section 3.20 of the Farm Credit Act of 1971 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/2141">12 U.S.C. 2141</external-xref>) is amended—</text><subparagraph commented="no" id="id65281565B9354C77ADFB4B0EEF666C3F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subsection (a), by striking <quote>or the United Bank for Cooperatives, as the case may be</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id6572DDB60A964BBE93134FA4C99340DA"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subsection (b), by striking <quote>the district banks for cooperatives and the Central Bank for Cooperatives</quote> and inserting <quote>the constituent banks described in section 413(b) of the Agricultural Credit Act of 1987 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/2121">12 U.S.C. 2121</external-xref> note; <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/100/233">Public Law 100–233</external-xref>)</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id8A33F78E8F6F45FD9511BBBA5F4A81BF"><enum>(14)</enum><text>Section 3.21 of the Farm Credit Act of 1971 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/2142">12 U.S.C. 2142</external-xref>) is repealed.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id2B7EEACAC8A649C987DC5E194F8E68D4"><enum>(15)</enum><text>Section 3.28 of the Farm Credit Act of 1971 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/2149">12 U.S.C. 2149</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>a district bank for cooperatives and the Central Bank for Cooperatives</quote> and inserting <quote>the constituent banks described in section 413(b) of the Agricultural Credit Act of 1987 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/2121">12 U.S.C. 2121</external-xref> note; <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/100/233">Public Law 100–233</external-xref>)</quote>.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="idDCAD751BD5354F02B1AF88DFEB732C92"><enum>(16)</enum><text>Section 3.29 of the Farm Credit Act of 1971 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/2149a">12 U.S.C. 2149a</external-xref>) is repealed.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id7CE71A40E07946AFBA5D11AADDBC95B7"><enum>(17)</enum><text>Section 4.0 of the Farm Credit Act of 1971 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/2151">12 U.S.C. 2151</external-xref>) is repealed.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="idC85BC2CF7AFB4C1DA5365DAEEB134A4E"><enum>(18)</enum><text>Section 4.8 of the Farm Credit Act of 1971 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/2159">12 U.S.C. 2159</external-xref>) is amended—</text><subparagraph commented="no" id="idA8F8855F43E1452388B5EE4A775561BA"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking the section designation and heading and all that follows through <quote>Each bank</quote> in subsection (a) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id92C7DC3286D646DFA6C145181BC832D2" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><section commented="no" id="id84A371A202FD471F80B66AFC8B879002"><enum>4.8.<?LEXA-Enum 4.8.?></enum><header>Purchase and sale of obligations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Each bank</text></section><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="idE16071D3AB8946FE9E2487192367C172"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking subsection (b).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id4BC82F013FFE463990ABE8D4AE47EBCA"><enum>(19)</enum><text>Section 4.9 of the Farm Credit Act of 1971 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/2160">12 U.S.C. 2160</external-xref>) is amended—</text><subparagraph commented="no" id="idEC3BED950AB948059DDD4860BE6F5DC1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subsection (d)—</text><clause commented="no" id="id7EF51698BFAD4AC6ABD1F60967B9EF6F"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAF9CE7D1C1404E2C99C0073A3E977A99" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><paragraph commented="no" id="idAFF6315E5F584F829DE57EBFADE94BEC"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Representation of Board</header><text>The Farm Credit System Insurance Corporation shall not have representation on the board of directors of the Corporation.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause><clause commented="no" id="idBADAE18267174862B4A6521AAF475383"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in the undesignated matter following paragraph (1)(D), by striking <quote>In selecting</quote> and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE1AF9BDF855A45DC98102DDB9C95BFCE" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><paragraph commented="no" id="id55D6053EFE2D469886978AB3087D57C4"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Considerations</header><text>In selecting</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause><clause commented="no" id="id401EE9B9067E40F9A43CF2B6AA0393A8"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>in paragraph (2) (as so designated), by inserting <quote>of paragraph (1)</quote> after <quote>(A) and (B)</quote>;</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id925476F264E24BEC9E654BBC0D9012CC"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking subsection (e); and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id5BCBD1BD525B41C196D10940C4225346"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by redesignating subsection (f) as subsection (e).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="idF612453E733A4578BD0AFA99BA180568"><enum>(20)</enum><text>Section 4.9A(c) of the Farm Credit Act of 1971 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/2162">12 U.S.C. 2162(c)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><subparagraph commented="no" id="id2FCBBA4A28594E8DB3FC0AE422CAD031"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>institution, and—</quote> in the matter preceding paragraph (1) and all that follows through the period at the end of paragraph (2) and inserting <quote>institution.</quote>;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id6FFB55A6CB3148928D4A80DDBA4612C8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>If an institution</quote> and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1B8D149AF26F42F1B9089E022B4B943B" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><paragraph commented="no" id="id9EAE62242A4B49B7B785A98A45E982B8"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>If an institution</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id3B02635F2773411F921164E5907073F9"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (1) (as so designated), by striking <quote>the receiver of the institution</quote> and inserting <quote>the Farm Credit System Insurance Corporation, acting as receiver,</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="idCBE983360F934AB4899378E75CD0DDDD"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0A520A4449F6410CBF535F7614B27B8F" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><paragraph commented="no" id="id0BAA8B6E1F3E4D39BBE328EC8ECE3C3B"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Funding</header><text>The Farm Credit System Insurance Corporation shall use such funds from the Farm Credit Insurance Fund as are sufficient to carry out this section.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id9ACF69558E06490AA8AB0CB27E4E4852"><enum>(21)</enum><text>Section 4.12A(a) of the Farm Credit Act of 1971 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/2184">12 U.S.C. 2184(a)</external-xref>) is amended by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD40C3F70B21240089443B5119E9C361F" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><paragraph commented="no" id="idD23B28EE99B641BFA717C15B01660AA0"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>A Farm Credit System bank or association shall provide to a stockholder of the bank or association a current list of stockholders of the bank or association not later than 7 calendar days after the date on which the bank or association receives a written request for the stockholder list from the stockholder.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="idBA033F1AC701414D9918C135EBB3D908"><enum>(22)</enum><text>Section 4.14A of the Farm Credit Act of 1971 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/2202a">12 U.S.C. 2202a</external-xref>) is amended—</text><subparagraph commented="no" id="idA3C13E29454C4A80BD3F98FFA68FD8ED"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subsection (a)—</text><clause commented="no" id="id6A27B097188148A483596FECE707CF99"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by inserting <quote>and section 4.36</quote> before the colon at the end; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="id3403C9783FB749A0B29E3670E383C9D6"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in paragraph (5)(B)(ii)(I), by striking <quote>4.14C,</quote>;</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id05A5ADE5550B449C9DF5115ED43C1A78"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking subsection (h);</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id4864CBC2311A4CD88871D884A853B183"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by redesignating subsections (i) through (l) as subsections (h) through (k), respectively; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="idD329F13A0D1F4A68B608770192617AF2"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in subsection (k) (as so redesignated), by striking <quote>production credit</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id648835B7D2DA48818E0736D1F3CB411C"><enum>(23)</enum><text>Section 4.14C of the Farm Credit Act of 1971 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/2202c">12 U.S.C. 2202c</external-xref>) is repealed.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id2241B444DE1549449E7826234EBDC1D8"><enum>(24)</enum><text>Section 4.17 of the Farm Credit Act of 1971 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/2205">12 U.S.C. 2205</external-xref>) is amended in the third sentence by striking <quote>Federal intermediate credit banks and</quote>.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id63AA2942F1B6425D870FDF232B7A2E0D"><enum>(25)</enum><text>Section 4.19(a) of the Farm Credit Act of 1971 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/2207">12 U.S.C. 2207(a)</external-xref>) (as amended by section 5402(a)(2)) is amended—</text><subparagraph commented="no" id="idB2546DE8932A4509A89B528287154146"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the first sentence—</text><clause commented="no" id="idEDB205D9005844EE9D8D7220AC20746C"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>district</quote>; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="id6A8B710E08D946069571544257FFC24E"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>Federal land bank association and production credit</quote>; and</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id55DA9D992A524E5FA70A6D3F6D82C157"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in the second sentence, by striking <quote>units</quote> and inserting <quote>institutions</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id5042560F02D94BD5A620BA1B13C89BAA"><enum>(26)</enum><text>Section 4.38 of the Farm Credit Act of 1971 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/2219c">12 U.S.C. 2219c</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>The Assistance Board established under section 6.0 and all</quote> and inserting <quote>All</quote>.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="idE95DF9E2CC8F460480F0D0B580C4C360"><enum>(27)</enum><text>Section 4.39 of the Farm Credit Act of 1971 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/2219d">12 U.S.C. 2219d</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>8.0(7))</quote> and inserting <quote>8.0)</quote>.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id4CBB290E77A947C29C537BADC48A4B74"><enum>(28)</enum><text>Section 5.16 of the Farm Credit Act of 1971 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/2251">12 U.S.C. 2251</external-xref>) is amended—</text><subparagraph commented="no" id="id76ADBE44ED0F439DAE8E311D55555D6B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking the section designation and heading and all that follows through <quote>As an alternate</quote> in the matter preceding paragraph (1) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id370E327407B74A4C97A4DC115F98DA83" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><section commented="no" id="id0E104E1CBC274305A59AF03A8C577D80"><enum>5.16.<?LEXA-Enum 5.16.?></enum><header>Offices, quarters, and facilities for the Farm Credit Administration</header><subsection commented="no" id="idB2CFA6211EF244A096BAFB15DD9D19F0"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Offices</header><text>The Farm Credit Administration shall maintain—</text><paragraph commented="no" id="id198B04CBAB9C4A42942DB08203A01D51"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the principal office of the Farm Credit Administration within the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC–VA–MD–WV Metropolitan Statistical Area, as defined by the Office of Management and Budget; and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id683A817A8B264B7AB60B562D5A653F99"><enum>(2)</enum><text>such other offices in the United States as the Farm Credit Administration determines are necessary.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="idF11B4A9E11CB4C5C972AFA0EE30C0B8F"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Quarters and facilities</header><text>As an alternative</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id57BBECEEC68942D9B6070C2CEBB30AC7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in the undesignated matter following paragraph (5) of subsection (b) (as so designated)—</text><clause commented="no" id="idC53B8C4C0CD040BF80239E1768D6A7B7"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in the fifth sentence, by striking <quote>In actions undertaken by the banks pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this section</quote> and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD2647DED16754E7E8CF0CAD78F2D6E8C" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><paragraph commented="no" id="id666709F110C840608905019F5CF7A46C"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Agent for banks</header><text>In actions undertaken by the banks pursuant to this section</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause><clause commented="no" id="id682D6B293EB2428E832758D3D2614C5D"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in the fourth sentence, by striking <quote>The plans</quote> and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id76D2EE4D77FB43E990DD90BDDF9211AF" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><paragraph commented="no" id="idFEF3BE70D4C744DD9EEA2A1F8C46F2D4"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Approval of Board</header><text>The plans</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause><clause commented="no" id="idC9DA5E93CBE240439A90CA7A54FF0310"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>in the third sentence, by striking <quote>The powers</quote> and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8A0988DF5F4C48A39220D7B51ABA9BC9" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><paragraph commented="no" id="idCCCE67B900FE4654B0142C9628C4A58C"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Powers of banks</header><text>The powers</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause><clause commented="no" id="id946FAE8C20224967AF6F3C793606CBD1"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>in the second sentence, by striking <quote>Such advances</quote> and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4CD5288ACDAC4E5FABC53DC481BC3FE8" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><paragraph commented="no" id="idAF12BF9463BF4EC98EDCE2032AE244F8"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Advances</header><text>The advances of funds described in paragraph (1)</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause><clause commented="no" id="idA751DF149E534B44A6AEA75510FD6FCB"><enum>(v)</enum><text>in the first sentence, by striking <quote>The Board</quote> and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id687167390D1E4EA6A88E123156632A25" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subsection commented="no" id="idA36BA5F8E8DF4744A5AC7191F9B8BF6C"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Financing</header><paragraph commented="no" id="id77142112B8BA480B8F1E8837DD593466"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Board</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="idDC28D4B9A61444F78C34D081A73BB3C5"><enum>(29)</enum><text>Section 5.17(a)(2) of the Farm Credit Act of 1971 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/2252">12 U.S.C. 2252(a)(2)</external-xref>) is amended by striking the second and third sentences.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="idCBF51406706B4AEB8D9A9AC2A9D8BEE9"><enum>(30)</enum><text>Section 5.18 of the Farm Credit Act of 1971 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/2253">12 U.S.C. 2253</external-xref>) is repealed.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="idDEFC786A862E431C92C07391305F2FF7"><enum>(31)</enum><text>Section 5.19 of the Farm Credit Act of 1971 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/2254">12 U.S.C. 2254</external-xref>) is amended—</text><subparagraph commented="no" id="idFDB56AB347EA4415BC133E2FED49A1FA"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subsection (a)—</text><clause commented="no" id="idE3308F3A4D454448BC1E407CF0BC2952"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in the first sentence, by striking <quote>Except for Federal land bank associations, each</quote> and inserting <quote>Each</quote>; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="idD014FDE24BE84762A66E848A8ABC47EA"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking the second sentence; and</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="idB85C7D636152481D9ABA24DA3CCA6007"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subsection (b)—</text><clause commented="no" id="id3BE1F5E7A6E74261BD62BD5CBA941D88"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>(b)(1) Each</quote> and inserting <quote>(b) Each</quote>;</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="idB7F86CFE8DD2456C8901827F7C7A0866"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in the matter preceding paragraph (2) (as so designated)—</text><subclause commented="no" id="id55DFA034DD8445EB95FE288930096035"><enum>(I)</enum><text>in the second sentence, by striking <quote>, except with respect to any actions taken by any banks of the System under section 4.8(b),</quote>; and</text></subclause><subclause commented="no" id="id6D643D1810924FBB8B7AA3B5BDD9D91A"><enum>(II)</enum><text>by striking the third sentence; and</text></subclause></clause><clause commented="no" id="idF420F7BF6C534EAF8145FA01A64B3CA2"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by striking paragraphs (2) and (3).</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="idF2BA8AA61CA648E58FD9DCE2CF26B038"><enum>(32)</enum><text>Section 5.31 of the Farm Credit Act of 1971 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/2267">12 U.S.C. 2267</external-xref>) is amended in the second sentence by striking <quote>4.14A(i)</quote> and inserting <quote>4.14A(h)</quote>.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAC08CF1731FB45FAA6570741D3CB7101"><enum>(33)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 5.32(h) of the Farm Credit Act of 1971 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/2268">12 U.S.C. 2268(h)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>4.14A(i)</quote> and inserting <quote>4.14A(h)</quote>.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id9AD1576974224A9BB6BC3EE3E9DD8887"><enum>(34)</enum><text>Section 5.35 of the Farm Credit Act of 1971 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/2271">12 U.S.C. 2271</external-xref>) is amended in paragraph (5) (as redesignated by section 5406(2))—</text><subparagraph commented="no" id="id0C52E0BF636F44C5978B8C271DA77DDC"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A), by adding <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id3D146A2B0AD74E35A02F14C8F612B04D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking subparagraph (B);</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="idF06099C3A4514B0A85A09924F694F86A"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by redesignating subparagraph (C) as subparagraph (B); and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id88375BEDF00F4E72A08133E4C2C24039"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B) (as so redesignated)—</text><clause commented="no" id="idA617E570B1444767B0A86885C09A673A"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>after December 31, 1992,</quote>; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="id1FD6FB87835E4EF9A7600C7F0D659A92"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>by the Farm Credit System Assistance Board under section 6.6 or</quote>.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="idF597480FE0B1441C9B3DFC0798FBC3EE"><enum>(35)</enum><text>Section 5.38 of the Farm Credit Act of 1971 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/2274">12 U.S.C. 2274</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>a farm</quote> and all that follows through <quote>land bank</quote> and inserting <quote>a Farm Credit Bank board, officer, or employee shall not remove any director or officer of any</quote>.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id72230FE95E624AA39D42EC6F1FA9F499"><enum>(36)</enum><text>Section 5.44 of the Farm Credit Act of 1971 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/2275">12 U.S.C. 2275</external-xref>) is repealed.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="idB554624C35C24F5F92EEB1F3C7A125D5"><enum>(37)</enum><text>Section 5.58(2) of the Farm Credit Act of 1971 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/2277a-7">12 U.S.C. 2277a–7(2)</external-xref>) is amended by striking the second sentence.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="idDF0C3B87148142D4803FF6D3640254B0"><enum>(38)</enum><text>Section 5.60 of the Farm Credit Act of 1971 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/2277a-9">12 U.S.C. 2277a–9</external-xref>) is amended—</text><subparagraph commented="no" id="id72FEFA818CFF40C18B357234E24BD48D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subsection (b), by striking the subsection designation and heading and all that follows through <quote>The Corporation</quote> in paragraph (2) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id60C084B7AA57442A893FE35A59C8DF30" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subsection commented="no" id="id0F392DA21222485DBAF968078CDD9DB1"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Amounts in fund</header><text>The Corporation</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id50F71C4E96F74B13A5731EAE94C92886"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subsection (c)(2), by striking <quote>Insurance Fund to—</quote> in the matter preceding subparagraph (A) and all that follows through <quote>ensure</quote> in subparagraph (B) and inserting <quote>Insurance Fund to ensure</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="idB2AE2E3BC7FD4F46BB62FAD6943E7C41"><enum>(39)</enum><text>Title VI of the Farm Credit Act of 1971 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/2278a">12 U.S.C. 2278a</external-xref> et seq.) is repealed.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id3DB09DA8BB3E4515B03BA0C5C9EFFF20"><enum>(40)</enum><text>Section 7.9 of the Farm Credit Act of 1971 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/2279c-2">12 U.S.C. 2279c–2</external-xref>) is amended by striking subsection (c).</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id213AC1034E0D4F4DBA9F1DCAF23888CF"><enum>(41)</enum><text>Section 7.10(a) of the Farm Credit Act of 1971 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/2279d">12 U.S.C. 2279d(a)</external-xref>) is amended by striking paragraph (4) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA67C086ABDFB4D19A966A65FC34F6255" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><paragraph commented="no" id="idE5EEDBE60E5B47F4A9DB0F50869A6D85"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the institution pays to the Farm Credit Insurance Fund the amount by which the total capital of the institution exceeds 6 percent of the assets;</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id4E899CB017F24979A031FCFBCDF9EED2"><enum>(42)</enum><text>Section 8.0 of the Farm Credit Act of 1971 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/2279aa">12 U.S.C. 2279aa</external-xref>) is amended—</text><subparagraph commented="no" id="id6C7DF4CB0B37407EAA0FFAC27EDBF290"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by striking <quote>means—</quote> in the matter preceding subparagraph (A) and all that follows through the period at the end of the undesignated matter following subparagraph (B) and inserting <quote>means the board of directors established under section 8.2.</quote>;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id6293D12B3A0B4E40936DCB7C8C7CB3FC"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking paragraphs (6) and (8);</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id1EA082D5A3B74A908086F61A1A66CAB2"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraphs (7), (9), and (10) as paragraphs (6), (7), and (8), respectively; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id9131BC1306B744DDBD3438DA4079E7D9"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B)(i) of paragraph (7) (as so redesignated), by striking <quote>(b) through (d)</quote> and inserting <quote>(b) and (c)</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="idD629D31F91DD40309571244B97077C29"><enum>(43)</enum><text>Section 8.2 of the Farm Credit Act of 1971 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/2279aa-2">12 U.S.C. 2279aa–2</external-xref>) is amended—</text><subparagraph commented="no" id="idE95DD9BD701247DF835572209E0CE24F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking subsection (a);</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id7EFEAC9F2B0E41F6B26A6DF5811D3013"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subsection (b), by striking the subsection designation and heading and all that follows through the period at the end of paragraph (1) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id993E0340BE844C739D2FAAC5C2B3D7A3" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subsection commented="no" id="id264527099E3146909C01EB176F2656E9"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><paragraph commented="no" id="idA785B219E0EB4EA3B2C2E02737A96232"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>The Corporation shall be under the management of the board of directors.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id5220BC4018B445F18FB36CFA9AD17FE0"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in subsection (a) (as so designated)—</text><clause commented="no" id="idF62F2C92D42D4D68A2260AD4D285CA20"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>permanent board</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>Board</quote>;</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="id2063B1386A0346CD9D731C0FB2CA8E7D"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (3);</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="id534D818F60494CC1B6EC0A0D0545BCD4"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraphs (4) through (10) as paragraphs (3) through (9), respectively; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="id77758778E7F24AF7AEB709824F1AE37C"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>in paragraph (3)(A) (as so redesignated), by striking <quote>(6)</quote> and inserting <quote>(5)</quote>; and</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id0105E9D47BB74DD7B929AE3CAE218976"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (b).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id50115F20F6854E4887CA4479BC76E108"><enum>(44)</enum><text>Section 8.4(a)(1) of the Farm Credit Act of 1971 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/2279aa-4">12 U.S.C. 2279aa–4(a)(1)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><subparagraph commented="no" id="idBA02785867FA4EAAB992F62FD035CFB7"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the sixth sentence—</text><clause commented="no" id="id2E51210D468241BBB8277578D1083952"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>Class B</quote> and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9ADF65C0A3894DC487D341516B75E651" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><clause commented="no" id="id0A68E85B7C184769B877343D72655CEA"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Class B stock</header><text>Class B</text></clause><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause><clause commented="no" id="idAF294BBC2DA4475E9694E4434AF57669"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>8.2(b)(2)(B)</quote> and inserting <quote>8.2(a)(2)(B)</quote>;</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id0BE3773F6D1C4B4080B6033D5A4EF99D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in the fifth sentence—</text><clause commented="no" id="id5DBCB10A3D5B41E78DF5DB4C3BBD9561"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>Class A</quote> and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2F9E0EEC81A443718CBE874833EF45A8" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><clause commented="no" id="idC50C0644FD9C432BB8337C73006B331B"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Class A stock</header><text>Class A</text></clause><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause><clause commented="no" id="idF3B3184B86194115BF4FB283ECEA5529"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>8.2(b)(2)(A)</quote> and inserting <quote>8.2(a)(2)(A)</quote>;</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id0217669F90CF45F2836B833FA3CCA09C"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in the fourth sentence, by striking <quote>The stock</quote> and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB882C29EB735490AAAB839ED41B5A96B" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subparagraph commented="no" id="id7B789AC4CD0D4ED7A1851529C6FABFAF"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Classes of stock</header><clause commented="no" id="id22263638E2B84C6D845DF4AC4064079D"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The stock</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id4A7A1DE5ECA24594ACEFFD6B7C5866E1"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by striking the third sentence and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD6C18266B3E64C978CFB41F3BC1A7486" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subparagraph commented="no" id="id0D973EC46D8149CEBEF99ADAC0141618"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Offers</header><clause commented="no" id="id2FD9634C8D1C45098303DB27D3957985"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Board shall offer the voting common stock to banks, other financial institutions, insurance companies, and System institutions under such terms and conditions as the Board may adopt.</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="id3772FA0908434B6BBA65924CA0FFD943"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>The voting common stock shall be fairly and broadly offered to ensure that—</text><subclause commented="no" id="id59FD7597B09C4DBDA0DC75B20CAC4013"><enum>(I)</enum><text>no institution or institutions acquire a disproportionate share of the total quantity of the voting common stock outstanding of a class of stock; and</text></subclause><subclause commented="no" id="idAECE91FBD3BE41878075394B03EB783A"><enum>(II)</enum><text>capital contributions and issuances of voting common stock for the contributions are fairly distributed between entities eligible to hold class A stock and class B stock.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id50AB75D104894ADFA65C91DE7773AC91"><enum>(E)</enum><text>in the second sentence, by striking <quote>Each share</quote> and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id191432478C4A4F038607DBDAE27F374A" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subparagraph commented="no" id="id98886087DCEF409FA2AD92B04EA6411A"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Number of votes</header><text>Each share</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id9B866EB6C6754F76911EC75670D62FF4"><enum>(F)</enum><text>in the first sentence, by striking <quote>The Corporation</quote> and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id88E8F5FB19EC40E59C4DEE16843C3837" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subparagraph commented="no" id="id6C9D4A45E96743859DD428FB704F8259"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Corporation</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="idE1735BB80D8040D6AB0D75BFB4781E3E"><enum>(45)</enum><text>Section 8.6 of the Farm Credit Act of 1971 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/2279aa-6">12 U.S.C. 2279aa–6</external-xref>) is amended—</text><subparagraph commented="no" id="id5F580F39DC204AD99148E41D153FF597"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking subsection (d);</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id19040595D5024F83944BE8799B2602DF"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by redesignating subsection (e) as subsection (d); and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id75A521B1823F49C8AC6EF2DD951622EA"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (2) of subsection (d) (as so redesignated), by striking <quote>8.0(9))</quote> and inserting <quote>8.0)</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="idF466ECF053AD42EABFC8F85108F97BE1"><enum>(46)</enum><text>Section 8.9 of the Farm Credit Act of 1971 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/2279aa-9">12 U.S.C. 2279aa–9</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>4.14C,</quote> each place it appears.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="idDDB70F8F1AA946A288453D2AD2E351BA"><enum>(47)</enum><text>Section 8.11(e) of the Farm Credit Act of 1971 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/2279aa-11">12 U.S.C. 2279aa–11(e)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>8.0(7))</quote> and inserting <quote>8.0)</quote>.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="idA0D402D73BE045E3891184F74860F1DD"><enum>(48)</enum><text>Section 8.32(a) of the Farm Credit Act of 1971 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/2279bb-1">12 U.S.C. 2279bb–1(a)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><subparagraph commented="no" id="idE972BE6D4B1341958756AFE116C7EBB6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the first sentence of the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking <quote>Not sooner than the expiration of the 3-year period beginning on the date of enactment of the Farm Credit System Reform Act of 1996, the</quote> and inserting <quote>The</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="idEDEE0B0011424C05ADFAB88C8B40A1A2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)(B), by striking <quote>8.0(9)(C)</quote> and inserting <quote>8.0(7)(C)</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id55ACE4884BB342F09B68C83430ECFFDE"><enum>(49)</enum><text>Section 8.33(b)(2)(A) of the Farm Credit Act of 1971 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/2279bb-2">12 U.S.C. 2279bb–2(b)(2)(A)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>8.6(e)</quote> and inserting <quote>8.6(d)</quote>.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="idCBF3FE3FFAF846C2AC3FBD1DF30ED6B9"><enum>(50)</enum><text>Section 8.35 of the Farm Credit Act of 1971 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/2279bb-4">12 U.S.C. 2279bb–4</external-xref>) is amended by striking subsection (e).</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id18D6D8D0999546E9A6C405792AE1419E"><enum>(51)</enum><text>Section 8.38 of the Farm Credit Act of 1971 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/2279bb-7">12 U.S.C. 2279bb–7</external-xref>) is repealed.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="idAC352ACE9974499A921B8C64AFD61AF0"><enum>(52)</enum><text>Section 4 of the Agricultural Marketing Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/1141b">12 U.S.C. 1141b</external-xref>) is repealed.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA3BCB315118C4F5BB8DFAF3A204A62A6"><enum>(53)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 5 of the Agricultural Marketing Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/1141c">12 U.S.C. 1141c</external-xref>) is repealed.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC7AF1DE9B9EA4F78B601C0130BF4E6A2"><enum>(54)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 6 of the Agricultural Marketing Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/1141d">12 U.S.C. 1141d</external-xref>) is repealed.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5320CC39B3404C2CB4F9A4F86540A028"><enum>(55)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 7 of the Agricultural Marketing Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/1141e">12 U.S.C. 1141e</external-xref>) is repealed.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id674C005977C44814B01BFC38AD5C965C"><enum>(56)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 8 of the Agricultural Marketing Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/1141f">12 U.S.C. 1141f</external-xref>) is repealed.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC2FA4DD799BB4389BA588BF6A330C016"><enum>(57)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 14 of the Agricultural Marketing Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/1141i">12 U.S.C. 1141i</external-xref>) is repealed.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id0022559D55494BA98AB86F09D97F1BF5"><enum>(58)</enum><text>The Act of June 22, 1939 (53 Stat. 853, chapter 239; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/1141d-1">12 U.S.C. 1141d–1</external-xref>), is repealed.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="idD32142F2DB044FFABFCEBC81F42ED2EF"><enum>(59)</enum><text>Section 201(e) of the Emergency Relief and Construction Act of 1932 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/1148">12 U.S.C. 1148</external-xref>) is repealed.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id9B1A63CE9F98460580AE0F3EF8684FE7"><enum>(60)</enum><text>Section 2 of the Act of July 14, 1953 (67 Stat. 150, chapter 192; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/1148a-4">12 U.S.C. 1148a–4</external-xref>), is repealed.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id5BAA09EA877248E79E1DDB8B5305EC0C"><enum>(61)</enum><text>Section 32 of the Farm Credit Act of 1937 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/1148b">12 U.S.C. 1148b</external-xref>) is repealed.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id17E8DDCC1ACA4311964090FB0EF9E4F6"><enum>(62)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 33 of the Farm Credit Act of 1937 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/1148c">12 U.S.C. 1148c</external-xref>) is repealed.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id33738885F6394C70BA5649BE02526569"><enum>(63)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 34 of the Farm Credit Act of 1937 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/1148d">12 U.S.C. 1148d</external-xref>) is repealed.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id9C919BC0F8EE4CF99680C1D00655FDAA"><enum>(64)</enum><text>The Joint Resolution of March 3, 1932 (47 Stat. 60, chapter 70; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/1401">12 U.S.C. 1401</external-xref> et seq.), is repealed.</text></paragraph></section><section id="id761458795f974ba0bbf5a648bf8786b0"><enum>5408.</enum><header>Corporation as conservator or receiver; certain other powers</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Part E of title V of the Farm Credit Act of 1971 is amended by inserting after section 5.61B (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/2277a-10b">12 U.S.C. 2277a–10b</external-xref>) the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8DE9B6571DF54530909325A7EFAD0A36" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><section id="id9931AD2D99C14220933461837C98FC47"><enum>5.61C.<?LEXA-Enum 5.61C.?></enum><header>Corporation as conservator or receiver; certain other powers</header><subsection id="id5484B728D92549BE8B804C1B1E617E39"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definition of institution</header><text>In this section, the term <term>institution</term> includes any System institution for which the Corporation has been appointed as conservator or receiver.</text></subsection><subsection id="id2452c25b5a6a4cbd8afb61ede8c4bb25"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Certain powers and duties of corporation as conservator or receiver</header><text>In addition to the powers inherent in the express grant of corporate authority under section 5.58(9), and other powers exercised by the Corporation under this part, the Corporation shall have the following express powers to act as a conservator or receiver:</text><paragraph id="idb0b8cabac58144e7b8b7c31d88e48e72"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Rulemaking authority of corporation</header><text>The Corporation may prescribe such regulations as the Corporation determines to be appropriate regarding the conduct of conservatorships or receiverships.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id3833c74015294c21ba4d42dc849e710a"><enum>(2)</enum><header>General powers</header><subparagraph id="ida5ace40a9d4c4b3688513315443ee6de"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Successor to system institution</header><text>The Corporation shall, as conservator or receiver, and by operation of law, succeed to—</text><clause id="id170270e816e6481a86689f580915138f"><enum>(i)</enum><text>all rights, titles, powers, and privileges of the System institution, and of any stockholder, member, officer, or director of such System institution with respect to the System institution and the assets of the System institution; and</text></clause><clause id="id26f91eb7917044f685e9db0f7c2beb66"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>title to the books, records, and assets of any previous conservator or other legal custodian of such System institution.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id62abcaf1420546b5a7d0078c1a02b130"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Operate the system institution</header><text>The Corporation may, as conservator or receiver—</text><clause id="idc5edaefd08044abb894468e1892d113c"><enum>(i)</enum><text>take over the assets of and operate the System institution with all the powers of the stockholders or members, the directors, and the officers of the System institution and conduct all business of the System institution;</text></clause><clause id="id3eb4f6669d7347938f8f26ce869fef3c"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>collect all obligations and money due the System institution;</text></clause><clause id="idf499bf90763546c3a7c11172c74b0746"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>perform all functions of the System institution in the name of the System institution which are consistent with the appointment as conservator or receiver;</text></clause><clause id="idf7ca89af4bb24b229f689ab90f579daa"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>preserve and conserve the assets and property of such System institution; and</text></clause><clause id="id21d6ceebf14549d895669cb5f3cb5594"><enum>(v)</enum><text>provide by contract for assistance in fulfilling any function, activity, action, or duty of the Corporation as conservator or receiver.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id99c9ef0d48794ac48d782952119eebcf"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Functions of system institution's officers, directors, members, and stockholders</header><text>The Corporation may, by regulation or order, provide for the exercise of any function by any stockholder, member, director, or officer of any System institution for which the Corporation has been appointed conservator or receiver.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idb87c0e3a63c946b29a260b31c2fe5673"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Powers as conservator</header><text>Subject to any Farm Credit Administration approvals required under this Act, the Corporation may, as conservator, take such action as may be—</text><clause id="iddb1e9f1b9ea14125aad637fa51d45cf8"><enum>(i)</enum><text>necessary to put the System institution in a sound and solvent condition; and</text></clause><clause id="id2632745de5704bf1a3baa995b4a6ab40"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>appropriate to carry on the business of the System institution and preserve and conserve the assets and property of the System institution.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idc7847be4fc5e4ad9b8ab9c85518a1ce3"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Additional powers as receiver</header><text>The Corporation may, as receiver, liquidate the System institution and proceed to realize upon the assets of the System institution, in such manner as the Corporation determines to be appropriate.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idb6a052ac382c4b49add984cf81719c74"><enum>(F)</enum><header>Organization of new system bank</header><text>The Corporation may, as receiver with respect to any System bank, organize a bridge System bank under subsection (h).</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idb485009267ef4bfc9bac69b5d82e419b"><enum>(G)</enum><header>Merger; transfer of assets and liabilities</header><clause id="id86CD496681F24BE2ACE827B6B41D690C"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subject to clause (ii), the Corporation may, as conservator or receiver—</text><subclause id="id53176d0732694f75bb25d780644b28a2"><enum>(I)</enum><text>merge the System institution with another System institution; and</text></subclause><subclause id="id77c7a29898ed40edbfbcf1c216d8d92f"><enum>(II)</enum><text>transfer or sell any asset or liability of the System institution in default without any approval, assignment, or consent with respect to such transfer.</text></subclause></clause><clause id="id5df577d39fbd48fba22e46b3c80d57a0"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Approval</header><text>No merger or transfer under clause (i) may be made to another System institution (other than a bridge System bank under subsection (h)) without the approval of the Farm Credit Administration.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ide578fe350e1e4e719c43c233ba38972c"><enum>(H)</enum><header>Payment of valid obligations</header><text>The Corporation, as conservator or receiver, shall, to the extent that proceeds are realized from the performance of contracts or the sale of the assets of a System institution, pay all valid obligations of the System institution in accordance with the prescriptions and limitations of this section.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id459bc52d49504ead95b09fff859d21d7"><enum>(I)</enum><header>Incidental powers</header><clause id="id605bde52295d4fda9641f295c4209adc"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Corporation may, as conservator or receiver—</text><subclause id="id8f29b36cae044fafbdab053524b2ddd0"><enum>(I)</enum><text>exercise all powers and authorities specifically granted to conservators or receivers, respectively, under this section and such incidental powers as shall be necessary to carry out such powers; and</text></subclause><subclause id="id757a7a8ef9f4405ba0202b3dca1c2cb8"><enum>(II)</enum><text>take any action authorized by this section, which the Corporation determines is in the best interests of—</text><item id="idF24489FF0424486D8CAAA3E636EB9813"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>the System institution in receivership or conservatorship;</text></item><item id="idEE83D33190DF466A9EB793EE3087ACF3"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>System institutions;</text></item><item id="id789826BDF95144AE96159F8B5A2F3FD9"><enum>(cc)</enum><text>System institution stockholders or investors; or</text></item><item id="idCA046C1231B944ADAEFE7A1855B6B4EB"><enum>(dd)</enum><text>the Corporation.</text></item></subclause></clause><clause id="idb47e07b802da4d8f84beb49e5fc68345"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Termination of rights and claims</header><subclause id="id8016B146F12F44EAAA588B2C90D40CEC"><enum>(I)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Except as provided in subclause (II), notwithstanding any other provision of law, the appointment of the Corporation as receiver for a System institution and the succession of the Corporation, by operation of law, to the rights, titles, powers, and privileges described in subparagraph (A) shall terminate all rights and claims that the stockholders and creditors of the System institution may have, arising as a result of their status as stockholders or creditors, against the assets or charter of the System institution or the Corporation.</text></subclause><subclause id="idAFB2168EF43341B58D0D04C826D0A0A4"><enum>(II)</enum><header>Exceptions</header><text>Subclause (I) shall not terminate the right to payment, resolution, or other satisfaction of the claims of stockholders and creditors described in that subclause, as permitted under paragraphs (10) and (11) and subsection (d).</text></subclause></clause><clause id="id27ad6257f3bd40ae8a47d8e4deda4718"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Charter</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for purposes of this section, the charter of a System institution shall not be considered to be an asset of the System institution.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id91db96a9e54c4f01baa956bbc5e83279"><enum>(J)</enum><header>Utilization of private sector</header><text>In carrying out its responsibilities in the management and disposition of assets from System institutions, as conservator, receiver, or in its corporate capacity, the Corporation may utilize the services of private persons, including real estate and loan portfolio asset management, property management, auction marketing, legal, and brokerage services, if the Corporation determines utilization of such services is practicable, efficient, and cost effective.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id22968a55effd46bd83d3e3ace0ebf40f"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Authority of receiver to determine claims</header><subparagraph id="id094bb29a71f74198ad0aaa2235b378b4"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Corporation may, as receiver, determine claims in accordance with the requirements of this subsection and regulations prescribed under paragraph (4).</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id47a5470742c248de9cc33cd297eca8e4"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Notice requirements</header><text>The receiver, in any case involving the liquidation or winding up of the affairs of a closed System institution, shall—</text><clause id="id8e35e5ec2dc64988858ae2b889e764aa"><enum>(i)</enum><text>promptly publish a notice to the System institution's creditors to present their claims, together with proof, to the receiver by a date specified in the notice which shall be not less than 90 days after the publication of such notice; and</text></clause><clause id="id89693e24da654422ae19735270ac6d15"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>republish such notice approximately 1 month and 2 months, respectively, after the publication under clause (i).</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id8e03007552494ebe9718fccaa795f8a0"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Mailing required</header><text>The receiver shall mail a notice similar to the notice published under subparagraph (B)(i) at the time of such publication to any creditor shown on the System institution's books—</text><clause id="iddc0f6cb6cf8a45b5a9b85f020a4531a6"><enum>(i)</enum><text>at the creditor's last address appearing in such books; or</text></clause><clause id="id6970c212355e4758abad1828612dee9b"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>upon discovery of the name and address of a claimant not appearing on the System institution's books within 30 days after the discovery of such name and address.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id60adac0b059e4deaa225810ebe8e1f03"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Rulemaking authority relating to determination of claims</header><text>The Corporation may prescribe regulations regarding the allowance or disallowance of claims by the receiver and providing for administrative determination of claims and review of such determination.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id8c1d96c778a746ae82c5a307c2974ac7"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Procedures for determination of claims</header><subparagraph id="id9c0d9093e0c7474eb04e9b388f88348d"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Determination period</header><clause id="id5239ba1f3cf24310bed8e1bcb3a26dd1"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Before the end of the 180-day period beginning on the date any claim against a System institution is filed with the Corporation as receiver, the Corporation shall determine whether to allow or disallow the claim and shall notify the claimant of any determination with respect to such claim.</text></clause><clause id="id45a7e3598aee4a549be90f1e3d84c378"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Extension of time</header><text>The period described in clause (i) may be extended by a written agreement between the claimant and the Corporation.</text></clause><clause id="idf2584107ba0f4adc9e305e09bb115d28"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Mailing of notice sufficient</header><text>The requirements of clause (i) shall be deemed to be satisfied if the notice of any determination with respect to any claim is mailed to the last address of the claimant which appears—</text><subclause id="id1572a08afea448bd95cd07ece48c2d5b"><enum>(I)</enum><text>on the System institution's books;</text></subclause><subclause id="id9107ed8a005545bb9b6bea4763007c02"><enum>(II)</enum><text>in the claim filed by the claimant; or</text></subclause><subclause id="id34e7371064e64785b13f3d4d0f2c87a5"><enum>(III)</enum><text>in documents submitted in proof of the claim.</text></subclause></clause><clause id="idb978d3dae0a541c6a8b3c6bddcc38206"><enum>(iv)</enum><header>Contents of notice of disallowance</header><text>If any claim filed under clause (i) is disallowed, the notice to the claimant shall contain—</text><subclause id="id0936fbb4a5fb42e3beefd99a1e085421"><enum>(I)</enum><text>a statement of each reason for the disallowance; and</text></subclause><subclause id="id75c4567424bb4292831328aafb611a3c"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the procedures available for obtaining agency review of the determination to disallow the claim or judicial determination of the claim.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id5ee600654ca040e6bb0da74f6ed09070"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Allowance of proven claims</header><text>The receiver shall allow any claim received on or before the date specified in the notice published under paragraph (3)(B)(i) by the receiver from any claimant which is proved to the satisfaction of the receiver.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id5e65129efaf74d66be8c43bab77ee550"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Disallowance of claims filed after end of filing period</header><clause id="idd2a3960f084a4c898e52f0734328a19b"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Except as provided in clause (ii), claims filed after the date specified in the notice published under paragraph (3)(B)(i) shall be disallowed and such disallowance shall be final.</text></clause><clause id="id19988d8fca004867aa293d732e21e22c"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Certain exceptions</header><text>Clause (i) shall not apply with respect to any claim filed by any claimant after the date specified in the notice published under paragraph (3)(B)(i) and such claim may be considered by the receiver if—</text><subclause id="idf8a93bc6c74d418d938f538a32db2253"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the claimant did not receive notice of the appointment of the receiver in time to file such claim before such date; and</text></subclause><subclause id="id1101ebe5e44a471e867809b6b22863f8"><enum>(II)</enum><text>such claim is filed in time to permit payment of such claim.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idd3ae5a2e9c1d4145a514a9981d837371"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Authority to disallow claims</header><clause id="ida15903cc485545499218a5cb5dbed1a5"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The receiver may disallow any portion of any claim by a creditor or claim of security, preference, or priority which is not proved to the satisfaction of the receiver.</text></clause><clause id="id2ae25e205eeb4835b2c05fc56d5d4212"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Payments to less than fully secured creditors</header><text>In the case of a claim of a creditor against a System institution which is secured by any property or other asset of such System institution, any receiver appointed for any System institution—</text><subclause id="id1a0d76412e674f05a3a0ee1496418213"><enum>(I)</enum><text>may treat the portion of such claim which exceeds an amount equal to the fair market value of such property or other asset as an unsecured claim against the System institution; and</text></subclause><subclause id="ideadd116c3d9d4824bf8bc4042d26f1b9"><enum>(II)</enum><text>may not make any payment with respect to such unsecured portion of the claim other than in connection with the disposition of all claims of unsecured creditors of the System institution.</text></subclause></clause><clause id="id93250acb14ef4f09a02a47f2021f4ce1"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Exceptions</header><text>No provision of this paragraph shall apply with respect to—</text><subclause id="idaf873dc41a544bf6ba6c2f979c1da487"><enum>(I)</enum><text>any extension of credit from any Federal Reserve bank or the United States Treasury to any System institution; or</text></subclause><subclause id="id8a899dccf57942a0b740af4426cab1de"><enum>(II)</enum><text>any security interest in the assets of the System institution securing any such extension of credit.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id56c134d761934de09fb6af8041473c14"><enum>(E)</enum><header>No judicial review of determination pursuant to subparagraph (d)</header><text>No court may review the Corporation's determination pursuant to subparagraph (D) to disallow a claim.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id4d081510edd94d8687f157475f8cf10c"><enum>(F)</enum><header>Legal effect of filing</header><clause id="id683e878e66634e9996ae9d8d5a468c45"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Statute of limitation tolled</header><text>For purposes of any applicable statute of limitations, the filing of a claim with the receiver shall constitute a commencement of an action.</text></clause><clause id="id9377502428ff4c5981ee080fa4dc9088"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>No prejudice to other actions</header><text>Subject to paragraph (12) and the determination of claims by a receiver, the filing of a claim with the receiver shall not prejudice any right of the claimant to continue any action which was filed before the appointment of the receiver.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id602434a0ee764c82b877d94065bac096"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Provision for judicial determination of claims</header><subparagraph id="id99cb7c6e20294d5ca82f20d42cc5f734"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Before the end of the 60-day period beginning on the earlier of—</text><clause id="idd742579569c04ea9a4565384ff7cb386"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the end of the period described in paragraph (5)(A)(i) with respect to any claim against a System institution for which the Corporation is receiver; or</text></clause><clause id="id9ee069a540f049efa5ac1b706ea7d63a"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the date of any notice of disallowance of such claim pursuant to paragraph (5)(A)(i),</text></clause><continuation-text continuation-text-level="subparagraph">the claimant may request administrative review of the claim in accordance with paragraph (7) or file suit on such claim (or continue an action commenced before the appointment of the receiver) in the district or territorial court of the United States for the district within which the System institution's principal place of business is located or the United States District Court for the District of Columbia (and such court shall have jurisdiction to hear such claim).</continuation-text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id6171c305742a4cd592ef5fbbae5c0455"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Statute of limitations</header><text>If any claimant fails to file suit on such claim (or continue an action commenced before the appointment of the receiver), before the end of the 60-day period described in subparagraph (A), the claim shall be deemed to be disallowed (other than any portion of such claim which was allowed by the receiver) as of the end of such period, such disallowance shall be final, and the claimant shall have no further rights or remedies with respect to such claim.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="iddab460b1e5894e3fa086c48a071cb83d"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Review of claims; administrative hearing</header><text>If any claimant requests review under this paragraph in lieu of filing or continuing any action under paragraph (6) and the Corporation agrees to such request, the Corporation shall consider the claim after opportunity for a hearing on the record. The final determination of the Corporation with respect to such claim shall be subject to judicial review under <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/5/7">chapter 7</external-xref> of title 5, United States Code.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id1aed78ceb1264c8e8614acaa20939327"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Expedited determination of claims</header><subparagraph id="id4d17f3927a3f48c9ad7430e7e6cdd325"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Establishment required</header><text>The Corporation shall establish a procedure for expedited relief outside of the routine claims process established under paragraph (5) for claimants who—</text><clause id="ide655c2f776a3430fb5164b4f8dc4ae28"><enum>(i)</enum><text>allege the existence of legally valid and enforceable or perfected security interests in assets of any System institution for which the Corporation has been appointed receiver; and</text></clause><clause id="id0a45c12f1d5f447baafd6ccc767996be"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>allege that irreparable injury will occur if the routine claims procedure is followed.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id4c46a9df163341b7be1c3644ff55451b"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Determination period</header><text>Before the end of the 90-day period beginning on the date any claim is filed in accordance with the procedures established pursuant to subparagraph (A), the Corporation shall—</text><clause id="id39a55f78c59a4d4d99285e7a2ec89924"><enum>(i)</enum><text>determine—</text><subclause id="id0d751ddf50744657bb596ff7af1c5d24"><enum>(I)</enum><text>whether to allow or disallow such claim; or</text></subclause><subclause id="id1de853a78e4546bbaab362ae93f3edcd"><enum>(II)</enum><text>whether such claim should be determined pursuant to the procedures established pursuant to paragraph (5); and</text></subclause></clause><clause id="idbdf50c82ffc04baca77a5fb5f3226eda"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>notify the claimant of the determination, and if the claim is disallowed, provide a statement of each reason for the disallowance and the procedure for obtaining agency review or judicial determination.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id8490e206b1094b7eabf2d685fc256881"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Period for filing or renewing suit</header><text>Any claimant who files a request for expedited relief shall be permitted to file a suit, or to continue a suit filed before the appointment of the receiver, seeking a determination of the claimant's rights with respect to such security interest after the earlier of—</text><clause id="ida9a1d2a848b746de87b9634d22a406d4"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the end of the 90-day period beginning on the date of the filing of a request for expedited relief; or</text></clause><clause id="id069b3f5befb14daea05183dca6f9e6c3"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the date the Corporation denies the claim.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id3906f5f922c9402faeb6c8a2aa5676be"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Statute of limitations</header><text>If an action described in subparagraph (C) is not filed, or the motion to renew a previously filed suit is not made, before the end of the 30-day period beginning on the date on which such action or motion may be filed in accordance with subparagraph (B), the claim shall be deemed to be disallowed as of the end of such period (other than any portion of such claim which was allowed by the receiver), such disallowance shall be final, and the claimant shall have no further rights or remedies with respect to such claim.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idee127f5a9be74daeb43333e101119696"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Legal effect of filing</header><clause id="idac5b2160c3bb42eb998620723251c040"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Statute of limitation tolled</header><text>For purposes of any applicable statute of limitations, the filing of a claim with the receiver shall constitute a commencement of an action.</text></clause><clause id="id1f84c134b97b418aa533270a4a85d8bf"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>No prejudice to other actions</header><text>Subject to paragraph (12), the filing of a claim with the receiver shall not prejudice any right of the claimant to continue any action which was filed before the appointment of the receiver.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id607950ea4b3a40219f71f071f5ba8b10"><enum>(9)</enum><header>Agreement as basis of claim</header><subparagraph id="id282b80721327445cbe6c5b5bd617b935"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>Except as provided in subparagraph (B), any agreement which does not meet the requirements set forth in section 5.61(d) shall not form the basis of, or substantially comprise, a claim against the receiver or the Corporation.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id482857f00e864d429864b18fb704cb36"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Exception to contemporaneous execution requirement</header><text>Notwithstanding section 5.61(d), any agreement relating to an extension of credit between a Federal Reserve bank or the United States Treasury and any System institution which was executed before such extension of credit to such System institution shall be treated as having been executed contemporaneously with such extension of credit for purposes of subparagraph (A).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id332c6fd83d8d479fb0369079927df26b"><enum>(10)</enum><header>Payment of claims</header><subparagraph id="id0ce4f7cbb089488fba65da67d2c7d17e"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The receiver may, in the receiver's discretion and to the extent funds are available from the assets of the System institution, pay creditor claims which are allowed by the receiver, approved by the Corporation pursuant to a final determination pursuant to paragraph (7) or (8), or determined by the final judgment of any court of competent jurisdiction in such manner and amounts as are authorized under this Act.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id7155f7e7f3e349b1ba6c95e138408812"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Liquidation payments</header><text>The receiver may, in the receiver's sole discretion, pay from the assets of the System institution portions of proved claims at any time, and no liability shall attach to the Corporation (in such Corporation's corporate capacity or as receiver), by reason of any such payment, for failure to make payments to a claimant whose claim is not proved at the time of any such payment.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ida714436007c54a2a9c98a2f73161db02"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Rulemaking authority of corporation</header><text>The Corporation may prescribe such rules, including definitions of terms, as it deems appropriate to establish a single uniform interest rate for or to make payments of post insolvency interest to creditors holding proven claims against the receivership estates of System institutions following satisfaction by the receiver of the principal amount of all creditor claims.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idff3ae51e356e410a8d78e1cbff9888fa"><enum>(11)</enum><header>Priority of expenses and claims</header><subparagraph id="id51bc63eaf0954c7ea7d95d3f47fc231a"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Amounts realized from the liquidation or other resolution of any System institution by any receiver appointed for such System institution shall be distributed to pay claims (other than secured claims to the extent of any such security) in the following order of priority:</text><clause id="id2e20c851b63446588e309187d25e35ec"><enum>(i)</enum><text>Administrative expenses of the receiver.</text></clause><clause id="ide74b12048bb44a9da9d6e06e503698ad"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>If authorized by the Corporation, wages, salaries, or commissions, including vacation, severance, and sick leave pay earned by an individual—</text><subclause id="id8A5A986B30E24A8895CAE6D668CC52A0"><enum>(I)</enum><text>in an amount that is not more than $11,725 for each individual (as indexed for inflation, by regulation of the Corporation); and</text></subclause><subclause id="idEDF0E4589F6A44ACA49386CB7E213989"><enum>(II)</enum><text>that is earned 180 days or fewer before the date of appointment of the Corporation as receiver.</text></subclause></clause><clause id="idb7a31bce104f463daba21add48ca204c"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>In the case of the resolution of a System bank, all claims of holders of consolidated and System-wide bonds and all claims of the other System banks arising from the payments of the System banks pursuant to—</text><subclause id="id5083EADB97374D659FC3532AC0585E27"><enum>(I)</enum><text>section 4.4 on consolidated and System-wide bonds issued under subsection (c) or (d) of section 4.2; or</text></subclause><subclause id="id67D27F06F17542238BBEC48699D08984"><enum>(II)</enum><text>an agreement, in writing and approved by the Farm Credit Administration, among the System banks to reallocate the payments.</text></subclause></clause><clause id="id2ac74372d30843db8e0b396483f8ef4a"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>In the case of the resolution of a production credit association or other association making direct loans under section 7.6, all claims of a System bank based on the financing agreement between the association and the System bank—</text><subclause id="idCDCC1A8B6104448287427DC781B8C269"><enum>(I)</enum><text>including interest accrued before and after the appointment of the receiver; and</text></subclause><subclause id="idD9A0084611E04B2BA5548A17D97F657A"><enum>(II)</enum><text>not including any setoff for stock or other equity of that System bank owned by the association, on that condition that, prior to making that setoff, that System bank shall obtain the approval of the Farm Credit Administration Board for the retirement of that stock or equity.</text></subclause></clause><clause id="ida4e6055c3fa540af914b59bd5cb6da9d"><enum>(v)</enum><text>Any general or senior liability of the System institution (which is not a liability described in clause (vi) or (vii)).</text></clause><clause id="id7aa42d3f9a1c412d9f79627107682e05"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>Any obligation subordinated to general creditors (which is not an obligation described in clause (vii)).</text></clause><clause id="idca0c265bd90e487fa234590ca9f3efe1"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>Any obligation to stockholders or members arising as a result of their status as stockholders or members.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id3f2c6ce7ac4d448c8e6c3869d0630cd9"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Payment of claims</header><clause id="id6ffa7708c89846d498b10e7d0d69ce98"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><subclause id="idDA5CFACC23CB4F8BA7E67868CD63DACF"><enum>(I)</enum><header>Payment</header><text>All claims of each priority described in clauses (i) through (vii) of subparagraph (A) shall be paid in full, or provisions shall be made for that payment, prior to the payment of any claim of a lesser priority.</text></subclause><subclause id="idF28FF24C98A8420FA55A39F2B2F25B78"><enum>(II)</enum><header>Insufficient funds</header><text>If there are insufficient funds to pay in full all claims in any priority described clauses (i) through (vii) of subparagraph (A), distribution on that priority of claims shall be made on a pro rata basis.</text></subclause></clause><clause id="id87f54ac0880d44f6b03f49227478c94b"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Distribution of remaining assets</header><text>Following the payment of all claims in accordance with subparagraph (A), the receiver shall distribute the remainder of the assets of the System institution to the owners of stock, participation certificates, and other equities in accordance with the priorities for impairment under the bylaws of the System institution.</text></clause><clause id="id9953a22bb0254dcab04e2d03514b253b"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Eligible borrower stock</header><text>Notwithstanding subparagraph (C) or any other provision of this section, eligible borrower stock shall be retired in accordance with section 4.9A.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ide2b36640aa40492a9ff89e1d03d9745f"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Effect of State law</header><clause id="id09a1884c07bb434bb5e5cee61dd92497"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The provisions of subparagraph (A) shall not supersede the law of any State except to the extent such law is inconsistent with the provisions of such subparagraph, and then only to the extent of the inconsistency.</text></clause><clause id="idde820981e2ca448cad7c287c423ead01"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Procedure for determination of inconsistency</header><text>Upon the Corporation's own motion or upon the request of any person with a claim described in subparagraph (A) or any State which is submitted to the Corporation in accordance with procedures which the Corporation shall prescribe, the Corporation shall determine whether any provision of the law of any State is inconsistent with any provision of subparagraph (A) and the extent of any such inconsistency.</text></clause><clause id="id8d684430a6a3413fa2b726ec7ec20052"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Judicial review</header><text>The final determination of the Corporation under clause (ii) shall be subject to judicial review under <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/5/7">chapter 7</external-xref> of title 5, United States Code.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id0be169eb9be7464da9b7c0a3a14f8bab"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Accounting report</header><text>Any distribution by the Corporation in connection with any claim described in subparagraph (A)(vii) shall be accompanied by the accounting report required under paragraph (15)(B).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idf03cb9854de84b0ba6136c09204751a7"><enum>(12)</enum><header>Suspension of legal actions</header><subparagraph id="idc4df4d2024f7471ab4c04e0f99f7677f"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>After the appointment of a conservator or receiver for a System institution, the conservator or receiver may request a stay for a period not to exceed—</text><clause id="id7da313a106cf49218def5755af784cb1"><enum>(i)</enum><text>45 days, in the case of any conservator; and</text></clause><clause id="id75f30cf22c7d4d6dbf9edcff0f508504"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>90 days, in the case of any receiver,</text></clause><continuation-text continuation-text-level="subparagraph">in any judicial action or proceeding to which such System institution is or becomes a party.</continuation-text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id719d8810f94f49a9a17619f8b889d2af"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Grant of stay by all courts required</header><text>Upon receipt of a request by any conservator or receiver pursuant to subparagraph (A) for a stay of any judicial action or proceeding in any court with jurisdiction of such action or proceeding, the court shall grant such stay as to all parties.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idafdd4369dddc4ef8814f8f1f3ad587e3"><enum>(13)</enum><header>Additional rights and duties</header><subparagraph id="id2ac27ad7dd0c4725b04f0bc345887f98"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Prior final adjudication</header><text>The Corporation shall abide by any final unappealable judgment of any court of competent jurisdiction which was rendered before the appointment of the Corporation as conservator or receiver.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id1f9a1ae034074daf801cc1400324951b"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Rights and remedies of conservator or receiver</header><text>In the event of any appealable judgment, the Corporation as conservator or receiver shall—</text><clause id="id3a16b5de111f40d4bc803d69b64d9084"><enum>(i)</enum><text>have all the rights and remedies available to the System institution (before the appointment of such conservator or receiver) and the Corporation in its corporate capacity, including removal to Federal court and all appellate rights; and</text></clause><clause id="idfa9308760d5e4e1a951b882a620f0bba"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>not be required to post any bond in order to pursue such remedies.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id313d8bd910f04b74bce4b7fba411bce4"><enum>(C)</enum><header>No attachment or execution</header><text>No attachment or execution may issue by any court on—</text><clause id="id602709BDB6F8468297B6B2087DA5201D"><enum>(i)</enum><text>assets in the possession of the receiver; or</text></clause><clause id="id0E5110BBAD224F3DA811FF5B3B26891F"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the charter of a System institution for which the Corporation has been appointed receiver.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id6f038766a42247d8afde031e019dcbc5"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Limitation on judicial review</header><text>Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, no court shall have jurisdiction over—</text><clause id="ida26350a4a56941c4a0810c9ba71f2edc"><enum>(i)</enum><text>any claim or action for payment from, or any action seeking a determination of rights with respect to, the assets of any System institution for which the Corporation has been appointed receiver, including assets which the Corporation may acquire from itself as such receiver; or</text></clause><clause id="id2c4a1b9a6fbe46e892d43a382f3bda42"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>any claim relating to any act or omission of such System institution or the Corporation as receiver.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id46fa74b73d8b40809de3ef0a072e2d7a"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Disposition of assets</header><text>In exercising any right, power, privilege, or authority as receiver in connection with any sale or disposition of assets of any System institution for which the Corporation is acting as receiver, the Corporation shall, to the maximum extent practicable, conduct its operations in a manner which—</text><clause id="id7f9619db5d944fada5d261613daa09c4"><enum>(i)</enum><text>maximizes the net present value return from the sale or disposition of such assets;</text></clause><clause id="id96863d96fa1e4864b5ec263be3e0cf32"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>minimizes the amount of any loss realized in the resolution of cases;</text></clause><clause id="idF7BACB8124004DC89BC0B69DE89FAE8F"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>ensures adequate competition and fair and consistent treatment of offerors;</text></clause><clause id="id6C2FA47A90604854917AD0530210A93B"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, sex, or ethnic groups in the solicitation and consideration of offers; and</text></clause><clause id="id86b27a7c07624035a6aaf7dc66ca5c7c"><enum>(v)</enum><text>mitigates the potential for serious adverse effects to the rest of the System.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id1b02bc3dfe69478e852ec84dbc9a959d"><enum>(14)</enum><header>Statute of limitations for actions brought by conservator or receiver</header><subparagraph id="idc705edb01e544540a5627adfe1cd757b"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Notwithstanding any provision of any contract, the applicable statute of limitations with regard to any action brought by the Corporation as conservator or receiver shall be—</text><clause id="idc33c7dd8c71f43e8963508e7c81de91b"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in the case of any contract claim, the longer of—</text><subclause id="idea24559642f4499b842f18345dfeddca"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the 6-year period beginning on the date the claim accrues; or</text></subclause><subclause id="id593389bea3a74dde81aa2081e2f04a36"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the period applicable under State law; and</text></subclause></clause><clause id="id7c789f66e1664142974c39ba46910934"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in the case of any tort claim, the longer of—</text><subclause id="id70f344ca8b6b4c588b890ed8a3947c89"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the 3-year period beginning on the date the claim accrues; or</text></subclause><subclause id="idf26c4ff12ea8466692428e2361516269"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the period applicable under State law.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id7b2dfc7d952c497b863f00f49825dc76"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Determination of the date on which a claim accrues</header><text>For purposes of subparagraph (A), the date on which the statute of limitations begins to run on any claim described in such subparagraph shall be the later of—</text><clause id="idba3282f4602f4816a7d1b66b52e11e77"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the date of the appointment of the Corporation as conservator or receiver; or</text></clause><clause id="idb2049552832a4ca9a6c378f198bcdec6"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the date on which the cause of action accrues.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id4251ba70047b4709a0721d1b7ab98d9f"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Revival of expired State causes of action</header><clause id="id53e62ecebbaf403bac5fcbb5dfe04a6b"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>In the case of any tort claim described in clause (ii) for which the statute of limitation applicable under State law with respect to such claim has expired not more than 5 years before the appointment of the Corporation as conservator or receiver, the Corporation may bring an action as conservator or receiver on such claim without regard to the expiration of the statute of limitation applicable under State law.</text></clause><clause id="idc4848fd265c648cd88db539523c3ca86"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Claims described</header><text>A tort claim referred to in clause (i) is a claim arising from fraud, intentional misconduct resulting in unjust enrichment, or intentional misconduct resulting in substantial loss to the System institution.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id34035ceb797c40ffa97edb9e1322394d"><enum>(15)</enum><header>Accounting and recordkeeping requirements</header><subparagraph id="id307999d5d0d24708b270a7b7183a348a"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Corporation as conservator or receiver shall, consistent with the accounting and reporting practices and procedures established by the Corporation, maintain a full accounting of each conservatorship and receivership or other disposition of System institutions in default.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id78ab4b1d2ab347fa9e42498d685f432e"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Annual accounting or report</header><text>With respect to each conservatorship or receivership to which the Corporation was appointed, the Corporation shall make an annual accounting or report, as appropriate, available to the Farm Credit Administration Board.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id59b9af0d4cb745f294c831dbf0cee73e"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Availability of reports</header><text>Any report prepared pursuant to subparagraph (B) shall be made available by the Corporation upon request to any stockholder of the System institution for which the Corporation was appointed conservator or receiver or any other member of the public.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idd71fc594b65e4722bdb63d1d05c9333b"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Recordkeeping requirement</header><clause id="id3777eae378254fe8990ac6a7e2d1e587"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Except as provided in clause (ii), after the end of the 6-year period beginning on the date the Corporation is appointed as receiver of a System institution, the Corporation may destroy any records of such System institution which the Corporation, in the Corporation's discretion, determines to be unnecessary unless directed not to do so by a court of competent jurisdiction or governmental agency, or prohibited by law.</text></clause><clause id="idcea18ed73a0a42b99c0221d95d03a609"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Old records</header><text>Notwithstanding clause (i), the Corporation may destroy records of a System institution which are at least 10 years old as of the date on which the Corporation is appointed as the receiver of such System institution in accordance with clause (i) at any time after such appointment is final, without regard to the 6-year period of limitation contained in clause (i).</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id5df2f2f7c03d424298892a58f6be37ab"><enum>(16)</enum><header>Fraudulent transfers</header><subparagraph id="idd8147c3db8c34fc8a795729e7df4dd85"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Corporation, as conservator or receiver for any System institution, may avoid a transfer of any interest of a System institution-affiliated party, or any person who the Corporation determines is a debtor of the System institution, in property, or any obligation incurred by such party or person, that was made within 5 years of the date on which the Corporation was appointed conservator or receiver if such party or person voluntarily or involuntarily made such transfer or incurred such liability with the intent to hinder, delay, or defraud the System institution, the Farm Credit Administration, or the Corporation.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id972f9615bcab47469edc4e2344f981be"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Right of recovery</header><text>To the extent a transfer is avoided under subparagraph (A), the Corporation may recover, for the benefit of the System institution, the property transferred, or, if a court so orders, the value of such property (at the time of such transfer) from—</text><clause id="idd8de942f19574ac298290c800ea5b6ed"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the initial transferee of such transfer or the System institution-affiliated party or person for whose benefit such transfer was made; or</text></clause><clause id="id504c08f6f4924451a656cfed7e01ae73"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>any immediate or mediate transferee of any such initial transferee.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id07df59bf187f4ff8a561176f0f348ef7"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Rights of transferee or obligee</header><text>The Corporation may not recover under subparagraph (B) from—</text><clause id="id6a801e447fce407a94f0b5e272010bcb"><enum>(i)</enum><text>any transferee that takes for value, including satisfaction or securing of a present or antecedent debt, in good faith; or</text></clause><clause id="idaaf208a2136c4f6a83dcd981199b4972"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>any immediate or mediate good faith transferee of such transferee.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id3e5835ee1c3d49f98a113424da562c4f"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Rights under this paragraph</header><text>The rights under this paragraph of the Corporation shall be superior to any rights of a trustee or any other party (other than any party which is a Federal agency) under title 11, United States Code.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idcfeae167ef4e40fd82d85417d7eff455"><enum>(17)</enum><header>Attachment of assets and other injunctive relief</header><text>Subject to paragraph (18), any court of competent jurisdiction may, at the request of the Corporation (in the Corporation's capacity as conservator or receiver for any System institution or in the Corporation’s corporate capacity with respect to any asset acquired or liability assumed by the Corporation under section 5.61), issue an order in accordance with Rule 65 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, including an order placing the assets of any person designated by the Corporation under the control of the court and appointing a trustee to hold such assets.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id1278616482174974becc8280022513b3"><enum>(18)</enum><header>Standards</header><subparagraph id="ideb855452119e4919bf3232172cb9bf98"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Showing</header><text>Rule 65 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure shall apply with respect to any proceeding under paragraph (17) without regard to the requirement of such rule that the applicant show that the injury, loss, or damage is irreparable and immediate.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id81e251ef0287407d8aa46f25e1c1f3a7"><enum>(B)</enum><header>State proceeding</header><text>If, in the case of any proceeding in a State court, the court determines that rules of civil procedure available under the laws of such State provide substantially similar protections to such party's right to due process as Rule 65 (as modified with respect to such proceeding by subparagraph (A)), the relief sought by the Corporation pursuant to paragraph (17) may be requested under the laws of such State.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idb64f1b9fdf384141bfdbe84cb9c8bc39"><enum>(19)</enum><header>Treatment of claims arising from breach of contracts executed by the receiver or conservator</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of this subsection, any final and unappealable judgment for monetary damages entered against a receiver or conservator for a System institution for the breach of an agreement executed or approved by such receiver or conservator after the date of its appointment shall be paid as an administrative expense of the receiver or conservator. Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to limit the power of a receiver or conservator to exercise any rights under contract or law, including terminating, breaching, canceling, or otherwise discontinuing such agreement.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id39aeb1bd828e42758de43e0479a5b18f"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Provisions relating to contracts entered into before appointment of conservator or receiver</header><paragraph id="id9b96f4670e564526acde8318b68c8483"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Authority to repudiate contracts</header><text>In addition to any other rights a conservator or receiver may have, the conservator or receiver for a System institution may disaffirm or repudiate any contract or lease—</text><subparagraph id="id0f57ec57213f4aa198890f8a5a7ae820"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to which such System institution is a party;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id37437d76fd3c4fde8bfb3d005f648bae"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the performance of which the conservator or receiver, in the conservator's or receiver's discretion, determines to be burdensome; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id43c5707de2874eeb81c32fb6e7510f84"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the disaffirmance or repudiation of which the conservator or receiver determines, in the conservator's or receiver's discretion, will promote the orderly administration of the System institution's affairs.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idd8cc1ce550064cf880c216961082e891"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Timing of repudiation</header><text>The Corporation as conservator or receiver for any System institution shall determine whether or not to exercise the rights of repudiation under this subsection within a reasonable period following such appointment.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id0d685463f71946d2a0b66d5827ba467a"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Claims for damages for repudiation</header><subparagraph id="id3553098a3ecd40679addc93227bb2a20"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Except as otherwise provided in subparagraph (C) and paragraphs (4), (5), and (6), the liability of the conservator or receiver for the disaffirmance or repudiation of any contract pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be—</text><clause id="id0506fe3aa22f4d73aafde3702ba25db3"><enum>(i)</enum><text>limited to actual direct compensatory damages; and</text></clause><clause id="ida2b91f5ff015488798297acda7b4a001"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>determined as of—</text><subclause id="id7ef0940d9fef448bbff2e6076a386a0c"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the date of the appointment of the conservator or receiver; or</text></subclause><subclause id="id52a65510d98146dc9568a90faefd2456"><enum>(II)</enum><text>in the case of any contract or agreement referred to in paragraph (8), the date of the disaffirmance or repudiation of such contract or agreement.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id81e882acdf6640ffafc237bc1a59043f"><enum>(B)</enum><header>No liability for other damages</header><text>For purposes of subparagraph (A), the term <term>actual direct compensatory damages</term> does not include—</text><clause id="id9c2bdf7dc3fe40488ace71933ab1113f"><enum>(i)</enum><text>punitive or exemplary damages;</text></clause><clause id="id7ded9e8dc3554550909fc35bb55a04ef"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>damages for lost profits or opportunity; or</text></clause><clause id="idcef826071db64129a4d0f00ad1c69619"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>damages for pain and suffering.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id3c6ec94b3338470fb8abe70a3da30085"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Measure of damages for repudiation of financial contracts</header><text>In the case of any qualified financial contract or agreement to which paragraph (8) applies, compensatory damages shall be—</text><clause id="idcd915893ffef42ce886cad857c806769"><enum>(i)</enum><text>deemed to include normal and reasonable costs of cover or other reasonable measures of damages utilized in the industries for such contract and agreement claims; and</text></clause><clause id="id0ba44bdfa372473b9230308cc8c73be9"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>paid in accordance with this subsection and subsection (j), except as otherwise specifically provided in this section.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idd35ac8f0c95142cebceb94c9cad2a28e"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Leases under which the System institution is the lessee</header><subparagraph id="idac9a04a6d7f848928424ad95daeb8d3a"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>If the conservator or receiver disaffirms or repudiates a lease under which the System institution was the lessee, the conservator or receiver shall not be liable for any damages (other than damages determined pursuant to subparagraph (B)) for the disaffirmance or repudiation of such lease.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id6271f71eb802429b8d6e6c25a689fa22"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Payments of rent</header><text>Notwithstanding subparagraph (A), the lessor under a lease to which such subparagraph applies shall—</text><clause id="id611540f029fb42f6ba84a2e10cfa392f"><enum>(i)</enum><text>be entitled to the contractual rent accruing before the later of the date—</text><subclause id="ide3c891f605664f0c938e188d01d180d7"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the notice of disaffirmance or repudiation is mailed; or</text></subclause><subclause id="idf6e99b833373435c8114ab01f791694c"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the disaffirmance or repudiation becomes effective, unless the lessor is in default or breach of the terms of the lease; and</text></subclause></clause><clause id="id3b3a0853aabf4cefa28363b21d1c94e2"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>have no claim for damages under any acceleration clause or other penalty provision in the lease; and</text></clause><clause id="id6f9bb2646899405bb991ad1cbb8696b5"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>have a claim for any unpaid rent, subject to all appropriate offsets and defenses, due as of the date of the appointment, which shall be paid in accordance with this subsection and subsection (j).</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idcfdcfe072cbf4ca7aab8d719fdfc375c"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Leases under which the System institution is the lessor</header><subparagraph id="id221f1a0771e549c8ac3bd8b33faa4c67"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>If the conservator or receiver repudiates an unexpired written lease of real property of the System institution under which the System institution is the lessor and the lessee is not, as of the date of such repudiation, in default, the lessee under such lease may either—</text><clause id="id201a54efddb0420ba81ab696b2b250f6"><enum>(i)</enum><text>treat the lease as terminated by such repudiation; or</text></clause><clause id="id93004a1e40f446c89d0013cc37cf4cc0"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>remain in possession of the leasehold interest for the balance of the term of the lease, unless the lessee defaults under the terms of the lease after the date of such repudiation.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id6d7c4cb5170b4ef780065b88c3e2d27a"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Provisions applicable to lessee remaining in possession</header><text>If any lessee under a lease described in subparagraph (A) remains in possession of a leasehold interest pursuant to clause (ii) of such subparagraph—</text><clause id="idd4de44d01a1d4f05839b6214a34bf8e5"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the lessee—</text><subclause id="id0d6944a5c7df4fd499f60560e9ca7d2f"><enum>(I)</enum><text>shall continue to pay the contractual rent pursuant to the terms of the lease after the date of the repudiation of such lease; and</text></subclause><subclause id="id01ec7f84467445edadca1b3ed93a3dfc"><enum>(II)</enum><text>may offset against any rent payment which accrues after the date of the repudiation of the lease, any damages which accrue after such date due to the nonperformance of any obligation of the System institution under the lease after such date; and</text></subclause></clause><clause id="idd689de67db1a4b7ab561cfc244929028"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the conservator or receiver shall not be liable to the lessee for any damages arising after such date as a result of the repudiation, other than the amount of any offset allowed under clause (i)(II).</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id45524594e152457aa9425553de99e4c2"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Contracts for the sale of real property</header><subparagraph id="id13c50b95f1c9425d9fde5e8329bf2526"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>If the conservator or receiver repudiates any contract (which repudiates any contract that meets the requirements of paragraphs (1) through (4) of section 5.61(d) for the sale of real property, and the purchaser of such real property under such contract is in possession and is not, as of the date of such repudiation, in default, such purchaser may either—</text><clause id="id03a59a7eb7f74a22bebcd943b6630472"><enum>(i)</enum><text>treat the contract as terminated by such repudiation; or</text></clause><clause id="id0e44cf0037554f19842daa28a413cff7"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>remain in possession of such real property.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id42939a7adffd4a3288a70a80bc2eacf2"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Provisions applicable to purchaser remaining in possession</header><text>If any purchaser of real property under any contract described in subparagraph (A) remains in possession of such property pursuant to clause (ii) of such subparagraph—</text><clause id="id412f46fef88d4c94b935859dfa1e53f5"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the purchaser—</text><subclause id="id8f4ed905a8e6417797bd23ff3770b838"><enum>(I)</enum><text>shall continue to make all payments due under the contract after the date of the repudiation of the contract; and</text></subclause><subclause id="id8816569b784544c1a843a75df93361f7"><enum>(II)</enum><text>may offset against any such payments any damages which accrue after such date due to the nonperformance (after such date) of any obligation of the System institution under the contract; and</text></subclause></clause><clause id="idafb1c0a5a1c54f9c922a83c3c38770d0"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the conservator or receiver shall—</text><subclause id="id0e749556e3bc408fa15dc94d66ba621a"><enum>(I)</enum><text>not be liable to the purchaser for any damages arising after that date as a result of the repudiation, other than the amount of any offset allowed under clause (i)(II);</text></subclause><subclause id="idce811927b3554e7db9a5d4f387efaef2"><enum>(II)</enum><text>deliver title to the purchaser in accordance with the contract; and</text></subclause><subclause id="id8932ff0f0f5e4fe9909df1543b3704e5"><enum>(III)</enum><text>have no obligation under the contract, other than the performance required under subclause (II).</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ided79ec5988704b05b824ad35470498cb"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Assignment and sale allowed</header><clause id="idb5f1888fa270480abd43eeb5e7d80b6b"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>No provision of this paragraph shall be construed as limiting the right of the conservator or receiver to assign the contract described in subparagraph (A) and sell the property subject to the contract and this paragraph.</text></clause><clause id="ide140a7d155e34eb199afc687b706da12"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>No liability after assignment and sale</header><text>If an assignment and sale described in clause (i) is consummated, the Corporation, acting as conservator or receiver, shall have no further liability under the applicable contract described in subparagraph (A) or with respect to the real property which was the subject of such contract.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id7a849f02051746718b141dfe2d102724"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Provisions applicable to service contracts</header><subparagraph id="ida87d4d4ad4ba42bda4085d77a4df5093"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Services performed before appointment</header><text>In the case of any contract for services between any person and any System institution for which the Corporation has been appointed conservator or receiver, any claim of such person for services performed before the appointment of the conservator or the receiver shall be—</text><clause id="id005823d61e35407f86e348ad55ed7ffb"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a claim to be paid in accordance with subsections (b) and (d); and</text></clause><clause id="ide2d149b489134b2d9491095d293cb29a"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>deemed to have arisen as of the date the conservator or receiver was appointed.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id953fb8005b024ad4a95a54ea185592f5"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Services performed after appointment and prior to repudiation</header><text>If, in the case of any contract for services described in subparagraph (A), the conservator or receiver accepts performance by the other person before the conservator or receiver makes any determination to exercise the right of repudiation of such contract under this section—</text><clause id="id29b49d38a2bf43908c112a6c1b22166c"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the other party shall be paid under the terms of the contract for the services performed; and</text></clause><clause id="idf9a707bce0704690a9edbc94085345dc"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the amount of such payment shall be treated as an administrative expense of the conservatorship or receivership.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id3d76569459d44b75af409230fff63d67"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Acceptance of performance no bar to subsequent repudiation</header><text>The acceptance by any conservator or receiver of services referred to in subparagraph (B) in connection with a contract described in such subparagraph shall not affect the right of the conservator or receiver, to repudiate such contract under this section at any time after such performance.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ida12b3c5e36a94af0b1796e1cccdcceb4"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Certain qualified financial contracts</header><subparagraph id="id481cb92a6f6c481885829795a2b5bb90"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this paragraph:</text><clause id="id4310c4fd3ff540f488c9f6f818857aeb"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Commodity contract</header><text>The term <term>commodity contract</term> means—</text><subclause id="id9595953cba524e1f90d01a0090cde7af"><enum>(I)</enum><text>with respect to a futures commission merchant, a contract for the purchase or sale of a commodity for future delivery on, or subject to the rules of, a contract market or board of trade;</text></subclause><subclause id="idfed74633a72b4ccc91283f4ceca9fd25"><enum>(II)</enum><text>with respect to a foreign futures commission merchant, a foreign future;</text></subclause><subclause id="idcffb04716e834a6e990005dcd9e025f5"><enum>(III)</enum><text>with respect to a leverage transaction merchant, a leverage transaction;</text></subclause><subclause id="ida119a70eb1c547cdbe5ac79fa48f370a"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>with respect to a clearing organization, a contract for the purchase or sale of a commodity for future delivery on, or subject to the rules of, a contract market or board of trade that is cleared by such clearing organization, or commodity option traded on, or subject to the rules of, a contract market or board of trade that is cleared by such clearing organization;</text></subclause><subclause id="id492cca03135545a89fe12eaabd62c2bd"><enum>(V)</enum><text>with respect to a commodity options dealer, a commodity option;</text></subclause><subclause id="id1633b5c502e040cb84a69d5f53f82638"><enum>(VI)</enum><text>any other agreement or transaction that is similar to any agreement or transaction referred to in this clause;</text></subclause><subclause id="ide9dd75d897b24457be72bb566a4d1f0a"><enum>(VII)</enum><text>any combination of the agreements or transactions referred to in this clause;</text></subclause><subclause id="id0cc2e3e791b34e48868c02e228264bde"><enum>(VIII)</enum><text>any option to enter into any agreement or transaction referred to in this clause;</text></subclause><subclause id="id2858e502aeba417296df3120c879bdba"><enum>(IX)</enum><text>a master agreement that provides for an agreement or transaction referred to in any of subclauses (I) through (VIII), together with all supplements to any such master agreement, without regard to whether the master agreement provides for an agreement or transaction that is not a commodity contract under this clause, except that the master agreement shall be considered to be a commodity contract under this clause only with respect to each agreement or transaction under the master agreement that is referred to in subclause (I), (II), (III), (IV), (V), (VI), (VII), or (VIII); or</text></subclause><subclause id="ida1323a582b874b03b7becab61bf72805"><enum>(X)</enum><text>any security agreement or arrangement or other credit enhancement related to any agreement or transaction referred to in this clause, including any guarantee or reimbursement obligation in connection with any agreement or transaction referred to in this clause.</text></subclause></clause><clause id="ida3cb7f25b3754335abc1750da1185e85"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Forward contract</header><text>The term <term>forward contract</term> means—</text><subclause id="id1192afab157644a098ca86ebf475cad1"><enum>(I)</enum><text>a contract (other than a commodity contract) for the purchase, sale, or transfer of a commodity or any similar good, article, service, right, or interest which is presently or in the future becomes the subject of dealing in the forward contract trade, or product or byproduct thereof, with a maturity date more than 2 days after the date the contract is entered into, including a repurchase or reverse repurchase transaction (whether or not such repurchase or reverse repurchase transaction is a repurchase agreement), consignment, lease, swap, hedge transaction, deposit, loan, option, allocated transaction, unallocated transaction, or any other similar agreement;</text></subclause><subclause id="ida72685a43c704bb58c76bcce7599813d"><enum>(II)</enum><text>any combination of agreements or transactions referred to in subclauses (I) and (III);</text></subclause><subclause id="idc88e4198c2cb4884ad6b3e073f93d49b"><enum>(III)</enum><text>any option to enter into any agreement or transaction referred to in subclause (I) or (II);</text></subclause><subclause id="id753438d171ad43bda79fdf7cd08a99b4"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>a master agreement that provides for an agreement or transaction referred to in subclauses (I) through (III), together with all supplements to any such master agreement, without regard to whether the master agreement provides for an agreement or transaction that is not a forward contract under this clause, except that the master agreement shall be considered to be a forward contract under this clause only with respect to each agreement or transaction under the master agreement that is referred to in subclause (I), (II), or (III); or</text></subclause><subclause id="id673cbc95eee544849a4f1720659c26a3"><enum>(V)</enum><text>any security agreement or arrangement or other credit enhancement related to any agreement or transaction referred to in subclause (I), (II), (III), or (IV), including any guarantee or reimbursement obligation in connection with any agreement or transaction referred to in any such subclause.</text></subclause></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4a9cbb5665064994b913de8422d142b2"><enum>(iii)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Person</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>person</term>—</text><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id705D791FE1E340A3A9D02FBD2E7EF78D"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">has the meaning given the term in section 1 of title 1, United States Code; and</text></subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB44A4086986446A3A12A2D2E89C392F1"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">includes any governmental entity.</text></subclause></clause><clause id="id33c7f715258e48afbc8c08bab8a1a409"><enum>(iv)</enum><header>Qualified financial contract</header><text>The term <term>qualified financial contract</term> means any securities contract, commodity contract, forward contract, repurchase agreement, swap agreement, and any similar agreement that the Corporation determines by regulation, resolution, or order to be a qualified financial contract for purposes of this paragraph.</text></clause><clause id="idcc7d4e55422144a29c6ee301e7418d40"><enum>(v)</enum><header>Repurchase agreement</header><subclause id="id6F8CF93405C443BF82B4899F2346AFC4"><enum>(I)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The term <term>repurchase agreement</term> (including with respect to a reverse repurchase agreement)—</text><item id="id9bb797e268204e3dbdf4916e560e2981"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>means—</text><subitem id="idCED9BCE9D83B4DAAB9AD8BE9634B4B89"><enum>(AA)</enum><text>an agreement, including related terms, which provides for the transfer of one or more certificates of deposit, mortgage-related securities (as such term is defined in section 3(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/78c">15 U.S.C. 78c(a)</external-xref>)), mortgage loans, interests in mortgage-related securities or mortgage loans, eligible bankers' acceptances, qualified foreign government securities or securities that are direct obligations of, or that are fully guaranteed by, the United States or any agency of the United States against the transfer of funds by the transferee of such certificates of deposit, eligible bankers' acceptances, securities, mortgage loans, or interests with a simultaneous agreement by such transferee to transfer to the transferor thereof certificates of deposit, eligible bankers' acceptances, securities, mortgage loans, or interests as described above, at a date certain not later than 1 year after such transfers or on demand, against the transfer of funds, or any other similar agreement;</text></subitem><subitem id="iddd82202b91b8475ab08aebe43449b0e7"><enum>(BB)</enum><text>any combination of agreements or transactions referred to in subitems (AA) and (CC);</text></subitem><subitem id="id129818ed616f4173a9f91bed356a49d7"><enum>(CC)</enum><text>any option to enter into any agreement or transaction referred to in subitem (AA) or (BB);</text></subitem><subitem id="id1dc4fc07b16041cd909ac187f68449d9"><enum>(DD)</enum><text>a master agreement that provides for an agreement or transaction referred to in subitem (AA), (BB), or (CC), together with all supplements to any such master agreement, without regard to whether the master agreement provides for an agreement or transaction that is not a repurchase agreement under this item, except that the master agreement shall be considered to be a repurchase agreement under this item only with respect to each agreement or transaction under the master agreement that is referred to in subitem (AA), (BB), or (CC); and</text></subitem><subitem id="id0c3f90a7e7a3459090b6917e01dd6d03"><enum>(EE)</enum><text>any security agreement or arrangement or other credit enhancement related to any agreement or transaction referred to in any of subitems (AA) through (DD), including any guarantee or reimbursement obligation in connection with any agreement or transaction referred to in any such subitem; and</text></subitem></item><item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id42a462c235594cb095a143d24f8cc0c9"><enum>(bb)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">does not include any repurchase obligation under a participation in a commercial mortgage, loan unless the Corporation determines by regulation, resolution, or order to include any such participation within the meaning of such term.</text></item></subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0A7732792B014ADBB04D699963630D19"><enum>(II)</enum><header>Related definition</header><text>For purposes of subclause (I)(aa), the term <term>qualified foreign government security</term> means a security that is a direct obligation of, or that is fully guaranteed by, the central government of a member of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (as determined by regulation or order adopted by the appropriate Federal banking authority).</text></subclause></clause><clause id="id60e92e7828ba410ca10a3bf019a4390c"><enum>(vi)</enum><header>Securities contract</header><text>The term <term>securities contract</term>—</text><subclause id="idb85458ad90f14ea99057c7198740fe2d"><enum>(I)</enum><text>means—</text><item id="idCCDAE2CADB60473F890C9412EA6C5BC4"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>a contract for the purchase, sale, or loan of a security, a certificate of deposit, a mortgage loan, any interest in a mortgage loan, a group or index of securities, certificates of deposit, or mortgage loans or interests therein (including any interest therein or based on the value thereof) or any option on any of the foregoing, including any option to purchase or sell any such security, certificate of deposit, mortgage loan, interest, group or index, or option, and including any repurchase or reverse repurchase transaction on any such security, certificate of deposit, mortgage loan, interest, group or index, or option (whether or not the repurchase or reverse repurchase transaction is a repurchase agreement);</text></item><item id="id4f748787b84e4d24ac844aa88470a90b"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>any option entered into on a national securities exchange relating to foreign currencies;</text></item><item id="ide2d4661fc8bc4366b216e555e5452aab"><enum>(cc)</enum><text>the guarantee (including by novation) by or to any securities clearing agency of any settlement of cash, securities, certificates of deposit, mortgage loans or interests therein, group or index of securities, certificates of deposit, or mortgage loans or interests therein (including any interest therein or based on the value thereof) or option on any of the foregoing, including any option to purchase or sell any such security, certificate of deposit, mortgage loan, interest, group or index, or option (whether or not the settlement is in connection with any agreement or transaction referred to in any of items (aa), (bb), and (dd) through (kk));</text></item><item id="idbe859a7a1a834e3ba33d51e3fd20a189"><enum>(dd)</enum><text>any margin loan;</text></item><item id="idd43ad7aafe254f68acd9037c8a015f85"><enum>(ee)</enum><text>any extension of credit for the clearance or settlement of securities transactions;</text></item><item id="id9d37e66c007044a5bd96fe6130d212d9"><enum>(ff)</enum><text>any loan transaction coupled with a securities collar transaction, any prepaid securities forward transaction, or any total return swap transaction coupled with a securities sale transaction;</text></item><item id="idc23f9d9de21a4a49a0e019762c0d4506"><enum>(gg)</enum><text>any other agreement or transaction that is similar to any agreement or transaction referred to in this subclause;</text></item><item id="id3ec47445e9104ad6a4a807ef58c0ca17"><enum>(hh)</enum><text>any combination of the agreements or transactions referred to in this subclause;</text></item><item id="id5a3f6368ced6470ca811d83380838720"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>any option to enter into any agreement or transaction referred to in this subclause;</text></item><item id="ida4428c2d1c1c49c79f10d22abebb9c1a"><enum>(jj)</enum><text>a master agreement that provides for an agreement or transaction referred to in any of items (aa) through (ii), together with all supplements to any such master agreement, without regard to whether the master agreement provides for an agreement or transaction that is not a securities contract under this subclause, except that the master agreement shall be considered to be a securities contract under this subclause only with respect to each agreement or transaction under the master agreement that is referred to in item (aa), (bb), (cc), (dd), (ee), (ff), (gg), (hh), or (ii); and</text></item><item id="id78eb2d8187764e109c5d9f4aa250a9f9"><enum>(kk)</enum><text>any security agreement or arrangement or other credit enhancement related to any agreement or transaction referred to in this subclause, including any guarantee or reimbursement obligation in connection with any agreement or transaction referred to in this subclause; and</text></item></subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide743f2613fd5498db27c04359c1ba4db"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">does not include any purchase, sale, or repurchase obligation under a participation in a commercial mortgage loan unless the Corporation determines by regulation, resolution, or order to include any such agreement within the meaning of such term.</text></subclause></clause><clause id="id8b8e92443ac9410ea36be244aa6c9389"><enum>(vii)</enum><header>Swap agreement</header><text>The term <term>swap agreement</term> means—</text><subclause id="id76b0522e77674e35ac6dbdaaeea31e86"><enum>(I)</enum><text>any agreement, including the terms and conditions incorporated by reference in any such agreement, that is—</text><item id="idCCE4A6C5F1114D9DAD012AC734F9111B"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>an interest rate swap, option, future, or forward agreement, including a rate floor, rate cap, rate collar, cross-currency rate swap, and basis swap;</text></item><item id="idAFC11BE7E636427DB8959AF4FA9D97C3"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>a spot, same day-tomorrow, tomorrow-next, forward, or other foreign exchange precious metals or other commodity agreement;</text></item><item id="idA3064CCAC154484980516A2E96282B76"><enum>(cc)</enum><text>a currency swap, option, future, or forward agreement;</text></item><item id="id659E94418B214413BA0E4BCC1D06E8BF"><enum>(dd)</enum><text>an equity index or equity swap, option, future, or forward agreement;</text></item><item id="id422AA294538A48C6925AE7B3170D8FDC"><enum>(ee)</enum><text>a debt index or debt swap, option, future, or forward agreement;</text></item><item id="id736FD70F58124E438EBB521F41B13382"><enum>(ff)</enum><text>a total return, credit spread or credit swap, option, future, or forward agreement;</text></item><item id="id23BDFEA342A845ED984A4F9661C58E2B"><enum>(gg)</enum><text>a commodity index or commodity swap, option, future, or forward agreement;</text></item><item id="id09FFFAEBDFF94C0D91C07E39BFED1FE9"><enum>(hh)</enum><text>a weather swap, option, future, or forward agreement;</text></item><item id="idB29C9AE66F304EAB826A313A4F128238"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>an emissions swap, option, future, or forward agreement; or</text></item><item id="idE8314B8F52264ABE84530EC3EC7A617E"><enum>(jj)</enum><text>an inflation swap, option, future, or forward agreement;</text></item></subclause><subclause id="id7463c54eff92475ca8909208e6f02f7e"><enum>(II)</enum><text>any agreement or transaction that is similar to any other agreement or transaction referred to in this clause and that is of a type that has been, is presently, or in the future becomes, the subject of recurrent dealings in the swap or other derivatives markets (including terms and conditions incorporated by reference in such agreement) and that is a forward, swap, future, option or spot transaction on one or more rates, currencies, commodities, equity securities or other equity instruments, debt securities or other debt instruments, quantitative measures associated with an occurrence, extent of an occurrence, or contingency associated with a financial, commercial, or economic consequence, or economic or financial indices or measures of economic or financial risk or value;</text></subclause><subclause id="id32aaa112199d4f778af5ff6f437d6083"><enum>(III)</enum><text>any combination of agreements or transactions referred to in this clause;</text></subclause><subclause id="ide0d8b9b130bb45f0af77044d79121b87"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>any option to enter into any agreement or transaction referred to in this clause;</text></subclause><subclause id="id39a0db50df814673aad45fb6751d06d6"><enum>(V)</enum><text>a master agreement that provides for an agreement or transaction referred to in any of subclauses (I) through (IV), together with all supplements to any such master agreement, without regard to whether the master agreement contains an agreement or transaction that is not a swap agreement under this clause, except that the master agreement shall be considered to be a swap agreement under this clause only with respect to each agreement or transaction under the master agreement that is referred to in subclause (I), (II), (III), or (IV); and</text></subclause><subclause id="id692e2d93016c4c2a9d0ffcb2f982581c"><enum>(VI)</enum><text>any security agreement or arrangement or other credit enhancement related to any agreements or transactions referred to in any of subclauses (I) through (V), including any guarantee or reimbursement obligation in connection with any agreement or transaction referred to in any such subclause.</text></subclause></clause><clause id="idefaa04a6df3342009ff7a980c209bcdd"><enum>(viii)</enum><header>Transfer</header><text>The term <term>transfer</term> means every mode, direct or indirect, absolute or conditional, voluntary or involuntary, of disposing of or parting with property or with an interest in property, including retention of title as a security interest and foreclosure of the equity of redemption of a System institution.</text></clause><clause id="id449dc4a14d274998b957256c7c541be0"><enum>(ix)</enum><header>Treatment of master agreement as 1 agreement</header><text>For purposes of this subparagraph—</text><subclause id="idAB8325A70397436CADDA1571ED9D8F93"><enum>(I)</enum><text>any master agreement for any contract or agreement described in this subparagraph (or any master agreement for such a master agreement or agreements), together with all supplements to the master agreement, shall be treated as a single agreement and a single qualified financial contact; and</text></subclause><subclause id="idA1E9BF6BE0FE4908A4FD563FBFC25152"><enum>(II)</enum><text>if a master agreement contains provisions relating to agreements or transactions that are not qualified financial contracts, the master agreement shall be deemed to be a qualified financial contract only with respect to those transactions that are themselves qualified financial contracts.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id7379d2c77f204f8cb8517d87cdaf7e7d"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Rights of parties to contracts</header><text>Subject to paragraphs (9) and (10), and notwithstanding any other provision of this Act (other than subsection (b)(9) and section 5.61(d)) or any other Federal or State law, no person shall be stayed or prohibited from exercising—</text><clause id="idc32862dad92c411c83d5ce723d8740db"><enum>(i)</enum><text>any right such person has to cause the termination, liquidation, or acceleration of any qualified financial contract with a System institution which arises upon the appointment of the Corporation as receiver for such System institution at any time after such appointment;</text></clause><clause id="id0a766dd4ce634369ad754b3d356dd257"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>any right under any security agreement or arrangement or other credit enhancement related to one or more qualified financial contracts described in clause (i); or</text></clause><clause id="idce4515bd1e38461ca794a429a50c09e0"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>any right to offset or net out any termination value, payment amount, or other transfer obligation arising under, or in connection with, 1 or more contracts and agreements described in clause (i), including any master agreement for such contracts or agreements.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id9c91637e44094ab7bd2924446a3ce160"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Applicability of other provisions</header><text>Subsection (b)(12) shall apply in the case of any judicial action or proceeding brought against any receiver referred to in subparagraph (A), or the System institution for which such receiver was appointed, by any party to a contract or agreement described in subparagraph (B)(i) with such System institution.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idf635282377df451d93c136a214f04c92"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Certain transfers not avoidable</header><clause id="id6b0318f4b3a9441e9d5aecebccfd21ba"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Notwithstanding paragraph (11) or any other Federal or State law relating to the avoidance of preferential or fraudulent transfers, the Corporation, whether acting as such or as conservator or receiver of a System institution, may not avoid any transfer of money or other property in connection with any qualified financial contract with a System institution.</text></clause><clause id="id6d459d99ca6542d4bb05bb818eb00aa9"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Exception for certain transfers</header><text>Clause (i) shall not apply to any transfer of money or other property in connection with any qualified financial contract with a System institution if the Corporation determines that the transferee had actual intent to hinder, delay, or defraud such System institution, the creditors of such System institution, or any conservator or receiver appointed for such System institution.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id5bd7f0b11be54cbfa37e0d7d5a927ddc"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Certain protections in event of appointment of conservator</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act (other than subparagraph (G), paragraph (10), subsection (b)(9), and section 5.61(d)) or any other Federal or State law, no person shall be stayed or prohibited from exercising—</text><clause id="id61940758c56e4443919d4e3a594c4de9"><enum>(i)</enum><text>any right such person has to cause the termination, liquidation, or acceleration of any qualified financial contract with a System institution in a conservatorship based upon a default under such financial contract which is enforceable under applicable noninsolvency law;</text></clause><clause id="id1e4cc5a5419a4a53b879bd0edfe93420"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>any right under any security agreement or arrangement or other credit enhancement related to one or more qualified financial contracts described in clause (i); and</text></clause><clause id="idf947040066914e729de5132969675b48"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>any right to offset or net out any termination values, payment amounts, or other transfer obligations arising under or in connection with such qualified financial contracts.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id243b9c8957fd4ef9bd1694ab4a728348"><enum>(F)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Clarification</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">No provision of law shall be construed as limiting the right or power of the Corporation, or authorizing any court or agency to limit or delay, in any manner, the right or power of the Corporation to transfer any qualified financial contract in accordance with paragraphs (9) and (10) or to disaffirm or repudiate any such contract in accordance with paragraph (1).</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id0d57e290343c4af7a7d29d2940d68d0d"><enum>(G)</enum><header>Walkaway clauses not effective</header><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6e8bcca564154b3a8f5a812a91175f3f"><enum>(i)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Definition of walkaway clause</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this subparagraph, the term <term>walkaway clause</term> means any provision in a qualified financial contract that suspends, conditions, or extinguishes a payment obligation of a party, in whole or in part, or does not create a payment obligation of a party that would otherwise exist—</text><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1F7C19BCB987407E818B123576E60DDC"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">solely because of—</text><item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3F8E7872279B450C9E69C9F2D727F4BE"><enum>(aa)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the status of the party as a nondefaulting party in connection with the insolvency of a System institution that is a party to the contract; or</text></item><item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id15854D62A8B841BA80B7482DC41EC68A"><enum>(bb)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the appointment of, or the exercise of rights or powers by, the Corporation as a conservator or receiver of the System institution; and</text></item></subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2DD2BB0DCDB64C4D9A9A08F382C0EC8D"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">not as a result of the exercise by a party of any right to offset, setoff, or net obligations that exist under—</text><item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id211DB973B99B4C85B33DADE096510AE4"><enum>(aa)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the contract;</text></item><item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id30446B42CFB94C92A68B3ACC81AE4FEF"><enum>(bb)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any other contract between those parties; or</text></item><item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3A5864AE977947D99F326B164927F2B4"><enum>(cc)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">applicable law.</text></item></subclause></clause><clause id="id1c3d99bf4d7e45aaa1e8b377ba77363d"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Treatment</header><text>Notwithstanding the provisions of subparagraphs (B) and (E), no walkaway clause shall be enforceable in a qualified financial contract of a System institution in default.</text></clause><clause id="id30674c6132ec408ba299401cd51652e1"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Limited suspension of certain obligations</header><text>In the case of a qualified financial contract referred to in clause (ii), any payment or delivery obligations otherwise due from a party pursuant to the qualified financial contract shall be suspended from the time the receiver is appointed until the earlier of—</text><subclause id="id5242aa9440c64e21a1cc131545c9479b"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the time such party receives notice that such contract has been transferred pursuant to subparagraph (B); or</text></subclause><subclause id="id38dd2149fe9446eab2910a9aeadda6c9"><enum>(II)</enum><text>5:00 p.m. (eastern time) on the business day following the date of the appointment of the receiver.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id1ff6133681c74d79adf716122a217c7a"><enum>(H)</enum><header>Recordkeeping requirements</header><text>The Corporation, in consultation with the Farm Credit Administration, may prescribe regulations requiring more detailed recordkeeping by any System institution with respect to qualified financial contracts (including market valuations), only if such System institution is subject to subclause (I), (III), or (IV) of section 5.61B(a)(1)(A)(ii).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idc52cdc5011d949938a759346dc563277"><enum>(9)</enum><header>Transfer of qualified financial contracts</header><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id21800cb549ed4ecda996f1e09431f92c"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this paragraph:</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3748C4F7BE9A43E7871AD8F30634E28D"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Clearing organization</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>clearing organization</term> has the meaning given the term in section 402 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Improvement Act of 1991 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/4402">12 U.S.C. 4402</external-xref>).</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id77F80BAD9FA04FF3997FBBB8C1C95D05"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Financial institution</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>financial institution</term> means a System institution, a broker or dealer, a depository institution, a futures commission merchant, or any other institution, as determined by the Corporation by regulation to be a financial institution.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id16da13c6b6ff4a2fb2434b54f1c8e020"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Requirement</header><text>In making any transfer of assets or liabilities of a System institution in default which includes any qualified financial contract, the conservator or receiver for such System institution shall either—</text><clause id="idb53debeff40a4964ba47337899bbdac8"><enum>(i)</enum><text>transfer to one financial institution, other than a financial institution for which a conservator, receiver, trustee in bankruptcy, or other legal custodian has been appointed, or that is otherwise the subject of a bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding—</text><subclause id="idbc064c0d78d3457fa8d1b39087d809c6"><enum>(I)</enum><text>all qualified financial contracts between any person or any affiliate of such person and the System institution in default;</text></subclause><subclause id="idc9d899cd039645ac85861cff17e7baf0"><enum>(II)</enum><text>all claims of such person or any affiliate of such person against such System institution under any such contract (other than any claim which, under the terms of any such contract, is subordinated to the claims of general unsecured creditors of such System institution);</text></subclause><subclause id="idad4bcbc90c014cc895a64c52fd111ca7"><enum>(III)</enum><text>all claims of such System institution against such person or any affiliate of such person under any such contract; and</text></subclause><subclause id="id6faf812a901d4e91830bf771d459316c"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>all property securing or any other credit enhancement for any contract described in subclause (I) or any claim described in subclause (II) or (III) under any such contract; or</text></subclause></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1C93146A323F47A49445BA17F92622E6"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">transfer none of the qualified financial contracts, claims, property or other credit enhancement referred to in clause (i) (with respect to such person and any affiliate of such person).</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9C975F3F28C34569BD989F3938E32F41"><enum>(C)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Transfer to foreign bank, foreign financial institution, or branch or agency of a foreign bank or
financial institution</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In transferring any qualified financial contracts and related claims and property under subparagraph (B)(i), the conservator or receiver for the System institution shall not make such transfer to a foreign bank, financial institution organized under the laws of a foreign country, or a branch or agency of a foreign bank or financial institution unless, under the law applicable to such bank, financial institution, branch or agency, to the qualified financial contracts, and to any netting contract, any security agreement or arrangement or other credit enhancement related to one or more qualified financial contracts, the contractual rights of the parties to such qualified financial contracts, netting contracts, security agreements or arrangements, or other credit enhancements are enforceable substantially to the same extent as permitted under this section.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id077DAB5F16E445B78A6F9876F88ABC01"><enum>(D)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Transfer of contracts subject to the rules of a clearing organization</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the event that a conservator or receiver transfers any qualified financial contract and related claims, property, and credit enhancements pursuant to subparagraph (B)(i) and such contract is cleared by or subject to the rules of a clearing organization, the clearing organization shall not be required to accept the transferee as a member by virtue of the transfer.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id4818fbf9e0874de193b5eff029375679"><enum>(10)</enum><header>Notification of transfer</header><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id228e5237fb094e359eb70d5769a582d8"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Definition of business day</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this paragraph, the term <term>business day</term> means any day other than any Saturday, Sunday, or any day on which either the New York Stock Exchange or the Federal Reserve Bank of New York is closed.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id1b64bca943e44041a54ee1bccce7a4f9"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Notification</header><text>If—</text><clause id="id7e6da020e82547e78af42853fe6a1da9"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the conservator or receiver for a System institution in default makes any transfer of the assets and liabilities of such System institution; and</text></clause><clause id="id1b21bd583ce3497381dcecbc7a0ae393"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the transfer includes any qualified financial contract, the conservator or receiver shall notify any person who is a party to any such contract of such transfer by 5:00 p.m. (eastern time) on the business day following the date of the appointment of the receiver in the case of a receivership, or the business day following such transfer in the case of a conservatorship.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ide6273e8c69c7465d9a07712fc1ec2347"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Certain rights not enforceable</header><clause id="id2ab564df28614cb980849f7dfcb18b82"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Receivership</header><text>A person who is a party to a qualified financial contract with a System institution may not exercise any right that such person has to terminate, liquidate, or net such contract under paragraph (8)(B) of this subsection, solely by reason of or incidental to the appointment of a receiver for the System institution (or the insolvency or financial condition of the System institution for which the receiver has been appointed)—</text><subclause id="id7517614f7fc94d7cb0ac1dc3aa67c0b9"><enum>(I)</enum><text>until 5:00 p.m. (eastern time) on the business day following the date of the appointment of the receiver; or</text></subclause><subclause id="idc75ef81545a54019888c47653b4764e4"><enum>(II)</enum><text>after the person has received notice that the contract has been transferred pursuant to paragraph (9)(B).</text></subclause></clause><clause id="id8cd742168e08429c89a357a709a75184"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Conservatorship</header><text>A person who is a party to a qualified financial contract with a System institution may not exercise any right that such person has to terminate, liquidate, or net such contract under paragraph (8)(E) of this subsection, solely by reason of or incidental to the appointment of a conservator for the System institution (or the insolvency or financial condition of the System institution for which the conservator has been appointed).</text></clause><clause id="id2f32fa00beba4d33898c2503a2e36998"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Notice</header><text>For purposes of this paragraph, the Corporation as receiver or conservator of a System institution shall be deemed to have notified a person who is a party to a qualified financial contract with such System institution if the Corporation has taken steps reasonably calculated to provide notice to such person by the time specified in subparagraph (B).</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id8cf0d20f604043d0a8d3b433d9af6e25"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Treatment of bridge system institutions</header><text>The following System institutions shall not be considered to be a financial institution for which a conservator, receiver, trustee in bankruptcy, or other legal custodian has been appointed or which is otherwise the subject of a bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding for purposes of paragraph (9):</text><clause id="id0435921821a148c5b2598c8c2f535c8a"><enum>(i)</enum><text>A bridge System bank.</text></clause><clause id="id1ca3a44eb2334843ad8d5bd07f58f326"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>A System institution organized by the Corporation or the Farm Credit Administration, for which a conservator is appointed either—</text><subclause id="idfa8a97a7b50b487cbe933101bd37d056"><enum>(I)</enum><text>immediately upon the organization of the System institution; or</text></subclause><subclause id="id6fd306c0f4664442adbd496c9a3011f1"><enum>(II)</enum><text>at the time of a purchase and assumption transaction between the System institution and the Corporation as receiver for a System institution in default.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id0d1950871ecd43c2980745ebc0542566"><enum>(11)</enum><header>Disaffirmance or repudiation of qualified financial contracts</header><text>In exercising the rights of disaffirmance or repudiation of a conservator or receiver with respect to any qualified financial contract to which a System institution is a party, the conservator or receiver for such System institution shall either—</text><subparagraph id="id796adc4884c640249700df234729817d"><enum>(A)</enum><text>disaffirm or repudiate all qualified financial contracts between—</text><clause id="id00fa9ec21fad48efb8413513e0e30bce"><enum>(i)</enum><text>any person or any affiliate of such person; and</text></clause><clause id="id4d7dd6cc54684dd6a656fa894892a813"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the System institution in default; or</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id38a888a1fc03403ab96d3d85e4b7eda7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>disaffirm or repudiate none of the qualified financial contracts referred to in subparagraph (A) (with respect to such person or any affiliate of such person).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9e13b707b1cd4774bfc311b057d95e1f"><enum>(12)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Certain security interests not avoidable</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">No provision of this subsection shall be construed as permitting the avoidance of any legally enforceable or perfected security interest in any of the assets of any System institution except where such an interest is taken in contemplation of the System institution's insolvency or with the intent to hinder, delay, or defraud the System institution or the creditors of such System institution.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ided09a3d85f7e4c88adfd7cf0caa7d61f"><enum>(13)</enum><header>Authority to enforce contracts</header><subparagraph id="id515680c0551049ddaf0bd5174771198e"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The conservator or receiver may enforce any contract, other than a director's or officer's liability insurance contract or a System institution bond, entered into by the System institution notwithstanding any provision of the contract providing for termination, default, acceleration, or exercise of rights upon, or solely by reason of, insolvency or the appointment of or the exercise of rights or powers by a conservator or receiver.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id9540db74ac154118a96b72ced3e3d027"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Certain rights not affected</header><text>No provision of this paragraph may be construed as impairing or affecting any right of the conservator or receiver to enforce or recover under a director's or officer's liability insurance contract or institution bond under other applicable law.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id3c4f9e28b007474e81945ae24c46cbd7"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Consent requirement</header><clause id="id068880c527bb4ec7826c7920fd6a788e"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Except as otherwise provided by this section, no person may exercise any right or power to terminate, accelerate, or declare a default under any contract to which the System institution is a party, or to obtain possession of or exercise control over any property of the System institution or affect any contractual rights of the System institution, without the consent of the conservator or receiver, as appropriate, during the 45-day period beginning on the date of the appointment of the conservator, or during the 90-day period beginning on the date of the appointment of the receiver, as applicable.</text></clause><clause id="id03c1adbb15ce4311b5aadab1c63281f7"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Certain exceptions</header><text>No provision of this subparagraph shall apply to a director or officer liability insurance contract or an institution bond, to the rights of parties to certain qualified financial contracts pursuant to paragraph (8), or shall be construed as permitting the conservator or receiver to fail to comply with otherwise enforceable provisions of such contract.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idf8445fd4bb564f0aab66cf061ee1d047"><enum>(14)</enum><header>Exception for Federal reserve and the United States treasury</header><text>No provision of this subsection shall apply with respect to—</text><subparagraph id="id8f07e009d146432992ad54835a08c1bc"><enum>(A)</enum><text>any extension of credit from any Federal Reserve bank or the United States Treasury to any System institution; or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id4b1de8f05d8c4706b93489341b94dea8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>any security interest in the assets of the System institution securing any such extension of credit.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ide1ef8d28df544ca5bae8123fcb690ec1"><enum>(15)</enum><header>Savings clause</header><text>The meanings of terms used in this subsection—</text><subparagraph id="idF6C6FD9FB2144A17906D4D1E85FB0BB0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>are applicable for purposes of this subsection only; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idCD6C46253EC9415A9CBF8C1226845205"><enum>(B)</enum><text>shall not be construed or applied so as to challenge or affect the characterization, definition, or treatment of any similar terms under any other law, regulation, or rule, including—</text><clause id="idB2BEEEE43A16484D85320A77EAE52C11"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/1811">12 U.S.C. 1811</external-xref> note; <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/106/102">Public Law 106–102</external-xref>);</text></clause><clause id="id8C53B807F20F475093B2E21397DC6A0B"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the Legal Certainty for Bank Products Act of 2000 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/27">7 U.S.C. 27</external-xref> et seq.);</text></clause><clause id="id1641F846641645B1844596D15EBCC1AD"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the securities laws (as that term is defined in section 3(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/78c">15 U.S.C. 78c(a)</external-xref>)); and</text></clause><clause id="id2575C661F12C492EA54C485D1B2260B3"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>the <act-name parsable-cite="COMEX">Commodity Exchange Act</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1">7 U.S.C. 1</external-xref> et seq.).</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id3f32b88ec56a466b8c7666435771572b"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Valuation of claims in default</header><paragraph id="idd7b59c09d2614f0e817b639e9d6c9b53"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of Federal law or the law of any State and regardless of the method which the Corporation determines to utilize with respect to a System institution in default or in danger of default, including transactions authorized under subsection (h) and section 5.61(a), this subsection shall govern the rights of the creditors of such System institution.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id3abe57957fa84a20a4dc41c4bccee2b4"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Maximum liability</header><text>The maximum liability of the Corporation, acting as receiver or in any other capacity, to any person having a claim against the receiver or the System institution for which such receiver is appointed shall equal the amount such claimant would have received if the Corporation had liquidated the assets and liabilities of such System institution without exercising the Corporation's authority under subsection (h) or section 5.61(a).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id0d32dcf70c8a495ab015d8a81c4bf467"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Additional payments authorized</header><subparagraph id="id7ea780ff6a9144e09c2d178bedcef997"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Corporation may, in its discretion and in the interests of minimizing its losses, use its own resources to make additional payments or credit additional amounts to or with respect to or for the account of any claimant or category of claimants. Notwithstanding any other provision of Federal or State law, or the constitution of any State, the Corporation shall not be obligated, as a result of having made any such payment or credited any such amount to or with respect to or for the account of any claimant or category of claimants, to make payments to any other claimant or category of claimants.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id50263b03c4174dd698e006e324d79b17"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Manner of payment</header><text>The Corporation may make the payments or credit the amounts specified in subparagraph (A) directly to the claimants or may make such payments or credit such amounts to an open System institution to induce such System institution to accept liability for such claims.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id60147b56114a4af28993d2edb89fa324"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Limitation on court action</header><text>Except as provided in this section, no court may take any action, except at the written request of the Board of Directors, to restrain or affect the exercise of powers or functions of the Corporation as a conservator or a receiver.</text></subsection><subsection id="id42cfee0275fa4a2cac3bd60a67c73927"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Liability of directors and officers</header><paragraph id="idB26599FBDC314DA28FB570398295CFB3"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>A director or officer of a System institution may be held personally liable for monetary damages in any civil action—</text><subparagraph id="id44164C6D6E1145B495471D069547FAFA"><enum>(A)</enum><text>brought by, on behalf of, or at the request or direction of the Corporation;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id8C16ADA59FE6463BBBB31E233EC1FBCE"><enum>(B)</enum><text>prosecuted wholly or partially for the benefit of the Corporation—</text><clause id="id54f1bdef3289433fa3df848249d2ada7"><enum>(i)</enum><text>acting as conservator or receiver of that System institution;</text></clause><clause id="idc88275f4408242b9830871c10edba623"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>acting based on a suit, claim, or cause of action purchased from, assigned by, or otherwise conveyed by that receiver or conservator; or</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="id85847fed70024a32bf6a72963afc1d89"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>acting based on a suit, claim, or cause of action purchased from, assigned by, or otherwise conveyed in whole or in part by a System institution or an affiliate of a System institution in connection with assistance provided under section 5.61(a); and</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="idA8BD7C4FD19A428EAA343775E6F20E0B"><enum>(C)</enum><text>for, as determined under the applicable State law—</text><clause commented="no" id="id028881E994804E539E0FDED8926EFA54"><enum>(i)</enum><text>gross negligence; or</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="id019442F5DA67406ABF02F1861B1C7D8A"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>any similar conduct, including conduct that demonstrates a greater disregard of a duty of care than gross negligence, such as intentional tortious conduct.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id74D56513B1104AA783E3D06E3E959172"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Effect</header><text>Nothing in paragraph (1) impairs or affects any right of the Corporation under any other applicable law.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idcdb8e6718a36478bb8378bbd621e1652"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Damages</header><text>In any proceeding related to any claim against a System institution's director, officer, employee, agent, attorney, accountant, appraiser, or any other party employed by or providing services to a System institution, recoverable damages determined to result from the improvident or otherwise improper use or investment of any System institution's assets shall include principal losses and appropriate interest.</text></subsection><subsection id="ida7068f5c08e7496481f5680f6585b387"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Bridge farm credit system banks</header><paragraph id="id5fd08b744cc84ec391d879275904cdac"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Organization</header><subparagraph id="idbf81e4e6bcaf47c0bcc05ae1aa322140"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Purpose</header><clause id="idA63C21FB3AC14D04B730940C2C64FF4B"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>When 1 or more System banks are in default, or when the Corporation anticipates that 1 or more System banks may become in default, the Corporation may, in its discretion, organize, and the Farm Credit Administration may, in its discretion, charter, 1 or more System banks, with the powers and attributes of System banks, subject to the provisions of this subsection, to be referred to as <quote>bridge System banks</quote>.</text></clause><clause id="id65f55be47f614166ae413b91de415544"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Intent of congress</header><text>It is the intent of the Congress that, in order to prevent unnecessary hardship or losses to the customers of any System bank in default with respect to which a bridge System bank is chartered, the Corporation should—</text><subclause id="id4f813626262445939d18ed0d97c791e0"><enum>(I)</enum><text>continue to honor commitments made by the System bank in default to creditworthy customers; and</text></subclause><subclause id="idbc2dd7cb911c4fe386f4972738739319"><enum>(II)</enum><text>not interrupt or terminate adequately secured loans which are transferred under this subsection and are being repaid by the debtor in accordance with the terms of the loan instrument.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idd77b1ab4900541f8b33b844bf49ace3a"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Authorities</header><text>Once chartered by the Farm Credit Administration, the bridge System bank may—</text><clause id="id4eb93015db604cbeab0e54e13a00aebe"><enum>(i)</enum><text>assume such liabilities of the System bank or banks in default or in danger of default as the Corporation may, in its discretion, determine to be appropriate;</text></clause><clause id="iddc171ca08f324ba58ced76f6fa780c27"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>purchase such assets of the System bank or banks in default or in danger of default as the Corporation may, in its discretion, determine to be appropriate; and</text></clause><clause id="id150e039ebd1547889cf6cb20c181c45c"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>perform any other temporary function which the Corporation may, in its discretion, prescribe in accordance with this Act.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idfd13cdb876274432b57966b8facc5241"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Articles of association</header><text>The articles of association and organization certificate of a bridge System bank as approved by the Corporation shall be executed by 3 representatives designated by the Corporation.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id4ab4ed3e5aab4440a77de3898ff1eed5"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Interim directors</header><text>A bridge System bank shall have an interim board of directors consisting of not fewer than 5 nor more than 10 members appointed by the Corporation.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id6dc3178132ec43f28ee8e65e2a2a0d70"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Chartering</header><subparagraph id="idbed05d688fb845b2ac1b8752cb239026"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Conditions</header><text>The Farm Credit Administration may charter a bridge System bank only if the Board of Directors determines that—</text><clause id="id59ea9eb6823b45bc9d1bd36f0c7642aa"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the amount which is reasonably necessary to operate such bridge System bank will not exceed the amount which is reasonably necessary to save the cost of liquidating 1 or more System banks in default or in danger of default with respect to which the bridge System bank is chartered;</text></clause><clause id="idb0a07db2bd024202b7fcdb36a0405e57"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the continued operation of such System bank or banks in default or in danger of default with respect to which the bridge System bank is chartered is essential to provide adequate farm credit services in the 1 or more communities where each such System bank in default or in danger of default is or was providing those farm credit services; or</text></clause><clause id="idd88490c0d6514b41afeccd2931509556"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the continued operation of such System bank or banks in default or in danger of default with respect to which the bridge System bank is chartered is in the best interest of the Farm Credit System or the public.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id6c8b9b33330f4dac93800e6a18d1f289"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Bridge system bank treated as being in default for certain purposes</header><text>A bridge System bank shall be treated as being in default at such times and for such purposes as the Corporation may, in its discretion, determine.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id45eb535cfa574dac8a023862e6f9d326"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Management</header><text>A bridge System bank, upon the granting of its charter, shall be under the management of a board of directors consisting of not fewer than 5 nor more than 10 members appointed by the Corporation, in consultation with the Farm Credit Administration.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ida5c2ae7a602c48bcb60456a9dcebfaa1"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Bylaws</header><text>The board of directors of a bridge System bank shall adopt such bylaws as may be approved by the Corporation.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id912355dbfd2d4a3fac0a51aa64bdf497"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Transfer of assets and liabilities</header><subparagraph id="id7796706eaf1e492198af97030030e000"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Transfer upon grant of charter</header><text>Upon the granting of a charter to a bridge System bank pursuant to this subsection, the Corporation, as receiver, may transfer any assets and liabilities of the System bank to the bridge System bank in accordance with paragraph (1).</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ida5e40eb66e8845a9ae8e1abebe2b7fc8"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Subsequent transfers</header><text>At any time after a charter is granted to a bridge System bank, the Corporation, as receiver, may transfer any assets and liabilities of such System bank in default as the Corporation may, in its discretion, determine to be appropriate in accordance with paragraph (1).</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idb3f01a14e72a40e89ca3baf810f06dfa"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Effective without approval</header><text>The transfer of any assets or liabilities of a System bank in default or danger of default transferred to a bridge System bank shall be effective without any further approval under Federal or State law, assignment, or consent with respect thereto.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id5798823a14bf4e4680c551ea3c96e6dd"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Powers of bridge system banks</header><text>Each bridge System bank chartered under this subsection shall, to the extent described in the charter of the System bank in default with respect to which the bridge System bank is chartered, have all corporate powers of, and be subject to the same provisions of law as, any System bank, except that—</text><subparagraph id="id7c31319e84c2400ca0f4e3390f459b24"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the Corporation may—</text><clause id="id0b8450de9f764d42ae31bcb0d9c0735d"><enum>(i)</enum><text>remove the interim directors and directors of a bridge System bank;</text></clause><clause id="idf8957ee6940246e39a21486310f62145"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>fix the compensation of members of the interim board of directors and the board of directors and senior management, as determined by the Corporation in its discretion, of a bridge System bank; and</text></clause><clause id="id30335ffbf8e4465bac7152b3e081cd8d"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>waive any requirement established under Federal or State law which would otherwise be applicable with respect to directors of a bridge System bank, on the condition that the waiver of any requirement established by the Farm Credit Administration shall require the concurrence of the Farm Credit Administration;</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="iddfb28a8ece2d4570a31d6fcba372f3df"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Corporation may indemnify the representatives for purposes of paragraph (1)(B) and the interim directors, directors, officers, employees, and agents of a bridge System bank on such terms as the Corporation determines to be appropriate;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ida628886ef9184d9fade2306a66e942a3"><enum>(C)</enum><text>no requirement under any provision of law relating to the capital of a System institution shall apply with respect to a bridge System bank;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ide35ed53e23bb434691e7967cc130cbfd"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the Farm Credit Administration Board may establish a limitation on the extent to which any person may become indebted to a bridge System bank without regard to the amount of the bridge System bank's capital or surplus;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ida8e4d2591e074b728184bdaa97915ee9"><enum>(E)</enum><clause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id18C6F90AAAF04E5AB3B656A10039BD29"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the board of directors of a bridge System bank shall elect a chairperson who may also serve in the position of chief executive officer, except that such person shall not serve either as chairperson or as chief executive officer without the prior approval of the Corporation; and</text></clause><clause changed="added" id="id96CA918EDDF647CEA09772FEC467E92E" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the board of directors of a bridge System bank may appoint a chief executive officer who is not also the chairperson, except that such person shall not serve as chief executive officer without the prior approval of the Corporation;</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id40b4bf2d2ff04a7fa1f8fafe52867a56"><enum>(F)</enum><text>the Farm Credit Administration may waive any requirement for a fidelity bond with respect to a bridge System bank at the request of the Corporation;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ide9c11634ccfa44edbd04d0fa912a67ce"><enum>(G)</enum><text>any judicial action to which a bridge System bank becomes a party by virtue of its acquisition of any assets or assumption of any liabilities of a System bank in default shall be stayed from further proceedings for a period of up to 45 days at the request of the bridge System bank;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idb303c3adfb5f49b58c1ed8fc98259df5"><enum>(H)</enum><text>no agreement which tends to diminish or defeat the right, title or interest of a bridge System bank in any asset of a System bank in default acquired by it shall be valid against the bridge System bank unless such agreement—</text><clause id="ida056fb79bcc244a0881a055f8086df59"><enum>(i)</enum><text>is in writing;</text></clause><clause id="id0fe28a8c07354a3eb830ef186c4bce23"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>was executed by such System bank in default and the person or persons claiming an adverse interest thereunder, including the obligor, contemporaneously with the acquisition of the asset by such System bank in default;</text></clause><clause id="ida5d87e375d1c48f18b34130947a02de4"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>was approved by the board of directors of such System bank in default or its loan committee, which approval shall be reflected in the minutes of said board or committee; and</text></clause><clause id="id091bb80fad9a4a5299ae9a6d359e5b89"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>has been, continuously from the time of its execution, an official record of such System bank in default;</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id73c2e3701cec4fa091a1a6a2c81d3041"><enum>(I)</enum><text>notwithstanding subsection 5.61(d)(2), any agreement relating to an extension of credit between a System bank, Federal Reserve bank, or the United States Treasury and any System institution which was executed before the extension of credit by such lender to such System institution shall be treated as having been executed contemporaneously with such extension of credit for purposes of subparagraph (H); and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ide51b45ef5fb049b6a628e4c1ef41a3cf"><enum>(J)</enum><text>except with the prior approval of the Corporation and the concurrence of the Farm Credit Administration, a bridge System bank may not, in any transaction or series of transactions, issue capital stock or be a party to any merger, consolidation, disposition of substantially all of the assets or liabilities of the bridge System bank, sale or exchange of capital stock, or similar transaction, or change its charter.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id38e6a29c6d184ce4931cb11dcb520717"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Capital</header><subparagraph id="idc50bddf6f5d24854ba71de051d022def"><enum>(A)</enum><header>No capital required</header><text>The Corporation shall not be required to—</text><clause id="idcf6cc7bd67304e6b9b75a0de9492729b"><enum>(i)</enum><text>issue any capital stock on behalf of a bridge System bank chartered under this subsection; or</text></clause><clause id="ida1eeee279a194b6eb43e17258d5f3223"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>purchase any capital stock of a bridge System bank, except that notwithstanding any other provision of Federal or State law, the Corporation may purchase and retain capital stock of a bridge System bank in such amounts and on such terms as the Corporation, in its discretion, determines to be appropriate.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id4ae98695e7b344a4bb140b645d15bbb6"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Operating funds in lieu of capital</header><text>Upon the organization of a bridge System bank, and thereafter, as the Corporation may, in its discretion, determine to be necessary or advisable, the Corporation may make available to the bridge System bank, upon such terms and conditions and in such form and amounts as the Corporation may in its discretion determine, funds for the operation of the bridge System bank in lieu of capital.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id450bcc5b6fc242cbafab6a3ff8082270"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Authority to issue capital stock</header><text>Whenever the Farm Credit Administration Board determines it is advisable to do so, the Corporation shall cause capital stock of a bridge System bank to be issued and offered for sale in such amounts and on such terms and conditions as the Corporation may, in its discretion, determine.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idfb6272b71802461fab088fece2221d48"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Employee status</header><text>Representatives for purposes of paragraph (1)(C), interim directors, directors, officers, employees, or agents of a bridge System bank are not, solely by virtue of service in any such capacity, officers or employees of the United States. Any employee of the Corporation, the Farm Credit Administration, or any Federal instrumentality who serves at the request of the Corporation as a representative for purposes of paragraph (1)(C), interim director, director, officer, employee, or agent of a bridge System bank shall not—</text><subparagraph id="id9fdef7104aab4b93944b2a8d9ea42df0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>solely by virtue of service in any such capacity lose any existing status as an officer or employee of the United States for purposes of any provision of law; or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idd054f6ee015648868814232c41c0ec53"><enum>(B)</enum><text>receive any salary or benefits for service in any such capacity with respect to a bridge System bank in addition to such salary or benefits as are obtained through employment with the Corporation or such Federal instrumentality.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id3c09a903c1114446b4ede87e1e6df56a"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Assistance authorized</header><text>The Corporation may, in its discretion, provide assistance under section 5.61(a) to facilitate any merger or consolidation of a bridge System bank in the same manner and to the same extent as such assistance may be provided to a qualifying insured System bank (as defined in section 5.61(a)(2)(B)) or to facilitate a bridge System bank's acquisition of any assets or the assumption of any liabilities of a System bank in default or in danger of default.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id1a0b819e6cdc40bcaa1df3efdb017294"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Duration of bridge system banks</header><text>Subject to paragraphs (10) and (11), the status of a bridge System bank as such shall terminate at the end of the 2-year period following the date it was granted a charter. The Farm Credit Administration Board may, in its discretion, extend the status of the bridge System bank as such for 3 additional 1-year periods.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ida941276dcccb4c95ab99164d21142582"><enum>(9)</enum><header>Termination of bridge system banks status</header><text>The status of any bridge System bank as such shall terminate upon the earliest of—</text><subparagraph id="idebdfe7d113e747508935627b3186d989"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the merger or consolidation of the bridge System bank with a System institution that is not a bridge System bank, on the condition that the merger or consolidation shall be subject to the approval of the Farm Credit Administration;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id56b0d745dabf4f8db27e20423368392a"><enum>(B)</enum><text>at the election of the Corporation and with the approval of the Farm Credit Administration, the sale of a majority or all of the capital stock of the bridge System bank to a System institution or another bridge System bank;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id7ce6df91ef054c82ac0865a50912754a"><enum>(C)</enum><text>at the election of the Corporation, and with the approval of the Farm Credit Administration, either the assumption of all or substantially all of the liabilities of the bridge System bank, or the acquisition of all or substantially all of the assets of the bridge System bank, by a System institution that is not a bridge System bank or other entity as permitted under applicable law; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id92a8184081ab48518d7109c886fdcc69"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the expiration of the period provided in paragraph (8), or the earlier dissolution of the bridge System bank as provided in paragraph (11).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idf47b4a104e454a1da4b78e2af3fc27f6"><enum>(10)</enum><header>Effect of termination events</header><subparagraph id="id63964ad69e39461ea23a383ea8e2c811"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Merger or consolidation</header><text>A bridge System bank that participates in a merger or consolidation as provided in paragraph (9)(A) shall be for all purposes a System institution, with all the rights, powers, and privileges thereof, and such merger or consolidation shall be conducted in accordance with, and shall have the effect provided in, the provisions of applicable law.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ida84bdaed769949459d4f1b0efb221c13"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Charter conversion</header><text>Following the sale of a majority or all of the capital stock of the bridge System bank as provided in paragraph (9)(B), the Farm Credit Administration Board may amend the charter of the bridge System bank to reflect the termination of the status of the bridge System bank as such, whereupon the System bank shall remain a System bank, with all of the rights, powers, and privileges thereof, subject to all laws and regulations applicable thereto.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idb6266e17fc7b40088d8183c31496e8ad"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Assumption of liabilities and sale of assets</header><text>Following the assumption of all or substantially all of the liabilities of the bridge System bank, or the sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the bridge System bank, as provided in paragraph (9)(C), at the election of the Corporation, the bridge System bank may retain its status as such for the period provided in paragraph (8).</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id07058aef6e0c4fecba190f11e1dd9177"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Amendments to charter</header><text>Following the consummation of a transaction described in subparagraph (A), (B), or (C) of paragraph (9), the charter of the resulting System institution shall be amended by the Farm Credit Administration to reflect the termination of bridge System bank status, if appropriate.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id688f2a162b284f4c906f1f76577743ea"><enum>(11)</enum><header>Dissolution of bridge system bank</header><subparagraph id="id341fe9d74e0f4593af3934ee9fbffa0c"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of State or Federal law, if the bridge System bank's status as such has not previously been terminated by the occurrence of an event specified in subparagraph (A), (B), or (C) of paragraph (9)—</text><clause id="iddb8eb456e67d459582b98b4f00abc6b2"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the Corporation, after consultation with the Farm Credit Administration, may, in its discretion, dissolve a bridge System bank in accordance with this paragraph at any time; and</text></clause><clause id="idd1348e6226c5499e90ba102db905b701"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the Corporation, after consultation with the Farm Credit Administration, shall promptly commence dissolution proceedings in accordance with this paragraph upon the expiration of the 2-year period following the date the bridge System bank was chartered, or any extension thereof, as provided in paragraph (8).</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idf929adb3388e40c29cf6e92ebd3311a8"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Procedures</header><text>The Farm Credit Administration Board shall appoint the Corporation as receiver for a bridge System bank upon determining to dissolve the bridge System bank. The Corporation as such receiver shall wind up the affairs of the bridge System bank in conformity with the provisions of law relating to the liquidation of closed System banks. With respect to any such bridge System bank, the Corporation as such receiver shall have all the rights, powers, and privileges and shall perform the duties related to the exercise of such rights, powers, or privileges granted by law to a receiver of any insured System bank and, notwithstanding any other provision of law in the exercise of such rights, powers, and privileges, the Corporation shall not be subject to the direction or supervision of any State agency or other Federal agency.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idb40f3e58234b473d9274a2507120e4ec"><enum>(12)</enum><header>Multiple bridge system banks</header><text>The Corporation may, in the Corporation’s discretion, organize, and the Farm Credit Administration may, in its discretion, charter, 2 or more bridge System banks under this subsection to assume any liabilities and purchase any assets of a single System institution in default.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idea913e6ee61e41e4bb1bef3111ce0959"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Certain sales of assets prohibited</header><paragraph id="idb9ed1a13e8ac48ebb537188c0926ec0d"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Persons who engaged in improper conduct with, or caused losses to, system institutions</header><text>The Corporation shall prescribe regulations which, at a minimum, shall prohibit the sale of assets of a failed System institution by the Corporation to—</text><subparagraph id="idd05f05e75c19447e889bc1ce0e300f74"><enum>(A)</enum><text>any person who—</text><clause id="id6ea65e60c0894a37947af19b05cdb9db"><enum>(i)</enum><text>has defaulted, or was a member of a partnership or an officer or director of a corporation that has defaulted, on 1 or more obligations the aggregate amount of which exceed $1,000,000, to such failed System institution;</text></clause><clause id="id2548aa8694db4fba83dba92758040241"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>has been found to have engaged in fraudulent activity in connection with any obligation referred to in clause (i); and</text></clause><clause id="idcdd020028e394db19af20efb57f093ec"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>proposes to purchase any such asset in whole or in part through the use of the proceeds of a loan or advance of credit from the Corporation or from any System institution for which the Corporation has been appointed as conservator or receiver;</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id741e8352ea5d468ba50098562b831b49"><enum>(B)</enum><text>any person who participated, as an officer or director of such failed System institution or of any affiliate of such System institution, in a material way in transactions that resulted in a substantial loss to such failed System institution;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id2249a8673ce54004be7e357234913cbc"><enum>(C)</enum><text>any person who has been removed from, or prohibited from participating in the affairs of, such failed System institution pursuant to any final enforcement action by the Farm Credit Administration;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ide160157bbf384bbaaf7534f1c9f41bc8"><enum>(D)</enum><text>any person who has demonstrated a pattern or practice of defalcation regarding obligations to such failed System institution; or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idd63f371b6ea4437bbed50672e249bfcd"><enum>(E)</enum><text>any person who is in default on any loan or other extension of credit from such failed System institution which, if not paid, will cause substantial loss to the System institution or the Corporation.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id3f292431a1b0470eb34bec18675e7f1b"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Defaulted debtors</header><text>Except as provided in paragraph (3), any person who is in default on any loan or other extension of credit from the System institution, which, if not paid, will cause substantial loss to the System institution or the Corporation, may not purchase any asset from the conservator or receiver.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id68378d87d05b435fa311997c0cbfa3fa"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Settlement of claims</header><text>Paragraph (1) shall not apply to the sale or transfer by the Corporation of any asset of any System institution to any person if the sale or transfer of the asset resolves or settles, or is part of the resolution or settlement, of—</text><subparagraph id="idc0112c670e82440e8c6e1e715dbdab10"><enum>(A)</enum><text>1 or more claims that have been, or could have been, asserted by the Corporation against the person; or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idf7591ff174ea49259189e650ca38542d"><enum>(B)</enum><text>obligations owed by the person to any System institution, or the Corporation.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id00cb0d39cf7a428fb95f3eb7a45f52c0"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Definition of default</header><text>For purposes of this subsection, the term <term>default</term> means a failure to comply with the terms of a loan or other obligation to such an extent that the property securing the obligation is foreclosed upon.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id4c154d23423c430cb0bd7eb3c74e8f61"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Expedited procedures for certain claims</header><paragraph id="id13d85089d862492a82bfcbe79ff49b72"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Time for filing notice of appeal</header><text>The notice of appeal of any order, whether interlocutory or final, entered in any case brought by the Corporation against a System institution's director, officer, employee, agent, attorney, accountant, or appraiser or any other person employed by or providing services to a System institution shall be filed not later than 30 days after the date of entry of the order. The hearing of the appeal shall be held not later than 120 days after the date of the notice of appeal. The appeal shall be decided not later than 180 days after the date of the notice of appeal.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id46a4d4b492b4489eb733df20895f07ee"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Scheduling</header><text>A court of the United States shall expedite the consideration of any case brought by the Corporation against a System institution's director, officer, employee, agent, attorney, accountant, or appraiser or any other person employed by or providing services to a System institution. As far as practicable the court shall give such case priority on its docket.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id4577a472f30c43c390710ddcd90ced30"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Judicial discretion</header><text>The court may modify the schedule and limitations stated in paragraphs (1) and (2) in a particular case, based on a specific finding that the ends of justice that would be served by making such a modification would outweigh the best interest of the public in having the case resolved expeditiously.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id18cc41dd54be4ed0a3ef8c84481fa67b"><enum>(k)</enum><header>Bond not required; agents; fee</header><text>The Corporation as conservator or receiver of a System institution shall not be required to furnish bond and may appoint an agent or agents to assist in its duties as such conservator or receiver. All fees, compensation, and expenses of liquidation and administration shall be fixed by the Corporation and may be paid by it out of funds coming into its possession as such conservator or receiver.</text></subsection><subsection id="id2313c35d2d0c48faa1e049b82c654f3d"><enum>(l)</enum><header>Consultation regarding conservatorships and receiverships</header><text>To the extent practicable—</text><paragraph id="id9F388F80E29447F3A783D3FC717B83F4"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the Farm Credit Administration shall consult with the Corporation prior to taking a preresolution action concerning a System institution that may result in a conservatorship or receivership; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id150EA27AC3E74CF8A9043DACF641190F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the Corporation, acting in the capacity of the Corporation as a conservator or receiver, shall consult with the Farm Credit Administration prior to taking any significant action impacting System institutions or service to System borrowers.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id9bb0fe5c7f99499dab1b3959a46f0123"><enum>(m)</enum><header>Applicability</header><text>This section shall become applicable with respect to the power of the Corporation to act as a conservator or receiver on the date on which the Farm Credit Administration appoints the Corporation as a conservator or receiver under section 4.12 or 8.41.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAB71E7371C6846E89FEEBA4621DEFC66"><enum>5409.