H. R. 2419 
One Hundred Tenth Congress 
of the 
United States of America 
AT THE SECOND SESSION 
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Thursday, 
the third day of January, two thousand and eight 
An Act 
To provide for the continuation of agricultural programs through fiscal year 2012, 
and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Food, Con-
servation, and Energy Act of 2008’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents of this Act 
is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
Sec. 2. Definition of Secretary. 
TITLE I—COMMODITY PROGRAMS 
Sec. 1001. Definitions. 
Subtitle A—Direct Payments and Counter-Cyclical Payments 
Sec. 1101. Base acres. 
Sec. 1102. Payment yields. 
Sec. 1103. Availability of direct payments. 
Sec. 1104. Availability of counter-cyclical payments. 
Sec. 1105. Average crop revenue election program. 
Sec. 1106. Producer agreement required as condition of provision of payments. 
Sec. 1107. Planting flexibility. 
Sec. 1108. Special rule for long grain and medium grain rice. 
Sec. 1109. Period of effectiveness. 
Subtitle B—Marketing Assistance Loans and Loan Deficiency Payments 
Sec. 1201. Availability of nonrecourse marketing assistance loans for loan commod-
ities. 
Sec. 1202. Loan rates for nonrecourse marketing assistance loans. 
Sec. 1203. Term of loans. 
Sec. 1204. Repayment of loans. 
Sec. 1205. Loan deficiency payments. 
Sec. 1206. Payments in lieu of loan deficiency payments for grazed acreage. 
Sec. 1207. Special marketing loan provisions for upland cotton. 
Sec. 1208. Special competitive provisions for extra long staple cotton. 
Sec. 1209. Availability of recourse loans for high moisture feed grains and seed cot-
ton. 
Sec. 1210. Adjustments of loans. 
Subtitle C—Peanuts 
Sec. 1301. Definitions. 
Sec. 1302. Base acres for peanuts for a farm. 
Sec. 1303. Availability of direct payments for peanuts. 
Sec. 1304. Availability of counter-cyclical payments for peanuts. 
Sec. 1305. Producer agreement required as condition on provision of payments. 
Sec. 1306. Planting flexibility. 
Sec. 1307. Marketing assistance loans and loan deficiency payments for peanuts. 
Sec. 1308. Adjustments of loans. 
Subtitle D—Sugar 
Sec. 1401. Sugar program.
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Sec. 1402. United States membership in the International Sugar Organization. 
Sec. 1403. Flexible marketing allotments for sugar. 
Sec. 1404. Storage facility loans. 
Sec. 1405. Commodity Credit Corporation storage payments. 
Subtitle E—Dairy 
Sec. 1501. Dairy product price support program. 
Sec. 1502. Dairy forward pricing program. 
Sec. 1503. Dairy export incentive program. 
Sec. 1504. Revision of Federal marketing order amendment procedures. 
Sec. 1505. Dairy indemnity program. 
Sec. 1506. Milk income loss contract program. 
Sec. 1507. Dairy promotion and research program. 
Sec. 1508. Report on Department of Agriculture reporting procedures for nonfat dry 
milk. 
Sec. 1509. Federal Milk Marketing Order Review Commission. 
Sec. 1510. Mandatory reporting of dairy commodities. 
Subtitle F—Administration 
Sec. 1601. Administration generally. 
Sec. 1602. Suspension of permanent price support authority. 
Sec. 1603. Payment limitations. 
Sec. 1604. Adjusted gross income limitation. 
Sec. 1605. Availability of quality incentive payments for covered oilseed producers. 
Sec. 1606. Personal liability of producers for deficiencies. 
Sec. 1607. Extension of existing administrative authority regarding loans. 
Sec. 1608. Assignment of payments. 
Sec. 1609. Tracking of benefits. 
Sec. 1610. Government publication of cotton price forecasts. 
Sec. 1611. Prevention of deceased individuals receiving payments under farm com-
modity programs. 
Sec. 1612. Hard white wheat development program. 
Sec. 1613. Durum wheat quality program. 
Sec. 1614. Storage facility loans. 
Sec. 1615. State, county, and area committees. 
Sec. 1616. Prohibition on charging certain fees. 
Sec. 1617. Signature authority. 
Sec. 1618. Modernization of Farm Service Agency. 
Sec. 1619. Information gathering. 
