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erage to cover administrative and operating ex-
penses. 
‘‘(e) RELATION
TO
OTHER
COVERAGES.—The 
Stacked Income Protection Plan is in addition to all other 
coverages available to producers of upland cotton.’’. 
(b) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Section 
508(k)(4)(F) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 
1508(k)(4)(F)) is amended by inserting ‘‘or authorized 
under subsection (c)(4)(C) or section 508B’’ after ‘‘of this 
subparagraph’’. 
SEC. 11017. PEANUT REVENUE CROP INSURANCE. 
The Federal Crop Insurance Act is amended by in-
serting after section 508B, as added by the previous sec-
tion, the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 508C. PEANUT REVENUE CROP INSURANCE. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Effective beginning with the 
2014 crop year, the Risk Management Agency and the 
Corporation shall make available to producers of peanuts 
a revenue crop insurance program for peanuts. 
‘‘(b) EFFECTIVE PRICE.—Subject to subsection (c), 
for purposes of the revenue crop insurance program and 
the multiperil crop insurance program under this Act, the 
effective price for peanuts shall be equal to the Rotterdam 
price index for peanuts, as adjusted to reflect the farmer 
stock price of peanuts in the United States. 
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‘‘(c) ADJUSTMENTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The effective price for pea-
nuts established under subsection (b) may be ad-
justed by the Risk Management Agency and the 
Corporation to correct distortions. 
‘‘(2) ADMINISTRATION.—If an adjustment is 
made under paragraph (1), the Risk Management 
Agency and the Corporation shall— 
‘‘(A) make the adjustment in an open and 
transparent manner; and 
‘‘(B) submit to the Committee on Agri-
culture of the House of Representatives and the 
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and For-
estry of the Senate a report that describes the 
reasons for the adjustment.’’. 
SEC. 11018. AUTHORITY TO CORRECT ERRORS. 
Section 515(c) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 
U.S.C. 1515(c)) is amended— 
(1) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘The Sec-
retary’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary’’; 
(2) in the second sentence, by striking ‘‘Begin-
ning with’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘(2) FREQUENCY.—Beginning with’’; and 
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(3) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(3) CORRECTIONS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—In addition to the cor-
rections permitted by the Corporation as of the 
date of enactment of the Federal Agriculture 
Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013, the 
Corporation shall allow an agent or an approved 
insurance provider, subject to subparagraph 
(B)— 
‘‘(i) within a reasonable amount of 
time following the applicable sales closing 
date, to correct unintentional errors in in-
formation that is provided by a producer 
for the purpose of obtaining coverage 
under any policy or plan of insurance made 
available under this subtitle to ensure that 
the eligibility information is correct; 
‘‘(ii) within a reasonable amount of 
time following— 
‘‘(I) the acreage reporting date, 
to correct unintentional errors in fac-
tual information that is provided by a 
producer after the sales closing date 
to reconcile the information with the 
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information reported by the producer 
to the Farm Service Agency; or 
‘‘(II) the date of any subsequent 
correction of data by the Farm Serv-
ice Agency made as a result of the 
verification of information; and 
‘‘(iii) at any time, to correct uninten-
tional errors that were made by the Farm 
Service Agency or an agent or approved in-
surance provider in transmitting the infor-
mation provided by the producer to the ap-
proved insurance provider or the Corpora-
tion. 
‘‘(B) LIMITATION.—In accordance with the 
procedures of the Corporation, correction to the 
information described in clauses (i) and (ii) of 
subparagraph (A) may only be made if the cor-
rections do not allow the producer— 
‘‘(i) to avoid ineligibility requirements 
for insurance; 
‘‘(ii) to obtain, enhance, or increase 
an insurance guarantee or indemnity, or 
avoid premium owed, if a cause of loss ex-
ists or has occurred before any correction 
has been made; or 
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‘‘(iii) to avoid an obligation or re-
quirement under any Federal or State law. 
‘‘(C) EXCEPTION TO LATE FILING SANC-
TIONS.—Any corrections made pursuant to this 
paragraph shall not be subject to any late filing 
sanctions authorized in the reinsurance agree-
ment with the Corporation.’’. 
SEC. 11019. IMPLEMENTATION. 
Section 515 of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 
U.S.C. 1515) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (j), by striking paragraph (1) 
and inserting the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(1) 
SYSTEMS
MAINTENANCE
AND
UP-
GRADES.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 
maintain and upgrade the information manage-
ment systems of the Corporation used in the 
administration and enforcement of this subtitle. 
