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sonal, for the purpose of aiding or facilitating
the work of the program. Gifts, bequests, or de-
vises of money and proceeds from sales of other
property received as gifts, bequests, or devises
shall be deposited in the Fund and shall be
available for disbursement upon order of the
Board.
(B) EXPERTS
AND
CONSULTANTS.—The
program may procure temporary and intermit-
tent services under section 3109 of title 5,
United States Code, but at rates for individuals
not to exceed the daily equivalent of the max-
imum annual rate of basic pay payable for GS–
15 of the General Schedule.
(C) CONTRACT AUTHORITY.—The program
may contract, with the approval of a majority
of the members of the Board, with and com-
pensate Government and private agencies or
persons without regard to section 3709 of the
Revised Statutes (41 U.S.C. 5).
(D) OTHER NECESSARY EXPENDITURES.—
The program shall make such other expendi-
tures which the program considers necessary to
carry out the provisions of this section, but ex-
cluding project development.
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(h) REPORT.—Not later than December 31 of each
year, the Board shall submit to Congress a report on the
activities of the program carried out during the previous
fiscal year, and shall include the following:
(1) An analysis of the evaluations conducted
under subsection (d)(4) (relating to evaluations of
the Emerson and Leland fellowships and accomplish-
ment of the program purposes) during that fiscal
year.
(2) A statement of the total amount of funds
attributable to gifts received by the program in that
fiscal 
year 
(as 
authorized 
under 
subsection
(g)(3)(A)), and the total amount of such funds that
were expended to carry out the program that fiscal
year.
(i) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There
are authorized to be appropriated $18,000,000 to carry
out the provisions of this section.
SEC. 462. GENERAL EFFECTIVE DATE.
Except as otherwise provided in this title, the amend-
ments made by this title shall take effect on October 1,
2002.
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TITLE V—CREDIT
SEC. 501. ELIGIBILITY OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANIES
FOR FARM OWNERSHIP LOANS, FARM OPER-
ATING LOANS, AND EMERGENCY LOANS.
(a) Sections 302(a), 311(a), and 321(a) of the Con-
solidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C.
1922(a), 1941(a), and 1961(a)) are each amended by
striking ‘‘and joint operations’’ each place it appears and
inserting ‘‘joint operations, and limited liability compa-
nies’’.
(b) Section 321(a) of such Act (7 U.S.C. 1961(a))
is amended by striking ‘‘or joint operations’’ each place
it appears and inserting ‘‘joint operations, or limited liabil-
ity companies’’.
SEC. 502. SUSPENSION OF LIMITATION ON PERIOD FOR
WHICH 
BORROWERS 
ARE 
ELIGIBLE 
FOR
GUARANTEED ASSISTANCE.
During the period beginning January 1, 2002, and
ending December 31, 2006, section 319(b) of the Consoli-
dated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C.
1949(b)) shall have no force or effect.
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SEC. 503. ADMINISTRATION OF CERTIFIED LENDERS AND
PREFERRED 
CERTIFIED 
LENDERS 
PRO-
GRAMS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 331(b) of the Consoli-
dated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C.
1981(b)) is amended—
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (2) through
(9) as paragraphs (3) through (10), respectively;
and
(2) by inserting after paragraph (1) the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(2) administer the loan guarantee program
under section 339(c) through central offices estab-
lished in States or in multi-State areas, or through
contracts with commercial or cooperative lenders;’’.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 331(c) of
such Act (7 U.S.C. 1981(c)) is amended by striking
‘‘(b)(5)’’ and inserting ‘‘(b)(6)’’.
SEC. 504. SIMPLIFIED LOAN GUARANTEE APPLICATION
AVAILABLE 
FOR 
LOANS 
OF 
GREATER
AMOUNTS.
Section 333A(g)(1) of the Consolidated Farm and
Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1983a(g)(1)) is amend-
ed by striking ‘‘$50,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$150,000’’.
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SEC. 505. ELIMINATION OF REQUIREMENT THAT SEC-
RETARY REQUIRE COUNTY COMMITTEES TO
CERTIFY IN WRITING THAT CERTAIN LOAN
REVIEWS HAVE BEEN CONDUCTED.
Section 333 of the Consolidated Farm and Rural De-
velopment Act (7 U.S.C. 1983) is amended by striking
paragraph (2) and redesignating paragraphs (3) through
(5) as paragraphs (2) through (4), respectively.
SEC. 506. AUTHORITY TO REDUCE PERCENTAGE OF LOAN
GUARANTEED IF BORROWER INCOME IS IN-
SUFFICIENT TO SERVICE DEBT.
Section 339 of the Consolidated Farm and Rural De-
velopment Act (7 U.S.C. 1989) is amended—
(1) in subsection (c)(4)(A), by inserting ‘‘, ex-
cept that the Secretary may guarantee such lesser
percentage as the Secretary determines appropriate
of such a loan if the income of the borrower is less
than the income necessary to meet the requirements
of subsection (b)’’ before the period; and
(2) in subsection (d)(4)(A), by inserting ‘‘, ex-
cept that the Secretary may guarantee such lesser
percentage as the Secretary determines appropriate
of such a loan if the income of the borrower is less
than the income necessary to meet the requirements
of subsection (b)’’ before the semicolon.
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SEC. 507. TIMING OF LOAN ASSESSMENTS.
Section 360(a) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural
Development Act (7 U.S.C. 2006b(a)) is amended by
striking ‘‘After an applicant is determined eligible for as-
sistance under this title by the appropriate county com-
mittee established pursuant to section 332, the’’ and in-
serting ‘‘The’’.
SEC. 508. MAKING AND SERVICING OF LOANS BY PER-
SONNEL OF STATE, COUNTY, OR AREA COM-
MITTEES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle D of the Consolidated
Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1981–2008j)
is amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘SEC. 376. MAKING AND SERVICING OF LOANS BY PER-
SONNEL OF STATE, COUNTY, OR AREA COM-
MITTEES.
‘‘The Secretary shall employ personnel of a State,
county or area committee established under section
8(b)(5) of the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment
Act (16 U.S.C 590h(b)(5)) to make and service loans
under this title to the extent the personnel have been
trained to do so.’’.
(b) INAPPLICABILITY OF FINALITY RULE.—Section
281(a)(1) of the Department of Agriculture Reorganiza-
tion Act of 1994 (7 U.S.C. 7001(a)(1)) is amended by
inserting ‘‘, except functions performed pursuant to sec-
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tion 376 of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Develop-
ment Act’’ before the period.
SEC. 509. ELIGIBILITY OF EMPLOYEES OF STATE, COUNTY,
OR AREA COMMITTEE FOR LOANS AND LOAN
GUARANTEES.
Subtitle D of the Consolidated Farm and Rural De-
velopment Act (7 U.S.C. 1981–2008j) is further amended
by adding at the end the following:
‘‘SEC. 377. ELIGIBILITY OF EMPLOYEES OF STATE, COUNTY,
OR AREA COMMITTEE FOR LOANS AND LOAN
GUARANTEES.
