Whereas specialty crops are defined in section 3 of the Specialty Crops Competitiveness Act of 2004 ( Public Law 108–465 ; 7 U.S.C. 1621 note) as fruits and vegetables, tree nuts, dried fruits, and horticulture and nursery crops (including floriculture) ; Whereas producers in the United States grow more than 350 types of fruit, vegetable, tree nut, flower, nursery, and other horticultural crops; Whereas the yearly value of specialty crop production totals nearly $60,000,000,000, which accounts for about one-fourth of all domestic crop value; Whereas sales of fresh and processed fruits and vegetables total nearly $100,000,000,000 annually; Whereas combined exports of specialty crops grown in the United States totaled about $14,000,000,000 as recently as 2013, which accounts for about 10 percent of all agricultural exports from the United States; Whereas approximately 245,000 farms in the United States grow a variety of specialty crops; Whereas all 50 States have specialty crop production, which is most highly concentrated in California, Florida, Washington, Oregon, North Dakota, and Michigan; Whereas the Agricultural Act of 2014 ( Public Law 113–79 ) included unprecedented amounts of funding for vital and critical programs such as the Specialty Crop Block Grant Program, the Specialty Crop Research Initiative, and the National Clean Plant Network; Whereas, pursuant to section 7306 of the Agricultural Act of 2014, the Specialty Crop Research Initiative, established under section 412 of the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 ( 7 U.S.C. 7632 ), received mandatory funding for fiscal year 2018 and subsequent fiscal years; Whereas mandatory funding for the National Clean Plant Network under section 420 of the Plant Protection Act ( 7 U.S.C. 7721 ) was increased by the Agricultural Act of 2014; Whereas mandatory funding for the Specialty Crop Block Grant Program under section 420 of the Plant Protection Act ( 7 U.S.C. 7721 ) was increased by the Agricultural Act of 2014