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(c) AVAILABILITY OF CLEAN PLANT SOURCE MATE-
RIAL.—Clean plant source material may be made available
to—
(1) a State for a certified plant program of the
State; and
(2) private nurseries and producers.
(d) CONSULTATION
AND COLLABORATION.—In car-
rying out the Program, the Secretary shall—
(1) consult with State departments of agriculture
and land grant universities; and
(2) to the extent practicable and with input from
the appropriate State officials and industry rep-
resentatives, use existing Federal or State facilities to
serve as clean plant centers.
(e) FUNDING.—Of the funds of the Commodity Credit
Corporation, the Secretary shall use to carry out the Pro-
gram $4,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2008 through 2012.
SEC. 1852. MARKET LOSS ASSISTANCE FOR ASPARAGUS
PRODUCERS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—As soon as practicable after the
date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall make pay-
ments to producers of the 2007 crop of asparagus for market
loss resulting from imports during the 2004 through 2007
crop years.
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(b) PAYMENT RATE.—The payment rate for a payment
under this section shall be based on the reduction in revenue
received by asparagus producers associated with imports
during the 2004 through 2007 crop years.
(c) PAYMENT QUANTITY.—The payment quantity for
asparagus for which the producers on a farm are eligible
for payments under this section shall be equal to the average
quantity of the 2003 crop of asparagus produced by pro-
ducers on the farm.
(d) FUNDING.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), the
Secretary shall make available $15,000,000 of the
funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to carry
out a program to provide market loss payments to
producers of asparagus under this section.
(2) ALLOCATION.—Of the amount made avail-
able under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall use—
(A) $7,500,000 to make payments to pro-
ducers of asparagus for the fresh market; and
(B) $7,500,000 to make payments to pro-
ducers of asparagus for the processed or frozen
market.
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SEC. 1853. MUSHROOM PROMOTION, RESEARCH, AND CON-
SUMER INFORMATION.
(a) REGIONS AND MEMBERS.—Section 1925(b)(2) of
the Mushroom Promotion, Research, and Consumer Infor-
mation Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 6104(b)(2)) is amended—
(1) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘4 regions’’
and inserting ‘‘3 regions’’;
(2) 
in 
subparagraph 
(D), 
by 
striking
‘‘35,000,000 pounds’’ and inserting ‘‘50,000,000
pounds’’; and
(3) by striking subparagraph (E), and inserting
the following:
‘‘(E) ADDITIONAL MEMBERS.—In addition
to the members appointed pursuant to para-
graph (1), and subject to the 9-member limita-
tion on members on the Council provided in that
paragraph, the Secretary shall appoint addi-
tional members to the Council from a region that
attains additional pounds of production of
mushrooms as follows:
‘‘(i) If the annual production of the re-
gion is greater than 110,000,000 pounds,
but not more than 180,000,000 pounds, the
region shall be represented by 1 additional
member.
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‘‘(ii) If the annual production of the
region is greater than 180,000,000 pounds,
but not more than 260,000,000 pounds, the
region shall be represented by 2 additional
members.
‘‘(iii) If the annual production of the
region is greater than 260,000,000 pounds,
the region shall be represented by 3 addi-
tional members.’’.
(b) POWERS
AND DUTIES
OF COUNCIL.—Section
1925(c) of the Mushroom Promotion, Research, and Con-
sumer Information Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 6104(c)) is
amended—
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (6), (7), and (8)
as paragraphs (7), (8), and (9), respectively; and
(2) by inserting after paragraph (5) the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(6) to develop food safety programs, including
good agricultural practices and good handling prac-
tices or related activities for mushrooms;’’.
SEC. 1854. NATIONAL HONEY BOARD.
Section 7(c) of the Honey Research, Promotion, and
Consumer Information Act (7 U.S.C. 4606(c)) is amended
by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(12) REFERENDUM REQUIREMENT.—
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‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any
other provision of law, subject to subparagraph
(B), the order providing for the establishment
and operation of the Honey Board in effect on
the date of enactment of this paragraph shall
continue in force, and the Secretary shall not
schedule or conduct any referendum on the con-
tinuation or termination of the order, until the
Secretary first conducts, at the earliest prac-
ticable date, concurrent referenda among all eli-
gible producers, importers, packers, and handlers
of honey for the purpose of ascertaining whether
eligible producers, importers, packers, and han-
dlers of honey approve of 1 or more orders to es-
tablish successor marketing boards for honey.
‘‘(B) REQUIREMENTS.—In conducting con-
current referenda under subparagraph (A), the
Secretary shall ensure that—
‘‘(i) a referendum of United States
honey producers for the establishment of a
marketing board solely for United States
honey producers is included in the process;
and
‘‘(ii) the rights and interests of honey
producers, importers, packers, and handlers
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of honey are protected in the transition to
any new marketing board.’’.
SEC. 1855. IDENTIFICATION OF HONEY.
Section 203(h) of the Agricultural Marketing Act of
1946 (7 U.S.C. 1622(h)) is amended—
(1) by designating the first through sixth sen-
tences as paragraphs (1), (2)(A), (2)(B), (3), (4), and
(5), respectively; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(6) IDENTIFICATION OF HONEY.—The use of a
label or advertising material on, or in conjunction
with, packaged honey that bears any official certifi-
cate of quality, grade mark or statement, continuous
inspection mark or statement, sampling mark or
statement, or any combination of the certificates,
marks, or statements of the Department of Agriculture
shall be considered a deceptive practice that is prohib-
ited under this Act unless there appears legibly and
permanently in close proximity to the certificate,
mark, or statement, and in at least a comparable size,
the 1 or more names of the 1 or more countries of ori-
gin of the lot or container of honey, preceded by
‘Product of’ or other words of similar meaning.’’.