‘‘The Secretary shall not prohibit an employee of a
State, county or area committee established under section
8(b)(5) of the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment
Act (16 U.S.C. 590h(b)(5)) or an employee of the Depart-
ment of Agriculture from obtaining a loan or loan guar-
antee under subtitle A, B or C of this title if an office
of the Department of Agriculture other than the office in
which the employee is located determines that the em-
ployee is otherwise eligible for the loan or loan guar-
antee.’’.
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SEC. 510. EMERGENCY LOANS IN RESPONSE TO AN ECO-
NOMIC 
EMERGENCY 
RESULTING 
FROM
SHARPLY INCREASING ENERGY COSTS.
(a) LOAN AUTHORITY.—Section 321(a) of the Con-
solidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C.
1961(a)) is amended—
(1) in each of the 1st and 3rd sentences—
(A) by striking ‘‘a natural disaster in the
United States or by’’ and inserting ‘‘a quar-
antine imposed by the Secretary under the
Plant Protection Act or the animal quarantine
laws (as defined in section 2509 of the Food,
Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of
1990), an economic emergency resulting from
sharply increasing energy costs as described in
section 329(b), a natural disaster in the United
States, or’’; and
(B) by inserting ‘‘Robert T. Stafford’’ be-
fore ‘‘Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance
Act’’; and
(2) in the 4th sentence—
(A) by striking ‘‘a natural disaster’’ and
inserting ‘‘such a quarantine, economic emer-
gency, or natural disaster’’; and
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(B) by striking ‘‘by such natural disaster’’
and inserting ‘‘by such quarantine, economic
emergency, or natural disaster’’.
(b) CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Section 323 of
such Act (7 U.S.C. 1963) is amended—
(1) by inserting ‘‘quarantine,’’ before ‘‘natural
disaster’’; and
(2) by inserting ‘‘referred to in section 321(a),
including, notwithstanding any other provision of
this title, an economic emergency resulting from
sharply increasing energy costs as described in sec-
tion 329(b)’’ after ‘‘emergency’’.
(c) SHARPLY INCREASING ENERGY COSTS.—Section
329 of such Act (7 U.S.C. 1969) is amended—
(1) by striking all that precedes ‘‘Secretary
shall’’ and inserting the following:
‘‘SEC. 329. LOSS CONDITIONS.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection
(b), the’’; and
(2) by adding after and below the end the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(b) LOSS RESULTING FROM SHARPLY INCREASING
ENERGY COSTS.—The Secretary shall make financial as-
sistance under this subtitle available to any applicant seek-
ing assistance based on an income loss resulting from
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sharply increasing energy costs referred to in section 323
if—
‘‘(1) the price of electricity, gasoline, diesel fuel,
natural gas, propane, or other equivalent fuel during
any 3-month period is at least 50 percent greater
than the average price of the same form of energy
during the preceding 5 years, as determined by the
Secretary; and
‘‘(2) the income loss of the applicant is directly
related to expenses incurred to prevent livestock
mortality, the degradation of a perishable agricul-
tural commodity, or damage to a field crop.’’.
(c) MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF LOAN.—Section 324(a) of
such Act (7 U.S.C. 1964(a)) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of paragraph
(1);
(2) by striking the period at the end of para-
graph (2) and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(3) in the case of a loan made in response to
a quarantine or economic emergency referred to in
section 321, exceeds $200,000.’’.
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SEC. 511. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO CONTRACT FOR
SERVICING OF FARMER PROGRAM LOANS.
Section 331(d) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural
Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1981(d)) is amended—
(1) in the heading by striking ‘‘TEMPORARY’’;
and
(2) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘2002’’ and
inserting ‘‘2011’’.
SEC. 512. AUTHORIZATION FOR LOANS.
Section 346(b)(1) of the Consolidated Farm and
Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1994(b)(1)) is amended
by striking ‘‘not more than the following amounts:’’ and
all that follows and inserting ‘‘such sums as may be nec-
essary.’’.
SEC. 513. RESERVATION OF FUNDS FOR DIRECT OPER-
ATING LOANS FOR BEGINNING FARMERS AND
RANCHERS.
Section 346(b)(2)(A)(ii)(III) of the Consolidated
Farm 
and 
Rural 
Development 
Act 
(7 
U.S.C.
1994(b)(2)(A)(ii)(III)) is amended by striking ‘‘2000
through 2002’’ and inserting ‘‘2002 through 2011’’.
SEC. 514. EXTENSION OF INTEREST RATE REDUCTION PRO-
GRAM.
Section 351(a)(2) of the Consolidated Farm and
Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1999(a)(2)) is amended
by striking ‘‘2002’’ and inserting ‘‘2011’’.
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SEC. 515. INCREASE IN DURATION OF LOANS UNDER DOWN
PAYMENT LOAN PROGRAM.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 310E(b)(3) of the Con-
solidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C.
1935(b)(3)) is amended by striking ‘‘10’’ and inserting
‘‘15’’.
(b) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Section
310E(c)(3)(B) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural De-
velopment Act (7 U.S.C. 1935(c)(3)(B)) is amended by
striking ‘‘10-year’’ and inserting ‘‘15-year’’.
SEC. 516. HORSE BREEDER LOANS.
(a) DEFINITION OF HORSE BREEDER.—In this sec-
tion, the term ‘‘horse breeder’’ means a person that, as
of the date of the enactment of this Act, derives more than
70 percent of the income of the person from the business
of breeding, boarding, raising, training, or selling horses,
during the shorter of—
(1) the 5-year period ending on January 1,
2001; or
(2) the period the person has been engaged in
the business.
(b) LOAN AUTHORIZATION.—The Secretary shall
make a loan to an eligible horse breeder to assist the
breeder for losses suffered as a result of mare reproductive
loss syndrome.
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(c) ELIGIBILITY.—A horse breeder shall be eligible
for a loan under this section if the Secretary determines
that, as a result of mare reproductive loss syndrome—
(1) during the period beginning January 1,
2000, and ending October 1, 2000, or during the pe-
riod beginning January 1, 2001, and ending October
1, 2001—
(A) 30 percent or more of the mares
owned by the breeder failed to conceive, mis-
carried, aborted, or otherwise failed to produce
a live healthy foal; or
(B) 30 percent or more of the mares
boarded on a farm owned, operated, or leased
by the breeder failed to conceive, miscarried,
aborted, or otherwise failed to produce a live
healthy foal;
(2) during the period beginning January 1,
2000, and ending on September 30, 2002, the breed-
er was unable to meet the financial obligations, or
pay the ordinary and necessary expenses, of the
breeder incurred in connection with breeding, board-
ing, raising, training, or selling horses; and
(3) the breeder is not able to obtain sufficient
credit elsewhere (within the meaning of section
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321(a) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Devel-
opment Act).
(d) AMOUNT.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2),
the Secretary shall determine the amount of a loan
to be made to a horse breeder under this section, on
the basis of the amount of losses suffered by the
breeder, and the financial needs of the breeder, as
a result of mare reproductive loss syndrome.
(2) MAXIMUM AMOUNT.—The amount of a loan
made under this section shall not exceed $500,000.
(e) TERM.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2),
the term for repayment of a loan made to a horse
breeder under this section shall be determined by the
Secretary based on the ability of the breeder to
repay the loan.
