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112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1773 

To promote local and regional farm and food systems, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

NOVEMBER 1, 2011 

Mr. BROWN of Ohio (for himself, Mr. CASEY, Mrs. GILLIBRAND, Mr. LEAHY, 

Ms. MIKULSKI, Mr. TESTER, and Mr. HARKIN) introduced the following 

bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, 

Nutrition, and Forestry 

A BILL 

To promote local and regional farm and food systems, and 

for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

4 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 

5 ‘‘Local Farms, Food, and Jobs Act of 2011’’. 

6 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents of 

7 this Act is as follows: 

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 

Sec. 2. Definition of Secretary. 

TITLE I—COMMODITY PROGRAMS AND CROP INSURANCE 


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Sec. 1001. Sense of Congress on removing barriers to domestic production of 

fruit and vegetables. 

Sec. 1002. Whole farm adjusted revenue risk management insurance plan. 

Sec. 1003. Authority to conduct crop insurance-related research and development in addition to contracting for research and development. 

Sec. 1004. Improved availability of crop insurance for producers of organic 

crops. 

TITLE II—CONSERVATION 

Sec. 2001. Definition. 

Sec. 2002. Duties of Secretary. 

Sec. 2003. Farmland protection program. 

Sec. 2004. Purposes. 

Sec. 2005. Delivery of technical assistance. 

Sec. 2006. Cooperative conservation partnership initiative. 

Sec. 2007. Administrative requirements for conservation programs. 

TITLE III—NUTRITION 

Sec. 3001. Electronic benefit transfers. 

Sec. 3002. Appropriation to encourage exportation and domestic consumption 

of agricultural products. 

Sec. 3003. Section 32 funds for purchase of fruits, vegetables, and nuts to support domestic nutrition assistance programs. 

Sec. 3004. Direct expenditures for agricultural commodities and other foods. 

Sec. 3005. Purchases of locally produced foods. 

Sec. 3006. Farmers’ market nutrition program. 

Sec. 3007. Senior farmers’ market nutrition program. 

Sec. 3008. Assistance for community food projects. 

Sec. 3009. Nutrition education and obesity prevention grant program. 

Sec. 3010. Administration. 

TITLE IV—CREDIT 

Sec. 4001. Loans to local and regional food producers. 

Sec. 4002. Clarification of the mission of the farm credit system to recognize 

the economic benefits of supporting young, beginning, and 

small farmers and ranchers, and contributions of local and regional farm and food systems. 

Sec. 4003. Young, beginning, and small farmers and ranchers and locally or regionally produced agricultural products. 

Sec. 4004. Government accountability office study examining how well federal 

agencies are assessing and meeting the capital needs of young, 

beginning, and small farmers and local and regional farm and 

food systems. 

TITLE V—RURAL DEVELOPMENT 

Sec. 5001. Support for local and regional farm and food systems. 

Sec. 5002. Value-Added Producer grants. 

TITLE VI—RESEARCH 

Sec. 6001. Agriculture and food research initiative. 

Sec. 6002. Local food production and market data initiatives. 


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Sec. 6003. Under Secretary of Agriculture for Research, Education, and Economics. 

Sec. 6004. Local and regional food system enterprise facilitation. 

Sec. 6005. National genetics resources program. 

TITLE VII—HORTICULTURE AND ORGANIC AGRICULTURE 

Sec. 7001. Specialty crop block grants. 

Sec. 7002. National organic certification cost-share program. 

Sec. 7003. Availability of organic certification cost share assistance and risk 

management education and community outreach partnership 

assistance under the Federal Crop Insurance Act. 

Sec. 7004. Local Marketing Promotion Program. 

TITLE VIII—POULTRY AND LIVESTOCK 

Sec. 8001. Small and very small meat processing plants. 

Sec. 8002. Small and very small poultry processing plants. 

Sec. 8003. Searchable database of electronically submitted meat and poultry labels. 

Sec. 8004. Meat and poultry processing report. 

TITLE IX—MISCELLANEOUS 

Sec. 9001. National food safety training, education, extension, outreach, and 

technical assistance program. 

Sec. 9002. Budgetary effects. 

1 SEC. 2. DEFINITION OF SECRETARY. 

2 In this Act, the term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Sec3 retary of Agriculture. 

4 TITLE I—COMMODITY PRO5 GRAMS AND CROP INSUR6 ANCE 

7 SEC. 1001. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON REMOVING BARRIERS 

8 TO DOMESTIC PRODUCTION OF FRUIT AND 

9 VEGETABLES. 

10 It is the sense of Congress that— 

11 (1) Federal commodity and crop insurance pro12 grams should not create barriers to the domestic 

13 production of fruit and vegetables; 


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1 (2) planting flexibility under Federal commodity 

2 programs should be maximized with the goals of— 

3 (A) allowing producer choice regarding the 

4 planting of agricultural commodities; and 

5 (B) increasing the local and regional avail6 ability of fresh and minimally processed 

7 produce, including to schools and other institu8 tions; and 

9 (3) crop and revenue insurance products should 

10 be made available that are tailored to the needs of 

11 diversified farming operations that serve local and 

12 regional food markets. 

13 SEC. 1002. WHOLE FARM ADJUSTED REVENUE RISK MAN14 AGEMENT INSURANCE PLAN. 

15 Section 508(c) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 

16 U.S.C. 1508(c)) is amended by adding at the end the fol17 lowing: 

18 ‘‘(11) WHOLE FARM ADJUSTED REVENUE RISK

19 MANAGEMENT INSURANCE PLAN.— 

20 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Corporation shall 

21 offer a whole farm adjusted revenue risk man22 agement insurance plan (in this paragraph re23 ferred to as the ‘plan’) that allows a producer 

24 to qualify for an indemnity if actual gross farm 


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1 revenue is below 85 percent of the average 

2 gross farm revenue of the producer. 

3 ‘‘(B) AVAILABILITY.—The Corporation 

4 shall offer the plan in all States and counties, 

5 pending required rating. 

6 ‘‘(C) ELIGIBLE PRODUCERS.—The Cor7 poration shall permit producers of any type of 

8 agricultural commodity to participate in the 

9 plan. Eligible producers include contract grow10 ers, direct-to-consumer marketers, and pro11 ducers servicing local and regional and farm 

12 identity-preserved markets. Eligible commod13 ities include specialty crops, industrial crops, 

14 poultry, livestock, and aquacultural products. 

15 ‘‘(D) DIVERSIFICATION.—The Corporation 

16 may provide diversification-based additional 

17 coverage payment rates, premium discounts, or 

18 other enhanced benefits in recognition of the 

19 risk management benefits of diversification 

20 strategies regarding production of eligible com21 modities. 

22 ‘‘(E) MARKET READINESS.—The Corpora23 tion shall include coverage for the value of any 

24 packing, packaging, or labeling, washing, grain 

25 drying, or any other similar on-farm activities 


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1 the Corporation determines to be the minimum 

2 required in order to sell an agricultural com3 modity.’’. 

4 SEC. 1003. AUTHORITY TO CONDUCT CROP INSURANCE-RE5 LATED RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN 

6 ADDITION TO CONTRACTING FOR RESEARCH 

7 AND DEVELOPMENT. 

8 (a) CONDUCTING RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT.— 

9 Section 522(c) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 

10 U.S.C. 1522(c)) is amended— 

11 (1) in the subsection heading, by striking 

12 ‘‘CONTRACTING’’; 

13 (2) in paragraph (1), in the matter preceding 

14 paragraph (A), by striking ‘‘enter into contracts to 

15 carry out research and development to’’ and insert16 ing ‘‘conduct activities or enter into contracts to 

17 carry out research and development to maintain or 

18 improve existing policies or develop new policies to’’; 

19 (3) in paragraph (2)— 

20 (A) in subparagraph (A), by inserting 

21 ‘‘conduct research and development or’’ after 

22 ‘‘The Corporation may’’; and 

23 (B) in subparagraph (B), by inserting 

24 ‘‘conducting research and development or’’ after 

25 ‘‘Before’’; and 


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1 (4) in paragraph (5), by inserting ‘‘after expert 

2 review in accordance with section 505(e)’’ after ‘‘ap3 proved by the Board’’. 

4 (b) FUNDING.—Section 522(e) of the Federal Crop 

5 Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1522(e)) is amended— 

6 (1) in paragraph (2)— 

7 (A) in the paragraph heading, by striking 

8 ‘‘CONTRACTING’’ and inserting ‘‘RESEARCH

9 AND DEVELOPMENT AND PARTNERSHIPS’’; 

10 (B) in subparagraph (A), by inserting 

11 ‘‘conduct research and development and’’ after 

12 ‘‘the Corporation may use to’’; and 

13 (C) in subparagraph (B), by inserting 

14 ‘‘conduct research and development and’’ after 

15 ‘‘for the fiscal year to’’; 

16 (2) in paragraph (3), in the matter preceding 

17 subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘to provide either re18 imbursement payments or contract payments under 

19 this section for a fiscal year is not needed for such 

20 purposes’’ and inserting ‘‘for a fiscal year is not 

21 needed for the purposes for which the amount was 

22 made available’’; and 

23 (3) by striking paragraph (4). 


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1 SEC. 1004. IMPROVED AVAILABILITY OF CROP INSURANCE 

2 FOR PRODUCERS OF ORGANIC CROPS. 

3 (a) ELIMINATION OF ORGANIC PREMIUM SUR4 CHARGE.—Section 508(d) of the Federal Crop Insurance 

5 Act (7 U.S.C. 1508(d)) is amended by adding at the end 

6 the following new paragraph: 

7 ‘‘(4) ELIMINATION OF ORGANIC PREMIUM SUR8 CHARGE.—Effective beginning with the 2013 rein9 surance year, the Corporation may not require any 

10 producer to pay a premium surcharge for insuring 

11 crops produced in compliance with standards issued 

12 by the Department of Agriculture under the national 

13 organic program established under the Organic 

14 Foods Production Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 6501 et 

15 seq.).’’. 

16 (b) COMPLETION OF DEVELOPMENT OF ORGANIC

17 PRICE SERIES.—Section 508(c)(6) of the Federal Crop 

18 Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1508(c)(6)) is amended by add19 ing at the end the following new subparagraph: 

20 ‘‘(D) ORGANIC CROPS.— 

21 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—As quickly as pos22 sible, but in no event later than the 2015 

23 reinsurance year, the Corporation shall 

24 offer producers of organic crops price elec25 tions for all organic crops produced in 

26 compliance with standards issued by the 


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1 Department of Agriculture under the na2 tional organic program established under 

3 the Organic Foods Production Act of 1990 

4 (7 U.S.C. 6501 et seq.) that reflect the ac5 tual retail or wholesale prices, as appro6 priate, received by producers for organic 

7 crops, as determined by the Secretary 

8 using all relevant sources of information. 

9 ‘‘(ii) ANNUAL REPORT.—The Corpora10 tion shall submit to the Committee on Ag11 riculture of the House of Representatives 

12 and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutri13 tion, and Forestry of the Senate an annual 

14 report on progress made in developing and 

15 improving Federal crop insurance for or16 ganic crops, including— 

17 ‘‘(I) the numbers and varieties of 

18 organic crops insured; 

19 ‘‘(II) the progress of imple20 menting the price elections required 

21 under this subparagraph, including 

22 the rate at which additional price elec23 tions are adopted for organic crops; 


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1 ‘‘(III) the development of new in2 surance approaches relevant to or3 ganic producers; and 

4 ‘‘(IV) any recommendations the 

5 Corporation considers appropriate to 

6 improve Federal crop insurance cov7 erage for organic crops.’’. 

8 (c) REPEAL OF REQUIRED CONTRACTS FOR ORGANIC

9 PRODUCTION COVERAGE IMPROVEMENTS.—Section 

10 522(b) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 

11 1522(b)) is amended by striking paragraph (10). 

12 TITLE II—CONSERVATION 

13 SEC. 2001. DEFINITION. 

14 Section 1201(a) of the Food Security Act of 1985 

15 (16 U.S.C. 3801(a)) is amended by redesignating para16 graphs (18) through (27) as paragraphs (19) through 

17 (28), respectively, and inserting after paragraph (17) the 

18 following new paragraph: 

19 ‘‘(18) LOCAL AND REGIONAL FOOD.—The term 

20 ‘local and regional food’ means ‘locally or regionally 

21 produced agricultural food product’, as that term is 

22 defined in section 310B(g)(9) of the Consolidated 

23 Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 

24 1932(g)(9)).’’. 


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1 SEC. 2002. DUTIES OF SECRETARY. 

2 Section 1238G(c) of the Food Security Act of 1985 

3 (16 U.S.C. 3838g(c)) is amended as follows: 

4 (1) In the header, by striking ‘‘SPECIALTY

5 CROP AND ORGANIC PRODUCERS’’ and inserting 

6 ‘‘SPECIALTY CROP, ORGANIC, AND LOCAL AND RE7 GIONAL FOOD PRODUCERS’’. 

8 (2) By striking ‘‘specialty crop and organic pro9 ducers’’ and inserting ‘‘specialty crop, organic, and 

10 local and regional food producers’’. 

11 SEC. 2003. FARMLAND PROTECTION PROGRAM. 

12 Section 1238I of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 

13 U.S.C. 3838i) is amended as follows: 

14 (1) In subsection (b), by inserting ‘‘to promote 

15 farm viability for future generations and, to the 

16 maximum extent practicable, enhance the viability of 

17 local and regional food systems’’ before the period. 

18 (2) In subsection (g), by adding at the end the 

19 following new paragraph: 

20 ‘‘(6) FUNDING PRIORITY.— 

21 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—An agreement under 

22 this subsection shall require an eligible entity to 

23 provide a funding priority, to the maximum ex24 tent practicable, for— 

25 ‘‘(i) eligible land for which there exists 

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1 plan established to create opportunities for 

2 beginning farmers and ranchers and en3 courage farm viability for future genera4 tions; 

5 ‘‘(ii) conservation easements that in6 clude an option to purchase at a price that 

7 is equal to the agricultural use value; 

8 ‘‘(iii) qualified beginning farmers or 

9 ranchers with contracts to purchase the 

10 land to be protected; 

11 ‘‘(iv) land owned by a nongovern12 mental organization that will be sold to a 

13 qualified beginning farmer or rancher; 

14 ‘‘(v) conservation easements the pur15 chasing of which occurs in conjunction 

16 with a transfer of eligible land to a quali17 fied beginning farmer or rancher that may 

18 not occur without the financial assistance 

19 of the program; and 

20 ‘‘(vi) other similar mechanisms to 

21 maintain the affordability of farm and 

22 ranch land for successive generations of 

23 farmers and ranchers. 

24 ‘‘(B) DEFINITION.—For the purposes of 

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1 farmer or rancher’ has the meaning given that 

2 term in section 343(a) of the Consolidated 

3 Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 

4 1991(a)).’’. 

5 SEC. 2004. PURPOSES. 

6 Section 1240(4) of the Food Security Act of 1985 

7 (16 U.S.C. 3839aa(4)) is amended by inserting ‘‘or local 

8 and regional food’’ after ‘‘related to organic’’. 

9 SEC. 2005. DELIVERY OF TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE. 

10 Section 1242(i) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 

11 U.S.C. 3842(i)) is amended— 

12 (1) in the header, by inserting ‘‘LOCAL AND

13 REGIONAL FOOD,’’ after ‘‘ORGANIC,’’; 

14 (2) in paragraph (1)(A), by inserting ‘‘local and 

15 regional food production,’’ after ‘‘organic crop pro16 duction,’’; 

17 (3) in paragraph (1)(B), by striking ‘‘organic or 

18 specialty crop production’’ and inserting ‘‘organic, 

19 specialty crop, or local and regional production’’; 

20 (4) in paragraph (2)(A), by striking ‘‘or preci21 sion agriculture through’’ and inserting ‘‘precision 

22 agriculture, or local and regional food production, 

23 through’’; and 

24 (5) in paragraph (2)(B)(i), by striking ‘‘or pre25 cision agriculture through’’ and inserting ‘‘precision 


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1 agriculture, or local and regional food production, 

2 through’’. 

3 SEC. 2006. COOPERATIVE CONSERVATION PARTNERSHIP 

4 INITIATIVE. 

5 Section 1243(b)(4) of the Food Security Act of 1985 

6 (16 U.S.C. 3843(b)(4)) is amended by striking ‘‘specialty 

7 crop and organic production and precision agriculture pro8 ducers’’ and inserting ‘‘specialty crop, organic, and local 

9 and regional food production, and precision agriculture 

10 producers’’. 

11 SEC. 2007. ADMINISTRATIVE REQUIREMENTS FOR CON12 SERVATION PROGRAMS. 

13 Section 1244(a)(2) of the Food Security Act of 1985 

14 (16 U.S.C. 3844(a)(2)) is amended— 

15 (1) by redesignating subparagraph (D) as sub16 paragraph (E); and 

17 (2) by inserting after subparagraph (C) the fol18 lowing new subparagraph: 

19 ‘‘(D) Local and regional food producers.’’. 

20 TITLE III—NUTRITION 

21 SEC. 3001. ELECTRONIC BENEFIT TRANSFERS. 

22 Section 7(h) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 

23 (7 U.S.C. 2016(h)) is amended— 

24 (1) in paragraph (1)— 


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1 (A) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) 

2 through (D) as subparagraphs (B) through (E), 

3 respectively; 

4 (B) by inserting before subparagraph (B) 

5 (as so redesignated) the following: 

6 ‘‘(A) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 

7 ‘‘(i) BUYING CLUB.—The term ‘buy8 ing club’ means a group of consumers who 

9 join together to purchase in bulk from ag10 ricultural producers or food distributors. 

11 ‘‘(ii) COMMUNITY-SUPPORTED AGRI12 CULTURE PROGRAM.—The term ‘commu13 nity-supported agriculture program’ or 

14 ‘CSA’ means a farm business or a group of 

15 agricultural producers that form a partner16 ship with consumers through which con17 sumers buy a subscription for farm prod18 ucts in advance and the farm business or 

19 group of agricultural producers commits to 

20 supplying and delivering the products to a 

21 common distribution point or directly to 

22 the consumers. 

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1 means fishing business or a group of fish2 ermen that form a partnership with con3 sumers through which consumers buy a 

4 subscription for seafood in advance and the 

5 fishing business or group of fishermen 

6 commits to supplying and delivering the 

7 seafood to a common distribution point or 

8 directly to the consumers. 

9 ‘‘(iv) FARMERS’ MARKET.—The term 

10 ‘farmers’ market’ means a regularly sched11 uled assembly of 2 or more agricultural 

12 producers for the direct sale of locally 

13 grown fresh fruits and vegetables and 

14 other staple foods to consumers. 

15 ‘‘(v) FARM STAND; ROADSIDE

16 STAND.— 

17 ‘‘(I) IN GENERAL.—The terms 

18 ‘farm stand’ and ‘roadside stand’ 

19 mean a retail outlet for the direct sale 

20 of locally grown fresh fruits and vege21 tables and other staple foods in rural 

22 or urban areas. 

23 ‘‘(II) INCLUSION.—The terms 

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1 include a single stall in a farmers’ 

2 market. 

3 ‘‘(vi) GREEN CART.—The term ‘green 

4 cart’ means a mobile retail food vendor 

5 who sells fresh fruits and vegetables on a 

6 regular basis from an unmotorized cart. 

7 ‘‘(vii) ROUTE VENDOR.— 

8 ‘‘(I) IN GENERAL.—The term 

9 ‘route vendor’ means a mobile retail 

10 food vendor who sells unprepared food 

11 from a vehicle directly to consumers 

12 along a scheduled route or by ar13 ranged delivery. 

14 ‘‘(II) INCLUSION.—The term 

15 ‘route vendor’ includes vendors who 

16 provide food services in disaster or 

17 other emergency situations. 

18 ‘‘(viii) WIRELESS RETAILER.—The 

19 term ‘wireless retailer’ includes— 

20 ‘‘(I) a farmers’ market; 

21 ‘‘(II) a farm stand; 

22 ‘‘(III) a green cart; 

23 ‘‘(IV) a route vendor; 

24 ‘‘(V) a buying club; 


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1 ‘‘(VI) an entity operating a com2 munity-supported agriculture pro3 gram; 

4 ‘‘(VII) an entity operating a com5 munity-supported fishery program; 

6 and 

7 ‘‘(VIII) an individual farmer af8 filiated with an entity described in 

9 any of subclauses (I) through (VII).’’; 

10 (C) in subparagraph (C) (as so redesig11 nated) by striking ‘‘subparagraph (A)’’ and in12 serting ‘‘subparagraph (B)’’; 

13 (D) in clause (i) of subparagraph (E) (as 

14 so redesignated), by inserting ‘‘, including wire15 less technology’’ before the semicolon at the 

16 end; and 

17 (E) by adding at the end the following: 

18 ‘‘(F) STATE FLEXIBILITY FOR WIRELESS

19 ELECTRONIC BENEFIT SYSTEMS.—Subject to 

20 paragraph (2), a State agency may— 

21 ‘‘(i) procure and implement any wire22 less electronic benefit transfer (referred to 

23 in this subsection as ‘EBT’) system that 

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1 priate and that meets all industry security 

2 standards; and 

3 ‘‘(ii) use appropriate wireless tech4 nology available to the State agency in im5 plementing the wireless electronic benefit 

6 transfer system, including smart phone 

7 technology and other technologies, so long 

8 as the technologies meet all industry secu9 rity standards.’’; 

10 (2) in paragraph (2)— 

11 (A) in subparagraph (G), by striking 

12 ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

13 (B) in subparagraph (H), by striking the 

14 period at the end and inserting a semicolon; 

15 and 

16 (C) by adding at the end the following: 

17 ‘‘(I) a requirement that, for purposes of 

18 program participation, State agencies and the 

19 Food and Nutrition Service treat wireless retail20 ers in the same manner as retail food stores 

21 that use wired electronic benefit transfer equip22 ment by providing the retail food stores with 

23 wireless electronic benefit transfer equipment 

24 that ensures immediate benefit account 

25 verification; 


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1 ‘‘(J) a system for wireless retail food 

2 stores to receive funds in an amount not to ex3 ceed the cost of a wireless point-of-sale terminal 

4 if alternative wireless technology is used; and 

5 ‘‘(K) the potential for entering into a con6 tract or memoranda of understanding with a 

7 statewide nonprofit organization, such as a 

8 statewide farmers’ market association, to assist 

9 the State agency by providing outreach, train10 ing, and administration in wireless electronic 

11 benefit transfer equipment deployment at mul12 tiple-vendor farmers’ markets, particularly in 

13 cases in which scrip (such as farmers’ market 

14 tokens) is used to simplify program participa15 tion by agricultural producers and vendors.’’; 

16 (3) in paragraph (3)(B)— 

17 (A) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 

18 end; 

19 (B) in clause (ii), by striking the period at 

20 the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

21 (C) by adding at the end the following: 

22 ‘‘(iii) in the case of wireless retailers, 

23 the wireless retailer makes wireless elec24 tronic benefit and wireless EBT connection 

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1 (4) in paragraph (5), by inserting before the pe2 riod at the end ‘‘, including wireless electronic ben3 efit systems that enable all wireless retailers to pro4 vide for improved access to nutritious foods in areas 

5 lacking such access, and in disaster-recovery situa6 tions’’; 

7 (5) by redesignating the second paragraph (12) 

8 (relating to interchange fees) as paragraph (13); and 

9 (6) by adding at the end the following: 

10 ‘‘(14) NON-EBT TRANSACTIONS.—Wireless 

11 EBT equipment provided to an authorized retailer 

12 may be used for non-EBT transactions (such as 

13 credit and debit card transactions) only if the re14 tailer bears all costs associated with those non-EBT 

15 transactions. 