‘‘(B) REQUIREMENT.— 
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—In maintaining 
and upgrading the systems, the Secretary 
shall ensure that new hardware and soft-
ware are compatible with the hardware and 
software used by other agencies of the De-
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partment to maximize data sharing and 
promote the purposes of this section. 
‘‘(ii) 
ACREAGE
REPORT
STREAM-
LINING INITIATIVE PROJECT.—As soon as 
practicable, the Secretary shall develop and 
implement an acreage report streamlining 
initiative project to allow producers to re-
port acreage and other information directly 
to the Department.’’; and 
(2) in subsection (k), by striking paragraph (1) 
and inserting the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(1) INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of sub-
section (j)(1), the Corporation may use, from 
amounts made available from the insurance 
fund established under section 516(c), not more 
than— 
‘‘(i)(I) 
for 
fiscal 
year 
2014, 
$25,000,000; and 
‘‘(II) for each of fiscal years 2015 
through 2018, $10,000,000; or 
‘‘(ii) if the Acreage Crop Reporting 
Streamlining Initiative (ACRSI) project is 
substantially completed by September 30, 
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2015, not more than $15,000,000 for each 
of the fiscal years 2015 through 2018. 
‘‘(B) NOTIFICATION.—The Secretary shall 
notify the Committee on Agriculture of the 
House of Representatives and the Committee 
on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the 
Senate of the substantial completion of the 
Acreage Crop Reporting Streamlining Initiative 
(ACRSI) project not later than July 1, 2015.’’. 
SEC. 11020. RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PRIORITIES. 
(a) AUTHORITY TO CONDUCT RESEARCH AND DE-
VELOPMENT, PRIORITIES.—Section 522(c) of the Federal 
Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1522(c)) is amended— 
(1) in the subsection heading by striking ‘‘CON-
TRACTING’’; 
(2) in paragraph (1), in the matter preceding 
subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘may enter into con-
tracts to carry out research and development to’’ 
and inserting ‘‘may conduct activities or enter into 
contracts to carry out research and development to 
maintain or improve existing policies or develop new 
policies to’’; 
(3) in paragraph (2)— 
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(A) in subparagraph (A), by inserting 
‘‘conduct research and development or’’ after 
‘‘The Corporation may’’; and 
(B) in subparagraph (B), by inserting 
‘‘conducting research and development or’’ after 
‘‘Before’’; 
(4) in paragraph (5), by inserting ‘‘after expert 
review in accordance with section 505(e)’’ after ‘‘ap-
proved by the Board’’; and 
(5) in paragraph (6), by striking ‘‘a pasture, 
range, and forage program’’ and inserting ‘‘policies 
that increase participation by producers of under-
served agricultural commodities, including sweet sor-
ghum, biomass sorghum, rice, peanuts, sugarcane, 
alfalfa, and specialty crops’’. 
(b) FUNDING.—Section 522(e) of the Federal Crop 
Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1522(e)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (2)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘(A) AUTHORITY.—’’ and 
inserting ‘‘(A) CONDUCTING AND CONTRACTING 
FOR RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT.—’’; 
(B) in subparagraph (A), by inserting 
‘‘conduct research and development and’’ after 
‘‘the Corporation may use to’’; and 
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(C) in subparagraph (B), by inserting 
‘‘conduct research and development and’’ after 
‘‘for the fiscal year to’’; 
(2) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘to provide ei-
ther reimbursement payments or contract pay-
ments’’; and 
(3) by striking paragraph (4). 
SEC. 11021. ADDITIONAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 
CONTRACTING REQUIREMENTS. 
Section 522(c) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 
U.S.C. 1522(c)) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating paragraph (17) as para-
graph (23); and 
(2) by inserting after paragraph (16), the fol-
lowing new paragraphs: 
‘‘(17) MARGIN COVERAGE FOR CATFISH.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Corporation shall 
offer to enter into a contract with a qualified 
entity to conduct research and development re-
garding a policy to insure producers against re-
duction in the margin between the market value 
of catfish and selected costs incurred in the 
production of catfish. 
‘‘(B) ELIGIBILITY.—Eligibility for the pol-
icy described in subparagraph (A) shall be lim-
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ited to freshwater species of catfish that are 
propagated and reared in controlled or selected 
environments. 
‘‘(C) IMPLEMENTATION.—The Board shall 
review the policy described in subparagraph (B) 
under subsection 508(h) and approve the policy 
if the Board finds that the policy— 
‘‘(i) will likely result in a viable and 
marketable policy consistent with this sub-
section; 
‘‘(ii) would provide crop insurance 
coverage in a significantly improved form; 
‘‘(iii) adequately protects the interests 
of producers; and 
‘‘(iv) the proposed policy meets other 
requirements of this subtitle determined 
appropriate by the Board. 