(2) MAXIMUM TERM.—The term of a loan made
under this section shall not exceed 15 years.
(f) INTEREST RATE.—Interest shall be payable on a
loan made under this section, at the rate prescribed under
section 324(b)(1) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural De-
velopment Act.
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(g) SECURITY.—Security shall be required on a loan
made under this section, in accordance with section 324(d)
of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act.
(h) APPLICATION.—To be eligible to obtain a loan
under this section, a horse breeder shall submit to the Sec-
retary an application for the loan not later than Sep-
tember 30, 2002.
(i) FUNDING.—The Secretary shall carry out this sec-
tion using funds available for emergency loans under sub-
title C of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development
Act.
(j) TERMINATION.—The authority provided by this
section shall terminate on September 30, 2003.
TITLE VI—RURAL
DEVELOPMENT
SEC. 601. FUNDING FOR RURAL LOCAL TELEVISION BROAD-
CAST SIGNAL LOAN GUARANTEES.
Section 1011(a) of the Launching Our Communities’
Access to Local Television Act of 2000 (title X of H.R.
5548, as enacted by section 1(a)(2) of Public Law 106-
553) is amended by adding at the end the following: ‘‘In
addition, a total of $200,000,000 of the funds of the Com-
modity Credit Corporation shall be available during fiscal
years 2002 through 2006, without fiscal year limitation,
for loan guarantees under this title.’’.
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SEC. 602. VALUE-ADDED AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT MAR-
KET DEVELOPMENT GRANTS.
Section 231(a)(1) of the Agricultural Risk Protection
Act of 2000 (Public Law 106–224; 7 U.S.C. 1621 note)
is amended by striking ‘‘Of the amount made available
under section 261(a)(2), $15,000,000 shall be used by the
Secretary’’ and inserting ‘‘For each of the fiscal years
2002 through 2011, the Secretary shall use $50,000,000
of funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation’’.
SEC. 
603. 
AGRICULTURE 
INNOVATION 
CENTER 
DEM-
ONSTRATION PROGRAM.
(a) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this section are to
carry out a demonstration program under which agricul-
tural producers are provided—
(1) technical assistance, including engineering
services, applied research, scale production, and
similar services to enable the producers to establish
businesses for further processing of agricultural
products;
(2) marketing, market development, and busi-
ness planning;
(3) overall organizational, outreach, and devel-
opment assistance to increase the viability, growth,
and sustainability of value-added agricultural busi-
nesses.
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(b) NATURE OF PROGRAM.—The Secretary of Agri-
culture (in this section referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’)
shall—
(1) make grants to eligible applicants for the
purposes of enabling the applicants to obtain the as-
sistance described in subsection (a); and
(2) provide assistance to eligible applicants
through the research and technical services of the
Department of Agriculture.
(c) ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—An applicant shall be eligible
for a grant and assistance described in subsection
(b) to establish an Agriculture Innovation Center
if—
(A) the applicant—
(i) has provided services similar to
those described in subsection (a); or
(ii) shows the capability of providing
the services;
(B) the application of the applicant for the
grant and assistance sets forth a plan, in ac-
cordance with regulations which shall be pre-
scribed by the Secretary, outlining support of
the applicant in the agricultural community, the
technical and other expertise of the applicant,
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and the goals of the applicant for increasing
and improving the ability of local producers to
develop markets and processes for value-added
agricultural products;
(C) the applicant demonstrates that re-
sources (in cash or in kind) of definite value are
available, or have been committed to be made
available, to the applicant, to increase and im-
prove the ability of local producers to develop
markets and processes for value-added agricul-
tural products; and
(D) the applicant meets the requirement of
paragraph (2).
(2) BOARD OF DIRECTORS.—The requirement
of this paragraph is that the applicant shall have a
board of directors comprised of representatives of
the following groups:
(A) The 2 general agricultural organiza-
tions with the greatest number of members in
the State in which the applicant is located.
(B) The Department of Agriculture or
similar State organization or department, for
the State.
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(C) Organizations representing the 4 high-
est grossing commodities produced in the State,
according to annual gross cash sales.
(d) GRANTS AND ASSISTANCE.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subsection (g),
the Secretary shall make annual grants to eligible
applicants under this section, each of which grants
shall not exceed the lesser of—
(A) $1,000,000; or
(B) twice the dollar value of the resources
(in cash or in kind) that the applicant has dem-
onstrated are available, or have been committed
to be made available, to the applicant in accord-
ance with subsection (c)(1)(C).
(2) INITIAL LIMITATION.—In the first year of
the demonstration program under this section, the
Secretary shall make grants under this section, on a
competitive basis, to not more than 5 eligible appli-
cants.
(3) EXPANSION
OF
DEMONSTRATION
PRO-
GRAM.—In the second year of the demonstration
program under this section, the Secretary may make
grants under this section to not more than 10 eligi-
ble applicants, in addition to any entities to which
grants are made under paragraph (2) for such year.
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(4) STATE LIMITATION.—In the first 3 years of
the demonstration program under this section, the
Secretary shall not make an Agricultural Innovation
Center Demonstration Program grant under this
section to more than 1 entity in a single State.
(e) USE OF FUNDS.—An entity to which a grant is
made under this section may use the grant only for the
following purposes, but only to the extent that the use is
not described in section 231(d) of the Agricultural Risk
Protection Act of 2000:
(1) Applied research.
(2) Consulting services.
(3) Hiring of employees, at the discretion of the
board of directors of the entity.
(4) The making of matching grants, each of
which shall be not more than $5,000, to agricultural
producers, so long as the aggregate amount of all
such matching grants shall be not more than
$50,000.
(5) Legal services.
(f) RULE OF INTERPRETATION.—This section shall
not be construed to prevent a recipient of a grant under
this section from collaborating with any other institution
with respect to activities conducted using the grant.
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(g) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Of the amount made
available under section 231(a)(1) of the Agricultural Risk
Protection Act of 2000 (Public Law 106–224; 7 U.S.C.
1621 note), the Secretary shall use to carry out this
section—
(1) not less than $5,000,000 for fiscal year
2002; and
(2) not less than $10,000,000 for each of the
fiscal years 2003 and 2004.
(h) REPORT ON BEST PRACTICES.—
(1) EFFECTS
ON
THE
AGRICULTURAL
SEC-
TOR.—The Secretary shall utilize $300,000 per year
of the funds made available pursuant to this section
to support research at any university into the effects
of value-added projects on agricultural producers
and the commodity markets. The research should
systematically examine possible effects on demand
for agricultural commodities, market prices, farm in-
come, and Federal outlays on commodity programs
using linked, long-term, global projections of the ag-
ricultural sector.
(2) DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE.—Not later
than 3 years after the first 10 grants are made
under this section, the Secretary shall prepare and
submit to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition,
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and Forestry of the Senate and to the Committee on
Agriculture of the House of Representatives a writ-
ten report on the effectiveness of the demonstration
program conducted under this section at improving
the production of value-added agricultural products
and on the effects of the program on the economic
viability of the producers, which shall include the
best practices and innovations found at each of the
Agriculture Innovation Centers established under the
demonstration program under this section, and de-
tail the number and type of agricultural projects as-
sisted, and the type of assistance provided, under
this section.