</enum><header>Reporting</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id03051BD0C7C2437D8A311D0FCB8EF309"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definition of farm loan</header><text>In this section, the term <quote>farm loan</quote> means—</text><paragraph id="id6b05c53b09e1465e9ec476c8ae24b68b"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a farm ownership loan under subtitle A of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1922">7 U.S.C. 1922</external-xref> et seq.); and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idc2b65fd9b86f4579a3bb971afd6d32b8"><enum>(2)</enum><text>an operating loan under subtitle B of that Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1941">7 U.S.C. 1941</external-xref> et seq.).</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id5CE758DE3344464889AB790CFD34109F"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Reports</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id67AB85E20D174A48955588520A0A9A08"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Preparation</header><text>For each fiscal year, the Secretary shall prepare a report that includes—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id589D622C13D945FA814BAB38E39EAEF9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>aggregate data based on a review of each outstanding farm loan made or guaranteed by the Secretary describing, for the United States and for each State and county in the United States—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id144BE02DEFEF4716830E5531093FBEFB"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the age of the recipient producer;</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id94B3A0E618224E27B439E879521BD88C"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the duration that the recipient producer has engaged in agricultural production;</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC33E4D3EDDB3484CA9AF2F1961A902F2"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the size of the farm or ranch of the recipient producer;</text></clause><clause id="id08c08d0896c54f6d9dfc77ff90c0e64a"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>the race, ethnicity, and gender of the recipient producer;</text></clause><clause id="id7c560543dc8c4f829d327c3626b69ec9"><enum>(v)</enum><text>the agricultural commodity or commodities, or type of enterprise, for which the loan was secured;</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5E03D77FC1AD459EBBF3CDBA8D1EFE06"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>the amount of the farm loan made or guaranteed;</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD53B09BD66B64299AA579E7F22037C92"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>the type of the farm loan made or guaranteed; and</text></clause><clause id="id1e91b8946845445aba9f9aa5ffa14288"><enum>(viii)</enum><text>the default rate of the farm loan made or guaranteed;</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id60ACF2FD2AC446A88F17F734F2CE5FC9"><enum>(B)</enum><text>for each State and county in the United States, data demonstrating the number of outstanding farm loans made or guaranteed, according to loan size cohort; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ide52d055f3dd44a4d99affc497dddfc6c"><enum>(C)</enum><text>an assessment of actual loans made or guaranteed as measured against target participation rates for beginning and socially disadvantaged farmers, broken down by State, as described in sections 346(b)(2) and 355 of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1994">7 U.S.C. 1994(b)(2)</external-xref>, 2003).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id08F4A0F95BE14E7298E7E1989CA8E502"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Submission of report</header><text>The report described in paragraph (1) shall be—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4B65F9295C294EFD8956F404679B8B14"><enum>(A)</enum><text>submitted—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id261A9CC37CB647F9939C07510137DB05"><enum>(i)</enum><text>to—</text><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id64B16526CA154453B4EB945B55C14868"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives;</text></subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1AEAC2550C694A86A27319DB86976B82"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives;</text></subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id01705E0C7A9B4B9AB688B1CB4F406BF7"><enum>(III)</enum><text>the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate; and</text></subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id06B1C1873061460EA2B057F75F53F2C9"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; and</text></subclause></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id43B9D6871ACA4499A2A3975A57BC718F"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>not later than December 30, 2018, and annually thereafter; and</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idfa0ac430f9f049e596f51e873bb8c765"><enum>(B)</enum><text>made publically available not later than 90 days after the date described in subparagraph (A)(ii).</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id9bbacbe47a17445b9579458ec28366be"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Comprehensive review</header><paragraph id="id88EA899F21254DA08F2CFD8D0688A80E"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 4 years after the date of enactment of this Act (and every 5 years thereafter), the Secretary shall—</text><subparagraph id="idFC5A1755C76F459380E3B1E6A53CE274"><enum>(A)</enum><text>prepare a comprehensive review of all reports submitted under subsection (b)(2);</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id60afcf0b3bb8442c8e3bc8e6941aab00"><enum>(B)</enum><text>identify trends within data outlined in subsection (b)(1), including the extent to which target annual participation rates for beginning and socially disadvantaged farmers (as defined by the Secretary) are being met for each loan type; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id1a0960c98212410d89a17ce4ee960899"><enum>(C)</enum><text>provide specific actions the Department will take to improve the performance of direct and guaranteed loans with respect to underserved producers and any recommendations the Secretary may make for further congressional action.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id44b8d8930cef411a8ced3fde87367bea"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Submission of comprehensive review</header><text>The comprehensive review described in paragraph (1) shall be—</text><subparagraph id="id9e3dfc773190432a85e013ce84aa6ef4"><enum>(A)</enum><text>submitted to—</text><clause id="id9cbb978795d04b87b951a4dbdab35bc4"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives;</text></clause><clause id="id3ef03a51c8df4e23a42a7e131f13923e"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives;</text></clause><clause id="id0c415deabd4a4cc59e4abc1abce03428"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate; and</text></clause><clause id="id387519c6d1564965b2630443c38b5d4c"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; and</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id0e225347914c47148efe619f64043cc2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>made publicly available not later than 90 days after the date of submission under subparagraph (A).</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8DE0978B695945428897D8D3B645F3AF"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Privacy</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In preparing any report or review under this section, the Secretary shall aggregate or de-identify the data in a manner sufficient to ensure that the identity of a recipient producer associated with the data cannot be ascertained.</text></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD0F118FD892C4C5CB3BEB933D085BBC5"><enum>5410.</enum><header>Sense of the Senate</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">It is the sense of the Senate that —</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id06185791136E4692B8117C2A17F25BA0"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">sections 346 and 355 of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1994">7 U.S.C. 1994</external-xref>, 2003) reserve amounts to incentivize participation in Farm Service Agency loan programs for qualified beginning farmers and ranchers and socially disadvantaged farmers;</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idADEA5C8FABF7421BA270233AA50778BC"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">under current law—</text><subparagraph id="id7c298aba1c5a4cab93059f8c1406623d"><enum>(A)</enum><text>for direct loans, 75 percent of the funding for farm ownership loans and 50 percent of operating loans are reserved for the first 11 months of the fiscal year; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ida5f57b4912cd4f6cba6475dddd73a0b3"><enum>(B)</enum><text>for guaranteed loans, 40 percent of available funding is reserved for ownership loans and farm operating loans for the first ½ of the fiscal year; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id501fb898dcc14feabace36ea6d070e63"><enum>(3)</enum><text>all participants of the Farm Service Agency loan programs should strive to encourage beginning farmers and ranchers and socially disadvantaged farmers to use Farm Service Agency loans.</text></paragraph></section></subtitle><enum>VI</enum><header>Rural Development</header><subtitle commented="no" id="PA1964E46486BB186E97336A243B9C5B"><enum>A</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act</header><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="P49CC65384678CBD89C36F0B0590508A" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>6101.</enum><header>Water, waste disposal, and wastewater facility grants</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 306(a)(2)(B) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1926">7 U.S.C. 1926(a)(2)(B)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6EF7828FF1FA45DAA47606EDC04EDDFE"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in clause (iii), by striking <quote>$100,000</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>$200,000</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB478C720C6CE43848933F70650FD82F6"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in clause (vii), by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text></paragraph></section><section id="id74d72f2a0ebd4813b48c4c323cdea599"><enum>6102.</enum><header>Rural water and wastewater technical assistance and training programs</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 306(a)(14) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1926">7 U.S.C. 1926(a)(14)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="idC73294FCAB4C4204B0DA3F3A44BA6207"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (A)—</text><subparagraph id="idCCE81E3C62DE4F73A4196E314D55C025"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in clause (ii), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id115693A396464947A0CB11285578AEA7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in clause (iii), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id44CFF769A7EA46BA8E6061965254D92B"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAFB49FA1B7AB441B88ED793DF3CF5A8F" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA2CB08F8F6924C47AAEE9426687DD0C1"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">identify options to enhance the long-term sustainability of rural water and waste systems, including operational practices, revenue enhancements, policy revisions, partnerships, consolidation, regionalization, or contract services.</text></clause><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id6CD58E9BB6524A0695FCD0110292CDC1"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking subparagraph (B) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id163E223116094D33AE0F6F8ED9122A68" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subparagraph id="ida1e9139e086d42b889126a9f8dd17872"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Selection priority</header><text>In selecting recipients of grants to be made under subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall give priority to—</text><clause id="idb66b2ec5876444e5afc512129bcff728"><enum>(i)</enum><text>private nonprofit organizations that have experience in providing the technical assistance and training described in subparagraph (A) to associations serving rural areas in which residents have low income and in which water supply systems or waste facilities are unhealthful; and</text></clause><clause id="idbcb4ea41d3c84850a9deb61216d1ac69"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>recipients that will provide technical assistance and training programs to address the contamination of drinking water and surface water supplies by emerging contaminants, including per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances and perfluorooctanoic acid.</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph id="id682F3C4CD8D849E28EFD5A088D0235AD"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subparagraph (C)—</text><subparagraph id="id7ED89E082DD2483EA89E450DAF934209"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>1 nor more than 3</quote> and inserting <quote>3 percent and not more than 5</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id62F5243F876849C5B78AB8F81F539D6F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>1 per centum</quote> and inserting <quote>3 percent</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7DD9094A026347189FAD38262D44F260" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>6103.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Rural water and wastewater circuit rider program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 306(a)(22)(B) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1926">7 U.S.C. 1926(a)(22)(B)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>$20,000,000 for fiscal year 2014 and each fiscal year thereafter</quote> and inserting <quote>$25,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 through 2023</quote>.</text></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="P34E8E22B47024B4B309CBCA4BB4C280" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>6104.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Tribal college and university essential community facilities</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 306(a)(25)(C) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1926">7 U.S.C. 1926(a)(25)(C)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text></section><section id="idB7F18414EB044690AEA125912658278A" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>6105.</enum><header>Community facilities direct loans and grants for substance use disorder treatment services</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">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>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id22C1473A16B640389504281539E21D41" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><paragraph id="idAB2DF2F78B0A418F925B15681A216BBF"><enum>(27)</enum><header>Direct loans and grants for substance use disorder treatment services</header><subparagraph id="id6B51DF6B7D5F4F798094413A664EE70D"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Selection priority</header><text>In selecting recipients of loans or grants (not including loans guaranteed by the Secretary) for the development of essential community facilities under this section, the Secretary shall give priority to entities eligible for those loans or grants—</text><clause id="id86852E767A5341FCBFAF1E60EA3771D5"><enum>(i)</enum><text>to develop facilities to provide substance use disorder (including opioid substance use disorder)—</text><subclause id="idAB496388EFE34C33A15CC9DB818FD75C"><enum>(I)</enum><text>prevention services;</text></subclause><subclause id="id6BDF418539E643FB915194E1F3244FDA"><enum>(II)</enum><text>treatment services;</text></subclause><subclause id="id1EA9AEB429EE4D77B58CEB40A77B1FB2"><enum>(III)</enum><text>recovery services; or</text></subclause><subclause id="idE8338E5B3B4A448998C7D67FA3BD5EEB"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>any combination of those services; and</text></subclause></clause><clause id="id367D4B6274624ABC83363DEA809151CF"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>that employ staff that have appropriate expertise and training in how to identify and treat individuals with substance use disorders.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAAFAFEC531E648FBAA6F9B462E623ACC"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Use of funds</header><text>An eligible entity described in subparagraph (A) that receives a loan or grant described in that subparagraph may use the loan or grant funds for the development of telehealth facilities and systems to provide telehealth services for substance use disorder treatment.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section><section id="id009759183ea94cee81c712f59b49fafb"><enum>6106.</enum><header>Emergency and imminent community water assistance grant program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 306A of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1926a">7 U.S.C. 1926a</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="id426856f8e5e443dcb71c7f47d8ed2a0d"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (b)(1), by striking <quote>; and</quote> and inserting the following: “, particularly to projects to address contamination that—</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id81C6305743414171BE658C6AF285D028" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subparagraph id="id5B17BC2852064E0FBC8DEAA8704AF31E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>poses a threat to human health or the environment; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id1B3CCA6EF12C479998FCA0E35ABD8BA8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>was caused by circumstances beyond the control of the applicant for a grant, including circumstances that occurred over a period of time; and</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id854835E5E191461DA89E743ADB6C65F3"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (f)(1), by striking <quote>$500,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$1,000,000</quote>;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id5955DFE4679E47BF94FEEE09F6203097"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by redesignating subsection (i) as subsection (j);</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idba88f47f476b4bcc8d296344c3aaff20"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by inserting after subsection (h) the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idec1982c6f29a47be9a5d3b59bfca6c5a" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subsection id="id3703b8fd0f0247c1ae299456240ab88e"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Interagency task force on rural water quality</header><paragraph id="idbfb26031df3c4390be40a43d3bb6e932"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of the <short-title>Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018</short-title>, the Secretary shall coordinate and chair an interagency task force to examine drinking water and surface water contamination in rural communities, particularly rural communities that are in close proximity to active or decommissioned military installations in the United States.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id3111a325c46341c98a8cac2690438856"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Membership</header><text>The interagency task force shall consist of—</text><subparagraph id="idb2c41dbded674895aeffcafa46c5a3b0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the Secretary;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idfb8b897025d34d05a5883c11153bc29c"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id5FB76481ABC04FA5848E7C89E2E6D818"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through—</text><clause id="id4F672604978049E39C3BDAECFBA94EA4"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the Director of the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry; and</text></clause><clause id="idD4735A26F7D74F88B1943C4935B28E9A"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention;</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id01FAF0FE0A1C4814964776EF19197FDF"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id6A0A483481804E70AB9CBD300129B3B5"><enum>(E)</enum><text>the Secretary of the Interior, acting through—</text><clause id="id79BC2FCF2AA6423E9DAECDD4E64385FF"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service; and</text></clause><clause id="id579D415A8C054AB4B48E984E53A8714E"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the Director of the United States Geological Survey;</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id8e38863560984ba5837454d6791c1d90"><enum>(F)</enum><text>the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ide130178b69d84cd18077b0ab31ceb285"><enum>(G)</enum><text>representatives from rural drinking and wastewater entities, State and community regulators, and appropriate scientific experts that reflect a diverse cross-section of the rural communities described in paragraph (1).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id13f1379e09ba4faea6ffd0e16a6f1979"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Report</header><subparagraph id="id0B8E6F196E0D4B6AB02B20637EEB0B04"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 360 days after the date of enactment of the <short-title>Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018</short-title>, the task force shall submit to the committees described in subparagraph (B) a report that—</text><clause id="id61efa2448c09418585b2a6f74a7205b1"><enum>(i)</enum><text>examines, and identifies issues relating to, water contamination in rural communities, particularly rural communities that are in close proximity to active or decommissioned military installations in the United States;</text></clause><clause id="idd6bb9dbff88f4a63ac104e3f2b65dfe0"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>reviews the extent to which Federal, State, and local government agencies coordinate with one another to address the issues identified under clause (i);</text></clause><clause id="idccfb61049313489dbf663a1ac38bda94"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>recommends how Federal, State, and local government agencies can work together in the most effective, efficient, and cost-effective manner practicable, to address the issues identified under clause (i); and</text></clause><clause id="idd9d3882061744e2a88431acb9d19ff15"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>recommends changes to existing statutory requirements, regulatory requirements, or both, to improve interagency coordination and responsiveness to address the issues identified under clause (i).</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idEDF37BF8F2C64024A5EFF735824B672F"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Committees described</header><text>The committees referred to in subparagraph (A) are—</text><clause id="idD048F3F0D89E4779BA1547112C2204CC"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives;</text></clause><clause id="id6F368A70A2F3442BBF48D38AA0D5CE7E"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate;</text></clause><clause id="id96DA3981C29C4B5EABBF14B21A70395C"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives;</text></clause><clause id="id596C606BCABF49189E68A247660220CE"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate;</text></clause><clause id="idBB75BE3FCD70479AB59EF0C818C896F3"><enum>(v)</enum><text>the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives; and</text></clause><clause id="idD72FF02AAE96456BB3EDEB0A3241132C"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph id="id470050c8435841acb67c03be1bddd774"><enum>(5)</enum><text>in subsection (j) (as so redesignated)—</text><subparagraph id="id8B62E47B9D5140BBB96B48491C6AF31A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)(A), by striking <quote>3 nor more than 5</quote> and inserting <quote>5 percent and not more than 7</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id10806abdf43d41b5bbd83d070a0b117a"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by striking <quote>$35,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2008 through 2018</quote> and inserting <quote>$50,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 through 2023</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="P4B0D364748B30B06C16DA4AFE3E839C" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>6107.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Water systems for rural and native villages in Alaska</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 306D of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1926d">7 U.S.C. 1926d</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA1C1CD566EBD4B4BAED8A697858CC5CB"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (a), by striking <quote>Alaska for</quote> and inserting <quote>Alaska, a consortium formed pursuant to section 325 of the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1998 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/105/83">Public Law 105–83</external-xref>; 111 Stat. 1597), and Native villages (as defined in section 3 of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1602">43 U.S.C. 1602</external-xref>)) for</quote>;</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF8BAC23904694A84A5203160E6D8C620"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (b), by inserting <quote>for any grant awarded under subsection (a)</quote> before the period at the end; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id99E5232CDF0D46AFAEDFCF0CF429B32A"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (d)—</text><subparagraph id="idB661723539734B5996110A73422A88E9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idA721940EFA624F028B71149D41174223"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by striking <quote>Alaska</quote> and inserting <quote>Alaska, and not more than 2 percent of the amount made available under paragraph (1) for a fiscal year may be used by a consortium formed pursuant to section 325 of the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1998 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/105/83">Public Law 105–83</external-xref>; 111 Stat. 1597),</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="PF72BBA7D4BDD35D93F8C93A8228913F" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>6108.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Rural decentralized water systems</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 306E of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1926e">7 U.S.C. 1926e</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id115CD56022794E35BFBD941B1E62BF3B"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking the section heading and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">Rural decentralized water systems</header-in-text></quote>;</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9C3726F465234DBA9546641B350D1937"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (a), by striking <quote>100</quote> and inserting <quote>60</quote>;</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDCC7A6D531A046C293A77C86FDAA76C5"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (b)—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA2C313E5C95144D996B1BCC0A6F5F80E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB9EAB260CC6541A7AB9EA7BC789DC3F8"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>and subgrants</quote> after <quote>loans</quote>; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8424EA867E804911B0CB8DAC7371A055"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>and individually owned household decentralized wastewater systems</quote> after <quote>well systems</quote>;</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id32FA8918B25E469DBE1C077789EB5AD3"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc687f1c787c64484b7a3cc28e33ecf73" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><paragraph id="id7408dc510f6443bf824b840776f6ef6e"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Terms and amounts</header><subparagraph id="id2ac24392f075424f8a5169ed97fe2d29"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Terms of loans</header><text>A loan made with grant funds under this section—</text><clause id="id2f797fae52294e28ad079cc3fcfd67df"><enum>(i)</enum><text>shall have an interest rate of 1 percent; and</text></clause><clause id="id070ffa80e70244dc88593381d6e931e3"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>shall have a term not to exceed 20 years.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ide9e98948f790420ba0a11925c589ff46"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Amounts</header><text>A loan or subgrant made with grant funds under this section shall not exceed $15,000 for each water well system or decentralized wastewater system described in paragraph (1).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEF66FABA48604F6E972473DB7BA501A6"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida51a64040f0a47d587a8f5398b5ae227" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><paragraph id="id4c00a01e795c4646b9e5b8919f386b66"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Ground well water contamination</header><text>In the event of ground well water contamination, the Secretary shall allow a loan or subgrant to be made with grant funds under this section for the installation of water treatment where needed beyond the point of entry, with or without the installation of a new water well system.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD981866A91284BDBA966BCAF44F77E30"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subsection (c), by striking <quote>productive use of individually-owned household water well systems</quote> and inserting <quote>effective use of individually owned household water well systems, individually owned household decentralized wastewater systems,</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBEEC36D57C3E4695B81214BA307653B3"><enum>(5)</enum><text>in subsection (d)—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA3F0195C1A9C4D0780FFD430EB8B07E4"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>$5,000,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$40,000,000</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC51115CEC5224687B49DA877320A108F"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>2014 through 2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2019 through 2023</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="P0898ED2A4EA2C792DDAC3486A744D73" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>6109.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Solid waste management grants</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 310B(b)(2) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1932">7 U.S.C. 1932(b)(2)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="PBF3FEBED4BE20F70C97B85A165F8826" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>6110.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Rural business development grants</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 310B(c)(4)(A) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1932">7 U.S.C. 1932(c)(4)(A)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="P5C5B6D35420B50B820FCA9B1B87134E" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>6111.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Rural cooperative development grants</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 310B(e) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1932">7 U.S.C. 1932(e)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC02F9B733AA446C585CCD776C46BFAAE"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (10), by inserting <quote>(including research and analysis based on data from the latest available Economic Census conducted by the Bureau of the Census)</quote> after <quote>conduct research</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAD9A604ED5294E37A529EDD51BC00F1E"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (13), by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text></paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="PA3EEF4344D1776EA9784ECBDAF6795E" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>6112.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Locally or regionally produced agricultural food products</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 310B(g)(9)(B)(iv)(I) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1932">7 U.S.C. 1932(g)(9)(B)(iv)(I)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="P4957FFAD4D4D3C14648F40859E8C1EB" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>6113.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Appropriate technology transfer for rural areas program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 310B(i)(4) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1932">7 U.S.C. 1932(i)(4)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text></section><section id="idB26C73C5D7064FB1B978F58A28FFD1B4"><enum>6114.</enum><header>Rural economic area partnership zones</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 310B(j) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1932">7 U.S.C. 1932(j)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text></section><section id="idA5033D304B8A4151B04AA31971758442"><enum>6115.</enum><header>Intemediary relending program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 310H of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1936b">7 U.S.C. 1936b</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="id5258DC7A5F224F57B12D6C512BE84352"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating subsection (e) as subsection (i);</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id9C7E82DE55A345F09F976E7869A1D6CB"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting after subsection (d) the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF646896859D54E09A45AD9F71CAC927C" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subsection id="id99894F58895D442D9C9F885BB304BB71"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Limitation on loan amounts</header><text>The maximum amount of a loan by an eligible entity described in subsection (b) to individuals and entities for a project under subsection (c), including the unpaid balance of any existing loans, shall be the lesser of—</text><paragraph id="id1097FC134AA24CC782396B9663297E44"><enum>(1)</enum><text>$400,000; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id5A62AE420D3E46F28CA735F42D7EC603"><enum>(2)</enum><text>50 percent of the loan to the eligible entity under subsection (a).</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idB95AB4102E614142BF0219514593B60D"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Applications</header><paragraph id="id5D9AE42157CE48C2AAEE35EFA8EFDB1D"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>To be eligible to receive a loan or loan guarantee under subsection (a), an eligible entity described in subsection (b) shall submit to the Secretary an application at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary may require.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id7897EBB55F414AF88F2CA5C711720CD6"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Evaluation</header><text>In evaluating applications submitted under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall—</text><subparagraph id="idd500291145ee44bcab01199783573035"><enum>(A)</enum><clause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id32E69758DBD544F0A966E05E1FF9CB0B"><enum>(i)</enum><text>take into consideration the previous performance of an eligible entity in carrying out projects under subsection (c); and</text></clause><clause changed="added" id="id9707242F2CD94331B4E4CD29565A735B" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in the case of satisfactory performance under clause (i), require the eligible entity to contribute less equity for subsequent loans without modifying the priority given to subsequent applications; and</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id2cde3d4e9beb4535bd9606452fae6efe"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in assigning priorities to applications, require an eligible entity to demonstrate that it has a governing or advisory board made up of business, civic, and community leaders who are representative of the communities of the service area, without limitation to the size of the service area.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id30F7F0CC20A14A79B06E6FE0FE240D11"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Return of equity</header><text>The Secretary shall establish a schedule that is consistent with the amortization schedules of the portfolio of loans made or guaranteed under subsection (a) for the return of any equity contribution made under this section by an eligible entity described in subsection (b), if the eligible entity is—</text><paragraph id="id413d67818fe7400cb98c10f470b2892a"><enum>(1)</enum><text>current on all principal and interest payments; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idef79b83b7252492ebabbd9ae0f33dd7f"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in compliance with loan covenants.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id7137ef2ec9b94a62ac668935b1169a86"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Regulations</header><text>The Secretary shall promulgate regulations and establish procedures reducing the administrative requirements on eligible entities described in subsection (b), including regulations to carry out the amendments made to this section by the <short-title>Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018</short-title>.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph id="idF56E2FF34BB4489B8A837A5B323426FB"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (i) (as so redesignated), by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text></paragraph></section><section id="ideb6a108b6a514415897667372f25b0f1"><enum>6116.</enum><header>Single application for broadband</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 331 of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1981">7 U.S.C. 1981</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="iddab8890e918a45b99088ec15755744cf" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subsection id="id2720c252351d464fb922ca629e416551"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Single application for broadband</header><paragraph id="id494C4AD43BF34FECA70A01CE75C748A3"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subject to paragraphs (2), (3), and (4), notwithstanding any other provision of law, broadband facilities and broadband service (as defined in section 601(b) of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/950bb">7 U.S.C. 950bb(b)</external-xref>), may be funded as an incidental part of any grant, loan, or loan guarantee provided under this title or any other provision of law administered by the Secretary, acting through the rural development mission area.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id70164945E6CC44E48650D933089CE273"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>Except as otherwise authorized by an Act of Congress, funding under paragraph (1) shall not constitute more than 10 percent of any loan for a fiscal year for any program under this title or any other provision of law administered by the Secretary, acting through the rural development mission area.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id07C60DD18EDB4D0D833B6EB4D13BF267"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Competitive harm</header><text>The Secretary shall not provide funding under paragraph (1) if the funding would result in competitive harm to any existing grant, loan, or loan guarantee described in that paragraph.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idf043db70e5644c3bb254a36607b15763"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Eligibility</header><text>Funding under paragraph (1) shall be granted only for eligible projects described in section 601(d)(2) of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/950bb">7 U.S.C. 950bb(d)(2)</external-xref>).</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section><section id="ide8491d45cb304938bfc7ce65e06de334"><enum>6117.</enum><header>Loan guarantee loan fees</header><subsection id="idd2e0851ff86c4cfea89e4fdd045abc78"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Certain programs under Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act</header><text>Section 333 of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1983">7 U.S.C. 1983</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="id19bb9c17fbec49d19d7b83f8220a4b67"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (5), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id759bef6a920749219d51cb53fd200c0b"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (6)(E), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ide3ee8d41df42414c91ba57a4e9f7473b"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf380db165133461695417b7522efea59" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><paragraph id="idef428765bc9b485c8e176a03e9380f21"><enum>(7)</enum><text>in the case of an insured or guaranteed loan issued or modified under section 306(a), charge and collect from the lender fees in such amounts as are necessary such that—</text><subparagraph id="id774EBB6A755D4FE99363CDE94869FCE3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the sum of—</text><clause id="id84D4F486CF1645D186313A3D0F890F41"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the total amount of fees so charged for each fiscal year; and</text></clause><clause id="id42597C047E304797B4A9F8F21AEED8D9"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the total of the amounts appropriated for the insured or guaranteed loans for the fiscal year; is equal to</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id59D334C476CB48C0A66D805FE4AFD53C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the amount of the costs of subsidies for the insured or guaranteed loans for the fiscal year.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idcb23c3ef6bb648b08d5327cd5968e7f8"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Rural broadband program</header><text>Section 601(c) of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/950bb">7 U.S.C. 950bb(c)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6199d5e585bf4594b8ebdf7bbdee2533" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><paragraph id="idfb0cd42aa1ce435cb44bc767f315da7d"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Fees</header><text>In the case of a loan guarantee issued or modified under this section, the Secretary shall charge and collect from the lender fees in such amounts as are necessary such that—</text><subparagraph id="idFB6AD1E155D24B73A8AF83328D72FA0E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the sum of—</text><clause id="id701AC44421BE418CB490DC82619B4D31"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the total amount of fees so charged for each fiscal year; and</text></clause><clause id="id2B4EEBB75D104A35B4DB88D66471BAFB"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the total of the amounts appropriated for the loan guarantees for the fiscal year; is equal to</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idF384BA53EAE24A1086CBE46300EB19F5"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the amount of the costs of subsidies for the loan guarantees for the fiscal year.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="PFE9A52DD4D7998512F89F1BCDF772EC" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>6118.</enum><header>Rural Business-Cooperative Service programs technical assistance and training</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act is amended by inserting after section 367 (as added by section 5305) the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id497A0732EC7442ECB902ED2671AFF18C" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2443020F442041B5A7AE2D6AAA13CCF3" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>368.</enum><header>Rural Business-Cooperative Service programs technical assistance and training</header><subsection id="id683321d3490d479b8dcd7a2071546661"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary may make grants to public bodies, private nonprofit corporations, economic development authorities, institutions of higher education, federally recognized Indian Tribes, and rural cooperatives for the purpose of providing or obtaining technical assistance and training to support funding applications for programs carried out by the Secretary, acting through the Administrator of the Rural Business-Cooperative Service.</text></subsection><subsection id="id1c488e9e7c754a79bb78c9d151e21543"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Purposes</header><text>A grant under subsection (a) may be used—</text><paragraph id="idb90f3f998b5e4a2992d062a96615d958"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to assist communities in identifying and planning for business and economic development needs;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id78a116b6916545178bcc12468c7274b2"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to identify public and private resources to finance business and small and emerging business needs;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id00cef14da1934555a94d949fd3a5d6ff"><enum>(3)</enum><text>to prepare reports and surveys necessary to request financial assistance for businesses in rural communities; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id529293fda10d4b529e8efa578c4bd273"><enum>(4)</enum><text>to prepare applications for financial assistance.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id74167770ee4a4a7ab72474147c3afc25"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Selection priority</header><text>In selecting recipients of grants under this section, the Secretary shall give priority to grants serving persistent poverty counties and high poverty communities, as determined by the Secretary.</text></subsection><subsection id="id9a41701461924affacaa768d8f1e2611"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Funding</header><paragraph id="id5a51312bbd1a4798b2a09d58ee32dfde"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 through 2023, to remain available until expended.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idb7b847eaf89f469a921618171e4e803a"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Availability</header><text>Any amounts authorized to be appropriated under paragraph (1) for any fiscal year that are not appropriated for that fiscal year may be appropriated for any succeeding fiscal year.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCE94CC3CAD8747DAAF3135DC4FD96C82" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>6119.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">National rural development partnership</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 378 of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2008m">7 U.S.C. 2008m</external-xref>) is amended in subsections (g)(1) and (h) by striking <quote>2018</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="PD22F03104D74ADEBB8699CBED906EF9" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>6120.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Grants for NOAA weather radio transmitters</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 379B(d) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2008p">7 U.S.C. 2008p(d)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="PAE7496EB47D51C96D1EA2A8813EC8C3" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>6121.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Rural microentrepreneur assistance program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 379E of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2008s">7 U.S.C. 2008s</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6672C7DE3B0A4DE2B01EA75721AD7292"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (b)(4)(B)(ii)—</text><subparagraph id="id79C127ACF6A04B329AE41195B1BA8DF4"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the clause heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="clause" style="OLC">Maximum amount</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="clause" style="OLC">Amount</header-in-text></quote>;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id980A9F64DA8043A7A37AE6FDEAED4BF5"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>not less than 20 percent and</quote> before <quote>not more than 25 percent</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id89AD83A7FC184FBD9DB8C0C76740E927"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by striking the period at the end and inserting the following: “, subject to—</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id46c885db56e2445297f4616cd4013406" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subclause id="id47b45daaf4ed49fdacbebb4268742b68"><enum>(I)</enum><text>satisfactory performance by the microenterprise development organization under this section, and</text></subclause><subclause id="id98b8b01226be47d38ef4624e6d90b1d9"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the availability of funding.</text></subclause><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB162DD292EFF43419634D3BBE7337189"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (d)(2)—</text><subparagraph id="id88D1ADFE3497474FB9C5ACF3E448638E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>$40,000,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$20,000,000</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id6ABD0C5C240048748DC0424BA532C073"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>2009 through 2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2019 through 2023</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="P1BB01DFD47CA8A85981B77A552E005E" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>6122.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Health care services</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 379G(e) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2008u">7 U.S.C. 2008u(e)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text></section><section commented="no" id="id26c11d3864724373855659235f77b2a2"><enum>6123.</enum><header>Strategic economic and community development</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 379H of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2008v">7 U.S.C. 2008v</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0D3D529599FD467599F72DBF1D1065B7" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><section commented="no" id="id22e547726e9643d7847a93ae8054c34d"><enum>379H.</enum><header>Strategic economic and community development</header><subsection commented="no" id="idef91c8a917a84cf0bcacc7b44153daaf"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>In the case of any program under this title or administered by the Secretary, acting through the rural development mission area, as determined by the Secretary (referred to in this section as a <term>covered program</term>), the Secretary shall give priority to an application for a project that, as determined and approved by the Secretary—</text><paragraph commented="no" id="id900e18309b2b4601917866a89592dc84"><enum>(1)</enum><text>meets the applicable eligibility requirements of this title or the other applicable authorizing law;</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id9ddd4a27acc4487faacff55fcca65b30"><enum>(2)</enum><text>will be carried out in a rural area; and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id64dc8ac1316e419fa23e1706fc7eafb5"><enum>(3)</enum><text>supports the implementation of a strategic community investment plan described in subsection (d) on a multisectoral and multijurisdictional basis, to include considerations for improving and expanding broadband services as needed.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="idf030212696b9477796fe183ca4dfc47a"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Reserve</header><paragraph commented="no" id="id7832264da6954c0e92d6e8869227e5ee"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subject to paragraph (2), the Secretary shall reserve not more than 10 percent of the funds made available for a fiscal year for covered programs for projects that support the implementation of a strategic community investment plan described in subsection (d) on a multisectoral and multijurisdictional basis.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id14d342f928a144a48e8b192b4e081d59"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Period</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any funds reserved under paragraph (1) shall only be reserved for the 1-year period beginning on the date on which the funds were first made available, as determined by the Secretary.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="idce5835377c8e47c3ba9c33c4e94ef140"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Approved applications</header><paragraph commented="no" id="id6b98cfb035694d9286b528f3eb2af7c9"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subject to paragraph (2), any applicant who submitted an application under a covered program that was approved before the date of enactment of this section may amend the application to qualify for the funds reserved under subsection (b).</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id3736cf8eaea64bd296e397ade8946980"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Rural utilities</header><text>Any applicant who submitted an application under paragraph (2), (14), or (24) of section 306(a), or section 306A or 310B(b), that was approved by the Secretary before the date of enactment of this section shall be eligible for the funds reserved under subsection (b)—</text><subparagraph commented="no" id="id62CCE99457984FFEA4E836E7C4E864A4"><enum>(A)</enum><text>on the same basis as an application submitted under this section; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id62377E11F6254984AFBC1DA9933493DE"><enum>(B)</enum><text>until September 30, 2019.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id324bde8051aa48ba8fb9f4eebc27cf1c"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Strategic community investment plans</header><paragraph id="idc1594038a9764ae8b4757a457eb2b9a0"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall provide assistance to rural communities in developing strategic community investment plans.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idedff09bf990a412da9ae801791b7bc14"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Plans</header><text>A strategic community investment plan described in paragraph (1) shall include—</text><subparagraph id="id96cd96dce48243d3a35d39bd4d5a39c6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a variety of activities designed to facilitate the vision of a rural community for the future, including considerations for improving and expanding broadband services as needed;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ide8121e335aad4bcd9bdca463acc7d707"><enum>(B)</enum><text>participation by multiple stakeholders, including local and regional partners;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id27603215cc8947c9adc65b22d34a85c8"><enum>(C)</enum><text>leverage of applicable regional resources;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id2258737a378f4b90b8154aa682974662"><enum>(D)</enum><text>investment from strategic partners, such as—</text><clause id="id22775085bc9b4f209aab570e49aabee3"><enum>(i)</enum><text>private organizations;</text></clause><clause id="id1ecff3bd5d914a1790435c1c9a1fbadd"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>cooperatives;</text></clause><clause id="id657e1771637b4871a08aaf4d11d55b92"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>other government entities;</text></clause><clause id="id995799c3c1714e32b401c4aea63eece3"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>Indian Tribes; and</text></clause><clause id="ided149bd1ddbf44f88728f413214bd846"><enum>(v)</enum><text>philanthropic organizations;</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ide1dfea8acc1d47a5a1c8889f86dc3b79"><enum>(E)</enum><text>clear objectives with the ability to establish measurable performance metrics;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id8476ace9ae534190aa9114f60466ee32"><enum>(F)</enum><text>action steps for implementation; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ida74d275ea83a485c9bac8a53ea312a3f"><enum>(G)</enum><text>any other elements necessary to ensure that the plan results in a comprehensive and strategic approach to rural economic development, as determined by the Secretary.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id609aec000d144960b279fc6834859f2f"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Coordination</header><text>The Secretary shall coordinate with Indian Tribes and local, State, regional, and Federal partners to develop strategic community investment plans under this subsection.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id7c4eaecbb45e4583a461c7b476ff783e"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this subsection $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 through 2023, to remain available until expended.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="P5597BAC543AF569E5CCE3E8C8B5EB28" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>6124.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Delta Regional Authority</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="PC430FE2A4DD13DE17C92CEBE4046B8C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>Section 382M(a) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2009aa-12">7 U.S.C. 2009aa–12(a)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="P130E84C14FA89F88D4AAA38FA8400EC"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Termination of authority</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 382N of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2009aa-13">7 U.S.C. 2009aa–13</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="P174B5C5746CFD447A20EBA8EC505A68" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>6125.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Rural business investment program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 384S of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2009cc-18">7 U.S.C. 2009cc–18</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text></section></subtitle><subtitle id="idB90157F02FB94808908D6BA8DA2FBBA9" style="OLC"><enum>B</enum><header>Rural Electrification Act of 1936</header><section id="id5CB7BBCB203940CDBED31EEEEBFE2134"><enum>6201.</enum><header>Electric loan refinancing</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 2(a) of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/902">7 U.S.C. 902(a)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>loans in</quote> and inserting <quote>loans, or refinance loans made by the Secretary under this Act, in</quote>.</text></section><section id="id5CA97E3280644152B1223C393288C4F1"><enum>6202.</enum><header>Technical assistance for rural electrification loans</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 2 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/902">7 U.S.C. 902</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4CF8373407D8450F81EDE0C38ABB748E" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subsection id="id33B08C0E707843859E850471BBE4FF67"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Technical assistance</header><paragraph id="ida7c62eb8320f4b7ab47a609df8a28491"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018, the Secretary shall enter into a memorandum of understanding with the Secretary of Energy under which the Secretary of Energy shall provide technical assistance to applicants for loans made under subsection (a) and section 4(a).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idba775bc0579c467f8d9a347d150a1cc9"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Form of assistance</header><text>The technical assistance that the Secretary may request pursuant to a memorandum of understanding entered into under paragraph (1) may include—</text><subparagraph id="id374F32EC9F8F4A119A6DEB823104EB11"><enum>(A)</enum><text>direct advice;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id6C096544CBDA40E38FA46BA1D40B1076"><enum>(B)</enum><text>tools, maps, and training relating to—</text><clause id="id0020995927264493ae9d10ff8f11c70a"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the implementation of demand-side management of electric and telephone service in rural areas;</text></clause><clause id="id1191590C67D64BE08711A66D6594033F"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>energy efficiency and conservation programs; and</text></clause><clause id="idD6EA9DD7CFA04932B48CA5C504DA4058"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>on-grid and off-grid renewable energy systems; and</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id51bc35a795b34ae8ba96b6f59b7826cc"><enum>(C)</enum><text>any other forms of assistance determined necessary by the Secretary.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section><section id="id95389F3CB7FB4307AA8AA5F8B4F49BF2" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>6203.</enum><header>Loans for telephone service</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 201 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/922">7 U.S.C. 922</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="id7FF1BC16B7AA44DEBA5269FAED5A639C"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking the section designation and all that follows through <quote>From such sums</quote> and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5B1856527C944130AA15FA20D468CD4F" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><section id="idECAA1A568B344D00BB077ABE3FEDB87E"><enum>201.</enum><header>Loans for telephone service</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">From such sums</text></section><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph id="idE770D48931544E96A447837EBD2C5947"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in the second sentence, by striking <quote>associations:</quote> and all that follows through <quote>same subscribers.</quote> and inserting <quote>associations.</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id4B8C7E5A373046EAB9E6C9B59769520B"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in the sixth sentence, by striking <quote>nor shall such loan</quote> and all that follows through <quote>writing)</quote> and inserting <quote>and</quote>.</text></paragraph></section><section id="id8FEFD34D18F74A658E888F3F414BC48F" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>6204.</enum><header>Cushion of credit payments program</header><subsection id="id58A62FB5363E47A39A124220701E8A33"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 313 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/940c">7 U.S.C. 940c</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="idE12269BDE46D4D37914F5E96B1366D67"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)—</text><subparagraph id="id9FEF9A8A4C7F4FB49D64732C4B2C69EE"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraphs (2) and (3) as paragraphs (3) and (4), respectively;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id3077C15B5FAF416EB58303D3882FD714"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (1) the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4F5A362085B04926B196F90366CF658F" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><paragraph id="id7EED14C59A2F491F8BD614C750E1313E"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Termination of deposit authority</header><text>Effective October 1, 2018, no deposits may be made under paragraph (1).</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id2D92E350E958426F81EE20F353BADCA3"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (3) (as so designated), by striking <quote>borrower at a rate of 5 percent per annum.</quote> and inserting the following: “borrower—</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id50E4D35D47104FC29817B30304FB0A34" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subparagraph id="id6192014F9D824601A5526AEB65AB56B2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>for each fiscal year through fiscal year 2018, at a rate of 5 percent; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idD2A67CA044B34AC2AB1ECE02EA3D9FD7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>for fiscal year 2019 and each fiscal year thereafter, at a rate equal to—</text><clause id="idAFF402F8C80D4F49B177EEBB9FCC09EC"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the average interest rate used to make payments on the 5-year Treasury note for the most recent calendar quarter; but</text></clause><clause id="id4AF4DEA0F2B1400FB236FFA02E5C1C24"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>not greater than 5 percent.</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; </after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id695CD0406D8D4D5FA99C88479CD7A0DA"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b)(2)—</text><subparagraph id="id5E78B242ABF84E7AAC5A25BD4D744636"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A)—</text><clause id="idFB6738B2ECF040718310BC74997C91E1"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>The Secretary</quote> and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB9A6CB1FC1B841F99177B09D62D3A907" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><clause id="idDEFC575F304B416A9A4CF626ABFC6DB4"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary</text></clause><after-quoted-block>; </after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause><clause id="id137DC85340F84889AD79F97850CF7F0F"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in clause (i) (as so designated), by striking <quote>Fund to which shall be credited, on a monthly basis,</quote> and inserting the following: “Fund, to be known as the <quote>rural economic development subaccount</quote> (referred to in this paragraph as the <term>subaccount</term>).</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id36C5973C185149E2A709ED89CE4C2814" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><clause id="id172DFCB808404A8A98E4411B70BAA628"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Differential payments</header><text>For each month through September 2021, the Secretary shall credit to the subaccount</text></clause><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause><clause id="id70F66B48B5D84EE4A31F8575D16A5F7D"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>in clause (ii) (as so designated), by striking <quote>the 5 percent</quote> and all that follows through the period at the end and inserting <quote>5 percent.</quote>;</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id74C2F0D77FA543FB91BCC019129E1926"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B)—</text><clause id="id826EB89FA8ED48109BFC12D434F81C37"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>is authorized, from the interest differential sums credited this subaccount</quote> and inserting <quote>shall, from interest differential sums credited under subparagraph (A)(ii) to the subaccount</quote>; and</text></clause><clause id="id093B68FEC30F4E6490F731174B76B0A6"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>to provide</quote> and inserting <quote>provide</quote>;</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id2392F19F4F9247BF8FCF8C58C04B9E54"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in subparagraph (E), by striking <quote>rural economic development</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id99B7C0CCFAC04BB88862D093EEA186DD"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFDCF200242BA4FA2BB4A94C9D586E9B2" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subparagraph id="id14F21FD080FE498489C45A18AAF33365"><enum>(F)</enum><header>Funding</header><clause id="id582456107CC54272BAF3FA91A0A2485C"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Mandatory funding</header><text>Of the funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation, the Secretary shall credit to the subaccount to use for the cost of grants and loans under subparagraphs (B) through (E) $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 and 2023, to remain available until expended.</text></clause><clause id="id915F167D61C54D6D9A8E91423953FBC4"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>In addition to other amounts available in the subaccount for the cost of grants and loans under subparagraphs (B) through (E), there is authorized to be appropriated to the subaccount for the cost of the grants and loans $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 and 2023, to remain available until expended.</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id2D04654B95E345F5A32ED374220FD13F"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming amendments</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id68FBAFF649F44CB78FB2E4A2C6EA0988"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 12(b)(3)(D) of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/912">7 U.S.C. 912(b)(3)(D)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>313(b)(2)(A)</quote> and inserting <quote>313(b)(2)(A)(ii)</quote>.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEE87F84B38D24266948AD98BCAF4859C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Section 313A of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/940c-1">7 U.S.C. 940c–1</external-xref>) is amended in subsections (c)(4)(A) and (e)(2) by striking <quote>313(b)(2)(A)</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>313(b)(2)(A)(i)</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1499A651C28E481EAC7413EA54079CFB" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>6205.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Guarantees for bonds and notes issued for electrification or telephone purposes</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8594031F48B0409DA46F814ED03EA024"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 313A of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/940c-1">7 U.S.C. 940c–1</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id99A775F002E34859AC8D9FCCF982D15C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE9DF200D6D3645EB9F803EC3BFFA4DA0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>Subject to</quote> and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id81C48930B5A94A73B3D7226A388C50BE" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF1FF29C4A7DA4618AA8C753B9CE8E8E9"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Guarantees</header><text>Subject to</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; </after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA4BE459229D0495E9172E298CBB578B8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (1) (as so designated), by striking <quote>basis</quote> and all that follows through the period at the end and inserting <quote>basis, if the proceeds of the bonds or notes are used to make utility infrastructure loans, or refinance bonds or notes issued for those purposes, to a borrower that has at any time received, or is eligible to receive, a loan under this Act.</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1F5ACECD523B4FBA88F06F1F055D9488"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6E87112779AF4C6B83E1FFB459315466" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD7A67A8841B24B08AFC25DA5D69754F3"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Terms</header><text>A bond or note guaranteed under this section shall, by agreement between the Secretary and the borrower—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id20E5E3A537704B3F8040CC39A039A919"><enum>(A)</enum><text>be for a term of 30 years (or another term of years that the Secretary determines is appropriate); and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA90670713C964F5CA78FB3BC353AF53E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>be repaid by the borrower—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0C4B6C7CDE68498ABEE27A6C1DB08CE7"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in periodic installments of principal and interest;</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE96E881F76604A7C8FD38895E19B30E4"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in periodic installments of interest and, at the end of the term of the bond or note, as applicable, by the repayment of the outstanding principal; or</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFA429163131C41E9A07FE906E09D9910"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>through a combination of the methods described in clauses (i) and (ii).</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; </after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF6DD30FEBB4B42A3A45ED7F73FEB3638"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b)—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id228296706C4E451FBED46EA7873EC5D5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>electrification</quote> and all that follows through the period at the end and inserting <quote>purposes described in subsection (a)(1).</quote>;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3C6467D40121409FBD749ACF7CDE6900"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (2);</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3EFD14FD02CB4C2390F3A1BE67B8C75D"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraphs (3) and (4) as paragraphs (2) and (3), respectively; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id64006645CFE24945A3B9A6ADF17DBC9A"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in paragraph (2) (as so redesignated)—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1631FC166FFF43148BF8E1B6A469AB0A"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>for electrification or telephone purposes</quote> and inserting <quote>for eligible purposes described in subsection (a)(1)</quote>; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id979B4948A02142BC874DA57551031CCD"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (C), by striking <quote>subsection (a)</quote> and inserting <quote>subsection (a)(1)</quote>; and</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idACA99A16EACD4A4D8C2816CCD01FA3DD"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (f), by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9B1F966E8AB6406A9DF2C828231CCD95"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Administration</header><text>Beginning on the date of enactment of the <short-title>Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018</short-title>, the Secretary shall continue to carry out section 313A of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/940c-1">7 U.S.C. 940c–1</external-xref>) (as amended by subsection (a)) under a Notice of Solicitation of Applications until the date on which any regulations necessary to carry out the amendments made by subsection (a) are fully implemented.</text></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H52D830DDFA7F45F995DA812B1D6D30A6"><enum>6206.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Access to broadband telecommunications services in rural areas</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 601 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/950bb">7 U.S.C. 950bb</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H05AAFA97EAA249C7A25C1110EC5A8070"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (a), by striking <quote>loans and</quote> and inserting <quote>grants, loans, and</quote>;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H25A38B68FCD94D06A1BD5F3C784A259C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (c)—</text><subparagraph id="H148ADA9AE593406FAEAF0E8072FA787F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the subsection heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Loans and</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Grants, loans, and</header-in-text></quote>;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFA096E5F6612451B9B8E8ED96CD92883"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by inserting <quote>make grants and</quote> after <quote>Secretary shall</quote>;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HAE5400AF288D418B8E6F6DD114CDFD6E"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id42017805ABA64A21AD83511F593FAD9A" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><paragraph id="HFFBFC86EE6EC4F9FA056C9986309770A"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Priority</header><subparagraph id="H351059B952114D79B95F3E365DF3DAFF"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>In making grants, loans, or loan guarantees under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBF51225B71F84C19BA4180307345C29F"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">give the highest priority to applications for projects to provide broadband service to unserved rural communities that do not have any residential broadband service;</text></clause><clause id="id3139251499B449758139038722BDEDC1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>give priority to applications for projects to provide the maximum level of broadband service to the greatest proportion of rural households in the proposed service area identified in the application;</text></clause><clause id="idf3a5e050299a4f88aa267c2bc0b4a8e6"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>give priority to applications for projects to provide rapid and expanded deployment of fixed and mobile broadband on cropland and ranchland within a service territory for use in various applications of precision agriculture;</text></clause><clause id="HF56573B445D94260AE4C76B1A264469D"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>provide equal consideration to all eligible entities, including those that have not previously received grants, loans, or loan guarantees under paragraph (1); and</text></clause><clause id="idC8A180303A004086B6508B5E8ED5E9F1"><enum>(v)</enum><text>with respect to 2 or more applications that are given the same priority under clause (i), give priority to an application that requests less grant funding than loan funding.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H242D95D066CC433BB66E7CCB842211F8"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Other</header><text>After giving priority to the applications described in clauses (i) and (ii) of subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall then give priority to applications—</text><clause id="id3AB58BD930314EA2913FE90CE76CF50B"><enum>(i)</enum><text>for projects to provide broadband service to rural communities—</text><subclause id="idD66519BBE8B64B45B9E447F04EEA084B"><enum>(I)</enum><text>with a population of less than 10,000 permanent residents;</text></subclause><subclause id="idC943B191A6684B0094E26DE05B691264"><enum>(II)</enum><text>that are experiencing outmigration and have adopted a strategic community investment plan under section 379H(d) that includes considerations for improving and expanding broadband service;</text></subclause><subclause id="id33F45BB222124FFD87EE84CFE940582A"><enum>(III)</enum><text>with a high percentage of low income families or persons (as defined in section 501(b) of the Housing Act of 1949 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1471">42 U.S.C. 1471(b)</external-xref>); or</text></subclause><subclause id="id204AD86F42A04B388A0875A342CA2B6D"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>that are isolated from other significant population centers; and</text></subclause></clause><clause id="H1D35414B9902438C9929D36ED3D35A96"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>that were developed with the participation of, and will receive a substantial portion of the funding for the project from, 1 or more stakeholders, including—</text><subclause id="H275787E925F14AADBB1F28CE0573DA96"><enum>(I)</enum><text>State, local, and tribal governments;</text></subclause><subclause id="H6A4481A0567F4EFE9AD4E646631829C7"><enum>(II)</enum><text>nonprofit institutions;</text></subclause><subclause id="H8B24A200AFE74F33933FD8F7AF1F72C9"><enum>(III)</enum><text>community anchor institutions, such as—</text><item id="id77578B6544E24B3EB707F6AA61FA2E45"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>public libraries;</text></item><item id="id428D19A158794F8CB001B5FD1B55DE79"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>elementary schools and secondary schools (as defined in section 8101 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/7801">20 U.S.C. 7801</external-xref>));</text></item><item id="id08CBD02AC36D4579BBECD06F4A7C53B1"><enum>(cc)</enum><text>institutions of higher education; and</text></item><item id="id5EF958DF6330474A80DDC3D2952A3BDD"><enum>(dd)</enum><text>health care facilities;</text></item></subclause><subclause id="H940F63A998224C25B5F20EBC29976474"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>private entities; and</text></subclause><subclause id="HD3886149F8FF46DE842D0676BA051F47"><enum>(V)</enum><text>philanthropic organizations.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id6FDF4DCC24854270880D2F3F93E80F6D"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Identification of unserved communities</header><clause id="idDD0C829BA2B14A369B84D87BB70CD0B6"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>In the case of an application given the highest priority under subparagraph (A)(i), the Secretary shall confirm that each unserved rural community identified in the application is eligible for funding by—</text><subclause id="idB5DFFC4E073642CB8365BE3CC36A7797"><enum>(I)</enum><text>conferring with and obtaining data from the Chair of the Federal Communications Commission and the Administrator of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration with respect to the service level in the service area proposed in the application;</text></subclause><subclause id="id74F22E2953974AE8AB2F4454E042A620"><enum>(II)</enum><text>reviewing any other source that is relevant to service data validation, as determined by the Secretary; and</text></subclause><subclause id="id0A7E4E3CA5D24B4898EA873C28BAD435"><enum>(III)</enum><text>performing site-specific testing to verify the unavailability of any residential broadband service in the unserved rural community.</text></subclause></clause><clause id="HFBA35DB279D345ACA375407DD54329C0"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Adjustments</header><text>Not less often than once every 2 years, the Secretary shall review, and may adjust through notice published in the Federal Register, the unserved communities identified under clause (i).</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idA19540BC8E1747FEA050551CC5D749C0"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraph (3) (as added by section 6117(b)) as paragraph (4); and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idCE0BA4E74F7D45D6A57CC00FA79367B0"><enum>(E)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (2) the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF47D900A35BA4B4482AA82B73167E8F9" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><paragraph id="H1344D671542440ED813638B6DDB3FD2C"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Grant amounts</header><subparagraph id="idF1E231BE48524494B99036DEFB98AA38"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Definition of development costs</header><text>In this paragraph, the term <term>development costs</term> means costs of—</text><clause id="id468A9C3A09A2492DB39683DA7AA7A505"><enum>(i)</enum><text>construction, including labor and materials;</text></clause><clause id="id3FA0815D7BFC41ADB48311D3F90CF59E"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>project applications; and</text></clause><clause id="id155F9965445145B6AB6F5D8CC9207C4B"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>other development activities, as determined by the Secretary.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H69C89F77F7CB4B92BBB08A16CC36BA69"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Eligibility</header><text>To be eligible for a grant under this section, the project that is the subject of the grant shall be carried out in a rural area.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H875FBD6734654D4D8F3E6ADFFB14A924"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Maximum</header><text>Except as provided in subparagraph (D), the amount of any grant made under this section shall not exceed 50 percent of the development costs of the project for which the grant is provided.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC096623F35B741F7B3A32FF40A82D3FA"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Secretarial authority to adjust</header><text>The Secretary may make grants of up to 75 percent of the development costs of the project for which the grant is provided to an eligible entity if the Secretary determines that the project serves—</text><clause id="id1BA205BE136C4F77B7D288D556245770"><enum>(i)</enum><text>an area of rural households described in paragraph (2)(A)(ii); and</text></clause><clause id="id0F58C55A6BF040EB90B440CFA36798A5"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a rural community described in any of subclauses (I) through (IV) of paragraph (2)(B)(i).</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; </after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H2CBB5E4BA78547C48621B789E4EC13E3"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (d)—</text><subparagraph id="H381F18F6323D470AA9784C39175BF5EA"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)—</text><clause id="idFBFB2A2FF1334D7B803DAF496C97BB1A"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A)—</text><subclause id="H52F78C6F49454024A0665E59246136D3"><enum>(I)</enum><text>in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking <quote>loan or</quote> and inserting <quote>grant, loan, or</quote>;</text></subclause><subclause id="H90E940BE11334DAAB4B882894187D3C8"><enum>(II)</enum><text>in clause (ii), by striking <quote>a loan application</quote> and inserting <quote>an application</quote>; and</text></subclause><subclause id="H97F8639345504D509D28BBCA11ECEA94"><enum>(III)</enum><text>in clause (iii)—</text><item id="HC4588ED5C54246609358AFBFEBBF3C08"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>by striking <quote>service</quote> and inserting <quote>infrastructure</quote>;</text></item><item id="idD286D19DC9EB42BAB37D2C3327C56A36"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>by striking <quote>loan</quote> the first place it appears;</text></item><item id="id7E497174A619428B9266E48F4F3AC3B1"><enum>(cc)</enum><text>by striking <quote>3</quote> and inserting <quote>5</quote>; and</text></item><item id="HF1E9AAF1807D4F419E8BAB4E96EE4621"><enum>(dd)</enum><text>by striking <quote>proceeds from the loan made or guaranteed under this section are</quote> and inserting <quote>assistance under this section is</quote>; and</text></item></subclause></clause><clause id="id000E7DBBD4F545A1A830304B097EDD22"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id450A67BDC58144DE8F979FE63910423B" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC4AC3A9B40B0425EB748A22447DD07C4"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Relation to universal service high-cost support</header><text>The Secretary shall coordinate with the Federal Communications Commission to ensure that any grants, loans, or loan guarantees made under this section complement and do not conflict with universal service high-cost support (as defined in section 54.5 of title 47, Code of Federal Regulations, or any successor regulation) provided by the Commission.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H84A498D00B9E496FBF9E713D565C923F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)—</text><clause id="H49F94C194E3E4812B58BBB488CA6D5A3"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A)—</text><subclause id="HF22646D01C6A4E4E91BE2DED604D2322"><enum>(I)</enum><text>in the matter preceding clause (i)—</text><item id="H0067AF18B3B5442CB2ABD5FCBF1F9C8F"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>by striking <quote>the proceeds of a loan made or guaranteed</quote> and inserting <quote>assistance</quote>; and</text></item><item id="H9CA3EF2737024518BD891B7A6A919512"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>by striking <quote>for the loan or loan guarantee</quote> and inserting <quote>of the eligible entity</quote>;</text></item></subclause><subclause id="HF64F4B1C12354A36B11A9B43DDF35742"><enum>(II)</enum><text>in clause (i)—</text><item id="id1AF24295D8CE48288AA6EFF7B3788210"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>by striking <quote>15</quote> and inserting <quote>90</quote>; and</text></item><item id="id7B12EEC511574F629553A38B1D667418"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>by striking <quote>level of broadband service</quote> and inserting <quote>level of fixed broadband service, whether terrestrial or wireless,</quote>; and</text></item></subclause><subclause id="idC73C09E2CD894E2086B06711D8FF428E"><enum>(III)</enum><text>in clause (ii), by striking <quote>3</quote> and inserting <quote>2</quote>;</text></subclause></clause><clause id="idECFFE59526EC4A9598A013FCA2B36AF6"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (C), by striking clause (ii) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4372C04B482141CDB9A49701727ECB1A" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><clause id="id6E7DF97B64904908A359DB1579394E66"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Exceptions</header><text>Clause (i) shall not apply if the applicant is eligible for funding under another title of this Act.</text></clause><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF72F62BB91754EFB83DAFA021B75F317"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (3), in subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>loan or</quote> and inserting <quote>grant, loan, or</quote>;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE2322A7B989D4E1CA82060048ABE654B"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in paragraph (4), by striking <quote>loan or</quote> and inserting <quote>grant, loan, or</quote>;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2E7ED037D5BC44A1AFEDA2BDD9B687E6"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (5)(A), in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking <quote>loan or</quote> and inserting <quote>grant, loan, or</quote>;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8457ED03BCB644B8A5A6D1A4A1C91295"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (6), by striking <quote>loan or</quote> and inserting <quote>grant, loan, or</quote>;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2CA074D3F542467DAAA82BBA168872FA"><enum>(G)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraph (7) as subparagraph (B) and indenting appropriately;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6ACDC824B6224B47B115286F5D4CF573"><enum>(H)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (6) the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB9E20D97764B4281A4BD17F9F7C4B9E1" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8CF8465CD66B44CEB82DF736C964522C"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Application process</header><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id35A2060A4B93416DB19C2C943D1E26A4"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall provide to an applicant of a grant, loan, or loan guarantee under this section feedback and decisions on funding in a timely manner.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H821C720DDBD74A03850DC0AFC188F2D1"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (7)(B) (as so redesignated), by striking <quote>may seek a determination of area eligibility prior to preparing a loan application under this section.</quote> and inserting the following: “may, before preparing an application under this section—</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id18763B12DC4649879830C0FA4EBDC307" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id25B9CC92B10E4481B215C56AD03CDBE9"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">seek a determination of area eligibility; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAC2AC919E0B74C738ACB36BA96D7FFB5"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>submit to the Secretary a proposal for a project, on which the Secretary shall provide feedback regarding how the proposal could be changed to improve the likelihood that the Secretary would approve the application.</text></clause><after-quoted-block>; </after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF97AC8CEA67E454A88CDFA51E50FDB2D"><enum>(J)</enum><text>in paragraph (10)(A), by striking <quote>15</quote> and inserting <quote>30</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4BC097E4FCB24F73B044219D9977B869"><enum>(K)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB48BB9E13ECD42FD8D9D6BB72BF6921B" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2FCDDFCFEAF34A18B5877CE6A3682F36"><enum>(11)</enum><header>Technical assistance and training</header><subparagraph id="H8B5864F92275472A9E91394392B92094"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may provide eligible entities described in paragraph (1) that are applying for a grant, loan, or loan guarantee for a project described in subsection (c)(2)(A)(i) technical assistance and training—</text><clause id="HEB25B3E71651468D85404ADF21A3926D"><enum>(i)</enum><text>to prepare reports and surveys necessary to request grants, loans, and loan guarantees under this section for broadband deployment;</text></clause><clause id="id74A15D44C77C416AB4997D4EDFB81958"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>to improve management, including financial management, relating to the proposed broadband deployment;</text></clause><clause id="HF7313687CA4944F187CA74321D66EDEA"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>to prepare applications for grants, loans, and loan guarantees under this section; or</text></clause><clause id="H43163394809841998B20C599416654F1"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>to assist with other areas of need identified by the Secretary.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H08BAD65607D1447FB754E9AF8690E61A"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Funding</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not less than 3 percent and not more than 5 percent of amounts appropriated to carry out this section for a fiscal year shall be used for technical assistance and training under this paragraph.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB57BC9ED160E4D07884DBA7408FFFA9E"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subsection (e)(1)—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0BAA7A5BD7D648DBAED22D61F85660F6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>4-Mbps</quote> and inserting <quote>25-Mbps</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id27F28F78B41D4EB8A2113494CA6B5EA6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B), by striking <quote>1-Mbps</quote> and inserting <quote>3-Mbps</quote>;</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7A7AF81D229042D2A18873B1295F552E"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (f), by striking <quote>make a loan or loan guarantee</quote> and inserting <quote>provide assistance</quote>;</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFB34B76B8673401CB85B6CA3051FBCF1"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (j)—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5AAE7E4555EB4A51864B6E23EF65417B"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking <quote>loan and loan guarantee</quote>;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H58DF8EEC71994F03B14F74AC4DB92FD4"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (1), by inserting <quote>grants and</quote> after <quote>number of</quote>;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA99A7BFFE30346E0AEC58CDD83D47D2D"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (2)—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF8820EFD86EB49BE9960A27045EAFD3B"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>loan</quote>; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC64BC1700203440F96583F42E49BC4AF"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (B), by striking <quote>loans and</quote> and inserting <quote>grants, loans, and</quote>; and</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD3A9D634E45740DA9A83B25638262893"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (3), by striking <quote>loan</quote>;</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H49C49C06CD5D4319A3A6C6ED507B3ACC"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating subsections (k) and (l) as subsections (m) and (n), respectively;</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H36AF71235FA44F8DB16C57F1555A87D6"><enum>(8)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting after subsection (j) the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0395E084373741D3B2402A59B5BFB010" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7CBA7F73357E476B821E426AF1E1AF6A"><enum>(k)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Broadband buildout data</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">As a condition of receiving a grant, loan, or loan guarantee under this section, a recipient of assistance shall provide to the Secretary complete, reliable, and precise geolocation information that indicates the location of new broadband service that is being provided or upgraded within the service territory supported by the grant, loan, or loan guarantee not later than 30 days after the earlier of—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF2DA9E1017724DD0B4D6D6574892A346"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the date of completion of any project milestone established by the Secretary; or</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H15470E77C7A64B4FB123484CB6DCA886"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the date of completion of the project.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC4FD379DDA3D4948BF97D1ED69CD4007"><enum>(l)</enum><header>Environmental reviews</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may obligate, but not disperse, funds under this Act before the completion of otherwise required environmental, historical, or other types of reviews if the Secretary determines that a subsequent site-specific review shall be adequate and easily accomplished for the location of towers, poles, or other broadband facilities in the service area of the borrower without compromising the project or the required reviews.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA94617CB843A4CC79AB1630E7D2478F4"><enum>(9)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (m) (as so redesignated)—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H699BD5FDDD184AB482021B3546210F28"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (1)—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDAFB82497E57444A9D1142D20943F72A"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>$25,000,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$150,000,000</quote>; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDCBD7738E2074CFC9B707A74760E439F"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>2008 through 2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2019 through 2023</quote>; and</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBE5B6A3FB1F642089C47BB33F0F8C30A"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (2)(A)—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5E29F0EE6C4E48B88FD7164C2AB1157E"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in clause (i), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9B9E72C8533A4AA48530D74D8431C70F"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in clause (ii), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7F88476B35134E7584CA829FB6348838"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA24E8184C7214D94A0781634CF72838C" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H31A0D1BFFCEC4CE4ACFF7BAB0E924882"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">set aside at least 1 percent to be used for—</text><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9A6200E827B3404CB453C23AD500B9B6"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">conducting oversight under this section; and</text></subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H54FDEEA7322A41EC8C1583753E699BB0"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">implementing accountability measures and related activities authorized under this section.</text></subclause></clause><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3AA9559C97844EDABA2D764CE71906BD"><enum>(10)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (n) (as so redesignated)—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id384D2A49E6164BD5B1A715820FA085AC"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>loan or</quote> and inserting <quote>grant, loan, or</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1FCF1D3B9D074F89A855B4C026E343E4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="id5426BA83016542499F6177F51A37803C"><enum>6207.</enum><header>Community Connect Grant Program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Title VI of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/950bb">7 U.S.C. 950bb</external-xref> et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFBEC54BAB6014A02A65CA94A1B3D2CDF" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><section id="id40FDA2E06C7A4658B3AA2B4A185CA28C"><enum>604.</enum><header>Community Connect Grant Program</header><subsection id="idFFAC8CB8CF4C4BE686BDA5C94FD51609"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text><paragraph commented="no" id="idC34914E8DBA74F0C83AFA901B7BC404A"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Eligible broadband service</header><text>The term <quote>eligible broadband service</quote> means broadband service that has the capability to transmit data at a speed specified by the Secretary, which may not be less than the applicable minimum download and upload speeds established by the Federal Communications Commission in defining the term <term>advanced telecommunications capability</term> for purposes of section 706 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/47/1302">47 U.S.C. 1302</external-xref>).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id2064BAEF239849DF809688189787C35D"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Eligible service area</header><text>The term <term>eligible service area</term> means an area in which broadband service capacity is less than—</text><subparagraph id="id621D306EEBE0447AB756A0C5753BD323"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a 10-Mbps downstream transmission capacity; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id4065E980B11741F2AFF08C63276A88F5"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a 1-Mbps upstream transmission capacity.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idE50C3BC71F8C473F8DF692A5DCEB539E"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Eligible entity</header><subparagraph id="id43E32D2AC6E24E3CAE2E716EC25188E8"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The term <term>eligible entity</term> means a legally organized entity that—</text><clause id="idD570E63469A94A9DB1210AD2782178E1"><enum>(i)</enum><text>is—</text><subclause id="id31BD0EC8453647C59FA1171889ED180C"><enum>(I)</enum><text>an incorporated organization;</text></subclause><subclause id="id2A9064AFEF68444E929A720DD826B91C"><enum>(II)</enum><text>an Indian Tribe or Tribal organization;</text></subclause><subclause id="id43188BDBAFD24DC48CF68B4907A2E7AB"><enum>(III)</enum><text>a State;</text></subclause><subclause id="id9152F748F437407599AA1C3103308B4A"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>a unit of local government; or</text></subclause><subclause id="id74E6F128955A4A9FB229E8B25739D590"><enum>(V)</enum><text>any other legal entity, including a cooperative, a private corporation, or a limited liability company, that is organized on a for-profit or a not-for-profit basis; and</text></subclause></clause><clause id="id92DECAA90004425BA10C99953B6CB348"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>has the legal capacity and authority to enter into a contract, to comply with applicable Federal laws, and to own and operate broadband facilities, as proposed in the application submitted by the entity for a grant under the Program.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idAFD31F5893984045BF36E9DE12E14377"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Exclusions</header><text>The term <term>eligible entity</term> does not include—</text><clause id="id2ADBB94005974B208809445CE66BCC86"><enum>(i)</enum><text>an individual; or</text></clause><clause id="id552722304F7E464BAB3FD527B970ED3D"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a partnership.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id94D0FA6E9C5749CCBF4387D07279950C"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Program</header><text>The term <term>Program</term> means the Community Connect Grant Program established under subsection (b).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idEF9C128AABED406BBA7A700D06F98FAD"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Rural area</header><text>The term <term>rural area</term> has the meaning given the term in section 601(b)(3)(A).</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id5690802429E9428BA23A9A5DCBA1E378"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>The Secretary shall establish a program, to be known as the <quote>Community Connect Grant Program</quote>, to provide grants to eligible entities to finance broadband transmission in rural areas.</text></subsection><subsection id="id500791D7248444E2A6E87DAD04F95CC2"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Eligible projects</header><text>An eligible entity that receives a grant under the Program shall use the grant to carry out a project that—</text><paragraph id="idC89D7D65E66742209828607687DA0B54"><enum>(1)</enum><text>provides eligible broadband service to, within the proposed eligible service area described in the application submitted by the eligible entity—</text><subparagraph id="id0F3112B1F6434BFAA60706C853E69FB8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>each essential community facility funded under 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>); and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id990697D5A3404814B3A7EBA25DCBDC76"><enum>(B)</enum><text>any required facilities necessary to offer that eligible broadband service to each residential and business customer; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id59D2CCF09BAB40D3B16FC0C602E3042F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>for not less than 2 years—</text><subparagraph id="id876CA6849928475991C3BFECEA80C989"><enum>(A)</enum><text>furnishes free wireless eligible broadband service to a community center described in subsection (d)(1)(B);</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idB7B3363BC0494DE991B56441C5A4A039"><enum>(B)</enum><text>provides not fewer than 2 computer access points for that free wireless eligible broadband service; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idcfe8ef52c64e43b4869717c799a84482"><enum>(C)</enum><text>covers the cost of bandwidth to provide free eligible broadband service to each essential community facility funded under 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>) within the proposed eligible service area described in the application submitted by the eligible entity.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idAC1F8A96BE1C4F6C8BF1516556B888E4"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Uses of grant funds</header><paragraph id="id07202AD710BA4989BFB153EFFC862F4F"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>An eligible entity that receives a grant under the Program may use the grant for—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id49C3D8D123164386AF7F0ABAECD47284"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the construction, acquisition, or leasing of facilities (including spectrum), land, or buildings to deploy eligible broadband service; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idfd94b87d9db04ecbbcae9dfb066cd3f0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the improvement, expansion, construction, or acquisition of a community center within the proposed eligible service area described in the application submitted by the eligible entity.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idACAB8CDD8E1840F28D73D26C89391FB6"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Ineligible uses</header><text>An eligible entity that receives a grant under the Program shall not use the grant for—</text><subparagraph id="idbed5e6f63e2e44f6bcd4f870d5c20e2c"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the duplication of any existing broadband service provided by another entity in the eligible service area; or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id0444c962ac1343fe8c1d28fe7dde0f7b"><enum>(B)</enum><text>operating expenses, except as provided in—</text><clause id="id72315E916C6F4B40B1297972DF018989"><enum>(i)</enum><text>subsection (c)(2)(C) with respect to free wireless eligible broadband service; and</text></clause><clause id="id5D4DE8B92D234A9B92CBAA014D3E9DD0"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>paragraph (1)(A) with respect to spectrum.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id7FD368C3178F4A72A3C71B6358797959"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Free access for community centers</header><text>Of the amounts provided to an eligible entity under a grant under the Program, the eligible entity shall use to carry out paragraph (1)(B) not greater than the lesser of—</text><subparagraph id="id312A5819A1B245F2B4B54A21A73BC321"><enum>(A)</enum><text>10 percent; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id03388537404D44FB930B2ED72F7723B6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>$150,000.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idB1BDB3FEEC844CD6958A5AF163D7C1B1"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Matching funds</header><paragraph id="id300D7015962142BB867B0EFB8381C003"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>An eligible entity that receives a grant under the Program shall provide a cash contribution in an amount that is not less than 15 percent of the amount of the grant.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idEA18EC828CC444789A214B198E2050B7"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>A cash contribution described in paragraph (1)—</text><subparagraph id="id7EB1852F7A1D42DDA4A367312F8FDCA6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>shall be used solely for the project for which the eligible entity receives a grant under the Program; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id86E91B9FFE414EF1AD545005F4E9E885"><enum>(B)</enum><text>shall not include any Federal funds, unless a Federal statute specifically provides that those Federal funds may be considered to be from a non-Federal source.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idAD04B156B0614D5480554EE07C50E0D3"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Applications</header><paragraph id="id7A06EF53C43F4AB68871EFBE041F584A"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>To be eligible to receive a grant under the Program, an eligible entity shall submit to the Secretary an application at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary may require.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idC54E2C15C777428C85B9D2E4151E2A47"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Requirement</header><text>An application submitted by an eligible entity under paragraph (1) shall include documentation sufficient to demonstrate the availability of funds to satisfy the requirement of subsection (e).</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1001840C6F3E4C948C0BB44622AF8A3B"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $50,000,000 for each fiscal year.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section><section id="H69364136EB6E43D49FF690BB93DD4277"><enum>6208.</enum><header>Transparency in the Telecommunications Infrastructure Loan Program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Title VI of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/950bb">7 U.S.C. 950bb</external-xref> et seq.) (as amended by section 6207) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H41D554C1F56D4E85BD879983BE09BA36" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><section id="HF1EB40549D7445BBA5CDF4A32EEB4323"><enum>605.</enum><header>Transparency in the Telecommunications Infrastructure Loan Program</header><subsection id="HC5210E1A0EF2488D829D4BA4F24F4B5E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Public notice of applications for assistance</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall publish in the Federal Register, and promptly make available to the public, a fully searchable database on the website of Rural Utilities Service that contains, at a minimum—</text><paragraph id="H87FAF6286253445DA2889DAF197D4652"><enum>(1)</enum><text>notice of each application for a loan from the Telecommunications Infrastructure Loan and Guarantee Program under this Act describing the application, including—</text><subparagraph id="HA0EE2E07A61F4D54A9C9AA50EB6C19C0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the identity of the applicant;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB141F1B6DBC74083A1AC94FAF0069B45"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a description of the application, including—</text><clause id="H20FBAD4E8C984B9B84956F1398CC0345"><enum>(i)</enum><text>each census block proposed to be served by the applicant; and</text></clause><clause id="H0D2106F40BEE41A2B2CE78E6E24DAC0A"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the amount and type of support requested by the applicant;</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1EF49B0411AA4C94BAA133C94FC840FD"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the status of the application;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE0B57D8827FB4E0C92B7BFEF08A29210"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the estimated number and proportion of households in each census block under subparagraph (B)(i) that are without telecommunications service; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H85765285D15945A7A9377623B3DD3787"><enum>(E)</enum><text>a list of the census block groups, in a manner specified by the Secretary, to which the applicant proposes to provide service; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H3B4FDD0A71D74036AED409FE1D055878"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">notice of each borrower receiving assistance under the Telecommunications Infrastructure Loan and Guarantee Program under this Act, including—</text><subparagraph id="HDDAE916C4F594106AFBA4FC2C5C045A4"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the name of the borrower;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H50C5F2BDE1FD44F0A514ECABFA05B5E2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the type of assistance being received; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H42DC314133F94E6F9C97A8AF6561DDD2"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the purpose for which the borrower is receiving the assistance; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H47F51BE6E5CC417CB69C21DCF38CDCA4"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">such other information as is sufficient to allow the public to understand the assistance provided under the Telecommunications Infrastructure Loan and Guarantee Program under this Act.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H5449AD2105C04312866397214374E3F4"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Opportunity for the public to submit information</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall, with respect to an application for a loan under the Telecommunications Infrastructure Loan and Guarantee Program under this Act—</text><paragraph id="H7A9AE056A48A4A3AAAB6810E44AE56A7"><enum>(1)</enum><text>for a period of not less than 15 days after the date on which the notice required by subsection (a)(1) is provided with respect to the application, provide an opportunity for an interested party to voluntarily submit information concerning the services that the party offers in the census blocks described in subsection (a)(1)(B)(i), such that the Secretary may assess whether approving the application would result in any duplication of lines, facilities, or systems that are providing reasonably adequate services; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H665890A894034BA482C1D21E73BAA7A7"><enum>(2)</enum><text>if no interested party submits information under paragraph (1), consider the number of providers in the census block group to be established by using broadband deployment data from the most recent Form 477 data collection of the Federal Communications Commission.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section><section id="idF6EE45C6EEF44CE8844100BC48462FFD"><enum>6209.</enum><header>Refinancing of broadband and telephone loans</header><subsection id="id75a4d3bc75c34fb586d580ad3e21fabd"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 201 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/922">7 U.S.C. 922</external-xref>) is amended, in the fifth sentence, by striking <quote>furnishing telephone service in rural areas:</quote> and all that follows through <quote>40 per centum of any loan made under this title.</quote> and inserting <quote>furnishing telephone service in rural areas, including indebtedness of recipients on another telecommunications loan made under this Act.</quote>.</text></subsection><subsection id="idbfd0402d0622465d8bda1f96a9647138"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Broadband</header><text>Section 601(i) of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/950bb">7 U.S.C. 950bb(i)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>Act if the use of</quote> and all that follows through the period at the end and inserting <quote>Act, or on any other loan if that loan would have been for an eligible purpose under this Act.</quote>.</text></subsection></section><section id="idB07CDB26FF9F4717B1A28BBBFEADF45A"><enum>6210.</enum><header>Cybersecurity and grid security improvements</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Title III of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/931">7 U.S.C. 931</external-xref> et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id84001EA45F7C4835937B9011B3B51228" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id02D4082750954A518514C06A33D12526" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>319.</enum><header>Cybersecurity and grid security improvements</header><subsection id="iddab3b9f2b11c43d698b87bd7059b4eb9"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definition of cybersecurity and grid security improvements</header><text>In this section, the term <term>cybersecurity and grid security improvements</term> means investment in the development, expansion, and modernization of rural utility infrastructure that addresses known cybersecurity and grid security risks.</text></subsection><subsection id="idE6958F037A4240C490FC8ED6A49E0A33"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Loans and loan guarantees</header><text>The Secretary may make or guarantee loans under this title and title I for cybersecurity and grid security improvements.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section></subtitle><subtitle commented="no" id="P03D56AED465E26227587A6A5B610FC6"><enum>C</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Miscellaneous</header><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="P4C183BAE435127C94C5B36B98FFF6B9" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>6301.</enum><header>Distance learning and telemedicine</header><subsection id="id49E73F5EC97646C7B4692B6D206A2214"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Substance use disorder treatment services</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 2333(c) of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/950aaa-2">7 U.S.C. 950aaa–2(c)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF8360B78F68B4084AEA25C2777E94730" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><paragraph id="id667E85D4882C4E2EBF0049CA7257CDE0"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Substance use disorder treatment services</header><subparagraph id="id211C510D04EC4A9680F657A738EC5952"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subject to subparagraph (B), the Secretary shall make available not less than 20 percent of amounts made available under section 2335A for financial assistance under this chapter for substance use disorder treatment services.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF8E9F7183A7947D48B5D0A5D082DE72C"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Exception</header><text>In the case of a fiscal year for which the Secretary determines that there are not sufficient qualified applicants to receive financial assistance for substance use disorder treatment services to reach the 20-percent requirement under subparagraph (A), the Secretary may make available less than 20 percent of amounts made available under section 2335A for those services.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection id="PAC9E362B484CAC19D1B4DB9BC365F4C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>Section 2335A of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/950aaa-5">7 U.S.C. 950aaa–5</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text></subsection><subsection id="id0A58963BA5E14A00A75118C1D1EE9F1B"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Conforming amendment</header><text>Section 1(b) of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/102/551">Public Law 102–551</external-xref> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/950aaa">7 U.S.C. 950aaa</external-xref> note) is amended by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="PE172CB2C43F322A4FA84AE8CCD8D75D" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>6302.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Rural energy savings program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 6407 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/8107a">7 U.S.C. 8107a</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE923E88BB6444098844330B2C065B30B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (b)(2), by striking <quote>efficiency.</quote> and inserting <quote>efficiency (including cost-effective on- or off-grid renewable energy or energy storage systems).</quote>;</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9D7D6D022A2C422A94A426BB974E13EB"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (c)—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8BC99319CBA440CDB745073F4D37A946"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraphs (4) through (7) as paragraphs (5) through (8), respectively;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id49B7F6F014AE4871944DF5EA9DF3CACF"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (3) the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id91C32DD2F4A94F24B4E9CD7F3BD76301" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id03070C8C89E74BD2B43FB866E05B0DC3"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Eligibility for other loans</header><text>The Secretary shall not include any debt incurred by a borrower under this section in the calculation of the debt-equity ratio of the borrower for purposes of eligibility for loans under the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/901">7 U.S.C. 901</external-xref> et seq.).</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC2DB1BD786284AB593B43C813076B9B1"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B) of paragraph (5) (as so redesignated), by striking <quote>(6)</quote> and inserting <quote>(7)</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF8478FB60F7E40DB904110A1874E9ADA"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1EC3E5EC28674A70A44D31BE844A99A2" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id494958586AB6485AB3E08CD2060BC724"><enum>(9)</enum><header>Accounting</header><text>The Secretary shall take appropriate steps to streamline the accounting requirements on borrowers under this section while maintaining adequate assurances of the repayment of the loans.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9DF3843E187C4452A59E3630D23EA3F5"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (d)(1)(A), by striking <quote>3 percent</quote> and inserting <quote>6 percent</quote>;</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB0E362B2D6A74042A5812B1662B2BCFE"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by redesignating subsection (h) as subsection (i);</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6C13C17C477D4B4496595DC22DFABA5A"><enum>(5)</enum><text>by inserting after subsection (g) the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFD6641EDB83447C88ACDE2B147C55A85" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id487DEC13F5DE4BECB95D5A8E5C551849"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Publication</header><text>Not later than 120 days after the end of each fiscal year, the Secretary shall publish a description of—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id240F87F5C7AC4CFFBAE25B6391B3C7B2"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the number of applications received under this section for that fiscal year;</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4FF9ED2BAEC24DA99BF6258A2BD49EBB"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the number of loans made to eligible entities under this section for that fiscal year; and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id155FEDC0F15340C9B97001FB05F683A0"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the recipients of the loans described in paragraph (2).</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2F84B122EDA0421AB6A09C344650C974"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (i) (as so redesignated), by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text></paragraph></section><section id="id0BD0AC8A7DED4C148AB94163E4C8BC75" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>6303.</enum><header>Rural health and safety education programs</header><subsection id="id9A274B984E0C4BD2AD270D7627607311"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 502(i) of the Rural Development Act of 1972 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2662">7 U.S.C. 2662(i)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="idCCD13BC2BDE24779A319E3CE1449BE8F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraph (5) as paragraph (6); and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idF7AD6CF459744AD7BBA9354D44F8F15F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (4) the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4E255568E2B44E4BB1883B1F47833C24" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><paragraph id="idCFCB775DCEDC48FFA126D07026AAD8F5"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Substance use disorder education and prevention</header><text>In making grants under this subsection, the Secretary shall give priority to an applicant that will use the grant for substance use disorder education, prevention, or treatment.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id553449BF9BAA48D7A749ABD9651ED45E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Technical amendments</header><text>Title V of the Rural Development Act of 1972 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2661">7 U.S.C. 2661</external-xref> et seq.) (as amended by subsection (a)) is amended—</text><paragraph id="id39EB3A9CFC3D4FB7BD921CD4C2E388B4"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in section 502, in the matter preceding subsection (a), by inserting <quote>(referred to in this title as the <term>Secretary</term>)</quote> after <quote>Agriculture</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id19025C07AF5C4866ADA4247F2B7C48CB"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking <quote>Secretary of Agriculture</quote> each place it appears (other than in section 502 in the matter preceding subsection (a)) and inserting <quote>Secretary</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id74D3DE0804F14F76BADDC2FE78AF8738" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>6304.</enum><header>Northern Border Regional Commission reauthorization</header><subsection id="HCFD55A618D164E94872179DDCE47F33A"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Administrative expenses of regional commissions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 15304(c)(3)(A) of title 40, United States Code, is amended by striking <quote>unanimous</quote> and inserting <quote>majority</quote>.</text></subsection><subsection id="H51AE9DC8538E4330A0F85B82D768CA69"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Economic and infrastructure development grants</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 15501 of title 40, United States Code, is amended—</text><paragraph id="H06AC71A395F24F02A1F5DE7EB2B7B7C8"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)—</text><subparagraph id="idD3D27C38BE3B4DBC96E755EE383F0C61"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (7), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id3667B90BEA1C481098D906E987592F70"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraph (8) as paragraph (9); and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id06EA48230B4E436C839DAE457B20C570"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (7) the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBEEBE964749244CE937665F910091198" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><paragraph id="id2A5175A74129480883D9EB7A3D88FD11"><enum>(8)</enum><text>to grow the capacity for successful community economic development in its region; and</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idA8CD301416F1430AB59299B492218198"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b), by striking <quote>paragraphs (1) through (3)</quote> and inserting <quote>paragraph (1), (2), (3), or (7)</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HCD6904953AA84642BB01113BF2270912"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (f), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>, except that financial assistance may be used as otherwise authorized by this subtitle to attract businesses to the region from outside the United States.</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="id76E6CCAE1CA446D7BAD178219028A6EB"><enum>(c)</enum><header>State capacity building grant program</header><paragraph commented="no" id="idD6F688E39BC2479BA1769408D76C3ED4"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this subsection:</text><subparagraph commented="no" id="id1AEDD7271AFA4F4FB45BA5EBC866EB6F"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Commission</header><text>The term <term>Commission</term> means the Northern Border Regional Commission established by section 15301(a)(3) of title 40, United States Code.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id0D0554958ECE40D2BA494BE5B3A3CA2E"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Commission State</header><text>The term <term>Commission State</term> means each of the States of Maine, New Hampshire, New York, and Vermont.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id1DCE7262EB3746B9B68A0E217E610F23"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Eligible county</header><text>The term <term>eligible county</term> means a county described in section 15733 of title 40, United States Code.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="idC21B570A81B14C5C86E4D8045FCC8D67"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Program</header><text>The term <term>program</term> means the State capacity building grant program established under paragraph (2).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id41553980EE944E5BAE34EB94E5C1DEB2"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Commission shall establish a State capacity building grant program to provide grants to Commission States to carry out the purpose under paragraph (3).</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="idD85A5073F38F41EEAB07175D61795D95"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Purpose</header><text>The purpose of the program is to support the efforts of Commission States—</text><subparagraph commented="no" id="id873694FC446E4BED965B4D60C7EE4B4E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to better support business retention and expansion in eligible counties;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id6B0A6B97E3FB4385A5476F2BFEFDB874"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to create programs to encourage job creation and workforce development;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id519C9FB412444B469AE1D610F4570442"><enum>(C)</enum><text>to prepare economic and infrastructure plans for eligible counties;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id268E5889DF1A4E738A7AEC7B801C4897"><enum>(D)</enum><text>to expand access to high-speed broadband;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id43E81346DDC44FE0B49491CD4C625D7D"><enum>(E)</enum><text>to encourage initiatives that drive investments in transportation, water, wastewater, and other critical infrastructure;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id1E14F02631264A0BB5B05B6CD41FD0B7"><enum>(F)</enum><text>to create initiatives to increase the effectiveness of local or regional economic developers; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id01C58ABDE11D4CE39D7F15E61365B775"><enum>(G)</enum><text>to implement new or innovative economic development practices that will better position the Commission States to compete in the global economy.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id7022E60168EC4A9CB91CD51A98E8D75F"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Use of funds</header><subparagraph commented="no" id="id7E4FF2250C8944C999D88FDD5A9C4CE6"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Funds from a grant under the program may be used to support a project, program, or expense of the Commission State in an eligible county.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id28718734CAB0411AB8BBC4B941EF1921"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>Funds from a grant under the program shall not be used for—</text><clause commented="no" id="id8CD9433626C64F94A82D7937FF44852A"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the purchase of furniture, fixtures, or equipment; or</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="id2EAA32B5D39E4F519600A5105DFD4B09"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the compensation of—</text><subclause commented="no" id="idCA65769F96F945DDA250DAA79DAE48E6"><enum>(I)</enum><text>any State member of the Commission (as described in section 15301(b)(1)(B) of title 40, United States Code); or</text></subclause><subclause commented="no" id="idBA42977559334D3F912C63D215215DA2"><enum>(II)</enum><text>any State alternate member of the Commission (as described in section 15301(b)(2)(B) of title 40, United States Code).</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id93F4062F65D249189AC0201252FBABF5"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Annual work plan</header><subparagraph commented="no" id="id079244E9491C402DB8EB5D40B39A67D8"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>For each fiscal year, before providing a grant under the program, each Commission State shall provide to the Commission an annual work plan that includes the proposed use of the grant.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="idD68EF91036414B53B929F769FDE5888B"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Approval</header><text>No grant under the program shall be provided to a Commission State unless the Commission has approved the annual work plan of the State.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id2699A0771DB0427CB6832D3211E817E2"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Amount of grant</header><subparagraph commented="no" id="idE4A7BF0CF23041D9AA71B10BD1CC807B"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The amount of a grant provided to a Commission State under the program shall be an amount equal to the share of the State of administrative expenses of the Commission for a fiscal year (as determined under section 15304(c) of title 40, United States Code).</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id5AE9261D4C44476A989B66B5AD0FBE77"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Approval</header><text>For each fiscal year, a grant provided under the program shall be approved and made available as part of the approval of the annual budget of the Commission.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id0ED9637F1C9040808C7BCDB8E21D0F80"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Grant availability</header><text>Funds from a grant under the program shall be available only during the fiscal year for which the grant is provided.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id2F1E3DDF293F4298A7219A54D9995384"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Each fiscal year, each Commission State shall submit to the Commission and make publicly available a report that describes the use of the grant funds and the impact of the program in the State.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id91A3FDBE0B014BDC962A567C899842A8"><enum>(9)</enum><header>Funding</header><subparagraph commented="no" id="id8B4861D7CCCF413384ADEE253BF67EFD"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated such sums as the Commission determines to be necessary, subject to the condition that the Commission may use not more than $5,000,000 to carry out this subsection for any fiscal year.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id901FFFFC6DCC4136B27E0FCB84ADE967"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Supplement, not supplant</header><text>Funds made available to carry out this subsection shall supplement and not supplant funds made available for the Commission and other activities of the Commission.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id5455C247892346BA84156F3F0EF11B96"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Northern Border Regional Commission</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 15733 of title 40, United States Code, is amended—</text><paragraph id="id4B4D10812203488DB6F1F03DDABC076A"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)—</text><subparagraph id="id3A2A7016463E441EB2A649DCD3D10565"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting <quote>Belknap,</quote> before <quote>Carroll,</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idB9DA19475F4D4D1D8E3FFADE45DC266E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>Cheshire,</quote> before <quote>Coos,</quote>; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idBCAFA311F21B4D289C84A7E8AE3BD3EA"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (4)—</text><subparagraph id="id640BE516A5FD4A47983874C41593CCDF"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>Addison, Bennington,</quote> before <quote>Caledonia,</quote>;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idE9182D6508C74EFD9E2EA8D45302259F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>Chittenden,</quote> before <quote>Essex,</quote>;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id23272E7A64184FEAA313E14BDC29CEB0"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by striking <quote>and</quote> and inserting <quote>Orange,</quote> and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id49D8134BA2984A9D9EC437A09D69F87E"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>, Rutland, Washington, Windham, and Windsor</quote> after <quote>Orleans</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H41A7B01517BD497CA4F53FBFB3146712"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 15751(a) of title 40, United States Code, is amended by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H8461AD6F0BCD4626AE9AFDD2A7D306D3"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Technical amendments</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Chapters 1, 2, 3, and 4 of subtitle V of title 40, United States Code, are redesignated as chapters 151, 153, 155, and 157, respectively.</text></subsection></section><section id="S1" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>6305.</enum><header>Council on Rural Community Innovation and Economic Development</header><subsection id="idDB8C564D88674D7D8D443ADB547F4B1E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Findings</header><text>Congress makes the following findings:</text><paragraph id="id66960cd7e65f40c0857142ce698551a5"><enum>(1)</enum><text>16 percent of the population of the United States lives in rural counties.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id0641AF7C792C4A78A35A824CF592A2F9"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Strong, sustainable rural communities are essential to future prosperity and ensuring United States competitiveness in the years ahead.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id6aa5ba46ce4d4cadb91440fb15db4c26"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Rural communities supply the food, fiber, and energy of the United States, safeguard the natural resources of the United States, and are essential to the development of science and innovation.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idec3054b6f0af44b88ada01c2f5e2a7ac"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Though rural communities face numerous challenges, they also present enormous economic potential.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id52f3effec4464b5c97b96db4c9291903"><enum>(5)</enum><text>The Federal Government has an important role to play in expanding access to the capital necessary for economic growth, promoting innovation, increasing energy resiliency and reliability, improving access to health care and education, and expanding outdoor recreational activities on public land.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id6C197B7C2AB5402A82E7F1E2673A8A39"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Purpose</header><text>The purpose of this section is to enhance the efforts of the Federal Government to address the needs of rural areas in the United States by—</text><paragraph id="idA5D158169FBB45439E754502235E2FFF"><enum>(1)</enum><text>establishing a council to better coordinate Federal programs directed to rural communities;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id2E7FA50DBC4B421887109D77540AC606"><enum>(2)</enum><text>maximizing the impact of Federal investment to promote economic prosperity and quality of life in rural communities in the United States; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id22F2FC8A9007439292685AECA47FB63C"><enum>(3)</enum><text>using innovation to resolve local and regional challenges faced by rural communities.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id8dce58836ff34d7492aa5dfbe4dd4566"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>There is established a Council on Rural Community Innovation and Economic Development (referred to in this section as the <term>Council</term>).</text></subsection><subsection id="idaffd9a485f794bf3b55aba47113a6f4f"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Membership</header><paragraph id="id95E5184E9C054B36A3853C875D17B4E7"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The membership of the Council shall be composed of the heads of the following executive branch departments, agencies, and offices:</text><subparagraph id="idBD165FD9033041099BBDCC216B313E8D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The Department of Agriculture.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id1596AB890FC040AE8777CE9F512A0CA4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The Department of the Treasury.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id3B232FACF10740E399D23DDA9AD42026"><enum>(C)</enum><text>The Department of Defense.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idF2C4643141A84EA0B26451AC6D71D258"><enum>(D)</enum><text>The Department of Justice.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id3C2682065D1D4F819250BBE453F215FA"><enum>(E)</enum><text>The Department of the Interior.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id6EC1CDB4287E431C8D4E76D225768D2A"><enum>(F)</enum><text>The Department of Commerce.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idF8F30022864B4C48A9358F79D7DD2409"><enum>(G)</enum><text>The Department of Labor.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idF5E382B49B2C4C5E8D11C71A9D989740"><enum>(H)</enum><text>The Department of Health and Human Services.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idFCF8E16548D44B808732A8A3D6D6253A"><enum>(I)</enum><text>The Department of Housing and Urban Development.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id612D3C3EB67441A18CAECF36BAA09FD7"><enum>(J)</enum><text>The Department of Transportation.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idE4C68749191F4A9BB80A6F633FEF6B6C"><enum>(K)</enum><text>The Department of Energy.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idF845A5DF6C51485ABF43D1D364925552"><enum>(L)</enum><text>The Department of Education.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id0319F127E38941EAA4EBADDE1C3DB012"><enum>(M)</enum><text>The Department of Veterans Affairs.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id3148E351F0DB417AA383201A0F3C7466"><enum>(N)</enum><text>The Department of Homeland Security.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idAA680AC33E494A6A9F2EEBBAC72EAC42"><enum>(O)</enum><text>The Environmental Protection Agency.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id3DCFA55E919E4C2D80A4C88CC3F58316"><enum>(P)</enum><text>The Federal Communications Commission.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idF5EBB8E6DBD84FD3B1C5A7C04C66F211"><enum>(Q)</enum><text>The Office of Management and Budget.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id7A2B1BEC87AF4FA4B7A40CB7B4ED20F3"><enum>(R)</enum><text>The Office of Science and Technology Policy.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id1EEDA462F8804794894F1ACAC02D775B"><enum>(S)</enum><text>The Office of National Drug Control Policy.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id36696CBD0D37474B8A6DAD0B015F16CF"><enum>(T)</enum><text>The Council of Economic Advisers.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idCAB50EE5B81A4796B13CC527877B891C"><enum>(U)</enum><text>The Domestic Policy Council.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idC05DE41113F84452A0D64733718BD0FE"><enum>(V)</enum><text>The National Economic Council.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idEBD72F1B13774C0CA2DFB0F2BB094EBF"><enum>(W)</enum><text>The Small Business Administration.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id697741AB58E64CE29CAF88C9695E6077"><enum>(X)</enum><text>The Council on Environmental Quality.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id0DF9D368CB6B48AFA29A8226E0C8D86F"><enum>(Y)</enum><text>The White House Office of Public Engagement.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id263C6DAA17FA478286806367786238F5"><enum>(Z)</enum><text>The White House Office of Cabinet Affairs.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id70D26BCADB754FADAB428C360B55F7F0"><enum>(AA)</enum><text>Such other executive branch departments, agencies, and offices as the President or the Secretary may, from time to time, designate.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id392E9B6F2A1948D98C43D110FA7E872E"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Chair</header><text>The Secretary shall serve as the Chair of the Council.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id67E4E2BD7C3B4AA99077D94EE5B75BF8"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Designees</header><text>A member of the Council may designate, to perform the Council functions of the member, a senior-level official who is—</text><subparagraph id="id541F150B3FBF457CAA4EE0BD9D62A0E1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>part of the department, agency, or office of the member; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id88C1ECE052FA4CE58EEC9D3AD76D422B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a full-time officer or employee of the Federal Government.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id317534918E6E4A81BA2B9A054F992985"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Administration</header><text>The Council shall coordinate policy development through the rural development mission area.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id044c2865fefa4c089f53ea3ab5f7677a"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Funding</header><text>The Secretary shall provide funding and administrative support for the Council to the extent permitted by law and within existing appropriations.</text></subsection><subsection id="id6fa8751616fd4ffbb8f3c1d65f3e4c3d"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Mission and function of the Council</header><text>The Council shall work across executive departments, agencies, and offices to coordinate development of policy recommendations—</text><paragraph id="id9151C388E4DE4D4AA3346EBF52DEEEF7"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to maximize the impact of Federal investment of rural communities;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idD78B146831C442C788615355C8E1FACD"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to promote economic prosperity and quality of life in rural communities; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idD1BBAFC1F7FB452DA646000637E13084"><enum>(3)</enum><text>to use innovation to resolve local and regional challenges faced by rural communities.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idf1071b7d3878428ab26e6c24bbba77cb"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Duties</header><text>The Council shall—</text><paragraph id="ida4545636e8f64800bfb7c8edbb191458"><enum>(1)</enum><text>make recommendations to the President, acting through the Director of the Domestic Policy Council and the Director of the National Economic Council, on streamlining and leveraging Federal investments in rural areas, where appropriate, to increase the impact of Federal dollars and create economic opportunities to improve the quality of life in rural areas in the United States;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idb7ba86effbb84dd9b5b19fb1bc88fd6b"><enum>(2)</enum><text>coordinate and increase the effectiveness of Federal engagement with rural stakeholders, including agricultural organizations, small businesses, education and training institutions, health-care providers, telecommunications services providers, electric service providers, transportation providers, research and land grant institutions, law enforcement, State, local, and tribal governments, and nongovernmental organizations regarding the needs of rural areas in the United States;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id358e632d1ed2412683eebe2682ff7668"><enum>(3)</enum><text>coordinate Federal efforts directed toward the growth and development of rural geographic regions that encompass both metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id6348f9f0445e453e8f71e8af4e7f0727"><enum>(4)</enum><text>identify and facilitate rural economic opportunities associated with energy development, outdoor recreation, and other conservation related activities; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id2e137eedeefe40d5bb24f70047a5eaee"><enum>(5)</enum><text>identify common economic and social challenges faced by rural communities that could be served through—</text><subparagraph id="id3bda9dab0c704d3688e72abb185bddad"><enum>(A)</enum><text>better coordination of existing Federal and non-Federal resources; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id11dca8ca2b55401c91e5087f754bf2d2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>innovative solutions utilizing governmental and nongovernmental resources.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id9510140ac8f94de593a9290e025a9ca3"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Executive departments and agencies</header><paragraph id="id3c09c36ce1834f97ab32ca2d60336831"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The heads of executive departments and agencies shall assist and provide information to the Council, consistent with applicable law, as may be necessary to carry out the functions of the Council.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id1A6DF9706861492D8AC40DCEB75A1418"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Expenses</header><text>Each executive department or agency shall be responsible for paying any expenses of the executive department or agency for participating in the Council.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ide2ee80d4b0394d3da4375305c6bc3e6d"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Report on rural smart communities</header><paragraph id="id9a0a65a6ed434c899873c947c5d115dc"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the establishment of the Council, the Council shall submit to Congress a report describing efforts of rural areas to integrate <quote>smart</quote> technology into their communities to solve challenges relating to energy, transportation, health care, law enforcement, housing, or other relevant local issues, as determined by the Secretary.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id9300E90B209F4DDFB88D2DC3DBFFBDB6"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Smart rural communities</header><text>The report under paragraph (1) shall include a description of efforts of rural communities to apply innovative and advanced technologies and related mechanisms (such as telecommunications, energy, transportation, housing, economic development)—</text><subparagraph id="idd093760faba54ddd81f210a8c1791ceb"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to improve the health and quality of life of residents;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ideddb2bde91c24efd8dd110d303add271"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to increase the efficiency and cost-effectiveness of civic operations and services, including public safety and other vital public functions;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id0b759fbdea904fbdb11bb43c35d5c02c"><enum>(C)</enum><text>to promote economic growth;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id84e0620a99fe48c3b024aa6693b021c8"><enum>(D)</enum><text>to enhance the use of electricity in the community and reduce pollution; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id1611bb6719504f39addb120827dd462c"><enum>(E)</enum><text>to create a more sustainable and resilient community.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id0f45f3495d5640aa9c7e190b6a770134"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Other inclusions</header><text>The report under paragraph (1) shall include—</text><subparagraph id="ide1d3b3693a754bc88698f4ee081ea0af"><enum>(A)</enum><text>an analysis of efforts to integrate <quote>smart</quote> technology into rural communities across the United States;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id25de0529d67440e790c0484554fda131"><enum>(B)</enum><text>an analysis of barriers and challenges faced by rural areas in integrating <quote>smart</quote> technology into their communities;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idcc7055ffc4424f26b686a3548a54cda8"><enum>(C)</enum><text>an analysis of Federal efforts to assist rural areas with the development and integration of <quote>smart</quote> technology into rural communities;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id2681566e867f4d3db251c155a7112fe8"><enum>(D)</enum><text>recommendations, if any, on how to improve coordination and deployment of Federal efforts to assist rural areas develop and integrate <quote>smart</quote> technology into their communities;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id9eb31e08db0f421ab44664238d689dd2"><enum>(E)</enum><text>recommendations, if any, on how rural areas developing <quote>smart</quote> communities can better leverage private sector resources; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id06ba9859748249148aa3f19284b3df72"><enum>(F)</enum><text>guidelines that establish best practices for rural areas that desire to use <quote>smart</quote> technology to overcome local challenges.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id61192348426c49e48bd6acbc3e5c95b8"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Review of public benefit to rural communities on the creation of rural smart community demonstration projects</header><paragraph id="id9C4A5109648D40D48DDF602EAE3DE579"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>On completion of the report under subsection (i)(1), the Council shall review the benefits of the creation of a rural smart community demonstration projects program for the purposes of coordinating Department of Agriculture rural development, housing, energy, and telecommunication programs, and other Federal programs specific to rural communities, to expand innovative technologies and address local challenges specific to rural communities.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id43C4FD88F48A4E4F8E82194E8A0E3F3C"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Inclusions</header><text>In the review under paragraph (1) the Council shall determine whether a rural smart community demonstration projects program would—</text><subparagraph id="idc6838f6b5db645a69e9fefe28f82685e"><enum>(A)</enum><text>demonstrate smart community technologies that can be adapted and repeated by other rural communities;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idec29ff0a85044495b58f392be05fa802"><enum>(B)</enum><text>encourage public, private, local, or regional best practices that can be replicated by other rural communities;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id8792e2d5e0ad4fcb987fe9b81ede5746"><enum>(C)</enum><text>encourage private sector innovation and investment in rural communities;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id9ab16149762442d98523b1f824ce34cf"><enum>(D)</enum><text>promote a skilled workforce; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id0d464bbd6b414ee6a8d063fb26dc7ad6"><enum>(E)</enum><text>promote standards that allow for the measurement and validation of the cost savings and performance improvements associated with the installation and use of smart community technologies and practices.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idd5e2188b0904477bb43ba9cf09322208"><enum>(k)</enum><header>Rural smart community resource guide</header><paragraph id="id39A23F2699CE479895CCC2FAAFBDEE7B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Council shall create, publish, and maintain a resource guide designed to assist States and other rural communities in developing and implementing rural smart community programs.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id33450944863844898B0396E142E82D0A"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Inclusions</header><text>A resource guide under paragraph (1) may include—</text><subparagraph id="id933597db7090465b8921a86b5ddb002b"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a compilation of existing related Federal and non-Federal programs available to rural communities, including technical assistance, education, training, research and development, analysis, and funding;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id1743edc06a4e414caf28a0ca031fabef"><enum>(B)</enum><text>available examples of local rural communities engaging private sector entities to implement smart community solutions, including public-private partnership models that could be used to leverage private sector funding to solve similar local challenges;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ida42732f9d54a4e368e30091e2dc1a8ba"><enum>(C)</enum><text>available examples of proven methods for local rural communities to facilitate integration of smart technologies with new and existing infrastructure and systems;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idfa4a3bf7002a4464af606fead8fdbaf7"><enum>(D)</enum><text>best practices and lessons learned from demonstration projects, including return on investment and performance information to help other rural communities decide how to initiate integration of smart technologies; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id988abef794f341968da499ce289beffa"><enum>(E)</enum><text>such other topics as are requested by industry entities or local governments or determined to be necessary by the Council.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id86c6be1904b74c13b5e23bc0d92f026b"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Utilization of existing guides</header><text>In creating, publishing, and maintaining the guide under paragraph (1), the Council shall consider Federal, State, and local guides already published relating to smart community goals, activities, and best practices—</text><subparagraph id="id4cb41695241f49d5a3fa0c584a7fd610"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to prevent duplication of efforts by the Federal Government; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id01cc08e7a7a84fd19d569338ea8c3d39"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to leverage existing complementary efforts.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ida5236e44258846b3a6bd49fc8d021b1a"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Resource guide outreach</header><text>The Council shall conduct outreach to States, counties, communities, and other relevant entities—</text><subparagraph id="idf45dfc17fafc47a8ab4f5d2be28a310b"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to provide interested stakeholders with the guide published under paragraph (1);</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idbec567623bd949a59fca92937f99f7bf"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to promote the consideration of smart community technologies and encourage States and local governments to contribute rural smart community program and activity information to the guide published under paragraph (1);</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idb46bc60fcf7a47ea899574691590617e"><enum>(C)</enum><text>to identify—</text><clause id="id2bfcc3ce4c6a40cd86d4cb154a5d96e6"><enum>(i)</enum><text>barriers to rural smart community technology adoption; and</text></clause><clause id="id4138d0c84a264eaebcfd5df5fad8476d"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>any research, development, and assistance that is needed that could be included in the guide published under paragraph (1);</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id58b50cc465ed43b5b0ca4b447b4f0d2a"><enum>(D)</enum><text>to respond to requests for assistance, advice, or consultation from rural communities; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id43c604d5d66e4226be6ea1b5b4b026ea"><enum>(E)</enum><text>for other purposes, as identified by the Council.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id67026fec91bf4354a032f35f08c01a7b"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Subsequent resource guides</header><text>The Council shall issue an update to the guide published under paragraph (1) every 5 years.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id073CA9E993724EE281D92837B975101A"><enum>(l)</enum><header>Rural Broadband Integration Working Group</header><paragraph id="id5a583428370c40579b1a7cc6bef177cf"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Findings</header><text>Congress makes the following findings:</text><subparagraph id="id46b0d40686c94c5d9b646465c6c5810a"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Access to high-speed broadband is no longer a luxury and is important for United States families, businesses, and consumers.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idd0ce0014c30f4b2687592e7348561a85"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Affordable, reliable access to high-speed broadband is critical to United States economic growth and competitiveness.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idA7CC2E992E15459A88D97BC45C8211E8"><enum>(C)</enum><text>High-speed broadband enables the people of the United States to use the Internet in new ways, expands access to health services and education, increases the productivity of businesses, and drives innovation throughout the digital ecosystem.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id5D157A8ED4A34FF48A548F2626A5D264"><enum>(D)</enum><text>The private sector and Federal, State, and local governments have made substantial investments to expand broadband access in the United States, but more must be done to improve the availability and quality of high-speed broadband, particularly in areas lacking competitive choices.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idf980543417b245e88e712a354fe858a1"><enum>(E)</enum><text>Today, more than 50,000,000 people of the United States cannot purchase a wired broadband connection at speeds for adequate broadband service, and only 29 percent of people of the United States can choose from more than 1 service provider at that speed.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id81F363C7B73A4E79BD4B0DB6A3846D21"><enum>(F)</enum><text>As a result of the statistics described in subparagraph (E), the costs, benefits, and availability of high-speed broadband Internet are not evenly distributed, with considerable variation among States and between urban and rural areas.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id4004ccd4baad449189064e96beabde74"><enum>(G)</enum><text>The Federal Government has an important role to play in developing coordinated policies to promote broadband deployment and adoption, including promoting best practices, breaking down regulatory barriers, and encouraging further investment, which will help deliver higher quality, lower cost broadband to more families, businesses, and communities and allow communities to benefit fully from those investments.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id6e58c1ae4c914c5784bb80c9bf77b1d7"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Policy</header><subparagraph id="id5252084DCFA543FC85269B0D73634008"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>It is the policy of the Federal Government for executive departments and agencies having statutory authorities applicable to broadband deployment (referred to in this subsection as the <term>agencies</term>) to use all available and appropriate authorities—</text><clause id="idE30110F5380B49FCA2AD0C6CB807792D"><enum>(i)</enum><text>to identify and address regulatory barriers that may unduly impede either wired broadband deployment or the infrastructure to augment wireless broadband deployment;</text></clause><clause id="idD6A6069A702E4103A495E5DD8DA1D3F5"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>to encourage further investment in broadband networks and services;</text></clause><clause id="id91D5282926EF422CA4DC9452D1AAC7C4"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>to promote the adoption and meaningful use of broadband technology; and</text></clause><clause id="idC0B5F5BB41E84513871BE82875D2CD1A"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>to otherwise encourage or support broadband deployment, competition, and adoption in ways that promote the public interest.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ida413845570614a3581a0b966a8b105ec"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Priorities</header><text>In carrying out the policy under subparagraph (A), the agencies shall focus on—</text><clause id="id6F2F42C9A5D44F4B9722BDC69E2F579F"><enum>(i)</enum><text>opportunities to promote broadband adoption and competition through incentives to new entrants in the market for broadband services;</text></clause><clause id="id6BB4BDCDE3344B4E8B7EA6F2D491D8B0"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>modernizing regulations;</text></clause><clause id="idC337B81198364BEE90640AFD884BD140"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>accurately measuring real-time broadband availability and speeds;</text></clause><clause id="id64173E65391E448FAAC540A7C983BD8C"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>increasing broadband access for underserved communities, including in rural areas;</text></clause><clause id="id748B569C8C4C49BEAA2B13C53717C113"><enum>(v)</enum><text>exploring opportunities to reduce costs for potential low-income users; and</text></clause><clause id="idC733026A3F3C40C988FC006DB4F3EB0E"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>other possible measures, including supporting State, local, and Tribal governments interested in encouraging or investing in high-speed broadband networks.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id90b22678d2514209901c69b53247f542"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Effect</header><text>In carrying out the policy under subparagraph (A), the agencies shall ensure that existing and planned Federal, State, local, and Tribal government missions and capabilities for delivering services to the public, including those missions and capabilities relating to national security, public safety, and emergency response, are maintained.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="iddbff029286f54d50a214cb387bcacdf6"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Coordination</header><text>The agencies shall coordinate the policy under subparagraph (A) through the Rural Broadband Integration Working Group established under paragraph (3).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ide1fd73f07f0c4d9d8db00b9f26fb6e93"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Establishment of Rural Broadband Integration Working Group</header><subparagraph id="id2b4aed63a12f4bd882530bc654bfcf86"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>There is established the Rural Broadband Integration Working Group (referred to in this subsection as the <term>Working Group</term>).</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idEC9952FF885946CFB31FE8726AB11BA6"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Membership</header><text>The membership of the Working Group shall be composed of the heads, or their designees, of—</text><clause id="id5D4C3CCE8A5F453C8537CA5BDABA2B3B"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the Department of Agriculture;</text></clause><clause id="id5D9449DEA26B443D81C49B12644CB713"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the Department of Commerce;</text></clause><clause id="idd2c4daff642f489dbb693ba6948c29de"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the Department of Defense;</text></clause><clause id="idb103122149654fe4aa0e0465a139c239"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>the Department of State;</text></clause><clause id="id3c05b9547d604dc7b9497270fa8de8de"><enum>(v)</enum><text>the Department of the Interior;</text></clause><clause id="id6866a3a4c21a47549c49917214e1dd9c"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>the Department of Labor;</text></clause><clause id="id2bd3cdfd83a44b02af7b3a701aa284da"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>the Department of Health and Human Services;</text></clause><clause id="id2633a79d579d428bbe2a9bcfe71eee14"><enum>(viii)</enum><text>the Department of Homeland Security;</text></clause><clause id="id2a9e35ac83c141b9a0806696a4118be3"><enum>(ix)</enum><text>the Department of Housing and Urban Development;</text></clause><clause id="id78ae2ea2cd40432db6e93b91578bb125"><enum>(x)</enum><text>the Department of Justice;</text></clause><clause id="id7aed5e77e70a498a9c6f19e448a744ce"><enum>(xi)</enum><text>the Department of Transportation;</text></clause><clause id="id58e64fb0832a4925b59d152a203f505b"><enum>(xii)</enum><text>the Department of the Treasury;</text></clause><clause id="id83a367fcf30a4c89b801f5886430b218"><enum>(xiii)</enum><text>the Department of Energy;</text></clause><clause id="id76e7d13238ef40c4aba4d8d362c36ec3"><enum>(xiv)</enum><text>the Department of Education;</text></clause><clause id="ide84af709f01940d19377587367274a31"><enum>(xv)</enum><text>the Department of Veterans Affairs;</text></clause><clause id="idccb8c4c5df3346e6bd0cc966b5d5bad9"><enum>(xvi)</enum><text>the Environmental Protection Agency;</text></clause><clause id="id9827dd988e61484e80ac7026fa58640c"><enum>(xvii)</enum><text>the General Services Administration;</text></clause><clause id="id4cc759a00e8941388632a3414506e475"><enum>(xviii)</enum><text>the Small Business Administration;</text></clause><clause id="id0dfe51e8588b44bd9846a83e170441ff"><enum>(xix)</enum><text>the Institute of Museum and Library Services;</text></clause><clause id="idfcedda4d910e4221b3752a0e5a5018c3"><enum>(xx)</enum><text>the National Science Foundation;</text></clause><clause id="id32c68be504204a4287f1fb0d70fe976c"><enum>(xxi)</enum><text>the Council on Environmental Quality;</text></clause><clause id="idb32594b2e068451389e2e944bdea73bd"><enum>(xxii)</enum><text>the Office of Science and Technology Policy;</text></clause><clause id="id1a45acd4c1634f5e8cc967d8b7cbadc1"><enum>(xxiii)</enum><text>the Office of Management and Budget;</text></clause><clause id="id12bad99ea6e9473d8bbc9993629f17aa"><enum>(xxiv)</enum><text>the Council of Economic Advisers;</text></clause><clause id="id6870b48b1346409c92814d29c60fd65c"><enum>(xxv)</enum><text>the Domestic Policy Council;</text></clause><clause id="id65facc6838704fd1a454ce7ccd1a4871"><enum>(xxvi)</enum><text>the National Economic Council; and</text></clause><clause id="idb577aafeb2c6417fa9b9ff18b2332816"><enum>(xxvii)</enum><text>such other Federal agencies or entities as are determined appropriate in accordance with subparagraph (E).</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idC890FBB12CE349C1B13701BC3303CBE5"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Co-Chairs</header><text>The Secretary and the Secretary of Commerce shall serve as the Co-Chairs of the Working Group.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id97c859cbeaa248e5a97dad8eef92fa45"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Consultation; coordination</header><clause id="id90CAD502932C4483A0CF4A6564B293CB"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Consultation</header><text>The Working Group shall consult, as appropriate, with other relevant agencies, including the Federal Communications Commission.</text></clause><clause id="id552BF210B5A247CEA11EC66CA36DC058"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Coordination</header><text>The Working Group shall coordinate with existing Federal working groups and committees involved with broadband.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ida83eb54ba1a44aaf972adaa829d56441"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Membership changes</header><clause id="idF1AD519BD92248439FCDC47542661218"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Director of the National Economic Council and the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy shall review, on a periodic basis, the membership of the Working Group to ensure that the Working Group—</text><subclause id="idB6C32C01BB024A70A69868E33F8E708A"><enum>(I)</enum><text>includes necessary Federal Government entities; and</text></subclause><subclause id="idA7E642602EE04760B6BEE33F0A516DC8"><enum>(II)</enum><text>is an effective mechanism for coordinating among agencies on the policy described in paragraph (2).</text></subclause></clause><clause id="id1D761DBBBB2F4734A4EE29D0AFB41594"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Changes</header><text>The Director of the National Economic Council and the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy may add or remove members of the Council, as appropriate, based on the review under clause (i).</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id50e19472fa244578b96f545fdb015612"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Functions of the Working Group</header><subparagraph id="id881E903D759A415F8A499B7D033061E1"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Consultation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">As permitted by law, the members of the Working Group shall consult with State, local, Tribal, and territorial governments, telecommunications companies, utilities, trade associations, philanthropic entities, policy experts, and other interested parties to identify and assess regulatory barriers described in paragraphs (1)(G) and (2)(A)(i) and opportunities described in clauses (i) and (v) of paragraph (2)(B) to determine possible actions relating to those barriers and opportunities.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idDA8447C63EC34861AA54647B95A5E0FF"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Point of contact</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 15 days after the date of enactment of this Act, each member of the Working Group shall—</text><clause id="id784570F9E508451FBE2A943C58996620"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">designate a representative to serve as the main point of contact for matters relating to the Working Group; and</text></clause><clause id="id380E8A12523F4E28A48CDA65A5A1F41D"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">notify the Co-Chairs of the Working Group of that designee.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id2ACA9F5C1B7D41849E10B2B7F196EEE7"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Survey</header><clause id="id00C6EAAB8D66448C99BF3D490E2484F7"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In General</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In Not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the members of the Working Group shall submit to the Working Group a comprehensive survey of—</text><subclause id="id77A4BE754DB44EE3A23DFE7AFF1C2AAB"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Federal programs, including the allocated funding amounts, that currently support or could reasonably be modified to support broadband deployment and adoption; and</text></subclause><subclause id="id4C63B21545A44132BDC390FDFBB2ED92"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">all agency-specific policies and rules with the direct or indirect effect of facilitating or regulating investment in or deployment of wired and wireless broadband networks.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id63E44B00A5FE42EC94698E1455A1B9CD"><enum>(D)</enum><header>List of actions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 120 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the members of the Working Group shall submit to the Working Group an initial list of actions that each of the agencies could take to identify and address regulatory barriers, incentivize investment, promote best practices, align funding decisions, and otherwise support wired broadband deployment and adoption.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id8CD259B6D058487FA1FCED7A4816B85F"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Report</header><clause id="id9A8A5F9B204E4241BFB99748467FDA4E"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 150 days after the date of enactment of this Act, after not fewer than 2 meetings of the full Working Group, the Working Group shall submit to the President, acting through the Director of the National Economic Council, a coordinated, agreed-to, and prioritized list of recommendations of the Working Group on actions that agencies can take to support broadband deployment and adoption.</text></clause><clause id="idE96DE7EDFC454C44A8870720A55472A5"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Inclusions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The recommendations under clause (i) shall include—</text><subclause id="id352AB282AE27457C8F4E76FCFF1CD9CD"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a list of priority actions and rulemakings; and</text></subclause><subclause id="id44B05BB8CCB146BE967C673B4C988549"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">timelines to complete the priority actions and rulemakings under subclause (I).</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idE3D6EF16330743F4A75DC173092D961C"><enum>(m)</enum><header>General provisions</header><paragraph id="id6BA3E4C4E1984ACB821F4712AEF94C63"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Effect</header><text>Nothing in this section—</text><subparagraph id="idC1222145E1C14D308648EF758312F355"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">impairs or otherwise affects—</text><clause id="idEA1FD5DA608A4CE383DB6FAC38B7E1E5"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the authority granted by law to a department or agency, or the head thereof;</text></clause><clause id="id6AF913E7A2A34CDD9EDD4DFE92F75558"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals; or</text></clause><clause id="id654DE6F3A9544836AE7CF56A26568D69"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the authority of the Federal Communications Commission concerning spectrum allocation decisions;</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id3B3BA1A61E4C4B779BD75427BF15A723"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">requires the disclosure of classified information, law enforcement sensitive information, or other information that shall be protected in the interests of national security; or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id76A8A389DE3C43E78A089BF009200374"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">creates any right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by any party against the United States, any Federal department, agency, or entity, any officer, employee, or agent, of the United States, or any other person.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id472F1AD942044DCBB2994ED38D5AD39A"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Implementation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">This section shall be implemented consistent with applicable law and subject to the availability of appropriations.</text></paragraph></subsection></section></subtitle><enum>VII</enum><header>Research, Extension, and Related Matters</header><subtitle commented="no" id="PDCD102CA43C35701B7B96E854DD3C65"><enum>A</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977</header><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="PCF7B779643F4FC989BF21A89B3536C7" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>7101.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Purposes of agricultural research, extension, and education</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1402 of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/3101">7 U.S.C. 3101</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="id86c2405798094f0fa02708e83b2cea25"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (7), by striking <quote>and</quote> after the semicolon;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id936C4A9BC3BB42099AD90BFB3DAEDB02"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (8), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idE72C7643E76B4FF683A2DE53A702CDBA"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1d8c00eb1aaf4b4590d335304dbbc350" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><paragraph id="idef48ee732c48419587f30cf62723d9c3"><enum>(9)</enum><text>support international collaboration that leverages resources and advances priority food and agricultural interests of the United States, such as—</text><subparagraph id="idE3413FE77DA748A1AD75898F382F202F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>addressing emerging plant and animal diseases;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id6FF6FA9E11CF4F2E8B8A1475D05FAA88"><enum>(B)</enum><text>improving crop varieties and animal breeds; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id75C13F8759154892BA4EF7CA1B123903"><enum>(C)</enum><text>developing safe, efficient, and nutritious food systems.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section><section id="id7ece959da4e64943bb85bd82b1515c6a"><enum>7102.</enum><header>Matters relating to certain school designations and declarations</header><subsection id="id828e6a6ddd0148a388847f7bdee2155b"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Study of food and agricultural sciences</header><text>Section 1404(14) of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/3103">7 U.S.C. 3103(14)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="idc8e075cdcd7347eba606bab2ad38e0be"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking subparagraph (A) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ideb3ec68ca64f46928698eee7dd81d8db" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subparagraph id="id61de23c2265c4b10a4b6a1829975942c"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><clause id="id54e0ccbaa48941dcb969a8810f4fd7ba"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Definition</header><text>The terms <term>NLGCA Institution</term> and <term>non-land-grant college of agriculture</term> mean a public college or university offering a baccalaureate or higher degree in the study of agricultural sciences, forestry, or both in any area of study described in clause (ii).</text></clause><clause id="id0f2fefc887074c279777fdda1f4cf3c4"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Clarification</header><text>An area of study referred to in clause (i) may include any of the following:</text><subclause id="id20782af8bb3b4262a31ad70e8bbed52c"><enum>(I)</enum><text>Agriculture.</text></subclause><subclause id="id39bea4b5e29f42128424a5862720fd46"><enum>(II)</enum><text>Agricultural business and management.</text></subclause><subclause id="idf7e889743fd94936ae5fa2b0190ebdd2"><enum>(III)</enum><text>Agricultural economics.</text></subclause><subclause id="id5bd9bf873fc24296972077a3bd76c781"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>Agricultural mechanization.</text></subclause><subclause id="id34dbfc3d48b54006bdd8edf7e294e6f6"><enum>(V)</enum><text>Agricultural production operations.</text></subclause><subclause id="id8d49cce0167742e695ff24995f278743"><enum>(VI)</enum><text>Aquaculture.</text></subclause><subclause id="idedc83eef29604dbb9dec3369feaf4d14"><enum>(VII)</enum><text>Agricultural and food products processing.</text></subclause><subclause id="id80c782f9d0964a3c8273af16f0eb3675"><enum>(VIII)</enum><text>Agricultural and domestic animal services.</text></subclause><subclause id="idbb6d28ae24004c90a7a053fb16831c01"><enum>(IX)</enum><text>Equestrian or equine studies.</text></subclause><subclause id="id8e3be15f5766496e93e21c73c4aff118"><enum>(X)</enum><text>Applied horticulture or horticulture operations.</text></subclause><subclause id="ide8950ff54f5e45e08b30efb2fa71bac5"><enum>(XI)</enum><text>Ornamental horticulture.</text></subclause><subclause id="idfe3c9200767e4d56853291fe46346996"><enum>(XII)</enum><text>Greenhouse operations and management.</text></subclause><subclause id="idbfa76ddd32db4fbe83c0082f2373f039"><enum>(XIII)</enum><text>Turf and turfgrass management.</text></subclause><subclause id="ide3bea6af22b3461db45b0c2de5ee0249"><enum>(XIV)</enum><text>Plant nursery operations and management.</text></subclause><subclause id="id92cd012800dc4ea6b8e1a581c93b043b"><enum>(XV)</enum><text>Floriculture or floristry operations and management.</text></subclause><subclause id="idd1f1e6674e284f978a9008ba573ba7ff"><enum>(XVI)</enum><text>International agriculture.</text></subclause><subclause id="idf365757f5e054ed7b4485ca7426527c5"><enum>(XVII)</enum><text>Agricultural public services.</text></subclause><subclause id="idac3d9e53db9749c990070d9798dfd9b3"><enum>(XVIII)</enum><text>Agricultural and extension education services.</text></subclause><subclause id="id4af793d170bc4adfa1a4c068095f7aa2"><enum>(XIX)</enum><text>Agricultural communication or agricultural journalism.</text></subclause><subclause id="id2068ac89ffe34b98b26ee210526be7f9"><enum>(XX)</enum><text>Animal sciences.</text></subclause><subclause id="id48dce48419d744c3b6314c97c814a9e9"><enum>(XXI)</enum><text>Food science.</text></subclause><subclause id="idbb0e4c1a02c84054b590a4dac79db9bb"><enum>(XXII)</enum><text>Plant sciences.</text></subclause><subclause id="ide0146bb640ea46719eb3f2633418db64"><enum>(XXIII)</enum><text>Soil sciences.</text></subclause><subclause id="id8cd1a646ccb346e99f2c4b06ab05786b"><enum>(XXIV)</enum><text>Forestry.</text></subclause><subclause id="id6efaf9e875b74e0f8a2192657661399f"><enum>(XXV)</enum><text>Forest sciences and biology.</text></subclause><subclause id="id3928b34bea9f484bb5faf4f046e2ae64"><enum>(XXVI)</enum><text>Natural resources or conservation.</text></subclause><subclause id="id28cc029eb98c448f8315bd577d796d94"><enum>(XXVII)</enum><text>Natural resources management and policy.</text></subclause><subclause id="idd7a2afbc2bbd4ca7901f4e4b6f44476e"><enum>(XXVIII)</enum><text>Natural resource economics.</text></subclause><subclause id="id3105b041574b43f69cb6ce38d7f75e98"><enum>(XXIX)</enum><text>Urban forestry.</text></subclause><subclause id="id4f628ee865ba4f85b27af3a16e267d48"><enum>(XXX)</enum><text>Wood science and wood products or pulp or paper technology.</text></subclause><subclause id="id7b59bea237d24b2a9ba27eadddce9079"><enum>(XXXI)</enum><text>Range science and management.</text></subclause><subclause id="id81f4e1f787714a4a8836170333a43b44"><enum>(XXXII)</enum><text>Agricultural engineering.</text></subclause><subclause id="id3003f89f3b2d48708bbeeb95f5373281"><enum>(XXXIII)</enum><text>Any other area, as determined appropriate by the Secretary.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph id="idb2d328fec95a448798e691fbe16558df"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subparagraph (C)—</text><subparagraph id="idb2e046f016cd4eaaa15315737ad8be6e"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the matter preceding clause (i), by inserting <quote>any institution designated under</quote> after <quote>include</quote>;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id91712db206de43f392523ec9f23d0f63"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking clause (i); and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id582dfbb29cd24cc1860e2a7f112228ed"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in clause (ii)—</text><clause id="id32bdbf5d43ef4d69856e3b2123f920ea"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>(ii) any institution designated under—</quote>;</text></clause><clause id="idf237191012e24451bbad6718a5f384f1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking subclause (IV);</text></clause><clause id="ide0d252dffb3444b9875f70fd7f85cd51"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>in subclause (II), by adding <quote>or</quote> at the end;</text></clause><clause id="id4152e58a3b854d0cb45efb5581c82ba6"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>in subclause (III), by striking <quote>; or</quote> at the end and inserting a period; and</text></clause><clause id="id6383ce8590314446a8ded259322ff420"><enum>(v)</enum><text>by redesignating subclauses (I), (II), and (III) as clauses (i), (ii), and (iii), respectively, and indenting appropriately.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idda54ac5391b14d4f8f6e287de7b67a17"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Designation review</header><paragraph id="idc165234dc7064a54a24e0ef5cce3c22e"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall establish a process to review each designated NLGCA Institution (as defined in section 1404(14)(A) of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/3103">7 U.S.C. 3103(14)(A)</external-xref>)) to ensure compliance with that section (as amended by subsection (a)).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idf611d11e7dd34ee2b1f351900d2cec76"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Violation</header><text>If the Secretary determines under paragraph (1) that an NLGCA Institution is not in compliance with section 1404(14)(A) of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/3103">7 U.S.C. 3103(14)(A)</external-xref>) (as amended by subsection (a)), the designation of that NLGCA Institution shall be revoked.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="PC31B4C0741C39A248D28BFADB88DC4D" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>7103.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">National Agricultural Research, Extension, Education, and Economics Advisory Board</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1408(h) of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/3123">7 U.S.C. 3123(h)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="P390A7FFE4101B4C6058589AD24C0C1E" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>7104.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Citrus disease subcommittee of specialty crop committee</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1408A(a)(2)(D) of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/3123a">7 U.S.C. 3123a(a)(2)(D)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text></section><section id="id0b6051fa1cab41d08124f4ecd4deb86b"><enum>7105.</enum><header>Veterinary services grant program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1415B of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/3151b">7 U.S.C. 3151b</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="id3E4EE725134C4443BF71AECEB30BD74E"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (c)(2)—</text><subparagraph id="id37E941181864463AA7650FF839BECBB8"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>to qualified</quote> and inserting the following: “to—</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id44BB843D0B4D447EBFB76BBFF0AE0E6A" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subparagraph id="idAC3ED50B1F9F4C908B85D1A6B619C54A"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">qualified</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id9168B2915861408B839F9B711AFD44ED"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A) (as so designated), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id0E83446F15A14BF1AAD367FF976BCCEE"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id97968B29E9BE4377ACB0493BDA147D7A" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subparagraph id="id4ED15346EEAF49588E90E4A2B6B92435"><enum>(B)</enum><text>qualified entities for the purpose of exposing students in grades 11 and 12 to education and career opportunities in food animal medicine.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id5B6AA9E6732B4BB58336BE9C4A0F76C6"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (h)—</text><subparagraph id="id0D2B474B06044963908F781FC29F5FC2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking the subsection designation and heading and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id45B431051F074445880D1B05DD02492B" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subsection id="id958E8923298C48299DC1F5D556E4A96E"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Funding</header><paragraph id="id6DBAD11565FF4812B4FA2427D46B5014"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>; </after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id176527F1382C47DB943106D2228F1EFB"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (1) (as so designated), by striking <quote>for fiscal year 2014 and each fiscal year thereafter</quote> and inserting <quote>for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2023</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idE341D810EF87434F978BA3F89000D1DA"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8971D26E1D90477A84CB360A5D86EC8E" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><paragraph id="idE0FA6EA9AD6B4DB9995F8D6816CEC816"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Priority</header><text>The Secretary shall award not less than <fraction>2/3</fraction> of amounts made available for grants under this section to qualified entities with a focus on food animal medicine.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="P43E8437E41CB30ED743617A6B101D33" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>7106.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Grants and fellowships for food and agriculture sciences education</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1417(m)(2) of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/3152">7 U.S.C. 3152(m)(2)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE3EF375E7FA846518AA65A55330EAE20" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>7107.</enum><header>Research equipment grants</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 is amended by inserting after section 1418 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/3153">7 U.S.C. 3153</external-xref>) the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2C6C001E0B3D47F493682FE75190BB6D" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><section id="id6BFB882A9193451196529F660AF9BF75"><enum>1419.</enum><header>Research equipment grants</header><subsection id="id2A442560046B4F2A905D4B21EB262454"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definition of eligible institution</header><text>In this section, the term <quote>eligible institution</quote> means—</text><paragraph id="id56ACA2628D234E5895D74CB6F0422CC1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>an institution of higher education (as defined in section 101(a) of the <act-name parsable-cite="HEA65">Higher Education Act of 1965</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1001">20 U.S.C. 1001(a)</external-xref>)); or</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id12DD70ABE0D24B178827438F76247FD7"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a State cooperative institution.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id77D0E72724FA4996ADB2EB097A7D61AD"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Grants</header><text>The Secretary may award competitive grants to eligible institutions for the acquisition of special purpose scientific research equipment for use in the food and agricultural sciences programs of those institutions.</text></subsection><subsection id="idFD4B291071D74187826FA12F2CDEFE2F"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Maximum amount</header><text>The amount of a grant under subsection (b) shall not exceed $500,000.</text></subsection><subsection id="id397CCA2B1C8744B28FED2AE642DAFFB0"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Prohibition on charge of indirect costs</header><text>The cost of the acquisition or depreciation of equipment purchased with a grant under this section shall not be—</text><paragraph id="idE838678466924ECB8F070CE8E24193E2"><enum>(1)</enum><text>charged as an indirect cost against another Federal grant; or</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id6C0035A0CEA24993B3A8F5534008DF0D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>included as part of the indirect cost pool for purposes of calculating the indirect cost rate of an eligible institution.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idB58084EF174D4BA1B55AF246AA4D4271"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 through 2023.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="P00AA93D94C97E0BCD812308095E9E10" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>7108.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Agricultural and food policy research centers</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1419A(e) of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/3155">7 U.S.C. 3155(e)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="P97E66EF744D00101686ABAA74215B3F" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>7109.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Education grants to Alaska Native serving institutions and Native Hawaiian serving institutions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1419B of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/3156">7 U.S.C. 3156</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCC235D419CCB4AC0AC7A636064B89970"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)(3), by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0D9AA31347C44D63A00DAA63443460C0"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b)(3), by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text></paragraph></section><section id="ide94e08d951c04d92b090b08f86e6ac99"><enum>7110.</enum><header>Next generation agriculture technology challenge</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Subtitle C of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/3151">7 U.S.C. 3151</external-xref> et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9eeedbc5788f457e98bdbbcbc9edfd94" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><section id="id6d8fec468361426792a12f4327f1494e"><enum>1419C.</enum><header>Next generation agriculture technology challenge</header><subsection id="id72f712f3eeaf454e9e93f0e172a1080b"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall establish a next generation agriculture technology challenge competition to provide an incentive for the development of innovative mobile technology that removes barriers to entry in the marketplace for beginning farmers and ranchers (as defined in section 2501(a) of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2279">7 U.S.C. 2279(a)</external-xref>)).</text></subsection><subsection id="id37360d4f06964f76afd3f3c494a8dd8f"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Amount</header><text>The Secretary may award not more than $1,000,000 in the aggregate to 1 or more winners of the competition under subsection (a).</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="P6C45CDCE41D4C34697C43A85C7E1E00" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>7111.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nutrition education program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1425(f) of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/3175">7 U.S.C. 3175(f)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBDA3BF8B66EA477792714154F2BDF7D5" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>7112.</enum><header>Authorization for appropriations for federal agricultural research facilities</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1431 of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act Amendments of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/99/198">Public Law 99–198</external-xref>; 99 Stat. 1556; 128 Stat. 900) is amended by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="P963CAA0B47106E3385DCE999FFCB8CD" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>7113.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Continuing animal health and disease research programs</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1433(c)(1) of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/3195">7 U.S.C. 3195(c)(1)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC56F41137A4F4DF6AB83DCF553044207" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>7114.</enum><header>Extension at 1890 land-grant colleges, including Tuskegee University; report</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1444 of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/3221">7 U.S.C. 3221</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD2192D81556C44B68DD1A7F529A63895"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (a), by striking paragraph (4); and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0C48A0E6CAD54179BEEE8D4F17F71482"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id920A70C08D1C4B09843EC621B0A7AEC3" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8352ECE0715C488AA044C0CF26C2613F"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Report</header><text>The Secretary shall annually submit to Congress a report describing the allocations made to, and matching funds received by—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8AEC3044B4FF458481494E1A00D4F762"><enum>(1)</enum><text>eligible institutions under this section; and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDC74EC7ABEAF4B95870531DD312A922D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>institutions designated under the Act of July 2, 1862 (commonly known as the <quote>First Morrill Act</quote>) (12 Stat. 503, chapter 130; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/301">7 U.S.C. 301</external-xref> et seq.).</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id29B3A151A9FD473BAC2DEF45AFD051E0" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>7115.</enum><header>Report on agricultural research at 1890 land-grant colleges, including Tuskegee University</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1445 of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/3222">7 U.S.C. 3222</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA6B874A7F0F749C88E5FB0D9BF2948D4" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id617A3D7B475A4B70BFBECECECD2F4DE2"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Report</header><text>The Secretary shall annually submit to Congress a report describing the allocations made to, and matching funds received by—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id54AF51EC6D7542E88CCD735ED63CB5F4"><enum>(1)</enum><text>eligible institutions under this section; and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id164A99A87E5A4DAD8E34F29F9B707490"><enum>(2)</enum><text>institutions designated under the Act of July 2, 1862 (commonly known as the <quote>First Morrill Act</quote>) (12 Stat. 503, chapter 130; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/301">7 U.S.C. 301</external-xref> et seq.).</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="P1738C428491EAECB9B539482F60657F" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>7116.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Grants to upgrade agricultural and food sciences facilities at 1890 land-grant colleges, including Tuskegee University</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1447(b) of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/3222b">7 U.S.C. 3222b(b)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="P5781ED504CD24958F33DDA88F42DCB4" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>7117.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Grants to upgrade agriculture and food sciences facilities and equipment at insular area land-grant
