avoid duplication of effort. Such reports shall be trans-
mitted to Congress not later than April 1 of each year. 
‘‘(h) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary of Agriculture 
and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
Agency shall promulgate revised regulations on their re-
spective areas of responsibility implementing this section 
not later than 180 days after the enactment of the NOUR-
ISH Act of 2007.’’. 
(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made 
by paragraph (1) takes effect on the date that is 
180 days after the enactment of the NOURISH Act 
of 2007. 
(b) INCLUSION OF LONG-TERM ADVERSE HEALTH 
EFFECTS IN LABELING.—Paragraph (2) of section 2(q) 
of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act 
(7 U.S.C. 136(q)) is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; 
(2) in subparagraph (D)(iii), by striking the pe-
riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(E) the pesticide is registered for an agri-
cultural use and its labeling does not include in-
formation on long-term adverse health effects 
associated with exposure to the pesticide, such 
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as cancer in individuals so exposed and their 
children, birth defects, adverse reproductive ef-
fects such as infertility or still births, and neu-
rological damage.’’. 
(c) RESEARCH BY CDC.— 
(1) INCREASED
RISKS
AMONG
FARM
WORK-
ERS.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Director of the 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 
shall conduct or support research on increased 
risks of cancer or birth defects among farm 
workers who have occupational exposure to pes-
ticide and their children. 
(B) 
AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIA-
TIONS.—To carry out this paragraph, there is 
authorized to be appropriated $5,000,000 for 
fiscal year 2008. 
(2) BIOLOGICAL
INDICATORS
AND
CLINICAL 
TESTS.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Director of the 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 
shall conduct or support research to identify ob-
jective biological indicators, and to develop new 
and additional inexpensive clinical tests, to en-
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able clinicians to diagnose overexposure to pes-
ticides. 
(B) 
AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIA-
TIONS.—To carry out this paragraph, there is 
authorized to be appropriated $5,000,000 for 
fiscal year 2008. 
(d) RESEARCH BY USDA.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Agriculture 
shall conduct or support research on alternatives to 
agricultural pesticides that have been associated 
with cancer, birth defects, adverse reproductive ef-
fects, or severe neurological disorders in animal 
studies or epidemiological research. 
(2) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—To 
carry out this subsection, there is authorized to be 
appropriated $5,000,000 for fiscal year 2008. 
(e) RESEARCH BY EPA.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Administrator of the 
Environmental Protection Agency shall conduct or 
support research to develop field level tests to deter-
mine when pesticide-treated fields are safe to reen-
ter. 
(2) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—To 
carry out this subsection, there is authorized to be 
appropriated $7,500,000 for fiscal year 2008. 
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Subtitle B—Office of Farmworker 
Coordination 
SEC. 411. OFFICE OF FARMWORKER COORDINATION. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary of Agriculture 
shall establish, within the Office of Civil Rights and Com-
munity Outreach of the Risk Management Agency of the 
Department of Agriculture, an office of Farmworker Co-
ordination, which shall be led by the USDA Farmworker 
Coordinator 
(b) DUTIES.—The Secretary may delegate to the 
USDA Farmworker Coordinator responsibility for any or 
all of the following: 
(1) Administering the program established by 
section 2281 of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, 
and Trade Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 5177a), as 
amended by section 421, providing for emergency 
grants to assist low-income migrant and seasonal 
farmworkers. 
(2) Serving as a liaison to community based 
non-profit organizations who represent and have at 
least 3 years experience serving low income migrant 
and seasonal farmworkers. 
(3) Conducting field visits in those areas the 
Secretary considers to have the most risk of disas-
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ters or the greatest concentration of farm workers, 
or both. 
(4) Providing the Secretary with a regular as-
sessment of all current Department of Agriculture 
programs that serve or affect low-income and mi-
grant seasonal farmworkers, and of improvements 
that can be made to these programs and services. 
(5) Coordinating with the Department and 
other Federal agencies to assure that farmworker 
needs are assessed and met during declared disas-
ters and other emergencies. 
(6) Coordinating with State and local agencies 
as needed in times of disaster to assure farmworker 
needs are assessed and met. 
(7) Coordinating with the USDA Small Farms 
Working Groups, Outreach Coordinators, and other 
entities to better integrate farmworker perspectives, 
concerns and interests into the ongoing programs of 
the Department. 
(8) Consulting with minority serving institu-
tions referred to in section 105(c) on research, pro-
gram improvements or agricultural education oppor-
tunities that may assist low-income and migrant sea-
sonal farmworkers 
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(9) Ensuring that necessary and appropriate 
components relating to migrant and seasonal farm-
workers are properly incorporated into all strategic 
planning initiatives of the Department. 