SEC. 604. FUNDING OF COMMUNITY WATER ASSISTANCE
GRANT PROGRAM.
(a) FUNDING.—In each of fiscal years 2002 through
2011, the Secretary of Agriculture shall use $30,000,000
of the funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to carry
out section 306A of the Consolidated Farm and Rural De-
velopment Act (7 U.S.C. 1926a).
(b) EXTENSION OF PROGRAM.—Section 306A(i) of
the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7
U.S.C. 1926a(i)) is amended by striking ‘‘2002’’ and in-
serting ‘‘2011’’.
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(c) MISCELLANEOUS AMENDMENTS.—Section 306A
of such Act (7 U.S.C. 1926a) is amended—
(1) in the heading by striking EMERGENCY’’;
(2) in subsection (a)(1)—
(A) by striking ‘‘after’’ and inserting
‘‘when’’; and
(B) by inserting ‘‘is imminent’’ after ‘‘com-
munities’’; and
(3) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘shall—’’ and
all that follows and inserting ‘‘shall be a public or
private nonprofit entity.’’.
SEC. 605. LOAN GUARANTEES FOR THE FINANCING OF THE
PURCHASE OF RENEWABLE ENERGY SYS-
TEMS.
Section 4 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7
U.S.C. 904) is amended—
(1) by inserting ‘‘(a)’’ before ‘‘The Secretary’’;
and
(2) by adding after and below the end the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(b) LOAN GUARANTEES FOR THE FINANCING OF
THE PURCHASE OF RENEWABLE ENERGY SYSTEMS.—
The Secretary may provide a loan guarantee, on such
terms and conditions as the Secretary deems appropriate,
for the purpose of financing the purchase of a renewable
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energy system, including a wind energy system and anaer-
obic digestors for the purpose of energy generation, by any
person or individual who is a farmer, a rancher, or an
owner of a small business (as defined by the Secretary)
that is located in a rural area (as defined by the Sec-
retary). In providing guarantees under this subsection, the
Secretary shall give priority to loans used primarily for
power generation on a farm, ranch, or small business (as
so defined).’’.
SEC. 606. LOANS AND LOAN GUARANTEES FOR RENEWABLE
ENERGY SYSTEMS.
Section 310B(a)(3) of the Consolidated Farm and
Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1932(a)(3)) is amended
by inserting ‘‘and other renewable energy systems includ-
ing wind energy systems and anaerobic digestors for the
purpose of energy generation’’ after ‘‘solar energy sys-
tems’’.
SEC. 607. RURAL BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY GRANTS.
Section 306(a)(11)(D) of the Consolidated Farm and
Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1926(a)(11)(D)) is
amended by striking ‘‘2002’’ and inserting ‘‘2011’’.
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SEC. 608. GRANTS FOR WATER SYSTEMS FOR RURAL AND
NATIVE VILLAGES IN ALASKA.
Section 306D(d)(1) of the Consolidated Farm and
Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1926d(d)(1)) is amend-
ed by striking ‘‘and 2002’’ and inserting ‘‘through 2011’’.
SEC. 609. RURAL COOPERATIVE DEVELOPMENT GRANTS.
Section 310B(e)(9) of the Consolidated Farm and
Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1932(e)(9)) is amended
by striking ‘‘2002’’ and inserting ‘‘2011’’.
SEC. 610. NATIONAL RESERVE ACCOUNT OF RURAL DEVEL-
OPMENT TRUST FUND.
Section 381E(e)(3)(F) of the Consolidated Farm and
Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 2009d(e)(3)(F)) is
amended by striking ‘‘fiscal year 2002’’ and inserting
‘‘each of the fiscal years 2002 through 2011’’.
SEC. 611. RURAL VENTURE CAPITAL DEMONSTRATION PRO-
GRAM.
Section 381O(b)(3) of the Consolidated Farm and
Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 2009n(b)(3)) is amend-
ed by striking ‘‘2002’’ and inserting ‘‘2011’’.
SEC. 612. INCREASE IN LIMIT ON CERTAIN LOANS FOR
RURAL DEVELOPMENT.
Section 310B(a) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural
Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1932(a)) is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘$25,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$100,000,000’’.
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SEC. 613. PILOT PROGRAM FOR DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLE-
MENTATION OF STRATEGIC REGIONAL DE-
VELOPMENT PLANS.
(a) DEVELOPMENT.—
(1) SELECTION OF STATES.—The Secretary of
Agriculture (in this section referred to as the ‘‘Sec-
retary’’) shall select 10 States in which to implement
strategic regional development plans developed under
this subsection.
(2) GRANTS.—
(A) AUTHORITY.—
(i) IN
GENERAL.—From the funds
made available to carry out this subsection,
the Secretary shall make a matching grant
to 1 or more entities in each State selected
under subsection (a), to develop a strategic
regional development plan that provides for
rural economic development in a region in
the State in which the entity is located.
(ii) PRIORITY.—In making grants
under this subsection, the Secretary shall
give priority to entities that represent a re-
gional coalition of community-based plan-
ning, development, governmental, and busi-
ness organizations.
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(B) TERMS OF MATCH.—In order for an
entity to be eligible for a matching grant under
this subsection, the entity shall make a commit-
ment to the Secretary to provide funds for the
development of a strategic regional development
plan of the kind referred to in subparagraph
(A) in an amount that is not less than the
amount of the matching grant.
(C) LIMITATION.—The Secretary shall not
make a grant under this subsection in an
amount that exceeds $150,000.
(3) FUNDING.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall use
$2,000,000 of the funds of the Commodity
Credit Corporation in each of fiscal years 2002
through 2011 to carry out this subsection.
(B) AVAILABILITY.—Funds made available
pursuant to subparagraph (A) shall remain
available without fiscal year limitation.
(b) STRATEGIC PLANNING IMPLEMENTATION.—
(1) The Secretary shall use the authorities pro-
vided in the provisions of law specified in section
793(c)(1)(A)(ii) of the Federal Agriculture Improve-
ment and Reform Act of 1996 to implement the
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strategic regional development plans developed pur-
suant to subsection (a) of this section.
(2) FUNDING.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall use
$13,000,000 of the funds of the Commodity
Credit Corporation in each of fiscal years 2002
through 2011 to carry out this subsection.
(B) AVAILABILITY.—Funds made available
pursuant to subparagraph (A) shall remain
available without fiscal year limitation.
(c) USE OF FUNDS.—The amounts made available
under subsections (a) and (b) may be used as the Sec-
retary deems appropriate to carry out any provision of this
section.
SEC. 614. GRANTS TO NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS TO FI-
NANCE THE CONSTRUCTION, REFURBISHING,
AND SERVICING OF INDIVIDUALLY-OWNED
HOUSEHOLD 
WATER 
WELL 
SYSTEMS 
IN
RURAL AREAS FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH LOW
OR MODERATE INCOMES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle A of the Consolidated
Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1922–1949)
is amended by inserting after section 306D the following:
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‘‘SEC. 306E. GRANTS TO NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS TO FI-
NANCE THE CONSTRUCTION, REFURBISHING,
AND SERVICING OF INDIVIDUALLY-OWNED
HOUSEHOLD 
WATER 
WELL 
SYSTEMS 
IN
RURAL AREAS FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH LOW
OR MODERATE INCOMES.
