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7 U.S.C. § 3123a — Specialty crop committee

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7 U.S.C. § 3123a — Specialty crop committee

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**(a) Establishment** (1) **In general** — Not later than 90 days after December 21, 2004, the executive committee of the Advisory Board shall establish, and appoint the initial members of, a permanent specialty crops committee that will be responsible for studying the scope and effectiveness of research, extension, and economics programs affecting the specialty crop industry. (2) **Citrus disease subcommittee** (A) *In general* — Not later than 45 days after February 7, 2014, the Secretary shall establish within the specialty 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](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section7632&num=0&edition=prelim). (B) *Composition* — The citrus disease subcommittee shall be composed of 11 members, each of whom is a domestic producer of citrus in a State, represented as follows: (i) Five of such members shall represent Arizona or California. (ii) Five of such members shall represent Florida. (iii) One of such members shall represent Texas. (C) *Membership* — 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](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section3123&num=0&edition=prelim) as members of the citrus disease subcommittee 11 So in original. Probably should be followed by a period. (D) *Termination* — The subcommittee established under subparagraph (A) shall terminate on September 30, 2023. (E) *Chapter 10 of title 5* — The subcommittee established under subparagraph (A) shall be covered by the exemption to [section 1008(c) of title 5](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section1008/c&num=0&edition=prelim) applicable to the Advisory Board under [section 3123(f) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section3123/f&num=0&edition=prelim). **(b) Members** (1) **Eligibility** — Individuals who are not members of the Advisory Board may be appointed as members of the specialty crops committee. (2) **Service** — Members of the specialty crops committee shall serve at the discretion of the executive committee. (3) **Diversity** — Membership of the specialty crops committee shall reflect diversity in the specialty crops represented. **(c) Annual committee report** Not 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: (1) Programs designed to improve the efficiency, productivity, and profitability of specialty crop production in the United States. (2) Research, extension, and teaching programs designed to improve competitiveness in the specialty crop industry, including programs that would— (A) enhance the quality and shelf-life of fresh fruits and vegetables, including their taste and appearance; (B) develop new crop protection tools and expand the applicability and cost-effectiveness of integrated pest management; (C) prevent the introduction of foreign invasive pests and diseases; (D) develop new products and new uses of specialty crops, including improving the quality and taste of processed specialty crops; (E) develop new and improved marketing tools for specialty crops; (F) enhance food safety regarding specialty crops; (G) improve the remote sensing and the mechanization of production practices; and (H) enhance irrigation techniques used in specialty crop production. (3) 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. (4) 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. (5) 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](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section7632&num=0&edition=prelim). **(d) Consultation with specialty crop industry** In studying the scope and effectiveness of programs under subsection (a), the specialty crops committee shall consult on an ongoing basis with diverse sectors of the specialty crop industry. **(e) Consideration by Secretary** In preparing the annual budget recommendations for the Department of Agriculture, the Secretary shall take into consideration those findings and recommendations contained in the most-recent report of the specialty crops committee that are adopted by the Advisory Board. **(f) Annual report by Secretary** In the budget material submitted to Congress by the Secretary in connection with the budget submitted pursuant to [section 1105 of title 31](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title31-section1105&num=0&edition=prelim) for a fiscal year, the Secretary shall include a report describing how the Secretary addressed each recommendation of the specialty crops committee described in subsection (e). **(g) Citrus disease subcommittee duties** For the purposes of subsection (j) of [section 7632 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section7632&num=0&edition=prelim), the citrus disease subcommittee shall— (1) advise the Secretary on citrus research, extension, and development needs; (2) 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; (3) evaluate and review ongoing research and extension funded under the emergency citrus disease research and extension program (as defined in such subsection); (4) establish, by a favorable vote of two-thirds of the members of the subcommittee, annual priorities for the award of grants under such subsection; (5) provide the Secretary any comments on grants awarded under such subsection during the previous fiscal year; and (6) engage in regular consultation and collaboration with the Department and other institutional, governmental, and private persons conducting scientific research on, and extension activities related to, the causes or treatments of citrus diseases and pests, both domestic and invasive, for purposes of— (A) maximizing the effectiveness of research and extension projects funded under the citrus disease research and extension program; (B) hastening the development of useful treatments; (C) avoiding duplicative and wasteful expenditures; and (D) providing the Secretary with such information and advice as the Secretary may request.