institutions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1447B(d) of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/3222b-2">7 U.S.C. 3222b–2(d)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text></section><section id="idD4E835D46B4C4A8F928E14F40A3388E6"><enum>7118.</enum><header>New Beginning for Tribal Students</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Subtitle G of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/3221">7 U.S.C. 3221</external-xref> et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id580F6027FFC24829AEE08FD64D69E355" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><section id="idC94E99C877AB4736B27A48D783BBF6CD"><enum>1450.</enum><header>New Beginning for Tribal Students</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA445E3EC53B54566AEF6A2FB97F99726"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Definition of Tribal student</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section, the term <term>Tribal student</term> means a student at a land-grant college or university that is a member of an Indian tribe (as defined in section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/5304">25 U.S.C. 5304</external-xref>)).</text></subsection><subsection id="id25C8073AC4BA45879669763D7EA61F96"><enum>(b)</enum><header>New beginning initiative</header><paragraph id="id7FC2800ECA704349B5EB05901C947CB3"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Authorization</header><text>The Secretary may make competitive grants to land-grant colleges and universities to provide identifiable support specifically targeted for Tribal students.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id9BF2DAF16C6243ACB3A87310EE6A727B"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Application</header><text>A land-grant college or university that desires to receive a grant under this section shall submit an application to the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and accompanied by such information as the Secretary may require.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="iddee5eabf09a6434faae9fde7c8dfa1b0"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Use of funds</header><text>A land-grant college or university that receives a grant under this section shall use the grant funds to support Tribal students through—</text><subparagraph id="idb8b3ae145b7c4fdbb53bcff952553392"><enum>(A)</enum><text>recruiting;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id362561b817f446ff8bb3640854b69897"><enum>(B)</enum><text>tuition and related fees;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id18262B16FFD34601A9B8E9964A1AD935"><enum>(C)</enum><text>experiential learning; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id2a905fb1c0d24b10a85c507f530be1d1"><enum>(D)</enum><text>student services, including—</text><clause id="id490d3d1a1dc24178b9f91ce88da86ca8"><enum>(i)</enum><text>tutoring;</text></clause><clause id="id2bdb7c1e6ed44a2a89abc87b0e831615"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>counseling;</text></clause><clause id="ida32faa470bbb496d8361eadc07fc4cc4"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>academic advising; and</text></clause><clause id="id1bdcff931f714f9eb96c0d42cccd1424"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>other student services that would increase the retention and graduation rate of Tribal students enrolled at the land-grant college or university, as determined by the Secretary.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idE02A2721D118415AAF4C7CEB4BA2DBC9"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Matching funds</header><text>A land-grant college or university that receives a grant under this section shall provide matching funds toward the cost of carrying out the activities described in this section in an amount equal to not less than 100 percent of the grant award.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idEECE46B9833B4031BD0266C6E33868FD"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Maximum amount per State</header><text>No State shall receive, through grants made under this section to land-grant colleges and universities located in the State, more than $500,000 per year.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id8a6c2767ad4349c09c35c5366f850706"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than 3 years after the date of enactment of this section, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry and the Committee on Indian Affairs of the Senate a report that includes an itemized list of grant funds distributed under this section, including the specific form of assistance, and the number of Tribal students assisted and the graduation rate of Tribal students at land-grant colleges and universities receiving grants under this section.</text></subsection><subsection id="ideabed048638c43388e14984caaf83f8c"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriation</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 through 2023.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="P5F9C8F7049AC173EDC6B5C9907D2F2D" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>7119.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Hispanic-serving institutions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1455(c) of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/3241">7 U.S.C. 3241(c)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id264F7628CB8143EC89D01BAA86E09C85" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>7120.</enum><header>Binational agricultural research and development</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1458(e) of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/3291">7 U.S.C. 3291(e)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="idb21275f82fe0470186087ff2ebcb7c3f"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the subsection heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Full payment of funds made available for certain</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Certain</header-in-text></quote> ;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id671d96804f5f471aa89282e6a0900795"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking <quote>Notwithstanding</quote> and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAB268C32B39641879DC048F01CF2CF8D" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><paragraph id="id3070137D70AB4D16AE523102BC2D113A"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Full payment of funds</header><text>Notwithstanding</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph id="id36313d9edfd341d68019da87881648c9"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in paragraph (1) (as so designated)—</text><subparagraph id="idDAA3400CD2E14D0B82509692AC3F3462"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>Israel-United States</quote> and inserting <quote>United States-Israel</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idDEF2D8E46D704733828513C7311FAAB9"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>(referred to in this subsection as the <quote>BARD Fund</quote>)</quote> after <quote>Development Fund</quote>; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id85343f712d9b4749bcf6a6a828aeb62f"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id33b21161c035413488dc3086544c35c1" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><paragraph id="id09a5e3f0c33d4ddf91b52666e9f893fa"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Activities</header><text>Activities under the BARD Fund to promote and support agricultural research and development that are of mutual benefit to the United States and Israel shall—</text><subparagraph id="id631ce559deca467fab44d79f4cfc878b"><enum>(A)</enum><text>be carried out by the Secretary in a manner consistent with this section;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id37dd1a8f7be64e4593ccf4828e6ab039"><enum>(B)</enum><text>accelerate the demonstration, development, and application of agricultural solutions resulting from or relating to BARD Fund programs, including BARD Fund-sponsored research and innovations in drip irrigation, pesticides, aquaculture, livestock, poultry, disease control, and farm equipment; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id1ddd3c83144f4f21b7f7cba41f5dbf92"><enum>(C)</enum><text>encourage research carried out by governmental, nongovernmental, and private entities, including through collaboration with colleges and universities, research institutions, and the private sector.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id05D8D46C684044B7A1D7D599BC9493F6" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>7121.</enum><header>Partnerships to build capacity in international agricultural research, extension, and teaching</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 is amended by inserting after section 1458 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/3291">7 U.S.C. 3291</external-xref>) the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCC3E7C933BB84A229EBCDE7D2203F385" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA2D6B1650AA043668DC615402681F32B" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>1458A.</enum><header>Partnerships to build capacity in international agricultural research, extension, and teaching</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idACC39905CA364E8E80355DBE7DFA8B86"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Purpose</header><text>The purpose of this section is to build the capacity, and improve the performance, of covered Institutions and agricultural higher education institutions in lower and middle income countries performing, or desiring to perform, activities substantially similar to agricultural research, extension, and teaching activities (referred to in this section as <quote>agricultural higher education institutions in developing countries</quote>) in order to solve food, health, nutrition, rural income, and environmental challenges, especially among chronically food insecure populations, including by—</text><paragraph commented="no" id="id16FFAE2983774CDB8BBFA2E3754F99D3"><enum>(1)</enum><text>promoting partnerships between covered Institutions and agricultural higher education institutions in developing countries; and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id123ACB0D03AA419EA289CC3DF3733165"><enum>(2)</enum><text>leveraging the capacity of covered Institutions to partner with agricultural higher education institutions in developing countries.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0D25BAF24DA243ABA31DE45B985ADC14"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID3740CE8BE8844DD09F01327361ACE021"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">1862 Institution; 1890 Institution; 1994 Institution</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The terms <term>1862 Institution</term>, <term>1890 Institution</term>, and <term>1994 Institution</term> have the meanings given the terms in section 2 of the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/7601">7 U.S.C. 7601</external-xref>).</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id11D44BAF754C4104A73E2FD9CA681BEE"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Covered Institution</header><text>The term <term>covered Institution</term> means—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1D54770D29874F7FAAE4E0D4E9EECAB6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>an 1862 Institution;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6D4EE0589E3F4C0A816A45E049E6C8A2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>an 1890 Institution;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE55669D5416D44BDBE34F666C1996DE0"><enum>(C)</enum><text>a 1994 Institution;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id41CCF15234234BA9AD55747E0D3F29D1"><enum>(D)</enum><text>an NLGCA Institution;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id60BFBC78C744429784AC87C054A5D785"><enum>(E)</enum><text>an Hispanic-serving agricultural college or university; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFA6940BB38E4416EBCC88E867D7DEAAD"><enum>(F)</enum><text>a cooperating forestry school.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9BC2186D06D74D9EBFC5245CAEDE2E29"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Authority of the Secretary</header><text>To carry out the purpose of this section, the Secretary may promote cooperation and coordination between covered Institutions and agricultural higher education institutions in developing countries through—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC4104C3C79EF44E5BD4A1BCB44659482"><enum>(1)</enum><text>improving extension by—</text><subparagraph commented="no" id="id128b47e3d9d743cdbc9bcee3676b1f2a"><enum>(A)</enum><text>encouraging the exchange of research materials and results between covered Institutions and agricultural higher education institutions in developing countries;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="idb8fc064671e14076886c4801f241d6f9"><enum>(B)</enum><text>facilitating the broad dissemination of agricultural research through extension; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id87596c767b8d4f9890972881c0827312"><enum>(C)</enum><text>assisting with efforts to plan and initiate extension services in lower and middle income countries;</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id7CC7666851D84E0BA81BC7E2F5213B1B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>improving agricultural research by—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBB9E2041AD814565A8320CACF996585E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in partnership with agricultural higher education institutions in developing countries, encouraging research that addresses problems affecting food production and security, human nutrition, agriculture, forestry, livestock, and fisheries, including local challenges; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE38867624B1B4050BD424D9316096102"><enum>(B)</enum><text>supporting and strengthening national agricultural research systems in lower and middle income countries;</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id99A9E6AF44D04BB88FDE7E07804E0791"><enum>(3)</enum><text>supporting the participation of covered Institutions in programs of international organizations, such as the United Nations, the World Bank, regional development banks, and international agricultural research centers;</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEC8778C55E1D48D79A928A5D0F70AC8E"><enum>(4)</enum><text>improving agricultural teaching and education by—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD7AA9B107584423BB87089A359878194"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in partnership with agricultural higher education institutions in developing countries, supporting education and teaching relating to food and agricultural sciences, including technical assistance, degree training, research collaborations, classroom instruction, workforce training, and education programs; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id988B965B122D403F9C1B307A4256675F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>assisting with efforts to increase student capacity, including to encourage equitable access for women and other underserved populations, at agricultural higher education institutions in developing countries by promoting partnerships with, and improving the capacity of, covered Institutions;</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9061F6576A43492B9D96E9FC44784E75"><enum>(5)</enum><text>assisting covered Institutions in strengthening their capacity for food, agricultural, and related research, extension, and teaching programs relevant to agricultural development activities in lower and middle income countries to promote the application of new technology to improve education delivery;</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id8dd78611711f42d4bcf3d502b915499d"><enum>(6)</enum><text>providing support for the internationalization of resident instruction programs of covered Institutions;</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id398b1c5d97e34641b3beb9f73057ef2f"><enum>(7)</enum><text>establishing a program, to be coordinated by the Director of the National Institute of Food and Agriculture and the Administrator of the Foreign Agricultural Service, to place interns from covered Institutions in, or in service to benefit, lower and middle income countries; and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="idF26E5BB29DC04F708664710B94A26F78"><enum>(8)</enum><text>establishing a program to provide fellowships to students at covered Institutions to study at foreign agricultural colleges and universities.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="idFA4F464AF4894C32B5C33F3DC461B633"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Enhancing linkages</header><text>The Secretary shall enhance the linkages among covered Institutions, the Federal Government, international research centers, counterpart research, extension, and teaching agencies and institutions in developed countries and developing countries—</text><paragraph commented="no" id="idD4500A4F5E794E2580F264D4D59095BD"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to carry out the purpose described in subsection (a); and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="idB3D57B48C09E493997482516E69830A8"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to make a substantial contribution to the cause of improved food and agricultural progress throughout the world.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="idFDC04F4A990E4E42B0457DF73BED532E"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 through 2023.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="P96B06AEB4270353B4E24C1B3B19C6D8" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>7122.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Competitive grants for international agricultural science and education programs</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1459A(c)(2) of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/3292b">7 U.S.C. 3292b(c)(2)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="PC24375B044869CB6F9CC1E896C8F8DB" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>7123.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">University research</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1463 of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/3311">7 U.S.C. 3311</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2018</quote> each place it appears in subsections (a) and (b) and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="PD53BBADE416248576A9992B7B5794ED" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>7124.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Extension service</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1464 of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/3312">7 U.S.C. 3312</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="P98850CC549E8085D1A40B7AA8198D8B" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>7125.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Supplemental and alternative crops; hemp</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1473D of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/3319d">7 U.S.C. 3319d</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF1A12469523345AAB0CA4E6B9AFB35E5"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA1F6EF68970D4C08B9D38FB85E72DD61"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id180A4492199A46C6845B449B0DB534C9"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>crops,</quote> and inserting <quote>crops (including canola),</quote>;</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7B36818F58FB4AFEA32190150CA1F870"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b)—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id913D9E2810DA4A86A830B8BAC1CBC11D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>for agronomic rotational purposes and as a habitat for honey bees and other pollinators</quote> after <quote>alternative crops</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE624780DABF64147BB4F650763673AC7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>commodities whose</quote> and all that follows through the period at the end and inserting <quote>commodities.</quote>;</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCD99A945BB124CAFACC8DD91FF3CA684"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (c)(3)(E), by inserting <quote>(including hemp (as defined in section 297A of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946))</quote> after <quote>material</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE13ADA9AA2CE42A687B8D8D8C1920BEA"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subsection (e)(2), by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text></paragraph></section><section id="id6366015574E44A778CA0C393F436AF6A"><enum>7126.</enum><header>New Era Rural Technology program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1473E of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/3319e">7 U.S.C. 3319e</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="idD7ED6638A6154EF9B4ECA7486639E040"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (b)(1)(B)—</text><subparagraph id="idF4ADF290A6524A1EBB59ACCE5CDBD415"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in clause (ii), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id6C8CBFC0B2C74A74813A92E0119D4F73"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in clause (iii), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idDD46C974A4FC4CC082002DDB2504C002"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block act-name="" changed="added" id="id7600D1BE36044BAB91BAF9A1BDB97CE5" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><clause id="id94AAF3D4422340DC8BF86221A9292A85"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>precision agriculture.</text></clause><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id60F70113114B4F3CB621FDDBCC3FCCAD"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (d), by striking <quote>2008 through 2012</quote> and inserting <quote>2019 through 2023</quote>.</text></paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="PA71266984396387DE72A199A27EA59E" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>7127.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Capacity building grants for NLGCA institutions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1473F(b) of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/3319i">7 U.S.C. 3319i(b)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text></section><section id="idd2f88d0e15804849baff500bef6f757c"><enum>7128.</enum><header>Agriculture Advanced Research and Development Authority pilot</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Subtitle K of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/3310">7 U.S.C. 3310</external-xref> et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2aba46b98c214f45b9f8722608bddb86" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><section id="id27ffe8dc16c648ff9d62c2df0ce2efaf"><enum>1473H.</enum><header>Agriculture Advanced Research and Development Authority pilot</header><subsection id="id1dce8bd4887d4eb2bd727be48c43020b"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Purpose</header><text>The purpose of this section is to promote advanced research and development through a pilot program targeting high-priority research needs for qualified products and projects, agricultural technologies, and research tools.</text></subsection><subsection id="id72d671acf721479289fecdfcb4e2b73e"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text><paragraph id="id329bca442e8549d1a85a9c06eda695b5"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Advanced research and development</header><text>The term <term>advanced research and development</term> means research and development activities used to overcome long-term and high-risk research challenges in agriculture and food through—</text><subparagraph id="id7f5b1959f7ae48659fa861a1971990eb"><enum>(A)</enum><text>targeted acceleration of novel, early stage innovative agricultural research with promising technology applications and products; or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idc5022049cab048b9a45d20b36dfc621c"><enum>(B)</enum><text>development of qualified products and projects, agricultural technologies, or innovative research tools, which may include—</text><clause id="id6fe5f3fa906245308390e75d7e00195e"><enum>(i)</enum><text>prototype testing, preclinical development, or field experimental use;</text></clause><clause id="id8d7ae2d681f04e6f9fb75fb699cc03d6"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>assessing and assisting with product approval, clearance, or need for a license under—</text><subclause id="idd13497f3993746bdb2fcaecc3dbabbcc"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the Animal Health Protection Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/8301">7 U.S.C. 8301</external-xref> et seq.);</text></subclause><subclause id="id5dc579b633a941d6aba6127300ce7453"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the Plant Protection Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/7701">7 U.S.C. 7701</external-xref> et seq.); or</text></subclause><subclause id="id7e4acd529d9543ecb27a4f5d64fcf813"><enum>(III)</enum><text>other applicable law; or</text></subclause></clause><clause id="id0dae3729cd7a45189a39c6a702452cc3"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>manufacturing and commercialization of a product.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idd6adfac0a9cd407a8d9a2036fb1076ce"><enum>(2)</enum><header>AGARDA</header><text>The term <term>AGARDA</term> means the Agriculture Advanced Research and Development Authority established by subsection (c)(1).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idbf1ed29473a7423289cf1c9594975737"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Agricultural technology</header><text>The term <term>agricultural technology</term> means machinery and other equipment engineered for an applicable and novel use in agriculture, natural resources, and food relating to the research and development of qualified products and projects.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idD0F23B9D3C794ADCBEED036E7B5E8371"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Director</header><text>The term <term>Director</term> means the Director of the AGARDA.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id50c01984c0cf4d7cb3bc991747ca2bae"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Fund</header><text>The term <term>Fund</term> means the Agriculture Advanced Research and Development Fund established by subsection (e)(1).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="iddcfd997664a34dc68884fe049c8e1540"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Other transaction</header><subparagraph id="id5E5F6C61CF274239B037374462C1F45F"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The term <term>other transaction</term> means a transaction other than a procurement contract, grant, or cooperative agreement.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id5969D193143642F09E2E067C0191AE03"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Inclusion</header><text>The term <term>other transaction</term> includes a transaction described in subsection (c)(6)(A).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ide0e4345654d34eb28b2264899c081b4a"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Person</header><text>The term <term>person</term> means—</text><subparagraph id="idca6c0a74af4d4a5181bb263e6a81f3dd"><enum>(A)</enum><text>an individual;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id8bf7f47915904a699adb560220ade74d"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a partnership;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id27a13a8deac249cabd38f7b836a572e2"><enum>(C)</enum><text>a corporation;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idaeefa3ac8847424c8dd2745454fee095"><enum>(D)</enum><text>an association;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id72c3cc94bde840b798802b40d54c39ba"><enum>(E)</enum><text>an entity;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id5c0bd16d39534e5da459a3cf127d19d4"><enum>(F)</enum><text>a public or private corporation;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id86dac1a13b8e4775b7c53296eb1ed20e"><enum>(G)</enum><text>a Federal, State, or local government agency or department; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id3b0e981a66f24463b1c630b16f4d26b0"><enum>(H)</enum><text>an institution of higher education, including a land-grant college or university and a non-land-grant college of agriculture.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id399ff96033f14353881aa55890140fb7"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Qualified product or project</header><text>The term <term>qualified product or project</term> means advanced research and development of—</text><subparagraph id="id40f8493f884a44598c59ed2efb51e566"><enum>(A)</enum><text>engineering, mechanization, or technology improvements that will address challenges relating to growing, harvesting, handling, processing, storing, packing, and distribution of agricultural products;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id2d7e8a51cfb8436a9b9532cb7d880516"><enum>(B)</enum><text>plant disease or plant pest recovery countermeasures to intentional or unintentional biological or natural threats, including—</text><clause id="id39e5da361cb844f3a649c9efb2ab80e9"><enum>(i)</enum><text>replacement or resistant plant cultivars or varieties;</text></clause><clause id="id3545c46963b343faa68b36440341e92f"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>other enhanced management strategies, including novel chemical, biological, or cultural approaches; or</text></clause><clause id="idda00e02050c64b3e990c9af20d06c69e"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>diagnostic or surveillance technology; and</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id932dcababf6143a6b534532de52537d4"><enum>(C)</enum><text>veterinary countermeasures to intentional or unintentional biological threats (including naturally occurring threats), including—</text><clause id="iddf140b6e1bc648ff87cbfee80a1ab1ea"><enum>(i)</enum><text>animal vaccine or therapeutic products (including anti-infective products); or</text></clause><clause id="id24578d2b59eb45269536e13e990711aa"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>diagnostic or surveillance technology.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id1cf0329074654ed2b7503538392a7e08"><enum>(9)</enum><header>Research tool</header><text>The term <term>research tool</term> means a device, technology, procedure, biological material, reagent, computer system, computer software, or analytical technique that is developed to assist in the discovery, development, or manufacture of a qualified product or project.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id2ccf4282fa87451b9269fe736607c6d8"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Agriculture Advanced Research and Development Authority</header><paragraph id="id6984c085323c42728fdf13d16ffc7862"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>There is established within the Department of Agriculture the Agriculture Advanced Research and Development Authority to address long-term and high-risk challenges in the development of—</text><subparagraph id="iddd11980401e347889450aaa7685d8997"><enum>(A)</enum><text>qualified products and projects;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id89e153507c674e368fde2ba20634920e"><enum>(B)</enum><text>agricultural technologies; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id8bc4fb76c3fa44428255b0d4ef8bda3f"><enum>(C)</enum><text>research tools.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id2041206861ed48119c2d235846ef9b5b"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Goals</header><text>The goals of the AGARDA are—</text><subparagraph id="id5d69361383274e0a9dfa5217182ae876"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to enhance the economic viability, security, and sustainability of agriculture to ensure that the United States is competitive and maintains a technological lead globally;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id84123f1612444ecbbab7e00ebdffe3a6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to develop and deploy advanced solutions to prevent, prepare, and protect against unintentional and intentional threats to agriculture and food in the United States;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id2a74ae1d48324f949b76ccb87a95c294"><enum>(C)</enum><text>to overcome the long-term and high-risk technological barriers in the development of agricultural technologies that enhance export competitiveness, environmental sustainability, and resilience to extreme weather; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id0cfdfd6ae6254b0cb8b81836d7a5f70e"><enum>(D)</enum><text>to ensure that the United States maintains a technological lead in developing and deploying advanced agricultural technologies that increase economic opportunities for farmers, ranchers, and rural communities.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id5f3130758f2547fbac97fa6059c61506"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Leadership</header><subparagraph id="id03E8CDECD28946019DD8742CF93BCF3A"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The AGARDA shall be a component of the Office of the Chief Scientist.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idD72A792EEE88405D8AC9B930358E7095"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Director</header><clause id="id0A09D00251814CA08DE9133ABED05232"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The AGARDA shall be headed by a Director, who shall be appointed by the Chief Scientist.</text></clause><clause id="idfd89468c1c784a45a516ec7b6ddaa873"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Qualifications</header><text>The Director shall be an individual who, by reason of professional background and experience, is especially qualified to advise the Chief Scientist on, and manage research programs addressing, matters pertaining to—</text><subclause id="idA4FAEDD89B034926A50376375672358F"><enum>(I)</enum><text>advanced research and development;</text></subclause><subclause id="id347AF057F3AA4AC3AFD6B472B647447D"><enum>(II)</enum><text>qualified products and projects;</text></subclause><subclause id="id53FAC636E3094D11B58BA2E4EA12AA31"><enum>(III)</enum><text>agricultural technologies;</text></subclause><subclause id="id3D401A82500F49008C25B82C27776698"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>research tools; and</text></subclause><subclause id="idF2BD63651A0E43EFAA1D74D5A07EED55"><enum>(V)</enum><text>long-term and high-risk challenges relating to the matters described in subclauses (I) through (IV).</text></subclause></clause><clause id="id8d45f73b85be4246b2dc899a2b9d0cd9"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Relationship within the Department of Agriculture</header><text>The Director shall report to the Chief Scientist.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id9c0ac285ef1e40a2adef0bf854cce292"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Duties</header><text>To achieve the goals described in paragraph (2), the Secretary, acting through the Director, shall accelerate advanced research and development by—</text><subparagraph id="id56ae5542d6ea4a5b9e4ba683487f594b"><enum>(A)</enum><text>identifying and promoting revolutionary advances in fundamental sciences;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id8e96a45f84c748eeacfd1d17a5453555"><enum>(B)</enum><text>translating scientific discoveries and cutting-edge inventions into technological innovations;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ide719b77d62894c1582d8f0243a814ee8"><enum>(C)</enum><text>incubating and accelerating transformational advances in areas in which industry by itself is not likely to undertake advanced research and development because of the high-risk technological or financial uncertainty;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id8de227768eff460f8cc21e3090200dce"><enum>(D)</enum><text>collaborating with Federal agencies, relevant industries, academia, international agencies, the Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research, and other persons to carry out the goals described in paragraph (2), including convening, at a minimum, annual meetings or working groups to demonstrate the operation and effectiveness of advanced research and development of qualified products and projects, agricultural technologies, and research tools;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id717f1922ed44407f89b4ea05f981b479"><enum>(E)</enum><text>conducting ongoing searches for, and support calls for, potential advanced research and development of agricultural technologies, qualified products and projects, and research tools;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id8b439a67945f4433993372df98441709"><enum>(F)</enum><text>awarding grants and entering into contracts, cooperative agreements, or other transactions under paragraph (6) for advanced research and development of agricultural technology, qualified products and projects, and research tools;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ida0f39a53a3a94075b6a7a9860cd53afe"><enum>(G)</enum><text>establishing issue-based multidisciplinary discovery teams to reduce the time and cost of solving specific problems that—</text><clause id="id39dd9ad6395a43f4b1e20578aa1671bf"><enum>(i)</enum><text>are composed of representatives from Federal and State agencies, professional groups, academia, and industry;</text></clause><clause id="idb77396a75afc4b25ad4ebd02bfe61615"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>seek novel and effective solutions; and</text></clause><clause id="id06f31f0061284dc0873681d003ecb60e"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>encourage data sharing and translation of research to field use; and</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idba689f5ca71f4d2c98b2b6dc054b5b12"><enum>(H)</enum><text>connecting interested persons with offices or employees authorized by the Secretary to advise those persons regarding requirements under relevant laws that impact the development, commercialization, and technology transfer of qualified products and projects, agricultural technologies, and research tools.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id499a344666b84d6f8682724e74029168"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Priority</header><text>In awarding grants and entering into contracts, cooperative agreements, or other transactions under paragraph (4)(F), the Secretary shall give priority to projects that accelerate the advanced research and development of—</text><subparagraph id="idf2e535abdf0249629dc85d7da08a3ee9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>new technologies to address critical research needs for specialty crops; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id42c58e67205046f28e82bb2fb35c60c2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>qualified products and projects that prevent, protect, and prepare against intentional and unintentional threats to agriculture and food.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id984e039efd02451f92a64a7f3b7103f4"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Other transaction authorities</header><subparagraph id="id32b63c3206b640f2ab3a0251fa8bc068"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>In carrying out the pilot program under this section, the Secretary shall have the authority to enter into other transactions in the same manner and subject to the same terms and conditions as transactions that the Secretary of Defense may enter into under section 2371 of title 10, United States Code.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idca5cb916f85b4b0f9b8a083839c1f861"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Scope</header><text>The authority of the Secretary to enter into contracts, cooperative agreements, and other transactions under this subsection shall be in addition to the authorities under this Act and title I of the Department of Agriculture and Related Agencies Appropriation Act, 1964 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/3318a">7 U.S.C. 3318a</external-xref>), to use contracts, cooperative agreements, and grants in carrying out the pilot program under this section.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id6efe39c041214ac5a71cd80de1e78b0b"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Guidelines</header><text>The Secretary shall establish guidelines regarding the use of the authority under subparagraph (A).</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idbb1cbd6731cf417994a10a9c512542cb"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Technology transfer</header><text>In entering into other transactions, the Secretary may negotiate terms for technology transfer in the same manner as a Federal laboratory under paragraphs (1) through (4) of section 12(b) of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/3710a">15 U.S.C. 3710a(b)</external-xref>).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id1695011b1c984668ab73e52872a026b4"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Availability of data</header><subparagraph id="ida3c7b556e9c94729a8c1dd9f1ad1c512"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall require that, as a condition of being awarded a contract or grant or entering into a cooperative agreement or other transaction under paragraph (4)(F), a person shall make available to the Secretary on an ongoing basis, and submit to the Secretary on request of the Secretary, all data relating to or resulting from the activities carried out by the person pursuant to this section.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idd87eae74454b4f9b907a40398145c3e0"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Exemption from disclosure</header><clause id="id881D16F9903546B69388BCA70DD50398"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>This subparagraph shall be considered a statute described in section 552(b)(3)(B) of title 5, United States Code.</text></clause><clause id="id60DCB9485FB14D1A8D8674A6805FAC99"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Exemption</header><text>The following information shall be exempt from disclosure and withheld from the public:</text><subclause id="id0b505838eef54e40b8be812dde33c07e"><enum>(I)</enum><text>Specific technical data or scientific information that is created or obtained under this section that reveals significant and not otherwise publicly known vulnerabilities of existing agriculture and food defenses against biological, chemical, nuclear, or radiological threats.</text></subclause><subclause id="id0c0e36c9799742d2a59d2543ed30562c"><enum>(II)</enum><text>Trade secrets or commercial or financial information that is privileged or confidential (within the meaning of section 552(b)(4) of title 5, United States Code) and obtained in the conduct of research or as a result of activities under this section from a non-Federal party participating in a contract, grant, cooperative agreement, or other transaction under this section.</text></subclause></clause><clause id="ida4ed468b93054f828952084dd9cdf61b"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Review</header><text>Information that results from research and development activities conducted under this section and that would be a trade secret or commercial or financial information that is privileged or confidential if the information had been obtained from a non-Federal party participating in a cooperative agreement or other transaction shall be withheld from disclosure under clause (ii) for 5 years.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idbc006701646e436c939cb96e9ea7151a"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Milestone-based payments allowed</header><text>In awarding contracts and grants and entering into cooperative agreements or other transactions under paragraph (4)(F), the Secretary may—</text><subparagraph id="ide86d3704f5364d479eb33200c2bfc8c0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>use milestone-based awards and payments; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id45b6ab57a0124a508b3eaa25470ea30b"><enum>(B)</enum><text>terminate a project for not meeting technical milestones.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idcd87d9edd20e4b49a67816ce89dcfd49"><enum>(9)</enum><header>Use of existing personnel authorities</header><text>In carrying out this subsection, the Secretary may appoint highly qualified individuals to scientific or professional positions on the same terms and conditions as provided in section 620(b)(4) of the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/7657">7 U.S.C. 7657(b)(4)</external-xref>).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ida1c1da6afbfb4bd9a482af283bb65f93"><enum>(10)</enum><header>Report and evaluation</header><subparagraph id="idba9d99eb34e44a6aa9cc7cc2a001eb04"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Report</header><text>The Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate an annual report examining the actions undertaken and results generated by the AGARDA.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idf232f318f2e04bdbb0fd1899458239f0"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Evaluation</header><text>After the date on which the AGARDA has been in operation for 3 years, the Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct an evaluation—</text><clause id="idf013c775e0194a4aa32f4742bc90e7f5"><enum>(i)</enum><text>to be completed and submitted to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate not later than 1 year after the date on which the Comptroller General began conducting the evaluation;</text></clause><clause id="idcdeff64a6c244627b628e1a790061095"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>describing the extent to which the AGARDA is achieving the goals described in paragraph (2); and</text></clause><clause id="idecc2046fed694553b5c372fc1fe20e39"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>including a recommendation on whether the AGARDA should be continued, terminated, or expanded.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id357e00847d2f4774a9ec7b721178175f"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Strategic plan</header><paragraph id="id056fbfdeafd045e5a4780d62d3e534b3"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 360 days after the date of enactment of this section, the Secretary shall develop and make publically available a strategic plan describing the strategic vision that the AGARDA shall use—</text><subparagraph id="id8bcfd104940641e384e05bfd1e851729"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to make determinations for future investments during the period of effectiveness of this section; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id583b0ac28b6a49cea3e8f00b2a45a45b"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to achieve the goals described in subsection (c)(2).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id47baef9519f646739f7b84778bdcb6d6"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Dissemination</header><text>The Secretary shall carry out such activities as the Secretary determines to be appropriate to disseminate the information contained in the strategic plan under paragraph (1) to persons who may have the capacity to substantially contribute to the activities described in that strategic plan.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id03d2965188514a4088d643472d4ba49f"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Coordination; consultation</header><text>The Secretary shall—</text><subparagraph id="id9b7df62b19d74b58ba329a4428cf01e5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>update and coordinate the strategic coordination plan under section 221(d)(7) of the Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 with the strategic plan developed under paragraph (1) for activities relating to agriculture and food defense countermeasure development and procurement; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idb6fd444e304a4a7ba2f5ba2671eb2157"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in developing the strategic plan under paragraph (1), consult with—</text><clause id="id39c5d594287a4cd4a206ff76a75ea5c7"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the National Agricultural Research, Extension, Education, and Economics Advisory Board established under section 1408(a);</text></clause><clause id="id63253a7b1bdf483abda14c625982e251"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the specialty crops committee established under section 1408A(a)(1);</text></clause><clause id="id6b5287db07a84d43959a698a1edd1823"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>relevant agriculture research agencies of the Federal Government;</text></clause><clause id="idfcda5b8bd6d343b480edf38237f768b1"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine;</text></clause><clause id="id4094d091023c40abbac074587d46ad4f"><enum>(v)</enum><text>the National Veterinary Stockpile Intra-Government Advisory Committee for Strategic Steering; and</text></clause><clause id="idc9f9dc4c723e4918a690fb21cbaa00c6"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>other appropriate parties, as determined by the Secretary.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id8d2a1ad681624e4883fdafaa808eadb1"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Funds</header><paragraph id="id59236f1c9f8c451e93a6385e965530b2"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>There is established in the Treasury the Agriculture Advanced Research and Development Fund, which shall be administered by the Secretary, acting through the Director—</text><subparagraph id="id32063CF74D1A4EA682120880682FA158"><enum>(A)</enum><text>for the purpose of carrying out this section; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idE3259A7A348A401C9A6C1C3141D52B0E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in the same manner and subject to the same terms and conditions as are applicable to the Secretary of Defense under section 2371 of title 10, United States Code.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idc040102430024ba29949d2d803282aaa"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Deposits into fund</header><subparagraph id="id2a51f67031a743508854bca97edc632a"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary, acting through the Director, may accept and deposit into the Fund monies received pursuant to cost recovery or contribution under a contract, grant, cooperative agreement, or other transaction under this section.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id971eb7b1dcc24d72a6239521bf330c91"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Clarification</header><text>Nothing in this paragraph authorizes the use of the funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to carry out this section.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id18e5f24480b4421ea24eb7d8d5c02d11"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Funding</header><text>In addition to funds otherwise deposited in the Fund under paragraph (1) or (2), there is authorized to be appropriated to the Fund $50,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 through 2023, to remain available until expended.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idd139b01795a04ba0a15a61210711a618"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Termination of effectiveness</header><text>The authority provided by this section terminates effective September 30, 2023.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="PE337FD8F4382D3AB35688EBB5963E9E" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>7129.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Aquaculture assistance programs</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1477(a)(2) of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/3324">7 U.S.C. 3324(a)(2)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="PC04EB15A46523B1261A2EB826835FEF" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>7130.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Repeal of rangeland research programs</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Subtitle M of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/3331">7 U.S.C. 3331</external-xref> et seq.) is repealed.</text></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="PCADDFB084B279254D5D679A615DEE2E" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>7131.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Special authorization for biosecurity planning and response</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1484(a)(2) of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/3351">7 U.S.C. 3351(a)(2)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="P5C6968BF42516EDFDB3D8F8E61EF5CF" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>7132.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Distance education and resident instruction grants program for insular area institutions of higher
education</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="PF37242D744AA2889167A34B2977493D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Distance education grants for insular areas</header><text>Section 1490(f)(2) of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/3362">7 U.S.C. 3362(f)(2)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="PCBAD9807476401CF1DC2699603AFFEE"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Resident instruction grants for insular areas</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1491(c)(2) of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/3363">7 U.S.C. 3363(c)(2)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id492518B14FEF47BA8CB8CF75E374FF80"><enum>7133.</enum><header>Limitation on designation of entities eligible to receive funds under a capacity program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Subtitle P of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/3371">7 U.S.C. 3371</external-xref> et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF0DF4AEB9B6D49F990DA6C8B8DD14309" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><section commented="no" id="id171E31C0034D423385AD1C082D93FB42"><enum>1493.</enum><header>Limitation on designation of entities eligible to receive funds under a capacity program</header><subsection commented="no" id="idbf6908de1e204cf6b1b4ef667a1e0a52"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definition of capacity program</header><text>In this section, the term <term>capacity program</term> means each of the following agricultural research, extension, education, and related programs:</text><paragraph commented="no" id="id0642513ed5df47a487675fc09c08a5a2"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The programs for which funds are made available under subsections (b) and (c) of section 3 of the Smith-Lever Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/343">7 U.S.C. 343</external-xref>).</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id6d8da5db7e2842c5b356dfb964c913ef"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The program for which funds are made available under the Hatch Act of 1887 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/361a">7 U.S.C. 361a</external-xref> et seq.).</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id562b6c275e194290b001e253f8dd82f6"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The program for which funds are made available under section 1444.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="idab2c8b5b26e144d1b2a9b22924ad50e6"><enum>(4)</enum><text>The program for which funds are made available under section 1445.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="idf81a9551cd774222b9c4c38b27a14575"><enum>(5)</enum><text>The grant program authorized under section 1447.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id703C884AD1FC49B2B81E8C3424B983E7"><enum>(6)</enum><text>The program for which funds are made available under <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/87/788">Public Law 87–788</external-xref> (commonly known as the <quote>McIntire-Stennis Cooperative Forestry Act</quote>) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/582a">16 U.S.C. 582a</external-xref> et seq.).</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="idc1611f3ea95b4b00958fc02595cde1a8"><enum>(7)</enum><text>Any other agricultural research, extension, or education program relating to capacity and infrastructure, as determined by the Secretary.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="id99a0292cee1a4fa3971863f1980892a0"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Limitation</header><paragraph commented="no" id="id29D72D7A64414B9C96A84E01B792018C"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Except as provided under paragraph (2), and notwithstanding any other provision of law, no additional entity designated after the date of enactment of this section shall be eligible to receive funds under a capacity program.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id37621EA7261141EE980CA390547925B7"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Exceptions</header><subparagraph commented="no" id="id984A1AABC7494D8DA8A7109E13FFDE24"><enum>(A)</enum><header>1994 Institutions</header><text>Paragraph (1) shall not apply in the case of a designation of a 1994 Institution under section 2 of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/87/788">Public Law 87–788</external-xref> (commonly known as the “McIntire-Stennis Cooperative Forestry Act”) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/582a-1">16 U.S.C. 582a–1</external-xref>).</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="idB1A751C8320B4A5DA61E658A9EEFD01D"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Extraordinary circumstances</header><text>In the case of extraordinary circumstances or a situation that would lead to an inequitable result, as determined by the Secretary, the Secretary may determine that an entity designated after the date of enactment of this section is eligible to receive funds under a capacity program.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="id404724d074c54473a6b7ca0e5fc2b7f5"><enum>(c)</enum><header>No increase in State funding</header><text>No State shall receive an increase in the amount of capacity program funding as a result of the designation of additional entities as eligible to receive funds under a capacity program.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section><section id="HBD6DDCCA81D54D18A6B5E0390E1C9061" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>7134.</enum><header>Scholarship program for students attending 1890 Institutions</header><subsection id="HED89C23AC8E74A1F8AF1EF0BD4778F6B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Findings</header><text>Congress finds the following:</text><paragraph id="H9A71A2C359F14FA790ADEDB81857E893"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Act of August 30, 1890 (commonly known as the <quote>Second Morrill Act</quote>) (26 Stat. 417, chapter 841; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/321">7 U.S.C. 321</external-xref> et seq.), brought about the establishment of the following 19 public, African-American land-grant colleges and universities:</text><subparagraph id="HE9FEBBFE8A6C4B0193DD3BAB70D57EBD"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Alabama A&M University.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB306902A6C55439391F298FFFA84E4A4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Alcorn State University.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE04607655C0F4D4994E4E5A9A623A4D0"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Central State University.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0E0236E865104DD794D4614F5911378A"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Delaware State University.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3929E902D39A4F908EBE9D5B14141734"><enum>(E)</enum><text>Florida A&M University.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDE4858EF67614731BF663F825D90DD9E"><enum>(F)</enum><text>Fort Valley State University.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB74F76E80EB34DC7AAF3D5D39DD648B8"><enum>(G)</enum><text>Kentucky State University.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H237E58D3A1434C818CE6086E692A1E03"><enum>(H)</enum><text>Langston University.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H08172A31AC4746958ABE8230B9DA00BA"><enum>(I)</enum><text>Lincoln University.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB633A101DF3F461498EC7055A870579F"><enum>(J)</enum><text>North Carolina A&T State University.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2E293AEC6F91424AB37FDE7F0337D800"><enum>(K)</enum><text>Prairie View A&M University.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD26ABBB0EC704CC69D87CFDBCA3E91D2"><enum>(L)</enum><text>South Carolina State University.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H30C5148E2C684FA3BF22FB2DEF64987F"><enum>(M)</enum><text>Southern University System.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H28E3AED23198416989819DBB5DD5AC61"><enum>(N)</enum><text>Tennessee State University.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC744B2CD8E7B40D9966C538F63F820E7"><enum>(O)</enum><text>Tuskegee University.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF64945CAB299435DB1D4D46A23244952"><enum>(P)</enum><text>University of Arkansas Pine Bluff.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6CA0031E42D449A79EA5EDB2CB19BF8A"><enum>(Q)</enum><text>University of Maryland Eastern Shore.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA56F3593C50E49F49EEA41A0ABB07ADF"><enum>(R)</enum><text>Virginia State University.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H858F91991CC447729B02774B3FDD051B"><enum>(S)</enum><text>West Virginia State University.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H8F47E0D9F3564872B8E735690989BEEC"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Funding for agricultural education, research, and extension at the colleges and universities described in paragraph (1) is authorized to be appropriated to the Department of Agriculture with each farm bill, which is enacted approximately every 5 years.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HCE528B47B6E344398D612B0A3E843DE2"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Agricultural Act of 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/113/79">Public Law 113–79</external-xref>; 128 Stat. 649) authorizes the appropriation of Federal funds for research, education, and extension activities at the colleges and universities described in paragraph (1) and the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/114/113">Public Law 114–113</external-xref>; 129 Stat. 2245) appropriated $19,000,000 for education grants for the colleges and universities described in paragraph (1).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H73A026D04AD944479F6980C165FA5801"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There is a great need to increase the number of young African-Americans seeking careers in the food and agricultural sciences (as defined in section 1404 of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/3103">7 U.S.C. 3103</external-xref>)), including agribusiness, food production, distribution, and retailing, the clothing industries, energy and renewable fuels, and farming marketing, finance, and distribution.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H0BD741CC1FEC49FD9C059CBFE758BA6E"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Scholarship funding provided to increase the number of young African-American individuals seeking a career in the food and agricultural sciences shall be provided with the caveat that those scholarship students shall commit to pursue a career in the food and agricultural sciences, including agribusiness, food production, distribution, and retailing, the clothing industries, energy and renewable fuels, and farming marketing, finance, and distribution.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HFE4F6D9611D34EDA8BE51E5D3C94FCD4"><enum>(6)</enum><text>The average age of farmers and producers in the United States is 60 years of age and continues to rise.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H2EBD14E0A5B9462788EC86293D38DB8B"><enum>(7)</enum><text>Beginning farmers and ranchers (as defined in section 7405 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/3319f">7 U.S.C. 3319f</external-xref>)) need greater assistance in the financing of their education because of the increased startup costs associated with farming, such as the purchase of land and farming equipment.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HD7FD3663FC3E42E1B6A00E9128284213"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Purposes</header><text>The purposes of this section and the amendment made by this section are—</text><paragraph id="H41EF4DB61F7A491DB552424DA87D118A"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to address the national crisis posed by the aging farmer and producer population in the United States;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H535D9495AD3E4ACDAD7518FB9808F060"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to increase the number of young African-American individuals seeking a career in the food and agricultural sciences (as defined in section 1404 of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/3103">7 U.S.C. 3103</external-xref>)), including careers in agribusiness, food production, distribution, and retailing, the clothing industries, energy and renewable fuels, and farming marketing, finance, and distribution;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H8A8BDE502FDB4F4488A5FB22F2CD72F8"><enum>(3)</enum><text>to reduce the average age of farmers and producers in the United States;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HAF5DE2798BAD4BF397643F2209507D76"><enum>(4)</enum><text>to provide greater assistance to beginning farmers and ranchers (as defined in section 7405 of Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/3319f">7 U.S.C. 3319f</external-xref>)); and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H5C23031B2006470DBCCF106F9B38B87F"><enum>(5)</enum><text>to provide scholarships to 1890 land-grant students seeking careers in the food and agricultural sciences.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H1F9AE067E5F74B978921F8480902EF74"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Scholarship program for students attending 1890-institutions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subtitle G of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/3221">7 U.S.C. 3221</external-xref> et seq.) (as amended by section 7118) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7AD71F0241E3424B9169C91AAB250B1B" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><section id="HF51BD4E6A6864428AB0A84B3B9963946"><enum>1451.</enum><header>Scholarships for students at <enum-in-header>1890</enum-in-header> land-grant colleges, including Tuskegee University</header><subsection id="HF77F3BCC658C4E418BD7D0ACB30531C5"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall establish a grant program under which the Secretary shall award a grant to each 1890 Institution (as defined in section 2 of the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/7601">7 U.S.C. 7601</external-xref>)) (referred to in this section as an <quote>eligible institution</quote>), to award scholarships to individuals who—</text><paragraph id="H7AB63B9C68B048A482ECD1B5A036C0AD"><enum>(1)</enum><text>seek to attend the eligible institution; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H88289E1EFB114C869F499A26335A548A"><enum>(2)</enum><text>intend to pursue a career in the food and agricultural sciences, including a career in agribusiness, food production, distribution, and retailing, the clothing industries, energy and renewable fuels, and farming marketing, finance, and distribution.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HAC8D6D350F244162B3F5A79F39C1E458"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Funding</header><paragraph id="HF7EE44C7347049BFBCD0878D4B0C1FF5"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $19,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 through 2023.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H93D2B45D03654C529BB630100F702011"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Allocation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Of the funds made available under paragraph (1) for a fiscal year, the Secretary shall allocate to each eligible institution $1,000,000.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section></subtitle><subtitle commented="no" id="PB6EE213A44CC82AA5CD7318319FCE47"><enum>B</enum><header>Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990</header><section id="PC74FEF684C8F816BC3078B9FA681CCE"><enum>7201.</enum><header>Best utilization of biological applications</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1624 of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/5814">7 U.S.C. 5814</external-xref>) is amended in the first sentence by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text></section><section id="P2B0FEDAD4FDEC5DBB49A9595A6FB03C"><enum>7202.</enum><header>Integrated management systems</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1627(d) of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/5821">7 U.S.C. 5821(d)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text></section><section id="PD8FE4BD444C10CD3C05128B2F82C27E"><enum>7203.</enum><header>Sustainable agriculture technology development and transfer program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1628(f)(2) of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/5831">7 U.S.C. 5831(f)(2)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text></section><section id="P265EEC1B450B982C43A4DD8940B7D5C"><enum>7204.</enum><header>National training program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1629(i) of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/5832">7 U.S.C. 5832(i)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text></section><section commented="no" id="id19C6319F9E6842309961DAFF7F211FE9"><enum>7205.</enum><header>National strategic germplasm and cultivar collection assessment and utilization plan</header><subsection id="id94922C1AC93E409882C1601079A721ED"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 1632(d) of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/5841">7 U.S.C. 5841(d)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="id98C02A4EB17D44C281543F9D8DBD28D3"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (5), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idC384CE246E224175BFD91801FE4433AD"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraph (6) as paragraph (7); and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id8B3F6DD6D5734CD1AFDA3126C6F29F8D"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (5) the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3278BD73206843B080912A98674A277D" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><paragraph id="id3E30EE745B0B48D18825FBE8ACF489EE"><enum>(6)</enum><text>develop and implement a national strategic germplasm and cultivar collection assessment and utilization plan that takes into consideration the resources and research necessary to address the significant backlog of characterization and maintenance of existing accessions considered to be critical to preserve the viability of, and public access to, germplasm and cultivars; and</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id48174C0F0C41481F8F390CD3801FACD3"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Plan publication</header><text>Section 1633 of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/5842">7 U.S.C. 5842</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id072e02e868c84728909f0d14ca303d40" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subsection commented="no" id="id1c28bac16c6a4900953cbfc3eb9aa9ff"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Plan publication</header><text>On completion of the development of the plan described in section 1632(d)(6), the Secretary shall make the plan available to the public.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section><section commented="no" id="P5D578E1A42FFECCDACFEA0B1D41958C"><enum>7206.</enum><header>National Genetics Resources Program</header><subsection id="id5593EDB77B384A60A63BD01922FAD38B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Advisory council</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1634 of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/5843">7 U.S.C. 5843</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="id8996A94EDEA847C19193842F21D23831"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (a)—</text><subparagraph id="idBA1923B69F7442E79DB9B5E6FAF0F4A2"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the first sentence, by striking <quote>The Secretary</quote> and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id20676A485E064B07AAE168E3DA64FD30" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><paragraph id="idD0EBE61D11AB466B80CF393CF1B5BD94"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; </after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id49DEB5F45F3C43B2AB601EBA579942BB"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in the second sentence of paragraph (1) (as so designated), by striking <quote>The advisory</quote> and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA258614ECDE54BEC80785A065310E531" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><paragraph id="idF418EA596F554EF5AA03BFF5979E0A28"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Membership</header><text>The advisory</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id38A2A00CF7CC4C35A397201DC22DA018"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (2) (as so designated), by striking <quote>nine</quote> and inserting <quote>13</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idB3E9331BF88C466D8AD8E6303C5DAF07"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id19D58352D98149FA85F351C71AEC0F42" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><paragraph id="id0B1049AF48844A4B88C4B17107884F7F"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Recommendations</header><subparagraph id="id0DC318D6A2164076BB9D5C14796557DD"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>In making recommendations under paragraph (1), the advisory council shall include recommendations on—</text><clause id="idF0E7D03AA168478C91AFB8C8AD9D9788"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the state of public cultivar development, including—</text><subclause id="id10C43A7F73154533B69940A4C33BCB0C"><enum>(I)</enum><text>an analysis of existing cultivar research investments;</text></subclause><subclause id="id60d16bdaf3dd4092954a8a96b75d5f8e"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the research gaps relating to the development of cultivars across a diverse range of crops; and</text></subclause><subclause id="id83cd3c94d70c449cab0201e8f3749020"><enum>(III)</enum><text>an assessment of the state of commercialization of federally funded cultivars;</text></subclause></clause><clause id="idf944e004ebbf4a2e856f74d3707e6976"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the training and resources needed to meet future breeding challenges;</text></clause><clause id="idF99FD8D3CDA7407391F727EEF10D9F62"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the appropriate levels of Federal funding for cultivar development for underserved crops and geographic areas; and</text></clause><clause id="id7208EC040FD14E1887C7BE0D78F103D9"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>the development of the plan described in section 1632(d)(6).</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id57685A0A5CCD4306B40F1D00EA825AE9"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (c)—</text><subparagraph id="id6427AE473A0D4996A17841B85D8FB494"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)—</text><clause id="id48B6E090810F4A3D9107DED184A5CC01"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>Two-thirds</quote> and inserting <quote>6</quote>; and</text></clause><clause id="id9E64DAB4685A410D81E0A3DF787FD929"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>economics and policy,</quote> after <quote>agricultural sciences,</quote>;</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idCF2BCAE7F95E4223B6279B2A2453E756"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)—</text><clause id="idB07E8C8CD5634C0894974EFA488F0BB7"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>One-third</quote> and inserting <quote>3</quote>; and</text></clause><clause id="id08E144E9BBF04074A0186D585CDA7E6D"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>community development,</quote> after <quote>public policy,</quote>; and</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idA44E1A0C221541098A256E6E330B0457"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id03EBAB14CB4343749FBFE68F4E53A7BB" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><paragraph id="id55B3120FD50A4C4195B2403946E96BD1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>4 of the members shall be appointed from among individuals with expertise in public cultivar and animal breed development.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id42F7420568CA4486A70BAFA6C17E322C"><enum>(4)</enum><text>4 of the members shall be appointed from among individuals representing—</text><subparagraph id="idE9C0B902EC1341B1BED6A1C30BA90B46"><enum>(A)</enum><text>1862 Institutions (as defined in section 2 of the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/7601">7 U.S.C. 7601</external-xref>));</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idFFE0635F998A46CF82DAB1337C26D664"><enum>(B)</enum><text>1890 Institutions (as defined in section 2 of the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/7601">7 U.S.C. 7601</external-xref>));</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idC72025CE910C42E5A0666E09769ACF48"><enum>(C)</enum><text>eligible institutions (as defined in section 502(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1101a">20 U.S.C. 1101a(a)</external-xref>)); or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idE7588C412A734E4DAEF885F31FA98DC5"><enum>(D)</enum><text>1994 Institutions (as defined in section 532 of the Equity in Educational Land-Grant Status Act of 1994 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/301">7 U.S.C. 301</external-xref> note; <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/103/382">Public Law 103–382</external-xref>)).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id6682A65B181C49238E14A916480FCC42"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1635(b)(2) of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/5844">7 U.S.C. 5844(b)(2)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text></subsection></section><section id="P6B3D6C7445BB2A5B0DF551A6B6A4345"><enum>7207.</enum><header>National Agricultural Weather Information System</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1641(c) of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/5855">7 U.S.C. 5855(c)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text></section><section id="idD6C90450F676497080AF9C9E8C70F783"><enum>7208.</enum><header>Agricultural genome to phenome initiative</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1671 of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/5924">7 U.S.C. 5924</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="id62CB132AA7174104AD8863AD41E1CD47"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the section heading, by inserting <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">to phenome</header-in-text></quote> after <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">genome</header-in-text></quote>;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idE0A4F51049A94FFFADC95E368C77C71B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking subsection (a) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id287B4BCE62154BFDA5B4B076FD95AE42" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subsection id="idCA0A9B9C07664C19B8A62A4E7116C661"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Goals</header><text>The goals of this section are—</text><paragraph id="idDF6338B000EA475F9ECBE007055E4B96"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to expand knowledge concerning genomes and phenomes of crops and animals of importance to the agriculture sector of the United States;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id88F6B6AA97D34D639BAA3E0BB135948B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to understand how variable weather, environments, and production systems impact the growth and productivity of specific varieties of crops and species of animals in order to provide greater accuracy in predicting crop and animal performance under variable conditions;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idCC99AAC6B93F4D6D8750E829EC629526"><enum>(3)</enum><text>to support research that leverages plant and animal genomic information with phenotypic and environmental data through an interdisciplinary framework, leading to a novel understanding of plant and animal processes that affect growth, productivity, and the ability to predict performance, which will result in the deployment of superior varieties and species to producers and improved crop and animal management recommendations for farmers and ranchers;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id113ACA39F5EE4E4EB0CCCD165634A270"><enum>(4)</enum><text>to catalyze and coordinate research that links genomics and predictive phenomics at different sites across the United States to achieve advances in crops and animals that generate societal benefits;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id58407F0B29504B3088A3D87E173EF758"><enum>(5)</enum><text>to combine fields such as genetics, genomics, plant physiology, agronomy, climatology, and crop modeling with computation and informatics, statistics, and engineering;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id49175508E8574509BA310E8D2ACFE8EA"><enum>(6)</enum><text>to combine fields such as genetics, genomics, animal physiology, meat science, animal nutrition, and veterinary science with computation and informatics, statistics, and engineering;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idAAD2DF0ED1C04C87A187BD3F5A772E61"><enum>(7)</enum><text>to focus on crops and animals that will yield scientifically important results that will enhance the usefulness of many other crops and animals;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id3DDACE2198C94EDC883BF56822289775"><enum>(8)</enum><text>to build on genomic research, such as the Plant Genome Research Project and the National Animal Genome Research Program, to understand gene function in production environments that is expected to have considerable returns for crops and animals of importance to the agriculture of the United States;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idDD4646E8571B4C1ABB5CDC0728C60982"><enum>(9)</enum><text>to develop improved data analytics to enhance understanding of the biological function of genes;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idA520C4817BF84A709DE3749C8CAA3259"><enum>(10)</enum><text>to allow resources developed under this section, including data, software, germplasm, and other biological materials, to be openly accessible to all persons, subject to any confidentiality requirements imposed by law; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id93D2A391BC924641977D808A2FC141F7"><enum>(11)</enum><text>to encourage international partnerships with each partner country responsible for financing its own research.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph id="id2372C5FD9E4443B7A399CE3C5A4E58BB"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by striking subsection (b) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB0781FEB82BB4C8F8B89B8A92CE859F6" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subsection id="id3546C3931697493698A51AEB443B5C4E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Duties of Secretary</header><text>The Secretary of Agriculture (referred to in this section as the <quote>Secretary</quote>) shall conduct a research initiative, to be known as the <quote>Agricultural Genome to Phenome Initiative</quote>, for the purpose of—</text><paragraph id="id805FA9C5395A49E7915BB6ADDCF0F8E2"><enum>(1)</enum><text>studying agriculturally significant crops and animals in production environments to achieve sustainable and secure agricultural production;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id7C4D81B3963A4AFC92E8E704BF91F21F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>ensuring that current gaps in existing knowledge of agricultural crop and animal genetics and phenomics are filled;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id55E341CFCDD44911B0D8191C89643DA6"><enum>(3)</enum><text>identifying and developing a functional understanding of relevant genes from animals and agronomically relevant genes from crops that are of importance to the agriculture sector of the United States;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id60BB074656DD41B6A092A9A24236D564"><enum>(4)</enum><text>ensuring future genetic improvement of crops and animals of importance to the agriculture sector of the United States;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idA3EF6141821242E691EAB9085E7CB659"><enum>(5)</enum><text>studying the relevance of diverse germplasm as a source of unique genes that may be of importance in the future;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id24407E40BB5F49E8B65839D88B9E4A77"><enum>(6)</enum><text>enhancing genetics to reduce the economic impact of pathogens on crops and animals of importance to the agriculture sector of the United States;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id1F5BE25350BD4DD7986F4D2FBF270EDD"><enum>(7)</enum><text>disseminating findings to relevant audiences; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idF42BA1D1B3564BAC98DF45AEA9C2F92A"><enum>(8)</enum><text>otherwise carrying out this section.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>; </after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph id="idCA4859B3DE8D4F98960E721934B8660D"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subsection (c)(1), by inserting <quote>, acting through the National Institute of Food and Agriculture,</quote> after <quote>The Secretary</quote>;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idC23A57043C3645CBB00B18A7B9F5D585"><enum>(5)</enum><text>in subsection (e), by inserting <quote>to Phenome</quote> after <quote>Genome</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id52F153BA55DB41F9BFEA6C0347BB43A7"><enum>(6)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB9BAEF7F80CA404B936825E1A70A057E" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subsection id="idA8C2854DE2C34BC9A26B1A3F4696BD9A"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $30,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 through 2023.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="P8CDE24C64220BB2E9B0671A0503B97B" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>7209.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">High-priority research and extension initiatives</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC9E39CFAEF254E70A9FDD7AC96D93452"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">High-priority research and extension areas</header><text>Section 1672(d) of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/5925">7 U.S.C. 5925(d)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd4e4feb5bc034cb38d44dd48bc6e9f9a" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><paragraph id="id9be2da8d9d2b4635a6ab58e1846169d7"><enum>(11)</enum><header>National turfgrass research initiative</header><text>Research and extension grants may be made under this section for the purposes of—</text><subparagraph id="id8dd105fdcfbd47a2beb8f1446a63a523"><enum>(A)</enum><text>carrying out or enhancing research related to turfgrass and sod issues;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id49a8b2ec44e54018b07d7d0b615311e9"><enum>(B)</enum><text>enhancing production and uses of turfgrass for the general public;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id9c4d6770951d49e9be472353f53b5f51"><enum>(C)</enum><text>identifying new turfgrass varieties with superior drought, heat, cold, and pest tolerance to reduce water, fertilizer, and pesticide use;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id7a154ec3306749f492a9bfc3136d5ff1"><enum>(D)</enum><text>selecting genetically superior turfgrasses and development of improved technologies for managing commercial, residential, and recreational turf areas;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ide17d45efb5bf4635b0671c7211a54836"><enum>(E)</enum><text>producing grasses that aid in mitigating soil erosion, protect against pollutant runoff into waterways, and provide other environmental benefits;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id5a31d1ca4f1e4350a287f65222a53eac"><enum>(F)</enum><text>investigating, preserving, and protecting native plant species, including grasses not currently used in turf systems;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idcc9834d9c823441bb93653fa565187ac"><enum>(G)</enum><text>creating systems for more economical and viable turfgrass seed and sod production throughout the United States; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id7970de50b1c04429835240eadee6f80e"><enum>(H)</enum><text>investigating the turfgrass phytobiome and developing biologic products to enhance soil, enrich plants, and mitigate pests.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id6b4b69dfa7a343d1870007cdf85296b6"><enum>(12)</enum><header>Nutrient management</header><text>Research and extension grants may be made under this section for the purposes of examining nutrient management based on the source, rate, timing, and placement of crop nutrients.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id93669fa3f2984ec5bc6889d704aecb43"><enum>(13)</enum><header>Macadamia tree health initiative</header><text>Research and extension grants may be made under this section for the purposes of—</text><subparagraph id="id3b8da7c040fe4ea0972cd8872d86d30f"><enum>(A)</enum><text>developing and disseminating science-based tools and treatments to combat the macadamia felted coccid (Eriococcus ironsidei); and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id05be6c5cc8274cf6b3e0fb460fd9684b"><enum>(B)</enum><text>establishing an areawide integrated pest management program in areas affected by, or areas at risk of being affected by, the macadamia felted coccid (Eriococcus ironsidei).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3AB65A59878F492195CCAB99AA17B90A"><enum>(14)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Chronic wasting disease</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Research and extension grants may be made under this section for the purposes of supporting research projects at land-grant colleges and universities (as defined in section 1404 of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/3103">7 U.S.C. 3103</external-xref>)) with established deer research programs for the purposes of treating, mitigating, or eliminating chronic wasting disease in free-ranging white-tailed deer populations.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF693DD5C5C974D6F8D0201F03E4695AD"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Pulse crop health initiative</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1672(e)(5) of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/5925">7 U.S.C. 5925(e)(5)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD7E3BEDDE65E44BE88A9F255D5EA673A"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Training coordination for food and agriculture protection</header><text>Section 1672(f)(5) of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/5925">7 U.S.C. 5925(f)(5)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2CB5829B3A3D4AAA8A62BB6B8E1CD1D1"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Pollinator protection</header><text>Section 1672(g) of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/5925">7 U.S.C. 5925(g)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9796540386D440188332731AEEBA8C11"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraphs (1)(B), (2)(B), and (3), by striking <quote>2018</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>2023</quote>;</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id4D47BD9B2C7C43428BD4CE6C89144F3E"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating paragraphs (4) and (5) as paragraphs (5) and (7), respectively;</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id92FE66E312584FF4B217C6D1F9A51FA1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (3) the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5A3FF302874341B992FEBB2C695473E6" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><paragraph commented="no" id="id7d065a75fb5942de91a9342f4c901bc7"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Pollinator Health Task Force</header><subparagraph commented="no" id="idD76371610F464BB9B356DB2969C3B581"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of the <short-title>Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018</short-title>, the Secretary, in consultation with the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (referred to in this paragraph as the <quote>Administrator</quote>), shall reconstitute the Pollinator Health Task Force (referred to in this paragraph as the <quote>Task Force</quote>) to carry out the purposes described in subparagraph (B).</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="idc88c19284f2d46d0be5bfeff9ec9cb16"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Purposes</header><text>The Task Force shall—</text><clause commented="no" id="id833FAFD0ADC64E1ABC94773F1E4C72BB"><enum>(i)</enum><text>address issues relating to pollinator health and disease, pollinator population decline, and Federal pollinator protection activities; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="idD40E1F99214B4B359F8880F3D69220AF"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>ensure effective implementation of the 2015 National Pollinator Health Strategy, as modified under subparagraph (D)(i).</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="idb050f5cacdef4b2aa5d232d4a6bb539e"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Composition</header><clause commented="no" id="idAFE9CE72DA994FD9910695D8DC60CE78"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Co-chairs</header><text>The Secretary and the Administrator shall serve as co-chairs of the Task Force.</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="id8986C4747A55437DBECD679C38943576"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Members</header><subclause commented="no" id="id861FAAC7368144EA85AC4C6A76F7FF8B"><enum>(I)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Task Force shall be composed of not less than 15 members, each of whom shall be appointed by the Secretary, in consultation with the Administrator.</text></subclause><subclause commented="no" id="id93A2DD49A9D842399F57D673A94F2677"><enum>(II)</enum><header>Members</header><text>The members of the Task Force—</text><item commented="no" id="idFF8AD165C37446EF95440A06A4CC7FD1"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>shall include a qualified representative from each of—</text><subitem commented="no" id="idacfa7367b3f54946bf90ed8a1007b939"><enum>(AA)</enum><text>the Department of State;</text></subitem><subitem commented="no" id="id7abc803656594ef7a0229b9f1381709c"><enum>(BB)</enum><text>the Department of Defense;</text></subitem><subitem commented="no" id="id356529ba835544e88f17d7a4795b243d"><enum>(CC)</enum><text>the Department of the Interior;</text></subitem><subitem commented="no" id="idfc2bc46473d645e09a9bc1ec5021a4b0"><enum>(DD)</enum><text>the Department of Housing and Urban Development;</text></subitem><subitem commented="no" id="id2e8eaa33b08849b4b190d5444a84631a"><enum>(EE)</enum><text>the Department of Transportation;</text></subitem><subitem commented="no" id="id994c8e409f42484ca1a7a85c13ab3879"><enum>(FF)</enum><text>the Department of Energy;</text></subitem><subitem commented="no" id="id161663a174a14343b1ecead33b46596b"><enum>(GG)</enum><text>the Department of Education;</text></subitem><subitem commented="no" id="idfec0480a14f64cb2b8a55cef2d3b865d"><enum>(HH)</enum><text>the Council on Environmental Quality;</text></subitem><subitem commented="no" id="id8f20ee8a8944446ab770f2dd0744b02e"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the Domestic Policy Council;</text></subitem><subitem commented="no" id="id899a06d557284f9eb08cf6c12e1a7332"><enum>(JJ)</enum><text>the General Services Administration;</text></subitem><subitem commented="no" id="idf9a3f759f37d461d94e37c08d718f088"><enum>(KK)</enum><text>the National Science Foundation;</text></subitem><subitem commented="no" id="idf86d2050747348ba89e23481be4be3cb"><enum>(LL)</enum><text>the National Security Council;</text></subitem><subitem commented="no" id="id76bdd516b1cd4c5995e544fea7a919a8"><enum>(MM)</enum><text>the Office of Management and Budget;</text></subitem><subitem commented="no" id="id9073906dfcf14b6184216a8f78bf574b"><enum>(NN)</enum><text>the Food and Drug Administration; and</text></subitem><subitem commented="no" id="id61b7894cf8884d9e95b1256e73f39e4b"><enum>(OO)</enum><text>the Office of Science and Technology Policy; and</text></subitem></item><item commented="no" id="idF544F78B703442AF895C380FF5D9056A"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>may include—</text><subitem commented="no" id="id3D9ED0D839384157964BD34EFFA292B9"><enum>(AA)</enum><text>1 or more qualified representatives from any other Federal department, agency, or office, as determined by the Secretary and the Administrator; and</text></subitem><subitem commented="no" id="id18B4E2BA46194336801E489340BEF003"><enum>(BB)</enum><text>1 or more nongovernmental individuals that possess adequate scientific credentials to make meaningful contributions to the activities of the Task Force, as determined by the Secretary and the Administrator.</text></subitem></item></subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="idfec803cc05df4e3f9337ff9ef99ae8c9"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Duties</header><text>The Task Force shall—</text><clause commented="no" id="id905b62f9430742969bec384703bb0dda"><enum>(i)</enum><text>review and modify the 2015 National Pollinator Health Strategy to reflect the evolving science on which it is based;</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="id481A6ECDCC8048A28FF1C438EC5E43A2"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>implement the 2015 National Pollinator Health Strategy as modified under clause (i);</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="idc0254265e74d48d398c1875d0242de5d"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>ensure that Federal resources are used effectively to improve pollinator habitat and health;</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="idf54ba524471b45528ae27c951dcd4285"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>engage in regular collaboration with the Department of Agriculture, other governmental and institutional entities, and private persons to leverage Federal funding to create public-private partnerships that will achieve the long-term improvement of pollinator habitat and health, consistent with the 2016 Pollinator Partnership Action Plan; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="id27f7cda513434cb0a23a6baf7cf1e101"><enum>(v)</enum><text>not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of the <short-title>Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018</short-title>, host a joint summit of the Department of Agriculture and the Environmental Protection Agency on crop protection tools that examines—</text><subclause commented="no" id="id8E34E3F784D541E082D6084CDEA423D7"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the science relating to the impact of crop protection tools on pollinators;</text></subclause><subclause commented="no" id="id9A304C2D1AC34121B73230325665C08F"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the techniques used to mitigate the impact of crop protection tools; and</text></subclause><subclause commented="no" id="id872DC446075E4A8F93054D0F61BE7E58"><enum>(III)</enum><text>the gaps in research relating to crop protection tools.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id480b71d679084bb8a99da904463c6dfb"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Annual report</header><text>Not later than December 31 of each year, the Task Force shall submit a report—</text><clause commented="no" id="id226D9C4499AB47A48EAD4C54E538A073"><enum>(i)</enum><text>to—</text><subclause commented="no" id="id69DF2DFDAA3A408C83F8FD3BF4501B71"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the Secretary;</text></subclause><subclause commented="no" id="id315063A337F748D6A99DB3A02DF755DE"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the Administrator;</text></subclause><subclause commented="no" id="id3A8832864F9F4094917E5202710B64D0"><enum>(III)</enum><text>the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives; and</text></subclause><subclause commented="no" id="id0D8077DDA29A40DB81C8A4EB35A6741F"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate; and</text></subclause></clause><clause commented="no" id="id2A6C07258741410498287C56B62BCDC4"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>that describes—</text><subclause commented="no" id="id76A48D49B5E64C7BA7165F7CAA97F71A"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the work carried out by the Task Force under subparagraph (D); and</text></subclause><subclause commented="no" id="idE5C7CC42B35947FF87894022A5CD107F"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the recommendations of the Task Force for the next steps that should be taken to carry out the purposes described in subparagraph (B).</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id292BACB9470240B6B7BEF13DD3802B35"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (5) (as so redesignated) the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id620BFE3645014F5589451547A0F26B33" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><paragraph commented="no" id="idcd61af343d1a4bd1ad8efe2c448382f7"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Enhanced coordination of honeybee and pollinator research</header><subparagraph commented="no" id="id0fdf074304af47a8815bc8f9f38895bf"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Chief Scientist shall coordinate research, education, and economic activities in the Department of Agriculture relating to native and managed pollinator health.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id183188BFD9EA48CBA4377A888391FE70"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Duties</header><text>To carry out subparagraph (A), the Chief Scientist shall—</text><clause commented="no" id="id412b8a7064ad48f083eba98942510ef5"><enum>(i)</enum><text>assign an individual to serve in the Office of the Chief Scientist as a Honeybee and Pollinator Research Coordinator, who—</text><subclause commented="no" id="id7605ED21094D4DAB841FECFC0EF3A690"><enum>(I)</enum><text>may be—</text><item commented="no" id="id2AE0526D8ACD4E9C803407A41C5D529E"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>an employee of the Department of Agriculture at the time of appointment; and</text></item><item commented="no" id="idE268F2C1B9A94B43BB5EE941F6A3834A"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>a detailee from the research, economics, and education mission area; and</text></item></subclause><subclause commented="no" id="id6EB2CEF931A64DC18CCB37E296DAC51B"><enum>(II)</enum><text>shall be responsible for leading the efforts of the Chief Scientist in carrying out subparagraph (A);</text></subclause></clause><clause commented="no" id="id468e7659ec064e5fabb828aba989ec03"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>implement the pollinator health research efforts described in the 2015 report of the Pollinator Health Task Force entitled <quote>Pollinator Research Action Plan</quote>;</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="id8ae26e774ff64e95a9f725e39f705b02"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>establish annual strategic priorities and goals for the Department of Agriculture for native and managed pollinator research;</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="idb94738acf52e4d9da01b6cdafd892264"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>communicate those priorities and goals to each agency in the Department of Agriculture, the managed pollinator industry, and relevant grant recipients under programs administered by the Secretary; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="idab0f602dd12b4a23ab47f0f933be7f6b"><enum>(v)</enum><text>coordinate and identify all research needed and conducted by the Department of Agriculture and relevant grant recipients under programs administered by the Secretary on native and managed pollinator health to ensure consistency and reduce unintended duplication of effort.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id78b40422b8a74576929e3cd22175907f"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Pollinator research</header><clause commented="no" id="id9F532FC7C89447B49178BAC8173D1AC5"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>In coordinating research under subparagraph (A), the Chief Scientist shall ensure that research is conducted—</text><subclause commented="no" id="id888cb48a72dd4bc9931aed03566c198e"><enum>(I)</enum><text>to evaluate the impact of horticultural and agricultural pest management practices on native and managed pollinator colonies in diverse agro-ecosystems;</text></subclause><subclause commented="no" id="idddeb3f7d77fe45f98bb88cb22c6c40fc"><enum>(II)</enum><text>to document pesticide residues—</text><item commented="no" id="idAE44CD353A1743E689C605A932E7159C"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>that are found in native and managed pollinator colonies; and</text></item><item commented="no" id="idFB48551E2C4A46F59E71B22817E3C0CE"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>that are associated with typical commercial crop pest management practices;</text></item></subclause><subclause commented="no" id="idc3aa3cc20a344e49a4b36e020a999601"><enum>(III)</enum><text>with respect to native and managed pollinator colonies visiting crops for crop pollination or honey production purposes, to document—</text><item commented="no" id="id71335EC899814A1187383775413E6CFA"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>the strength and health of those colonies;</text></item><item commented="no" id="id73F07A8D274040CE96FFEE9C8F48C9DB"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>survival, growth, reproduction, and production of those colonies;</text></item><item commented="no" id="id30BBF0545FC14CAFB6FEA10E2D2C5B2B"><enum>(cc)</enum><text>pests, pathogens, and viruses that affect those colonies;</text></item><item commented="no" id="id24560E17088E432D904B58DA7C1E8C37"><enum>(dd)</enum><text>environmental conditions of those colonies; and</text></item><item commented="no" id="idEF7D481BE2614463BCC3B754F02CE9B0"><enum>(ee)</enum><text>any other relevant information, as determined by the Chief Scientist;</text></item></subclause><subclause commented="no" id="idc9832be4f2a64c529fc40af33c30c7a2"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>to document best management practices and other practices in place for managed pollinators and crop managers with respect to healthy populations of managed pollinators;</text></subclause><subclause commented="no" id="id1A444B8D757346BD90C2F2F9EC298D22"><enum>(V)</enum><text>to evaluate the effectiveness of—</text><item commented="no" id="idB13CE6C46CBE43928A37FB232B4519A3"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>conservation practices that target the specific needs of native and managed pollinator habitats; and</text></item><item commented="no" id="id51529B2C3A88480FA530050EF8027714"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>incentives that allow for the expansion of native and managed pollinator forage acreage;</text></item></subclause><subclause commented="no" id="idbb748ffb619740b2be776c56de8b7750"><enum>(VI)</enum><text>in the case of commercially managed pollinator colonies, to continue gathering data on—</text><item commented="no" id="id6db90ab4aba44f6a9350859b149a0c7a"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>annual colony losses;</text></item><item commented="no" id="id643d1d3ec9a14657ab99a718e687a964"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>rising input costs associated with managing colonies; and</text></item><item commented="no" id="ide27b6bcfd9a645ccb1fea86141536477"><enum>(cc)</enum><text>the overall economic value of commercially managed pollinators to the food economy; and</text></item></subclause><subclause commented="no" id="ide5879c52708d4b2ba3d591b38fe67f0d"><enum>(VII)</enum><text>relating to any other aspect of native and managed pollinators, as determined by the Chief Scientist, in consultation with scientific experts.</text></subclause></clause><clause commented="no" id="id4B6052C68A964D80836C3DE3B9637041"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Public availability</header><text>The Chief Scientist shall—</text><subclause commented="no" id="id9171B6787E7949D284A33CA3573F25DB"><enum>(I)</enum><text>make publicly available the results of the research described in clause (i); and</text></subclause><subclause commented="no" id="id89DCE4933F2D47C59FA67A65ECC279C0"><enum>(II)</enum><text>in the case of the research described in clause (i)(VI), immediately publish any data or reports that were previously produced by the Department of Agriculture but not made publicly available.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="idA67A7ED3CD3A4720B32E850AD9DE525D"><enum>(5)</enum><text>in paragraph (7) (as so redesignated)—</text><subparagraph commented="no" id="idF27A06B3A5C84F9783194209827B31C2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the paragraph heading, by inserting <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">and native and managed pollinators</header-in-text></quote> after <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">disorder</header-in-text></quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id7DA5A78918CF49B4B7F81E119BFFD0A6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph (C)—</text><clause commented="no" id="idC963DB5867FD4B2B9EAB4BE09A8BB26D"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>regarding how</quote> and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="idDDA2B0F366304ADA94D8151E947F3FC6" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><text>regarding—</text><clause commented="no" id="idDF279EDC17C9486E8F1395B73BE82D00"><enum>(i)</enum><text>how</text></clause><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause><clause commented="no" id="id6AAFC6211A4F4C7CAEAD3E7ABCD4F6FB"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in clause (i) (as so designated), by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="idC31EAA2F5A3E49C7B9950A1144DA5C99"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7161f2f4930b44198a6de2b3c3b6cfa9" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><clause commented="no" id="id895dc0a3a70c428abe43a385351f379a"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the establishment of a sufficiently funded large-scale multiyear field research project to evaluate the impact of horticultural and agricultural pest management practices on native and managed pollinator colonies in diverse agro-ecosystems; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id78ba4049b4994922a880679d020c7545"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the development of crop-specific best management practices that balance the needs of crop managers with the health of native and managed pollinator colonies.</text></clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id134183B89AA845068D0A00F615933C68"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>Section 1672(h) of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/5925">7 U.S.C. 5925(h)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="P4BC6571243E2C78E3B5558A61029C68" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>7210.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Organic agriculture research and extension initiative</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1672B of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/5925b">7 U.S.C. 5925b</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id19093A34F1274BCBB103624E6B973435"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)(7), by striking <quote>conservation</quote> and inserting <quote>conservation, soil health,</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4D085A29A7B34CFC9B3907D13E9E32D1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (e)—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB2770141AF1548088E31F9788B71EAAF"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1E845F99832B432790BC84433FA75544"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0045476F416C44A3BD6267CAF3A9E7A0"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (C), by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE157087BEEFE481C8642960A1FC96C16"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id25C6BDD62BE04AA885D8D4CDCECC9D1F" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id250481F975B443FAB2152E1ADF56AF5F"><enum>(D)</enum><text>$40,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 and 2020;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0ADEA78E20414628A5958CD2F8C87C63"><enum>(E)</enum><text>$45,000,000 for fiscal year 2021; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA82C38950F63418FBD339EAF6B70D96D"><enum>(F)</enum><text>$50,000,000 for fiscal year 2022 and each fiscal year thereafter.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEBD1D832BCA44C6A804385A993F696C5"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA81D441A346442D78938F0E37C4699C6"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in the paragraph heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">for fiscal years 2014 through 2018</header-in-text></quote>; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD405C3338FFA43D8B2AFF1A1DA52F5A4"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="P7F0C46BF4BF2283039EE619AC114C3D" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>7211.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Farm business management</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1672D(d)(2) of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/5925f">7 U.S.C. 5925f(d)(2)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text></section><section commented="no" id="idba45f2fb7574456b8d1cc88936072601"><enum>7212.</enum><header>Urban, indoor, and other emerging agricultural production research, education, and extension
initiative</header><subsection id="idd8cff125bd724c33957a62948e29e3dc"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 is amended by inserting after section 1672D (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/5925f">7 U.S.C. 5925f</external-xref>) the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idfece9919638244d6821f629a94d6e0ae" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><section id="id4f5a62e875114ebc9ade608a4d5071e0"><enum>1672E.</enum><header>Urban, indoor, and other emerging agricultural production research, education, and extension
initiative</header><subsection id="id61f89fb681754432bca35d9f9fd36c55"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Competitive research and extension grants authorized</header><text>In consultation with the Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production Advisory Committee established under section 222(b) of the Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994, the Secretary may make competitive grants to support research, education, and extension activities for the purposes of enhancing urban, indoor, and other emerging agricultural production by—</text><paragraph id="id37a115a501134323b8383ce7b874178e"><enum>(1)</enum><text>facilitating the development of urban, indoor, and other emerging agricultural production, harvesting, transportation, aggregation, packaging, distribution, and markets;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idae62a3d2bad14987b799d31a3ed77e34"><enum>(2)</enum><text>assessing and developing strategies to remediate contaminated sites;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id45eb151f8a344a438b658fc300dc424c"><enum>(3)</enum><text>determining and developing the best production management and integrated pest management practices;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id334d6573798e410fa0b61a11aa0d0f35"><enum>(4)</enum><text>assessing the impacts of shipping and transportation on nutritional value;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id932dae40bea3468db21e8644d3f119b1"><enum>(5)</enum><text>identifying and promoting the horticultural, social, and economic factors that contribute to successful urban, indoor, and other emerging agricultural production;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ida7d590c7e8a5413593f674d08f61e423"><enum>(6)</enum><text>analyzing the means by which new agricultural sites are determined, including an evaluation of soil quality, condition of a building, or local community needs;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="iddf69420d88cc414bb5017f2576983f5b"><enum>(7)</enum><text>exploring new and innovative technologies that minimize energy, lighting systems, water, and other inputs for increased food production;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id6ae937c6f56e4a64ae997005888bc8a4"><enum>(8)</enum><text>examining building material efficiencies and structural upgrades for the purpose of optimizing growth of agricultural products;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ide4393c2b7b55436490a9906206d3ebf1"><enum>(9)</enum><text>studying and developing new crop varieties and innovative agricultural products to connect to new markets; or</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id9c282716dfa04ea4ba3ebc7d405baa51"><enum>(10)</enum><text>examining the impacts of crop exposure to urban elements on environmental quality and food safety.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id691dcbbb13034ac3adab178822be2ff9"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Grant types and process</header><text>Subparagraphs (A) through (E) of paragraph (4), paragraph (7), and paragraph (11)(B) of subsection (b) of the Competitive, Special, and Facilities Research Grant Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/3157">7 U.S.C. 3157</external-xref>) shall apply with respect to the making of grants under this section.</text></subsection><subsection id="idc02d4ced39df424db972a29883a5b6f9"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Priority</header><text>The Secretary may give priority to grant proposals that involve—</text><paragraph id="id311827a3f95e45d19e5b1871068d2218"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the cooperation of multiple entities; or</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id84f73737366545a9ae47a9e433275a12"><enum>(2)</enum><text>States or regions with a high concentration of or significant interest in urban farms, rooftop farms, and indoor production facilities.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ide888b83567cb46388e4852dea5ba4ac9"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Funding</header><paragraph commented="no" id="idaac22aefeef043b1bd9710c0d5751ba7"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Mandatory funding</header><text>Of the funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation, the Secretary shall use to carry out this section $4,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 through 2023, to remain available until expended.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id2da324d3c40f4c5aae7d4980afc1b5ca"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>In addition to amounts made available under paragraph (1), there is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 through 2023.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection id="ida57bfda5b93c4048b45b761197deed9f"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Data collection on urban, indoor, and emerging agricultural production</header><paragraph id="idb55cf441106f4ad6b6edafce044e3a37"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 360 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall conduct as a follow-on study to the census of agriculture conducted in the calendar year 2017 under section 2 of the Census of Agriculture Act of 1997 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2204g">7 U.S.C. 2204g</external-xref>) a census of urban, indoor, and other emerging agricultural production, including information about—</text><subparagraph id="id6d3ca1d7ec224fd4af3db40990553b93"><enum>(A)</enum><text>community gardens and farms located in urban areas, suburbs, and urban clusters;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id0516712b675746af9e431a4fc0f7b125"><enum>(B)</enum><text>rooftop farms, outdoor vertical production, and green walls;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idebd798a71dd44b9eb018bbe39fb1f756"><enum>(C)</enum><text>indoor farms, greenhouses, and high-tech vertical technology farms;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id7d58b1a2bec54f189410a8e247593e95"><enum>(D)</enum><text>hydroponic, aeroponic, and aquaponic farm facilities; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idbccda2b90f0e43f894c4c1f3cf6e2180"><enum>(E)</enum><text>other innovations in agricultural production, as determined by the Secretary.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id8b4b696838b6431b827189a8cad2c570"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this subsection $14,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2019 through 2021.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id3BEE9978F34C4A5E82EDD1A4803E1624"><enum>7213.</enum><header>Centers of excellence at 1890 Institutions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1673 of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/5926">7 U.S.C. 5926</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idee413e3c7d1a48d9b212f5200c413aad" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subsection id="idd60dfe45aeb84c6e91b02d45b4285ba4"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Centers of excellence at 1890s Institutions</header><paragraph id="id274680746c4e49838f6f7af27e816598"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>The Secretary shall establish not less than 3 centers of excellence, each led by an 1890 Institution (as defined in section 2 of the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/7601">7 U.S.C. 7601</external-xref>)), to focus on 1 or more of the areas described in paragraph (2).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id4DC8CAE1D8D74072B6E2F668FC68A185"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Areas of focus</header><subparagraph id="ide49ada27cbf641e9a9b36ae36212a5e1"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Student success and workforce development</header><text>A center of excellence established under paragraph (1) may engage in activities to ensure that students have the skills and education needed to work in agriculture and food industries, agriculture science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and related fields of study.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id6ca1145a30504f87b3c1d15e93fab771"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Nutrition, health, wellness, and quality of life</header><text>A center of excellence established under paragraph (1) may carry out research, education, and extension programs that increase access to healthy food, improve nutrition, mitigate preventive disease, and develop strategies to assist limited resource individuals in accessing health and nutrition resources.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ide62cf8b355c44957b6dbbbcb1d976715"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Farming systems, rural prosperity, and economic sustainability</header><text>A center of excellence established under paragraph (1) may share best practices with farmers to improve agricultural production, processing, and marketing, reduce urban food deserts, examine new uses for traditional and nontraditional crops, animals, and natural resources, and continue activities carried out by the Center of Innovative and Sustainable Small Farms, Ranches, and Forest Lands.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id2fc0db5282cd46afaddb67b9a39540c1"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Global food security and defense</header><text>A center of excellence established under paragraph (1) may engage in international partnerships that strengthen agricultural development in developing countries, partner with international researchers regarding new and emerging animal and plant pests and diseases, engage in agricultural disaster recovery, and continue activities carried out by the Center for International Engagement.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idd6d2b44f8d794bc185b3e1f8abf3c71b"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Natural resources, energy, and environment</header><text>A center of excellence established under paragraph (1) may focus on protecting and managing domestic natural resources for current and future production of food and agricultural products.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idbb948a6ba6b14b5fb115aacce36bff89"><enum>(F)</enum><header>Emerging technologies</header><text>A center of excellence established under paragraph (1) may focus on the development of emerging technologies to increase agricultural productivity, enhance small farm economic viability, and improve rural communities by developing genetic and sensor technologies for food and agriculture and providing technology training to farmers.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id02a8c3504db34dc694e0eb925d16b3aa"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018, and every year thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate a report describing—</text><subparagraph id="idD0FC21E5889044E9B07FFECD6B06114D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the resources invested in the centers of excellence established under paragraph (1); and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idDE225DB686124BCAADED3FCE9CA0931E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the work being done by those centers of excellence.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id49203916c4c146f1824b1c503096e33b"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Authorization of Appropriations</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this subsection $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 through 2023.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="P34C980DB483C0AEFDA9B37ADA053C83" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>7214.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Assistive technology program for farmers with disabilities</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1680(c)(1)(B) of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/5933">7 U.S.C. 5933(c)(1)(B)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="P269D6DA54B568D76842A5D87BE010DE" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>7215.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">National Rural Information Center Clearinghouse</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 2381(e) of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/3125b">7 U.S.C. 3125b(e)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text></section></subtitle><subtitle commented="no" id="P3DCE73DB4FEE3ACFAB1310A266E958B"><enum>C</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998</header><section id="id7D12085EB82F4F8AAA01E1E856825C81"><enum>7301.</enum><header>National food safety training, education, extension, outreach, and technical assistance program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 405(j) of the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/7625">7 U.S.C. 7625(j)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>there are authorized</quote> and all that follows through the period at the end and inserting <quote>there is authorized to be appropriated $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 through 2023.</quote>.</text></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="PCDE8C79D435B74F5B4C9BDB1DA425CE" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>7302.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Integrated research, education, and extension competitive grants program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 406(e) of the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/7626">7 U.S.C. 7626(e)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="PD5CB9D3F40B92B6CB0F8949C9CACDC4" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>7303.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Support for research regarding diseases of wheat, triticale, and barley caused by Fusarium
graminearum or by Tilletia indica</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 408(e) of the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/7628">7 U.S.C. 7628(e)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0FF947A1D9C44A9AA331EF76A2464D46"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8AC62053804E486BAD04FCA255443582"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3664268F66D84AE19CE4306D6F52E750"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id35F357415074484488D888AAA0BA6B37" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAE55257857584BF4B3F6D0029C6BFC04"><enum>(3)</enum><text>$15,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 through 2023.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="P136D9197415DA7ED66B9E4BB1DE4A15" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>7304.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Grants for youth organizations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 410(d)(2) of the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/7630">7 U.S.C. 7630(d)(2)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="PE8F414CB41A21FD3FDC2518AD100D62" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>7305.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Specialty crop research initiative</header><subsection id="idED150EBFD2EA43219E90496FA51B525C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Industry needs</header><text>Section 412(b) of the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/7632">7 U.S.C. 7632(b)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="idC745969CB9784CF0A29B0C8032D0079C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)—</text><subparagraph id="id2201C06736DE40CDAEBFBA40B709C764"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by redesignating subparagraphs (B) through (E) as subparagraphs (C) through (F); and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id50AC3768F62A482DB898B7CC28033393"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting after subparagraph (A) the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBB7708AB79E443E39B943EAD14335307" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subparagraph id="id483CB1C9FB224B7B98E7839DF1BD3838"><enum>(B)</enum><text>size-controlling rootstock systems for perennial crops;</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id250942A671B645D2BE2B0CE9DAD1C583"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by striking <quote>including threats to specialty crop pollinators;</quote> and inserting the following: “such as—</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE824662F0A5243F09AB6EADFD222A398" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subparagraph id="id1658FB0045104F18920D50E816BDD89C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>threats to specialty crop pollinators;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id00F973FF552A4A35A8E3D34EC7FD8C74"><enum>(B)</enum><text>emerging and invasive species; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id7A5C0A0574A846F48846581EBE4708C0"><enum>(C)</enum><text>a more effective understanding and utilization of existing natural enemy complexes;</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="idA1447EBE46C64403BF5D8EDC3C95FE4B"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in paragraph (3)—</text><subparagraph commented="no" id="id66F53E3B3D644FE2AD10115FEAEE07A6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>efforts to improve</quote> and inserting the following: “efforts—</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC1EE12C0C7234A828BFB730B1730BAF0" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subparagraph commented="no" id="idBF80F870086A4CCAA1EB2596904F8BE1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to improve</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id46557DBA9E134B7DAA71AD52DCA1B762"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A) (as so designated), by adding <quote>and</quote> at the end; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="idFB0AAC55CE554D888B4868C8A66D543C"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB955D61EAA0846AB8602C1C363ADE589" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subparagraph commented="no" id="id32C0D9D16B8E4DF5BB57EA003C8DC549"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to achieve a better understanding of—</text><clause commented="no" id="idCA7CF3FEDC9E43DDAF1865D39B659AE1"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the soil rhizosphere microbiome;</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="id2E5220DDC2094949AA850B4133825DC9"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>pesticide application systems and certified drift-reduction technologies; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="id23B419CE570D4CD4867B9EBD03786D41"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>systems to improve and extend the storage life of specialty crops;</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="idD936EB27F5F542C497B218633F7B8C73"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in paragraph (4), by striking <quote>including improved mechanization and technologies that delay or inhibit ripening; and</quote> and inserting the following: “such as—</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idfaa781874f944bf8b25d10cd67e2579d" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subparagraph id="id40f7c06eb388438a8c4011a5752c1fcc"><enum>(A)</enum><text>mechanization and automation of labor-intensive tasks in production and processing;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idd4d576b7529c41cebc665f6e0d2e0ed7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>technologies that delay or inhibit ripening;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id8ad80c11bf7b448799d99a168a0ae5f9"><enum>(C)</enum><text>decision support systems driven by phenology and environmental factors;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ide6e18d76bbb646579fae32eb5f228112"><enum>(D)</enum><text>improved monitoring systems for agricultural pests; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf6370639b4c94c6ab21b858139040e6d"><enum>(E)</enum><text>effective systems for preharvest and postharvest management of quarantine pests; and</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4D102B5C5EB4452E99BCF743149FCB99"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Funding</header><text>Section 412(k) of the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/7632">7 U.S.C. 7632(k)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idABAD3A6896744F79971C6F70B9F045FA"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9253AC77082340FFAB64B2D2D2B9E7BD"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the paragraph heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">for fiscal years 2014 through 2018</header-in-text></quote>;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0729D81F4AA84D458325ECB6AA474A04"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>In addition</quote> and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE29DF7C64FB948079A450EE45B08C830" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subparagraph id="id19644ADC6EA54DD49FAA322511C33CC4"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>In addition</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id907B2650C5B646E19663221DD1BC4169"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A) (as so designated), by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>;</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7E1D9A390360474AB10A161C94923A5F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraph (3) as subparagraph (B) of paragraph (2) and indenting appropriately; and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCE6316BE35114E1BAAFAF92FA084D45F"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraphs (4) and (5) as paragraphs (3) and (4), respectively.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="P3441CE9D41E1F08C0A1E539CB5AE84E" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>7306.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Food Animal Residue Avoidance Database program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 604(e) of the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/7642">7 U.S.C. 7642(e)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="P8F4896EC499E5969487246A1F109BD5" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>7307.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Office of Pest Management Policy</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 614(f)(2) of the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/7653">7 U.S.C. 7653(f)(2)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF1E43484B2354ADB97A2B2114530E52C" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>7308.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Forestry products advanced utilization research</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 617(f)(1) of the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/7655b">7 U.S.C. 7655b(f)(1)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text></section></subtitle><subtitle commented="no" id="P772EEE134E8C65F87C947C9BF3C39BB"><enum>D</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Other Laws</header><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="PB1521B6E4718C005F3B875966E39E7C" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>7401.</enum><header>Critical Agricultural Materials Act</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5ABF33EBF7A548CCBE0410CA8122AC38"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Hemp research</header><text>Section 5(b)(9) of the Critical Agricultural Materials Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/178c">7 U.S.C. 178c(b)(9)</external-xref>) is amended by inserting <quote>, and including hemp (as defined in section 297A of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946)</quote> after <quote>hydrocarbon-containing plants</quote>.</text></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC9BF42EF6B6347428D5CDC623000DEA6"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 16(a)(2) of the Critical Agricultural Materials Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/178n">7 U.S.C. 178n(a)(2)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1CE83BF1BD6040BF8BAAA234198BE146" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>7402.</enum><header>Equity in Educational Land-Grant Status Act of 1994</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6E9E41D643DA475294F3DC2B2A8051C3"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definition of 1994 Institution</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCD26B13DD0C24080A003DADB9295467C"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 532 of the Equity in Educational Land-Grant Status Act of 1994 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/301">7 U.S.C. 301</external-xref> note; <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/103/382">Public Law 103–382</external-xref>) is amended—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3158E6A8D35149A9AC04519D4714F847"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (11);</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id60D662B5AF264BA7AA98A27A362F8676"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraphs (12) through (23) and (25) through (35) as paragraphs (11) through (22) and (26) through (36), respectively;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFB2C7EFF3FF0493EB5FA42333738DAD1"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (20) (as so redesignated), by striking <quote>College</quote> and inserting <quote>University</quote>;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEEEE2B9F556D4BFAA020635986C78D43"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (22) (as so redesignated) the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEBE85A4A2E9B4A3AA29A5231F66C3589" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC0A981FB554F4904A91A500E9B51112D"><enum>(23)</enum><text>Nueta Hidatsa Sahnish College.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id72AEFA4A95BB477DAF3D6A644E064CAA"><enum>(E)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (24) the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC8E033156E1F4294B536D8A493CD1A03" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id95F15B7854E248C7A203726DC3CC4976"><enum>(25)</enum><text>Red Lake Nation College.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id31F5CAD1FC1E49879367E5C9ACE91B55"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendments made by paragraph (1) take effect on October 1, 2018.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="PAFFF3A1A459E968E657EA392EE62FBA"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Endowment for 1994 Institutions</header><text>Section 533(b) of the Equity in Educational Land-Grant Status Act of 1994 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/301">7 U.S.C. 301</external-xref> note; <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/103/382">Public Law 103–382</external-xref>) is amended in the first sentence by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text></subsection><subsection id="P3AFA0AAE4FA83BCBCAFA5F8EA3EBE01"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Institutional capacity building grants</header><text>Section 535 of the Equity in Educational Land-Grant Status Act of 1994 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/301">7 U.S.C. 301</external-xref> note; <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/103/382">Public Law 103–382</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2018</quote> each place it appears in subsections (b)(1) and (c) and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="P780D79BE40A6C076AB7DCC9E32D6D64"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Research grants</header><text>Section 536(c) of the Equity in Educational Land-Grant Status Act of 1994 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/301">7 U.S.C. 301</external-xref> note; <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/103/382">Public Law 103–382</external-xref>) is amended in the first sentence by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="PBCE87ED04684313D92C5B48FFC9B3C1" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>7403.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Research Facilities Act</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 6(a) of the Research Facilities Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/390d">7 U.S.C. 390d(a)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="P8FEC9F544D5A6FC0855BC28AF3112C5" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>7404.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Agricultural and food research initiative</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Subsection (b) of the Competitive, Special, and Facilities Research Grant Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/3157">7 U.S.C. 3157(b)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="idfe4802983b2b44df956080058b8fd3b6"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)—</text><subparagraph id="id3EC9CEB008F24B71864EA34BFDDD58A7"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph (D)—</text><clause id="idA1FBA38B57654F3995B5C9F369A30881"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in clause (vi), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></clause><clause id="id7EE6CB5EBF8F49B6AA773148D766287C"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in clause (vii), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text></clause><clause id="idD8F4F182B59A45BAB29C5D54933AA8A0"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5DFB1A1302884C12BA9255D26B1555ED" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><clause id="idEC9DBE6EEEEE4896B0CE30917A9C493B"><enum>(viii)</enum><text>soil health.</text></clause><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id5050879531574091B1FE52C0C232D039"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph (E)—</text><clause id="idccdf84ea57804a749d4a03aa5caddd75"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in clause (iii), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></clause><clause id="idc9228a32626c4df3b913d76980abffd5"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in clause (iv), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text></clause><clause id="id15fd922dcad0414dbb78fc3f9d09d790"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ideea2fa21ca7244b2a6fd243cb4f540ee" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><clause id="id7a8009a010f74b62b7b260ae5ebabc2a"><enum>(v)</enum><text>automation or mechanization in the production and distribution of specialty crops, with a focus on labor-intensive tasks.</text></clause><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id7f80f922c5a248c3b206757d6ca97651"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (6)—</text><subparagraph id="ide2de621bcf914e0cb333e755e6d924d0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph (D), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id071e0a1b26464b6e86395973215d3c52"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph (E), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id667a6c9e0fb442beb560dc0b76113561"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idbd64e69ac2884cdab93d7e3a5a54e9dc" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subparagraph id="id55e3d5c0f5144b388c09f1ca98b2c372"><enum>(F)</enum><text>to an institution to carry out collaboration in biomedical and agricultural research using existing research models.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAC51151DDD6C4155B8B7A6633099474E"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (11)(A), in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text></paragraph></section><section id="id368fa951dbfb4131be838dc01b22a75a"><enum>7405.</enum><header>Extension design and demonstration initiative</header><subsection id="idE32AED71F3CA4BDEB5556F8198C61D1E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Competitive, Special, and Facilities Research Grant Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/3157">7 U.S.C. 3157</external-xref>) is amended by inserting after subsection (c) the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6520A5D83F744C01A781709DBEDB18D3" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subsection id="id1bc3df62a5174a6b9b6c3777e72535a7"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Extension design and demonstration initiative</header><paragraph id="id564a18503b374fd3b84dbb3ea66c8374"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Purpose</header><text>The purpose of this subsection is to encourage the design of adaptive prototype systems for extension and education that seek to advance the application, translation, and demonstration of scientific discoveries and other agricultural research for the adoption and understanding of food, agricultural, and natural resources practices, techniques, methods, and technologies using digital or other novel platforms.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idce699f01a026487a9bea962912e21d07"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Grants</header><text>The Secretary shall award grants on a competitive basis—</text><subparagraph id="id0fafb3512c044cf8a2d0ebf081eb3812"><enum>(A)</enum><text>for the design of 1 or more extension and education prototype systems—</text><clause id="idF482322CAA29485DA043BB4F677F05ED"><enum>(i)</enum><text>that leverage digital platforms or other novel means of translating, delivering, or demonstrating agricultural research; and</text></clause><clause id="id30382D2CDCCE45F28344FC42DC7F4FFE"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>to adapt, apply, translate, or demonstrate scientific findings, data, technology, and other research outcomes to producers, the agricultural industry, and other interested persons or organizations; and</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ide2c99264344747c38a6abffc7ff9bbf4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to demonstrate, by incorporating analytics and specific metrics, the value, impact, and return on the Federal investment of a prototype system designed under subparagraph (A) as a model for use by other eligible entities described in paragraph (3) for improving, modernizing, and adapting applied research, demonstration, and extension services.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idA42BBE7059024D61BD5F74CC4ED8D702"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Eligible entities</header><text>An entity that is eligible to receive a grant under paragraph (2) is—</text><subparagraph id="idD539F8B2470143BDBF3988AE02A360C4"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a State agricultural experiment station; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id22E19BDD8FD244A3B9C4962E14DD1C0A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a land-grant college or university (as defined in section 1404 of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/3103">7 U.S.C. 3103</external-xref>)).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id192B517F31224D0E906E2F140FBCE3CB"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Requirement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall award grants under paragraph (2) to not fewer than 2 and not more than 5 eligible entities described in paragraph (3) that represent a diversity of regions, commodities, and agricultural or food production issues.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idDB6964BA4BD7473C8D2C814E7D296EFB"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Term</header><text>The term of a grant awarded under paragraph (2) shall be not longer than 5 years.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id73fb71d5d4ec448fa8c65dca700dbcf4"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this subsection $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 through 2023, to remain available until expended.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection id="id4B276F0B797B47A28B62DF5D248CB2F3"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Technical and conforming amendments</header><text>The Competitive, Special, and Facilities Research Grant Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/3157">7 U.S.C. 3157</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="id134FC5E05C4A4CD0AAE3E790AA6E411B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (c)(2), by striking <quote>subsection—</quote> in the matter preceding subparagraph (A) and all that follows through <quote>for the planning</quote> in subparagraph (B) and inserting <quote>subsection for the planning</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id0315F87A354E447DB9647D1701FC6FF8"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (h), by inserting <quote>, (d),</quote> after <quote>subsections (b)</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="P216E153D49B08AB73E28988E2BC8700"><enum>7406.</enum><header>Renewable Resources Extension Act of 1978</header><subsection id="P2FCB93774A254D0A165DB38B6CFBC70"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>Section 6 of the Renewable Resources Extension Act of 1978 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1675">16 U.S.C. 1675</external-xref>) is amended in the first sentence by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text></subsection><subsection id="P59937D044534835735842CB36CEF84F"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Termination date</header><text>Section 8 of the Renewable Resources Extension Act of 1978 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1671">16 U.S.C. 1671</external-xref> note; <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/95/306">Public Law 95–306</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text></subsection></section><section id="PF78E3D694C66DE4E1EA30CBA324DF41"><enum>7407.</enum><header>National Aquaculture Act of 1980</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 10 of the National Aquaculture Act of 1980 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/2809">16 U.S.C. 2809</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2018</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text></section><section commented="no" id="idCCE9496B4971489491F359705BFEA1CB"><enum>7408.</enum><header>Repeal of review of agricultural research service</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 7404 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/3101">7 U.S.C. 3101</external-xref> note; <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/107/171">Public Law 107–171</external-xref>) is repealed.</text></section><section id="id3142EFC9EE8D4A5DB0C507A7C0BEFE85"><enum>7409.</enum><header>Biomass research and development</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 9008 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/8108">7 U.S.C. 8108</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="id566A30090167420D80CDB0A0ACBA3AE6"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)(1)—</text><subparagraph id="id83795860B3A643F18635D6ADF4760716"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>or</quote> at the end;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id699F2FFF458E4503AECB7BE51B8A247F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; or</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id0FE2DEF3CB204EC3848D6E7652AD21CD"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id80A451BAE8AF449F8160E5A02232C6F2" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subparagraph id="id5B819C82118F4C8C9C082495256C0949"><enum>(C)</enum><text>carbon dioxide that—</text><clause id="idD30D35348B0B4D7DB7119F5AC684C7FB"><enum>(i)</enum><text>is intended for permanent sequestration or utilization; and</text></clause><clause id="idE0489FCFA3864DDDA9445C394FEBAEB3"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>is a byproduct of the production of the products described in subparagraphs (A) and (B).</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idAF86CEC4F8C2428A98236583E63FD9DF"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (d)(2)(A)—</text><subparagraph id="idA8ABED8340AF4A729E5D79077774EA58"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in clause (xii), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idA51F5F793A17420D873BF33512886870"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by redesignating clause (xiii) as clause (xiv); and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idB6A4671556A54988B197ADB74FAAAF4F"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by inserting after clause (xii) the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id06B920AAD8364BB8AF1FCBC68EA7A1D2" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><clause id="idC08C813A5E5A46C286336B1BBEFA59F9"><enum>(xiii)</enum><text>an individual with expertise in carbon dioxide capture, utilization, and sequestration; and</text></clause><after-quoted-block>; </after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id56B35483C45F473EAABD33F43425B6C8"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (e)—</text><subparagraph id="idE750E544B088490893E9F67B3071B0CF"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)(B)—</text><clause id="idA4E93FD3101842C88D1C74E9F9595B43"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in clause (ii), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end; and</text></clause><clause id="idBB2F18E63B9147539BE95029BAEF67E0"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFF762ED7A7BF478F8537A61D5F4A9F85" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><clause id="idCFCBA1B31FE34BE492888DF1566F1C7A"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>to permanently sequester or utilize carbon dioxide that is produced as a byproduct of the production of biobased products; and</text></clause><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id03292AED38844B76A862D67A6C3DBC5F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (3)(B)—</text><clause id="id0E578C34C21640838EA046A3C8910CCF"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in clause (i), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></clause><clause id="id45E1296D58BE4343BAA0BB594F7F8558"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in clause (ii), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text></clause><clause id="id68D9E07F9DB94A3FAD3C6019E1A6E770"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD775A708CDB34730B4A0E8B0DC64B808" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><clause id="idACC6109F8E9D4B378EC0EC8425ACA650"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the development of technologies to permanently sequester or utilize carbon dioxide that is produced as a byproduct of the production of biobased products.</text></clause><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idDFC563F3352348C7B871C690112E4ECB"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subsection (h)—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5FFD21073BB14EF28F56A07C722A0047"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id49E4ACFAB4A14C0EA0AE24AFE87ADF12"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in subparagraph (D), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id73FBA7829EA24254816BCCB1DE032E75"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (E), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3D002F24284C4138A0AE3494F6CE611C"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6986293E522148EC8FF1B50BA6501796" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id474F9CA69C0B4C6D866B2EB5AC379A34"><enum>(F)</enum><text>$3,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 through 2023.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDD4208D1BB494E8E99CEED37F48BDA09"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="id00f50fc5d36d48e59a65a657d861dfe6"><enum>7410.</enum><header>Reinstatement of matching requirement for Federal funds used in extension work at the University of the District of Columbia</header><subsection id="id26A748EAE1664ECFB092E50E1937ACCD"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 208(c) of the District of Columbia Public Postsecondary Education Reorganization Act (88 Stat. 1428; sec. 38–1202.09(c), D.C. Official Code) is amended by inserting after the first sentence the following: <quote>Such sums may be used to pay not more than <fraction>1/2</fraction> of the total cost of providing such extension work.</quote>.</text></subsection><subsection id="id4be5fb1686ac4dac88b2ab5ec771bac7"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take effect on October 1, 2018.</text></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFC7FA66010ED43BAA0206D4FC6112A0C" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>7411.</enum><header>Enhanced use lease authority pilot program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 308 of the Federal Crop Insurance Reform and Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/3125a">7 U.S.C. 3125a</external-xref> note; <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/103/354">Public Law 103–354</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA10DF7BD4CC4458B95E5DCCEA0701F53"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (b)(6)(A), by striking <quote>10 years</quote> and inserting <quote>15 years</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2B69287CE2E74EAE8B02B31705E8F7A3"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (d)(2), in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>6, 8, and 10 years</quote> and inserting <quote>13 years</quote>.</text></paragraph></section><section commented="no" id="idC919721DCBBC4904B74BAA816E6C29CD"><enum>7412.</enum><header>Transfer of administrative jurisdiction over portion of Henry A. Wallace Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, Beltsville, Maryland</header><subsection commented="no" id="id7F212B51C5AD46EF8FA833378F14919B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Transfer authorized</header><text>Subject to subsection (e), the Secretary may transfer to the Secretary of the Treasury administrative jurisdiction over a parcel of real property at the Henry A. Wallace Beltsville Agricultural Research Center consisting of approximately 100 acres, which was originally acquired by the United States through land acquisitions in 1910 and 1925, and is generally located off of Poultry Road lying between Powder Mill Road and Odell Road in Beltsville, Maryland, for the purpose of facilitating the establishment of Bureau of Engraving and Printing facilities on the parcel.</text></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="id1EC1435F0C6743619BC52B6F5D1CC8FC"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Legal description and map</header><paragraph commented="no" id="idAF10E5B8F5B74862962A2E9DCC68F7E2"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Preparation</header><text>The Secretary shall prepare a legal description and map of the parcel of real property to be transferred under subsection (a).</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id9F1F36567ACA4A45A7335F8F92BC8FE3"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Force of law</header><text>The legal description and map prepared under paragraph (1) shall have the same force and effect as if included in this Act, except that the Secretary may correct errors in the legal description and map.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="id33B55234074A4C01AEEEBBF241BF06C3"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Terms and conditions</header><text>The transfer of administrative jurisdiction under subsection (a) shall be subject to easements, valid existing rights, and such other reservations, terms, and conditions as the Secretary considers to be necessary.</text></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="idD5E3761558E245B88864BBF710F7EEC1"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Waiver</header><text>The parcel of real property under subsection (a) is exempt from Federal screening for other possible use due to an identified Federal need for the parcel as the site of Bureau of Engraving and Printing facilities.</text></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="id6A8219156E064AD4A272EC731E271812"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Conditions for transfer</header><text>As a condition of the transfer of administrative jurisdiction under subsection (a), the Secretary of the Treasury shall agree to pay the Secretary the costs incurred to carry out the transfer of administrative jurisdiction under subsection (a), including the costs for—</text><paragraph commented="no" id="id217000338C634C8EBC6AA40D32671394"><enum>(1)</enum><text>any environmental or administrative analysis required by law with respect to the parcel to be transferred under subsection (a);</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id7C97681C13DD46A8A6F286838B179D24"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a survey, if needed; and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id5136FC9E45EF461EA1445759288D7C02"><enum>(3)</enum><text>any hazardous substances assessment of the parcel to be transferred under subsection (a).</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="id80439A35D455474E9F09730FE7361E63"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Hazardous materials</header><paragraph commented="no" id="idAD52FB12A5F24F21A9E59B633179305C"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>For the parcel to be transferred under subsection (a), the Secretary shall meet the applicable disclosure requirements relating to hazardous substances.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id812D060177BD4CE0AF050BAEB6FB89DF"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Remediation</header><text>The Secretary shall not be required to remediate or abate any hazardous substances disclosed under paragraph (1) or any other hazardous pollutants, contaminants, or waste that may be present at or on the parcel on the date of the transfer of administrative jurisdiction under subsection (a).</text></paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" id="id48E78FA0D53C4D7F936FB9ABFAE7978D"><enum>7413.</enum><header>Foundation for food and agriculture research</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 7601 of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/5939">7 U.S.C. 5939</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="id52B3E6FE515548D183FA4E10F0B21175"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (d)(1)(D), by inserting <quote>and agriculture stakeholders</quote> after <quote>community</quote>;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id53AAB29CF7794F0CA520C4A4FBC552EB"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (e)—</text><subparagraph id="id519C043D6427475FAF701CC339CB519D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)(C)(ii)(I), by inserting <quote>agriculture or</quote> before <quote>agricultural research</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id6D7FD45E7A4B4905B83623D94E98AA3A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (4)(A)—</text><clause id="id028FC9C45525495FA0C818059A1C7DA1"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in clause (iii), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></clause><clause id="id4E1AE38458064045BD71A34758884A1F"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by redesignating clause (iv) as clause (v); and</text></clause><clause id="idEF9DB4DB22824A248985141601A352F9"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by inserting after clause (iii) the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id781081ACDA9B40758C7572C0B3D3D960" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><clause id="id6C835880609E4C1D8AEA6BF8020A6FE6"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>actively solicit and accept funds, gifts, grants, devises, or bequests of real or personal property made to the Foundation, including from private entities; and</text></clause><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idd7be94491d3f43e68adcc84ffe148916"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (f)—</text><subparagraph id="id4BAADFEF034149278E8ACF65F4587137"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)(A)(iii), by striking <quote>any</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id17FBB28F80B34D78966F12195D9914DA"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (3)(B)—</text><clause id="id1B4CC466E23A4F7F8A859C66FA480238"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in clause (i)(I)—</text><subclause id="id2FB41336C96F479892F0859DD8ABC36F"><enum>(I)</enum><text>in the matter preceding item (aa), by inserting <quote>and post online</quote> before <quote>a report</quote>;</text></subclause><subclause id="id7ADA36E394194BA1A5F291539AD2CBED"><enum>(II)</enum><text>in item (aa), by striking <quote>accomplishments; and</quote> and inserting <quote>accomplishments and how those activities align to the challenges identified in the strategic plan under clause (iv);</quote>;</text></subclause><subclause id="id1B985B4A339C4F9D8A3EE96EF5396002"><enum>(III)</enum><text>in item (bb), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text></subclause><subclause id="id2D26C92F144C4FF7BD7AA1165E4C72CE"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id257927f5b3bf47c49a9db708fcaea547" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><item id="id8975e9c3ce4d491b923aab3cea0041e1"><enum>(cc)</enum><text>a description of available agricultural research programs and priorities for the upcoming fiscal year.</text></item><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subclause></clause><clause id="idECA343BD4A6C40438C91EAC1BD71ADC4"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8ddb00bfef2a46329d6981b93fb1b08d" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><clause id="idc103991fc8eb4fef82b6d8eb0b439324"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Stakeholder Notice</header><text>The Foundation shall publish an annual notice with a description of agricultural research priorities under this section for the upcoming fiscal year, including—</text><subclause id="ide031c46b48f54b31b42afbcdca9a3fe8"><enum>(I)</enum><text>a schedule for funding competitions;</text></subclause><subclause id="id231c871086e54989a511809c948e3bd0"><enum>(II)</enum><text>a discussion of how applications for funding will be evaluated; and</text></subclause><subclause id="id17805883a3d94aacbb96be7f774ebe0b"><enum>(III)</enum><text>how the Foundation will communicate information about funded awards to the public to ensure that grantees and partners understand the objectives of the Foundation.</text></subclause></clause><clause id="id2132aa8f377a4033b5d7aec4794e220c"><enum>(iv)</enum><header>Strategic Plan</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of the <short-title>Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018</short-title>, the Foundation shall submit to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate a strategic plan describing a path for the Foundation to become self-sustaining, including—</text><subclause id="id6d190fcd34a341ba9f52677c51212591"><enum>(I)</enum><text>a forecast of major agricultural challenge opportunities identified by the scientific advisory councils of the Foundation and approved by the Board, including short- and long-term objectives;</text></subclause><subclause id="id90ab29b8a73f4d319743809da7a5acff"><enum>(II)</enum><text>an overview of the efforts that the Foundation will take to be transparent in each of the processes of the Foundation, including—</text><item id="idcbb3de87f7014fbfa4cfae2c9b2c82b6"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>processes relating to grant awards, including the selection, review, and notification processes;</text></item><item id="id90e70ec69be4472ba39fb66540f214a6"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>communication of past, current, and future research priorities; and</text></item><item id="idf9045a6d667e4d1d9815dda0c6627d13"><enum>(cc)</enum><text>plans to solicit and respond to public input on the opportunities identified in the strategic plan;</text></item></subclause><subclause id="id7ef50cf2dc204a769420fca3d109f5a4"><enum>(III)</enum><text>a description of financial goals and benchmarks for the next 10 years, including a detailed plan for raising funds in amounts greater than the amounts required under this section; and</text></subclause><subclause id="ide92b3bf5a5c14164ba9a6f35ffca3c80"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>other related issues, as determined by the Board.</text></subclause></clause><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idB8953F91B69A4F6CAE47ADE8DBA8874C"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subsection (g)(1)—</text><subparagraph id="id4F2912412D16496889BCBBDBB072A2B3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the paragraph heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">Mandatory funding</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">Funding</header-in-text></quote>;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idCA557DDC3B864A3DB9F09F47E824285E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A)—</text><clause id="idB06DA3E5160649B2960B2BAA1BDB0888"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>On the date</quote> and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block act-name="" changed="added" id="id7E7526618C9B422BB9EC0052BBF1BA59" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><clause id="idC70256B7F6F041FD9DE373E43BDC152A"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Establishment funding</header><text>On the date</text></clause><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause><clause id="idDD1B9ADBED4C4E58B018DD6DA9D43D41"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block act-name="" changed="added" id="id4107D083CD264A84B3DA39420ACAD7D1" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><clause id="id21F541A5E58D4173B970331FF55D7AD4"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Enhanced funding</header><text>On the date of enactment of the <short-title>Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018</short-title>, of the funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation, the Secretary shall transfer to the Foundation to carry out this section $200,000,000, to remain available until expended.</text></clause><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idE501D9C013744B1BBCD7D311FDD47145"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B)—</text><clause id="idE2B274B3FAE34463A8AD1D415932BC1F"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>The Foundation</quote> and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id961FB4079C224376A85980C5DA3D7BE7" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><clause id="idCF889293EC1B49E195EA329FDBA44E1C"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Foundation</text></clause><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause><clause id="id6BCA9112D5D04039913C2A7E9A0371B1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in clause (i) (as so designated)—</text><subclause id="idFFB0E1568BBB4D2CA6E6E2D070CA3CF1"><enum>(I)</enum><text>by striking <quote>purposes</quote> and inserting <quote>purposes, duties, and powers</quote>; and</text></subclause><subclause id="idA664DB48C53A4101A0F6D9A4CA106B25"><enum>(II)</enum><text>by striking <quote>non-Federal matching funds for each expenditure</quote> and inserting <quote>matching funds from a non-Federal source, including a generic agricultural commodity promotion, research, and information program</quote>; and</text></subclause></clause><clause id="id649B42D7C2144C02939047481898C443"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7BD90889AED04801A3C7C17F88C0F7F2" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><clause id="idE43488B6C05147B5B93B5E281BCF1EA1"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Effect</header><text>Nothing in this section requires the Foundation to require a matching contribution from an individual grantee as a condition of receiving a grant under this section.</text></clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="id82A1175EF92F462ABBD7ADA0BF8DFDBC"><enum>7414.</enum><header>Assistance for forestry research under the McIntire-Stennis Cooperative Forestry Act</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 2 of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/87/788">Public Law 87–788</external-xref> (commonly known as the <quote>McIntire-Stennis Cooperative Forestry Act</quote>) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/582a-1">16 U.S.C. 582a–1</external-xref>) is amended in the second sentence—</text><paragraph id="id3916d5e06849444c87e672c4ae9926fe"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>and</quote> before <quote>1890 Institutions</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id0e8f0603b7d64ded9d83b502fa0adc80"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>and 1994 Institutions (as defined in section 532 of the Equity in Educational Land-Grant Status Act of 1994 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/301">7 U.S.C. 301</external-xref> note; <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/103/382">Public Law 103–382</external-xref>)) that offer an associate’s degree or a baccalaureate degree in forestry,</quote> before <quote>and (b)</quote>.