‘‘(a) DEFINITION OF ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUAL.—In this
section, the term ‘eligible individual’ means an individual
who is a member of a household, the combined income of
whose members for the most recent 12-month period for
which the information is available, is not more than 100
percent of the median nonmetropolitan household income
for the State or territory in which the individual resides,
according to the most recent decennial census of the
United States.
‘‘(b) GRANTS.—The Secretary may make grants to
private nonprofit organizations for the purpose of assist-
ing eligible individuals in obtaining financing for the con-
struction, refurbishing, and servicing of individual house-
hold water well systems in rural areas that are owned (or
to be owned) by the eligible individuals.
‘‘(c) USE OF FUNDS.—A grant made under this sec-
tion may be—
‘‘(1) used, or invested to provide income to be
used, to carry out subsection (b); and
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‘‘(2) used to pay administrative expenses associ-
ated with providing the assistance described in sub-
section (b).
‘‘(d) PRIORITY IN AWARDING GRANTS.—In awarding
grants under this section, the Secretary shall give priority
to an applicant that has substantial expertise and experi-
ence in promoting the safe and productive use of individ-
ually-owned household water well systems and ground
water.’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by
this section takes effect on October 1, 2001.
SEC. 615. NATIONAL RURAL DEVELOPMENT PARTNERSHIP.
Subtitle E of the Consolidated Farm and Rural De-
velopment Act (7 U.S.C. 2009–2009n) is amended by add-
ing at the end the following:
‘‘SEC. 381P. NATIONAL RURAL DEVELOPMENT PARTNER-
SHIP.
‘‘(a) RURAL AREA DEFINED.—In this section, the
term ‘rural area’ means such areas as the Secretary may
determine.
‘‘(b) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established a Na-
tional Rural Development Partnership (in this section re-
ferred to as the ‘‘Partnership’’), which shall be composed
of—
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‘‘(1) the National Rural Development Coordi-
nating Committee established in accordance with
subsection (c); and
‘‘(2) State rural development councils estab-
lished in accordance with subsection (d).
‘‘(c) NATIONAL
RURAL
DEVELOPMENT
COORDI-
NATING COMMITTEE.—
‘‘(1) COMPOSITION.—The National Rural De-
velopment Coordinating Committee (in this section
referred to as the ‘‘Coordinating Committee’’) may
be composed of—
‘‘(A) representatives of all Federal depart-
ments and agencies with policies and programs
that affect or benefit rural areas;
‘‘(B) representatives of national associa-
tions of State, regional, local, and tribal govern-
ments and intergovernmental and multi-juris-
dictional agencies and organizations;
‘‘(C) national public interest groups; and
‘‘(D) other national nonprofit organiza-
tions that elect to participate in the activities of
the Coordinating Committee.
‘‘(2) FUNCTIONS.—The Coordinating Com-
mittee may—
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‘‘(A) provide support for the work of the
State rural development councils established in
accordance with subsection (d); and
‘‘(B) develop and facilitate strategies to re-
duce or eliminate conflicting or duplicative ad-
ministrative and regulatory impediments con-
fronting rural areas.
‘‘(d) STATE RURAL DEVELOPMENT COUNCILS.—
‘‘(1) COMPOSITION.—A State rural development
council may—
‘‘(A) be composed of representatives of
Federal, State, local, and tribal governments,
and nonprofit organizations, the private sector,
and other entities committed to rural advance-
ment; and
‘‘(B) have a nonpartisan and nondiscrim-
inatory membership that is broad and rep-
resentative of the economic, social, and political
diversity of the State.
‘‘(2) FUNCTIONS.—A State rural development
council may—
‘‘(A) facilitate collaboration among Fed-
eral, State, local, and tribal governments and
the private and non-profit sectors in the plan-
ning and implementation of programs and poli-
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cies that affect the rural areas of the State, and
to do so in such a way that provides the great-
est degree of flexibility and innovation in re-
sponding to the unique needs of the State and
the rural areas; and
‘‘(B) in conjunction with the Coordinating
Committee, develop and facilitate strategies to
reduce or eliminate conflicting or duplicative
administrative and regulatory impediments con-
fronting the rural areas of the State.
‘‘(e) ADMINISTRATION OF THE PARTNERSHIP.—The
Secretary may provide for any additional support staff to
the Partnership as the Secretary determines to be nec-
essary to carry out the duties of the Partnership.
‘‘(f) TERMINATION.—The authority provided by this
section shall terminate on the date that is 5 years after
the date of the enactment of this section.’’.
TITLE VII—RESEARCH AND
RELATED MATTERS
Subtitle A—Extensions
SEC. 700. MARKET EXPANSION RESEARCH.
Section 1436(b)(3)(C) of the Food Security Act of
1985 (7 U.S.C. 1632(b)(3)(c)) is amended by striking
‘‘1990’’ and inserting ‘‘2011’’.
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SEC. 701. NATIONAL RURAL INFORMATION CENTER CLEAR-
INGHOUSE.
Section 2381(e) of the Food, Agriculture, Conserva-
tion, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 3125b(e)) is
amended by striking ‘‘2002’’ and inserting ‘‘2011’’.
SEC. 702. GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS FOR FOOD AND AGRI-
CULTURAL SCIENCES EDUCATION.
Section 1417(l) of the National Agricultural Re-
search, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7
U.S.C. 3152(l)) is amended by striking ‘‘2002’’ and in-
serting ‘‘2011’’.
SEC. 703. POLICY RESEARCH CENTERS.
Section 1419A(d) of the National Agricultural Re-
search, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7
U.S.C. 3155(d)) is amended by striking ‘‘2002’’ and in-
serting ‘‘2011’’.
SEC. 704. HUMAN NUTRITION INTERVENTION AND HEALTH
PROMOTION RESEARCH PROGRAM.
Section 1424(d) of the National Agricultural Re-
search, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7
U.S.C. 3174(d)) is amended by striking ‘‘2002’’ and in-
serting ‘‘2011’’.
SEC. 705. PILOT RESEARCH PROGRAM TO COMBINE MED-
ICAL AND AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH.
Section 1424A(d) of the National Agricultural Re-
search, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7
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U.S.C. 3174a(d)) is amended by striking ‘‘2002’’ and in-
serting ‘‘2011’’.
SEC. 706. NUTRITION EDUCATION PROGRAM.
Section 1425(c)(3) of the National Agricultural Re-
search, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7
U.S.C. 3175(c)(3)) is amended by striking ‘‘2002’’ and
inserting ‘‘2011’’.
SEC. 707. CONTINUING ANIMAL HEALTH AND DISEASE RE-
SEARCH PROGRAMS.
Section 1433(a) of the National Agricultural Re-
search, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7
U.S.C. 3195(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘2002’’ and in-
serting ‘‘2011’’.
SEC. 708. APPROPRIATIONS FOR RESEARCH ON NATIONAL
OR REGIONAL PROBLEMS.
