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‘‘(e) FUNDING.—Of the funds of the Commodity Credit
Corporation, the Secretary shall use to carry out this
section—
‘‘(1) $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2008
through 2011; and
‘‘(2) $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2012.’’.
SEC. 1813. FOOD SAFETY INITIATIVES.
(a) INITIATIVE AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary may
carry out a food safety education program to educate the
public and persons in the fresh produce industry about—
(1) scientifically proven practices for reducing
microbial pathogens on fresh produce; and
(2) methods of reducing the threat of cross-con-
tamination of fresh produce through unsanitary han-
dling practices.
(b) COOPERATION.—The Secretary may carry out the
education program in cooperation with public and private
partners.
(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is
authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry out
this section $1,000,000.
SEC. 1814. CENSUS OF SPECIALTY CROPS.
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than September 30,
2008, and each 5 years thereafter, the Secretary shall con-
duct a census of specialty crops to assist in the regularly
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development and dissemination of information relative to
specialty crops.
(b) RELATION TO OTHER CENSUS.—The Secretary
may include the census of specialty crops in the census on
agriculture.
PART II—ORGANIC PRODUCTION
SEC. 1821. ORGANIC DATA COLLECTION AND PRICE RE-
PORTING.
Section 2104 of the Organic Foods Production Act of
1990 (7 U.S.C. 6503) is amended by adding at the end the
following:
‘‘(e) DATA COLLECTION AND PRICE REPORTING.—Of
the funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation, the Sec-
retary shall use $5,000,000 for the period of fiscal years
2008 through 2012—
‘‘(1) to collect data relating to organic agri-
culture;
‘‘(2) to identify and publish organic production
and market data initiatives and surveys;
‘‘(3) to expand, collect, and publish organic cen-
sus data analyses;
‘‘(4) to fund comprehensive reporting of prices
relating to organically-produced agricultural prod-
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‘‘(5) to conduct analysis relating to organic pro-
duction, handling, distribution, retail, and trend
studies;
‘‘(6) to study and perform periodic updates on
the effects of organic standards on consumer behavior;
and
‘‘(7) to conduct analyses for organic agriculture
using the national crop table.’’.
SEC. 1822. EXEMPTION OF CERTIFIED ORGANIC PRODUCTS
FROM ASSESSMENTS.
Section 501(e) of the Federal Agriculture Improvement
and Reform Act of 1996 (7 U.S.C. 7401(e)) is amended by
striking paragraph (1) and inserting the following:
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any provi-
sion of a commodity promotion law, a person that
produces and markets organic products shall be ex-
empt from the payment of an assessment under a
commodity promotion law with respect to that por-
tion of agricultural commodities that the person—
‘‘(A) produces on a certified organic farm
(as defined in section 2103 of the Organic Foods
Production Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 6502); and
‘‘(B) produces or markets as organically
produced (as so defined).’’.
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SEC. 
1823. 
NATIONAL 
ORGANIC 
CERTIFICATION 
COST
SHARE PROGRAM.
Section 10606 of the Farm Security and Rural Invest-
ment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 6523) is amended to read as
follows:
‘‘SEC. 10606. NATIONAL ORGANIC CERTIFICATION COST-
SHARE PROGRAM.
‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
‘‘(1) PROGRAM.—The term ‘program’ means the
national certification cost-share program established
under subsection (b).
‘‘(2) SECRETARY.—The term ‘Secretary’ means
the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Agri-
cultural Marketing Service.
‘‘(b) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall use
amounts made available under subsection (f) to establish
a national organic certification cost-share program under
which the Secretary shall make payments to States to assist
producers and handlers of agricultural products in obtain-
ing certification under the national organic production pro-
gram established under the Organic Foods Production Act
of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 6501 et seq.).
‘‘(c) FEDERAL SHARE.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), the
Secretary shall pay under this section not more than
75 percent of the costs incurred by a producer or han-
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dler in obtaining certification under the national or-
ganic production program, as certified to and ap-
proved by the Secretary.
‘‘(2) 
MAXIMUM
AMOUNT.—The 
maximum
amount of a payment made to a producer or handler
under this section shall be $750.
