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under subsection (a) that is not excluded from environ-
mental review under regulations issued by the Secretary 
in effect on the date of the enactment of this subsection 
(or any successor regulations), the Secretary shall conduct 
an 
environmental 
analysis 
described 
in 
section 
411A(b)(1)(B). Such analysis shall be the only environ-
mental analysis or procedure required or authorized by law 
with respect to reviewing and taking action on such an 
application.’’. 
(c) TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS.— 
(1) COMPLETENESS.— 
(A) COMPLETENESS OF PETITIONS.—Not-
withstanding any other provision of law, includ-
ing section 411A of the Plant Protection Act 
(as added by subsection (a)), if the Secretary of 
Agriculture determined that a petition sub-
mitted before the date of the enactment of this 
section under section 340.6 of title 7, Code of 
Federal Regulations, for a determination that 
an organism is not a plant pest was complete 
before such date, the Secretary shall consider 
such petition to be complete and maintain the 
status such petition had in the process for the 
review of such petition on such date under sec-
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tion 340.6 of title 7, Code of Federal Regula-
tions. 
(B) COMPLETENESS OF APPLICATIONS FOR 
PERMITS.—Notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, including subsection (c) of section 411 
of the Plant Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 7711) (as 
amended by subsection (b)), if the Secretary of 
Agriculture determined that an application for 
a permit submitted under subsection (a) of such 
section (7 U.S.C. 7711) before the date of the 
enactment of this section was complete before 
such date, the Secretary shall consider such ap-
plication to be complete and maintain the sta-
tus such application had in the process for the 
review of such application on such date under 
subsection (a) of such section. 
(2) USE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS.— 
(A) USE
OF
ENVIRONMENTAL
ANALYSIS 
FOR
PETITIONS.—Notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, the Secretary of Agriculture 
shall use any environmental analysis conducted 
for purposes of a petition submitted under sec-
tion 340.6 of title 7, Code of Federal Regula-
tions, before the date of the enactment of this 
section with respect to an organism to the 
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greatest extent possible to complete the environ-
mental analysis conducted under section 411A 
of the Plant Protection Act (as added by sub-
section (a)) for purposes of a petition submitted 
under subsection (a) of such section with re-
spect to such organism. 
(B) USE
OF
ENVIRONMENTAL
ANALYSIS 
FOR
APPLICATIONS
FOR
PERMITS.—Notwith-
standing any other provision of law, the Sec-
retary of Agriculture shall use any environ-
mental analysis conducted for purposes of an 
application for a permit submitted under sub-
section (a) of section 411 of the Plant Protec-
tion Act (7 U.S.C. 7711) before the date of the 
enactment of this section with respect to such 
organism to the greatest extent possible to com-
plete the environmental analysis conducted 
under subsection (d) of such section (as amend-
ed by subsection (b)) with respect to such orga-
nism. 
(3) SPECIAL CONSIDERATION FOR REVIEW OF 
CERTAIN PETITIONS.— 
(A) PENDING PETITIONS WITHOUT A COM-
PLETED PLANT PEST RISK ASSESSMENT.—Not-
withstanding section 411A(b)(2) of the Plant 
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Protection Act (as added by subsection (a)), the 
Secretary of Agriculture shall determine the 
length of the period for the review of petitions 
submitted under section 340.6 of title 7, Code 
of Federal Regulations, before the date of the 
enactment of this section for which a plant pest 
risk assessment has not been completed on or 
before such date of enactment. 
(B) PENDING
PETITIONS
WITH
A
COM-
PLETED PLANT PEST RISK ASSESSMENT.— 
(i) DEEMING
OF
CERTAIN
PETI-
TIONS.—Notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, with respect to each covered 
petition, if the Secretary finds that there is 
no reason to believe that the organism that 
is the subject of such covered petition is a 
plant pest and the Secretary does not 
grant or deny such covered petition not 
later than 90 days after the date of the en-
actment of this section, such organism 
shall be deemed not to be a plant pest for 
purposes of the Plant Protection Act (7 
U.S.C. 7701 et seq.). 
(ii) COVERED PETITION DEFINED.— 
In this subparagraph, the term ‘‘covered 
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petition’’ means a petition submitted be-
fore the date of the enactment of this sec-
tion under section 340.6 of title 7, Code of 
Federal Regulations, for a determination 
that an organism is not a plant pest for 
which a plant pest risk assessment and an 
environmental assessment have been pub-
lished and a notice and comment period on 
each assessment has been completed as of 
such date of enactment. 
(4) REGULATIONS.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this section, the 
Secretary of Agriculture shall issue such regulations 
as the Secretary considers necessary to carry out the 
amendments made by this section. 
SEC. 10012. CONSOLIDATION OF PLANT PEST AND DISEASE 
MANAGEMENT AND DISASTER PREVENTION 
PROGRAMS. 
(a) RELOCATION OF LEGISLATIVE LANGUAGE RE-
LATING TO NATIONAL CLEAN PLANT NETWORK.—Section 
420 of the Plant Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 7721) is amend-
ed— 
(1) by redesignating subsection (e) as sub-
section (f); and 
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(2) by inserting after subsection (d) the fol-
lowing new subsection: 
‘‘(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. 
‘‘(4) CONSULTATION AND COLLABORATION.—In 
carrying out the Program, the Secretary shall— 
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