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‘‘SEC. 420. REGULATION OF EXPORTS OF PLANTS, PLANT 
PRODUCTS, BIOLOGICAL CONTROL ORGA-
NISMS, AND NOXIOUS WEEDS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may regulate 
plants, plant products, biological control organisms, and 
noxious weeds for export purposes. 
‘‘(b) DUTIES.—The Secretary shall— 
‘‘(1) coordinate fruit and vegetable market 
analyses with the private sector and the Adminis-
trator of Foreign Agricultural Service; and 
‘‘(2) make publicly available on an Internet 
website— 
‘‘(A) the status of all export petitions; 
‘‘(B) to the greatest extent possible, an ex-
planation of the sanitary or phytosanitary 
issues associated with each pending export peti-
tion; and 
‘‘(C) to the greatest extent possible, infor-
mation on the import requirements of foreign 
countries for fruits and vegetables. 
‘‘(c) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary may issue regu-
lations to implement this section.’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents in 
section 1(b) of such Act (7 U.S.C. 1501 note) is amended 
by inserting after the item relating to section 419 the fol-
lowing new item: 
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‘‘Sec. 420. Regulation of exports of plants, plant products, biological control or-
ganisms, and noxious weeds.’’. 
SEC. 
11308. 
GRANTS 
TO 
REDUCE 
PRODUCTION 
OF 
METHAMPHETAMINES 
FROM 
ANHYDROUS 
AMMONIA. 
(a) GRANT AUTHORITY.—The Secretary of Agri-
culture may make a grant to an eligible entity to enable 
the entity to obtain and add to an anhydrous ammonia 
fertilizer nurse tank a substance which will reduce the 
amount of methamphetamine which can be produced from 
any anhydrous ammonia removed from the tank. 
(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘‘eligible enti-
ty’’ means— 
(A) a producer of agricultural commod-
ities; 
(B) a cooperative association a majority of 
the members of which produce or process agri-
cultural commodities, and 
(C) a person in the trade or business of— 
(i) selling an agricultural product, in-
cluding an agricultural chemical, at retail, 
predominantly to farmers and ranchers; or 
(ii) aerial and ground application of 
an agricultural chemical. 
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(2) NURSE
TANK.—The term ‘‘nurse tank’’ 
shall have the meaning set forth in section 
173.315(m) of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, 
as in effect as of the date of the enactment of this 
Act. 
(c) GRANT AMOUNT.—The amount of a grant made 
under this section to an entity shall be not less than $40 
and not more than $60, multiplied by the number of fer-
tilizer nurse tanks of the entity. 
(d) LIMITATIONS
ON AUTHORIZATION
OF APPRO-
PRIATIONS.—For grants under this section, there are au-
thorized to be appropriated to the Secretary a total of not 
more than $15,000,000 for fiscal years 2008 through 
2012. 
SEC. 11309. USDA GRADUATE SCHOOL. 
(a) Section 921 of the Federal Agriculture Improve-
ment and Reform Act of 1996 (7 U.S.C. 2279b) is amend-
ed by striking subsections (a) through (k) and inserting 
the following: ‘‘The Department of Agriculture shall not 
establish, maintain, or otherwise operate a non-
appropriated fund instrumentality of the United States to 
develop, administer, or provide educational training and 
professional development activities, including educational 
activities for Federal agencies, Federal employees, non-
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profit organizations, other entities, and members of the 
general public.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made in 
subsection (a) apply beginning October 1, 2008. 
SEC. 11310. PREVENTION AND INVESTIGATION OF PAY-
MENT AND FRAUD AND ERROR. 
Section 1113(k) of the Right to Financial Privacy 
Act of 1978 (12 U.S.C. 3413(k)) is amended to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(k) DISCLOSURE NECESSARY FOR PROPER ADMIN-
ISTRATION OF PROGRAMS OF CERTAIN GOVERNMENT AU-
THORITIES.— 
‘‘(1) DISCLOSURE TO GOVERNMENT AUTHORI-
TIES.—Nothing in this title shall apply to the disclo-
sure by the financial institution of the financial 
records of any customer to the Department of the 
Treasury, the Social Security Administration, the 
Railroad Retirement Board, or any other Govern-
ment authority that certifies, disburses, or collects 
payments, when the disclosure of such information is 
necessary to, and such information is used solely for 
the purposes of— 
‘‘(A) the proper administration of section 
1441 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 
U.S.C. 1441); 
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‘‘(B) the proper administration of title II 
of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 401 et 
seq.); 
‘‘(C) the proper administration of the Rail-
road Retirement Act of 1974 (45 U.S.C. 231 et 
seq.); 
‘‘(D) the verification of the identify of any 
person in connection with the issuance of a 
Federal payment or collection of funds by a 
Government authority; or 
‘‘(E) the investigation or recovery of an 
improper Federal payment or collection of 
funds, or an improperly negotiated Treasury 
check. 
‘‘(2) LIMITATIONS
ON
SUBSEQUENT
DISCLO-
SURE.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
any request authorized by paragraph (1), and the in-
formation contained therein, may be used by the fi-
nancial institution and its agents solely for the pur-
pose of providing the customer’s financial records to 
the Government authority requesting the informa-
tion and shall be barred from redisclosure by the fi-
nancial institution or its agents. Any Government 
authority receiving information pursuant to para-
graph (1) may not disclose or use the information 
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