Sec. 1620. Leasing of office space. 
Sec. 1621. Geographically disadvantaged farmers and ranchers. 
Sec. 1622. Implementation. 
Sec. 1623. Repeals. 
TITLE II—CONSERVATION 
Subtitle A—Definitions and Highly Erodible Land and Wetland Conservation 
Sec. 2001. Definitions relating to conservation title of Food Security Act of 1985. 
Sec. 2002. Review of good faith determinations related to highly erodible land con-
servation. 
Sec. 2003. Review of good faith determinations related to wetland conservation. 
Subtitle B—Conservation Reserve Program 
Sec. 2101. Extension of conservation reserve program. 
Sec. 2102. Land eligible for enrollment in conservation reserve. 
Sec. 2103. Maximum enrollment of acreage in conservation reserve. 
Sec. 2104. Designation of conservation priority areas. 
Sec. 2105. Treatment of multi-year grasses and legumes. 
Sec. 2106. Revised pilot program for enrollment of wetland and buffer acreage in 
conservation reserve. 
Sec. 2107. Additional duty of participants under conservation reserve contracts. 
Sec. 2108. Managed haying, grazing, or other commercial use of forage on enrolled 
land and installation of wind turbines. 
Sec. 2109. Cost sharing payments relating to trees, windbreaks, shelterbelts, and 
wildlife corridors. 
Sec. 2110. Evaluation and acceptance of contract offers, annual rental payments, 
and payment limitations. 
Sec. 2111. Conservation reserve program transition incentives for beginning farm-
ers or ranchers and socially disadvantaged farmers or ranchers. 
Subtitle C—Wetlands Reserve Program 
Sec. 2201. Establishment and purpose of wetlands reserve program.
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Sec. 2202. Maximum enrollment and enrollment methods. 
Sec. 2203. Duration of wetlands reserve program and lands eligible for enrollment. 
Sec. 2204. Terms of wetlands reserve program easements. 
Sec. 2205. Compensation for easements under wetlands reserve program. 
Sec. 2206. Wetlands reserve enhancement program and reserved rights pilot pro-
gram. 
Sec. 2207. Duties of Secretary of Agriculture under wetlands reserve program. 
Sec. 2208. Payment limitations under wetlands reserve contracts and agreements. 
Sec. 2209. Repeal of payment limitations exception for State agreements for wet-
lands reserve enhancement. 
Sec. 2210. Report on implications of long-term nature of conservation easements. 
Subtitle D—Conservation Stewardship Program 
Sec. 2301. Conservation stewardship program. 
Subtitle E—Farmland Protection and Grassland Reserve 
Sec. 2401. Farmland protection program. 
Sec. 2402. Farm viability program. 
Sec. 2403. Grassland reserve program. 
Subtitle F—Environmental Quality Incentives Program 
Sec. 2501. Purposes of environmental quality incentives program. 
Sec. 2502. Definitions. 
Sec. 2503. Establishment and administration of environmental quality incentives 
program. 
Sec. 2504. Evaluation of applications. 
Sec. 2505. Duties of producers under environmental quality incentives program. 
Sec. 2506. Environmental quality incentives program plan. 
Sec. 2507. Duties of the Secretary. 
Sec. 2508. Limitation on environmental quality incentives program payments. 
Sec. 2509. Conservation innovation grants and payments. 
Sec. 2510. Agricultural water enhancement program. 
Subtitle G—Other Conservation Programs of the Food Security Act of 1985 
Sec. 2601. Conservation of private grazing land. 
Sec. 2602. Wildlife habitat incentive program. 
Sec. 2603. Grassroots source water protection program. 
Sec. 2604. Great Lakes Basin Program for soil erosion and sediment control. 
Sec. 2605. Chesapeake Bay watershed program. 
Sec. 2606. Voluntary public access and habitat incentive program. 
Subtitle H—Funding and Administration of Conservation Programs 
Sec. 2701. Funding of conservation programs under Food Security Act of 1985. 
Sec. 2702. Authority to accept contributions to support conservation programs. 
Sec. 2703. Regional equity and flexibility. 
Sec. 2704. Assistance to certain farmers and ranchers to improve their access to 
conservation programs. 
Sec. 2705. Report regarding enrollments and assistance under conservation pro-
grams. 
Sec. 2706. Delivery of conservation technical assistance. 