Section 1434(a) of the National Agricultural Re-
search, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7
U.S.C. 3196(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘2002’’ and in-
serting ‘‘2011’’.
SEC. 709. GRANTS TO UPGRADE AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD
SCIENCES FACILITIES AT 1890 LAND-GRANT
COLLEGES, INCLUDING TUSKEGEE UNIVER-
SITY.
Section 1447(b) of the National Agricultural Re-
search, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7
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U.S.C. 3222b(b)) is amended by striking ‘‘2002’’ and in-
serting ‘‘2011’’.
SEC. 710. NATIONAL RESEARCH AND TRAINING CENTEN-
NIAL CENTERS AT 1890 LAND-GRANT INSTITU-
TIONS.
Sections 1448(a)(1) and (f) of the National Agricul-
tural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of
1977 (7 U.S.C. 3222c(a)(1) and (f)) are amended by
striking ‘‘2002’’ each place it appears and inserting
‘‘2011’’.
SEC. 711. HISPANIC-SERVING INSTITUTIONS.
Section 1455(c) of the National Agricultural Re-
search, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7
U.S.C. 3241(c)) is amended by striking ‘‘2002’’ and in-
serting ‘‘2011’’.
SEC. 712. COMPETITIVE GRANTS FOR INTERNATIONAL AG-
RICULTURAL SCIENCE AND EDUCATION PRO-
GRAMS.
Section 1459A(c) of the National Agricultural Re-
search, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7
U.S.C. 3292b(c)) is amended by striking ‘‘2002’’ and in-
serting ‘‘2011’’.
SEC. 713. UNIVERSITY RESEARCH.
Subsections (a) and (b) of section 1463 of the Na-
tional Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching
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Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3311(a) and (b)) are amend-
ed by striking ‘‘2002’’ each place it appears and inserting
‘‘2011’’.
SEC. 714. EXTENSION SERVICE.
Section 1464 of the National Agricultural Research,
Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C.
3312) is amended by striking ‘‘2002’’ and inserting
‘‘2011’’.
SEC. 715. SUPPLEMENTAL AND ALTERNATIVE CROPS.
Section 1473D(a) of the National Agricultural Re-
search, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7
U.S.C. 3319d(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘2002’’ and in-
serting ‘‘2011’’.
SEC. 716. AQUACULTURE RESEARCH FACILITIES.
The first sentence of section 1477 of the National
Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy
Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3324) is amended by striking
‘‘2002’’ and inserting ‘‘2011’’.
SEC. 717. RANGELAND RESEARCH.
Section 1483(a) of the National Agricultural Re-
search, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7
U.S.C. 3336(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘2002’’ and in-
serting ‘‘2011’’.
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SEC. 718. NATIONAL GENETICS RESOURCES PROGRAM.
Section 1635(b) of the Food, Agriculture, Conserva-
tion, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 5844(b)) is amend-
ed by striking ‘‘1995’’ and inserting ‘‘2011’’.
SEC. 719. HIGH-PRIORITY RESEARCH AND EXTENSION INI-
TIATIVES.
Section 1672(h) of the Food, Agriculture, Conserva-
tion, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 5925(h)) is amend-
ed by striking ‘‘2002’’ and inserting ‘‘2011’’.
SEC. 720. NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT RESEARCH AND EXTEN-
SION INITIATIVE.
Section 1672A(g) of the Food, Agriculture, Conserva-
tion, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 5925a(g)) is
amended by striking ‘‘2002’’ and inserting ‘‘2011’’.
SEC. 721. AGRICULTURAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS PRO-
GRAM.
Section 1673(h) of the Food, Agriculture, Conserva-
tion, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 5926(h)) is amend-
ed by striking ‘‘2002’’ and inserting ‘‘2011’’.
SEC. 722. ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH AND
COMMERCIALIZATION REVOLVING FUND.
(a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section
1664(g)(1) of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and
Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 5908(g)(1)) is amended by
striking ‘‘2002’’ and inserting ‘‘2011’’.
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(b) CAPITALIZATION.—Section 1664(g)(2) of such
Act (7 U.S.C. 5908(g)(2)) is amended by striking ‘‘2002’’
and inserting ‘‘2011’’.
SEC. 723. ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM FOR FARM-
ERS WITH DISABILITIES.
Section 1680(c)(1) of the Food, Agriculture, Con-
servation, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 5933(c)(1))
is amended by striking ‘‘2002’’ and inserting ‘‘2011’’.
SEC. 724. PARTNERSHIPS FOR HIGH-VALUE AGRICULTURAL
PRODUCT QUALITY RESEARCH.
Section 402(g) of the Agricultural Research, Exten-
sion, and Education Reform Act of 1998 (7 U.S.C.
7622(g)) is amended by striking ‘‘2002’’ and inserting
‘‘2011’’.
SEC. 725. BIOBASED PRODUCTS.
(a) PILOT PROJECT.—Section 404(e)(2) of the Agri-
cultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act
of 1998 (7 U.S.C. 7624(e)(2)) is amended by striking
‘‘2001’’ and inserting ‘‘2011’’.
(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section
404(h) of such Act (7 U.S.C. 7624(h)) is amended by
striking ‘‘2002’’ and inserting ‘‘2011’’.
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SEC. 726. INTEGRATED RESEARCH, EDUCATION, AND EX-
TENSION COMPETITIVE GRANTS PROGRAM.
Section 406(e) of the Agricultural Research, Exten-
sion, and Education Reform Act of 1998 (7 U.S.C.
7626(e)) is amended by striking ‘‘2002’’ and inserting
‘‘2011’’.
SEC. 727. INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY BUILDING GRANTS.
(a) GENERALLY.—Section 535(b)(1) of the Equity in
Educational Land-Grant Status Act of 1994 (7 U.S.C.
301 note) is amended by striking ‘‘2000’’ and inserting
‘‘2011’’.
(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section
535(c) of such Act is amended by striking ‘‘2000’’ and
inserting ‘‘2011’’.
SEC. 728. 1994 INSTITUTION RESEARCH GRANTS.
Section 536(c) of the Equity in Educational Land-
Grant Status Act of 1994 (7 U.S.C. 301 note) is amended
by striking ‘‘2002’’ and inserting ‘‘2011’’.
SEC. 729. ENDOWMENT FOR 1994 INSTITUTIONS.
The first sentence of section 533(b) of the Equity in
Educational Land-Grant Status Act of 1994 (7 U.S.C.
301 note) is amended by striking ‘‘$4,600,000’’ and all
that follows through the period and inserting ‘‘such sums
as are necessary to carry out this section for each of fiscal
years 1996 through 2011.’’.
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SEC. 730. PRECISION AGRICULTURE.
Section 403(i) of the Agricultural Research, Exten-
sion, and Education Reform Act of 1998 (7 U.S.C.
7623(i)) is amended by striking ‘‘2002’’ and inserting
‘‘2011’’.
SEC. 731. THOMAS JEFFERSON INITIATIVE FOR CROP DI-
VERSIFICATION.
Section 405(h) of the Agricultural Research, Exten-
sion, and Education Reform Act of 1998 (7 U.S.C.
