GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS FOR FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES EDUCATION.

SEC. 7109. GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS FOR FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES EDUCATION.(a) Education Teaching Programs.—Section 1417(j) of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3152(j)) is amended—(1) in the subsection heading, by striking “Secondary Education and 2-Year Postsecondary Education Teaching Programs” and inserting “Secondary Education, 2-Year Postsecondary Education, and Agriculture in the K–12 Classroom”; and(2) in paragraph (3)—(A) by striking “secondary schools, and institutions of higher education that award an associate’s degree” and inserting “secondary schools, institutions of higher education that award an associate’s degree, other institutions of higher education, and nonprofit organizations”;(B) in subparagraph (E), by striking “and” at the end;(C) in subparagraph (F), by striking the period at the end and inserting “; and”; and(D) by adding at the end the following:“(G) to support current agriculture in the classroom programs for grades K–12.”.(b) Report.—Section 1417 of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3152) is amended—(1) by redesignating subsection (l) as subsection (m); and(2) by inserting after subsection (k) the following:“(l) Report.—The Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate a biennial report detailing the distribution of funds used to implement the teaching programs under subsection (j).”.(c) Authorization of Appropriations.—Section 1417(m) of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (as redesignated by subsection (b)(1)) is amended by striking “2007” and inserting “2012”.(d) Effective Date.—The amendments made by subsection (a) take effect on October 1, 2008.