(10) Assuring that farmworkers have access to 
services and support to enter agriculture as pro-
ducers. 
(c) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated such funds as are nec-
essary for the efficient management of the Farmworker 
Coordination Office. 
Subtitle C—Major Disaster 
Assistance Programs 
SEC. 421. EMERGENCY GRANTS TO ASSIST LOW-INCOME MI-
GRANT AND SEASONAL FARMWORKERS. 
Section 2281 of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, 
and Trade Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 5177a) is amended 
to read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 2281. EMERGENCY GRANTS TO ASSIST LOW-INCOME 
MIGRANT AND SEASONAL FARMWORKERS. 
‘‘(a) GRANTS AVAILABLE.—The Secretary of Agri-
culture may make grants to public agencies or private or-
ganizations with tax exempt status under section 
501(c)(3) of 1986 that have at least 5 years demonstrated 
experience in providing emergency services to low-income 
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migrant and seasonal farmworkers where the Secretary 
determines that a local, State or national emergency or 
disaster has caused low-income migrant or seasonal farm-
workers to lose income, to be unable to work, or to stay 
home or return home in anticipation of work shortages. 
Emergency services to be provided with assistance received 
under this section shall be focused on aid to allow farm-
workers to meet or access other resources to meet short- 
term emergency family needs for food, clothing, employ-
ment, transportation and housing assistance necessary to 
allow low income and migrant seasonal farmworkers to re-
main in the disaster area and may include such other 
types of assistance as the Secretary of Agriculture deter-
mines to be necessary and appropriate. 
‘‘(b) LOW-INCOME MIGRANT OR SEASONAL FARM-
WORKER DEFINED.—For the purposes of this section, the 
term ‘low-income migrant or seasonal farmworker’ means 
an individual— 
‘‘(1) who has, during any consecutive 12 month 
period within the preceding 24 month period, per-
formed farm work for wages; 
‘‘(2) who has received not less than one-half of 
such individual’s total income, or been employed at 
least one-half of total work time in farm work; and 
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‘‘(3) whose annual family income within the 12 
month period referred to in paragraph (1) does not 
exceed the higher of the poverty level or 70 percent 
of the lower living standard income level. 
‘‘(c) DISASTER FUND.—The Secretary shall maintain 
a disaster fund of $2,000,000 to be used for immediate 
assistance for events described in subsection (a). Of the 
funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation, the Secretary 
shall make available such sums as are necessary to main-
tain the disaster fund at $2,000,000 for each of fiscal 
years 2008 through 2013. 
‘‘(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—In ad-
dition to the sums allocated in subsection (c), there are 
authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be nec-
essary to carry out this section. The Secretary shall review 
the impact of disasters on low-income migrant or seasonal 
farmworkers in each disaster for which supplemental 
funds are requested in order to request additional funds 
to meet the needs described in subsection (a) with respect 
to such disaster. 
‘‘(e) ADMINISTRATION.—Not more than 10 percent 
of the funds provided under subsections (c) and (d) may 
be used by the Secretary to administer this section.’’. 
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Subtitle D—Agricultural Fair 
Practices 
SEC. 431. AGRICULTURAL FAIR PRACTICES. 
The Agricultural Fair Practices Act of 1967 (7 
U.S.C. 2301 et seq.) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘Agricultural Fair Practices Act of 1967’. 
‘‘(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents 
of this Act is as follows: 
‘‘Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
‘‘Sec. 2. Definitions. 
‘‘TITLE I—AGRICULTURAL TRADE PRACTICES 
‘‘Sec. 101. Office of Special Counsel for Competition Matters. 
‘‘TITLE II—PROHIBITIONS ON ANY UNFAIR, UNJUSTLY DISCRIMI-
NATORY, OR DECEPTIVE ACT, DEVICE, OR ANTI-COMPETITIVE 
PRACTICE IN AGRICULTURAL COMMERCE 
‘‘Sec. 201. Prohibitions involving crops. 
‘‘Sec. 202. Prohibitions involving producer associations and production con-
tracts. 
‘‘Sec. 203. Production contracts and marketing contracts. 
‘‘Sec. 204. Production contracts. 
‘‘Sec. 205. Authority of Secretary to promulgate rules and regulations. 
‘‘Sec. 206. Enforcement. 
‘‘Sec. 207. Effect on other laws. 
‘‘Sec. 208. Assignment of association dues and fees. 
‘‘Sec. 209. Severability. 
‘‘SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
‘‘In this Act: 
‘‘(1) AGRICULTURAL COMMODITY.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 
subparagraph (B), the term ‘agricultural com-
modity’ has the meaning given the term in sec-
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tion 102 of the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 
(7 U.S.C. 5602). 
