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113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 853 

To create a Citrus Disease Research and Development Trust Fund to support 

research on diseases impacting the citrus industry, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 27, 2013 

Mr. BUCHANAN (for himself, Ms. BROWN of Florida, Ms. CASTOR of Florida, 

Mr. CRENSHAW, Mr. DEUTCH, Mr. DIAZ-BALART, Ms. FRANKEL of Florida, Mr. GARCIA, Mr. GRAYSON, Mr. HASTINGS of Florida, Mr. MILLER

of Florida, Mr. MURPHY of Florida, Mr. NUGENT, Mr. POSEY, Mr. 

RADEL, Mr. ROONEY, Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN, Mr. ROSS, Mr. 

SOUTHERLAND, Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Mr. WEBSTER of Florida, 

Ms. WILSON of Florida, Mr. YOHO, Mr. YOUNG of Florida, Mr. HINOJOSA, Mr. CUELLAR, and Ms. BROWNLEY of California) introduced the 

following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 

and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of 

such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

A BILL 

To create a Citrus Disease Research and Development Trust 

Fund to support research on diseases impacting the citrus industry, 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. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Citrus Disease Re5 search and Development Trust Fund Act of 2013’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES. 

2 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that— 

3 (1) duties collected on imports of citrus and cit4 rus products have ranged from $32,000,000 to 

5 $87,000,000 annually since 2004, and are projected 

6 to increase, as United States production declines due 

7 to the effects of huanglongbing (also known as 

8 ‘‘HLB’’ or ‘‘citrus greening disease’’) and imports 

9 increase in response to the shortfall in the United 

10 States; 

11 (2) in cases involving other similarly situated 

12 agricultural commodities, notably wool, the Federal 

13 Government has chosen to divert a portion of the 

14 tariff revenue collected on imported products to sup15 port efforts of the domestic industry to address chal16 lenges facing the industry; 

17 (3) citrus and citrus products are a highly nu18 tritious and healthy part of a balanced diet; 

19 (4) citrus production is an important part of 

20 the agricultural economy in Florida, California, Ari21 zona, and Texas; 

22 (5) in 2012, citrus fruits were produced on ap23 proximately 804,300 acres in the United States, 

24 yielding approximately 11,373,000 tons of citrus 

25 products with a value at the farm of more than 

26 $3,443,289,000; 


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1 (6) the commercial citrus sector employs ap2 proximately 110,000 people and contributes approxi3 mately $13,500,000,000 to the United States econ4 omy; 

5 (7) the United States citrus industry has suf6 fered billions of dollars in damage from disease and 

7 pests, both domestic and invasive, over the decade 

8 preceding the date of the enactment of this Act, par9 ticularly from huanglongbing; 

10 (8) huanglongbing threatens the entire United 

11 States citrus industry because the disease kills citrus 

12 trees; 

13 (9) as of the date of the enactment of this Act, 

14 there are no cost effective or environmentally sound 

15 treatments available to suppress or eradicate 

16 huanglongbing; 

17 (10) United States citrus producers working 

18 with Federal and State governments have devoted 

19 tens of millions of dollars toward research and ef20 forts to combat huanglongbing and other diseases 

21 and pests, but more funding is needed to develop 

22 and commercialize disease and pest solutions; 

23 (11) although imports constitute an increasing 

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1 rus products into the United States do not directly 

2 fund production research in the United States; 

3 (12) disease and pest suppression technologies 

4 require determinations of safety and solutions must 

5 be commercialized before use by citrus producers; 

6 (13) the complex processes involved in discovery 

7 and commercialization of safe and effective pest and 

8 disease suppression technologies are expensive and 

9 lengthy and the need for the technologies is urgent; 

10 and 

11 (14) research to develop solutions to suppress 

12 huanglongbing, or other domestic and invasive pests 

13 and diseases will benefit all citrus producers and 

14 consumers around the world. 

