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(3) develop efficient, rapid and sensitive meth-
ods to detect contaminants in fresh cut produce; 
(4) determine the sources of contamination in 
fresh cut produce; 
(5) develop methods to reduce or destroy harm-
ful pathogens before, during, and after processing of 
fresh cut produce; and 
(6) conduct other research as determined ap-
propriate by the Secretary. 
(d) MATCHING FUNDS REQUIRED.—The Secretary 
shall require the recipient of a grant under this section 
to provide funds or in-kind support from non-Federal 
sources in an amount at least equal to the amount pro-
vided by the Federal Government. 
(e) COORDINATION.—In carrying out this section, the 
Secretary shall ensure that the Director of the applicable 
Program Office established under section 7104(a) coordi-
nates projects and activities carried out under this section 
to ensure, to the maximum extent practicable, that dupli-
cation of effort is eliminated or minimized. 
(f) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated such sums as are nec-
essary to carry out this section for each of fiscal years 
2008 through 2012. 
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(g) ADDITIONAL FUNDING.—In addition to funds 
made available under subsection (f), of the funds of the 
Commodity Credit Corporation, the Secretary shall make 
available to carry out this section a total of $25,000,000 
for fiscal years 2008 through 2012. 
SEC. 7512. UDC/EFNEP ELIGIBILITY. 
Section 208 of the District of Columbia Public Post-
secondary Education Reorganization Act (Public Law 93– 
471) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)(2), by striking ‘‘, except’’ 
and all that follows through the period and inserting 
a period; 
(2) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘section 3’’ 
each place it appears and inserting ‘‘section 3(c)’’; 
and 
(3) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘such sums 
may be used to pay’’ and all that follows through 
‘‘work.’’. 
SEC. 7513. HATCH ACT OF 1987. 
Section 3(d)(4) of the Hatch Act of 1887 (7 U.S.C. 
351c(d)(4)) is amended— 
(1) in the paragraph heading, by inserting 
‘‘AND THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA’’ after ‘‘AREAS’’; 
(2) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ‘‘ and the 
District of Columbia’’ after ‘‘United States’’; 
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(3) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ‘‘and the 
District of Columbia’’ after ‘‘respectively,’’; and 
(4) in subparagraph (B), by inserting ‘‘or the 
District of Columbia’’ after ‘‘area’’. 
Subtitle F—Additional Provisions 
SEC. 7601. MERIT REVIEW OF EXTENSION AND EDU-
CATIONAL GRANTS. 
Section 103 of the Agricultural Research, Extension, 
and Education Reform Act of 1998 (7 U.S.C. 7613) is 
amended in subsection (a)(2)(A), by striking ‘‘Cooperative 
State Research, Education, and Extension Service of the 
Department’’ and inserting ‘‘the National Institute for 
Food and Agriculture.’’. 
SEC. 7602. REVIEW OF PLAN OF WORK REQUIREMENTS. 
(a) REVIEW.—The Secretary shall work with univer-
sity partners in extension and research to review and iden-
tify measures to streamline the submission, reporting 
under, and implementation of plan of work requirements 
including those under— 
(1) section 1444(d) and 1445(c) of the National 
Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Pol-
icy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3221(d) and 3222(c), re-
spectively); 
(2) section 7 of the Hatch Act of 1887 (7 
U.S.C. 361g); and 
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(3) section 4 of the Smith-Lever Act (7 U.S.C. 
344). 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall provide 
to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, 
and Forestry of the Senate a report regarding the review 
carried out under subsection (a). The report shall include 
recommendations— 
(1) to reduce the administrative burden and 
workload upon institutions associated with plan of 
work compliance while meeting Department report-
ing needs for inputs, outputs, and outcome indica-
tors; 
(2) to streamline the submission and reporting 
requirements of the plan of work such that it is of 
practical utility to both the department and the in-
stitution; and 
(3) for any legislative changes necessary to 
carry out the plan of work improvements. 
