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12 2 STA T . 11 4 2 PUBLIC LA W 11 0– 2 3 4 —M A Y 22 , 200 8(B)insub s ect i o n( d )( 2 ) , b y st r i k in g‘ ‘e a c h o f the fisca l years 19 91 through 2 0 0 7’ ’ and inserting ‘‘each of fiscal years 200 8 through 2012’’ . ( 4 ) DISTR I BU TI ON O F SUR PL US C O M MO D ITI E S TO SPECI A L NUTRITION PRO J ECTS. —S ection 1114(a)(2)( A ) of the Agriculture and F ood Act of 1981 (7 U .S. C . 14 3 1e(2)(A)) is a m ended in the first sentence by striking ‘‘ E ffecti v e through Se p tember 30, 2007’’ and inserting ‘‘For each of fiscal years 2008 through 2012’’. (c) FARM SECURIT Y AND R URAL I N V ESTMENT.— (1) SENIORS FARMERS’ MAR K ET NUTRITION PRO G RAM.—Sec - tion 4402 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 3007) is amended by striking by striking subsection (a) and inserting the follo w ing

‘‘(a) FUNDING.— O f the funds of the Commodity Credit Corpora- tion, the Secretary of Agriculture shall use to carry out and e x pand the seniors farmers’ market nutrition program $ 20, 6 00,000 for each of fiscal years 2008 through 2012.’’. (2) N UTRITION INFORMATION AND A W ARENESS PILOT PRO- GRAM.—Section 4403(f) of the Farm Security and Rural Invest- ment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 3171 note

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ublic L aw 107 – 171) is amended by striking ‘‘2007’’ and inserting ‘‘2012’’. SEC.4 4 07 .E F FEC TIV E AND I MPL EMENTATI O N DATES. Except as otherwise provided in this title, this title and the amendments made by this title take effect on October 1, 2008. TI T LEV—CR E D IT Subti t leA — FarmOwn er sh i p L o ans SEC. 5 00 1 .DI R ECT LOANS. Section 302 of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1922) is amended— (1) by striking the section designation and heading and all that follows through ‘‘(a) T he Secretary is authori z ed to’’ and inserting the following: ‘ ‘SEC. 3 0 2 . PERSONS ELI G I B LE FOR REAL ESTATE LOANS. ‘‘(a) IN G ENERAL.—The Secretary may’’; and (2) in subsection (a)(2), by inserting ‘‘, taking into consider- ation all farming experience of the applicant, without regard to any lapse between farming experiences’’ after ‘‘farming oper- ations’’. SEC. 5002. CONSERVATION LOAN AND LOAN G U ARANTEE PROGRAM. Section 304 of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1924) is amended to read as follows: ‘‘SEC. 304. CONSERVATION LOAN AND LOAN GUARANTEE PROGRAM. ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may make or guarantee q uali- fied conservation loans to eligible borrowers under this section. ‘‘(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: ‘‘(1) Q UALIFIED CONSERVATION LOAN.—The term ‘qualified conservation loan’ means a loan, the proceeds of which are used to cover the costs to the borrower of carrying out a qualified conservation pro j ect. 2USC1 1 6 1 note.