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 12 2 STA T . 1 350PUBLIC LA W 110 – 23 4—M A Y 22, 200 8to t heam o un to fgr ant fun ds re c e iv ed by the reci p ient under this section .( d )AUTHORIZA TIO N O F A P PROPRIATION S . —T here are authori z ed to be appropriated to carry out this section such sums as are necessary for each of fisca l years 20 0 8 through 20 1 2. SEC.104 04. MARK E TLO SS ASS I STA N CE F OR AS P ARA GU S PRO D UCERS. (a) I N GE NERA L .—As soon as practicable after the date of enact - ment of this Act , the S ecretary shall ma k e payments to producers of the 200 7 crop of asparagus for market loss resulting from imports during the 200 4 through 2007 crop years. (b) P A YM ENT R ATE.—The payment rate for a payment under this section shall be based on the reduction in revenue received by asparagus producers associated w ith imports during the 2004 through 2007 crop years. (c) PAYMENT Q UANTITY.—The payment q uantity for asparagus for which the producers on a farm are eligible for payments under this section shall be equal to the average quantity of the 200 3 crop of asparagus produced by producers on the farm. (d) F UN D IN G .— (1) IN GENERAL.—Sub j ect to paragraph (2), the Secretary shall make available $ 1 5 ,000,000 of the funds of the C ommodity Credit Corporation to carry out a program to provide market loss payments to producers of asparagus under this section. (2) ALLO C ATION.— O f the amount made available under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall use— (A) $7,500,000 to make payments to producers of aspar- agus for the fresh market and ( B ) $7,500,000 to make payments to producers of aspar- agus for the processed or frozen market. TI T LEX I — LI V E S T OCK SEC. 11001. LI V ESTOCK MANDATOR Y REPORTING. (a) W E B SITE IMPRO V EMENTS AND U SER E DUCATION.— (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 251(g) of the Agricultural M ar- keting Act of 1 9 4 6 (7 U.S.C. 1636(g)) is amended to read as follows

‘(g) ELECTRONIC REPORTING AND PUBLISHING.— ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall, to the ma x imum extent practicable, provide for the reporting and publishing of the information required under this subtitle by electronic means. ‘‘(2) IMPROVEMENTS AND EDUCATION.— ‘‘(A) ENHANCED ELECTRONIC PUBLISHING.—The Sec- retary shall develop and implement an enhanced system of electronic publishing to disseminate information collected pursuant to this subtitle. Such system shall— ‘‘(i) present information in a format that can be readily understood by producers, packers, and other market participants; ‘‘(ii) adhere to the publication deadlines in this subtitle; ‘‘(iii) present information in charts and graphs, as appropriate;

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