I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1551 
To reauthorize Department of Agriculture conservation and energy programs 
and certain other programs of the Department, to modify the operation 
and administration of these programs, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 15, 2007 
Mr. KIND (for himself, Mr. ACKERMAN, Mr. ALLEN, Mr. ANDREWS, Mr. 
BAIRD, Mr. BECERRA, Mr. BISHOP of New York, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. 
BRALEY of Iowa, Mrs. CAPPS, Mr. CAPUANO, Mr. CHANDLER, Ms. 
CLARKE, Mr. CONYERS, Mr. CROWLEY, Mr. DEFAZIO, Ms. DEGETTE, 
Mr. DELAHUNT, Mr. DICKS, Mr. DINGELL, Mr. ELLISON, Mr. ENGEL, 
Mr. ENGLISH of Pennsylvania, Mr. FARR, Mr. FILNER, Mr. FRELING-
HUYSEN, Mr. GERLACH, Mr. GILCHREST, Mr. HIGGINS, Ms. HIRONO, 
Mr. HINCHEY, Ms. HOOLEY, Mr. HOLT, Mr. HONDA, Mr. INSLEE, Ms. 
KAPTUR, Mr. KILDEE, Mr. LANGEVIN, Mr. LATOURETTE, Mr. 
LOBIONDO, Mr. LYNCH, Mrs. MCCARTHY
of New York, Mr. 
MCDERMOTT, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. MCNULTY, Mr. MEEKS of New York, 
Mr. MEEHAN, Mr. MICHAUD, Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California, Ms. 
MOORE of Wisconsin, Mr. MORAN of Virginia, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mr. 
NEAL of Massachusetts, Mr. OBERSTAR, Mr. OLVER, Mr. PALLONE, Mr. 
PAYNE, Mr. PASCRELL, Mr. PERLMUTTER, Mr. PETRI, Mr. PRICE of 
North Carolina, Mr. RAHALL, Mr. RAMSTAD, Mr. REICHERT, Mr. 
SAXTON, Mr. SIRES, Mr. SHAYS, Mr. SMITH of Washington, Mr. STU-
PAK, Mrs. TAUSCHER, Mr. TIERNEY, Mr. UDALL of Colorado, Mr. 
UDALL of New Mexico, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, and Mr. WALSH of New York) 
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ag-
riculture, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Labor and 
Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speak-
er, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the ju-
risdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To reauthorize Department of Agriculture conservation and 
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energy programs and certain other programs of the De-
partment, to modify the operation and administration 
of these programs, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE AND TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Healthy Farms, Foods, and Fuels Act of 2007’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title and table of contents. 
TITLE I—CONSERVATION 
Sec. 101. Conservation reserve program. 
Sec. 102. Wetlands reserve program. 
Sec. 103. Conservation security program. 
Sec. 104. Reauthorization of and increased enrollment authority for grassland 
reserve program. 
Sec. 105. Environmental quality incentives program. 
Sec. 106. Reauthorization of and increased funding for wildlife habitat incentive 
program. 
Sec. 107. Cooperative conservation partnership initiative. 
Sec. 108. Regional equity in funding of certain Department of Agriculture con-
servation programs. 
Sec. 109. Exclusion of payments under Department of Agriculture conservation 
programs from adjusted gross income limitation. 
Sec. 110. Reauthorization of and additional funding for agricultural manage-
ment assistance program. 
Sec. 111. Community Forests and Open Space Conservation Program. 
Sec. 112. Farmland protection and farm viability programs. 
Sec. 113. Healthy forests reserve program. 
Sec. 114. Integrated pest management initiative. 
Sec. 115. Conservation access initiative to encourage greater participation by 
socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers in conservation 
programs. 
Sec. 116. Conservation loan guarantee program. 
Sec. 117. Pilot program for comprehensive conservation planning. 
Sec. 118. Technical assistance under Department of Agriculture conservation 
programs. 
TITLE II—ENERGY 
Sec. 201. Definition of biomass. 
Sec. 202. Support for development of biorefineries. 
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Sec. 203. Reauthorization of energy audit and renewable energy development 
program. 
