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SEC. 2502. ENCOURAGEMENT OF VOLUNTARY SUSTAIN-
ABILITY PRACTICES GUIDELINES. 
In administering this title and the amendments made 
by this title, the Secretary of Agriculture may encourage 
the development of voluntary sustainable practices guide-
lines for producers and processors of specialty crops. 
SEC. 2503. FARMLAND RESOURCE INFORMATION. 
(a) DEVELOPMENT AND DISSEMINATION OF FARM-
LAND RESOURCE INFORMATION.—The Secretary of Agri-
culture shall design and implement educational programs 
and materials emphasizing the importance of productive 
farmland to the Nation’s well-being and distribute edu-
cational 
materials 
through 
communications 
media, 
schools, groups, and other Federal agencies. The Sec-
retary shall carry out this subsection through existing 
agencies or interagency groups and in cooperation with 
nonprofit organizations and the cooperative extension 
services of States. 
(b) FARMLAND INFORMATION CENTERS.—The Sec-
retary shall designate 1 or more farmland information 
centers to provide technical assistance and serve as central 
depositories and distribution points for information on 
farmland issues. Information provided by a center shall 
include online access to data on land cover and use 
changes and trends and literature, laws, historical ar-
chives, policies, programs, and innovative actions or pro-
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posals by local and State governments or nonprofit organi-
zations related to farmland protection. 
(c) FUNDING.—Funds for the farmland information 
centers designated under subsection (b) shall be provided 
using funds made available for the farm and ranchland 
protection program established under subchapter B of 
chapter 2 of subtitle D of title XII of the Food Security 
Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3838h et seq.). Such funding for 
a fiscal year shall not exceed one-half of 1 percent of the 
funds made available for the farm and ranchland protec-
tion program for that fiscal year, but no less than 
$400,000 annually. 
(d) MATCHING FUNDS.—Federal funding for a farm-
land information center designated under subsection (b) 
shall be matched with non-Federal funds, through cash 
or in-kind contributions. 
SEC. 2504. PILOT PROGRAM FOR FOUR-YEAR CROP ROTA-
TION FOR PEANUTS. 
(a) CONTRACT AUTHORITY.—The Secretary of Agri-
culture shall enter into a contract with a peanut producer 
under which the producer will implement a four-year crop 
rotation for peanuts. 
(b) CONTRACT PAYMENTS.—Under the contract, the 
Secretary shall pay to the producer a contract implemen-
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tation payment, in an amount determined to be appro-
priate by the Secretary. 
(c) FUNDING.—For each of fiscal years 2008 through 
2012, the Secretary shall use the funds, facilities, and au-
thorities of the Commodity Credit Corporation to carry 
out the provisions under this section, except that funding 
of the pilot program may not exceed $10,000,000 in each 
of such fiscal years. 
TITLE III—TRADE 
Sec. 3001. Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954. 
Sec. 3002. Export credit guarantee program. 
Sec. 3003. Market access program. 
Sec. 3004. Food for Progress Act of 1985. 
Sec. 3005. Reauthorization of McGovern-Dole International Food for Education 
and Child Nutrition Program. 
Sec. 3006. Bill Emerson Humanitarian Trust. 
Sec. 3007. Technical assistance for specialty crops. 
Sec. 3008. Technical assistance for the resolution of trade disputes. 
Sec. 3009. Representation by the United States at international standard-set-
ting bodies. 
Sec. 3010. Foreign market development cooperator program. 
Sec. 3011. Emerging markets. 
Sec. 3012. Export Enhancement Program. 
Sec. 3013. Minimum level of nonemergency food assistance. 
Sec. 3014. Germplasm conservation. 
Sec. 3015. Report on efforts to improve procurement planning. 
Sec. 3016. International disaster assistance under the Foreign Assistance Act 
of 1961. 
SEC. 3001. AGRICULTURAL TRADE DEVELOPMENT AND AS-
SISTANCE ACT OF 1954. 
(a) PURPOSE OF PROGRAM.—Section 201 of the Ag-
ricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 
(7 U.S.C. 1721) is amended so that paragraph (1) reads 
as follows: 
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‘‘(1) address famine and food crises and re-
spond to emergency food needs arising from man-
made disasters, and natural disasters.’’. 
(b) SUPPORT FOR ELIGIBLE ORGANIZATIONS.—Sec-
tion 202(e)(1) of the Agricultural Trade Development and 
Assistance Act of 1954 (7 U.S.C. 1722(e)(1)) is amend-
ed— 
(1) by striking ‘‘not less than 5 percent nor 
more than 10 percent of the funds’’ and inserting 
‘‘not less than 7 percent nor more than 12 percent 
of the funds’’; 
(2) striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of subparagraph 
(A); 
(3) striking the period at the end of subpara-
graph (B) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(4) inserting after subparagraph (B) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(C) developing, implementing and improv-
ing monitoring systems of programs receiving 
funds under this title.’’. 
(c) GENERATION AND USE OF CURRENCIES BY PRI-
VATE
VOLUNTARY
ORGANIZATIONS
AND
COOPERA-
TIVES.—Subsection (b) of section 203 of the Agricultural 
Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 (7 U.S.C. 
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1723) is amended by striking ‘‘1 or more recipient coun-
tries’’ and inserting ‘‘in 1 or more recipient countries’’. 
(d) LEVELS OF ASSISTANCE.—Section 204(a) of the 
Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 
1954 (7 U.S.C. 1724(a)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘2002 through 
2007’’ and inserting ‘‘2008 through 2012’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (2) by striking ‘‘2002 through 
2007’’ and inserting ‘‘2008 through 2012’’. 
(e) FOOD AID CONSULTATIVE GROUP.— 
(1) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Section 205 of the 
Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act 
of 1954 (7 U.S.C. 1725) is amended— 
(A) by redesignating subsection (f) as sub-
section (g); and 
(B) by inserting after subsection (e) the 
following new subsection: 
‘‘(f) REPORT TO CONGRESS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of the Farm, Nutri-
tion, and Bioenergy Act of 2007, and annually 
thereafter until December 31, 2012, the Adminis-
trator of the United States Agency for International 
Development, in close consultation with the Group, 
shall submit to the appropriate congressional com-
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