‘‘(18) BIOMASS AND SWEET SORGHUM ENERGY 
CROP INSURANCE POLICIES.— 
‘‘(A) AUTHORITY.—The Corporation shall 
offer to enter into 1 or more contracts with 
qualified entities to carry out research and de-
velopment regarding— 
‘‘(i) a policy to insure biomass sor-
ghum that is grown expressly for the pur-
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pose of producing a feedstock for renew-
able 
biofuel, 
renewable 
electricity, 
or 
biobased products; and 
‘‘(ii) a policy to insure sweet sorghum 
that is grown for a purpose described in 
clause (i). 
‘‘(B) RESEARCH
AND
DEVELOPMENT.— 
Research and development with respect to each 
of the policies required in subparagraph (A) 
shall evaluate the effectiveness of risk manage-
ment tools for the production of biomass sor-
ghum or sweet sorghum, including policies and 
plans of insurance that— 
‘‘(i) are based on market prices and 
yields; 
‘‘(ii) to the extent that insufficient 
data exist to develop a policy based on 
market prices and yields, evaluate the poli-
cies and plans of insurance based on the 
use of weather indices, including excessive 
or inadequate rainfall, to protect the inter-
est of crop producers; and 
‘‘(iii) provide protection for production 
or revenue losses, or both. 
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‘‘(19) STUDY
ON
SWINE
CATASTROPHIC
DIS-
EASE PROGRAM.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Corporation shall 
contract with a qualified person to conduct a 
study to determine the feasibility of insuring 
swine producers for a catastrophic event. 
‘‘(B) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year 
after the date of the enactment of this para-
graph, the Corporation shall submit to the 
Committee on Agriculture of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Committee on Agriculture, 
Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate a report 
that describes the results of the study con-
ducted under subparagraph (A). 
‘‘(20) WHOLE FARM DIVERSIFIED RISK MAN-
AGEMENT INSURANCE PLAN.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Corporation shall 
conduct activities or enter into contracts to 
carry out research and development to develop 
a whole farm risk management insurance plan, 
with a liability limitation of $1,000,000, that 
allows a diversified crop or livestock producer 
the option to qualify for an indemnity if actual 
gross farm revenue is below 85 percent of the 
average gross farm revenue or the expected 
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gross farm revenue that can reasonably be ex-
pected of the producer, as determined by the 
Corporation. 
‘‘(B) ELIGIBLE
PRODUCERS.—The Cor-
poration shall permit producers (including di-
rect-to-consumer marketers and producers serv-
icing local and regional and farm identity-pre-
served markets) who produce multiple agricul-
tural commodities, including specialty crops, in-
dustrial crops, livestock, and aquaculture prod-
ucts, to participate in the plan in lieu of any 
other plan under this subtitle. 
‘‘(C) DIVERSIFICATION.—The Corporation 
may provide diversification-based additional 
coverage payment rates, premium discounts, or 
other enhanced benefits in recognition of the 
risk management benefits of crop and livestock 
diversification strategies for producers that 
grow multiple crops or that may have income 
from the production of livestock that uses a 
crop grown on the farm. 
‘‘(D) MARKET READINESS.—The Corpora-
tion may include coverage for the value of any 
packing, packaging, or any other similar on- 
farm activity the Corporation determines to be 
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the minimum required in order to remove the 
commodity from the field. 
‘‘(E) REPORT.—Not later than 2 years 
after the date of enactment of this paragraph, 
the Corporation shall submit to the Committee 
on Agriculture of the House of Representatives 
and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, 
and Forestry of the Senate a report that de-
scribes the results and feasibility of the re-
search and development conducted under this 
paragraph, including an analysis of potential 
adverse market distortions. 
‘‘(21) STUDY ON POULTRY CATASTROPHIC DIS-
EASE PROGRAM.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Corporation shall 
contract with a qualified person to conduct a 
study to determine the feasibility of insuring 
poultry producers for a catastrophic event. 
‘‘(B) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year 
after the date of the enactment of this para-
graph, the Corporation shall submit to the 
Committee on Agriculture of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Committee on Agriculture, 
Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate a report 
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that describes the results of the study con-
ducted under subparagraph (A). 
‘‘(22) POULTRY BUSINESS INTERRUPTION IN-
SURANCE POLICY.— 
‘‘(A) AUTHORITY.—The Corporation shall 
offer to enter into a contract or cooperative 
agreement with a university or other legal enti-
ty to carry out research and development re-
garding a policy to insure the commercial pro-
duction of poultry against business interrup-
tions caused by integrator bankruptcy. 