15 (b) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this Act are— 

16 (1) to authorize the establishment of a trust 

17 funded by certain tariff revenues to support sci18 entific research, technical assistance, and develop19 ment activities to combat citrus diseases and pests, 

20 both domestic and invasive, harming the United 

21 States; and 

22 (2) to require the President to notify the chair23 person and ranking member of the Committee on 

24 Finance of the Senate and the Committee on Ways 

25 and Means of the House of Representatives before 


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1 entering into any trade agreement that would de2 crease the amount of duties collected on imports of 

3 citrus products to less than the amount necessary to 

4 provide the grants authorized by section 1001(d) of 

5 the Trade Act of 1974, as added by section 3(a) of 

6 this Act. 

7 (c) EFFECT ON OTHER ACTIVITIES.—Nothing in this 

8 Act restricts the use of any funds for scientific research 

9 and technical activities in the United States. 

10 SEC. 3. CITRUS DISEASE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 

11 TRUST FUND. 

12 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Trade Act of 1974 (19 

13 U.S.C. 2102 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end 

14 the following: 

15 ‘‘TITLE X—CITRUS DISEASE RE16 SEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 

17 TRUST FUND 

18 ‘‘SEC. 1001. CITRUS DISEASE RESEARCH AND DEVELOP19 MENT TRUST FUND. 

20 ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in the 

21 Treasury of the United States a trust fund to be known 

22 as the ‘Citrus Disease Research and Development Trust 

23 Fund’ (in this section referred to as the ‘Trust Fund’), 

24 consisting of such amounts as may be transferred to the 

25 Trust Fund under subsection (b)(1) and any amounts that 


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1 may be credited to the Trust Fund under subsection 

2 (d)(2). 

3 ‘‘(b) TRANSFER OF AMOUNTS.— 

4 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), 

5 the Secretary of the Treasury shall transfer to the 

6 Trust Fund, from the general fund of the Treasury, 

7 amounts determined by the Secretary to be equiva8 lent to amounts received in the general fund that are 

9 attributable to the duties collected on articles that 

10 are citrus or citrus products classifiable under chap11 ters 8, 20, 21, 22, and 33 of the Harmonized Tariff 

12 Schedule of the United States. 

13 ‘‘(2) LIMITATION.—The amount transferred to 

14 the Trust Fund under paragraph (1) in any fiscal 

15 year may not exceed the lesser of— 

‘‘(A) an amount equal to 1 16 ⁄3 of the amount 

17 attributable to the duties received on articles 

18 described in paragraph (1); or 

19 ‘‘(B) $30,000,000. 

20 ‘‘(c) AVAILABILITY OF AMOUNTS IN TRUST FUND.— 

21 ‘‘(1) AMOUNTS AVAILABLE UNTIL EX22 PENDED.—Amounts in the Trust Fund shall remain 

23 available until expended without further appropria24 tion. 


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1 ‘‘(2) AVAILABILITY FOR CITRUS DISEASE RE2 SEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT EXPENDITURES.— 

3 Amounts in the Trust Fund shall be available to the 

4 Secretary of Agriculture— 

5 ‘‘(A) for expenditures relating to citrus dis6 ease research and development under section 4 

7 of the Citrus Disease Research and Develop8 ment Trust Fund Act of 2013, including costs 

9 relating to contracts or other agreements en10 tered into to carry out citrus disease research 

11 and development; and 

12 ‘‘(B) to cover administrative costs incurred 

13 by the Secretary in carrying out the provisions 

14 of that Act. 

15 ‘‘(d) INVESTMENT OF TRUST FUND.— 

16 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the 

17 Treasury shall invest such portion of the Trust 

18 Fund as is not required to meet current withdrawals 

19 in interest-bearing obligations of the United States 

20 or in obligations guaranteed as to both principal and 

21 interest by the United States. Such obligations may 

22 be acquired on original issue at the issue price or by 

23 purchase of outstanding obligations at the market 

24 price. Any obligation acquired by the Trust Fund 


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1 may be sold by the Secretary of the Treasury at the 

2 market price. 