</text></paragraph></section><section commented="no" id="id55F4D316487B4A21A2F886326685CE1F"><enum>7415.</enum><header>Legitimacy of industrial hemp research</header><subsection id="idBD15CD938B5E4FCE97CCBA3F8A33317A"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 7606 of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/5940">7 U.S.C. 5940</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="id26DE1F143EEF4B26A7FA9B64770246C8"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating subsections (a) and (b) as subsections (b) and (a), respectively, and moving the subsections so as to appear in alphabetical order;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id40C05E15171C43559C078BBBAB5DEA5C"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (b) (as so redesignated), in the subsection heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">In general</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Industrial hemp research</header-in-text></quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id2D2C9FA3F55B4E3A916FA1BD58591E08"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id79F186324CB345EEBE0A7227B9733A18" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subsection id="idAC39C7DB109B4E33B06249177DF18CD8"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Study and report</header><paragraph id="id6A65E724353B4BCE9E6BEF294D9158D8"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall conduct a study of agricultural pilot programs—</text><subparagraph id="id5AA326D1C6A94BDF92694079E73FE908"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to determine the economic viability of the domestic production and sale of industrial hemp; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idAF12BC7E947C461E9F768695E7339723"><enum>(B)</enum><text>that shall include a review of—</text><clause id="id395D70EC28924C89B159C4A59D969513"><enum>(i)</enum><text>each agricultural pilot program; and</text></clause><clause id="idF3D088F2FCE0467AA2F9D92CEFC24BC4"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>any other agricultural or academic research relating to industrial hemp.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id5518300334884169BB37FFB674678734"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than 120 days after the date of enactment of this subsection, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report describing the results of the study conducted under paragraph (1).</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA5ABE717B0134BD497ED89EA918D2A37"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Repeal</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Effective on the date that is 1 year after the date on which the Secretary establishes a plan under section 297C of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946, section 7606 of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/5940">7 U.S.C. 5940</external-xref>) is repealed.</text></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7BB34EA503554D7397A452A8353B2D8D" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>7416.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Collection of data relating to barley area planted and harvested</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For all acreage reports published after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary, acting through the Administrator of the National Agricultural Statistics Service, shall include the State of New York in the States surveyed to produce the table entitled <quote>Barley Area Planted and Harvested</quote> in those reports.</text></section><section id="id6489C71B433D4D54B3EC9AD37CF763FD"><enum>7417.</enum><header>Collection of data relating to the size and location of dairy farms</header><subsection id="id4DACEF22082A49458561A4F9A3C79FBB"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 120 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary, acting through the Administrator of the Economic Research Service, shall update the report entitled <quote>Changes in the Size and Location of US Dairy Farms</quote> contained in the report of the Economic Research Service entitled <quote>Profits, Costs, and the Changing Structure of Dairy Farming</quote> and published in September 2007.</text></subsection><subsection id="idA29DA525723140EB9F4322C17E8C9321"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Requirement</header><text>In updating the report described in subsection (a), the Secretary shall include an expanded Table 2 of that report containing the full range of herd sizes that are detailed in Table 1 of that report.</text></subsection></section><section id="id1D15C000C55C4083B7E0B4A0210F214D"><enum>7418.</enum><header>Agriculture innovation center demonstration program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 6402 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1632b">7 U.S.C. 1632b</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="id86a673e734cb4c198e093990e75ab249"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (e)(1), by striking <quote>subsection (i)</quote> and inserting <quote>subsection (h)</quote>;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id48D5A8CC3F8E42C5A0AA5080723EBC4E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking subsection (g);</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id62A7F6E78B2D44C1A12774A2B88E84D2"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by redesignating subsections (h) and (i) as subsections (g) and (h), respectively; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id2ED8431F36014104A395C04F9CEE65CD"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subsection (h) (as so redesignated), by striking <quote>is authorized</quote> and all that follows through <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>are authorized to be appropriated such sums as are necessary to carry out this section</quote>.</text></paragraph></section><section id="idbc1ba4b246a34d72af8490baed4e04f1"><enum>7419.</enum><header>Smith-Lever community extension program</header><subsection id="id89ae73238782465b9135b0304961b784"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 3(d) of the Smith-Lever Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/343">7 U.S.C. 343(d)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="idA02D2DCA3BC0434FAAEC95AD0EDD9D79"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>The Secretary</quote> and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id73B4627903F74C08BF3BDE221F85F791" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subsection id="idC31C9B69DF364F64AA5B9C64221A4C0A"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Administration, technical, and extension services</header><paragraph id="id248D16CF59C14023949FC1CFFCC32EE0"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph id="idae52c73175c24a47960df898af705f35"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (1) (as designated by paragraph (1)), by striking the second sentence; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id647ae8ee667044d3af56bcc61c38cb8b"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0263EC0BDDD74D91A3868E0B6B749F51" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><paragraph id="idAA8BBCD7365C478AACD04CA8475626AF"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Competitive funding</header><text>The Secretary of Agriculture may provide funding, on a competitive basis, to—</text><subparagraph id="id462DF5620D024749845D308859B74667"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a college or university eligible to receive funds under the Act of August 30, 1890 (7 U.S.C. 321–326a and 328), including Tuskegee University; or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idFD334513B4264F57930450F92B04FE91"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a 1994 Institution (as defined in section 532 of the Equity in Educational Land-Grant Status Act of 1994 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/301">7 U.S.C. 301</external-xref> note; <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/103/382">Public Law 103–382</external-xref>)) for—</text><clause commented="no" id="id65E739E677844A0C9723D3CC3F3A394F"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the Children, Youth, and Families at Risk funding program under subsection (b)(3); and</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="id73e3c11b06f8473a9ef721325a4116ad"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the Federally Recognized Tribes Extension Program.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id34eda6eea1d34905959bbd36453ce050"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming amendments</header><paragraph id="id00E3BB9B961644AD82B9FEFD8D10293E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Section 3(f) of the Smith Lever Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/343">7 U.S.C. 343(f)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><subparagraph id="idD601F92C4C7246F09EEF78512CA591AC"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>There shall</quote> and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFD06CDE707FD43AC9BA4DBD527A1C531" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><paragraph id="id3BC02D2AD9A642A79A79CE9C79F6EBC4"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In General</header><text>There shall</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id18B6593B21794209A1DA989D7D801692"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE5FBDAB40E374493A6BBFBCDFDAE5FA7" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><paragraph id="idA3F9CD767B444E1D80115ADFC105D663"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Exception not applicable</header><text>Paragraph (1) shall not apply to a 1994 Institution receiving funding under subsection (d)(2)(B) for the Children, Youth, and Families at Risk funding program under subsection (b)(3) or for the Federally Recognized Tribes Extension Program.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id50108EFF637A4D808A10B14BF8B16239"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Section 533(a)(2)(A) of the Equity in Educational Land-Grant Status Act of 1994 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/301">7 U.S.C. 301</external-xref> note; <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/103/382">Public Law 103–382</external-xref>) is amended by striking clause (ii) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE99436A5B93F48BAADAE228610BCFCCA" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><clause id="idD0518F3D459142829243F6D07BD0751A"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the Smith-Lever Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/341">7 U.S.C. 341</external-xref> et seq.), except as provided under—</text><subclause id="id7F0751ADC67740EA8B7A92721E45D116"><enum>(I)</enum><text>section 3(b)(3) of that Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/343">7 U.S.C. 343(b)(3)</external-xref>); or</text></subclause><subclause id="id8A9ED998A2DD4D479AE465516461BFC3"><enum>(II)</enum><text>paragraph (2) of section 3(d) of that Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/343">7 U.S.C. 343(d)</external-xref>); or</text></subclause></clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection></section></subtitle><subtitle commented="no" id="PC5EEC7B84A9BC3938E346691C12530D"><enum>E</enum><header>Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008</header><part id="PA3538AA8432BB112B26A28BDB72E86F"><enum>I</enum><header>Agricultural Security</header><section id="PD077DBA8449D50E069EA63BFC9AC53D"><enum>7501.</enum><header>Agricultural biosecurity communication center</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 14112(c)(2) of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/8912">7 U.S.C. 8912(c)(2)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text></section><section id="PC0E616BF4554C209D29E89B4E208FAD"><enum>7502.</enum><header>Assistance to build local capacity in agricultural biosecurity planning, preparation, and response</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 14113 of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/8913">7 U.S.C. 8913</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="P1D30A2504F7298789CF1BBA9B00061D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)(2)(B), by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="P6C85CDAD4C1EBC175BDF6EB16106F86"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b)(2)(B), by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text></paragraph></section><section id="P5D2FEFA44CD79C5ED510A7B1DE3D00C"><enum>7503.</enum><header>Research and development of agricultural countermeasures</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 14121(b)(2) of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/8921">7 U.S.C. 8921(b)(2)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text></section><section id="PAC2B568945313B48E2EAF9BBB50CB33"><enum>7504.</enum><header>Agricultural biosecurity grant program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 14122(e)(2) of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/8922">7 U.S.C. 8922(e)(2)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text></section></part><part id="id1EEA10F33A1C453B8F50A818EBDF3684" style="OLC"><enum>II</enum><header>Miscellaneous Provisions</header><section id="id7f26035ea51c47c4a955193e4e7a771f"><enum>7511.</enum><header>Farm and Ranch Stress Assistance Network</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 7522 of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/5936">7 U.S.C. 5936</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="id49c87701cb7647f7946cf81f2710a4e1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a), by striking <quote>to support cooperative programs between State cooperative extension services and nonprofit organizations</quote> and inserting <quote>to eligible entities described in subsection (c)</quote>;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id818e211a6abb4ef39657e395f644f641"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b)—</text><subparagraph id="id1eea6a5af983432c8b15f1b6ac7d135f"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (5);</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idf4ffeef2eb944d0684fcb72ef9e6d16a"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraphs (1) through (4) as subparagraphs (A) through (D), respectively, and indenting the subparagraphs appropriately;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id77f27ebd28144862acb510eec8a96414"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by striking subparagraph (B) (as so redesignated) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc8f721f59ef54dcfb26327e5cd90a65e" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subparagraph id="iddec3bbc061d54fa99f6e2d927d96b776"><enum>(B)</enum><text>training, including training programs and workshops, for—</text><clause id="id265ac7f6b48a49e9af9e4c4ffc5fbb8d"><enum>(i)</enum><text>advocates for individuals who are engaged in farming, ranching, and other occupations relating to agriculture; and</text></clause><clause id="id7d0bc64101d04c81b799ca246211cbf3"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>other individuals and entities that may assist individuals who—</text><subclause id="id3295A0BD9BE3460F8BB7359006B533C0"><enum>(I)</enum><text>are engaged in farming, ranching, and other occupations relating to agriculture; and</text></subclause><subclause id="id71028B74D29B4DC9B2646F557B533FA2"><enum>(II)</enum><text>are in crisis;</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id46aca7e77f44457eb03b3e274a9c77cf"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in subparagraph (C) (as so redesignated), by adding <quote>and</quote> after the semicolon at the end;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id9f5fce892f2f417998f7787c8ff5fac7"><enum>(E)</enum><text>in subparagraph (D) (as so redesignated), by striking <quote>activities; and</quote> and inserting <quote>activities, including the dissemination of information and materials; or</quote>;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id469edf03bf2745668370d49ca5176032"><enum>(F)</enum><text>in the matter preceding subparagraph (A) (as so redesignated), by striking <quote>be used to initiate</quote> and inserting the following: “be used—</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5d1ad37688f84787bdcc9e9a3f6d57c5" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><paragraph id="id17cd5fc5cea54ee1bcb87e3ed1f9b3c5"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to initiate</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id1a185d0745be43b5995f39e902359cec"><enum>(G)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id78222d60fad44f2586d47a5f9baffcea" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><paragraph id="id3f530d5ea97e459184391c75c3c3448b"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to enter into contracts, on a multiyear basis, with community-based, direct-service organizations to initiate, expand, or sustain programs described in paragraph (1) and subsection (a).</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ida86e5d8c960f41aa88bc9d059d6c6a4e"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by striking subsections (c) and (d) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id953aa99234ff45e388636b3410a65d99" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subsection id="id83b3d056ecd24fc49ae751c0dfcb2d46"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Eligible recipients</header><text>The Secretary may award a grant under this section to—</text><paragraph id="id66656a8d49b545f2b5d777210dbf8e18"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a State department of agriculture;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id360a4430cba94ceb8f1de0a0d59af937"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a State cooperative extension service;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id44519dc0d7e24dcba7e5cb3298b41ca7"><enum>(3)</enum><text>a qualified nonprofit organization, as determined by the Secretary;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idfc0e61269e8049d9842fe7e9b93efad1"><enum>(4)</enum><text>an entity providing appropriate services, as determined by the Secretary, in 1 or more States; or</text></paragraph><paragraph id="iddbf39e18ad9149d3b80e2bf907cef1b1"><enum>(5)</enum><text>a partnership carried out by 2 or more entities described in paragraphs (1) through (4).</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id040a834a00914c3fb6bdaa1490da2f52"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry out this section $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 through 2023.</text></subsection><subsection id="id9fb87ff39d60402895cc50ac66768c52"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Report to congress</header><paragraph id="id3c52547ac6184d1babd76f968f91bcc0"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this subsection, the Secretary, in coordination with the Secretary of Health and Human Services, shall submit to Congress and any other relevant Federal department or agency, and make publicly available, a report describing the state of behavioral and mental health of individuals who are engaged in farming, ranching, and other occupations relating to agriculture.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id472aca9d99954ac796b8bbb67f731bcf"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>The report under paragraph (1) shall include—</text><subparagraph id="id1418c0e6d1fa4d1a90f686bb2593483b"><enum>(A)</enum><text>an inventory and assessment of efforts to support the behavioral and mental health of individuals who are engaged in farming, ranching, and other occupations relating to agriculture by—</text><clause id="idcb815294a64947e2b572ce344c80a435"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the Federal Government, States, and units of local government;</text></clause><clause id="ide96046493ff84a1bb62e2587ebbcdd82"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>communities comprised of those individuals;</text></clause><clause id="id67cad4f3aa2a4dcc8c36acfe2fef80a4"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>healthcare providers;</text></clause><clause id="id4d00307cbf514afabbd4b952a0dd5e5d"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>State cooperative extension services; and</text></clause><clause id="id0386cb638b2d44b9848f9e71e66ec26a"><enum>(v)</enum><text>other appropriate entities, as determined by the Secretary;</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id5997814da4ca433d93a7d1aed829f614"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a description of the challenges faced by individuals who are engaged in farming, ranching, and other occupations relating to agriculture that may impact the behavioral and mental health of farmers and ranchers;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idacb2dc03ec7b4a638d06d03e46ac5c5c"><enum>(C)</enum><text>a description of how the Department of Agriculture can improve coordination and cooperation with Federal health departments and agencies, including the Department of Health and Human Services, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, the Health Resources and Services Administration, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the National Institutes of Health, to best address the behavioral and mental health of individuals who are engaged in farming, ranching, and other occupations relating to agriculture;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id7e59f3c1a86a4399a78675e437f5b8e3"><enum>(D)</enum><text>a long-term strategy for responding to the challenges described under subparagraph (B) and recommendations based on best practices for further action to be carried out by appropriate Federal departments or agencies to improve Federal Government response and seek to prevent suicide among individuals who are engaged in farming, ranching, and other occupations relating to agriculture; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idbde167e710364964a45508c06a3dcce9"><enum>(E)</enum><text>an evaluation of the impact of suicide among individuals who are engaged in farming, ranching, and other occupations relating to agriculture on—</text><clause id="id58a54f49fc364440a81a8eee3251ce1a"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the agricultural workforce;</text></clause><clause id="ida7239420e1cc497eb63c426eae913b85"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>agricultural production;</text></clause><clause id="idf23a7623c12b4de5b9b50f2991e75c52"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>rural families and communities; and</text></clause><clause id="id4a66216db3f94e28a849737fff6d0aaa"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>succession planning.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="P5DF1CE59437408D14F1E81AC132C27D" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>7512.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Natural products research program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 7525(e) of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/5937">7 U.S.C. 5937(e)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9CDE2EDCDA73405FAB890B419383C1FC" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>7513.</enum><header>Sun grant program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 7526(g) of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/8114">7 U.S.C. 8114(g)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text></section><section id="idc14ff453fe5b4e38b1fb8fffe5a2189b"><enum>7514.</enum><header>Mechanization and automation for specialty crops</header><subsection id="id79bf7d90e1ed4e86ae9ac94302f96384"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall conduct a review of the programs of the Department of Agriculture that affect the production or processing of specialty crops.</text></subsection><subsection id="id720ba6de163541b498790463313f9a1f"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>The review under subsection (a) shall identify—</text><paragraph id="id171f93ffca1e44839916076687737e0f"><enum>(1)</enum><text>programs that currently are, or previously have been, effectively used to accelerate the development and use of automation or mechanization in the production or processing of specialty crops; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id5cc2802a5ff94b74b80568bf279fb194"><enum>(2)</enum><text>programs that may be more effectively used to accelerate the development and use of automation or mechanization in the production or processing of specialty crops.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id900edc399f5a4604939bbfed2509acb7"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Strategy</header><text>With respect to programs identified under subsection (b), the Secretary shall develop and implement a strategy to accelerate the development and use of automation and mechanization in the production or processing of specialty crops.</text></subsection></section></part></subtitle><subtitle id="id8BBAAD15603842979BD9E1AD50343832" style="OLC"><enum>F</enum><header>Matching Funds Requirement</header><section commented="no" id="id88EAC0C44E64414DB5BEE46BC21AA6C3"><enum>7601.</enum><header>Matching funds requirement</header><subsection id="id8D711DA1516047A4B5D1A432A318223C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Repeal</header><text>Subtitle P of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/3371">7 U.S.C. 3371</external-xref>) is repealed.</text></subsection><subsection id="idBA237C1A5A6B44868A09EC1D128875CE"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming amendments</header><paragraph id="id8697AFED074A4B61A44706FBEBA3DCB8"><enum>(1)</enum><header>National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977</header><subparagraph id="id39d0646f28064af38da92c1198815a33"><enum>(A)</enum><header>National Agricultural Research, Extension, Education, and Economics Advisory Board</header><text>Section 1408(c)(1) of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/3123">7 U.S.C. 3123(c)(1)</external-xref>) is amended by striking subparagraph (B) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb858663054f446e6b33eb111b7645851" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subparagraph id="idb295c2fc410c494289134034bd2babfc"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the annual establishment of national priorities, as determined by the Board;</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id0EE73F0F29CB46828DD507598DF59186"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Grants to enhance research capacity in schools of veterinary medicine</header><text>Section 1415(a) of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/3151">7 U.S.C. 3151(a)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><clause id="idD92FD96188F64272B038DBCBD529DFDA"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>The Secretary</quote> and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id794B2CA9568E4ED9A1CB31F7BDA0F734" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><paragraph id="idF71CC36799BF4EB68B3D97CE6C8C834E"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause><clause id="id7C4D42666C1045168B0319AD97907986"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF67D906813F94A68AA166F0DC5FBE091" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><paragraph id="idC944991643AE4D1D803F8072F6859E39"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Matching requirement</header><text>A State receiving a grant under paragraph (1) shall provide State matching funds equal to not less than the amount of the grant.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id194FA79A2E18410587CCEBA16D8681B7"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Aquaculture assistance grant program</header><text>Section 1475(b) of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/3322">7 U.S.C. 3322(b)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>The Secretary</quote> and all that follows through the period at the end and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5ED55D2AFAA74A488ED67760EFD7EBBF" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><paragraph id="id3F0CD96A7B344B998DE3947E116C9ECE"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subject to paragraph (3), the Secretary may make competitive grants to entities eligible for grants under paragraph (2) for research and extension to facilitate or expand promising advances in the production and marketing of aquacultural food species and products and to enhance the safety and wholesomeness of those species and products, including the development of reliable supplies of seed stock and therapeutic compounds.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idA86373E548E44884AE8F876AD58D90E4"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Eligible entities</header><text>The Secretary may make a competitive grant under paragraph (1) to—</text><subparagraph id="id04E38362AA6F4E1FB385EE54582F2A61"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a land-grant or seagrant college or university;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id17E833EBC8054BDFB4A57F941D4DAB3B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a State agricultural experiment station;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id185B7C1663344F83BA84ACCCC8AF420D"><enum>(C)</enum><text>a college, university, or Federal laboratory having a demonstrable capacity to conduct aquacultural research, as determined by the Secretary; or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idCDBEB2ECAE064E29A65B17082BA6C3E0"><enum>(D)</enum><text>a nonprofit private research institution.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id19E0B4005A8D4E3595DEEC669B9D0BB3"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Matching State grants</header><subparagraph id="id244C56D6B1FD4AE591F4989D671E80E8"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Except as provided in subparagraph (B), the Secretary shall not make a grant under paragraph (1) unless the State in which the grant recipient is located makes a grant to that recipient in an amount equal to not less than the amount of the grant under paragraph (1) (of which State amount an in-kind contribution shall not exceed 50 percent).</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idC190D48C8C13436D9360398E75F58FBB"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Federal laboratories</header><text>Subparagraph (A) shall not apply to a grant to a Federal laboratory.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id095DBAC7000345F882ADB513FC146281"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990</header><subparagraph id="id312248BE3AE24B969901B61734E497F5"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Federal-State matching grant program</header><text>Section 1623(d)(2) of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/5813">7 U.S.C. 5813(d)(2)</external-xref>) is amended by striking the second sentence.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id89CEA8D3E6D34C1EA1607E35C55ACBE2"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Agricultural genome initiative</header><text>Section 1671 of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/5924">7 U.S.C. 5924</external-xref>) (as amended by section 7208) is amended—</text><clause id="id98280A57EC2445ACA47280E2CC33949E"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by redesignating subsection (f) as subsection (g); and</text></clause><clause id="idEBF47A3B450E47FEBD2247BB2E48B7FF"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by inserting after subsection (e) the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD63FD9EBE75D484DAC4A14B28F101B3B" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subsection id="idEB0C0524214B4DABBC813315D444111E"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Matching funds requirement</header><paragraph id="id287EF76C8773402DB5BB9A70F953B5E1"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subject to paragraph (3), with respect to a grant or cooperative agreement under this section that provides a particular benefit to a specific agricultural commodity, the recipient of funds under the grant or cooperative agreement shall provide non-Federal matching funds (including funds from a generic agricultural commodity promotion, research, and information program) equal to not less than the amount provided under the grant or cooperative agreement.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idB8D2EF081F984113BFE41011FDAFEE65"><enum>(2)</enum><header>In-kind support</header><text>Non-Federal matching funds described in paragraph (1) may include in-kind support.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id003241E2A9E847DDB5777DD5886496F9"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Waiver</header><text>The Secretary may waive the matching funds requirement under paragraph (1) with respect to a research project if the Secretary determines that—</text><subparagraph id="idECB028133532442A9F55B3297E020CE4"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the results of the project are of a particular benefit to a specific agricultural commodity, but those results are likely to be applicable to agricultural commodities generally; or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id9373AF9A26B94BECB52BF71628160464"><enum>(B)</enum><clause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="idA973178BBC8545299E3A616474184EFB"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the project—</text><subclause changed="added" id="id81C4410797DE46C78E83901E30FF3028" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(I)</enum><text>involves a minor commodity; and</text></subclause><subclause changed="added" id="id43E4ACF389F646AB99B9AB8DBD6FFC1B" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(II)</enum><text>deals with scientifically important research; and</text></subclause></clause><clause changed="added" id="idA16DEA16493D4D94BAA35C0F49765FB2" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the recipient is unable to satisfy the matching funds requirement.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id76E8399AB6B94A11923957B9A5765080"><enum>(C)</enum><header>High-priority research and extension initiatives</header><text>Section 1672(a) of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/5925">7 U.S.C. 5925(a)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><clause id="id1C848338C1EC40EA8B024E903AB1D87E"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>The Secretary of Agriculture</quote> and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id01C7E462BB624A2D8B20206FC0B4A10E" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><paragraph id="idBD59E3D63D154B01BF0C2AD92DC4270D"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary of Agriculture</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause><clause id="id57C1264977F94BE298548301EFC4EC9C"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in paragraph (1) (as so designated), in the second sentence, by striking <quote>The Secretary shall</quote> and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id005762668A5B433EAA3210888297EE6E" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><paragraph id="idE44324FEBBD647219904B59662724B6F"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Consultation</header><text>The Secretary shall</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause><clause id="id0F288374CAA14B878CC799CB381B5AF7"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (1) the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC1AD27E3C6214B1FA5D87DB7533421F0" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><paragraph id="id85AD1446EBA049689F056104228EEE41"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Matching funds requirement</header><subparagraph id="id17BC3DE178FE4772853CA83FABE8D8C6"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subject to subparagraph (C), an entity receiving a grant under paragraph (1) shall provide non-Federal matching funds (including funds from a generic agricultural commodity promotion, research, and information program) equal to not less than the amount of the grant.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id8AB82D9586654A1B9139C043AEB438D2"><enum>(B)</enum><header>In-kind support</header><text>Non-Federal matching funds described in subparagraph (A) may include in-kind support.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="idCC143B31C5C64E9AB27192C47E0FBFEC"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Waiver</header><text>The Secretary may waive the matching funds requirement under subparagraph (A) with respect to a research project if the Secretary determines that—</text><clause commented="no" id="idB106A687D00841FF8522F502F3A8B77D"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the results of the project are of a particular benefit to a specific agricultural commodity, but those results are likely to be applicable to agricultural commodities generally; or</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="idE50CD69A83BF45C59DC5B8A706C7EB1C"><enum>(ii)</enum><subclause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id89176B795B7B402288039FA21F960372"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the project—</text><item changed="added" commented="no" id="idDD4CAEF59D644DB282FE4188CDBED6E1" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>involves a minor commodity; and</text></item><item changed="added" commented="no" id="id9CE93A93A532419182F031F881D2886A" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>deals with scientifically important research; and</text></item></subclause><subclause changed="added" commented="no" id="id807085FDC0E1418AB5CB6E7507F38BA8" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the recipient is unable to satisfy the matching funds requirement.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id6A5E43062A814AD79EB0D007CEDC1690"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Organic agriculture research and extension initiative</header><text>Section 1672B of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/5925b">7 U.S.C. 5925b</external-xref>) (as amended by section 7210) is amended—</text><clause id="id4B6A246CFC234CFE8484152708EE6B7C"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by redesignating subsections (c), (d), and (e) as subsections (d), (e), and (f), respectively; and</text></clause><clause id="idBC815A26BEAA47AA877814353E5D928C"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by inserting after subsection (b) the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCEAA603F16E9469D8C12E5AF0513477F" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subsection id="idE5FA0EFA42B34F4BB3C547E23AD52E27"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Matching requirement</header><paragraph id="id054B50F578F74AE7A64D48034A459900"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subject to paragraph (3), an entity receiving a grant under subsection (a) shall provide non-Federal matching funds (including funds from a generic agricultural commodity promotion, research, and information program) equal to not less than the amount of the grant.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idDA3689FC024942C3BCA9EB7AA9E8B9E4"><enum>(2)</enum><header>In-kind support</header><text>Non-Federal matching funds described in paragraph (1) may include in-kind support.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="idA3D07435CCD741F3A3589B739363F1B1"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Waiver</header><text>The Secretary may waive the matching funds requirement under paragraph (1) with respect to a research project if the Secretary determines that—</text><subparagraph commented="no" id="idA55E9CAC594B4CD1B1713C0B19EE4F39"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the results of the project are of a particular benefit to a specific agricultural commodity, but those results are likely to be applicable to agricultural commodities generally; or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id60280067A71A4417B7FF1B468B872010"><enum>(B)</enum><clause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="idCE5E2BF87F2843C7A2038A730E9E1926"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the project—</text><subclause changed="added" commented="no" id="idD458F363F9DA47CF8CAFF634913F7D86" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(I)</enum><text>involves a minor commodity; and</text></subclause><subclause changed="added" commented="no" id="idF780F190A55C4386974BC158AD192FF6" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(II)</enum><text>deals with scientifically important research; and</text></subclause></clause><clause changed="added" commented="no" id="id6F56DDB38B7E4F2FA4E333F4EF8D4FD5" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the recipient is unable to satisfy the matching funds requirement.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id993DFD5EC1BA4AF883DA9673C7CEA3FF"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998</header><subparagraph id="id3553C4CF36CE4F72B25B7D76DB58EC1A"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Integrated research, education, and extension competitive grants program</header><text>Section 406 of the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/7626">7 U.S.C. 7626</external-xref>) is amended—</text><clause id="id04D475F522D941C89CDD043B4859D10C"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by redesignating subsections (d) and (e) as subsections (e) and (f), respectively; and</text></clause><clause id="idCE89A3583B944E6FB088AD83DFC5F738"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by inserting after subsection (c) the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id04022432FAAB490AB09BD9FC98345B36" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subsection id="id4A3B836F93D249EEBE3FE905813C8BA3"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Matching funds requirement</header><paragraph id="id33FC313FDE0E4C7EA9FE658044679FF3"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subject to paragraph (3), with respect to a grant under this section that provides a particular benefit to a specific agricultural commodity, the recipient of the grant shall provide non-Federal matching funds (including funds from a generic agricultural commodity promotion, research, and information program) equal to not less than the amount of the grant.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id7AA9B341496C4F56BDCF905F248E2C97"><enum>(2)</enum><header>In-kind support</header><text>Non-Federal matching funds described in paragraph (1) may include in-kind support.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id4BF780896EBF43278E25FA2B4F9542FB"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Waiver</header><text>The Secretary may waive the matching funds requirement under paragraph (1) with respect to a research project if the Secretary determines that—</text><subparagraph commented="no" id="idFA3B331AD0884591B3DB1D03152A213B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the results of the project are of a particular benefit to a specific agricultural commodity, but those results are likely to be applicable to agricultural commodities generally; or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id089B68E437474A8D830F8CE2C1CC1AA8"><enum>(B)</enum><clause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id30B3956500EC494DA4EA8A194D4F8DA2"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the project—</text><subclause changed="added" commented="no" id="id410A0ED7F7604D0BB4D349E8F19F33C8" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(I)</enum><text>involves a minor commodity; and</text></subclause><subclause changed="added" commented="no" id="idDD3B90C61D824AD2BC877A19116D0E4A" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(II)</enum><text>deals with scientifically important research; and</text></subclause></clause><clause changed="added" commented="no" id="idE143DFCA8CD54B44AC894826096FEFEC" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the recipient is unable to satisfy the matching funds requirement.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id277C4B12FD524501BFBAFC12D9C9AB58"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Specialty crop research initiative</header><text>Section 412(g) of the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/7632">7 U.S.C. 7632(g)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><clause id="idA8A711298DFA4A4E8162E1EBECA230C9"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (4); and</text></clause><clause id="idC29AE8A0D31F4D03988AA944C817A093"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (2) the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8D78E79CD5934848A891F300E889B636" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><paragraph id="idEF3EFA61B3DA428CAD6456CFAB90ACFC"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Matching requirement</header><subparagraph id="idF7E561FAEA5B4DF38C47A356BE762676"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>An entity receiving a grant under this section shall provide non-Federal matching funds (including funds from a generic agricultural commodity promotion, research, and information program) equal to not less than the amount of the grant.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idA23A6FF8F3B946DEA77EFCDCC7A98F85"><enum>(B)</enum><header>In-kind support</header><text>Non-Federal matching funds described in subparagraph (A) may include in-kind support.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id2D5F1644559B40BD9D06525839BA45E5"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Other laws</header><subparagraph id="id8F5DD64695184A2CBB59A0B3A9C48B44"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Sun grant program</header><text>Section 7526(c)(1)(C)(iv) of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/8114">7 U.S.C. 8114(c)(1)(C)(iv)</external-xref>) is amended by striking subclause (IV).</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id9D604296A3DE4B1C98A7152327D3D7F9"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Agriculture and Food Research Initiative</header><text>Subsection (b)(9) of the Competitive, Special, and Facilities Research Grant Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/3157">7 U.S.C. 3157(b)(9)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><clause id="id8EC97060823F4039984D9F7634B2DCE7"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A), by striking clause (iii);</text></clause><clause id="id6ED4753865984E3C95EE7A9A470C5D53"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B)—</text><subclause id="id1919B7C3FD4C4332BF473C82750BED91"><enum>(I)</enum><text>in clause (i), by striking <quote>clauses (ii) and (iii),</quote> and inserting <quote>clause (ii),</quote>; and</text></subclause><subclause id="id3FD96AD9670C42689C90C12D4B21DF72"><enum>(II)</enum><text>by striking clause (iii); and</text></subclause></clause><clause id="id8CBB9D73CDED41C0A4D033EB1409B605"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDB39EF55C9224618A236B171A6462B5D" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subparagraph id="idd07bcd38ea094354950df3548db1e2a3"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Applied research</header><text>An entity receiving a grant under paragraph (5)(B) for applied research that is commodity-specific and not of national scope shall provide non-Federal matching funds equal to not less than the amount of the grant.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idE8A07EFE5A96486A9B93212234A45A55"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Application of amendments</header><paragraph id="P728ED2E84C9CB06C1DA4D39BF4D9185"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Grants awarded after October 1, 2018</header><text>The amendments made by subsections (a) and (b) shall apply with respect to grants described in subsection (b) that are awarded after October 1, 2018.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="P0148558D44F48003ABC59DB1501F3FA"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Grants awarded on or before October 1, 2018</header><text>Notwithstanding the amendments made by subsections (a) and (b), a matching funds requirement in effect on the day before the date of enactment of this Act under a provision of law amended by subsection (a) or (b) shall continue to apply to a grant described in subsection (b) that is awarded on or before October 1, 2018.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="idF567E867CC544080B03F8E952014E289"><enum>7602.</enum><header>Extension and agricultural research at 1890 land-grant colleges, including Tuskegee University</header><subsection id="id0F2EE0D11C9D48119721DE629141D9FE"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Extension</header><text>Section 1444 of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/3221">7 U.S.C. 3221</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="id52B8609E2C07459C809B7AF257FE55C4"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a), by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC828AC59662243E2B25520E7372E3765" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><paragraph id="id1d5f16da132248d388cfc777908b7371"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Fiscal year 2019, 2020, 2021, or 2022</header><text>In addition to other amounts authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section, there are authorized to be appropriated for 1 of fiscal year 2019, 2020, 2021, or 2022 such sums as are necessary to ensure that an eligible institution receiving a distribution of funds under this section for that fiscal year receives not less than the amount of funds received by that eligible institution under this section for the preceding fiscal year.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph id="idE010023C450A4E0AB85840C590E103F6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b)—</text><subparagraph id="id115B0145717D43D9963223E3D1CA6E5E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the undesignated matter following paragraph (2)(B)—</text><clause id="id206825C36CCA4EF19DB719FC0DCA6C72"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>paragraph (2) of this subsection</quote> and inserting <quote>this paragraph</quote>; and</text></clause><clause id="id1556755D1097485FB3C8F3852DCC4473"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>In computing</quote> and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id94CC16D3A87C4CF3823968DA130F4CED" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subparagraph id="id4C5FF48F5B2147E1B7F0DCF05F74FA6B"><enum>(C)</enum><text>In computing</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; </after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idE787E50235D14E52B9512A0C35E36F19"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)—</text><clause id="id8DAEBD735985477D95840F1CD3B2C102"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B), by striking <quote>Of the remainder</quote> and inserting <quote>Except as provided in paragraph (4), of the remainder</quote>; and</text></clause><clause id="id246577D4F5814DCB98346C13CC274E57"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>(2) any funds</quote> and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE600BEC9365E46728F55B0FBE02E9D63" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><paragraph id="idAC419421EA384243ABF44AB535E374B5"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Additional amount</header><text>Any funds</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id78FA00C84C7C4335BA70000701657D3D"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)—</text><clause id="id895BAB6A69C646DBB351881A5FA5BA36"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>are allocated</quote> and inserting <quote>were allocated</quote>; and</text></clause><clause id="id9D033B348CAF4E9CA1133EB6034B560D"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>; and</quote> and inserting <quote>, as so designated as of that date.</quote>;</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idDA85CE4CD5B04EDDBB1A6A1BE453240A"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by striking <quote>(b) Beginning</quote> in the matter preceding paragraph (1) and all that follows through <quote>any funds</quote> in paragraph (1) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id536C059FAF884FFD93C93071715B1525" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subsection id="id4F00937E7F7B431092C8B15F596FC57E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Distribution of funds</header><paragraph id="id46C6F69658F94417B9FBBD0C7B9234DC"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Funds made available under this section shall be distributed among eligible institutions in accordance with this subsection.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idF6AE44D2AE4546208F2C6A485E6BCEEA"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Base amount</header><text>Any funds</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idDA1D9D9B18794D6B80DFEE216435C8D8"><enum>(E)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCC72C8ADCD574F9489B22A9E26BB5757" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><paragraph id="id863a56f1c49d43b1923a242776e2c2f4"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Special amount for fiscal year 2019, 2020, 2021, or 2022</header><subparagraph id="idf90ca67a527d46aaa44a7465aa60134f"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subject to subparagraph (B), for 1 of fiscal year 2019, 2020, 2021, or 2022, if the calculation under paragraph (3)(B) would result in a distribution of less than $3,000,000 to an eligible institution that first received funds under this section after the date of enactment of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/113/79">Public Law 113–79</external-xref>; 128 Stat. 649) for a fiscal year, that institution shall receive a distribution of $3,000,000 for that fiscal year.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id0da7ceb9a3114811a8917525be491967"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>Subparagraph (A) shall apply only if amounts are appropriated under subsection (a)(5) to ensure that an eligible institution receiving a distribution of funds under this section for fiscal year 2019, 2020, 2021, or 2022, as applicable, receives not less than the amount of funds received by that eligible institution under this section for the preceding fiscal year.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idC7CF7E2207A44954A8943110AE49EDD1"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Research</header><text>Section 1445 of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/3222">7 U.S.C. 3222</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="id7702E3480E7D40ABBA1707117EDB998C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a), by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id08C900CA45CF4948B9317F66D4FF0D67" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7982A7E9167D469EAC215B18ACCF784A"><enum>(6)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Fiscal year 2019, 2020, 2021, or 2022</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In addition to other amounts authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section, there are authorized to be appropriated for 1 of fiscal year 2019, 2020, 2021, or 2022 such sums as are necessary to ensure that an eligible institution receiving a distribution of funds under this section for that fiscal year receives not less than the amount of funds received by that eligible institution under this section for the preceding fiscal year.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph id="idEC6181A2ADE84CF1AE3F9171DEEFFD72"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b)—</text><subparagraph id="id5DCFF325880C46E38F640B87C38AC118"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)—</text><clause id="idDA49DEA6597543419848CD90D80D04D0"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0EA209F68AE044A69412D8EC20C9D88C" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subparagraph id="idadfcf65155e44dfca3dcf41a2eecb2c2"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Special amount for fiscal year 2019, 2020, 2021, or 2022</header><clause id="id0656579d4cb14df28ba810e8481ecada"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subject to clause (ii), for 1 of fiscal year 2019, 2020, 2021, or 2022, if the calculation under subparagraph (C) would result in a distribution of less than $3,000,000 to an eligible institution that first received funds under this section after the date of enactment of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/113/79">Public Law 113–79</external-xref>; 128 Stat. 649), that institution shall receive a distribution of $3,000,000 for that fiscal year.</text></clause><clause id="idae849232e9ce41bc8297d7694fe2d3d6"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>Clause (i) shall apply only if amounts are appropriated under subsection (a)(6) to ensure that an eligible institution receiving a distribution of funds under this section for fiscal year 2019, 2020, 2021, or 2022, as applicable, receives not less than the amount of funds received by that eligible institution under this section for the preceding fiscal year.</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause><clause id="id6939835BCE214B5485B80B6A7A8507A5"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B), by striking <quote>(B) Of funds</quote> and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3AA20E1F48C24AF9BBC28E30FC865F9F" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subparagraph id="idD7B3893C06DA4BBEAE82762337505D4A"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Additional amount</header><text>Except as provided in subparagraph (D), of funds</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause><clause id="id703EAF0A5C474918A57CA82B45458B78"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A)—</text><subclause id="idCCAD92231AE3423DAE09D44AC73E68EA"><enum>(I)</enum><text>by striking <quote>are allocated</quote> and inserting <quote>were allocated</quote>;</text></subclause><subclause id="id5459708579704FC7847A2F6963DFFE9D"><enum>(II)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>, as so designated as of that date</quote> before the period at the end; and</text></subclause><subclause id="idD11F3DFA9EC04B0FBEE43AA22AB29540"><enum>(III)</enum><text>by striking <quote>(A) Funds</quote> and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id207FDFB630BA4C5E8BA6EE0FE8A7AD2D" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subparagraph id="id8271176A5F4A42A8A3473139A9190E3F"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Base amount</header><text>Funds</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subclause></clause><clause id="id14DCE5B3C03342F0B6B457CEABE6EB44"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>in the matter preceding subparagraph (B) (as so designated), by striking <quote>(2) The</quote> and all that follows through <quote>follows:</quote> and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2F7EF5D7B1F745B19486D75A43762D6E" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><paragraph id="id8BF071752BDA4D67A72A30000A62E35F"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Distributions</header><subparagraph id="idA6CA2F0851A6423396CFFF974DAC40B6"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>After allocating amounts under paragraph (2), the remainder shall be allotted among the eligible institutions in accordance with this paragraph.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id8287694E0D0141289E8607A3098EC955"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>(1) Three per centum</quote> and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC21DDC67152A426AB7D15DCFC3AE62CD" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><paragraph id="idB9D9FE5E787C431E83677B5E90722B31"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Administration</header><text>3 percent</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id52B5012639254FBCB1C078E7F616A773"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in the matter preceding paragraph (2) (as so designated), by striking <quote>(b) Beginning</quote> and all that follows through <quote>follows:</quote> and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD4DBC12001334E8392332FB304D94A11" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subsection id="id8E27C466C0E1423790AA3836302177BF"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Distribution of funds</header><paragraph id="id18C896F3301746E8ADD863B10CA61F88"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Funds made available under this section shall be distributed among eligible institutions in accordance with this subsection.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section></subtitle><enum>VIII</enum><header>Forestry</header><subtitle id="id35CF689C208940FE8ED547FE779D7C01" style="OLC"><enum>A</enum><header>Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978</header><section id="idB4E4638604314996AAA8440570664F6F"><enum>8101.</enum><header>State and private forest landscape-scale restoration program</header><subsection id="id1C54A8E294B240869E3706E0329AFBA8"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 13A of the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/2109a">16 U.S.C. 2109a</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id39C4C501D89043F59E0B813451F56B07" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA90AE6E999F84C32A43E8D96767C301F"><enum>13A.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">State and private forest landscape-scale restoration program</header><subsection id="idb717ec949bab44b39b61c36cff55a4bb"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Purpose</header><text>The purpose of this section is to encourage collaborative, science-based restoration of priority forest landscapes.</text></subsection><subsection id="id05bc91033eba4fcb9634f5ee7c481b42"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text><paragraph id="id869808BADE26441197ED92B4CDD43484"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Indian tribe</header><text>The term <term>Indian tribe</term> has the meaning given the term in section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/5304">25 U.S.C. 5304</external-xref>).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id52480fa4e22a44108c093564b317347d"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Nonindustrial private forest land</header><text>The term <term>nonindustrial private forest land</term> means land that—</text><subparagraph id="id0CC44924D2C943F3899C81E6A3F26E89"><enum>(A)</enum><text>is rural, as determined by the Secretary;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idBB1572B5F8DC41908E917A6E63FF107F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>has existing tree cover or is suitable for growing trees; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idBDAE3F6DF51E4375AECC75C10805E6F3"><enum>(C)</enum><text>is owned by any private individual, group, association, corporation, Indian tribe, or other private legal entity.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id9ddcd18512c143bdb5f2f4738abf1fc3"><enum>(3)</enum><header>State forest land</header><text>The term <term>State forest land</term> means land that—</text><subparagraph id="id0E84725DC13C446CA7414C292B2EBFC8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>is rural, as determined by the Secretary; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idA13E62579ECC4C8C87294553F0FF21FD"><enum>(B)</enum><text>is under State or local governmental ownership and considered to be non-Federal forest land.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idd96cb30181f747bba51b8df3ea1a9c87"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>The Secretary, in consultation with State foresters or appropriate State agencies, shall establish a competitive grant program to provide financial and technical assistance to encourage collaborative, science-based restoration of priority forest landscapes.</text></subsection><subsection id="idc5501493ae6145fea70627d325f49aa6"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Eligibility</header><text>To be eligible to receive a grant under this section, an applicant shall submit to the Secretary, through the State forester or appropriate State agency, a State and private forest landscape-scale restoration proposal based on a restoration strategy that—</text><paragraph id="id19f2fbeabc1e46f4b7552216bf50d6be"><enum>(1)</enum><text>is complete or substantially complete;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id8b00820d530d44a3ac5c6938f284c28c"><enum>(2)</enum><text>is for a multiyear period;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id75260fd95ee14ccfaf8395292ab17f2a"><enum>(3)</enum><text>covers nonindustrial private forest land or State forest land;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id8231f1f41bd64c808b852735f67d02db"><enum>(4)</enum><text>is accessible by wood-processing infrastructure; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id28a92dfb15c94f52b6d23dd77d9d4e23"><enum>(5)</enum><text>is based on the best available science.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idfa5658580ae74537a0b6d2ce521bffb4"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Plan criteria</header><text>A State and private forest landscape-scale restoration proposal submitted under this section shall include plans—</text><paragraph id="idd5502b93b43f4a74932018372ad37a7a"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to reduce the risk of uncharacteristic wildfires;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id07aed660d6a944cea8c5c7138ae87739"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to improve fish and wildlife habitats, including the habitats of threatened and endangered species;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id6522812441fa4edf87e9cd5b28456093"><enum>(3)</enum><text>to maintain or improve water quality and watershed function;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idfa32a8d9f6d7446e82fd5803ecb1fc0a"><enum>(4)</enum><text>to mitigate invasive species, insect infestation, and disease;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idddf544741cc0495dbcaf579ed5840069"><enum>(5)</enum><text>to improve important forest ecosystems;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id16c68cd91120472a828894f74668739d"><enum>(6)</enum><text>to measure ecological and economic benefits, including air quality and soil quality and productivity; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idf344787a75de4771a6f55b2bee230e4c"><enum>(7)</enum><text>to take other relevant actions, as determined by the Secretary.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id1d3fc0750a9b4452b4969f1d9ce2e7b6"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Priorities</header><text>In making grants under this section, the Secretary shall give priority to plans that—</text><paragraph id="idB20198ACBF1645F8848012B805D46967"><enum>(1)</enum><text>further a statewide forest assessment and resource strategy;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idA5352C74DB7F4BF49AB6F0F7EDE65EB9"><enum>(2)</enum><text>promote cross boundary landscape collaboration; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idF430A2D77846461ABD0023CE5C2E6A3E"><enum>(3)</enum><text>leverage public and private resources.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id979d5e5a80574dc4875c90982991749a"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Collaboration and consultation</header><text>The Chief of the Forest Service, the Chief of the Natural Resources Conservation Service, and relevant stakeholders shall collaborate and consult on an ongoing basis regarding—</text><paragraph id="id6A9F7FCA6E024624B371A06631166A6C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>administration of the program established under this section; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id12CC5C5A02154AF991019293736FCC9C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>identification of other applicable resources for landscape-scale restoration.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id905a99e8c0f946539f040165ea6ead06"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Matching funds required</header><text>As a condition of receiving a grant under this section, the Secretary shall require the recipient of the grant to provide funds or in-kind support from non-Federal sources in an amount that is at least equal to the amount of Federal funds.</text></subsection><subsection id="ida6073306ae284ef1914baa16db48516e"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Coordination and proximity encouraged</header><text>In making grants under this section, the Secretary may consider coordination with and proximity to other landscape-scale projects on other land under the jurisdiction of the Secretary, the Secretary of the Interior, or a Governor of a State, including under—</text><paragraph id="id5cd028ebb6fe4c8cb57cafd30630bff2"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program established under section 4003 of the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/7303">16 U.S.C. 7303</external-xref>);</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id70fa3159f84646ca86d51bcdff1ef5fd"><enum>(2)</enum><text>landscape areas designated for insect and disease treatments under section 602 of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/6591a">16 U.S.C. 6591a</external-xref>);</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id7d4a18abd32c4c27a5f44ed1d25d8335"><enum>(3)</enum><text>good neighbor authority under section 19;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id13dad577e2724f36b707cd105fa97311"><enum>(4)</enum><text>stewardship end result contracting projects authorized under section 604 of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/6591c">16 U.S.C. 6591c</external-xref>);</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id4c167fb8d41a4479873ece450aa7af61"><enum>(5)</enum><text>appropriate State-level programs; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id8f6c4956a72047ea8b39a18e1b81e64f"><enum>(6)</enum><text>other relevant programs, as determined by the Secretary.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id90D2F6EF785148DAB1B2F58A393CF30F"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Regulations</header><text>The Secretary shall promulgate such regulations as the Secretary determines necessary to carry out this section.</text></subsection><subsection id="idb24075a40e79447b9744b1e210f0f322"><enum>(k)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than 3 years after the date of enactment of this section, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate a report on—</text><paragraph id="id10C740EDF1904A06B2F495B183694F47"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the status of development, execution, and administration of selected projects;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id3FAE5C37BA654FA0B783EE677842E491"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the accounting of program funding expenditures; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idB165626FF0594B26AE6ED0A7B83C0BF9"><enum>(3)</enum><text>specific accomplishments that have resulted from landscape-scale projects.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id37260ced3d1a428e8328e088f2b1ab5c"><enum>(l)</enum><header>Fund</header><paragraph id="ida4f22b4b21b743cfb0c0b0afff592ef2"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>There is established in the Treasury a fund, to be known as the <quote>State and Private Forest Landscape-Scale Restoration Fund</quote> (referred to in this subsection as the <quote>Fund</quote>), to be used by the Secretary to make grants under this section.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id8cf0a059b31b46e9982a9f299974039a"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>The Fund shall consist of such amounts as are appropriated to the Fund under paragraph (3).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ida74fbf9341434d7cbcf53574eb5a32e5"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated to the Fund $20,000,000 for each fiscal year beginning with the first full fiscal year after the date of enactment of this subsection through fiscal year 2023, to remain available until expended.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection id="id66EA91CF5C174EA7B5D2DD59B6182BFB"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming amendments</header><paragraph id="id75D0D95B146149C48FBDA44496836C18"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Section 13B of the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/2109b">16 U.S.C. 2109b</external-xref>) is repealed.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id07B70FD8113144D9A7958DA35229C953"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Section 19(a)(4)(C) of the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/2113">16 U.S.C. 2113(a)(4)(C)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>sections 13A and 13B</quote> and inserting <quote>section 13A</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection></section></subtitle><subtitle id="id6B376C7F36684C68992049F0DAF25569" style="OLC"><enum>B</enum><header>Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Research Act of 1978 </header><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD9A6B682E7004C0EA7F4F1B7151A9F76"><enum>8201.</enum><header>Repeal of recycling research</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 9 of the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Research Act of 1978 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1648">16 U.S.C. 1648</external-xref>) is repealed.</text></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC177B7FFC1D041E28318D682F493D25C"><enum>8202.</enum><header>Repeal of forestry student grant program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 10 of the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Research Act of 1978 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1649">16 U.S.C. 1649</external-xref>) is repealed.</text></section></subtitle><subtitle id="idA38B59EA1AEF452C9C3FA2C022E58CF2" style="OLC"><enum>C</enum><header>Global Climate Change Prevention Act of 1990</header><section id="idF01267B5D1654B16BFEA933DBC00C8A7"><enum>8301.</enum><header>Repeals</header><subsection id="id06128CF37F2D4E46BF690BF212309F29"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Biomass energy demonstration projects</header><text>Section 2410 of the Global Climate Change Prevention Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/6708">7 U.S.C. 6708</external-xref>) is repealed.</text></subsection><subsection id="id199A33D41AD841008D976AEF76696CB6"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Interagency cooperation to maximize biomass growth</header><text>Section 2411 of the Global Climate Change Prevention Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/6709">7 U.S.C. 6709</external-xref>) is amended in the matter preceding paragraph (1) by striking <quote>to—</quote> and all that follows through <quote>such forests and lands</quote> in paragraph (2) and inserting <quote>to develop a program to manage forests and land on Department of Defense military installations</quote>.</text></subsection></section></subtitle><subtitle id="idCE5553FBAB1C4FAD83BBB97760FC50B8" style="OLC"><enum>D</enum><header>Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003</header><section id="id495EAFEA631247DAB89E93E6602FA8CF"><enum>8401.</enum><header>Promoting cross-boundary wildfire mitigation</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 103 of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/6513">16 U.S.C. 6513</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA18CF796E119419EB2FC6F5A3089EEEB" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subsection id="idCA10F4553764448EB8609C2F76A1927B"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Cross-boundary hazardous fuel reduction projects</header><paragraph id="id75B9B097007049D4B113C23891F22BEE"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this subsection:</text><subparagraph id="id8B1DD9C000E94E219AAB73D3A001EA2C"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Hazardous fuel reduction project</header><text>The term <term>hazardous fuel reduction project</term> means a hazardous fuel reduction project described in paragraph (2).</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id926023B901E34B7B959C62101A9E1BC5"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Non-Federal land</header><text>The term <term>non-Federal land</term> includes—</text><clause id="id842E95845DF14D3CB6E79CFEC0A1E44F"><enum>(i)</enum><text>State land;</text></clause><clause id="idC4EA61A08B794A6AA98F48EFA4E60D8E"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>county land;</text></clause><clause id="id289BD38BC07C4D66978324543CADCB7E"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>Tribal land;</text></clause><clause id="id8FED94E99CD54BEC81823A0CB105AF3E"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>private land; and</text></clause><clause id="id4D309638971A4186B8808E824C39EAB4"><enum>(v)</enum><text>other non-Federal land.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id3a4340199a50442e833d32362e0c721a"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Grants</header><text>The Secretary may make grants to State foresters to support hazardous fuel reduction projects that incorporate treatments in landscapes across ownership boundaries on Federal and non-Federal land, particularly in areas identified as priorities in applicable State-wide forest resource assessments or strategies under section 2A(a) of the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/2101a">16 U.S.C. 2101a(a)</external-xref>), as mutually agreed to by the State forester and the Regional Forester.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id545576bf75f64f3d983d638668cc8fd6"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Land treatments</header><text>To conduct and fund treatments for hazardous fuel reduction projects carried out by State foresters using grants under paragraph (2), the Secretary may use the authorities of the Secretary relating to cooperation and technical and financial assistance, including the good neighbor authority under—</text><subparagraph id="idB024858C67BF41D38A878C74E3957B99"><enum>(A)</enum><text>section 8206 of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/2113a">16 U.S.C. 2113a</external-xref>); and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id1701A194A8DF44428F4620343D758E64"><enum>(B)</enum><text>section 331 of the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1011">16 U.S.C. 1011</external-xref> note; <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/106/291">Public Law 106–291</external-xref>).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id2ebf88a03616480f97ef7701da2c6596"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Cooperation</header><text>In carrying out a hazardous fuel reduction project using a grant under paragraph (2) on non-Federal land, the State forester, in consultation with the Secretary—</text><subparagraph id="id706CC80E66E6408AAC5EB981590A09C7"><enum>(A)</enum><text>shall consult with any applicable owners of the non-Federal land; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idE402DF9DE12C4FE39B00494816960AE8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>shall not implement the hazardous fuel reduction project on non-Federal land without the consent of the owner of the non-Federal land.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="iddd8415f95a4e4046b961c4f3c84e8e09"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this subsection $20,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 through 2023.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section><section id="id33B4499AE52242BEAB7E5C3D4270D5FF"><enum>8402.</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations for hazardous fuel reduction on Federal land</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 108 of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/6518">16 U.S.C. 6518</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>$760,000,000 for each fiscal year</quote> and inserting <quote>$660,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 through 2023</quote>.</text></section><section id="idB18BAAD6F7AD42FF9D4078E07E995FAF"><enum>8403.</enum><header>Repeal of biomass commercial utilization grant program</header><subsection id="id7804A385CEA44893B4B38F8AE4B6FE9D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 203 of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/6531">16 U.S.C. 6531</external-xref>) is repealed.</text></subsection><subsection id="id01533C9CFB394CB884ABAC7B73CB03CE"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming amendment</header><text>The table of contents for the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/6501">16 U.S.C. 6501</external-xref> note; <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/108/148">Public Law 108–148</external-xref>) is amended by striking the item relating to section 203.</text></subsection></section><section id="id0B20419143FD4D4F89F3CD0901584A97"><enum>8404.</enum><header>Water Source Protection Program</header><subsection id="id6AA5378EE76945B08B3E170DD1255FE9"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Title III of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/6541">16 U.S.C. 6541</external-xref> et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9d6668bbbce2417aa3e27de590b04542" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><section id="id64fe2652a7fd4c20a1ebd516064963d5"><enum>303.</enum><header>Water Source Protection Program</header><subsection id="id42adc062a1e74b12ad945ff0035935cd"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text><paragraph id="id12582998eb094f548fb16c44fa3bf9c9"><enum>(1)</enum><header>End water user</header><text>The term <term>end water user</term> means a non-Federal entity, including—</text><subparagraph id="idcd09da8edb884aa5910b4ca703142ab1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a State;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idf9d8b75dc9b742d983d2f220dced245a"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a political subdivision of a State;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ide69933fb58464f33b0b8b584e3d45dc9"><enum>(C)</enum><text>an Indian tribe;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id90554f4353d745608b151018b9b5c048"><enum>(D)</enum><text>a utility;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id87776c0d935b49f38b7fe0a6cac30770"><enum>(E)</enum><text>a municipal water system;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id40c57bc59204458ab5c10793ed2da92f"><enum>(F)</enum><text>an irrigation district;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idda42a5b79a6b407b8c315dfa00bf0301"><enum>(G)</enum><text>a nonprofit organization; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id92699fbd90b144339aa4bb2d157e1bca"><enum>(H)</enum><text>a corporation.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id500f5ed5ace04ea884b184ca9a4bbf9b"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Forest management activity</header><text>The term <term>forest management activity</term> means a project carried out by the Secretary on National Forest System land.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id0ef2e809c43f470da88c8d77cd53eb8c"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Forest plan</header><text>The term <term>forest plan</term> means a land management plan prepared by the Forest Service for a unit of the National Forest System pursuant to section 6 of the <act-name parsable-cite="FRRRP">Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1604">16 U.S.C. 1604</external-xref>).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idb26ba005f7f14848ad6416d6eebbd799"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Non-federal partner</header><text>The term <term>non-Federal partner</term> means an end water user with whom the Secretary has entered into a partnership agreement under subsection (c)(1).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id414625fdf367406cbb22adc77578ac34"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Program</header><text>The term <term>Program</term> means the Water Source Protection Program established under subsection (b).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idc927f908b96840dcbae1bb4bfacada4e"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Secretary</header><text>The term <term>Secretary</term> means the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Chief of the Forest Service.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id31a888b16b7246fab6eed6afb977c287"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Water source management plan</header><text>The term <term>water source management plan</term> means the water source management plan developed under subsection (d)(1).</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id519974cb442542699ee8713cf986d9b6"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>The Secretary shall establish and maintain a program, to be known as the <quote>Water Source Protection Program</quote>, to carry out watershed protection and restoration projects on National Forest System land.</text></subsection><subsection id="idd8a7bbe204874a0c8b1391aed879c4be"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Water source investment partnerships</header><paragraph id="ide438e01ac9014c7180375b481f75e7c6"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>In carrying out the Program, the Secretary may enter into water source investment partnership agreements with end water users to protect and restore the condition of National Forest watersheds that provide water to the end water users.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id63bf3d6e0e414caf879ac23e6c535392"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Form</header><text>A partnership agreement described in paragraph (1) may take the form of—</text><subparagraph id="id76ea80ada06c40e39bfbf66ff2c7b965"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a memorandum of understanding;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idf1b7ca084e3441b994554b28b54209e7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a cost-share or collection agreement;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ided08bb15f06f46b28e9c1366e97b2552"><enum>(C)</enum><text>a long-term funding matching commitment; or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id0ed79d4eb20e47688bb6fe9fcfb9e393"><enum>(D)</enum><text>another appropriate instrument, as determined by the Secretary.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id3c50a87c0c454161973cbd406aa9fc3c"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Water source management plan</header><paragraph id="id2d13dcdf77854bd19ae51c32d61ed99c"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>In carrying out the Program, the Secretary, in cooperation with the non-Federal partners and applicable State, local, and Tribal governments, may develop a water source management plan that describes the proposed implementation of watershed protection and restoration projects under the Program.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id642957F5FE0C40568EF08BB6F113F45D"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Requirement</header><text>A water source management plan shall be conducted in a manner consistent with the forest plan applicable to the National Forest System land on which the watershed protection and restoration project is carried out.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id18d627c1e74b4e68b303dce02ee141db"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Environmental analysis</header><text>The Secretary may conduct a single environmental impact statement or similar analysis required under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/4321">42 U.S.C. 4321</external-xref> et seq.)—</text><subparagraph id="id1461e752a65b453887604e8c8525acb1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>for each watershed protection and restoration project included in the water source management plan; or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id6808a0d4c5514a82a42f35b999eaed9c"><enum>(B)</enum><text>as part of the development of, or after the finalization of, the water source management plan.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idd581ba61a2d24d9aaf645264d8365f4f"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Forest management activities</header><paragraph id="id60928e20dd7a4a4ebefc7818aa2183fe"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>To the extent that forest management activities are necessary to protect, maintain, or enhance water quality, and in accordance with paragraph (2), the Secretary shall carry out forest management activities as part of watershed protection and restoration projects carried out on National Forest System land, with the primary purpose of—</text><subparagraph id="id6346d6f82ac5433f867b792d0343cceb"><enum>(A)</enum><text>protecting a municipal water supply system;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id4ac64d923efc4eaea53b4fd3a6e059b2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>restoring forest health from insect infestations and disease; or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id51ea82927c4a462e9e4a57c2463addb8"><enum>(C)</enum><text>any combination of the purposes described in subparagraphs (A) and (B).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id817859f36e004634a5b4e41a2b0950e3"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Compliance</header><text>The Secretary shall carry out forest management activities under paragraph (1) in accordance with—</text><subparagraph id="id79abe8511da840f996dc1bbdcb9a95c3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>this Act;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id0568ce2302874c94aa34ad8165bbd28a"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the applicable water source management plan;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id6711f3e9a1f942b5a9bcd725078810d5"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the applicable forest plan; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id677a191a7f974b1385100a0feddd6a06"><enum>(D)</enum><text>other applicable laws.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id2668d690aff04538a4b3173ccb7fe262"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Endangered Species Act of 1973</header><text>In carrying out the Program, the Secretary may use the Manual on Adaptive Management of the Department of the Interior, including any associated guidance, to comply with the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1531">16 U.S.C. 1531</external-xref> et seq.).</text></subsection><subsection id="idec661f9ebf0441e3bb9d251bdfda6efd"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Funds and services</header><paragraph id="idb3d1f142dc3949acaf9d97b794436f52"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>In carrying out the Program, the Secretary may accept and use funding, services, and other forms of investment and assistance from non-Federal partners to implement the water source management plan.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idf67352c6fa854360b4b69ebf491ee3d5"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Matching funds required</header><text>The Secretary shall require the contribution of funds or in-kind support from non-Federal partners to be in an amount that is at least equal to the amount of Federal funds.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id04263f495ac642569bd79318f44cc959"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Manner of use</header><text>The Secretary may accept and use investments described in paragraph (1) directly or indirectly through the National Forest Foundation.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ida71c2c95d7a443c1ba236bf960a27169"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Water source protection fund</header><subparagraph id="idc77d712225f1491aac1228580a24c405"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subject to the availability of appropriations, the Secretary may establish a Water Source Protection Fund to match funds or in-kind support contributed by non-Federal partners under paragraph (1).</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id992723a4914f43778b3029c379486ff6"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Use of appropriated funds</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 through 2023.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idd1b8e64a021a402ab597d26588915443"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Partnership agreements</header><text>The Secretary may make multiyear commitments, if necessary, to implement 1 or more partnership agreements under subsection (c).</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection id="idAFC60DF9B19948B89F02DC5B8F249C4F"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming amendment</header><text>The table of contents for the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/6501">16 U.S.C. 6501</external-xref> note; <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/108/148">Public Law 108–148</external-xref>) is amended by striking the item relating to section 303 and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" id="id36def499-bb0b-4f68-babb-521883cd60c9" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><toc changed="added" reported-display-style="italic"><toc-entry idref="id64fe2652a7fd4c20a1ebd516064963d5" level="section">Sec. 303. Water Source Protection Program.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section><section id="ide16655ac900c4b9ba145fc677dde2ac2"><enum>8405.</enum><header>Watershed Condition Framework</header><subsection id="idf0a08347c7e547db8bcbbd92b7ad41a9"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Title III of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/6541">16 U.S.C. 6541</external-xref> et seq.) (as amended by section 8404(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id745d4e3b9ffc4d23bf90be977442e9ce" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><section id="idfad6bf68cebb420c8d56a2dbad224568"><enum>304.</enum><header>Watershed Condition Framework</header><subsection id="idd38bb0b330d543b68dbdbe88e6abfcee"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Chief of the Forest Service (referred to in this section as the <quote>Secretary</quote>), shall establish and maintain a Watershed Condition Framework for National Forest System land—</text><paragraph id="ide7f7e501373f422aa735685c41f4f8c7"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to evaluate and classify the condition of watersheds, taking into consideration—</text><subparagraph id="id0d4f99a95f1e4ad8940a2ddbb13ea965"><enum>(A)</enum><text>water quality and quantity;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id79cdd138983c4a1fa0d5956c4e8667bc"><enum>(B)</enum><text>aquatic habitat and biota;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id33272a7dd70a48b4ad90e8173996c301"><enum>(C)</enum><text>riparian and wetland vegetation;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idbff53d36605a43168781b8b2eda04a28"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the presence of roads and trails;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ideb26482f34f24a2b9c09aa55bc4a24ea"><enum>(E)</enum><text>soil type and condition;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idc614d66aacc8440c984ed64720e4c639"><enum>(F)</enum><text>groundwater-dependent ecosystems;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id3001364698314d12a7d1608ed5fadc0b"><enum>(G)</enum><text>relevant terrestrial indicators, such as fire regime, risk of catastrophic fire, forest and rangeland vegetation, invasive species, and insects and disease; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idfb339f2fcb2146379d57b01f5146dd20"><enum>(H)</enum><text>other significant factors, as determined by the Secretary;</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idf335529a66364b0f8815d00b2e8af99c"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to identify for protection and restoration up to 5 priority watersheds in each National Forest, and up to 2 priority watersheds in each national grassland, taking into consideration the impact of the condition of the watershed condition on—</text><subparagraph id="id13d0aa66e58948149c63389b8de9a03c"><enum>(A)</enum><text>wildfire behavior;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idbee0f62976594498a3d07a309f8e4222"><enum>(B)</enum><text>flood risk;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id9ce67644f5bd48daae28e698c0c6528d"><enum>(C)</enum><text>fish and wildlife;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idfe619afeeeba44e8b96ad6258409237b"><enum>(D)</enum><text>drinking water supplies;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idc503023d33ca4a9fbe8c5d006247232f"><enum>(E)</enum><text>irrigation water supplies;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id5de38ca4d32a4e8997da4bd88c851f88"><enum>(F)</enum><text>forest-dependent communities; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ida5f7f45cb3c8408fb2fdc2a99ce6dc58"><enum>(G)</enum><text>other significant impacts, as determined by the Secretary;</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id2206081336df4225a6a3a4a442303d9c"><enum>(3)</enum><text>to develop a watershed protection and restoration action plan for each priority watershed that—</text><subparagraph id="idee3bf4148c02420696673fa9fb72ce9f"><enum>(A)</enum><text>takes into account existing restoration activities being implemented in the watershed; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idec643562a0c347d494d178bebf43eb7a"><enum>(B)</enum><text>includes, at a minimum—</text><clause id="id979102a9a21b4d10bdcea99ce22668d4"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the major stressors responsible for the impaired condition of the watershed;</text></clause><clause id="idd061e1d5be6d468ba5a05d00c0eea846"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a set of essential projects that, once completed, will address the identified stressors and improve watershed conditions;</text></clause><clause id="id4a2b15631fdc4364b24e747320333f27"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>a proposed implementation schedule;</text></clause><clause id="id78aba105bcb94685a5cee514a0db46a8"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>potential partners and funding sources; and</text></clause><clause id="id524f8307e8e846a793ba7b34ce63a78d"><enum>(v)</enum><text>a monitoring and evaluation program;</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idbc70c7a9f0c249d3be2e87b197ef2700"><enum>(4)</enum><text>to prioritize protection and restoration activities for each watershed restoration action plan;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id0f150976d02b4d609cac4d3b2233d79c"><enum>(5)</enum><text>to implement each watershed protection and restoration action plan; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idc780ca72f2154bd88b0270c3d2a6ecbc"><enum>(6)</enum><text>to monitor the effectiveness of protection and restoration actions and indicators of watershed health.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id179084087ce94a7bbde9b5b3fc501b24"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Coordination</header><text>In carrying out subsection (a), the Secretary shall—</text><paragraph id="idaa79d8b3ced040a6821e1bfb005a596d"><enum>(1)</enum><text>coordinate with interested non-Federal landowners and State, Tribal, and local governments within the relevant watershed; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id12a9e8dc49d54e6d94163c1ec5e4eddd"><enum>(2)</enum><text>provide for an active and ongoing public engagement process.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id9008d06fd1164223b8416fa74660c3be"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Emergency designation</header><text>Notwithstanding paragraph (2) of subsection (a), the Secretary may identify a watershed as a priority for rehabilitation in the Watershed Condition Framework without using the process described in that subsection if a Forest Supervisor determines that—</text><paragraph id="iddffb9203e7b14ff48a71636ca4a61993"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a wildfire has significantly diminished the condition of the watershed; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idfd82442ef6ba41869bc99397d948a84c"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the emergency stabilization activities of the Burned Area Emergency Response Team are insufficient to return the watershed to proper function.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection id="id4D1F7B2162554647A375E3286C7E4691"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming amendment</header><text>The table of contents for the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/6501">16 U.S.C. 6501</external-xref> note; <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/108/148">Public Law 108–148</external-xref>) (as amended by section 8404(b)) is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 303 the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" id="id7C20820359A84777B3D2F9FDAE474EA3" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><toc changed="added" reported-display-style="italic"><toc-entry level="section">Sec. 304. Watershed Condition Framework.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section><section id="idA56C75E316314430981F578517369AF7"><enum>8406.</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations to combat insect infestations and related diseases</header><subsection id="id87C66C5D86D24BF2A5FEFDE89454CDDF"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 406 of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/6556">16 U.S.C. 6556</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id11F0579784F44EF5B7D5BBFEB3CA1F90" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><section id="idC3267336E66A4FCC9C08A83604A37FC5"><enum>406.</enum><header>Termination of effectiveness</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The authority provided by this title terminates effective October 1, 2023.</text></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection id="id458CEC4D976C42738C3EAB9441198C80"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming amendment</header><text>The table of contents for the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/6501">16 U.S.C. 6501</external-xref> note; <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/108/148">Public Law 108–148</external-xref>) is amended by striking the item relating to section 406 and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id73390B33E7D6400CA0DCD0C275048359" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><toc changed="added" reported-display-style="italic"><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">Sec. 406. Termination of effectiveness.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section><section id="id1F41EA4A7C054BE78BD9B240508EEEB3"><enum>8407.</enum><header>Healthy Forests Reserve Program reauthorization</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 508(b) of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/6578">16 U.S.C. 6578(b)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="id1803F932E2984218BB9838F2FCBB2FA4"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the subsection heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">2018</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">2023</header-in-text></quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id602C4652AF3340A0A5B093415BE8C7C7"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking <quote>2018.</quote> and inserting <quote>2023.</quote>.</text></paragraph></section><section id="id493C4FF4DFA8450FB0619A021D66D688"><enum>8408.</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations for designation of treatment areas</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 602 of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/6591a">16 U.S.C. 6591a</external-xref>) is amended by striking subsection (f).</text></section><section id="id38F2903892E84E309AA14B8B1306A0ED"><enum>8409.</enum><header>Administrative review of collaborative restoration projects</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 603(c) of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/6591b">16 U.S.C. 6591b(c)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id44056ab656ad49a48eb24cd6a13628df" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><paragraph id="id0e074e8652e54d95a6c48d9c27197f3e"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Extraordinary circumstances</header><text>The Secretary shall apply the extraordinary circumstances procedures under section 220.6 of title 36, Code of Federal Regulations (or successor regulations), when using the categorical exclusion under this section.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section></subtitle><subtitle id="id9595A29B8FCA4B57A9846515B85E01F0" style="OLC"><enum>E</enum><header>Repeal or Reauthorization of Miscellaneous Forestry Programs</header><section id="id497D21B05D994C008B8F7B36CC83B891"><enum>8501.</enum><header>Repeal of revision of strategic plan for forest inventory and analysis</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 8301 of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1642">16 U.S.C. 1642</external-xref> note; <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/113/79">Public Law 113–79</external-xref>) is repealed.</text></section><section id="idF5AC39F3AAC24F8290A9F63E0525A20F"><enum>8502.</enum><header>Semiarid agroforestry research center</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1243(d) of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1642">16 U.S.C. 1642</external-xref> note; <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/101/624">Public Law 101–624</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>annually</quote> and inserting <quote>for each of fiscal years 2019 through 2023</quote>.</text></section><section id="id416BD46A2F23412FA02A2606927C6AE6"><enum>8503.</enum><header>National Forest Foundation Act</header><subsection id="id330C6806F9E442E39B0A654F04A43E58"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Matching funds</header><text>Section 405(b) of the National Forest Foundation Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/583j-3">16 U.S.C. 583j–3(b)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text></subsection><subsection id="idE19A89E2CC7A4F5E8E848BC61C3928E3"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>Section 410(b) of the National Forest Foundation Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/583j-8">16 U.S.C. 583j–8(b)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id38CE97189F9D4B17977B6ED2190B48FD" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>8504.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Conveyance of Forest Service administrative sites</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 503(f) of the Forest Service Facility Realignment and Enhancement Act of 2005 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/580d">16 U.S.C. 580d</external-xref> note; <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/109/54">Public Law 109–54</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2016</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text></section></subtitle><subtitle id="idA2B59A8EE85F47D7800B484CBEE700B1" style="OLC"><enum>F</enum><header>Forest Management</header><section id="id4CE7652645474334B1D218A2DBAECDC1"><enum>8601.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this subtitle:</text><paragraph id="id70b4969cb99040a0a330b3da6bf947ab"><enum>(1)</enum><header>National forest system</header><text>The term <term>National Forest System</term> has the meaning given the term in section 11(a) of the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1609">16 U.S.C. 1609(a)</external-xref>).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idf588be69e5f8428c8cf46ab0aa357480"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Public land</header><text>The term <term>public land</term> has the meaning given the term <term>public lands</term> in section 103 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1702">43 U.S.C. 1702</external-xref>).</text></paragraph></section><part id="id7501978C269F445694405C5D0951824A" style="OLC"><enum>I</enum><header>Expedited environmental analysis and availability of categorical exclusions to expedite forest management activities</header><section id="id0692DEAE8BE74F65855D70FA8D990A84"><enum>8611.</enum><header>Categorical exclusion for greater sage-grouse and mule deer habitat</header><subsection id="id3CF8F3D294FA4848A8CA12EF856A8594"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Title VI of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/6591">16 U.S.C. 6591</external-xref> et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id884B977D7EF84116A65177E531D46ED4" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><section id="idBF5B4CA3F50A4E09B9624D8B3FD7F006"><enum>606.</enum><header>Categorical exclusion for greater sage-grouse and mule deer habitat</header><subsection id="idec03bd2f6e584b92a4e4cc032e073ce7"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section:</text><paragraph id="idf29958404cbe4a1196c81d80d00b7c15"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Covered vegetation management activity</header><subparagraph id="id877e4ef6fc324a9db8720431cf63a3a3"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The term <term>covered vegetation management activity</term> means any activity described in subparagraph (B) that—</text><clause id="id9bd1ca34d7424ca5ae2f39af9b868e3f"><enum>(i)</enum><subclause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="idBEBAA68C5B3B42149264EE415F5942DD"><enum>(I)</enum><text>is carried out on National Forest System land administered by the Forest Service; or</text></subclause><subclause changed="added" id="idFB77808478A144FAB515C1C269D502F3" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(II)</enum><text>is carried out on public land administered by the Bureau of Land Management;</text></subclause></clause><clause id="id104bd21f889046e58eaf65fc6893fe24"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>with respect to public land, meets the objectives of the order of the Secretary of the Interior numbered 3336 and dated January 5, 2015;</text></clause><clause id="id0e11189890d242ea976164803fbc7121"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>conforms to an applicable forest plan or land use plan;</text></clause><clause id="id24c97d7dc5f14d8cb70a99bc31ff1b5c"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>protects, restores, or improves greater sage-grouse or mule deer habitat in a sagebrush steppe ecosystem as described in—</text><subclause id="id36fe26f8310b4954b03707abee981972"><enum>(I)</enum><text>Circular 1416 of the United States Geological Survey entitled <quote>Restoration Handbook for Sagebrush Steppe Ecosystems with Emphasis on Greater Sage-Grouse Habitat—Part 1. Concepts for Understanding and Applying Restoration</quote> (2015); or</text></subclause><subclause id="idbb8884eeb268481c984202d41b69f345"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the habitat guidelines for mule deer published by the Mule Deer Working Group of the Western Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies;</text></subclause></clause><clause id="idc8d06991fb6142539bb30c652d77625c"><enum>(v)</enum><text>will not permanently impair—</text><subclause id="id571215943b5641be907b17e9fb35eed8"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the natural state of the treated area;</text></subclause><subclause id="id4bf513070ebb4b48844dbc88c133db97"><enum>(II)</enum><text>outstanding opportunities for solitude;</text></subclause><subclause id="id6e2dcad1dcd046c4893a70ff7db2cc04"><enum>(III)</enum><text>outstanding opportunities for primitive, unconfined recreation;</text></subclause><subclause id="id0c61e967b404463fb546e606c3a92b49"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>economic opportunities consistent with multiple-use management; or</text></subclause><subclause id="id090e39866bef4761bd3de17faf47bcc1"><enum>(V)</enum><text>the identified values of a unit of the National Landscape Conservation System;</text></subclause></clause><clause id="id6AD26CA2823941839158ADF4ADB7CF5E"><enum>(vi)</enum><subclause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id0A6959CD04004D99836E935FD8584E66"><enum>(I)</enum><text>restores native vegetation following a natural disturbance;</text></subclause><subclause changed="added" id="id048E1567E7EE4C87A4BD40259C688930" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(II)</enum><text>prevents the expansion into greater sage-grouse or mule deer habitat of—</text><item id="id4DF119610A1B417AACB2E7F50CC05188"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>juniper, pinyon pine, or other associated conifers; or</text></item><item id="idEC05F9BAB85E4B5BA7C22FEF45BB9676"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>nonnative or invasive vegetation;</text></item></subclause><subclause changed="added" id="id17A917E8731044418674E25734F2DB0C" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(III)</enum><text>reduces the risk of loss of greater sage-grouse or mule deer habitat from wildfire or any other natural disturbance; or</text></subclause><subclause changed="added" id="id61885A8DCB514D2586EBC2063F134871" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>provides emergency stabilization of soil resources after a natural disturbance; and</text></subclause></clause><clause id="idC56EF3ECD8CF4EAE9C0FBD1DFEB5F05D"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>provides for the conduct of restoration treatments that—</text><subclause id="id8C47B23085B047A5A83A2E7B7F442EE7"><enum>(I)</enum><text>maximize the retention of old-growth and large trees, as appropriate for the forest type;</text></subclause><subclause id="idF87C85C041FD4EEBB518F7036C043364"><enum>(II)</enum><text>consider the best available scientific information to maintain or restore the ecological integrity, including maintaining or restoring structure, function, composition, and connectivity;</text></subclause><subclause id="idF0E913815D764BC6BB8604DF0857F299"><enum>(III)</enum><text>are developed and implemented through a collaborative process that—</text><item id="idE4BCBA165DC34F709A92F7CAEC601E0E"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>includes multiple interested persons representing diverse interests; and</text></item><item id="id58765202412F45F9B8DA8290C6605A16"><enum>(bb)</enum><subitem commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id537DD44FF93B425693E2E4AF3FC32213"><enum>(AA)</enum><text>is transparent and nonexclusive; or</text></subitem><subitem changed="added" id="id0EF7C51D0EE1462D8EB1AE5E7E7CAA37" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(BB)</enum><text>meets the requirements for a resource advisory committee under subsections (c) through (f) of section 205 of the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/7125">16 U.S.C. 7125</external-xref>); and</text></subitem></item></subclause><subclause id="id44D46C16D8DD4ED3B0A4652F906F1354"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>may include the implementation of a proposal that complies with the eligibility requirements of the Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program under section 4003(b) of the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/7303">16 U.S.C. 7303(b)</external-xref>).</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id0dc42ea8e1544acc82b5cedf5e9a7c13"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Description of activities</header><text>An activity referred to in subparagraph (A) is—</text><clause id="idef84245f160d464b8cb2342d49e67613"><enum>(i)</enum><text>manual cutting and removal of juniper trees, pinyon pine trees, other associated conifers, or other nonnative or invasive vegetation;</text></clause><clause id="id1360940e4bb541829541598705b2462a"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>mechanical mastication, cutting, or mowing, mechanical piling and burning, chaining, broadcast burning, or yarding;</text></clause><clause id="id1483e71e33544296bc1f8ad1009ddfbb"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>removal of cheat grass, medusa head rye, or other nonnative, invasive vegetation;</text></clause><clause id="id35a452f866df431bb39ac28541aed958"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>collection and seeding or planting of native vegetation using a manual, mechanical, or aerial method;</text></clause><clause id="id164a59be1d1842a3a947cdc0f5efb672"><enum>(v)</enum><text>seeding of nonnative, noninvasive, ruderal vegetation only for the purpose of emergency stabilization;</text></clause><clause id="id368e1b8d751c4181827ce7b74087b86c"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>targeted use of an herbicide, subject to the condition that the use shall be in accordance with applicable legal requirements, Federal agency procedures, and land use plans;</text></clause><clause id="id61a45467ad564af49bbcbe6a21b7205f"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>targeted livestock grazing to mitigate hazardous fuels and control noxious and invasive weeds;</text></clause><clause id="idb50a02f49858420a9923a3b442eadcf4"><enum>(viii)</enum><text>temporary removal of wild horses or burros in the area in which the activity is being carried out to ensure treatment objectives are met;</text></clause><clause id="idf1e288f5bd204311ab36f87f90191a5b"><enum>(ix)</enum><text>in coordination with the affected permit holder, modification or adjustment of permissible usage under an annual plan of use of a grazing permit issued by the Secretary concerned to achieve restoration treatment objectives;</text></clause><clause id="idd4154667d60941eb9d8ef33ad899a3c1"><enum>(x)</enum><text>installation of new, or modification of existing, fencing or water sources intended to control use or improve wildlife habitat; or</text></clause><clause id="id3ce91af3cffc4fc59359b04dae2672c7"><enum>(xi)</enum><text>necessary maintenance of, repairs to, rehabilitation of, or reconstruction of an existing permanent road or construction of temporary roads to accomplish the activities described in this subparagraph.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id3bac89fae83d4dcea84304bcefbb1041"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Exclusions</header><text>The term <term>covered vegetation management activity</term> does not include—</text><clause id="idd2ca6aaae1164e87a47eaa15f9a1735d"><enum>(i)</enum><text>any activity conducted in a wilderness area or wilderness study area;</text></clause><clause id="id8eb1b5b0708f4a4c849b6110746cc5dd"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>any activity for the construction of a permanent road or permanent trail;</text></clause><clause id="ide4bd4af9df3e42c6ae481437fb05514a"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>any activity conducted on Federal land on which, by Act of Congress or Presidential proclamation, the removal of vegetation is restricted or prohibited;</text></clause><clause id="id642247526ba946c4a600d4920a7021a2"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>any activity conducted in an area in which activities under subparagraph (B) would be inconsistent with the applicable land and resource management plan; or</text></clause><clause id="id4bf82a6c97d140a8a0f76738e4445ba4"><enum>(v)</enum><text>any activity conducted in an inventoried roadless area.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idc169adbeacb044439628b2417a1fa8a1"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Secretary concerned</header><text>The term <term>Secretary concerned</term> means—</text><subparagraph id="id8b82531de9b3472bb8e497a5e25517a2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the Secretary of Agriculture, with respect to National Forest System land; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id426188826d4e4f6a8b8261c3fc97f4dd"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Secretary of the Interior, with respect to public land.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id06853ffb2b34478d91bc6b91e63d74f4"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Temporary road</header><text>The term <term>temporary road</term> means a road that is—</text><subparagraph id="id9d2f3b42a0a24dea880d76883dfe9c54"><enum>(A)</enum><text>authorized—</text><clause id="idafe26e29b2ed44bd9ce8a81b1b382809"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by a contract, permit, lease, other written authorization; or</text></clause><clause id="id42b90bc4343d422080a5436ffe662937"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>pursuant to an emergency operation;</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ida7958ef2a6434dedbb1b4b8febdfc255"><enum>(B)</enum><text>not intended to be part of the permanent transportation system of a Federal department or agency;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id84f876d0820c4006b9b924b2a74ea0b9"><enum>(C)</enum><text>not necessary for long-term resource management;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id3073fb89ea3241a1b6715d4c839e6687"><enum>(D)</enum><text>designed in accordance with standards appropriate for the intended use of the road, taking into consideration—</text><clause id="id35ea341f7248403c95841279adc05f8a"><enum>(i)</enum><text>safety;</text></clause><clause id="id0dc7d518dec54b6aa1a34b1646718c3d"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the cost of transportation; and</text></clause><clause id="id96be9492c89c4ae6a200120651a5d669"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>impacts to land and resources; and</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idc7c6d006e1724ac6b091d2f87e1eaed9"><enum>(E)</enum><text>managed to minimize—</text><clause id="idacb51469749343588818a794891496b3"><enum>(i)</enum><text>erosion; and</text></clause><clause id="idfc24b7b23baf4d7f9481eeb2c3a06762"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the introduction or spread of invasive species.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id16d6dee9aa0c490a825fdd76ca9cdba8"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Categorical exclusion</header><paragraph id="id04c90172309b4fa1be85a7ff1412fbb9"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this section, the Secretary concerned shall develop a categorical exclusion (as defined in section 1508.4 of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations (or a successor regulation)) for covered vegetation management activities carried out to protect, restore, or improve habitat for greater sage-grouse or mule deer.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idebf288f8e74541c295b9650dff8e94e4"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Administration</header><text>In developing and administering the categorical exclusion under paragraph (1), the Secretary concerned shall—</text><subparagraph id="idaf19dd1ec62f4642bbb1a0128975363b"><enum>(A)</enum><text>comply with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/4321">42 U.S.C. 4321</external-xref> et seq.);</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id87261264b7ce4b84b885c45fd3c37f2e"><enum>(B)</enum><text>with respect to National Forest System land, apply the extraordinary circumstances procedures under section 220.6 of title 36, Code of Federal Regulations (or successor regulations), in determining whether to use the categorical exclusion;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id4322178616c5413ab856af983c1f5813"><enum>(C)</enum><text>with respect to public land, apply the extraordinary circumstances procedures under section 46.215 of title 43, Code of Federal Regulations (or successor regulations), in determining whether to use the categorical exclusion; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id95c836685c384fff8d7833d7507ca93b"><enum>(D)</enum><text>consider—</text><clause id="id44844d36313647978d05aef6c5d48ff4"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the relative efficacy of landscape-scale habitat projects;</text></clause><clause id="idc064a200707b4fc382b7b7176e1f7c8a"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the likelihood of continued declines in the populations of greater sage-grouse and mule deer in the absence of landscape-scale vegetation management; and</text></clause><clause id="idc63285b2d13a41f582377d18d6728c7d"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the need for habitat restoration activities after wildfire or other natural disturbances.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idf3bc435d039049289c5af0fd977e4f1e"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Implementation of covered vegetative management activities within the range of greater sage-grouse and mule deer</header><text>If the categorical exclusion developed under subsection (b) is used to implement a covered vegetative management activity in an area within the range of both greater sage-grouse and mule deer, the covered vegetative management activity shall protect, restore, or improve habitat concurrently for both greater sage-grouse and mule deer.</text></subsection><subsection id="id9b7082286ff04136982dac6a0740caae"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Long-term monitoring and maintenance</header><text>Before commencing any covered vegetation management activity that is covered by the categorical exclusion under subsection (b), the Secretary concerned shall develop a long-term monitoring and maintenance plan, covering at least the 20-year period beginning on the date of commencement, to ensure that management of the treated area does not degrade the habitat gains secured by the covered vegetation management activity.</text></subsection><subsection id="idf9208f6d309c4337909fe4c5e14e0d7e"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Disposal of vegetative material</header><text>Subject to applicable local restrictions, any vegetative material resulting from a covered vegetation management activity that is covered by the categorical exclusion under subsection (b) may be—</text><paragraph id="ide070eef8c0d34be8b2ab83abdac7f8c6"><enum>(1)</enum><text>used for—</text><subparagraph id="ide7f809196d974a25bd2ff227291f851e"><enum>(A)</enum><text>fuel wood; or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idac7e55a3aa5b4a3ca6fe2135a4478dbf"><enum>(B)</enum><text>other products; or</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ide64771887e104e0d9a3fa91d1924daed"><enum>(2)</enum><text>piled or burned, or both.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ide3ac63823930407bb863bc8f49d50488"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Treatment for temporary roads</header><paragraph id="id9ed49358999042ce8067cdf25eb8e201"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Notwithstanding subsection (a)(1)(B)(xi), any temporary road constructed in carrying out a covered vegetation management activity that is covered by the categorical exclusion under subsection (b)—</text><subparagraph id="idf414aa641fd34f1886ef920b7af403dc"><enum>(A)</enum><text>shall be used by the Secretary concerned for the covered vegetation management activity for not more than 2 years; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ide6383636b2044b77a4a6c80bad66b79d"><enum>(B)</enum><text>shall be decommissioned by the Secretary concerned not later than 3 years after the earlier of the date on which—</text><clause id="id05c9491904f548b2b32b3dd908d72ccd"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the temporary road is no longer needed; and</text></clause><clause id="id7ee4929ccf2249979a02c6a188fd1c80"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the project is completed.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idb3e71c261f934e54bf4f0edd59877e2a"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Requirement</header><text>A treatment under paragraph (1) shall include reestablishing native vegetative cover—</text><subparagraph id="ida326e94901d04eb9aa2bba2a45561f9b"><enum>(A)</enum><text>as soon as practicable; but</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idc01f97bad3b64877aff18f65cb69ab79"><enum>(B)</enum><text>not later than 10 years after the date of completion of the applicable covered vegetation management activity.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id0e42bc54530b4cf5ba274307fc80b8a4"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Limitations</header><paragraph id="id53b0136e707143e58115786fcd4a8867"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Project size</header><text>A covered vegetation management activity that is covered by the categorical exclusion under subsection (b) may not exceed 3,000 acres.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id970cbc6fab0f4b39b9ce8dd2e50204f7"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Location</header><text>A covered vegetation management activity carried out on National Forest System land that is covered by the categorical exclusion under subsection (b) shall be limited to areas designated under section 602(b), as of the date of enactment of this section.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection id="id56E834BB07A644F99BF7FB0C01469612"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming amendments</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The table of contents for the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/6501">16 U.S.C. 6501</external-xref> note; <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/108/148">Public Law 108–148</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end of the items relating to title VI the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3F80C42D83454721B59F3FD70DC5BDFD" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><toc changed="added" reported-display-style="italic"><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">Sec. 602. Designation of treatment areas.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">Sec. 603. Administrative review.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">Sec. 604. Stewardship end result contracting projects.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">Sec. 605. Wildfire resilience projects.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" idref="idBF5B4CA3F50A4E09B9624D8B3FD7F006" level="section">Sec. 606. Categorical exclusion for greater sage-grouse and mule deer habitat.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section></part><part id="id11C4CDBEF945417F961750832E848371" style="OLC"><enum>II</enum><header>Miscellaneous forest management activities</header><section id="idB514EDF84CE24784A6E2EC4D19C9CCA5"><enum>8621.</enum><header>Additional authority for sale or exchange of small parcels of National Forest System land</header><subsection commented="no" id="H182642723AFF43BEA45CFA9DEB831D70"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Increase in maximum value of small parcels</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 3 of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/97/465">Public Law 97–465</external-xref> (commonly known as the “Small Tract Act of 1983”) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/521e">16 U.S.C. 521e</external-xref>) is amended in the matter preceding paragraph (1) by striking <quote>$150,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$500,000</quote>.</text></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HAF26BB4E15674937B43F94140A4B6ABB"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Additional conveyance purposes</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 3 of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/97/465">Public Law 97–465</external-xref> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/521e">16 U.S.C. 521e</external-xref>) (as amended by subsection (a)) is amended—</text><paragraph commented="no" id="HEF2DBF352C58422786992DCA4491745F"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (2), by striking <quote>; or</quote> and inserting a semicolon;</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H7A6C64A438394D7FBA00D0724BF1A314"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (3), by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H7F096FDCFAFE4627AD3097C75233EE87"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD5E51634E4EF4619A5EB789D96AA41F4" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><paragraph commented="no" id="H1E3094232A4446ADA68BD926AA8EBED2"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">parcels of 40 acres or less that are determined by the Secretary—</text><subparagraph commented="no" id="id286892DF4EB049E7B296F3D53D810188"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to be physically isolated from other Federal land;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="idE0EC67938C544CF891E04438A94DA240"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to be inaccessible; or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="idF7E1EC8AB0344F52862F67486B0B93EF"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to have lost National Forest character;</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HA173C5E6929E4DEF965FA923EC815751"><enum>(5)</enum><text>parcels of 10 acres or less that are not eligible for conveyance under paragraph (2) but are encroached on by a permanent habitable improvement for which there is no evidence that the encroachment was intentional or negligent; or</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HB0A4C99F697B4DBDBFA38270BF920C42"><enum>(6)</enum><text>parcels used as a cemetery (including a parcel of not more than 1 acre adjacent to the parcel used as a cemetery), a landfill, or a sewage treatment plant under a special use authorization issued or otherwise authorized by the Secretary.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HAD979C094B6D4ABF92152D52FA833B74"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Disposition of proceeds</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 2 of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/97/465">Public Law 97–465</external-xref> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/521d">16 U.S.C. 521d</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph commented="no" id="H870F6BE098514CF2AC60E5B874CA25A6"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking <quote>The Secretary is authorized</quote> and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8D901AD70EC840389E18921E01AACB34" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subsection commented="no" id="H85DB1BB06D584FFBBB9708735963D1E7"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Conveyance authority; consideration</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary is authorized</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H28EE8A2C273949E59C9CD013C8C771F8"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), in the second sentence, by striking <quote>The Secretary shall insert</quote> and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6506D4C3E3AC4146A39F10331151970F" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subsection commented="no" id="H54A170217F56403D9679D3FA36D0511F"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Inclusion of terms, covenants, conditions, and reservations</header><paragraph commented="no" id="idBF023442B5734965A07E2E9F5ACD5EC0"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall insert</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>; </after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H633E3FECC1FA4DDCB3A62709A1FB0ADC"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (b) (as so designated)—</text><subparagraph commented="no" id="id1B504819DAF74E7A89DD0E5F5099D6D3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>convenants</quote> and inserting <quote>covenants</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="idB7CBAEC0F19C49439E988E07D28BCF74"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in the second sentence by striking <quote>The preceding sentence shall not</quote> and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3D033DA3C43C49ECB6DC97402AB6AA9A" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><paragraph commented="no" id="idDA1DFC2582A0489D9D2A7D3A5F254ED9"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>Paragraph (1) shall not</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H7CA8FE1D8C124420B24B129266A5C0CC"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H70ECF50370F8433E82124C2B041CDB7A" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subsection commented="no" id="HDED76AA72FCF4C1B8F2C1C23D5220FB6"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Disposition of proceeds</header><paragraph commented="no" id="H587D4CF0B56344038FC1458A68BEBDE1"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Deposit in Sisk fund</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The net proceeds derived from any sale or exchange conducted under paragraph (4), (5), or (6) of section 3 shall be deposited in the fund established under <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/90/171">Public Law 90–171</external-xref> (commonly known as the <quote>Sisk Act</quote>) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/484a">16 U.S.C. 484a</external-xref>).</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H7821CB8216F748AE93CE1ECBBB7A8027"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Use</header><text>Amounts deposited under paragraph (1) shall be available to the Secretary until expended for—</text><subparagraph commented="no" id="H30125B084FEE49B69AE65699620E3BBC"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the acquisition of land or interests in land for administrative sites for the National Forest System in the State from which the amounts were derived;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H33FD524B52604FBA985C8376F1183EC1"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the acquisition of land or interests in land for inclusion in the National Forest System in that State, including land or interests in land that enhance opportunities for recreational access; or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD2EA51F13C714B8D87EC9A2692E4B53B"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the reimbursement of the Secretary for costs incurred in preparing a sale conducted under the authority of section 3 if the sale is a competitive sale.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" id="id4584A3CB3F8E42C0B61A169191408382"><enum>8622.</enum><header>Forest Service participation in ACES program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 8302 of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3851a">16 U.S.C. 3851a</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph commented="no" id="idD1EB40AD78F84AE6949A917C1DD4928E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>The Secretary</quote> and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2197F1FADA094391B930B67F7DD49B17" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subsection commented="no" id="id8A2D24A3518346439A9B2F4148EC028D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="idF997456F32CC4188AE0F97E101920E68"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idED03C4D498F145BC9A02EEFDC264238E" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subsection commented="no" id="idA9EF865D115C4D3A898F49D037218B91"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Termination of effectiveness</header><text>The authority provided to the Secretary to carry out this section terminates effective October 1, 2023.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id79314F4CBFFD4729BB6F1A3A61EF270A" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>8623.</enum><header>Authorization for lease of Forest Service sites</header><subsection id="ida2466154c0fe4a28a37b1173bf54a6a5"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section:</text><paragraph id="id40687ac920c64ff6bf5ac28c041cc065"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Administrative site</header><subparagraph id="id4C5A8BDB9CA44AE297EA0D3FC49F02BF"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The term <term>administrative site</term> means—</text><clause id="id0cd9748bdcee48ccaaf03f7827f89a96"><enum>(i)</enum><text>any facility or improvement, including curtilage, that was acquired or is used specifically for purposes of administration of the National Forest System;</text></clause><clause id="id40873b0ba7f84e1aa4cf98cc4f77c162"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>any Federal land that—</text><subclause id="id7B160C6088D74B968BA7B654604B62E5"><enum>(I)</enum><text>is associated with a facility or improvement described in clause (i) that was acquired or is used specifically for purposes of administration of Forest Service activities; and</text></subclause><subclause id="idF4E10C876D5F4186A16F0FCF65460DCF"><enum>(II)</enum><text>underlies or abuts the facility or improvement; and</text></subclause></clause><clause id="id19ab892048e7443a94c39603a1ac8eda"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>for each fiscal year, not more than 10 isolated, undeveloped parcels of not more than 40 acres each.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id621279C844644C66A22ECCFE3A509CB9"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Exclusions</header><text>The term <term>administrative site</term> does not include—</text><clause id="ida6e10196812b4b4190e1961c23aed2ac"><enum>(i)</enum><text>any land within a unit of the National Forest System that is exclusively designated for natural area or recreational purposes;</text></clause><clause id="id56A8CA4B523F40CA85BDA99C42C286E5"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>any land within—</text><subclause id="id5ED9DB3D6A9D4F1793B4AF4305AE296F"><enum>(I)</enum><text>a component of the National Wilderness Preservation System;</text></subclause><subclause id="idFDE0115E3538456DB85F297EA84DB338"><enum>(II)</enum><text>a component of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System; or</text></subclause><subclause id="idA754586B2F034F9A9033F9421B05322A"><enum>(III)</enum><text>a National Monument; or</text></subclause></clause><clause id="idf2c2262de22f4da7b882b92dd9624324"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>any Federal land that the Secretary determines—</text><subclause id="id4030f9589300439998fde3bea8f7716b"><enum>(I)</enum><text>is needed for resource management purposes or to provide access to other land or water; or</text></subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6d10a4df162942f6a339d6a0fcbb6be0"><enum>(II)</enum><text>would be in the public interest not to lease.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id4a632459ee314857b1dcb246ccdc38a5"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Facility or improvement</header><text>The term <term>facility or improvement</term> includes—</text><subparagraph id="idf05a65d36f21467aa26e3c7070394258"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a forest headquarters;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id9056d8cd009f4ad4a471cd0f49ff1ad5"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a ranger station;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id498a2535bcb247b399d3c0e499b07815"><enum>(C)</enum><text>a research station or laboratory;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idb2eebc6b1c0445ae9262ecb1026ebe51"><enum>(D)</enum><text>a dwelling;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idb806391212f64e849d55adf435c4b5ed"><enum>(E)</enum><text>a warehouse;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id0652cb384cc7410ea2f5d7bbbf8aaf1d"><enum>(F)</enum><text>a scaling station;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ide37e4adc642a44a2801a1d91972e5bc0"><enum>(G)</enum><text>a fire-retardant mixing station;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id099221ce7f114b948c1961847b75a354"><enum>(H)</enum><text>a fire-lookout station;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id5538cc69fe1c4edd89e937ba12053653"><enum>(I)</enum><text>a guard station;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id87d0c9ddd67e4c50be28871dcc6e79d8"><enum>(J)</enum><text>a storage facility;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id4dff0cdc441a4548aa637c08a359d8aa"><enum>(K)</enum><text>a telecommunication facility; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id9be2842256bc40489cfde876a88ef6ca"><enum>(L)</enum><text>any other administrative installation for conducting Forest Service activities.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id581ed016063943a483f1044c25f2b5fc"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Market analysis</header><text>The term <term>market analysis</term> means the identification and study of the market for a particular economic good or service.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ideba844ae495941178a554276198526bc"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Authorization</header><text>The Secretary may lease an administrative site that is under the jurisdiction of the Secretary in accordance with this section.</text></subsection><subsection id="idF7D80ABF90C04C4495D07B9C5315518E"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Identification of eligible sites</header><text>A regional forester, in consultation with forest supervisors in the region, may submit to the Secretary a recommendation for administrative sites in the region that the regional forester considers eligible for leasing under this section.</text></subsection><subsection id="id31FA3A89A7EC4991B374FAB5706D32DE"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Consultation with local government and public notice</header><text>Before making an administrative site available for lease under this section, the Secretary shall—</text><paragraph id="id26C2BC1A4CE44F389A5AA1161B9665FE"><enum>(1)</enum><text>consult with government officials of the community and of the State in which the administrative site is located; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idA9B12D1076BA4BB081D93103404ACA8E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>provide public notice of the proposed lease.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id88E6AE22F203445D8438BF39E83456F1"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Lease requirements</header><paragraph id="ida3cd4138864941e493bf8b6a147bc5e2"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Size</header><text>An administrative site or compound of administrative sites under a single lease under this section may not exceed 40 acres.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id8bea18b275a14d9c9836adee3a4b42c2"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Configuration of administrative sites</header><subparagraph id="id8b004b5f95e7426b8ad58b9885b958d1"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>To facilitate the lease of an administrative site under this section, the Secretary may configure the administrative site—</text><clause id="id9a053521a1024e3aa8c3f57fbb0d47f2"><enum>(i)</enum><text>to maximize the marketability of the administrative site; and</text></clause><clause id="id2f8e07273c674030975df4b09e16d7a0"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>to achieve management objectives.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id45cc5d74820e4cc6a3dcf5c0a0d56ff6"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Separate treatment of facility or improvement</header><text>A facility or improvement on an administrative site to be leased under this section may be severed from the land and leased under a separate lease under this section.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id264f5515f45f41c0a4e7a15022f599f7"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Consideration</header><subparagraph id="id3a5d7ffc3732481ab4874723ca9739c4"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>A person to which a lease of an administrative site is made under this section shall provide to the Secretary consideration described in subparagraph (B) in an amount that is not less than the market value of the administrative site, as determined in accordance with subparagraph (C).</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id477f0c91e3ba47b2b9cf80878c72ccd8"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Form of consideration</header><text>The consideration referred to in subparagraph (A) may be—</text><clause id="id16D589D559A94ED9A1C831200D56A969"><enum>(i)</enum><text>cash;</text></clause><clause id="idE75E5CBBB88440CBAEBCFD8FE90D8C5C"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in-kind, including—</text><subclause id="idDE3F67E2520940D0A73A4ACCAD37AF46"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the construction of new facilities or improvements, the title to which shall be transferred by the lessee to the Secretary;</text></subclause><subclause id="id77BD2B88551B45E9A73007B6EBA79489"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the maintenance, repair, improvement, or restoration of existing facilities or improvements; and</text></subclause><subclause id="id2CC738C6F85F44DEB50834AFE4E5F29F"><enum>(III)</enum><text>other services relating to activities that occur on the administrative site, as determined by the Secretary; or</text></subclause></clause><clause id="id08074285F3A14F7A8DA5917B3A7E2B83"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>any combination of the consideration described in clauses (i) and (ii).</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id5a002a6a0bbf431da527c30d7cf45ce1"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Determination of Market Value</header><clause id="id58C326C5E757473ABD4311B6AB8932F4"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall determine the market value of an administrative site to be leased under this section—</text><subclause id="id4FA83AE8A5FE4CF496CB2275937990D2"><enum>(I)</enum><text>by conducting an appraisal in accordance with—</text><item id="idbffd12c988334d5db93df2fc5cd43b9a"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>the Uniform Appraisal Standards for Federal Land Acquisitions established in accordance with the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/4601">42 U.S.C. 4601</external-xref> et seq.); and</text></item><item id="ida4fa0f355de442c89efc418b2aa4a2a2"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice; or</text></item></subclause><subclause id="idBC30553D52164A39AAC7AC3D24D729E6"><enum>(II)</enum><text>by competitive lease.</text></subclause></clause><clause id="idE78693D74E3445129038A69A4891FF32"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>In-kind consideration</header><text>The Secretary shall determine the market value of any in-kind consideration under subparagraph (B)(ii).</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id2957d2ec21cc4a07abd74ae311070789"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Conditions</header><text>The lease of an administrative site under this section shall be subject to such conditions, including bonding, as the Secretary determines to be appropriate.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id1627f4ff83e141ee8a37b282a7f3bb0b"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Right of first refusal</header><text>Subject to terms and conditions that the Secretary determines to be necessary, the Secretary shall offer to lease an administrative site to the municipality or county in which the administrative site is located before seeking to lease the administrative site to any other person.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id19d5812bc36c40a8a0c85d41ace1ecfe"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Relation to other laws</header><paragraph id="idAC5737E4E5DA49D29B03E0334BCF2F7A"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Federal property disposal</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/40/5">Chapter 5</external-xref> of title 40, United States Code, shall not apply to the lease of an administrative site under this section.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idE2D3F25F022748B6BDDB349AC68F11F6"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Lead-based paint and asbestos abatement</header><subparagraph id="idD32D4ADC670E47FF8857504C913A2618"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Notwithstanding any provision of law relating to the mitigation or abatement of lead-based paint or asbestos-containing building materials, the Secretary shall not be required to mitigate or abate lead-based paint or asbestos-containing building materials with respect to an administrative site to be leased under this section.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idB8510719CAEC4D5D80833A32F0FB42C1"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Procedures</header><text>With respect to an administrative site to be leased under this section that has lead-based paint or asbestos-containing building materials, the Secretary shall—</text><clause id="id3beac515ceb64e41b2c547d370ef23f1"><enum>(i)</enum><text>provide notice to the person to which the administrative site will be leased of the presence of the lead-based paint or asbestos-containing building material; and</text></clause><clause id="id3055b3225d514ea6893789e5fb162a97"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>obtain written assurance from that person that the person will comply with applicable Federal, State, and local laws relating to the management of lead-based paint and asbestos-containing building materials.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idf6345dfd9b4440c4b0dcc7c4447eb5dd"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Environmental review</header><text>The National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/4321">42 U.S.C. 4321</external-xref> et seq.) shall apply to the lease of an administrative site under this section, except that, in any environmental review or analysis required under that Act for the lease of an administrative site under this section, the Secretary shall be required only—</text><subparagraph id="idc314dbdc353d4d72a42f60caa441ef23"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to analyze the most reasonably foreseeable use of the administrative site, as determined through a market analysis;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id9cd0d4053c2942dc999b5fc0e93f60a0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to determine whether to include any conditions under subsection (e)(4); and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id34a44419f7e74313abefc4ea8b5e4af8"><enum>(C)</enum><text>to evaluate the alternative of not leasing the administrative site in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/4321">42 U.S.C. 4321</external-xref> et seq.).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id4a0b130712e74fa5b55f1a76b2b2a0e9"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Compliance with local laws</header><text>A person that leases an administrative site under this section shall comply with all applicable State and local zoning laws, building codes, and permit requirements for any construction activities that occur on the administrative site.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id98e270da30f24a77936f30636b0a9cdf"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Use of consideration</header><text>Cash consideration for a lease of an administrative site under this section shall be available to the Secretary, until expended and without further appropriation, to pay—</text><paragraph id="idD5300469480B4823A19F8D44346D1409"><enum>(1)</enum><text>any necessary and incidental costs incurred by the Secretary in connection with—</text><subparagraph id="id5528729b1cad46398bdae889540fce1c"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the acquisition, improvement, maintenance, reconstruction, or construction of a facility or improvement for the National Forest System; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id93a34db5742047aca5e31bd3f9888a6f"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the lease of an administrative site under this section; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idb959d657506c4bda9d4f86408d9c692f"><enum>(2)</enum><text>reasonable commissions or fees for brokerage services obtained in connection with the lease, subject to the conditions that the Secretary—</text><subparagraph id="id5174E2BE149047CB84E3ED38841ED571"><enum>(A)</enum><text>determines that the services are in the public interest; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idCA8B0B6C83F84080935153F4C988A991"><enum>(B)</enum><text>shall provide public notice of any brokerage services contract entered into in connection with a lease under this section.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idbfd60cce9fc44b35bb8ba78f54b9d4d3"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Congressional notifications</header><paragraph id="id366b379d97884d5d9273b485131325dc"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Anticipated use of authority</header><text>As part of the annual budget justification documents provided to the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate, the Secretary shall include—</text><subparagraph id="id0f5e9deadc634860acf696a346fa63bc"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a list of the anticipated leases to be made, including the anticipated revenue that may be obtained, under this section;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idf81ba2cf145b44b5beb9f8970bce5998"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a description of the intended use of any revenue obtained under a lease under this section, including a list of any projects that cost more than $500,000; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id5bda565b9b8c4a5993578963ece98fcb"><enum>(C)</enum><text>a description of accomplishments during previous years using the authority of the Secretary under this section.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id8bb056987d5c4276840d90dde6851181"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Changes to lease list</header><text>If the Secretary desires to lease an administrative site under this section that is not included on a list provided under paragraph (1)(A), the Secretary shall submit to the congressional committees described in paragraph (3) a notice of the proposed lease, including the anticipated revenue that may be obtained from the lease.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id360c18edda56428e84913d4c051a7e22"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Use of authority</header><text>Not less frequently than once each year, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Agriculture, the Committee on Appropriations, and the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, the Committee on Appropriations, and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate a report describing each lease made by the Secretary under this section during the period covered by the report.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idcb52ca944d9d4754ba96593126d38927"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Expiration of authority</header><paragraph id="id77979E5D6C1248A2B86318938C665629"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The authority of the Secretary to make a lease of an administrative site under this section expires on October 1, 2023.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4992EFF6844D45C5A422A32068EA5B54"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Effect on lease agreement</header><text>Paragraph (1) shall not affect the authority of the Secretary to carry out this section in the case of any lease agreement that was entered into by the Secretary before October 1, 2023.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5E900DA3245F4B97B3EFD995EA43AA8A"><enum>8624.</enum><header>Good neighbor authority</header><subsection id="id29014EA0204646D9B8FE2560AFC4DD3F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Inclusion of Indian tribes</header><text>Section 8206(a) of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/2113a">16 U.S.C. 2113a(a)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD9E446392E5745FC8C05AB911375CA72"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)(A), by striking <quote>land and non-Federal land</quote> and inserting <quote>land, non-Federal land, and land owned by an Indian tribe</quote>;</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id808FAC31E1F34033B125EE74BDED362D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (5), by inserting <quote>or Indian tribe</quote> after <quote>affected State</quote>;</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7DA6DC98B68C4D59A8717A0955948A22"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraphs (6) and (7) as paragraphs (7) and (8), respectively; and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC8E3F49417014A7CADB62DD73BA9D3AA"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (5) (as so redesignated) the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAB551852B9094748B816305F92FEEEDF" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id18C49DE88F1441D1BD27A03EC4C6BD3C"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Indian tribe</header><text>The term <quote>Indian tribe</quote> has the meaning given the term in section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/5304">25 U.S.C. 5304</external-xref>).</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idEB545F917BE54743815EB18DF1257954"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Inclusion of counties</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 8206 of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/2113a">16 U.S.C. 2113a</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="id1E3510D8128D4D72954F7C88E15AA470"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)—</text><subparagraph id="id378DF031BABC43828FBCECE28E629252"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)(B), by inserting <quote>or county, as applicable,</quote> after <quote>Governor</quote>;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id658B8CAEC33143178AB6C41A664E526B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraphs (2) through (9) (as amended by subsection (a)) as paragraphs (3) through (10), respectively;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id962F9BD570A04099B51971F489C84442"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (1) the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6890468E78DA4A90BC2B09369423E4DE" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><paragraph id="id73ADAE1077084FE6A11F7D42DF61796D"><enum>(2)</enum><header>County</header><text>The term <term>county</term> means—</text><subparagraph id="idA5BF2570B30C4A87ACD517072E64BA51"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the appropriate executive official of an affected county; or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idAF71CAAF1ACA4FC5B50718027B52E628"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in any case in which multiple counties are affected, the appropriate executive official of a compact of the affected counties.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idA751FA48A2F14F029562FB8A9EB9351E"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in paragraph (5) (as so redesignated), by inserting <quote>or county, as applicable,</quote> after <quote>Governor</quote>; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idA11B96BA10DE4C92878D0DD2BDCEA2B0"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b)—</text><subparagraph id="idD746F709CE654DC8BB627C28FE1A4D9E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)(A), by inserting <quote>or county</quote> after <quote>Governor</quote>;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ida6f6433a138149939d31f887a67055df"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)(A), by striking <quote>cooperative agreement or contract entered into under subsection (a)</quote> and inserting <quote>good neighbor agreement</quote>;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id3968AE4B3B1F489ABA3B2C85A619B00F"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (3), by inserting <quote>or county</quote> after <quote>Governor</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id763112DEB9F3427EAF1AAEA36DC9B769"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5A056597336846EEBF91EBDD74C63FC5" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><paragraph id="id21F584F58D5F46FBA01EE57D6046CAD7"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Receipts</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any payment made by a county to the Secretary under a project conducted under a good neighbor agreement shall not be considered to be monies received from National Forest System land or Bureau of Land Management land, as applicable.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="idea11e4070942493ba12ed8a964ff619b"><enum>8625.</enum><header>Wildland-urban interface</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">To the maximum extent practicable, the Secretary shall prioritize the expenditure of hazardous fuels funding for projects within the wildland-urban interface (as defined in section 101 of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/6511">16 U.S.C. 6511</external-xref>)).</text></section><section id="HE4A61114FDD440FDA3CF3387BA8C291C"><enum>8626.</enum><header>Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest land adjustment</header><subsection id="H67610D91CECC4283B6F47417010267D3"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Findings</header><text>Congress finds that—</text><paragraph id="H5A151E310A5B456DA3B0100D1AC0327A"><enum>(1)</enum><text>certain National Forest System land in the State of Georgia consists of isolated tracts that are inefficient to manage or have lost their principal value for National Forest purposes;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H6FCDB7977B6D43DF8F695B53130543DA"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the disposal of that National Forest System land would be in the public interest; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H44D4FED1B25A472CBFFB4030FED6823C"><enum>(3)</enum><text>proceeds from the sale of National Forest System land under subsection (b)(1) would be used best by the Forest Service to purchase land for National Forest purposes in the State of Georgia.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H178BC2899286491BB3849E171894FFB1"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Land conveyance authority</header><paragraph id="HD52347DC89CB433B897D4E2590C525B9"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Under such terms and conditions as the Secretary may prescribe, the Secretary may sell or exchange any or all rights, title, and interest of the United States in and to the National Forest System land described in paragraph (2)(A).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HE14C6FE0D98E4728A72DE852206C53F2"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Land authorized for disposal</header><subparagraph id="H44FC1662B79D4B4786DFFEAC137294E7"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The National Forest System land referred to in paragraph (1) is the 30 tracts of land totaling approximately 3,841 acres that are generally depicted on the 2 maps entitled <quote>Priority Land Adjustments, State of Georgia, U.S. Forest Service–Southern Region, Oconee and Chattahoochee National Forests, U.S. Congressional Districts–8, 9, 10 & 14</quote> and dated September 24, 2013.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H101855CC8F61445FB76658FF7170D05B"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Maps</header><text>The maps described in subparagraph (A) shall be on file and available for public inspection in the Office of the Forest Supervisor, Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest, until such time as the land is sold or exchanged.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBA7D3635531048448330CF1FEC27BDDB"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Modification of boundaries</header><text>The Secretary may modify the boundaries of the National Forest System land described in subparagraph (A) based on land management considerations.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H1B4075A42B76499E973A895BE094B2E9"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Form of conveyance</header><subparagraph id="H5B8FE20F47944BB4970EDA278CFBA3CB"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Quitclaim deed</header><text>The Secretary shall convey National Forest System land sold or exchanged under paragraph (1) by quitclaim deed.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6D4EB2733DCD439B8F65740604BBDFD8"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Reservations</header><text>The Secretary may reserve any rights-of-way or other rights or interests in National Forest System land sold or exchanged under paragraph (1) that the Secretary considers necessary for management purposes or to protect the public interest.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HAED2C92F1A604A448BB2679639007AF8"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Valuation</header><subparagraph id="H4653315925634615A8E421D5D4020AF4"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Market value</header><text>The Secretary may not sell or exchange National Forest System land under paragraph (1) for less than market value, as determined by appraisal or through competitive bid.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9B07B8BC7CB048A38B8E02F29E075C60"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Appraisal requirements</header><text>Any appraisal under subparagraph (A) shall be—</text><clause id="H2C8A0F5A04BE4D0789E572E4D498C1B0"><enum>(i)</enum><text>consistent with the Uniform Appraisal Standards for Federal Land Acquisitions or the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice; and</text></clause><clause id="H8172D29BF61D4BF69E0DF9B167E4E9FC"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>subject to the approval of the Secretary.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H62CDE950E703468DABAEC6FD66F02F6A"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Consideration</header><subparagraph id="HC13B02BE30E047C9B92DDE2183039D70"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Cash</header><text>Consideration for a sale of National Forest System land or equalization of an exchange under paragraph (1) shall be paid in cash.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2615D43A0DA74FC1BE12C84C1F65FC19"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Exchange</header><text>Notwithstanding section 206(b) of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1716">43 U.S.C. 1716(b)</external-xref>), the Secretary may accept a cash equalization payment in excess of 25 percent of the value of any National Forest System land exchanged under paragraph (1).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H6801FFF52D3042EDABB0A5CB1F9F19AE"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Method of sale</header><subparagraph id="H4B9412A5CC9B4130842248AC55136758"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Options</header><text>The Secretary may sell National Forest System land under paragraph (1) at public or private sale, including competitive sale by auction, bid, or otherwise, in accordance with such terms, conditions, and procedures as the Secretary determines are in the best interest of the United States.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6942E33505B04B3097F4C1B226D195F5"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Solicitations</header><text>The Secretary may—</text><clause id="H6B55E6C3661E4D5E98DFED0841292AF1"><enum>(i)</enum><text>make public or private solicitations for the sale or exchange of National Forest System land under paragraph (1); and</text></clause><clause id="H5CD4665F36124E109E890A9C720809C6"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>reject any offer that the Secretary determines is not adequate or not in the public interest.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HC07E849A96E74983A6C10D0E6F98D684"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Brokers</header><text>The Secretary may—</text><subparagraph id="H596063F9B7AB49B2908B531179BC849E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>use brokers or other third parties in the sale or exchange of National Forest System land under paragraph (1); and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC8DCE2C19EEB48DDB37F0BFE47BA7089"><enum>(B)</enum><text>from the proceeds of a sale, pay reasonable commissions or fees.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H3A65328BC8AC4BBBA09F831CC0A07138"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Treatment of proceeds</header><paragraph id="H5B2316E080A34617B1A5495C85978F3B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Deposit</header><text>Subject to subsection (b)(7)(B), the Secretary shall deposit the proceeds of a sale or a cash equalization payment received from the sale or exchange of National Forest System land under subsection (b)(1) in the fund established under <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/90/171">Public Law 90–171</external-xref> (commonly known as the <quote>Sisk Act</quote>) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/484a">16 U.S.C. 484a</external-xref>).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H86DA1D973BB344929BCA0E600A85A7DD"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Availability</header><text>Subject to paragraph (3), amounts deposited under paragraph (1) shall be available to the Secretary until expended, without further appropriation, for the acquisition of land for National Forest purposes in the State of Georgia.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE342FF3233FD4DBAA5C8323EE718F011"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Private property protection</header><text>Nothing in this section authorizes the use of funds deposited under paragraph (1) to be used to acquire land without the written consent of the owner of the land.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD50BCE74F5104EACB03735248A986C2B"><enum>8627.</enum><header>Tennessee wilderness</header><subsection id="IDc6cfa034139349fba724cabf474cb404"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section:</text><paragraph id="id2CB5923C520447B7AE8045CE53486DAB"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Map</header><text>The term <term>Map</term> means the map entitled <quote>Proposed Wilderness Areas and Additions-Cherokee National Forest</quote> and dated January 20, 2010.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idC0A506507F7147268237A35E2E91E8B3"><enum>(2)</enum><header>State</header><text>The term <term>State</term> means the State of Tennessee.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idD3451CBAE1E148EB9A7A3CE3A5588F66"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Additions to Cherokee National Forest</header><paragraph id="IDcd04a6d38fdd4311b8ea73d03ae060fe"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Designation of wilderness</header><text>In accordance with the Wilderness Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1131">16 U.S.C. 1131</external-xref> et seq.), the following parcels of Federal land in the Cherokee National Forest in the State are designated as wilderness and as additions to the National Wilderness Preservation System:</text><subparagraph id="IDb2a0869460ab4313b59d1321f6821beb"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Certain land comprising approximately 9,038 acres, as generally depicted as the <quote>Upper Bald River Wilderness</quote> on the Map and which shall be known as the <quote>Upper Bald River Wilderness</quote>.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID42d8cc3a858140baac4c8e7fabbc0ff3"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Certain land comprising approximately 348 acres, as generally depicted as the <quote>Big Frog Addition</quote> on the Map and which shall be incorporated in, and shall be considered to be a part of, the Big Frog Wilderness.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID02e4c05d5950484c901d7394e1caf402"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Certain land comprising approximately 630 acres, as generally depicted as the <quote>Little Frog Mountain Addition NW</quote> on the Map and which shall be incorporated in, and shall be considered to be a part of, the Little Frog Mountain Wilderness.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID79b9d27a164d4e3eacc52cf87714be5b"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Certain land comprising approximately 336 acres, as generally depicted as the <quote>Little Frog Mountain Addition NE</quote> on the Map and which shall be incorporated in, and shall be considered to be a part of, the Little Frog Mountain Wilderness.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID60524d20ea2847c98ae49b37e53e8e38"><enum>(E)</enum><text>Certain land comprising approximately 2,922 acres, as generally depicted as the <quote>Sampson Mountain Addition</quote> on the Map and which shall be incorporated in, and shall be considered to be a part of, the Sampson Mountain Wilderness.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID2fdc6cfcea044618976fa4e5e20e4991"><enum>(F)</enum><text>Certain land comprising approximately 4,446 acres, as generally depicted as the <quote>Big Laurel Branch Addition</quote> on the Map and which shall be incorporated in, and shall be considered to be a part of, the Big Laurel Branch Wilderness.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID7d4a1660e60f4d289638aa2ebe0fcf30"><enum>(G)</enum><text>Certain land comprising approximately 1,836 acres, as generally depicted as the <quote>Joyce Kilmer-Slickrock Addition</quote> on the Map and which shall be incorporated in, and shall be considered to be a part of, the Joyce Kilmer-Slickrock Wilderness.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID24a29d569604429ab7a6a2a2f5023037"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Maps and legal descriptions</header><subparagraph id="IDcb8e546fdd5040cea3ee9c44914b4a9f"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>As soon as practicable after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall file maps and legal descriptions of the wilderness areas designated by paragraph (1) with the appropriate committees of Congress.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id8D1A7EF6FC914A7E82BCA05CF4C158CA"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Public availability</header><text>The maps and legal descriptions filed under subparagraph (A) shall be on file and available for public inspection in the office of the Chief of the Forest Service and the office of the Supervisor of the Cherokee National Forest.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDcac2742bb7fd4d76b85f7506be73208f"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Force of law</header><text>The maps and legal descriptions filed under subparagraph (A) shall have the same force and effect as if included in this Act, except that the Secretary may correct typographical errors in the maps and descriptions.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDb7e1d80665c14983a0d1d286bfc077f3"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Administration</header><subparagraph id="idB0C85A1883C04EB681C87CA236BA5521"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subject to valid existing rights, the Federal land designated as wilderness by paragraph (1) shall be administered by the Secretary in accordance with the Wilderness Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1131">16 U.S.C. 1131</external-xref> et seq.), except that any reference in that Act to the effective date of that Act shall be deemed to be a reference to the date of enactment of this Act.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4A3221C7E98F4FBAABA154C41B6165DB"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Fish and wildlife management</header><text>In accordance with section 4(d)(7) of the Wilderness Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1133">16 U.S.C. 1133(d)(7)</external-xref>), nothing in this section affects the jurisdiction of the State with respect to fish and wildlife management, including the regulation of hunting, fishing, and trapping, in the wilderness areas designated by paragraph (1).</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id91AE69822BBE4D07B969EAD0691A5C40"><enum>8628.</enum><header>Additions to Rough Mountain and Rich Hole Wildernesses</header><subsection id="idFF132FE9A7DF44CF84DA931983680562"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Rough Mountain Addition</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1 of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/100/326">Public Law 100–326</external-xref> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1132">16 U.S.C. 1132</external-xref> note; 102 Stat. 584; 114 Stat. 2057; 123 Stat. 1002) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB1363A92ED874F4A84C5D260ECE6290B" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><paragraph id="idA60D108D225A442ABF5BE24CEFC323E2"><enum>(21)</enum><header>Rough Mountain Addition</header><text>Certain land in the George Washington National Forest comprising approximately 1,000 acres, as generally depicted as the <quote>Rough Mountain Addition</quote> on the map entitled <quote>GEORGE WASHINGTON NATIONAL FOREST – South half – Alternative I – Selected Alternative Management Prescriptions – Land and Resources Management Plan Final Environmental Impact Statement</quote> and dated March 4, 2014, which is incorporated in the Rough Mountain Wilderness Area designated by paragraph (1).</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection id="id4F266A3C21F44CAAAF0DEC2FC7128314"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Rich Hole Addition</header><paragraph id="id559C3EA2787247C8A619D00D145DE961"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Potential wilderness designation</header><text>In furtherance of the purposes of the Wilderness Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1131">16 U.S.C. 1131</external-xref> et seq.), certain land in the George Washington National Forest comprising approximately 4,600 acres, as generally depicted as the <quote>Rich Hole Addition</quote> on the map entitled <quote>GEORGE WASHINGTON NATIONAL FOREST – South half – Alternative I – Selected Alternative Management Prescriptions – Land and Resources Management Plan Final Environmental Impact Statement</quote> and dated March 4, 2014, is designated as a potential wilderness area for incorporation in the Rich Hole Wilderness Area designated by section 1(2) of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/100/326">Public Law 100–326</external-xref> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1132">16 U.S.C. 1132</external-xref> note; 102 Stat. 584; 114 Stat. 2057; 123 Stat. 1002).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id5174CA7BFBA24D9287180878A26CB604"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Wilderness designation</header><text>The potential wilderness area designated by paragraph (1) shall be designated as wilderness and incorporated in the Rich Hole Wilderness Area designated by section 1(2) of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/100/326">Public Law 100–326</external-xref> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1132">16 U.S.C. 1132</external-xref> note; 102 Stat. 584; 114 Stat. 2057; 123 Stat. 1002) on the earlier of—</text><subparagraph id="id1B7E4A984A244F47984DB970BD33DCEF"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the date on which the Secretary publishes in the Federal Register notice that the activities permitted under paragraph (4) have been completed; or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id94BEBE47F90748F2A6B29A90D8C40A02"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the date that is 5 years after the date of enactment of this Act.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id0799DC9454FC44FDBAEE79113BB23916"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Management</header><text>Except as provided in paragraph (4), the Secretary shall manage the potential wilderness area designated by paragraph (1) in accordance with the Wilderness Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1131">16 U.S.C. 1131</external-xref> et seq.).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idB29B605D37B04FE9A924FE01170B6983"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Water quality improvement activities</header><subparagraph id="id8A97790D19764D04970D7BC9FDD226FA"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>To enhance natural ecosystems within the potential wilderness area designated by paragraph (1) by implementing certain activities to improve water quality and aquatic passage, as set forth in the Forest Service document entitled <quote>Decision Notice for the Lower Cowpasture Restoration and Management Project</quote> and dated December 2015, the Secretary may use motorized equipment and mechanized transport in the potential wilderness area until the date on which the potential wilderness area is incorporated into the Rich Hole Wilderness Area under paragraph (2).</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8E5C99E6062242B0A255823383627D9F"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Requirement</header><text>In carrying out subparagraph (A), the Secretary, to the maximum extent practicable, shall use the minimum tool or administrative practice necessary to carry out that subparagraph with the least amount of adverse impact on wilderness character and resources.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id80161F71D81742FDA9F9B2E2D13974BD"><enum>8629.</enum><header>Kisatchie National Forest land conveyance</header><subsection id="HA39C110D210C4854AAA363C7614B51A9"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Finding</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Congress finds that it is in the public interest to authorize the conveyance of certain Federal land in the Kisatchie National Forest in the State of Louisiana for market value consideration.</text></subsection><subsection id="H4B53131EAAB84ADC96CD6F48B5949A50"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section:</text><paragraph id="H3D42BF13A77C419680FA3793EA987EFC"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Collins camp properties</header><text>The term <quote>Collins Camp Properties</quote> means Collins Camp Properties, Inc., a corporation incorporated under the laws of the State.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H23DD517F32974646B453B8105A4279D9"><enum>(2)</enum><header>State</header><text>The term <quote>State</quote> means the State of Louisiana.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H2F87870318904960B97BB3DDE3F1D084"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Authorization of conveyances, Kisatchie National Forest, Louisiana</header><paragraph id="HC1CEFD77FC044EB7948B623BB4494CEA"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Authorization</header><subparagraph id="H878A9469F9AC4397A2B737EA33BDFFCD"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subject to valid existing rights and paragraph (2), the Secretary may convey the Federal land described in subparagraph (B) by quitclaim deed at public or private sale, including competitive sale by auction, bid, or other methods.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3C7A41BE91BA409B913C4EC51570B86E"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Description of land</header><text>The Federal land referred to in subparagraph (A) consists of—</text><clause id="H3F55A25788F44BAEA695077B5AFA6431"><enum>(i)</enum><text>all Federal land within sec. 9, T. 10 N., R. 5 W., Winn Parish, Louisiana; and</text></clause><clause id="H422264C38E814F15B4D92EDF3B95529F"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a 2.16-acre parcel of Federal land located in the SW¼ of sec. 4, T. 10 N., R. 5 W., Winn Parish, Louisiana, as depicted on a certificate of survey dated March 7, 2007, by Glen L. Cannon, P.L.S. 4436.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HD600025EB793418C8B9F77D2FAA24007"><enum>(2)</enum><header>First right of purchase</header><text>Subject to valid existing rights and subsection (e), during the 1-year period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act, on the provision of consideration by the Collins Camp Properties to the Secretary, the Secretary shall convey, by quitclaim deed, to Collins Camp Properties all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to—</text><subparagraph id="H20256E4CF0874B68A0085920B2FA4E9C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the not more than 47.92 acres of Federal land comprising the Collins Campsites within sec. 9, T. 10 N., R. 5 W., in Winn Parish, Louisiana, as generally depicted on a certificate of survey dated February 28, 2007, by Glen L. Cannon, P.L.S. 4436; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H994C98484D804AB4B07B8264DF1A01CB"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the parcel of Federal land described in paragraph (1)(B)(ii).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H4E02365AE12A45A9ACFA39018810F935"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Terms and conditions</header><text>The Secretary may—</text><subparagraph id="HC26E72E7CF3A47428DB67E7D136E57CF"><enum>(A)</enum><text>configure the Federal land to be conveyed under this section—</text><clause id="H090D034E32EA49BF9D55C6097B938824"><enum>(i)</enum><text>to maximize the marketability of the conveyance; or</text></clause><clause id="H676F31999FCF49E9A788C1059B7BC084"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>to achieve management objectives; and</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFCEF60F0E096452288B2DB84DE18BFF8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>establish any terms and conditions for the conveyances under this section that the Secretary determines to be in the public interest.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H27B3642A01F2483B808AC721EF3EE343"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Consideration</header><text>Consideration for a conveyance of Federal land under this section shall be—</text><subparagraph id="H93DD4D4787B14B0195DB8FA089BF8B6C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the form of cash; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF3AA422DDC504A9CA6CA711BDCCD05A2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in an amount equal to the market value of the Federal land being conveyed, as determined under paragraph (5).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H77BDD19D55F74B8481641417F9777264"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Market value</header><text>The market value of the Federal land conveyed under this section shall be determined—</text><subparagraph id="HD593F93060C04D60B1C0A665E8EC5103"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the case of Federal land conveyed under paragraph (2), by an appraisal that is—</text><clause id="HAF54B6A6DE004D0CA1B843B6ECD4C52A"><enum>(i)</enum><text>conducted in accordance with the Uniform Appraisal Standards for Federal Land Acquisitions; and</text></clause><clause id="HD389393E448D4A239826CBEE524368D1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>approved by the Secretary; or</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HEA133FB2C767401792DAF085DF69A2A9"><enum>(B)</enum><text>if conveyed by a method other than the methods described in paragraph (2), by competitive sale.