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7 U.S.C. § 3123 — National Agricultural Research, Extension, Education, and Economics Advisory Board

**(a) Establishment** The Secretary shall establish within the Department of Agriculture a board to be known as the “National Agricultural Research, Extension, Education, and Economics Advisory Board”. **(b) Membership** (1) **In general** — The Advisory Board shall consist of 15 members, appointed by the Secretary. (2) **Selection of members** — The Secretary shall appoint members of the Advisory Board from nominations submitted by organizations, associations, societies, councils, federations, groups, and companies fitting the criteria specified in paragraph (3). (3) **Membership categories** — The Advisory Board shall consist of members from each of the following categories: (A) 3 members representing national farm or producer organizations, which may include members— (i) representing farm cooperatives; (ii) who are producers actively engaged in the production of a food animal commodity and who are recommended by a coalition of national livestock organizations; (iii) who are producers actively engaged in the production of a plant commodity and who are recommended by a coalition of national crop organizations; or (iv) who are producers actively engaged in aquaculture and who are recommended by a coalition of national aquacultural organizations. (B) 2 members representing academic or research societies, which may include members representing— (i) a national food animal science society; (ii) a national crop, soil, agronomy, horticulture, plant pathology, or weed science society; (iii) a national food science organization; (iv) a national human health association; or (v) a national nutritional science society. (C) 5 members representing agricultural research, extension, and education, which shall include each of th

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7 U.S.C. § 8701 — Geographically disadvantaged farmers and ranchers

**(a) Definitions** In this section: (1) **Agricultural commodity** — The term “agricultural commodity” has the meaning given the term in [section 5602 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section5602&num=0&edition=prelim). (2) **Geographically disadvantaged farmer or rancher** — The term “geographically disadvantaged farmer or rancher” has the meaning given the term in section 10906(a) of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 ([7 U.S.C. 2204](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section2204&num=0&edition=prelim) note; Public Law 107–171). **(b) Authorization** Subject to the availability of funds under subsection (d), the Secretary may provide geographically disadvantaged farmers or ranchers direct reimbursement payments for activities described in subsection (c). **(c) Transportation** (1) **In general** — Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), the Secretary may provide direct reimbursement payments to a geographically disadvantaged farmer or rancher to transport an agricultural commodity, or inputs used to produce an agricultural commodity, during a fiscal year. (2) **Proof of eligibility** — To be eligible to receive assistance under paragraph (1), a geographically disadvantaged farmer or rancher shall demonstrate to the Secretary that transportation of the agricultural commodity or inputs occurred over a distance of more than 30 miles, as determined by the Secretary. (3) **Amount** (A) *In general* — Subject to paragraph (2), the amount of direct reimbursement payments made to a geographically disadvantaged farmer or rancher under this section for a fiscal year shall equal the product obtained by multiplying— (i) the amount of costs incurred by the geographically di

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7 U.S.C. § 7632 — Agricultural biotechnology research and development for developing countries

**(a) Eligible entity** In this section, the term “eligible entity” means— (A) an institution of higher education that offers a curriculum in agriculture or the biosciences; (B) a nonprofit organization; or (C) a consortium of for-profit institutions and agricultural research institutions. **(b) Grant program** (1) **In general** — The Secretary (acting through the Foreign Agricultural Service) shall establish and administer a program to make competitive grants to eligible entities to develop agricultural biotechnology for developing countries. (2) **Use of funds** — Funds provided to an eligible entity under this section may be used for projects that use biotechnology to— (A) enhance the nutritional content of agricultural products that can be grown in developing countries; (B) increase the yield and safety of agricultural products that can be grown in developing countries; (C) increase the yield of agricultural products that are drought- and stress-resistant and that can be grown in developing countries; (D) extend the growing range of crops that can be grown in developing countries; (E) enhance the shelf-life of fruits and vegetables grown in developing countries; (F) develop environmentally sustainable agricultural products that can be grown in developing countries; and (G) develop vaccines to immunize against life-threatening illnesses and other medications that can be administered by consuming genetically-engineered agricultural products. **(c) Authorization of appropriations** There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out this section for each of fiscal years 2002 through 2012.