‘‘(B) EXCEPTION.—In section 201, the 
term ‘agricultural commodity’— 
‘‘(i) means a crop; and 
‘‘(ii) does not include a perishable ag-
ricultural commodity, as that term is de-
fined in section 1(b) of the Perishable Ag-
ricultural 
Commodities 
Act, 
1930 
(7 
U.S.C. 499a(b)). 
‘‘(2) AGRICULTURAL COOPERATIVE.—The term 
‘agricultural cooperative’ means an association of 
persons engaged in the production, marketing, or 
processing of an agricultural commodity that meets 
the requirements of the Act entitled ‘An Act to au-
thorize association of producers of agricultural prod-
ucts’ (commonly known as the ‘Capper-Volstead 
Act’) (7 U.S.C. 291 et seq.). 
‘‘(3) ASSOCIATION OF PRODUCERS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘association 
of producers’ means an association of producers 
of agricultural commodities that engages in the 
marketing, bargaining, shipping, or processing 
of agricultural commodities or of agricultural 
services. 
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‘‘(B) INCLUSIONS.—The term ‘association 
of producers’ includes— 
‘‘(i) an organization dedicated to pro-
moting the common interest and general 
welfare of producers of agricultural com-
modities; 
‘‘(ii) a cooperative association (as de-
fined in section 15(a) of the Agricultural 
Marketing Act (12 U.S.C. 1141j(a))); and 
‘‘(iii) an association described in the 
first section of the Act entitled ‘An Act to 
authorize association of producers of agri-
cultural products’ (commonly known as the 
‘Capper-Volstead Act’) (7 U.S.C. 291). 
‘‘(4) CAPITAL INVESTMENT.—The term ‘capital 
investment’ means an investment in— 
‘‘(A) a structure, such as a building or ma-
nure storage structure; or 
‘‘(B) machinery or equipment associated 
with producing an agricultural commodity that 
has a useful life of more than 1 year. 
‘‘(5) COMMISSION MERCHANT.—The term ‘com-
mission merchant’ means any person engaged in the 
business of receiving in interstate or foreign com-
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merce any agricultural commodity for sale on com-
mission. 
‘‘(6) CONTRACT
LIVESTOCK
FACILITY.—The 
term ‘contract livestock facility’ means a facility in 
which livestock or a product of live livestock is pro-
duced under a production contract by a contract 
producer. 
‘‘(7) 
CONTRACTOR.—The 
term 
‘contractor’ 
means a person that, in accordance with a produc-
tion contract, owns, or will own, an agricultural 
commodity that is produced by a contract producer. 
‘‘(8) CONTRACT
PRODUCER.—The term ‘con-
tract producer’ means a producer that produces an 
agricultural commodity under a production contract. 
‘‘(9) COVERED
PERSON.—The term ‘covered 
person’ means a dealer, handler, contractor, proc-
essor, or commission merchant. 
‘‘(10) CROP.—The term ‘crop’ means an agri-
cultural commodity produced from a plant. 
‘‘(11) DEALER.—The term ‘dealer’ means any 
person engaged in the business of buying, selling, or 
marketing agricultural commodities in interstate or 
foreign commerce. 
‘‘(12) DEPARTMENT.—The term ‘Department’ 
means the Department of Agriculture. 
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‘‘(13) HANDLER.—The term ‘handler’ means 
any person engaged in the business or practice of— 
‘‘(A) acquiring agricultural commodities 
from producers or associations of producers for 
processing or sale; 
‘‘(B) grading, packaging, handling, storing, 
or processing agricultural commodities received 
from producers or associations of producers; 
‘‘(C) contracting or negotiating contracts 
or other arrangements, written or oral, with or 
on behalf of producers or associations of pro-
ducers with respect to the production or mar-
keting of any agricultural commodity; or 
‘‘(D) acting as an agent or broker for a 
handler in the performance of any function or 
act described in subparagraph (A), (B), or (C). 
‘‘(14) INVESTMENT REQUIREMENT.—The term 
‘investment requirement’ means a provision in a pro-
duction contract that requires a contract producer to 
make a capital investment associated with producing 
an agricultural commodity that, but for the produc-
tion contract, the contract producer would not have 
made. 
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‘‘(15) LIVESTOCK.—The term ‘livestock’ has 
the meaning given the term in section 602 of the 
Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1471). 
‘‘(16) MARKETING CONTRACT.—The term ‘mar-
keting contract’ means a written agreement between 
a covered person and a producer for the purchase of 
an agricultural commodity produced or raised by the 
producer. 
‘‘(17) PERSON.—The term ‘person’ includes an 
individual, partnership, corporation, limited liability 
company, limited partnership, or association. 