Sec. 2707. Cooperative conservation partnership initiative. 
Sec. 2708. Administrative requirements for conservation programs. 
Sec. 2709. Environmental services markets. 
Sec. 2710. Agriculture conservation experienced services program. 
Sec. 2711. Establishment of State technical committees and their responsibilities. 
Subtitle I—Conservation Programs Under Other Laws 
Sec. 2801. Agricultural management assistance program. 
Sec. 2802. Technical assistance under Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment 
Act. 
Sec. 2803. Small watershed rehabilitation program. 
Sec. 2804. Amendments to Soil and Water Resources Conservation Act of 1977. 
Sec. 2805. Resource Conservation and Development Program. 
Sec. 2806. Use of funds in Basin Funds for salinity control activities upstream of 
Imperial Dam. 
Sec. 2807. Desert terminal lakes. 
Subtitle J—Miscellaneous Conservation Provisions 
Sec. 2901. High Plains water study. 
Sec. 2902. Naming of National Plant Materials Center at Beltsville, Maryland, in 
honor of Norman A. Berg.
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Sec. 2903. Transition. 
Sec. 2904. Regulations. 
TITLE III—TRADE 
Subtitle A—Food for Peace Act 
Sec. 3001. Short title. 
Sec. 3002. United States policy. 
Sec. 3003. Food aid to developing countries. 
Sec. 3004. Trade and development assistance. 
Sec. 3005. Agreements regarding eligible countries and private entities. 
Sec. 3006. Use of local currency payments. 
Sec. 3007. General authority. 
Sec. 3008. Provision of agricultural commodities. 
Sec. 3009. Generation and use of currencies by private voluntary organizations and 
cooperatives. 
Sec. 3010. Levels of assistance. 
Sec. 3011. Food Aid Consultative Group. 
Sec. 3012. Administration. 
Sec. 3013. Assistance for stockpiling and rapid transportation, delivery, and dis-
tribution of shelf-stable prepackaged foods. 
Sec. 3014. General authorities and requirements. 
Sec. 3015. Definitions. 
Sec. 3016. Use of Commodity Credit Corporation. 
Sec. 3017. Administrative provisions. 
Sec. 3018. Consolidation and modification of annual reports regarding agricultural 
trade issues. 
Sec. 3019. Expiration of assistance. 
Sec. 3020. Authorization of appropriations. 
Sec. 3021. Minimum level of nonemergency food assistance. 
Sec. 3022. Coordination of foreign assistance programs. 
Sec. 3023. Micronutrient fortification programs. 
Sec. 3024. John Ogonowski and Doug Bereuter Farmer-to-Farmer Program. 
Subtitle B—Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 and Related Statutes 
Sec. 3101. Export credit guarantee program. 
Sec. 3102. Market access program. 
Sec. 3103. Export enhancement program. 
Sec. 3104. Foreign market development cooperator program. 
Sec. 3105. Food for Progress Act of 1985. 
Sec. 3106. McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition 
Program. 
Subtitle C—Miscellaneous 
Sec. 3201. Bill Emerson Humanitarian Trust. 
Sec. 3202. Global Crop Diversity Trust. 
Sec. 3203. Technical assistance for specialty crops. 
Sec. 3204. Emerging markets and facility guarantee loan program. 
Sec. 3205. Consultative Group to Eliminate the Use of Child Labor and Forced 
Labor in Imported Agricultural Products. 
Sec. 3206. Local and regional food aid procurement projects. 
Subtitle D—Softwood Lumber 
Sec. 3301. Softwood lumber. 
TITLE IV—NUTRITION 
Subtitle A—Food Stamp Program 
PART I—RENAMING OF FOOD STAMP ACT AND PROGRAM 
Sec. 4001. Renaming of Food Stamp Act and program. 
Sec. 4002. Conforming amendments. 
PART II—BENEFIT IMPROVEMENTS 
Sec. 4101. Exclusion of certain military payments from income. 
Sec. 4102. Strengthening the food purchasing power of low-income Americans. 
Sec. 4103. Supporting working families with child care expenses. 
Sec. 4104. Asset indexation, education, and retirement accounts. 
Sec. 4105. Facilitating simplified reporting. 
Sec. 4106. Transitional benefits option. 
Sec. 4107. Increasing the minimum benefit.
