AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH, EXTENSION, AND EDUCATION REFORM ACT OF 1998.

SEC. 7207. AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH, EXTENSION, AND EDUCATION REFORM ACT OF 1998. (a) Precision Agriculture.—Section 403 of the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 (7 U.S.C. 7623) is amended— (1) in subsection (a)— (A) in paragraph (3)— (i)in subparagraph (A), inserting “, horticultural,” following “agronomic”’ the second place it appears; and (ii)in subparagraph (C), by striking “or” at the end; (iii)in subparagraph (D), by striking the period at the end and inserting “; or”; and (iv)by adding at the end the following: “(E) using such information to enable intelligent mechanized harvesting and sorting systems for horticultural crops.”; (B) in paragraph (4)— (i)in subparagraph (C), by striking “or” at the end; (ii)in subparagraph (D), by striking the period at the end and inserting “; or”; and (iii)by adding at the end the following: “(E) robotic and other intelligent machines for use in horticultural cropping systems.”; and (C) in paragraph (5)(F), by inserting “(including improved use of energy inputs)” after “farm production efficiencies”; (2) in subsection (c)(2)— (A) by inserting “or horticultural” after “agronomic”; and (B) by striking “and meteorological variability” and inserting “product variability, and meteorological variability”; (3) in subsection (d)— (A) by redesignating paragraphs (4) and (5) as paragraphs (5) and (6), respectively; and (B) by inserting after paragraph (3) the following: “(4) Improve farm energy use efficiencies.”. (b) Thomas Jefferson Initiative for Crop Diversification.—Section 405(a) of the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 (7 U.S.C. 7625(a)) is amended by striking “and marketing” and inserting “, marketing, and efficient use”. (c) Coordinated Program of Research, Extension, and Education To Improve Viability of Small- and Medium-Size Dairy, Livestock, and Poultry Operations.—Section 407(b)(3) of the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 (7 U.S.C. 7627(b)(3)) is amended by inserting “(including improved use of energy inputs)” after “poultry systems that increase efficiencies". (d) Support for Research Regarding Diseases of Wheat, Triticale, and Barley Caused by Fusarium Graminearum or By Tilletia Indica.— (1) Research grant authorized.—Section 408(a) of the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 (7 U.S.C. 7628(a)) is amended to read as follows:116 STAT. 441 “(a) Research Grant Authorized.—The Secretary of Agriculture may make grants to consortia of land-grant colleges and universities to enhance the ability of the consortia to carry out multi-State research projects aimed at understanding and combating diseases of wheat, triticale, and barley caused by Fusarium graminearum and related fungi (referred to in this section as ‘wheat scab”) or by Tilletia indica and related fungi (referred to in this section as ‘Kamal bunt”).”. (2) Research components.—Section 408(b) of such Act (7 U.S.C. 7628(b)) is amended— (A) in paragraph (1), by inserting “or of Kamal bunt,” after “epidemiology of wheat scab”; (B) in paragraph (1), by inserting triticale,” after “occurring in wheat”; (C) in paragraph (2), by inserting “or Kamal bunt” after “wheat scab”; (D) in paragraph (3)(A), by striking “and barley for the presence of’ and inserting “, triticale, and barley for the presence of Kamal bunt or of”; (E) in paragraph (3)(B), by striking “and barley infected with wheat scab” and inserting “, triticale, and barley infected with wheat scab or with Kamal bunt”; (F) in paragraph (3)(C), by inserting “wheat scab” after “to render”; (G) in paragraph (4), by striking “and barley to wheat scab” and inserting triticale, and barley to wheat scab and to Kamal bunt”; and (H) in paragraph (5)— (i)by inserting “and Karnal bunt” after “wheat scab”; and (ii)by inserting “, triticale,” after “resistant wheat”. (3) Communications networks.—Section 408(c) of such Act (7 U.S.C. 7628(c)) is amended by inserting “or Kamal bunt” after “wheat scab”. (4) Technical amendments.— (A) The section heading for section 408 of such Act is amended by striking “and barley caused by fusarium graminearum” and inserting “triticale, and barley caused by fusarium graminearum or by tilletia indica”. (B) The table of sections for such Act is amended by striking “and barley caused by fusarium graminearum” in the item relating to section 408 and inserting “, triticale, and barley caused by Fusarium graminearum or by Tilletia indica”. (e) Program to Control Johne’s Disease.—Title IV of the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 (7 U.S.C. 7621 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new section: “SEC. 409. BOVINE JOHNE’S DISEASE CONTROL PROGRAM. “(a) Establishment.—The Secretary of Agriculture, in coordination with State veterinarians and other appropriate State animal health professionals, may establish a program to conduct research, testing, and evaluation of programs for the control and management of Johne’s disease in livestock. “(b) Authorization of Appropriations.—There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary such sums as may be necessary 116 STAT. 442 to carry out this section for each of fiscal years 2003 through 2007”.