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113TH CONGRESS REPORT " ! HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 1st Session 113–117 

PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE BILL (H.R. 1947) TO PROVIDE 

FOR THE REFORM AND CONTINUATION OF AGRICULTURAL AND OTHER 

PROGRAMS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE THROUGH FISCAL 

YEAR 2018, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES 

JUNE 19 (legislative day, JUNE 18), 2013.—Referred to the House Calendar and 

ordered to be printed 

Mr. SESSIONS, from the Committee on Rules, 

submitted the following 

R E P O R T 

[To accompany H. Res. 271] 

The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration House 

Resolution 271, by a nonrecord vote, report the same to the House 

with the recommendation that the resolution be adopted. 

SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS OF THE RESOLUTION

The resolution provides for further consideration of H.R. 1947, 

the Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013, 

under a structured rule. The resolution provides for no additional 

general debate. The resolution makes in order as original text for 

purpose of amendment an amendment in the nature of a substitute 

consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 113–14, modified 

by the amendment printed in part A of this report. That amendment in the nature of a substitute shall be considered as read. The 

resolution waives all points of order against that amendment in the 

nature of a substitute. The resolution makes in order only those 

further amendments printed in part B of this report and amendments en bloc described in section 3 of the resolution. Each amendment printed in part B of this report may be offered only in the 

order printed in this report, may be offered only by a Member designated in this report, shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for the time specified in this report equally divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, may be withdrawn by 

its proponent at any time before action thereon, shall not be subject 

to amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand for division 

of the question in the House or in the Committee of the Whole. The 

resolution waives all points of order against the amendments printed in part B of this report or against amendments en bloc as described in section 3 of the resolution. 


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Section 3 of the resolution provides that it shall be in order at 

any time for the chair of the Committee on Agriculture or his designee to offer amendments en bloc consisting of amendments printed in part B of this report not earlier disposed of. Amendments en 

bloc shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for 20 minutes 

equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority 

member of the Committee on Agriculture or their designees, shall 

not be subject to amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand 

for division of the question in the House or the Committee of the 

Whole. The original proponent of an amendment included in such 

amendments en bloc may insert a statement in the Congressional 

Record immediately before the disposition of the amendments en 

bloc. 

Section 4 of the resolution provides one motion to recommit with 

or without instructions. 

EXPLANATION OF WAIVERS

The waiver of all points of order against the amendment in the 

nature of a substitute made in order as original text includes a 

waiver of clause 5(a) of rule XXI, which provides that a bill or joint 

resolution carrying a tax or tariff measure may not be reported by 

a committee not having jurisdiction to report tax or tariff measures. Section 1207 (Special Marketing Loan Provisions for Upland 

Cotton) and section 1301 (Sugar Program) contain tariff measures 

that fall within the jurisdiction of the Committee on Ways and 

Means. Section 1412 (Participation of Dairy Producers in Margin 

Protection Program) and section 1435 (Remitting Monies to the 

Secretary and Use of Monies) contain revenue provisions that fall 

within the jurisdiction of the Committee on Ways and Means. 

At the time the Rules Committee ordered the resolution reported, 

the waiver of all points of order against the amendments printed 

in this report included a waiver of section 311(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, which prohibits consideration of any 

amendment that would cause revenues to be less than the level of 

total revenues for the first fiscal year or for the total of the first 

fiscal year and the ensuing fiscal years for which allocations are 

provided. Amendment #10, offered by Rep. Walorski (IN), and 

printed in this report, would cause revenue to be less than the level 

of total revenues set forth in the House-passed budget resolution. 

COMMITTEE VOTES

The results of each record vote on an amendment or motion to 

report, together with the names of those voting for and against, are 

printed below: 

Rules Committee record vote No. 46 

Motion by Mr. McGovern to make in order and provide the appropriate waivers for amendment #166, offered by Rep. Denham 

(CA) and Rep. Schrader (OR) and Rep. Campbell (CA) and Rep. 

Fitzpatrick (PA) and Rep. Ca ́ rdenas (CA) and Rep. Meeks (NY), 

which strikes section 12314 of the bill and replaces it with the text 

of H.R. 1731, a bill to create a uniform national standard for housing of egg-laying hens. Defeated: 3–7. 


