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 118 STAT. 3884 PUBLIC LAW 108–465—DEC. 21, 2004 been a failure by the State to comply substantially with any provi- sion or requirement of the State plan, the Secretary may disqualify, for one or more years, the State from receipt of future grants under this section. (h) AUDIT REQUIREMENTS.—For each year that a State receives a grant under this section, the State shall conduct an audit of the expenditures of grant funds by the State. Not later than 30 days after the completion of the audit, the State shall submit a copy of the audit to the Secretary of Agriculture. (i) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—For each of the fiscal years 2005 through 2009, there is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Agriculture $44,500,000 to make grants under this section. TITLE II—SPECIALTY CROP ADVANCEMENT SEC. 201. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FOR SPECIALTY CROPS. For each of the fiscal years 2005 through 2009, there is author- ized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Agriculture $2,000,000 to carry out section 3205 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 5680). Amounts appropriated pursuant to this authorization of appropriations shall be in addition to any other funds made available to carry out such section. SEC. 202. REDUCTION IN BACKLOG OF AGRICULTURAL EXPORT PETI- TIONS. (a) REDUCTION EFFORTS.—To the maximum extent practicable, the Secretary of Agriculture shall endeavor to reduce the backlog in the number of applications for permits for the export of United States agricultural commodities. In achieving such reduction, the Secretary shall not dilute or diminish existing personnel resources that are currently managing sanitary and phytosanitary issues for— (1) United States agricultural commodities for which expor- tation is sought; and (2) interdiction and control of pests and diseases, including for the evaluation of pest and disease concerns of foreign agri- cultural commodities for which importation is sought. (b) REPORT.—The Secretary of Agriculture shall submit to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate an annual report specifying, for the year covered by the report— (1) the total number of applications processed to completion; (2) the number of backlog applications processed to comple- tion; (3) the percentage of backlog applications processed to completion; and (4) the number of backlog applications remaining. SEC. 203. REPORT ON SANITARY AND PHYTOSANITARY EXPORT ISSUES. Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall submit to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate a report 7 USC 7712a. Deadline. VerDate 11-MAY-2000 13:54 Nov 10, 2005 Jkt 029194 PO 00000 Frm 00418 Fmt 6580 Sfmt 6581 C:\STATUTES\2004\29194PT4.001 APPS10 PsN: 29194PT4

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