7625(h)) is amended by striking ‘‘2002’’ and inserting
‘‘2011’’.
SEC. 732. SUPPORT FOR RESEARCH REGARDING DISEASES
OF WHEAT, TRITICALE, AND BARLEY CAUSED
BY 
FUSARIUM 
GRAMINEARUM 
OR 
BY
TILLETIA INDICA.
Section 408(e) of the Agricultural Research, Exten-
sion, and Education Reform Act of 1998 (7 U.S.C.
7628(e)) is amended by striking ‘‘2002’’ and inserting
‘‘2011’’.
SEC. 733. OFFICE OF PEST MANAGEMENT POLICY.
Section 614(f) of the Agricultural Research, Exten-
sion, and Education Reform Act of 1998 (7 U.S.C.
7653(f)) is amended by striking ‘‘2002’’ and inserting
‘‘2011’’.
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SEC. 734. NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH, EXTEN-
SION, EDUCATION, AND ECONOMICS ADVI-
SORY BOARD.
Section 1408(h) of the National Agricultural Re-
search, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7
U.S.C. 3123(h)) is amended by striking ‘‘2002’’ and in-
serting ‘‘2011’’.
SEC. 735. GRANTS FOR RESEARCH ON PRODUCTION AND
MARKETING OF ALCOHOLS AND INDUSTRIAL
HYDROCARBONS FROM AGRICULTURAL COM-
MODITIES AND FOREST PRODUCTS.
Section 1419(d) of the National Agricultural Re-
search, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7
U.S.C. 3154(d)) is amended by striking ‘‘2002’’ and in-
serting ‘‘2011’’.
SEC. 736. BIOMASS RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT.
Title III of the Agricultural Risk Protection Act of
2000 (7 U.S.C. 7624 note) is amended—
(1) in section 307(f), by striking ‘‘2005’’ and
inserting ‘‘2011’’; and
(2) in section 310, by striking ‘‘2005’’ and in-
serting ‘‘2011’’.
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SEC. 737. AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATIONS RE-
SEARCH FACILITIES.
Section 6(a) of the Research Facilities Act (7 U.S.C.
390d(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘2002’’ and inserting
‘‘2011’’.
SEC. 738. COMPETITIVE, SPECIAL, AND FACILITIES RE-
SEARCH GRANTS NATIONAL RESEARCH INI-
TIATIVE.
Subsection (b)(10) of the Competitive, Special, and
Facilities Research Grant Act (7 U.S.C. 450i(b)(10)) is
amended by striking ‘‘2002’’ and inserting ‘‘2011’’.
SEC. 739. FEDERAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH FACILITIES
AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
Section 1431 of the National Agricultural Research,
Extension, and Teaching Policy Act Amendments of 1985
(Public Law 99–198; 99 Stat. 1556) is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘2002’’ and inserting ‘‘2011’’.
Subtitle B—Modifications
SEC. 741. EQUITY IN EDUCATIONAL LAND-GRANT STATUS
ACT OF 1994.
(a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section
534(a)(1)(A) of the Equity in Educational Land-Grant
Status Act of 1994 (7 U.S.C. 301 note) is amended by
striking ‘‘$50,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$100,000’’.
(b) WITHDRAWALS
AND EXPENDITURES.—Section
533(c)(4)(A) of such Act is amended by striking ‘‘section
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390(3)’’ and all that follows through ‘‘1998))’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘section 2(a)(7) of the Tribally Controlled College or
University Assistance Act of 1978)’’.
(c) ACCREDITATION.—Section 533(a)(3) of such Act
is amended by striking ‘‘under sections 534 and 535’’ and
inserting ‘‘under sections 534, 535, and 536’’.
(d) 1994 INSTITUTIONS.—Section 532 of such Act is
amended by striking paragraphs (1) through (30) and in-
serting the following:
‘‘(1) Bay Mills Community College.
‘‘(2) Blackfeet Community College.
‘‘(3) Cankdeska Cikana Community College.
‘‘(4) College of Menominee Nation.
‘‘(5) Crownpoint Institute of Technology.
‘‘(6) D–Q University.
‘‘(7) Dine´ College.
‘‘(8) Dull Knife Memorial College.
‘‘(9) Fond du Lac Tribal and Community Col-
lege.
‘‘(10) Fort Belknap College.
‘‘(11) Fort Berthold Community College.
‘‘(12) Fort Peck Community College.
‘‘(13) Haskell Indian Nations University.
‘‘(14) Institute of American Indian and Alaska
Native Culture and Arts Development.
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‘‘(15) Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwa Community
College.
‘‘(16) Leech Lake Tribal College.
‘‘(17) Little Big Horn College.
‘‘(18) Little Priest Tribal College.
‘‘(19) Nebraska Indian Community College.
‘‘(20) Northwest Indian College.
‘‘(21) Oglala Lakota College.
‘‘(22) Salish Kootenai College.
‘‘(23) Sinte Gleska University.
‘‘(24) Sisseton Wahpeton Community College.
‘‘(25) Si Tanka/Huron University.
‘‘(26) Sitting Bull College.
‘‘(27) Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Insti-
tute.
‘‘(28) Stone Child College.
‘‘(29) Turtle Mountain Community College.
‘‘(30) United Tribes Technical College.’’.
SEC. 742. NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH, EXTEN-
SION, AND TEACHING POLICY ACT OF 1977.
Section 1404(4) of the National Agricultural Re-
search, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7
U.S.C. 3103(4)) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ after subparagraph (D);
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(2) by striking the period at the end of sub-
paragraph (E) and inserting ‘‘, or’’; and
(3) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘(F) is
one of the 1994 Institutions (as defined in section
532 of the Equity in Educational Land-Grant Sta-
tus Act of 1994).’’.
SEC. 743. AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH, EXTENSION, AND
EDUCATION REFORM ACT OF 1998.
(a) PRIORITY MISSION AREAS.—Section 401(c)(2) of
the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Re-
form Act of 1998 (7 U.S.C. 7621(c)(2)) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of subpara-
graph (E);
(2) by striking the period at the end of sub-
paragraph (F) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and
(3) by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraph:
‘‘(G) alternative fuels and renewable en-
ergy sources.’’.
(b) PRECISION AGRICULTURE.—Section 403 of the
Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform
Act of 1998 (7 U.S.C. 7623) is amended—
(1) in subsection (a)(5)(F), by inserting ‘‘(in-
cluding improved use of energy inputs)’’ after ‘‘farm
production efficiencies’’; and
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(2) in subsection (d)—
(A) by redesignating paragraphs (4) and
(5) as paragraphs (5) and (6), respectively; and
(B) by inserting after paragraph (3) the
following new paragraph:
‘‘(4) Improve on farm energy use efficiencies.’’.
(c) THOMAS JEFFERSON INITIATIVE FOR CROP DI-
VERSIFICATION.—Section 405(a) of the Agricultural Re-
search, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 (7
U.S.C. 7625(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘and marketing’’
and inserting ‘‘, marketing, and efficient use’’.