16 ‘‘(15) WIRELESS RETAILER EBT PILOT PRO17 GRAM FOR SMARTPHONE TECHNOLOGY.— 

18 ‘‘(A) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary 

19 shall establish a wireless retailer EBT pilot pro20 gram that shall operate in a minimum of 2 

21 States for a minimum of 2 years in each 

22 State— 

23 ‘‘(i) to explore EBT smartphone tech24 nology; and 


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1 ‘‘(ii) to test the use of EBT tech2 nology in accepting benefits for multiple 

3 nutrition assistance programs. 

4 ‘‘(B) PURPOSES.—The purposes of the 

5 EBT pilot program are— 

6 ‘‘(i) to evaluate the opportunities and 

7 challenges faced by wireless retailers in 

8 using smartphone technology to process 

9 EBT transactions; and 

10 ‘‘(ii) to develop technology, software, 

11 and machinery that allows wireless retail12 ers to redeem EBT benefits for multiple 

13 nutrition assistance programs including— 

14 ‘‘(I) the supplemental nutrition 

15 assistance program established under 

16 the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 

17 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.); 

18 ‘‘(II) the farmers’ market nutri19 tion program established under sec20 tion 17(m) of the Child Nutrition Act 

21 of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786(m)); 

22 ‘‘(III) the seniors farmers’ mar23 ket nutrition program established 

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1 rity and Rural Investment Act of 

2 2002 (7 U.S.C. 3007); 

3 ‘‘(IV) the special supplemental 

4 nutrition program for women, infants, 

5 and children established by section 17 

6 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 

7 (42 U.S.C. 1786); and 

8 ‘‘(V) other Federal nutrition as9 sistance programs for low-income indi10 viduals that adopt an electronic ben11 efit transfer system. 

12 ‘‘(C) LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EX13 PENSES.—For each fiscal year, not more than 

14 10 percent of the amounts made available to 

15 carry out this paragraph may be used for ad16 ministrative expenses. 

17 ‘‘(D) FUNDING.—On October 1, 2012, of 

18 the funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation, 

19 the Secretary shall make available to carry out 

20 this paragraph $2,000,000, to remain available 

21 until expended.’’. 


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1 SEC. 3002. APPROPRIATION TO ENCOURAGE EXPORTATION 

2 AND DOMESTIC CONSUMPTION OF AGRICUL3 TURAL PRODUCTS. 

4 Section 32 of the Act of August 24, 1935 (7 U.S.C. 

5 612c) is amended in the second sentence— 

6 (1) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘; and’’ at the 

7 end; 

8 (2) in paragraph (3), by striking the period at 

9 the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

10 (3) by inserting after paragraph (3) the fol11 lowing: ‘‘(4) support development of local and re12 gional agricultural markets in the United States by 

13 encouraging domestic consumption of locally and re14 gionally grown and raised commodities or products 

15 in the manner described in paragraph (2).’’ 

16 SEC. 3003. SECTION 32 FUNDS FOR PURCHASE OF FRUITS, 

17 VEGETABLES, AND NUTS TO SUPPORT DO18 MESTIC NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS. 

19 (a) PURCHASE OF LOCALLY AND REGIONALLY PRO20 DUCED FOODS.—Section 4404 of the Food, Conservation, 

21 and Energy Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 612c–5) is amended— 

22 (1) by redesignating subsection (c) as sub23 section (d); and 

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1 ‘‘(c) PURCHASE OF LOCALLY AND REGIONALLY PRO2 DUCED FOODS.—In carrying out this section, the Sec3 retary shall— 

4 ‘‘(1) encourage the purchase of unprocessed or 

5 minimally processed locally and regionally grown 

6 fruits, vegetables, and nuts; and 

7 ‘‘(2) allow the use of geographical preference 

8 for the procurement of unprocessed or minimally 

9 processed locally and regionally grown fruits, vegeta10 bles, and nuts.’’. 

11 (b) PURCHASE OF FRESH FRUITS AND VEGETABLES

12 FOR DISTRIBUTION TO SCHOOLS AND SERVICE INSTITU13 TIONS.—Section 10603(b) of the Farm Security and 

14 Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 612c–4(b)) is 

15 amended— 

16 (1) by striking ‘‘The Secretary’’ and inserting 

17 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary’’; 

18 (2) in paragraph (1) (as so designated), by 

19 striking ‘‘2008 through 2012’’ and inserting ‘‘2013 

20 through 2017’’; and 

21 (3) by adding at the end the following: 

22 ‘‘(2) DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PROGRAM OP23 TION.—A school or service institution described in 

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1 ‘‘(A) electing to participate in the Depart2 ment of Defense fresh fruit and vegetable dis3 tribution program; 

4 ‘‘(B) under such terms and conditions as 

5 the Secretary shall establish, purchasing locally 

6 and regionally grown fruits and vegetables with 

7 amounts that would have been used by the 

8 school or service institution to participate in the 

9 Department of Defense fresh fruit and vege10 table distribution program; or 

11 ‘‘(C) carrying out a combination of the ac12 tivities described in subparagraphs (A) and 

13 (B).’’. 

14 SEC. 3004. DIRECT EXPENDITURES FOR AGRICULTURAL 

15 COMMODITIES AND OTHER FOODS. 

16 Section 6 of the Richard B. Russell National School 

17 Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1755) is amended by adding at the 

18 end the following: 

19 ‘‘(f) LOCAL FOOD CREDIT PROGRAM.— 

20 ‘‘(1) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 

21 ‘‘(A) LOCAL FOOD CREDIT.—The term 

22 ‘local food credit’ means cash, letters of credit, 

23 or another form of assistance, as determined by 

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1 ‘‘(B) PARTICIPATING SCHOOL AUTHOR2 ITY.—The term ‘participating school authority’ 

3 means a school food authority that— 

4 ‘‘(i) participates in the school lunch 

5 program under this Act; and 

6 ‘‘(ii) elects to participate in the local 

7 food credit program under this subsection. 

8 ‘‘(C) PARTICIPATING STATE AGENCY.—The 

9 term ‘participating State agency’ means a State 

10 agency that— 

11 ‘‘(i) participates in the school lunch 

12 program under this Act; and 

13 ‘‘(ii) elects to participate in the local 

14 food credit program under this subsection. 

15 ‘‘(2) ESTABLISHMENT.—Beginning for the 

16 2013–2014 school year and for each subsequent 

17 school year, the Secretary shall provide a grant to 

18 each participating State agency to provide each par19 ticipating school food authority under the jurisdic20 tion of that State agency with local food credits in 

21 an amount equal to not more than 15 percent of the 

22 total value of the commodity assistance or cash pay23 ments the State authority is eligible to receive under 

24 subsection (c)(2) for that school year in lieu of the 

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1 ‘‘(3) REQUIREMENTS.—As a condition of receiv2 ing a grant under this subsection, each participating 

3 school food authority shall— 

4 ‘‘(A) use local food credits received under 

5 this subsection to purchase unprocessed or 

6 minimally processed locally grown and locally 

7 raised foods to be served under the school lunch 

8 program in schools under the jurisdiction of the 

9 authority; 

10 ‘‘(B) keep records of any purchases made 

11 with the assistance; and 

12 ‘‘(C) provide the records to the Secretary 

13 in such manner and such form as the Secretary 

14 determines to be necessary. 

15 ‘‘(4) PREPURCHASING.—A participating school 

16 food authority may use a local food credit received 

17 under this subsection in a school year to purchase 

18 local foods to serve under the school lunch program 

19 during the following school year. 

20 ‘‘(5) MINIMUM COMMODITY PURCHASES.—The 

21 amount of a grant made under this subsection for 

22 a school year shall count toward the minimum com23 modity assistance requirements of subsection (c)(2) 

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1 SEC. 3005. PURCHASES OF LOCALLY PRODUCED FOODS. 

2 Section 9(j) of the Richard B. Russell National 

3 School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1758(j)) is amended— 

4 (1) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘and mini5 mally processed’’ before ‘‘agricultural products’’; 

6 (2) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘and’’ after 

7 the semicolon; 

8 (3) in paragraph (3)— 

9 (A) by inserting ‘‘and the Agricultural 

10 Marketing Service’’ before ‘‘, to use a’’; 

11 (B) by inserting ‘‘and minimally proc12 essed’’ before ‘‘agricultural products’’; and 

13 (C) by striking the period at the end and 

14 inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

15 (4) by adding at the end the following: 

16 ‘‘(4) promulgate regulations to clarify that, 

17 when using a geographical preference for the pro18 curement of unprocessed and minimally processed 

19 agricultural products under paragraph (3), the Sec20 retary and the institutions described in that para21 graph may, notwithstanding any other provision of 

22 law, select agricultural products solely from among 

23 those agricultural products that qualify for the geo24 graphical preference.’’. 


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1 SEC. 3006. FARMERS’ MARKET NUTRITION PROGRAM. 

2 Section 17(m) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 

3 U.S.C. 1786(m)) is amended— 

4 (1) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘and through 

5 community-supported agriculture programs’’ after 

6 ‘‘roadside stands’’; 

7 (2) in paragraph (5)— 

8 (A) in subparagraph (D)(ii), by inserting 

9 ‘‘, roadside stands, and community-supported 

10 agriculture programs’’ after ‘‘farmers’ mar11 kets’’; and 

12 (B) in subparagraph (F)(ii), by inserting 

13 ‘‘, roadside stands, and community-supported 

14 agriculture programs’’ after ‘‘farmers’ markets’’ 

15 each place it appears; 

16 (3) in paragraph (6)(C)(ii)(II), by inserting ‘‘, 

17 roadside stands, and community-supported agri18 culture programs’’ after ‘‘farmers’ markets’’; and 

19 (4) in paragraph (9)(A), by striking ‘‘2015’’ 

20 and inserting ‘‘2017’’. 

21 SEC. 3007. SENIOR FARMERS’ MARKET NUTRITION PRO22 GRAM. 

23 Section 4402 of the Farm Security and Rural Invest24 ment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 3007) is amended— 

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1 (A) by striking ‘‘$20,600,000’’ and insert2 ing ‘‘$25,000,000’’; 

3 (B) by striking ‘‘2008’’ and inserting 

4 ‘‘2013’’; and 

5 (C) by striking ‘‘2012’’ and inserting 

6 ‘‘2017’’; and 

7 (2) in subsection (b)(1), by inserting ‘‘maple 

8 syrup,’’ after ‘‘honey,’’. 