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31 U.S.C. § 1105 — Budget contents and submission to Congress

**(a)** On or after the first Monday in January but not later than the first Monday in February of each year, the President shall submit a budget of the United States Government for the following fiscal year. Each budget shall include a budget message and summary and supporting information. The President shall include in each budget the following: (1) information on activities and functions of the Government. (2) when practicable, information on costs and achievements of Government programs. (3) other desirable classifications of information. (4) a reconciliation of the summary information on expenditures with proposed appropriations. (5) except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, estimated expenditures and proposed appropriations the President decides are necessary to support the Government in the fiscal year for which the budget is submitted and the 4 fiscal years after that year. (6) estimated receipts of the Government in the fiscal year for which the budget is submitted and the 4 fiscal years after that year under— (A) laws in effect when the budget is submitted; and (B) proposals in the budget to increase revenues. (7) appropriations, expenditures, and receipts of the Government in the prior fiscal year. (8) estimated expenditures and receipts, and appropriations and proposed appropriations, of the Government for the current fiscal year. (9) balanced statements of the— (A) condition of the Treasury at the end of the prior fiscal year; (B) estimated condition of the Treasury at the end of the current fiscal year; and (C) estimated condition of the Treasury at the end of the fiscal year for which the budget is submitted if financial proposals in the budget are adopted. (10) essential information about the debt of the Government.

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7 U.S.C. § 9001 — Implementation

**(a) Maintenance of base acres and payment yields** The Secretary shall maintain, for each covered commodity and upland cotton, base acres and payment yields on a farm established under sections 8702 and 8751 of this title, as adjusted pursuant to sections 8711, 8712, 8718, and 8752 of this title, as in effect on September 30, 2013, and as adjusted pursuant to sections 9012 and 9013 of this title. **(b) Streamlining** In implementing this chapter and the amendments made by this title,11 See References in Text note below. the Secretary shall— (1) continue to reduce administrative burdens and costs to producers by streamlining and reducing paperwork, forms, and other administrative requirements, to ensure that— (A) a producer (or an agent of a producer) may report information, electronically (including geospatial data) or conventionally, to the Department of Agriculture, subject to the Secretary— (i) establishing reasonable levels of tolerance that reflect the differences in accuracy between measures of common land units and geospatial data; and (ii) ensuring that discrepancies that occur within the levels of tolerance established under clause (i) shall not be used to penalize a producer (or an agent of a producer) under any program administered by the Department of Agriculture; (B) on the request of a producer (or an agent of a producer), the Department of Agriculture electronically shares with the producer (or agent) in real time and without cost to the producer (or agent) the common land unit data, related farm level data, conservation practices, and other information of the producer through a single Department of Agriculture-wide login; (C) not later than September 30, 2020, the Administrator of the Risk Management Agency and the Administrator of

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7 U.S.C. § 3103 — Definitions

When used in this chapter: (1) The term “Advisory Board” means the National Agricultural Research, Extension, Education, and Economics Advisory Board. (2) The term “agricultural research” means research in the food and agricultural sciences. (3) The term “aquaculture” means the propagation and rearing of aquacultural species, including, but not limited to, any species of finfish, mollusk, or crustacean (or other aquatic invertebrate), amphibian, reptile, ornamental fish, or aquatic plant, in controlled or selected environments. (4) **College and university.—** (A) *In general.—* — The terms “college” and “university” mean an educational institution in any State which (i) admits as regular students only persons having a certificate of graduation from a school providing secondary education, or the recognized equivalent of such a certificate, (ii) is legally authorized within such State to provide a program of education beyond secondary education, (iii) provides an educational program for which a bachelor’s degree or any other higher degree is awarded, (iv) is a public or other nonprofit institution, and (v) is accredited by a nationally recognized accrediting agency or association. (B) *Inclusions.—* — The terms “college” and “university” include a research foundation maintained by a college or university described in subparagraph (A). (5) **Cooperating forestry school.—** (A) *In general.—* — The term “cooperating forestry school” means an institution— (i) that is eligible to receive funds under Public Law 87–788 (commonly known as the McIntire-Stennis Cooperative Forestry Act; [16 U.S.C. 582a](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section582a&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.); and (ii) with respect to which the Secreta