3 ‘‘(2) INTEREST AND PROCEEDS FROM SALE OR

4 REDEMPTION OF OBLIGATIONS.—The interest on, 

5 and the proceeds from the sale or redemption of, any 

6 obligations held in the Trust Fund shall be credited 

7 to and form a part of the Trust Fund. 

8 ‘‘(e) REPORTS TO CONGRESS.—Not later than Janu9 ary 15, 2014, and each year thereafter until the year after 

10 the termination of the Trust Fund, the Secretary of the 

11 Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of Agri12 culture, shall submit to Congress a report on the financial 

13 condition and the results of the operations of the Trust 

14 Fund that includes— 

15 ‘‘(1) a detailed description of the amounts dis16 bursed from the Trust Fund in the preceding fiscal 

17 year and the manner in which those amounts were 

18 expended; 

19 ‘‘(2) an assessment of the financial condition 

20 and the operations of the Trust Fund for the cur21 rent fiscal year; and 

22 ‘‘(3) an assessment of the amounts available in 

23 the Trust Fund for future expenditures. 

24 ‘‘(f) REMISSION OF SURPLUS FUNDS.—The Sec25 retary of the Treasury may remit to the general fund of 


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1 the Treasury such amounts as the Secretary of Agri2 culture reports to be in excess of the amounts necessary 

3 to meet the purposes of the Citrus Disease Research and 

4 Development Trust Fund Act of 2013. 

5 ‘‘(g) SUNSET PROVISION.—The Trust Fund shall ter6 minate on December 31 of the fifth calendar year that 

7 begins after the date of the enactment of the Citrus Dis8 ease Research and Development Trust Fund Act of 2013 

9 and all amounts in the Trust Fund on December 31 of 

10 that fifth calendar year shall be transferred to the general 

11 fund of the Treasury. 

12 ‘‘SEC. 1002. REPORTS REQUIRED BEFORE ENTERING INTO 

13 CERTAIN TRADE AGREEMENTS. 

14 ‘‘The President shall notify the chairperson and rank15 ing member of the Committee on Finance of the Senate 

16 and the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of 

17 Representatives not later than 90 days before entering 

18 into a trade agreement if the President determines that 

19 entering into the trade agreement could result— 

20 ‘‘(1) in a decrease in the amount of duties col21 lected on articles that are citrus or citrus products 

22 classifiable under chapters 8, 20, 21, 22, and 33 of 

23 the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United 

24 States; and 


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1 ‘‘(2) in a decrease in the amount of funds being 

2 transferred into the Citrus Disease Research and 

3 Development Trust Fund under section 1001 so that 

4 amounts available in the Trust Fund are insufficient 

5 to meet the purposes of the Citrus Disease Research 

6 and Development Trust Fund Act of 2013.’’. 

7 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 

8 for the Trade Act of 1974 is amended by adding at the 

9 end the following: 

‘‘TITLE X—CITRUS DISEASE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 

TRUST FUND 

‘‘Sec. 1001. Citrus Disease Research and Development Trust Fund. 

‘‘Sec. 1002. Reports required before entering into certain trade agreements.’’. 

10 SEC. 4. CITRUS DISEASE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 

11 TRUST FUND ADVISORY BOARD. 

12 (a) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this section is to es13 tablish an orderly procedure and financing mechanism for 

14 the development of an effective and coordinated program 

15 of research and product development relating to— 

16 (1) scientific research concerning diseases and 

17 pests, both domestic and invasive, afflicting the cit18 rus industry; and 

19 (2) support for the dissemination and commer20 cialization of relevant information, techniques, and 

21 technologies discovered pursuant to research funded 

22 through the Citrus Disease Research and Develop23 ment Trust Fund established under section 1001 of 


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1 the Trade Act of 1974, as added by section 3(a) of 

2 this Act, or through other research projects intended 

3 to solve problems caused by citrus production dis4 eases and invasive pests. 

5 (b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

6 (1) BOARD.—The term ‘‘Board’’ means the Cit7 rus Disease Research and Development Trust Fund 

8 Advisory Board established under this section. 

9 (2) CITRUS.— 

10 (A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘citrus’’ 

11 means edible fruit of the family Rutaceae, com12 monly called ‘‘citrus’’. 