‘‘(18) 
PROCESSOR.—The 
term 
‘processor’ 
means— 
‘‘(A) any person (other than an agricul-
tural cooperative) engaged in the business of 
handling, preparing, or manufacturing (includ-
ing slaughtering) an agricultural commodity or 
the products of an agricultural commodity for 
sale or marketing in interstate or foreign com-
merce; and 
‘‘(B) an agricultural cooperative that han-
dles, prepares, or manufactures (including 
slaughtering) agricultural commodities of its 
members’ own production. 
‘‘(19) PRODUCE.—The term ‘produce’ means— 
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‘‘(A) to provide feed or services relating to 
the care and feeding of livestock, including 
milking dairy cattle and storing raw milk; or 
‘‘(B) to plant, raise, harvest, and store a 
crop, including preparing soil for planting and 
applying a fertilizer, soil conditioner, or pes-
ticide to a crop. 
‘‘(20) PRODUCER.—The term ‘producer’ means 
a person engaged in the production of an agricul-
tural commodity as a farmer, planter, rancher, 
dairyman, poultryman, or fruit, vegetable, or nut 
grower. 
‘‘(21) PRODUCTION CONTRACT.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘production 
contract’ means a written agreement that pro-
vides for— 
‘‘(i) the production of an agricultural 
commodity by a contract producer; or 
‘‘(ii) the provision of a management 
service relating to the production of an ag-
ricultural commodity by a contract pro-
ducer. 
‘‘(B) INCLUSIONS.—The term ‘production 
contract’ includes— 
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‘‘(i) a contract between a contractor 
and a contract producer for the production 
of an agricultural commodity; or 
‘‘(ii) a contract between a contractor 
and a contract producer for the provision 
of a management service in the production 
of an agricultural commodity. 
‘‘(22) 
SECRETARY.—The 
term 
‘Secretary’ 
means the Secretary of Agriculture. 
‘‘TITLE I—AGRICULTURAL 
TRADE PRACTICES 
‘‘SEC. 101. OFFICE OF SPECIAL COUNSEL FOR COMPETI-
TION MATTERS. 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—There is established within 
the Department an office to be known as the ‘Office 
of Special Counsel for Competition Matters’. 
‘‘(2) DUTIES.—The Office shall— 
‘‘(A) investigate and prosecute violations of 
this Act and the Packers and Stockyards Act, 
1921 (7 U.S.C. 181 et seq.); 
‘‘(B) serve as a liaison between, and act in 
consultation with, the Department and the De-
partment of Justice and the Federal Trade 
Commission with respect to competition and 
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trade practices in the food and agricultural sec-
tor; and 
‘‘(C) maintain a staff of attorneys and 
other professionals with the appropriate exper-
tise. 
‘‘(b) SPECIAL COUNSEL
FOR COMPETITION MAT-
TERS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Office shall be headed 
by the Special Counsel for Competition Matters, who 
shall be appointed by the President, by and with the 
advice and consent of the Senate. 
‘‘(2) PROSECUTORIAL
AUTHORITY.—Notwith-
standing title 28, United States Code, the Special 
Counsel for Competition Matters shall have the au-
thority to bring any civil or administrative action au-
thorized under this Act or the Packers and Stock-
yards Act, 1921 (7 U.S.C. 181 et seq.). 
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‘‘TITLE 
II—PROHIBITIONS 
ON 
ANY UNFAIR, UNJUSTLY DIS-
CRIMINATORY, 
OR 
DECEP-
TIVE ACT, DEVICE, OR ANTI- 
COMPETITIVE PRACTICE IN 
AGRICULTURAL COMMERCE 
‘‘SEC. 201. PROHIBITIONS INVOLVING CROPS. 
‘‘(a) PROHIBITION ON ANY UNFAIR, UNJUSTLY DIS-
CRIMINATORY, OR DECEPTIVE ACT, DEVICE, OR ANTI- 
COMPETITIVE PRACTICE.—Any unfair, unjustly discrimi-
natory, or deceptive act, device, or anti-competitive prac-
tice in or affecting the marketing, receiving, purchasing, 
sale, or contracting for the production of any agricultural 
commodity by any covered person shall be unlawful. 
‘‘(b) OTHER UNLAWFUL ACTS.—It shall be unlawful 
for any covered person— 
‘‘(1) to make or give any undue or unreasonable 
preference or advantage to any particular person or 
locality in any respect, or subject any particular per-
son or locality to any undue or unreasonable preju-
dice or disadvantage in any respect; 
‘‘(2) to sell or otherwise transfer to or for any 
other person, or buy or otherwise receive from or for 
any other person, any article for the purpose or with 
the effect of manipulating or controlling prices, or of 
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