SHEEP PRODUCTION AND MARKETING GRANT PROGRAM.

SEC. 12102. SHEEP PRODUCTION AND MARKETING GRANT PROGRAM. (a) In General.—Subtitle A of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1621 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following: “SEC. 209. [7 U.S.C. 1627a] SHEEP PRODUCTION AND MARKETING GRANT PROGRAM “(a) Establishment. The Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Administrator of the Agricultural Marketing Service, shall establish a competitive grant program for the purposes of strengthening and enhancing the production and marketing of sheep and sheep products in the United States, including through— “(1) the improvement of— “(A) infrastructure; “(B) business; and “(C) resource development; and “(2) the development of innovative approaches to solve long-term needs. “(b) Eligibility. The Secretary shall make grants under this section to at least one national entity, the mission of which is consistent with the purpose of the grant program. “(c) Funding. Of the funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation, the Secretary shall use to carry out this section $1,500,000 for fiscal year 2014, to remain available until expended.” . (b) Conforming Amendment.—Section 375 of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 2008j) (as in existence on the day before the date of the enactment of this Act) is— (1) amended in subsection (e)— (A) in paragraph (3)(D), by striking “3 percent” and inserting “10 percent”; and (B) by striking paragraph (6); (2) [7 U.S.C. 1627b] redesignated as section 210 of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946; and (3) moved so as to appear at the end of subtitle A of that Act (as amended by subsection (a)).