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HC82DD725933B4DB795AC1FE788D97C59"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Hazardous substances</header><subparagraph id="HF387EA8B11434A21987D720177CF6C80"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>In any conveyance of Federal land under this section, the Secretary shall meet disclosure requirements for hazardous substances, but shall otherwise not be required to remediate or abate the substances.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8C8244E220CA46449B99802506D7A464"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Effect</header><text>Except as provided in subparagraph (A), nothing in this subsection affects the application of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/9601">42 U.S.C. 9601</external-xref> et seq.) to the conveyances of Federal land.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H3FA5BD5AF26C4CB8815CD66141F74703"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Proceeds from the sale of land</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall deposit the proceeds of a conveyance of Federal land under subsection (c) in the fund established under <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/90/171">Public Law 90–171</external-xref> (commonly known as the <quote>Sisk Act</quote>) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/484a">16 U.S.C. 484a</external-xref>).</text></subsection><subsection id="HB2CD317D76C843B8BDB0CCF8DC178E4F"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Administration</header><paragraph id="H28041F84257341108453BD7BC23EA90B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Costs</header><text>As a condition of a conveyance of Federal land to Collins Camp Properties under subsection (c), the Secretary shall require Collins Camp Properties to pay at closing—</text><subparagraph id="H416C43E2F442499C812CE4CAB3840203"><enum>(A)</enum><text>reasonable appraisal costs; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6468DDCEED3C4CCAB2CBDD1B505E89E2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the cost of any administrative and environmental analyses required by law (including regulations).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H76E43F3DC6004D039C7D257427FF3893"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Permits</header><subparagraph id="HE5AF8C9C312A45ABB83AB3EBBCD380C5"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>An offer by Collins Camp Properties for the acquisition of the Federal land under subsection (c) shall be accompanied by a written statement from each holder of a Forest Service special use authorization with respect to the Federal land that specifies that the holder agrees to relinquish the special use authorization on the conveyance of the Federal land to Collins Camp Properties.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4BC4C8606A0941128BC920524A3F8772"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Special use authorizations</header><text>If any holder of a special use authorization described in subparagraph (A) fails to provide a written authorization in accordance with that subparagraph, the Secretary shall require, as a condition of the conveyance, that Collins Camp Properties administer the special use authorization according to the terms of the special use authorization until the date on which the special use authorization expires.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5CA5CD551F9A4A60B91A2CF414E4DCCF"><enum>8630.</enum><header>Purchase of Natural Resources Conservation Service property, Riverside County, California</header><subsection commented="no" id="HF72A776B71CB4F1FAC75A7E84A69D93B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Findings</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Congress finds as follows:</text><paragraph commented="no" id="H859CBA60DDAE44B7B8BA5504028C67A9"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Since 1935, the United States has owned a parcel of land in Riverside, California, consisting of approximately 8.75 acres, more specifically described in subsection (b)(1) (in this section referred to as the <quote>property</quote>).</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H8579EA18444540E7ADD11C770ED9958A"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The property is under the jurisdiction of the Department of Agriculture and has been variously used for research and plant materials purposes.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H6AF51F17BDE74F119B30EB55DF152082"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Since 1998, the property has been administered by the Natural Resources Conservation Service of the Department of Agriculture.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HBB4B738D10814AB9959DF9ECEFA094A0"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Since 2002, the property has been co-managed under a cooperative agreement between the Natural Resources Conservation Service and the Riverside Corona Resource Conservation District, which is a legal subdivision of the State of California under section 9003 of the California Public Resources Code.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HE44C5AB0EFEC4C668EDF771BCCA3C81C"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Conservation District wishes to purchase the property and use it for conservation, environmental, and related educational purposes.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HFB56D06D77414717B2576095FA00ECDD"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">As provided in subsection (b), the purchase of the property by the Conservation District would promote the conservation education and related activities of the Conservation District and result in savings to the Federal Government.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBF40B082781E42888EF6B8344D90CC35"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Land purchase, Natural Resources Conservation Service property, Riverside County, California</header><paragraph commented="no" id="HB05626C90ABE494CA727B2219411AD08"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Purchase authorized</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall sell and quitclaim to the Riverside Corona Resource Conservation District (in this section referred to as the <quote>Conservation District</quote>) all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to a parcel of real property, including improvements thereon, that is located at 4500 Glenwood Drive in Riverside, California, consists of approximately 8.75 acres, and is administered by the Natural Resources Conservation Service of the Department of Agriculture. As necessary or desirable to facilitate the purchase of the property under this subsection, the Secretary or the Conservation District may survey all or portions of the property.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H294677A23092441AA64630B75C9A3464"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Consideration</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">As consideration for the purchase of the property under this subsection, the Conservation District shall pay to the Secretary an amount equal to the appraised value of the property.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HA0A2358E8BAA4BB08131604631F997CE"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Prohibition on reservation of interest</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall not reserve any future interest in the property to be conveyed under this subsection, except such interest as may be acceptable to the Conservation District.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H497228B76CC2496B96B58F5100372541"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Hazardous substances</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding section 120(h) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/9620">42 U.S.C. 9620(h)</external-xref>) or the Solid Waste Disposal Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/6901">42 U.S.C. 6901</external-xref> et seq.), in the case of the property purchased by the Conservation District under this subsection, the Secretary shall be only required to meet the disclosure requirements for hazardous substances, pollutants, or contaminants, but shall otherwise not be required to remediate or abate any such releases of hazardous substances, pollutants, or contaminants, including petroleum and petroleum derivatives.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HD728442061AC4F7E96B4133312F95A23"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Cooperative authority</header><subparagraph commented="no" id="H1688819CE8D649A2809E14B7DED0F4AA"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Leases, contracts, and cooperative agreements authorized</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In conjunction with, or in addition to, the purchase of the property by the Conservation District under this subsection, the Secretary may enter into leases, contracts and cooperative agreements with the Conservation District.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H64DB7988772F4AB796C2881438F2F798"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Sole source</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding sections 3105, 3301, and 3303 to 3305 of title 41, United States Code, or any other provision of law, the Secretary may lease real property from the Conservation District on a noncompetitive basis.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H74DA8868E15046389012C2F79A8E3A79"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Non-exclusive authority</header><text>The authority provided by this subsection is in addition to any other authority of the Secretary.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA625434428CD4ED4A37C0087C7918677"><enum>8631.</enum><header>Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program</header><subsection id="id3DC4C692C9CB4C5D95D9035F16C809BE"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Reauthorization</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 4003(f)(6) of the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/7303">16 U.S.C. 7303(f)(6)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>$40,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2009 through 2019</quote> and inserting <quote>$80,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 through 2023</quote>.</text></subsection><subsection id="id26FC9101977949ADB527A4A4E98B45AC"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Reporting requirements</header><text>Section 4003(h) of the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/7303">16 U.S.C. 7303(h)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="id01170CDDE9764755814B1498D2EEF23C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (3), by striking <quote>and</quote> after the semicolon;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id373C314AE92944F5B3FA831E08771561"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (4), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idAA7D92516FC4474EA1413BA1A0D13475"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraphs (3) and (4) as paragraphs (4) and (5), respectively;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id4CAB74BC9569480B8F9CB1A8428CEEFF"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (2) the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAF6837699EB34BB3BB9114F2FDB2B85F" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><paragraph id="idCA435A8DFC584E3691E1350B67F3E049"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate;</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph id="idB770776D291C49F681D13BFF14282847"><enum>(5)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id11E29147695845969CC17DB2B1132B04" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD6E2A00A0DD54A1082E0721F2455A39A"><enum>(6)</enum><text>the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H9EEDB0A2A78B47BE8E5AB22795A4D5AF"><enum>8632.</enum><header>Utility infrastructure rights-of-way vegetation management pilot program</header><subsection id="H50BB06441F304189A64AAF45475EACCA"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text><paragraph id="H939EA920FE3B47678AE8C5136AEF06BF"><enum>(1)</enum><header>National Forest System land</header><subparagraph id="idE32F1912C81744FA828D8A81124EE44E"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>National Forest System land</term> means land within the National Forest System, as defined in section 11(a) of the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1609">16 U.S.C. 1609(a)</external-xref>).</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id41713F739928465487BB28F7BCAA0BC9"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Exclusions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>National Forest System land</term> does not include—</text><clause id="id4BD1BDBEA3014E8D972C136824D1D922"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a National Grassland; or</text></clause><clause id="id019B4A16AB32401F9EA2B7D2F013605E"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a land utilization project on land designated as a National Grassland and administered pursuant to sections 31, 32, and 33 of the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1010">7 U.S.C. 1010</external-xref>, 1011, 1012).</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HF98F36E503234F199BA2751810EB6CA9"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Passing wildfire</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>passing wildfire</term> means a wildfire that originates outside of a right-of-way.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id3A5D3D89D9AB48FBBD30BE382FA6FC44"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Pilot program</header><text>The term <term>pilot program</term> means the pilot program established by the Secretary under subsection (b).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H3C11FA7DD34F484DBA67E7B3C291D48A"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Right-of-way</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>right-of-way</term> means a special use authorization issued by the Forest Service allowing the placement of utility infrastructure.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2B788EA66C77411580B284F891D3DFE7"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Utility infrastructure</header><text>The term <term>utility infrastructure</term> means electric transmission lines, natural gas infrastructure, or related structures.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H4B856B4820A8428784DAA70A76E895CD"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To encourage owners or operators of rights-of-way on National Forest System land to partner with the Forest Service to voluntarily conduct vegetation management projects on a proactive basis to better protect utility infrastructure from potential passing wildfires, the Secretary may establish a limited, voluntary pilot program, in the manner described in this section, to conduct vegetation management projects on National Forest System land adjacent to or near those rights-of-way.</text></subsection><subsection id="HB592FA76E57A4FF9BBA934096B5367FB"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Eligible participants</header><paragraph id="id83BD9833E8234DDF94E5F8ECA6337DA7"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A participant in the pilot program shall be the owner or operator of a right-of-way on National Forest System land.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id806D1A4D0CEB4CD192AE0974027E1671"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Selection priority</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In selecting participants for the pilot program, the Secretary shall give priority to an owner or operator of a right-of-way that has worked with Forest Service fire scientists and used technologies, such as light detection and ranging surveys, to improve utility infrastructure protection prescriptions.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HF0CED7819FC04C199D7CD4310EBE65E5"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Vegetation management projects</header><paragraph id="idED1A3A60CF0A4E8D9B2536128049BB5A"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A vegetation management project conducted under the pilot program shall involve only limited and selective vegetation management activities that—</text><subparagraph id="idcec5571496d54436bc45c6ce2990c591"><enum>(A)</enum><text>shall create the least disturbance reasonably necessary to protect utility infrastructure from passing wildfires based on applicable models, including Forest Service fuel models;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id2d3b13fdfdff451d978df563d7fb721b"><enum>(B)</enum><text>may include thinning, fuel reduction, creation and treatment of shaded fuel breaks, and other appropriate measures;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id8518ac11e82d4cd6ae6ed5a2fc3d05f5"><enum>(C)</enum><text>shall only be conducted on National Forest System land—</text><clause id="id102CAAED1FD04D139687C20BD05413C4"><enum>(i)</enum><text>adjacent to the right-of-way of a participant; or</text></clause><clause id="id98B7DAE8E72442D39C47B15657BCE9AB"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>within 75 feet of the right-of-way of a participant; and</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id25b38decf50542508b236e396fce46e3"><enum>(D)</enum><text>shall not be conducted on—</text><clause id="id5264C2B83907474A91472BFB29048C32"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a component of the National Wilderness Preservation System;</text></clause><clause id="idE8EB793C01254A788D79535C0A181288"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a designated wilderness study area; or</text></clause><clause id="id214294CE8D99450DBA4266C25E6A8F2B"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>an inventoried roadless area.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id9B89BB63E1494C019C6122DD74CD6CCF"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Approval</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each vegetation management project described in paragraph (1) (including each vegetation management activity described in subparagraphs (A) through (D) of that paragraph) shall be subject to approval by the Forest Service in accordance with this section.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HF6F06F543D744FFDB2304037DC055930"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Project costs</header><paragraph id="idDD04D3315B46454A9A1E28537EAE63FC"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as provided in paragraph (2), a participant in the pilot program shall be responsible for all costs, as determined by the Secretary, incurred in participating in the pilot program.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id1AFE3742CF97489B84925FD53CF62314"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Federal funding</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may contribute funds for a vegetation management project conducted under the pilot program if the Secretary determines that the contribution is in the public interest.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H54F66131C90B4A65ADE56874E948DA08"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Liability</header><paragraph id="H39187E44E64647E79806FC45AEEBDA45"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Participation in the pilot program shall not affect any legal obligations or liability standards that—</text><subparagraph id="HB3396CAA88BB46179EB5EFF452E06C58"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">arise under the right-of-way for activities in the right-of-way; or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE21BDC5A5F0F42CBA5595F846A770E33"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">apply to fires resulting from causes other than activities conducted pursuant to an approved vegetation management project conducted under the pilot program.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H1728D190B58244C0BFE1990660DAEBAF"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Project work</header><text>If the Secretary approves a supplement to an approved plan under subsection (c) of section 512 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1772">43 U.S.C. 1772</external-xref>) or an agreement entered into under subsection (d)(1) of that section that covers a vegetation management project under the pilot program, the liability provisions of subsection (g) of that section shall apply to the vegetation management project.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H1E29A058E171448789249769224560B2"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Implementation</header><paragraph id="idE6CB51F0827E44C9BEEC1560D5D1D81C"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as provided in paragraph (2), the Secretary shall use the authority of the Secretary under other laws (including regulations) to carry out the pilot program.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id90C1540F75994B02B946A3AA2FC60D4E"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Modification of regulations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In order to implement the pilot program in an efficient and expeditious manner, the Secretary may waive or modify specific provisions of the Federal Acquisition Regulation, including waivers or modifications to allow for the formation of contracts or agreements on a noncompetitive basis.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HF4EC95ECAB1C43388A05D2A3B27953E9"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Treatment of proceeds</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary may—</text><paragraph id="H0C2AFF65856E4910A2BD0B9A881382F1"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">retain any funds provided to the Forest Service by a participant in the pilot program; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H4BF3B974E44F4214804D8ECC5DD44623"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">use funds retained under paragraph (1), in such amounts as may be appropriated, to carry out the pilot program.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id1542D19403064C7094B1CB87AE5F02CB"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Report to Congress</header><text>Not later than December 31, 2020, and 2 years thereafter, the Secretary shall submit a report describing the status of the pilot program and vegetation management projects conducted under the pilot program to—</text><paragraph id="id24F9CFEB6E1441798ABD515CB98DD84F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id2B13FE6DB5264B098D701DF6C7FD9F67"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2CCC048F1844482A87DB4F84DE893EE7"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Duration</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The authority to carry out the pilot program, including any vegetation management project conducted under the pilot program, expires on October 1, 2023.</text></subsection></section><section id="id73388ced15224b48bbcc6bf7b6acafa5"><enum>8633.</enum><header>Okhissa Lake rural economic development land conveyance</header><subsection id="idC19004950D934346B69C490A1762BC3F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definition of Alliance</header><text>In this section, the term <term>Alliance</term> means the Scenic Rivers Development Alliance.</text></subsection><subsection id="idb50ca7f878814b2fa1f98debefaa870d"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Request</header><text>Subject to the requirements of this section, if the Alliance submits a written request for conveyance by not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act and the Secretary determines that it is in the public interest to convey the National Forest System Land described in subsection (c), the Secretary shall convey to the Alliance all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to the National Forest System land described in subsection (c) by quitclaim deed through a public or private sale, including a competitive sale by auction or bid.</text></subsection><subsection id="id5E984181FB2648CC8595A065888DD441"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Description of National Forest System land</header><paragraph id="id04A0A213D96246AD9668AFD985271ABA"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subject to paragraph (2), the National Forest System land referred to in subsection (b) is the approximately 150 acres of real property located in sec. 6, T. 5 N. R. 4 E., Franklin County, Mississippi, and further described as—</text><subparagraph id="id854c2a4c36c44ab0ae171d2fbde8c037"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the portion of the NW<fraction>1/4</fraction> NW<fraction>1/4</fraction> lying south of the south boundary of Berrytown Road;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id05ebf588290f4aecbee19478b0000994"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the portion of the W<fraction>1/2</fraction> NE<fraction>1/4</fraction> NW<fraction>1/4</fraction> lying south of the south boundary of Berrytown Road;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idba8dd0857849447ca98e6fed84ae2f80"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the portion of the SW<fraction>1/4</fraction> NW<fraction>1/4</fraction> lying east of the east boundary of U.S. Highway 98;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idc166aaa16d0344baa61d663cf9dc5b32"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the W<fraction>1/2</fraction> SE<fraction>1/4</fraction> NW<fraction>1/4</fraction>;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idbc5d978749ce4a8b92cdfc667974fca2"><enum>(E)</enum><text>the portion of the NW<fraction>1/4</fraction> SW<fraction>1/4</fraction> lying east of the east boundary of U.S. Highway 98;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id1b2d9ada81154bbebd7799859affce40"><enum>(F)</enum><text>the portion of the NE<fraction>1/4</fraction> SW<fraction>1/4</fraction> commencing at the southwest corner of the NE<fraction>1/4</fraction> SW<fraction>1/4</fraction>, said point being the point of beginning, thence running east 330 feet along the south boundary of the NE<fraction>1/4</fraction> SW<fraction>1/4</fraction> to a point in Lake Okhissa, thence running northeasterly to a point in Lake Okhissa on the east boundary of the NE<fraction>1/4</fraction> SW<fraction>1/4</fraction> 330 feet south of the northeast corner thereof, thence running north 330 feet along the east boundary of the NE<fraction>1/4</fraction> SW<fraction>1/4</fraction> to the northeast corner thereof, thence running west along the north boundary of the NE<fraction>1/4</fraction> SW<fraction>1/4</fraction> to the NW corner thereof; thence running south along the west boundary of the NE<fraction>1/4</fraction> SW<fraction>1/4</fraction> to the point of beginning; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id18d7184ea5d54f6b9362d0c1626e5786"><enum>(G)</enum><text>the portion of the SE<fraction>1/4</fraction> SE<fraction>1/4</fraction> NW<fraction>1/4</fraction> commencing at the southeast corner of the SE<fraction>1/4</fraction> NW<fraction>1/4</fraction>, said point being the point of beginning, and running northwesterly to the northwest corner of the SE<fraction>1/4</fraction> SE1<fraction>/4</fraction> NW<fraction>1/4</fraction>, thence running south along the west boundary of the SE<fraction>1/4</fraction> SE<fraction>1/4</fraction> NW<fraction>1/4</fraction> to the southwest corner thereof, thence running east along the south boundary of the SE<fraction>1/4</fraction> SE<fraction>1/4</fraction> NW<fraction>1/4</fraction> to the point of beginning.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idcc1ed20e00e044a8badb1c255d51930f"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Survey</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The exact acreage and legal description of the National Forest System land to be conveyed under this section shall be determined by a survey satisfactory to the Secretary.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id67b40db318bb4c569b54013a782642a1"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Consideration</header><paragraph id="idB2327688E5FC4E3C9445B211DAA77E84"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The consideration for the conveyance of any National Forest System land under this section shall be—</text><subparagraph id="id9e493c2bf02345adbc0349040717449d"><enum>(A)</enum><text>provided in the form of cash; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id562c1ae636dd44caadcf47d79294f274"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in an amount equal to the fair market value of the National Forest System land being conveyed, as determined under paragraph (2).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idbf8701f2983f4a76948594cbe50f19ca"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Fair market value determination</header><text>The fair market value of the National Forest System land conveyed under this section shall be determined—</text><subparagraph id="idf84d2d885a624837a7ef60a6bdac949e"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the case of a method of conveyance described in subsection (b), by an appraisal that is—</text><clause id="ide863aac834814cd99d28e88c36014681"><enum>(i)</enum><text>conducted in accordance with the Uniform Appraisal Standards for Federal Land Acquisitions; and</text></clause><clause id="id492654ec57c345bcb37c2efc83bda9d4"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>approved by the Secretary; or</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id1eefa184ec2442a6901209333f7c65ca"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in the case of a conveyance by a method other than a method described in subsection (b), by competitive sale.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id60d9dfe1ecbf4ba6b30ed7ef3198e396"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Terms and conditions</header><text>The conveyance under this section shall be subject to—</text><paragraph id="id1F11996319BA41589438083516DF66FB"><enum>(1)</enum><text>valid existing rights; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id5fe87f68e0c84e20a3b48822bebb09c5"><enum>(2)</enum><text>such other terms and conditions as the Secretary considers to be appropriate to protect the interests of the United States.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4051cfcbf5c746f4844cec7ad07c0958"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Proceeds from sale</header><text>The Secretary shall deposit the proceeds of the conveyance of any National Forest System land under this section in the fund established under <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/90/171">Public Law 90–171</external-xref> (commonly known as the <quote>Sisk Act</quote>) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/484a">16 U.S.C. 484a</external-xref>).</text></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id23192EC2CB6842AC8B5F5077AD5FB94B"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Costs</header><text>As a condition for the conveyance under this section, the Secretary shall require the Alliance to pay at closing—</text><paragraph id="id154f33dc7fe74d81a1dd7644172d4e5e"><enum>(1)</enum><text>any reasonable appraisal costs; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id044bde6714c44461879915bfdc738949"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the costs of any administrative or environmental analysis required by applicable law (including regulations).</text></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id71EF46600D374961B0BA9B778181839B"><enum>8634.</enum><header>Prairie dogs</header><subsection id="id8ABAC4DEA8B940D497C41F282A66401E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">With respect to the grasslands plan guidance of the Forest Service relating to prairie dogs, the Chief of the Forest Service shall base policies of the Forest Service on sound ecological and livestock management principles.</text></subsection><subsection id="idC8544856831D43B8956D2FC4305AC955"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Grazing allotments</header><paragraph id="id3111A69B72204D1DB15C0EC0464FAA0C"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject to paragraph (3), not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Chief of the Forest Service shall complete a report on the percentage of prairie dogs occupying each total grazing allotment acreage.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id3662DBA5178C44E49B6B14E7EFD1127C"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Action required</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 1 year after the date on which the report under paragraph (1) is completed and subject to paragraph (3), the Chief of the Forest Service shall take appropriate action based on the results of that report.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id50DEB2469FA24DA299BD5A7E3C0A609D"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Requirement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">This section, including any actions taken under paragraph (2), shall apply only to grazing allotments where prairie dogs are present as of the date of enactment of this Act.</text></paragraph></subsection></section></part><part id="id04259A4B147642E98C4BF82E28E6DB89" style="OLC"><enum>III</enum><header>Timber innovation</header><section id="idc36120e40ec544d0853803896ef9d92d"><enum>8641.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this part:</text><paragraph id="ide5e32f4453ed4dc6bea095e9ebf16635"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Innovative wood product</header><text>The term <term>innovative wood product</term> means a type of building component or system that uses large panelized wood construction, including mass timber.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idA669BDD7862846DDB32BDBDDCC09E7C8"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Mass timber</header><text>The term <term>mass timber</term> includes—</text><subparagraph id="id3244CCC88B41492EB89C7178D9795F88"><enum>(A)</enum><text>cross-laminated timber;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idFBD6A77118CA4F9DB1F2E977F9D5FD79"><enum>(B)</enum><text>nail laminated timber;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id7DD7CE16396A43758E0310E6DCBD70CE"><enum>(C)</enum><text>glue laminated timber;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id5081FC30C1234BC3B7346335C83A3E2B"><enum>(D)</enum><text>laminated strand lumber; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0CBCAD2BD3CA424184447B1A0C5F07B3"><enum>(E)</enum><text>laminated veneer lumber.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idffcb45fab91945bbab7b179004d90ce3"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Secretary</header><text>The term <term>Secretary</term> means the Secretary, acting through the Research and Development deputy area and the State and Private Forestry deputy area of the Forest Service.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idf72d835b9d294fc0b0011f34330153dd"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Tall wood building</header><text>The term <term>tall wood building</term> means a building designed to be—</text><subparagraph id="idC85CAF1CBC44415FB903C179B5656852"><enum>(A)</enum><text>constructed with mass timber; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id1971B80703864FEAB1E5FCC39604876B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>more than 85 feet in height.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="idd0b57611132342638b4f1c0339c8545c"><enum>8642.</enum><header>Clarification of research and development program for wood building construction</header><subsection id="ida3671b41c2d24e7b9b3f20dba0ef9360"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall conduct performance-driven research and development, education, and technical assistance for the purpose of facilitating the use of innovative wood products in wood building construction in the United States.</text></subsection><subsection id="id7caa977c8c444732b8324eb15b2daea7"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Activities</header><text>In carrying out subsection (a), the Secretary shall—</text><paragraph id="id2fc0bf11e99f4060805827611c3f7ffd"><enum>(1)</enum><text>after receipt of input and guidance from, and collaboration with, the wood products industry, conservation organizations, and institutions of higher education, conduct research and development, education, and technical assistance at the Forest Products Laboratory or through the State and Private Forestry deputy area that meets measurable performance goals for the achievement of the priorities described in subsection (c); and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id7c3c83a5ed834f919900fb5fadba14c4"><enum>(2)</enum><text>after coordination and collaboration with the wood products industry and conservation organizations, make competitive grants to institutions of higher education to conduct research and development, education, and technical assistance that meets measurable performance goals for the achievement of the priorities described in subsection (c).</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id171df59eaf774faba87a4ab64ffb213c"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Priorities</header><text>The research and development, education, and technical assistance conducted under subsection (a) shall give priority to—</text><paragraph id="id22bc087a037c4b09a88e93635a5b67e0"><enum>(1)</enum><text>ways to improve the commercialization of innovative wood products;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idb24ec2c47fa04510a3338b3b4cd25fdb"><enum>(2)</enum><text>analyzing the safety of tall wood building materials;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id6307979dac6e4c8ea45117914977fee5"><enum>(3)</enum><text>calculations by the Forest Products Laboratory of the lifecycle environmental footprint, from extraction of raw materials through the manufacturing process, of tall wood building construction;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id6901B5CBB9BD4D8B8230F2F7207275EC"><enum>(4)</enum><text>analyzing methods to reduce the lifecycle environmental footprint of tall wood building construction;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id5BB52E41747F40F79334678435750CE4"><enum>(5)</enum><text>analyzing the potential implications of the use of innovative wood products in building construction on wildlife; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id58eac2a631dc458ab758c355cbde63c4"><enum>(6)</enum><text>1 or more other research areas identified by the Secretary, in consultation with conservation organizations, institutions of higher education, and the wood products industry.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id4ecd4de532534439be4ff3594f4db235"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Timeframe</header><text>To the maximum extent practicable, the measurable performance goals for the research and development, education, and technical assistance conducted under subsection (a) shall be achievable within a 5-year timeframe.</text></subsection></section><section id="ide3520d3b044045c69a6f5e65cb7b9c41"><enum>8643.</enum><header>Wood innovation grant program</header><subsection id="idC468494E53EB40A3874216917B125660"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text><paragraph id="id108BC1FD7A1448CDBBD644BFF577AF84"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Eligible entity</header><text>The term <term>eligible entity</term> means—</text><subparagraph id="idECE4AF219C1E4A7F8952A89124BC0EA5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>an individual;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idDF82342408C7447593CAF28EC9B8BE10"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a public or private entity (including a center of excellence that consists of 1 or more partnerships between forestry, engineering, architecture, or business schools at 1 or more institutions of higher education); or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id8E933917048D4469B284CD9BC2D5FEF3"><enum>(C)</enum><text>a State, local, or Tribal government.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id449B201B13CE4295AC3A7CD662743D24"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Secretary</header><text>The term <term>Secretary</term> means the Secretary, acting through the Chief of the Forest Service.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id807323f7a7ec497680fe9577fe38ce2c"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Grant program</header><paragraph id="id57077A4050934E6C938096AF292CB292"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary, in carrying out the wood innovation grant program of the Secretary described in the notice of the Secretary entitled <quote>Request for Proposals: 2016 Wood Innovations Funding Opportunity</quote> (80 Fed. Reg. 63498 (October 20, 2015)), may make a wood innovation grant to 1 or more eligible entities each year for the purpose of advancing the use of innovative wood products.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idE1026A1F57014A439DF3C7D67428437F"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Proposals</header><text>To be eligible to receive a grant under this subsection, an eligible entity shall submit to the Secretary a proposal at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary may require.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ida3441ed14db44acf9ec06e388e84a76e"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Incentivizing use of existing milling capacity</header><text>In selecting among proposals of eligible entities under subsection (b)(2), the Secretary shall give priority to proposals that include the use or retrofitting (or both) of existing sawmill facilities located in counties in which the average annual unemployment rate exceeded the national average unemployment rate by more than 1 percent in the previous calendar year.</text></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5d9353a8cb954676a157d2dd99eb2784"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Matching requirement</header><text>As a condition of receiving a grant under subsection (b), an eligible entity shall provide funds equal to the amount received by the eligible entity under the grant, to be derived from non-Federal sources.</text></subsection></section></part></subtitle><enum>IX</enum><header>Energy</header><section id="id57766A5477464AACA464AFF5F8241079"><enum>9101.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 9001 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/8101">7 U.S.C. 8101</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="idA77DACCB5D88467E8296E3920721AE07"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (4)(A), by striking <quote>agricultural materials</quote> and inserting <quote>agricultural materials, renewable chemicals,</quote>;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id0102F0FAD0F94571A3187B1AF381F037"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (7)(A), by striking <quote>into biofuels and biobased products</quote> and inserting the following: “or an intermediate ingredient or feedstock of renewable biomass into any 1 or more, or a combination, of—</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id51A3787EB65A433EB687EC6DC5917D4A" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><clause id="id684D1619A97D4C5A89B30E211E637DD6"><enum>(i)</enum><text>biofuels;</text></clause><clause id="id9C51A0FF171F45358E9702121CC8DBFB"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>renewable chemicals; or</text></clause><clause id="id6F554C5ABD2D47A9A1F746B3FE8573D6"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>biobased products</text></clause><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph id="id2E031C72272B40DD9EAEE6394164C1A1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in paragraph (16)—</text><subparagraph id="id5E185289D94645AC9E737762F2AEBD7C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A)—</text><clause id="idDA2DD34314474BDD8B4DFBD798493816"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking <quote>(B)</quote> and inserting <quote>(C)</quote>; and</text></clause><clause id="id68B5555EE7AD4C2E8B3E7EC119A767E4"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>that—</quote> in the matter preceding clause (i) and all that follows through the period at the end of clause (ii) and inserting <quote>that produces usable energy from a renewable energy source.</quote>;</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id5626C38BDF564CD3A6B43DE7343D8F83"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by redesignating subparagraph (B) as subparagraph (C); and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idA3CCBD824815456FB2BFCC0134E8F1DC"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by inserting after subparagraph (A) the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBEA07D567C70455D822FF5D64DE902BE" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subparagraph id="id8799D471D2EE43409C1688D134C09BB7"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Inclusions</header><text>The term <term>renewable energy system</term> includes—</text><clause id="idE181B84C99074E2DA59E4BF6D46CF715"><enum>(i)</enum><text>distribution components necessary to move energy produced by a system described in subparagraph (A) to the initial point of sale; and</text></clause><clause id="idA1CDE4D390834C9190F4CEB756DDA024"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>other components and ancillary infrastructure of a system described in subparagraph (A), such as a storage system.</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="P8BBDF5324EEC4661D3D509ADB3CA9C3" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>9102.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Biobased markets program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 9002 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/8102">7 U.S.C. 8102</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id51331799313F4B4C81D5F89AAD50F1EA"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (a)(2)(A)(i)(III), by inserting <quote>, acting through the rural development mission area (referred to in this section as the <term>Secretary</term>)</quote> before the period at the end;</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id51271C051DB44C48B7C00839CA6D2A6E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b)(2)(A), by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id59AE3C281B7047569E7A1B788EABE0E4" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD704BD498F584261B9BFE1741870A1BF"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Renewable chemicals</header><text>Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this clause, the Secretary shall update the criteria issued under clause (i) to provide criteria for determining which renewable chemicals may qualify to receive the label under paragraph (1).</text></clause><after-quoted-block>; </after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph id="id3753feb441f64ef28be02d982ab676e1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (f), by striking the subsection designation and all that follows through <quote>The Secretary</quote> and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9502D6A280A146EB82C48177786E6770" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subsection id="idFB25D34CC42F4B2092E3821289517675"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Manufacturers of Renewable Chemicals and Biobased Products</header><paragraph id="idabf3425bebd44aad8b3f5ce8404bed7d"><enum>(1)</enum><header>NAICS codes</header><text>The Secretary and the Secretary of Commerce shall jointly develop North American Industry Classification System codes for—</text><subparagraph id="iddd5c84ad4616447db9cdef73402f84b5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>renewable chemicals manufacturers; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id0f54772db8dc49bb8f8c50880aa74164"><enum>(B)</enum><text>biobased products manufacturers.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idad67c9b84dbc4616b4b2344af325e8c6"><enum>(2)</enum><header>National testing center registry</header><text>The Secretary</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id775D45D4612742F2BA0379469A12EE4D"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by redesignating subsections (h) through (j) as subsections (k) through (m), respectively;</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id970B1ED482754B7BAEFFFAF56E1C184B"><enum>(5)</enum><text>by inserting after subsection (g) the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id782824F61B0C4D02BCB9ED860266E785" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8436C20637A14DCB92C56066727DE27C"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Education and outreach</header><text>The Secretary, in consultation with the Administrator, shall provide to appropriate stakeholders education and outreach relating to—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFE3C8AE917D84BA2ADEA592A4BF28211"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the Federal procurement of biobased products under subsection (a); and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE649904894A543DC8F2721354F8AEB1D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the voluntary labeling program under subsection (b).</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id479cb074250d43f0a33fb01feacda28e"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Streamlining</header><paragraph id="idcef7113185994812867799020528ef8d"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this subsection, the Secretary shall establish guidelines for an integrated process under which biobased products may be, in 1 expedited approval process—</text><subparagraph id="id0EA249526BB04522B93ADFED7E197023"><enum>(A)</enum><text>determined to be eligible for a Federal procurement preference under subsection (a); and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idCDF763353B4B405A89B0F8FDE09C81AD"><enum>(B)</enum><text>approved to use the <quote>USDA Certified Biobased Product</quote> label under subsection (b).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idd7b70228db0d47b79c07a6bc7e3bb3b9"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Initiation</header><text>The Secretary shall ensure that a review of a biobased product under the integrated qualification process established pursuant to paragraph (1) may be initiated on receipt of a recommendation or petition from a manufacturer, vendor, or other interested party.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idf3d1cc5eaed148818e98d888335d0ee7"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Product designations</header><text>The Secretary may issue a product designation pursuant to subsection (a)(3)(B), or approve the use of the <quote>USDA Certified Biobased Product</quote> label under subsection (b), through streamlined procedures, which shall not be subject to <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/5/7">chapter 7</external-xref> of title 5, United States Code.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id3754846055F042599BEACE4CF05D64C9"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Requirement of procuring agencies</header><text>A procuring agency (as defined in subsection (a)(1)) shall not establish regulations, guidance, or criteria regarding the procurement of biobased products, pursuant to this section or any other law, that impose limitations on that procurement that are more restrictive than the limitations established by the Secretary under the regulations to implement this section.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph id="id91C75D0D473B41B598F208E0C0ED85E2"><enum>(6)</enum><text>in subsection (l) (as so redesignated)—</text><subparagraph id="idAA85F06201E446409664EDC018D27DCF"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id718B66A030E54726AAEE214E1CCC7341"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by striking <quote>$2,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2018</quote> and inserting <quote>$3,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 through 2023</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7B3EF4D094EF420386EACAC3299D74E4"><enum>9103.</enum><header>Biorefinery assistance</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 9003 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/8103">7 U.S.C. 8103</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC1E9078FE6FE49A5AF172F12751BB804"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (b)(3)—</text><subparagraph id="id9242D9568C1A4584A7F54405588378CF"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>produces an advanced biofuel; and</quote> and inserting the following: “produces any 1 or more, or a combination, of—</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id71E286200CAD471CA4B776078F371ED5" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><clause id="id4377752891544926A0DD90319B90F36D"><enum>(i)</enum><text>an advanced biofuel;</text></clause><clause id="idFAE113203A464208A59D90C472D93C85"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a renewable chemical; or</text></clause><clause id="idE46D4DE194204BC78114813E38BAAC9A"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>a biobased product; and</text></clause><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idBD4364D736AC4B058DE39C5326666D70"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B), by striking <quote>produces an advanced biofuel.</quote> and inserting the following: “produces any 1 or more, or a combination, of—</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4647AD29282343EF8E5081529202EC1D" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><clause id="id06F7ED7D5B984BEB98DBF96D35F3ABFB"><enum>(i)</enum><text>an advanced biofuel;</text></clause><clause id="idBC4B3D7AB2944290BE307A0E0F446FDC"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a renewable chemical; or</text></clause><clause id="idD20A54D0E4A147948A0F18341A99B469"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>a biobased product.</text></clause><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id139F4FE6D9CC454AA0F59974BF467687"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (g)—</text><subparagraph id="idD62B820CC74548E1BE6A16CC9A9E9A80"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)(A)—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id46BBB4DCCDA14114BEF4EE5D4907D29C"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in clause (i), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1ECB2CC58D4C4FB49C92E2BCB03073EE"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in clause (ii), by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id257DC23BC244498BA80910725540EE62"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE828D22D32C2455391FF15164B32DA93" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE2119AC6D1F7415086B644C29E14B624"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>$100,000,000 for fiscal year 2019; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id73BD172474014404BB1836DA5B5D9302"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>$50,000,000 for fiscal year 2020.</text></clause><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0B7EF4C93EF04EA3834AA4E70F5840A7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="P66CF035D43BC3BEAD31283B8F18D00A" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>9104.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Repowering assistance program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 9004 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/8104">7 U.S.C. 8104</external-xref>) is repealed.</text></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id79947B4261ED4402A28C4EB5283E8ACA" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>9105.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Bioenergy program for advanced biofuel</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 9005(g) of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/8105">7 U.S.C. 8105(g)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA489BB7A19E94144BAF550A3055A0978"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9A3EF6CB658340ACB966144D39FF515B"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (D), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB8C6A5FF457C429794A3AA749D256FE8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph (E), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id63EACBC6449940F6A1947F66D8E23879"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBE9EA92140FC4AD681D8089A3DF474BB" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id14FEE7301DE841019090EC61D9A66C91"><enum>(F)</enum><text>$15,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 through 2023.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8DF7A2FA5597497B891D33068AE4B5AE"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by striking <quote>$20,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2018</quote> and inserting <quote>$15,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 through 2023</quote>.</text></paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="P1D4927CB45421410DC9BE09BEDE21EC" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>9106.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Biodiesel fuel education program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 9006(d)(2) 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(d)(2)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="P31AF425F48B0A9772EF788A730A53DB" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>9107.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Rural Energy for America Program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 9007 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/8107">7 U.S.C. 8107</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA3D4EAA5889B495DBA5D576717DEEC35"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (c)(1)—</text><subparagraph id="id4767E4CCE4FC496C9E0086ECADA4645F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id39A599C66A534AC4A3FFDA9F1BC19450"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id1B37F08AFE364D6CA1D9D99483E0B674"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id42017A1AF996466DBAFC611E4D568168" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCC93AFB41A15416BB570BBC3D67CF6E2"><enum>(C)</enum><text>to purchase and install efficient energy equipment or systems.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAC7016DB92DC4981B52C491B78819837"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (e), by striking <quote>(g)</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>(f)</quote>;</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id00903D6D563D46F5803BD5FA373331BE"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by striking subsection (f);</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEBD01856FC8C49BDA88AF77C2569E085"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by redesignating subsection (g) as subsection (f); and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id26DAA1A44F93491A979A87EB1784BADC"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (f) (as so redesignated), in paragraph (3), by striking <quote>$20,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2018</quote> and inserting <quote>$50,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 through 2023</quote>.</text></paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB838947906D8407FAAED693953B51F02"><enum>9108.</enum><header>Rural energy self-sufficiency initiative</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 9009 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/8109">7 U.S.C. 8109</external-xref>) is repealed.</text></section><section id="id58194d09d4074f95b27052f37d5beca9"><enum>9109.</enum><header>Feedstock flexibility program for bioenergy producers</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 9010(b) of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/8110">7 U.S.C. 8110(b)</external-xref>) is amended, in paragraphs (1)(A) and (2)(A), by striking <quote>2018</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4F934D5C28404F7AB6031C9E389D906F" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>9110.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Biomass Crop Assistance Program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 9011 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/8111">7 U.S.C. 8111</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD921410239C7467D8753D93641E1AB27"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)(6)—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5ADAC2BF281142C1869F5A7BCA60B7D6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B)—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA52FFD6AC0FC42A8B24FCEC35AA079C0"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in clause (ii)(II), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB23C5644D01D4A5AA9F04A952083219E"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in clause (iii), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF38758D0056440E88DD02DF1AFF33D8D"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDFA7DA9577444F909E544A656683BC71" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC84A0AA6DA1F49A69DC803B0768464CD"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>algae.</text></clause><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDCFA9127C51444FDBEB46D7AE78331B3"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph (C)—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id80F515674AEE4E09883EBB64DF41FFE6"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking clause (iv); and</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4477AA743AD94ACAB7374F4A4ED17171"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by redesignating clauses (v) through (vii) as clauses (iv) through (vi), respectively;</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDA354584FE434E89BFDBD72256D5C144"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b)(2), by inserting <quote>(including eligible material harvested for the purpose of hazardous woody fuel reduction)</quote> after <quote>material</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFB894F98EAEA4D948001DA74AD304EC3"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (f)—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEF963169708044ABA4C4328C6380CB5C"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (1)—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9DAE09775478441BB58801C30EB0BF9A"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>Of the funds</quote> and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF08F9A9C256346C3ABC08226053AF0DB" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8E15B83BF70C47A0ACC5E5A556E54F49"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Mandatory funding</header><text>Of the funds</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; </after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB385D6461B1F4597B79DC6673333B4E1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A) (as so designated), by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id23BC110F4E2F4DF08C6EBFF95A3E2C22"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id850EFCEF2FAF4874B16F7767BC2A8583" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB89D30D1597340B28FF69960717947E4"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $20,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 through 2023.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA94F450FDBE048F7986C9C65FC2967ED"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (3)—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB23D8C7E535744819DFE58253B312090"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking the paragraph designation and heading and all that follows through <quote>Effective</quote> in subparagraph (A) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3B64784C1A934C698C216B7206A72E60" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id990F8AABBCDC4E2693089091DA06F6FC"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Technical assistance</header><text>Effective</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE087BA3FBF974EE2BB0DA84CFFF50B45"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking subparagraph (B).</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="idDC93F41468E54402918738AA3247D9B7"><enum>9111.</enum><header>Biogas research and adoption of biogas systems</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Title IX of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 is amended by inserting after section 9011 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/8111">7 U.S.C. 8111</external-xref>) the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id35BB6E2D25A3471285679134582D4238" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><section id="id7ecbea26a64f4e7bac79e369fea37553"><enum>9012.</enum><header>Biogas research and adoption of biogas systems</header><subsection id="ide9cc81943f394455b8bf7d4da2dd8d7b"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text><paragraph commented="no" id="idfda673c92cf44938adf3ee26e9f8b451"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Anaerobic digestion</header><text>The term <term>anaerobic digestion</term> means a biological process or series of biological processes—</text><subparagraph commented="no" id="idd60d4982086242918f095a40d534dc14"><enum>(A)</enum><text>through which microorganisms break down biodegradable material in the absence of oxygen; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id24de81ce71464afb87baed2727e51e9c"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the end products of which are biogas and digested materials.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id4ccfdc75a9514d039e6ee31a5ea96afc"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Biogas</header><text>The term <term>biogas</term> means a mixture of primarily methane and carbon dioxide produced by the bacterial decomposition of organic materials in the absence of oxygen.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id8ac9e04baf5648fd87da6db0d17f9922"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Biogas processing</header><text>The term <term>biogas processing</term> means the process by which water, carbon dioxide, and other trace compounds are removed from biogas, as determined by the end user.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="idafe48e5a50dc41d6b1401fedc419ccd2"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Biogas system</header><text>The term <term>biogas system</term> means a system—</text><subparagraph commented="no" id="idBC3327B247C944C090E9F2BAA1FE280A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>with the potential to capture and use biogas, including biogas from organic waste, including animal manure, food waste, waste from landfills, and wastewater; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id9e2f722f38a645cb85254d0d23e5ba67"><enum>(B)</enum><text>that includes—</text><clause id="id944c91631cb34690814cb548f3757073"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the infrastructure necessary to manage the organic waste referred to in subparagraph (A);</text></clause><clause id="id0604942bac8f4356b17f01c090d23e93"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the equipment necessary to generate—</text><subclause id="id4B7B0B25940541BAB6AEB81AE1D222BB"><enum>(I)</enum><text>electricity, heat, or fuel; and</text></subclause><subclause id="id90C146787EA240E981E092EEF848B29A"><enum>(II)</enum><text>biogas system co-products; and</text></subclause></clause><clause id="ida0cb53c43f5b4fdc84dc4d169bb4dde8"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the equipment necessary for biogas processing.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id47939912780448378B46766749EE1808"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Biogas system co-product</header><text>The term <quote>biogas system co-product</quote> means a nonenergy biogas system product produced from digested material, including soil amendments, fertilizers, compost, animal bedding, and feedstock for plastics and chemicals.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id3ebffed9e963437793733d97b497cbc2"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Digested material</header><text>The term <term>digested material</term> means solid or liquid digested material—</text><subparagraph id="idA8E16101B4714FFF8F461EBC7BD82216"><enum>(A)</enum><text>produced by digesters; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id00DA3E5708B44D9FAD988CE428B08FE4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>that contains nutrients and organic carbon.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id6677253c623748b88de0d6626117c0fb"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Interagency Biogas Opportunities Task Force</header><paragraph id="idd4869d4c82ae40ad840b015ed25e14d8"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of the <short-title>Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018</short-title>, the Secretary, acting jointly with the Secretary of Energy and the Administrator, shall establish an Interagency Biogas Opportunities Task Force (referred to in this subsection as the <quote>Task Force</quote>) that shall coordinate policies, programs, and research to accelerate—</text><subparagraph id="id84c4823239764e69aa56c748aebc4f8e"><enum>(A)</enum><text>biogas research; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idc40f4a49e728465090dc96e33fa3a1f3"><enum>(B)</enum><text>investment in cost-effective biogas systems.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idFAA52306637E49E89A4F9E1A1C0FCE70"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Membership</header><text>The Task Force shall be composed of—</text><subparagraph id="idEE558427E44C4DC8991A95E77CF2C80F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the head of each Federal office responsible for biogas research or biogas system financing (or a designee), including a representative from the Department of Agriculture, the Department of Energy, and the Environmental Protection Agency;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id2C8C508BFB974164B84B5B5581FB5345"><enum>(B)</enum><text>1 or more representatives of State or local governments, as determined by the Secretary, the Secretary of Energy, and the Administrator;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id58C1CAB98258405F8392D0E06AC8D16A"><enum>(C)</enum><text>1 or more nongovernmental or industry stakeholders, including 1 or more stakeholders from relevant industries, as determined by the Secretary, the Secretary of Energy, and the Administrator; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idDD68DD8F35FD41EFBC72547D1B393C94"><enum>(D)</enum><text>1 or more community stakeholders.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id10d9855f9ee74eb98612502b624141a1"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Duties of the Task Force</header><text>In carrying out paragraph (1), the Task Force shall—</text><subparagraph id="id89369524fdf24e7a92a87a5796bc81fe"><enum>(A)</enum><text>evaluate and improve the coordination of loan and grant programs of the Federal agencies represented on the Task Force—</text><clause id="idDB9593C0ED2F41F09158A52D4FF88025"><enum>(i)</enum><text>to broaden the financing options available for biogas systems; and</text></clause><clause id="id6E53A36C14F74974B0F9BF846436734E"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>to enhance opportunities for private financing of biogas systems;</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idfdd1f09cc5f54196aa289f635abe8f56"><enum>(B)</enum><text>review Federal procurement guidelines to ensure that products of biogas systems are eligible for and promoted by applicable procurement programs of the Federal Government;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idf8c6b03b2aae4c4e986655fa4f573510"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in coordination with the Secretary of Commerce, evaluate the development of North American Industry Classification System and North American Product Classification System codes for biogas and biogas system products;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idc254cbe2efbd4c7cb6bd9c54be1e72bc"><enum>(D)</enum><text>review opportunities and develop strategies to overcome barriers to integrating biogas into electricity and renewable natural gas markets;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idc8c647d6251a4544a2c38722f19359b4"><enum>(E)</enum><text>develop tools to broaden the market for nonenergy biogas system products, including by developing best management practices for—</text><clause id="idCFB34042DF0948BE92188769EFE6A8FD"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the use and land application of digestate to maximize recovery of waste resources and minimize environmental and public health risks; and</text></clause><clause id="id4E9E25C09A1646DDB035CAE111DA6B13"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the use of carbon dioxide from biogas processing;</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idD3A48A7F5A1647948DA9DFBF345BCCE5"><enum>(F)</enum><text>provide information on the ability of biogas system products to participate in markets that provide environmental benefits;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id4deeaee0393545e0bc5df178c1d93592"><enum>(G)</enum><text>identify and investigate research gaps in biogas and anaerobic digestion technology, including research gaps in environmental benefits, market assessment, and performance standards;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id2B8ADF331AB446BAB71AC0330AD29871"><enum>(H)</enum><text>assess the most cost-effective voluntary investments in biogas to reduce waste and methane emissions; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id6eb07169b3ac41e4b8f5986282830757"><enum>(I)</enum><text>identify and advance additional priorities, as determined by the Task Force.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id4068cb584f90406d8f13c67ba509909c"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than 18 months after the date of the establishment of the Task Force, the Task Force shall submit to Congress a report that—</text><subparagraph id="ide2007287b9fc458d9300365f7974462f"><enum>(A)</enum><text>describes the steps taken by the Task Force to carry out the duties of the Task Force under paragraph (3); and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id7acf3d8411954c5d9f55b50b5ddec674"><enum>(B)</enum><text>identifies and prioritizes policies and technology opportunities—</text><clause id="id97B56D585B8D4E6BB410096855B77C52"><enum>(i)</enum><text>to expand the biogas industry;</text></clause><clause id="id7803F669B9FE400195A0935F2333B602"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>to eliminate barriers to investment in biogas systems in the landfill, livestock, wastewater, and other relevant sectors; and</text></clause><clause id="id6E5D4AFCB9D9449AA71F06AFBF74EE02"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>to enhance opportunities for private and public sector partnerships to finance biogas systems.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="iddff72922984b49809290e8bed2b62c4d"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Advancement of biogas research</header><paragraph id="id0B716DA426E34633ACECC0F2FA9CFF2C"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Study on biogas</header><subparagraph id="id19c186042fa546c1be2600c0e497334d"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary, in coordination with the Secretary of Energy and the Administrator, shall enter into an agreement with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory to conduct a study relating to biogas.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idEF7D0D71213740D8A2DE71A89D114F02"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Study</header><text>Under the agreement described in subparagraph (A), the study conducted by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory shall include an analysis of—</text><clause id="ide259fa4234bc4c34879d7f0461b2008f"><enum>(i)</enum><text>barriers to injecting biogas into existing natural gas pipelines;</text></clause><clause id="idb133b6fe95f74128b9e7340dbf46d5e7"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>methods for optimizing biogas systems, including methods to obtain the highest energy output from biogas, including through the use of co-digestion;</text></clause><clause id="idda0583b20c49453f9ddb3d748f9e5d7b"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>opportunities for, and barriers to, the productive use of biogas system co-products, carbon dioxide from biogas processing, and recovered nutrients;</text></clause><clause id="id8BDD1060806544B3B78892C1F1DD4EF8"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>the optimal configuration of local, State, or regional infrastructure for the production of electricity, heat, or fuel from biogas, including infrastructure for the aggregation, cleaning, and pipeline injection of biogas; and</text></clause><clause id="idAA594357286641509FF59C1EEE350F02"><enum>(v)</enum><text>any other subject relating to biogas, as determined by the Interagency Biogas Opportunities Task Force established under subsection (b)(1).</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id544000174b824e22834680150e475c4a"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of the <short-title>Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018</short-title>, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report on the study conducted under this paragraph.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="idD2525EB0AE7943F08BF4F6C627E9B8D1"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Collection of data for biogas markets</header><text>The Secretary, in coordination with the Secretary of Energy and the Administrator, shall identify, collect, and analyze environmental, technical, and economic performance data relating to biogas systems, including the production of energy of biogas systems, co-products, greenhouse gas and other emissions, water quality benefits, and other data necessary to develop markets for biogas and biogas system co-products.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="P75A4D4B84FD3AC643E6779ADA2FC5DC" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>9112.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Community Wood Energy Program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 9013(e) of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/8113">7 U.S.C. 8113(e)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text></section><section id="idFE27165397AB40D599D6FBEFA6D96878"><enum>9113.</enum><header>Carbon utilization education program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Title IX of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/8101">7 U.S.C. 8101</external-xref> et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC2DD4D0B10504369A5AB462A9A549A79" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><section id="id95292A9D09BB462F85C052C0E3B689AB"><enum>9014.</enum><header>Carbon utilization education program</header><subsection id="id51caac920f664f6cb22325833c72abb4"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text><paragraph id="idA68A56429FEB4D159E245FA889332DC6"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Carbon dioxide</header><text>The term <quote>carbon dioxide</quote> means carbon dioxide that is produced as a byproduct of the production of a biobased product.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id53D8B61AB0D7485C9F8FD80456305713"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Eligible entity</header><text>The term <quote>eligible entity</quote> means an entity that—</text><subparagraph id="idf37470fcb0dd48c28f0fd5bf13756e5d"><enum>(A)</enum><text>is—</text><clause id="id65F3024C3B5F48C89D1FB262F484FEE1"><enum>(i)</enum><text>an organization described in <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/501">section 501(c)(3)</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and exempt from taxation under 501(a) of that Code; or</text></clause><clause id="id633D1AAE55C94424B582EDC57A6F5295"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>an institution of higher education (as defined in section 101(a) of the <act-name parsable-cite="HEA65">Higher Education Act of 1965</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1001">20 U.S.C. 1001(a)</external-xref>));</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idf9ec8928000b4379bf5e8a991ec2eda3"><enum>(B)</enum><text>has demonstrated knowledge about—</text><clause id="id3276EFD554AB4E3B859239320337AE73"><enum>(i)</enum><text>sequestration and utilization of carbon dioxide; or</text></clause><clause id="id6437de68e0904642b4857383dc6cba94"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>aggregation of organic waste from multiple sources into a single biogas system; and</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id7021f2343ac94bc094ecd7e0d9c9a763"><enum>(C)</enum><text>has a demonstrated ability to conduct educational and technical support programs.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id9BF0865635D440B7A4ADC0857FED7562"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>The Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of Energy, shall make competitive grants to eligible entities—</text><paragraph id="idD30BB6F9A3474B498FC4CB278E071B37"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to provide education to the public about the economic and emissions benefits of permanent sequestration or utilization of carbon dioxide; or</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idc0959a4c289349dd8d85183b22bdb0a9"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to provide education to biogas producers about opportunities for aggregation of organic waste from multiple sources into a single biogas system.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ide9bee56cf39d4d88b55f96c3a30fbcc9"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Funding</header><paragraph id="id9f5a72d18c5142379cafc9ec437dd8fc"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Mandatory funding</header><text>Of the funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation, the Secretary shall use for each of fiscal years 2019 through 2023—</text><subparagraph id="id44145395d0534839a0b77b1609c7fb38"><enum>(A)</enum><text>$1,000,000 to carry out subsection (b)(1); and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id8f419d04760f4eabab2eb2d3cdc24ffe"><enum>(B)</enum><text>$1,000,000 to carry out subsection (b)(2).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide6131d0ab32f4d5fba07ded6bb5a3b69"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Discretionary funding</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated for each of fiscal years 2019 through 2023—</text><subparagraph id="idea61cdffc44f479c90a22ee2e1700467"><enum>(A)</enum><text>$1,000,000 to carry out subsection (b)(1); and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idcaccb57bd87c41d1bbb93fd1f1af1524"><enum>(B)</enum><text>$1,000,000 to carry out subsection (b)(2).</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section><enum>X</enum><header>Horticulture</header><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="P09E2E69D4797DB641A8C6C98E8C0093" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>10101.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Specialty crops market news allocation</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 10107(b) of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1622b">7 U.S.C. 1622b(b)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text></section><section commented="no" id="id1EDD7DE1DF40430FB32739DA26014229"><enum>10102.</enum><header>Local Agriculture Market Program</header><subsection commented="no" id="id3770A24A88F240B7BCD920DF8CCA8F3F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Purpose</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The purpose of this section is to combine the purposes and coordinate the functions, as in effect on the day before the date of enactment of this Act, of—</text><paragraph commented="no" id="id3618E43A697944D28AEBDFF637C89188"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the Farmers' Market and Local Food Promotion Program established under 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>); and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id8FBFD46BB7234D2ABF61ECD4BC212838"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the value-added agricultural product market development grants under section 231(b) of the Agricultural Risk Protection Act of 2000 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1632a">7 U.S.C. 1632a(b)</external-xref>).</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="id1191A80C26704DAEB030877F8858A635"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Local Agriculture Market Program</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subtitle A of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1621">7 U.S.C. 1621</external-xref> et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE49AE44F63474CAF9E056E8DB56650FF" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><section commented="no" id="idBEDEAFE881BF48418156C4A29633E96D"><enum>210A.</enum><header>Local Agriculture Market Program</header><subsection commented="no" id="id346111459FA840A0B4670817D0807309"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text><paragraph commented="no" id="id886706BF90E848359319D79ED20B1E31"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Beginning farmer or rancher</header><text>The term <term>beginning farmer or rancher</term> has the meaning given the term in section 343(a) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1991">7 U.S.C. 1991(a)</external-xref>).</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id8A49E99DAC664B1AA00CB6418A0BE5FA"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Direct producer-to-consumer marketing</header><text>The term <term>direct producer-to-consumer marketing</term> has the meaning given the term <term>direct marketing from farmers to consumers</term> in section 3 of the Farmer-to-Consumer Direct Marketing Act of 1976 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/3002">7 U.S.C. 3002</external-xref>).</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="idBE08BD9A8AF04540A7FCC04FDAE77895"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Eligible activity</header><text>The term <term>eligible activity</term> means an activity described in subsection (d)(2) that is carried out using a grant provided under subsection (d)(1).</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id84CB360F842545B497B113F8EDDA1E8A"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Eligible entity</header><text>The term <term>eligible entity</term> means—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID978CA8C64C87465B99B810761455AEF4"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a producer;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id40E72E4FE3C6475EBE03953062D314F2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a producer network or association;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9DF2A9AEA6BF430EBAF0C4C4AF24AC3B"><enum>(C)</enum><text>a farmer or rancher cooperative;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBA4C4D17745B44FABDFAF3609077A764"><enum>(D)</enum><text>an agricultural business entity or majority-controlled producer-based business venture;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="ID72D5D7BEDC174AED84B618404A5385E2"><enum>(E)</enum><text>a food council;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id8800bf56b7424fcc977a645844f6f2fa"><enum>(F)</enum><text>a local or Tribal government;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="ID45762D98B5424946A360CBFD2FABD306"><enum>(G)</enum><text>a nonprofit corporation;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="IDE9EB832AC16541ADABC8E1851F6CC10D"><enum>(H)</enum><text>an economic development corporation;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id67737C2D03E448779D58D4D8B310728D"><enum>(I)</enum><text>a public benefit corporation;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id40C743BE8CE64680BCBCF03024C76F5C"><enum>(J)</enum><text>a community supported agriculture network or association; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="ID3A979A8D114146CAAB77C67A7840C57B"><enum>(K)</enum><text>a regional farmers' market authority.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id2FD3D3DEE75D49D298B926E1B501834A"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Eligible partner</header><text>The term <term>eligible partner</term> means—</text><subparagraph commented="no" id="id6db4c497dff14b0990fd3e308e6ece3b"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a State agency or regional authority;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="idcf5a3d5281704c0bb06e032fd980639b"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a philanthropic organization;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id59d9797736094e29922cca0418c0a31f"><enum>(C)</enum><text>a private corporation;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id25E6508462FE4C74A4C0623FB3BE1379"><enum>(D)</enum><text>an institution of higher education;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="idebb5323f08a94b768dd352007e40c3b9"><enum>(E)</enum><text>a commercial, Federal, or Farm Credit System lending institution; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id59dbbdaf59ff40939c0b409de4bfde41"><enum>(F)</enum><text>another entity, as determined by the Secretary.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id0DFB17F917CA4653997BBD68682D4A25"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Family farm</header><text>The term <term>family farm</term> has the meaning given the term in section 231(a) of the Agricultural Risk Protection Act of 2000 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1632a">7 U.S.C. 1632a(a)</external-xref>).</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id7013402bb7504c8880aebaa4955ecd1a"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Food council</header><text>The term <term>food council</term> means a food policy council or food and farm system network, as determined by the Secretary, that—</text><subparagraph commented="no" id="idEFAC642911A54437B5804F5F63241084"><enum>(A)</enum><text>represents—</text><clause commented="no" id="id183956176DF049A5BE55AD8C5A05A9F4"><enum>(i)</enum><text>multiple organizations involved in the production, processing, and consumption of food; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="id298FBAF815F94F19A04D9B314D715AE5"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>local, Tribal, and State governments; and</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id78E4E32069064AA4B7A16BAE6B768FB3"><enum>(B)</enum><text>addresses food and farm-related issues and needs within city, county, State, Tribal region, multicounty region, or other region designated by the food council or food system network.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id087b5a98105e4d2c95ed7c7c19064cf1"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Majority-controlled producer-based business venture</header><subparagraph commented="no" id="id6550C73AD8424F028CC4CD483D72E802"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The term <term>majority-controlled producer-based business venture</term> means a venture greater than 50 percent of the ownership and control of which is held by—</text><clause commented="no" id="id64DDEC8D5D88434A9CFF43A0BF8355F0"><enum>(i)</enum><text>1 or more producers; or</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="id97D4F0697EE942B9B9D96A2E9B1D775D"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>1 or more entities, 100 percent of the ownership and control of which is held by 1 or more producers.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id81AB10D13ADF444A9112BF729310CA9A"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Entity described</header><text>For purposes of subparagraph (A), the term <term>entity</term> means—</text><clause commented="no" id="idCB8FA9A18BDE40D3956528C27072AF14"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a partnership;</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="id944535416B9B4EA5A34B32AD133D7D8B"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a limited liability corporation;</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="idE3739868057C44728D6C3475B40747DF"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>a limited liability partnership; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="id7DFD0A399B774A31B833FCFBEEBA5704"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>a corporation.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID4B74F1F9DC614C7282CCFC9D8498FA4F"><enum>(9)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Mid-tier value chain</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>mid-tier value chain</term> means a local or regional supply network that links independent producers with businesses and cooperatives that market value-added agricultural products in a manner that—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDAFD5131BC8E24000A0B4A2FF78AF8C2F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>targets and strengthens the profitability and competitiveness of small and medium-sized farms and ranches that are structured as a family farm; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDFEA2DC9EAE3046F4AC4BD87378899063"><enum>(B)</enum><text>obtains agreement from an eligible agricultural producer group, farmer or rancher cooperative, or majority-controlled producer-based business venture that is engaged in the value chain on a marketing strategy.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="idF4E05C8CB8EB486DBBF99907674DB2F0"><enum>(10)</enum><header>Partnership</header><text>The term <term>partnership</term> means a partnership entered into under an agreement between—</text><subparagraph commented="no" id="id970AEDA012E84E2A96F5BEB171DD8A0C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>1 or more eligible partners; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id1FD8848FDE5345E295EB2E469DE29924"><enum>(B)</enum><text>1 or more eligible entities.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id881385F82CD44854A654BBA8E58268FD"><enum>(11)</enum><header>Program</header><text>The term <term>Program</term> means the Local Agriculture Market Program established under subsection (b).</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id5e13350137c84d24bc9484fd4bb60597"><enum>(12)</enum><header>Regional food chain coordination</header><text>The term <term>regional food chain coordination</term> means coordination and collaboration along the supply chain to increase connections between producers and markets.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id77E959B5950E4A4AAD0F63BC728F9F78"><enum>(13)</enum><header>Secretary</header><text>The term <term>Secretary</term> means the Secretary of Agriculture.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id44CCB0E453974149A97FDDEEB50E145E"><enum>(14)</enum><header>Socially disadvantaged farmer or rancher</header><text>The term <term>socially disadvantaged farmer or rancher</term> has the meaning given the term in section 355(e) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2003">7 U.S.C. 2003(e)</external-xref>).</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID8E7D620F77274E69958541C996F7A29C"><enum>(15)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Value-added agricultural product</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>value-added agricultural product</term> means any agricultural commodity or product that—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID689BB6581EBB4ADF97B86CB8F3A23FB9"><enum>(A)</enum><clause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="IDBA2EB18CCDD649CA8779B28D0FE07C7D"><enum>(i)</enum><text>has undergone a change in physical state;</text></clause><clause changed="added" commented="no" id="ID7E8A64A738F4480987306CB2CDFA79CE" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>was produced in a manner that enhances the value of the agricultural commodity or product, as demonstrated through a business plan that shows the enhanced value, as determined by the Secretary;</text></clause><clause changed="added" commented="no" id="ID822B02F83AAC4E979739AA3BBB41D003" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>is physically segregated in a manner that results in the enhancement of the value of the agricultural commodity or product;</text></clause><clause changed="added" commented="no" id="IDF33E4D092E434907BA919E9129E3F66F" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>is a source of farm- or ranch-based renewable energy, including E–85 fuel; or</text></clause><clause changed="added" commented="no" id="ID86EA82DD977946FA9790F0C1F4064435" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(v)</enum><text>is aggregated and marketed as a locally produced agricultural food product; and</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID8BDC4B2CEFC14B8CA974677F9C328F21"><enum>(B)</enum><text>as a result of the change in physical state or the manner in which the agricultural commodity or product was produced, marketed, or segregated—</text><clause commented="no" id="ID1DD256C89FBA4A4E94D41E2FF36A7F9A"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the customer base for the agricultural commodity or product is expanded; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="ID130B754191D54555A78883CEA90DEC8B"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a greater portion of the revenue derived from the marketing, processing, or physical segregation of the agricultural commodity or product is available to the producer of the commodity or product.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id87AA531F4D2E46E49F5EAE7A8BD8E78F"><enum>(16)</enum><header>Veteran farmer or rancher</header><text>The term <term>veteran farmer or rancher</term> has the meaning given the term in section 2501(a) of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2279">7 U.S.C. 2279(a)</external-xref>).</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="idDA18EDA12B2B493DA40FD75FEE5A4F32"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Establishment and purpose</header><text>The Secretary shall establish a program, to be known as the <term>Local Agriculture Market Program</term>, that—</text><paragraph commented="no" id="idDD19601D4E404912A0493519AECD4CFE"><enum>(1)</enum><text>supports the development, coordination, and expansion of—</text><subparagraph commented="no" id="id760C7C9A69EE467690DF7CEFBE78D920"><enum>(A)</enum><text>direct producer-to-consumer marketing;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id80498CDAE72C412FBF06535A947FA23E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>local and regional food markets and enterprises; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="idD041510EAD454CC68D9C934565EEBAF9"><enum>(C)</enum><text>value-added agricultural products;</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id421b89be08364d8394003ed4c585f911"><enum>(2)</enum><text>connects and cultivates regional food economies through public-private partnerships;</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="idEE51D860BF3E4D8CAA2066109B4AB364"><enum>(3)</enum><text>supports the development of business plans, feasibility studies, and strategies for local and regional marketing opportunities;</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="idac2a78faa1ea4325920a21cb5adc9e1e"><enum>(4)</enum><text>strengthens capacity and regional food system development through community collaboration and expansion of mid-tier value chains;</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id4214ae46e3ac4909957d45d447d54524"><enum>(5)</enum><text>improves income and economic opportunities for producers and food businesses through job creation and improved regional food system infrastructure; and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id561402771FD543E4BC7A60BE0DB7FA90"><enum>(6)</enum><text>simplifies the application processes and the reporting processes for the Program.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="id19BF4D4C99364702BFF7650CB6AEA221"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Regional partnerships</header><paragraph commented="no" id="id4D342124E9E4445E877A2D3B4B602B87"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Grants to support partnerships</header><subparagraph commented="no" id="id4F9FDFB1B3F3484A8FF6306523C8C650"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary, acting through the Administrator of the Agricultural Marketing Service, in accordance with the purposes of the Program described in subsection (b), shall provide grants to support partnerships to plan and develop a local or regional food system.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="idf40e8fec488945b09143f68645f58997"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Geographical diversity</header><text>To the maximum extent practicable, the Secretary shall ensure geographical diversity in selecting partnerships to receive grants under subparagraph (A).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="idb018e79290ad40e2bac26aa99ab96bee"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Authorities of partnerships</header><text>A partnership receiving a grant under paragraph (1) may—</text><subparagraph commented="no" id="id5e3f84f786d9403d8d7b9ecf95a2c08e"><enum>(A)</enum><text>determine the scope of the regional food system to be developed, including goals, outreach objectives, and eligible activities to be carried out;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id62d7021116d243a3b49d819d48b9df03"><enum>(B)</enum><text>determine the local, regional, State, multi-State, or other geographic area covered;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="idde51a953bd9b4e08a7a42c55a6e23488"><enum>(C)</enum><text>create and conduct a feasibility study, implementation plan, and assessment of eligible activities under the partnership agreement;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id7929165afe09478589ceee9d41d96fee"><enum>(D)</enum><text>conduct outreach and education to other eligible entities and eligible partners for potential participation in the partnership agreement and eligible activities;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="iddae4000d28bc4a9d870504af19e24201"><enum>(E)</enum><text>describe measures to be taken through the partnership agreement to obtain funding for the eligible activities to be carried out under the partnership agreement;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="idcb3d5401e0ff4219a6ba129ab151519a"><enum>(F)</enum><text>at the request of a producer or eligible entity desiring to participate in eligible activities under the partnership agreement, act on behalf of the producer or eligible entity in applying for a grant under subsection (d);</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id3af15574ae704b1db84d426a6a82f217"><enum>(G)</enum><text>monitor, evaluate, and periodically report to the Secretary on progress made toward achieving the objectives of eligible activities under the partnership agreement; or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="ide8fd5bd96f004828b6591e40d76e0449"><enum>(H)</enum><text>at the conclusion of the partnership agreement, submit to the Secretary a report describing—</text><clause commented="no" id="id462F125A1D914BB79E535BA5952E1824"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the results and effects of the partnership agreement; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="id31D59F194AF745CBB005EC4CAB791E6C"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>funds provided under paragraph (3).</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id48130dee2d094c97a8ad986e93dab963"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Contribution</header><text>A partnership receiving a grant under paragraph (1) shall provide funding in an amount equal to not less than 25 percent of the total amount of the Federal portion of the grant.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id9b024894ef5a4c1e86c1c8b69363d67b"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Applications</header><subparagraph commented="no" id="id9A1FEEBAF9FD4FE297A4DBB4A9FFDEFC"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>To be eligible to receive a grant under paragraph (1), a partnership shall submit to the Secretary an application at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary considers necessary to evaluate and select applications.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="idc939f5c138e947dabeefa7815c97e0ea"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Competitive process</header><text>The Secretary—</text><clause commented="no" id="id3FE7AE4967594FA38BDDAB86E4FA6842"><enum>(i)</enum><text>shall conduct a competitive process to select applications submitted under subparagraph (A);</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="idD6ED5BA66FCA4A40B1BDA8688813D873"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>may assess and rank applications with similar purposes as a group; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="idEEDED4246D8F4E4CBDA78BB8CFB87117"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>shall make public the criteria to be used in evaluating applications prior to accepting applications.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id4da53e230a164bc6bed9902cab3499da"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Priority to certain applications</header><text>The Secretary may give priority to applications submitted under subparagraph (A) that—</text><clause commented="no" id="idc5106a41235a48faac3f5374ae7e9841"><enum>(i)</enum><subclause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id9F5FA396FDCC482E8395A5835A1B0E44"><enum>(I)</enum><text>leverage significant non-Federal financial and technical resources; and</text></subclause><subclause changed="added" commented="no" id="idB1E0DDCFAD504D0C99D410B09597498C" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(II)</enum><text>coordinate with other local, State, Tribal, or national efforts; and</text></subclause></clause><clause commented="no" id="id32B060FBF7C54CD3A6F5689A22F07B14"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>cover an area that includes distressed low-income rural or urban communities, including areas with persistent poverty.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id35C0518EA09444A0A8A33A739F5F0B4F"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Producer or food business benefits</header><clause commented="no" id="idD61A0533390F4F4687E6F37E8C151EBB"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Except as provided in clause (ii), an application submitted under subparagraph (A) shall include a description of the direct or indirect producer or food business benefits intended by the eligible entity to result from the proposed project within a reasonable period of time after the receipt of a grant.</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="id24DDC30A3D9D4093BB50BD8B42B59143"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Exception</header><text>Clause (i) shall not apply to a planning or feasibility project.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="idC7A124279EFB45DC8DE430D00B98F7FD"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Technical assistance</header><text>On request of an eligible entity, an eligible partner, or a partnership, the Secretary may provide technical assistance in carrying out a partnership agreement.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="id4180E5DAEFFF43559BCE631AD6505A1F"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Development grants</header><paragraph commented="no" id="id9622FC74E03A439E8F2A61C93BE7CB61"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Under the Program, the Secretary may provide grants to eligible entities to carry out, in accordance with purposes of the Program described in subsection (b), activities described in paragraph (2).</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8557AC7B02B84106963769D6D7F6E53D"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Eligible activities</header><text>An eligible entity may use a grant provided under paragraph (1)—</text><subparagraph commented="no" id="id354213262fd34e619977077100233754"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to support and promote—</text><clause commented="no" id="idC80E331BC0734018A97EDEBCB4C94BF4"><enum>(i)</enum><text>domestic direct producer-to-consumer marketing;</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="idD96CAE65CB9844BC8969CC8C0C6A6958"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>farmers’ markets;</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="id9EC6C91E4AD64F68A75FF68D3CBDBFCD"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>roadside stands;</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="id20CF6CE1F0D44954AC681C679F183CE4"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>agritourism activities,</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="idFF75C396AFD24D448F84AF739D76E99A"><enum>(v)</enum><text>community-supported agriculture programs; or</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="idA305AA09196C48C58807F2FB11716703"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>online sales;</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="idcdd8406298a44457a843b5f06900eb77"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to support local and regional food business enterprises that engage as intermediaries in indirect producer-to-consumer marketing;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id84441064478a461b900ed30adf2c517e"><enum>(C)</enum><text>to support the processing, aggregation, distribution, and storage of local and regional food products that are marketed locally or regionally;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id3b4c239fdc604c8eafec97332f5f4b09"><enum>(D)</enum><text>to encourage the development of new food products and value-added agricultural products;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id04c744abe6b9446ea9a3383a16166825"><enum>(E)</enum><text>to assist with business development and feasibility studies;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id8068bee5ca224700b932781373e83f53"><enum>(F)</enum><text>to develop marketing strategies for producers of local food products and value-added agricultural products in new and existing markets;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id5e84c5f5ac39434c8c67a3f7e1da0842"><enum>(G)</enum><text>to facilitate regional food chain coordination and mid-tier value chain development;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="ide68134504ffa4b70aa9580051280eb1c"><enum>(H)</enum><text>to promote new business opportunities and marketing strategies to reduce on-farm food waste;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id6987f8e5c8d445ac9367d56abcbefd28"><enum>(I)</enum><text>to respond to changing technology needs in direct producer-to-consumer marketing; or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id6776A3CCB8004EA8978B5C49D505B07C"><enum>(J)</enum><text>to cover expenses relating to costs incurred in—</text><clause commented="no" id="id55F2D41A01154993B0C9BEB27225E670"><enum>(i)</enum><text>obtaining food safety certification; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="idA169F6FDF0B9410EB66932B714A8B8E4"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>making changes and upgrades to practices and equipment to improve food safety.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id0214699F52DC451EAC4DF776E2A96FB6"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Criteria and guidelines</header><subparagraph commented="no" id="id2C9A0337EB674698B0BF5E5952494EE3"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall establish criteria and guidelines for the submission, evaluation, and funding of proposed projects under paragraph (1) as the Secretary determines are appropriate.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="idC08DE13245BE4458854679245A78FB95"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Producer or food business benefits</header><clause commented="no" id="id1D60E86E41434F9CA7E8F4FF866B607F"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Except as provided in clause (ii), an application submitted for a grant under paragraph (1) shall include a description of the direct or indirect producer or food business benefits intended by the eligible entity to result from the proposed project within a reasonable period of time after the receipt of the grant.</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="id323E43623B5D45A8BB5BF490691B57EE"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Exception</header><text>Clause (i) shall not apply to a planning or feasibility project.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="idAB86B5AA962B4DF5975F8C94934CB954"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Amount</header><text>Unless otherwise determined by the Secretary, the amount of a grant under this subsection shall be not more than $500,000.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id275D88A312824CFDB74866A23C3AB591"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Development grants available to producers</header><text>In the case of a grant provided under paragraph (1) to an eligible entity described in any of subparagraphs (A) through (D) of subsection (a)(4), the following shall apply:</text><subparagraph commented="no" id="idF179CEB606BB4C2D9F6E8D3CD3365AF1"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Administration</header><text>The Secretary shall carry out this subsection through the Administrator of the Rural Business-Cooperative Service, in coordination with the Administrator of the Agricultural Marketing Service.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id1DF123ABE171425D9CBD558765A654D4"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Priorities</header><text>The Secretary shall give priority to applications—</text><clause commented="no" id="id3EF22ABED6EC4D39BF3023D9BA77B3C9"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in the case of an application submitted by a producer, that are submitted by, or serve—</text><subclause commented="no" id="id78015EF4DFFA4CBEBC10D34D0F0434A7"><enum>(I)</enum><text>beginning farmers or ranchers;</text></subclause><subclause commented="no" id="id36259F0D90C946E3B4E0F0F94EB835BA"><enum>(II)</enum><text>socially disadvantaged farmers or ranchers;</text></subclause><subclause commented="no" id="idE864219C1CCF40DD987CC4F97D9459B2"><enum>(III)</enum><text>operators of small or medium sized farms or ranches that are structured as family farms; or</text></subclause><subclause commented="no" id="idD66401F952F947A78E573EABD8EAE33A"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>veteran farmers or ranchers; and</text></subclause></clause><clause commented="no" id="id28b950acb30d4dd5a6fa8621f85676e4"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in the case of an application submitted by an eligible entity described in any of subparagraphs (B) through (D) of subsection (a)(4), that provide the greatest contribution to creating or increasing marketing opportunities for producers described in subclauses (I) through (IV) of clause (i).</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id9DEE14360C5540BF8F3043ADF2513573"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Limitation on use of funds</header><clause commented="no" id="idEEF9DCD755AD4CD2BDAB9CCD862140B5"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Except as provided in clause (ii), an eligible entity may not use a grant for the purchase or construction of a building, general purpose equipment, or structure.</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="id1BCEEEAA3A4249D687D0AC0E125E4D35"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Exception</header><text>An eligible entity may use not more than $6,500 of the amount of a grant for an eligible activity described in paragraph (2)(J) to purchase or upgrade equipment to improve food safety.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="idC35F4883073F4BE7A5D577AE5EE58039"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Matching funds</header><text>An eligible entity receiving a grant shall provide matching funds in the form of cash or an in-kind contribution in an amount that is equal to 50 percent of the total amount of the grant.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="idBDF2B036B58E4A69B640704300553179"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Development grants for other eligible entities</header><text>In the case of a grant provided under paragraph (1) to an eligible entity described in any of subparagraphs (E) through (K) of subsection (a)(4), the following shall apply:</text><subparagraph commented="no" id="idDEED37AA6734410BADE204C094DE1931"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Administration</header><text>The Secretary shall carry out this subsection through the Administrator of the Agricultural Marketing Service, in coordination with the Administrator of the Rural Business-Cooperative Service.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="idAFC1E11B5F58441C82EA17FF2D7EA8C5"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Priorities</header><text>The Secretary shall give priority to applications that—</text><clause commented="no" id="id10edbf55c2e248bdb98b50fa52e93671"><enum>(i)</enum><text>benefit underserved communities, including communities that are located in areas of concentrated poverty with limited access to fresh locally or regionally grown food; or</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="id371cf7888acf4f6e8496572faa1e89ee"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>are used to carry out eligible activities under a partnership agreement under subsection (c).</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id860b678a9614400ba6649f38fff87a0e"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Limitation on use of funds</header><clause id="id1cd99b5fbe424736af86793c31680bc1"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Except as provided in clause (ii), an eligible entity may not use a grant for the purchase or construction of a building, general purpose equipment, or structure.</text></clause><clause id="id6266583f07f94d079bc7368ff8b53443"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Exception</header><text>An eligible entity may use not more than $6,500 of the amount of a grant for an eligible activity described in paragraph (2)(J) to purchase or upgrade equipment to improve food safety.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id43FBC12A72EC4BCCA588A1F1C8568AF7"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Matching funds</header><text>An eligible entity receiving a grant shall provide matching funds in the form of cash or an in-kind contribution in an amount that is equal to 25 percent of the total amount of the Federal portion of the grant.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="idCF985F78AE664CBA92FD8374876D7A61"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Simplification of application and reporting processes</header><paragraph commented="no" id="id59E04E821C99405899E2B9EAD3BE8B88"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Applications</header><text>The Secretary shall establish a simplified application form for eligible entities that—</text><subparagraph commented="no" id="idB9D340084DD34F438D29F61D2BB96274"><enum>(A)</enum><text>request less than $50,000 under subsection (d); or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id8A6FB8467C6340DFBB4A63A3877847D9"><enum>(B)</enum><text>apply for grants under subsection (d) through partnership agreements under subsection (c).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="idD79F1EA7A9DB42889831EFA93D8B0140"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Reporting</header><text>The Secretary shall—</text><subparagraph commented="no" id="id85FC8A680A7B4C79A75D59DE3D34C9FE"><enum>(A)</enum><text>streamline and simplify the reporting process for eligible entities; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id8BD87CEDE2C04AE1BD5DA98B3C5A3015"><enum>(B)</enum><text>obtain from eligible entities and maintain such information as the Secretary determines is necessary to administer and evaluate the Program.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="idE1E2BA8B23264E74B5C71C07AFC45BC4"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Cooperative extension service</header><text>In carrying out the Program, the Secretary, acting through the Administrator of the Agricultural Marketing Service or the Administrator of the Rural Business Cooperative Service, may coordinate with a cooperative extension service to provide Program technical assistance and outreach to eligible entities and eligible partners.</text></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC09DA001CD814B059D33792C9219E0BE"><enum>(g)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Interdepartmental coordination</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In carrying out the Program, to the maximum extent practicable, the Secretary shall ensure coordination among Federal agencies.</text></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="id152CD52DD316422483DCB6DA1957F716"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Evaluation</header><paragraph commented="no" id="id44897842da3c4d6b8e79ea479a0f1f55"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Using amounts made available under subsection (i)(3)(E), the Secretary shall conduct an evaluation of the Program that—</text><subparagraph commented="no" id="idc67ff56b1a364fe7b6ae7e6a9e1f8765"><enum>(A)</enum><text>measures the economic impact of the Program on new and existing market outcomes;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="idBA98FEC2D8A540AA840A26EDBD6F8E0D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>measures the effectiveness of the Program in improving and expanding—</text><clause commented="no" id="ida12466e5eb7f454395faca725644f9df"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the regional food economy through public and private partnerships;</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="idD2F5CC3C1B354EB38BD3D863B2CA11DD"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the production of value-added agricultural products;</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="idA83B6C5741D44F508F259C9F10603A53"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>producer-to-consumer marketing, including direct producer-to-consumer marketing;</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="id887272B23791487A8BD546F0F7242F72"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>local and regional food systems, including regional food chain coordination and business development;</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="id2d1c6041e8384fecb282463c8cb0c317"><enum>(v)</enum><text>new business opportunities and marketing strategies to reduce on-farm food waste;</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="ide0f3064aa870475ebbbb2ddb3da15f83"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>the use of new technologies in producer-to-consumer marketing, including direct producer-to-consumer marketing; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="id36b94d1d0cfe4c07894d1a6e88136cb5"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>the workforce and capacity of regional food systems; and</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id4e168372bdcd435087e9e1b9824ff087"><enum>(C)</enum><text>provides a description of—</text><clause commented="no" id="id4CD1A13E92AC47E3A68FDF6A64913FE7"><enum>(i)</enum><text>each partnership agreement; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="id6E359F752AD84E4C975305DA5EA3B83F"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>each grant provided under subsection (d).</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="idB5FC1B9EBB234706A2BD36370C037F62"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than 3 years after the date of enactment of this section, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate a report describing the evaluation conducted under paragraph (1), including a thorough analysis of the outcomes of the evaluation.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID5AF140E8EBE84B6D9E97AB8D1719F42B"><enum>(i)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Funding</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDB38C67FDE5034929B2E65BCCDCEFD74E"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Mandatory funding</header><text>Of the funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation, the Secretary shall use to carry out this section $60,000,000 for fiscal year 2019 and each fiscal year thereafter, to remain available until expended.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2B01D16CD50D417E94E640916F3DE2C8"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $20,000,000 for fiscal year 2019 and each fiscal year thereafter, to remain available until expended.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB04141D9A70642D0B5EA2A6EF95B101C"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Allocation of funds</header><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDD46D951B0A246B48A9A0737ACE52FEE"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Regional partnerships</header><text>Of the funds made available to carry out this section for a fiscal year, 10 percent shall be used to provide grants to support partnerships under subsection (c).</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id5419dd7bf1574257942eb96104e3e4d3"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Development grants for producers</header><clause commented="no" id="idAEB17C78557E44F8BB953E8A127A37EF"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subject to clause (ii), of the funds made available to carry out this section for a fiscal year, 35 percent shall be used for grants under subsection (d)(5).</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="id7649987784ad490396ab94d9bb5fceeb"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Reservation of funds</header><subclause commented="no" id="id6b56e6d17acd46529b1596415b2c41eb"><enum>(I)</enum><header>Majority-controlled producer-based business ventures</header><text>The total amount of grants under subsection (d)(5) provided to majority-controlled producer-based business ventures for a fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent of the amount allocated under clause (i).</text></subclause><subclause commented="no" id="id21fee2cd041e45b4999babfb0678a356"><enum>(II)</enum><header>Beginning, veteran, and socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers</header><text>Of the funds made available for grants under subsection (d)(5), 10 percent shall be reserved for grants provided to beginning, veteran, and socially disadvantaged farmers or ranchers.</text></subclause><subclause commented="no" id="id3d2977dcc2c54dd9b2d71a9a4312355d"><enum>(III)</enum><header>Mid-tier value chains</header><text>Of the funds made available for grants under subsection (d)(5), 10 percent shall be reserved for grants to develop mid-tier value chains.</text></subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC5837AD0CA0F4F37BBD8C57323D5D7FE"><enum>(IV)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Food safety assistance</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Of the funds made available for grants under subsection (d)(5), not more than 25 percent shall be reserved for grants for eligible activities described in subsection (d)(2)(J).</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="idba571f48377c422eb5d94ec532c6d54a"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Development grants for other eligible entities</header><text>Of the funds made available to carry out this section for a fiscal year, 47 percent shall be used for grants under subsection (d)(6).</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE831DCBABA394D3BB31FEAFDC6D1ABF9"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Unobligated funds</header><text>Any funds under subparagraph (A), (B), or (C) that are not obligated for the uses described in that subparagraph, as applicable, by September 30 of the fiscal year for which the funds were made available—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id35030EB4CC6E4FFBB57F641791EDFE11"><enum>(i)</enum><text>shall be available to the agency carrying out the Program with the unobligated funds to carry out any function of the Program, as determined by the Secretary; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id385018FB5FA44C859335B9BA9A9C5F2F"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>may carry over to the next fiscal year.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9DE8263646DD4A9DBEE36E1883BAF693"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Administrative expenses</header><text>Not greater than 8 percent of amounts made available to provide grants under subsections (c) and (d)(6) for a fiscal year may be used for administrative expenses.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="idCFC7776E771D48E5A5C06EBB605827D5"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Conforming amendments</header><paragraph commented="no" id="idCDC37D43F8E4476FAE3C7B867F61F2A5"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Agricultural Marketing Resource Center pilot project</header><text>Section 231 of the Agricultural Risk Protection Act of 2000 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1632a">7 U.S.C. 1632a</external-xref>) is amended—</text><subparagraph commented="no" id="idEE1C467F7F5F467E89B305109BD4E309"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking the section heading and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">Agricultural Marketing Resource Center pilot project</header-in-text>.</quote>;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id439D776569FE4B469323DBA41309057C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking subsections (a), (b), (d), and (e);</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="idEF492C82A57543EB97F39522C24891B5"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in subsection (c)—</text><clause commented="no" id="id34EE824CF643415898299A9F3C1AF7D6"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraphs (1) and (2) as subsections (a) and (b), respectively, and indenting appropriately; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="id767ED3FA5EE545EA87EE1363C50CEC79"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking the subsection designation and heading;</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id19D56F77B4E9497E899A37F14B6E7077"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in subsection (a) (as so redesignated)—</text><clause commented="no" id="id6E28AC867DFB4262BB24B3CD1726015E"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>Notwithstanding</quote> and all that follows through <quote>paragraph (2)</quote> and inserting the following: <quote>The Secretary shall not use more than 2.5 percent of the funds made available to carry out the Local Agriculture Market Program established under section 210A of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 to establish a pilot project (to be known as the <quote>Agricultural Marketing Resource Center</quote>) at an eligible institution described in subsection (b)</quote>; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="id57B581DE5A9E40B1AE04C024D75F2095"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by redesignating subparagraphs (A) and (B) as paragraphs (1) and (2), respectively, and indenting appropriately; and</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id5E6CCE6593D64AAE9FE0C9239B09EA3F"><enum>(E)</enum><text>in subsection (b) (as so redesignated)—</text><clause commented="no" id="idC03502EBF8514F91BEA1475EE774A2AA"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by redesignating subparagraphs (A) through (C) as paragraphs (1) through (3), respectively, and indenting appropriately; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="id173366E020A145AB8639681BF846CBE0"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in paragraph (1) (as so redesignated), by striking <quote>paragraph (1)(A)</quote> and inserting <quote>subsection (a)(1)</quote>.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="idA9269DDCF24C4E2CB0BD453B74FCBF49"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Agriculture Innovation Center Demonstration Program</header><text>Section 6402(f) of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1632b">7 U.S.C. 1632b(f)</external-xref>) is amended in the matter preceding paragraph (1) by striking <quote>section 231(d) 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>))</quote> and inserting <quote>section 210A(d)(2) of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946</quote>.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id94A87243F5F54B3B8301F798F12CAD23"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Local food production and program evaluation</header><text>Section 10016(b)(3)(B) of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2204h">7 U.S.C. 2204h(b)(2)(B)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>Farmers’ Market and Local Food Promotion Program established under 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>)</quote> and inserting <quote>Local Agriculture Market Program established under section 210A of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946</quote>.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id634895E5E7E340478EE42C722CD16ECF"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Program metrics</header><text>Section 6209(a) of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2207b">7 U.S.C. 2207b(a)</external-xref>) is amended by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE3C9CC2F4A7C412ABD86EBF7F9C4EBB8" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id74F6B4BB50E143258D26CD86D9F48AEA"><enum>(1)</enum><text>section 210A of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946;</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id009FCD0047544ADB84BAD4B4DE8A1476"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Farmer-to-Consumer Direct Marketing Act of 1976</header><subparagraph commented="no" id="idDC6A2BF2C2B04322848EBB1203BFA56B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Section 4 of the Farmer-to-Consumer Direct Marketing Act of 1976 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/3003">7 U.S.C. 3003</external-xref>) is amended—</text><clause commented="no" id="id1BCADCE1001D4C4D815050720B0AA41D"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>The Secretary</quote> and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1D8B789B5FC042609F687E2805BDC2BF" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subsection commented="no" id="id74A786EB4C804CD8AEDC0236749A43A3"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause><clause commented="no" id="id0FF4867FE3C44B5586D1928B2A72AF5D"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0C3AEB90D4524532BDD39188CE9F2D87" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subsection commented="no" id="id068F42257B9047B9AAFA4CC72DC29813"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as are necessary to carry out this section.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id8AB80293D7AE4CD0AFCB12674439A6D6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Sections 6, 7, and 8 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>, 3006; 90 Stat. 1983) are repealed.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="P1EF6A0BC4CA8B358AFA31FBA99B3BD5"><enum>10103.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Organic production and market data initiatives</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 7407(d) of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/5925c">7 U.S.C. 5925c(d)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDC1E940F911949B79A5163E6FD73FE80"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBC5C4753D8394325B57A50CC8CA4F722"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the paragraph heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">through fiscal year 2012</header-in-text></quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id01C64E9C4E9D4D19A43C0105036AD58D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>$5,000,000, to remain available until expended.</quote> and inserting the following: “, to remain available until expended—</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id033DD357E02E4AC9A9606A9CCB5CE4CE" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7DFD8CE9AFFD4F5385A81B822586E9D9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>$5,000,000 for each of the periods of fiscal years 2008 through 2012 and 2014 through 2018; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE58BB762F2F746489AF6DA9A6AE914AE"><enum>(B)</enum><text>$5,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2019 through 2023.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id456378E2DCED406AB0A7DCAFBD465377"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (2);</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id80E7856762C54D6CB4631C7F048FCAE4"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (2); and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id142FC96DF1B24343858A6D937F3EBABD"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in paragraph (2) (as so redesignated)—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7BC1A4FEBD0748A291866C365DDAB3FF"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>paragraphs (1) and (2)</quote> and inserting <quote>paragraph (1)</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA669A66727A84EB983936448F262404C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6198B93A70544CAE8C2F1DDD41167111"><enum>10104.</enum><header>Organic certification</header><subsection id="id812DA00FC8554CB196C4CEBAC6EDDCBF"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Exclusions from certification</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall issue regulations to limit the type of organic operations that are excluded from certification under section 205.101 of title 7, Code of Federal Regulations, and from certification under any other related sections under part 205 of title 7, Code of Federal Regulations.</text></subsection><subsection id="id584D3FF9FDE34BD0A63E26EE5C816405"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 2103 of the Organic Foods Production Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/6502">7 U.S.C. 6502</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="id6435CBB6E14E4D66A9C1C8F58CBFB28B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (3)—</text><subparagraph id="idFD2482AA4A654615821BCD86E60706F9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>The term</quote> and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD90394C7C0984461B946FC2A86A6F353" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subparagraph id="idEB14A091D6544B9CB736A1AA92746097"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The term</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id8C635CB0F50744DAA99617AD01695A93"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9E7386A0F60E4CBF8604BD2520C0152B" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subparagraph id="idB66EDE2A30A84501A074D4BDBC894C52"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Foreign operations</header><text>When used in the context of a certifying agent operating in a foreign country, the term <term>certifying agent</term> includes a certifying agent—</text><clause id="idC3F1498FB0C049A79C79FD87E2119079"><enum>(i)</enum><text>accredited in accordance with section 2106(b)(1); or</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="id38F486E8778047C3804001BB0A7291A1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>accredited by a foreign government that acted under an equivalency arrangement negotiated between the United States and the foreign government.</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id51D7D3F08A3A4F41B79F7CD2866C833D"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating paragraphs (13) through (21) as paragraphs (14) through (22), respectively; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id26DD79339EE945DD912D1C9EB9268864"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (12) the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA40C4E510FC84ECA8216EDB37C69214A" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><paragraph id="idA98AFA66C5F54F0A9B9F84711EE82002"><enum>(13)</enum><header>National organic program import certificate</header><text>The term <term>national organic program import certificate</term> means a form developed for purposes of the program under this title—</text><subparagraph id="idEAC2A29D80A348A5B9FA1F9F6CBBF9A6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to provide documentation sufficient to verify that an agricultural product imported for sale in the United States satisfies the requirement under section 2106(b)(1); and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id3B687D663D094BF1A0E592809A8E7B43"><enum>(B)</enum><text>which shall include, at a minimum, information sufficient to indicate, with respect to the agricultural product—</text><clause id="idFB88532F537441EEB3CB284613525A61"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the origin;</text></clause><clause id="idB4B1F062B1074B68A69EBB0A6B0A75D1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the destination;</text></clause><clause id="idB0086AFCF2B346E8AD29BDABD03ED856"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the certifying agent issuing the national organic program import certificate;</text></clause><clause id="id1C0E525E502E46468ADBECD9E17CA6E9"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>the harmonized tariff code, if a harmonized tariff code exists for the agricultural product;</text></clause><clause id="idA8DCB707C60E4EC5859F8E5318882E72"><enum>(v)</enum><text>the total weight; and</text></clause><clause id="id5FFC430AC63244C18060A2A872C1FA28"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>the organic standard to which the agricultural product is certified.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id2821202535A84DE3B611AC804194ACA7"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Documentation and traceability enhancement; data collection</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 2106(b) of the Organic Foods Production Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/6505">7 U.S.C. 6505(b)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="id7C7C3F995AAC455AA3E7FF245B6D454B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>Imported</quote> and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7600565572F44331969F9D1CC61283B7" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><paragraph id="idCA002A9700B3467288C3C03A369686BE"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Accreditation of foreign organic certification program</header><text>Imported</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph id="id027861D017AF40148BD09F23195FD5FD"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0F706AF6BF15436BB1EEEB3DBDFF9E6D" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><paragraph id="idF3EC748D3A8E44C79E372BF715215345"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Import certification</header><subparagraph id="id1AE786C6D07F487395A3DF3AC251E72A"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Import certificates</header><text>For an agricultural product being imported into the United States to be represented as organically produced, the Secretary shall require the agricultural product to be accompanied by a complete and valid national organic program import certificate, which shall be available as an electronic record.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idA89C549DF3D04D0299E6506AC3C7C873"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Tracking system</header><clause id="idA15DF6484D3144ADBCCDC490C80C7F2A"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall establish a system to track national organic program import certificates.</text></clause><clause id="id9F016BE78D544A3A9521305DDF9BDCC6"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Integration</header><text>In establishing the system under clause (i), the Secretary may integrate the system into any existing information tracking systems for imports of agricultural products.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEA937265A55F49DA9E93458488D78314"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Modernization of trade tracking and data collection systems</header><subparagraph id="id3adb69a1c352418189cd73465e3542fd"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall modernize international trade tracking and data collection systems of the national organic program established under this title.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id9898850e5af44cb6810a4f24466f9099"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Activities</header><text>In carrying out subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall modernize trade and transaction certificates to ensure full traceability to the port of entry without unduly hindering trade, such as through an electronic trade document exchange system.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id51DB3CFD251E4F4C8C04A29E42CA4C12"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Reports</header><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id25562072022742CA9A07102F12351553"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>On an annual basis, the Secretary shall submit to Congress and make publically available on the website of the Department of Agriculture a report providing detailed quantitative data on imports of organically produced agricultural products accepted into the United States during the year covered by the report.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id608EE9BB440C4FA38FEBA1AB1F76670C"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>The data described in subparagraph (A) shall be broken down by agricultural product type, quantity, value, and month.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEA6F679F439B4830AF9135BC051330F4"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Exception</header><text>Any data that is specific enough to be protected as confidential business information shall not be provided in the report under subparagraph (A).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idEFD709165B57443F825A6607ABAD80FF"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Accreditation program</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 2115 of the Organic Foods Production Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/6514">7 U.S.C. 6514</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="id046C2D0F395C43228EEF25EB20F7C8E7"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (d);</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id3AC0063D77B34EAEB9CBA1928C3F8BD4"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting after subsection (b) the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC9F3E6DF4E404E1C8FC80AEC5B0A214D" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subsection id="idFB1D899FF72F47EC83A9AE78FC1752BF"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Oversight of satellite offices and foreign operations</header><text>As part of the accreditation of certifying agents under this section, the Secretary shall oversee any certifying agent operating in a foreign country.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="idE491253A2B3C47C7AC81AB5133B410A8"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (d) (as so redesignated)—</text><subparagraph commented="no" id="id398AC6D03D974157AF841DE10E7D411C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>section shall</quote> and inserting the following: “section—</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAEF98E3BDCD1468CBE78717F92A24A83" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><paragraph commented="no" id="id8C670A7158D746DB8DDC822E472D1C40"><enum>(1)</enum><text>subject to paragraph (2), shall</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id5C039B5A310A47C6A48092FB8AD7979C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (1) (as so designated)—</text><clause commented="no" id="idAB4C3DE4C9D844138636794CD843303A"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>of</quote>; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="id76022AEF841A4272A8F3A2911F5965B0"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>Secretary, and may</quote> and inserting the following: “Secretary;</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id64C946BE02D8498987D11101E3C6FF5B" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><paragraph commented="no" id="id67427ECBBECB4E179D7B64753F9F4F8A"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in the case of a certifying agent operating in a foreign country, shall be for a period of time that is consistent with the certification of a domestic certifying agent, as determined appropriate by the Secretary; and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id78274CB7B7934C8F956CACED062C55FA"><enum>(3)</enum><text>may</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCD75A70DAB0B4E39B91CC03A64B04336"><enum>(e)</enum><header>National Organic Standards Board</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 2119(i) of the Organic Foods Production Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/6518">7 U.S.C. 6518(i)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9E71FF97D89F41EF8F9613B715473323"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>Two-thirds</quote> and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCA6B4D6AA59E46899F6E7A3D779BB11D" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id96ECB06D52C349FC930F39AF6DD74D3E"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text><fraction>2/3</fraction></text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4B88FFCC1B2B490C811C9A0FCE064953"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB961C82BFF2847BBA9AF3F37EDBD8B22" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id77AAEE2A08DD4FC48CB8561B46B459B6"><enum>(2)</enum><header>National list</header><text>Any vote on a motion proposing to amend the national list shall be considered to be a decisive vote that requires <fraction>2/3</fraction> of the votes cast at a meeting of the Board at which a quorum is present to prevail.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id99DBBEFB13BE41908EE8915C59DA192E"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Investigations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 2120(b) of the Organic Foods Production Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/6519">7 U.S.C. 6519(b)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9b91a48e55eb43458a8b994bf16f38aa" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><paragraph id="id6daf52827835452b975121e30dae7003"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Information sharing during active investigation</header><text>In carrying out this title, all parties conducting an active investigation under this subsection (including certifying agents, State organic certification programs, and the national organic program) shall share confidential business information with Federal and State government officers and employees and certifying agents involved in the investigation as necessary to fully investigate and enforce potential violations of this title.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id056E6F8358EB447EA1CA524D8F0BDAB0"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Expedited procedures for foreign operations</header><subparagraph id="id57B20A361D944266824B448023A725B9"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>The Secretary shall establish expedited investigative procedures under this subsection to review the accreditation of a certifying agent operating in a foreign country under any of the circumstances described in subparagraph (B).</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id499A93598493464EB749D9AB64D7154C"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Expedited procedures</header><text>The Secretary shall promptly carry out expedited investigative procedures established under subparagraph (A) to review the accreditation of a certifying agent operating in a foreign country if—</text><clause id="id772CEC2207994110AF483B472E702186"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the accreditation of the certifying agent is revoked by a foreign government—</text><subclause id="id3CD9EB73334A4AAFA10D525F3E5F1E80"><enum>(I)</enum><text>operating an organic certification program described in section 2106(b)(1); or</text></subclause><subclause id="id9F06A857421D4FB386AC4EF99603CCD6"><enum>(II)</enum><text>that acted under an equivalency arrangement negotiated between the United States and the foreign government; or</text></subclause></clause><clause id="id3BF598182126432DB2DB2289CA1F4DE3"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the Secretary determines that there is a sudden and substantial increase in the rate and quantity of imports of an individual organically produced agricultural product from the foreign country, in which case the expedited investigative procedures shall be carried out with respect to each certifying agent of that agricultural product in that foreign country.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection id="id5ABB4D54614A457DA532E912CCEA67B6"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Data organization and access</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 2122 of the Organic Foods Production Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/6521">7 U.S.C. 6521</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB72BE625714140ECBE809F74A6389CDE" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subsection id="id43701BBEACF34ABD8A509BBDEC822919"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Data relating to imports of organically produced agricultural products</header><paragraph id="id7CFC4753ABD54E06A350F6D585E12C90"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Access to data documentation systems</header><text>The head of each Federal agency that administers a cross-border documentation system shall provide to the head of each other Federal agency that administers such a system access to available data from the system, including—</text><subparagraph id="idBC74A78BA1924B63B0C3C1A2CF54BA24"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the Automated Commercial Environment system of U.S. Customs and Border Protection; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id976586a0370449189cc3f2d285f1ec89"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Phytosanitary Certificate Issuance and Tracking System of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id176C1BD9602A4C0A84728E124F6007A0"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Data collection and organization system</header><subparagraph commented="no" id="id6261740F0C0245CDA044A9FDE1AB464F"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall establish a new system or modify an existing data collection and organization system to collect and organize in a single system quantitative data on imports of each organically produced agricultural product accepted into the United States.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id97E3F07B4912408698F17CB62950E715"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Access</header><text>The single system under subparagraph (A) shall be accessible by any agency with the authority to engage in—</text><clause id="id96cccd47b4d64504aa3d63ee904435c0"><enum>(i)</enum><text>inspection of imports of agricultural products;</text></clause><clause id="ida9abd8828cee4641ba9d2571dfeb95e1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>trade data collection and organization; or</text></clause><clause id="ide54d12b04b3d4d929c082d2abebb5686"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>enforcement of trade requirements for organically produced agricultural products.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="id678D2F716E924B0893149808E5905731"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Organic agricultural product imports interagency working group</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Organic Foods Production Act of 1990 is amended by inserting after section 2122 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/6521">7 U.S.C. 6521</external-xref>) the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1B3777E934E74DB4BC1C7B35C3C1B188" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><section commented="no" id="id9B44391698E24FD69AA6FE9E49AFECA0"><enum>2122A.</enum><header>Organic agricultural product imports interagency working group</header><subsection commented="no" id="id565FB3CF97354335B408C44D0BCB2C96"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><paragraph commented="no" id="id92C1CF5632FD4D02BE7D5852B0835A1C"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary and the Secretary of Homeland Security shall jointly establish a working group to facilitate coordination and information sharing between the Department of Agriculture and U.S. Customs and Border Protection relating to imports of organically produced agricultural products (referred to in this section as the <term>working group</term>).</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id650E79577D49420F9DF1A664562953B3"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Members</header><text>The working group—</text><subparagraph commented="no" id="idD04F01CD28D1414C90E32DD2E92B3625"><enum>(A)</enum><text>shall include—</text><clause commented="no" id="idA4A6A728C7A6438DB559972CDA8D2356"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the Secretary (or a designee); and</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="id0329341865344080A142AAD8A8149838"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the Secretary of Homeland Security (or a designee); and</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id9A3806C435E94A0D8F7BCF6C7CEF1C98"><enum>(B)</enum><text>shall not include any non-Federal officer or employee.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id53095135A7A04757B03385B318C8EB7A"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Duties</header><text>The working group shall facilitate coordination and information sharing between the Department of Agriculture and U.S. Customs and Border Protection for the purposes of—</text><subparagraph id="id17dec9acf5304536b9dba0c68a8c36f8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>identifying imports of organically produced agricultural products;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id12dbc2ccfb3049e1b0ada77eb801521c"><enum>(B)</enum><text>verifying the authenticity of organically produced agricultural product import documentation, such as national organic program import certificates;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id4aa818f127e6441fad3085eb3e4e1573"><enum>(C)</enum><text>ensuring imported agricultural products represented as organically produced meet the requirements under this title;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id9484d920d1b5413f96f11292b9d6f581"><enum>(D)</enum><text>collecting and organizing quantitative data on imports of organically produced agricultural products; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id553c72fb4ae24fcda79e31d0b36aced1"><enum>(E)</enum><text>reporting to Congress on—</text><clause id="idFD47E99A04F34482BD8551EB7957681A"><enum>(i)</enum><text>enforcement activity carried out by the Department of Agriculture or U.S. Customs and Border Protection in the United States or abroad; and</text></clause><clause id="idED5C687514264AB283B5E9C453BE4C80"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>barriers to preventing agricultural products fraudulently represented as organically produced from entry into the United States.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="idA7DF682D4A0C462896395B0C297E332F"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Designated employees and officials</header><text>An employee or official designated to carry out the duties of the Secretary or the Secretary of Homeland Security on the working group under subparagraph (A) or (B) of paragraph (2) shall be an employee or official compensated at a rate of pay not less than the minimum annual rate of basic pay for GS–12 under section 5332 of title 5, United States Code.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="id79DF4F3F1C7C409AB4168A860423426D"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Reports</header><text>On an annual basis, the working group shall submit to Congress and make publically available on the websites of the Department of Agriculture and U.S. Customs and Border Protection the following reports:</text><paragraph id="ide1f0924230184dbbab85b9d880585eea"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Organic trade enforcement interagency coordination report</header><text>A report—</text><subparagraph id="id5839e617d74944a18611c167fc623180"><enum>(A)</enum><text>identifying existing barriers to cooperation between the agencies involved in agricultural product import inspection, trade data collection and organization, and organically produced agricultural product trade enforcement, including—</text><clause id="idF28E700F2F144F9ABCC5F343221E3C3E"><enum>(i)</enum><text>U.S. Customs and Border Protection;</text></clause><clause id="id2A722B07A6A0476DBEE5F9AE89652B0A"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the Agricultural Marketing Service; and</text></clause><clause id="idF0B1F618FBFB43C08972778D4F3F11A1"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service;</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idab17d46345644efaa345047737387f41"><enum>(B)</enum><text>assessing progress toward integrating organic trade enforcement into import inspection procedures of U.S. Customs and Border Protection and the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, including an assessment of—</text><clause id="idB0C5A125BE7045108280DA19527E51B9"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the status of the development of systems for—</text><subclause id="idBE72071A540C4386B203D641E7D85ACA"><enum>(I)</enum><text>tracking the fumigation of imports of organically produced agricultural products into the United States; and</text></subclause><subclause id="idB6CEF4CC6BEE408C8E80FA6F5D2CC197"><enum>(II)</enum><text>electronically verifying national organic program import certificate authenticity; and</text></subclause></clause><clause id="id6FBC31EA382D495386A4043FF7888AA6"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>training of U.S. Customs and Border Protection personnel on—</text><subclause id="id0893B0979A2A494EB16506304DD9E5BC"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the use of the systems described in clause (i); and</text></subclause><subclause id="id060163FCCEC14A58BEF310E398E0C406"><enum>(II)</enum><text>requirements and protocols under this title;</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idc1b4666f04514bc49ea239670303a88a"><enum>(C)</enum><text>establishing outcome-based goals for ensuring imports of agricultural products represented as organically produced meet the requirements under this title;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="iddbba57e5481c4301ba24b57ffde42044"><enum>(D)</enum><text>recommending steps to improve the documentation and traceability of imported organically produced agricultural products;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ide5bc78d7fd394956981c8446fe6b8e98"><enum>(E)</enum><text>recommending and describing steps toward the goals of—</text><clause id="idbb349bede5244dd7a4ff6f26452194d8"><enum>(i)</enum><text>achieving complete compliance with the requirements of this title for all agricultural products imported into the United States and represented as organically produced; and</text></clause><clause id="id0815469537a54a37908e9f3f997fea4b"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>ensuring accurate labeling and marketing of imported agricultural products represented as organically produced by the exporter;</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id4d0681382daa400fa70447bf3bac9359"><enum>(F)</enum><text>providing a timeline for implementing the steps described in subparagraph (E);</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id749e78a9f2bf423881d80380504ec50b"><enum>(G)</enum><text>identifying additional resources needed to achieve any unmet goals; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idbec12c99126546f585cb7c8983f41e78"><enum>(H)</enum><text>describing staffing needs at U.S. Customs and Border Protection and the Department of Agriculture to achieve the goals for ensuring organic integrity described in the report.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id7bc1aef05739467c935ffa64ca77c99f"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Report on enforcement actions taken on organic imports</header><text>A report—</text><subparagraph id="id90ad3bb2c33a4b05ac7a19750275a3fc"><enum>(A)</enum><text>providing detailed quantitative data (broken down by commodity type, quantity, value, month, and origin) on imports of agricultural products represented as organically produced found to be fraudulent or lacking any documentation required under this title at the port of entry during the report year;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id5f28cefb01af4771a2f84d92c29a518f"><enum>(B)</enum><text>providing data on domestic enforcement actions taken on imported agricultural products represented as organically produced, including—</text><clause commented="no" id="id0732653eecc9440588df842c836913d3"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the number and type of actions taken by United States officials at ports of entry in response to violations of this title; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="id869c9ad0c1cd40819bca05abf5c44d17"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the total quantity and value of the agricultural products that were the subject of the actions, broken down by product variety and country of origin;</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id34ed3e39052243388b399cc82c9a7027"><enum>(C)</enum><text>providing data on fumigation of agricultural products represented as organically produced at ports of entry and notifications of fumigation actions to shipment owners, broken down by product variety and country of origin; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idd3330b7eb488424098ac8f2f05bab5db"><enum>(D)</enum><text>providing information on enforcement activities under this title involving overseas investigations and compliance actions taken within that year, including—</text><clause id="idADC6BA02F46245ED9E70DAA19B433531"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the number of investigations by country; and</text></clause><clause id="idEA6BEE52C9F74E1A9B7ADE1638E60DBE"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a descriptive summary of compliance actions taken by certifying agents in each country.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="id8B7485B8A87A456CBBD8DF17786D518E"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 2123 of the Organic Foods Production Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/6522">7 U.S.C. 6522</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph commented="no" id="id08B3BC936896422898F5EB154FBED53A"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking the section heading and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">Funding</header-in-text></quote>;</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id4CE5822E90C84B4A9C50CABFD0EC92DC"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (b), by striking paragraphs (1) through (7) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide9f5b0945c314219991f9508f75bbc5d" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><paragraph id="id5aadf7df56f3475ab52cec376b88cd34"><enum>(1)</enum><text>$15,000,000 for fiscal year 2018;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id7d3e8d91e0484c19aedf3057c306ce88"><enum>(2)</enum><text>$16,500,000 for fiscal year 2019;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id2be9ec329de046dfbbf875dc3bb2f851"><enum>(3)</enum><text>$18,000,000 for fiscal year 2020;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idde895db8fd964f98ac591769235aff26"><enum>(4)</enum><text>$20,000,000 for fiscal year 2021;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id626ff2f5865a4e80ba8b24e239c86d32"><enum>(5)</enum><text>$22,000,000 for fiscal year 2022; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id9f031376f1844f17ab7f8034305e0385"><enum>(6)</enum><text>$24,000,000 for fiscal year 2023.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id1A23AF7D03F54958A714689948D8DBDB"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2183B7B73F4444D4B62A10AB238A7476" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subsection commented="no" id="id496B680904364768ADCE014459F86A0A"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Modernization of trade tracking and data collection systems</header><paragraph commented="no" id="idED2A171BE6C2473CAE97DA299B9A4877"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Of the funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation, the Secretary shall use to carry out section 2106(b)(3) $5,000,000 for fiscal year 2019, to remain available until expended.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0F30B222747F4C949A36D285F0978785"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Additional amount</header><text>The amount made available under paragraph (1) shall be in addition to any other amounts made available to carry out section 2106(b)(3).</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="idBCCA152A66704C7DA799EA20852D42CD"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Trade savings provision</header><text>The amendments made by subsections (c), (d), and (f) shall be carried out in a manner consistent with United States obligations under international agreements.</text></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="P6F569B8C40DDACB2CC1B1C898ECA1EC"><enum>10105.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">National organic certification cost-share program</header><subsection commented="no" id="H7F3FF952973040E3B6D041C7E0B00676"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Elimination of directed delegation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 10606(a) of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/6523">7 U.S.C. 6523(a)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>(acting through the Agricultural Marketing Service)</quote>.</text></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HF2A55DDCDF3F4B329EDF0B4553A51581"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Funding</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 10606 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/6523">7 U.S.C. 6523</external-xref>) is amended by striking subsection (d) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0F70EAB3BC694A909388A05A33A6036C" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8729FAC569424383A1AA44BADA3882F1"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Mandatory funding</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Of the funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation, the Secretary shall make available to carry out this section $11,500,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 through 2023, to remain available until expended.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="P267DC0784397FD70F3C32DB7E428C33" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>10106.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Food safety education initiatives</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 10105(c) of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/7655a">7 U.S.C. 7655a(c)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text></section><section id="idDE963F7EA77642EEA71382B3B97C736A"><enum>10107.</enum><header>Specialty crop block grants</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 101 of the Specialty Crops Competitiveness Act of 2004 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1621">7 U.S.C. 1621</external-xref> note; <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/108/465">Public Law 108–465</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="idB8667B3195734AA1BDF4E893DFAB6AD1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a), by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id9EAD1A217FBA4799ADDDDB67EF6E6F6B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (e)—</text><subparagraph id="idD25D86E883104511A13E192430180C02"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>shall identify</quote> and inserting the following: “shall—</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id15F62C4FD6D4422BA8E27BE64828654B" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><paragraph id="id55937916AF6A4084A7DCE282D48C84A1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>identify</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id45146BE972BD46C393F80EF82AD2CB2D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (1) (as so designated), by striking <quote>plan and indicate</quote> and inserting the following: “plan;</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC1020F91DFE440FA9F3147F22452FEC6" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><paragraph id="id9665F83906AD40E1B1AA066F19572526"><enum>(2)</enum><text>indicate</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idC443CC2CCF1A4C5DB28D3423BBFCF810"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (2) (as so designated), by striking <quote>crops.</quote> and inserting <quote>crops at the national, regional, and local levels;</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idE8497743E8504311941595C90916774F"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id624A2798D43148B8A657DCDC2784E1AF" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><paragraph id="idbb10453cce534300a13ea7a0f32aa02e"><enum>(3)</enum><text>include performance measures developed by the State department of agriculture, in consultation with specialty crop stakeholders, to be used as the primary means for performing an evaluation; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idd7d8f24a039a4b89ba58eeb6a9cfe6cd"><enum>(4)</enum><text>provide best practices for methods used to enhance the competitiveness of specialty crops across multiple commodities, types of production, and geographic locations.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idC5E7C53A93BC47B1B37D8A65471A7BFA"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (f)—</text><subparagraph id="idD073E4A8F4EE46498A4352FE3DC4FC05"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the second sentence, by striking <quote>The Secretary</quote> and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id55A2354A78B3414F9A2A2DBD3BC329EA" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><paragraph id="idD0CDE11F953D458CB4AEE950428B4E3F"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Acceptance or rejection</header><text>The Secretary</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id5F87C934363743C380AD886DFCBEA098"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in the matter preceding paragraph (2) (as so designated), by striking <quote>In reviewing</quote> and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id963432251E1B4780B5BE61882779D0FC" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><paragraph id="idF78309D17B1948F2A5928904185271B0"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>In reviewing</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id04D12660D6EC42E79BA56B75BA784702"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (1) (as so designated)—</text><clause id="idC03D924F167E401C8CA62407A53FE058"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>would carry</quote> and inserting the following: “would—</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id140A29E479A24144A735356B02DC449B" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subparagraph id="idF985511676F849F7A9B0190A71A6AB25"><enum>(A)</enum><text>carry</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause><clause id="idEFD7010E06DD49A7A58221D86B5FE3A4"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A) (as so designated), by striking <quote>(a).</quote> and inserting the following: “(a); and</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6C337AC980E94D3D9690FDAF0928E480" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subparagraph id="idF2E7CFF1F9C3477F9A13EE5CD21817F8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>meet the requirements described in subsection (e).</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idB63BB3C622B94C068BB9A7EE373BA32E"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subsection (h)—</text><subparagraph id="idDB8919FE4ECC4416B475474862271C6B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the paragraph heading, by inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">and evaluation</header-in-text></quote> after <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">audit</header-in-text></quote>;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id6750174E2CF94F07BCD11D749A7179A0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in the second sentence, by striking <quote>Not later than 30 days after the completion of the audit,</quote> and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6E0C46C1D68348509AA0DB2134C3A626" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><paragraph id="idD7E5C982D58A4645A3E2A31030E26A8E"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Submission of audit</header><text>Not later than 30 days after the completion of the audit under paragraph (1)(A),</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idDA48EF3B2D3C4B2C82FD84AFAAAB84C7"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in the matter preceding paragraph (2) (as so designated), by striking <quote>For each</quote> and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF91EF4A597B344FDAD278B953CB778B1" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><paragraph id="id46DB566F880B4C68BD958203B8A021E6"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>For each</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idEE00091B202541D6A2C536E8B7293F57"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in paragraph (1) (as so designated)—</text><clause id="id6A371E3139D74033A2D3350718F9F788"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>conduct an audit</quote> and inserting the following: “conduct—</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD585BF9785D84EDA800B25DB098823BE" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subparagraph id="id3255640D75A44A3187FF63B8A41385B4"><enum>(A)</enum><text>an audit</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause><clause id="id9025AA05465C47D98C51A3473FC3A19A"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A) (as so designated), by striking <quote>State.</quote> and inserting the following: “State; and</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB631C83C905B40E38477EFBEF396D16B" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subparagraph id="idAB27A3078A424E268738FC9C5A6AC488"><enum>(B)</enum><text>an evaluation of performance measures developed under subsection (e)(3).</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idF8A66A416CF04EFB8F8E9165B0EFBBC3"><enum>(5)</enum><text>in subsection (k)—</text><subparagraph id="id2941946ADCD6431FACB1D8373154813C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>3</quote> and inserting <quote>4</quote>;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id3A385795BEE442EA8B51500C4AA0F11E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by striking <quote>8</quote> and inserting <quote>9</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id13020BB3BFE44111BE97950F843C83DA"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9DF8E645A6CA4A189F7187F65A0331CA" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><paragraph id="idbc8d12d37ac44194a78ebe0cbf818b70"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Guidance</header><subparagraph id="id97EFCB4466F4456B9D83352414578F02"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Each year, prior to the submission of State plans under subsection (d), the Secretary shall provide guidance to States regarding best practices and national and regional priorities.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id1F63DDB64130474495C05F325AF67FF2"><enum>(B)</enum><header>National and regional priorities</header><text>National and regional priorities described in subparagraph (A) shall be—</text><clause id="id1A3AD5FB5133481095723C5F93CBE347"><enum>(i)</enum><text>based on formal stakeholder input; and</text></clause><clause id="id4EC6E62B32AE41DB9F8F62EB83F9890E"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>considered by the Secretary as States develop State plans under subsection (d).</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id25d136a4fab94fe98260570ced78fc89"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Multistate projects</header><text>Notwithstanding subsection (a) and paragraph (1), the Administrator of the Agricultural Marketing Service shall administer the funds of approved multistate projects under subsection (j).</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id86F55F9F06DD4D308C5942FF7CBABE33"><enum>(6)</enum><text>in subsection (l)(2)(E), by inserting <quote>and each fiscal year thereafter</quote> before the period at the end.</text></paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8870273D50C247D592B56075B8EDD4AF" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>10108.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Plant variety protection</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 42(a) of the Plant Variety Protection Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2402">7 U.S.C. 2402(a)</external-xref>) is amended in the matter preceding paragraph (1) by striking <quote>or tuber propagated</quote> and inserting <quote>tuber propagated or asexually propagated</quote>.</text></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4476CDBC262849FA82379EFCDD97FBF1"><enum>10109.</enum><header>Multiple crop and pesticide use survey</header><subsection id="idecdd00deefcc4bb6b4d0779d5bab287a"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary, acting through the Director of the Office of Pest Management Policy, shall conduct a multiple crop and pesticide use survey of farmers to collect data for risk assessment modeling and mitigation for an active ingredient.</text></subsection><subsection id="id80F9A0C0F7A748DA95EDB2617EF69068"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Submission</header><text>The Secretary shall submit to the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and make publically available the survey described in subsection (a).</text></subsection><subsection id="idff87b00ab0244fd1bc701fe750ee5f58"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $2,500,000, to remain available until expended.</text></subsection><subsection id="idB7EBB906FE28451B95AB72FF65ED0E4D"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Confidentiality of information</header><text>Section 1770 of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2276">7 U.S.C. 2276</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="id3B8EF0B856534A9CB146DEA666C8E65A"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)—</text><subparagraph id="id0487322175FF48F98FCDEEC7CD0A912B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>(a) In the case</quote> and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF45CCCF89F55439A85AC8CC591545C56" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subsection id="idE45E491A51A945D18CDFE9FD88925DAE"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>In the case</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id9F4115396F30402BA7EFFEB952F6C7E6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (3), by striking <quote>subsection (d)(12)</quote> and inserting <quote>paragraph (12) or (13) of subsection (d)</quote>; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idC0283916B8A7418992595E13BE152DC3"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (d)—</text><subparagraph id="id98ECA0A438464354BE9D31978E4D614E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>(d) For purposes</quote> and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8CA29D3FA7E645E69B1C2769B8C551FC" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subsection id="idD600822C3D7D4CA6AA311D4F0FB318B6"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Provisions of law references</header><text>For purposes</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id74E61E654241442D93F2DBE7AFAFDEFF"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (11), by striking <quote>or</quote> at the end;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idD6741242785342F2A98BF20A041C7AF0"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (12), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; or</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idEAFE6F41B7A746BBAC3DC789C56F4049"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBDC7C69853AF413691224311C7F534F1" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><paragraph id="id118EFA7F24464E0A9D44E9F12A39274C"><enum>(13)</enum><text>section 10109 of the <short-title>Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018</short-title>.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id49687576DAC24B97AC28B14897DB19B6"><enum>10110.</enum><header>Clarification of use of funds for technical assistance</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 11 of the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/714i">15 U.S.C. 714i</external-xref>) is amended in the last sentence by inserting after <quote>activities</quote> the following: <quote>but excluding any amounts used to provide technical assistance under title X of the <short-title>Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018</short-title> or an amendment made by that title.</quote>.</text></section><section commented="no" id="id5B31B3E425094984A84E9A05262ED350"><enum>10111.</enum><header>Hemp production</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1621">7 U.S.C. 1621</external-xref> et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id63440CAA868B43C5956AB94723395783" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subtitle id="id87238C8725F74B64BD4DD7C6D98A4536" style="OLC"><enum>G</enum><header>Hemp Production</header><section id="id53A3829E271A44468C1670ADA98CDB23"><enum>297A.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this subtitle:</text><paragraph commented="no" id="id9F12A8CB03184B18B11B40E5CF795786"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Hemp</header><text>The term <term>hemp</term> means the plant Cannabis sativa L. and any part of that plant, including the seeds thereof and all derivatives, extracts, cannabinoids, isomers, acids, salts, and salts of isomers, whether growing or not, with a delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol concentration of not more than 0.3 percent on a dry weight basis.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID569E39A7AE294A8BB8194A9568303F9E"><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 <act-name parsable-cite="ISDA">Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/5304">25 U.S.C. 5304</external-xref>).</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="idF8FEE036D0D84EA29400FA86EEAC52D4"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Secretary</header><text>The term <term>Secretary</term> means the Secretary of Agriculture.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id07896D510916445E871CF83765247905"><enum>(4)</enum><header>State</header><text>The term <term>State</term> means—</text><subparagraph id="id3DAC0B51187D42A9B7643F1DE0CAF77C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a State;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id9A065BAA878641B39DA62EE306086037"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the District of Columbia;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id37184D2E78684C25803CB8E2FB46E818"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id7CEA2DF904214591A7DAED92AC359AE3"><enum>(D)</enum><text>any other territory or possession of the United States.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id79722441D91846DEA2F11242379EC3FE"><enum>(5)</enum><header>State department of agriculture</header><text>The term <term>State department of agriculture</term> means the agency, commission, or department of a State government responsible for agriculture in the State.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ID203E5E4ACE44404EB1D29D40A4E878FD"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Tribal government</header><text>The term <term>Tribal government</term> means the governing body of an Indian tribe.</text></paragraph></section><section id="idAB658458B9E14655A297C4C1B8C99FBE"><enum>297B.</enum><header>State and Tribal plans</header><subsection id="id27D3B334F8D6424A9AEFFFAB4F468D08"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Submission</header><paragraph id="idA98EB3C5AC094DF795AA6000EA9313CB"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>A State or Indian tribe desiring to have primary regulatory authority over the production of hemp in the State or territory of the Indian tribe shall submit to the Secretary, through the State department of agriculture (in consultation with the Governor and chief law enforcement officer of the State) or the Tribal government, as applicable, a plan under which the State or Indian tribe monitors and regulates that production as described in paragraph (2).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idEF6D3F00EA50419BBE8A90F29021952F"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>A State or Tribal plan referred to in paragraph (1)—</text><subparagraph id="idF380F46C43F94FDB95F17ADC8F02B476"><enum>(A)</enum><text>shall only be required to include—</text><clause id="idF0DFA6554BCF4E0E81DA713C182B2DCD"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a practice to maintain relevant information regarding land on which hemp is produced in the State or territory of the Indian tribe, including a legal description of the land, for a period of not less than 3 calendar years;</text></clause><clause id="id4B5443703F494C3EBA9D48316F43BB2C"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a procedure for testing, using post-decarboxylation or other similarly reliable methods, delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol concentration levels of hemp produced in the State or territory of the Indian tribe;</text></clause><clause id="idF343CB90D946493D81DAF2A91DF905B6"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>a procedure for the effective disposal of products that are produced in violation of this subtitle;</text></clause><clause id="idCF3D1A08FA664A6C90F877F335072833"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>a procedure to comply with the enforcement procedures under subsection (d);</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="id821DC9196B964A04A0B2A2044ABC12DB"><enum>(v)</enum><text>a procedure for conducting annual inspections of a random sample of hemp producers—</text><subclause commented="no" id="id5898F78FC07D4BB8B041B66F6C0C72DB"><enum>(I)</enum><text>to verify that hemp is not produced in violation of this subtitle; and</text></subclause><subclause commented="no" id="idC4FDFECDA2004B178D923B2BBC1EBE09"><enum>(II)</enum><text>in a manner that ensures that a hemp producer is subject to not more than 1 inspection each year; and</text></subclause></clause><clause commented="no" id="id0272394D3CF64345839D50EB62CDA5C3"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>a certification that the State or Indian tribe has the resources and personnel to carry out the practices and procedures described in clauses (i) through (v); and</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idB81F97E6231A467B8B1556F9DF702771"><enum>(B)</enum><text>may include any other practice or procedure established by a State or Indian tribe, as applicable, to the extent that the practice or procedure is consistent with this subtitle.