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7 U.S. Code § 7721. Plant pest and disease management and disaster prevention
(a) DefinitionsIn this section:
(1) Early plant pest detection and surveillanceThe term “early plant pest detection and surveillance” means the full range of activities undertaken to find newly introduced plant pests, whether the plant pests are new to the United States or new to certain areas of the United States, before—
(A)
the plant pests become established; or
(B)
the plant pest infestations become too large and costly to eradicate or control.
(2) Specialty crop
The term “specialty crop” has the meaning given the term in section 3 of the Specialty Crops Competitiveness Act of 2004 (7 U.S.C. 1621 note; Public Law 108–465).
(3) State department of agriculture
The term “State department of agriculture” means an agency of a State that has a legal responsibility to perform early plant pest detection and surveillance activities.
(b) Early plant pest detection and surveillance improvement program
(1) Cooperative agreements
The Secretary shall enter into a cooperative agreement with each State department of agriculture that agrees to conduct early plant pest detection and surveillance activities.