‘‘(d) RECORDKEEPING REQUIREMENTS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall—
‘‘(A) keep accurate, up-to-date records of re-
quests and disbursements from the program; and
‘‘(B) require accurate and consistent record-
keeping from each State and entity that receives
program payments.
‘‘(2) FEDERAL REQUIREMENTS.—Not later than
30 days after the last day on which a State may re-
quest funding under the program, the Secretary
shall—
‘‘(A) determine the number of States re-
questing funding and the amount of each request;
and
‘‘(B) distribute the funding to the States.
‘‘(3) STATE REQUIREMENTS.—An annual fund-
ing request from a State shall include data from the
program during the preceding year, including—
‘‘(A) a description of—
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‘‘(i) the entities that requested reim-
bursement;
‘‘(ii) the amount of each reimburse-
ment request; and
‘‘(iii) any discrepancies between the
amount requested and the amount provided;
‘‘(B) data to support increases in requests
expected in the coming year, including informa-
tion from certifiers or other data showing growth
projections; and
‘‘(C) an explanation of any case in which
an annual request is lower than the request of
the preceding year.
‘‘(e) REPORTING.—Not later than March 1 of each
year, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report that
describes the expenditures for each State under the program
during the previous fiscal year, including the number of
producers and handlers served by the program in the pre-
vious fiscal year.
‘‘(f) FUNDING.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after
the date of enactment of the Food and Energy Secu-
rity Act of 2007, out of any funds in the Treasury
not otherwise appropriated, the Secretary of the
Treasury shall transfer to the Secretary of Agriculture
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to carry out this section $22,000,000, to remain
available until expended.
‘‘(2) RECEIPT AND ACCEPTANCE.—The Secretary
shall be entitled to receive, shall accept, and shall use
to carry out this section the funds transferred under
paragraph (1), without further appropriation.’’.
SEC. 1824. NATIONAL ORGANIC PROGRAM.
Section 2123 of the Organic Foods Production Act of
1990 (7 U.S.C. 6522) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘There are’’ and inserting the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—There are’’; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(b) NATIONAL ORGANIC PROGRAM.—Notwithstanding
any other provision of law, in order to carry out the activi-
ties of the Agricultural Marketing Service under the na-
tional organic program established under this title, there
are authorized to be appropriated—
‘‘(1) $5,000,000 for fiscal year 2008;
‘‘(2) $6,500,000 for fiscal year 2009;
‘‘(3) $8,000,000 for fiscal year 2010;
‘‘(4) $9,500,000 for fiscal year 2011; and
‘‘(5) $11,000,000 for fiscal year 2012.’’.
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PART III—INTERNATIONAL TRADE
SEC. 1831. FOREIGN MARKET ACCESS STUDY AND STRAT-
EGY PLAN.
(a) DEFINITION OF URUGUAY ROUND AGREEMENTS.—
In this section, the term ‘‘Uruguay Round Agreements’’ in-
cludes any agreement described in section 101(d) of the
Uruguay Round Agreements Act (19 U.S.C. 3511(d)).
(b) STUDY.—The Comptroller General of the United
States shall study—
(1) the extent to which United States specialty
crops have or have not benefitted from any reductions
of foreign trade barriers, as provided for in the Uru-
guay Round Agreements; and
(2) the reasons why United States specialty
crops have or have not benefitted from such trade-bar-
rier reductions.
(c) STRATEGY PLAN.—The Secretary shall prepare a
foreign market access strategy plan based on the study in
subsection (b), to increase exports of specialty crops, includ-
ing an assessment of the foreign trade barriers that are in-
compatible with the Uruguay Round Agreements and a
strategy for removing those barriers.
(d) REPORT.—Not later than 18 months after the date
of enactment of this Act—
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(1) the Comptroller General shall submit to Con-
gress a report that contains the results of the study;
and
(2) the Secretary shall submit to Congress the
strategy plan.
SEC. 1832. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FOR SPECIALTY CROPS.