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="iddfb28e8596764f659314ec335cbe841c"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Relation to State and Tribal law</header><subparagraph id="ide7cc491c891a41f4a040452c9a94e561"><enum>(A)</enum><header>No preemption</header><text>Nothing in this subsection preempts or limits any law of a State or Indian tribe regulating the production of hemp, to the extent that law is consistent with this subtitle.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id6abbf85edb4241fd8acdf44b358b9e7a"><enum>(B)</enum><header>References in plans</header><text>A State or Tribal plan referred to in paragraph (1) may include a reference to a law of the State or Indian tribe regulating the production of hemp, to the extent that law is consistent with this subtitle.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id0C8940C4C1704E1787C3BA5195FFF226"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Approval</header><paragraph id="id2ECE0AA7475A4219895C101AC2AC5E5C"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 60 days after receipt of a State or Tribal plan under subsection (a), the Secretary shall—</text><subparagraph id="id525277AF859A402A8C28ED78F9806B94"><enum>(A)</enum><text>approve the State or Tribal plan if the State or Tribal plan complies with subsection (a); or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idFA62F5A16E6A4A33B443015EC0A5E1B9"><enum>(B)</enum><text>disapprove the State or Tribal plan only if the State or Tribal plan does not comply with subsection (a).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idA44ADA9338E841CBB005FECA410674E2"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Amended plans</header><text>If the Secretary disapproves a State or Tribal plan under paragraph (1)(B), the State, through the State department of agriculture (in consultation with the Governor and chief law enforcement officer of the State) or the Tribal government, as applicable, may submit to the Secretary an amended State or Tribal plan that complies with subsection (a).</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id911F7BACBCF54969BBA656F8A69DC07B"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Consultation</header><text>The Secretary may consult with the Attorney General in carrying out this subsection.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="id155AE7D79FB54081A0AA411F1997409A"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Technical assistance</header><text>The Secretary may provide technical assistance to a State or Indian tribe in the development of a State or Tribal plan under subsection (a).</text></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="idC568E1BDA06C44CDB95DBA4A693005E1"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Violations</header><paragraph commented="no" id="idCCC72F44DB574AB081D3F32477013DCB"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>A violation of a State or Tribal plan approved under subsection (b) shall be subject to enforcement solely in accordance with this subsection.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idD6BDC5F58FC44AD2B9A3DAF67D6E2854"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Negligent violations</header><subparagraph id="id45BC6A355C0F4F819B6A729427DDAB17"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>A hemp producer in a State or the territory of an Indian tribe for which a State or Tribal plan is approved under subsection (b) shall be subject to subparagraph (B) of this paragraph if the State department of agriculture or Tribal government, as applicable, determines that the hemp producer has negligently violated the State or Tribal plan, including by negligently—</text><clause id="id658152806c1e476380b45cfc2674abb5"><enum>(i)</enum><text>failing to provide a legal description of land on which the producer produces hemp;</text></clause><clause id="id605f1a1bda634481b10a229a511f51d6"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>failing to obtain a license or other required authorization from the State department of agriculture or Tribal government, as applicable; or</text></clause><clause id="idb439c7fa7cd14a9f8e3d762777f08522"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>producing Cannabis sativa L. with a delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol concentration of more than 0.3 percent on a dry weight basis.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idFAF2206380FC4A74B5D9CA2737270B1A"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Corrective action plan</header><text>A hemp producer described in subparagraph (A) shall comply with a plan established by the State department of agriculture or Tribal government, as applicable, to correct the negligent violation, including—</text><clause id="idDB9F6A135F164A0DBADAEF35C26A0375"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a reasonable date by which the hemp producer shall correct the negligent violation; and</text></clause><clause id="id5261DCB4D67842839F59A35369369661"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a requirement that the hemp producer shall periodically report to the State department of agriculture or Tribal government, as applicable, on the compliance of the hemp producer with the State or Tribal plan for a period of not less than the next 2 calendar years.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id02760BB5627E40BDAA40FCB6B1E6D4EB"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Result of negligent violation</header><text>Except as provided in subparagraph (D), a hemp producer that negligently violates a State or Tribal plan under subparagraph (A) shall not as a result of that violation be subject to any criminal or civil enforcement action by the Federal Government or any State government, Tribal government, or local government other than the enforcement action authorized under subparagraph (B).</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id417A661920F24A4FA685C35312FC5E84"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Repeat violations</header><text>A hemp producer that negligently violates a State or Tribal plan under subparagraph (A) 3 times in a 5-year period shall be ineligible to produce hemp for a period of 5 years beginning on the date of the third violation.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id504F23599F704D0A8C8DBEB31236C5DF"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Other violations</header><subparagraph id="id7B5B7152D0474BB2A269DD236EE3837B"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>If the State department of agriculture or Tribal government in a State or the territory of an Indian tribe for which a State or Tribal plan is approved under subsection (b), as applicable, determines that a hemp producer in the State or territory has violated the State or Tribal plan with a culpable mental state greater than negligence—</text><clause id="idFA816467B85D4B3F8E2F051EFF6A41BC"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the State department of agriculture or Tribal government, as applicable, shall immediately report the hemp producer to—</text><subclause id="id6CC3FE29CDA14E3CB0EBC4C54CD7182D"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the Attorney General; and</text></subclause><subclause id="id9AD705AA09274306B08B72BCCC379FBF"><enum>(II)</enum><text>in the case of a State department of agriculture, the chief law enforcement officer of the State; and</text></subclause></clause><clause id="id60D5B45FE7DB40EDBE9C40D92094648C"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>paragraph (1) of this subsection shall not apply to the violation.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id7F9B52E7F20044FCA4D85C04556F579C"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Felony</header><text>Any person convicted of a felony relating to a controlled substance under State or Federal law shall be ineligible—</text><clause commented="no" id="id511C13E49D614A9D9E52C39138D93BD5"><enum>(i)</enum><text>to participate in the program established under this section; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="id51CB9906CC5E4AE4A22D3B265112C319"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>to produce hemp under any regulations or guidelines issued under section 297D(a).</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id7346049772D5403F8E47E7A4FD3E66D1"><enum>(C)</enum><header>False statement</header><text>Any person who materially falsifies any information contained in an application to participate in the program established under this section shall be ineligible to participate in that program.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="id67B2A6C648F849E0AB1F389A4FD8BDD1"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as are necessary to carry out this section.</text></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="id06AF5E71B9C049278314E9D9546503F4"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Effect</header><text>Nothing in this section prohibits the production of hemp in a State or the territory of an Indian tribe for which a State or Tribal plan is not approved under this section in accordance with section 297C or other Federal laws (including regulations).</text></subsection></section><section commented="no" id="idE058A93890BA4101BD166408B998B276"><enum>297C.</enum><header>Department of Agriculture</header><subsection commented="no" id="idca424d51920443949d98d58d67e5552f"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Department of Agriculture plan</header><paragraph commented="no" id="id6610C73457B84541827AC30EA4D9E946"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>In the case of a State or Indian tribe for which a State or Tribal plan is not approved under section 297B, the production of hemp in that State or the territory of that Indian tribe shall be subject to a plan established by the Secretary to monitor and regulate that production in accordance with paragraph (2).</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="ide4a956daeee943fbb818bf6cdc9431c8"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Content</header><text>A plan established by the Secretary under paragraph (1) shall include—</text><subparagraph commented="no" id="id9CC70D63609A459BAC1D020F05F5FBAF"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a practice to maintain relevant information regarding land on which hemp is produced in the State or territory of the Indian tribe, including a legal description of the land, for a period of not less than 3 calendar years;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="idD50A07F34CA240DE95DD720F80361BFB"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a procedure for testing, using post-decarboxylation or other similarly reliable methods, delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol concentration levels of hemp produced in the State or territory of the Indian tribe;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id6CB2E15C4FC14EDB9096DBFF649CC55B"><enum>(C)</enum><text>a procedure for the effective disposal of products that are produced in violation of this subtitle;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id2A81D36427904C34AEC72DEC1BCF13F2"><enum>(D)</enum><text>a procedure to comply with the enforcement procedures under subsection (c)(2);</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id1FB4F1E043A34B7D85B234BA44D89826"><enum>(E)</enum><text>a procedure for conducting annual inspections of a random sample of hemp producers—</text><clause commented="no" id="id2A585F2D9AE94586802817FF2620D37A"><enum>(i)</enum><text>to verify that hemp is not produced in violation of this subtitle; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="idF5ECFE7B3BB94C7CB25625F77A1E46E0"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in a manner that ensures that a hemp producer is subject to not more than 1 inspection each year; and</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="idD191A04761904465AB03D8FBA373B1CF"><enum>(F)</enum><text>such other practices or procedures as the Secretary considers to be appropriate, to the extent that the practice or procedure is consistent with this subtitle.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="idF3D9545CE2D54C4CBE315228EB2ABD4E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Licensing</header><text>The Secretary shall establish a procedure to issue licenses to hemp producers in accordance with a plan established under subsection (a).</text></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="id560d3b12bddf436fa2b5343fa663797a"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Violations</header><paragraph commented="no" id="idE6BC265D9C2747D793918FBAE0B1F516"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>In the case of a State or Indian tribe for which a State or Tribal plan is not approved under section 297B, it shall be unlawful to produce hemp in that State or the territory of that Indian tribe without a license issued by the Secretary under subsection (b).</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id105F0FAEC54C4CEABED3E9363C17C323"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Negligent and other violations</header><text>A violation of a plan established under subsection (a) shall be subject to enforcement in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3) of section 297B(d), except that the Secretary shall carry out that enforcement instead of a State department of agriculture or Tribal government.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="idAC5B90CA94C846AFB4CD141C546309CD"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Reporting to Attorney General</header><text>In the case of a State or Indian tribe covered by paragraph (1), the Secretary shall report the production of hemp without a license issued by the Secretary under subsection (b) to the Attorney General.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" id="idE7010AE836D1499699BBBBD566C95C0C"><enum>297D.</enum><header>Authority to issue regulations and guidelines; effect on other law</header><subsection commented="no" id="idC4F5A7D597B84BEEA4C9C9FAD173C593"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Authority</header><paragraph commented="no" id="idAF47AC370D5E4DF3807D37A1BEBCB396"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall have sole authority to issue Federal regulations and guidelines that relate to the production of hemp, including Federal regulations and guidelines that relate to the implementation of sections 297B and 279C.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id19F4E50E46CE43B6AC88D860202A18DC"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Consultation with Attorney General</header><text>The Secretary may consult with the Attorney General before issuing regulations and guidelines under paragraph (1).</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="idC4BAE773C69D4C6DB269929AB6AD37AF"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effect on other law</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nothing in this subtitle shall affect or modify—</text><paragraph commented="no" id="idAA0F5915A1934585ACF8E0345E6E02F0"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/21/301">21 U.S.C. 301</external-xref> et seq.); or</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6C600F2C6EA745F69E8BE7C26CE9D3BF"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the authority of the Commissioner of Food and Drugs and the Secretary of Health and Human Services under that Act.</text></paragraph></subsection></section></subtitle><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id44D27C32597F4A2F92A231D61445D79B" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>10112.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Rule of construction</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Nothing in this title authorizes interference with the interstate commerce of hemp (as defined in section 297A of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946, as added by section 10111).</text></section><enum>XI</enum><header>Crop Insurance</header><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id33E22A2745E74B68B01B289EA650F33C" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>11101.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 502(b) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1502">7 U.S.C. 1502(b)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="idf15c5909b2ff4c98a9075d3d2111b4a4"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraphs (6), (7), (8), (9), (10), and (11) as paragraphs (7), (8), (10), (11), (12), and (13) respectively;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id1A1051969FA345F1AB1E8367CB16CBAC"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (5) the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC14B75CD670A4CD499D7B10FAA172CCA" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><paragraph id="id5FBF92C474AD4802A095ADAED812F06A"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Cover crop termination</header><text>The term <quote>cover crop termination</quote> means a practice that historically and under reasonable circumstances results in the termination of the growth of a cover crop.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph id="id665d4bc796f34050b970c17788dc0412"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (8) (as so redesignated) the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id623f30d7d28e45119c20b8290cf51f19" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><paragraph id="idc91ae767be934e8eb913403c8e83e901"><enum>(9)</enum><header>Hemp</header><text>The term <term>hemp</term> has the meaning given the term in section 297A of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section><section id="id5508a1c538fb4f9f8ad0bcf9d56431bd"><enum>11102.</enum><header>Data collection</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 506(h)(2) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1506">7 U.S.C. 1506(h)(2)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="id439D6F72D33042F2B85E077B502A1788"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>The Corporation</quote> and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB8FB6F6F0D854677968AADA00724372C" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subparagraph id="id8F5BE1F0A8844FF18AD3C012091F5673"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Corporation</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph id="idB53C7240910C49E88AD3F4D937D0E5B3"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id56a9f95f94ff44439c32dea5149e2ce9" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subparagraph id="id076AAFE47B3D448184BECD3D5A834F83"><enum>(B)</enum><header>National Agricultural Statistics Service</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Data collected by the National Agricultural Statistics Service, whether published or unpublished, shall be—</text><clause id="id43CAC32B7B1A4D86A781CF80B4285693"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provided in an aggregate form to the Corporation for the purpose of providing insurance under this subtitle; and</text></clause><clause id="idEF2DD9CA72C449B7AF13BBF588AA29A9"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>kept confidential by the Corporation in the same manner and to the same extent as is required under—</text><subclause id="id93950F4EBDF04489AF9F4DEF8A477E25"><enum>(I)</enum><text>section 1770 of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2276">7 U.S.C. 2276</external-xref>); and</text></subclause><subclause id="idFBBD34B30EA143B8B732EE797665DC87"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the Confidential Information Protection and Statistical Efficiency Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/44/3501">44 U.S.C. 3501</external-xref> note; <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/107/347">Public Law 107–347</external-xref>).</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id170739d4d93a4f99b7f10f879c9891aa"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program</header><text>In collecting data under this subsection, the Secretary shall ensure that—</text><clause id="id2CA87CFD7BA54064A4A8809E566BF726"><enum>(i)</enum><text>appropriate data are collected through the noninsured crop disaster assistance program established by section 196 of the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/7333">7 U.S.C. 7333</external-xref>); and</text></clause><clause id="idB4393A6A390A4620848C3E885F35E5F9"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>not less frequently than annually, the Farm Service Agency shares, and the Corporation considers, the data described in clause (i).</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section><section id="ida7ec5a6ca3a34430807fa1ae7b914b41"><enum>11103.</enum><header>Sharing of records</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 506(h)(3) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1506">7 U.S.C. 1506(h)(3)</external-xref>) is amended by inserting <quote>applicants who have received payment under section 522(b)(2)(E),</quote> after <quote>divisions,</quote>.</text></section><section id="id0ebde5391aa8407283a5f6c78121520b"><enum>11104.</enum><header>Use of resources</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 507(f) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1507">7 U.S.C. 1507(f)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="id33F6462FB48E4387B0790BB3251DBA53"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking paragraphs (3) and (4) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA2743178B02D45B4AF8CA5A6C1CD1C7B" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><paragraph id="idAB8C97972F9243A8BB3AA9EBD304F10D"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the Farm Service Agency, in assisting the Board in—</text><subparagraph id="id685381CF79E94FB1910089A562DE596D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the determination of individual producer yields;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idB741EF3F03FB4484AE635EA29ED0B7A1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>sharing information on beginning farmers and ranchers and veteran farmers and ranchers;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idAACE1B9EBDB648BB911607711DD045D3"><enum>(C)</enum><text>investigating potential waste, fraud, or abuse;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id5A08D7B212F64CA6947174F600A636C1"><enum>(D)</enum><text>sharing information to support the transition of crops and counties from the noninsured crop disaster assistance program established by section 196 of the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/7333">7 U.S.C. 7333</external-xref>) to insurance under this subtitle; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idFC3803C68A1E4FF3AC1F3FE11E08646D"><enum>(E)</enum><text>serving as a local point of contact for the dissemination of information on risk management options available to farmers and ranchers; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id39BE672023D64900AD49E18DA1D09A9A"><enum>(4)</enum><text>other Federal agencies, in assisting the Board in any way the Board determines is necessary in carrying out this subtitle.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph id="id6F9A9F0301864D8C864176465DB053AF"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by striking <quote>(2) the</quote> and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id87EF35A83114480F8DFEB9A54074CED9" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><paragraph id="id92C652688EE640C4B83A25ED422D84D0"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph id="idE2BE202AC8A44F62941A9815753BCC91"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>(f) The Board</quote> in the matter preceding paragraph (1) and all that follows through the semicolon at the end of paragraph (1) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide75b2fa5ad104fe6887349fc3e0075a5" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subsection id="idbdb80683c3314cd38057fc2769015a25"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Use of resources, data, boards, and committees of Federal agencies</header><text>The Board shall use, to the maximum extent practicable, the resources, data, boards, and the committees of—</text><paragraph id="idE2615F164F6647A490866E7860AF60D2"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the Natural Resources Conservation Service, in assisting the board in—</text><subparagraph id="id23ED0F14DFBC428389C2D2B3CD7C4C72"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the classification of land as to risk and production capability;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id069088038F614251985F0AA42BAB0DFE"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the assessment of—</text><clause id="id80B2311B42F84991AAB648098CBE1854"><enum>(i)</enum><text>long-term trends in, and impacts from, weather variability; and</text></clause><clause id="id525819EA34EA4922B404DA250A9AE821"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>opportunities to ameliorate the impacts described in clause (i); and</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id78B0ED631DE04643BE3E10134B4AD6C4"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the consideration of acceptable conservation practices, including good farming practices with respect to conservation (such as cover crop termination);</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section><section id="id5923025122154cef8d247850ea7681e3"><enum>11105.</enum><header>Specialty crops</header><subsection id="idf931043708d7449382537862daac4689"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Specialty crops coordinator</header><text>Section 507(g) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1507">7 U.S.C. 1507(g)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id68C2B000F0D7442998E2D7A6235B007D" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><paragraph id="iddbad71090a42470ab18869b0663eead7"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Specialty crop liaisons</header><text>The Specialty Crops Coordinator shall—</text><subparagraph id="idC0FD875C11974B1BBAC462F3E2BABC00"><enum>(A)</enum><text>designate a Specialty Crops Liaison in each regional field office; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id9143556E0517423CBC392D5B50FE634B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>share the contact information of the Specialty Crops Liaisons with specialty crop producers.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id70e134414eb0495f82e1af1b9f8d1ead"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Website</header><subparagraph id="idC2E828AC09B44A97908C2EB796BD289B"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Specialty Crops Coordinator shall establish a website focused on the efforts of the Corporation to provide and expand crop insurance for specialty crop producers.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idF2707024A1F54CC5B12133C1363FEFDD"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Inclusions</header><text>The website established under subparagraph (A) shall include—</text><clause id="idb838c7b5fbf546bcbbc2c43d90cf3a3b"><enum>(i)</enum><text>an online mechanism to provide comments or feedback relating to specialty crops;</text></clause><clause id="id5D0398BB442F413F99FBE47A72220872"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a calendar of opportunities to provide comments or feedback at specialty crop events or in other public forums; and</text></clause><clause id="id4339b539bd4d4ccdbe4455a1dabce62d"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>a plan, with projected completion dates, for examining—</text><subclause id="id100f215332df4883aaa089c24d5e75fe"><enum>(I)</enum><text>potential new crops to be added to existing policies or plans of insurance for specialty crops;</text></subclause><subclause id="id958025b566df4a7793d72972f48bb598"><enum>(II)</enum><text>opportunities to expand existing policies or plans of insurance for specialty crops to new areas; and</text></subclause><subclause id="idd87b9f4999f642a189fca9f23510def8"><enum>(III)</enum><text>the potential for providing additional policies or plans of insurance for specialty crops, such as adding a revenue option or endorsement.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection id="id327bb54949b94002b37cdc4cb4f4ea95"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Addition of specialty crops and other value-added crops</header><text>Section 508(a)(6) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1508">7 U.S.C. 1508(a)(6)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDC95F22CA4024E099C71BFA2EE92DD8F"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the paragraph heading, by adding at the end the following: <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">(including value-added crops)</header-in-text></quote>;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id80ad5b0a7ffc448f90b4629404defd1a"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking subparagraph (A) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5365b63bb0794d789a01688f17fd9903" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subparagraph id="id14a3146c5c874a5da21df60c00146187"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Annual review</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of the <short-title>Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018</short-title>, and annually thereafter, the manager of the Corporation shall prepare, to the maximum extent practicable, based on data shared from the noninsured crop disaster assistance program established by section 196 of the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/7333">7 U.S.C. 7333</external-xref>), written agreements, or other data, and present to the Board not less than 2 of each of the following:</text><clause id="ida519953d1f534301ba6c61c90c39395a"><enum>(i)</enum><text>Research and development for a policy or plan of insurance for a new crop.</text></clause><clause id="id19bdeb9347e44910b07b82e22721aed9"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>Expansion of an existing policy or plan of insurance to additional counties or States, including malting barley endorsements or contract options.</text></clause><clause id="id82040733d0d24480931cc78a147585c3"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>Research and development for a new policy or plan of insurance, or endorsement, for crops with existing policies or plans of insurance, such as dollar plans.</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph id="id504DBCBA69D146A5AD8B51F625DECC0E"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B), in the subparagraph heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="subparagraph" style="OLC">Addition of new crops</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subparagraph" style="OLC">Report</header-in-text></quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id8fad3ca01ec744a8a76a1c56d6436e23"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by striking subparagraphs (C) and (D).</text></paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7F830299FE764E9882680A354916FC0A"><enum>11106.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Insurance period</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 508(a)(2) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1508">7 U.S.C. 1508(a)(2)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>and sweet potatoes</quote> and inserting <quote>sweet potatoes, and hemp</quote>.</text></section><section id="id50A5D1205FC64D40AE3A2AE529A55244"><enum>11107.</enum><header>Cover crops</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 508(a) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1508">7 U.S.C. 1508(a)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="idB6D167E82E364A74A6D2D8EDB4AFE7A9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (3)—</text><subparagraph id="id43EB7B697BE2459783F2CE4AAE5C79FD"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A)(iii), by striking <quote>practices</quote> the first place it appears and all that follows through the period at the end and inserting <quote>practices.</quote>;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id58B8AA164EA246BEAF3384CF1793C898"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by redesignating subparagraphs (B) and (C) as subparagraphs (C) and (D), respectively;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id971860FF13534E25B24E8F3547DD4045"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by inserting after subparagraph (A) the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id28B9217E38AA4B21BC194C5233077E58" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subparagraph id="id29A1BB88CD5D4708892FB4BA3DB1E79D"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Voluntary good farming practices</header><clause id="idAECC6901160347D5866641675CFB59B7"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subject to clause (ii), the following voluntary practices shall be considered good farming practices under subparagraph (A)(iii):</text><subclause id="idFBFF73B84FB14271A0492CA2EF883E5D"><enum>(I)</enum><text>A scientifically sound, sustainable, and organic farming practice, as determined by the Secretary.</text></subclause><subclause id="idFDDFADF0F2A54B928B0241C0F361346F"><enum>(II)</enum><text>A conservation activity or enhancement (including cover crops) that is approved by the Natural Resources Conservation Service or an agricultural expert, as determined by the Secretary.</text></subclause></clause><clause id="id8FB1A147D5F14DFC9F0EAEAFB55A2831"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Expected growth</header><text>A practice described in subclause (I) or (II) of clause (i) shall be considered a good farming practice only if under that practice the insured crop may be expected to make normal progress toward maturity under typical growing conditions, as determined by the Secretary.</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id82AD71C798F747FC82F886DCA42FF9F0"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in subparagraph (C) (as so redesignated), in the subparagraph heading, by inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subparagraph" style="OLC">determination review</header-in-text></quote> after <quote><header-in-text level="subparagraph" style="OLC">practices</header-in-text></quote>; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id0641EE19F3AF454C8267FD3C212C3565"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAD27E3551B0544ADA102375CF6A5ACB4" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><paragraph id="id95A7E9B2876E4C9ABE28F333CB0D7825"><enum>(11)</enum><header>Cover crop termination</header><subparagraph id="id479421b93672436ab0bcae4422e3d702"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Cover crop termination shall not affect the insurability of a subsequently planted insurable crop if the cover crop termination is carried out according to guidelines—</text><clause id="id1FAC2D6AF3864CA498C96C7243066FA3"><enum>(i)</enum><text>established by the Secretary; or</text></clause><clause id="id6D98E28BC9124A1F91585EF04319E772"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>approved by—</text><subclause id="id96242141FE1544C2915797C21A7F1BE8"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the Natural Resources Conservation Service; or</text></subclause><subclause id="id214DB065FF1D4F32BBBFE42B20AF2E2A"><enum>(II)</enum><text>an agricultural expert, as determined by the Corporation.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idbdc360874dc34e53a41b4d030e2105d7"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Summer fallow</header><text>In a county in which summer fallow is an insurable practice, a cover crop in that county that is terminated according to guidelines established by the Secretary shall be considered as summer fallow for the purpose of insurability.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section><section commented="no" id="id250d2c2ed025489290bffc4edb3800f2"><enum>11108.</enum><header>Underserved producers</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 508(a)(7) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1508">7 U.S.C. 1508(a)(7)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph commented="no" id="id4491648ac6314eda9ca7c08f12dc7623"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the paragraph heading, by inserting <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">and underserved producers</header-in-text></quote> after <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">states</header-in-text></quote>;</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="idb0896e1d8f2c499b831c099625b4af0b"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A)—</text><subparagraph commented="no" id="idBECEDC8C785142AAA68D9228E7D55329"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking the designation and heading and all that follows through <quote>the term</quote> and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id60966554A5544750B76131D1E015CB21" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subparagraph commented="no" id="id26A2CE17E1FA4659AB0E22BEE5D81947"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this paragraph:</text><clause commented="no" id="id4B06B9C344D5449B87972E6EA8562780"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Adequately served</header><text>The term</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id87C4ACFE9089423DAC19E68C71B5FE2D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in clause (i) (as so designated), by striking <quote>participation rate</quote> and inserting <quote>participation rate, by crop,</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id4823745089204E839AA28D136C2079F6"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7fd6685aee7846ce8912a6db7d8895e5" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><clause commented="no" id="idab919b3dd29e4f85aa71b18bb0e8828e"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Underserved producer</header><text>The term <term>underserved producer</term> means a beginning farmer or rancher, a veteran farmer or rancher, or a socially disadvantaged farmer or rancher.</text></clause><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="idda5a995f38204533aba1c57795fabb29"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B)—</text><subparagraph commented="no" id="id083E2D3C29CC493482FE03B366E4E1B4"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>The Board</quote> and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2276677cc9fc4917b3b33877d503f25d" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><clause commented="no" id="idF01450E420FB4121A7075A9ED288007F"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Board</text></clause><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id1E1B2315DDA944429BE6C26C513B843A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in clause (i) (as so designated), by striking <quote>subtitle</quote> and inserting <quote>subtitle, including policies and plans of insurance for underserved producers,</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id3B5BBC0ABE4A4F3EA36C2CC752D2FA2F"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5E5B606A950D42D3A5F21BD5A3A5BBC7" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><clause commented="no" id="id7d04af22cbbe41989cdafb19d6584232"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Types of production</header><text>In conducting the review under clause (i), the Board shall examine the types of production common among underserved producers, such as diversified production for local markets.</text></clause><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id1741d323f4394e7a96b2672e1d531a5c"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by striking subparagraph (C) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idcf1e71ab5546478183f56bde93bc6e44" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subparagraph commented="no" id="id8e9e372af2614d029f57e4f69c473c9e"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Report</header><clause commented="no" id="id319dd135677e4938b020933caf547996"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 30 days after completion of the review under subparagraph (B)(i), and not less frequently than once every 3 years thereafter, the Board shall make publically available and submit to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate a report describing the results of the review.</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="id38b070c1017b40a780631c405a33ce2d"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Recommendations</header><text>The report under clause (i) shall include recommendations to increase participation in States and among underserved producers that are not adequately served by the policies and plans of insurance, including any plans for administrative action or recommendations for Congressional action.</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section><section commented="no" id="id96de47ce14cc4d46b7bab441e44d590b"><enum>11109.</enum><header>Expansion of performance-based discount</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 508(d)(3) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1508">7 U.S.C. 1508(d)(3)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph commented="no" id="id4aa1a907af6146ea87849723764cb9bb"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>The Corporation</quote> and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD4AE42BA84694AA59BF305218797C77A" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subparagraph commented="no" id="id7FD7B4CE2F7C4CC1824A641A33898946"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Corporation</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id12D3A521E45F4B49A8ADF8F1475F72C1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF24C3FC988A14D29B2A50036B5D8BEAD" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subparagraph commented="no" id="id740082fb6e664e258fc1ba19f3b9794b"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Risk-reducing practice discount</header><clause commented="no" id="idE25C9E918B2E4881AEEB4F387C456DDA"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Beginning with the 2020 reinsurance year, the Corporation may offer discounts under subparagraph (A) for practices that can be demonstrated to reduce risk relative to other practices.</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="id15afdd9f6449499882f37b929bfc5370"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Review</header><text>In determining practices for which to offer discounts under clause (i), the Corporation shall—</text><subclause commented="no" id="id4d49e88d336a4832a1910026966a31e0"><enum>(I)</enum><text>for the 2020 reinsurance year, consider precision irrigation or fertilization, crop rotations, cover crops, and any other practices determined appropriate by the Corporation; and</text></subclause><subclause commented="no" id="id96ac0c3230384a33a9d0e93e25ef56f0"><enum>(II)</enum><text>on an annual basis, seek expert opinion and consider additional practices based on new evidence.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section><section id="idA3C70A411F344060A03BD7DE7B882B5B"><enum>11110.</enum><header>Enterprise units</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 508(e)(5) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1508">7 U.S.C. 1508(e)(5)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id482B5B8B8023499EA332358F63ED7A38" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subparagraph id="idBC93B8C71F3B4FF187FD7E313994DDF0"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Enterprise units across county lines</header><text>The Corporation may allow a producer to establish a single enterprise unit by combining an enterprise unit with—</text><clause id="idE93C86C3A21241E4ADCE1988532CC9AA"><enum>(i)</enum><text>1 or more other enterprise units in 1 or more other counties; or</text></clause><clause id="idC78D669C178740BD91AD5E183077A617"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>all basic units and all optional units in 1 or more other counties.</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section><section commented="no" id="id5789642B3D0149B48812125635230589"><enum>11111.</enum><header>Pasture, rangeland, and forage policy for members of Indian tribes</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 508(e)(7) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1508">7 U.S.C. 1508(e)(7)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6fc0be40315f4eb6aae80791e99637f9" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subparagraph id="id192a7a95280141eca017e66eb496cf3c"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Pasture, rangeland, and forage policy for members of Indian tribes</header><text>With respect to a policy or plan of insurance established under this subtitle for producers of livestock commodities the source of feedstock of which is pasture, rangeland, and forage, the premium subsidy for a member of an Indian tribe (as defined in section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/5304">25 U.S.C. 5304</external-xref>)), as certified to the Secretary by the Chairperson of that Indian tribe (or a designee), shall be 90 percent for the first purchase of that policy or plan of insurance by that member of an Indian tribe.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section><section id="id00F8D61CB6544CFF86E6FF934D2B8321"><enum>11112.</enum><header>Submission of policies and materials to board</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 508(h) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1508">7 U.S.C. 1508(h)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="id1F84E7A5F01145F384DB91457BEB2509"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)(B)—</text><subparagraph id="id88868C6B33B742CA900A7EAC6F42FC1A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by redesignating clauses (i) through (iii) as subclauses (I) through (III), respectively, and indenting appropriately;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id741CE1D978494302AF2BD313F0EC6691"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in the matter preceding subclause (I) (as so redesignated), by striking <quote>The Corporation shall</quote> and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id63F197D36BB34236ABD492640A08E74D" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><clause id="idAE1883FC24FA4D4C8DF2E179FEA5A884"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Corporation shall</text></clause><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id9C36C48B50B243DA9F2C0EC8EE5F4205"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in clause (i)(I) (as so redesignated), by inserting <quote>subject to clause (ii),</quote> before <quote>will likely</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idDD7373ADF416498EB357415BE931D73C"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5CC7FF3ABA7C4B8FB7463ED5F6FCCB8A" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><clause id="id36B08738B24347ABB4ECB9A2FDE48F2B"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Waiver for hemp</header><text>The Corporation may waive the viability and marketability requirement under clause (i)(I) in the case of a policy or pilot program relating to the production of hemp.</text></clause><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idDCE2B1198D214A3E8862DD81ED635942"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (3)(C)—</text><subparagraph id="idD283979722DE426F9A1CC66C65795147"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in clause (ii), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idDD22BF68E52C473AA70E6833587D7F60"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in clause (iii), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id6FCBBD7ABA9D4E3ABB6B4D1FED385B86"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE017474F7E0F4FE99A73D3FA761EDB91" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><clause id="idCE656FB21BFC46B0B78851C295FC8ED7"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>in the case of reviewing policies and other materials relating to the production of hemp, may waive the viability and marketability requirement under subparagraph (A)(ii)(I).</text></clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph></section><section commented="no" id="id2c5bba2ca3a04433acee9949ccb6f336"><enum>11113.</enum><header>Whole farm revenue agent incentives</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 508(k)(4) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1508">7 U.S.C. 1508(k)(4)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7144a88f5e7d4577aa3bdc16d40977a7" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subparagraph commented="no" id="idfca44e3e14f34696b7457875912bf36d"><enum>(G)</enum><header>Whole farm revenue agent incentives</header><clause commented="no" id="id3461EB5D5E6A4CE493AE16CB7CB02F27"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Beginning with the 2019 reinsurance year, in the case of an agent that sells a Whole Farm Revenue Policy, or a successor policy, the Corporation shall provide to the approved insurance provider, to pay to the agent, an additional reimbursement, determined in accordance with the following:</text><subclause commented="no" id="id9f85fa1e60f945eaa80da7d53ce645f9"><enum>(I)</enum><text>If the compensation of the agent authorized under the Standard Reinsurance Agreement for the policy is less than $1,000, the reimbursement shall be an amount equal to the difference between—</text><item commented="no" id="id98373338D87443CAADDFEBDCD14D3ECE"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>$1,000; and</text></item><item commented="no" id="id666A3E012ED4467DAEA1681788672020"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>the amount authorized under the Standard Reinsurance Agreement for the policy.</text></item></subclause><subclause commented="no" id="id5ad4718814ca4d17a1bdbdf602e9bd7d"><enum>(II)</enum><text>If the producer, or any entity in which the producer had an insurable interest, has never previously obtained coverage under a Whole Farm Revenue Policy, or a successor policy, in addition to any amount authorized under subclause (I), the reimbursement shall be $300 for each Whole Farm Revenue Policy, or successor policy.</text></subclause></clause><clause commented="no" id="id722b003627dc4ba3826ade33af7ce25f"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Limitation on use</header><text>Any additional reimbursement authorized under clause (i) shall not be included for the purpose of establishing the limitation on the compensation for agents under the Standard Reinsurance Agreement.</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section><section id="id341041EDDE074BAE976B93501ADF87EF"><enum>11114.</enum><header>Crop production on native sod</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 508(o) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1508">7 U.S.C. 1508(o)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="id2260C91A95DA4739947F718A35BE11CF"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by striking subparagraph (A) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6CAB670D10494F37A82E9910661C4CBD" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subparagraph id="idAFAA99CFA47F412BBE8F051E65132754"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><clause id="id2E01E28949454C1DBA8334E44A33E768"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Agricultural Act of 2014</header><text>Native sod acreage that has been tilled for the production of an insurable crop during the period beginning on February 8, 2014, and ending on the date of enactment of the <short-title>Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018</short-title> shall be subject to 4 cumulative years of a reduction in benefits under this subtitle as described in this paragraph.</text></clause><clause id="id8DA68E2CFF9A4AB79DD5CFF7EFF8D460"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Subsequent years</header><subclause id="id7AD781E36E064C5DBC6D2293BB49B7B4"><enum>(I)</enum><header>Non-hay and non-forage crops</header><text>As determined by the Secretary, native sod acreage that has been tilled for the production of an insurable crop other than a hay or forage crop after the date of enactment of the <short-title>Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018</short-title> shall be subject to 4 cumulative years of a reduction in benefits under this subtitle as described in this paragraph.</text></subclause><subclause id="id6F3D50FC91294B8DBE49BE7A011DDA31"><enum>(II)</enum><header>Hay and forage crops</header><text>During each crop year of planting, as determined by the Secretary, native sod acreage that has been tilled for the production of an insurable hay or forage crop after the date of enactment of the <short-title>Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018</short-title> shall be subject to 4 cumulative years of a reduction in benefits under this subtitle as described in this paragraph.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; </after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph id="idFCB5DD43D5AB4736B4E93E0BCBBB6943"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (4);</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idD9B192FF284C4AD8A1DE7BD2635EDC38"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (2) the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC2F6A6B38E064B1B941EE8DFEF6529F5" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><paragraph id="id53235338EC0B40F487FAC0759CBB137E"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Native sod conversion certification</header><subparagraph id="idf32a1e100401417e945791647334796f"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Certification</header><text>As a condition on the receipt of benefits under this subtitle, a producer that has tilled native sod acreage for the production of an insurable crop as described in paragraph (2)(A) shall certify to the Secretary that acreage using—</text><clause id="id180A6D8EC9F54F838E9558510D78A98F"><enum>(i)</enum><text>an acreage report form of the Farm Service Agency (FSA–578 or any successor form); and</text></clause><clause id="id2465BAB13BF647A59D0060D96DD6BE58"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>1 or more maps.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id60D096D118294C01B72E21717456B9FA"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Corrections</header><text>Beginning on the date on which a producer submits a certification under subparagraph (A), as soon as practicable after the producer discovers a change in tilled native sod acreage described in that subparagraph, the producer shall submit to the Secretary any appropriate corrections to a form or map described in clause (i) or (ii) of that subparagraph.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="iddd0fd737c5c246b6958d769903e3f75f"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Annual reports</header><text>Not later than January 1, 2019, and each January 1 thereafter through January 1, 2023, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate a report that describes the tilled native sod acreage that has been certified under subparagraph (A) in each county and State as of the date of submission of the report.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph id="idDD88FE7165184FE6B76D724FAE75D87D"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in paragraph (4) (as so redesignated)—</text><subparagraph id="id487D9AF494A341359E7FFC542B4C577D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>This subsection</quote> and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3F2FABA820574736BDC2D880CF00FD7A" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subparagraph id="id74270ACD454944E3832E9228FA4AD8A1"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subject to subparagraph (B), this subsection</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idD0CF6B7DA11C4376BB343DA0F498B575"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id914B22DAD702491FA55C9F097563B650" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subparagraph id="id6F3E66B534CA43A2976ED327A0BD9381"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Election</header><text>A governor of a State other than a State described in subparagraph (A) may elect to have this paragraph apply to the State.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="id26d62d4f203549368716644a9a119a09"><enum>11115.</enum><header>Use of national agricultural statistics service data to combat waste, fraud, and abuse</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 515 of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1515">7 U.S.C. 1515</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="id2716597e25cb4a1b8ad69b4cb795412f"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (d)(1)—</text><subparagraph id="id3BE2F5E2C76148539351639482FF2BB9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id739AEB8E37ED47118D7F8774EDF1CB0C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph (C), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idEEE7F83DE627415796913F44592D57CA"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf4c23ef297fd48f1a4c58580b2ce3073" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subparagraph id="id4e18f8b2acd94dffa31093698e96337e"><enum>(D)</enum><text>using published aggregate data from the National Agricultural Statistics Service or any other data source to—</text><clause id="idE58EE041F1904588A3425E4046AB8D35"><enum>(i)</enum><text>detect yield disparities or other data anomalies that indicate potential fraud; and</text></clause><clause id="idC03A8D2E95834C319667549CF442184E"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>target the relevant counties, crops, regions, companies, or agents associated with that potential fraud for audits and other enforcement actions.</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idf59bd2ec24e748cc956badc6d9f46031"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (f)(2)(A), by striking <quote>pursuant to</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>under</quote>.</text></paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4FD6948E738C44A2AF1CB435F3A68BB5"><enum>11116.</enum><header>Submission of information to corporation</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 515(g) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1515">7 U.S.C. 1515(g)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id03A002E737B74915B4F78E0DB92E8356"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (1), by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCF8FD094E20544A6A16582F3B1CFC713" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id91F7B86E6A364599A1726631C112B3B0"><enum>(D)</enum><text>The actual production history to be used to establish insurable yields.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id81BE5C29C1EB408F8C4C31F3EA3E315D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id63F1F9EA5A704F5083CAFBFFA156C5EB"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>The information required by paragraph (1)</quote> and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFBB9A7716419460EB13877B55718BB59" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC944955B7C2D4A0192035A43B06FD7D7"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The information required to be submitted under subparagraphs (A) through (C) of paragraph (1)</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id41A79D47FEE64053B3144F6F9493E166"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3153FEAAEF1C4FE2818DC57D4B33A84C" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAE0DDB9D77A3464DB0AD0C9B3862D6AB"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Actual production history</header><text>The information required to be submitted under paragraph (1)(D) with respect to an applicable policy or plan of insurance shall be submitted so as to ensure receipt by the Corporation not later than the Saturday of the week containing the calendar day that is 30 days after the applicable production reporting date for the crop to be insured.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id99C7CCE3056841588C32A58ED1D7D352"><enum>11117.</enum><header>Acreage report streamlining initiative</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 515(j)(1)(B)(ii) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1515">7 U.S.C. 1515(j)(1)(B)(ii)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF878EB2A93D146DCB346CFAD4B555ABB"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>As soon</quote> and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id441B9F30010B48EC9A3E83D494365ED7" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id088EB3FD07034C128D42240DAF121A6F"><enum>(I)</enum><header>In general</header><text>As soon</text></subclause><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4BF3EA7ECAE9456C98EAAAEA08066B06"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subclause (I) (as so designated), by striking <quote>information</quote> and inserting <quote>information, electronically (including in the form of geospatial data) or conventionally,</quote> and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC0C2AD34ED1E42328326287EF44DA507"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2097A39604B94BC6824231B39E780345" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id43B3A6F6B71147FCAD95C7B6B966ED0E"><enum>(II)</enum><header>Method for determining common information requirements</header><text>Not later than September 30, 2020, the Administrator of the Risk Management Agency and the Administrator of the Farm Service Agency shall implement a consistent method for determining crop acreage, acreage yields, farm acreage, property descriptions, and other common informational requirements, including measures of common land units.</text></subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8E82C644736A45788DFBECE29C5C1D18"><enum>(III)</enum><header>Acceptance of data</header><text>The Corporation shall require each approved insurance provider to accept from a producer or an authorized agent of a producer reports of crop acreage, acreage yields, and other information electronically (including in the form of geospatial data) or conventionally, at the option of the producer or the agent of the producer, as applicable.</text></subclause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id92E232F730E14103AC73B37ED33EBB4F"><enum>11118.</enum><header>Continuing education for loss adjusters and agents</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 515 of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1515">7 U.S.C. 1515</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="idC98E9083311445FBBA6FEFF550E7C6C9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating subsection (k) as subsection (l); and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idFB78F488E7244F00ABAEDC56B0289210"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting after subsection (j) the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC9B5A6EE7CE849C6A12FB6A06242C279" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subsection id="id2FFC544167604F08B1FAB37775E74E74"><enum>(k)</enum><header>Continuing education for loss adjusters and agents</header><paragraph id="id32690679711d4d9094e1bde4f4e4de67"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Corporation shall establish requirements for continuing education for loss adjusters and agents of approved insurance providers.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idc00a0fcf7145494aa3467aa4dfa974a1"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>The requirements for continuing education described in paragraph (1) shall ensure that loss adjusters and agents of approved insurance providers are familiar with appropriate conservation activities and agronomic practices that—</text><subparagraph id="idc5eb0ce1641b406f89a13f7875e658c9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>are common and appropriate to the area in which the insured crop being inspected is produced; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4a97055074de40809e6b2603bf657457"><enum>(B)</enum><text>include organic and sustainable practices.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8CE5BAB809724BA98E44400623207DB1"><enum>11119.</enum><header>Funding for information technology</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 515 of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1515">7 U.S.C. 1515</external-xref>) is amended in subsection (l)(1)(A) (as redesignated by section 11118(1))—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id41109E19A1CE4F28A088F594FEA6C393"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking clause (ii);</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4CAA1BBC2C21409B9623511B960E9333"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in clause (i)—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBFF97F87D85C4D179D8F3A4DA0F3ACF7"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>(i)(I) for</quote> and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE64CB48566B94B27B481533C3A00CB23" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4AC0EE29936D43D990ADA575B872CDF1"><enum>(i)</enum><text>for</text></clause><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDBEE3FB548324259952BD2D32D650DD8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id742CE7AAD04F4F23943952287E21149F"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by redesignating subclause (II) as clause (ii);</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1FF99A80420C4982813EA145360933C7"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in clause (ii) (as so redesignated), by striking <quote>or</quote> at the end and inserting <quote>and</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2ED9205538644A0488BAC5B35EEA9B1A"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by inserting after clause (ii) (as so redesignated) the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB1F266342BBF4AA1BFA92D66319AD904" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id93836001F88A4B388F3AF5337B9F616B"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>for each of fiscal years 2019 and 2020, $1,000,000.</text></clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section><section id="id2C47E8C400B14A638E8D95FE8A99B330"><enum>11120.</enum><header>Agricultural commodity</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 518 of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1518">7 U.S.C. 1518</external-xref>) is amended by inserting <quote>hemp,</quote> before <quote>aquacultural species</quote>.</text></section><section id="idBF1CA3A043344DC284EAF9A4595EAB1D"><enum>11121.</enum><header>Reimbursement of research, development, and maintenance costs</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 522(b) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1522">7 U.S.C. 1522(b)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="idA437A758CBEF49A6979BBC407A461403"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5e758de5fd6e4855ba0d0629cdc130a6" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subparagraph id="ideeb25295257a4cb98026182e7b02cddb"><enum>(K)</enum><header>Waiver for hemp</header><text>The Board may waive the viability and marketability requirements under this paragraph in the case of research and development relating to a policy to insure the production of hemp.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph id="id602617D6E5274CA89A9A12A364D8B4D9"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (3)—</text><subparagraph id="id4553F33E8B4F40689AFDDD96A2EB928A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>The Corporation</quote> and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id87A3D9FF238749E08D90A7401253433E" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subparagraph id="id5E9EA18F873B43C7BDD6540066036BA6"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subject to subparagraph (B), the Corporation</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idDFB6EE991DE14C299B023CC3057C32D6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9CAB66624D784AB1ADC0E8518CDA148D" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD8EA789E03F24B1C949A0C24A3BAE067"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Waiver for hemp</header><text>The Corporation may waive the marketability requirement under subparagraph (A) in the case of research and development relating to a policy to insure the production of hemp.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC57445B8BC024F9D8FFBF3C16A003367"><enum>11122.</enum><header>Research and development authority</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 522(c) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1522">7 U.S.C. 1522(c)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id814A025A09DC49AF9A21951C23D859E6"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking paragraphs (7) through (18) and (20) through (23);</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id63C3A0330A474794B6E422C265A0A89D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraphs (19) and (24) as paragraphs (7) and (8), respectively;</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD7106C0FCBE8451AAE47DE2A1D33AEC2"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in paragraph (7) (as so redesignated) (entitled <quote>Whole farm diversified risk management insurance plan</quote>), by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA9E65419412640A993043C60F5F2B7E6" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subparagraph commented="no" id="id6984e15e61db482c8f3c23a1f2b9b747"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Review of modifications to improve effectiveness</header><clause commented="no" id="idB70081147D2B4DDC8038F2F7119A063E"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of the <short-title>Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018</short-title>, the Corporation shall—</text><subclause commented="no" id="id40A265F0929243A08B37F5A1D4EADE68"><enum>(I)</enum><text>hold stakeholder meetings to solicit producer and agent feedback;</text></subclause><subclause commented="no" id="id381B482358BF41499E43D43D8336B471"><enum>(II)</enum><text>review procedures and paperwork requirements on agents and producers; and</text></subclause><subclause commented="no" id="id0E6FDCED39FD4DA1B7E7AEAA470BC33E"><enum>(III)</enum><text>modify procedures and requirements, as appropriate, to decrease burdens and increase flexibility and effectiveness.</text></subclause></clause><clause commented="no" id="idAEC0BD5342AB4D0E88B61E58D7E660AE"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Factors</header><text>In carrying out subclauses (II) and (III) of clause (i), the Corporation shall consider—</text><subclause commented="no" id="id19e54833c2e0479bb16d2565e96242ee"><enum>(I)</enum><text>removing caps on nursery and livestock production;</text></subclause><subclause commented="no" id="id381793e099dc40d8b872f56b4dfdff0b"><enum>(II)</enum><text>allowing a waiver to expand operations, especially for small and beginning farmers;</text></subclause><subclause commented="no" id="id6cc5bd208e3546c68a0877b4c5005e04"><enum>(III)</enum><text>minimizing paperwork for producers and agents;</text></subclause><subclause commented="no" id="id23508418897e44eab4067588e77e04ec"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>implementing an option for producers with less than $1,000,000 in gross revenue that requires significantly less paperwork and recordkeeping;</text></subclause><subclause commented="no" id="id7ca200fe220145f282e8c24fbba561c0"><enum>(V)</enum><text>developing and using alternative records such as time-stamped photographs or technology applications to document planting and production history;</text></subclause><subclause commented="no" id="idf4d896a58fae45cbb30471201bfc0bfb"><enum>(VI)</enum><text>treating the different growth stages of aquaculture species as separate crops to recognize the difference in perils at different phases of growth;</text></subclause><subclause commented="no" id="id1F5B83BD37E244E9A84FAE2C83D49757"><enum>(VII)</enum><text>moderating the impacts of disaster years on historic revenue, such as—</text><item commented="no" id="id527BAEAE30884BC1B728EF7516C0D8B8"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>using an average of the historic and projected revenue;</text></item><item commented="no" id="id776EF49815B44A1EB70D2F7C9A9BA3F3"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>counting indemnities as historic revenue for loss years; or</text></item><item commented="no" id="idECD2B03DF08F45E799C54184A74871E1"><enum>(cc)</enum><text>using an assigned yield floor similar to a T-yield, as determined by the Secretary; and</text></item></subclause><subclause commented="no" id="id4c058b882b6742feaa029548dcce0d3c"><enum>(VIII)</enum><text>improving agent training and outreach to underserved regions and sectors such as small dairy farms.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8C7B567012AD44E899335C5D02E4C563"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting after paragraph (8) (as so redesignated) the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3F7E87694F354C1D92763F548B9EF32B" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDDFD576EBA0E447295C5CEC39D036565"><enum>(9)</enum><header>Irrigated grain sorghum crop insurance policy</header><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id17FE5E06BE31405EB2701369486DFCF3"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Corporation shall carry out research and development, or offer to enter into 1 or more contracts with 1 or more qualified persons to carry out research and development—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF1B26ABBFEB64408BBF58844FDF935F3"><enum>(i)</enum><text>regarding improvements to 1 or more policies to insure irrigated grain sorghum; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id75ED21B6332A43568125A3FFCA77A8B1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>regarding alternative methods for producers with not more than 4 years of production history to insure irrigated grain sorghum.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB2DCAF9A1B1346F48E527B5DE06FFCD1"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of the <short-title>Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018</short-title>, the Corporation shall submit to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate a report that describes—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9F4E21799A3E4B92AAE6CB7DC78FB2A7"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the results of the research and development conducted under subparagraph (A); and</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id370CAD78F85F4B5784D8ED49CD5FED5B"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>any recommendations with respect to those results.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id15D4EED4DE394FD39F0209F8811D5A7A"><enum>(10)</enum><header>Limited irrigation practices</header><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF4E20F79D1AA42C399E16FADDB05B273"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Authority</header><text>The Corporation shall—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB328D4C1DBAC433EAC3BA9A1FEF0E272"><enum>(i)</enum><text>expand the availability of the limited irrigation insurance program to not fewer than 2 neighboring and similarly situated States (such as the States of Colorado and Nebraska), as determined by the Secretary;</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAD356B2862484481874C501A55FCFD5F"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>carry out research, or offer to enter into 1 or more contracts with 1 or more qualified persons to carry out research, on the marketability of the existing limited irrigation insurance program; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2956BE3FEF6649489E83D647A35E9949"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>make recommendations on how to improve participation in that program.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9D9F04D77CD243C092A0329DF82CF6D6"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Research</header><text>In carrying out research under subparagraph (A), a qualified person shall—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7FB7A2803F024163A26F980817E598C0"><enum>(i)</enum><text>collaborate with researchers on the subjects of—</text><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1C27901D1C8A4CACA309C7A25A5B3C2C"><enum>(I)</enum><text>reduced irrigation practices or limited irrigation practices; and</text></subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2FBA5956553D46B696220316299DCF89"><enum>(II)</enum><text>expected yield reductions following the application of reduced irrigation;</text></subclause></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1803963772F4421DACAC0B38BEF81DFB"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>collaborate with State and Federal officials responsible for the collection of water and the regulation of water use for the purpose of irrigation;</text></clause><clause id="idc65fef2aa48c41619998ca8c51d1b4ed"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>provide recommendations to encourage producers to carry out limited irrigation practices or reduced irrigation and water conservation practices; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id90273936373044C3A2A3E58EE60FA12A"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>develop web-based applications that will streamline access to coverage for producers electing to conserve water use on irrigated crops.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2EE21C1FDD384E72AAADD399821343D7"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of the <short-title>Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018</short-title>, the Corporation shall submit to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate a report that describes—</text><clause id="id6ff79202f31c4681b8b8ef4e52780242"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the results of the research carried out under subparagraphs (A) and (B);</text></clause><clause id="id722f4d4eb1a5420b9259e8d87e1a2145"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>any recommendations to encourage producers to carry out limited irrigation practices or reduced irrigation and water conservation practices; and</text></clause><clause id="id9fbbce4ebe024370ad4271bfc477cc44"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the actions taken by the Corporation to carry out the recommendations described in clause (ii).</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id8C50BC31208E455E9E527582E546F84B"><enum>(11)</enum><header>Quality loss</header><subparagraph id="id902718394C334FE2A66C1D7A735C0B6A"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Corporation shall carry out research and development, or offer to enter into 1 or more contracts with 1 or more qualified persons to carry out research and development, regarding the establishment of each of the following alternative methods of adjusting for quality losses:</text><clause id="id822848dbcc644edd8a157cdeffc029f0"><enum>(i)</enum><text>A method that does not impact the average production history of a producer.</text></clause><clause id="id8AF35A3AFFAD47FEBAFA9D5183AC86EC"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>A method that is optional for a producer to elect to use.</text></clause><clause id="id56e41cf9e7f64db280e24cddeb4829a2"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>A method that provides that, in circumstances in which a producer has suffered a quality loss to the insured crop of the producer that is insufficient to trigger an indemnity payment, the producer may elect to exclude that quality loss from the actual production history of the producer.</text></clause><clause id="idB28F838931134CDCBF31250229A01536"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>1 or more methods that combine 2 or more of the methods described in clauses (i) through (iii).</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id3C2EA890DE384460AAE2C77110EF4431"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>Notwithstanding subsections (g) and (m) of section 508, any method developed under subparagraph (A) that is used by the Corporation shall be—</text><clause id="idD7A65005F11542B9ACBB77F595356AFB"><enum>(i)</enum><text>optional for a producer to use; and</text></clause><clause id="idDE1B2DE2ABBB4C68A4CC493330A53529"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>offered at an actuarially sound premium rate.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id15AEEDE1C2F8447895FC0BAC852A7D28"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of the <short-title>Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018</short-title>, the Corporation shall submit to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate a report that describes the results of the research and development carried out under subparagraph (A).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="idB80DDEAF4C46488E9CCDA8E088B0F5A4"><enum>(12)</enum><header>Citrus</header><subparagraph commented="no" id="id7D11A6080A5C4DF8872C7D9F1B11CBB8"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Corporation shall carry out research and development, or offer to enter into 1 or more contracts with 1 or more qualified persons to carry out research and development, regarding the insurance of citrus fruit commodities and commodity types, including research and development of—</text><clause commented="no" id="idF6CDBFF0406E420CB392A12D5606F3EE"><enum>(i)</enum><text>improvements to 1 or more existing policies, including the whole-farm revenue protection pilot policy;</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="id8523F9B400EB43E49B0F643037BB6295"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>alternative methods of insuring revenue for citrus fruit commodities and commodity types; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="id11ED2ED274E34A0986CC4AE9E29C06D0"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the development of new, or expansion of existing, revenue policies for citrus fruit commodities and commodity types.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id5720F8493CC74947A0F4D91B56AD5C15"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of the <short-title>Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018</short-title>, the Corporation shall submit to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate a report that describes—</text><clause commented="no" id="id36022904281140FAB2330439FAE095D1"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the results of the research and development carried out under subparagraph (A); and</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="idBDEF3C4354F04A599F1A0E9843F923A8"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>any recommendations with respect to those results.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id1FEDEA8227CD4C1B8AF517117A426058"><enum>(13)</enum><header>Greenhouse policy</header><subparagraph id="id64206a3704c74451b8a9d0ef7eacafb3"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><clause id="idCC0CF7B6555B4F16BF1664C56A388E64"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Research and development</header><text>The Corporation shall carry out research and development, or offer to enter into 1 or more contracts with 1 or more qualified persons to carry out research and development, regarding a policy to insure in a controlled environment such as a greenhouse—</text><subclause id="id7485DA2E188246AD92C1EE019A0103A8"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the production of floriculture, nursery, and bedding plants;</text></subclause><subclause id="idD18B0EB6DE7F4DCE94F9151D5BF1D0C0"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the establishment of cuttings or tissue culture in a growing medium; or</text></subclause><subclause id="idFA7A939FEE294EE6881B7BBA8B1B1F02"><enum>(III)</enum><text>other similar production, as determined by the Secretary.</text></subclause></clause><clause commented="no" id="idFF60B6F8519D401CAF71FD6D8B12E066"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Availability of policy or plan of insurance</header><text>Notwithstanding the last sentence of section 508(a)(1), and section 508(a)(2), the Corporation shall make a policy or plan of insurance described in clause (i) available if the requirements of section 508(h) are met.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idac03a228b8e74f8089166f6d1277a531"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Research and development described</header><text>Research and development described in subparagraph (A)(i) shall evaluate the effectiveness of policies and plans of insurance for the production of plants in a controlled environment, including policies and plans of insurance that—</text><clause id="id6a6ac2816da548f3a7a8a3f90b63a43f"><enum>(i)</enum><text>are based on the risk of—</text><subclause id="id50B5703C73AC458A8428A912B0961FFE"><enum>(I)</enum><text>plant diseases introduced from the environment;</text></subclause><subclause id="id1F9EA4CA33ED48E6AAABEE85579EA1EA"><enum>(II)</enum><text>contaminated cuttings, seedlings, or tissue culture; or</text></subclause><subclause id="idF9C2EBA1924F41B6BDCAAFD3B83FD05C"><enum>(III)</enum><text>Federal or State quarantine or destruction orders associated with the contaminated items described in subclause (II);</text></subclause></clause><clause id="id677dc3f433614692a8666e66821d76c9"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>consider other causes of loss applicable to a controlled environment, such as a loss of electricity due to weather;</text></clause><clause id="id3cb8edd090584bac8ab95c647d47d835"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>consider appropriate best practices to minimize the risk of loss;</text></clause><clause id="id1bbd0db181c64e87a107a904b77633a4"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>consider whether to provide coverage for various types of plants under 1 policy or plan of insurance or to provide coverage for 1 species or type of plant per policy or plan of insurance;</text></clause><clause id="id3b3e293119f045768acfb36c872fa083"><enum>(v)</enum><text>have streamlined reporting and paperwork requirements that take into account short propagation schedules, variable crop years, and the variety of plants that may be produced in a single facility; and</text></clause><clause id="id641e2eb29a0d4c978ff72a96139f5e99"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>provide protection for revenue losses.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idcd7004e6ed634ba48dfc53ff3eb67858"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of the <short-title>Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018</short-title>, the Corporation shall submit to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate a report that—</text><clause id="id89eb48523d084ddbbf5f7796e8d711a9"><enum>(i)</enum><text>describes the results of the research and development conducted under subparagraphs (A)(i) and (B); and</text></clause><clause id="idf4b4cfb341dc4c2b9df861e965618b71"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>any recommendations with respect to those results.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id6300e9e1b34042b684c2beb019eeb125"><enum>(14)</enum><header>Hops</header><subparagraph id="id1b08591a3fed4218830b436395ad7e07"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Corporation shall carry out research and development, or offer to enter into 1 or more contracts with 1 or more qualified persons to carry out research and development, regarding a policy to insure the production of hops or revenue derived from the production of hops.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idcef3ed52886549fc9ebc53f50906db8c"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of the <short-title>Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018</short-title>, the Corporation shall submit to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate a report that describes—</text><clause id="idf3947813774f487d800bc6ad391427aa"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the results of the research and development conducted under subparagraph (A); and</text></clause><clause id="ide6f9aaec453d451982104098c84f838c"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>any recommendations with respect to those results.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="idda97e622c4004fd5b78b32872ba58654"><enum>(15)</enum><header>Local foods</header><subparagraph commented="no" id="id4f41b7cd055c482582746cce96524e76"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><clause commented="no" id="idE498FB7611BB4B11AE823ECDB8663F13"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Research and development</header><text>The Corporation shall carry out research and development, or offer to enter into 1 or more contracts with 1 or more qualified persons to carry out research and development, regarding a policy to insure production—</text><subclause commented="no" id="id69618EF58CFE42B7A9E22EFE6368946D"><enum>(I)</enum><text>of floriculture, fruits, vegetables, poultry, livestock, or the products of floriculture, fruits, vegetables, poultry, or livestock; and</text></subclause><subclause commented="no" id="id30F185553F084109A1944BC139B99C2C"><enum>(II)</enum><text>that is targeted toward local consumers and markets.</text></subclause></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB31A162705BA472F8F00697764D0DF82"><enum>(ii)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Availability of policy or plan of insurance</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding the last sentence of section 508(a)(1), and section 508(a)(2), the Corporation shall make a policy or plan of insurance described in clause (i) available if the requirements of section 508(h) are met.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="idfcbac4e628ea413786e4cacb6ba1c647"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Research and development described</header><text>Research and development described in subparagraph (A)(i) shall evaluate the effectiveness of policies and plans of insurance for production targeted toward local consumers and markets, including policies and plans of insurance that—</text><clause commented="no" id="id7c8253979c1e4536b409486f389415cd"><enum>(i)</enum><text>consider small-scale production in various areas, including urban, suburban, and rural areas;</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="idee6b1cb4553648688cc591c1c96b3bfc"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>consider a variety of marketing strategies, including—</text><subclause commented="no" id="idE95504E85D664062A9DB40E659D7C134"><enum>(I)</enum><text>direct-to-consumer marketing;</text></subclause><subclause commented="no" id="idB188E4F7CFDC4E82B5BA64652A1D2308"><enum>(II)</enum><text>farmers markets;</text></subclause><subclause commented="no" id="idD4AAB656D7304BC796F7FD28CF50283A"><enum>(III)</enum><text>farm-to-institution marketing; and</text></subclause><subclause commented="no" id="id929673170DD6494F887283E4C4D770FD"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>marketing through community-supported agriculture;</text></subclause></clause><clause commented="no" id="idf5df369d89b4495eb6d069a634474650"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>allow for production in soil and in alternative systems such as vertical systems, greenhouses, rooftops, or hydroponic systems;</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="idb6f91be1b1814c3db7ac119e88880f5d"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>consider the price premium when accounting for production or revenue losses;</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="id4F1FE9BF79C64869927E29DCDFD7FF56"><enum>(v)</enum><text>consider whether to provide coverage—</text><subclause commented="no" id="id2EC00062FFA54AE383E614DF95F3F27D"><enum>(I)</enum><text>for various types of production under 1 policy or plan of insurance; and</text></subclause><subclause commented="no" id="id5643B82D1ABD44E693D650706F5B2274"><enum>(II)</enum><text>for 1 species or type of plant per policy or plan of insurance; and</text></subclause></clause><clause commented="no" id="id445b53a210664db68a93b7bf6f403e34"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>have streamlined reporting and paperwork requirements.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id41eb2c2dd08246b2a6abedd29314a55c"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of the <short-title>Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018</short-title>, the Corporation shall submit to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate a report that—</text><clause id="idb93cd18727e343229048230ae2c4e153"><enum>(i)</enum><text>examines whether a version of existing policies such as the whole-farm revenue protection insurance plan may be tailored to provide improved coverage for producers of local foods;</text></clause><clause id="id94aaf47aa4064f98be036512cc828cde"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>describes the results of the research and development conducted under subparagraphs (A) and (B); and</text></clause><clause id="id6e344ae5209c4b8da97b00ad7e1f7c0a"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>includes any recommendations with respect to those results.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idBDD9DD3F99FB45ABAA7AA9D97DD633DD"><enum>(16)</enum><header>Insurable irrigation practices for rice</header><subparagraph id="id51883743BFD443F5AFFEE7FB0B18DE72"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Corporation shall carry out research and development, or offer to enter into 1 or more contracts with 1 or more qualified persons to carry out research and development, to include new and innovative irrigation practices under the current rice policy or the development of a distinct plan of insurance or policy endorsement rated for rice produced using—</text><clause id="idB07728E3AED74584BD3073BDC155AD8A"><enum>(i)</enum><text>alternate wetting and drying practices (also referred to as <quote>intermittent flooding</quote>); and</text></clause><clause id="id0F646CA251C648F4A05FA4E6135ADF0A"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>furrow irrigation practices.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id49CF09A80FD94526959879EE90F20171"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018, the Corporation shall submit to the <committee-name committee-id="">Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives</committee-name> and the <committee-name committee-id="SSAF00">Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate</committee-name> a report that describes—</text><clause id="id196D0DB9FA9A4F0E9BF520D833ED7604"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the results of the research and development carried out under paragraph (1); and</text></clause><clause id="idCAD55AF35C614CF79166E2FE97391E68"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>any recommendations with respect to those results.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id0928aec95f28417cbeb3f1d78343d363"><enum>(17)</enum><header>High-risk, highly productive batture land policy</header><subparagraph id="id3ca4096493064ac089f12237063564fb"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><clause id="id5d0bc82653f54e3f97835b71bc333e81"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Research and development</header><text>The Corporation shall carry out research and development, or offer to enter into 1 or more contracts with 1 or more qualified persons to carry out research and development, regarding a policy to insure producers of corn, cotton, and soybeans—</text><subclause id="iddb2b44972ab6408fb7fa6525df5b5f01"><enum>(I)</enum><text>with operations on highly productive batture land within the Lower Mississippi River Valley below Mississippi River mile 368.44;</text></subclause><subclause id="id9d05dc64a07449429f75cd7230ef38ea"><enum>(II)</enum><text>that have a history of production of not less than 5 years; and</text></subclause><subclause id="ida56d8e117f244a91aad94de2c2bbcf6a"><enum>(III)</enum><text>that have been impacted by more frequent flooding over the past 10 years due to sedimentation and federally constructed engineering improvements.</text></subclause></clause><clause id="id517ddb4a68474d20b65598a77c4964b6"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Availability of policy or plan of insurance</header><text>Notwithstanding the last sentence of section 508(a)(1), and section 508(a)(2), the Corporation shall make a policy or plan of insurance described in clause (i) available if the requirements of section 508(h) are met.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id40a795cfff7341e890fe4cf776d1fceb"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Research and development described</header><text>Research and development described in subparagraph (A)(i) shall evaluate the feasibility of less cost-prohibitive policies and plans of insurance for batture-land producers in high risk areas, including policies and plans of insurance that—</text><clause id="id9f6a26bd3e2f4c72a6cd17b8ce2503ec"><enum>(i)</enum><text>consider premium rate adjustments;</text></clause><clause id="idf6aea6b65b3142b6960b1f0904e06727"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>consider automatic yield exclusion for consecutive-year losses; and</text></clause><clause id="id5fa27835a5204a5ab8c229edf70a1bfa"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>allow for flexibility of final plant dates and prevent plant regulations.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id4f7585f424454cc3994c9ef15a4a8dbe"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of the <short-title>Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018</short-title>, the Corporation shall submit to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate a report that—</text><clause id="idd16567fa33f84c38a778fcc501e99459"><enum>(i)</enum><text>examines whether a version of existing policies may be tailored to provide improved coverage for batture-land producers;</text></clause><clause id="id4d22e84ad9b345979bd61218f9b60835"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>describes the results of the research and development conducted under subparagraphs (A) and (B); and</text></clause><clause id="idec8c2367a2f6431c9ce30204f41f5202"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>includes any recommendations with respect to those results.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id16CD73F041234648B6DF98E1910AF4A7"><enum>11123.</enum><header>Education assistance</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 524(a)(3)(A) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1524">7 U.S.C. 1524(a)(3)(A)</external-xref>) is amended by inserting <quote>conservation activities,</quote> after <quote>benchmarking,</quote>.</text></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9515E5DE32BC46CAA5107BE7F10AB490" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>11124.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Cropland report annual updates</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 11014(c)(2) of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/113/79">Public Law 113–79</external-xref>; 128 Stat. 963) is amended in the matter preceding subparagraph (A) by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text></section><enum>XII</enum><header>Miscellaneous</header><subtitle id="idB30C83291E004104A933B2450FBE1A0D" style="OLC"><enum>A</enum><header>Livestock</header><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="PFDBC25D747D3F82257FEC69BDC38784" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>12101.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Sheep production and marketing grant program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 209 of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1627a">7 U.S.C. 1627a</external-xref>) is amended by striking subsection (c) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB50A6BEE67AA4E88AA0128DD44D578B0" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idADE35DA4744947659DD92B0EA13034B9"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry out this section $1,500,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 through 2023.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="P25C9970F4B1F4F34B26CE384FF251BB" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>12102.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">National animal health laboratory network</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 10409A(d) of the Animal Health Protection Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/8308a">7 U.S.C. 8308a(d)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>$15,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2018</quote> and inserting <quote>$30,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 through 2023</quote>.</text></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8C7667B3594A4E3F92ECCA635F31D47D" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>12103.</enum><header>National Animal Disease Preparedness, Response, and Recovery Program; National Animal Vaccine and Veterinary Countermeasures Bank</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Animal Health Protection Act is amended by inserting after section 10409A (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/8308a">7 U.S.C. 8308a</external-xref>) the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD68348799BC940C7B5442592786BDF79" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0EFF4B5228BE4396BADA0DF9FEEB9E4C" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>10409B.</enum><header>National Animal Disease Preparedness, Response, and Recovery Program; National Animal Vaccine and
Veterinary Countermeasures Bank</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id81AA41BE12CE45C0A3796B77C0DB74F6"><enum>(a)</enum><header>National Animal Disease Preparedness, Response, and Recovery Program</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC5B3D565AA4B4643B4A5EE65251C8070"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>To prevent the introduction into or the dissemination within the United States of any pest or disease of animals affecting the economic interests of the livestock and related industries of the United States (including the maintenance and expansion of export market potential), the Secretary shall establish a program to be known as the <quote>National Animal Disease Preparedness, Response, and Recovery Program</quote> (referred to in this subsection as the <term>Program</term>).</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4069A5BB3F0D4B4D8396CA0DA57430BB"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Eligible activities</header><text>Under the Program, the Secretary shall support activities to prevent, detect, and rapidly respond to animal pests and diseases, including—</text><subparagraph id="id19f9ea62cea948c5b5d5839c1bd0bc9c"><enum>(A)</enum><text>enhancing animal pest and disease analysis and surveillance;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id8aef2b648d254b5d808cea7a73856fb2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>expanding education and outreach;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idcb354128028f4b86aa1d5a837770a0ff"><enum>(C)</enum><text>targeting domestic inspection activities at vulnerable points in the safeguarding continuum;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idcf6f9010bb93484583d52a8ee99bf026"><enum>(D)</enum><text>enhancing and strengthening threat identification and technology;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id1417282334224e6ea4ccc8e6a9c347a5"><enum>(E)</enum><text>improving biosecurity;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idf0dbcdc5fc884a8083279e1a3e8f359f"><enum>(F)</enum><text>enhancing emergency preparedness and response capabilities, including training additional emergency response personnel;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id5e41272457334d5081de62109d51e7e7"><enum>(G)</enum><text>conducting technology development to enhance electronic sharing of animal health data for risk analysis between State and Federal animal health officials;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idd51aaee440a64e17a8edb772f97515e9"><enum>(H)</enum><text>enhancing the development and effectiveness of animal health technologies to treat and prevent disease, including veterinary biologics, veterinary diagnostics, animal drugs for minor use and minor species, animal medical devices, and emerging veterinary countermeasures; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id137ed53370564aac85cf8efb9994664a"><enum>(I)</enum><text>such other activities as determined appropriate by the Secretary, in consultation with entities described in paragraph (3)(B).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id2A8308C1FC3B4EF7B0CFE4027F54CD51"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Cooperative agreements</header><subparagraph id="id33DE4978EE2F4F9F86CF6B5DBCA5FD07"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>In carrying out the Program, the Secretary shall offer to enter into cooperative agreements or other legal instruments with entities described in subparagraph (B) to carry out activities described in paragraph (2).</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idDDD516FFBEE74143BA8DBDC6D07C124B"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Eligible entities</header><text>The Secretary may enter into a cooperative agreement or other legal instrument under subparagraph (A) with 1 or more of the following entities:</text><clause id="id4be758f69a304031a67fbd6b75e7ef5e"><enum>(i)</enum><text>A State department of agriculture.</text></clause><clause id="id9f33af95da904f2cae29f36a3293cee8"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>The State veterinarian or chief animal health official of a State.</text></clause><clause id="id0468294f572449ffa0ee13a444cf61d1"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>A land-grant college or university (as defined in section 1404 of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/3103">7 U.S.C. 3103</external-xref>)).</text></clause><clause id="id6CBEFEDB26494641B9427D80CAFA7899"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>A NLGCA Institution (as defined in section 1404 of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/3103">7 U.S.C. 3103</external-xref>)).</text></clause><clause id="id4c428223829841eab9d5e010ef681c1f"><enum>(v)</enum><text>A college of veterinary medicine.</text></clause><clause id="ide4a322e432f74f058aa64f721b63efde"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>A State or national livestock producer organization with a direct and significant economic interest in livestock production.</text></clause><clause id="id1eeef85cba62454cb3cd5a83a0bc4128"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>A State, national, allied, or regional veterinary organization or specialty board recognized by the American Veterinary Medical Association.</text></clause><clause id="idBE5663722EFF455EA0B2956F7C78B79F"><enum>(viii)</enum><text>An Indian tribe.</text></clause><clause id="id0AF1C3BF358A4347A3B0EF09C53FF376"><enum>(ix)</enum><text>A State emergency management agency.</text></clause><clause id="idF8AEB9C3B0E3456FB54FB15FE4273336"><enum>(x)</enum><text>A Federal agency.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id01B408BEF7D24CB7B6BD2642C2BD7C32"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Special funding considerations</header><text>In entering into cooperative agreements or other legal instruments under subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall give priority to—</text><clause id="id6618F04A1E1A40B98FC25765B309250B"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a State department of agriculture;</text></clause><clause id="id10C8BD8759C24A878C9444FD0978749F"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the State veterinarian or chief animal health official of a State; and</text></clause><clause id="id2DA2EBCC28A640E58DF937804385562C"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>an eligible entity that shall carry out Program activities in a State or region in which—</text><subclause id="idd367426d2f5c4675af7214e6195f35f3"><enum>(I)</enum><text>an animal disease or pest is a Federal concern, as determined by the Secretary; or</text></subclause><subclause id="id0855B2F8B9CA4AFAB4F21166037C37A9"><enum>(II)</enum><text>there is potential for the spread of an animal disease or pest, as determined by the Secretary, taking into consideration—</text><item id="id5B4194A9DB54477683EB306502CAA897"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>the agricultural industries in that State or region;</text></item><item id="idD4059351A6134CB080A66D3D48775CB8"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>factors contributing to animal disease or pests in that State or region, such as climate, natural resources, geography, native or exotic wildlife species, and other disease vectors; and</text></item><item id="idBFB63D059EE241E9AF873DFB2AF2157A"><enum>(cc)</enum><text>the movement of animals in that State or region.</text></item></subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id9cdfedf5ae5942fda9fca9a45df1fa9f"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Applications</header><clause id="id3d70bac357ce45d99a80e2729a79ad76"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>An entity described in subparagraph (B) desiring to enter into a cooperative agreement or other legal instrument under subparagraph (A) shall submit to the Secretary an application at such time and containing such information as the Secretary may require.</text></clause><clause id="id6ea57ad53afb4e3fba5eecce493dfb25"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Notification</header><text>The Secretary shall notify an entity that submits an application under clause (i) of—</text><subclause id="ida35ce67690434415a94fb36f657cf138"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the requirements to be imposed on the entity for auditing of, and reporting on, the use of any funds provided by the Secretary under the cooperative agreement or other legal instrument; and</text></subclause><subclause id="id7efb1a8881d84b4c8c835a38379b65ba"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the criteria to be used to ensure activities supported under the cooperative agreement or other legal instrument are based on sound scientific data or thorough risk assessments.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id1f90ec98fe244cd496cb7945954504ef"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Use of funds</header><clause id="id731d48c4d3e744f5971c3ee8e2e954e0"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Subagreements</header><text>Nothing in this section prevents an entity from using funds received under a cooperative agreement or other legal instrument under subparagraph (A) to enter into a subagreement with another organization or a political subdivision of a State that has legal responsibilities relating to animal disease prevention, surveillance, or rapid response.</text></clause><clause id="ida3afa88171b44a799728dc304fd759cd"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Non-Federal share</header><text>In determining whether to enter into a cooperative agreement or other legal instrument with an entity under subparagraph (A), the Secretary—</text><subclause id="idA0FB54015EFB400BAC439D583C927D7B"><enum>(I)</enum><text>may consider the ability of the entity to provide non-Federal funds to carry out the cooperative agreement or other legal instrument; but</text></subclause><subclause id="id2A3F7EB5D517487CA2C36C18B280C2FF"><enum>(II)</enum><text>shall not require the provision of non-Federal funds by an entity as a condition to enter into a cooperative agreement or other legal instrument.</text></subclause></clause><clause id="idb6b5b726ab7f44e7b9dad51ccf63be35"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Administration</header><text>Of amounts made available to carry out the Program, not more than 10 percent may be retained by an entity that receives funds under a cooperative agreement or other legal instrument under subparagraph (A), including a subagreement under clause (i), to pay administrative costs incurred by the entity in carrying out the cooperative agreement or other legal instrument.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idE246B551CA9344FE84FF5C07533369A7"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Consultation</header><text>The Secretary shall consult with entities described in paragraph (3)(B) in establishing priorities under the Program.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idE2F00D427E924C1AA687F282E59293CD"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Federal Advisory Committee Act</header><text>The Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.) shall not apply to any consultation by the Secretary with an entity described in paragraph (3)(B) under the Program.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id2c8efc7e6a4846398a797576aefd26d2"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Reports</header><text>Not later than 90 days after the date on which an entity completes an activity prescribed and funded by a cooperative agreement or other legal instrument under paragraph (3)(A), the entity shall submit to the Secretary a report that describes the purposes and results of the activity.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id3BF12683D59C478B932BA7E634B420EF"><enum>(b)</enum><header>National Animal Vaccine and Veterinary Countermeasures Bank</header><paragraph id="id5ffe2a82fe254e2da70881ae95aec220"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall establish a National Animal Vaccine and Veterinary Countermeasures Bank to benefit the domestic interests of the United States.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id7c9837af87c6476a977f98260ded91e4"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>Under the National Animal Vaccine and Veterinary Countermeasures Bank, the Secretary shall—</text><subparagraph id="idd7314e15b6764ef8a9d699d4efc207fe"><enum>(A)</enum><text>leverage, as appropriate, the mechanisms and infrastructure that have been developed for the management, storage, and distribution of the National Veterinary Stockpile; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id897f349739564691a93afb75ba60c307"><enum>(B)</enum><text>maintain a sufficient quantity of animal vaccine, antiviral, therapeutic products, diagnostic products, and veterinary countermeasures—</text><clause id="id2fc9ff7d69a041c6b4bcd3d2a54d1be4"><enum>(i)</enum><text>to appropriately respond to the most damaging animal diseases affecting human health or the economy; and</text></clause><clause id="id90b8b04ce2a84f6b970ba7e2cd74de0a"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>that will be capable of rapid deployment in the event of an outbreak of an animal disease described in clause (i).</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id9e82f7ae2a7c41f2aada28d11801cba0"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Foot-and-mouth disease priority</header><subparagraph id="idCD2DB856691E484C9A525B566ACA2408"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>In carrying out paragraph (2), the Secretary shall give priority to the maintenance of a sufficient quantity of foot-and-mouth disease vaccine, as determined by the Secretary, and accompanying diagnostic products, covering, to the maximum extent practicable, an appropriate representation of foot-and-mouth disease serotypes and strains for which appropriate vaccine products are available.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id29FEB966E7234036A0F2B15077D0A1AD"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Contracts</header><text>The Secretary may offer to enter into 1 or more contracts with 1 or more entities that produce foot-and-mouth disease vaccine—</text><clause id="id703c5db756c14dae99e6db349b5c32e3"><enum>(i)</enum><text>to maintain a bank of viral antigen concentrate or vaccine products for, to the maximum extent practicable, an appropriate representation of foot-and-mouth disease serotypes (as determined by the Secretary) for which antigen concentrate is available; and</text></clause><clause id="id8f090d9cc226444f9ab6b112d1c74bd2"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>to maintain surge production capacity to produce, as quickly as practicable, foot-and-mouth disease vaccine to address a foot-and-mouth disease outbreak.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id0DC783C718D743E99B451D323D0EABB5"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Use of funds</header><paragraph id="id20f14a448d1c4701a465b6e4ea2374aa"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Federal administration</header><text>Of amounts made available to carry out this section, not greater than 4 percent may be retained by the Secretary to pay administrative costs incurred by the Secretary in carrying out this section.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id090710529fd743fe9d9d0970cba2c7bc"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Buildings and facilities</header><text>None of the amounts made available to carry out this section shall be used for—</text><subparagraph id="id5F01746757BB457F8E5961B4E7D43A63"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the construction of a new building or facility;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id8357125021BE44D082EEFEFEB491D83E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the acquisition or expansion of an existing building or facility;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idA380F81562C5445F86EDAD67C0D63280"><enum>(C)</enum><text>site grading and improvement; or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id4331325AB21443649D1632C17F38F53A"><enum>(D)</enum><text>architect fees.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idde1a6353d9e54f91b46d1f1b814f69b1"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Proceeds</header><text>The proceeds from the sale of any vaccine or antigen by the National Animal Vaccine and Veterinary Countermeasures Bank shall—</text><subparagraph id="idC73BDDE8176945648075EBD027F8E068"><enum>(A)</enum><text>be deposited in the Treasury;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id385BA89312A24E51A0172391FAA8B2F9"><enum>(B)</enum><text>be credited to an account for the operation of the National Animal Vaccine and Veterinary Countermeasures Bank;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id736B66770A57489C87911F718397BCC0"><enum>(C)</enum><text>be available for expenditure without further appropriation; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idD5293626B8C34D778A15D62309AF1D27"><enum>(D)</enum><text>remain available until expended.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id38cd5449a8db4b4a8210a2d19f137394"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as are necessary to carry out this section, to remain available until expended.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id460F3275746245A3A31A8A3EECCEEF33" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>12104.</enum><header>Study on livestock dealer statutory trust</header><subsection id="id7a8d1c40b2e6474fa247acb250b66f75"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall conduct a study to determine the feasibility of establishing a livestock dealer statutory trust.</text></subsection><subsection id="id094167e361104947806c34143b7435dc"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>The study conducted under subsection (a) shall—</text><paragraph id="ide7180927505f4c08955227cb40af76e9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>analyze how the establishment of a livestock dealer statutory trust would affect buyer and seller behavior in markets for livestock (as defined in section 2(a) of the Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/182">7 U.S.C. 182</external-xref>));</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idd16bab5647354fa4a8888ef4127d2fe2"><enum>(2)</enum><text>consider what potential effects a livestock dealer statutory trust would have on credit availability, including impacts on lenders and lending behavior and other industry participants;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id18ea876dd5de4e7eb07693b7ee818774"><enum>(3)</enum><text>examine unique circumstances common to livestock dealers and how those circumstances could impact the functionality of a livestock dealer statutory trust;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idbc16312e15e140dc96f8f941c1b2d27a"><enum>(4)</enum><text>study the feasibility of the industry-wide adoption of electronic funds transfer or another expeditious method of payment to provide sellers of livestock protection from nonsufficient funds payments;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id2f8709c535bf4865ad3c069315ef6571"><enum>(5)</enum><text>assess the effectiveness of statutory trusts in other segments of agriculture and whether similar effects could be experienced under a livestock dealer statutory trust; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id47e8b87f90134cd183375adbff5ddf24"><enum>(6)</enum><text>consider the effects of exempting dealers with average annual purchases under a de minimis threshold from being subject to the livestock dealer statutory trust.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id2861af9fb9aa4f0791bd23e2aba407a3"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than 540 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate a report describing the findings of the study conducted under subsection (a).</text></subsection></section><section id="id4AE6823A66F14EAFB7153AA01A251907"><enum>12105.</enum><header>Definition of livestock</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 602(2) of the Emergency Livestock Feed Assistance Act of 1988 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1471">7 U.S.C. 1471(2)</external-xref>) is amended in the matter preceding subparagraph (A) by striking <quote>fish</quote> and all that follows through <quote>that—</quote> and inserting <quote>llamas, alpacas, live fish, crawfish, and other animals that—</quote>.</text></section></subtitle><subtitle commented="no" id="P8C0E535D4068DE746B68729F72B3618"><enum>B</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Agriculture and Food Defense</header><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAFFE97DE5C8D4040821E067B60A5125C" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>12201.</enum><header>Repeal of Office of Homeland Security</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 14111 of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/8911">7 U.S.C. 8911</external-xref>) is repealed.</text></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="PF6EA92AC4E2C8222F08D3C82AC14CBC" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>12202.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Office of Homeland Security</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Subtitle A of the Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/6911">7 U.S.C. 6911</external-xref> et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA40980B8667745FA8BB7AD5E5362B280" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><section id="id3523c71187504fcabd7831480379a430"><enum>221.</enum><header>Office of Homeland Security</header><subsection id="id0A0E682CB32B4E79AE9EF74BFB2B0412"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definition of agriculture and food defense</header><text>In this section, the term <term>agriculture and food defense</term> means any action to prevent, protect against, mitigate the effects of, respond to, or recover from a naturally occurring, unintentional, or intentional threat to the agriculture and food system.</text></subsection><subsection id="idc05e50f7d7054a069962141c1697d9a7"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Authorization</header><text>The Secretary shall establish in the Department the Office of Homeland Security.</text></subsection><subsection id="idB8CB9ED7445F445A818B01E30D33D572"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Executive Director</header><text>The Office of Homeland Security shall be headed by an Executive Director, who shall be known as the <quote>Executive Director of Homeland Security</quote>.</text></subsection><subsection id="id8BCA5770AB664CF7BE30ECC7D538F827"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Duties</header><text>The Executive Director of Homeland Security shall—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7E1ED83B673D45DBBFB71ACB2A95A4C8"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">serve as the principal advisor to the Secretary on homeland security, including emergency management and agriculture and food defense;</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id40ADECFBF5AD45AB883536220CCB68A5"><enum>(2)</enum><text>coordinate activities of the Department, including policies, processes, budget needs, and oversight relating to homeland security, including emergency management and agriculture and food defense;</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAA28BA474DA14368BED6DCDD2B563625"><enum>(3)</enum><text>act as the primary liaison on behalf of the Department with other Federal departments and agencies in activities relating to homeland security, including emergency management and agriculture and food defense, and provide for interagency coordination and data sharing;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idb1b062aef9a84aaa8d5260232ce99a4a"><enum>(4)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="idB5E3914D38154D38A5FA3EA27EE097A7"><enum>(A)</enum><text>coordinate in the Department the gathering of information relevant to early warning and awareness of threats and risks to the food and agriculture critical infrastructure sector; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph changed="added" id="id79B67CC7D7F547EFBE47D278B5BCC162" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(B)</enum><text>share that information with, and provide assistance with interpretation and risk characterization of that information to, the intelligence community (as defined in section 3 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C 3003)), law enforcement agencies, the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, and State fusion centers (as defined in section 210A(j) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/6/124h">6 U.S.C. 124h(j)</external-xref>);</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id0cbef8f0bcf14fa5a0e49960faa21e5d"><enum>(5)</enum><text>liaison with the Director of National Intelligence to assist in the development of periodic assessments and intelligence estimates, or other intelligence products, that support the defense of the food and agriculture critical infrastructure sector;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id5d707361bca646479ab5a6bc801b9f8b"><enum>(6)</enum><text>coordinate the conduct, evaluation, and improvement of exercises to identify and eliminate gaps in preparedness and response;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id0a6e1e31c1774744b68294b52b5e143e"><enum>(7)</enum><text>produce a Department-wide centralized strategic coordination plan to provide a high-level perspective of the operations of the Department relating to homeland security, including emergency management and agriculture and food defense; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idEBACA7D27FDB4768AC459595635CD741"><enum>(8)</enum><text>carry out other appropriate duties, as determined by the Secretary.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idae2ffc71a87348aa852ebce000116b8f"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Agriculture and food threat awareness partnership program</header><paragraph id="id9e8b9de270534f11b41e67a3d2589146"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Interagency exchange program</header><text>The Secretary, in partnership with the intelligence community (as defined in section 3 of the National Security Act of 1947 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/3003">50 U.S.C. 3003</external-xref>)) and fusion centers (as defined in section 210A(j) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/6/124h">6 U.S.C. 124h(j)</external-xref>) that have analysis and intelligence capabilities relating to the defense of the food and agriculture critical infrastructure sector, shall establish and carry out an interagency exchange program of personnel and information to improve communication and analysis for the defense of the food and agriculture critical infrastructure sector.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ideb422d49b2e9497089bc403de40280a5"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Collaboration with Federal, State, and local authorities</header><text>To carry out the program established under paragraph (1), the Secretary may—</text><subparagraph id="id0BF483BA4B8F47D4B663E0B0CA721EF5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>enter into 1 or more cooperative agreements or contracts with Federal, State, or local authorities that have analysis and intelligence capabilities and expertise relating to the defense of the food and agriculture critical infrastructure sector; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idAED5C91E109245A2AB64B884351A81EB"><enum>(B)</enum><text>carry out any other activity under any other authority of the Secretary that is appropriate to engage the authorities described in subparagraph (A) for the defense of the food and agriculture critical infrastructure sector, as determined by the Secretary.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section><section id="iddf026812ed6d44fcba4c3bfb0acd9ca6"><enum>12203.</enum><header>Agriculture and food defense</header><subsection id="id5ec8cc482530412a8b3630f60c81f7b9"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text><paragraph commented="no" id="idC25038392FF644D293B0A8AB16D476E6"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Animal</header><text>The term <term>animal</term> has the meaning given the term in section 10403 of the Animal Health Protection Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/8302">7 U.S.C. 8302</external-xref>).</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="ida2c0099f2b5a4ece82834147c0c6cc94"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Disease or pest of concern</header><text>The term <term>disease or pest of concern</term> means a plant or animal disease or pest that—</text><subparagraph commented="no" id="id467E524DE9574FD799A23A5C2E3A37BA"><enum>(A)</enum><text>is—</text><clause commented="no" id="id7B733B5359BE453DB6734571BEE4875B"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a transboundary disease; or</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="idA56EF49779EF419E9C8DD80FC3561375"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>an established disease; and</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id5FCC350ED7DC4BAF98C682A892B95B40"><enum>(B)</enum><text>is likely to pose a significant risk to the food and agriculture critical infrastructure sector that warrants efforts at prevention, protection, mitigation, response, and recovery.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id61dc8da9406c4869950327f4a0aa6582"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Established disease</header><text>The term <term>established disease</term> means a plant or animal disease or pest that—</text><subparagraph id="id3D79955934F44426AF9DBBFF6D1A4B40"><enum>(A)</enum><clause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="idDE9D60B5BB4C4307BCA9C0E433B70715"><enum>(i)</enum><text>if it becomes established, poses an imminent threat to agriculture in the United States; or</text></clause><clause changed="added" id="idB1E3B8E177BC441FB028CF6A49190644" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>has become established, as defined by the Secretary, within the United States; and</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id752303C2D5F544338D9E217F5FA0CF9A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>requires management.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id1B04F4A8A70A45BF8F85592F7F82A9AC"><enum>(4)</enum><header>High-consequence plant transboundary disease</header><text>The term <term>high-consequence plant transboundary disease</term> means a transboundary disease that is—</text><subparagraph id="idC728D1801022401B97490407DC81CCA1"><enum>(A)</enum><clause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="idD3E4B3C494D24C62968AF6550D07F713"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a plant disease; or</text></clause><clause changed="added" id="idF924D4AEDDC9496D837D0AFA06085A19" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a plant pest; and</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idF3B4B9FBB2914C95AB37D4FE25CEBDF8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>of high consequence, as determined by the Secretary.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id4DBC2F890E354906806C4ACDB3554700"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Pest</header><text>The term <quote>pest</quote>—</text><subparagraph id="idC782FEF1ECF040948A726A941923490E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>with respect to a plant, has the meaning given the term <quote>plant pest</quote> in section 403 of the Plant Protection Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/7702">7 U.S.C. 7702</external-xref>); and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id74F2C08E9E2B40E1B3DE5B3919EB0090"><enum>(B)</enum><text>with respect to an animal, has the meaning given the term in section 10403 of the Animal Health Protection Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/8302">7 U.S.C. 8302</external-xref>).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id970C0F265C9E445E8387CCBD48A0AE85"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Plant</header><text>The term <term>plant</term> has the meaning given the term in section 403 of the Plant Protection Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/7702">7 U.S.C. 7702</external-xref>).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id3f7f53e3ffa54b4d83c59557eb0bf2d2"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Plant health management strategy</header><text>The term <term>plant health management strategy</term> means a strategy to timely control and eradicate a plant disease or plant pest outbreak, including through mitigation (such as chemical control), surveillance, the use of diagnostic products and procedures, and the use of existing resistant seed stock.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id6f98f9fcb4c04879a32489a106e0c241"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Transboundary disease</header><subparagraph id="idAF40343B21E94CD48843B8DD28DD6E32"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The term <term>transboundary disease</term> means a plant or animal disease or pest that is within 1 or more countries outside of the United States.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idF49D4CB7BC054E2399521A8BE30050EC"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Inclusion</header><text>The term <term>transboundary disease</term> includes a plant or animal disease or pest described in subparagraph (A) that—</text><clause id="id7537CEEF791F4662A3BDC84B96495887"><enum>(i)</enum><text>has emerged within the United States; or</text></clause><clause id="idD9C66A4FEC874544B8C60C42255FA9CE"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>has been introduced within the United States.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idD4EE7607DC1C47C9AF7CA19DEB68DC1A"><enum>(9)</enum><header>Veterinary countermeasure</header><text>The term <term>veterinary countermeasure</term> means the use of any animal vaccine, antiviral, therapeutic product, or diagnostic product to respond to the most damaging animal diseases to animal and human health and the economy.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id98f07e67929d4939a41b33a85c928939"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Disease or pest of concern response planning</header><paragraph id="id04176942BA2A43378377883ED6245415"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall—</text><subparagraph id="id5A2589589E074527B50962CFD16271BB"><enum>(A)</enum><text>establish a list of diseases or pests of concern by—</text><clause id="idF674B83A15084A0CAB724511064CC6C7"><enum>(i)</enum><text>developing a process to solicit and receive expert opinion and evidence relating to the diseases and pests of concern entered on the list; and</text></clause><clause id="idCA0E4A92E789409E8CA59A012600845F"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>reviewing all available evidence relating to the diseases and pests of concern entered on the list, including classified information; and</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id856E68D9DC87426BB28365E2694657B8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>periodically update the list established under subparagraph (A).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idF66DAA84B27D4C99987B051BE9FD2887"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Response plans</header><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id585D250A494F45EA89E13BE8A20796C2"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Comprehensive strategic response plan or plans</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall develop, in collaboration with appropriate Federal, State, regional, and local officials, a comprehensive strategic response plan or plans, as appropriate, for the diseases or pests of concern that are entered on the list established under paragraph (1).</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id8ACB39625A384EC5B87499F5FD0F7A05"><enum>(B)</enum><header>State or region response plan or plans</header><text>The Secretary shall provide information to a State or regional authority to assist in developing a comprehensive strategic response plan or plans for that State or region that shall—</text><clause id="id4A5AB966C81E433D82EBDBBE23096549"><enum>(i)</enum><text>include—</text><subclause id="idCC1874204D6C4E99AAA68DD822DD1E99"><enum>(I)</enum><text>a concept of operations for each disease or pest of concern; or</text></subclause><subclause id="idBC7244102E2848F8B874DCB99EAFFFF7"><enum>(II)</enum><text>a platform concept of operations for responses to similar diseases or pests, as determined by the Secretary;</text></subclause></clause><clause id="id7aecee39b6ee4066aacc3df98fd17961"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>describe the appropriate interactions among, and roles of—</text><subclause id="idFD8A3338D88F49D7B51CB8A1A33238D0"><enum>(I)</enum><text>Federal, State, Tribal, and units of local government; and</text></subclause><subclause id="id1AF58872BDC840488C53ED7A31C52477"><enum>(II)</enum><text>plant or animal industry partners;</text></subclause></clause><clause id="id4b88f29a92bd43ef94156e227706d33a"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>include a decision matrix that shall, as appropriate, include—</text><subclause id="idC87D2F2845B74DBA8D9F887C21F9D06F"><enum>(I)</enum><text>information and timing requirements necessary for the use of veterinary countermeasures;</text></subclause><subclause id="idB8D530EDA7C849BABFE71721753AE715"><enum>(II)</enum><text>plant health management strategies;</text></subclause><subclause id="id09B6DD6B0645481FB4434C7416438B36"><enum>(III)</enum><text>deployment of other key materials and resources; and</text></subclause><subclause id="idDEB66DC7BE904E1F8F09F00F923D831E"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>parameters for transitioning from outbreak response to disease management;</text></subclause></clause><clause commented="no" id="id4753b80af1a345da930073562c48af7d"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>identify key response performance metrics to establish—</text><subclause commented="no" id="idFE1E1424060E42F488AECEB05076AC6A"><enum>(I)</enum><text>benchmarking;</text></subclause><subclause commented="no" id="id97B41D9AC4154416A8F4A7F3BD02396E"><enum>(II)</enum><text>progressive exercise evaluation; and</text></subclause><subclause commented="no" id="id41BD31ACEA214F2886191D31068362FD"><enum>(III)</enum><text>continuing improvement of a response plan, including by providing for—</text><item commented="no" id="id864444CAFDCE44A58E97E3A8EA709FE1"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>ongoing exercise evaluations to improve a response plan over time; and</text></item><item commented="no" id="id3A530E88FE8F4B9980E6857CCDEFA76A"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>strategic information to guide investment in any appropriate research to mitigate the risk of a disease or pest of concern; and</text></item></subclause></clause><clause commented="no" id="id53624854a92a4d86af3ae4a528df6bef"><enum>(v)</enum><text>be updated periodically, as determined to be appropriate by the Secretary, including in response to—</text><subclause commented="no" id="idEE637B8092334697890D64D6633FBDF5"><enum>(I)</enum><text>an exercise evaluation; or</text></subclause><subclause commented="no" id="id2EC80D49371141D79252E34EC102A516"><enum>(II)</enum><text>new risk information becoming available regarding a disease or pest of concern.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id8938a48e3a1f4d6ca033fd188b86076c"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Coordination of plans</header><text>Pursuant to section 221(d)(6) of the Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994, the Secretary shall, as appropriate, assist in coordinating with other appropriate Federal, State, regional, or local officials in the exercising of the plans developed under paragraph (2).</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="idfe2627aa2e8b44b2b73c143e148e5c25"><enum>(c)</enum><header>National plant diagnostic network</header><paragraph commented="no" id="id1bb79121fceb4bd09838a1c267d2c756"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall establish in the Department of Agriculture a National Plant Diagnostic Network to monitor and surveil through diagnostics threats to plant health from diseases or pests of concern in the United States.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="idd54292946fff4a8cb704f345b0bde4b8"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>The National Plant Diagnostic Network established under paragraph (1) shall—</text><subparagraph commented="no" id="id50c927f5569a49cab8576c6a1cb90e0c"><enum>(A)</enum><text>provide for increased awareness, surveillance, early identification, rapid communication, warning, and diagnosis of a threat to plant health from a disease or pest of concern to protect natural and agricultural plant resources;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id7adbfc52bc594dac9eabe3dc7a665956"><enum>(B)</enum><text>coordinate and collaborate with agencies of the Department of Agriculture and State agencies and authorities involved in plant health;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="iddddc083847924db9a8013a2ebf23ba3c"><enum>(C)</enum><text>establish diagnostic laboratory standards;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id038c80bb9fb94f9e90895d8ffeb1e597"><enum>(D)</enum><text>establish regional hubs throughout the United States that provide expertise, leadership, and support to diagnostic labs relating to the agricultural crops and plants in the covered regions of those hubs; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id40cabc925bee4cd68d5a3e8e83b42447"><enum>(E)</enum><text>establish a national repository for records of endemic or emergent diseases and pests of concern.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id3e9d04c8a2dd4163b42e8acf94f54a86"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Head of network</header><subparagraph id="id04E041E824DC40038B45011298683E75"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Director of the National Institute of Food and Agriculture shall serve as the head of the National Plant Diagnostic Network.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="idb175c9f1f69744a68e8c0765cbb27a3d"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Duties</header><text>The head of the National Plant Diagnostic Network shall—</text><clause commented="no" id="idDF51A08A7E0A4DFBA57DEB2AA0316CA7"><enum>(i)</enum><text>coordinate and collaborate with land-grant colleges and universities (as defined in section 1404 of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/3103">7 U.S.C. 3103</external-xref>)) in carrying out the requirements under paragraph (2), including through cooperative agreements described in paragraph (4);</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="id1FA42557FEFE4EE4884F3EA4DBD819B5"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>partner with the Administrator of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service for assistance with plant health regulation and inspection; and</text></clause><clause id="id267bb9c67ebd4fd3b2f309df476a27cd"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>coordinate with other Federal agencies, as appropriate, in carrying out activities relating to the National Plant Diagnostic Network, including the sharing of biosurveillance information.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idb63a3a01d6a44531a050617113f83f82"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Collaboration with land-grant colleges and universities</header><text>The Secretary shall seek to establish cooperative agreements with land-grant colleges and universities (as defined in section 1404 of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/3103">7 U.S.C. 3103</external-xref>)) that have the appropriate level of skill, experience, and competence with plant diseases or pests of concern.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id00FED84663774462ABC41C5BF2269823"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>In addition to the amount authorized to carry out this subtitle under section 12205, there is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this subsection $15,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 through 2023.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idbb0b58d4b46a47d49928b372486af2fe"><enum>(d)</enum><header>National plant disease recovery system</header><paragraph id="id4C6D313C7F1E4E768D244F6525D20376"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Recovery system</header><text>The Secretary shall establish in the Department of Agriculture a National Plant Disease Recovery System to engage in strategic long-range planning to recover from high-consequence plant transboundary diseases.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ideb0f2869ce40474da6804c4003aadf88"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>The National Plant Disease Recovery System established under paragraph (1) shall—</text><subparagraph id="ide75be035481e411297885a2f9391cfc7"><enum>(A)</enum><text>coordinate with disease or pest of concern concept of operations response plans;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idA17560E6BE324233A82A2555A615C2B5"><enum>(B)</enum><text>make long-range plans for the initiation of future research projects relating to high-consequence plant transboundary diseases;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id92B3BE9D8A3D40B18A840A9D939C36A7"><enum>(C)</enum><text>establish research plans for long-term recovery;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id491DFEB25D224B098F6A2235B15A475E"><enum>(D)</enum><text>plan for the identification and use of specific genotypes, cultivars, breeding lines, and other disease-resistant materials necessary for crop stabilization or improvement; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idc8fcc073778f42cfaf13a880a3efc7ae"><enum>(E)</enum><text>establish a watch list of high-consequence plant transboundary diseases for the purpose of making long-range plans under subparagraph (B).</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id40ba1100a0414591b9b43183ddc326e0"><enum>12204.</enum><header>Biological agents and toxins list</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 212(a)(1)(B)(i) of the Agricultural Bioterrorism Protection Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/8401">7 U.S.C. 8401(a)(1)(B)(i)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="idB515564E7A4A434F89E17349DD54286A"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subclause (III), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id9281EF55B0064724B48E3EE0762076EE"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating subclause (IV) as subclause (V); and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id81E55346DAE347B08410D61E5D13583A"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by inserting after subclause (III) the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6EC7136FBB154F51A567F947F62AC38C" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subclause id="idDA905D87664341E2BB8C04F985EBBC17"><enum>(IV)</enum><item commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id2F5EC11E1E74455CBF856AA8879401D0"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>whether placing an agent or toxin on the list under subparagraph (A) would have a substantial negative impact on the research and development of solutions for the animal or plant disease caused by the agent or toxin; and</text></item><item changed="added" id="id1CACB3C349F3450992725F542C8F1E17" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>whether that negative impact would substantially outweigh the risk posed by the agent or toxin to animal or plant health if it is not placed on the list; and</text></item></subclause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section><section commented="no" id="idc447cdb4da074fe79ddb5b5a7c7692d6"><enum>12205.</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In addition to other amounts made available under this subtitle, there is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this subtitle $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 through 2023.</text></section></subtitle><subtitle id="id8502F8CFEEEF408EA4F0E36801B11FCB" style="OLC"><enum>C</enum><header>Historically Underserved Producers</header><section id="id11E85CD8526A42F7A42B04E7F92670FB"><enum>12301.</enum><header>Farming opportunities training and outreach</header><subsection id="id69D0F4C5BAE642AD8F90F3D8B5A2899A"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Repeal</header><paragraph id="id6F1EE0A1BDD44C10A1D63E1C6F76B367"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 7405 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/3319f">7 U.S.C. 3319f</external-xref>) is repealed.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id24E1E36C6A8F44B88BD775FC93F9C087"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Conforming amendments</header><subparagraph id="id23419C56806645D2AA98F63D4891C11B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Section 226B(e)(2)(B) of the Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/6934">7 U.S.C. 6934(e)(2)(B)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>the beginning farmer and rancher development program established under section 7405 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/3319f">7 U.S.C. 3319f</external-xref>).</quote> and inserting <quote>the beginning farmer and rancher development grant program established under subsection (d) of section 2501 of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2279">7 U.S.C. 2279</external-xref>).</quote>.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id56FF2D8666994B09B52F121292074E6F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Section 251(f)(1)(D) of the Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/6971">7 U.S.C. 6971(f)(1)(D)</external-xref>) is amended by striking clause (iv) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9D3298B69D9247FDAEA53852E5BB68D7" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><clause id="id99A08EAB0AC8486F9238D6458C2D2733"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>The beginning farmer and rancher development grant program established under subsection (d) of section 2501 of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2279">7 U.S.C. 2279</external-xref>).</text></clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id6253CA9218A441019450D9CDF25EDF47"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Section 7506(e) of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/7614c">7 U.S.C. 7614c(e)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><clause id="id2CF49ADFA1F0494D80B70EB2CD153F3C"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)(C)—</text><subclause id="idC2A179B5CAC249788539AA9A0108BC55"><enum>(I)</enum><text>by striking clause (v);</text></subclause><subclause id="id914FCE6FB0C2455ABB34BE356DCCD4EE"><enum>(II)</enum><text>by redesignating clauses (i) through (iv) as clauses (ii) through (v), respectively;</text></subclause><subclause id="id9BBB9445DED7428599F33859144BE487"><enum>(III)</enum><text>by inserting before clause (ii) (as so redesignated) the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id215B82DCDF38437F8C54641CC6041065" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><clause id="id68D801AED8F943418A1E905F78E7F1E8"><enum>(i)</enum><text>each grant awarded under subsection (d) of section 2501 of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2279">7 U.S.C. 2279</external-xref>);</text></clause><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subclause><subclause id="id182006472C6F4A25B990B817AA33E1DC"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>in clause (ii) (as so redesignated), by striking <quote>450i(b)(2));</quote> and inserting <quote>3157(b)(2));</quote>; and</text></subclause><subclause id="id62AB4E94D2D14719A0DD540D4BB11F60"><enum>(V)</enum><text>in clause (iv) (as so redesignated), by adding <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></subclause></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF99232BFA17C4A918B2B29527FBF41FA"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in paragraph (4)—</text><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9A3009912EE64E47B38485D29E1CA2DD"><enum>(I)</enum><text>by striking subparagraph (E);</text></subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id022AF00860954863ABF13680FABC9445"><enum>(II)</enum><text>by redesignating subparagraphs (A) through (D) as subparagraphs (B) through (E), respectively;</text></subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE8D77C52B60C49A29DF79285B51013C7"><enum>(III)</enum><text>by inserting before subparagraph (B) (as so redesignated) the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAF07E822E1FE4EC199199B65A34E8EED" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3A05544FB99E423FBCC8768BEE77463D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>subsection (d) of section 2501 of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2279">7 U.S.C. 2279</external-xref>);</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF7220A16781A4CE4A220B00DC848B4CB"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B) (as so redesignated), by striking <quote>450i(b));</quote> and inserting <quote>3157(b));</quote>;</text></subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB43DFF5B720A4549B36A5B7AA15B3D45"><enum>(V)</enum><text>in subparagraph (D) (as so redesignated), by adding <quote>or</quote> at the end; and</text></subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBE1D4F77D8524F3C8D4F9C182B347A6E"><enum>(VI)</enum><text>in subparagraph (E) (as so redesignated), by striking <quote>; or</quote> and inserting a period.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="id439E50AA9A9B4DFD83EE3D870456ADD7"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Outreach and education for socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers, veteran farmers and ranchers, and beginning farmers and ranchers</header><text>Section 2501 of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2279">7 U.S.C. 2279</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="id83ACC08BA9A74581A2AE9FE9F5CB4B63"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking the section heading and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">Farming opportunities training and outreach</header-in-text></quote>;</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id60244E028AA0405C8C9EC0DFD7EA8EE3"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating subsections (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (g), (h), and (i) as subsections (c), (j), (o), (k), (a), (l), (m), and (n), respectively, and moving the subsections so as to appear in alphabetical order;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id78A29E8A95494E2DB0DBCACC8E8E9BF0"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by moving paragraph (5) of subsection (a) (as so redesignated) so as to appear at the end of subsection (c) (as so redesignated);</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idBD18198A78CA4BA69C2687DC2E82EE14"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subsection (a) (as so redesignated)—</text><subparagraph id="id487C628FC13D4784AAFA9E18D78E5227"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking the subsection designation and heading and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0134B3E761194655B6D673EC281D5136" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subsection id="idA1A44ED2EB9742F788910D8CA70DD1E5"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id902250FFC30C4983B313D5B0C18C74EA"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraphs (1), (2), (3), (4), and (6) as paragraphs (6), (5), (1), (3), and (4), respectively, and moving the paragraphs so as to appear in numerical order;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id8307A432EB664CD1A913FF907E1DB5AF"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraphs (1), (5), and (6) (as so redesignated), by striking <quote>As used in this section, the</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>The</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idF7A539276F8B4E96A0403DBBCE5D9192"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (1) (as so redesignated) the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3F2FDC95E1414EE1846F7E8F83CEC4A6" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><paragraph id="id27573B0925B34CEDAAB70305AF5C5055"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Beginning farmer or rancher</header><text>The term <term>beginning farmer or rancher</term> means a person that—</text><subparagraph id="id47e357a2cf384f59b7fa3e0aa9987d59"><enum>(A)</enum><clause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id736E20ECB5A24F859CE0DE0BC6C019DD"><enum>(i)</enum><text>has not operated a farm or ranch; or</text></clause><clause changed="added" id="idb017038cb9a6495983bbf301e83339de" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>has operated a farm or ranch for not more than 10 years; and</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idbf36dd616c3e40ba947be14aa3e7c4bf"><enum>(B)</enum><text>meets such other criteria as the Secretary may establish.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idAD6E286095904743A29E9068FDB3F1EB"><enum>(5)</enum><text>by inserting after subsection (a) (as so redesignated) the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id810AB66CDD8F4865B722A75BDDD91EC9" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subsection id="id145AD999DA004063B6C6F08279FD3015"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Farming opportunities training and outreach</header><text>The Secretary shall carry out this section to encourage and assist socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers, veteran farmers and ranchers, and beginning farmers and ranchers in the ownership and operation of farms and ranches through—</text><paragraph id="id7F1966D78DCE48F9AE163DE85A96E23B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>education and training; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idAA0408E29D894CA6B6B7005D5E8483D5"><enum>(2)</enum><text>equitable participation in all agricultural programs of the Department.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph id="id60FEDEF6EE87400A83338B2B041BC067"><enum>(6)</enum><text>in subsection (c) (as so redesignated and as amended by paragraph (3))—</text><subparagraph id="id9617C97B8D7A42F5BCF4E026E942BF62"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (4);</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idAA801F4D20E3442C9DB199FE2DABC441"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraphs (1), (2), (3), and (5) as paragraphs (2), (3), (4), and (1), respectively, and moving the paragraphs so as to appear in numerical order;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idD420AFFFFDB04052B646EE8A6D06996E"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (1) (as so redesignated)—</text><clause id="id7DA0608694A94923A520718ECA9C147B"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>The term</quote> and inserting <quote>In this subsection, the term</quote>;</text></clause><clause id="id0B378C5F700A457AAE7A7F49418099BE"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A)(ii), by striking <quote>subsection (a)</quote> and inserting <quote>this subsection</quote>; and</text></clause><clause id="id3B83D5F8EC5A45E392B9C5EA11E8739D"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (F), by striking <quote>450b))</quote> and inserting <quote>5304))</quote>;</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id1C2AFBDD2AB74D279151DE2A53EFBC0F"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B) of paragraph (2) (as so redesignated), by striking <quote>agricultural</quote> and inserting <quote>agricultural, forestry, and related</quote>;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id5D7E5E53A0C249E9B1CB1CC2633AB58D"><enum>(E)</enum><text>in paragraph (3) (as so redesignated), by striking <quote>(1)</quote> in the matter preceding subparagraph (A) and inserting <quote>(2)</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id14C7AE8220E84DBBB31DA4A1153A7577"><enum>(F)</enum><text>in paragraph (4) (as so redesignated)—</text><clause id="id09983FC5DFE64BEE8297689095019940"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A)—</text><subclause id="id3A74F74C0AED4A1A837CD613375D4060"><enum>(I)</enum><text>by striking the subparagraph heading and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subparagraph" style="OLC">Outreach and technical assistance</header-in-text>.—</quote>;</text></subclause><subclause id="id4E117965CC3545C4AB4EC22134BC0094"><enum>(II)</enum><text>by striking <quote>(2)</quote> and inserting <quote>(3)</quote>; and</text></subclause><subclause id="idB91EE10A1A8A4CA7B9AB475F7213AA3F"><enum>(III)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>to socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers and veteran farmers and ranchers</quote> after <quote>assistance</quote>;</text></subclause></clause><clause id="id2B7D0A76903E49FD9CD3E99F66B11EDF"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (C), by striking <quote>(1)</quote> and inserting <quote>(2)</quote>;</text></clause><clause id="id94CF9461C0F9496E8B41BBCAB31AE450"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (D), by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id49916E73CF664D3DA502569999AC0BDC" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><clause id="id03BA403991334FA095FFB996C348CDB2"><enum>(v)</enum><text>The number of farms or ranches started, maintained, or improved as a result of funds made available under the program.</text></clause><clause id="id0978AFBF270F46928DE8BFA9DE951D0D"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>Actions taken by the Secretary in partnership with eligible entities to enhance participation in agricultural programs by veteran farmers or ranchers and socially disadvantaged farmers or ranchers.</text></clause><clause id="id19EEA4D3EDEB409CBDFB841E20222863"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>The effectiveness of the actions described in clause (vi).</text></clause><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause><clause id="idF58E7292E1C54D2C8F834E1953F6115A"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCB5CC37BD3BA41BA8DB4AAFF5C46AEDB" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subparagraph id="id2cf0bfaf978749b799e25e71a2d4a9e9"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Maximum term and amount of grant, contract, or agreement</header><text>A grant, contract, or agreement entered into under subparagraph (A) shall be—</text><clause id="id812cb28a6d284f929616e14265cdc502"><enum>(i)</enum><text>for a term of not longer than 3 years; and</text></clause><clause id="id1bf312bab604466bb7da01dd5a0f467b"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in an amount that is not more than $250,000 for each year of the grant, contract, or agreement.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id68966f1de26f43fb99c8ff48f0fcc2b0"><enum>(F)</enum><header>Priority</header><text>In making grants and entering into contracts and other agreements under subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall give priority to nongovernmental and community-based organizations with an expertise in working with socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers or veteran farmers and ranchers.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ida117456fa11b464c89260e8a544730cc"><enum>(G)</enum><header>Regional Balance</header><text>To the maximum extent practicable, the Secretary shall ensure the geographical diversity of eligible entities to which grants are made and contracts and other agreements are entered into under subparagraph (A).</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idd6407a71b98043eba3cc8808281704c1"><enum>(H)</enum><header>Prohibition</header><text>A grant, contract, or other agreement under subparagraph (A) may not be used for the planning, repair, rehabilitation, acquisition, or construction of a building or facility.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id6F13D2B65FFE45AE8F420B9D1F1F34D0"><enum>(I)</enum><header>Peer review</header><text>The Secretary shall establish a fair and efficient external peer review process that—</text><clause id="id8C63D69A74CD43E383AA820854215CE4"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the Secretary shall use in making grants and entering into contracts and other agreements under subparagraph (A); and</text></clause><clause id="id4BB1F2D46CFD4B73A0341C090ED91995"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>shall include a broad representation of peers of the eligible entity.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide793c406436440f88769f8f10f5e461e"><enum>(J)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Input from eligible entities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall seek input from eligible entities providing technical assistance under this subsection not less than once each year to ensure that the program is responsive to the eligible entities providing that technical assistance.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idDA9565CD43A647D6AEF8AE4BDD66D5C1"><enum>(7)</enum><text>by inserting after subsection (c) (as so redesignated) the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id395DFC0A4F7A41C28D8D6C287A66E54E" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subsection id="id91651df21092458c80a6a71a850b6e04"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Beginning farmer and rancher development grant program</header><paragraph id="id2B179A9EC8524FDD9903A813642E5A31"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary, acting through the Director of the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, shall make competitive grants to support new and established local and regional training, education, outreach, and technical assistance initiatives for beginning farmers and ranchers.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id06dd11461661473f84cd5a921621518c"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Included programs and services</header><text>Initiatives described in paragraph (1) may include programs or services, as appropriate, relating to—</text><subparagraph id="id0eb429b3fc5248a59aeb2691a92c9b01"><enum>(A)</enum><text>basic livestock, forest management, and crop farming practices;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id389ae4bd1b2e4fde8d958a020d240bf9"><enum>(B)</enum><text>innovative farm, ranch, and private, nonindustrial forest land transfer and succession strategies;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id93fec7200f5e49e1b4700cbbb9863b56"><enum>(C)</enum><text>entrepreneurship and business training;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id7a20dbab37d24611911d22db7ad03c6f"><enum>(D)</enum><text>financial and risk management training, including the acquisition and management of agricultural credit;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idd530fafb587642a7b5dd97354951f32c"><enum>(E)</enum><text>natural resource management and planning;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id6b542f355e1948f6b071f5c00f6a2b78"><enum>(F)</enum><text>diversification and marketing strategies;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id765f48f186464a3d95901cc5e8f6b08b"><enum>(G)</enum><text>curriculum development;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id6226218b1af14ab89a51a54c89790807"><enum>(H)</enum><text>mentoring, apprenticeships, and internships;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idddc6e788e72a41d0b97ebb81d1e887e8"><enum>(I)</enum><text>resources and referral;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id749de44c242b4294bc615f3593e170de"><enum>(J)</enum><text>farm financial benchmarking;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id332ca5c77f0f4f74a9358ec6aac9fd0d"><enum>(K)</enum><text>assisting beginning farmers and ranchers in acquiring land from retiring farmers and ranchers;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ide4101c9679994e78a6a59a7e03adc352"><enum>(L)</enum><text>agricultural rehabilitation and vocational training for veteran farmers and ranchers;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idc3b73d7d4c7040a4926826f83b32a80d"><enum>(M)</enum><text>farm safety and awareness;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id425d2dd91b00437284fb37a6d0995229"><enum>(N)</enum><text>food safety and recordkeeping; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idbbdcdc554e03496db1bb83a6229f02be"><enum>(O)</enum><text>other similar subject areas of use to beginning farmers and ranchers.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id16acbf6bcf794613a25657770d007494"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Eligibility</header><subparagraph id="id38F5B4B6C54048D89E2380042EA6B06F"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>To be eligible to receive a grant under this subsection, the recipient of the grant shall be a collaborative State, Tribal, local, or regionally-based network or partnership of public or private entities.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idB386EC3E15C349C88C939571F27D23FA"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Inclusions</header><text>A recipient of a grant described in subparagraph (A) may include—</text><clause id="ida5b2cb8390ec4541b1a0875030212bf6"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a State cooperative extension service;</text></clause><clause id="id4a07c0d7cc7d4a929851fa7f1124031b"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a Federal, State, municipal, or Tribal agency;</text></clause><clause id="id1c993c97b29840bb87a7edc5723c8ec2"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>a community-based or nongovernmental organization;</text></clause><clause id="id1f1de119462740c09577a1a6d1a523b0"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>a college or university (including an institution awarding an associate’s degree) or foundation maintained by a college or university; or</text></clause><clause id="id646f43438ea042efa6015bd653585ee7"><enum>(v)</enum><text>any other appropriate partner, as determined by the Secretary.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idbdeca6a464494643a30c131bf4d87023"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Terms of grants</header><text>A grant under this subsection shall—</text><subparagraph id="id0AA9919179674CDF8B2F2EE46C827941"><enum>(A)</enum><text>be for a term of not longer than 3 years; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id076C2954FAD74CA5A507A238BC4678BB"><enum>(B)</enum><text>provide not more than $250,000 for each year.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ide50f91160a1846c1b2dc07c1ddaac363"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Evaluation criteria</header><text>In making grants under this subsection, the Secretary shall evaluate, with respect to applications for the grants—</text><subparagraph id="id6df1b4138098469faf9865f1cc67df55"><enum>(A)</enum><text>relevancy;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ide2ee6f06afdd4a4f94f05e2b0a12d4a8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>technical merit;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idd5ace6ce8f20458a9b5561a86f5aadc0"><enum>(C)</enum><text>achievability;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id008020d153c6463a887ed709a6d95ace"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the expertise and track record of 1 or more applicants;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ida785e3e3bfea4e9aab34be7ec77f3975"><enum>(E)</enum><text>the consultation of beginning farmers and ranchers in design, implementation, and decisionmaking relating to an initiative described in paragraph (1);</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id1597bbdd8a2c409f93083254f1c2ac8f"><enum>(F)</enum><text>the adequacy of plans for—</text><clause id="id14D5B63ED84B4D14815010F23DA9BA9D"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a participatory evaluation process;</text></clause><clause id="id5EAFAA0837E241ED90442E62E7490F01"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>outcome-based reporting; and</text></clause><clause id="id08538656301D44A9B38BD4B69CF1FAA2"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the communication of findings and results beyond the immediate target audience; and</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id0bf1fcb98a0d45eabe3a484d98aabb99"><enum>(G)</enum><text>other appropriate factors, as determined by the Secretary.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idF5902FDACA6B4154ACCEE0E113AAF30C"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Regional balance</header><text>To the maximum extent practicable, the Secretary shall ensure the geographical diversity of recipients of grants under this subsection.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id5C06AED3A6CE492481E6CB2E61F93B54"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Priority</header><text>In making grants under this subsection, the Secretary shall give priority to partnerships and collaborations that are led by or include nongovernmental, community-based organizations and school-based educational organizations with expertise in new agricultural producer training and outreach.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id2f7bdd674cdb43e8b59687f16a056196"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Prohibition</header><text>A grant made under this subsection may not be used for the planning, repair, rehabilitation, acquisition, or construction of a building or facility.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id6df1ad48a8c54188abc1a3dc16fe475d"><enum>(9)</enum><header>Coordination permitted</header><text>A recipient of a grant under this subsection may coordinate with a recipient of a grant under section 1680 in addressing the needs of veteran farmers and ranchers with disabilities.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idB3AE705E7BB349EFB504192179DBE6FD"><enum>(10)</enum><header>Consecutive awards</header><text>A grant under this subsection may be made to a recipient for consecutive years.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idE03F276A72AF4FC394E95DFC52EF49A1"><enum>(11)</enum><header>Peer review</header><subparagraph id="idA67114D0FAD14E0F8D40E60BE8186494"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall establish a fair and efficient external peer review process, which the Secretary shall use in making grants under this subsection.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id0CF08C899764423B93563414566BC4FA"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Requirement</header><text>The peer review process under subparagraph (A) shall include a review panel composed of a broad representation of peers of the applicant for the grant that are not applying for a grant under this subsection.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id8e8bb8736aa04ec0af501f78cba6d06d"><enum>(12)</enum><header>Participation by other farmers and ranchers</header><text>Nothing in this subsection prohibits the Secretary from allowing a farmer or rancher who is not a beginning farmer or rancher (including an owner or operator that has ended, or expects to end within 5 years, active labor in a farming or ranching operation as a producer) from participating in a program or service under this subsection, to the extent that the Secretary determines that such participation—</text><subparagraph id="id4F250E33B29D49529ACF14B0EE4E3841"><enum>(A)</enum><text>is appropriate; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idFFC0651FD14544FB8BAD913132DEF122"><enum>(B)</enum><text>will not detract from the primary purpose of increasing opportunities for beginning farmers and ranchers.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idf160cc3701c44a5e818955fa05193363"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Application requirements</header><text>In making grants and entering into contracts and other agreements, as applicable, under subsections (c) and (d), the Secretary shall make available a simplified application process for an application for a grant that requests less than $50,000.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph id="id47716C6433584C7FBED5602F1E30E324"><enum>(8)</enum><text>by inserting after subsection (f) the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4C7CDC611DA54A41A0470BAEE3B9C1F6" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subsection id="idbd333585213649308bc829939d501362"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Education teams</header><paragraph id="idc14419dd19524b5ba6254c2d1a21a2bc"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall establish beginning farmer and rancher education teams to develop curricula and conduct educational programs and workshops for beginning farmers and ranchers in diverse geographical areas of the United States.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="iddfda165b28414df88338532468e34c0d"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Curriculum</header><text>In promoting the development of curricula under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall, to the maximum extent practicable, include modules tailored to specific audiences of beginning farmers and ranchers, based on crop diversity or regional diversity.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id31e79e3f02674751bd7f48ab9ac3fa94"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Composition</header><text>In establishing an education team under paragraph (1) for a specific program or workshop, the Secretary shall, to the maximum extent practicable—</text><subparagraph id="id200cca93130e494cb5035c22af57857a"><enum>(A)</enum><text>obtain the short-term services of specialists with knowledge and expertise in programs serving beginning farmers and ranchers; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id89399fb0aa6a4c18b65c7bad55d9ba25"><enum>(B)</enum><text>use officers and employees of the Department with direct experience in programs of the Department that may be taught as part of the curriculum for the program or workshop.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ide48632dd983b425ab38b3f98a5c551ab"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Cooperation</header><subparagraph id="idca4eb10603c9468caa80d143f5bd17e4"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>In carrying out this subsection, the Secretary shall cooperate, to the maximum extent practicable, with—</text><clause id="id33eda7864f46430ebe6659605492aeee"><enum>(i)</enum><text>State cooperative extension services;</text></clause><clause id="id1f2713d2ad3d447f94ed2a649a621689"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>Federal, State, and Tribal agencies;</text></clause><clause id="idab5c285e95264cca930968913417b2c1"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>community-based and nongovernmental organizations;</text></clause><clause id="id00a83d563e0f4393933c87d35b4260f9"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>colleges and universities (including an institution awarding an associate’s degree) or foundations maintained by a college or university; and</text></clause><clause id="id3cb590cbc5ea475185023f8c94b903fb"><enum>(v)</enum><text>other appropriate partners, as determined by the Secretary.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idf5853e7c40c04cc6a559a1aafa71a383"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Cooperative agreements</header><text>Notwithstanding <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/31/63">chapter 63</external-xref> of title 31, United States Code, the Secretary may enter into a cooperative agreement to reflect the terms of any cooperation under subparagraph (A).</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id8e1dd07062044f8999a48587ffcfe2b5"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Curriculum and training clearinghouse</header><text>The Secretary shall establish an online clearinghouse that makes available to beginning farmers and ranchers education curricula and training materials and programs, which may include online courses for direct use by beginning farmers and ranchers.</text></subsection><subsection id="id46515cb1a7eb4cbb9eabf7ffd2dcb0ae"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Stakeholder input</header><text>In carrying out this section, the Secretary shall seek stakeholder input from—</text><paragraph id="id2d34f90f867c47388497b9da537ecca1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>beginning farmers and ranchers;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id67555785eedf4c08ac72eeb65c4f1f72"><enum>(2)</enum><text>socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idb5140efa8e10480aba45388c4c934cff"><enum>(3)</enum><text>veteran farmers and ranchers;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id698358c31fef49f195bb57b38d3a6ff2"><enum>(4)</enum><text>national, State, Tribal, and local organizations and other persons with expertise in operating programs for—</text><subparagraph id="idB87466942A96492AAA4D333DC293B75D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>beginning farmers and ranchers;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id17175331B04D454D9BC2B9840FCA2B6B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers; or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idF6AC3DC177BC4A16B048CD0EE0C3EB00"><enum>(C)</enum><text>veteran farmers and ranchers;</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id51aa14364c2047a0b60cbf0bdbe9f300"><enum>(5)</enum><text>the Advisory Committee on Beginning Farmers and Ranchers established under section 5(b) of the Agricultural Credit Improvement Act of 1992 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1929">7 U.S.C. 1929</external-xref> note; <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/102/554">Public Law 102–554</external-xref>);</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ide94b236a1542412ab853c597f09114ae"><enum>(6)</enum><text>the Advisory Committee on Minority Farmers established under section 14008 of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2279">7 U.S.C. 2279</external-xref> note; <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/110/246">Public Law 110–246</external-xref>); and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ida2bdcf34c86a441a816a458938bc4c2a"><enum>(7)</enum><text>the Tribal Advisory Committee established under subsection (b) of section 309 of the Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/6921">7 U.S.C. 6921</external-xref>).</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph id="idFD2F9F2AF70846ABB631AA86947CBA18"><enum>(9)</enum><text>in paragraph (3) of subsection (k) (as so redesignated), by inserting <quote>and not later than March 1, 2020,</quote> after <quote>1991,</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id4A3D417E6B7545A5AD94253F0CA8CA5B"><enum>(10)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id538D57D0F03A4EDD8347EEB0E101ED9B" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subsection id="idD826244B2F5F47EB9665CDC1059B74DF"><enum>(p)</enum><header>Funding</header><paragraph id="ida8b4ec7b02144ba8a2b810abbfca3bd3"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Mandatory funding</header><text>Of the funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation, the Secretary shall use to carry out this section $50,000,000 for fiscal year 2018 and each fiscal year thereafter.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ida236fd8a21e7414b97ef5e496c27ceae"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Authorization of Appropriations</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $50,000,000 for each fiscal years 2018 through 2023.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id45995d8739654f4aace723ea10f131f9"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Reservation of funds</header><text>Of the amounts made available to carry out this section—</text><subparagraph id="ide977919e0dd643ad8a9cb458b30368d8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>50 percent shall be used to carry out subsection (c); and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id52603ffe1a60408e85d471dc37974fc3"><enum>(B)</enum><text>50 percent shall be used to carry out subsection (d).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id8888f8b3dfdc44deb70b2124791e7b44"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Allocation of funds</header><subparagraph id="id0eb0342913044161bfcbaa1c599d10ab"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not less than 5 percent of the amounts made available to carry out subsections (d) and (n) for a fiscal year shall be used to support programs and services that address the needs of—</text><clause id="id49484dbbbad14df1a23b166e0b0ef97c"><enum>(i)</enum><text>limited resource beginning farmers and ranchers, as defined by the Secretary;</text></clause><clause id="idfbac9c72c5c94f69a6ccd7ec0eb0ff06"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers that are beginning farmers and ranchers; and</text></clause><clause id="ide327642f24ba42aeb1755434d39c69f5"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>farmworkers desiring to become farmers or ranchers.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id50a35c46b34948658834fd686df82c9f"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Veteran farmers and ranchers</header><text>Not less than 5 percent of the amounts made available to carry out subsections (d), (g), and (h) for a fiscal year shall be used to support programs and services that address the needs of veteran farmers and ranchers.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idd7acdc80c521452e81fb16a94fc0b908"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Interagency funding</header><text>Any agency of the Department may participate in any grant, contract, or agreement entered into under this section by contributing funds, if the contributing agency determines that the objectives of the grant, contract, or agreement will further the authorized programs of the contributing agency.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id955268fc713b4fda9cba89435b1ed425"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Administrative expenses</header><text>Not more than 5 percent of the amounts made available to carry out this section for a fiscal year may be used for expenses relating to the administration of this section.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2c96e22132d34b0d85413d30da0641e7"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Limitation on indirect costs</header><text>A recipient of a grant or a party to a contract or other agreement under subsection (c) or (d) may not use more than 10 percent of the funds received for the indirect costs of carrying out a grant.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id0b63e86f85834e1ab8af07186178cc26"><enum>12302.</enum><header>Urban agriculture</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id91A2338D808346CA8C7509DB60F17E75"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Definition of Director</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section, the term <term>Director</term> means the Director of the Office of Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production established under section 222(a)(1) of the Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 (as added by subsection (b)).</text></subsection><subsection id="idfa92dcb036a24dbdaccce3cae48009d3"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Office of Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production</header><text>Subtitle A of the Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/6911">7 U.S.C. 6911</external-xref> et seq.) (as amended by section 12202) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf2d1b3826fd240eaba50db91e0f700de" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><section id="id6854bf6ab80045d4a64e152199d6f878"><enum>222.</enum><header>Office of Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production</header><subsection id="id703C73C008CB4F2CA6F37E2D45314B62"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Office</header><paragraph id="id1d10000f682942e8ac9b3be9aad6e7c4"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall establish in the Department an Office of Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ide65d031ba59b4a8db7f02c1c01eceecc"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Director</header><text>The Secretary shall appoint a senior official to serve as the Director of the Office of Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production (referred to in this section as the <term>Director</term>).