9 SEC. 3008. ASSISTANCE FOR COMMUNITY FOOD PROJECTS. 

10 Section 25 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 

11 (7 U.S.C. 2034) is amended— 

12 (1) in subsection (b)(2)(B)— 

13 (A) by striking ‘‘$5,000,000’’ and inserting 

14 ‘‘$10,000,000’’; and 

15 (B) by striking ‘‘2008’’ and inserting 

16 ‘‘2013’’; and 

17 (2) in subsection (f)(2), by striking ‘‘3’’ and in18 serting ‘‘5’’. 

19 SEC. 3009. NUTRITION EDUCATION AND OBESITY PREVEN20 TION GRANT PROGRAM. 

21 Section 28 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 

22 (7 U.S.C. 2036a) is amended— 

23 (1) in subsection (b)— 

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1 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Consistent with’’; and 

2 (B) by adding at the end the following: 

3 ‘‘(2) CONTENTS.—In carrying out a nutrition 

4 education and obesity prevention program under this 

5 section, State agencies are encouraged to use as 

6 venues direct marketing outlets, including farmers’ 

7 markets, community-supported agriculture pro8 grams, community-supported fishery programs, and 

9 farm and roadside stands.’’; and 

10 (2) in subsection (c)(3)(A)— 

11 (A) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘and’’ after 

12 the semicolon; 

13 (B) in clause (iii), by striking the period at 

14 the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

15 (C) by adding at the end the following: 

16 ‘‘(iv) financial incentives to low-in17 come groups to encourage consumption of 

18 healthy foods.’’. 

19 SEC. 3010. ADMINISTRATION. 

20 Section 11(e)(1) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 

21 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2020(e)(1)) is amended by inserting ‘‘, 

22 which the State agency may carry out through contracts 

23 with farmers’ markets and farmers’ market organizations 

24 at 100 percent Federal cost, subject to the condition that 

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1 ganizations comply with the State plan under this sub2 section’’ before the semicolon at the end. 

3 TITLE IV—CREDIT 

4 SEC. 4001. LOANS TO LOCAL AND REGIONAL FOOD PRO5 DUCERS. 

6 Subtitle D of the Consolidated Farm and Rural De7 velopment Act (7 U.S.C. 1981–2008u) is amended by in8 serting after section 333C the following: 

9 ‘‘SEC. 333D. LOANS TO LOCAL AND REGIONAL FOOD PRO10 DUCERS. 

11 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall make and 

12 guarantee loans under this title to eligible producers for 

13 the production of locally or regionally produced agricul14 tural food products (as defined in section 310B(g)(10) of 

15 this Act), including qualified producers engaged in direct16 to-consumer marketing, direct-to-institution marketing, or 

17 direct-to-store marketing, businesses or activities that 

18 produce a value-added agricultural product (as defined in 

19 section 231(a)(5) of the Agricultural Risk Protection Act 

20 of 2000), mid-tier value chains (as defined in section 

21 231(a)(3) of such Act of 2000), and other local and re22 gional market outlets. 

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1 rowers and potential borrowers engaged in local and re2 gional food production. 

3 ‘‘(c) VALUATION.—The Secretary shall develop ways 

4 to determine unit prices (or other appropriate forms of 

5 valuation) for crops whose end use is intended to be in 

6 locally or regionally produced agricultural food products 

7 (as so defined) to facilitate lending to local and regional 

8 food producers. In addition, the Secretary shall implement 

9 a mechanism for the producers to establish their price his10 tory for the crops. 

11 ‘‘(d) OUTREACH.—The Secretary shall develop and 

12 implement an outreach strategy to engage and provide 

13 loan services to local and regional food producers.’’. 

14 SEC. 4002. CLARIFICATION OF THE MISSION OF THE FARM 

15 CREDIT SYSTEM TO RECOGNIZE THE ECO16 NOMIC BENEFITS OF SUPPORTING YOUNG, 

17 BEGINNING, AND SMALL FARMERS AND 

18 RANCHERS, AND CONTRIBUTIONS OF LOCAL 

19 AND REGIONAL FARM AND FOOD SYSTEMS. 

20 Section 1.1 of the Farm Credit Act of 1971 (12 

21 U.S.C. 2001) is amended by adding at the end the fol22 lowing: 

23 ‘‘(d) Recognizing that the vitality of United States 

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1 ranchers into agriculture, many of whom will operate 

2 farms with local and regional food product distribution, 

3 it is declared to be the policy of the Congress and an objec4 tive of this Act that the Farm Credit System should en5 deavor to serve the credit and related needs of these indi6 viduals and the businesses on which they rely and that 

7 are necessary to the growth and vitality of local and re8 gional farm and food systems.’’. 

9 SEC. 4003. YOUNG, BEGINNING, AND SMALL FARMERS AND 

10 RANCHERS AND LOCALLY OR REGIONALLY 

11 PRODUCED AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS. 

12 (a) CREDIT FOR YOUNG, BEGINNING, AND SMALL

13 FARMERS.—Section 4.19(a) of the Farm Credit Act of 

14 1971 (12 U.S.C. 2207(a)) is amended— 

15 (1) in the 1st sentence by inserting ‘‘and for 

16 the production of locally or regionally produced agri17 cultural food products (as defined in section 

18 310B(g)(10)(A) of the Consolidated Farm and 

19 Rural Development Act)’’ before the period; and 

20 (2) by inserting after the 2nd sentence the fol21 lowing: ‘‘Each such program shall include initiatives 

22 and may include grants to support current and fu23 ture borrowers by helping to organize, build, expand, 

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1 regionally produced agricultural food products (as so 

2 defined).’’. 

3 (b) Section 4.19 of such Act (12 U.S.C. 2207(b)) is 

4 amended by adding at the end the following: 

5 ‘‘(c) The Farm Credit Administration shall submit to 

6 the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representa7 tives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and 

8 Forestry of the Senate an annual report that contains a 

9 summary and analysis of the operations and achievements 

10 of the Farm Credit System as a whole in meeting the ob11 jectives of this section. The Farm Credit Administration 

12 shall notify the Congress whenever a program is out of 

13 compliance with this section, and indicate in the notice 

14 the steps the Farm Credit Administration is taking in re15 sponse.’’. 

16 SEC. 4004. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE STUDY 

17 EXAMINING HOW WELL FEDERAL AGENCIES 

18 ARE ASSESSING AND MEETING THE CAPITAL 

19 NEEDS OF YOUNG, BEGINNING, AND SMALL 

20 FARMERS AND LOCAL AND REGIONAL FARM 

21 AND FOOD SYSTEMS. 

22 (a) STUDY.—The Comptroller General of the United 

23 States shall conduct a study evaluating how the needs of 

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1 are being assessed and met by the Farm Credit System, 

2 the Department of Agriculture, the Department of the 

3 Treasury, and any other Federal agencies. 

4 (b) REPORT TO THE CONGRESS.—Within 1 year after 

5 the date of the enactment of this section, the Comptroller 

6 General shall prepare and submit to the Congress a report 

7 containing the findings and conclusions made in the study 

8 required by subsection (a). The report shall address— 

9 (1) the cost and availability of credit and other 

10 assistance (including technical assistance) provided 

11 through programs of the Farm Credit System, the 

12 Department of Agriculture, and other Federal Gov13 ernment financial resources; and 

14 (2) programs, including those that serve histori15 cally underserved populations including beginning 

16 and young farmers, small and medium-sized farms 

17 and ranches, minorities and the socially disadvan18 taged, producers or harvesters of aquatic products, 

19 businesses, and other entities, that are necessary to 

20 the growth and vitality of local and regional farm 

21 and food systems, including aggregation, processing, 

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1 TITLE V—RURAL DEVELOPMENT 

2 SEC. 5001. SUPPORT FOR LOCAL AND REGIONAL FARM AND 

3 FOOD SYSTEMS. 

4 (a) RURAL BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY GRANTS.—Sec5 tion 306(a)(11) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural De6 velopment Act (7 U.S.C. 1926(a)(11)) is amended— 

7 (1) in subparagraph (A)— 

8 (A) in clause (iv), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 

9 end; 

10 (B) in clause (v), by striking the period 

11 and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

12 (C) by adding at the end the following: 

13 ‘‘(vi) to redevelop a local or regional 

14 farm or food system, including a poultry or 

15 livestock processing facility.’’; 

16 (2) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘Coopera17 tive State Research, Education, and Extension Serv18 ice’’ and inserting ‘‘National Institute of Food and 

19 Agriculture’’; and 

20 (3) in subparagraph (D), by striking ‘‘2008 

21 through 2012’’ and inserting ‘‘2013 through 2017’’. 

22 (b) COMMUNITY FACILITIES GRANTS.—Section 

23 306(a)(19) of such Act (7 U.S.C. 1926(a)(19)) is amend24 ed by adding at the end the following: 


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1 ‘‘(D) ELIGIBILITY FOR LOCAL AND RE2 GIONAL FOOD SYSTEM FACILITIES.—The Sec3 retary may make a grant under this paragraph 

4 or paragraph (20) or (21) for a community or 

5 nonprofit local and regional food system facility, 

6 including a community kitchen, incubator, farm 

7 store, farmers’ market store, distribution center 

8 or service, and a related facility.’’. 

9 (c) LOAN GUARANTEES FOR WATER, WASTEWATER, 

10 AND ESSENTIAL COMMUNITY FACILITIES LOANS.—Sec11 tion 306(a)(24) of such Act (7 U.S.C. 1926(a)(24)) is 

12 amended by adding at the end the following: 

13 ‘‘(C) ELIGIBILITY FOR LOCAL AND RE14 GIONAL FOOD SYSTEM FACILITIES.—The Sec15 retary may guarantee a loan under this para16 graph for a community or nonprofit local and 

17 regional food system facility, including commu18 nity a kitchens, incubator, farm store, farmers’ 

19 market store, distribution center or service, and 

20 a related facility.’’. 

21 (d) BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY LOCAL FOOD SYSTEM

22 SET-ASIDE.— 

23 (1) RURAL BUSINESS ENTERPRISE GRANTS.— 

24 Section 310B(c)(1)(B)(ii) of such Act (7 U.S.C. 

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1 ‘‘(ii) USE OF GRANT.—An eligible 

2 nonprofit entity, or other tax exempt orga3 nization, described in clause (i) may use 

4 assistance provided under this paragraph 

5 to create, expand, or operate— 

6 ‘‘(I) value-added processing in an 

7 area described in clause (i) in connec8 tion with production agriculture; or 

9 ‘‘(II) a local or regional farm or 

10 food-based enterprise, including a 

11 meat or poultry processing facility.’’. 

12 (2) BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY DIRECT AND

13 GUARANTEED LOANS.—Section 310B(g) of such Act 

14 (7 U.S.C. 1932(g)) is amended— 

15 (A) by redesignating paragraphs (5) 

16 through (9) as paragraphs (6) through (10), re17 spectively; and inserting after paragraph (4) the 

18 following: 

19 ‘‘(5) TIMING OF GUARANTEED LOANS.—The 

20 Secretary shall approve a loan guarantee under this 

21 subsection before or at the same time as the loan 

22 being guaranteed is made.’’; 

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1 (i) by redesignating clauses (iv) and 

2 (v) as clauses (vii) and (viii), respectively, 

3 and inserting after clause (iii) the fol4 lowing: 

5 ‘‘(iv) GUARANTEE PERCENTAGE; AU6 THORITY TO WAIVE GUARANTEE FEE.— 

7 The Secretary may provide a 90 percent 

8 guarantee, and may waive or reduce any 

9 guarantee loan fee that would otherwise be 

10 imposed, under this subparagraph for a 

11 small-scale project and for a project lo12 cated in a community with low or declining 

13 population, low income levels, or low food 

14 access, as determined by the Secretary. 

