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7 U.S. Code § 3123a - Specialty crop committee | U.S. Code | US Law | LII / Legal Information Institute
Section 3123a. Specialty crop committee
7 U.S. Code § 3123a. Specialty crop committee
Not later than 45 days after February 7, 2014, the Secretary shall establish within the speciality crops committee, and appoint the initial members of, a citrus disease subcommittee to carry out the responsibilities of the subcommittee described in subsection (g) in accordance with subsection (j)(3) of section 7632 of this title.
(B) CompositionThe citrus disease subcommittee shall be composed of 9 members, each of whom is a domestic producer of citrus in a State, represented as follows:
Three of such members shall represent Arizona or California.
Five of such members shall represent Florida.
One of such members shall represent Texas.
The Secretary may appoint individuals who are not members of the specialty crops committee or the Advisory Board established under section 3123 of this title as members of the citrus disease subcommittee [1]
The subcommittee established under subparagraph (A) shall terminate on September 30, 2018.
(c) Annual committee reportNot later than 180 days after the establishment of the specialty crops committee, and annually thereafter, the specialty crops committee shall submit to the Advisory Board a report containing the findings of its study under subsection (a). The specialty crops committee shall include in each report recommendations regarding the following:
Programs designed to improve the efficiency, productivity, and profitability of specialty crop production in the United States.
enhance the quality and shelf-life of fresh fruits and vegetables, including their taste and appearance;
develop new crop protection tools and expand the applicability and cost-effectiveness of integrated pest management;
prevent the introduction of foreign invasive pests and diseases;
develop new products and new uses of specialty crops, including improving the quality and taste of processed specialty crops;
develop new and improved marketing tools for specialty crops;
enhance food safety regarding specialty crops;
improve the remote sensing and the mechanization of production practices; and
enhance irrigation techniques used in specialty crop production.
Analyses of changes in macroeconomic conditions, technologies, and policies on specialty crop production and consumption, with particular focus on the effect of those changes on the financial stability of producers.
Development of data that provide applied information useful to specialty crop growers, their associations, and other interested beneficiaries in evaluating that industry from a regional and national perspective.
Analysis of the alignment of specialty crops committee recommendations with grants awarded through the specialty crop research initiative established under section 7632 of this title.
(g) Citrus disease subcommittee dutiesFor the purposes of subsection (j) of section 7632 of this title, the citrus disease subcommittee shall—
advise the Secretary on citrus research, extension, and development needs;
propose, by a favorable vote of two-thirds of the members of the subcommittee, a research and extension agenda and annual budgets for the funds made available to carry out such subsection;
evaluate and review ongoing research and extension funded under the emergency citrus disease research and extension program (as defined in such subsection);
establish, by a favorable vote of two-thirds of the members of the subcommittee, annual priorities for the award of grants under such subsection;
provide the Secretary any comments on grants awarded under such subsection during the previous fiscal year; and
maximizing the effectiveness of research and extension projects funded under the citrus disease research and extension program;
hastening the development of useful treatments;
avoiding duplicative and wasteful expenditures; and
providing the Secretary with such information and advice as the Secretary may request.
(Pub. L. 95–113, title XIV, § 1408A, as added Pub. L. 108–465, title III, § 303, Dec. 21, 2004, 118 Stat. 3885; amended Pub. L. 110–234, title VII, § 7103, May 22, 2008, 122 Stat. 1215; Pub. L. 110–246, § 4(a), title VII, § 7103, June 18, 2008, 122 Stat. 1664, 1976; Pub. L. 113–79, title VII, § 7103, Feb. 7, 2014, 128 Stat. 864.)
A prior section 3123a, Pub. L. 95–113, title XIV, § 1408A, as added Pub. L. 101–624, title XVI, § 1605(a), Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 3711; amended Pub. L. 102–237, title IV, § 402(3), (4), Dec. 13, 1991, 105 Stat. 1863, related to establishment of Agricultural Science and Technology Review Board, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 104–127, title VIII, § 853(a), Apr. 4, 1996, 110 Stat. 1172.
2014—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 113–79, § 7103(a), designated existing provisions as par. (1), inserted heading, and added par. (2).
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 113–79, § 7103(b), designated first sentence of existing provisions as par. (1) and second sentence as par. (2), inserted headings, and added par. (3).
Subsec. (c)(1). Pub. L. 113–79, § 7103(c)(1), substituted “Programs” for “Measures”.
Subsec. (c)(2). Pub. L. 113–79, § 7103(c)(4)(A), substituted “Research, extension, and teaching programs designed to improve competitiveness in the specialty crop industry, including programs that would” for “Programs that would” in introductory provisions.
Pub. L. 113–79, § 7103(c)(2), (3), redesignated par. (3) as (2) and struck out former par. (2) which read as follows: “Measures designed to improve competitiveness in research, extension, and economics programs affecting the specialty crop industry.”
Subsec. (c)(2)(D). Pub. L. 113–79, § 7103(c)(4)(B), inserted “, including improving the quality and taste of processed specialty crops” before semicolon at end.
Subsec. (c)(2)(G). Pub. L. 113–79, § 7103(c)(4)(C), inserted “the remote sensing and the” before “mechanization”.
Subsec. (c)(3), (4). Pub. L. 113–79, § 7103(c)(3), redesignated pars. (4) and (5) as (3) and (4), respectively.
Subsec. (c)(5). Pub. L. 113–79, § 7103(c)(5), added par. (5). Former par. (5) redesignated (4).
Subsecs. (d), (e). Pub. L. 113–79, § 7103(d)(1), (2), added subsec. (d) and redesignated former subsec. (d) as (e).
Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 113–79, § 7103(d)(1), (3), redesignated subsec. (e) as (f) and substituted “subsection (e)” for “subsection (d)”.
Subsec. (g). Pub. L. 113–79, § 7103(e), added subsec. (g).
2008—Subsec. (c)(4), (5). Pub. L. 110–246, § 7103, added pars. (4) and (5).