SPECIALTY CROP BLOCK GRANTS.

SEC. 10109. SPECIALTY CROP BLOCK GRANTS.(a) Definition of Specialty Crop.—Section 3(1) of the Specialty Crops Competitiveness Act of 2004 (Public Law 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 Rico” and inserting “the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the United States Virgin Islands, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands”.(c) Specialty Crop Block Grants.—Section 101 of the Specialty 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) Minimum 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; or122 STAT. 1339“(2) ⅓ of 1 percent of the total amount of funding made available to carry out this section for the fiscal year.”; and(4) by striking subsection (i) and inserting the following:“(i) Reallocation.—“(1) In general.—The Secretary shall reallocate to other States in accordance with paragraph (2) any amounts made available for a fiscal year under this section that are not obligated or expended by a date during that fiscal year determined by the Secretary.“(2) Pro rata allocation.—The Secretary shall allocate funds described in paragraph (1) pro rata to the remaining States that applied during the specified grant application period.“(3) Use of reallocated funds.—Funds allocated to a State under this subsection shall be used by the State only to carry out projects that were previously approved in the State plan of the State.“(j) Funding.—Of the funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation, the Secretary of Agriculture shall make grants under this section, using—“(1) $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2008;“(2) $49,000,000 for fiscal year 2009; and“(3) $55,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2010 through 2012.”.