I 
108TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4800 
To support specialty crop producers and production in the United States, 
to improve the program of value-added agricultural product market devel-
opment grants by routing the grant funds through State departments 
of agriculture, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 9, 2004 
Ms. HOOLEY of Oregon introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Edu-
cation and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by 
the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall with-
in the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To support specialty crop producers and production in the 
United States, to improve the program of value-added 
agricultural product market development grants by rout-
ing the grant funds through State departments of agri-
culture, 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. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Specialty Crop and 
Value-Added Agriculture Promotion Act’’.
SEC. 2. ANNUAL GRANTS TO STATES TO SUPPORT SPE-
CIALTY CROP PRODUCERS. 
(a) AVAILABILITY AND PURPOSE OF GRANTS.—Sub-
ject to the appropriation of funds to carry out this section, 
the Secretary of Agriculture shall make a grant each fiscal 
year under this section to each State that submits an ap-
plication requesting the grant for that fiscal year. The 
grant funds shall be used by the State department of agri-
culture solely to enhance the competitiveness of specialty 
crops produced in that State. The application for a fiscal 
year shall be submitted at such time and in such form 
as the Secretary prescribes. 
(b) GRANTS BASED ON VALUE OF PRODUCTION.— 
The amount of the grant for a fiscal year to a State under 
this section shall bear the same ratio to the total amount 
appropriated pursuant to the authorization of appropria-
tions in subsection (e) for that fiscal year as the value 
of specialty crop production in the State during the pre-
ceding calendar year bears to the value of specialty crop 
production during that calendar year in all States submit-
ting applications for a grant for that fiscal year. 
(c) GRANT FUNDS AS SUPPLEMENT TO STATE EX-
PENDITURES.—Grant funds provided under this section 
shall supplement the expenditure of State funds in support 
of specialty crops and specialty crop producers, and shall 
not replace State funds.
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘specialty crop’’ means all agri-
cultural crops, except wheat, feed grains, oilseeds, 
cotton, rice, peanuts, sugar, and tobacco. 
(2) The term ‘‘State’’ means each of the 50 
States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth 
of Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, 
Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of 
the Northern Mariana Islands. 
(3) The term ‘‘State department of agriculture’’ 
means the agency, commission, or department of a 
State government responsible for protecting and pro-
moting agriculture within the State. 
(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized 
to 
be 
appropriated 
to 
the 
Secretary 
$500,000,000 for fiscal year 2005 and each fiscal year 
thereafter to make grants under this section. 
SEC. 3. BLOCK GRANTS TO STATES FOR VALUE-ADDED AG-
RICULTURAL PRODUCT MARKET DEVELOP-
MENT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 231(b) of the Agricultural 
Risk Protection Act of 2000 (7 U.S.C. 1621 note) is 
amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(b) GRANT PROGRAM.— 
‘‘(1) BLOCK GRANTS TO STATES.—