Sec. 7103. Specialty crop committee
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Section 1408A(a) of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 ( 7 U.S.C. 3123a(a) ) is amended— by striking Not later than and inserting the following: Not later than ; and by adding at the end the following new paragraph: Not later than 45 days after the date of the enactment of the Agricultural Act of 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 412 of the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 ( 7 U.S.C. 7632 ). The 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 1408 as members of the citrus disease subcommittee The subcommittee established under subparagraph
(A)shall terminate on September 30, 2018. The subcommittee established under subparagraph
(A)shall be covered by the exemption to section 9(c) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.) applicable to the Advisory Board under section 1408(f). . Section 1408A(b) of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 ( 7 U.S.C. 3123a(b) ) is amended— by striking Individuals and inserting the following: Individuals ; by striking Members and inserting the following: Members ; and by adding at the end the following new paragraph: Membership of the specialty crops committee shall reflect diversity in the specialty crops represented. . Section 1408A(c) of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 ( 7 U.S.C. 3123a(c) ) is amended— in paragraph (1), by striking Measures and inserting Programs ; by striking paragraph (2); by redesignating paragraphs (3), (4), and
(5)as paragraphs (2), (3), and (4), respectively; in paragraph
(2)(as so redesignated)— in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking Programs that would and inserting Research, extension, and teaching programs designed to improve competitiveness in the specialty crop industry, including programs that would ; in subparagraph (D), by inserting , including improving the quality and taste of processed specialty crops before the semicolon; and in subparagraph (G), by inserting the remote sensing and the before mechanization ; and by adding at the end the following: Analysis of the alignment of specialty crops committee recommendations with grants awarded through the specialty crop research initiative established under section 412 of the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 ( 7 U.S.C. 7632 ). . Section 1408A of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 ( 7 U.S.C. 3123a ) is amended— by redesignating subsections
(d)and
(e)as subsections
(e)and (f), respectively; by inserting after subsection
(c)the following: 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. ; and in subsection
(f)(as redesignated by paragraph (1)), by striking subsection
(d)and inserting subsection
(e). Section 1408A of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 ( 7 U.S.C. 3123a ), as amended by subsection (d), is further amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: For the purposes of subsection
(j)of section 412 of the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 ( 7 U.S.C. 7632 ), 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 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— 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. .
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