Section 3205 of the Farm Security and Rural Invest-
ment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 5680) is amended by striking
subsection (d) and inserting the following:
‘‘(d) PETITION.—A participant in the program may
petition the Secretary for an extension of a project carried
out under this section that exceeds, or will exceed, applicable
time restrictions.
‘‘(e) FUNDING.—
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary shall make
available to carry out the program under this
section—
‘‘(A) $6,800,000 of funds of, or an equal
value of commodities owned by, the Commodity
Credit Corporation for each of fiscal years 2008
through 2011; and
‘‘(B) $2,000,000 of funds of, or an equal
value of commodities owned by, the Commodity
Credit Corporation for fiscal year 2012 and each
subsequent fiscal year.
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‘‘(2) CARRYOVER OF UNOBLIGATED FUNDS.—In
a case in which the total amount of funds or commod-
ities made available under paragraph (1) for a fiscal
year is not obligated in that fiscal year, the Secretary
shall make available in the subsequent fiscal year an
amount equal to—
‘‘(A) the amount made available for the fis-
cal year under paragraph (1); plus
‘‘(B) the amount not obligated in the pre-
vious fiscal year.’’
SEC. 
1833. 
CONSULTATIONS 
ON 
SANITARY 
AND
PHYTOSANITARY RESTRICTIONS FOR FRUITS
AND VEGETABLES.
To the maximum extent practicable, the Secretary and
the United States Trade Representative shall consult with
interested persons, and conduct annual briefings, on sani-
tary and phytosanitary trade issues, including—
(1) the development of a strategic risk manage-
ment framework; and
(2) as appropriate, implementation of peer re-
view for risk analysis.
PART IV—SPECIALTY CROPS COMPETITIVENESS
SEC. 1841. SPECIALTY CROP BLOCK GRANTS.
(a) EXTENSION OF PROGRAM.—Section 101(a) of the
Specialty Crops Competitiveness Act of 2004 (7 U.S.C.
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1621 note; Public Law 108–465) is amended by striking
‘‘2009’’ and inserting ‘‘2012’’.
(b) ELIGIBILITY.—Section 101 of the Specialty Crops
Competitiveness Act of 2004 (7 U.S.C. 1621 note; Public
Law 108–465) is amended by striking subsection (e) and
inserting the following:
‘‘(e) PLAN REQUIREMENTS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The State plan shall identify
the lead agency charged with the responsibility for
carrying out the plan and indicate how the grant
funds will be used to enhance the competitiveness of
specialty crops.
‘‘(2) REPRESENTATION
OF
CERTAIN
INDIVID-
UALS.—To the maximum extent practicable and ap-
propriate, the State plan shall be developed taking
into consideration the opinions and expertise of be-
ginning farmers or ranchers (as defined in section
343(a) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Develop-
ment Act (7 U.S.C. 1991(a)) and socially disadvan-
taged farmers or ranchers (as defined in section
355(e) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Develop-
ment Act (7 U.S.C. 2003(e))) who produce specialty
crops.’’.
(c) AUDIT AND PLAN REQUIREMENTS.—Section 101 of
the Specialty Crops Competitiveness Act of 2004 (7 U.S.C.
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1621 note; Public Law 108–465) is amended by striking
subsection (h) and inserting the following:
‘‘(h) AUDIT AND PLAN REQUIREMENTS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—For each year that a State
receives a grant under this section, the State shall
conduct an audit of the expenditures of grant funds
by the State.
‘‘(2) SUBMISSION OF AUDIT AND DESCRIPTION.—
Not later than 30 days after the date of completion
of an audit under paragraph (1), the State shall sub-
mit to the Secretary of Agriculture—
‘‘(A) a copy of the audit;
‘‘(B) a description of the ways in which the
State is complying with the requirement under
subsection (e); and
‘‘(C) such additional information as the
Secretary may request to ensure, to the max-
imum extent practicable, that the State is com-
plying with that requirement.’’.
