The Farm Bill - Section 10201 |
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The Farm Bill—H.R. 6124 Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008—became law in June 2008. Section 10201 (“Plant Pest and Disease Management and Disaster Prevention”) directs the Secretary of Agriculture to make available Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) funds for early plant pest detection and surveillance, for threat identification and mitigation of plant pests and diseases, and for technical assistance in the development and implementation of audit-based certification systems and nursery plant pest risk management systems. The five-year Farm Bill specifies that these funds be made available incrementally, starting with $12 million in fiscal year (FY) 2009, $45 million in FY 2010, and $50 million in FY 2011 and thereafter.
The proposed strategies, goals, actions, timelines, and funding objectives to implement Section 10201 are the subject of this website. APHIS wants to discuss its ideas and fully engage stakeholders in designing a risk-based approach to disburse funds, and to begin work on these new provisions. Implementation of this plan will require an unprecedented level of communication and cooperation from all stakeholders involved in the efforts to safeguard and protect the U.S. plant and agricultural health. The USDA will partner with States, industry, the public, and our peer and sister agencies to meet this challenge.
The implementation plan defines the following key strategies - organized into six major goal areas - to integrate and coordinate plant pest and disease management and disaster prevention activities that will be funded under Section 10201:
- Enhance plant pest/disease analysis and survey
- Target domestic inspection activities at vulnerable points in the safeguarding continuum
- Enhance and strengthen pest identification and technology
- Safeguard nursery production
- Conduct outreach and education to increase public understanding, acceptance, and support of plant pest and disease eradication and control efforts
- Enhance mitigation capabilities
There are several other USDA agencies that also have a role in the implementation of this task:
- Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service (CSREES) outreach, training, diagnostic response
- Agricultural Research Service (ARS) - research, technical liaison to the Environmental Protection Agency
- U.S. Forest Service (FS) - pest management in national forests and partner to state and private foresters
- Risk Management Agency (RMA) - provides guidance for good farming practices and crop insurance programs
Additional Information for the 2008 Farm Bill:
- 2008 Farm Bill
- Comparative Risk Assessment for the 50 U.S. States (289 Kb)
- Implementation Plan for Section 10201 (PDF; 204 Kb)
- White Paper for Section 10201 (PDF; 186 Kb)
- Risk Assessment Update (PDF; 100 Kb)
- Spending Plan Information for Section 10201 (PDF; 73 Kb)
- Webinar: May 19, 2009 (PDF; 316 Kb)
Farm Bill Stakeholder Meeting |
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On June 8-9, 2009, PPQ held a stakeholder meeting in Riverdale, MD to obtain input on implementing Section 10201. A meeting summary will be posted to this section in the near future.
- Final Meeting Agenda (PDF; 39 Kb)
- Meeting Participants
- Meeting Presentations (PDF; 1.79 Mb)
- Meeting Report Outs (PDF; 54 Kb)
- Comments, Questions, and Recommendations (PDF; 182 Kb)
Farm Bill Section 10201 Meeting Summary |
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| Part 1 - Analysis and Survey (13 Kb) | Part 4 - Nursery (82 Kb) |
| Part 2 - Domestic Inspection (20 Kb) | Part 5 - Outreach (49 Kb) |
| Part 3 - Pest ID and Technology (14 Kb) | Part 6 - Mitigation (20 Kb) |
How Can You Provide Input? |
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The National Plant Board posted on its website a means to submit “suggestions” to APHIS for implementing Section 10201 in fiscal year 2010. The site was live between July 20 through August 24, 2009. Accordingly, APHIS received over 230 suggestions and is in the process of reviewing them as well as all input received from webinars, meetings, and email. APHIS is striving to prepare a Spending Plan for fiscal year 2010, that begins October 1, 2009. Anyone may submit ideas at any time to six email addresses corresponding to each of the six 10201 Implementation Plan goals.
Goals:
- Enhance analysis and surveys - PPQ.10201.Survey@aphis.usda.gov
- Target domestic inspection activities - PPQ.10201.Domestic@aphis.usda.gov
- Pest identification & technology enhancement - PPQ.10201.Technology@aphis.usda.gov
- Safeguarding nursery production - PPQ.10201.Nursery@aphis.usda.gov
- Outreach and education - PPQ.10201.Outreach@aphis.usda.gov
- Enhance mitigation capabilities - PPQ.10201.Mitigation@aphis.usda.gov
If your email is not specific to one of the above goals, then use this address: PPQ.Section.Farmbill-10201@aphis.usda.gov.
APHIS, PPQ Stakeholders Registry |
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If you wish to be notified as new information become available regarding implementation of the Farm Bill, please register for the APHIS-PPQ stakeholder registry and select the Farm Bill as a topic of interest.
Farm Bill Survey |
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APHIS sought input from the National Plant Board (NPB), industry, the public, and other interested stakeholders concerning the implementation of Section 10201 of the Farm Bill. The NPB posted an on-line survey for each of the six activities in the Implementation Plan, between April 30 and June 1, 2009. The responses to these six surveys are provided below.
Farm Bill Section 10201 Survey Results |
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| Part I - Analysis and Survey | Part IV - Nursery |
| Part II - Domestic Inspection | Part V - Outreach |
| Part III - Pest ID and Technology | Part VI - Mitigation |