(d) COORDINATED PROGRAM OF RESEARCH, EXTEN-
SION, AND
EDUCATION
TO
IMPROVE
VIABILITY
OF
SMALL- AND MEDIUM-SIZE DAIRY, LIVESTOCK, AND
POULTRY OPERATIONS.—Section 407(b)(3) of the Agri-
cultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act
of 1998 (7 U.S.C. 7627(b)(3)) is amended by inserting
‘‘(including improved use of energy inputs)’’ after ‘‘poultry
systems that increase efficiencies’’.
(e) SUPPORT FOR RESEARCH REGARDING DISEASES
OF WHEAT, TRITICALE, AND BARLEY CAUSED BY FUSAR-
IUM GRAMINEARUM OR BY TILLETIA INDICA.—
(1) RESEARCH
GRANT
AUTHORIZED.—Section
408(a) of the Agricultural Research, Extension, and
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(E) in paragraph (3)(B), by striking ‘‘and
barley infected with wheat scab’’ and inserting
‘‘, triticale, and barley infected with wheat scab
or with Karnal bunt’’;
(F) in paragraph (3)(C), by inserting
‘‘wheat scab’’ after ‘‘to render’’;
(G) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘and
barley to wheat scab’’ and inserting ‘‘, triticale,
and barley to wheat scab and to Karnal bunt’’;
and
(H) in paragraph (5)—
(i) by inserting ‘‘and Karnal bunt’’
after ‘‘wheat scab’’; and
(ii) by inserting ‘‘, triticale,’’ after
‘‘resistant wheat’’.
(3) 
COMMUNICATIONS
NETWORKS.—Section
408(c) of such Act (7 U.S.C. 7628(c)) is amended
by inserting ‘‘or Karnal bunt’’ after ‘‘wheat scab’’.
(4) TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.—(A) The sec-
tion heading for section 408 of such Act is amended
by striking ‘‘AND BARLEY CAUSED BY FUSARIUM
GRAMINEARUM’’ and inserting ‘‘, TRITICALE,
AND
BARLEY
CAUSED
BY
FUSARIUM
GRAMINEARUM OR BY TILLETIA INDICA’’.
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(B) The table of sections for such Act is
amended by striking ‘‘and barley caused by fusarium
graminearum’’ in the item relating to section 408
and inserting ‘‘, triticale, and barley caused by Fu-
sarium graminearum or by Tilletia indica’’.
SEC. 744. FOOD, AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION, AND
TRADE ACT OF 1990.
(a) AGRICULTURAL GENOME INITIATIVE.—Section
1671(b) of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and
Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 5924(b)) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (3), by inserting ‘‘pathogens
and’’ before ‘‘diseases causing economic hardship’’;
(2) in paragraph (6), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the
end;
(3) by redesignating paragraph (7) as para-
graph (8); and
(4) by inserting after paragraph (6) the fol-
lowing new paragraph:
‘‘(7) reducing the economic impact of plant
pathogens on commercially important crop plants;
and’’.
(b) HIGH-PRIORITY RESEARCH AND EXTENSION INI-
TIATIVES.—Section 1672(e) of the Food, Agriculture,
Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 5925) is
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amended by adding at the end the following new para-
graphs:
‘‘(25) RESEARCH
TO
PROTECT
THE
UNITED
STATES
FOOD
SUPPLY
AND
AGRICULTURE
FROM
BIOTERRORISM.—Research grants may be made
under this section for the purpose of developing
technologies, which support the capability to deal
with the threat of agricultural bioterrorism.
‘‘(26) WIND EROSION RESEARCH AND EXTEN-
SION.—Research and extension grants may be made
under this section for the purpose of validating wind
erosion models.
‘‘(27) CROP
LOSS
RESEARCH
AND
EXTEN-
SION.—Research and extension grants may be made
under this section for the purpose of validating crop
loss models.
‘‘(28) LAND USE MANAGEMENT RESEARCH AND
EXTENSION.—Research and extension grants may be
made under this section for the purposes of evalu-
ating the environmental benefits of land use man-
agement tools such as those provided in the Farm-
land Protection Program.
‘‘(29) WATER
AND
AIR
QUALITY
RESEARCH
AND
EXTENSION.—Research and extension grants
may be made under this section for the purpose of
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better understanding agricultural impacts to air and
water quality and means to address them.
‘‘(30) REVENUE
AND
INSURANCE
TOOLS
RE-
SEARCH AND EXTENSION.—Research and extension
grants may be made under this section for the pur-
poses of better understanding the impact of revenue
and insurance tools on farm income.
‘‘(31) AGROTOURISM
RESEARCH
AND
EXTEN-
SION.—Research and extension grants may be made
under this section for the purpose of better under-
standing the economic, environmental, and food sys-
tems impacts on agrotourism.
‘‘(32) HARVESTING PRODUCTIVITY FOR FRUITS
AND VEGETABLES.—Research and extension grants
may be made under this section for the purpose of
improving harvesting productivity for fruits and
vegetables (including citrus), including the develop-
ment of mechanical harvesting technologies and ef-
fective, economical, and safe abscission compounds.
‘‘(33) NITROGEN-FIXATION
BY
PLANTS.—Re-
search and extension grants may be made under this
section for the purpose of enhancing the nitrogen-
fixing ability and efficiency of legumes, developing
new varieties of legumes that fix nitrogen more effi-
ciently, and developing new varieties of other com-
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mercially important crops that potentially are able to
fix nitrogen.
‘‘(34) AGRICULTURAL MARKETING.—Extension
grants may be made under this section for the pur-
pose of providing education materials, information,
and outreach programs regarding commodity and
livestock marketing strategies for agricultural pro-
ducers and for cooperatives and other marketers of
any agricultural commodity, including livestock.
‘‘(35) ENVIRONMENT AND PRIVATE LANDS RE-
SEARCH AND EXTENSION.—Research and extension
grants may be made under this section for the pur-
pose of researching the use of computer models to
aid in assessment of best management practices on
a watershed basis, working with government, indus-
try, and private landowners to help craft industry-
led solutions to identified environmental issues, re-
searching and monitoring water, air, or soil environ-
mental quality to aid in the development of new ap-
proaches to local environmental concerns, and work-
ing with local, State, and federal officials to help
craft effective environmental solutions that respect
private property rights and agricultural production
realities.
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and local natural resource management agencies, institu-
tions of higher education, and the private sector.
‘‘(f) REIMBURSEMENT OF ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall share
the cost of implementing the approved activities that
the Secretary determines are appropriate, in the
case of an owner that has entered into an agreement
to place nonindustrial private forest lands of the
owner in the Program.
‘‘(2) RATE.—The Secretary shall determine the
appropriate reimbursement rate for cost-share pay-
ments under paragraph (1) and the schedule for
making such payments.
‘‘(3) MAXIMUM.—The Secretary shall not make
cost-share payments under this subsection to an
owner in an amount in excess of 75 percent of the
total cost, or a lower percentage as determined by
the State forester, to such owner for implementing
the practices under an approved plan. The maximum
payments to any one owner shall be determined by
the Secretary.
‘‘(4) CONSULTATION.—The Secretary shall
make determinations under this subsection in con-
sultation with the State forester.
‘‘(g) RECAPTURE.—