13 (B) INCLUSION.—The term ‘‘citrus’’ in14 cludes all citrus hybrids and products of citrus 

15 hybrids that are produced for commercial pur16 poses in the United States. 

17 (3) DEPARTMENT.—The term ‘‘Department’’ 

18 means the Department of Agriculture. 

19 (4) PERSON.—The term ‘‘person’’ means any 

20 individual, group of individuals, firm, partnership, 

21 corporation, joint stock company, association, coop22 erative, or other legal entity. 

23 (5) PRODUCER.—The term ‘‘producer’’ means 

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1 tion and commercial sale of citrus in the United 

2 States. 

3 (6) PROGRAM.—The term ‘‘program’’ means 

4 the citrus research and development program au5 thorized under this section. 

6 (7) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

7 the Secretary of Agriculture. 

8 (8) TRUST FUND.—The term ‘‘Trust Fund’’ 

9 means the Citrus Disease Research and Develop10 ment Trust Fund established under section 1001 of 

11 the Trade Act of 1974, as added by section 3(a) of 

12 this Act. 

13 (c) IMPLEMENTATION.— 

14 (1) REGULATIONS.—Not later than 180 days 

15 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec16 retary shall promulgate regulations to carry out this 

17 section. 

18 (2) CITRUS ADVISORY BOARD.— 

19 (A) ESTABLISHMENT AND MEMBERSHIP.— 

20 (i) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Citrus 

21 Disease Research and Development Trust 

22 Fund Advisory Board shall consist of 9 

23 members. 


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1 (ii) MEMBERSHIP.—The members of 

2 the Board shall be appointed by the Sec3 retary. 

4 (iii) STATUS.—Members of the Board 

5 represent the interests of the citrus indus6 try and shall not be considered officers or 

7 employees of the Federal Government sole8 ly due to membership on the Board. 

9 (B) DISTRIBUTION OF APPOINTMENTS.— 

10 The membership of the Board shall consist of— 

11 (i) 5 members who are domestic pro12 ducers of citrus in Florida; 

13 (ii) 3 members who are domestic pro14 ducers of citrus in Arizona or California; 

15 and 

16 (iii) 1 member who is a domestic pro17 ducer of citrus in Texas. 

18 (C) CONSULTATION.—Prior to making ap19 pointments to the Board, the Secretary shall 

20 consult with organizations composed primarily 

21 of citrus producers to receive advice and rec22 ommendations regarding Board membership. 

23 (D) BOARD VACANCIES.— 

24 (i) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 

25 appoint a new Board member to serve the 


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1 remainder of a term vacated by a depart2 ing Board member. 

3 (ii) REQUIREMENTS.—When filling a 

4 vacancy on the Board, the Secretary 

5 shall— 

6 (I) appoint a citrus producer 

7 from the same State as the Board 

8 member being replaced; and 

9 (II) prior to making an appoint10 ment, consult with organizations in 

11 that State composed primarily of cit12 rus producers to receive advice and 

13 recommendations regarding the va14 cancy. 

15 (E) TERMS.— 

16 (i) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided 

17 in clause (ii), each term of appointment to 

18 the Board shall be for 5 years. 

19 (ii) INITIAL APPOINTMENTS.—In 

20 making initial appointments to the Board, 

the Secretary shall appoint 1 21 ⁄3 of the mem22 bers to terms of 1, 3, and 5 years, respec23 tively. 

24 (F) DISQUALIFICATION FROM BOARD

25 SERVICE.—If a member or alternate of the 


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1 Board who was appointed as a domestic pro2 ducer ceases to be a producer in the State from 

3 which the member was appointed, or fails to 

4 fulfill the duties of the member according to the 

5 rules established by the Board under paragraph 

6 (4)(A)(ii), the member or alternate shall be dis7 qualified from serving on the Board. 

8 (G) COMPENSATION.— 

9 (i) IN GENERAL.—The members of 

10 the Board shall serve without compensa11 tion, other than travel expenses described 

12 in clause (ii). 

