12 2 STA T . 1 3 3 8PUBLIC LA W 11 0– 23 4—M A Y 22 , 2008 (b)AUTHORIZA TIO N O F A P PROPRIATION S.—Inad d it i o ntoan y ot herfu nd sm ade a v ai l able throu g h annual a p propriations for mar k et ne w s servi c es , there is authori z ed to be appropriated to carry out this section $9 , 0 00,000 for each of fiscal years 2 00 8 through 20 1 2, to remain available until e x pended. SEC.10 10 8 .E XP E DIT ED MARK ETI NGO RDER F OR H ASS A V OCADOS FOR GRADES AND STANDARDS AND OTHER P U RPOSES. (a) IN GE NERA L .— T he S ecretary shall initiate procedures under the Agricultural Ad j ustment Act ( 7U .S. C . 6 01etse q .), reenacted with amendments by the Agricultural M arketing Agreement Act of 19 3 7, to determine whether it would be appropriate to establish a F ederal marketing order for H ass avocados relating to grades and standards and for other purposes under that Act. (b) EX PE D ITED P RO C EDURES.— (1) PROPOSAL FOR AN ORDER.—An organization of domestic avocado producers in existence on the date of enactment of this Act may request the issuance of, and submit to the Sec - retary a proposal for, an order described in subsection (a). (2) PU B LICATION OF PROPOSAL.— N ot later than 60 days after the date on which the Secretary receives a proposed order under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall initiate proce- dures described in subsection (a) to determine whether the proposed order should proceed. (c) EFFECTI V E D ATE.—Any order issued under this section shall become effective not later than 1 5 months after the date on which the Secretary initiates procedures under the Agricultural Adjust- ment Act (7 U.S.C. 601 et seq.), reenacted with amendments by the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937. SEC. 1010 9 . SPECIA L T Y CROP B LOCK GRANTS. (a) DEFINITION OF SPECIALT Y CROP.—Section 3(1) of the Spe- cialty Crops Competitiveness Act of 200 4 (Public L aw 108 – 465
7 U.S.C. 1621 note) is amended by inserting ‘ ‘horticulture and ’ ’ before ‘‘nursery’’. (b) DEFINITION OF STATE.—Section 3(2) of the Specialty Crops Competitiveness Act of 2004 (Public Law 108–465; 7 U.S.C. 1621 note) is amended by striking ‘‘and the Commonwealth of Puerto R ico’’ and inserting ‘‘the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the United States V irgin Islands, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands’’. (c) SPECIALTY CROP B LOC K GRANTS.—Section 101 of the Spe- cialty Crops Competitiveness Act of 2004 (Public Law 108–465; 7 U.S.C. 1621 note) is amended— (1) in subsection (a)— (A) by striking ‘‘Subject to the appropriation of funds to carry out this section’’ and inserting ‘‘Using the funds made available under subsection (j)’’; and (B) by striking ‘‘2009’’ and inserting ‘‘2012’’; (2) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘appropriated pursuant to the authorization of appropriations in subsection (i)’’ and inserting ‘‘made available under subsection (j)’’; (3) by striking subsection (c) and inserting the following
‘‘(c) MINI M UM GRANT AMOUNT.—Notwithstanding subsection (b), each State shall receive a grant under this section for each fiscal year in an amount that is at least equal to the higher of— ‘‘(1) $100,000; or Deadlin e .Proc ed u re s . 7USC608 cno t e.
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