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SEC. 7408. BEGINNING FARMER AND RANCHER DEVELOP-
MENT PROGRAM UNDER FARM SECURITY 
AND RURAL INVESTMENT ACT OF 2002. 
Section 7405 of the Farm Security and Rural Invest-
ment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 3319f) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (c)(8)— 
(A) in subparagraph (B), by striking 
‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(B) in subparagraph (C), by striking the 
period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(D) beginning farmers and ranchers who 
are veterans (as defined in section 101 of title 
38, United States Code).’’; and 
(2) by redesignating subsection (h) as sub-
section (i); 
(3) by inserting after subsection (g) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(h) STATE GRANTS.— 
‘‘(1) DEFINITION
OF
ELIGIBLE
ENTITY.—In 
this subsection, the term ‘eligible entity’ means— 
‘‘(A) an agency of a State or political sub-
division of a State; 
‘‘(B) a national, State, or regional organi-
zation of agricultural producers; and 
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‘‘(C) any other entity determined appro-
priate by the Secretary. 
‘‘(2) GRANTS.—The Secretary shall use such 
sums as are necessary of funds made available to 
carry out this section for each fiscal year under sub-
section (i) to make grants to States, on a competi-
tive basis, which States shall use the grants to make 
grants to eligible entities to establish and improve 
farm safety programs at the local level.’’; and 
(4) in subsection (i) (as redesignated by para-
graph (2))— 
(A) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) in the heading, by striking ‘‘FOR 
FISCAL YEARS 2009 THROUGH 2012’’; 
(ii) in subparagraph (A), by striking 
‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(iii) in subparagraph (B), by striking 
the period at the end and inserting ‘‘; 
and’’; and 
(iv) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(C) $17,000,000 for each of fiscal years 
2014 through 2018, to remain available until 
expended.’’; 
(B) in paragraph (2)— 
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(i) in the heading, by striking ‘‘FOR 
FISCAL YEARS 2009 THROUGH 2012’’; and 
(ii) striking ‘‘2012’’ and inserting 
‘‘2018’’; and 
(C) by striking paragraph (3). 
Subtitle E—Food, Conservation, 
and Energy Act of 2008 
PART I—AGRICULTURAL SECURITY 
SEC. 7501. AGRICULTURAL BIOSECURITY COMMUNICATION 
CENTER. 
Section 14112 of the Food, Conservation, and En-
ergy Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 8912) is amended by striking 
subsection (c) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this sec-
tion— 
‘‘(1) such sums as are necessary for each of fis-
cal years 2008 through 2013; and 
‘‘(2) $2,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2014 
through 2018.’’. 
SEC. 7502. ASSISTANCE TO BUILD LOCAL CAPACITY IN AG-
RICULTURAL BIOSECURITY PLANNING, PREP-
ARATION, AND RESPONSE. 
Section 14113 of the Food, Conservation, and En-
ergy Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 8913) is amended— 
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(1) in subsection (a)(2)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘such sums as may be nec-
essary’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘subsection’’ and all that 
follows and inserting the following: ‘‘sub-
section— 
‘‘(1) such sums as are necessary for each of fis-
cal years 2008 through 2013; and 
‘‘(2) $15,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2014 
through 2018.’’; and 
(2) in subsection (b)(2), by striking ‘‘is author-
ized to be appropriated to carry out this subsection’’ 
and all that follows and inserting the following: ‘‘are 
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this sub-
section— 
‘‘(1) $25,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2008 
through 2013; and 
‘‘(2) $15,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2014 
through 2018.’’. 
SEC. 7503. RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT OF AGRICUL-
TURAL COUNTERMEASURES. 
Section 14121(b) of the Food, Conservation, and En-
ergy Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 8921(b)) is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this sec-
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tion’’ and all that follows and inserting the following: ‘‘are 
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section— 
‘‘(1) $50,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2008 
through 2013; and 
‘‘(2) $15,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2014 
through 2018.’’. 
SEC. 7504. AGRICULTURAL BIOSECURITY GRANT PROGRAM. 
Section 14122(e) of the Food, Conservation, and En-
ergy Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 8922(e)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘such sums as are necessary’’; 
and 
(2) by striking ‘‘section’’ and all that follows 
and inserting the following: ‘‘section— 
‘‘(1) such sums as are necessary for each of fis-
cal years 2008 through 2013, to remain available 
until expended; and 
‘‘(2) $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2014 
through 2018, to remain available until expended.’’. 
PART II—MISCELLANEOUS 
SEC. 7511. GRAZINGLANDS RESEARCH LABORATORY. 
Section 7502 of the Food, Conservation, and Energy 
Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–246; 112 Stat. 2019) is 
amended by striking ‘‘for the 5-year period beginning on 
the date of enactment of this Act’’ and inserting ‘‘until 
September 30, 2018’’. 
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