15 ‘‘(v) LOAN AND LOAN GUARANTEES IN

16 NONRURAL AREAS.— 

17 ‘‘(I) IN GENERAL.—The Sec18 retary may make or guarantee a busi19 ness and industry loan for a facility 

20 that is not located in a rural area if 

21 the primary purpose of the loan or 

22 loan guarantee is for a facility to 

23 process, distribute, aggregate, store, 

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1 manner that benefits agricultural pro2 ducers and provides employment for 

3 residents of a rural area. 

4 ‘‘(II) RETAIL.—The Secretary 

5 may make or guarantee a business 

6 and industry loan for a rural or 

7 nonrural retail facility that provides 

8 access to locally or regionally pro9 duced agricultural products if the fa10 cility— 

11 ‘‘(aa) operates under a writ12 ten policy that provides a clear 

13 preference for the products and 

14 demonstrates that a substantial 

15 portion of its business is or will 

16 be marketing the products; and 

17 ‘‘(bb) demonstrates that the 

18 facility has written agreements or 

19 will obtain written agreements 

20 with agricultural producers, agri21 cultural producer groups, farmer 

22 or rancher cooperatives, or ma23 jority-controlled producer-based 

24 business ventures on marketing 

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1 profitability and competitiveness 

2 of farmers and ranchers growing 

3 for the local or regional market. 

4 ‘‘(vi) OUTREACH.—The Secretary 

5 shall develop and implement an outreach 

6 plan to publicize the availability of loans 

7 and loan guarantees under this paragraph, 

8 working closely with rural cooperative de9 velopment centers, credit unions, commu10 nity development financial institutions, re11 gional economic development authorities, 

12 and other financial and economic develop13 ment entities.’’; 

14 (C) in clause (vii) (as so redesignated)— 

15 (i) by inserting ‘‘, and publish on the 

16 internet,’’ after ‘‘Senate’’; and 

17 (ii) by redesignating subclauses (I) 

18 and (II) as subclauses (II) and (III), re19 spectively, and inserting before subclause 

20 (II) (as so redesignated), the following: 

21 ‘‘(I) summary information about 

22 all projects;’’; and 

23 (D) in clause (viii) (as so redesignated)— 

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1 ‘‘(I) IN GENERAL.—For each of 

2 fiscal years 2013 through 2017, the 

3 Secretary shall reserve not less than 

4 10 percent of the loan and loan guar5 antee funds made available to carry 

6 out this subsection, to carry out this 

7 subparagraph.’’; and 

8 (ii) by adding at the end the fol9 lowing: 

10 ‘‘(III) USE OF RESERVED

11 FUNDS.—The Secretary may use a 

12 portion of the funds reserved under 

13 subclause (I) for technical assistance, 

14 which may include market research 

15 and feasibility studies.’’. 

16 SEC. 5002. VALUE-ADDED PRODUCER GRANTS. 

17 Section 231 of the Agricultural Risk Protection Act 

18 of 2000 (7 U.S.C. 1632a) is amended— 

19 (1) in subsection (a)(3), by inserting ‘‘, includ20 ing those that operate through centralized food dis21 tribution systems that coordinate agricultural pro22 duction and the aggregation, storage, processing, 

23 distribution, and marketing of locally or regionally 

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1 (2) in subsection (b)— 

2 (A) by striking paragraph (6) and insert3 ing the following: 

4 ‘‘(6) PRIORITY.— 

5 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—In awarding grants 

6 under this subsection, the Secretary shall give 

7 priority to projects that— 

8 ‘‘(i) contribute to increasing opportu9 nities for operators of small- and medium10 sized farms and ranches that are struc11 tured as a family farm; and 

‘‘(ii) have applicants at least 1 12 ⁄4 of 

13 whom are beginning farmers and ranchers 

14 or socially disadvantaged farmers and 

15 ranchers. 

16 ‘‘(B) RANKING.—In evaluating and rank17 ing proposals under this subsection, the Sec18 retary shall give very substantial weight to the 

19 priorities described in subparagraph (A).’’; 

20 (B) by redesignating paragraph (7) as 

21 paragraph (8) and inserting after paragraph 

22 (6) the following: 

23 ‘‘(7) OUTREACH AND TECHNICAL ASSIST24 ANCE.—The Secretary shall develop and implement 

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1 the program established by this section reach and 

2 serve underserved States and communities.’’; and 

3 (C) in paragraph (8) (as so redesig4 nated)— 

5 (i) by striking subparagraph (A) and 

6 inserting the following: 

7 ‘‘(A) MANDATORY FUNDING.—On October 

8 1, 2002, and each October 1 thereafter through 

9 October 1, 2016, of the funds of the Com10 modity Credit Corporation, the Secretary shall 

11 make available to carry out this subsection 

12 $30,000,000, to remain available until ex13 pended.’’; 

14 (ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking 

15 ‘‘2008 through 2012’’ and inserting ‘‘2013 

16 through 2017’’; and 

17 (iii) in subparagraph (C)— 

18 (I) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘ben19 efit’’ and inserting ‘‘have applicants 

1 20 ⁄4 of whom are’’; and 

21 (II) in clause (iii), by striking 

22 ‘‘June 30 of the fiscal year’’ and in23 serting ‘‘the close of the annual pro24 posal review process’’. 


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1 TITLE VI—RESEARCH 

2 SEC. 6001. AGRICULTURE AND FOOD RESEARCH INITIA3 TIVE. 

4 Section 2(b) of the Competitive, Special, and Facili5 ties Research Grant Act (7 U.S.C. 450i(b)) is amended— 

6 (1) in paragraph (2)(F)— 

7 (A) in clause (v), by striking ‘‘and’’; 

8 (B) in clause (vi), by striking the period at 

9 the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

10 (C) by adding at the end the following: 

11 ‘‘(vii) new approaches to advance sys12 tems that enhance markets and policy for 

13 locally or regionally produced agricultural 

14 food products, as defined in section 

15 310B(g)(9)(A) of the Consolidated Farm 

16 and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 

17 1932(g)(9)(A)).’’; 

18 (2) in paragraph (5)— 

19 (A) in subparagraph (A)— 

20 (i) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘teams; 

21 and’’ inserting ‘‘teams to any eligible enti22 ty listed under paragraph (7)’’; and 

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1 ‘‘(iii) not less than 5 percent is made 

2 available to make grants for research on 

3 conventional plant and animal breeding as 

4 described in paragraph (2); and’’; and 

5 (B) in subparagraph (B), by inserting ‘‘to 

6 any eligible entity listed under paragraph (7)’’ 

7 before the period at the end; and 

8 (3) in paragraph (11)(A)— 

9 (A) in the matter preceding clause (i), by 

10 striking ‘‘2008 through 2012’’ and inserting 

11 ‘‘2013 through 2017’’; and 

12 (B) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘pursuant to’’ 

13 and inserting ‘‘as described in’’. 

14 SEC. 6002. LOCAL FOOD PRODUCTION AND MARKET DATA 

15 INITIATIVES. 

16 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 251 of the Department of 

17 Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 (7 U.S.C. 6971) 

18 is amended by adding at the end the following: 

19 ‘‘(h) LOCAL FOOD PRODUCTION AND MARKET DATA

20 INITIATIVES.— 

21 ‘‘(1) DEFINITION OF LOCALLY OR REGIONALLY

22 PRODUCED AGRICULTURAL FOOD PRODUCT.—In this 

23 subsection, the term ‘locally or regionally produced 

24 agricultural food product’ has the meaning given the 

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1 Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 

2 1932(g)(9)). 

3 ‘‘(2) INITIATIVES.—The Secretary shall— 

4 ‘‘(A) collect data on the production and 

5 marketing of locally or regionally produced agri6 cultural food products; and 

7 ‘‘(B) facilitate interagency collaboration 

8 and data sharing on research on local and re9 gional food systems. 

10 ‘‘(3) REQUIREMENTS.—In carrying out this 

11 subsection, the Secretary shall, at a minimum— 

12 ‘‘(A) collect and distribute comprehensive 

13 reporting of prices of locally or regionally pro14 duced agricultural food products; 

15 ‘‘(B) conduct surveys and analysis and 

16 publish reports relating to the production, han17 dling, distribution, retail sales, and trend stud18 ies (including consumer purchasing patterns) of 

19 or on locally or regionally produced agricultural 

20 food products; 

21 ‘‘(C) form an interagency work group that 

22 includes representatives from— 

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1 ‘‘(ii) the Agricultural Research Serv2 ice; 

3 ‘‘(iii) the Economic Research Service; 

4 ‘‘(iv) the Food and Nutrition Service; 

5 ‘‘(v) the Food Safety and Inspection 

6 Service; 

7 ‘‘(vi) the National Agricultural Statis8 tics Service; 

9 ‘‘(vii) the National Institute of Food 

10 and Agriculture; and 

11 ‘‘(viii) other agencies that are involved 

12 in data collection and research on locally 

13 or regionally produced agricultural food 

14 products; 

15 ‘‘(D) expand the Agricultural Resource 

16 Management Surveys— 

17 ‘‘(i) to include questions on locally or 

18 regionally produced agricultural food prod19 ucts; and 

20 ‘‘(ii) sample a greater sector of agri21 cultural producers, including agricultural 

22 producers engaged in the production of lo23 cally or regionally produced agricultural 

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1 ‘‘(E) authorize the National Agricultural 

2 Statistics Service to create and administer— 

3 ‘‘(i) a followup survey to the Census 

4 of Agriculture, in order to collect more de5 tailed data on producers who indicated on 

6 the Census of Agriculture that the pro7 ducers sell to markets for locally or region8 ally produced agricultural food products; 

9 and 

10 ‘‘(ii) a survey for the purpose of col11 lecting market data, including sales by 

12 product type and supply chain or sourcing 

13 data, from all vendors, including retail and 

14 wholesale vendors, of locally and regionally 

15 produced agricultural food products; and 

16 ‘‘(F) seek to establish or expand private17 public partnerships to facilitate, to the max18 imum extent practicable, the collection of data 

19 on locally or regionally produced agricultural 

20 food products. 

21 ‘‘(4) FUNDING.— 

22 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Of the funds of the 

23 Commodity Credit Corporation, the Secretary 

24 shall use to carry out this section $5,000,000, 

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1 ‘‘(B) ADDITIONAL FUNDING.—In addition 

2 to funds made available under paragraph (1), 

3 there are authorized to be appropriated to carry 

4 out this section $5,000,000 for each of fiscal 

5 years 2012 through 2017, to remain available 

6 until expended.’’. 

7 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 296(b) of 

8 the Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 

9 1994 (7 U.S.C. 7014(b)) is amended— 

10 (1) in paragraph (6), by striking ‘‘or’’ after the 

11 semicolon at the end; 

12 (2) in paragraph (7), by striking the period at 

13 the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 

14 (3) by adding at the end the following: 

15 ‘‘(8) the authority of the Secretary to carry out 

16 local food production and market data initiatives de17 scribed in section 251(h).’’. 

