Sec. 10010. SPECIALTY CROP BLOCK GRANTS
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## SEC. 10010 SPECIALTY CROP BLOCK GRANTS Section 101 of the Specialty Crops Competitiveness Act of 2004 (7 U.S.C. 1621 note; Public Law 108-465) is amended— ####
(1)in subsection (a)— #####
(A)by striking “subsection (j)” and inserting “subsection (l)”; and #####
(B)by striking “2012” and inserting “2018”; ####
(2)by striking subsection
(b)and inserting the following: > > ### “(b) Grants Based on Value and Acreage > > Subject to subsection (c), for each State whose application for a grant for a fiscal year that is accepted by the Secretary under subsection (f), the amount of the grant for that fiscal year to the State under this section shall bear the same ratio to the total amount made available under subsection (l)(1) for that fiscal year as— > > > #### “(1) > > the average of the most recent available value of specialty crop production in the State and the acreage of specialty crop production in the State, as demonstrated in the most recent Census of Agriculture data; bears to > > > #### “(2) > > the average of the most recent available value of specialty crop production in all States and the acreage of specialty crop production in all States, as demonstrated in the most recent Census of Agriculture data.” > ; ####
(3)by redesignating subsection
(j)as subsection (l); ####
(4)by inserting after subsection
(i)the following: > > ### “(j) Multistate Projects > > Not later than 180 days after the effective date of the Agricultural Act of 2014, the Secretary of Agriculture shall issue guidance for the purpose of making grants to multistate projects under this section for projects involving— > > > #### “(1) > > food safety; > > > #### “(2) > > plant pests and disease; > > > #### “(3) > > research; > > > #### “(4) > > crop-specific projects addressing common issues; and > > > #### “(5) > > any other area that furthers the purposes of this section, as determined by the Secretary. > > > ### “(k) Administration > > > #### “(1) Department > > The Secretary of Agriculture may not use more than 3 percent of the funds made available to carry out this section for a fiscal year for administrative expenses. > > > #### “(2) States > > A State receiving a grant under this section may not use more than 8 percent of the funds received under the grant for a fiscal year for administrative expenses.” > ; and ####
(5)in subsection
(l)(as redesignated by paragraph (3))— #####
(A)by redesignating paragraphs (1), (2), and
(3)as subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C), respectively, and indenting appropriately; #####
(B)by striking “ Of the funds ” and inserting the following: > > #### “(1) In general > > Of the funds” > ; #####
(C)in paragraph
(1)(as so designated)— ######
(i)in subparagraph
(B)(as redesignated by subparagraph (A)), by striking “and” at the end; ######
(ii)in subparagraph
(C)(as redesignated by subparagraph (A)), by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and ######
(iii)by adding at the end the following: > > ##### “(D) > > $72,500,000 for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2017; and > > > ##### “(E) > > $85,000,000 for fiscal year 2018 and each fiscal year thereafter.” > ; and #####
(D)by adding at the end the following: > > #### “(2) Multistate projects > > Of the funds made available under paragraph (1), the Secretary may use to carry out subsection (j), to remain available until expended— > > > ##### “(A) > > $1,000,000 for fiscal year 2014; > > > ##### “(B) > > $2,000,000 for fiscal year 2015; > > > ##### “(C) > > $3,000,000 for fiscal year 2016; > > > ##### “(D) > > $4,000,000 for fiscal year 2017; and > > > ##### “(E) > > $5,000,000 for fiscal year 2018.” > .
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