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Sec. 4108. Employment, training, and job retention. 
PART III—PROGRAM OPERATIONS 
Sec. 4111. Nutrition education. 
Sec. 4112. Technical clarification regarding eligibility. 
Sec. 4113. Clarification of split issuance. 
Sec. 4114. Accrual of benefits. 
Sec. 4115. Issuance and use of program benefits. 
Sec. 4116. Review of major changes in program design. 
Sec. 4117. Civil rights compliance. 
Sec. 4118. Codification of access rules. 
Sec. 4119. State option for telephonic signature. 
Sec. 4120. Privacy protections. 
Sec. 4121. Preservation of access and payment accuracy. 
Sec. 4122. Funding of employment and training programs. 
PART IV—PROGRAM INTEGRITY 
Sec. 4131. Eligibility disqualification. 
Sec. 4132. Civil penalties and disqualification of retail food stores and wholesale 
food concerns. 
Sec. 4133. Major systems failures. 
PART V—MISCELLANEOUS 
Sec. 4141. Pilot projects to evaluate health and nutrition promotion in the supple-
mental nutrition assistance program. 
Sec. 4142. Study on comparable access to supplemental nutrition assistance for 
Puerto Rico. 
Subtitle B—Food Distribution Programs 
PART I—EMERGENCY FOOD ASSISTANCE PROGRAM 
Sec. 4201. Emergency food assistance. 
Sec. 4202. Emergency food program infrastructure grants. 
PART II—FOOD DISTRIBUTION PROGRAM ON INDIAN RESERVATIONS 
Sec. 4211. Assessing the nutritional value of the FDPIR food package. 
PART III—COMMODITY SUPPLEMENTAL FOOD PROGRAM 
Sec. 4221. Commodity supplemental food program. 
PART IV—SENIOR FARMERS’ MARKET NUTRITION PROGRAM 
Sec. 4231. Seniors farmers’ market nutrition program. 
Subtitle C—Child Nutrition and Related Programs 
Sec. 4301. State performance on enrolling children receiving program benefits for 
free school meals. 
Sec. 4302. Purchases of locally produced foods. 
Sec. 4303. Healthy food education and program replicability. 
Sec. 4304. Fresh fruit and vegetable program. 
Sec. 4305. Whole grain products. 
Sec. 4306. Buy American requirements. 
Sec. 4307. Survey of foods purchased by school food authorities. 
Subtitle D—Miscellaneous 
Sec. 4401. Bill Emerson National Hunger Fellows and Mickey Leland International 
Hunger Fellows. 
Sec. 4402. Assistance for community food projects. 
Sec. 4403. Joint nutrition monitoring and related research activities. 
Sec. 4404. Section 32 funds for purchase of fruits, vegetables, and nuts to support 
domestic nutrition assistance programs. 
Sec. 4405. Hunger-free communities. 
Sec. 4406. Reauthorization of Federal food assistance programs. 
Sec. 4407. Effective and implementation dates. 
TITLE V—CREDIT 
Subtitle A—Farm Ownership Loans 
Sec. 5001. Direct loans. 
Sec. 5002. Conservation loan and loan guarantee program. 
Sec. 5003. Limitations on amount of farm ownership loans.
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Sec. 5004. Down payment loan program. 
Sec. 5005. Beginning farmer or rancher and socially disadvantaged farmer or 
rancher contract land sales program. 
Subtitle B—Operating Loans 
Sec. 5101. Farming experience as eligibility requirement. 
Sec. 5102. Limitations on amount of operating loans. 
Sec. 5103. Suspension of limitation on period for which borrowers are eligible for 
guaranteed assistance. 
Subtitle C—Emergency Loans 
Sec. 5201. Eligibility of equine farmers and ranchers for emergency loans. 
Subtitle D—Administrative Provisions 
Sec. 5301. Beginning farmer and rancher individual development accounts pilot 
program. 
Sec. 5302. Inventory sales preferences; loan fund set-asides. 
Sec. 5303. Loan authorization levels. 
Sec. 5304. Transition to private commercial or other sources of credit. 
Sec. 5305. Extension of the right of first refusal to reacquire homestead property 
to immediate family members of borrower-owner. 
Sec. 5306. Rural development and farm loan program activities. 
Subtitle E—Farm Credit 
Sec. 5401. Farm Credit System Insurance Corporation. 
Sec. 5402. Technical correction. 
Sec. 5403. Bank for cooperatives voting stock. 
Sec. 5404. Premiums. 
Sec. 5405. Certification of premiums. 
Sec. 5406. Rural utility loans. 
Sec. 5407. Equalization of loan-making powers of certain district associations. 
Subtitle F—Miscellaneous 
Sec. 5501. Loans to purchasers of highly fractioned land. 
TITLE VI—RURAL DEVELOPMENT 
Subtitle A—Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act 
Sec. 6001. Water, waste disposal, and wastewater facility grants. 
Sec. 6002. SEARCH grants. 
Sec. 6003. Rural business opportunity grants. 
Sec. 6004. Child day care facility grants, loans, and loan guarantees. 
Sec. 6005. Community facility grants to advance broadband. 
Sec. 6006. Rural water and wastewater circuit rider program. 
Sec. 6007. Tribal College and University essential community facilities. 
Sec. 6008. Emergency and imminent community water assistance grant program. 
Sec. 6009. Water systems for rural and native villages in Alaska. 
Sec. 6010. Grants to nonprofit organizations to finance the construction, refur-
bishing, and servicing of individually-owned household water well sys-
tems in rural areas for individuals with low or moderate incomes. 
Sec. 6011. Interest rates for water and waste disposal facilities loans. 
Sec. 6012. Cooperative equity security guarantee. 
Sec. 6013. Rural cooperative development grants. 
Sec. 6014. Grants to broadcasting systems. 
Sec. 6015. Locally or regionally produced agricultural food products. 
Sec. 6016. Appropriate technology transfer for rural areas. 
Sec. 6017. Rural economic area partnership zones. 
Sec. 6018. Definitions. 
Sec. 6019. National rural development partnership. 
Sec. 6020. Historic barn preservation. 
Sec. 6021. Grants for NOAA weather radio transmitters. 
Sec. 6022. Rural microentrepreneur assistance program. 
Sec. 6023. Grants for expansion of employment opportunities for individuals with 
disabilities in rural areas. 
Sec. 6024. Health care services. 
Sec. 6025. Delta Regional Authority. 
Sec. 6026. Northern Great Plains Regional Authority. 
Sec. 6027. Rural Business Investment Program. 
Sec. 6028. Rural Collaborative Investment Program. 
Sec. 6029. Funding of pending rural development loan and grant applications.
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Subtitle B—Rural Electrification Act of 1936 
Sec. 6101. Energy efficiency programs. 
Sec. 6102. Reinstatement of Rural Utility Services direct lending. 
Sec. 6103. Deferment of payments to allows loans for improved energy efficiency 
and demand reduction and for energy efficiency and use audits. 
Sec. 6104. Rural electrification assistance. 
Sec. 6105. Substantially underserved trust areas. 
Sec. 6106. Guarantees for bonds and notes issued for electrification or telephone 
purposes. 
Sec. 6107. Expansion of 911 access. 
Sec. 6108. Electric loans for renewable energy. 
Sec. 6109. Bonding requirements. 
Sec. 6110. Access to broadband telecommunications services in rural areas. 
Sec. 6111. National Center for Rural Telecommunications Assessment. 
Sec. 6112. Comprehensive rural broadband strategy. 
Sec. 6113. Study on rural electric power generation. 
Subtitle C—Miscellaneous 
Sec. 6201. Distance learning and telemedicine. 
Sec. 6202. Value-added agricultural market development program grants. 
Sec. 6203. Agriculture innovation center demonstration program. 
Sec. 6204. Rural firefighters and emergency medical service assistance program. 
Sec. 6205. Insurance of loans for housing and related facilities for domestic farm 
labor. 
Sec. 6206. Study of rural transportation issues. 
Subtitle D—Housing Assistance Council 
Sec. 6301. Short title. 
Sec. 6302. Assistance to Housing Assistance Council. 
Sec. 6303. Audits and reports. 
Sec. 6304. Persons not lawfully present in the United States. 
Sec. 6305. Limitation on use of authorized amounts. 
TITLE VII—RESEARCH AND RELATED MATTERS 
Subtitle A—National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 
1977 
Sec. 7101. Definitions. 
Sec. 7102. National Agricultural Research, Extension, Education, and Economics 
Advisory Board. 