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7 U.S.C. § 7633 — Specialty crop research initiative

**(a) Definitions** In this section: (1) **Citrus disease subcommittee** — The term “citrus disease subcommittee” means the subcommittee established under [section 3123a(a)(2) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section3123a/a/2&num=0&edition=prelim). (2) **Initiative** — The term “Initiative” means the specialty crop research and extension initiative established by subsection (b). (3) **Specialty crop** — The term “specialty crop” has the meaning given that term in section 3 of the Specialty Crops Competitiveness Act of 2004 ([7 U.S.C. 1621](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section1621&num=0&edition=prelim) note; Public Law 108–465). (4) **Specialty crops committee** — The term “specialty crops committee” means the committee established under [section 3123a of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section3123a&num=0&edition=prelim). **(b) Establishment** There is established within the Department a specialty crop research and extension initiative to address the critical needs of the specialty crop industry by developing and disseminating science-based tools to address needs of specific crops and their regions, including— (1) research in plant breeding, genetics, genomics, and other methods to improve crop characteristics, such as— (A) product, taste, quality, and appearance; (B) size-controlling rootstock systems for perennial crops; (C) environmental responses and tolerances; (D) nutrient management, including plant nutrient uptake efficiency; (E) pest and disease management, including resistance to pests and diseases resulting in reduced application management strategies; and (F) enhanced phytonutrient content; (2) effor

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7 U.S.C. § 3123a — Specialty crop committee

Page 1567 TITLE 7—AGRICULTURE § 3123a 1 So in original. Probably should be followed by a period. tration, and Related Agencies of the Committee on Ap- propriations of the Senate. EFFECTIVE DATE OF 2008 AMENDMENT Amendment of this section and repeal of Pub. L. 110–234 by Pub. L. 110–246 effective May 22, 2008, the date of enactment of Pub. L. 110–234, except as other- wise provided, see section 4 of Pub. L. 110–246, set out as an Effective Date note under section 8701 of this title. Amendment by section 7511(c)(8) of Pub. L. 110–246 ef- fective Oct. 1, 2009, see section 7511(c) of Pub. L. 110–246, set out as a note under section 1522 of this title. EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1981 AMENDMENT Amendment by Pub. L. 97–98 effective Dec. 22, 1981, see section 1801 of Pub. L. 97–98, set out as an Effective Date note under section 4301 of this title. EFFECTIVE DATE Section effective Oct. 1, 1977, see section 1901 of Pub. L. 95–113, set out as an Effective Date of 1977 Amend- ment note under section 1307 of this title. EFFECT OF 2008 AMENDMENT ON TERMS Pub. L. 110–234, title VII, § 7102(b), May 22, 2008, 122 Stat. 1215, and Pub. L. 110–246, § 4(a), title VII, § 7102(b), June 18, 2008, 122 Stat. 1664, 1976, provided that: ‘‘Noth- ing in this section [amending this section] or any amendment made by this section affects the term of any member of the National Agricultural Research, Ex- tension, Education, and Economics Advisory Board serving as of the date of enactment of this Act [June 18, 2008].’’ [Pub. L. 110–234 and Pub. L. 110–246 enacted identical provisions. Pub. L. 110–234 was repealed by section 4(a) of Pub. L. 110–246, set out as a note under section 8701 of this title.] § 3123a. Specialty crop committee (a) Establishment (1) In general Not later than

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