‘‘(B) RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT.—As 
part of the research and development conducted 
pursuant to a contract or cooperative agreement 
entered into under subparagraph (A), the entity 
shall— 
‘‘(i) evaluate the market place for 
business interruption insurance that is 
available to poultry growers; 
‘‘(ii) determine what statutory author-
ity would be necessary to implement a 
business interruption insurance through 
the Corporation; 
‘‘(iii) assess the feasibility of a policy 
or plan of insurance offered under this 
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subtitle to insure against losses due to the 
bankruptcy of an business integrator; and 
‘‘(iv) analyze the costs to the Federal 
Government of a Federal business inter-
ruption insurance program for poultry 
growers. 
‘‘(C) DEFINITIONS.—In this paragraph, 
the terms ‘poultry’ and ‘poultry grower’ have 
the meanings given those terms in section 2(a) 
of the Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921 (7 
U.S.C. 182(a)). 
‘‘(D) DEADLINE FOR CONTRACT OR COOP-
ERATIVE
AGREEMENT.—Not later than six 
months after the date of the enactment of this 
paragraph, the Corporation shall enter into the 
contract or cooperative agreement required by 
subparagraph (A). 
‘‘(E) DEADLINE FOR COMPLETION OF RE-
SEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT.—Not later than 
one year after the date of the enactment of this 
paragraph, the Corporation shall submit to the 
Committee on Agriculture of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Committee on Agriculture, 
Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate a report 
that describes the results of the research and 
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development conducted pursuant to the contract 
or cooperative agreement entered into under 
subparagraph (A).’’. 
SEC. 11022. PROGRAM COMPLIANCE PARTNERSHIPS. 
Paragraph (1) of section 522(d) of the Federal Crop 
Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1522(d)) is amended to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(1) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this subsection 
is to authorize the Corporation to enter into partner-
ships with public and private entities for the purpose 
of either— 
‘‘(A) increasing the availability of loss miti-
gation, financial, and other risk management 
tools for producers, with a priority given to risk 
management tools for producers of agricultural 
commodities covered by section 196 of the Agri-
cultural Market Transition Act (7 U.S.C. 
7333), specialty crops, and underserved agricul-
tural commodities; or 
‘‘(B) improving analysis tools and tech-
nology regarding compliance or identifying and 
using innovative compliance strategies.’’. 
SEC. 11023. PILOT PROGRAMS. 
Section 523(a) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 
U.S.C. 1523(a)) is amended— 
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(1) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘, at the sole 
discretion of the Corporation,’’ after ‘‘may’’; and 
(2) by striking paragraph (5). 
SEC. 11024. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS. 
(a) ELIGIBILITY FOR DEPARTMENT PROGRAMS.— 
Section 508(b) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 
U.S.C. 1508(b)) is amended— 
(1) by striking paragraph (7); and 
(2) by redesignating paragraphs (8) through 
(11) as paragraphs (7) through (10), respectively. 
(b) EXCLUSIONS TO ASSISTANCE FOR LOSSES DUE 
TO DROUGHT CONDITIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 531(d)(3)(A) of the 
Federal 
Crop 
Insurance 
Act 
(7 
U.S.C. 
1531(d)(3)(A)) is amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘(A) ELIGIBLE LOSSES.— 
’’ and all that follows through ‘‘An eligible’’ in 
clause (i) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(A) ELIGIBLE LOSSES.—An eligible’’; 
(B) by striking clause (ii); and 
(C) by redesignating subclauses (I) and 
(II) as clauses (i) and (ii), respectively, and in-
denting appropriately. 
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(2) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Section 
901(d)(3)(A) of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 
2497(d)(3)(A)) is amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘(A) ELIGIBLE LOSSES.— 
’’ and all that follows through ‘‘An eligible’’ in 
clause (i) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(A) ELIGIBLE LOSSES.—An eligible’’; 
(B) by striking clause (ii); and 
(C) by redesignating subclauses (I) and 
(II) as clauses (i) and (ii), respectively, and in-
denting appropriately. 
TITLE XII—MISCELLANEOUS 
Subtitle A—Livestock 
SEC. 12101. NATIONAL SHEEP INDUSTRY IMPROVEMENT 
CENTER. 
Section 375(e)(6)(C) of the Consolidated Farm and 
Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 2008j(e)(6)(C)) is 
amended by striking ‘‘2012’’ and inserting ‘‘2018’’. 
SEC. 12102. TRICHINAE CERTIFICATION PROGRAM. 
