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(3) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘Subject to 
the appropriation of sufficient funds to carry out 
this subsection, each’’ and inserting ‘‘Each’’. 
SEC. 
802. 
FEDERAL 
INSECTICIDE, 
FUNGICIDE, 
AND 
RODENTICIDE ACT; REQUESTS BY STATE 
AGENCIES FOR EXEMPTIONS. 
Section 18 of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and 
Rodenticide Act (7 U.S.C. 136p) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘The Administrator may,’’ and 
inserting the following: 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator may,’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(b) REQUEST FOR EXEMPTION; REPORT TO CON-
GRESS IN CASE OF DELAY.—If a State agency requests 
an exemption under subsection (a) and the Administrator 
does not approve or deny the request within the 50-day 
period beginning on the date on which the request was 
submitted to the Administrator, the Administrator shall 
submit to the Committee on Agriculture in the House of 
Representatives, and the Committee on Agriculture, Nu-
trition, and Forestry in the Senate, a report that provides 
notice of such fact and an explanation of the reasons un-
derlying the failure of the Administrator to approve or 
deny the request within such period.’’. 
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SEC. 803. PROTECTION OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY 
RIGHTS IN PLANTS AND PLANT-DERIVED MA-
TERIAL. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary of Agriculture 
shall expand the Office of Technology Transfer of the De-
partment of Agriculture for the purpose of encouraging 
the development and protection of intellectual property 
rights in plants and material derived from plants. 
(b) DUTIES.—The office shall be an advocate for the 
interests of United States producers of specialty crops— 
(1) before the Office of Patents, Trademarks, 
and Copyrights of the United States Department of 
Commerce and other Federal agencies; and 
(2) in international governmental and non-
governmental organizations dealing with intellectual 
property rights. 
(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Agri-
culture $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2008 through 
2012 to carry out this section. 
SEC. 804. GRANT PROGRAM TO IMPROVE TRANSPOR-
TATION INFRASTRUCTURE TO REDUCE COST 
OF TRANSPORTATION OF SPECIALTY CROPS. 
(a) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary of Agri-
culture, acting through the Transportation Services 
Branch of the Department of Agriculture, may make 
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grants under this section to an eligible entity described 
in subsection (b)— 
(1) to expand and improve transportation infra-
structure to improve the cost-effective movement of 
specialty crops to local, regional, national, and inter-
national markets; and 
(2) to address regional intermodal transpor-
tation deficiencies that adversely affect the move-
ment of specialty crops to markets inside or outside 
the United States. 
(b) ELIGIBLE GRANT RECIPIENTS.—Grants may be 
made under this section to any of the following (or a com-
bination thereof): 
(1) State and local governments. 
(2) Grower cooperatives. 
(3) Individual specialty crop producers or 
groups of producers. 
(4) Individual shippers or State or regional pro-
ducer and shipper organizations. 
(5) Nonprofit organizations involved in the 
trucking trade and research related to the trucking 
trade. 
(c) MATCHING FUNDS.—The recipient of a grant 
under this section shall contribute an amount of non-Fed-
eral funds toward the project for which the grant is pro-
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vided that is at least equal to the amount of grant funds 
received by the recipient under this section. 
(d) FUNDING.—The Secretary of Agriculture shall 
use $75,000,000 of funds of the Commodity Credit Cor-
poration for each of the fiscal years 2008 through 2012 
to make grants under this section. 
SEC. 805. ADDITIONAL FUNDS FOR AGRICULTURAL MAR-
KETING SERVICE SPECIALTY CROP MARKET 
NEWS ACTIVITIES. 
From funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation, 
the Secretary of Agriculture shall transfer $9,000,000 for 
each of the fiscal years 2008 through 2012 to the Agricul-
tural Marketing Service to support the market news activi-
ties of the Agricultural Marketing Service regarding spe-
cialty crops. 
SEC. 806. VALUE-ADDED GRANTS TO PROMOTE CREATION, 
EXPANSION, 
OR 
OPERATION 
OF 
VALUE- 
ADDED PROCESSING OF SPECIALTY CROPS. 
The Secretary of Agriculture shall use $60,000,000 
of funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation for each 
of the fiscal years 2008 through 2012 to make grants to 
promote the creation, expansion, or operation of value- 
added processing in connection with the production of a 
specialty crop. 
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SEC. 807. ELIGIBILITY OF LABORERS ADMITTED FOR TEM-
PORARY RESIDENCE FOR RURAL HOUSING 
SERVICE FARM LABOR HOUSING. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subparagraph (A) of section 
514(f)(3) of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 
1484(f)(3)(A)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘or’’ and inserting a comma; 
and 
(2) by inserting before the semicolon the fol-
lowing: ‘‘, or a nonimmigrant described in section 
101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(a) of the Immigration and Nation-
ality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(a))’’. 
(b) APPLICABILITY.—The amendment made by sub-
section (a) shall apply with respect to loans and grants 
made on, before, or after the date of the enactment of 
this Act. 
SEC. 808. FOOD SAFETY INITIATIVES. 
(a) INITIATIVE AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary may 
carry out a food safety education program to educate the 
persons involved in the fresh produce industry and the 
public about— 
(1) scientifically proven practices for reducing 
microbiological pathogens on fresh produce; and 
(2) methods of reducing the threat of cross-con-
tamination of fresh produce through unsanitary han-
dling practices. 
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