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id9d534bb7b93648f1a9b6322c6f84eef6"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Mission</header><text>The mission of the Office of Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production shall be to encourage and promote urban, indoor, and other emerging agricultural practices, including—</text><subparagraph id="ide115d8ed640743659af32637a3ee58eb"><enum>(A)</enum><text>community gardens and farms located in urban areas, suburbs, and urban clusters;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id06c2ef2ba311438d9472a642c08b84f7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>rooftop farms, outdoor vertical production, and green walls;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id6c5c62832d3147da8aa9009f43d4583c"><enum>(C)</enum><text>indoor farms, greenhouses, and high-tech vertical technology farms;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id9a57bf45749f4f08a569d2715d72dd5c"><enum>(D)</enum><text>hydroponic, aeroponic, and aquaponic farm facilities; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idf1622c9b958e4c2bbfb6eeea94413079"><enum>(E)</enum><text>other innovations in agricultural production, as determined by the Secretary.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id9a3618ff1af3405c8131e77b01c310c5"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Responsibilities</header><text>The Director shall be responsible for engaging in activities to carry out the mission described in paragraph (3), including by—</text><subparagraph id="id29e58b22e9664819936fd0fcb1f6b5a8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>managing and facilitating programs, including for community gardens, urban farms, rooftop agriculture, and indoor vertical production;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id55aa4e28019c45439cc51c41387559f0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>coordinating with the agencies and officials of the Department;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ida2edbe1876e942a99e794e627ce3bda8"><enum>(C)</enum><text>advising the Secretary on issues relating to the mission of the Office of Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id3e0b4254cddd4c1e95c62ce6831f2365"><enum>(D)</enum><text>ensuring that the programs of the Department are updated to address urban, indoor, and other emerging agricultural production practices, in coordination with the officials in the Department responsible for those programs;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id1cd8cea82cc34f3294938c7c01164e91"><enum>(E)</enum><text>engaging in external relations with stakeholders and coordinating external partnerships to share best practices, provide mentorship, and offer technical assistance;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id289fe9c918ca4429910992ed249476ae"><enum>(F)</enum><text>facilitating interagency program coordination and developing interagency tools for the promotion of existing programs and resources;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id635d80118af441488f20aca2e5da8681"><enum>(G)</enum><text>creating resources that identify common State and municipal best practices for navigating local policies;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id93568ca569984e22b4a0fd1ef601c630"><enum>(H)</enum><text>reviewing and improving farm enterprise development programs that provide information about financial literacy, business planning, and food safety record keeping;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idfd5c99ea214f49b4ac465b06afa1511c"><enum>(I)</enum><text>coordinating networks of community gardens and facilitating connections to local food banks, in partnership with the Food and Nutrition Service; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id26e74e6a7bb24858821409edc03d5828"><enum>(J)</enum><text>collaborating with other Federal agencies that use agricultural practices on-site for food production or infrastructure.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id42167c74c7fc4b4496f4d06630ef5c4d"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production Advisory Committee</header><paragraph id="id0ca0ed5cf25d447b8120558e90e33969"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this section, the Secretary shall establish an Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production Advisory Committee (referred to in this subsection as the <term>Committee</term>) to advise the Secretary on—</text><subparagraph id="id86ed9e303e994e0fad6a91164bc76001"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the development of policies relating to urban, indoor, and other emerging agricultural production practices; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idd64bc3c58bed4eadb68f1d40884fdaba"><enum>(B)</enum><text>any other aspects of the implementation of this section.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id90faef3f4745481eaabf32cb81b6c9b0"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Membership</header><subparagraph id="id7e948e3ed26b439e9db2294388a00152"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Committee shall be composed of 15 members, of whom—</text><clause id="id88c13d5e93ab45aeb597c2804f8cb5c5"><enum>(i)</enum><text>5 shall be individuals who are agricultural producers, of whom—</text><subclause id="id3c817cb822bd458399688e29dca17001"><enum>(I)</enum><text>not fewer than 2 individuals shall be agricultural producers located in an urban area or urban cluster; and</text></subclause><subclause id="idaa5a1e968ea14bdea060b42515c17fb5"><enum>(II)</enum><text>not fewer than 2 individuals shall be farmers that use innovative technology, including indoor farming and rooftop agriculture;</text></subclause></clause><clause id="id940db25f32d34889b14ebff5606d518c"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>2 shall be representatives from an institution of higher education or extension program;</text></clause><clause id="ida404637bffe54ab8b0cca0315ebfbafe"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>1 shall be an individual who represents a nonprofit organization, which may include a public health, environmental, or community organization;</text></clause><clause id="idef1f6021cb4341638e77469867d189a0"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>1 shall be an individual who represents business and economic development, which may include a business development entity, a chamber of commerce, a city government, or a planning organization;</text></clause><clause id="idffe4588ddf734960ba349a7a8734904a"><enum>(v)</enum><text>1 shall be an individual with supply chain experience, which may include a food aggregator, wholesale food distributor, food hub, or an individual who has direct-to-consumer market experience;</text></clause><clause id="id81c49a11d641438d849a862f8329954e"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>1 shall be an individual from a financing entity; and</text></clause><clause id="id30d850555c6f49679100cab890b6c043"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>4 shall be individuals with related experience or expertise in urban, indoor, and other emerging agriculture production practices, as determined by the Secretary.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id2f0f1e77378540e684652b3532ff3ea2"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Initial appointments</header><text>The Secretary shall appoint the members of the Committee not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this section.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idf6055aa4178d4941869498ee3ec099c7"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Period of appointment; vacancies</header><subparagraph id="id4f26cf6152e34cbfa524028855e20f95"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Except as provided in subparagraph (B), a member of the Committee shall be appointed for a term of 3 years.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id5dea888ae4734de9b88ed8b58cc49045"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Initial appointments</header><text>Of the members first appointed to the Committee—</text><clause id="id233a59d655ed4bf889a11264e3c06d55"><enum>(i)</enum><text>5 of the members, as determined by the Secretary, shall be appointed for a term of 3 years;</text></clause><clause id="id9e62635ad32a41e9b13bd60ce69e4eb4"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>5 of the members, as determined by the Secretary, shall be appointed for a term of 2 years; and</text></clause><clause id="id05382b24598f418195a21111d43881f8"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>5 of the members, as determined by the Secretary, shall be appointed for a term of 1 year.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id422133c55f944d35b56728283127fd77"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Vacancies</header><text>Any vacancy in the Committee—</text><clause id="id81d9b9a185be411c9cd0d23b84ee87fa"><enum>(i)</enum><text>shall not affect the powers of the Committee; and</text></clause><clause id="id96d4569aec704e0ab7382f764e9619ea"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>shall be filled as soon as practicable in the same manner as the original appointment.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id241331b9413a4e64b1d09806d7399608"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Consecutive terms</header><text>An initial appointee of the committee may serve an additional consecutive term if the member is reappointed by the Secretary.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idfcbacf12279f4acd9fa1524e3d7e97fc"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Meetings</header><subparagraph id="id05a1651d04c744adb94805ae7dedabf1"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Frequency</header><text>The Committee shall meet not fewer than 3 times per year.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id5618bb1127194698ba63d9ca2aafa6b9"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Initial meeting</header><text>Not later than 60 days after the date on which the members are appointed under paragraph (2)(B), the Committee shall hold the first meeting of the Committee.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id5af38abbff8e43a6b189c9e0205700cd"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Duties</header><subparagraph id="idbe81b5dd8b034ac08908e55839082195"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Committee shall—</text><clause id="id6e53c4ab77f04773933d1be43d2aceb6"><enum>(i)</enum><text>develop recommendations—</text><subclause id="id2109e24612554cab904184bb28dfd41c"><enum>(I)</enum><text>to further the mission of the Office of Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production described in subsection (a)(3);</text></subclause><subclause id="id9d06997fe31c4cdc8aa8e37544d63d2a"><enum>(II)</enum><text>regarding the establishment of urban agriculture policy priorities and goals within the Department;</text></subclause></clause><clause id="id50589f4cae20435e9b44b616cfe09fda"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>advise the Director on policies and initiatives administered by the Office of Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production;</text></clause><clause id="id8230ec0cad384296afb7a9e592ce96e8"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>evaluate and review ongoing research and extension activities relating to urban, indoor, and other innovative agricultural practices;</text></clause><clause id="id03a8d16b37134a89b32595347cb4b748"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>identify new and existing barriers to successful urban, indoor, and other emerging agricultural production practices; and</text></clause><clause id="id38b5d1fbb26f4f62a3c2a8eda497056f"><enum>(v)</enum><text>provide additional assistance and advice to the Director as appropriate.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idfb08a003735d4357b40d5b3f952cec5c"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Reports</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this section, and each year thereafter, the Committee shall submit to the Secretary, the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives, and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate a report describing the recommendations developed under subparagraph (A)(i).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id3e077b232e514e08bb0a17858c35864d"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Personnel matters</header><subparagraph id="id53eb8ea1dd1d4cc28c3559c094a20532"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Compensation</header><text>A member of the Committee shall serve without compensation.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idbd9e7b51c2ec4fb7925b5a215d89f34b"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Travel expenses</header><text>A member of the Committee shall be allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, in accordance with section 5703 of title 5, United States Code.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idc3936880a9d047ffb39776ca813b06ab"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Termination</header><subparagraph id="id879dfeb1c8914e929abca3d611470f7b"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subject to subparagraph (B), the Committee shall terminate on the date that is 5 years after the date on which the members are appointed under paragraph (2)(B).</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idb05167b873da4ff68d75d1eed2e6c0d9"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Extensions</header><text>Before the date on which the Committee terminates, the Secretary may renew the Committee for 1 or more 2-year periods.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection id="id4a5f564fce5e4b15927e9656cefc2c74"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Farm numbers</header><text>The Secretary shall provide for the assignment of a farm number (as defined in section 718.2 of title 7, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on the date of enactment of this Act)) for rooftop farms, indoor farms, and other urban farms, as determined by the Secretary.</text></subsection><subsection id="id52395317b8ea4bef9160559a27069f37"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Grant authority</header><paragraph id="ide7eed88ffd5a432e871ff130935b44b6"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Definition of eligible entity</header><text>In this subsection, the term <term>eligible entity</term> means—</text><subparagraph id="idd485d3ef02fc449b858ce6b4168ff9e4"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a community organization;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idf577e6e145bb41e086ef61de267474f1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a nonprofit organization;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id1900fcf2962b4cb6896442a5422a75e7"><enum>(C)</enum><text>a unit of local government;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id5D8E483E5ACD40E4B80A8C04469AA306"><enum>(D)</enum><text>a Tribal government;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id7b0960526b4e4ef6a74a7678d590a82d"><enum>(E)</enum><text>any school that serves any of grades kindergarten through grade 12; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idB3F11C7083C247B18CFD71DEEBECA8F1"><enum>(F)</enum><text>an institution of higher education.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ida82b5aff76be498f870aae00808963d9"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Grants</header><text>The Director may award competitive grants to eligible entities to support the development of urban agriculture and innovative production.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id6ab24f89c60c42f9aa79a062cd862848"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Funding priority</header><text>In awarding grants under this subsection, priority shall be given to an eligible entity that uses and provides an evaluation of a grant received under this subsection—</text><subparagraph id="id159486baaf25469b9583b7bedb67e533"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to plan and construct gardens or nonprofit farms;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id10d91e1c8a53450c938345ab6434ac6c"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to operate community gardens or nonprofit farms that—</text><clause id="ida59691f6b7d842d480f732e3f944ea98"><enum>(i)</enum><text>produce food for donation;</text></clause><clause id="id614508526fec4840804551a35fd9ab10"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>have a demonstrated environmental benefit and educational component; and</text></clause><clause id="id9a2f451824ec4da0b582622ec57b6aaf"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>are part of community efforts to address local food security needs;</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ide3fd5555074e49779a2a397f47a392cb"><enum>(C)</enum><text>to educate a community on—</text><clause id="id27da30d04fe24c33acb5a8b94ebfd46b"><enum>(i)</enum><text>issues relating to food systems, including connections between rural farmers and urban communities;</text></clause><clause id="id11e2e1fdd7344f1291b00d785c947688"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>nutrition;</text></clause><clause id="id11171cb3cb8447b0916876a7ca5c3369"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>environmental impacts, including pollinator health, soil fertility, composing, heat islands, and storm water runoff; and</text></clause><clause id="id13990cb382eb438e91a98be3ef5e44cd"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>agricultural production, including pest and disease management; and</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id269188a52cab41b0bc4a9cfab24b5ae3"><enum>(D)</enum><text>to provide multiple small dollar equity investments to help offset start-up costs relating to new production, land access, and equipment for new and beginning farmers who—</text><clause id="id73617a6c20b346f283a09252d900d4d6"><enum>(i)</enum><text>develop a 3-year business plan;</text></clause><clause id="id9c77bde78b0f4a5ab21494493c8bab43"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>live in the community in which they plan to farm; and</text></clause><clause id="id806f250ae388477682ad2034b91f4e8f"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>provide a match to the start-up investment in the form of cash or an in-kind contribution.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id7646f283fd894053a089ffd7b10207ab"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Pilot projects</header><paragraph id="id7cded25110ac4830b8c1f190cc212c50"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Urban and suburban county committees</header><subparagraph id="ide6b383a76ace4c36b992d02df0053361"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall establish a pilot program for not fewer than 5 years that establishes 10 county committees in accordance with section 8(b)(5)(B)(ii)(II) of the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/590h">16 U.S.C. 590h(b)(5)(B)</external-xref>) to operate in counties located in urban or suburban areas with a high concentration of urban or suburban farms.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idb370282799c4496196334fc05c948703"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Effect</header><text>Nothing in this paragraph requires or precludes the establishment of a Farm Service Agency office in a county in which a county committee is established under subparagraph (A).</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idb0838da7ed2f406fa10832998cb0de09"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Report</header><text>For fiscal year 2019 and each fiscal year thereafter through fiscal year 2023, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate a report describing a summary of—</text><clause id="id4CC4CCAF15DD4DB18612E7C373BB836F"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the status of the pilot program under subparagraph (A);</text></clause><clause id="id53864257E2D64AD6AA89AB0B97BE8057"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>meetings and other activities of the committees established under that subparagraph; and</text></clause><clause id="idD10F13AB678143328B14813D1C5E6B6F"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the types and volume of assistance and services provided to farmers in counties in which county committees are established under that subparagraph.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id329e533991ae405b9b578f21714ee883"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Increasing community compost and reducing food waste</header><subparagraph id="id408552036f874f128598cb0c5c45e302"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary, acting through the Director (referred to in this paragraph as the <term>Secretary</term>), shall carry out pilot projects under which the Secretary shall offer to enter into cooperative agreements with local or municipal governments in not fewer than 10 States to develop and test strategies for planning and implementing municipal compost plans and food waste reduction plans.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idfadba6b714754843bac5fff5c4b2c006"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Eligible entities and purposes of pilot projects</header><text>Under a cooperative agreement entered into under this paragraph, the Secretary shall provide assistance to municipalities, counties, local governments, or city planners, as appropriate, to carry out planning and implementing activities that will—</text><clause id="idbffbcf399e7f406fb3d75c7895cb6194"><enum>(i)</enum><text>generate compost;</text></clause><clause id="idb3c29c1f8e0b414f9c47fc3a00b84f01"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>increase access to compost for agricultural producers;</text></clause><clause id="id3fa4dda9081a4a6a969822b5d0e1e661"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>reduce reliance on, and limit the use of, fertilizer;</text></clause><clause id="idadf5358c6bb44696a706cfbfc081bdb0"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>improve soil quality;</text></clause><clause id="ida2c716d521074e87981ae44b7d18d711"><enum>(v)</enum><text>encourage waste management and permaculture business development;</text></clause><clause id="id169eda0b27de4ec1a5c7fd50a343618c"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>increase rainwater absorption;</text></clause><clause id="idcc2dc6dd602841739f2c738a5a7f1209"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>reduce municipal food waste; and</text></clause><clause id="id4fe598f209f54a3d81cfd1a59ab03834"><enum>(viii)</enum><text>divert food waste from landfills.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id7e9560fcb7854badb143fde6186edc0f"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Evaluation and ranking of applications</header><clause id="id3064e1d30a4748b981c9f400b6cd791f"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Criteria</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall establish criteria for the selection of pilot projects under this paragraph.</text></clause><clause id="id5531d762e42249868e975928a66eefd5"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Priority</header><text>In selecting a pilot project under this paragraph, the Secretary shall give priority to an application for a pilot project that—</text><subclause id="id9971fd55c5454d56b856fa7f19c20b1d"><enum>(I)</enum><text>anticipates or demonstrates economic benefits;</text></subclause><subclause id="id50887a662be24834b8eadb2bce26b472"><enum>(II)</enum><text>incorporates plans to make compost easily accessible to agricultural producers, including community gardeners;</text></subclause><subclause id="idb56396f93a78492898be020aa3ccdb89"><enum>(III)</enum><text>integrates other food waste strategies, including food recovery efforts; and</text></subclause><subclause id="idaa2af208046e4bcd989335f9e08a8193"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>provides for collaboration with multiple partners.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id5bc89aeafd284acba5560a8427a8dcf7"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Matching requirement</header><text>The recipient of assistance for a pilot project under this paragraph shall provide funds, in-kind contributions, or a combination of both from sources other than funds provided through the grant in an amount equal to not less than 25 percent of the amount of the grant.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id072f911bbc1f465eb35e0ad345791937"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Evaluation</header><text>The Secretary shall conduct an evaluation of the pilot projects funded under this paragraph to assess different solutions for increasing access to compost and reducing municipal food waste, including an evaluation of—</text><clause id="id1e0e7e6177824748b33517b98a590036"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the amount of Federal funds used for each project; and</text></clause><clause id="id52c563511b0b4bb1a21c973074d10833"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a measurement of the outcomes of each project.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6ad04312b55b4cacb1ff033cc0e033a2"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section and the amendments made by this section $25,000,000 for fiscal year 2019 and each fiscal year thereafter.</text></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="P308ABF704926B69EDBC714BF968E56A" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>12303.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Office of Advocacy and Outreach</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 226B(f)(3)(B) of the Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/6934">7 U.S.C. 6934(f)(3)(B)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text></section><section commented="no" id="id8B3C5C0CBA994938B045751ED0183EE2"><enum>12304.</enum><header>Tribal Advisory Committee</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 309 of the Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/6921">7 U.S.C. 6921</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph commented="no" id="id14896A66F70F41CD8C80E1102B80338C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>The Secretary</quote> and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id50F2D17F7E454BEFB051B1422468C055" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subsection commented="no" id="idA6184482C8774BE9B32D825E92E44021"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id14C1329F6F9E4C04A051932C3A6F6E29"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAF8074D838A0415FA82036ECC141A676" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subsection id="id26BF1A1D2DC847978225362FD0674C5E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Tribal Advisory Committee</header><paragraph id="id9ce44cc1c4754377a321f3559e5f173b"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this subsection:</text><subparagraph id="idedf84ab077e3440ca1db33ec5c60e0ab"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Indian tribe</header><text>The term <term>Indian tribe</term> has the meaning given the term in section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/5304">25 U.S.C. 5304</external-xref>).</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id86efb13062004fc39a9663b62005f70d"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Relevant Committees of Congress</header><text>The term <term>relevant Committees of Congress</term> means—</text><clause id="id20282b7a1742411fbc25c12bd398307b"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives;</text></clause><clause id="id9e3cab7eb4114db68079bfadb58a580e"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate; and</text></clause><clause id="id2038c2f2e4a8425f9b6e4cfbd08cd2a2"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the Committee on Indian Affairs of the Senate.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id47c0b0a1c1424452899d111e91e45141"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Tribal organization</header><text>The term <term>tribal organization</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/25/5304">25 U.S.C. 5304</external-xref>).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id1A849F209D8245B09C9E1B97DE6BA6C2"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Establishment of Committee</header><subparagraph id="idBE5CB1F328F34071B8B3A7CD96C39A82"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall establish an advisory committee, to be known as the <quote>Tribal Advisory Committee</quote> (referred to in this subsection as the <term>Committee</term>) to provide advice and guidance to the Secretary on matters relating to Tribal and Indian affairs.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id05B96826795240E89CB81E4DB2EB3DF2"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Facilitation</header><text>The Committee shall facilitate, but not supplant, government-to-government consultation between the Department of Agriculture (referred to in this subsection as the <quote>Department</quote>) and Indian tribes.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDE532E66A39BA47A4B3C6C106FE7AFC3E"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Membership</header><subparagraph id="ID98E88B9CDDD64A25924F418989203619"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Composition</header><text>The Council shall be composed of 9 members, of whom—</text><clause id="IDE6F671BFFDAC47D282F3BC3CDCD0B1E0"><enum>(i)</enum><text>7 shall be appointed by the Secretary;</text></clause><clause id="id624619AD93934268A088861CF552F5CE"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>1 shall be appointed by the chairperson of the Committee on Indian Affairs of the Senate; and</text></clause><clause id="id046AC4BB3865411980A0AB349CD1EC46"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>1 shall be appointed by the ranking Member of the Committee on Indian Affairs of the Senate.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id7CEE01D8B886463291D89BAEE3656065"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Nominations</header><text>The Secretary shall accept nominations for members of the Council from—</text><clause id="id0045A57D974B408B84144A062570D92A"><enum>(i)</enum><text>an Indian tribe;</text></clause><clause id="idFCABD23F4545418D851C58A05B3719C8"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a tribal organization; and</text></clause><clause id="idCEC7BCAD9089461D9CAACC83088DFE78"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>a national or regional organization with expertise in issues relating to the duties of the Committee described in paragraph (4).</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id1FDD900F9AD64BC3927391DA5CB4D38F"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Diversity</header><text>To the maximum extent feasible, the Secretary shall ensure that the members of the Committee represent a diverse set of expertise on issues relating to geographic regions, Indian tribes, and the agricultural industry.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id020E1DA70B264297BD5F1DE2AB6A94A2"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>No member of the Committee shall be an officer or employee of the Federal government.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID49FC1DF7437F4D65827F32F3B59A5C61"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Period of appointment; vacancies</header><clause id="id5643E158F1B2445F9078E2FB0C30672E"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Each member of the Committee—</text><subclause id="id589101CF24E844C382B808770E666160"><enum>(I)</enum><text>subject to clause (ii), shall be appointed to a 3-year term; and</text></subclause><subclause commented="no" id="idEE176CF72830435FB89EDD1AFDF0A944"><enum>(II)</enum><text>may be reappointed to not more than 3 consecutive terms.</text></subclause></clause><clause commented="no" id="idCD853E4401514A1ABC348F01CA62F4B3"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Initial staggering</header><text>The first 7 appointments made by the Secretary under paragraph (3)(A)(i) shall be for a 2-year term.</text></clause><clause id="id7ADEA63F45794924970B5ED75DDAD8ED"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Vacancies</header><text>Any vacancy in the Council shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment not more than 90 days after the date on which the position becomes vacant.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID67F067576FFC463A842A5F7DA6A093C8"><enum>(F)</enum><header>Meetings</header><clause id="id2A9E302A086E4D8A8A0402B3ADDD6567"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Council shall meet in person not less than twice each year.</text></clause><clause id="idDFDC9E3A712A4F43854B68E35B8AE581"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Office of Tribal Relations representative</header><text>Not fewer than 1 representative from the Office of Tribal Relations of the Department shall be present at each meeting of the Committee.</text></clause><clause id="idF3FCF5A555EF4F8DA3387DBB53A8F5A4"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Department of Interior representative</header><text>The Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs of the Department of the Interior (or a designee) shall be present at each meeting of the Committee.</text></clause><clause id="id151F8458C7A5409CB010667DAA1572AD"><enum>(iv)</enum><header>Nonvoting representatives</header><text>The individuals described in clauses (ii) and (iii) shall be nonvoting representatives.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID1BEFE42505154C978032F979F250D7A9"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Duties of Committee</header><text>The Committee shall—</text><subparagraph id="id36b8c6d5aa3d4a4694402da16f04af52"><enum>(A)</enum><text>identify evolving issues of relevance to Indian tribes relating to programs of the Department;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ided65367e24184cae851b3b890f2b2462"><enum>(B)</enum><text>communicate to the Secretary the issues identified under subparagraph (A);</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id0921C7DEDA3C445DA9B6030784671870"><enum>(C)</enum><text>submit to the Secretary recommendations for and solutions to—</text><clause id="id7A71ED94D57946CBA3B80104FB146C50"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the issues identified under subparagraph (A);</text></clause><clause id="id4C6DFF77082E497392412542D9524F2E"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>issues raised at the Tribal, regional, or national level; and</text></clause><clause id="idA2FDDB93AD4349DFA69252F5EFBB9BEA"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>issues relating to any Tribal consultation carried out by the Department;</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idd9b220a2e82f4de48260790fe1a73fb8"><enum>(D)</enum><text>discuss issues and proposals for changes to the regulations, policies, and procedures of the Department that impact Indian tribes;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id5de2e14ac94b4b118b4a0189685696a9"><enum>(E)</enum><text>identify priorities and provide advice on appropriate strategies for Tribal consultation on issues at the Tribal, regional, or national level regarding the Department;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id3c5aa75b81f54f60b4844676a0b563d2"><enum>(F)</enum><text>ensure that pertinent issues of the Department are brought to the attention of an Indian tribe in a timely manner so that timely feedback from an Indian tribe can be obtained; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ide7f77644dbe0438282b3caf2bf2fd190"><enum>(G)</enum><text>identify and propose solutions to any interdepartmental barrier between the Department and other Federal agencies.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id2E5AFFF3144B4E1EB31207A78D737397"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Reports</header><subparagraph id="idF0CE9123FC3442EFB8E8C0AA62D7F6E1"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not less frequently than once each year, the Committee shall submit to the Secretary and the relevant Committees of Congress a report that describes—</text><clause id="idFCEBB532C9584727A894AC9656ED85CB"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the activities of the Committee during the previous year; and</text></clause><clause id="id222943DAD194449A83D29A20154E3352"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>recommendations for legislative or administrative action for the following year.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idC00B221ED0BF433DA330FCE3705EDF05"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Response from Secretary</header><text>Not more than 45 days after the date on which the Secretary receives a report under subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall submit a written response to that report to—</text><clause id="id51324EEBBFBE46C0A5103F976D5AFB67"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the Committee; and</text></clause><clause id="id3BEEC477BDA94287B3EEC1996DB7566A"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the relevant Committees of Congress.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDF9E4CF3EA6AC4F01B81923D97C022F5A"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Compensation of members</header><text>Members of the Committee shall be compensated at a rate equal to the daily equivalent of the annual rate of basic pay prescribed for level IV of the Executive Schedule under section 5315 of title 5, United States Code, for each day (including travel time) during which the member is engaged in the performance of the duties of the Committee.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id64b488407dcb41b593eeeeb3cfab29b8"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Federal Advisory Committee Act exemption</header><text>Section 14 of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.) shall not apply to the Committee.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFCA3B280CE394DA6BCBC1FF281637D39" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>12305.</enum><header>Experienced services program</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id51C95B1CE5E543E4A577EAB5CAF12216"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1252 of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3851">16 U.S.C. 3851</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id466CD0F9E42A42228BFA75C9B84DE569"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the section heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">agriculture conservation</header-in-text></quote>;</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4D03394387BE4B44A29563D739BC305A"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (a)—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3C928C74CB3B4D19A1A2E35E7B64A052"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the first sentence—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF1AFA94B82A5410FA6BCC0B571DFC63F"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>a conservation</quote> and inserting <quote>an</quote>;</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB94C50D50DFC419681A9CE05B803448E"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>(in this section referred to as the <quote>ACES Program</quote>)</quote> and inserting <quote>(referred to in this section as the <term>program</term>)</quote>; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1B7B0BB7FE02484A89153FDD8DCE54FA"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>provide technical</quote> and inserting the following: “provide—</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id59DB49DE2D084551977FE768ED40E3D5" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id912898C2171447B1B48FFEB5E7076237"><enum>(1)</enum><text>technical</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9FBDDC2FF3C24F1CABDE9F713E09F3E2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (1) (as so designated)—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4CCE46966F5F47B88CBFD35A99BD639F"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>Secretary. Such technical services may include</quote> and inserting <quote>Secretary, including</quote>;</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD2813308D9284419B123A29D71BC6823"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFC623B084A9F45E4BD5B4CB924915F20"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD02A371487F34DC48A96AF53647C775C" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><paragraph id="idda58a68e16284c53b133c215414b1d11"><enum>(2)</enum><text>technical, professional, and administrative services to support the research, education, and economics mission area of the Department of Agriculture (including the Agricultural Research Service, the Economic Research Service, the National Agricultural Library, the National Agricultural Statistics Service, the Office of the Chief Scientist, and the National Institute of Food and Agriculture), including—</text><subparagraph id="idE7918BEFB1E24614B52A3EDAF0992444"><enum>(A)</enum><text>supporting agricultural research and information;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id951E452555624DCABD4757910323FA50"><enum>(B)</enum><text>advancing scientific knowledge relating to agriculture;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id4B7A388244BD460D847156FCD85FE7CE"><enum>(C)</enum><text>enhancing access to agricultural information;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idB053D76EA97047AA9CB2D5DD5CD6FD51"><enum>(D)</enum><text>providing statistical information and research results to farmers, ranchers, agribusiness, and public officials; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id5A90A99705244078BCF1B91590C55405"><enum>(E)</enum><text>assisting research, education, and extension programs in land-grant colleges and universities (as defined in section 1404 of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/3103">7 U.S.C. 3103</external-xref>)).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6F596FC5B951480BB26EEB1C71FF5750"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by striking <quote>ACES</quote> each place it appears;</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id17125BF7C9AA4214A378A9F91F386B54"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by striking <quote>technical services</quote> each place it appears (other than in subsection (a)) and inserting <quote>technical, professional, or administrative services, as applicable,</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC0681755789C400FA836DC4AB63AFA24"><enum>(5)</enum><text>in subsection (c)(1)—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB4831DDCD5BB4BAA853CD5679C5474A0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking the paragraph heading and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">Conservation technical services</header-in-text>.—</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD51A8353755946EDBB8D6AE9B2D0DF8B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>with respect to subsection (a)(1),</quote> before <quote>the Secretary</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3dea0b13714443b3a6e1652a23719f1e"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Technical amendment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985 is amended by moving section 1252 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3851">16 U.S.C. 3851</external-xref>) (as amended by subsection (a)) and section 1253 (as added by section 2409) to appear after section 1251 (as added by section 2429).</text></subsection></section><section id="id959EF78B513545248E79D804AA7E0FA7"><enum>12306.</enum><header>Youth outreach and beginning farmer coordination</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Subtitle D of title VII of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (as amended by section 12301(a)(1)) is amended by inserting after section 7404 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/3101">7 U.S.C. 3101</external-xref> note; <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/107/171">Public Law 107–171</external-xref>) the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8B80F33EC9774FE9A97B9BD5955BABB3" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><section id="idEC5C38242BDB4BDE8F4B91AF303BA3B9"><enum>7405.</enum><header>Youth outreach and beginning farmer coordination</header><subsection id="idD4C225A0F3C54A7EB15FEF3716754C62"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text><paragraph id="idFC52F1B2F72E4B94BA4638D04517E2D1"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Beginning farmer or rancher</header><text>The term <term>beginning farmer or rancher</term> means a person that—</text><subparagraph id="ID32C5FFAFC0D04F889A4B7F645E981CF4"><enum>(A)</enum><clause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="ID32DF0F882DF14C2C929ABC12F9A1D408"><enum>(i)</enum><text>has not operated a farm or ranch; or</text></clause><clause changed="added" id="IDC3054661ABA248E68F56E49BF0AA1DB8" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>has operated a farm or ranch for not more than 10 years; and</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDF7F55B1DF78B4A41831318758FE75E4F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>meets such other criteria as the Secretary may establish.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id01D0BA43632B4E549D4677087B0B63DF"><enum>(2)</enum><header>National Coordinator</header><text>The term <term>National Coordinator</term> means the National Beginning Farmer and Rancher Coordinator established under subsection (b)(1).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id7B12A063E87D4ECB9A73727EE1A023A8"><enum>(3)</enum><header>State coordinator</header><text>The term <term>State coordinator</term> means a State beginning farmer and rancher coordinator designated under subsection (c)(1)(A).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id5011260C50A04ACC8A205DD95368EB53"><enum>(4)</enum><header>State office</header><text>The term <term>State office</term> means—</text><subparagraph id="idB67C737DF5EA40B68DFC3639E41ADBAC"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a State office of—</text><clause id="idE1F5EA3408F64DDC85315651CEFFC975"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the Farm Service Agency;</text></clause><clause id="id4A69C60C7A394B1588FC19A6F8FA727F"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the Natural Resources Conservation Service;</text></clause><clause id="idC8B5E4B9B83943BEBC7CCB0E307603F8"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the Rural Business-Cooperative Service; or</text></clause><clause id="idB9B1AB86457F409F821341C23D2F6E6C"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>the Rural Utilities Service; or</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id8E49029B92A44F7D978520B595C68382"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a regional office of the Risk Management Agency.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id53A104BA1BD643E99D773E5CBD02D590"><enum>(b)</enum><header>National beginning farmer and rancher coordinator</header><paragraph id="idDEC84D2BA6A8496F8B80B99B24587027"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>The Secretary shall establish in the Department the position of National Beginning Farmer and Rancher Coordinator.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id27854E59D5A54592979AF98BBA5EA35C"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Duties</header><subparagraph id="idFEC7C8711B3D40A58023FE62E2874981"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The National Coordinator shall—</text><clause id="id10DD4427FAAE413C8177F05F91525017"><enum>(i)</enum><text>advise the Secretary and coordinate activities of the Department on programs, policies, and issues relating to beginning farmers and ranchers; and</text></clause><clause id="id03FBB32EB4EB47CB8EB3F6772561CBE8"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in consultation with the applicable State food and agriculture council, determine whether to approve a plan submitted by a State coordinator under subsection (c)(3)(B).</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idCAAA76A45BFC4FE88067E486BEE5CB5D"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Discretionary duties</header><text>Additional duties of the National Coordinator may include—</text><clause id="idb4878d940e7b46e198ecd712a071082c"><enum>(i)</enum><text>developing and implementing new strategies—</text><subclause id="id67674445DFEB42738C7D209B6F9D006E"><enum>(I)</enum><text>for outreach to beginning farmers and ranchers; and</text></subclause><subclause id="idC089CDC96BFA44B79A61374EB1273AE1"><enum>(II)</enum><text>to assist beginning farmers and ranchers with connecting to owners or operators that have ended, or expect to end within 5 years, actively owning or operating a farm or ranch; and</text></subclause></clause><clause id="id56da3ccc11e34a5f89935e4caf954a51"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>facilitating interagency and interdepartmental collaboration on issues relating to beginning farmers and ranchers.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id86623e0dd358484a9114761f5c2a5a20"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Reports</header><text>Not less frequently than once each year, the National Coordinator shall distribute within the Department and make publicly available a report describing the status of steps taken to carry out the duties described in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of paragraph (2).</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="idD96D5E86FF6547D788B09B14AE744150"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Contracts and cooperative agreements</header><text>In carrying out the duties under paragraph (2), the National Coordinator may enter into a contract or cooperative agreement with an institution of higher education (as defined in section 101 of the <act-name parsable-cite="HEA65">Higher Education Act of 1965</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1001">20 U.S.C. 1001</external-xref>)), cooperative extension services (as defined in section 1404 of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/3103">7 U.S.C. 3103</external-xref>), or a nonprofit organization—</text><subparagraph commented="no" id="idCE419FB14BEF4928AF32934AD5269D04"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to conduct research on the profitability of new farms in operation for not less than 5 years in a region;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id2728070D48EE4A188D104FE62CAAA0B8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to develop educational materials;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="idAE379655B64A4EDA9203F7877E39CB34"><enum>(C)</enum><text>to conduct workshops, courses, training, or certified vocational training; or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="idB980A22F8A9F43538B98D0096B141F1C"><enum>(D)</enum><text>to conduct mentoring activities.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="id9175396283CB494482D9771F37EBEE9A"><enum>(c)</enum><header>State beginning farmer and rancher coordinators</header><paragraph commented="no" id="id6A49BB4EDCFE430A9789B3A9DEEC9744"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><subparagraph commented="no" id="idA814C88E23F74C3BADD14B5B684D53B7"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Designation</header><text>The National Coordinator, in consultation with State food and agriculture councils and directors of State offices, shall designate in each State a State beginning farmer and rancher coordinator from among employees of State offices.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id2319E3D3C93C4496BB89CD75BF0E7807"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>To be designated as a State coordinator, an employee shall—</text><clause commented="no" id="idE9C522F9A9134F5AA263F9272E041E88"><enum>(i)</enum><text>be familiar with issues relating to beginning farmers and ranchers; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="id4E7FAD189FA94D748C36E3794A2CDBB6"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>have the ability to interface with other Federal departments and agencies.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id403407957A0A44678B0429874004231E"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Training</header><text>The Secretary shall develop a training plan to provide to each State coordinator knowledge of programs and services available from the Department for beginning farmers and ranchers, taking into consideration the needs of all production types and sizes of agricultural operations.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id2C4D6A06BA694E619ECF407F86B8F939"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Duties</header><text>A State coordinator shall—</text><subparagraph id="idd507af8cdd3743fda8eb94f2585aa20b"><enum>(A)</enum><text>coordinate technical assistance at the State level to assist beginning farmers and ranchers in accessing programs of the Department;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id7b31cb0291cc47beb6695c0f79e00f72"><enum>(B)</enum><text>develop and submit to the National Coordinator for approval under subsection (b)(2)(A)(ii) a State plan to improve the coordination, delivery, and efficacy of programs of the Department to beginning farmers and ranchers, taking into consideration the needs of all types of production methods and sizes of agricultural operation, at each county and area office in the State;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id0aa0dee30ba84937a036e9eea086e923"><enum>(C)</enum><text>oversee implementation of an approved State plan described in subparagraph (B);</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id16c9dd87cb0f48fa85efa4bf83e0bbc8"><enum>(D)</enum><text>work with outreach coordinators in the State offices to ensure appropriate information about technical assistance is available at outreach events and activities; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id132a52d916ad4225a30246e6e1a278ea"><enum>(E)</enum><text>coordinate partnerships and joint outreach efforts with other organizations and government agencies serving beginning farmers and ranchers.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id8772706E6E004051A917F7864C63B9D6"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Agricultural Youth Coordinator</header><paragraph id="id7BD3540EC1D14792AABADEFB001C2586"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>The Secretary shall establish in the Department the position of Agricultural Youth Coordinator.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idD82DFE35476C4AD1AA22E29F9F306601"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Duties</header><text>The Agricultural Youth Coordinator shall—</text><subparagraph id="id5549A0597E4344C3A77360A814C1FBC5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>promote the role of school-based agricultural education and youth-serving agricultural organizations in motivating and preparing young people to pursue careers in the agriculture, food, and natural resources systems;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idD9B47E321B3B44B9A25D0A4C458DA374"><enum>(B)</enum><text>coordinate outreach to programs and agencies within the Department—</text><clause id="idD26EFBD25BBA443D85816A3FE89D2965"><enum>(i)</enum><text>to work with schools and youth-serving organizations to develop joint programs and initiatives, such as internships; and</text></clause><clause id="id6C1F615318034D798DF33D70A30DA625"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>to provide resources and input to schools and youth-serving organizations regarding motivating and preparing young people to pursue careers in the agriculture, food, and natural resources systems;</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idFABCC3F906F74CDEB90A6260F1638D31"><enum>(C)</enum><text>raise awareness among youth about the importance of agriculture in a diversity of fields and disciplines;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idEA32345506FB443CB83DE55F8796A9D6"><enum>(D)</enum><text>provide information to persons involved in youth, food, and agriculture organizations about the availability of, and eligibility requirements for, agricultural programs, with particular emphasis on—</text><clause id="idCFF974D7C6BE4954907BEB6BE8BC7AC0"><enum>(i)</enum><text>beginning farmer and rancher programs;</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="idC6585DAE5E974DABA881AB9FB6D58181"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>agriculture education;</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="id2BABE63590454D1FA93D85043B586C3C"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>nutrition education;</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="id91621B3605F946C48B61AD1A9FE6EB6A"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="id4FE2B2A3672B48A99008578332622DF8"><enum>(v)</enum><text>other food and agriculture programs for youth;</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id367C60C58F3C4A0FBB4219A8899ECC4A"><enum>(E)</enum><text>serve as a resource for youth involved in food and agriculture applying for participation in agricultural programs;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2C2BEB35012041ACA4CF42784C4D2433"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">conduct outreach to youth agriculture organizations; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id633EE5DCBB364A1DA4ADFAD717181C9A"><enum>(G)</enum><text>advocate on behalf of youth involved in food and agriculture and youth organizations in interactions with employees of the Department.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id65914F44E86044E09D09939E997AC14D"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Contracts and cooperative agreements</header><text>For purposes of carrying out the duties described in paragraph (2), the Agricultural Youth Coordinator—</text><subparagraph id="id753044EF658B49D8B9CC570D9C145847"><enum>(A)</enum><text>shall consult with land-grant colleges and universities and cooperative extension services (as those terms are defined in section 1404 of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/3103">7 U.S.C. 3103</external-xref>)); and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idA7D03AE280CF4041BC27594F57A829A0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>may enter into contracts or cooperative agreements with the research centers of the Agricultural Research Service, institutions of higher education (as defined in section 101 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1001">20 U.S.C. 1001</external-xref>)), or nonprofit organizations for—</text><clause id="idF64138CC96FB406CA0D683C723AE84D6"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the development of educational materials;</text></clause><clause id="idD6F275D46EC744BE885E843E4CE64F17"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the conduct of workshops, courses, and certified vocational training;</text></clause><clause id="id5F1EFE44F8774C19AA364EB2563F8D04"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the conduct of mentoring activities; or</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7712047D906448CEB8777C8C6B32DA50"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>the provision of internship opportunities.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section><section id="id4C7C20B8FBDA455EA16FC568D43A3F10" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>12307.</enum><header>Availability of Department of Agriculture programs for veteran farmers and ranchers</header><subsection id="id4B8AA740417340B4BB6FFFECBB509E53"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definition of veteran farmer or rancher</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Paragraph (7) of subsection (a) (as redesignated by section 12301(b)(3)) of section 2501 of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2279">7 U.S.C. 2279</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="id2F305640DF5B4A939F3B2EF006DC3354"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>or</quote> at the end;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id401B66754B1C4B41B83C90A0E98F4230"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; or</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id629330802248497EBFD8C601F7C8B69A"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3C8284CE25DA4D2F8E371DC4E7AFB40B" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subparagraph id="idB8B43A557F55414CA33D2A124C4789B2"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is a veteran (as defined in section 101 of that title) who has first obtained status as a veteran (as so defined) during the most recent 10-year period.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idFB2994FAE23747D8ACBB234FC8F3FA8A"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Federal crop insurance</header><paragraph id="id8A245DBCD1DC40FA982DF3A74AD010D5"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Definition of veteran farmer or rancher</header><text>Section 502(b) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1502">7 U.S.C. 1502(b)</external-xref>) (as amended by section 11101) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7DD229F6C8BE4E8F840B367530AFD389" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><paragraph id="id3D147DCD5EFB4CFCA1BDE955A93734C0"><enum>(14)</enum><header>Veteran farmer or rancher</header><text>The term <term>veteran farmer or rancher</term> means a farmer or rancher who—</text><subparagraph id="idD2D03EB9EA0C446287A26FB975D98AB7"><enum>(A)</enum><text>has served in the Armed Forces (as defined in section 101 of title 38, United States Code); and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HCC930940329B41548BAE22F99A84193D"><enum>(B)</enum><clause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id0825F1E9F7A84EE396A88DD1D7A2725B"><enum>(i)</enum><text>has not operated a farm or ranch;</text></clause><clause changed="added" id="H9F0289138AE7483C85B8B86312F83ADE" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>has operated a farm or ranch for not more than 5 years; or</text></clause><clause changed="added" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id515C5D948AD94A8C83C3E812F4E0150F" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>is a veteran (as defined in section 101 of that title) who has first obtained status as a veteran (as so defined) during the most recent 5-year period.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph id="id518ED28402DB49908F5C42402AC908A7"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Crop insurance</header><text>Section 508 of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1508">7 U.S.C. 1508</external-xref>) is amended—</text><subparagraph id="idFBAD3B1BE45E46058464BA86394BD861"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subsection (b)(5)(E)—</text><clause id="id42BE49CDE0974E3FAC194922050D7E5F"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>The Corporation</quote> and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2788C3100CF4411AAD78901569CE52EE" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><clause id="id223ED0F6C4734B1DBFE14A0CF9683D2C"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Corporation</text></clause><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause><clause id="idA65961595DB546EE99C2C5D883B6144A"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in clause (i) (as so designated), by striking the period at the end and inserting the following: “, and veteran farmers or ranchers.</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC5A2B8EE47164190B6F60EDF209718FD" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><clause id="id38dab6fda15a4aaa84c4e67dab94621e"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Coordination</header><text>The Corporation shall coordinate with other agencies of the Department that provide programs or services to farmers and ranchers described in clause (i) to make available coverage under the waiver under that clause and to share eligibility information to reduce paperwork and avoid duplication.</text></clause><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id756F1E149C734DF5A5027BE2E1159A24"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subsection (e)(8)—</text><clause id="id47415EFFB5384911BBEFB3AD7DD93E5B"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in the paragraph heading, by inserting <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">and veteran</header-in-text></quote> after <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">beginning</header-in-text></quote>; and</text></clause><clause id="id931B0A44E39B47D08A523BE05585497C"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>or veteran farmer or rancher</quote> after <quote>beginning farmer or rancher</quote> each place it appears; and</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id34FBF1882C404C83A9FDE2CAB3175262"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in subsection (g)—</text><clause id="idF21E439FF7B144D2B67AEAC341524191"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)(B)(iii), in the matter preceding subclause (I), by inserting <quote>or veteran farmer or rancher</quote> after <quote>beginning farmer or rancher</quote> each place it appears; and</text></clause><clause id="id16C9940B0E0B45B8BED703B6E52A18EE"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in paragraph (4)(B)(ii)(II), by inserting <quote>and veteran farmers or ranchers</quote> after <quote>beginning farmers or ranchers</quote>.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idF3E3355FD12C45E2BF0C912A6D8F2926"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Education and risk management assistance</header><text>Section 524(a)(4) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1524">7 U.S.C. 1524(a)(4)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><subparagraph id="id706AA2BFDA6F4639B0EE653C9D4C362C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph (D)(ii), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idEBA05B30A19E460A86EF5DF655389717"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph (E), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id9DB53E6997344F198BF149A2350ADD2C"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7D4110DFEEB34E61AF9F5B684A1D99E4" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subparagraph id="id8B37DD314405464190BDFE8BD9364399"><enum>(F)</enum><text>veteran farmers or ranchers.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id178D8175719649AC8B05A8FFA0D2586D"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Down payment loan program</header><text>Section 310E of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1935">7 U.S.C. 1935</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="idF31C736586AC4DF191FE679DB8D78203"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)(1), by striking <quote>qualified beginning farmers or ranchers and socially disadvantaged farmers or ranchers</quote> and inserting <quote>eligible farmers or ranchers</quote>;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id155A9DBD46CB465794BDA7D2ED03F42A"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (d)—</text><subparagraph id="idD93ABD4F2A2248ACB81112D12979595E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)(A), by striking <quote>recipients of the loans</quote> and inserting <quote>farmers or ranchers</quote>;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id8B1917A530BE4128B71E31DD51D9BCD0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (3) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id338F53DC743A440CBC47F959BFE8FAB9" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><paragraph id="id3F4BCC871D474990BC4D8A4730724FF8"><enum>(3)</enum><text>encourage retiring farmers and ranchers to assist in the sale of their farms and ranches to eligible farmers or ranchers by providing seller financing;</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idFFBBDD2AC8864D81AB099C1A9F6DDD65"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (4), by striking <quote>for beginning farmers or ranchers or socially disadvantaged farmers or ranchers</quote> and inserting the following: “for—</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8AB7FD774E0E451B9E091F325217F7BE" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subparagraph id="id5A5ED3BE14F048FAB2DD19931FFB4DAB"><enum>(A)</enum><text>beginning farmers or ranchers;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id38BFC6B753C4480DBD300A0BB409925C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>socially disadvantaged farmers or ranchers, as defined in section 355(e); or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id80E0D016C0A74171BC975306E0B8C5B0"><enum>(C)</enum><text>veteran farmers or ranchers, as defined in section 2501(a) of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2279">7 U.S.C. 2279(a)</external-xref>)</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idC28347A927C44096BC352A91E0E80590"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in paragraph (5), by striking <quote>a qualified beginning farmer or rancher or socially disadvantaged farmer or rancher</quote> and inserting <quote>an eligible farmer or rancher</quote>; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id92D5812054DB4C22A686A5700A28557D"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by striking subsection (e) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id460E31E351A84581BAFA1C5732DACA6A" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subsection id="id157F19D096DE4640913EBD2A2ABEB67B"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Definition of eligible farmer or rancher</header><text>In this section, the term <term>eligible farmer or rancher</term> means—</text><paragraph id="idF50498AC9FBC4165BCCC02D8F4850BDE"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a qualified beginning farmer or rancher;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idD82FFB4F6D0E4DC8A063AF49D1D4A1A1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a socially disadvantaged farmer or rancher, as defined in section 355(e); and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idC1C4C87A16EE4A47A8985527ABF572B4"><enum>(3)</enum><text>a veteran farmer or rancher, as defined in section 2501(a) of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2279">7 U.S.C. 2279(a)</external-xref>).</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id52F5FE95BBFF4BAABE90ECCAE8D28017"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Interest rate reduction program</header><text>Section 351(e)(2)(B) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1999">7 U.S.C. 1999(e)(2)(B)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="idD4D63E6743044C1E84B88DA5CAC86823"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the subparagraph heading, by inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subparagraph" style="OLC">and veteran</header-in-text></quote> after <quote><header-in-text level="subparagraph" style="OLC">Beginning</header-in-text></quote>;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id7357A32D054046B7A26A7D249C98FCAB"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in clause (i), by inserting <quote>or veteran farmers and ranchers (as defined in section 2501(a) of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2279">7 U.S.C. 2279(a)</external-xref>))</quote> before the period at the end; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id1B8AA6CDEB5944DD9B9B00D0EA9AA826"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in clause (ii), by striking <quote>beginning</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idDE2E96592BA44C2CA3182BFD83734AF0"><enum>(e)</enum><header>National food safety training, education, extension, outreach, and technical assistance program</header><text>Section 405(c) of the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/7625">7 U.S.C. 7625(c)</external-xref>) is amended by inserting <quote>veteran farmers or ranchers (as defined in section 2501(a) of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2279">7 U.S.C. 2279(a)</external-xref>)),</quote> after <quote>socially disadvantaged farmers,</quote>.</text></subsection><subsection id="id1420F4A91A42486293E21AB0679389CF"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Administration and operation of noninsured crop assistance program</header><text>Section 196 of the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/7333">7 U.S.C. 7333</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="id182E0CDFE67640D4B50167E9EB914789"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (k)(2), by inserting <quote>, or a veteran farmer or rancher (as defined in section 2501(a) of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2279">7 U.S.C. 2279(a)</external-xref>))</quote> before the period at the end; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id32196AFA9D994F5FACC9EF23B9329EBA"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (l), in paragraph (3) (as redesignated by section 1601(7)(C))—</text><subparagraph id="id120B458F913C41528FE0A3E01878279A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the paragraph heading, by inserting <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">veteran,</header-in-text></quote> before <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">and socially</header-in-text></quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idB1430F292700405284D6E5F60BA1EE2C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>and veteran farmers or ranchers (as defined in section 2501(a) of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2279">7 U.S.C. 2279(a)</external-xref>))</quote> before <quote>in exchange</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id12BA8C5F9D6645CBAE04C9BA76060FF8"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Funding for transition option for certain farmers or ranchers</header><text>Section 1241(a)(1)(B) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3841">16 U.S.C. 3841(a)(1)(B)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>beginning farmers or ranchers and socially disadvantaged farmers or ranchers</quote> and inserting <quote>covered farmers or ranchers, as defined in section 1235(f)(1)</quote>.</text></subsection><subsection id="idF7FE174BA7C5431CBF8861206EB01566"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Supplemental agricultural disaster assistance</header><paragraph id="id983FC279F59849B0A21F5F767AD3EA06"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Definition of covered producer</header><text>Section 1501(a) of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/9081">7 U.S.C. 9081(a)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><subparagraph id="idF99EE7A9F5924A09B8784A09D4A8DBC7"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraphs (1) through (4) as paragraphs (2) through (5), respectively; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idF51DC98E34D44838A9E01150089FF07F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting before paragraph (2) (as so redesignated) the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id87C223E85AA6405ABE063A9E06F766B1" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><paragraph id="idC27BD7507C1A4ED690BEA4EE37178194"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Covered producer</header><text>The term <term>covered producer</term> means an eligible producer on a farm that is—</text><subparagraph id="id47E2FB38FB474D3FAF45917D0DB5D195"><enum>(A)</enum><text>as determined by the Secretary—</text><clause id="id1B9F60BB36714336BBF7800E914DEC8F"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a beginning farmer or rancher;</text></clause><clause id="id1CACC71E3AF348F0B5519077A539B33B"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a socially disadvantaged farmer or rancher; or</text></clause><clause id="idABD33DC52A6E47978B0CC585BE38F644"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>a limited resource farmer or rancher; or</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idF79580990EE34832824C8E3AF4D57FD7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a veteran farmer or rancher, as defined in section 2501(a) of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2279">7 U.S.C. 2279(a)</external-xref>).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id4B02559D867E429696043D74B45466A1"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Emergency assistance for livestock, honey bees, and farm-raised fish</header><text>Section 1501(d) of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/9081">7 U.S.C. 9081(d)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id054673CD8B6747FA8214830476648001" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA2A9BD6809884C7CBEAC7A7425A1DF78"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Payment rate for covered producers</header><text>In the case of a covered producer that is eligible to receive assistance under this subsection, the Secretary shall provide reimbursement of 90 percent of the cost of losses described in paragraph (1) or (2).</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection></section></subtitle><subtitle id="id6C2FAC3BD87E4D5499C47F398DEE50D8" style="OLC"><enum>D</enum><header>Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 amendments</header><section id="idFFE833FE8E7547B89BC7628C7731F9B4"><enum>12401.</enum><header>Office of Congressional Relations and Intergovernmental Affairs</header><subsection id="id98e8c0dee09946a3b7e9661c7e53034d"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Assistant secretaries of agriculture</header><text>Section 218(a)(1) of the Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/6918">7 U.S.C. 6918(a)(1)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>Relations</quote> and inserting <quote>Relations and Intergovernmental Affairs</quote>.</text></subsection><subsection id="id3c0ca26627aa4382a432d7457953d3da"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Succession</header><text>Any official who is serving as the Assistant Secretary of Agriculture for Congressional Relations on the date of enactment of this Act and who was appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall not be required to be reappointed as a result of the change made to the name of that position under the amendment made by subsection (a).</text></subsection></section><section commented="no" id="id99F2000968FC435692B243203347BD56"><enum>12402.</enum><header>Military Veterans Agricultural Liaison</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 219 of the Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/6919">7 U.S.C. 6919</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="id031DDB76AE794DEFBF2EA6E18809E5E4"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (b)—</text><subparagraph id="id170079F49DA5402B853E8B64A449E164"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (3), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idCBCE9861610E426FADF154972B9D1E65"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (4), by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id1F8A623E8526413099539CAF0FFE2A6E"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H35A64116CCA54079B78F153C2E1A057B" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><paragraph id="H90A1DDA2A77042B684049A6FF6E82D37"><enum>(5)</enum><text>establish and periodically update the website described in subsection (d); and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idC19730372CBA4E1D9076D8F274861B42"><enum>(6)</enum><text>in carrying out the duties described in paragraphs (1) through (5), consult with and provide technical assistance to any Federal agency, including the Department of Defense, the Department of Veterans Affairs, the Small Business Administration, and the Department of Labor.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HB4A9A93F06614D82AC72B993093005BC"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1B90EE7DF4EA45408CE48445C10B760E" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subsection id="H956A763E8F4F48EF9D8C6F714B5F04A9"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Website required</header><paragraph id="H3EE1AF20C8C546D9807525463AF06442"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The website required under subsection (b)(5) shall include the following:</text><subparagraph id="HC87D8DADA3C1418AAA51F5A9EF5579EE"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Positions identified within the Department of Agriculture that are available to veterans for apprenticeships.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H2832F690F6104A319C924CA527D0E555"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Apprenticeships, programs of training on the job, and programs of education that are approved for purposes of <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/38/36">chapter 36</external-xref> of title 38, United States Code.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H6560AB0BB1C8438DA7269F8C40A7B76C"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Employment skills training programs for members of the Armed Forces carried out pursuant to section 1143(e) of title 10, United States Code.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H8C23839268C24AA58F32D427936E355C"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Information designed to assist businesses, nonprofit entities, educational institutions, and farmers interested in developing apprenticeships, on-the-job training, educational, or entrepreneurial programs for veterans in navigating the process of having a program approved by a State approving agency for purposes of <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/38/36">chapter 36</external-xref> of title 38, United States Code, including—</text><clause commented="no" id="HEEB4788F65BC49D5A02CFF3F79826F6B"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">contact information for relevant offices in the Department of Defense, Department of Veterans Affairs, Department of Labor, and Small Business Administration;</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="H248946A471D44B49833291114D227B56"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">basic requirements for approval by each State approving agency;</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="H88AEFE350D1E4C8292A5F396E4816C79"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>recommendations with respect to training and coursework to be used during apprenticeships or on-the-job training that will enable a veteran to be eligible for agricultural programs; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="H649EFEB7ED78454C9305A2E19AB94360"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>examples of successful programs and curriculums that have been approved for purposes of <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/38/36">chapter 36</external-xref> of title 38, United States Code (with consent of the organization and without any personally identifiable information).</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HECC9E6769F1346C59E1EB3B84EC14F6D"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Review of website</header><subparagraph id="H02ABDF69C7784558A95DDFB7B9599029"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 5 years after the date of enactment of this paragraph, and once every 5 years thereafter, the Secretary shall conduct a study to determine if the website required under subsection (b)(5) is effective in providing veterans the information required under paragraph (1).</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF4CE24A678FA48FFB0D1DB51A0599995"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Ineffective website</header><text>If the Secretary determines that the website is not effective under subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall—</text><clause id="HA086BB5C5EB64431BB73CAE516E6568C"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">notify the agriculture and veterans committees described in subparagraph (C) of that determination; and</text></clause><clause id="HC7F1D551F20E434F8FD11B38A6DA9F82"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>not earlier than 180 days after the date on which the Secretary provides notice under clause (i), terminate the website.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H254F6085569D41F39B7BFD2F07778591"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Agriculture and veterans committees</header><text>The agriculture and veterans committees referred to in subparagraph (B)(i) are—</text><clause display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9597A50B731D420F90BE91C694CB86A4"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives;</text></clause><clause id="H910F158BC28043E587DFE85D9A1C8A12"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate;</text></clause><clause id="HF6A83BAE49FD443B93CABA01FD55F670"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the House of Representatives; and</text></clause><clause id="HAA53C476428B457782D9E3081AB06D82"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H0D7B83F943F54AD492A6DB8E9207A803"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Consultation required</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In carrying out this section, the Secretary shall consult with organizations that serve veterans.</text></subsection><subsection id="ide386fc571ce0436594f7cbc0ab9604e3"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Report</header><paragraph id="id8566eabd994b489987fd625505f20ba5"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this subsection, and annually thereafter, the Military Veterans Agricultural Liaison shall submit a report on beginning farmer training for veterans and agricultural vocational and rehabilitation programs for veterans to—</text><subparagraph id="id9ec8c963cf3f43e3a3be3def4f58dba1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idf035f14184f94555ad5346f369d8e26d"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the House of Representatives;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id7944824e0dfb4861b60cb54dbfea9cc7"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id52924464609649bfb02331318170d985"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idb9d49820f3c14a1bb603079164e1ced7"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Contents of report</header><text>The report submitted under paragraph (1) shall include—</text><subparagraph id="id12C724AC1FFE4C339270B18605BA8BEC"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a summary of the measures taken to carry out subsections (b) and (c);</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idf2fc834b51754e359ca0064d614da1ec"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a description of the information provided to veterans under paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (b);</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id0490338a2a2c47f38dbdf501ddb0a001"><enum>(C)</enum><text>recommendations for best informing veterans of the programs described in paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (b);</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id3e93bc8ff02041afb9c1d7128535bb02"><enum>(D)</enum><text>a summary of the contracts or cooperative agreements entered into under subsection (c);</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idb9d99b43f031490e837166207d2bdc1b"><enum>(E)</enum><text>a description of the programs implemented under subsection (c);</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id9296BB3DF2B344B986CDBC0579BADAB0"><enum>(F)</enum><text>a summary of the employment outreach activities directed to veterans;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id76e56d99a988485897761ec7f6cfa097"><enum>(G)</enum><text>recommendations for how opportunities for veterans in agriculture should be developed or expanded;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id80a7be1e3f734e3d8abcd292308e2625"><enum>(H)</enum><text>a summary of veteran farm lending data and a summary of shortfalls, if any, identified by the Military Veterans Agricultural Liaison in collecting data with respect to veterans engaged in agriculture; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id48e6f3d670c946dca2e2cc699b5baf3d"><enum>(I)</enum><text>recommendations, if any, on how to improve activities under subsection (b).</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idee00a17290eb4468b00e56a30cbbe25d"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Public dissemination of information</header><paragraph id="id4eefa13fb04a45c4a42400ab936c69c1"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this subsection, and annually thereafter, the Military Veterans Agricultural Liaison shall make publicly available and share broadly, including by posting on the website of the Department—</text><subparagraph id="id97a4dff930204b19a2595e81bd5cf4f9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the report of the Military Veterans Agricultural Liaison on beginning farmer training for veterans and agricultural vocational and rehabilitation programs; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idf938b48d395f4c9da2aa3f4f59b29c05"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the information disseminated under paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (b).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idcb313ab28fce46c998986d642c7c3167"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Further dissemination</header><text>Not later than the day before the date on which the Military Veterans Agricultural Liaison makes publicly available the information under paragraph (1), the Military Veterans Agricultural Liaison shall provide that information to the Department of Defense, the Department of Veterans Affairs, the Small Business Administration, and the Department of Labor.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section><section id="id824D8BD26D05462DAFA4A2EE22EBFED3"><enum>12403.</enum><header>Civil rights analyses</header><subsection id="idB0D88011DEE346839608B361D8BA020E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subtitle A of the Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/6911">7 U.S.C. 6911</external-xref> et seq.) (as amended by section 12302(b)) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEC803C884A1A4ADAB2BA33B9F25C2436" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><section id="id4FD64D11F25C4C91B7CB154C054EB4F6"><enum>223.</enum><header>Civil rights analyses</header><subsection id="id72C6D9F944284CC5AB3D49BC6C8CA4AC"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definition of civil rights analysis</header><text>In this section, the term <term>civil rights analysis</term> means a review to analyze and identify actions, policies, and decisions under documents described in subsection (b) that may have an adverse or disproportionate impact on employees, contractors, or beneficiaries (including participants) of any program or activity of the Department based on the membership of the employees, contractors, or beneficiaries in a group that is protected under Federal law from discrimination in employment, contracting, or provision of a program or activity, as applicable.</text></subsection><subsection id="idA85843B6A9E04438B1AE336AE2C9039E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Actions, policies, and decisions</header><text>Before implementing any of the following action, policy, or decision documents, the Secretary shall conduct a civil rights analysis of the action, policy, or decision that is the subject of the document:</text><paragraph id="id5a69b7331268446e9747ba908de18d7a"><enum>(1)</enum><text>New, revised, or interim rules and notices to be published in the Federal Register or the Code of Federal Regulations.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idc8126f74c31c40cbba4be852d16dc959"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Charters for advisory committees, councils, or boards managed by any agency of the Department on behalf of the Secretary.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id5a63c8d74c314d3a9e44fe4ad176360a"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Any regulations of the Department or new or revised agency-specific instructions, procedures, or other guidance published in an agency directives system.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id0b9a345c6e4646fcbd63b7e457972878"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Reductions-in-force or transfer of function proposals, including reorganization of the Department.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idcb7ce760ce664a12a5911ee9a72f7bcf"><enum>(5)</enum><text>At the discretion of the Secretary, any other policy, program, or activity documents that have potentially adverse civil rights impacts.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id34689ba03d1242d092e0ad8453d20bfd"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Expedited review</header><text>The Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights may grant, on a case-by-case basis, an expedited civil rights analysis if the head of an agency within the Department provides a written justification for the expedited civil rights analysis.</text></subsection><subsection id="id9c595e866907438a9ec1649ea6b99d84"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Waiver</header><text>On petition by the head of any agency within the Department, the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights may grant, on a case-by-case basis, a waiver of the civil rights analysis if the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights determines that there is no foreseeable adverse or disproportionate impact described in subsection (a) of the proposed action, policy, or decision document described in subsection (b).</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection id="id1082C7348AC043F88F4C4AA4767550C0"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Study; report</header><paragraph id="id57cf6ef35b61438d8c08b1e0b0849c95"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Study</header><text>Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States (referred to in this section as the <term>Comptroller General</term>) shall conduct a study describing—</text><subparagraph id="idb12cec5713284d669def4d832efa93f2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the effectiveness of the Department of Agriculture in processing and resolving civil rights complaints;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ida7a2efbb3f244725a0adfc297c040437"><enum>(B)</enum><text>minority participation rates in farm programs, including a comparison of overall farmer and rancher participation with minority farmer and rancher participation by considering particular aspects of the programs of the Department of Agriculture for producers, such as ownership status, program participation, usage of permits, and waivers;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id4dd197eea66748339c71adb38825d383"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the realignment the civil rights functions of the Department of Agriculture, as outlined in Secretarial Memorandum 1076–023 (March 9, 2018), including an analysis of whether that realignment has any negative implications on the civil rights functions of the Department;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id20342140009f4eabb06708cc9d3118fa"><enum>(D)</enum><text>efforts of the Department of Agriculture to identify actions, programs, or activities of the Department of Agriculture that may adversely affect employees, contractors, or beneficiaries (including participants) of the action, program, or activity based on the membership of the employees, contractors, or beneficiaries in a group that is protected under Federal law from discrimination in employment, contracting, or provision of an action, program, or activity, as applicable; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ide89348b28ea1440e9772a2b3eef3ac6e"><enum>(E)</enum><text>efforts of the Department of Agriculture to strategically plan actions to decrease discrimination and civil rights complaints within the Department of Agriculture or in the carrying out of the programs and authorities of the Department of Agriculture.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idca2cee2e45e0422cb1b43d63785b8739"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than 60 days after the date of completion of the study under paragraph (1), the Comptroller General shall submit a report describing the results of the study to—</text><subparagraph id="idb438f4ac0212418f94152a5b79a7834a"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id7df56363cedf4fd9a6d2f4fb3f57ef37"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id776DE620D784477F8B4CA97F96402ACF"><enum>12404.</enum><header>Farm Service Agency</header><subsection id="id90237F422B5E4503B630BE5CB36102D1"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 226 of the Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/6932">7 U.S.C. 6932</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="id6A61B8E6D8C048D6955A170A9DEC1F38"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the section heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">Consolidated Farm</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">Farm</header-in-text></quote>;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id023B21B8CBBB4887B643FC2123AE49AE"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b), in the subsection heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">of Consolidated Farm Service Agency</header-in-text></quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idA6661FCB163A42D7A9F81EC866D1561A"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by striking <quote>Consolidated Farm</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>Farm</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id470FFB2E292E4B7DA91C880B5B49F931"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming amendments</header><paragraph id="id21A18A8B1DD74370B21B0CB237A74DD3"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Section 246 of the Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/6962">7 U.S.C. 6962</external-xref>) is amended—</text><subparagraph id="id81E2E24491D840EC9C7C58AA2E99F1D3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subsection (c), by striking <quote>Consolidated Farm</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>Farm</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id0380A0010DFF49C69905D27BDC9B655F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subsection (e)(2), by striking <quote>Consolidated Farm</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>Farm</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id0E500BA98D2E4788A927296F28406F1B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Section 271(2)(A) of the Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/6991">7 U.S.C. 6991(2)(A)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>Consolidated Farm</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>Farm</quote>.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id014BC092D21849628A52AD4473FA9EA8"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Section 275(b) of the Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/6995">7 U.S.C. 6995(b)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>Consolidated Farm</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>Farm</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id535A4D7BA06D4A8F9BFA5C8F545711FF"><enum>12405.</enum><header>Under Secretary of Agriculture for Farm Production and Conservation</header><subsection id="id942E89246EED48FD9C4EFFEDA3F2FC55"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Office of Risk Management</header><text>Section 226A(d)(1) of the Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/6933">7 U.S.C. 6933(d)(1)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>Under Secretary of Agriculture for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services</quote> and inserting <quote>Under Secretary of Agriculture for Farm Production and Conservation</quote>.</text></subsection><subsection id="id0444C12AF8A04F4A805061B558C015CA"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Multiagency task force</header><text>Section 242(b)(3) of the Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/6952">7 U.S.C. 6952(b)(3)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>Under Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services</quote> and inserting <quote>Under Secretary of Agriculture for Farm Production and Conservation</quote>.</text></subsection><subsection id="id3899854ddc204f50ad899ffcd678beac"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Food Aid Consultative Group</header><text>Section 205(b)(2) of the Food for Peace Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1725">7 U.S.C. 1725(b)(2)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>Under Secretary of Agriculture for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services</quote> and inserting <quote>Under Secretary of Agriculture for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs</quote>.</text></subsection><subsection id="id84f2b666efb1424497371e4e9ad4b312"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Interagency Committee on Minority Careers in International Affairs</header><text>Section 625(c)(1)(A) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1131c">20 U.S.C. 1131c(c)(1)(A)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>Under Secretary</quote> and all that follows through <quote>designee</quote> and inserting <quote>Under Secretary of Agriculture for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs, or the designee of that Under Secretary</quote>.</text></subsection></section><section id="id9EC64FB48EA248A69AA99AAD56BC8479"><enum>12406.</enum><header>Under Secretary of Agriculture for Rural Development</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 231 of the Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/6941">7 U.S.C. 6941</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="idE702E713318548848E347E0B5B72FA47"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (a), by striking <quote>is authorized to</quote> and inserting <quote>shall</quote>;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id95632506EE9E489CBCB787F5A4788597"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b), by striking <quote>If the Secretary</quote> and all that follows through <quote>the Under Secretary</quote> and inserting <quote>The Under Secretary of Agriculture for Rural Development</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id7368AE315BE642789824D3134EF23A5A"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id64AE76C808A34352BD657418A1823614" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subsection id="id1CB221EFCEDE4CE7BED72DD2B9F2227C"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Termination of authority</header><text>Section 296(b)(9) shall not apply to this section.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section><section id="id6382c516cfdd404ea4a5638c45c57b61"><enum>12407.</enum><header>Administrator of the Rural Utilities Service</header><subsection id="id7D3560599B274406B84C21DB8B99F325"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><paragraph id="id590ECA3B2D704C089E61E0118E0C307B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Technical correction</header><subparagraph id="id85F5962178F14510948A5C76897848D7"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 232(b) of the Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/6942">7 U.S.C. 6942(b)</external-xref>) (as in effect on the day before the effective date of the amendments made by section 2(a)(2) of the Presidential Appointment Efficiency and Streamlining Act of 2011 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/112/166">Public Law 112–166</external-xref>; 126 Stat. 1283, 1295)) is amended—</text><clause id="id7193D0112567434FBE97EDE29026FFA9"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (2) (relating to succession); and</text></clause><clause id="idE40DD015A2734BCEA13669FAAA1F8777"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraph (3) (relating to the Executive Schedule) as paragraph (2).</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA11103D034214B9ABDB1B16A154DA4ED"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Effective date</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amendments made by subparagraph (A) take effect on the effective date described in section 6(a) of the Presidential Appointment Efficiency and Streamlining Act of 2011 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/112/166">Public Law 112–166</external-xref>; 126 Stat. 1295).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id4572e34ecc1e45fbb1e726a30fa7a598"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Compensation</header><text>Section 232(b) of the Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/6942">7 U.S.C. 6942(b)</external-xref>) (as amended by paragraph (1)) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id978F2E37980043D893B4AC68AC288E6B" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><paragraph id="id39a1d6a1e2414f2ba54afd7ca02bf327"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Compensation</header><text>The Administrator of the Rural Utilities Service shall receive basic pay at a rate not to exceed the maximum amount of compensation payable to a member of the Senior Executive Service under subsection (b) of section 5382 of title 5, United States Code, except that the certification requirement under that subsection shall not apply to the compensation of the Director.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idf2e3c5ba2aeb47fea642441815a66ead"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming amendments</header><paragraph id="id5C16B589AF08486F8E52A7E1C10599F3"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Section 5315 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by striking <quote>Administrator, Rural Utilities Service, Department of Agriculture.</quote>.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idca23f49abf6448ffb5db84870a22ab4e"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Section 748 of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/107/76">Public Law 107–76</external-xref> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/918b">7 U.S.C. 918b</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>the Administrator of the Rural Utilities Service</quote> and inserting <quote>the Secretary of Agriculture</quote>.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ida3dd68e23eb34f46b72cf61ebec874eb"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Section 379B(a) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2008p">7 U.S.C. 2008p(a)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>Secretary</quote> and all that follows through <quote>may</quote> and inserting <quote>Secretary may</quote>.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ida35ea24a95a04e148515bd8ad31699be"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Section 6407(b)(4) of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/8107a">7 U.S.C. 8107a(b)(4)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>Agriculture</quote> and all that follows through <quote>Service</quote> and inserting <quote>Agriculture</quote>.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idb189a2d5e64d4a26858b4ed15922f44d"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Section 1004 of the Launching our Communities’ Access to Local Television Act of 2000 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/47/1103">47 U.S.C. 1103</external-xref>) is amended—</text><subparagraph id="id9a4f942943fb454da50ca1abc855e197"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subsection (b)(1), by striking <quote>The Administrator (as defined in section 1005)</quote> and inserting <quote>The Secretary of Agriculture</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idb8d971572a70478793b14df01f7c3af3"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subsection (h)(2)(D), by striking <quote>Administrator</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>Secretary of Agriculture</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id2098ba8427854563aadcbfb0b8ba5022"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Section 1005 of the Launching our Communities’ Access to Local Television Act of 2000 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/47/1104">47 U.S.C. 1104</external-xref>) is amended—</text><subparagraph id="id795d7242a846469485cd22359ed094ed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subsection (a), by striking <quote>The Administrator</quote> and all that follows through <quote>shall</quote> and inserting <quote>The Secretary of Agriculture (referred to in this section as the <quote>Secretary</quote>) shall</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id08d17d8d46674653b4512238dd684033"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>Administrator</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>Secretary</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H3FBF5C77B3804C3D87146C73B6BC4721"><enum>12408.</enum><header>Rural Health Liaison</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Subtitle C of title II of the Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/6941">7 U.S.C. 6941</external-xref> et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD555342B715D4253AF06601CC5BB2F76" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><section id="HFA36F24E23994941AD5524C8B8C429C3"><enum>236.</enum><header>Rural Health Liaison</header><subsection id="H254C102036934604AB5CEC1BF82D2DBB"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Authorization</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall establish in the Department the position of Rural Health Liaison.</text></subsection><subsection id="H9A8E08F602284F178392199E3BD919EB"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Duties</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Rural Health Liaison shall—</text><paragraph id="H0482064E47B9444183F1A81284EF9AF7"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in consultation with the Secretary of Health and Human Services, coordinate the role of the Department with respect to rural health;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HDEA9696C7743448185E1B29EB54A1C9C"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">integrate across the Department the strategic planning and activities relating to rural health;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H4B17977616E647B1B997F1D71B7AD304"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">improve communication relating to rural health within the Department and between Federal agencies;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HCFE1041205F54CEEB99FDB75BFD28978"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">advocate on behalf of the health care and relevant infrastructure needs in rural areas;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H39CB1F46ED48421E9D7DD3DE25A07E70"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provide to stakeholders, potential grant applicants, Federal agencies, State agencies, Indian Tribes, private organizations, and academic institutions relevant data and information, including the eligibility requirements for, and availability and outcomes of, Department programs applicable to the advancement of rural health;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HB23CD64D32484983B855AD17FD637F79"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">maintain communication with public health, medical, occupational safety, and telecommunication associations, research entities, and other stakeholders to ensure that the Department is aware of current and upcoming issues relating to rural health;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H0157A4593F954E0D86209FD719C6D18B"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">consult on programs, pilot projects, research, training, and other affairs relating to rural health at the Department and other Federal agencies;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H1D056F8B5AA847E597D4ADC7DCAD7096"><enum>(8)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provide expertise on rural health to support the activities of the Secretary as Chair of the Interagency Task Force on Agriculture and Rural Prosperity; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H1320F2810EC741F08C5DED10070A5CFF"><enum>(9)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provide technical assistance and guidance with respect to activities relating to rural health to the outreach, extension, and county offices of the Department.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section><section id="id585a32da072d49e59f8145ae3a42ff03"><enum>12409.</enum><header>Healthy Food Financing Initiative</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 243 of the Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/6953">7 U.S.C. 6953</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="id2e58e480ae924ad8b12be05c1551a0cc"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a), by inserting <quote>and enterprises</quote> after <quote>retailers</quote>;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idab7aeebb79b243ba8e172c8a481f6920"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b)(3)(B)(iii), by inserting <quote>and enterprises</quote> after <quote>retailers</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id6811a120756243e1a6c52524a346d714"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (c)(2)(B)(ii), by inserting <quote>as applicable,</quote> before <quote>to accept</quote>.</text></paragraph></section><section id="id58981E6101484A6098BA3A399271BC15"><enum>12410.</enum><header>Natural Resources Conservation Service</header><subsection id="id85bd953625924e8d8485b911c09f8669"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Field offices</header><text>Section 246 of the Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/6962">7 U.S.C. 6962</external-xref>) (as amended by section 12404(b)(1)) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0BDD6504EF7B46748F7029338E16FAB4" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subsection id="id8CEC34B2E5F5466EA4E847743100C902"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Field offices</header><paragraph id="id4137ADD7AF914A7283A14D939BC4B43E"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall not close any field office of the Natural Resources Conservation Service unless, not later than 60 days before the date of the closure, the Secretary submits to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate a notification of the closure.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idC94E5A6D141545D28E1D9D0C4865F66A"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Employees</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall not permanently relocate any field-based employees of the Natural Resources Conservation Service or the rural development mission area if doing so would result in a field office of the Natural Resources Conservation Service or the rural development mission area with 2 or fewer employees, unless, not later than 60 days before the date of the permanent relocation, the Secretary submits to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate a notification of the permanent relocation.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection id="id06213DE48DE44101B85AFFCD06DDE0EF"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Technical corrections</header><text>Section 246 of the Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/6962">7 U.S.C. 6962</external-xref>) (as amended by subsection (a)) is amended—</text><paragraph id="id098C30CA5F434A36863C74F76642DF57"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (b)—</text><subparagraph commented="no" id="id25753BC28E6D4623BCCFA7EB7CE6A47A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (2);</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id6F532046BEB347FA8CD4E35CFFE29196"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraphs (3) through (6) as paragraphs (2) through (5), respectively;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id4F9B0E6F843A4D11896BD5A359BDEA1C"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (4) (as so redesignated), by inserting <quote>; <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/101/624">Public Law 101–624</external-xref></quote> after <quote>note</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id65189429BE7E483DB127E6C3080C0B70"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in paragraph (5) (as so redesignated), by striking <quote>3831–3836</quote> and inserting <quote>3831 et seq.</quote>; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id646CD7E26F0646ADB401BEBAF828CA79"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (c), in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking <quote>paragraphs (1), (2), and (4) of subsection (b) and the program under subchapter C of chapter 1 of subtitle D of title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3837-3837f">16 U.S.C. 3837–3837f</external-xref>)</quote> and inserting <quote>paragraphs (1) and (3) of subsection (b)</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idB93C66652A924E39B3EF8AFCF1D3B8F3"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Relocation in Act</header><paragraph id="id8C26BEBA2CD44399817E56703E15EAF9"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 246 of the Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/6962">7 U.S.C. 6962</external-xref>) (as amended by subsection (b)) is—</text><subparagraph id="id43E61F413678496F9B406AC5A9757CB2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>redesignated as section 228; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idE39348BE949648BC85DF2B09F60AF6E1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>moved so as to appear at the end of subtitle B of title II (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/6931">7 U.S.C. 6931</external-xref> et seq.).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id265CD077C14E4298B2FE5A52FB74671C"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Conforming amendments</header><subparagraph id="id3BC8E85CC5794C06AC8CE1ECED31833B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Section 226 of the Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/6932">7 U.S.C. 6932</external-xref>) (as amended by section 12404(a)) is amended—</text><clause id="id138AB939F9304C8DA114E70493F33D0D"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in subsection (b)(5), by striking <quote>section 246(b)</quote> and inserting <quote>section 228(b)</quote>; and</text></clause><clause id="id9A0206C3E5894B9AB397DBA53A674986"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in subsection (g)(2), by striking <quote>section 246(b)</quote> and inserting <quote>section 228(b)</quote>.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id6508292B017F4865B83B5D9D50A1DCB5"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Section 271(2)(F) of the Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/6991">7 U.S.C. 6991(2)(F)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>section 246(b)</quote> and inserting <quote>section 228(b)</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id1D87EAA290AD4AB59D7F3ADEFDA46DAA"><enum>12411.</enum><header>Office of the Chief Scientist</header><subsection id="idD088B946171D4030B8EDEA26E4B3AA5E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 251(e) of the Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/6971">7 U.S.C. 6971(e)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="id78FEBD5E65364D4A9A531FD7FE775147"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the subsection heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Research, Education, and Extension Office</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Office of the Chief Scientist</header-in-text></quote>;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idE7743F7295514469AF9635963CA4B75C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>Research, Education, and Extension Office</quote> and inserting <quote>Office of the Chief Scientist</quote>;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id1A1394A63B1342B59A808B4D34A524D1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>Research, Education, and Extension Office</quote> and inserting <quote>Office of the Chief Scientist</quote>;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idFD007DD66EC84A95B21AE9D0F6900BEB"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in paragraph (3)(C), by striking <quote>subparagraph (A) shall not exceed 4 years</quote> and inserting <quote>clauses (i) and (iii) of subparagraph (A) shall be for not less than 3 years</quote>;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id07E20A59D03C43A2934E3108DC728208"><enum>(5)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraphs (4) and (5) as paragraphs (5) and (6), respectively;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idA83ED8900F884C8AA396D7956A853218"><enum>(6)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (3) the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9278E380C7374B6980FB80ECFABF4283" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><paragraph id="idCA24E81E8F9B43D4A1F6081E35FB8ECE"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Additional leadership duties</header><text>In addition to selecting the Division Chiefs under paragraph (3), using available personnel authority under title 5, United States Code, the Under Secretary shall select personnel—</text><subparagraph id="id23df76fa209f44258030005831aeea4c"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to oversee implementation, training, and compliance with the scientific integrity policy of the Department;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id2E3C13F4D21540CCBA53131CD9D943F7"><enum>(B)</enum><clause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="idE43B42BDB4B44BAE9DACBCFDDC54BD3D"><enum>(i)</enum><text>to integrate strategic program planning and evaluation functions across the programs of the Department; and</text></clause><clause changed="added" id="id003032C3E08E47DBBB612C2624915294" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>to help prepare the annual report to Congress on the relevance and adequacy of programs under the jurisdiction of the Under Secretary;</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idef90fdf375e84732827660f614c531cc"><enum>(C)</enum><text>to assist the Chief Scientist in coordinating the international engagements of the Department with the Department of State and other international agencies and offices of the Federal Government; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idfd91d2ef936f420c9ba30bdb11d2e3c6"><enum>(D)</enum><text>to oversee other duties as may be required by law or Department policy.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph id="id37D9CE9AD4E942F0960B9E5D136918FF"><enum>(7)</enum><text>in paragraph (5) (as so redesignated)—</text><subparagraph id="id4F9E0E5C023C466C801A56DFF701A424"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>Notwithstanding</quote> and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD314EE09644D438EAC270911F3E19558" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><clause id="idB52442780B284028BD44ADE4AB279931"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as are necessary to fund the costs of Division personnel.</text></clause><clause id="id83DC1FF040E540A1812CFA3BE09F02C1"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Additional funding</header><text>In addition to amounts made available under clause (i), notwithstanding</text></clause><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id52054D128ACB451C997053676B0AD93B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph (C)—</text><clause id="id20BF762A24EC41F6B9697011E67B2B7C"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in clause (i), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></clause><clause id="id499D8E0554A04FE29D99C9ACA4FDE23B"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in clause (ii), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text></clause><clause id="id7E8EDEACAF684B26B5E7565C74423770"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAA705FE911BC43E48891D8D6CD8B8E65" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><clause id="id42faecc819e840408fac5db67d29457f"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>provides strong staff continuity to the Office of the Chief Scientist.</text></clause><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id47B60740A2AD4D79A58E25496DBCED0A"><enum>(8)</enum><text>in paragraph (6) (as so redesignated), by striking <quote>Research, Education and Extension Office</quote> and inserting <quote>Office of the Chief Scientist</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id9332369445FB47EEB22150E42D04B83C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming amendments</header><paragraph id="id73c93af8754e49119f299a3212467fd5"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Section 251(f)(5)(B) of the Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/6971">7 U.S.C. 6971(f)(5)(B)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>Research, Education and Extension Office</quote> and inserting <quote>Office of the Chief Scientist</quote>.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id46FD263AC8A6499BBC0432494B08ADC5"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Section 296(b)(6)(B) of the Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/7014">7 U.S.C. 7014(b)(6)(B)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>Research, Education, and Extension Office</quote> and inserting <quote>Office of the Chief Scientist</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="ideec3cc92966644fb90dc89c573eab440"><enum>12412.</enum><header>Trade and foreign agricultural affairs</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 is amended—</text><paragraph id="idA4C3B2CBFDF14E1383A70D6DA177E33F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating subtitle J (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/7011">7 U.S.C. 7011</external-xref> et seq.) as subtitle K; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idB07F20F587EE4A05B674D8D6C71ADED7"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting after subtitle I (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/7005">7 U.S.C. 7005</external-xref> et seq.) the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4845C1278E7845C095CAF6C83A4E432A" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subtitle id="id1A346000C16F4BA6B75BD086B12386E4" style="OLC"><enum>J</enum><header>Trade and foreign agricultural affairs</header><section id="id638f276a2d444859aeab7c4bddf76dd4"><enum>287.</enum><header>Under Secretary of Agriculture for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs</header><subsection id="id152de60d456f4ebe989785ffc03e7bb9"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>There is established in the Department the position of Under Secretary of Agriculture for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs.</text></subsection><subsection id="idcf93a64953624479afcde4eae3e2a0da"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Appointment</header><text>The Under Secretary of Agriculture for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.</text></subsection><subsection id="id5d10991e2a31416baba1553e9a53be63"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Functions</header><paragraph id="idb7fed266a68c4f649787eec925b37a47"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Principal functions</header><text>The Secretary shall delegate to the Under Secretary of Agriculture for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs those functions and duties under the jurisdiction of the Department that are related to trade and foreign agricultural affairs.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idc0a991c965594631a91d884e750c76c0"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Additional functions</header><text>The Under Secretary of Agriculture for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs shall perform such other functions and duties as may be—</text><subparagraph id="id8276862C524A4EA1AD5688C81B087C4E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>required by law; or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id7DD258273F9F495F84718DB0A45FE797"><enum>(B)</enum><text>prescribed by the Secretary.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section></subtitle><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section><section id="idE547172F0129428883EF6D727D528081"><enum>12413.</enum><header>Repeals</header><subsection id="idD618E9CFF70A4649B84C9E72EBD28B1F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The following provisions of the Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 are repealed:</text><paragraph id="id09E14F42CF5F4CEFAD210711F56651CD"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Section 211 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/6911">7 U.S.C. 6911</external-xref>).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id59F38121EFDE47428F41A3506CBFE238"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Section 213 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/6913">7 U.S.C. 6913</external-xref>).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idF17C05046C0B4C4BB1C138519E83CACF"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Section 214 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/6914">7 U.S.C. 6914</external-xref>).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id1F2F6A886A7241EEBE6457C30F755BEA"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Section 217 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/6917">7 U.S.C. 6917</external-xref>).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idDF41B529A2D44DFCB4409032F0B95262"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Section 247 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/6963">7 U.S.C. 6963</external-xref>).</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id8032CD5097DF45F49154B563A92C8B6F"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Section 252 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/6972">7 U.S.C. 6972</external-xref>).</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id86518A9E2BC44DF588FF3E7901CC62EE"><enum>(7)</enum><text>Section 295 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/7013">7 U.S.C. 7013</external-xref>).</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="id26728A2339B44F01A53C89B3329FC0D5"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Other provision</header><text>Section 3208 of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/6935">7 U.S.C. 6935</external-xref>) is repealed.</text></subsection></section><section id="id695DF6EFB0814AAFAA4A4A23D2C3527D"><enum>12414.</enum><header>Technical corrections</header><subsection id="idAEC0F583C7CE4B68AE53916BC365DD93"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Office of Risk Management</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 226A(a) of the Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/6933">7 U.S.C. 6933(a)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>Subject to subsection (e), the Secretary</quote> and inserting <quote>The Secretary</quote>.</text></subsection><subsection id="id9CF93147591B483B928A38403ED42B73"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Correction of error</header><paragraph id="id4B06F3A7154448308BF8E8CFFD5EB40C"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Assistant Secretaries of Agriculture</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 218 of the Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/6918">7 U.S.C. 6918</external-xref>) (as in effect on the day before the effective date of the amendments made by section 2(a)(1) of the Presidential Appointment Efficiency and Streamlining Act of 2011 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/112/166">Public Law 112–166</external-xref>; 126 Stat. 1283, 1295)) is amended by striking <quote>Senate.</quote> in subsection (b) and all that follows through <quote>responsibility for—</quote> in the matter preceding paragraph (1) of subsection (d) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="idE085D2661C9941998ADF0E45D7FC0DD1" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><text>Senate.</text><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDBBF19D9036E940589ADFFEF5EBE3E473"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Duties of Assistant Secretary of Agriculture for Civil Rights</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may delegate to the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights responsibility for—</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph id="idC073B0532FEC4927B84C2AE18461BF47"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendments made by paragraph (1) take effect on the effective date described in section 6(a) of the Presidential Appointment Efficiency and Streamlining Act of 2011 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/112/166">Public Law 112–166</external-xref>; 126 Stat. 1295).</text></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id9D9B1274A0CB4AC3AB284B779ED539EB"><enum>12415.</enum><header>Effect of subtitle</header><subsection id="id7859566e35c849e1a2fcbeecc3378b57"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>Except as provided in sections 12407(a)(1)(B) and 12414(b)(2), this subtitle and the amendments made by this subtitle take effect on the date of enactment of this Act.</text></subsection><subsection id="id8c706d63f82c413f9dd10af43d894a96"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Savings clause</header><text>Nothing in this subtitle or an amendment made by this subtitle affects—</text><paragraph id="id2a84021f8d974e2b90fe05a4331a0517"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the authority of the Secretary to continue to carry out a function vested in, and performed by, the Secretary as of the date of enactment of this Act; or</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id88ec8aae2a754371ae7d19cdf6ad0eec"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the authority of an agency, office, officer, or employee of the Department of Agriculture to continue to perform all functions delegated or assigned to the agency, office, officer, or employee as of the date of enactment of this Act.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id428073BC3BD1410BBE99A72FF788F629"><enum>12416.</enum><header>Termination of authority</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 296(b) of the Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/7014">7 U.S.C. 7014(b)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3240AF3C0EF84A6CB98E3C6B14DBC20D" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><paragraph id="id4591254FE4574F28AB5BF2857A9BF041"><enum>(9)</enum><text>The authority of the Secretary to carry out the amendments made to this title by the <short-title>Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018</short-title>.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section></subtitle><subtitle id="id2E3E0BF02AD94C36A286B99D4C84F1E0" style="OLC"><enum>E</enum><header>Other Miscellaneous Provisions</header><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="PC06230B946CEC73F6AC8EBB6006EE92" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>12501.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Acer access and development program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 12306(f) of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1632c">7 U.S.C. 1632c(f)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text></section><section id="HB5476F641BF749B9B67B0D621F423AF8"><enum>12502.</enum><header>South Carolina inclusion in Virginia/Carolina peanut producing region</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1308(c)(2)(B)(iii) of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/7958">7 U.S.C. 7958(c)(2)(B)(iii)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>Virginia and North Carolina</quote> and inserting <quote>Virginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina</quote>.</text></section><section id="id6B3A03DAE5D84DFC8810B09AD7EF1949" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>12503.</enum><header>Pet and Women Safety</header><subsection id="H5C2E4B39EB5F4C3CBFA0BE1C2562C81A"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Pet involvement in crimes related to domestic violence and stalking</header><paragraph id="H0857EF063B4E43C3B70214D83C28C780"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Interstate stalking</header><text>Section 2261A of title 18, United States Code, is amended—</text><subparagraph id="HE40FA9CEDDB04FE6A799BF985F6505A3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)(A)—</text><clause id="H349A5D3FAACD4F5790522599DA399458"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in clause (ii), by striking <quote>or</quote> at the end; and</text></clause><clause id="H07831C750CFB4C4CAFAA7C2240C20149"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting after clause (iii) the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBDD0E78BE2F5465A80AEBE0C61A561C3" reported-display-style="italic" style="USC"><clause id="HB6038506C515425FB30E41E16A3C4671"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the pet of that person; or</text></clause><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8D84A00F9D8C460597F7EF77CF9E7E25"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)(A)—</text><clause id="H3AD239A4BEE645EC93259334F16DF511"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by inserting after <quote>to a person</quote> the following: <quote>or a pet</quote>; and</text></clause><clause id="HABA03E6B4ADB4AE0AB56944B9C5CB16F"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>or (iii)</quote> and inserting <quote>(iii), or (iv)</quote>.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HE7C40AB4E8544D76943817014AC4BA81"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Interstate violation of protection order</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 2262 of title 18, United States Code, is amended—</text><subparagraph id="H261C21D00CD24BC2A69D92BA6A45D430"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subsection (a)—</text><clause id="HCD8A17D3486A4DD4B2DA5A8D1394B90D"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by inserting after <quote>another person</quote> the following: <quote>or the pet of that person</quote>; and</text></clause><clause id="H46CD61F498564ABA890FB60519A7F66D"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by inserting after <quote>proximity to, another person</quote> the following <quote>or the pet of that person</quote>; and</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5F6B818033F14B7AA9D7AB603613CD1D"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (b)(5), by inserting after <quote>in any other case,</quote> the following: <quote>including any case in which the offense is committed against a pet,</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H1F0E659F865940EC8523956B32E4275A"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Restitution To include veterinary services</header><text>Section 2264 of title 18, United States Code, is amended in subsection (b)(3)—</text><subparagraph id="HF4CAFEE5311145E7B2E03141D5EB10AE"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating subparagraph (F) as subparagraph (G);</text></subparagraph><subparagraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC39DF748F3524C83AE5DEF49D44FA893"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph (E), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H21F0396B5AB04A08963B5EBE92DAFB53"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by inserting after subparagraph (E) the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H32F4F81D73F64986AE58EB693308511B" reported-display-style="italic" style="USC"><subparagraph id="id590AEADA45C24C91B3F28D5169551299"><enum>(F)</enum><text>veterinary services relating to physical care for the victim’s pet; and</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H7F093B8867BA4793904D611E04FEDBA0"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Pet defined</header><text>Section 2266 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by inserting after paragraph (10) the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H54ED5CDF863543AFA5607C5D0A69439F" reported-display-style="italic" style="USC"><paragraph commented="no" id="HBB7D5270D4BA4B52983E28AAF25C2BEB"><enum>(11)</enum><header>Pet</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>pet</term> means a domesticated animal, such as a dog, cat, bird, rodent, fish, turtle, horse, or other animal that is kept for pleasure rather than for commercial purposes.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H62CF6E0061B54BADB5B98DF11181B6CB"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Emergency and transitional pet shelter and housing assistance grant program</header><paragraph id="H927499815F044AD0BB6A634199C4D431"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary, acting in consultation with the Office of the Violence Against Women of the Department of Justice, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, and the Secretary of Health and Human Services, shall award grants under this subsection to eligible entities to carry out programs to provide the assistance described in paragraph (3) with respect to victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking and the pets of such victims.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H0702B8E47FC240E89072CFE92024FDD8"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Application</header><subparagraph id="HEC29A234E21D48039F73EC6345322CAC"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An eligible entity seeking a grant under this subsection shall submit an application to the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary may reasonably require, including—</text><clause id="H9C28D2B3516F4BC788C486F01324354D"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a description of the activities for which a grant under this subsection is sought;</text></clause><clause id="HEAB59E232FEF40BB9DE8F3DA0395D0AA"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>such assurances as the Secretary determines to be necessary to ensure compliance by the entity with the requirements of this subsection; and</text></clause><clause id="H30B0D2ED2E5B4FC2A283AD27426526E9"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a certification that the entity, before engaging with any individual domestic violence victim, will disclose to the victim any mandatory duty of the entity to report instances of abuse and neglect (including instances of abuse and neglect of pets).</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H093909D56B1D442E804B1656E4C58651"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Additional requirements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In addition to the requirements of subparagraph (A), each application submitted by an eligible entity under that subparagraph shall—</text><clause id="HBC48FF9F6DE84AB481FA17A49471D6BC"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">not include proposals for any activities that may compromise the safety of a domestic violence victim, including—</text><subclause commented="no" id="H1CE203D7BA88409D82E5D7AB74F1DDD3"><enum>(I)</enum><text>background checks of domestic violence victims; or</text></subclause><subclause commented="no" id="H22EED1456938413B945223C14A5D3C0D"><enum>(II)</enum><text>clinical evaluations to determine the eligibility of such a victim for support services;</text></subclause></clause><clause id="H65EB909D7CA44518A93C21C66DA85CE2"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>not include proposals that would require mandatory services for victims or that a victim obtain a protective order in order to receive proposed services; and</text></clause><clause id="H2C1BB60A53A3455884071B063F7FA63D"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>reflect the eligible entity’s understanding of the dynamics of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8803FDC22EA243BFA31B061A933C3F0C"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Rules of construction</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to require—</text><clause id="HDB097261A3B04CE9978FE701D2F9C58E"><enum>(i)</enum><text>domestic violence victims to participate in the criminal justice system in order to receive services; or</text></clause><clause id="H72852F77D689459CB21C641789DD9C9B"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>eligible entities receiving a grant under this subsection to breach client confidentiality.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H3AD3B820B5B84679BBCA34B05644EA4A"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Use of funds</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Grants awarded under this subsection may only be used for programs that provide—</text><subparagraph id="HEB1623485BF74D1DA1325E6C7316DADE"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">emergency and transitional shelter and housing assistance for domestic violence victims with pets, including assistance with respect to any construction or operating expenses of newly developed or existing emergency and transitional pet shelter and housing (regardless of whether such shelter and housing is co-located at a victim service provider or within the community);</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC86DE8363B63438BABD54AB78193A954"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">short-term shelter and housing assistance for domestic violence victims with pets, including assistance with respect to expenses incurred for the temporary shelter, housing, boarding, or fostering of the pets of domestic violence victims and other expenses that are incidental to securing the safety of such a pet during the sheltering, housing, or relocation of such victims;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDECBC15901F846F5BD20ED3C6EB3BB47"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">support services designed to enable a domestic violence victim who is fleeing a situation of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking to—</text><clause id="HFA970E78E0B543D388A9FC0204308848"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">locate and secure—</text><subclause id="H6F10F4D9957E4FEEB6C8670C753B52FA"><enum>(I)</enum><text>safe housing with the victim’s pet; or</text></subclause><subclause id="H12CD7D5045C041A285701F7AC599D03E"><enum>(II)</enum><text>safe accommodations for the victim’s pet; or</text></subclause></clause><clause id="HE22CE0D436014372AE40E9E3C9D304B1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provide the victim with pet-related services, such as pet transportation, pet care services, and other assistance; or</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8EA58D3C47B84E7899BCA89815D5543A"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for the training of relevant stakeholders on—</text><clause id="H09B0AFE5CFEB4ECF9E9808197BCE39D2"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the link between domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking and the abuse and neglect of pets;</text></clause><clause id="HDED3F140BEE34161A37C07A285B5932D"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the needs of domestic violence victims;</text></clause><clause id="H49791FAAA0DF443DBF2E90991B533C14"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>best practices for providing support services to such victims;</text></clause><clause id="H09DDE7AF0AC14138AD378938FA3A5153"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>best practices for providing such victims with referrals to victims’ services; and</text></clause><clause id="H69FD0252F34E405D84081683FB2BD182"><enum>(v)</enum><text>the importance of confidentiality.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HD2DDE7B1A489442B91822EAA4E7B8A51"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Grant conditions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An eligible entity that receives a grant under this subsection shall, as a condition of such receipt, agree—</text><subparagraph commented="no" id="HE30068E4EF0A490FAFB18773DBAEEB1F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to be bound by the nondisclosure of confidential information requirements of section 40002(b)(2) of the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/34/12291">34 U.S.C. 12291(b)(2)</external-xref>); and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDF2EF37B40454DE1A65FB02232796EDE"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">that the entity shall not condition the receipt of support, housing, or other benefits provided pursuant to this subsection on the participation of domestic violence victims in any or all of the support services offered to such victims through a program carried out by the entity using grant funds.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H6A74EE436FBC4EF982E5967DE761EEA8"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Duration of assistance provided to victims</header><subparagraph id="H4EB5146E0C884324B7AD909F3B1CF525"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject to subparagraph (B), assistance provided with respect to a pet of a domestic violence victim using grant funds awarded under this subsection shall be provided for a period of not more than 24 months.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2E3216F3CF01469EAA4A1BEA4C8BBF5A"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Extension</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An eligible entity that receives a grant under this subsection may extend the 24-month period referred to in subparagraph (A) for a period of not more than 6 months in the case of a domestic violence victim who—</text><clause id="HA35995E96F0D44268F84A1036B0B311F"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">has made a good faith effort to acquire permanent housing for the victim’s pet during that 24-month period; and</text></clause><clause id="H18D3DB31D3894E56B8ED81510DBFCAF8"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">has been unable to acquire such permanent housing within that period.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H7B1EF8B64AE5403590239BCE2B1920DF"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Report to the Secretary</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 1 year after the date on which an eligible entity receives a grant under this subsection and each year thereafter, the entity shall submit to the Secretary a report that contains, with respect to assistance provided by the entity to domestic violence victims with pets using grant funds received under this subsection, information on—</text><subparagraph id="HF97A07B04EA24043A44DB62EFD27C2D1"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the number of domestic violence victims with pets provided such assistance; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA0AD340C37E948218380E73DEF787A3E"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the purpose, amount, type of, and duration of such assistance.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HF0D85A405D514F01B228FC8125CCA92B"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Report to Congress</header><subparagraph id="H3662C7AFE4444A9FAC04BCDAA7A835E8"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Reporting requirement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than November 1 of each even-numbered fiscal year, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate a report that contains a compilation of the information contained in the reports submitted under paragraph (6).</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H100D8843AADA40A5A1774C3E9D2C117D"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Availability of report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall transmit a copy of the report submitted under subparagraph (A) to—</text><clause id="HAFE540349684406C8D6B29FF84B3BA3D"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the Office on Violence Against Women of the Department of Justice;</text></clause><clause id="H6192F136646E4239A23139438918CC42"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the Office of Community Planning and Development of the Department of Housing and Urban Development; and</text></clause><clause id="HC2D2C930E38440D288FCDEE44C6E5CCC"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the Administration for Children and Families of the Department of Health and Human Services.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HA45D7FEF393A450C9552831E71BECF01"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><subparagraph id="H84816F3A715D49E98477CFCBA0642592"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this subsection $3,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 through 2023.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H84A64BE766F24B92A79A8CE46EC056D9"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Of the amount made available under subparagraph (A) in any fiscal year, not more than 5 percent may be used for evaluation, monitoring, salaries, and administrative expenses.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H46E0FB7A0B2B43638C982FFCDB57D859"><enum>(9)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this subsection:</text><subparagraph id="H0AB88AFD03494A6C9708032B29E15B28"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Domestic violence victim defined</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>domestic violence victim</term> means a victim of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3852ED1154854A389DB6AB75E62F2DBC"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Eligible entity</header><text>The term <term>eligible entity</term> means—</text><clause id="HF5595AD6065F44EEA3F4FAC8E0ADB3CA"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a State;</text></clause><clause id="HBB0C1EC4E74B445FBB6FF3467ECD53D9"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a unit of local government;</text></clause><clause id="H1B730E927A364811B62511D8B174C397"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>an Indian tribe; or</text></clause><clause id="H2DFB8E50B65B4F34AF556181EFF40256"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any other organization that has a documented history of effective work concerning domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking (as determined by the Secretary), including—</text><subclause id="H44F6D99C2FF44DF78AF48B969E61CB35"><enum>(I)</enum><text>a domestic violence and sexual assault victim service provider;</text></subclause><subclause id="H8205D865E32D4A9BBEDE07CD397A8958"><enum>(II)</enum><text>a domestic violence and sexual assault coalition;</text></subclause><subclause id="H4FE0E6DF605948C8BB83BA2D1227D10C"><enum>(III)</enum><text>a community-based and culturally specific organization;</text></subclause><subclause id="H032986B00ADB445192D21721DDC09DB1"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>any other nonprofit, nongovernmental organization; and</text></subclause><subclause id="HE538051A9ABD4D2EBF3C9F43FE3261E4"><enum>(V)</enum><text>any organization that works directly with pets and collaborates with any organization referred to in clauses (i) through (iv), including—</text><item id="HC3CBF5D08D65472C9C834C79CBD6BDE4"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>an animal shelter; and</text></item><item id="H117DCBBA2A394F86A0C1151F950F2D14"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>an animal welfare organization.</text></item></subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H458B9E87072D466ABEB37E923218FD4F"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Pet</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>pet</term> means a domesticated animal, such as a dog, cat, bird, rodent, fish, turtle, horse, or other animal that is kept for pleasure rather than for commercial purposes.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA865D1B2FBE6425DA787210861517C53"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Other terms</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, terms used in this section shall have the meaning given such terms in section 40002(a) of the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/34/12291">34 U.S.C. 12291(a)</external-xref>).</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H71616D2EA472438D91B91A0AB47D0162"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Sense of Congress</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">It is the sense of Congress that States should encourage the inclusion of protections against violent or threatening acts against the pet of a person in domestic violence protection orders.</text></subsection></section><section id="idc6ac17e4752246f4aedb4620668949d1"><enum>12504.</enum><header>Data on conservation practices</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Subtitle E of title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3841">16 U.S.C. 3841</external-xref> et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id74923d37aa944a2e85f5b7ee4698e019" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><section id="id784746c9f6c743878da63f803a48ad1c"><enum>1247.</enum><header>Data on conservation practices</header><subsection id="id5d6f3d9f0e954fe3820dc54086015036"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Purpose</header><text>The purpose of this section is to increase the knowledge of how covered conservation practices or suites of covered conservation practices impact farm and ranch profitability (such as crop yields, soil health, and other risk-reducing factors) by using an appropriate collection, review, and analysis of data.</text></subsection><subsection id="id9f979003344a405fbe9d38f2572d813f"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text><paragraph id="idaaf7a423dbcc404c91ea372453fdf3ac"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Covered conservation practice</header><text>The term <term>covered conservation practice</term> means a conservation practice—</text><subparagraph id="idB04A119C141C4FCC980E973CF6BE4AD8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>that is approved and supported by the Department; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id021189A617B44462925573D7ACC67911"><enum>(B)</enum><text>for which the Department has developed 1 or more practice standards.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idb74a346e194e4a1cbaafe49de6d6b089"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Department</header><text>The term <term>Department</term> means the Department of Agriculture.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idb559141fee6843d88ff7eefc768ab3e8"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Privacy and confidentiality requirements</header><subparagraph id="id75D0FD7684EC4EFFAD4A2B3330C63993"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The term <term>privacy and confidentiality requirements</term> means all laws applicable to the Department and the agencies of the Department that protect data provided to, or collected by, the agencies of the Department from being disclosed to the public in any manner except as authorized by those laws.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id227FA7DEEDA548889046BBEA15B583C5"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Inclusions</header><text>The term <term>privacy and confidentiality requirements</term> includes—</text><clause id="idec50c9918e6b4ab994aee50e028ffdd0"><enum>(i)</enum><text>sections 552 and 552a of title 5, United States Code;</text></clause><clause id="id3a7c861597dd4e7abe63a4e129912a80"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>section 502(c) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1502">7 U.S.C. 1502(c)</external-xref>);</text></clause><clause id="idbbbfd8582a7b42ef98ee790887be6867"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>section 1770 of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2276">7 U.S.C. 2276</external-xref>);</text></clause><clause id="id0ff08c7158a74307b5fb73c6a49a0fd0"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>section 1619 of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/8791">7 U.S.C. 8791</external-xref>); and</text></clause><clause id="id062a6a928a9248f2938390f3bc2929b3"><enum>(v)</enum><text>the Confidential Information Protection and Statistical Efficiency Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/44/3501">44 U.S.C. 3501</external-xref> note; <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/107/347">Public Law 107–347</external-xref>).</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idb3cc53d04a1446bdaede537a84d8bb07"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Data collection, review, analysis, and technical assistance</header><paragraph id="id737DBB3F83D749B083C167560962CD92"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subject to applicable privacy and confidentiality requirements, the Secretary shall—</text><subparagraph id="idd1619a6c12004f37ab9f0ae8e0e2814b"><enum>(A)</enum><text>not less frequently than annually, review and publish a summary of existing research of the Department, institutions of higher education, and other organizations relating to the impacts of covered conservation practices that relate to crop yields, soil health, risk, and farm and ranch profitability;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id60e3110e65f94adabcd53d8841f9b971"><enum>(B)</enum><text>identify current data pertaining to the impacts of covered conservation practices that relate to crop yields, soil health, risk, and farm and ranch profitability collected by the Department, including—</text><clause id="idD2A227E1D7E8428AA45CC275C91BA532"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the Farm Service Agency;</text></clause><clause id="id52F081D331CB4FF7B6F77C85856BF119"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the Risk Management Agency;</text></clause><clause id="id86905AC38C9648BFB0AF01332E5A087C"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the Natural Resources Conservation Service;</text></clause><clause id="id11CED4737ED847C2AF23EFD1C2CC5C32"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>the National Agricultural Statistics Service;</text></clause><clause id="idFC6EFE2A57804228AC264A29F770AE39"><enum>(v)</enum><text>the Economic Research Service; and</text></clause><clause id="idF93A375463D048F3BC68D69A327AC84D"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>any other relevant agency, as determined by the Secretary;</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ide781237332f0457b9b928b117fc101e1"><enum>(C)</enum><text>collect additional data specifically pertaining to the impacts of covered conservation practices that relate to crop yields, soil health, risk, and farm and ranch profitability necessary to achieve the purpose described in subsection (a), on the condition that a producer shall not be compelled or required to provide that data;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id762179fdece3465dbc31ebbfe979af57"><enum>(D)</enum><text>ensure that data identified or collected under subparagraph (B) or (C), respectively, are collected in a compatible format at the field- and farm-level;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id6C6F0577BDD0479D883A4E4373DA29B8"><enum>(E)</enum><text>improve the interoperability of the data collected by the Department for the purposes of this section;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id2ba4d680dea64a109ef90c399535a5b7"><enum>(F)</enum><text>in carrying out subparagraph (C), use existing authorities and procedures of the National Agricultural Statistics Service to allow producers to voluntarily provide supplemental data that may be useful in analyzing the impacts of covered conservation practices relating to crop yields, soil health, risk, and farm and ranch profitability using the least burdensome means to collect that data, such as through voluntary producer surveys;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id491e1f7abf66455780579b3e6438582b"><enum>(G)</enum><text>integrate and analyze the data identified or collected under this subsection to consider the impacts of covered conservation practices relating to crop yields, soil health, risk, and farm and ranch profitability;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ida28b2116fd96474eb2e0215ccdbf76cb"><enum>(H)</enum><text>acting through the Administrator of the Risk Management Agency, in coordination with the Administrator of the Farm Service Agency and the Chief of the Natural Resources Conservation Service—</text><clause id="id62ec2d1fa2004730b55a7a0c3f23d7f4"><enum>(i)</enum><text>research and analyze how yield variability and risk are affected by different soil types for major crops;</text></clause><clause id="ide161b7964c2a4d69ba329bfbb9b029aa"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>research and analyze how yield variability and risk for different soil types are affected by individual, or combinations of, agricultural management practices, including cover crops, no-till farming, adaptive nitrogen management, skip-row planting, and crop rotation for major crops; and</text></clause><clause id="idb873f53f4cda4cc0af8d9234eef37208"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this section, publish the findings of the research under clauses (i) and (ii);</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id54e4035638094e5f86bcdba4290f9639"><enum>(I)</enum><text>to the extent practicable, integrate, collate, and link data identified under this subsection with other external data sources that include crop yields, soil health, and conservation practices, ensuring that all privacy and confidentiality requirements are implemented to protect all data subject to the privacy and confidentiality requirements;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id0e616c4cd655424b87a0a56147919f07"><enum>(J)</enum><text>not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this section—</text><clause id="id08EF07E15FFD4B76A0567E455C4FAD07"><enum>(i)</enum><text>establish a conservation and farm productivity data warehouse that contains the data identified or collected under subparagraph (B) or (C), respectively, in a form authorized under the privacy and confidentiality requirements applicable to each agency of the Department that contributes data to the data warehouse; and</text></clause><clause id="id9E6A34F509204A269D4AFD2533CE26D0"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>allow access to the data warehouse established under clause (i) by an academic institution or researcher, if the academic institution or researcher has complied with all requirements of the National Agricultural Statistics Service under section 1770 of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2276">7 U.S.C. 2276</external-xref>) relating to the sharing of data of the Natural Agricultural Statistics Service; and</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idc9b71d478ba2459b99697a9537d83bbb"><enum>(K)</enum><text>not less frequently than annually, and, if practicable, more frequently than annually, disseminate the results of the research and analysis obtained through carrying out this section that demonstrate the impacts of covered conservation practices on crop yields, soil health, risk, and farm and ranch profitability in an aggregate manner that protects individual producer data and makes the results of the research and analysis easily used and implemented by producers and other stakeholders.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id24076cbb9b424011b22c546b13c6a971"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Procedures to protect integrity and confidentiality</header><subparagraph id="ida9059f72b73a4c628fdbb7803c3ecc2d"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Before providing access to any data under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall establish procedures to protect the integrity and confidentiality of any data identified, collected, or warehoused under this section.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ide7f1940239f645ff955cd8aa315f186b"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>Procedures under subparagraph (A) shall—</text><clause id="id5092642119dc4700a7867f73e1d4a35c"><enum>(i)</enum><text>ensure that any research or analysis published or disseminated by any person with access to the data identified, collected, or warehoused under this section complies with all applicable privacy and confidentiality requirements relating to that data; and</text></clause><clause id="idc178e022ff664287a2c88a89b32506c4"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>limit access to data to only individuals specifically authorized to access the data by the Secretary.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id055CCCAEB4B2475791D5C79E03804603"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Administration</header><text>The Secretary shall carry out paragraph (1) using—</text><subparagraph id="id9966C4A2CFC2461BA8ACD2176E005148"><enum>(A)</enum><text>authorities available to the Secretary under other applicable laws; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id137E447DFE9241E0A689339BFA6D2298"><enum>(B)</enum><text>funds otherwise made available to the Secretary.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idad60c82385054fe898d1c341358ccb83"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Effect</header><subparagraph id="id1427877DEDA341F6A32B8327B521F520"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Combination of data</header><text>The combination of data protected from disclosure under the privacy and confidentiality requirements with data covered by lesser protections or no protections in the data warehouse established under paragraph (1)(J)(i) shall not modify or otherwise affect the privacy and confidentiality requirements that protect the data.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id0C56C34E3BEB469F94E61ABA36745D89"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Protections from release</header><text>Data provided by an agency of the Department under this section shall continue to be covered by the same protections from release as if that data were in the possession of the agency.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id0f40e7d251cb48e5a66c05820e9af1e6"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Producer tools</header><paragraph id="idfdcf8b2538144750a3c60628f37dc6b0"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 3 years after the date of enactment of this section, the Secretary shall provide technical assistance, including through internet-based tools, based on the analysis conducted in carrying out this section and other sources of relevant data, to assist producers in improving sustainable production practices that increase yields and enhance environmental outcomes.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id064a0aae290649c9ac5903ba63cf000f"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Internet-based tools</header><text>Internet-based tools described in paragraph (1) shall provide to producers, to the maximum extent practicable—</text><subparagraph id="ide7c9506f6f52482883f6d7c7cb674556"><enum>(A)</enum><text>confidential data specific to each farm or ranch of the producer; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id3b86a623358f4e9e83b67c2c57e2cff7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>general data relating to the impacts of covered conservation practices on crop yields, soil health, risk, and farm and ranch profitability.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id1e7be42a94374d0585aa7a6f5637e289"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>Nothing in this section mandates the submission of information by a producer that is not already required for another purpose under a program of the Department.</text></subsection><subsection id="id899e07aecd054180a95b2a867a8fcc95"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Reporting</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this section, and each year thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate a report that includes—</text><paragraph id="idff28b5cf5ad142d18e4786458da78d76"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a summary of the analysis conducted under this section;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idd7948caaadc74c2da474e0ea92313742"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the number and regions of producers that voluntarily submitted information under subparagraphs (C) and (F) of subsection (c)(1);</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id78d02de796aa45278168f6f23fe90c0b"><enum>(3)</enum><text>a description of any additional or new activities planned to be conducted under this section in the next fiscal year, including—</text><subparagraph id="id47cfae5c9ab445faa4d85230bde76e5c"><enum>(A)</enum><text>research relating to any additional conservation practices;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id19b8ce8ab89143dc80d1078cd0d73230"><enum>(B)</enum><text>any new types of data to be collected;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id1332ab1baf254e3baa0922313dbe1b58"><enum>(C)</enum><text>any improved or streamlined data collection efforts associated with this section; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id40d7e93298124a0e8638da7a1cc191a9"><enum>(D)</enum><text>any new research projects; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id8327906c1df6494b868bf9f9080dba2a"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in the case of the first 2 reports submitted under this subsection, a description of the current status of the implementation of activities under subsection (c).</text></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section><section commented="no" id="id7E23CB101DF94A128A3269DA0792698C"><enum>12505.</enum><header>Marketing orders</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 8e(a) of the Agricultural Adjustment Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/608e-1">7 U.S.C. 608e–1(a)</external-xref>), reenacted with amendments by the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937, is amended by inserting <quote>cherries, pecans,</quote> after <quote>walnuts,</quote>.</text></section><section id="id4419512BA31F4778BC08C9991BEB8C8F"><enum>12506.</enum><header>Study on food waste</header><subsection id="idB89857185C4B4D0CA991EFFC80689222"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definition of food waste</header><text>In this section, the term <quote>food waste</quote> means food waste that occurs—</text><paragraph id="id82F03F580F604F4AA83C48D67AA0EC34"><enum>(1)</enum><text>on the farm and ranch production level; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id55D96ED44F624C01B753E12F171DC58C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>before and after the harvest period.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idAFCE7ED78D8E4330AF0B78E20B86636F"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Study</header><text>The Secretary shall conduct a study to evaluate and determine—</text><paragraph id="idEC23690B0BEC43089BE991C719F54F6A"><enum>(1)</enum><text>methods of measuring food waste;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id9C9A9444D41649FD992EC9BA806E180E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>standards for the volume of food waste;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id43B2CEA6B5D542B9A111905CA48158BC"><enum>(3)</enum><text>factors that create food waste;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id765b5215bd10495d942b82fdbab83ac7"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the cost and volume of food loss of—</text><subparagraph id="idb85daf4b999a43cb896c1601971522b1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>domestic fresh food products; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id4c35547edad843f3aeb57ae27bd0ca3c"><enum>(B)</enum><text>imported fresh food products that pass import inspection but do not make it to market in the United States, consistent with article III of the GATT 1994 (as defined in section 2 of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/3501">19 U.S.C. 3501</external-xref>));</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id62183c6002e94ad383cfa00d6e2be21a"><enum>(5)</enum><text>the reason for the waste described in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of paragraph (4); and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id87d35afa5bda48d08a7719d0b8842a2b"><enum>(6)</enum><text>the potential economic value of the products described in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of paragraph (4) if the products were taken to market; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id1a7c4de068f5486683190eb5da2a9b30"><enum>(7)</enum><text>measures to ensure that programs contemplated, undertaken, or funded by the Department of Agriculture do not disrupt existing food waste recovery and disposal by commercial, marketing, or business relationships.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="id508AD7333DC94103B28C77B4D6D55695"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Initial Report</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit a report that describes the results of the study conducted under subsection (b) to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate.</text></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="id3870397FF48C485A91BA9DFC6222636E"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Annual report</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of submission of the report under subsection (c), the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate a report that describes—</text><paragraph commented="no" id="id0DA79DD8A34140BD81D3B56D3264360E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>an estimate of the quantity of food waste during the 1-year period ending on the date of submission of the report under subsection (c); and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id332c6d7ec4344dea923ce0d22baf990a"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the best practices or other recommendations that the Secretary, producers, or other stakeholders may consider to reduce food waste.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id1bd90af2ce664582bb5c10c5db98d149"><enum>12507.</enum><header>Report on business centers</header><subsection id="idFFE7AB91706942A4A1C09DC1DAE3DA76"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 365 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate a report evaluating each business center established in the Department of Agriculture.</text></subsection><subsection id="id7595BCE579E54F43A9F5D31C050C455E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Inclusions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The report under subsection (a) shall include—</text><paragraph id="id033E96E42EDB4409BC4BD80F71F6B594"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an examination of the effectiveness of each business center in carrying out its mission, including any recommendations to improve the operation of and function of any of those business centers; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id68A11D7890104E5E96A1BC32A9E99116"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an evaluation of—</text><subparagraph id="ide6e64a45214345e5a3926e0c181c2366"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the impact the business centers have on customer service of the Department of Agriculture;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id4e9bf95a65714b24b254db2b380a3682"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the impact on the annual budget for agencies the budget offices of which have been relocated to the business center, and the effectiveness of funds used to support the business centers, including an accounting of all discretionary and mandatory funding provided to the business center for conservation and farm services from—</text><clause id="id7d1c4354b17e403fa8ae9d163270661e"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the Natural Resources Conservation Service;</text></clause><clause id="ide5876586418c47c097ad5a5ae1d5a169"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the Farm Service Agency; and</text></clause><clause id="ided3455e1cc0342dfbb0dc0e304dff782"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the Risk Management Agency;</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id4efe5b4af61f417b92c0391b8c7eae47"><enum>(C)</enum><text>funding described in subparagraph (B) spent on information technology modernizations;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ide514650d5fdb43e78945e3bb76c15245"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the impact that the business centers have had on the human resources of the Department of Agriculture, including hiring;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id526649b5ef3c41c3ac0e057c2914c620"><enum>(E)</enum><text>any concerns or problems with the business centers; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id953810d0ff7740bba482c122afb48cf4"><enum>(F)</enum><text>any positive or negative impact that the business centers have had on the functionality of the Department of Agriculture.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="idc59ae77d7823470080c097bb11f3cfdb"><enum>12508.</enum><header>Information technology modernization</header><subsection id="id2bd3f939aaaa45ab806f05d9385da00f"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Comptroller General of the United States (referred to in this section as the <term>Comptroller General</term>) shall examine efforts of the Department of Agriculture —</text><paragraph id="id20dbe5631bce45b98780e6aff41ea1da"><enum>(1)</enum><text>relating to information technology for the business center established by the Secretary for the farm production and conservation activities of the Department of Agriculture; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id7b80203d05bf4a4c87c07164cd4363c6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to modernize or otherwise improve information technology for—</text><subparagraph id="id1B551D37506241C3B94D774BADF70BCC"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the Centers of Excellence of the Department of Agriculture; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id55FCAF843E48480698E5A9B56005F493"><enum>(B)</enum><text>other major information technology projects of the Department of Agriculture that have the potential to impact the ability of the Department of Agriculture to serve farmers, ranchers, and families.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id248b2a2154ee4bb2a347a411064803c1"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Reports</header><paragraph id="id9C3398D6972A4D6EA6FAA378FBF9CF6C"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Initial report</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall submit to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate an initial report or a detailed briefing on the efforts examined under subsection (a), including—</text><subparagraph id="iddaf8326c7639415193ee179d5675eb1b"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a detailed description of each ongoing or planned information technology modernization project and investment in information technology at the Department of Agriculture described in paragraph (1) or (2) of subsection (a) (referred to in this subsection as a <term>project or investment</term>);</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idc1287bf59924462cbca44f46cc195576"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the justification of the Secretary for each project or investment;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idd3473f55453d44a79d14bb3fa601be58"><enum>(C)</enum><text>a description of whether a cost-benefit analysis was completed for each project or investment identifying savings that will be achieved through the completion of the project or investment; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idf238a5a44eef4047b503925df19b507a"><enum>(D)</enum><text>a description of any concerns about the projects or investments or recommendations for improving the projects or investments.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id91540648921b425697aaea2b27d590ef"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Updates</header><text>In carrying out paragraph (1), the Comptroller General shall provide to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate regular briefings to give status updates.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id71a034e29af5498cb5d6f0931bf0877a"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Comprehensive report</header><text>Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall submit to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate a comprehensive report that reviews each project or investment, including—</text><subparagraph id="id823ba1d17649491cb7aa2dd32b53d762"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a review of any contract awards or contracting activities;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idabbe7a8f8a904d8089a04a0410e15253"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a description of any problems or inadequacies in the projects and investments; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="iddab629555119424eb7fa94a8898201a8"><enum>(C)</enum><text>any recommendations for improving the projects and investments.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id91b41bab6e0a48eba165ec161ad996c6" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>12509.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Report on personnel</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For the period of fiscal years 2019 through 2023, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate a biannual report describing the number of staff years and employees of each agency of the Department of Agriculture.</text></section><section commented="no" id="id000C74C426E84230820DBB2C74A1B5EF"><enum>12510.</enum><header>Report on absent landlords</header><subsection commented="no" id="idD5FDB3B743BE42A4AF9C5B54A6FDB10E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report describing the effects of absent landlords on the long-term economic health of agricultural production, including the effect of absent landlords on—</text><paragraph commented="no" id="id5EC93AD3CD3E471D86181C9FA88AEFF3"><enum>(1)</enum><text>land valuation;</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id703764BA81AE49CDAEA76E60F62A9891"><enum>(2)</enum><text>soil health; and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id79669FC18F5E4E488E5602DA175CCC5C"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the economic stability of rural communities.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="id65E20E59BAA24C34B5671E8600B398C5"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>The report under subsection (a) shall include—</text><paragraph commented="no" id="idDE9058679C904C04BAC75EDDB7CD9572"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a description of the positive and negative effects of an absent landlord on the land owned by the landlord, including—</text><subparagraph id="id9d43185f9848429980892dac0731fcd5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the effect of an absent landlord on the long-term value of the land; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id43f013e144fc4b47b510423d4afe2047"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the environmental and economic impact of an absent landlord on the surrounding community; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id3D21CB7BF44646F39D28453DE7C970D1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>recommendations to policymakers concerning how to mitigate those effects when necessary.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id3dd03e89f6a047c89e0022507c4da34b" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>12511.</enum><header>Restriction on use of certain poisons for predator control</header><subsection id="idae5e6120f1d546b88f5173fbd52f95ec"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Purpose</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The purpose of this section is to restrict the use of sodium cyanide to kill predatory animals given the risks posed by sodium cyanide to—</text><paragraph id="idf571ce820d2d417a8ccc031d6dc7d5e2"><enum>(1)</enum><text>public safety;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idaafd44de2c7d4cf7b4a3d7dd720d89b5"><enum>(2)</enum><text>national security;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ided520a8ca3dc4cecb8c42d192849328d"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the environment; and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id65a08ac04ae1407297ef9ee326b5b830"><enum>(4)</enum><text>persons and other animals that come into accidental contact with sodium cyanide.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id13c6eaf303ae40bb881ea038de633c76"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Prohibition</header><text>The Secretary shall use sodium cyanide in a predator control device described in subsection (c) only in accordance with Wildlife Services Directive Number 2.415 of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, dated February 27, 2018, and the implementation guidelines attached to that Directive.</text></subsection><subsection id="id53d384eae1234ee487ee27a70cda5020"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Predator control device described</header><text>A predator control device referred to in subsection (b) is—</text><paragraph id="id3a837d3104d04bb983539a063506d484"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a dispenser designed to propel sodium cyanide when activated by an animal;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id23d2077bced7459397a3425eceb8282e"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a gas cartridge or other pyrotechnic device designed to emit sodium cyanide fumes; and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd13a31c4f2504fa3851f48adb4e3f770"><enum>(3)</enum><text>any other means of dispensing sodium cyanide, including in the form of capsules, for wildlife management or other animal control purposes.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="idC250F3BADF0D4E59907844DBA1825283"><enum>12512.</enum><header>Century farms program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary shall establish a program under which the Secretary recognizes any farm that—</text><paragraph id="id0518C38F569148829C2462682EE57985"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a State department of agriculture or similar statewide agricultural organization recognizes as a Century Farm; or</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id3930BE8C115744718ACD4BA4D5FD7150"><enum>(2)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="idDE01648E2DEB4E22B9A57D6B8A347B31"><enum>(A)</enum><text>is defined as a farm or ranch under section 4284.902 of title 7, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on the date of enactment of this Act);</text></subparagraph><subparagraph changed="added" id="idF2A45A847CBE4762B9AE16B35DD075D4" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">has been in continuous operation for at least 100 years; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph changed="added" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD6182AB2943B41D2A75B8F1EBBBE847C" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">has been owned by the same family for at least 100 consecutive years, as verified through deeds, wills, abstracts, tax statements, or other similar legal documents considered appropriate by the Secretary.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="H973EFA08EC5A42EC851B70804007D5D5"><enum>12513.</enum><header>Report on the importation of live dogs</header><subsection id="idD24415364C144D83ABDD0E04B7D70B97"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of Commerce, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, and the Secretary of Homeland Security, shall submit to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate a report on the importation of live dogs into the United States.