(c) MINIMUM GRANT AMOUNT.—At a minimum, each 
eligible State shall receive $2,000,000 per year as a grant 
under this section. 
(d) GRANT EXPENDITURE PRIORITIES.—As a condi-
tion on the receipt of a grant under this section, the State 
department of agriculture shall conduct at least one public 
hearing, or provide some other method for public com-
ment, to obtain the advice and opinion of specialty crop 
producers in the State regarding the disposition of the 
grant funds. The Secretary shall ensure that State agri-
culture authorities take such advice and opinions into ac-
count in making their decisions on the expenditure of the 
grant funds. 
(e) USE OF COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION.—
The Secretary shall use $470,000,000 of funds of the 
Commodity Credit Corporation during each of the fiscal 
years 2004 through 2008. 
SEC. 102. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE OPERATING 
LOANS. 
(a) INCREASE IN LIMITS ON OPERATING LOANS FOR 
PRODUCERS
OF
FRUITS
OR
VEGETABLES.—Section 
313(a)(1) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Develop-
ment Act (7 U.S.C. 1943(a)(1)) is amended—
(1) by inserting ‘‘or, if the borrower is a pro-
ducer 
of 
a 
specialty 
crop, 
$500,000’’ 
after 
‘‘$200,000’’; and 
(2) by inserting ‘‘or, if the borrower is a pro-
ducer of a specialty crop, $1,500,000’’ after 
‘‘$700,000’’.
TITLE II—MARKETING 
SEC. 201. IMPLEMENTATION OF FOOD SAFETY PROGRAMS 
UNDER MARKETING ORDERS. 
Section 8c(7) of the Agricultural Adjustment Act (7 
U.S.C. 608c(7)), reenacted with amendments by the Agri-
cultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937, is amended—
(1) by redesignating subparagraphs (C) and 
(D) as subparagraph (D) and (E), respectively; and 
(2) by inserting after subparagraph (B) the fol-
lowing new subparagraph (C): 
‘‘(C) In the case of an order relating to a specialty 
crop, authorizing the implementation of food safety pro-
grams, such as good agricultural and manufacturing prac-
tices, ISO 9000 standards, and Hazard Analysis of Crit-
ical Control Points programs, designed to enhance the 
safety of the specialty crop and products derived from spe-
cialty crops.’’.
SEC. 202. SCHOOL GARDEN GRANT PILOT PROGRAM. 
(a) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary of Agri-
culture may make grants to State or local educational 
agencies and nonprofit organizations for the purpose of 
supporting school garden programs that allow children to 
learn about the importance of specialty crops to a healthy 
diet. The Secretary shall initially target the grants to sub-
stantial urban centers. 
(b) CONSULTATION.—The Secretary shall develop 
and carry out the grant program in consultation with the 
State department of agriculture of each State and other 
appropriate institutions in which the grant program is 
conducted. 
(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized 
to 
be 
appropriated 
to 
the 
Secretary 
$15,000,000 to make grants under this section. 
SEC. 203. INCREASE IN MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF ASSISTANCE 
AUTHORIZED UNDER TREE ASSISTANCE PRO-
GRAM. 
Section 10204(a) of the Farm Security and Rural In-
vestment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8204(a)) is amended by 
striking ‘‘$75,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$150,000’’. 
SEC. 204. HUNTS POINT TERMINAL MARKET, BRONX, NEW 
YORK. 
The Secretary of Agriculture shall use up to 
$20,000,000 of the funds of the Commodity Credit Cor-
poration to provide restitution to licensed specialty crop 
shippers for economic losses incurred as a result of the 
preparation of false inspection certificates by graders of 
the Department of Agriculture at Hunts Point Terminal 
Market, Bronx, New York. 
SEC. 205. MAINTENANCE OF FREDERICKSBURG INSPEC-
TION TRAINING CENTER. 
There is authorized to be appropriated to the Sec-
retary of Agriculture each fiscal year $1,500,000 specifi-
cally for the maintenance of the Agricultural Marketing 
Service inspection training center in Fredericksburg, Vir-
ginia.
TITLE III—INTERNATIONAL 
TRADE 
SEC. 301. POSITION IN OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES 
TRADE REPRESENTATIVE FOR SPECIALTY 
CROPS. 
The United States Trade Representative shall estab-
lish at least one position in the Office of the United States 
Trade Representative that is responsible solely for trade 
matters related to specialty crops. 
SEC. 302. FOREIGN MARKET ACCESS STUDY AND STRATEGY 
PLAN. 
(a) STUDY.—The General Accounting Office shall 
study—
(1) the extent to which United States specialty 
crops have or have not benefited from any reduc-
tions of foreign trade barriers, as provided for in the 
Uruguay Round Agreements; and 
(2) the reasons why United States specialty 
crops have or have not benefited from such trade-
barrier reductions. 
(b) STRATEGY PLAN.—The Secretary shall prepare 
a foreign market access strategy plan, on the basis of the 
foreign market access study, to increase exports of spe-
cialty crops, including an assessment of the foreign trade 
barriers that are incompatible with the Uruguay Round 
Agreements and a strategy for removing those barriers. 
(c) REPORT.—Not later than one year after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the General Accounting Of-
fice shall submit to Congress a report that contains the 
results of the study and the Secretary shall submit to Con-
gress the plan. 
(d) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this section, 
‘‘Uruguay Round Agreements’’ includes any agreement re-
ferred to in section 101(d) of the Uruguay Round Agree-
ments Act (19 U.S.C. 3511(d)).
SEC. 303. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FOR SPECIALTY CROPS. 
Section 3205(d) of the Farm Security and Rural In-
vestment Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–171; 7 U.S.C. 
5680(d)) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘$2,000,000’’ and inserting 
‘‘$10,000,000’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘2002’’ and inserting ‘‘2004’’. 
SEC. 304. ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERV-
ICE. 
The Secretary of Agriculture shall establish, in the 
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service of the De-
partment of Agriculture, the Sanitary and Phytosanitary 
Export Petition Division for the sole purpose of processing 
petitions that are submitted to that service for reducing 
sanitary and phytosanitary trade barriers in export mar-
kets. Each division shall be adequately staffed and sup-
ported by resources necessary and appropriate to manage 
the work associated with export petitions. The Secretary 
is directed to eliminate the existing backlog of petitions 
within five years of enactment. 
SEC. 305. SUPPLIER CREDIT GUARANTEE PROGRAM. 
(a) STUDY.—The Secretary of Agriculture shall di-
rect the Foreign Agricultural Service of the Department 
of Agriculture, in consultation with the Agricultural Tech-
nical Advisory Committee for Trade in Fruits and Vegeta-
bles and the Agricultural Technical Advisory Committee