(d) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Section 101 of the Spe-
cialty Crops Competitiveness Act of 2004 (7 U.S.C. 1621
note; Public Law 108–465) is amended by striking sub-
section (i) and inserting the following:
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‘‘(i) FUNDING.—Of the funds of the Commodity Credit
Corporation, the Secretary of Agriculture shall make grants
under this section, using—
‘‘(1) $60,000,000 for fiscal year 2008;
‘‘(2) $65,000,000 for fiscal year 2009;
‘‘(3) $70,000,000 for fiscal year 2010;
‘‘(4) $75,000,000 for fiscal year 2011; and
‘‘(5) $0 for fiscal year 2012.’’.
(e) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 101 of the
Specialty Crops Competitiveness Act of 2004 (7 U.S.C.
1621 note; Public Law 108–465) is 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 sub-
section (i)’’;
(2) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘appropriated
pursuant to the authorization of appropriations in’’
and inserting ‘‘made available under’’;
(3) by striking subsection (c) and inserting the
following:
‘‘(c) MINIMUM
GRANT
AMOUNT.—Notwithstanding
subsection (b), each State shall receive a grant under this
section for each fiscal year in an amount that is at least
1⁄2 of 1 percent of the total amount of funding made avail-
able to carry out this section for the fiscal year.’’;
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(4) by redesignating subsection (i) as subsection
(j); and
(5) by inserting after subsection (h) the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(i) REALLOCATION.—The Secretary may reallocate to
other States any amounts made available under this section
that are not obligated or expended by a date determined
by the Secretary.’’.
(f) DEFINITION OF SPECIALTY CROP.—Section 3 of the
Specialty Crops Competitiveness Act of 2004 (7 U.S.C.
1621 note; Public Law 108–465) is amended by striking
paragraph (1) and inserting the following:
‘‘(1) SPECIALTY
CROP.—The term ‘specialty
crop’ means fruits, vegetables, tree nuts, dried fruits,
nursery crops, floriculture, and horticulture, includ-
ing turfgrass sod and herbal crops.’’.
(g) DEFINITION OF STATE.—Section 3(2) of the Spe-
cialty Crops Competitiveness Act of 2004 (7 U.S.C. 1621
note; Public Law 108–465) is amended by striking ‘‘and
the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico’’ and inserting ‘‘the
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa,
the United States Virgin Islands, and the Commonwealth
of the Northern Mariana Islands’’.
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SEC. 1842. GRANT PROGRAM TO IMPROVE MOVEMENT OF
SPECIALTY CROPS.
Title II of the Specialty Crops Competitiveness Act of
2004 (Public Law 108–465; 118 Stat. 3884) is amended
by adding at the end the following:
‘‘SEC. 204. GRANT PROGRAM TO IMPROVE MOVEMENT OF
SPECIALTY CROPS.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Agriculture may
make grants under this section to an eligible entity de-
scribed in subsection (b)—
‘‘(1) to improve the cost-effective movement of
specialty crops to local, regional, national, and inter-
national markets; and
‘‘(2) to address regional intermodal transpor-
tation deficiencies that adversely affect the movement
of specialty crops to markets inside or outside the
United States.
‘‘(b) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.—Grants may be made
under this section to—
‘‘(1) a State or local government;
‘‘(2) a grower cooperative;
‘‘(3) a State or regional producer or shipper or-
ganization;
‘‘(4) a nonprofit trucking association and their
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‘‘(5) a combination of the entities described in
paragraphs (1) through (4); or
‘‘(6) other entities, as determined by the Sec-
retary.
‘‘(c) MATCHING FUNDS.—As a condition of the receipt
of a grant under this section, the recipient of a grant under
this section shall contribute an amount of non-Federal
funds toward the project for which the grant is provided
that is at least equal to the amount of grant funds received
by the recipient under this section.
‘‘(d) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There
are authorized to be appropriated such sums as are nec-
essary to carry out this section for each of fiscal years 2008
through 2012.’’.
SEC. 1843. HEALTHY FOOD ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT
CENTER.
Title II of the Specialty Crops Competitiveness Act of
2004 (Public Law 108–465; 118 Stat. 3884) (as amended
by section 1842) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing:
‘‘SEC. 205. HEALTHY FOOD ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT
CENTER.
‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
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‘‘(1) CENTER.—The term ‘Center’ means the
healthy food enterprise development center established
under subsection (b).
‘‘(2) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘eligible enti-
ty’ means—
‘‘(A) a nonprofit organization;
‘‘(B) a cooperative;
‘‘(C) a business;
‘‘(D) an agricultural producer;
‘‘(E) an academic institution;
‘‘(F) an individual; and
‘‘(G) such other entities as the Secretary
may designate.
‘‘(3) SECRETARY.—The term ‘Secretary’ means
the Secretary of Agriculture.
‘‘(4) UNDERSERVED COMMUNITY.—The term ‘un-
derserved community’ means a community (including
an urban or rural community and an Indian tribal
community) that, as determined by the Secretary,
has—
‘‘(A) limited access to affordable, healthy
foods, including fresh fruits and vegetables;
‘‘(B) a high incidence of a diet-related dis-
ease (including obesity) as compared to the na-
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‘‘(C) a high rate of hunger or food insecu-
rity; or
‘‘(D) severe or persistent poverty.
‘‘(b) CENTER.—The Secretary, acting through the Ag-
ricultural Marketing Service, shall offer to enter into a con-
tract with a nonprofit organization to establish and support
a healthy food enterprise development center to increase ac-
cess to healthy, affordable foods, such as fresh fruit and vege-
tables, particularly for school-aged children and individuals
in low-income communities.
‘‘(c) ACTIVITIES.—
‘‘(1) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the Center is to
increase access to healthy affordable foods, including
locally produced agricultural products, to underserved
communities.
‘‘(2) TECHNICAL
ASSISTANCE
AND
INFORMA-
TION.—The Center shall collect, develop, and provide
technical assistance and information to small and
mid-sized agricultural producers, food wholesalers and
retailers, schools, and other individuals and entities
regarding best practices and the availability of assist-
ance for aggregating, storing, processing, and mar-
keting locally produced agricultural products and in-
creasing the availability of the products in under-
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‘‘(d) AUTHORITY TO SUBGRANT.—The Center may
provide subgrants to eligible entities to carry out feasibility
studies to establish businesses to carry out the purposes of
this section.
‘‘(e) PRIORITY.—In providing technical assistance and
grants under subsections (c)(2) and (d), the Center shall
give priority to applications that have components that
will—
‘‘(1) benefit underserved communities; and
‘‘(2) develop market opportunities for small and
mid-sized farm and ranch operations.
‘‘(f) REPORT.—For each fiscal year for which the non-
profit organization described in subsection (b) receives
funds, the organization shall submit to the Secretary a re-
port describing the activities carried out in the previous fis-
cal year, including—
‘‘(1) a description of technical assistance pro-
vided;
‘‘(2) the total number and a description of the
subgrants provided under subsection (d);
‘‘(3) a complete listing of cases in which the ac-
tivities of the Center have resulted in increased access
to healthy, affordable foods, such as fresh fruit and
vegetables, particularly for school-aged children and
individuals in low-income communities; and
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‘‘(4) a determination of whether the activities
identified in paragraph (3) are sustained in the years
following the initial provision of technical assistance
and subgrants under this section.
‘‘(g) COMPETITIVE AWARD PROCESS.—The Secretary
shall use a competitive process to award funds to establish
the Center.
‘‘(h) FUNDING.—Out of any funds in the Treasury not
otherwise appropriated, the Secretary of the Treasury shall
transfer to the Secretary to carry out this section—
‘‘(1) $1,000,000 for fiscal year 2009; and
‘‘(2) $2,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2010
through 2012.’’.
PART V—MISCELLANEOUS
SEC. 1851. CLEAN PLANT NETWORK.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall establish a pro-
gram to be known as the ‘‘National Clean Plant Network’’
(referred to in this section as the ‘‘Program’’).
(b) REQUIREMENTS.—Under the Program, the Sec-
retary shall establish a network of clean plant centers for
diagnostic and pathogen elimination services to—
(1) produce clean propagative plant material;
and
(2) maintain blocks of pathogen-tested plant ma-
terial in sites located throughout the United States.