13 (ii) TRAVEL EXPENSES.—A member 

14 of the Board shall be allowed travel ex15 penses, including per diem in lieu of sub16 sistence, at rates authorized for an em17 ployee of an agency under subchapter I of 

18 chapter 57 of title 5, United States Code, 

19 while away from the home or regular place 

20 of business of the member in the perform21 ance of the duties of the Board. 

22 (3) POWERS.— 

23 (A) GIFTS.—The Board may accept, use, 

24 and dispose of gifts or donations of services or 

25 property. 


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1 (B) POSTAL SERVICES.—The Board may 

2 use the United States mails in the same man3 ner and under the same conditions as other 

4 agencies of the Federal Government. 

5 (C) VOLUNTEER SERVICES.—Notwith6 standing section 1342 of title 31, United States 

7 Code, the Board may accept and use the serv8 ices of volunteers serving without compensation. 

9 (D) TECHNICAL AND LOGISTICAL SUP10 PORT.—Subject to the availability of funds, the 

11 Secretary shall provide to the Board technical 

12 and logistical support through contract or other 

13 means, including— 

14 (i) procuring the services of experts 

15 and consultants in accordance with section 

16 3109(b) of title 5, United States Code, but 

17 at rates for individuals not to exceed the 

18 daily equivalent of the highest rate payable 

19 under section 5332 of that title; and 

20 (ii) entering into contracts with de21 partments, agencies, and instrumentalities 

22 of the Federal Government, State agencies, 

23 and private entities for the preparation of 

24 reports, surveys, and other activities. 


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1 (E) DETAIL OF FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

2 EMPLOYEES.— 

3 (i) IN GENERAL.—An employee of the 

4 Federal Government may be detailed to the 

5 Commission on a reimbursable or nonreim6 bursable basis. 

7 (ii) CIVIL SERVICE STATUS.—The de8 tail of the employee shall be without inter9 ruption or loss of civil service status or 

10 privilege. 

11 (F) GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRA12 TION.—The Administrator of General Services 

13 shall provide to the Board on a reimbursable 

14 basis administrative support and other services 

15 for the performance of the duties of the Board. 

16 (G) OTHER DEPARTMENTS AND AGEN17 CIES.—Departments and agencies of the United 

18 States may provide to the Board such services, 

19 funds, facilities, staff, and other support serv20 ices as may be appropriate. 

21 (4) GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE

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1 eral responsibilities of the Board, which shall 

2 include the responsibilities— 

3 (i) to meet, organize, and select from 

4 among the members of the Board a chair5 person, other officers, and committees and 

6 subcommittees, as the Board determines to 

7 be appropriate; 

8 (ii) to adopt and amend rules and reg9 ulations governing the conduct of the ac10 tivities of the Board and the performance 

11 of the duties of the Board; 

12 (iii) to hire such experts and consult13 ants as the Board considers necessary to 

14 enable the Board to perform the duties of 

15 the Board; 

16 (iv) to advise the Secretary on citrus 

17 research and development needs; 

18 (v) to propose a research and develop19 ment agenda and annual budgets for the 

20 Trust Fund; 

21 (vi) to evaluate and review ongoing re22 search funded by Trust Fund; 

23 (vii) to engage in regular consultation 

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1 vate actors conducting scientific research 

2 into the causes or treatments of citrus dis3 eases and pests, both domestic and 

4 invasive, so as to— 

5 (I) maximize the effectiveness of 

6 the activities; 

7 (II) hasten the development of 

8 useful treatments; and 

9 (III) avoid duplicative and waste10 ful expenditures; and 

11 (viii) to provide the Secretary with 

12 such information and advice as the Sec13 retary may request. 