18 SEC. 6003. UNDER SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE FOR RE19 SEARCH, EDUCATION, AND ECONOMICS. 

20 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 251(e) of the Department 

21 of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 (7 U.S.C. 

22 6971(e)) is amended by adding at the end the following: 

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1 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Under Secretary 

2 shall establish a special initiative within the Re3 search, Education, and Extension Office to co4 ordinate research activities at the Department 

5 relating to classical plant and animal breeding. 

6 ‘‘(B) WORKING GROUP.—In carrying out 

7 the special initiative, the Under Secretary shall 

8 establish a working group that reports to the 

9 Under Secretary, to be comprised of individuals 

10 who are responsible for the management or ad11 ministration of public breeding programs in the 

12 Department from— 

13 ‘‘(i) the National Institute of Food 

14 and Agriculture; 

15 ‘‘(ii) the Agricultural Research Serv16 ice; 

17 ‘‘(iii) the Economic Research Service; 

18 and 

19 ‘‘(iv) the National Agricultural Statis20 tics Service. 

21 ‘‘(C) DUTIES OF WORKING GROUP.—The 

22 working group shall— 

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1 or funded by the agencies described in sub2 paragraph (B)(i); 

3 ‘‘(ii) carry out ongoing analysis and 

4 tracking activities for public grants to en5 sure that a diverse range of crop and ani6 mal breeding needs are being met in a 

7 timely and transparent manner; 

8 ‘‘(iii) coordinate and collaborate with 

9 the National Genetics Resource Advisory 

10 Council; 

11 ‘‘(iv) to maximize delivery of public 

12 cultivars and breeds, ensure efficient co13 ordination of the activities the working 

14 group and those of— 

15 ‘‘(I) the Agricultural Research 

16 Service; 

17 ‘‘(II) National Institute of Food 

18 and Agriculture; 

19 ‘‘(III) the National Genetic Re20 sources Advisory Council; 

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1 ‘‘(VI) nongovernmental organiza2 tions with interests or expertise in 

3 classical breeding; and 

4 ‘‘(VII) public and private clas5 sical plant and animal breeders; and 

6 ‘‘(v) evaluate classical public plant 

7 and animal breeding activities and out8 comes to make recommendations to the 

9 Under Secretary on the adequacy of 

10 human and financial resources needed to 

11 ensure that the next generation of public 

12 breeders and agricultural breeders are pre13 pared to meet the challenges of the future. 

14 ‘‘(D) ADVISORY BOARD.—The Under Sec15 retary shall establish an advisory board whose 

16 primary duty will be to make recommendations 

17 to the working group on matters related to the 

18 duties specified in subparagraph (C). The advi19 sory board shall be comprised of individuals 

20 with expertise in classical plant and animal 

21 breeding including representatives from— 

22 ‘‘(i) the Agricultural Research Service; 

23 ‘‘(ii) the National Institute of Food 

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1 ‘‘(iv) private foundations and non2 profit organizations that have expertise in 

3 classical plant and animal breeding; 

4 ‘‘(v) private agricultural research and 

5 technology transfer firms; and 

6 ‘‘(vi) the Land Grant University Sys7 tem.’’. 

8 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 296(b) of 

9 the Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 

10 1994 (7 U.S.C. 7014(b)) (as amended by section 6002(b)) 

11 is amended— 

12 (1) in paragraph (7), by striking ‘‘or’’ at the 

13 end; 

14 (2) in paragraph (8), by striking the period at 

15 the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 

16 (3) by adding at the end the following: 

17 ‘‘(9) the authority of the Secretary to establish 

18 a special initiative under section 251(e).’’. 

19 SEC. 6004. LOCAL AND REGIONAL FOOD SYSTEM ENTER20 PRISE FACILITATION. 

21 Section 502 of the Rural Development Act of 1972 

22 (7 U.S.C. 2662) in amended by adding at the end the fol23 lowing: 

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1 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall estab2 lish a local and regional food system enterprise fa3 cilitation initiative to increase technical assistance to 

4 help build sustainable local and regional food sys5 tems. 

6 ‘‘(2) REQUIREMENTS.—In carrying out this 

7 subsection, the Secretary shall, at a minimum— 

8 ‘‘(A) authorize the establishment in the 

9 Extension Service of the position of enterprise 

10 facilitator (referred to in this subsection as an 

11 ‘enterprise facilitator’); and 

12 ‘‘(B) give priority to providing funding for 

13 enterprise facilitators that are located in areas 

14 that— 

15 ‘‘(i) have high participation rates for 

16 the supplemental nutrition assistance pro17 gram established under the Food and Nu18 trition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et 

19 seq.); and 

20 ‘‘(ii) are predominantly rural areas. 

21 ‘‘(3) GRANTS.—The Secretary may make 

22 grants on a competitive basis to nongovernmental 

23 organizations and institutions that have appropriate 

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1 (2)(B) to provide technical assistance to help build 

2 sustainable local and regional food systems if the 

3 Secretary determines that the Extension Service in 

4 a State or locality is not able to provide the assist5 ance. 

6 ‘‘(4) DUTIES.—An enterprise facilitator shall, 

7 to the maximum extent practicable— 

8 ‘‘(A) identify and organize local food pro9 ducers and entrepreneurs into entities that are 

10 able to deliver local and regional food into local 

11 markets, including— 

12 ‘‘(i) farmers markets; 

13 ‘‘(ii) community kitchens; 

14 ‘‘(iii) locally owned processing facili15 ties; 

16 ‘‘(iv) aggregation centers; 

17 ‘‘(v) transportation cooperatives; and 

18 ‘‘(vi) collaborative production coopera19 tives; 

20 ‘‘(B) develop partnerships with local and 

21 regional organizations and institutions to pro22 vide resources for effective partnerships to train 

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1 ‘‘(C) assist agricultural producers and 

2 processors with marketing and distribution of 

3 local and regional food products; 

4 ‘‘(D) identify and work to remove barriers 

5 to the movement of local and regional food 

6 products into the marketplace; 

7 ‘‘(E) encourage new agricultural producers 

8 to produce foods for local and regional markets; 

9 ‘‘(F) provide education programs to new 

10 agricultural producers that emphasize local and 

11 regional foods; 

12 ‘‘(G) work with local expanded food and 

13 nutrition education programs, schools and other 

14 local institutions, and individuals to develop 

15 food processing skills; 

16 ‘‘(H) provide technical assistance in the 

17 preparation of grant and loan applications to 

18 promote the purposes of this subsection; and 

19 ‘‘(I) work with private sources of funding 

20 and other Federal and State agencies to acquire 

21 grants and loans to promote the purposes of 

22 this subsection. 

23 ‘‘(5) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

24 There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out 

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1 SEC. 6005. NATIONAL GENETICS RESOURCES PROGRAM. 

2 Section 1632(d) of the Food, Agriculture, Conserva3 tion, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 5841(d)) is amend4 ed— 

5 (1) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘and’’ after 

6 the semicolon at the end; 

7 (2) by redesignating paragraph (6) as para8 graph (7); and 

9 (3) by inserting after paragraph (5) the fol10 lowing: 

11 ‘‘(6) establish a national strategic germplasm 

12 assessment and use plan to meet food security goals 

13 for the future; and’’. 

14 TITLE VII—HORTICULTURE AND 

15 ORGANIC AGRICULTURE 

16 SEC. 7001. SPECIALTY CROP BLOCK GRANTS. 

17 (a) DEFINITIONS.—Section 3 of the Specialty Crops 

18 Competitiveness Act of 2004 (7 U.S.C. 1621 note) is 

19 amended— 

20 (1) by redesignating paragraphs (1), (2), and 

21 (3) as paragraphs (2), (3), and (4), respectively; and 

22 (2) by inserting before paragraph (2), as redes23 ignated by paragraph (1) of this subsection, the fol24 lowing new paragraph: 

25 ‘‘(1) The term ‘locally or regionally produced 

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1 gionally produced agricultural food products’ in sec2 tion 310B(g)(9)(A)(i) of the Consolidated Farm and 

3 Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 

4 1932(g)(9)(A)(i)).’’. 

5 (b) AVAILABILITY AND PURPOSES OF GRANTS.— 

6 Subsection (a) of section 101 of such Act is amended— 

7 (1) in the heading, by striking ‘‘PURPOSE’’ and 

8 inserting ‘‘PURPOSES’’; 

9 (2) by striking ‘‘2005 through 2012’’ and in10 serting ‘‘2013 through 2017’’; and 

11 (3) by striking ‘‘solely to enhance’’ and all that 

12 follows and inserting ‘‘to increase the consumption 

13 and availability of specialty crops that are locally or 

14 regionally produced food and to increase the profit15 ability, ecological sustainability, and competitiveness 

16 of specialty crop producers.’’. 

17 (c) PLAN REQUIREMENTS.—Subsection (e) of such 

18 section 101 is amended— 

19 (1) by striking ‘‘The State plan shall identify 

20 the lead agency’’ and inserting ‘‘The State plan 

21 shall— 

22 ‘‘(1) identify the lead agency’’; and 

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1 ‘‘(2) ensure a balanced and equitable distribu2 tion of grants across— 

3 ‘‘(A) the full array of specialty crop agri4 culture, including all types of farm enterprises, 

5 organic farming systems, beginning and socially 

6 disadvantaged farmers and ranchers, and small 

7 and mid-scale farms; 

8 ‘‘(B) the full array of funding areas, in9 cluding— 

10 ‘‘(i) research and education; 

11 ‘‘(ii) nutrition and public health; 

12 ‘‘(iii) pest and plant health; 

13 ‘‘(iv) conservation and the environ14 ment; 

15 ‘‘(v) food safety; 

16 ‘‘(vi) marketing and promotion; and 

17 ‘‘(vii) production; and 

18 ‘‘(C) the full range of activities inherent in 

19 developing systems for locally or regionally pro20 duced foods, including issues related to proc21 essing, distributing, aggregating, storing, mar22 keting, and consumption.’’. 

23 (d) REVIEW OF APPLICATION.—Subsection (f) of 

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1 (1) by striking ‘‘purpose’’ and inserting ‘‘pur2 poses’’; and 

3 (2) by striking ‘‘subsection (a)’’ and inserting 

4 ‘‘subsection (a), and would represent a balanced and 

5 equitable distribution of grant funds, as specified in 

6 subsection (e)’’. 

7 (e) PREFERENCE.—Such section 101 is further 

8 amended— 

9 (1) by redesignating subsections (g), (h), (i), 

10 and (j) as subsections (i), (j), (k), and (n), respec11 tively; and 

12 (2) by inserting after subsection (f) the fol13 lowing new subsection: 

14 ‘‘(g) PREFERENCE.—In using grant funds provided 

15 under this section, the State receiving the grant shall give 

16 a preference to marketing proposals that— 

17 ‘‘(1) demonstrate ability to have direct positive 

18 impact on— 

19 ‘‘(A) farm profitability and sustainability; 

20 ‘‘(B) improved distribution capacity for lo21 cally or regionally produced foods; or 

22 ‘‘(C) increased domestic consumption and 

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1 ‘‘(2) in which final products are marketed so 

2 that the total distance that products are transported 

3 for final sale is less than 250 miles from the origin 

4 of the products.’’. 