Sec. 7103. Specialty crop committee report. 
Sec. 7104. Renewable energy committee. 
Sec. 7105. Veterinary medicine loan repayment. 
Sec. 7106. Eligibility of University of the District of Columbia for grants and fellow-
ships for food and agricultural sciences education. 
Sec. 7107. Grants to 1890 schools to expand extension capacity. 
Sec. 7108. Expansion of food and agricultural sciences awards. 
Sec. 7109. Grants and fellowships for food and agricultural sciences education. 
Sec. 7110. Grants for research on production and marketing of alcohols and indus-
trial hydrocarbons from agricultural commodities and forest products. 
Sec. 7111. Policy research centers. 
Sec. 7112. Education grants to Alaska Native-serving institutions and Native Ha-
waiian-serving institutions. 
Sec. 7113. Emphasis of human nutrition initiative. 
Sec. 7114. Human nutrition intervention and health promotion research program. 
Sec. 7115. Pilot research program to combine medical and agricultural research. 
Sec. 7116. Nutrition education program. 
Sec. 7117. Continuing animal health and disease research programs. 
Sec. 7118. Cooperation among eligible institutions. 
Sec. 7119. Appropriations for research on national or regional problems. 
Sec. 7120. Animal health and disease research program. 
Sec. 7121. Authorization level for extension at 1890 land-grant colleges. 
Sec. 7122. Authorization level for agricultural research at 1890 land-grant colleges. 
Sec. 7123. Grants to upgrade agricultural and food sciences facilities at 1890 land- 
grant colleges, including Tuskegee University. 
Sec. 7124. Grants to upgrade agriculture and food sciences facilities at the District 
of Columbia land-grant university. 
Sec. 7125. Grants to upgrade agriculture and food sciences facilities and equipment 
at insular area land-grant institutions. 
Sec. 7126. National research and training virtual centers.
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Sec. 7127. Matching funds requirement for research and extension activities of 
1890 institutions. 
Sec. 7128. Hispanic-serving institutions. 
Sec. 7129. Hispanic-serving agricultural colleges and universities. 
Sec. 7130. International agricultural research, extension, and education. 
Sec. 7131. Competitive grants for international agricultural science and education 
programs. 
Sec. 7132. Administration. 
Sec. 7133. Research equipment grants. 
Sec. 7134. University research. 
Sec. 7135. Extension Service. 
Sec. 7136. Supplemental and alternative crops. 
Sec. 7137. New Era Rural Technology Program. 
Sec. 7138. Capacity building grants for NLGCA Institutions. 
Sec. 7139. Borlaug international agricultural science and technology fellowship pro-
gram. 
Sec. 7140. Aquaculture assistance programs. 
Sec. 7141. Rangeland research grants. 
Sec. 7142. Special authorization for biosecurity planning and response. 
Sec. 7143. Resident instruction and distance education grants program for insular 
area institutions of higher education. 
Subtitle B—Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 
Sec. 7201. National genetics resources program. 
Sec. 7202. National Agricultural Weather Information System. 
Sec. 7203. Partnerships. 
Sec. 7204. High-priority research and extension areas. 
Sec. 7205. Nutrient management research and extension initiative. 
Sec. 7206. Organic Agriculture Research and Extension Initiative. 
Sec. 7207. Agricultural bioenergy feedstock and energy efficiency research and ex-
tension initiative. 
Sec. 7208. Farm business management and benchmarking. 
Sec. 7209. Agricultural telecommunications program. 
Sec. 7210. Assistive technology program for farmers with disabilities. 
Sec. 7211. Research on honey bee diseases. 
Sec. 7212. National Rural Information Center Clearinghouse. 
Subtitle C—Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 
Sec. 7301. Peer and merit review. 
Sec. 7302. Partnerships for high-value agricultural product quality research. 
Sec. 7303. Precision agriculture. 
Sec. 7304. Biobased products. 
Sec. 7305. Thomas Jefferson Initiative for Crop Diversification. 
Sec. 7306. Integrated research, education, and extension competitive grants pro-
gram. 
Sec. 7307. Fusarium graminearum grants. 
Sec. 7308. Bovine Johne’s disease control program. 
Sec. 7309. Grants for youth organizations. 
Sec. 7310. Agricultural biotechnology research and development for developing 
countries. 
Sec. 7311. Specialty crop research initiative. 