(c) CONSULTATION.—In carrying out the review and 
formulating and compiling the recommendations, the Sec-
retary shall consult with the land grant institutions. 
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SEC. 7603. MULTISTATE AND INTEGRATION FUNDING. 
(a) FUNDS EXPENDED ON INTEGRATION OF RE-
SEARCH AND EXTENSION.—Section 3 of the Hatch Act 
of 1887 (7 U.S.C. 361c) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (i)(2)(B), by striking ‘‘the 
lesser of’’ and inserting ‘‘25 percent’’; and 
(2) by striking clauses (i) and (ii). 
(b) FUNDS EXPENDED ON MULTISTATE COOPERA-
TIVE EXTENSION ACTIVITIES.—Section 3 of the Smith 
Lever Act (7 U.S.C. 343) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (h)(2)(B), by striking ‘‘the 
lesser of’’ and inserting ‘‘25 percent’’; and 
(2) by striking clauses (i) and (ii). 
SEC. 7604. EXPANDED FOOD AND NUTRITION EDUCATION 
PROGRAM. 
(a) FUNDING TO 1862, 1890, AND INSULAR AREA 
INSTITUTIONS.—Section 1425(c)(2)(B) of the National 
Agriculture Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act 
of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3175(c)(2)(B)) is amended— 
(1) in the prefatory material, by striking 
‘‘among the States’’; 
(2) by striking clause (i) and inserting the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(i) $100,000 shall be distributed to 
each of the land grant colleges and univer-
sities;’’; 
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(3) by redesignating clause (ii) as clause (iii); 
(4) by inserting after clause (i) the following: 
‘‘(ii) subject to subsection (d), of the 
remainder, 10 percent in fiscal year 2008, 
11 percent in fiscal year 2009, 12 percent 
in fiscal year 2010, 13 percent in fiscal 
year 2011, 14 percent in fiscal year 2012, 
and 15 percent in fiscal year 2013 and 
each fiscal year thereafter, shall be allo-
cated to each 1890 Institution (as defined 
in section 2 of the Agricultural Research, 
Extension, and Education Reform Act of 
1998) in an amount that bears the same 
ratio to the total amount to be allocated 
under this clause as the population of the 
State living at or below 125 percent of the 
income poverty guidelines prescribed by the 
Office of Management and Budget (ad-
justed pursuant to section 673(2) of the 
Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 
1981 (42 U.S.C. 9902)), bears to the total 
population of all the States that have 1890 
Institutions living at or below 125 percent 
of the income poverty guidelines, as deter-
mined by the last preceding decennial cen-
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sus at the time each such additional 
amount is first appropriated: Provided, 
That the total allocated under this clause 
shall not exceed: (I) the amount of the 
funds appropriated for the conduct of the 
expanded food and nutrition education pro-
gram for the fiscal year that are in excess 
of the amount appropriated for the con-
duct of the program for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2007, reduced by 
(II) any amounts expended pursuant to 
any adjustment under subsection (d); 
and’’; and 
(5) by amending clause (iii), as redesignated— 
(A) by striking ‘‘allocated to each State’’ 
and inserting ‘‘allocated to the institution eligi-
ble to receive funds under the Act of July 2, 
1862 (and including the appropriate insular 
area institution) in each State (and the Univer-
sity of the District of Columbia, notwith-
standing section 208(c) of Public Law 93– 
471)’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘subparagraph.’’ and in-
serting ‘‘subparagraph: Provided, That the total 
allocated under this clause to the University of 
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the District of Columbia shall not exceed: (I) 
the amount described in the proviso to clause 
(ii), reduced further by (II) the amount allo-
cated under clause (ii).’’. 
(b) AUTHORIZATION.—Section 1425(c)(3) of the Na-
tional Agriculture Research, Extension, and Teaching Pol-
icy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3175(c)(3)) is amended by 
striking ‘‘$83,000,000 for each of fiscal years 1996 
though 2007’’ and inserting ‘‘$90,000,000 for each of fis-
cal years 2008 through 2014’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section take effect on October 1, 2007. 