</text></subsection><subsection id="id2F4606CF46D94547A30DA332222B7A19"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>The Secretaries described in subsection (a) shall provide relevant data to complete the report submitted under subsection (a), which shall include, with respect to the importation of live dogs into the United States:</text><paragraph id="HFFC3AA847634465FB7FE2C5EDF4B627D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>An estimate of the number of live dogs imported annually, excluding personal pets.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H55105928449643AB9B124EEF86011F99"><enum>(2)</enum><text>An estimate of the number of live dogs imported for resale annually.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H39C06615636C4A6FB2815D37624A35F6"><enum>(3)</enum><text>An estimate of the number of dogs during the period covered by the report for which a request for the importation of live dogs for resale was denied because the proposed importation failed to meet the requirements of section 18 of the Animal Welfare Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2148">7 U.S.C. 2148</external-xref>).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H7F82B741D2B74296A2C5BD4BDE15357F"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Any recommendations of the Secretary for any modifications to Federal law relating to the importation of live dogs for resale that the Secretary determines to be necessary to meet the requirements of section 18 of the Animal Welfare Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2148">7 U.S.C. 2148</external-xref>).</text></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id0C071FEBEB9F4FFBB763DB71473AC575"><enum>12514.</enum><header>Establishment of technical assistance program</header><subsection id="idD16B2D596A6A4FC4B4E36A7F656DB5EB"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definition</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section, the term <term>tribally designated housing entity</term> has the meaning given the term in section 4 of the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/4103">25 U.S.C. 4103</external-xref>).</text></subsection><subsection id="idC0BEAC2163CE4B9589E1CB1ADB271173"><enum>(b)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall establish a technical assistance program to improve access by Tribal entities to rural development programs funded by the Department of Agriculture through available cooperative agreement authorities of the Secretary.</text></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4E9310950CF74AC48443DF0C07FA6309"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Technical assistance program</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The technical assistance program established under subsection (b) shall address the unique challenge of Tribal governments, Tribal producers, Tribal businesses, Tribal business entities, and tribally designated housing entities in accessing Department of Agriculture-supported rural infrastructure, rural cooperative development, rural business and industry, rural housing, and other rural development activities.</text></subsection></section><section id="idcd81f282c6fc4887b14921f66530cd30"><enum>12515.</enum><header>Promise Zones</header><subsection id="id240b25b0b5f8401a8954de32d4a17caf"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>In this section, the term <term>Tribal Promise Zone</term> means an area that—</text><paragraph id="id65f67053930b4f6b8ecf1c4cafcf39e6"><enum>(1)</enum><text>is nominated by 1 or more Indian tribes (as defined in section 4(13) of the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/4103">25 U.S.C. 4103(13)</external-xref>)) for designation as a Tribal Promise Zone (in this section referred to as a <quote>nominated zone</quote>);</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id950ceea79d2d4891ba48286cd2f4ab26"><enum>(2)</enum><text>has a continuous boundary; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idb80a4107727d449e8b9e7086203796c0"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the Secretary designates as a Tribal Promise Zone, after consultation with the Secretary of Commerce, the Secretary of Education, the Attorney General, the Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, the Secretary of Labor, the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of Transportation, and other agencies as appropriate.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idef64a865540b4f7e88364fdbbe364075"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Authorization and number of designations</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall nominate a minimum number of nominated zones, as determined by the Secretary in consultation with Indian tribes, to be designated as Tribal Promise Zones.</text></subsection><subsection id="id4e652c598bf7466488489c1b7d5d1b3f"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Period of designations</header><paragraph id="id98478037a01e4be4962c9b2d3bb8ef8e"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall designate nominated zones as Tribal Promise Zones before January 1, 2020.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id03dc26e3b50543afb8027ce78e9aa38c"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Effective dates of designations</header><text>The designation of any Tribal Promise Zone shall take effect—</text><subparagraph id="id9d8a292862da4715a73f32634cad7e4f"><enum>(A)</enum><text>for purposes of priority consideration in Federal grant programs and initiatives (other than this section), upon execution of the Tribal Promise Zone agreement with the Secretary; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id1096ed551ffc4c2e8459b99aab0f2f3e"><enum>(B)</enum><text>for purposes of this section, on January 1 of the first calendar year beginning after the date of the execution of the Tribal Promise Zone agreement.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idb29099cbc46646afb85f740fbb05c364"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Termination of designations</header><text>The designation of any Tribal Promise Zone shall end on the earlier of—</text><subparagraph id="idf8f1951fe3bf4e8c9f23a6b23b5b3054"><enum>(A)</enum><clause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id5EC72DC6A61A4760AAD294F4F28FF773"><enum>(i)</enum><text>with respect to a Tribal Promise Zone not described in paragraph (4), the end of the 10-year period beginning on the date that such designation takes effect; or</text></clause><clause changed="added" id="iddaed5d61f92f46a4a4355b0a54f57f8b" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>with respect to a Tribal Promise Zone described in paragraph (4), the end of the 10-year period beginning on the date the area was designated as a Tribal Promise Zone before the date of the enactment of this Act; or</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idbbb0503e201449eba8d16e870cb2ec69"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the date of the revocation of such designation.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id5557582213eb4e99bd0baec6c8d26d94"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Application to certain zones already designated</header><text>In the case of any area designated as a Tribal Promise Zone by the Secretary before the date of the enactment of this Act, such area shall be deemed a Tribal Promise Zone designated under this section (notwithstanding whether any such designation has been revoked before the date of the enactment of this Act) and shall reduce the number of Tribal Promise Zones remaining to be designated under paragraph (1).</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idbba2fb6228304dac9611df7e7da6810c"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Limitations on designations</header><text>No area may be designated under this section unless—</text><paragraph id="idb6ece4bc478544e18927f4d69f2da4aa"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the entities nominating the area have the authority to nominate the area of designation under this section;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idff6454e4eedd40c3b824cfa551c4f616"><enum>(2)</enum><text>such entities provide written assurances satisfactory to the Secretary that the competitiveness plan described in the application under subsection (e) for such area will be implemented and that such entities will provide the Secretary with such data regarding the economic conditions of the area (before, during, and after the area’s period of designation as a Tribal Promise Zone) as such Secretary may require; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id0e5f8d1f206249558d8f349ea2111180"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the Secretary determines that any information furnished is reasonably accurate.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id1e0d92e54e4e483d8e61a2644dd68080"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Application</header><text>No area may be designated under this section unless the application for such designation—</text><paragraph id="id71c9fb5ee28a470db7782d52fe0c406e"><enum>(1)</enum><text>demonstrates that the nominated zone satisfies the eligibility criteria described in subsection (a); and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id8e40845fd68c49e6b6889dc118d9f036"><enum>(2)</enum><text>includes a competitiveness plan that—</text><subparagraph id="ide90a91e95f294f0a9969f346087b9778"><enum>(A)</enum><text>addresses the need of the nominated zone to attract investment and jobs and improve educational opportunities;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id2d548a347fae4498b06828771cb225a2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>leverages the nominated zone’s economic strengths and outlines targeted investments to develop competitive advantages;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id25af1b6aeb1e4a41b29fa89c2fa175af"><enum>(C)</enum><text>demonstrates collaboration across a wide range of stakeholders;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idda21bd46d2e84627afe7ff52701cf963"><enum>(D)</enum><text>outlines a strategy that connects the nominated zone to drivers of regional economic growth; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id0dbdd9134c2d49e08bb7b277b16f8574"><enum>(E)</enum><text>proposes a strategy for focusing on increased access to high quality affordable housing and improved public safety.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id69401fe4806945d98b02dfaee3bb37f4"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Selection criteria</header><paragraph id="id025e5c798de941339addec80764503a4"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>From among the nominated zones eligible for designation under this section, the Secretary shall designate Tribal Promise Zones on the basis of—</text><subparagraph id="id25161bf70845461f9da09def52db24d3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the effectiveness of the competitiveness plan submitted under subsection (e) and the assurances made under subsection (d);</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id2762c23499f140759016a3eb223a75c8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>unemployment rates, poverty rates, vacancy rates, crime rates, and such other factors as the Secretary may identify, including household income, labor force participation, and educational attainment; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id40273cd39de944668a75accaedd726ee"><enum>(C)</enum><text>other criteria as determined by the Secretary.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id89460c8a7ca64e59956c479caca712f6"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Minimal standards</header><text>The Secretary may set minimal standards for the levels of unemployment and poverty that must be satisfied for designation as a Tribal Promise Zone.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id8087c48c7b8e4380a811335ed0799735"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Competitive enhancement in federal awards to tribal promise zones</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, each Federal grant program, technical assistance, and capacity-building competitive funding application opportunity, made available under any appropriations law in effect for a year in which the designation of a Tribal Promise Zones is in effect, shall provide preference points or priority special consideration to each application which advances the specific objectives of a Tribal Promise Zones competitiveness plan described in subsection (e) if the project or activity to be funded includes specific and definable services or benefits that will be delivered to residents of a Tribal Economic Opportunity Area.</text></subsection></section><section id="id85C3E8D1B54D46828522206D970F2C80"><enum>12516.</enum><header>Precision agriculture connectivity</header><subsection id="id040B3AAD07CC409CB93C561B301B8744"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Findings</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Congress finds the following:</text><paragraph id="idbc9b49ea583f4887950856ef6c58d182"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Precision agriculture technologies and practices allow farmers to significantly increase crop yields, eliminate overlap in operations, and reduce inputs such as seed, fertilizer, pesticides, water, and fuel.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id0142a585f5324f2d8b6406e72d3d882b"><enum>(2)</enum><text>These technologies allow farmers to collect data in real time about their fields, automate field management, and maximize resources.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ida23860d0396d4cfd9c8998d187cbbb84"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Studies estimate that precision agriculture technologies can reduce agricultural operation costs by up to 25 dollars per acre and increase farm yields by up to 70 percent by 2050.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id7b6e6be2d18248608766c74cb636b221"><enum>(4)</enum><text>The critical cost savings and productivity benefits of precision agriculture cannot be realized without the availability of reliable broadband Internet access service delivered to the agricultural land of the United States.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id90ed2047f0b9484da40185443b7844d2"><enum>(5)</enum><text>The deployment of broadband Internet access service to unserved agricultural land is critical to the United States economy and to the continued leadership of the United States in global food production.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id890980326fa6405391c58a3db52ddf3d"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Despite the growing demand for broadband Internet access service on agricultural land, broadband Internet access service is not consistently available where needed for agricultural operations.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idf9ea018d3eb745b98871f32241f26e47"><enum>(7)</enum><text>The Federal Communications Commission has an important role to play in the deployment of broadband Internet access service on unserved agricultural land to promote precision agriculture.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id85728EAF3F344CB0970552CB4C772671"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Task force</header><paragraph id="idB52FA96B946F42F0859F8FB7FBD8C4AE"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this subsection—</text><subparagraph commented="no" id="idAE13DD0CBAB349DD9509B8A1A51F816D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the term <term>broadband Internet access service</term> has the meaning given the term in section 8.2 of title 47, Code of Federal Regulations, or any successor regulation;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id58861745AD374CA8ABD744C181743103"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the term <term>Commission</term> means the Federal Communications Commission;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idB4E0A0916E504914889399B9A2D9BF76"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the term <term>Department</term> means the Department of Agriculture; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id9AD2225016BF46BE8C0AE77A2EBD348E"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the term <term>Task Force</term> means the Task Force for Reviewing the Connectivity and Technology Needs of Precision Agriculture in the United States established under paragraph (2).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idC8A03D1995EA44349A30CBE8D8B0F6CF"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Commission shall establish the Task Force for Reviewing the Connectivity and Technology Needs of Precision Agriculture in the United States.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id96EB7EEDDDA84E439E5CCFBB1764F682"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Duties</header><subparagraph id="id2BDFF022B2FE4B2C924DD9AB6A8FE5EC"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Task Force shall consult with the Secretary, or a designee of the Secretary, and collaborate with public and private stakeholders in the agriculture and technology fields to—</text><clause id="id299d2e6475104ad4b8c79a652eb6c3af"><enum>(i)</enum><text>identify and measure current gaps in the availability of broadband Internet access service on agricultural land;</text></clause><clause id="id0CB83B3BEEE24ABB8A372B9AB3120015"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>develop policy recommendations to promote the rapid, expanded deployment of broadband Internet access service on unserved agricultural land, with a goal of achieving reliable capabilities on 95 percent of agricultural land in the United States by 2025;</text></clause><clause id="idc83690b11e6647ef98cb1136965d41e4"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>promote effective policy and regulatory solutions that encourage the adoption of broadband Internet access service on farms and ranches and promote precision agriculture;</text></clause><clause id="ide0206069760346aa902fc85d4432d913"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>recommend specific new rules or amendments to existing rules of the Commission that the Commission should issue to achieve the goals and purposes of the policy recommendations described in clause (ii);</text></clause><clause id="id9770f3b89753493e85f9b2d23860d5b2"><enum>(v)</enum><text>recommend specific steps that the Commission should take to obtain reliable and standardized data measurements of the availability of broadband Internet access service as may be necessary to target funding support, from future programs of the Commission dedicated to the deployment of broadband Internet access service, to unserved agricultural land in need of broadband Internet access service; and</text></clause><clause id="id2d22bcdfa7184d56a53e9126274c68a9"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>recommend specific steps that the Commission should consider to ensure that the expertise of the Secretary and available farm data are reflected in future programs of the Commission dedicated to the infrastructure deployment of broadband Internet access service and to direct available funding to unserved agricultural land where needed.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id48200db407b045ae915b589e9ff26922"><enum>(B)</enum><header>No duplicate data reporting</header><text>In performing the duties of the Commission under subparagraph (A), the Commission shall ensure that no provider of broadband Internet access service is required to report data to the Commission that is, on the day before the date of enactment of this Act, required to be reported by the provider of broadband Internet access service.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id72209e4f4d7246baafba40a3486b8de2"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Hold harmless</header><text>The Task Force and the Commission shall not interpret the phrase <quote>future programs of the Commission</quote>, as used in clauses (v) and (vi) of subparagraph (A), to include the universal service programs of the Commission established under section 254 of the Communications Act of 1934 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/47/254">47 U.S.C. 254</external-xref>).</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idE06417C354264E05908805CDC9F64EB8"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Consultation</header><text>The Secretary, or a designee of the Secretary, shall explain and make available to the Task Force the expertise, data mapping information, and resources of the Department that the Department uses to identify cropland, ranchland, and other areas with agricultural operations that may be helpful in developing the recommendations required under subparagraph (A).</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id30D824C356204F5C9C6E8B543FC0271D"><enum>(E)</enum><header>List of available Federal programs and resources</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary and the Commission shall jointly submit to the Task Force a list of all Federal programs or resources available for the expansion of broadband Internet access service on unserved agricultural land to assist the Task Force in carrying out the duties of the Task Force.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id48935493EBC74B8D942326BDED6434C1"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Membership</header><subparagraph commented="no" id="id2735FCFEEED444F59EF5C96E3EDEE722"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Task Force shall be—</text><clause commented="no" id="id0FD211DC11CE47DD9C7838B7E7D28B28"><enum>(i)</enum><text>composed of not more than 15 voting members who shall—</text><subclause commented="no" id="id5CD8A19F22034C9286E2070CB938E2F7"><enum>(I)</enum><text>be selected by the Chairman of the Commission; and</text></subclause><subclause commented="no" id="idC84A6CF255C04D80810779FD200FCABE"><enum>(II)</enum><text>include—</text><item commented="no" id="id26673B7A33A741A1A35E45456AF3323D"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>agricultural producers representing diverse geographic regions and farm sizes, including owners and operators of farms of less than 100 acres;</text></item><item commented="no" id="id0BE071F504C14D1ABE311BAF75D72675"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>an agricultural producer representing tribal agriculture;</text></item><item id="id84f8f557347842c68683dfca8fac69ab"><enum>(cc)</enum><text>Internet service providers, including regional or rural fixed and mobile broadband Internet access service providers and telecommunications infrastructure providers;</text></item><item id="id593381FB4BE5460580E2C63307CC310B"><enum>(dd)</enum><text>representatives from the electric cooperative industry;</text></item><item id="id6aae4ad023fe47ccb58cdedf62b5c47a"><enum>(ee)</enum><text>representatives from the satellite industry;</text></item><item id="ida6e11e3f95d34bcbb777182ebe41bb4d"><enum>(ff)</enum><text>representatives from precision agriculture equipment manufacturers, including drone manufacturers, manufacturers of autonomous agricultural machinery, and manufacturers of farming robotics technologies; and</text></item><item id="id1898a29e68f346bd845379ff9049fabd"><enum>(gg)</enum><text>representatives from State and local governments; and</text></item></subclause></clause><clause commented="no" id="idC2843C297635484395A694EC5607E6B1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>fairly balanced in terms of technologies, points of view, and fields represented on the Task Force.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ided7a04d742e1481a99ea1b89e2db43d5"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Period of appointment; vacancies</header><clause id="ided85f46a0ac04bd5825939ebd999eebb"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>A member of the Committee appointed under subparagraph (A)(i) shall serve for a single term of 2 years.</text></clause><clause id="id99de6630eac143e6b9153a8030cdce8b"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Vacancies</header><text>Any vacancy in the Task Force—</text><subclause id="id8b003d2a369c4861bdc10be4654f6a31"><enum>(I)</enum><text>shall not affect the powers of the Task Force; and</text></subclause><subclause id="id9b2f45aee9794a12aa26193ce6545648"><enum>(II)</enum><text>shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id1B23B004F9184B5F825AEA37BC2AFADB"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Ex-officio member</header><text>The Secretary, or a designee of the Secretary, shall serve as an ex-officio, nonvoting member of the Task Force.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id301B4163276B4784AF3A83DEE2045E02"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Reports</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date on which the Commission establishes the Task Force, and annually thereafter, the Task Force shall submit to the Chairman of the Commission a report, which shall be made public not later than 30 days after the date on which the Chairman receives the report, that details—</text><subparagraph id="id34ADCA330B494B27A3E4E10C1A2D9474"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the status of fixed and mobile broadband Internet access service coverage of agricultural land;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id2273A396B9304A6CA7A7BA42C5BAE4C6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the projected future connectivity needs of agricultural operations, farmers, and ranchers; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idA5A583F0104244F49BA6180761D8E095"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the steps being taken to accurately measure the availability of broadband Internet access service on agricultural land and the limitations of current, as of the date of the report, measurement processes.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id13820121E2ED42F2865181F8A4DEFB6A"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Termination</header><text>The Commission shall renew the Task Force every 2 years until the Task Force terminates on January 1, 2025.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id2617cc81de4e4a20bbc46aac9699f2b5"><enum>12517.</enum><header>Improved soil moisture and precipitation monitoring</header><subsection id="idD399B930381542FD85275B03FF665452"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Improved soil moisture monitoring</header><paragraph id="idA425B7BCCEDB4D218C5E37EDCFA625D0"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall develop and implement a strategy to improve the accuracy of the United States Drought Monitor through increased geographic resolution of rural in-situ soil moisture profile observation or other soil moisture profile measuring devices, as the Secretary considers appropriate.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id8b5be51538344ac0b1989ba44cc5b77d"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Implementation</header><subparagraph id="id298E8058649B4BD2A010640117C100C3"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>In implementing the strategy required by paragraph (1), the Secretary shall prioritize adding soil moisture profile stations in States described in subparagraph (B) so that the number of drought monitoring stations is increased to an average of 1 soil moisture profile station per 1,250 square miles in each State described in subparagraph (B) or by 50 stations in each State described in subparagraph (B), whichever is less.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idB6A8B1783BCB46FBAFFDD3991378B02E"><enum>(B)</enum><header>States described</header><text>A State described in this paragraph is a State that has experienced D3 (extreme drought) or D4 (exceptional drought) (as defined by the United States Drought Monitor) within any 6 months during the period beginning on January 1, 2016, and ending on the date of the enactment of this Act.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id46799e1652c84c6b806dc31d2e9ca852"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Coordination</header><text>In carrying out this subsection, the Secretary may coordinate with other Federal agencies, State and local governments, and non-Federal entities that collaborate with the United States Drought Monitor.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id4ed2d3af5495474998e43bdb7bb91774"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Cost-effectiveness</header><text>In carrying out this subsection, the Secretary shall consider cost-effective solutions to maximize the efficiency and accuracy of the United States Drought Monitor.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ida351848af642440d875b2a72dedc70e8"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 through 2023 to carry out this subsection.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id46c5bcc675ed4774bf0d12c8ce346d3f"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Standards for integrating citizen science into drought models</header><paragraph id="id3A8DB6ECC14840B8AC28223C6242C8FD"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall—</text><subparagraph id="id796D2473AC3E43EDA553ABD6F8748E2B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>develop a set of standards for integration of data derived from citizen science (as defined in the Crowdsourcing and Citizen Science Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/3724">15 U.S.C. 3724</external-xref>)) into the United States Drought Monitor models, including data relating to—</text><clause id="id012f83075a5a47b893e54ba6b5c8f38a"><enum>(i)</enum><text>location and spacing of monitoring stations;</text></clause><clause id="idb55fa6a1e36a492b9b682f7c096b1ddc"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>data quality standards;</text></clause><clause id="idd2d3832ac36646bc9448648715936b55"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>incorporation of data from commercially available weather stations;</text></clause><clause id="id0bfc4e24bf1a42c1b2da0e0e56716cee"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>standardized procedures for autonomous integration of data;</text></clause><clause id="id43515bd19e5441278285e58e8e23ec79"><enum>(v)</enum><text>streamlining of data entry methods; and</text></clause><clause id="idF30AEF99CDA048BF95A12241BBA47F87"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>reasonable metadata fields; and</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idBE30964751544F06B141E2A45624D07E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>develop a set of consistent standards for soil moisture data collection based on equipment that is readily available, including standards relating to—</text><clause id="idFA750232AB9A4DC981BCA142D7EB937F"><enum>(i)</enum><text>acceptable error ranges;</text></clause><clause id="id50AAAD07200141BF87599ED38C91C7CA"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>sensor installation procedures;</text></clause><clause id="id3520F25BE28242C8B981F333B4CFAD38"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>manufacturers of soil moisture probes;</text></clause><clause id="idD57A942EE0BD4A7A9E4E27A3A5906004"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>calibration methodology;</text></clause><clause id="id7AC068C1D3A44E4995189F5B763E6786"><enum>(v)</enum><text>metadata fields; and</text></clause><clause id="id072BD10A9D6E459AB59E4691CA80D167"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>soil descriptions.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id9DE9C356AB6945B9B3471A777AE4FDE8"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Inclusion of data from Cooperative Observer Program</header><text>For purposes of paragraph (1)(A), data derived from citizen science includes data from the Cooperative Observer Program of the National Weather Service.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id46654570965b4e47a033a6af50e9d13e"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Requirement for elements of Department of Agriculture to use the same monitoring data</header><paragraph id="idaa20b3e86ede4064b1a7b84d14beec5e"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>To be consistent with assistance provided under the livestock forage disaster program established under section 1501(c) of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/9081">7 U.S.C. 9081(c)</external-xref>) and a policy or plan of insurance established under the Federal Crop Insurance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1501">7 U.S.C. 1501</external-xref> et seq.) for producers of livestock commodities the source of feedstock of which is pasture, rangeland, and forage, and the annual establishment of grazing rates, as applicable, on Forest Service grasslands and other applicable land, the Secretary shall use the United States Drought Monitor, in-situ soil moisture profile monitoring stations described in subsection (a), data from the Cooperative Observer Program described in subsection (b)(2), and any other applicable data to determine and establish grazing loss assistance and grazing rates, as applicable.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id7ca7ce0c95c24c9ab1518cfcfe10709c"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Coordination</header><text>In carrying out this subsection, the Secretary may coordinate with—</text><subparagraph id="id0E8F0D9C3242484AB3A5E31D63B5405C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>other Federal agencies, State and local governments, and non-Federal entities that collaborate with the United States Drought Monitor; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id74F2831BBC0140B4B313742B19F87D25"><enum>(B)</enum><text>other Federal and non-Federal entities involved in collecting data on precipitation and soil monitoring.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idcf5698c8f65c4b8fb147f205baf81dd8"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Cost-effectiveness</header><text>In carrying out this subsection, the Secretary shall consider cost-effective solutions to maximize the efficiency and accuracy of the data utilized to determine eligibility for assistance under the programs specified in paragraph (1).</text></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id7db83efec1fc4de49e8a7fd95308c4ec"><enum>12518.</enum><header>Study of marketplace fraud of traditional foods and Tribal seeds</header><subsection id="ida1c35307d7e04039930536ecd9bc17d1"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct a study on—</text><paragraph id="ide0e48227ee5e4bf6ae8a46f7d0bea9f5"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the market impact of traditional foods, Tribally produced products, and products that use traditional foods;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ideb55ae5e1cc84521934ff080c495e6d2"><enum>(2)</enum><text>fraudulent foods that mimic traditional foods or Tribal seeds that are available in the commercial marketplace as of the date of enactment of this Act;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id3520da6f93f14416a6d80769825a55c6"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the means by which authentic traditional foods and Tribally produced foods might be protected against the impact of fraudulent foods in the marketplace; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id84b551cfa8fa40deb21ab6be1a916f44"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the availability and long-term viability of Tribal seeds, including an analysis of the storage, cultivation, harvesting, and commercialization of Tribal seeds.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idb382f10414194300b60fcc43ec14e4d5"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Inclusions</header><text>The study conducted under subsection (a) shall include—</text><paragraph id="idEFC86E507C084D3580D51DD38D465D74"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a consideration of the circumstances under which fraudulent foods in the marketplace occur; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idA70DCF87D43B4698907282734DE83181"><enum>(2)</enum><text>an analysis of Federal laws, including intellectual property laws and trademark laws, that might offer protections for Tribal seeds and traditional foods and against fraudulent foods.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id22542df6524e4e1d9dbd744ed5936157"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than 60 days after the date of completion of the study, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit a report describing the results of the study under this section to—</text><paragraph id="id195b702c68734dcc9e213aa964eb5ba5"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id08ade13f67ef49458e3a510bebaa1db7"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idddb24ec4c94b4a5ebe47ce7943b15c2d"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id7f0ee53f407a46448ef72975b7a5e2b0"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate; and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id879062d5798c4ee4abd619e55e86418f"><enum>(5)</enum><text>the Committee on Indian Affairs of the Senate.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idc0bdfdac7b1a438c909a6e5b9823f1f9"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Privacy of information</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Comptroller General of the United States shall protect sensitive Tribal information gained through the study conducted under subsection (a), including information about Indian sacred places.</text></subsection></section><section id="idB4094572B3C144A9B00B38567ACB5B1A"><enum>12519.</enum><header>Dairy business innovation initiatives</header><subsection id="idA832B9CEBF394ED885ED146C9EA96617"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text><paragraph id="idFFCE093E7EF149E2B2F175516A80FE44"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Dairy business</header><text>The term <term>dairy business</term> means a business that develops, produces, markets, or distributes dairy products.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idF4A61344F9D54409B5DBCBD115E165CE"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Initiative</header><text>The term <term>initiative</term> means a dairy product and business innovation initiative established under subsection (b).</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idD1157463A91D4DCE93693AB7DF1137BA"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>The Secretary, acting through the Administrator of the Agricultural Marketing Service, shall establish not less than 3 regionally located dairy product and business innovation initiatives for the purposes of—</text><paragraph id="id55E68C8C9389450B9ED05B248808ED61"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">encouraging the use of regional milk production;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id1DC8306DF98C4960BEB423D93E207CC8"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">creating higher-value uses for dairy products;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id084C1F3CD0EA4588A02AB74FCE43E347"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">promoting business development that diversifies farmer income through processing and marketing innovation;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id7C6B491D87364035957E078C7AE551CF"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">diversifying dairy product markets to reduce risk; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id52F8416CB1C04786B701A66C84168CC6"><enum>(5)</enum><text>leveraging Federal resources by encouraging entities that host initiatives and partners of those entities to provide matching funds.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id69d983b9ba14444f88745aebf36b62af"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Selection of initiatives</header><text>An initiative—</text><paragraph id="id895246ebe2204928a05066575ff17b41"><enum>(1)</enum><text>shall be located in a region with a history of dairy farming;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id3a554c01044740e995e6672faaa0ebc1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>shall be positioned to draw on existing dairy industry resources, including research capacity, academic and industry expertise, a density of dairy farms or farmland suitable for dairying, and dairy businesses;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id8eeafb48b93d47b996f2c02ba6a01ad0"><enum>(3)</enum><text>may serve a certain product niche, such as artisanal cheese, or serve dairy businesses with dairy products derived from a specific type of dairy animal, including dairy products made from cow milk, sheep milk, and goat milk; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id33ec628a82e74ce0b3f23cb3cc99ea16"><enum>(4)</enum><text>shall serve dairy businesses in other regions.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ide068d562bdda4f4bbc16732d404c6021"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Entities eligible to host initiative</header><paragraph id="id0EC5D01DA6224FF2A9915B5601E8C31E"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Any of the following entities may submit to the Secretary an application to host an initiative:</text><subparagraph id="id76aff0f05fef4d3d8188652f11161f13"><enum>(A)</enum><text>A State department of agriculture or other State entity.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id4a845813c5244645a1348f94d695917d"><enum>(B)</enum><text>A nonprofit entity with capacity to provide consultation, expertise, and grant distribution and tracking.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idcf6ab484fc124c32bf5fc031658039d4"><enum>(C)</enum><text>An institution of higher education.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ida00f8bbadf1245149ec63f5aab8ab7cd"><enum>(D)</enum><text>A cooperative extension service.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ide36ca8ca1a9046c7ba452093154a3046"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Partners</header><text>An entity described in paragraph (1) may establish partners prior to the submission of the application under that paragraph, or add partners in consultation with the Secretary, which may include organizations or entities with expertise or experience in dairy, including the marketing, research, education, or promotion of dairy.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id20efd33e89ed48bebc67f7c38128c432"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Activities of initiatives</header><paragraph id="id5173e8916a9d4e61a29c917a9ef3936d"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Direct assistance to dairy businesses</header><text>An initiative shall provide nonmonetary assistance to dairy businesses in accordance with the following:</text><subparagraph id="id4e87b3992f934de09198b53e31d3d983"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Provision of direct assistance</header><text>Assistance may be provided directly to dairy businesses in a private consultation or through widely available distribution, and may be provided—</text><clause id="id10f71f8a227a4ce4bbc6ee11cc4afd63"><enum>(i)</enum><text>directly by the entity that hosts the initiative under subsection (d)(1);</text></clause><clause id="iddb903f6ea1554aa884cb69790f668427"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>through contracting with industry experts;</text></clause><clause id="id7ff72f7b032e452a8362ecb0a223bf54"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>through the provision of technical assistance, such as informational websites, webinars, conferences, trainings, plant tours, and field days; and</text></clause><clause id="ida5642d8f7ba543c7a8f70078b3f2eab6"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>through research institutions, including cooperative extension services.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id1dfb82db40674a39806e5f25a5044c47"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Types of assistance</header><text>Eligible forms of assistance include—</text><clause id="id63a4440112534f949aaa09b311bf49dd"><enum>(i)</enum><text>business consulting, including business plan development for processed dairy products;</text></clause><clause id="id6194e9c43274408f9f56473ac8a511a1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>accounting and financial literacy training;</text></clause><clause id="id8d25cc3084f940a5938293f230ac3838"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>market evaluation;</text></clause><clause id="idaa469668d10b430eb9c043592c58abe8"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>strategic planning assistance;</text></clause><clause id="idd504fd1a1f554df688e487aae6c6aef4"><enum>(v)</enum><text>product innovation, including relating to value-added products;</text></clause><clause id="idd04e313c63da403d8ecc2f366ac86bb1"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>marketing and branding assistance, including market messaging, consumer assessments, and evaluation of regional, national, and international markets;</text></clause><clause id="idA7AA485D68CE4670BFFE7A21B27BDAE0"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>innovation in emerging market opportunities, including agritourism, and marketing communication methods;</text></clause><clause id="id153330570a99495d8e98741d72c8d5ea"><enum>(viii)</enum><text>packaging, distribution, and supply chain innovation;</text></clause><clause id="id4ff34be6b15d4b01bcd62b2020b7720f"><enum>(ix)</enum><text>dairy product production training, including in new, rare, or innovative techniques;</text></clause><clause id="id0B220B4F74AD48EB94855E4543D6730E"><enum>(x)</enum><text>innovation in byproduct reprocessing and use maximization; and</text></clause><clause id="id25db38fe1cd44b04999159278c1b35ea"><enum>(xi)</enum><text>other non-monetary assistance, as determined by the Secretary.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id8a31f8490b354b77a35a61a67607a428"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Grants to dairy businesses</header><subparagraph id="id5853A80FB9C64668BF6A99BA0F397DFF"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>An initiative shall provide grants for new and existing dairy businesses for the purposes of—</text><clause id="id6760cb809f9640d69c75b1aee5c08cad"><enum>(i)</enum><text>modernization, specialization, and grazing transition on dairy farms;</text></clause><clause id="id95cb6298e72142f9a021ae73bc7715c0"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>value chain and commodity innovation and facility and process updates for dairy processors; and</text></clause><clause id="id5ed10814be6b4988bad1247b3d0bcbfe"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>product development, packaging, and marketing of dairy products.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id4968e4973b074a789052c8735afbd281"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Grants</header><text>An initiative shall provide grants under subparagraph (A)—</text><clause id="id9ab0fa349ba548138eed5232587d7e9a"><enum>(i)</enum><text>on a competitive basis, with opportunities to apply for funding available on a rolling basis; and</text></clause><clause id="id614a48d9a6044f96a71f3b512d9a6b0a"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>to an entity that receives assistance under paragraph (1) to advance the business activities recommended as a result of that assistance.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idC288BB7963044794B8582C277DFB316B"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Consultation</header><text>An entity that hosts an initiative shall consult with the Secretary and the Administrator of the Agricultural Marketing Service in carrying out the initiative.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idD72756E6510B4F3393B48B00B23979C6"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Conflict of interest</header><clause id="id0D91F7CEF2BB40628ED4F6D8DAF17698"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall establish guidelines and procedures to prevent any conflict of interest or the appearance of a conflict of interest by an initiative (including a partner of the initiative) during the grant selection process under subparagraph (B)(i).</text></clause><clause id="id3DE8F776AB9A4CEFB02CA82B403ABE12"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Penalty</header><text>The Secretary may suspend or terminate an initiative if the initiative or a partner of the initiative is found to be in violation of the guidelines and procedures established under clause (i).</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idd8348166e4dd4c3681ba0c6c8f1d1379"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Distribution of funds</header><paragraph id="id2c630e60d6164d2ebe2f71c837f8febd"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Of the funds made available to carry out this section, the Secretary shall provide not less than 3 awards to eligible entities described in subsection (d)(1) for the purposes of carrying out the activities under subsection (e).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id0d292c5e2597408cab63c5027d2e1e41"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Multiyear funding</header><text>The Secretary is encouraged—</text><subparagraph id="id261064FF72754E9ABA42151615A4A6CC"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to award funds under paragraph (1) in multiyear funding allocations; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id3F21127F6F7F4E10911B77AC99F50444"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to require frequent reporting, as appropriate.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id9ae912daed9f41caa28ffe2be2b0c883"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Use of funds</header><subparagraph id="idF33D880B6E5A46EE8B55C58BD239D53B"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The funds awarded to an eligible entity under paragraph (1) may be used—</text><clause id="id699025b5266140c2abfd297a61474acc"><enum>(i)</enum><text>for program administration of an initiative, including staff costs; and</text></clause><clause id="idb92b7570f7d4464d838457cb9d984ae5"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>for workshops or other informational sessions that—</text><subclause id="id7759BBBB0DE1457DBD46D36F5F42D807"><enum>(I)</enum><text>directly benefit dairy businesses and entrepreneurs; or</text></subclause><subclause id="id092AA51F9F2E46FF932A301009C81D23"><enum>(II)</enum><text>enhance the capacity of providers of technical assistance to dairy businesses.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ide9e8af303d1b420c926fc814ccffa33d"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Allocation</header><text>Not less than 50 percent of the funds made available under subsection (h) shall be allocated to grants under subsection (e)(2).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id4862a322f32949e5be90849f248afe66"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Priority</header><text>An entity hosting an initiative shall give priority to the provision of direct assistance under subsection (e)(1) and grants under subsection (e)(2) to—</text><subparagraph id="id9f8549872cbb436fa9685a650ab69c43"><enum>(A)</enum><text>dairy farms and dairy businesses with limited access to other forms of assistance;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id5c796a6d942542a3b1e2c52e5f329ce0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>employee-owned dairy businesses;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id7a2a0a9aba494d1b9133f7df2bf97f2c"><enum>(C)</enum><text>cooperatives;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id4274cd1d30fc43ca95ff6955cb5eac6d"><enum>(D)</enum><text>dairy businesses that establish contracting mechanisms that return profits to farmers who supply their milk;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id4dc288f245bf47d896df6482e19bde36"><enum>(E)</enum><text>dairy businesses that, in addition to salary and wage compensation, return profits to employees; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id752e87b352584f718846134d2f4cf769"><enum>(F)</enum><text>dairy businesses that seek to create dairy products that add substantial value in processing or marketing, such as specialty cheeses.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idfa9099a6057b4845aa98d65802fc5ac1"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Requirement</header><text>In the case of direct assistance under subsection (e)(1) or a grant under subsection (e)(2) that is provided to a specific dairy business and does not benefit the general public, as determined by the Secretary, the assistance or grant shall exclusively be available to dairy businesses owned in the United States.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id926126b78bf44089bb98d3f8a340c69b"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Supplementation</header><text>To the extent practicable, the Secretary shall ensure that funds provided to an initiative supplement, and do not duplicate or replace, existing dairy product research, development, and promotion activities.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id6ea4f8b7004f44df93050ddb74c434ac"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Reporting</header><paragraph id="idbad9cf06c70047c3ad45159793b2bb3f"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report describing the implementation of this section.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ideda181b724994811a25044f13e3f5da8"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Innovation reports</header><text>The Secretary, in coordination with the Chief Economist, shall publish an annual report on the impact of initiatives carried out under this section on—</text><subparagraph id="idEB427EB5218F46F7B9AEBB4D60E8313C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>innovation in dairy products;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id5F593570A959417ABD50EF5B91AA06B4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>product development under the program under this section;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id60178CFF0DF24D59A355079619594E0F"><enum>(C)</enum><text>growth areas for dairy product development; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id288C834D6C1C439AB2F9CC37072EF7FB"><enum>(D)</enum><text>barriers inhibiting majority member-owned domestic dairy firms from—</text><clause id="idAFA9E06C975D43EF96339BDE6E93C248"><enum>(i)</enum><text>updating capacity;</text></clause><clause id="id81651B409CC8495B99B3008A81092F65"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>performing competitively in the marketplace; and</text></clause><clause id="idD87EAFED68924A6288DCDEDC791E5583"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>returning gains to members or reinvesting the gains in ways that benefit the long-term financial stability of the majority member-owned domestic dairy firm and the members of that firm.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id72ae190ff4434785b18f09c055d7e568"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $20,000,000 for each fiscal year.</text></subsection></section><section id="id384A7D4F7A3341F09874346DD6BEFE47"><enum>12520.</enum><header>Report on funding for the National Institute of Food and Agriculture and other extension programs</header><subsection id="id966B358E5DDC4CB1B34C312A82F32ED6"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 2 years after the date on which the census of agriculture required to be conducted in calendar year 2017 under section 2 of the Census of Agriculture Act of 1997 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2204g">7 U.S.C. 2204g</external-xref>) is released, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate a report that describes the funding necessary to adequately address the needs of the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, activities carried out under the Smith-Lever Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/341">7 U.S.C. 341</external-xref> et seq.), and research and extension programs carried out at an 1890 Institution (as defined in section 2 of the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/7601">7 U.S.C. 7601</external-xref>)) or an institution designated under the Act of July 2, 1862 (commonly known as the <quote>First Morrill Act</quote>) (12 Stat. 503, chapter 130; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/301">7 U.S.C. 301</external-xref> et seq.), to provide adequate services for the growth and development of the economies of rural communities based on the changing demographic in the rural and farming communities in the various States.</text></subsection><subsection id="id9BBB8E9545A14C40982CF39D2F572CEA"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>In preparing the report under subsection (a), the Secretary shall focus on the funding needs of the programs described in subsection (a) with respect to carrying out activities relating to small and diverse farms and ranches, veteran farmers and ranchers, value-added agriculture, direct-to-consumer sales, and specialty crops.</text></subsection></section><section id="id85a9ff9d2ee24e1fa9438d7e24353670"><enum>12521.</enum><header>Prohibition on slaughter of dogs and cats for human consumption</header><subsection id="id6b33329f30f84b81bd738a69d87f321b"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Except as provided in subsection (c), no person may—</text><paragraph id="id31519f3c064944d8afe9b3e2d10f9acc"><enum>(1)</enum><text>knowingly slaughter a dog or cat for human consumption; or</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id0f7883220ae04c4eab99c747dd91c015"><enum>(2)</enum><text>knowingly ship, transport, move, deliver, receive, possess, purchase, sell, or donate—</text><subparagraph id="ida16edc18490d41079837836548d95165"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a dog or cat to be slaughtered for human consumption; or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id3776e05730f54efe991c0551da67cb5b"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a dog or cat part for human consumption.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idadc9a6726d9942b1ab23b8c7fae333a4"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Scope</header><text>Subsection (a) shall apply only with respect to conduct—</text><paragraph id="id2d98d53f207b4c9fb8d63355331f3afd"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in interstate commerce or foreign commerce; or</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id1ba34dee16de4f169160dd3b4cc77b72"><enum>(2)</enum><text>within the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ida5881acf82d74e16bf18277d47cd5005"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Exception for Indian Tribes</header><text>The prohibition in subsection (a) shall not apply to an Indian (as defined in section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/5304">25 U.S.C. 5304</external-xref>)) carrying out any activity described in subsection (a) for the purpose of a religious ceremony.</text></subsection><subsection id="id9edcc0819d1e4973b99165f6d765938f"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Penalty</header><text>Any person who violates subsection (a) shall be subject to a fine in an amount not greater than $5,000 for each violation.</text></subsection><subsection id="id9dc25e9039ec43c1bb55acd033f993e0"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Effect on State law</header><text>Nothing in this section—</text><paragraph id="id1ee9857e95c941f0a3050fbd81bd3365"><enum>(1)</enum><text>limits any State or local law or regulation protecting the welfare of animals; or</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id117afad35e714b408bf4496857b21788"><enum>(2)</enum><text>prevents a State or unit of local government from adopting and enforcing an animal welfare law or regulation that is more stringent than this section.</text></paragraph></subsection></section></subtitle><subtitle id="idE02DBE5E43C84944AA408BA68189AD1A" style="OLC"><enum>F</enum><header>General Provisions</header><section id="H4E53295ED8C648C18FCA6450AF42B801" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>12601.</enum><header>Expedited exportation of certain species</header><subsection id="id7948DBFE3798456981FE9B5107A1AF2C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (referred to in this section as the <quote>Director</quote>) shall issue a proposed rule to amend section 14.92 of title 50, Code of Federal Regulations, to establish expedited procedures relating to the export permission requirements of section 9(d)(1) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1538">16 U.S.C. 1538(d)(1)</external-xref>) for fish or wildlife described in subsection (c).</text></subsection><subsection id="id5409B9A40323412F8A276D2BF76FDCD5"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Exemptions</header><paragraph id="id5FA5CA26D2CA40C2A974FD7ECC7D7427"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>As part of the rulemaking under subsection (a), subject to paragraph (2), the Director may provide an exemption from the requirement to procure—</text><subparagraph id="id7749CE6099FB4325995EAF8D63475AEC"><enum>(A)</enum><text>permission under section 9(d)(1) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1538">16 U.S.C. 1538(d)(1)</external-xref>); or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idD4E26AF1940445EAA53F3DC74D1D5C42"><enum>(B)</enum><text>an export license under subpart I of part 14 of title 50, Code of Federal Regulations.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id3873D218FF874889B995B04C0738CE85"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Limitations</header><text>The Director shall not provide an exemption under paragraph (1)—</text><subparagraph id="id67AB8932E4C34E298EF0B8D23B292AD0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>unless the Director determines that the exemption will not have a negative impact on the conservation of the species that is the subject of the exemption; or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id087ACA77A35D43008EE0CEE68E357985"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to an entity that has been convicted of a violation of a Federal law relating to the importation, transportation, or exportation of wildlife during a period of not less than 5 years ending on the date on which the entity applies for exemption under paragraph (1).</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id84743FAC2AF4478EAF5E3E211DECCF0D"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Covered fish or wildlife</header><text>The fish or wildlife referred to in subsection (a) are the species commonly known as sea urchins and sea cucumbers (including any product of a sea urchin or sea cucumber) that—</text><paragraph id="idD9106D1DB228481B8535A927C49C342F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>do not require a permit under part 16, 17, or 23 of title 50, Code of Federal Regulations;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idD5BCB29881494E4C8C69D267625775A7"><enum>(2)</enum><text>are harvested in waters under the jurisdiction of the United States; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id12EABAA5F3B84AA793E0D97CC6CEF51F"><enum>(3)</enum><text>are exported for purposes of human or animal consumption.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id987e91ba69c440859750e529d2e98b85"><enum>12602.</enum><header>Baiting of migratory game birds</header><subsection id="idBB3EED9617894FDD840C2039E4D662A8"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2B0B08048B594D879D4E3C6F923FFBCE"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Normal agricultural operation</header><text>The term <term>normal agricultural operation</term> has the meaning given the term in section 20.11 of title 50, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on the date of enactment of this Act).</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id97A392BC18134CEEA0FCD8368CCD1615"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Post-disaster flooding</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>post-disaster flooding</term> means the destruction of a crop through flooding in accordance with practices required by the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation for agricultural producers to obtain crop insurance under the Federal Crop Insurance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1501">7 U.S.C. 1501</external-xref> et seq.) on land on which a crop was not harvestable due to a natural disaster (including any hurricane, storm, tornado, flood, high water, wind-driven water, tidal wave, tsunami, earthquake, volcanic eruption, landslide, mudslide, drought, fire, snowstorm, or other catastrophe that is declared a major disaster by the President in accordance with section 401 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/5170">42 U.S.C. 5170</external-xref>)) in the crop year—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB6F42431ECEE4034909379FF20A01164"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in which the natural disaster occurred; or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEDB93C45152A45088B6428003F08A1BE"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">immediately preceding the crop year in which the natural disaster occurred.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id06e7b0c45d124d48b673eba303fbabf1"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Rice ratooning</header><text>The term <term>rice ratooning</term> means the agricultural practice of harvesting rice by cutting the majority of the aboveground portion of the rice plant but leaving the roots and growing shoot apices intact to allow the plant to recover and produce a second crop yield.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id5e39b11642444875b4ea666677e4c6cd"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Regulations to exclude rice ratooning and post-disaster flooding</header><text>Not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior, in consultation with the Secretary of Agriculture, shall revise part 20 of title 50, Code of Federal Regulations, to clarify that rice ratooning and post-disaster flooding, when carried out as part of a normal agricultural operation, do not constitute baiting.</text></subsection><subsection id="id375aa08bc038467da2835f64852ed8bc"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Reports</header><text>Not less frequently than once each year, the Secretary of Agriculture shall—</text><paragraph id="id15ff3f41498a47198431a4a1b8144b36"><enum>(1)</enum><text>submit to the Secretary of the Interior a report that describes any changes to normal agricultural operations across the range of crops grown by agricultural producers in each region of the United States in which the official recommendations described in section 20.11(h) of title 50, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on the date of enactment of this Act), are provided to agricultural producers; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id574e344d84c5405b9309f522c4fc398c"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in consultation with the Secretary of the Interior and after seeking input from the heads of State departments of fish and wildlife or the Regional Migratory Bird Flyway Councils of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, publicly post a report on the impact that rice ratooning and post-disaster flooding have on the behavior of migratory game birds that are hunted in the area in which rice ratooning and post-disaster flooding, respectively, have occurred.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id5e8bc058ba7b4e01958769eeae74a391"><enum>12603.</enum><header>Pima agriculture cotton trust fund</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 12314 of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2101">7 U.S.C. 2101</external-xref> note; <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/113/79">Public Law 113–79</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="id4261121edfe54fe79c79c67bd403fcad"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>2018</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>2023</quote>;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id3e76763407704fb895e235269f1b7eff"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking <quote>calendar year 2013</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>the prior calendar year</quote>;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id633d6f25b31f47dfbde61624eed6112d"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (b)(2)—</text><subparagraph id="id6F8D2AC2FB8F420A827D999551A5800A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by redesignating subparagraphs (A) and (B) as clauses (i) and (ii), respectively;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idDA506E8830E04934B53CA26CEE3EB0EE"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in the matter preceding clause (i) (as so redesignated), by striking <quote>(2) Twenty-five</quote> and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id29B7B548C70C4483B041A0D7DDA339DA" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><paragraph id="idFCCF44E67FF146818D5AE3C568701AA6"><enum>(2)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id283148B5A1BA40AF854D2729E386B2D0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Except as provided in subparagraph (B), twenty-five</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id305D4BC9D8CA404299CF0CA038BE077C"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A)(ii) (as so designated), by striking <quote>subparagraph (A)</quote> and inserting <quote>clause (i)</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id7B0DEC6895A3491781D69CA80F5BE0A7"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7FBC00E730A0486492DED9E4C384A2D2" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subparagraph id="id03F73FAC1D624C24AEB66AC39D73BB0F" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><clause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="idF3EA323D8B5F469DB3B96B4BB6565E6C"><enum>(i)</enum><text>A yarn spinner shall not receive an amount under subparagraph (A) that exceeds the cost of pima cotton that—</text><subclause changed="added" id="idE3F9F4817A944799912CB717ECE11641" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(I)</enum><text>was purchased during the prior calendar year; and</text></subclause><subclause changed="added" id="id336D6D199A804A74A74EFD1B4DE00D93" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(II)</enum><text>was used in spinning any cotton yarns.</text></subclause></clause><clause changed="added" id="id295A031BA2DB4E99B84F222777977E14" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>The Secretary shall reallocate any amounts reduced by reason of the limitation under clause (i) to spinners using the ratio described in subparagraph (A), disregarding production of any spinner subject to that limitation.</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id4e25101651cf41b8bd05e162dacfaf4a"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subsection (c)—</text><subparagraph id="id348D47A5675B4FD494C8BDD000166D10"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking <quote>(b)(2)(A)</quote> and inserting <quote>(b)(2)(A)(i)</quote>;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idfb32677dcaae4e5699a23ac99c529238"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ida505763c46b84c8eb79c9d453c7c3764"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (3), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id27276de730664af0a62d4bd9378cbc1c"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id81ca26931d4a49f990505e66e49b5021" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><paragraph id="ide7da6b44e07c4861a5a7cac2f9abf0f1"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the dollar amount of pima cotton purchased during the prior calendar year—</text><subparagraph id="id2EFFEFA630414FCB8D593A4E40C922C9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>that was used in spinning any cotton yarns; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id4662C36C9E4C40F8BCD655FB2B8D668C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>for which the producer maintains supporting documentation.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ide54189f94eb540cd8141e4778e09de72"><enum>(5)</enum><text>in subsection (e)—</text><subparagraph id="id99131ca434174b5cbbb4279948d66fda"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking <quote>by the Secretary—</quote> and inserting <quote>by the Secretary not later than March 15 of the applicable calendar year.</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id0cfcd9b44f504eb2a1e8ac5231ad6132"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking paragraphs (1) and (2); and</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id55aa9b60e593491bb84e92203a54b598"><enum>(6)</enum><text>in subsection (f), by striking <quote>subsection (b)—</quote> in the matter preceding paragraph (1) and all that follows through <quote>not later than</quote> in paragraph (2) and inserting <quote>subsection (b) not later than</quote>.</text></paragraph></section><section id="id1c6acb140196447f9326d62c63941f83"><enum>12604.</enum><header>Agriculture wool apparel manufacturers trust fund</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 12315 of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/7101">7 U.S.C. 7101</external-xref> note; <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/113/79">Public Law 113–79</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="ida69bd75172104b70b79a05338486b3b5"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>2019</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>2023</quote>;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id36acf8e16af549b49337c6dae175601b"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b)—</text><subparagraph id="idA15D99C6548840BF8B1BC0697B6C72D0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)—</text><clause id="id4A3DAE5CCD494D00BB7D0619EA99ABF2"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A)—</text><subclause id="id9cde2f2428c44703bed93a2d6d992c6a"><enum>(I)</enum><text>in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking <quote>the payment—</quote> and inserting <quote>the payment, payments in amounts authorized under that paragraph.</quote>; and</text></subclause><subclause id="id2144853cd71142508180a5d14709d6ee"><enum>(II)</enum><text>by striking clauses (i) and (ii); and</text></subclause></clause><clause id="id3e86a5ce7106422683ad934859db44ab"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B)—</text><subclause id="id564fa5c3ea3a435980071bebd4c26eb5"><enum>(I)</enum><text>in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking <quote>4002(c)—</quote> and inserting <quote>4002(c), payments in amounts authorized under that paragraph.</quote>; and</text></subclause><subclause id="id2df8402a7248451d806b06231ca9ffc9"><enum>(II)</enum><text>by striking clauses (i) and (ii); and</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id6738f463593349058433c24956e30069"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by striking <quote>submitted—</quote> in the matter preceding subparagraph (A) and all that follows through <quote>to the Secretary</quote> in subparagraph (B) and inserting <quote>submitted to the Secretary</quote>; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idaa3c58f1f97c4dbf86ceeb1f42b38ea9"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (c)—</text><subparagraph id="id83a96979a976463b847ca209ea2c141c"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking <quote>subsection (b)—</quote> and inserting <quote>subsection (b) not later than April 15 of the year of the payment.</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idb9e7cd5f0c7b460aadc66492b9748fb3"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking paragraphs (1) and (2).</text></subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="id1640C67A11664B289F9FC69FDF60AD93"><enum>12605.</enum><header>Wool research and promotion</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 12316(a) of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/7101">7 U.S.C. 7101</external-xref> note; <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/113/79">Public Law 113–79</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2015 through 2019</quote> and inserting <quote>2019 through 2023</quote>.</text></section><section id="idfa3cdc4b0b0249b8b8ecf1e214fd4613"><enum>12606.</enum><header>Emergency Citrus Disease Research and Development Trust Fund</header><subsection id="id485be13f73744130877eeb757be48ed2"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definition of citrus</header><text>In this section, the term <term>citrus</term> means edible fruit of the family Rutaceae, including any hybrid of that fruit and any product of that hybrid that is produced for commercial purposes in the United States.</text></subsection><subsection id="idcbbaffecfbe04372bb2e0d42c70ae3ab"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Establishment of trust fund</header><text>There is established in the Treasury of the United States a trust fund, to be known as the <quote>Emergency Citrus Disease Research and Development Trust Fund</quote> (referred to in this section as the <quote>Citrus Trust Fund</quote>), consisting of such amounts as shall be transferred to the Citrus Trust Fund pursuant to subsection (d).</text></subsection><subsection id="id2b1ae8209d9b4160999e432a6ae71c14"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Distribution of funds</header><paragraph id="id6a4199241cab4fea98fa330d2b81e011"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>From amounts in the Citrus Trust Fund, the Secretary shall make payments annually beginning in fiscal year 2019 to—</text><subparagraph id="ida0041dde1df84e5e9b0045d97f80ea6d"><enum>(A)</enum><text>entities engaged in scientific research and extension activities, technical assistance, or development activities to combat domestic or invasive citrus diseases and pests that pose imminent harm to the United States citrus production and threaten the future viability of the citrus industry, including huanglongbing and the Asian Citrus Psyllid; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idc063cb65f0044e88ad781987541c2fb5"><enum>(B)</enum><text>entities engaged in supporting the dissemination and commercialization of relevant information, techniques, or technologies discovered under research and extension activities funded through—</text><clause id="id59d2ada06ec04dca80a237842c176f0a"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the Citrus Trust Fund; or</text></clause><clause id="id39492d1730bf495badf2b3e82a217375"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>other research and extension projects intended to solve problems caused by citrus production diseases and invasive pests.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ide3ee5fb75a4d4689a67ac3340b20e1b1"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Priority</header><text>In making payments under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall give priority to entities that use the payments to address the research and extension priorities established pursuant to section 1408A(g)(4) of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/3123a">7 U.S.C. 3123a(g)(4)</external-xref>).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id8b35ad02d692444bab22d3e7f18655eb"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Coordination</header><text>In determining how to distribute funds under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall—</text><subparagraph id="idff59a82c9bd54060ab8d25fe0b39eb88"><enum>(A)</enum><text>seek input from Federal and State agencies and other entities involved in citrus disease response; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id300541f6e5034d6291fedef0d691791b"><enum>(B)</enum><text>take into account other public and private citrus-related research and extension projects and the funding for those projects.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id41d123984cfb42838d8d9b0db6bab298"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Nonduplication</header><text>The Secretary shall ensure that funds provided under paragraph (1) shall be in addition to and not supplant funds made available to carry out other citrus disease activities carried out by the Department of Agriculture in consultation with State agencies.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="id46dc00ae37174b5088a271566c11c2d3"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Funding</header><text>Of the funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation, the Secretary shall transfer to the Citrus Trust Fund $25,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 through 2023, to remain available until expended.</text></subsection></section><section id="id0e8630771c9e4141b09a480aab34fa0d"><enum>12607.</enum><header>Extension of merchandise processing fees</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 503 of the United States–Korea Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/112/41">Public Law 112–41</external-xref>; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/3805">19 U.S.C. 3805</external-xref> note) is amended by striking <quote>February 24, 2027</quote> and inserting <quote>May 26, 2027</quote>.</text></section><section id="id3C9482B495364AF9A8CC86808508AE3B"><enum>12608.</enum><header>Conforming changes to Controlled Substances Act</header><subsection id="id72A3F66738FB40789F4FD62D24C822E5"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 102(16) of the Controlled Substances Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/21/802">21 U.S.C. 802(16)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="idC6CF8B19C63047B4AD48A101B90C4EA0"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>(16) The</quote> and inserting <quote>(16)(A) Subject to subparagraph (B), the</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idD558D0560D354A97BB0620BD8D5EA0D5"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking <quote>Such term does not include the</quote> and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id92AFDEB6DB9B4247BBF86EC3F2A8A746" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subparagraph id="id3E36B18336A64ABFA5E821A3E607FF4B" indent="up2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The term <term>marihuana</term> does not include—</text><clause id="id1250B95B6940469C897CDF402AEAB757"><enum>(i)</enum><text>hemp, as defined in section 297A of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946; or</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB3651D4535D24F5A9FA4478CF6CE5791"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5DD083C19A7D43EF9D52D5A883E3F0E3"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Tetrahydrocannabinol</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Schedule I, as set forth in section 202(c) of the Controlled Substances Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/21/812">21 U.S.C. 812(c)</external-xref>), is amended in subsection (c)(17) by inserting after <quote>Tetrahydrocannabinols</quote> the following: <quote>, except for tetrahydrocannabinols in hemp (as defined under section 297A of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946)</quote>.</text></subsection></section><section id="id94206533274C469680CDDF282A74662A"><enum>12609.</enum><header>National Flood Insurance Program reauthorization</header><subsection id="id0924AEE0909D4AEE8B72AD756F0CEBE9"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Financing</header><text>Section 1309(a) of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/4016">42 U.S.C. 4016(a)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>September 30, 2017</quote> and inserting <quote>January 31, 2019</quote>.</text></subsection><subsection id="id444A2731607947AF97AA44C72CD54800"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Program expiration</header><text>Section 1319 of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/4026">42 U.S.C. 4026</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>September 30, 2017</quote> and inserting <quote>January 31, 2019</quote>.</text></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7833D3718691457F9C3B5297559936BA" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>12610.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Emergency assistance for livestock, honey bees, and farm-raised fish</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1501(d)(2) of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/9081">7 U.S.C. 9081(d)(2)</external-xref>) is amended by inserting <quote>, including inspections of cattle tick fever</quote> before the period at the end.</text></section><section id="id71AB2886EC4843DCBADB0CF8AD6C38F9"><enum>12611.</enum><header>Administrative units</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1117 of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/9017">7 U.S.C. 9017</external-xref>) (as amended by section 1104(6)) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA255A82F02164D2D8A2C593D7B8C63D1" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subsection id="id65b86ad38c8b469c8949b8f16272da7c"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Administrative units</header><paragraph id="id6cc0e9327a494334a6ee7c50e57b9ecc"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>For purposes of agriculture risk coverage payments in the case of county coverage, a county may be divided into not greater than 2 administrative units in accordance with this subsection.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id452f917061cd4cb599b45e2edc37d95d"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Eligible counties</header><text>A county that may be divided into administrative units under this subsection is a county that—</text><subparagraph id="id873655bce6bf44159cd251e14652597b"><enum>(A)</enum><text>is larger than 1,400 square miles;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idDC3E72FB465A47BE89798AAF29B9EC10"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in contained within a State that is larger than 140,000 square miles; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="iddb57e4627c604101b5d84af6c15de7b6"><enum>(C)</enum><text>contains more than 190,000 base acres.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idb47a79b6052944f7887fa6e555f49e1f"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Elections</header><text>Before making any agriculture risk coverage payments for the 2019 crop year, the Farm Service Agency State committee, in consultation with the Farm Service Agency county or area committee of a county described in paragraph (2), may make a 1-time election to divide the county into administrative units under this subsection along a boundary that better reflects differences in weather patterns, soil types, or other factors.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id0df58b6569604a5b92679780da3afb57"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Administration</header><text>For purposes of providing agriculture risk coverage payments in the case of county coverage, the Secretary shall consider an administrative unit elected under paragraph (3) to be a county for the 2019 through 2023 crop years.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section><section id="id2F9071E938F247F982270CEB0387E6FE"><enum>12612.</enum><header>Drought and water conservation agreements</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1231A of the Food Security Act of 1985 (as added by section 2105(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE81E2A30156F4508A0AE2FCD732CF74C" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subsection id="id344f66a539d84268b3ba8e4a70424aad"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Drought and water conservation agreements</header><text>In the case of an agreement under subsection (b)(1) to address regional drought concerns, in accordance with the conservation purposes of the program, the Secretary, in consultation with the applicable State technical committee established under section 1261(a), may—</text><paragraph id="id75033a34481b439686b33ae63c3537fe"><enum>(1)</enum><text>notwithstanding subsection (a)(1), enroll other agricultural land on which the resource concerns identified in the agreement can be addressed if the enrollment of the land is critical to the accomplishment of the purposes of the agreement;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id25fb7c25f5174feea1462f832c12f38c"><enum>(2)</enum><text>permit dryland agricultural uses with the adoption of best management practices on enrolled land if the agreement involves the significant long-term reduction of consumptive water use and dryland production is compatible with the agreement; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id6467ebaf0d6d44218d944b3a08f8c4cb"><enum>(3)</enum><text>calculate annual rental payments consistent with existing administrative practice for similar drought and water conservation agreements under this subchapter and ensure regional consistency in those rates.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section><section id="id994F5585065F4B55A6ED80C4A5F4800B"><enum>12613.</enum><header>Encouragement of pollinator habitat development and protection</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1244(h) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3844">16 U.S.C. 3844(h)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="idB81C2353B76642F189FD86C87B54BDDA"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idAB59DFA4F2304D9BAF4005A46FE738EC"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idB840A2E796374146A685FEF7C299CE8D"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id467965E4BB8E42D1A203EB9CCD24EC8A" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><paragraph id="id0A28936DA69647D5B02A66415F599F38"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the development of a conservation and recovery plan for protection of pollinators through conservation biological control or practices and strategies to integrate natural predators and parasites of crop pests into agricultural systems for pest control; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id362AB4DF35234AE7A5D8CEED263207F7"><enum>(4)</enum><text>training for producers relating to background science, implementation, and promotion of conservation biological control such that producers base conservation activities on practices and techniques that conserve or enhance natural habitat for beneficial insects as a way of reducing pest problems and pesticide applications on farms.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section><section id="idFE2C95FA00064449AB0091DE26CF1F0C"><enum>12614.</enum><header>Repair or replacement of fencing; cost share payments</header><subsection id="id11F2F6DC099E44DA902161B631A9FD47"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Repair or replacement of fencing</header><paragraph id="H24DEC570A8AF42168E8AA842C86B5A61"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 401 of the Agricultural Credit Act of 1978 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/2201">16 U.S.C. 2201</external-xref>) is amended—</text><subparagraph id="id5F4386760E8343239CAC8E5B2807403C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>wildfires,</quote> after <quote>hurricanes,</quote>;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0B0F49A28B394F71B1D18EDA293DEB11"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking the section designation and all that follows through <quote>The Secretary of Agriculture</quote> and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" id="H60B43DDCF00B4BF590F9C92FE41294D0" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><section id="HE782B2C65B21432984C03F91C0DBFB8B"><enum>401.</enum><header>Payments to producers</header><subsection id="H4EF61047F4DA4CD9BB8EB5C71D14AF00"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary of Agriculture (referred to in this title as the <quote>Secretary</quote>)</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H46F2575D86EC4422A0DC87B05C0F391E"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" id="HFB08A893CF404B5F9A9B6CC3BB806B5C" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subsection id="HC205D44BAE334BBBA808C0ECE7020439"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Repair or replacement of fencing</header><paragraph id="id37ED56CF90674428B718669CD0E4CD26"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>With respect to a payment to an agricultural producer under subsection (a) for the repair or replacement of fencing, the Secretary shall give the agricultural producer the option of receiving not more than 25 percent of the payment, determined by the Secretary based on the applicable percentage of the fair market value of the cost of the repair or replacement, before the agricultural producer carries out the repair or replacement.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idB77748C88E734FC79C742AA7F74A4AD3"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Return of funds</header><text>If the funds provided under paragraph (1) are not expended by the end of the 60-day period beginning on the date on which the agricultural producer receives those funds, the funds shall be returned within a reasonable timeframe, as determined by the Secretary.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HDE11922D050B48058A5FBA7A36B83AF7"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Conforming amendments</header><subparagraph id="H1D7A11BF0CFB4B9FB677CF3BAA6B4E80"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Sections 402, 403, 404, and 405 of the Agricultural Credit Act of 1978 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/2202">16 U.S.C. 2202</external-xref>, 2203, 2204, 2205) are amended by striking <quote>Secretary of Agriculture</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>Secretary</quote>.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4853EECBCD754930B34CFA59FF24FCA0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Section 407(a) of the Agricultural Credit Act of 1978 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/2206">16 U.S.C. 2206(a)</external-xref>) is amended by striking paragraph (4).</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H3EBF00B4DBD54B24953A8E708BF0825A"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Cost share payments</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Title IV of the Agricultural Credit Act of 1978 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/2201">16 U.S.C. 2201</external-xref> et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 402 the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" id="H9FCEB7A712C4494CB6ABF36B74B01353" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><section id="H7DBDACA9230C4C62838196BC89706BD2"><enum>402A.</enum><header>Cost-share requirement</header><subsection id="H2166C72655664F909DB47DB04BB6788A"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Cost-share rate</header><text>Subject to subsections (b) and (c), the maximum cost-share payment under sections 401 and 402 shall not exceed, 75 percent of the total allowable cost, as determined by the Secretary.</text></subsection><subsection id="HB8193453E3DB445DBC85C8A806761BC2"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Exception</header><text>Notwithstanding subsection (a), a payment to a limited resource farmer or rancher, a socially disadvantaged farmer or rancher (as defined in 2501(a) of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2279">7 U.S.C. 2279(a)</external-xref>), or a beginning farmer or rancher under section 401 or 402 shall not exceed 90 percent of the total allowable cost, as determined by the Secretary.</text></subsection><subsection id="HE08DDF35DC4D4E508A33A38DB0FD810D"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>The total payment under sections 401 and 402 for a single event may not exceed 50 percent of the agriculture value of the land, as determined by the Secretary.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section><section id="id9ec7b983170a4845abc2bc0df5f58e4a"><enum>12615.</enum><header>Food donation standards</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 203D of the Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/7507">7 U.S.C. 7507</external-xref>) (as amended by section 4115(c)) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0e7e61e11b124447b2222526cdaed4fa" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subsection id="ideffedd50c6664ceab948203e3ed89aed"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Food donation standards</header><paragraph id="idC102FB52EBD04700AABBAD53D660DEE3"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this subsection:</text><subparagraph id="id2747b6700cdd4f1195c391fa5445e447"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Apparently wholesome food</header><text>The term <term>apparently wholesome food</term> has the meaning given the term in section 22(b) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1791">42 U.S.C. 1791(b)</external-xref>).</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idB0553DAADBA3454AABA440442DF16260"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Institution of higher education</header><text>The term <quote>institution of higher education</quote> has the meaning given the term in section 102 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1002">20 U.S.C. 1002</external-xref>).</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="iddc0315a0e617432fb55e4ab63d72c709"><enum>(C)</enum><header> Qualified direct donor</header><text>The term <term>qualified direct donor</term> means a retail food store, wholesaler, agricultural producer, restaurant, caterer, school food authority, or institution of higher education.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id1df5e394639a4284804b8de5b5de3b0c"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Guidance</header><subparagraph id="idad511c2d1a5f42819c072c38ecdd163c"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of the <short-title>Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018</short-title>, the Secretary shall issue guidance to promote awareness of donations of apparently wholesome food protected under section 22(c) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1791">42 U.S.C. 1791(c)</external-xref>) by qualified direct donors in compliance with applicable State and local health, food safety, and food handling laws (including regulations).</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id0d24310f71804bb4870f17a4a129df34"><enum>(B)</enum><header> Issuance</header><text>The Secretary shall encourage State agencies and emergency feeding organizations to share the guidance issued under subparagraph (A) with qualified direct donors.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section><section id="id09A0D3D1116543239343A0E698231252"><enum>12616.</enum><header>Micro-grants for food security</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 is amended by inserting after section 4405 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/7517">7 U.S.C. 7517</external-xref>) the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id56872F62680A4FE0AE01691B836F27BE" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><section id="id6B6007363D474F50BF6A22D52C4590B5"><enum>4406.</enum><header>Micro-grants for food security</header><subsection id="idDE48C3405D514F19AF18C5BF8FA84956"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Purpose</header><text>The purpose of this section is to increase the quantity and quality of locally grown food through small-scale gardening, herding, and livestock operations in food insecure communities in areas of the United States that have significant levels of food insecurity and import a significant quantity of food.</text></subsection><subsection id="id334E669CC7364233B0B3C1E9EB712312"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text><paragraph id="id71C82CCCE67F4E419D05911E448DC994"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Eligible entity</header><text>The term <term>eligible entity</term> means an entity that—</text><subparagraph id="id278F5CB8FD964763BCCF0F0CFB7B4063"><enum>(A)</enum><text>is—</text><clause id="id5900bc9e900f4f959d3d10eed0a98ddf"><enum>(i)</enum><text>an individual;</text></clause><clause id="id2a231c2d94e84497bb6bd93bd6e3edba"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>an Indian tribe (as defined in section 4 of the <act-name parsable-cite="ISDA">Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/5304">25 U.S.C. 5304</external-xref>)) or a consortium of Indian tribes;</text></clause><clause id="id59a54aa36cbf4cf2863612f7fb899997"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>a nonprofit organization engaged in increasing food security, as determined by the Secretary, including—</text><subclause id="id82DE6D71A1C54C588BD149C509ADE83F"><enum>(I)</enum><text>a religious organization;</text></subclause><subclause id="id3AB7C31D3DF342E9917605C0F9C5BF27"><enum>(II)</enum><text>a food bank; and</text></subclause><subclause id="idDDF8256B95244A5DB366E1B2CDCD956A"><enum>(III)</enum><text>a food pantry;</text></subclause></clause><clause id="id874fa6adbc9547efb0604e01bb40e407"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>a federally funded educational facility, including—</text><subclause id="idF071A1146C5F406F8543148E3172084C"><enum>(I)</enum><text>a Head Start program or an Early Head Start program carried out under the <act-name parsable-cite="HSA">Head Start Act</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/9831">42 U.S.C. 9831</external-xref> et seq.);</text></subclause><subclause id="id781785D3B65F4FA9BF38D20BB77E06DF"><enum>(II)</enum><text>a public elementary school or public secondary school;</text></subclause><subclause id="idFDDABD663A484285AB4E3D04075F5B3E"><enum>(III)</enum><text>a public institution of higher education (as defined in section 101 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1001">20 U.S.C. 1001</external-xref>));</text></subclause><subclause id="id61EC8F9330114E908A5B58EF262339B3"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>a Tribal College or University (as defined in section 316(b) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1059c">20 U.S.C. 1059c(b)</external-xref>)); and</text></subclause><subclause id="idFBFE740D659D4303B418C48CA92DCD8D"><enum>(V)</enum><text>a job training program; or</text></subclause></clause><clause id="id8596b81f20834397937d489fc0a589d4"><enum>(v)</enum><text>a local or Tribal government that may not levy local taxes under State or Federal law; and</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id51FB1118E4294817BA7ED9AD68690928"><enum>(B)</enum><text>is located in an eligible State.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id88DF0586D63340D88CB4DB451F7BF209"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Eligible State</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>eligible State</term> means—</text><subparagraph id="idAC5C5FD43F7E452ABC7D07956AE96432"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the State of Alaska;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id3D17870897774854B463EE49554ED675"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the State of Hawaii;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idDCB079D5A2F64634A63CCCD65BC2A029"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">American Samoa;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id62FCAA491D464F4182C042387EF85AD3"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id991C2FB7612A42F9947D0DC0F2DBAD5E"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idB928767C96A94012A7A5E35920F746C9"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Federated States of Micronesia;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id02E04EFD296A42DCA2C51E22ADF04CD5"><enum>(G)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Guam;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id7F390F1AC4D94730AC423665F8E0128D"><enum>(H)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Republic of the Marshall Islands;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id5BA168A7D569440ABC01845A815B6D62"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Republic of Palau; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idF3E3C07796F94505AD64DD9915108041"><enum>(J)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the United States Virgin Islands.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idc3fd63f08994477d9ee4c8c87e1a46c7"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>The Secretary shall distribute funds to the agricultural department or agency of each eligible State for the competitive distribution of subgrants to eligible entities to increase the quantity and quality of locally grown food in food insecure communities, including through small-scale gardening, herding, and livestock operations.</text></subsection><subsection id="idbf1b47b10a224c57a3f57322b2272c8f"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Distribution of funds</header><paragraph id="id14B1FF167B104E3187226B8FDA4EAE28"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Of the amount made available under subsection (g), the Secretary shall distribute—</text><subparagraph id="id98D7DD4634AF4205BEA0684F6A62D08B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>40 percent to the State of Alaska;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id08E818A3E1CE4686921698567D6A45B6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>40 percent to the State of Hawaii; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id60FBF5E074B24F9EB8407685D87879BE"><enum>(C)</enum><text>2.5 percent to each insular area described in subparagraphs (C) through (J) of subsection (b)(2).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id4875C757A34E4BE9AAFAF2710CEA9CA5"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Carryover of funds</header><text>Funds distributed under paragraph (1) shall remain available until expended.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idF8FCAACBAE454D6D8BC106C5EE9BACB7"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Administrative funds</header><text>An eligible State that receives funds under paragraph (1) may use not more than 3 percent of those funds—</text><subparagraph id="id151C659160EE4DCDA5209A446DB86AA4"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to administer the competition for providing subgrants to eligible entities in that eligible State;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idE3F8D4598F944453897E3A84A35B57B0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to provide oversight of the subgrant recipients in that eligible State; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id6DD9731410AD409282FCFCE28F443C0F"><enum>(C)</enum><text>to collect data and submit a report to the Secretary under subsection (f)(2).</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id54bb9194b59448a8be811b75289d1df1"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Subgrants to eligible entities</header><paragraph id="idD2655658446D46AFB68F6E7E4ACB85AA"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Amount of subgrants</header><subparagraph id="id8495878DD9CC46E2B0F1D5A6B75ECC29"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The amount of a subgrant to an eligible entity under this section shall be—</text><clause id="idef29df3bc214456bbefc32c2575d259c"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in the case of an eligible entity that is an individual, not greater than $5,000 per year; and</text></clause><clause id="id7ea49da68f1c4cf58594523417c817e3"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in the case of an eligible entity described in clauses (ii) through (v) of subsection (b)(1)(A), not greater than $10,000 per year.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id713BF23CE4404D3598DC0BE2E141080D"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Matching requirement</header><text>As a condition of receiving a subgrant under this section, an eligible entity shall provide funds equal to 10 percent of the amount received by the eligible entity under the subgrant, to be derived from non-Federal sources.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idAE9D8C621510402A8BD4AD7426B47157"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Carryover of funds</header><text>Funds received by an eligible entity that is awarded a subgrant under this section shall remain available until expended.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idaaadfcb1ff3e4b8f9fe454914126a54d"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Priority</header><text>In carrying out the competitive distribution of subgrants under subsection (c), an eligible State may give priority to an eligible entity that—</text><subparagraph id="idDE71FDD7DA2849FC9BAFA400706C5690"><enum>(A)</enum><text>has not previously received a subgrant under this section; or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id531EE528622F4A3DA7EB09D7FDE770CE"><enum>(B)</enum><text>is located in a community or region in that eligible State with the highest degree of food insecurity, as determined by the agricultural department or agency of the eligible State.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id80c2abe1a202401cb436c2db898b7621"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Projects</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An eligible State may provide subgrants to 2 or more eligible entities to carry out the same project.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ida9798d0129b24dc2b1d77cf731191eb4"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Use of subgrant funds by eligible entities</header><text>An eligible entity that receives a subgrant under this section shall use the funds to engage in activities that will increase the quantity and quality of locally grown food, including by—</text><subparagraph id="idcdcf58f433f94eedb4ceb6c936718505"><enum>(A)</enum><text>purchasing gardening tools or equipment, soil, soil amendments, seeds, plants, animals, canning equipment, refrigeration, or other items necessary to grow and store food;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idef4fb9ab712f4f5297299f31d9d8c6d1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>purchasing or building composting units;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idfbd3578de59740b1a42585c69a79219f"><enum>(C)</enum><text>purchasing or building towers designed to grow leafy green vegetables;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id46050e0eedd542b098bcf4d2f16ea8df"><enum>(D)</enum><text>expanding an area under cultivation or engaging in other activities necessary to be eligible to receive funding under the environmental quality incentives program established under chapter 4 of subtitle D of title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3839aa">16 U.S.C. 3839aa</external-xref> et seq.) for a high tunnel;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id8d2930348d4d45dc95f7e731b2c7d7d0"><enum>(E)</enum><text>engaging in an activity that extends the growing season;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id9b94e3e3d2b6451b9be121dc588b3b78"><enum>(F)</enum><text>starting or expanding hydroponic and aeroponic farming of any scale;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id643e612d382d40a4b695f6d94b89b844"><enum>(G)</enum><text>building, buying, erecting, or repairing fencing for livestock, poultry, or reindeer;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idae2870f35e1d44af865cf69e279e881f"><enum>(H)</enum><text>purchasing and equipping a slaughter and processing facility approved by the Secretary;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id62c8327ea39240e69ffaac90d94dc778"><enum>(I)</enum><text>travelling to participate in agricultural education provided by—</text><clause id="idC279AEB99A604FE28AD3CFCED7919E41"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a State cooperative extension service;</text></clause><clause id="id874D59DD6C9C4370B7DD7C71502D490F"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a land-grant college or university (as defined in section 1404 of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/3103">7 U.S.C. 3103</external-xref>));</text></clause><clause id="id24807A5D77134C659BE2C9A970F59035"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>a Tribal College or University (as defined in section 316(b) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1059c">20 U.S.C. 1059c(b)</external-xref>));</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="idFD78F1E6888E4D9BBEB64C13A7FA799C"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>an Alaska Native-serving institution or a Native Hawaiian-serving institution (as those terms are defined in section 317(b) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1059d">20 U.S.C. 1059d(b)</external-xref>)); or</text></clause><clause id="idA46CAFBD93284500BA3C2B65BA219948"><enum>(v)</enum><text>a Federal or State agency;</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ida70541c6c45648b7ab3d71e91f0f282f"><enum>(J)</enum><text>paying for shipping of purchased items relating to increasing food security;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id36e377f506d8486fbd931913f445cfd3"><enum>(K)</enum><text>creating or expanding avenues for—</text><clause id="idC110B31ADBD14016BFA39674356E42BA"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the sale of food commodities, specialty crops, and meats that are grown by the eligible entity for sale in the local community; or</text></clause><clause id="id1BD18C4E6AE646B89EF7B0AFEE2627EC"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the availability of fresh, locally grown, and nutritious food; and</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ide770158fab5d4113ae90f80534fd3f0f"><enum>(L)</enum><text>engaging in other activities relating to increasing food security (including subsistence), as determined by the Secretary.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3c832dccc3b74fff8d82c1b0cc3eaeb6"><enum>(5)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Eligibility for other financial assistance</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An eligible entity shall not be ineligible to receive financial assistance under another program administered by the Secretary as a result of receiving a subgrant under this section.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id49d3e47e5f6f480cb4d155d40243196b"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Reporting requirement</header><paragraph id="idB0D4FADC44B24603BE9A0288C7A18F39"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Subgrant recipients</header><text>As a condition of receiving a subgrant under this section, an eligible entity shall submit to the eligible State in which the eligible entity is located a report—</text><subparagraph id="id6C00CEAAEC4A4E6C8B48F080014F3D2E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>as soon as practicable after the end of the project; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idBA70B8A2E1CF488E8195C53BCE42C25A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>that describes the quantity of food grown and the number of people fed as a result of the subgrant.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id1993D53B57064724A631E2E50D83E5B4"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Report to the Secretary</header><text>Not later than 120 days after the date on which an eligible State receives a report from each eligible entity in that State under paragraph (1), the eligible State shall submit to the Secretary a report that describes, in the aggregate, the information and data contained in the reports received from those eligible entities.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idd63ea4c0ee6f4f81bae1d2271421143e"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Funding</header><paragraph id="id8646e036478144d1bd0f6e71994f426e"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry out this section $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2019 and each fiscal year thereafter, to remain available until expended.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id0a04854ca390447e873b2b5611f9481f"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Appropriations in advance</header><text>Only funds appropriated under paragraph (1) in advance specifically to carry out this section shall be available to carry out this section.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5775E46490994981857E51C5B751696C"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Effective Date</header><text>This section takes effect on the date of enactment of the <short-title>Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018</short-title>.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section><section id="id15C4B3E95D4D45118B4797BE8D934B95"><enum>12617.</enum><header>Use of additional Commodity Credit Corporation funds for direct operating microloans under certain conditions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 346(b) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1994">7 U.S.C. 1994(b)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id959FD9D55D9343B09375A013847BAB83" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><paragraph id="id5C9FEC5DB5054EBEA224BD3CB4BFA645"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Use of additional Commodity Credit Corporation funds for direct operating microloans under certain
conditions</header><subparagraph id="id0C9E2D9097D94358A56263D0C3E32227"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>If the Secretary determines that the amount needed for a fiscal year for direct operating loans (including microloans) under subtitle B is greater than the aggregate principal amount authorized for that fiscal year by this Act, an appropriations Act, or any other provision of law, the Secretary shall make additional microloans under subtitle B using amounts made available under subparagraph (B).</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idE3A7618B54674F17AFB773CEFD825E28"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Funding</header><text>Of the funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation, the Secretary shall use to make microloans under subtitle B, under the conditions described in subparagraph (A), not more than $5,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2019 through 2023.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id5577535AB8934847931EBD9B1D871B9A"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Notice</header><text>Not later than 15 days before the date on which the Secretary uses the authority under subparagraphs (A) and (B), the Secretary shall submit a notice of the use of that authority to—</text><clause id="idC385120C55B64B629AA9D07A6AF1EEFD"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives;</text></clause><clause id="id754D96EDC57148C48684872F85A232D9"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate;</text></clause><clause id="idFA9D91244A5C4455BAF508723B2B522B"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id01FE8DC1FB8D42EBACBF77D91CDB5936"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section><section id="id07345EC4880A4DE381C6ED5447E07D1A"><enum>12618.</enum><header>Business and innovation services essential community facilities</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">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>) (as amended by section 6105) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2476304EF2654BFDADBBE635D6B3B200" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8A326B55819C4AE692DD4DF652DB1AE4"><enum>(28)</enum><header>Business and innovation services essential community facilities</header><text>The Secretary may make loans and loan guarantees under this subsection and grants under paragraphs (19), (20), and (21) for essential community facilities for business and innovation services, such as incubators, co-working spaces, makerspaces, and residential entrepreneur and innovation centers.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section><section id="id3D5B04C954B04D7EB637F363AFAB5698"><enum>12619.</enum><header>Rural innovation stronger economy grant 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</external-xref> et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE121C7B7D2634E3EA1EF788E236A2431" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><section id="idF308E558AFAE4C89863DA1AB2022C4F0"><enum>379I.</enum><header>Rural innovation stronger economy grant program</header><subsection id="id2B8A59E3D81642A6AD1F0CDCF22FD5E2"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text><paragraph id="idE7A0F1E36AD44588A112DA125EFAB849"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Eligible entity</header><text>The term <term>eligible entity</term> means a rural jobs accelerator partnership established after the date of enactment of this section that—</text><subparagraph id="id6CB417C2C7EE460E8C2E1DF5454D3694"><enum>(A)</enum><text>organizes key community and regional stakeholders into a working group that—</text><clause id="idD0E7754A781146F5971CE2DB239008FF"><enum>(i)</enum><text>focuses on the shared goals and needs of the industry clusters that are objectively identified as existing, emerging, or declining;</text></clause><clause id="id1a76fca3a96348a5b6e8dc3bb378dc0b"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>represents a region defined by the partnership in accordance with subparagraph (B);</text></clause><clause id="idE4E5333E4E634286B1E84EB07CF5ED2B"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>includes 1 or more representatives of—</text><subclause id="id36BEE3CDB4B147FDBB72278CCDCCE561"><enum>(I)</enum><text>an institution of higher education (as defined in section 101 of the <act-name parsable-cite="HEA65">Higher Education Act of 1965</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1001">20 U.S.C. 1001</external-xref>));</text></subclause><subclause id="id72FFEDE623504EBA93172E1E479D6FAF"><enum>(II)</enum><text>a private entity; or</text></subclause><subclause id="id129091E0FBE04768A8307D7CE10D9919"><enum>(III)</enum><text>a government entity;</text></subclause></clause><clause id="id8831380D7F144F209C81F48A03AAEA1D"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>may include 1 or more representatives of—</text><subclause id="id33ed9207da4e4562b0f16fb0dd162319"><enum>(I)</enum><text>an economic development or other community or labor organization;</text></subclause><subclause id="idD22343F3428C42BBB327AA890B2B55AA"><enum>(II)</enum><text>a financial institution, including a community development financial institution (as defined in section 103 of the Community Development Banking and Financial Institutions Act of 1994 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/4702">12 U.S.C. 4702</external-xref>));</text></subclause><subclause id="id61EDAE4BC6054ADE8138E63B3AA0E517"><enum>(III)</enum><text>a philanthropic organization; or</text></subclause><subclause id="idBD61CA2D36BF4A4FA64063E597F08B88"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>a rural cooperative, if the cooperative is organized as a nonprofit organization; and</text></subclause></clause><clause id="id3ca8bf5e74d34cae81d9f7c61299fd1d"><enum>(v)</enum><text>has, as a lead applicant—</text><subclause id="idc55b4bbca10d42ceb301d4304482ec38"><enum>(I)</enum><text>a District Organization (as defined in section 300.3 of title 13, Code of Federal Regulations (or a successor regulation));</text></subclause><subclause id="id6fe4912be08244b5b0160564b68415d0"><enum>(II)</enum><text>an Indian tribe (as defined in section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/5304">25 U.S.C. 5304</external-xref>)), or a consortium of Indian tribes;</text></subclause><subclause id="idb95e799711f5497e96b012a404bcda13"><enum>(III)</enum><text>a State or a political subdivision of a State, including a special purpose unit of a State or local government engaged in economic development activities, or a consortium of political subdivisions;</text></subclause><subclause id="id383b2235a943496d80791d7a4e679a56"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>an institution of higher education (as defined in section 101 of the <act-name parsable-cite="HEA65">Higher Education Act of 1965</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1001">20 U.S.C. 1001</external-xref>)) or a consortium of institutions of higher education; or</text></subclause><subclause id="idcf920947e8434e9ebdf74655cb676221"><enum>(V)</enum><text>a public or private nonprofit organization; and</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idC8165C53198B464EAB41A2EB7645ED04"><enum>(B)</enum><text>subject to approval by the Secretary, may—</text><clause id="id491333ae4dd54b78aec13f42456287b7"><enum>(i)</enum><text>serve a region that is—</text><subclause id="idDD8BF87DFFFF46628DB6B1D0082D7647"><enum>(I)</enum><text>a single jurisdiction; or</text></subclause><subclause id="id83D006291DCB4D9D92E52C6FBC89F56F"><enum>(II)</enum><text>if the region is a rural area, multijurisdictional; and</text></subclause></clause><clause id="id9E4EEDD17FD0450CB9FF06807E5F33AE"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>define the region that the partnership represents, if the region—</text><subclause id="ide68637d2e80b4b17a01e1d5f6488ee49"><enum>(I)</enum><text>is large enough to contain critical elements of the industry cluster prioritized by the partnership;</text></subclause><subclause id="id39b04793c70344e0b37e21c914855885"><enum>(II)</enum><text>is small enough to enable close collaboration among members of the partnership;</text></subclause><subclause id="idef4d6531062f4b978b932d3c10d3dc97"><enum>(III)</enum><text>includes a majority of communities that are located in—</text><item id="id60a06961c56e42a18b1bd15bd0a3e7f8"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>a nonmetropolitan area that qualifies as a low-income community (as defined in <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/45D">section 45D(e)</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986); and</text></item><item id="idb1a68e5f4b464e02a4d4191c846ac39c"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>an area that has access to or has a plan to achieve broadband service (within the meaning of title VI of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/950bb">7 U.S.C. 950bb</external-xref> et seq.)); and</text></item></subclause><subclause id="id3118C9A12A4D41749345FD8B84D3BB78"><enum>(IV)</enum><item commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id564AACA0ED29478B8827E3470F5E2713"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>has a population of 50,000 or fewer inhabitants; or</text></item><item changed="added" id="idCE695F60734140218CBF6448DD361033" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>for a region with a population of more than 50,000 inhabitants, is the subject of a positive determination by the Secretary with respect to a rural-in-character petition, including such a petition submitted concurrently with the application of the partnership for a grant under this section.</text></item></subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id0e564826621748cbb4b08124ddea3e90"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Industry cluster</header><text>The term <term>industry cluster</term> means a broadly defined network of interconnected firms and supporting institutions in related industries that accelerate innovation, business formation, and job creation by taking advantage of assets and strengths of a region in the business environment.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id788B856A44D545EC967EC8A0898F226B"><enum>(3)</enum><header>High-wage job</header><text>The term <term>high-wage job</term> means a job that provides a wage that is greater than the median wage for the applicable region, as determined by the Secretary.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idBFDB590142CE4E37B54DC72219514270"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Jobs accelerator</header><text>The term <term>jobs accelerator</term> means a jobs accelerator center or program located in or serving a low-income rural community that may provide co-working space, in-demand skills training, entrepreneurship support, and any other services described in subsection (d)(1)(B).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id0C5B00A976C34F12ABCE794DCDAC66D6"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Small and disadvantaged business</header><text>The term <term>small and disadvantaged business</term> has the meaning given the term <term>small business concern owned and controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals</term> in section 8(d)(3)(C) of the Small Business Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/637">15 U.S.C. 637(d)(3)(C)</external-xref>).</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id4811A2E6CF0C4C2CA4B16FCC57FC67DA"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Establishment</header><paragraph id="id1C0D67E0C8094D30B630968D4CC0C446"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall establish a grant program under which the Secretary shall award grants, on a competitive basis, to eligible entities to establish jobs accelerators, including related programming, that—</text><subparagraph id="id977664fb3405498a86885b21b3665700"><enum>(A)</enum><text>improve the ability of distressed rural communities to create high-wage jobs, accelerate the formation of new businesses with high-growth potential, and strengthen regional economies, including by helping to build capacity in the applicable region to achieve those goals; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="iddea9618871be41508a7686f0f21a78a6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>help rural communities identify and maximize local assets and connect to regional opportunities, networks, and industry clusters that demonstrate high growth potential.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idDF3A9AC68CBE4B0EB00F12FE4DB5EFF0"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Cost-sharing</header><subparagraph id="id148FE882A5B64863871FB330F944C0C8"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Federal share of the cost of any activity carried out using a grant made under paragraph (1) shall be not greater than 80 percent.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id01210EC5A44D493CA07D44BFFF42184C"><enum>(B)</enum><header>In-kind contributions</header><text>The non-Federal share of the total cost of any activity carried out using a grant made under paragraph (1) may be in the form of donations or in-kind contributions of goods or services fairly valued.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id0E03C2EB1919452DB46D4905CF80604B"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Selection criteria</header><text>In selecting eligible entities to receive grants under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall consider—</text><subparagraph id="id680349EF408540C090B736ED025D460A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the commitment of participating core stakeholders in the jobs accelerator partnership, including a demonstration that—</text><clause id="id5B04A73A9C3A4BBB9A7672B32A5BFE3F"><enum>(i)</enum><text>investment organizations, including venture development organizations, venture capital firms, revolving loan funders, angel investment groups, community lenders, community development financial institutions, rural business investment companies, small business investment companies (as defined in section 103 of the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/662">15 U.S.C. 662</external-xref>)), philanthropic organizations, and other institutions focused on expanding access to capital, are committed partners in the jobs accelerator partnership and willing to potentially invest in projects emerging from the jobs accelerator; and</text></clause><clause id="id7F79548D88F04C2DA570121F95A50FAE"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>institutions of higher education, applied research institutions, workforce development entities, and community-based organizations are willing to partner with the jobs accelerator to provide workers with skills relevant to the industry cluster needs of the region, with an emphasis on the use of on-the-job training, registered apprenticeships, customized training, classroom occupational training, or incumbent worker training;</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id5247FB9B9A9749959EF13962DC4D914C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the ability of the eligible entity to provide the non-Federal share as required under paragraph (2);</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idDA3454B4E7934E91AFAD74B6A6D62AED"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the speed of available broadband service and how the jobs accelerator plans to improve access to high-speed broadband service, if necessary, and leverage that broadband service for programs of the jobs accelerator;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id8184aaf6f14f4ca8aeb607a12025bede"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the identification of a targeted industry cluster, including a description of—</text><clause id="ida34fcc676ec34f8882596bd464e2696f"><enum>(i)</enum><text>data showing the existence of emergence of an industry cluster;</text></clause><clause id="idc1a0f5c6dd8f484c8c01e75d407848bb"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the importance of the industry cluster to economic growth in the region;</text></clause><clause id="id82cf7acb601a4999a8a94c3c560a70df"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the specific needs and opportunities for growth in the industry cluster;</text></clause><clause id="id28e9456ba1594491a8bdf9f99bffd85b"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>the unique assets a region has to support the industry cluster and to have a competitive advantage in that industry cluster;</text></clause><clause id="idb2511329cc4d4e02bd9ad3d2a5a90912"><enum>(v)</enum><text>evidence of a concentration of firms or concentration of employees in the industry cluster; and</text></clause><clause id="id45ea20ed15784cfa87e1e4d5371fccdd"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>available industry-specific infrastructure that supports the industry cluster;</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ide0de824f64544d099ada1db92e6ec838"><enum>(E)</enum><text>the ability of the partnership to link rural communities to markets, networks, industry clusters, and other regional opportunities and assets—</text><clause id="idAB2FB70AF44C4EECAD5B2D4A0E53385C"><enum>(i)</enum><text>to improve the competitiveness of the rural region;</text></clause><clause id="id16B5FD2A8F334B98A773A81C8EA8DCE1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>to repatriate United States jobs;</text></clause><clause id="idDA2D7AEA57544D11BFD194DB7D165DB0"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>to foster high-wage job creation;</text></clause><clause id="id920554CEB33E40069B72AC5A23EEAAAD"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>to support innovation and entrepreneurship; and</text></clause><clause id="id131322A3C57640F4A0696E09FACACEE8"><enum>(v)</enum><text>to promote private investment in the rural regional economy;</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idE6CA023BE158435198DC97F284636C36"><enum>(F)</enum><text>other grants or loans of the Secretary and other Federal agencies that the jobs accelerator would be able to leverage; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id6b397f21ef444ed8b52c202a0bb29e41"><enum>(G)</enum><text>prospects for the proposed center and related programming to have sustainability beyond the full maximum length of assistance under this subsection, including the maximum number of renewals.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id20FFF5B0EB9A423096D172FC877AF61D"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Grant term and renewals</header><subparagraph id="idBB77B82524954DBC93ABAEE5B3ACBCB0"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Term</header><text>The initial term of a grant under paragraph (1) shall be 4 years.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id59B91FE9A2414ECD9400E46FDB088E07"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Renewal</header><text>The Secretary may renew a grant under paragraph (1) for an additional period of not longer than 2 years if the Secretary is satisfied, using the evaluation under subsection (e)(2), that the grant recipient has successfully established a jobs accelerator and related programming.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idC681DED744B74506BE1F1678C269483D"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Geographic distribution</header><text>To the maximum extent practicable, the Secretary shall provide grants under paragraph (1) for jobs accelerators and related programming in not fewer than 25 States at any time.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idE8691CAEC6514D95A53BE8402EA5E271"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Grant amount</header><text>A grant awarded under subsection (b) may be in an amount equal to—</text><paragraph id="id85A9E99C7287477D83F0C8F40B76846C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>not less than $500,000; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idE200719AA6374C12ABF749A62EF471AC"><enum>(2)</enum><text>not more than $2,000,000.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idC7873BFE153C48D994A787C3159E9E86"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Use of funds</header><paragraph id="idB12C53F8BAFA4E729319F73CE79ABCF7"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subject to paragraph (2), funds from a grant awarded under subsection (b) may be used—</text><subparagraph id="id53E2A03F24C64FA68C39627A7F1C982C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to construct, purchase, or equip a building to serve as an innovation center, which may include—</text><clause id="id7a82bb070c264dfcacfdb449d09d491c"><enum>(i)</enum><text>housing for business owners or workers;</text></clause><clause id="id24e6ca84709d438695f42c2ef1cf4660"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>co-working space, which may include space for remote work;</text></clause><clause id="idc0e2f93ea455487ab95480784b38f396"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>space for businesses to utilize with a focus on entrepreneurs and small and disadvantaged businesses but that may include collaboration with companies of all sizes;</text></clause><clause id="id719eaaf7a2104c41967a04d397c24c50"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>job training programs; and</text></clause><clause id="id4a9eba008f2143eb9e86bfd59b43649e"><enum>(v)</enum><text>efforts to utilize the innovation center as part of the development of a community downtown; or</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id51C9ECBBC44E448F9E835D473A2DBE6C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to support programs to be carried out at, or in direct partnership with, the jobs accelerator that support the objectives of the jobs accelerator, including—</text><clause id="idc31a904834d848e8971d796365e654f6"><enum>(i)</enum><text>linking rural communities to markets, networks, industry clusters, and other regional opportunities to support high-wage job creation, new business formation, and economic growth;</text></clause><clause id="id5657410491354de3896950c06346dff1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>integrating small businesses into a supply chain;</text></clause><clause id="id3a23995655a4464fb4cd984c0c837ba9"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>creating or expanding commercialization activities for new business formation;</text></clause><clause id="id9c5920b814ce458789e3519db5bd3680"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>identifying and building assets in rural communities that are crucial to supporting regional economies;</text></clause><clause id="ide4247ce4347f429ca294d369a98f07e1"><enum>(v)</enum><text>facilitating the repatriation of high-wage jobs to the United States;</text></clause><clause id="id67567aa81c284114942bf95fc3322a2a"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>supporting the deployment of innovative processes, technologies, and products;</text></clause><clause id="id1e9a8c65518248ea9b871263ba7fe209"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>enhancing the capacity of small businesses in regional industry clusters, including small and disadvantaged businesses;</text></clause><clause id="ideca89daa8d234b8cb7b59d690df2d550"><enum>(viii)</enum><text>increasing United States exports and business interaction with international buyers and suppliers;</text></clause><clause id="idca2bcf11cb994ee0987a2f3ef4f87dc5"><enum>(ix)</enum><text>developing the skills and expertise of local workforces, entrepreneurs, and institutional partners to support growing industry clusters, including the upskilling of incumbent workers;</text></clause><clause id="ida4c9f4db13944122aa9d18f8985171cb"><enum>(x)</enum><text>ensuring rural communities have the capacity and ability to carry out projects relating to housing, community facilities, infrastructure, or community and economic development to support regional industry cluster growth;</text></clause><clause id="idd6c2380dca86413bb1063b01c3fcd92e"><enum>(xi)</enum><text>establishing training programs to meet the needs of employers in a regional industry cluster and prepare workers for high-wage jobs; or</text></clause><clause id="id7971fc9748ef4bbfa377f165099f1a4f"><enum>(xii)</enum><text>any other activities that the Secretary may determine to be appropriate.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idB1EB7C03D09E4441B8C402D8568A7314"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Requirement</header><subparagraph id="id32D534C7F4A14916A63E9F4AB9027DD2"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subject to subparagraph (B), not more than 10 percent of a grant awarded under subsection (b) shall be used for indirect costs associated with administering the grant.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id06563320887845978D20795DFD217F1D"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Increase</header><text>The Secretary may increase the percentage described in subparagraph (A) on a case-by-case basis.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id4a6cfce00513468fbd409608d1c5470e"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Annual activity report and evaluation</header><text>Not later than 1 year after receiving a grant under this section, and annually thereafter for the duration of the grant, an eligible entity shall—</text><paragraph id="id76df1602bc384ae9b1529dca842662f9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>report to the Secretary on the activities funded with the grant; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idfaa374e60ac141fea92db42727ba679f"><enum>(2)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id69494AB6C62A42659C1975687EF8EDA0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>evaluate the progress that the eligible entity has made toward the strategic objectives identified in the application for the grant; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph changed="added" id="id0901158D1EC94C518224EFF95648F801" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(B)</enum><text>measure that progress using performance measures during the project period, which may include—</text><clause id="id8dd90c64c76f4f26af3eb03635280965"><enum>(i)</enum><text>high-wage jobs created;</text></clause><clause id="id1d03cef270cd4dc78d910ed463bc6e6f"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>high-wage jobs retained;</text></clause><clause id="idd1205b1152c84a2cbf5c23c504908148"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>private investment leveraged;</text></clause><clause id="id0f37d77b83cc4519a02dc611f193f20a"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>businesses improved;</text></clause><clause id="id57c3fdc4eb2d4e3a87d002e8a60ce9c4"><enum>(v)</enum><text>new business formations;</text></clause><clause id="id145956D23EF1482F82A779906AC8FCBE"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>new products or services commercialized;</text></clause><clause id="idF6177D12251C4E8F874F0FDFDC74BB5B"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>improvement of the value of existing products or services under development;</text></clause><clause id="id43e29c559fbb473182e59ba2901cc836"><enum>(viii)</enum><text>regional collaboration, as measured by such metrics as—</text><subclause id="id3F7DC9B877954A17905DFD67FB4F422F"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the number of organizations actively engaged in the industry cluster;</text></subclause><subclause id="id52270404F88145D3BFAD1086D8F85341"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the number of symposia held by the industry cluster, including organizations that are not located in the immediate region defined by the partnership; and</text></subclause><subclause id="id6CFD1B01D5364C6EAC4F454E362F4385"><enum>(III)</enum><text>the number of further cooperative agreements;</text></subclause></clause><clause id="idf2d36a7b1a38470bba02cbb6a2f2d4dd"><enum>(ix)</enum><text>the number of education and training activities relating to innovation;</text></clause><clause id="id93e22aa8d0a9439cbcd664448838aa8b"><enum>(x)</enum><text>the number of jobs relocated from outside of the United States to the region;</text></clause><clause id="id914110932ae345b884db30845479bc4a"><enum>(xi)</enum><text>the amount and number of new equity investments in industry cluster firms;</text></clause><clause id="id74c087124fa041928a64623d3980dbdc"><enum>(xii)</enum><text>the amount and number of new loans to industry cluster firms;</text></clause><clause id="id9b7e38a0795b4383a625c8d36289e590"><enum>(xiii)</enum><text>the dollar increase in exports resulting from the project activities;</text></clause><clause id="id9338576cd19343289ac24bd5a7780e1e"><enum>(xiv)</enum><text>the percentage of employees for which training was provided;</text></clause><clause id="id2d80987b0b01428e8ce7f73f76b32831"><enum>(xv)</enum><text>improvement in sales of participating businesses;</text></clause><clause id="id936f3ca9174e466d9712968219af05cb"><enum>(xvi)</enum><text>improvement in wages paid at participating businesses;</text></clause><clause id="id74189038fff44f8e807a488a037fe361"><enum>(xvii)</enum><text>improvement in income of participating workers; or</text></clause><clause id="idF4AC2AEBE49F4452AE89EC9613BA2EC7"><enum>(xviii)</enum><text>any other measure the Secretary determines to be appropriate.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idb79b5f52c0ba4236988d1f78ce12f351"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Interagency task force</header><paragraph id="id42FAF438FA3741C7A277FE42E1B4A475"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall establish an interagency Federal task force to support the network of jobs accelerators by—</text><subparagraph id="id96158fca5a0e40a98edc216b718fdb54"><enum>(A)</enum><text>providing successful applicants with available information and technical assistance on Federal resources relevant to the project and region;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idf75f8a161b594b3e9ff5d481040db6d0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>establishing a Federal support team comprised of staff from participating agencies in the task force that shall provide coordinated and dedicated support services to jobs accelerators; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idfc0f4937bc9f454baa0725cc3846e337"><enum>(C)</enum><text>providing opportunities for the network of jobs accelerators to share best practices and further collaborate to achieve the purposes of this section.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id8282b228c02c43f8b95a787866271c1c"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Membership</header><text>The task force established under paragraph (1) shall—</text><subparagraph id="idF37A167BA6B34D3CA3803FDAC67F7977"><enum>(A)</enum><text>be co-chaired by—</text><clause id="id1F60AE57048949EA93BAFD83FF4E638A"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the Secretary of Commerce (or a designee); and</text></clause><clause id="idABE8BF49A54B40FD80C3EBD989B1E35F"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the Secretary (or a designee); and</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id273119F1574D45F481C8BD684A7D39F6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>include—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd519772f27bc457b9c65a21d99ab1819"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Secretary of Education (or a designee);</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id210EF9B29CF24D9082868541B305E67F"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Secretary of Energy (or a designee);</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id72f62a01721a4d3cbe17adef910cdddf"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Secretary of Health and Human Services (or a designee);</text></clause><clause id="ida5bb9402cdcd4ffe90a75040e98a0ee0"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (or a designee);</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7b717fcee8fc4470bced07207a288496"><enum>(v)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Secretary of Labor (or a designee);</text></clause><clause id="id8d83971b3d1042f79ec602ade23d205c"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>the Secretary of Transportation (or a designee);</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idca53a023a6cd4037a3a5a8eedc5487de"><enum>(vii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Secretary of the Treasury (or a designee);</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCD4B944B30BF400F946E7E6D54401A22"><enum>(viii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (or a designee);</text></clause><clause id="id30d5f14e5e8e4dd6a0249480598c1018"><enum>(ix)</enum><text>the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (or a designee);</text></clause><clause id="id5bba88a9e8b140ae9c36f2565a51fdc5"><enum>(x)</enum><text>the Federal Co-Chair of the Appalachian Regional Commission (or a designee);</text></clause><clause id="idb3475ce2db2d4c0fa725ed55a66b68ad"><enum>(xi)</enum><text>the Federal Co-Chairman of the Board of the Delta Regional Authority (or a designee);</text></clause><clause id="idcd0b4053431b4e5d88c3152728c99de0"><enum>(xii)</enum><text>the Federal Co-Chair of the Northern Border Regional Commission (or a designee);</text></clause><clause id="id364f0449f0ff43bab51ecbbdf3170660"><enum>(xiii)</enum><text>national and local organizations that have relevant programs and interests that could serve the needs of the jobs accelerators;</text></clause><clause id="id65e16d6c33424cb7ac377018623f0dc6"><enum>(xiv)</enum><text>representatives of State and local governments or State and local economic development agencies;</text></clause><clause id="id536ad813f55e468c952474842abca9c5"><enum>(xv)</enum><text>representatives of institutions of higher education, including land-grant universities; and</text></clause><clause id="idb04054b4111e4b1c832834c9de730780"><enum>(xvi)</enum><text>such other heads of Federal agencies and non-Federal partners as determined appropriate by the co-chairs of the task force.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section><section id="id254128E3C0E54974A5B0BFD4C57358C2"><enum>12620.</enum><header>Dryland farming agricultural systems</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1672(d) of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/5925">7 U.S.C. 5925(d)</external-xref>) (as amended by section 7209(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id72D291DC56A149E1947C0C8CF98B9FCA" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><paragraph id="id8981DAFDFDA34CD9871CDB4CE418706B"><enum>(15)</enum><header>Dryland farming agricultural systems</header><text>Research and extension grants may be made under this section for the purposes of carrying out or enhancing research on the utilization of big data for more precise management of dryland farming agricultural systems.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id69CD7724644E44759174C4CD7108A482"><enum>(16)</enum><header>Hop plant health initiative</header><text>Research and extension grants may be made under this section for the purposes of developing and disseminating science-based tools and treatments to combat diseases of hops caused by the plant pathogens <italic>Podosphaera macularis</italic> and <italic>Pseudoperonospora humuli</italic>.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section><section id="id93D01ADE49A54604B6368585CD37ED95"><enum>12621.</enum><header>Remote sensing technologies</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Chief of the Forest Service shall—</text><paragraph id="idD6DA407B2788416CACF9E7327FA97E30"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">continue to find efficiencies in the operations of the forest inventory and analysis program under section 3(e) of the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Research Act of 1978 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1642">16 U.S.C. 1642(e)</external-xref>) through the improved use and integration of advanced remote sensing technologies to provide estimates for State- and national-level inventories, where appropriate; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id265D82EBDDA9452F9F9DFB0E4954B370"><enum>(2)</enum><text>partner with States and other interested stakeholders to carry out the program described in paragraph (1).</text></paragraph></section><section id="idA65FC36BA1E742798625E2B5E9093993"><enum>12622.</enum><header>Buy American requirements</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall—</text><paragraph id="id72907E0949564C079D3F53CC1E26A6C4"><enum>(1)</enum><text>fully enforce the Buy American provisions applicable to domestic food assistance programs administered by the Food and Nutrition Service, including, for use in those domestic food assistance programs, the purchase of a fish or fish product that substantially contains—</text><subparagraph id="id55F8BC08874A40F19EC222F32981FF89"><enum>(A)</enum><text>fish (including tuna) harvested within—</text><clause id="idC9AF582B646C441A9B9896C40CBEBB60"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a State;</text></clause><clause id="id9D74A5C3B9CE494E8266B87869680BC6"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the District of Columbia; or</text></clause><clause id="idFBEE866B5A494D92A5D99CF0832EE58A"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the Exclusive Economic Zone of the United States, as described in Presidential Proclamation 5030 (48 Fed. Reg. 10605; March 10, 1983); or</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idDD9C3A99725C4BFBBFA3A19DDAA0F506"><enum>(B)</enum><text>tuna harvested by a United States flagged vessel; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id1EE7D9B53E89431990C75B2B00476B21"><enum>(2)</enum><text>submit to Congress a report on the actions the Secretary has taken and plans to take to comply with paragraph (1).</text></paragraph></section><section id="id6259517DDDFC49B89451EE074DF139AB"><enum>12623.</enum><header>Eligibility for operators on heirs property land to obtain a farm number</header><subsection id="idA24DCE82C37041E3839AED0B4B757CBC"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text><paragraph id="id42CC8466606346FCA8BCA914B4DEEC6F"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Eligible documentation</header><text>The term <quote>eligible documentation</quote>, with respect to land for which a farm operator seeks assignment of a farm number under subsection (b)(1), includes—</text><subparagraph id="id3DFF3AC56ED34F5189D3EE11A73AF608"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in States that have adopted a statute consisting of an enactment or adoption of the Uniform Partition of Heirs Property Act, as approved and recommended for enactment in all States by the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws in 2010—</text><clause id="id8CC6C3DB4C6040C4873FB8ADBBBBE0CB"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a court order verifying the land meets the definition of heirs property (as defined in that Act); or</text></clause><clause id="id620413FD445E43939289E5F268921422"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a certification from the local recorder of deeds that the recorded owner of the land is deceased and not less than 1 heir of the recorded owner of the land has initiated a procedure to retitle the land in the name of the rightful heir;</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id92D786AC5E5A463EAEF95C750CC62617"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a fully executed, unrecorded tenancy-in-common agreement that sets out ownership rights and responsibilities among all of the owners of the land that—</text><clause id="id541A5DDAE903447489BD2D17F05338EC"><enum>(i)</enum><text>has been approved by a majority of the ownership interests in that property;</text></clause><clause id="idDC41FF3E4B804E879423ED946F267F34"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>has given a particular owner the right to manage and control any portion or all of the land for purposes of operating a farm or ranch; and</text></clause><clause id="id529D56B6B3A44686A8F4ECDED54C7870"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>was validly entered into under the authority of the jurisdiction in which the land is located;</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id79750582DF8C46D0BF0AA8C18B3E6781"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the tax return of a farm operator farming a property with undivided interests for each of the 5 years preceding the date on which the farm operator submits the tax returns as eligible documentation under subsection (b);</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id1F7648F610BE4B1DA8072FAF73BBB6D5"><enum>(D)</enum><text>self-certification that the farm operator has control of the land for purposes of operating a farm or ranch; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idF0697297847245B3A3A745AE1BD521C3"><enum>(E)</enum><text>any other documentation identified by the Secretary under subsection (c).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id6E0B8CC8075349D1891D417A71904351"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Farm number</header><text>The term <quote>farm number</quote> has the meaning given the term in section 718.2 of title 7, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on the date of enactment of this Act).</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id027EBCB74F394BF09067B99F37942261"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Farm number</header><paragraph id="idA42FEE35563F43BFB5C1127F84FA56B3"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall provide for the assignment of a farm number to any farm operator who provides any form of eligible documentation for purposes of demonstrating that the farm operator has control of the land for purposes of defining that land as a farm.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idDC0139175AD34C9EBCB279BEAE411B55"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Eligibility</header><text>Any farm number provided under paragraph (1) shall be sufficient to satisfy any requirement of the Secretary to have a farm number to participate in a program of the Secretary.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id2298708A12494CB6B5B43E03A216B102"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Eligible documentation</header><text>The Secretary shall identify alternative forms of eligible documentation that a farm operator may provide in seeking the assignment of a farm number under subsection (b)(1).</text></subsection></section><section id="idA548CAC82C6449F48F4217B0729F6519"><enum>12624.</enum><header>Loans to purchasers of land with undivided interest and no administrative authority</header><subsection id="idFEE9DE0EEAD2405D8BC9977D7332F487"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Reauthorization of beginning farmer and rancher individual development accounts pilot program</header><text>Section 333B(h) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1983b">7 U.S.C. 1983b(h)</external-xref>) (as amended by section 5301) is amended by striking <quote>2023</quote> and inserting <quote>2024</quote>.</text></subsection><subsection id="id4AE29FA2D4BE49C99445E978EF6204CE"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Pilot program</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</external-xref> et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 333D the following:</text><quoted-block act-name="" changed="added" id="idED33E9B8F54B4A5AA6F687F2C4FC0A3B" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><section id="id0B9EA204DF27456AA1C62A20FED5916D"><enum>333E.</enum><header>Farmer loan pilot projects</header><subsection id="ida31a686d22204f80a500f7da0833c00a"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary may conduct pilot projects of limited scope and duration that are consistent with subtitles A, B, C, and this subtitle to evaluate processes and techniques that may improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the programs carried out under subtitles A, B, C, and this subtitle.</text></subsection><subsection id="idA5C4A63A5697439BA8DA54806F096A5B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Notification</header><text>The Secretary shall—</text><paragraph id="id7E16FB08C1D34F73A082F2D1A7FD693D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>not less than 60 days before the date on which the Secretary initiates a pilot project under subsection (a), submit notice of the proposed pilot project to the <committee-name committee-id="">Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives</committee-name> and the <committee-name committee-id="SSAF00">Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate</committee-name>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id2269451D63614F60A32A562C160C70C4"><enum>(2)</enum><text>consider any recommendations or feedback provided to the Secretary in response to the notice provided under paragraph (1).</text></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection id="id0CFDF093A5474CD784CAF7D58D942881"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Relending program</header><text>Subtitle A of title III of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1922">7 U.S.C. 1922</external-xref> et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block act-name="" changed="added" id="id6222CDF7992441C5865152B7699CA50B" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><section id="idB3367DEF7345459A9482314E37688B8B"><enum>310I.</enum><header>Relending program to resolve ownership and succession on farmland</header><subsection id="id864E3A72B43543D1ACA115B910B84707"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary may make or guarantee loans to eligible entities described in subsection (b) using amounts made available for farm ownership loans under this subtitle so that the eligible entities may relend the funds to individuals and entities for the purposes described in subsection (c).</text></subsection><subsection id="id1872C0C8F7E442E1ADB42EBA71BA93A4"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Eligible entities</header><text>Entities eligible for loans and loan guarantees described in subsection (a) are cooperatives, credit unions, and nonprofit organizations with—</text><paragraph id="idDBAC469786834306AD2D6DD026991D6D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>certification under section 1805.201 of title 12, Code of Federal Regulations (or successor regulations) to operate as a lender;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id6BE065C285A04B7BBA5D7893E367AEA1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>experience assisting socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers (as defined in section 2501(a) of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2279">7 U.S.C. 2279(a)</external-xref>)) or limited resource or new and beginning farmers and ranchers, rural businesses, cooperatives, or credit unions, including experience in making and servicing agricultural and commercial loans; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id729B8419F3204E8D96AEE110B772964F"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the ability to provide adequate assurance of the repayment of a loan.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id8D2C214C353943809EB1FC33B0AC3F3D"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Eligible purposes</header><text>The proceeds from loans made or guaranteed by the Secretary pursuant to subsection (a) shall be relent by eligible entities for projects that assist heirs with undivided ownership interests to resolve ownership and succession on farmland that has multiple owners.</text></subsection><subsection id="idC429AC19BD6F4B9792EB230C1A7B2F0C"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Preference</header><text>In making loans under subsection (a), the Secretary shall give preference to eligible entities—</text><paragraph id="idEE3AE8A0944C437D9E155DF1C057829E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>with not less than 10 years of experience serving socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id715D94C90B9D4077B1E996F5BBA2930D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in States that have adopted a statute consisting of an enactment or adoption of the Uniform Partition of Heirs Property Act, as approved and recommended for enactment in all States by the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws in 2010, that relend to owners of heirs property (as defined in that Act).</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id5D5A398CA43C4501AF8F9591EB894A18"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Loan terms and conditions</header><text>The following terms and conditions shall apply to loans made or guaranteed under this section:</text><paragraph id="id0d975707f17c4b8fb5d3e9b763c4f460"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The interest rate at which intermediaries may borrow funds under this section shall be equal to the rate at which farm ownership loans under this subtitle are made.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id8eeaa7635b9a4f9380e81d3b44ae1e5c"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The rates, terms, and payment structure for borrowers to which intermediaries lend shall be—</text><subparagraph id="idB28DE172657D4145BF5959F08D585EBC"><enum>(A)</enum><text>determined by the intermediary in an amount sufficient to cover the cost of operating and sustaining the revolving loan fund; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idB3795118367F4990BEB139FDB79E1C01"><enum>(B)</enum><text>clearly and publicly disclosed to qualified ultimate borrowers.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idc1a2025578dd4105be162159fd348d5f"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Borrowers to which intermediaries lend shall be—</text><subparagraph id="id22436934E9B24D2697F8A1E0D7ABEFE7"><enum>(A)</enum><text>required to complete a succession plan as a condition of the loan; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idCAA93AC9113C4DC0BF152C53FAF503EA"><enum>(B)</enum><text>be offered the opportunity to borrow sufficient funds to cover costs associated with the succession plan under subparagraph (A) and other associated legal and closing costs.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id26DC7B2E0EA94D7286AB0C51ECEEF83E"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this section, the Secretary shall submit to the <committee-name committee-id="">Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives</committee-name> and the <committee-name committee-id="SSAF00">Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate</committee-name> a report describing the operation and outcomes of the program under this section, with recommendations on how to strengthen the program.</text></subsection><subsection id="id33C1EEAD236D41A8BAB7A6E7E818A197"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Funding</header><text>The Secretary shall carry out this section using funds otherwise made available to the Secretary.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section><section id="id643268017D0345D398A99D0776AEC645"><enum>12625.</enum><header>Farmland ownership data collection</header><subsection id="idDE44F96B15E14473900A329FF6ABDAFC"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall collect and, not less frequently than once every 5 years report, data and analysis on farmland ownership, tenure, transition, and entry of beginning farmers and ranchers (as defined in section 343(a) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1991">7 U.S.C. 1991(a)</external-xref>)) and socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers (as defined in section 2501(a) of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2279">7 U.S.C. 2279(a)</external-xref>)).</text></subsection><subsection id="idb03b8a2130d24891b6b6f52a62ae2176"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>In carrying out subsection (a), the Secretary shall, at a minimum—</text><paragraph id="id414d11aac4dd4c7abb71ae75e3c4929a"><enum>(1)</enum><text>collect and distribute comprehensive reporting of trends in farmland ownership, tenure, transition, barriers to entry, profitability, and viability of beginning farmers and ranchers and socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id5e707601f09a4ef4be34789968c175ee"><enum>(2)</enum><text>develop surveys and report statistical and economic analysis on farmland ownership, tenure, transition, barriers to entry, profitability, and viability of beginning farmers and ranchers, including a regular follow-on survey to each Census of Agriculture with results of the follow-on survey made public not later than 3 years after the previous Census of Agriculture; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id5ef2264f9fb14737a9a9e049e82a3ac6"><enum>(3)</enum><text>require the National Agricultural Statistics Service—</text><subparagraph id="idBAC610BC8A594B00AF995D4AEAE17A17"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to include in the Tenure, Ownership, and Transition of Agricultural Land survey questions relating to—</text><clause id="ide63621cc67284f1f82363ce3fb7e7489"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the extent to which non-farming landowners are purchasing and holding onto farmland for the sole purpose of real estate investment;</text></clause><clause id="id65fcbf8dec6d4f1a936c6495e599d6eb"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the impact of these farmland ownership trends on the successful entry and viability of beginning farmers and ranchers and socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers;</text></clause><clause id="idD021E7D92805461F867FE7189B3F805E"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the extent to which farm and ranch land with undivided interests and no administrative authority identified have farms or ranches operating on that land; and</text></clause><clause id="id122A108A22CF450C9D2D536ABDCF06AA"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>the impact of land tenure patterns, categorized by—</text><subclause id="id851487F60C3E49BDB00A0C0B5D7A6794"><enum>(I)</enum><text>race, gender, and ethnicity; and</text></subclause><subclause id="id6272AAC0CA6E4D01AA95FF7ABA65DFEE"><enum>(II)</enum><text>region; and</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD52098C980E74F9D91C745E6403A1C4B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to include in the report of each Tenure, Ownership, and Transition of Agricultural Land survey the results of the questions under subparagraph (A).</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id4129D42F6EBC468CAB0AA325B0D19653"><enum>12626.</enum><header>Rural business investment program</header><subsection id="id5E968F7F608043BB9839455E3EE89F18"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>Section 384A of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2009cc">7 U.S.C. 2009cc</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="id7F4E07DDB8674EBCB9215DA93951CB10"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)—</text><subparagraph id="id1072BEDE5D824E6FA76401534BB1E910"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the paragraph heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">venture</header-in-text></quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idD16A00B4C4014AFC863BAA508F790446"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>venture</quote>; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idEB356DE272B94DEA8223C431B7A5D29F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (4) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF9D7271E497840EFA0B13CC26B087B13" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><paragraph id="idaa0c33e8f5184ce59b5c300c0dd50318"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Equity capital</header><text>The term <term>equity capital</term> means—</text><subparagraph id="id9DCD469529924869B3973F4AF5D6C97B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>common or preferred stock or a similar instrument, including subordinated debt with equity features; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id6EB50E5089CA48E39C0DEE8D113304F7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>any other type of equity-like financing that might be necessary to facilitate the purposes of this Act, excluding financing such as senior debt or other types of financing that competes with routine loanmaking of commercial lenders.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idDC361C3E8D4D46F5A7FA6DC1EF0B6E88"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Purposes</header><text>Section 384B of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2009cc-1">7 U.S.C. 2009cc–1</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="idD9F178367A2A44C5A2682748242797AB"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>venture</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idF42E5D0D5B574A7C96BF2C59954B7206"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)—</text><subparagraph id="id0566564B66904691B31F4500D181F5AC"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>venture</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id85B12A1E9EA5445782F59F847FE38306"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B), by striking <quote>venture</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id46F9C1C936B04BC589366A09F566BA34"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Selection of rural business investment companies</header><text>Section 384D(b)(1) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2009cc-3">7 U.S.C. 2009cc–3(b)(1)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>developmental venture</quote> and inserting <quote>developmental</quote>.</text></subsection><subsection id="id1C060F2B1BF946798E7FA4971E089001"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Fees</header><text>Section 384G of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2009cc-6">7 U.S.C. 2009cc–6</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="id850BFFA9F67547EFACB30A05D99AF86C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsections (a) and (b), by striking <quote>a fee that does not exceed $500</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>such fees as the Secretary considers appropriate, so long as those fees are proportionally equal for each rural business investment company,</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idE8686D88FCF04420BACBCE3801F99827"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (c)(2)—</text><subparagraph id="id0DB755BB3B254E2E97BE72366F0FFCE9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B), by striking <quote>solely to cover the costs of licensing examinations</quote> and inserting <quote>as the Secretary considers appropriate</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id640FD411037240DDB2927CD992D0C132"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking subparagraph (C) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFF92C21667804A3DA3794E14073375A3" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subparagraph id="idBB4F782228DF4872810CC0EB56DF3E88"><enum>(C)</enum><text>shall be in such amounts as the Secretary considers appropriate.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id681F9FE7903D4761B7E2DB034DAC2D0F"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Limitation on Rural Business Investment Companies Controlled by Farm Credit System Institutions</header><text>Section 384J(c) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2009cc-9">7 U.S.C. 2009cc–9(c)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>25</quote> and inserting <quote>50</quote>.</text></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id889B5E86513240DEAB766C23ECE69A5B"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Flexibility on sources of investment or capital</header><text>Section 384J(a) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2009cc-9">7 U.S.C. 2009cc–9(a)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDF77473C461E4C96A858AE41A5E21AA0"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraphs (1) and (2) as subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively, and indenting appropriately;</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA090AAEC8187489AB1D9160A8A4399A0"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking the subsection designation and heading and all that follows through <quote>Except as</quote> in the matter preceding subparagraph (A) (as so redesignated) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block act-name="" changed="added" id="id2F19FB8FA0CF4314859F6EA6478D3DD0" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subsection id="idD58DD14D829B4399B01C5FD31FEA00D8"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Investment</header><paragraph id="id7875385905154590A3BB1546E63B0EE3"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Except as</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id00653A279B8D4A3A908B9D7FE4FF58BE"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block act-name="" changed="added" id="id21D9FADD40814C23B7DDEBFA88394A3E" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><paragraph id="id38444E4B5FC4460D903D63761AF4D2C8"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Limitation on requirements</header><text>The Secretary may not require that an entity described in paragraph (1) provide investment or capital that is not required of other companies eligible to apply to operate as a rural business investment company under section 384D(a).</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id3A493B7AF1C644BE9BB62CAB817CD4C1"><enum>12627.</enum><header>National Oilheat Research Alliance</header><subsection id="idA57B7E89136D4409B834D91E09B74130"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 713 of the National Oilheat Research Alliance Act of 2000 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/6201">42 U.S.C. 6201</external-xref> note; <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/106/469">Public Law 106–469</external-xref>) is repealed.</text></subsection><subsection id="idF71E5AE725274403862CF323F88B9CC8"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Limitations on obligations of funds</header><text>The National Oilheat Research Alliance Act of 2000 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/6201">42 U.S.C. 6201</external-xref> note; <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/106/469">Public Law 106–469</external-xref>) is amended by inserting after section 707 the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0E388D9C71CB493BAA5E63B723AD1CDB" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><section id="id9C0E9C0A2C3A41BF8D7A09DE38B5C80F"><enum>708.</enum><header>Limitations on obligation of funds</header><subsection id="id704B49AA3DEC44339FDFD6D765B60B27"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>In each fiscal year of the covered period, the Alliance may not obligate an amount greater than the sum of—</text><paragraph id="ide3d01343387d41af8bc367619f8e9116"><enum>(1)</enum><text>75 percent of the amount of assessments estimated to be collected under section 707 in that fiscal year;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id6315f8646ac54573a201a181825cfbcf"><enum>(2)</enum><text>75 percent of the amount of assessments actually collected under section 707 in the most recent fiscal year for which an audit report has been submitted under section 706(f)(2)(B) as of the beginning of the fiscal year for which the amount that may be obligated is being determined, less the estimate made pursuant to paragraph (1) for that most recent fiscal year; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id9e1ec97ed2c34f1fb372e31e81cb4400"><enum>(3)</enum><text>amounts permitted in preceding fiscal years to be obligated pursuant to this subsection that have not been obligated.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idd9c73f439b084576a32cc217559574b7"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Excess amounts deposited in escrow account</header><text>Assessments collected under section 707 in excess of the amount permitted to be obligated under subsection (a) in a fiscal year shall be deposited in an escrow account for the duration of the covered period.</text></subsection><subsection id="ide26dec12cdd044b9ba37083ae892f8ad"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Treatment of amounts in escrow account</header><paragraph id="id27D053E613F64DBA908C2396A817BB01"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>During the covered period, the Alliance may not obligate, expend, or borrow against amounts required under subsection (b) to be deposited in the escrow account.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idDC23D22A1AF5478D8F60B052F2E77120"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Interest</header><text>Any interest earned on amounts described in paragraph (1) shall be—</text><subparagraph id="id04A6D88FF0FA42B79FDB6E3113418AF9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>deposited in the escrow account; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id9F0D04C6490D463DACA6EC058823BB4C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>unavailable for obligation for the duration of the covered period.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idecbde6a961944034ba7713215c3806f3"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Release of amounts in escrow account</header><text>After the expiration of the covered period, the Alliance may withdraw and obligate in any fiscal year an amount in the escrow account that does not exceed <fraction>1⁄5</fraction> of the amount in the escrow account on the last day of the covered period.</text></subsection><subsection id="id2667d8b195b8482fbe5c9c1ee1241dc8"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Special rule for estimates for particular fiscal years</header><paragraph id="ide2ebcf425c0a4d7994f9dd32f82841ab"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Rule</header><text>For purposes of subsection (a)(1), the amount of assessments estimated to be collected under section 707 in a fiscal year described in paragraph (2) shall be equal to 62 percent of the amount of assessments actually collected under that section in the most recent fiscal year for which an audit report has been submitted under section 706(f)(2)(B) as of the beginning of the fiscal year for which the amount that may be obligated is being determined.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id6e02bde8ebb941b18f3325aae3f5695a"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Fiscal years described</header><text>The fiscal years referred to in paragraph (1) are the 9th and 10th fiscal years that begin on or after the date of enactment of the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idc755098dd9ff429f92c5222cac101880"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Covered period defined</header><text>In this section, the term <term>covered period</term> means the period that begins on the date of enactment of the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 and ends on the last day of the 11th fiscal year that begins on or after that date of enactment.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section><section id="HE10E0838CCD940A49D9DECA5F0013BC9"><enum>12628.</enum><header>Reauthorization of rural emergency medical services training and equipment assistance program</header><subsection id="id3EE16C2441B045128C0EA80C26D022E3"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Short title</header><text>This section may be cited as the <quote><short-title>Supporting and Improving Rural EMS Needs Act of 2018</short-title></quote> or the <quote><short-title>SIREN Act of 2018</short-title></quote>.</text></subsection><subsection id="idD56C0DEE8C744591B38ED5F2854CCBBA"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Amendments</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 330J of the Public Health Service Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/254c-15">42 U.S.C. 254c–15</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="HC6A98413A15B4B3EB7034650AF405259"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a), by striking <quote>in rural areas</quote> and inserting <quote>in rural areas or to residents of rural areas</quote>;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HD974A635A60A4C619D07952BCEBE203C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking subsections (b) through (f) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H331D2170BDC34A5C959CAF4C3C0C447A" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subsection id="H8C68AF19C34042648876E7C734823D5D"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Eligibility; application</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To be eligible to receive grant under this section, an entity shall—</text><paragraph id="H2AF916522FF54CC0B6C48E4DBCDACD2D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>be—</text><subparagraph id="id1B6B7F8F4DE142DC939B5E84B349F1C5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>an emergency medical services agency operated by a local or tribal government (including fire-based and non-fire based); or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD5FE77E0D7A047B9B5BE1177B9F746F5"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an emergency medical services agency that is described in <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/501">section 501(c)</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and exempt from tax under section 501(a) of such Code; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id3BEEB50562C04F5497EA0F559DD9CA61"><enum>(2)</enum><text>submit an application to the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary may require.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HE1F2E6887BBE4B21AD2EF84ED41D8B4D"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Use of funds</header><text>An entity—</text><paragraph id="id6D356425F5064F87A1BE710288BCC1AA"><enum>(1)</enum><text>shall use amounts received through a grant under subsection (a) to—</text><subparagraph id="HC080A609A19C467FBB7EB3200B92D74C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>train emergency medical services personnel as appropriate to obtain and maintain licenses and certifications relevant to service in an emergency medical services agency described in subsection (b)(1);</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2F5D8D95862B495CACF38AFF108E3919"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">conduct courses that qualify graduates to serve in an emergency medical services agency described in subsection (b)(1) in accordance with State and local requirements;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HAA0AFAB3F51D4D82BD5BD46D0E213843"><enum>(C)</enum><text>fund specific training to meet Federal or State licensing or certification requirements; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6D8AB8299A574336A425F13AB2438288"><enum>(D)</enum><text>acquire emergency medical services equipment; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idF73A5A81A6FF4965AFC72B86FD0DDCD5"><enum>(2)</enum><text>may use amounts received through a grant under subsection (a) to—</text><subparagraph id="id6277FCBA4E154328822447FA42E6769C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>recruit and retain emergency medical services personnel, which may include volunteer personnel;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id45B59B9D076545308A6446265EDF673A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>develop new ways to educate emergency health care providers through the use of technology-enhanced educational methods; or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id5895583F80DB4E48B4B482CC1D52CAE0"><enum>(C)</enum><text>acquire personal protective equipment for emergency medical services personnel as required by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H5ABAAD93A13F4DF789CA03A00824D5FD"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Grant amounts</header><text>Each grant awarded under this section shall be in an amount not to exceed $200,000.</text></subsection><subsection id="idB7CC7DD48B8242DDB920F260FE8CAA10"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text><paragraph id="HBD8E55FC0DAA4DE8B21C70672BFE0AC6"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The term <term>emergency medical services</term>—</text><subparagraph id="H687B005D233A47E5891FE503DC587330"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">means resources used by a public or private nonprofit licensed entity to deliver medical care outside of a medical facility under emergency conditions that occur as a result of the condition of the patient; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H043A142A7AA94FE39895C0BDF800529B"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">includes services delivered (either on a compensated or volunteer basis) by an emergency medical services provider or other provider that is licensed or certified by the State involved as an emergency medical technician, a paramedic, or an equivalent professional (as determined by the State).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H686FD426AEED4D5F92551379B10D07BC"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>rural area</term> means—</text><subparagraph id="H10749A8F59C74302AB20CE4ED4ADA1DB"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a nonmetropolitan statistical area;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HEA79AF49103547689BF56D941B2D30C9"><enum>(B)</enum><text>an area designated as a rural area by any law or regulation of a State; or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0C445477E71049DA9626700710BA93E3"><enum>(C)</enum><text>a rural census tract of a metropolitan statistical area (as determined under the most recent rural urban commuting area code as set forth by the Office of Management and Budget).</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id88b5e5bfbb0a40be81e416a93dfa227c"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Matching requirement</header><text>The Secretary may not award a grant under this section to an entity unless the entity agrees that the entity will make available (directly or through contributions from other public or private entities) non-Federal contributions toward the activities to be carried out under the grant in an amount equal to 25 percent of the amount received under the grant.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph id="idA5B395688AA4460BB777BF21C22A87E2"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (g)(1), by striking <quote>2002 through 2006</quote> and inserting <quote>2019 through 2023</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection></section></subtitle>Secretary