14 (5) CITRUS RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

15 AGENDA AND BUDGETS.— 

16 (A) IN GENERAL.—The Board shall submit 

17 annually to the Secretary a proposed research 

18 and development agenda and budget for the 

19 Trust Fund, which shall include— 

20 (i) an evaluation of ongoing research 

21 and development efforts; 

22 (ii) specific recommendations for new 

23 citrus research projects; 

24 (iii) a plan for the dissemination and 

25 commercialization of relevant information, 


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1 techniques, and technologies discovered 

2 pursuant to research funded through the 

3 Trust Fund; and 

4 (iv) a justification for Trust Fund ex5 penditures. 

6 (B) AFFIRMATIVE SUPPORT REQUIRED.— 

7 A research and development agenda and budget 

8 may not be submitted by the Board to the Sec9 retary without the affirmative support of at 

10 least 7 members of the Board. 

11 (C) SECRETARIAL APPROVAL.— 

12 (i) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 60 

13 days after receiving the proposed research 

14 and development agenda and budget from 

15 the Board and consulting with the Board, 

16 the Secretary shall finalize a citrus re17 search and development agenda and Trust 

18 Fund budget. 

19 (ii) CONSIDERATIONS.—In finalizing 

20 the agenda and budget, the Secretary 

21 shall— 

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1 standing of the effect of the diseases 

2 on citrus production, give strong def3 erence to the proposed research and 

4 development agenda and budget from 

5 the Board; and 

6 (II) take into account other pub7 lic and private citrus-related research 

8 and development projects and fund9 ing. 

10 (D) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Each year, 

11 the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on 

12 Agriculture and the Committee on Ways and 

13 Means of the House of Representatives and the 

14 Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and For15 estry and the Committee on Finance of the 

16 Senate a report that includes— 

17 (i) the most recent citrus research and 

18 development agenda and budget of the 

19 Secretary; 

20 (ii) an analysis of how, why, and to 

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1 (iii) an examination of new develop2 ments in the spread and control of citrus 

3 diseases and pests; 

4 (iv) a discussion of projected research 

5 needs; and 

6 (v) a review of the effectiveness of the 

7 Trust Fund in achieving the purpose de8 scribed in subsection (a). 

9 (6) CONTRACTS AND AGREEMENTS.—To ensure 

10 the efficient use of funds, the Secretary may enter 

11 into contracts or agreements with public or private 

12 entities for the implementation of a plan or project 

13 for citrus research. 

14 (d) ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.—Each fiscal year, the 

15 Secretary may transfer up to $2,000,000 of amounts in 

16 the Trust Fund to the Board for expenses incurred by the 

17 Board in carrying out the duties of the Board. 

18 (e) TERMINATION OF BOARD.—The Board shall ter19 minate on December 31 of the fifth calendar year that 

20 begins after the date of the enactment of this Act. 

21 SEC. 5. TIME FOR PAYMENT OF CORPORATE ESTIMATED 

22 TAXES. 

23 Notwithstanding section 6655 of the Internal Rev24 enue Code of 1986, in the case of a corporation with assets 


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1 of not less than $1,000,000,000 (determined as of the end 

2 of the preceding taxable year)— 

3 (1) the amount of any required installment of 

4 corporate estimated tax which is otherwise due in 

5 July, August, or September of 2018 shall be in6 creased by 0.25 percent of such amount (determined 

7 without regard to any increase in such amount not 

8 contained in such Code); and 

9 (2) the amount of the next required installment 

10 after an installment referred to in paragraph (1) 

11 shall be appropriately reduced to reflect the amount 

12 of the increase by reason of such paragraph. 

13 SEC. 6. EXTENSION OF CUSTOMS USER FEES. 

14 Section 13031(j)(3) of the Consolidated Omnibus 

15 Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (19 U.S.C. 58c(j)(3)) 

16 is amended by adding at the end the following: 

17 ‘‘(C)(i) Notwithstanding subparagraph (A), fees may 

18 be charged under paragraphs (9) and (10) of subsection 

19 (a) during the period beginning on October 23, 2021, and 

20 ending on November 6, 2021. 

21 ‘‘(ii) Notwithstanding subparagraph (B)(i), fees may 

22 be charged under paragraphs (1) through (8) of sub23 section (a) during the period beginning on October 30, 

24 2021, and ending on November 13, 2021.’’. 

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