(a) ALTERNATIVE CERTIFICATION PROCESS.—The 
Secretary of Agriculture shall amend the rule made under 
paragraph (2) of section 11010(a) of the Food, Conserva-
tion, and Energy Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 8304(a)) to imple-
ment the voluntary trichinae certification program estab-
lished under paragraph (1) of such section, to include a 
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requirement to establish an alternative trichinae certifi-
cation process based on surveillance or other methods con-
sistent with international standards for categorizing com-
partments as having negligible risk for trichinae. 
(b) FINAL REGULATIONS.—Not later than one year 
after the date on which the international standards re-
ferred to in subsection (a) are adopted, the Secretary shall 
finalize the rule amended under such subsection. 
(c) REAUTHORIZATION.—Section 10405(d)(1) of the 
Animal Health Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 8304(d)(1)) is 
amended in subparagraphs (A) and (B) by striking 
‘‘2012’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘2018’’. 
SEC. 12103. NATIONAL AQUATIC ANIMAL HEALTH PLAN. 
Section 11013(d) of the Food, Conservation, and En-
ergy Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 8322(d)) is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘2012’’ and inserting ‘‘2018’’. 
SEC. 12104. COUNTRY OF ORIGIN LABELING. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agri-
culture, acting through the Office of the Chief Economist, 
shall conduct an economic analysis of the proposed rule 
entitled ‘‘Mandatory Country of Origin Labeling of Beef, 
Pork, Lamb, Chicken, Goat Meat, Wild and Farm-raised 
Fish and Shellfish, Perishable Agricultural Commodities, 
Peanuts, Pecans, Ginseng and Macadamia Nuts’’ pub-
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lished by the Department of Agriculture on March 12, 
2013 (76 Fed. Reg. 15645). 
(b) CONTENTS.—The economic analysis described in 
subsection (a) shall include, with respect to the labeling 
of beef, pork, and chicken, an analysis of the impact on 
consumers, producers, and packers in the United States 
of— 
(1) the implentation of subtitle D of the Agri-
cultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1638 et 
seq.); and 
(2) the proposed rule referred to in subsection 
(a). 
SEC. 12105. NATIONAL ANIMAL HEALTH LABORATORY NET-
WORK. 
Subtitle E of title X of the Farm Security and Rural 
Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8301 et seq.) is amend-
ed by inserting after section 10409 the following new sec-
tion: 
‘‘SEC. 10409A. NATIONAL ANIMAL HEALTH LABORATORY 
NETWORK. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall enter into 
contracts, grants, cooperative agreements, or other legal 
instruments with eligible laboratories for any of the fol-
lowing purposes: 
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‘‘(1) To enhance the capability of the Secretary 
to detect, and respond in a timely manner to, emerg-
ing or existing threats to animal health and to sup-
port the protection of public health, the environ-
ment, and the agricultural economy of the United 
States. 
‘‘(2) To provide the capacity and capability for 
standardized— 
‘‘(A) test procedures, reference materials, 
and equipment; 
‘‘(B) laboratory biosafety and biosecurity 
levels; 
‘‘(C) quality management system require-
ments; 
‘‘(D) interconnected electronic reporting 
and transmission of data; and 
‘‘(E) evaluation for emergency prepared-
ness. 
‘‘(3) To coordinate the development, implemen-
tation, and enhancement of national veterinary diag-
nostic laboratory capabilities, with special emphasis 
on surveillance planning and vulnerability analysis, 
technology development and validation, training, and 
outreach. 
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‘‘(b) ELIGIBILITY.—An eligible laboratory under this 
section is a diagnostic laboratory meeting specific criteria 
developed by the Secretary, in consultation with State ani-
mal health officials and State and university veterinary di-
agnostic laboratories. 
‘‘(c) PRIORITY.—To the extent practicable and to the 
extent capacity and specialized expertise may be nec-
essary, the Secretary shall give priority to existing Fed-
eral, State, and university facilities. 
‘‘(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
$15,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2018.’’. 
Subtitle B—Socially Disadvantaged 
Producers 
and 
Limited 
Re-
source Producers 
SEC. 12201. OUTREACH AND ASSISTANCE FOR SOCIALLY 
DISADVANTAGED FARMERS AND RANCHERS 
AND VETERAN FARMERS AND RANCHERS. 
(a) OUTREACH AND ASSISTANCE FOR SOCIALLY DIS-
ADVANTAGED FARMERS AND RANCHERS AND VETERAN 
FARMERS AND RANCHERS.—Section 2501 of the Food, 
Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 
U.S.C. 2279) is amended— 
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