Sec. 204. Reauthorization of and increased funding for renewable energy sys-
tems and energy efficiency improvements program. 
Sec. 205. Reauthorization of Department of Agriculture bioenergy program. 
Sec. 206. Reauthorization of and increased funding for biomass research and 
development. 
Sec. 207. Reauthorization of carbon cycle research. 
TITLE III—HEALTHY FOOD CHOICES 
Sec. 301. Reauthorization of and increased funding for community food project 
competitive grants. 
Sec. 302. Expansion of fresh fruit and vegetable program. 
Sec. 303. Authorization level for farm-to-cafeteria activities. 
Sec. 304. Extension of WIC farmer’s market nutrition program. 
Sec. 305. Senior farmers’ market nutrition program. 
Sec. 306. Farmers’ market promotion program. 
Sec. 307. Department of Defense and Department of Agriculture procurement 
of locally produced agricultural products. 
Sec. 308. Fruit and vegetable nutrition promotion program. 
Sec. 309. Use of ‘‘Dietary Guidelines for Americans’’ in special nutrition pro-
grams and school lunch programs. 
Sec. 310. Section 32 specialty crop purchases. 
Sec. 311. Amendments to the food stamp program. 
Sec. 312. Food stamp fruit and vegetable electronic benefit transfer pilot 
project. 
TITLE IV—PROMOTION OF NEW MARKETS AND FARM VIABILITY 
Sec. 401. Farm viability program. 
Sec. 402. National organic certification and transition cost share program. 
Sec. 403. Organic agriculture research and extension initiative. 
Sec. 404. Funding for education grants programs for Hispanic-serving institu-
tions. 
Sec. 405. Extension and funding increase for the Value-Added Agricultural 
Product Market Development Grant Program. 
TITLE I—CONSERVATION 
SEC. 101. CONSERVATION RESERVE PROGRAM. 
(a) EXTENSION.— 
(1) FUNDING EXTENSION.—Section 1241(a) of 
the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3841(a)) 
is amended— 
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 
by striking ‘‘2007’’ and inserting ‘‘2013’’; and 
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(B) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘The’’ 
and inserting ‘‘For each of fiscal years 2002 
through 2013, the’’. 
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 1231 
of such Act (16 U.S.C. 3831) is amended— 
(A) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘2007’’ 
and inserting ‘‘2013’’; 
(B) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘2007’’ 
and inserting ‘‘2013’’; 
(C) in subsection (e)(3), by striking 
‘‘2002’’ and inserting ‘‘2008’’; and 
(D) in subsection (h)(1), by striking 
‘‘2007’’ and inserting ‘‘2013’’. 
(b) ELIGIBLE LAND.—Section 1231(b) of such Act 
(16 U.S.C. 3831(b)) is amended— 
(1) by striking the period at the end of para-
graph (1) and inserting a semicolon; 
(2) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of paragraph 
(4)(C); 
(3) by striking the period at the end of para-
graph (5) and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 
(4) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraphs: 
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‘‘(6) marginal pasture land or hay land that is 
otherwise ineligible, if the land is to be devoted to 
native vegetation appropriate to the locale and— 
‘‘(A) will provide suitable habitat for State 
or federally listed threatened or endangered 
species or species determined by the Secretary 
of the Interior to be species of concern; or 
‘‘(B) will contribute to the restoration of 
an endangered ecosystem or rare and declining 
forest ecosystem, as defined by the Secretary.’’. 
(c) ENROLLMENT GOALS.—Section 1231(d) of such 
Act (16 U.S.C. 3831(d)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘The Secretary’’ and inserting: 
‘‘(1) ACREAGE AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary’’; 
and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(2) ENROLLMENT GOALS.—For the period be-
ginning on the date of the enactment of this para-
graph and ending on December 31, 2013, the Sec-
retary shall establish a goal— 
‘‘(A) to enroll not less than 7,000,000 
acres of eligible land, including land to be de-
voted to the restoration of rare and declining 
forests, through the continuous enrollment pro-
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gram and the conservation reserve enhancement 
program; and 
‘‘(B) to maintain enrollment of at least 
7,800,000 acres in the Prairie Pothole Region 
National Conservation Priority Area.’’. 
