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‘‘(6) $15,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2014 
through 2018; and’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(c) MODERNIZATION AND TECHNOLOGY UPGRADE 
FOR NATIONAL ORGANIC PROGRAM.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall mod-
ernize database and technology systems of the na-
tional organic program. 
‘‘(2) FUNDING.—Of the funds of the Com-
modity Credit Corporation and in addition to any 
other funds made available for that purpose, the 
Secretary shall make available to carry out this sub-
section $5,000,000 for fiscal year 2014, to remain 
available until expended.’’. 
SEC. 10006. FOOD SAFETY EDUCATION INITIATIVES. 
Section 10105(c) of the Food, Conservation, and En-
ergy Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 7655a(c)) is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘2012’’ and inserting ‘‘2018’’. 
SEC. 10007. COORDINATED PLANT MANAGEMENT PRO-
GRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 420 of the Plant Protec-
tion Act (7 U.S.C. 7721) is amended— 
(1) by striking the section heading and insert-
ing ‘‘COORDINATED PLANT MANAGEMENT PRO-
GRAM.’’; 
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(2) by redesignating subsection (e) as sub-
section (f); and 
(3) by inserting after subsection (d) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(e) NATIONAL CLEAN PLANT NETWORK.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall estab-
lish a program to be known as the ‘National Clean 
Plant Network’ (referred to in this subsection as the 
‘Program’). 
‘‘(2) REQUIREMENTS.—Under the Program, the 
Secretary shall establish a network of clean plant 
centers for diagnostic and pathogen elimination serv-
ices— 
‘‘(A) to produce clean propagative plant 
material; and 
‘‘(B) to maintain blocks of pathogen-tested 
plant material in sites located throughout the 
United States. 
‘‘(3) AVAILABILITY OF CLEAN PLANT SOURCE 
MATERIAL.—Clean plant source material produced 
or maintained under the Program may be made 
available to— 
‘‘(A) a State for a certified plant program 
of the State; and 
‘‘(B) private nurseries and producers. 
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‘‘(4) CONSULTATION AND COLLABORATION.—In 
carrying out the Program, the Secretary shall— 
‘‘(A) consult with— 
‘‘(i) State departments of agriculture; 
and 
‘‘(ii) land-grant colleges and univer-
sities and NLGCA Institutions (as those 
terms are defined in section 1404 of the 
National Agricultural Research, Extension, 
and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 
3103)); and 
‘‘(B) to the extent practicable and with 
input from the appropriate State officials and 
industry representatives, use existing Federal or 
State facilities to serve as clean plant centers.’’. 
(b) FUNDING.—Subsection (f) of section 420 of the 
Plant Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 7721) (as redesignated by 
subsection (a)(2)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 
end; 
(2) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘and each fis-
cal year thereafter.’’ and inserting a semicolon; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(5) $60,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2014 
through 2017; and 
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‘‘(6) $65,000,000 for fiscal year 2018 and each 
fiscal year thereafter.’’. 
(c) REPEAL
OF
EXISTING
PROVISION.—Section 
10202 of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 
(7 U.S.C. 7761) is repealed. 
(d) CLARIFICATION OF USE OF FUNDS FOR TECH-
NICAL ASSISTANCE.—Section 420 of the Plant Protection 
Act (7 U.S.C. 7721) (as amended by subsection (a)) is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(g) RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER LAW.—The use of 
Commodity Credit Corporation funds under this section 
to provide technical assistance shall not be considered an 
allotment or fund transfer from the Commodity Credit 
Corporation for purposes of the limit on expenditures for 
technical assistance imposed by section 11 of the Com-
modity Credit Corporation Charter Act (15 U.S.C. 
714i).’’. 
SEC. 10008. SPECIALTY CROP BLOCK GRANTS. 
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)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘subsection (j)’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘subsection (l)’’; and 
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(B) by striking ‘‘2012’’ and inserting 
‘‘2018’’; 
(2) by striking subsection (b) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(b) GRANTS BASED ON VALUE AND ACREAGE.— 
Subject to subsection (c), in the case of each State with 
an application for a grant for a fiscal year that is accepted 
by the Secretary of Agriculture under subsection (f), the 
amount of a grant for a fiscal year to a State under this 
section shall bear the same ratio to the total amount made 
available under subsection (l) for that fiscal year as— 
‘‘(1) the average of the most recent available 
value of specialty crop production in the State and 
the acreage of specialty crop production in the State, 
as demonstrated in the most recent Census of Agri-
culture data; bears to 
‘‘(2) the average of the most recent available 
value of specialty crop production in all States and 
the acreage of specialty crop production in all 
States, as demonstrated in the most recent Census 
of Agriculture data.’’; 
(3) by redesignating subsection (j) as sub-
section (l); 
(4) by inserting after subsection (i) the fol-
lowing: 
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