Sec. 7312. Food animal residue avoidance database program. 
Sec. 7313. Office of pest management policy. 
Subtitle D—Other Laws 
Sec. 7401. Critical Agricultural Materials Act. 
Sec. 7402. Equity in Educational Land-Grant Status Act of 1994. 
Sec. 7403. Smith-Lever Act. 
Sec. 7404. Hatch Act of 1887. 
Sec. 7405. Agricultural Experiment Station Research Facilities Act. 
Sec. 7406. Agriculture and food research initiative. 
Sec. 7407. Agricultural Risk Protection Act of 2000. 
Sec. 7408. Exchange or sale authority. 
Sec. 7409. Enhanced use lease authority pilot program. 
Sec. 7410. Beginning farmer and rancher development program. 
Sec. 7411. Public education regarding use of biotechnology in producing food for 
human consumption. 
Sec. 7412. McIntire-Stennis Cooperative Forestry Act. 
Sec. 7413. Renewable Resources Extension Act of 1978. 
Sec. 7414. National Aquaculture Act of 1980. 
Sec. 7415. Construction of Chinese Garden at the National Arboretum.
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Sec. 7416. National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act 
Amendments of 1985. 
Sec. 7417. Eligibility of University of the District of Columbia for certain land- 
grant university assistance. 
Subtitle E—Miscellaneous 
PART I—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
Sec. 7501. Definitions. 
Sec. 7502. Grazinglands research laboratory. 
Sec. 7503. Fort Reno Science Park Research Facility. 
Sec. 7504. Roadmap. 
Sec. 7505. Review of plan of work requirements. 
Sec. 7506. Budget submission and funding. 
PART II—RESEARCH, EDUCATION, AND ECONOMICS 
Sec. 7511. Research, education, and economics. 
PART III—NEW GRANT AND RESEARCH PROGRAMS 
Sec. 7521. Research and education grants for the study of antibiotic-resistant bac-
teria. 
Sec. 7522. Farm and ranch stress assistance network. 
Sec. 7523. Seed distribution. 
Sec. 7524. Live virus foot and mouth disease research. 
Sec. 7525. Natural products research program. 
Sec. 7526. Sun grant program. 
Sec. 7527. Study and report on food deserts. 
Sec. 7528. Demonstration project authority for temporary positions. 
Sec. 7529. Agricultural and rural transportation research and education. 
TITLE VIII—FORESTRY 
Subtitle A—Amendments to Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 
Sec. 8001. National priorities for private forest conservation. 
Sec. 8002. Long-term State-wide assessments and strategies for forest resources. 
Sec. 8003. Community forest and open space conservation program. 
Sec. 8004. Assistance to the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the 
Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau. 
Sec. 8005. Changes to Forest Resource Coordinating Committee. 
Sec. 8006. Changes to State Forest Stewardship Coordinating Committees. 
Sec. 8007. Competition in programs under Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 
1978. 
Sec. 8008. Competitive allocation of funds for cooperative forest innovation partner-
ship projects. 
Subtitle B—Cultural and Heritage Cooperation Authority 
Sec. 8101. Purposes. 
Sec. 8102. Definitions. 
Sec. 8103. Reburial of human remains and cultural items. 
Sec. 8104. Temporary closure for traditional and cultural purposes. 
Sec. 8105. Forest products for traditional and cultural purposes. 
Sec. 8106. Prohibition on disclosure. 
Sec. 8107. Severability and savings provisions. 
Subtitle C—Amendments to Other Forestry-Related Laws 
Sec. 8201. Rural revitalization technologies. 
Sec. 8202. Office of International Forestry. 
Sec. 8203. Emergency forest restoration program. 
Sec. 8204. Prevention of illegal logging practices. 
Sec. 8205. Healthy forests reserve program. 
Subtitle D—Boundary Adjustments and Land Conveyance Provisions 
Sec. 8301. Green Mountain National Forest boundary adjustment. 
Sec. 8302. Land conveyances, Chihuahuan Desert Nature Park, New Mexico, and 
George Washington National Forest, Virginia. 
Sec. 8303. Sale and exchange of National Forest System land, Vermont. 
Subtitle E—Miscellaneous Provisions 
Sec. 8401. Qualifying timber contract options. 
Sec. 8402. Hispanic-serving institution agricultural land national resources leader-
ship program.