5 (f) TRANSPARENCY.—Such section 101 is further 

6 amended by inserting after subsection (g), as added by 

7 subsection (e) of this section, the following new subsection: 

8 ‘‘(h) TRANSPARENCY.—Each State receiving a grant 

9 under this section shall, in a timely manner, publish on 

10 an Internet website summary information about all grants 

11 received under this section and reports on the implementa12 tion of projects funded by such grants.’’. 

13 (g) USE OF GRANT FUNDS.—Such section 101 is fur14 ther amended by inserting after subsection (k), as redesig15 nated by subsection (e)(1) of this section, the following 

16 new subsection: 

17 ‘‘(l) USE OF GRANT FUNDS.—The Secretary shall 

18 consider expansion of the grant program under this sec19 tion to include traditional foods of federally recognized In20 dian tribes and other minority communities and may pub21 lish appropriate guidance to States receiving grants under 

22 this section regarding any such expansion.’’. 

23 (h) OTHER USE OF FUNDS.—Such section 101 is 

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1 added by subsection (g) of this section, the following new 

2 subsection: 

3 ‘‘(m) OTHER USE OF FUNDS.— 

4 ‘‘(1) NATIONAL RESEARCH AND EVALUATION.— 

5 Of the funds made available under subsection (n), 

6 the Secretary shall use not less than $5,000,000 for 

7 a nationally-coordinated and regionally-balanced re8 search and evaluation effort on the redevelopment of 

9 locally or regionally produced food systems con10 ducted through a consortium of land grant univer11 sities, in partnership with non-governmental organi12 zations engaged in work on locally or regionally pro13 duced food systems. 

14 ‘‘(2) LOCALLY OR REGIONALLY PRODUCED

15 FOOD SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT.—Of the funds made 

16 available under subsection (n), the Secretary shall 

17 use $30,000,000 during each fiscal year for locally 

18 or regionally produced food system specialty crop de19 velopment, including development or enhancement of 

20 State and regional local food marketing programs, 

21 local and regional food enterprise development, 

22 farmer-to-consumer direct marketing, direct-to-store 

23 and direct-to-institution marketing, regional supply 

24 chains, regional food hubs, new farmer development, 

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1 (i) FUNDING.—Subsection (n) of such section 101, 

2 as redesignated by subsection (e)(1) of this section, is 

3 amended by striking ‘‘shall make grants’’ and all that fol4 lows and inserting ‘‘shall use $90,000,000 for each of fis5 cal years 2013 through 2017 to carry out this section.’’. 

6 (j) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 

7 this section shall take effect on October 1, 2012. 

8 SEC. 7002. NATIONAL ORGANIC CERTIFICATION COST9 SHARE PROGRAM. 

10 (a) REAUTHORIZATION.—Section 10606 of the Farm 

11 Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 

12 6523) is amended— 

13 (1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘Of the 

14 funds’’ and all that follows through ‘‘until expended, 

15 to’’ and inserting ‘‘The Secretary of Agriculture 

16 (acting through the Agricultural Marketing Service) 

17 shall’’; and 

18 (2) in subsection (b)(2), by striking ‘‘$750’’ 

19 and inserting ‘‘$1,000’’. 

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1 SEC. 7003. AVAILABILITY OF ORGANIC CERTIFICATION 

2 COST SHARE ASSISTANCE AND RISK MANAGE3 MENT EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY OUT4 REACH PARTNERSHIP ASSISTANCE UNDER 

5 THE FEDERAL CROP INSURANCE ACT. 

6 Subsection (b) of section 524 of the Federal Crop In7 surance Act (7 U.S.C. 1524) is amended to read as fol8 lows: 

9 ‘‘(b) ORGANIC CERTIFICATION COST SHARE ASSIST10 ANCE AND RISK MANAGEMENT EDUCATION AND COMMU11 NITY OUTREACH PARTNERSHIP ASSISTANCE.— 

12 ‘‘(1) PROVISION OF ASSISTANCE.—The Sec13 retary shall provide organic certification cost share 

14 assistance and risk management education and com15 munity outreach partnership assistance asa provided 

16 in paragraph (4). 

17 ‘‘(2) USE OF COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORA18 TION.—The Secretary shall carry out this subsection 

19 through the Commodity Credit Corporation. 

20 ‘‘(3) FUNDING.—Subject to paragraph (4), the 

21 Commodity Credit Corporation shall make available 

22 to carry out this subsection not less than 

23 $10,000,000 for each fiscal year. 

24 ‘‘(4) DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS.—Of the 

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1 ‘‘(A) 70 percent shall be used to provide 

2 organic certification cost share assistance pur3 suant to section 10606 of the Farm Security 

4 and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 

5 1524); and 

6 ‘‘(B) 30 percent shall be used to conduct 

7 activities to support risk management education 

8 and community outreach partnerships pursuant 

9 to section 522(d).’’. 

10 SEC. 7004. LOCAL MARKETING PROMOTION PROGRAM. 

11 Section 6 of the Farmer-to-Consumer Direct Mar12 keting Act of 1976 (7 U.S.C. 3005) is amended to read 

13 as follows: 

14 ‘‘SEC. 6. LOCAL MARKETING PROMOTION PROGRAM. 

15 ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall carry 

16 out a program, to be known as the ‘Local Marketing Pro17 motion Program’ (referred to in this section as the ‘Pro18 gram’), to make grants to eligible entities for projects to 

19 establish, expand, and promote direct producer-to-con20 sumer marketing, including farmers’ markets, and other 

21 local and regional food markets. 

22 ‘‘(b) PROGRAM PURPOSES.— 

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1 access to locally and regionally produced agricultural 

2 products by— 

3 ‘‘(A) improving and expanding or assisting 

4 in the improvement and expansion of— 

5 ‘‘(i) domestic farmers’ markets, farm 

6 and roadside stands, community-supported 

7 agriculture and community-supported fish8 ery programs, agritourism activities, green 

9 carts, route vendors, buying clubs, and 

10 other direct producer-to-consumer market 

11 opportunities; and 

12 ‘‘(ii) local and regional food markets 

13 that are not direct farmer-to-consumer 

14 markets, but that may include the scaling 

15 up of such direct markets, including proc16 essing, distributing, aggregating, storing, 

17 and marketing; 

18 ‘‘(B) developing or aiding in the develop19 ment of— 

20 ‘‘(i) new farmers’ markets, roadside 

21 stands, community-supported agriculture 

22 and community-supported fishery pro23 grams, agritourism activities, and other di24 rect producer-to-consumer marketing op25 portunities; and 


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1 ‘‘(ii) local and regional food markets 

2 that are not direct farmer-to-consumer 

3 markets, but that may include the scaling 

4 up of such direct markets, including proc5 essing, distributing, aggregating, storing, 

6 and marketing. 

7 ‘‘(2) LIMITATIONS.—An eligible entity may not 

8 use a grant or other assistance provided under the 

9 Program for the purchase, construction, or rehabili10 tation of a building or structure. 

11 ‘‘(c) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.—An entity shall be eligible 

12 to receive a grant under the Program if the entity is— 

13 ‘‘(1) an agricultural or fishing cooperative or 

14 other business entity or a producer or fisher network 

15 or association, including community-supported agri16 culture or fishery networks or associations; 

17 ‘‘(2) a local government; 

18 ‘‘(3) a nonprofit corporation; 

19 ‘‘(4) a public benefit corporation; 

20 ‘‘(5) an economic development corporation; 

21 ‘‘(6) a regional farmers’ market authority; or 

22 ‘‘(7) such other entity as the Secretary may 

23 designate. 

24 ‘‘(d) CRITERIA AND GUIDELINES.—The Secretary 

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1 evaluation, and funding of proposed projects under the 

2 Program. 

3 ‘‘(e) PRIORITIES.— 

4 ‘‘(1) PREFERENCE FOR CERTAIN COMMUNITIES

5 AND OPERATIONS.—In providing grants under the 

6 Program, priority shall be given to applications that 

7 include projects— 

8 ‘‘(A) to benefit underserved communities; 

9 and 

10 ‘‘(B) to develop market opportunities for 

11 small and mid-sized farm and ranch operations. 

12 ‘‘(2) PREFERENCE FOR PRODUCER-ONLY FARM13 ERS’ MARKETS.—In providing grants under the di14 rect marketing portion of the Program, priority shall 

15 be given to producer-only farmers’ markets. 

16 ‘‘(f) FUNDING.— 

17 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall use 

18 $30,000,000 of the funds of the Commodity Credit 

19 Corporation each fiscal year to carry out the Pro20 gram. 

21 ‘‘(2) USE OF FUNDS.— 

22 ‘‘(A) DISTRIBUTION BETWEEN PUR23 POSES.—Of the funds made available under 

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1 ‘‘(i) 50 percent shall be used for the 

2 direct marketing portion of the Program in 

3 subparagraphs (A)(i) and (B)(i) of sub4 section (b)(1); and 

5 ‘‘(ii) 50 percent shall be used for the 

6 local and regional food portion of the Pro7 gram in subparagraphs (A)(ii) and (B)(ii) 

8 of subsection (b)(1). 

9 ‘‘(B) DIRECT MARKETING PORTION.—For 

10 each of the following, not less than 10 percent 

11 of the funds reserved for the direct marketing 

12 portion of the Program in a fiscal year under 

13 paragraph (2)(A)(i) shall be used— 

14 ‘‘(i) to support outreach, education, 

15 and operation of the use of electronic bene16 fits transfers for Federal nutrition pro17 grams at farmers’ markets and other di18 rect marketing outlets including farm and 

19 roadside stands, community-supported ag20 riculture and community-supported fishery 

21 programs, green carts, route vendors and 

22 buying clubs; and 

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1 ment networks and otherwise enhance the 

2 outcomes of the Program. 

3 ‘‘(C) LOCAL AND REGIONAL FOOD POR4 TION.—Not less than 10 percent of the funds 

5 reserved for the local and regional food portion 

6 of the Program in a fiscal year under para7 graph (2)(A)(ii) shall be used to provide tech8 nical assistance grants to strengthen the ability 

9 of small and medium-sized agricultural pro10 ducers, food wholesalers and retailers, schools, 

11 and other individuals, organizations, entities, 

12 and institutions for processing, distributing, ag13 gregating, storing, and marketing locally and 

14 regionally produced agricultural products. 

15 Funds reserved under such paragraph may be 

16 used— 

17 ‘‘(i) to carry out feasibility studies re18 lated to the local and regional food portion 

19 of the Program; and 

20 ‘‘(ii) to assist enterprises that process, 

21 distribute, aggregate, store, and market lo22 cally and regionally produced foods. 

23 ‘‘(3) INTERDEPARTMENTAL COORDINATION.— 

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1 ensure coordination between the various agencies to 

2 the maximum extent practicable. 

3 ‘‘(4) LIMITATIONS.— 

4 ‘‘(A) ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.—Not 

5 more than 10 percent of the total amount made 

6 available under paragraph (1) for a fiscal year 

7 may be used for administrative expenses. 

8 ‘‘(B) PROJECT LIMITATIONS.—Funds de9 scribed in paragraph (2)(B)(i)— 

10 ‘‘(i) may not be used for the ongoing 

11 cost of carrying out any project; and 

12 ‘‘(ii) shall only be provided to eligible 

13 entities that demonstrate a plan to con14 tinue to provide EBT card access at 1 or 

15 more farmers’ markets or direct marketing 

16 outlets following the receipt of the grant.’’. 

