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^PUBLIC LAW 107-76—NOV. 28, 2001 115 STAT. 743 loans under section 324(d) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1964(d)). (8) APPLICATION.—To be eligible to obtain a loan under Deadline, this subsection, a horse breeder shall submit an application for the loan to the Secretary not later than September 30, 2002. (9) FUNDING,—The Secretary shall carry out this subsection using funds made available to make emergency loans under subtitle C of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1961 et seq.). (10) TERMINATION. —The authority provided by this subsection to make a loan terminates effective September 30, 2003. SEC. 760. During fiscal year 2002, subsection (a)(2) of section 508 of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1508) shall be applied as though the term "and potatoes" read as follows: ", potatoes, and sweet potatoes". SEC. 761. CITRUS CANKER ERADICATION, (a) IN GENERAL. — Section 810 of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001 (114 Stat. 1549A-52) is amended— (1) in subsection (a) by striking "The" and inserting "Subject to subsection (e), the"; and (2) in subsection (c), by striking "2001" and inserting " 2002". (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.— The amendments in subsection (a) shall take effect as if enacted on September 30, 2001. SEC. 762. Section 306(a)(20) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1926(a)(20)) is amended by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: "(E) RURAL BROADBAND.— Notwithstanding subparagraph (C), the Secretary may make grants to state agencies for use by regulatory commissions in states with rural communities without local dial-up Internet access or broadband service to establish a competitively, technologically neutral grant program to telecommunications carriers or cable operators that establish common carrier facilities and services which, in the commission's determination, will result in the long-term availability to such communities of affordable broadband services which are used for the provision of high speed Internet access.". SEC. 763. In accordance with the Farmland Protection Program, a total of $720,000 shall be made available to purchase conservation easements or other interests in land, not to exceed 235 acres, in Adair, Green, and Taylor Counties, Kentucky: Provided, That $490,000 of this amount shall be from funds made available to the Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program for the State of Kentucky. SEC. 764. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the City of Caldwell, Idaho, shall be eligible for grants and loans administered by the Rural Housing Service of the United States Department of Agriculture for a period not to exceed 1 year from the date of enactment of this Act. SEC. 765. Section 8c(l) of the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937 is amended by adding the following provision 7 USC 608c. at the end of the penultimate sentence: