(d) MONITORING
OF GRANT RECIPIENT ACTIVI-
TIES.—As a condition of a grant under this section, the 
grant recipient shall keep such records as the Secretary 
may require to fully and accurately disclose the use of the 
grant funds. 
(e) REPORT.—Not later than October 1, 2010, the 
Secretary of Agriculture shall submit to Congress a report 
describing the results of the grant program authorized by 
this section. 
(f) FUNDING.—The Secretary of Agriculture shall 
use $25,000,000 of funds of the Commodity Credit Cor-
poration for each of the fiscal years 2007 through 2012 
to make grants under this section. 
TITLE VIII—MISCELLANEOUS 
PROVISIONS 
SEC. 801. SPECIALTY CROP BLOCK GRANTS. 
(a) EXTENSION
OF PROGRAM.—Subsection (a) of 
section 101 of the Specialty Crops Competitiveness Act 
of 2004 (Public Law 108–465; 7 U.S.C. 1621 note) is 
amended by striking ‘‘2009’’ and inserting ‘‘2012’’. 
(b) FUNDING SOURCE AND INCREASE IN ANNUAL 
FUNDING.—Subsection (i) of such section is amended to 
read as follows: 
‘‘(i) FUNDING.—The Secretary of Agriculture shall 
use $500,000,000 of funds of the Commodity Credit Cor-
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poration for each of the fiscal years 2008 through 2012 
to make grants under this section.’’. 
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Such section is 
further amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘Subject to 
the appropriation of funds to carry out this section’’ 
and inserting ‘‘Using the funds made available 
under subsection (i)’’; 
(2) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘appropriated 
pursuant to the authorization of appropriations in’’ 
and inserting ‘‘made available under’’; and 
(3) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘Subject to 
the appropriation of sufficient funds to carry out 
this subsection, each’’ and inserting ‘‘Each’’. 
SEC. 
802. 
FEDERAL 
INSECTICIDE, 
FUNGICIDE, 
AND 
RODENTICIDE ACT; REQUESTS BY STATE 
AGENCIES FOR EXEMPTIONS. 
Section 18 of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and 
Rodenticide Act (7 U.S.C. 136p) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘The Administrator may,’’ and 
inserting the following: 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator may,’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(b) REQUEST FOR EXEMPTION; REPORT TO CON-
GRESS IN CASE OF DELAY.—If a State agency requests 
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an exemption under subsection (a) and the Administrator 
does not approve or deny the request within the 50-day 
period beginning on the date on which the request was 
submitted to the Administrator, the Administrator shall 
submit to the Committee on Agriculture in the House of 
Representatives, and the Committee on Agriculture, Nu-
trition, and Forestry in the Senate, a report that provides 
notice of such fact and an explanation of the reasons un-
derlying the failure of the Administrator to approve or 
deny the request within such period.’’. 
SEC. 803. PROTECTION OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY 
RIGHTS IN PLANTS AND PLANT-DERIVED MA-
TERIAL. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary of Agriculture 
shall expand the Office of Technology Transfer of the De-
partment of Agriculture for the purpose of encouraging 
the development and protection of intellectual property 
rights in plants and material derived from plants. 
(b) DUTIES.—The office shall be an advocate for the 
interests of United States producers of specialty crops— 
(1) before the Office of Patents, Trademarks, 
and Copyrights of the United States Department of 
Commerce and other Federal agencies; and 
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(2) in international governmental and non-
governmental organizations dealing with intellectual 
property rights. 
(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Agri-
culture $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2008 through 
2012 to carry out this section. 
SEC. 804. GRANT PROGRAM TO IMPROVE TRANSPOR-
TATION INFRASTRUCTURE TO REDUCE COST 
OF TRANSPORTATION OF SPECIALTY CROPS. 
(a) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary of Agri-
culture, acting through the Transportation Services 
Branch of the Department of Agriculture, may make 
grants under this section to an eligible entity described 
in subsection (b)— 
(1) to expand and improve transportation infra-
structure to improve the cost-effective movement of 
specialty crops to markets inside or outside the 
United States; and 
(2) to address regional intermodal transpor-
tation deficiencies that adversely affect the move-
ment of specialty crops to markets inside or outside 
the United States. 
(b) ELIGIBLE GRANT RECIPIENTS.—Grants may be 
made under this section to State and local governments, 
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grower cooperatives, individual specialty crop producers or 
groups of producers, individual shippers, and State and 
regional producer and shipper organizations. 
(c) MATCHING FUNDS.—The recipient of a grant 
under this section shall contribute an amount of non-Fed-
eral funds toward the project for which the grant is pro-
vided that is at least equal to the amount of grant funds 
received by the recipient under this section. 
(d) FUNDING.—The Secretary of Agriculture shall 
use $75,000,000 of funds of the Commodity Credit Cor-
poration for each of the fiscal years 2008 through 2012 
to make grants under this section. 
SEC. 805. ADDITIONAL FUNDS FOR AGRICULTURAL MAR-
KETING SERVICE SPECIALTY CROP MARKET 
NEWS ACTIVITIES. 
From funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation, 
the Secretary of Agriculture shall transfer $9,000,000 for 
each of the fiscal years 2008 through 2012 to the Agricul-
tural Marketing Service to support the market news activi-
ties of the Agricultural Marketing Service regarding spe-
cialty crops. 
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SEC. 806. VALUE-ADDED GRANT PROGRAM TO PROMOTE 
CREATION, EXPANSION, OR OPERATION OF 
VALUE-ADDED PROCESSING OF SPECIALTY 
CROPS. 
(a) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary of Agri-
culture may make grants to an eligible entity described 
in subsection (b) to promote the creation, expansion, or 
operation of value-added processing in connection with the 
production of a specialty crop. 
(b) ELIGIBLE GRANT RECIPIENTS.—To be eligible 
for a grant under this section, an entity must be under 
majority ownership by a specialty crop producer. 
(c) AMOUNT OF GRANT.—The total amount received 
by an entity under this section may not exceed $150,000. 
(d) USE OF GRANT.—An entity may use grant funds 
provided under this section to create, expand, or operate 
value-added processing in connection with production of 
a specialty crop. The grant funds may be used to cover 
both operational and capital expenses, 
(e) MATCHING FUNDS.—The recipient of a grant 
under this section shall contribute an amount of non-Fed-
eral funds toward the project for which the grant is pro-
vided that is at least equal to the amount of grant funds 
received by the recipient under this section. 
(f) FUNDING.—The Secretary of Agriculture shall 
use $150,000,000 of funds of the Commodity Credit Cor-
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poration for each of the fiscal years 2008 through 2012 
to make grants under this section. 
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