17 TITLE VIII—POULTRY AND 

18 LIVESTOCK 

19 SEC. 8001. SMALL AND VERY SMALL MEAT PROCESSING 

20 PLANTS. 

21 (a) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND GUIDANCE.—The 

22 Federal Meat Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 601 et seq.) is 

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1 ‘‘TITLE VI—VERY SMALL AND 

2 CERTAIN SMALL ESTABLISH3 MENTS 

4 ‘‘SEC. 601. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE. 

5 ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall estab6 lish in the Food Safety and Inspection Service of the De7 partment of Agriculture a technical assistance division to 

8 coordinate the initiatives of any other appropriate agency 

9 of the Department of Agriculture to provide— 

10 ‘‘(1) outreach, education, and training to very 

11 small or certain small establishments (as defined by 

12 the Secretary); 

13 ‘‘(2) grants to appropriate State agencies, edu14 cational institutions, non-governmental organizations 

15 with appropriate expertise, or networks or partner16 ships of such agencies, such institutions, and such 

17 organizations to provide outreach, technical assist18 ance, education, and training to very small or cer19 tain small establishments; and 

20 ‘‘(3) grants to appropriate State agencies to 

21 provide outreach, technical assistance, education, 

22 and training to very small or certain small establish23 ments. 


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1 ‘‘(b) PERSONNEL.—The technical assistance division 

2 shall be comprised of individuals that, as determined by 

3 the Secretary— 

4 ‘‘(1) are of a quantity sufficient to carry out 

5 the duties of the technical assistance division; and 

6 ‘‘(2) possess appropriate qualifications and ex7 pertise relating to the duties of the technical assist8 ance division. 

9 ‘‘SEC. 602. GUIDANCE. 

10 ‘‘(a) PURPOSE.—Not later than 2 years after the 

11 date of the enactment of this section, the Secretary, acting 

12 through the Food Safety and Inspection Service, shall 

13 issue guidance to allow very small or certain small estab14 lishments (as defined by the Secretary under section 601) 

15 to demonstrate compliance with required food safety and 

16 sanitation standards upon a showing that the process con17 trols for food safety and sanitation are being applied. 

18 ‘‘(b) CONTENT.—The guidance issued under sub19 section (a) shall address process controls, appropriate for 

20 the size and scale of a facility, for— 

21 ‘‘(1) slaughter and processing facilities that 

22 conduct Federal inspections, State inspections, or 

23 custom slaughter or processing at the facility; 

24 ‘‘(2) leased slaughter and processing facilities; 

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1 ‘‘(4) mobile slaughter and processing facilities; 

2 and 

3 ‘‘(5) other facilities or circumstances deter4 mined by the stakeholders group referred to in sub5 section (c) to be relevant to very small or certain 

6 small establishments. 

7 ‘‘(c) STAKEHOLDER GROUP.— 

8 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days 

9 after the date of the enactment of this section, the 

10 Secretary shall convene a stakeholders group with 

11 expertise on small scale processing facilities, includ12 ing mobile processing facilities, to prepare proposed 

13 guidance on process controls for food safety and 

14 sanitation for very small or certain small establish15 ments. 

16 ‘‘(2) MEMBERSHIP.—The stakeholders group 

17 convened under paragraph (1) shall include— 

18 ‘‘(A) small scale growers; 

19 ‘‘(B) operators of small scale slaughtering 

20 and processing facilities; and 

21 ‘‘(C) representatives from appropriate Fed22 eral and State agencies, educational institu23 tions, non-governmental organizations with ap24 propriate expertise, or networks or partnerships 


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1 of such agencies, such institutions, and such or2 ganizations. 

3 ‘‘(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

4 is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary 

5 $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2013 through 2017 

6 to carry out this title and section 32 of the Poultry Prod7 ucts Inspection Act.’’. 

8 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 501 of the 

9 Federal Meat Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 683) is amend10 ed— 

11 (1) in subsection (b)(3)(B)(ii), by striking ‘‘sub12 section (j)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (i)’’; 

13 (2) in subsection (e)(1), by striking ‘‘subsection 

14 (j)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (i)’’; 

15 (3) by striking subsection (f); and 

16 (4) by redesignating subsections (g) through (j) 

17 as subsections (f) through (i), respectively. 

18 SEC. 8002. SMALL AND VERY SMALL POULTRY PROCESSING 

19 PLANTS. 

20 The Poultry Products Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 451 

21 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following 

22 new section: 

23 ‘‘SEC. 32. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND GUIDANCE. 

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1 ‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall es2 tablish in the Food Safety and Inspection Service of 

3 the Department of Agriculture a technical assistance 

4 division to coordinate the initiatives of any other ap5 propriate agency of the Department of Agriculture 

6 to provide— 

7 ‘‘(A) outreach, education, and training to 

8 very small or certain small establishments (as 

9 defined by the Secretary); 

10 ‘‘(B) grants to appropriate State agencies, 

11 educational institutions, non-governmental or12 ganizations with appropriate expertise, or net13 works or partnerships of such agencies, such in14 stitutions, and such organizations to provide 

15 outreach, technical assistance, education, and 

16 training to very small or certain small establish17 ments; and 

18 ‘‘(C) grants to appropriate State agencies 

19 to provide outreach, technical assistance, edu20 cation, and training to very small or certain 

21 small establishments. 

22 ‘‘(2) PERSONNEL.—The technical assistance di23 vision shall be comprised of individuals that, as de24 termined by the Secretary— 


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1 ‘‘(A) are of a quantity sufficient to carry 

2 out the duties of the technical assistance divi3 sion; and 

4 ‘‘(B) possess appropriate qualifications and 

5 expertise relating to the duties of the technical 

6 assistance division. 

7 ‘‘(b) GUIDANCE.— 

8 ‘‘(1) PURPOSE.—Not later than 2 years after 

9 the date of the enactment of this section, the Sec10 retary, acting through the Food Safety and Inspec11 tion Service, shall issue guidance to allow very small 

12 or certain small establishments (as defined by the 

13 Secretary under subsection (a)) to demonstrate com14 pliance with required food safety and sanitation 

15 standards upon a showing that the process controls 

16 for food safety and sanitation are being applied. 

17 ‘‘(2) CONTENT.—The guidance issued under 

18 paragraph (1) shall address process controls, appro19 priate for the size and scale of a facility, for— 

20 ‘‘(A) slaughter and processing facilities 

21 that conduct Federal inspections, State inspec22 tions, or custom slaughter or processing at the 

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1 ‘‘(C) on-farm slaughter and processing; 

2 ‘‘(D) mobile slaughter and processing fa3 cilities; and 

4 ‘‘(E) other facilities or circumstances de5 termined by the stakeholders group referred to 

6 in paragraph (3) to be relevant to very small or 

7 certain small establishments. 

8 ‘‘(3) STAKEHOLDER GROUP.— 

9 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 

10 days after the date of the enactment of this sec11 tion, the Secretary shall convene a stakeholders 

12 group with expertise on small scale processing 

13 facilities, including mobile processing facilities, 

14 to prepare proposed guidance on process con15 trols for food safety and sanitation for very 

16 small or certain small establishments. 

17 ‘‘(B) MEMBERSHIP.—The stakeholders 

18 group convened under subparagraph (A) shall 

19 include— 

20 ‘‘(i) small scale growers; 

21 ‘‘(ii) operators of small scale slaugh22 tering and processing facilities; and 

23 ‘‘(iii) representatives from appropriate 

24 Federal and State agencies, educational in25 stitutions, non-governmental organizations 


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1 with appropriate expertise, or networks or 

2 partnerships of such agencies, such institu3 tions, and such organizations. 

4 ‘‘(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—The au5 thorization of appropriations for this section appears in 

6 section 602 of the Federal Meat Inspection Act.’’. 

7 SEC. 8003. SEARCHABLE DATABASE OF ELECTRONICALLY 

8 SUBMITTED MEAT AND POULTRY LABELS. 

9 (a) ELECTRONIC OPTION FOR SUBMISSION.—Not 

10 later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this 

11 Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall promulgate regula12 tions under section 7 of the Federal Meat Inspection Act 

13 (21 U.S.C. 607) and section 8 of the Poultry Products 

14 Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 457) to establish an electronic 

15 option for submitting meat and poultry labels for 

16 preapproval. 

17 (b) SEARCHABLE DATABASE OF ELECTRONICALLY

18 SUBMITTED LABELS.—Not later than 1 year after the 

19 date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agri20 culture shall establish a publicly accessible searchable 

21 database of electronically submitted meat and poultry la22 bels. 

23 SEC. 8004. MEAT AND POULTRY PROCESSING REPORT. 

24 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 18 months after 

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1 Agriculture, in consultation with the stakeholders group 

2 referred to in section 602(c) of the Federal Meat Inspec3 tion Act (as added by section 8001 of this Act) and the 

4 stakeholders group referred to in section 32(b)(3) of the 

5 Poultry Products Inspection Act (as added by section 

6 8002 of this Act), shall submit to Congress a report on 

7 steps that can be taken to better meet the needs of very 

8 small and certain small establishments (as defined by the 

9 Secretary under section 601 of the Federal Meat Inspec10 tion Act (as added by such section 8001) or section 32(a) 

11 of the Poultry Products Inspection Act (as added by such 

12 section 8002)), including any recommended changes to 

13 statutory and regulatory provisions of law. 

14 (b) CONTENTS.—The report required under para15 graph (1) shall include a proposal to allow participating 

16 States to enter into memoranda of understanding with 

17 non-participating States to allow covered products pro18 duced in a participating State to be sold in a non-partici19 pating State. 

20 (c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

21 (1) COVERED PRODUCTS.—The term ‘‘covered 

22 products’’ means a meat or poultry product in23 spected in accordance with the covered programs. 

24 (2) COVERED PROGRAMS.—The term ‘‘covered 

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1 inspection programs of the Food Safety and Inspec2 tion Service of the Department of Agriculture. 

3 (3) NON-PARTICIPATING STATE.—The term 

4 ‘‘non-participating State’’ means a State that does 

5 not participate in the covered programs. 

6 (4) PARTICIPATING STATE.—The term ‘‘partici7 pating State’’ means a State that participates in the 

8 covered programs. 

9 TITLE IX—MISCELLANEOUS 

10 SEC. 9001. NATIONAL FOOD SAFETY TRAINING, EDUCATION, 

11 EXTENSION, OUTREACH, AND TECHNICAL AS12 SISTANCE PROGRAM. 

13 Section 405 of the Agricultural Research, Extension, 

14 and Education Reform Act of 1998 (7 U.S.C. 7625) is 

15 amended by striking subsection (j) and inserting the fol16 lowing: 

17 ‘‘(j) FUNDING.— 

18 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Of the funds of the Com19 modity Credit Corporation, the Secretary shall use 

20 to carry out this section $15,000,000 for each of fis21 cal years 2013 through 2017. 

22 ‘‘(2) ADDITIONAL FUNDING.—In addition to 

23 funds made available under paragraph (1), for the 

24 purposes of making grants under this section, there 

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1 necessary for each of fiscal years 2011 through 

2 2017.’’. 

3 SEC. 9002. BUDGETARY EFFECTS. 

4 The budgetary effects of this Act, for the purpose of 

5 complying with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010, 

6 shall be determined by reference to the latest statement 

7 titled ‘‘Budgetary Effects of PAYGO Legislation’’ for this 

8 Act, submitted for printing in the Congressional Record 

9 by the Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, pro10 vided that such statement has been submitted prior to the 

11 vote on passage. 

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