SEC. 7605. GRANTS TO 1890 SCHOOLS TO EXPAND EXTEN-
SION CAPACITY. 
Section 1417(b)(4) of the National Agricultural Re-
search, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 
U.S.C. 3152(b)(4)) is amended by striking ‘‘teaching and 
research’’ and inserting ‘‘teaching, research, and exten-
sion’’. 
SEC. 
7606. 
BORLAUG 
INTERNATIONAL 
AGRICULTURAL 
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FELLOWSHIP 
PROGRAM. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Agriculture 
shall establish a fellowship program to be known as 
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the ‘‘Borlaug International Agricultural Science and 
Technology Fellowship Program,’’ to provide fellow-
ships for scientific training to individuals from eligi-
ble countries (as described under subsection (b)) 
who specialize in agricultural education, research, 
and extension for study in the United States. 
(2) PROGRAMS.—The Secretary shall carry out 
the program established under paragraph (1) 
through 3 programs designed to assist individual fel-
lowship recipients as follows: 
(A) A Graduate Studies Program in Agri-
culture to assist individuals who participate in 
graduate agricultural degree training at a 
United States institution. 
(B) An Individual Career Improvement 
Program to assist agricultural scientists from 
developing countries to upgrade skills and un-
derstanding in agricultural science and tech-
nology. 
(C) The Borlaug Agricultural Policy Exec-
utive Leadership Course to assist senior agri-
cultural policy makers from eligible countries 
with an initial focus on sub-Saharan Africa and 
from the newly independent states of the former 
Soviet Union. 
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(b) ELIGIBLE COUNTRIES.—Developing countries, as 
determined by the Secretary using a gross national income 
per capita test, shall be eligible to participate in the pro-
gram established under this section. 
(c) PURPOSE OF FELLOWSHIPS.—Fellowships under 
this section shall promote food security and economic 
growth in eligible countries by educating a new generation 
of agricultural scientists, increasing scientific knowledge 
and collaborative research to improve agricultural produc-
tivity, and extending this knowledge to users and their 
intermediaries in the market place. Fellowships shall sup-
port— 
(1) training and collaborative research opportu-
nities through exchanges for entry-level international 
agricultural research scientists, faculty, and policy-
makers from eligible countries; 
(2) collaborative research to improve agricul-
tural productivity; 
(3) the transfer of new science and agricultural 
technologies to strengthen agricultural practice; and 
(4) the reduction of barriers to technology 
adoption. 
(d) FELLOWSHIP RECIPIENTS.— 
(1) ELIGIBLE
CANDIDATES.—The Secretary 
may provide fellowships under the program author-
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ized by this section to individuals from eligible coun-
tries who specialize in or have experience in agricul-
tural education, research, extension, or related fields, 
including individuals from the public and private 
sectors, and private agricultural producers. 
(2) CANDIDATE
IDENTIFICATION.—The Sec-
retary shall utilize the expertise of United States 
land-grant and similar universities, international or-
ganizations working in agricultural research and 
outreach, and national agricultural research organi-
zations to help identify program candidates for fel-
lowships under this section from both the public and 
private sectors of eligible countries. 
(e) USE OF FELLOWSHIPS.—Fellowships shall pro-
mote collaborative programs between agricultural profes-
sionals of eligible countries with those of the United States 
and the international agricultural research system and, as 
appropriate, with United States entities conducting re-
search. They will be used to support fellowship recipients 
through the Graduate Studies Program in Agriculture es-
tablished under subsection (a)(2)(A). 
(f) PROGRAM
IMPLEMENTATION.—The Secretary 
shall provide for the management, coordination, evaluation 
and monitoring of the overall Borlaug International Agri-
cultural Science and Technology Fellowship Program and 
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