mined by the Secretary to be of priority for the United 
States. Such funding shall be used to award grants to enti-
ties that have the expertise, facilities, and climate nec-
essary to efficiently produce, maintain, and distribute 
healthy planting stock for specialty crops. 
(b) PRIORITIES.—Section 1408A(c) of the Specialty 
Crops Competitiveness Act of 2004 (7 U.S.C. 3123a(c)) 
is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(4) Priorities for Federal research activities 
related to United States specialty crops.’’. 
(c) FUNDING.—Of the funds of the Commodity Cred-
it Corporation, the Secretary of Agriculture shall make 
available $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2008 through 
2012 to carry out this section. 
SEC. 605. PRIORITIZING CURRENT FEDERAL RESEARCH AC-
TIVITIES FOR SPECIALTY CROPS. 
The Secretary of Agriculture shall— 
(1) coordinate with and assist producers and 
organizations comprised of key stakeholders working 
together to develop and implement applied research 
and extension related to the United States specialty 
crop industry; 
(2) deliver information to key stakeholders in a 
user-friendly form, in addition to a standard re-
search publication and, in turn, be rewarded for 
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their abilities to deliver information to both the sci-
entific community and the end-user; and 
(3) ensure that research and extension activities 
conducted by Federal agencies be required to have 
industry-appointed 
panels 
involved 
in 
the 
prioritization, administration, and oversight of use of 
Federal available to develop and implement applied 
research and extension related to the United States 
specialty crop industry. 
TITLE VII—RENEWABLE ENERGY 
SEC. 701. INVENTORY OF SPECIALTY CROP BIOMASS WASTE 
AS PART OF ANNUAL ASSESSMENT OF RE-
NEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES. 
Section 201 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (Public 
Law 109–58; 42 U.S.C. 15851) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsection (c) as sub-
section (d); and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (b) the fol-
lowing new subsection: 
‘‘(c) INVENTORY OF SPECIALTY CROP BIOMASS.— 
‘‘(1) INVENTORY.—As part of each assessment 
of biomass renewable energy resources under sub-
section (a), the Secretary shall develop an inventory, 
on a State and county basis, of specialty crop bio-
mass that could be potentially utilized in the produc-
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tion of electric energy, useful heat, transportation 
fuels, petroleum-based product substitutes, and 
other value-added products. 
‘‘(2) COOPERATION AND FUNDING.—The Sec-
retary shall prepare the inventory in cooperation 
with the Secretary of Agriculture, and the Secretary 
of Agriculture may contribute up to $25,000,000 of 
funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation each fis-
cal year to assist in the development of the inven-
tory. Amounts contributed under this paragraph are 
in addition to amounts appropriated pursuant to the 
authorization of appropriations in subsection (d). 
‘‘(3) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 
‘‘(A) SPECIALTY
CROP.—The term ‘spe-
cialty crop’ has the meaning given that term in 
section 3(1) of the Equitable Agriculture Today 
for a Healthy America Act. 
‘‘(B) SPECIALTY
CROP
BIOMASS.—The 
term ‘specialty crop biomass’ means agricul-
tural waste from specialty crop production, in-
cluding waste derived from orchard tree crops, 
vineyard crops, and nut crops, and other fruit 
and vegetable byproducts or residues.’’. 
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SEC. 702. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE BIOENERGY 
PROGRAM. 
(a) DEFINITION OF ELIGIBLE COMMODITIES UNDER 
PROGRAM.—Subsection (a)(3) of section 9010 of the 
Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 
U.S.C. 8108) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subparagraphs (B), (C), 
and (D) as subparagraphs (C), (D), and (E), respec-
tively; and 
(2) by inserting after subparagraph (A) the fol-
lowing new subparagraph: 
‘‘(B) specialty crop agricultural waste, in-
cluding waste derived from orchard tree crops, 
vineyard crops, and nut crops, and other fruit 
and vegetable byproducts or residues.’’. 
(b) REAUTHORIZATION.—Subsection (c) of such sec-
tion is amended by striking paragraph (2) and inserting 
the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(2) $175,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2008 
through 2012.’’. 
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SEC. 703. GRANTS FOR DEVELOPMENT OF BUSINESS PLANS 
AND CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS TO USE SPE-
CIALTY CROP BIOMASS WASTE FOR ELEC-
TRIC ENERGY, USEFUL HEAT, TRANSPOR-
TATION FUELS, PETROLEUM-BASED PROD-
UCT SUBSTITUTES, AND OTHER COMMER-
CIAL PURPOSES. 
(a) BIOMASS COMMERCIAL USE GRANT PROGRAM.— 
The Secretary of Agriculture may make a grant to any 
person for the purpose of assisting the person to develop 
a business plan or construct a facility to use specialty crop 
waste and residues as a raw material to produce electric 
energy, sensible heat, transportation fuels, substitutes for 
petroleum-based products, or other value-added products. 
(b) GRANT SHARE.—A grant under this section may 
not cover more than 80 percent of the cost to develop the 
business plan or construct the facility for which the grant 
is made. 
(c) SELECTION.—The Secretary shall select grant re-
cipients under this section after giving consideration to the 
anticipated public benefits of the project, including the 
quantity of specialty crop waste and residues to be used 
by the resulting facility, opportunities for the creation or 
expansion of small businesses and micro-businesses, and 
the potential for new job creation. 
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