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for the individual programs described in subsection (a)(2), 
except that the Secretary may contract out to one or more 
collaborating universities the management of one or more 
of the fellowship programs. 
(g) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated without fiscal year limi-
tation such sums as may be necessary to carry out the 
program established under this section. 
SEC. 7607. COST RECOVERY. 
Section 1473A of the National Agricultural Research, 
Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 
3319a) is amended by striking ‘‘not exceeding 10 percent 
of the direct cost’’ and inserting ‘‘not exceeding 19 percent 
of the direct cost’’. 
SEC. 7608. ORGANIC FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS 
FUNDING. 
It is the sense of Congress that the Secretary of Agri-
culture should use a share of Agricultural Research Serv-
ice’s total annual funding for research specific to organic 
food and agricultural systems that is at least commensu-
rate with the organic sector’s market, in order to facilitate 
the development of this growing sector.
A portion of 
these funds should be used to disseminate research results 
through the National Agriculture Library’s Alternative 
Farming Systems Information Center. 
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TITLE VIII—FORESTRY 
Subtitle A—Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 
Sec. 8001. National priorities for private forest conservation. 
Sec. 8002. Long-term, State-wide assessments and strategies for forest re-
sources. 
Sec. 8003. Assistance to the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of 
the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau. 
Sec. 8004. Changes to Forest Resource Coordinating Committee. 
Sec. 8005. Changes to State Forest Stewardship Coordinating Committees. 
Sec. 8006. Competition in programs under Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act 
of 1978. 
Sec. 8007. Cooperative forest innovation partnership projects. 
Subtitle B—Amendments to Other Laws 
Sec. 8101. Healthy forest reserve program. 
Sec. 8102. Emergency forest restoration program. 
Sec. 8103. Office of International Forestry. 
Sec. 8104. Rural revitalization technologies. 
Subtitle C—Miscellaneous Provisions 
Sec. 8201. Hispanic-serving institution agricultural land national resources 
leadership program. 
Subtitle A—Cooperative Forestry 
Assistance Act of 1978 
SEC. 8001. NATIONAL PRIORITIES FOR PRIVATE FOREST 
CONSERVATION. 
Section 2 of the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act 
of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2101) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsections (c) and (d) as 
subsections (e) and (f), respectively; and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (b) the fol-
lowing new subsections: 
‘‘(c) PRIORITIES.—In allocating funds appropriated 
or otherwise made available under this Act, the Secretary 
shall focus on the following national private forest con-
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servation priorities, notwithstanding other priorities speci-
fied elsewhere in this Act: 
‘‘(1) Conserving and managing working forest 
landscapes for multiple values and uses. 
‘‘(2) Protecting forests from threats, including 
wildfire, hurricane, tornado, windstorm, snow or ice 
storm, flooding, drought, invasive species, or insect 
or disease outbreak, and restoring appropriate forest 
types in response to such threats. 
‘‘(3) Enhancing public benefits from private 
forests, including air and water quality, soil con-
servation, biological diversity, carbon storage, forest 
products, forestry-related jobs, production of renew-
able energy, wildlife and wildlife habitat, and recre-
ation. 
‘‘(d) REPORTING REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 
September 30, 2011, the Secretary shall submit to Con-
gress a report describing how funding was used under this 
Act and through other programs administered by the Sec-
retary to address the national priorities specified in sub-
section (c) and the outcomes achieved in meeting the na-
tional priorities.’’. 
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SEC. 8002. LONG-TERM, STATE-WIDE ASSESSMENTS AND 
STRATEGIES FOR FOREST RESOURCES. 
The Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 is 
amended by inserting after section 2 (16 U.S.C. 2101) 
the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 2A. STATE-WIDE ASSESSMENT AND STRATEGIES FOR 
FOREST RESOURCES. 
‘‘(a) ASSESSMENT AND STRATEGIES FOR FOREST 
RESOURCES.—For a State to be eligible to receive funds 
under the authorities of this Act, the State forester of the 
State or equivalent State official shall develop and submit 
to the Secretary, not later than two years after the date 
of the enactment of the Farm, Nutrition, and Bioenergy 
Act of 2007, the following: 
‘‘(1) A State-wide assessment of forest resource 
conditions, including— 
‘‘(A) the conditions and trends of forest re-
sources in that State; 
‘‘(B) the threats to forest lands and re-
sources in that State consistent with the na-
tional priorities specified in section 2(c); 
‘‘(C) any areas or regions of that State 
that are of priority; and 
‘‘(D) any areas, known as multi-State 
areas, that are of priority to more than just 
that State. 
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‘‘(2) A State-wide forest resource strategy, in-
cluding— 
‘‘(A) strategies for addressing threats to 
forest resources in the State outlined in the as-
sessment required by paragraph (1); and 
‘‘(B) a description of the resources avail-
able to the State forester or equivalent State of-
ficial from all sources to address the State-wide 
strategy required by subparagraph (A). 
‘‘(b) UPDATING.—The State forester or equivalent 
State official shall submit the State-wide strategy required 
by subsection (a)(2) on an annual basis. The State-wide 
assessment of forest resource conditions required by sub-
section (a)(1) shall be updated as the Secretary or State 
Forester or equivalent State official determines to be nec-
essary. 
‘‘(c) COORDINATION.—In developing the State-wide 
assessment and annual strategy under subsection (a), the 
State forester or equivalent State official shall coordinate 
with— 
‘‘(1) the State Forest Stewardship Coordinating 
Committee established for the State under section 
19(b); 
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