(d) CONTRACTS TO RESTORE RARE AND DECLINING 
FORESTS.—(d) Section 1231(e)(2) of such Act (16 U.S.C. 
3831(e)(2)) is amended by adding at the end the following 
new subparagraph: 
‘‘(C) RARE AND DECLINING FORESTS.—In 
the case of land to be devoted to the restoration 
of rare and declining forest ecosystems, as de-
termined by the Secretary, the Secretary may 
enter into contracts of more than 15 years.’’. 
(e) BALANCE OF NATURAL RESOURCE PURPOSES.— 
Section 1231(j) of such Act (16 U.S.C. 3831(j)) is amend-
ed— 
(1) by striking ‘‘In determining’’ and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘(1) EQUITABLE BALANCE OF CONSERVATION 
PURPOSES.—In determining’’; 
(2) by striking the period at the end and insert-
ing ‘‘, but need not balance all conservation purposes 
with respect to each particular contract offer.’’; and 
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(3) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(2) WILDLIFE.—In considering the extent to 
which a contract offer will achieve the conservation 
purposes of the program related to wildlife habitat, 
the Secretary shall consider the extent to which the 
contract offer will contribute to increased popu-
lations of wildlife, including waterfowl, nongame 
grassland birds and neotropical migrants, and assist 
in the recovery of at-risk species.’’. 
(f) DUTIES OF PARTICIPANTS.—Section 1232(a) of 
such Act (16 U.S.C. 3832(a)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (4)— 
(A) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) 
and (B) as subparagraphs (B) and (C), respec-
tively; and 
(B) by inserting before subparagraph (B), 
as so redesignated, the following new subpara-
graph: 
‘‘(A) approved vegetative cover shall not 
include vegetative cover inappropriate to the lo-
cale;’’; 
(2) by redesignating paragraphs (5) through 
(10) as paragraphs (6) through (11), respectively; 
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(3) by inserting after paragraph (4) the fol-
lowing new paragraph: 
‘‘(5) to undertake appropriate management ac-
tivities on the land as needed throughout the term 
of the contract to achieve the purposes of the con-
servation reserve program;’’; and 
(4) in subparagraph (A)(i)(II) of paragraph (8), 
as so redesignated, by inserting after ‘‘may be con-
ducted’’ the following: ‘‘, taking into account grass-
land types and species, location, weather conditions, 
and other factors that determine to what extent har-
vesting and grazing activities will advance the con-
servation purposes of the program’’. 
(g) CONSERVATION PLAN.—Section 1232(b)(1) of 
such Act (16 U.S.C. 3832(b)(1)) is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘; and’’ 
and inserting ‘‘, including appropriate management 
activities required by subsection (a)(5);’’ and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraph: 
‘‘(C) criteria for conducting any commer-
cial use to be permitted, including criteria for 
managed harvesting and grazing specifying fre-
quency, timing, number of animal units, per-
centage of field, and other criteria to ensure 
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that managed harvesting and grazing advances 
the conservation purposes of the program; 
and’’. 
(h) COST-SHARE AND MANAGEMENT ASSISTANCE.— 
Section 1234(b) of such Act (16 U.S.C. 3834(b)) is 
amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by inserting before the pe-
riod at the end the following: ‘‘, except that the Sec-
retary shall pay 75 percent of the cost of estab-
lishing bottomland hardwood trees and longleaf 
pine’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(6) MANAGEMENT
COSTS.—The Secretary 
shall pay 75 percent of the cost of management ac-
tivities, including the use of prescribed fire, control 
of invasive species, and native understory restoration 
on land devoted to trees, that are required under a 
contract entered into under this subchapter, subject 
to such limits as the Secretary may establish.’’. 
(i) ACCEPTANCE OF CONTRACT OFFERS.—Section 
1234(c)(3) of such Act (16 U.S.C. 3834(c)(3)) is amend-
ed— 
(1) by striking ‘‘In determining’’ and inserting 
the following: 
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