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‘‘(D) interconnected electronic reporting 
and transmission of data; and 
‘‘(E) evaluation for emergency prepared-
ness. 
‘‘(3) To coordinate the development, implemen-
tation, and enhancement of national veterinary diag-
nostic laboratory capabilities, with special emphasis 
on surveillance planning and vulnerability analysis, 
technology development and validation, training, and 
outreach. 
‘‘(b) ELIGIBILITY.—An eligible laboratory under this 
section is a diagnostic laboratory meeting specific criteria 
developed by the Secretary, in consultation with State ani-
mal health officials and State and university veterinary di-
agnostic laboratories. 
‘‘(c) PRIORITY.—To the extent practicable and to the 
extent capacity and specialized expertise may be nec-
essary, the Secretary shall give priority to existing Fed-
eral, State, and university facilities. 
‘‘(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
$15,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2018.’’. 
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SEC. 11107. REPEAL OF DUPLICATIVE CATFISH INSPECTION 
PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Effective on the date of the enact-
ment of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 
(7 U.S.C. 8701 et seq.), section 11016 of such Act (Public 
Law 110–246; 122 Stat. 2130) and the amendments made 
by such section are repealed. 
(b) APPLICATION.—The Agricultural Marketing Act 
of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1621 et seq.) and the Federal Meat 
Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 601 et seq.) shall be applied 
and administered as if section 11016 (Public Law 110– 
246; 122 Stat. 2130) of the Food, Conservation, and En-
ergy Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 8701 et seq.) and the amend-
ments made by such section had not been enacted. 
SEC. 11108. NATIONAL POULTRY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM. 
The Secretary of Agriculture shall ensure that the 
Department of Agriculture continues to administer the di-
agnostic surveillance program for H5/H7 low pathogenic 
avian influenza with respect to commercial poultry under 
section 146.14 of title 9, Code of Federal Regulations (or 
a successor regulation) without amending the regulations 
in section 147.43 of title 9, Code of Federal Regulations 
(or a successor regulation) with respect to the governance 
of the General Conference Committee established under 
such section. The Secretary of Agriculture shall main-
tain— 
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(1) the operations of the General Conference 
Committee— 
(A) in the physical location at which the 
Committee was located on the date of the en-
actment of this Act; and 
(B) with the organizational structure with-
in the Department of Agriculture in effect as of 
such date; and 
(2) the funding levels for the National Poultry 
Improvement Plan for Commercial Poultry (estab-
lished under part 146 of title 9, Code of Federal 
Regulations or a successor regulation) at the fiscal 
year 2013 funding levels for the Plan. 
SEC. 11109. REPORT ON BOVINE TUBERCULOSIS IN TEXAS. 
Not later than December 31, 2014, the Secretary of 
Agriculture shall submit to the Committee on Agriculture 
of the House of Representatives and the Committee on 
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate a re-
port on the incidence of bovine tuberculosis in cattle in 
Texas. The report shall cover the period beginning on Jan-
uary 1, 1997, and ending on December 31, 2013. 
SEC. 11110. ECONOMIC FRAUD IN WILD AND FARM-RAISED 
SEAFOOD. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agri-
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culture, acting through the Office of the Chief Economist, 
shall submit to Congress a report on the economic implica-
tions for consumers, fishermen, and aquaculturists of 
fraud and mislabeling in wild and farm-raised seafood. 
(b) CONTENTS.—The report required under sub-
section (a) shall include, with respect to fraud and 
mislabeling in wild and farm-raised seafood, an analysis 
of the impact on consumers and producers in the United 
States of— 
(1) sales of imported seafood that is misrepre-
sented as domestic product; 
(2) country of origin labeling that allows sea-
food harvested outside the United States to be la-
beled as a product of the United States; 
(3) the lack of seafood product traceability 
through the supply chain; and 
(4) the inadequate use of DNA testing and 
other technology to address seafood safety and 
fraud, including traceability. 
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Subtitle B—Socially Disadvantaged 
Producers 
and 
Limited 
Re-
source Producers 
SEC. 11201. OUTREACH AND ASSISTANCE FOR SOCIALLY 
DISADVANTAGED FARMERS AND RANCHERS 
AND VETERAN FARMERS AND RANCHERS. 
(a) OUTREACH AND ASSISTANCE FOR SOCIALLY DIS-
ADVANTAGED FARMERS AND RANCHERS AND VETERAN 
FARMERS AND RANCHERS.—Section 2501 of the Food, 
Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 
U.S.C. 2279) is amended— 
(1) in the section heading, by inserting ‘‘AND 
VETERAN
FARMERS
AND
RANCHERS’’ after 
‘‘RANCHERS’’; 
(2) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘and 
veteran farmers or ranchers’’ after ‘‘ranchers’’; 
(B) in paragraph (2)(B)(i), by inserting 
‘‘and veteran farmers or ranchers’’ after 
‘‘ranchers’’; and 
(C) in paragraph (4)— 
(i) in subparagraph (A)— 
(I) in the heading of such sub-
paragraph, by striking ‘‘2012’’ and in-
serting ‘‘2018’’; 
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(II) in clause (i), by striking 
‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(III) in clause (ii), by striking 
the period at the end and inserting ‘‘; 
and’’; and 
(IV) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new clause: 
‘‘(iii) $10,000,000 for each of fiscal 
years 2014 through 2018.’’; and 
(ii) by adding at the end the following 
new subparagraph: 
‘‘(E) 
AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIA-
TIONS.—There are authorized to be appro-
priated to carry out this section $20,000,000 
for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2018.’’; 
(3) in subsection (b)(2), by inserting ‘‘or vet-
eran farmers and ranchers’’ after ‘‘socially disadvan-
taged farmers and ranchers’’; 
(4) in subsection (c)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)(A), by inserting ‘‘vet-
eran farmers or ranchers and’’ before ‘‘mem-
bers’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (2)(A), by inserting ‘‘vet-
eran farmers or ranchers and’’ before ‘‘mem-
bers’’; and 
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