; Public Law 108–465 ) is amended— (1) in subsection (a)— (A) by striking 2018 and inserting 2023 ; and (B) by striking agriculture solely to enhance the competitiveness of specialty crops. and inserting the following: agriculture to— (1) enhance the competitiveness of specialty crops; (2) leverage efforts to market and promote specialty crops; (3) assist producers with research and development; (4) expand availability and access to specialty crops; (5) address local, regional, and national challenges confronting specialty crop producers; and (6) other priorities as determined by the Secretary in consultation with relevant State departments of agriculture. ; (2) in subsection (k), by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (3) Evaluation of performance The Secretary shall enter into a cooperative agreement with relevant State departments of agriculture and specialty crop industry stakeholders that agree to— (A) develop, in consultation with the Secretary, performance measures to be used as the sole means for performing an evaluation under subparagraph (B); and (B) periodically evaluate the performance of the program established under this section. ; and (3) in subsection (l)(2)(E), by striking fiscal year 2018 and inserting each of fiscal years 2018 through 2023 . 9005. Amendments to the Plant Variety Protection Act (a) Asexually reproduced defined Section 41(a) of the Plant Variety Protection Act ( 7 U.S.C. 2401(a) ) is amended— (1) by redesignating paragraphs (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (8), and (9) as paragraphs (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (8), (9), and (10), respectively; and (2) by inserting before paragraph (2), as so redesignated, the following new paragraph: (1) Asexually reproduced The term asexually reproduced means produced by a method of plant propagation using vegetative material (other than seed) from a single parent, including cuttings, grafting, tissue culture, and propagation by root division. . (b) Right To plant variety protection