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Majority Members Vote Minority Members Vote 

Ms. Foxx ............................................................ Nay Ms. Slaughter .................................................. ...................

Mr. Bishop of Utah .......................................... Nay Mr. McGovern ................................................... Yea 

Mr. Cole ............................................................ Nay Mr. Hastings of Florida ................................... ...................

Mr. Woodall ...................................................... Nay Mr. Polis ........................................................... Yea 

Mr. Nugent ....................................................... Nay 

Mr. Webster ...................................................... Nay 

Ms. Ros-Lehtinen ............................................. ...................

Mr. Burgess ...................................................... Nay 

Mr. Sessions, Chairman ................................... Nay 

Rules Committee record vote No. 47 

Motion by Mr. McGovern to make in order and provide the appropriate waivers for amendment #65, offered by Rep. DeLauro 

(CT) and Rep. Kind (WI) and Rep. Petri (WI), which sets the government guarantee target for crop insurance company profitability 

at 12%, the target recommended in a study commissioned by 

USDA, and caps reimbursements of company administrative and 

operating expenses. Defeated: 2–8. 

Majority Members Vote Minority Members Vote 

Ms. Foxx ............................................................ Nay Ms. Slaughter .................................................. ...................

Mr. Bishop of Utah .......................................... Nay Mr. McGovern ................................................... Yea 

Mr. Cole ............................................................ Nay Mr. Hastings of Florida ................................... ...................

Mr. Woodall ...................................................... Nay Mr. Polis ........................................................... Yea 

Mr. Nugent ....................................................... Nay 

Mr. Webster ...................................................... Nay 

Ms. Ros-Lehtinen ............................................. ...................

Mr. Burgess ...................................................... Nay 

Mr. Sessions, Chairman ................................... Nay 

Rules Committee record vote No. 48 

Motion by Mr. Polis to make in order and provide the appropriate waivers for amendment #162, offered by Rep. Sinema (AZ) 

and Rep. LaMalfa (CA), which requires the Secretary of Agriculture 

to provide technical assistance to the U.S. Customs and Border 

Protection on identifying produce marked with a trademark in violation of federal trademark law. Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to provide Congress with a report on produce marked with 

trademarks in violation of federal trademark law. Defeated: 2–8. 

Majority Members Vote Minority Members Vote 

Ms. Foxx ............................................................ Nay Ms. Slaughter .................................................. ...................

Mr. Bishop of Utah .......................................... Nay Mr. McGovern ................................................... Yea 

Mr. Cole ............................................................ Nay Mr. Hastings of Florida ................................... ...................

Mr. Woodall ...................................................... Nay Mr. Polis ........................................................... Yea 

Mr. Nugent ....................................................... Nay 

Mr. Webster ...................................................... Nay 

Ms. Ros-Lehtinen ............................................. ...................

Mr. Burgess ...................................................... Nay 

Mr. Sessions, Chairman ................................... Nay 

SUMMARY OF THE AMENDMENT IN PART A CONSIDERED AS ADOPTED

Lucas (OK): Makes technical corrections to section 1412 and section 1435 resolving potential violations of clause 4 of rule XXI. 


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SUMMARY OF THE AMENDMENTS IN PART B MADE IN ORDER

1. McGovern (MA), Wilson (FL), Grayson (FL), Meeks (NY), Chu 

(CA), Lee, Barbara (CA), Conyers (MI), Wasserman Schultz (FL), 

Deutch (FL), Esty (CT), Capuano (MA), Tsongas (MA), Fudge (OH), 

Ca ́ rdenas (CA), Langevin (RI), Doggett (TX), Ellison (MN), Welch 

(VT), DelBene (WA), Cicilline (RI), Doyle (PA), Bonamici (OR), 

Gallego (TX), Blumenauer (OR), Holt (NJ), Kennedy (MA), 

Horsford (NV), DeGette (CO), Courtney (CT), Pallone (NJ), Serrano 

(NY), Tonko (NY), Kilmer (WA), Pingree (ME), Hastings, Alcee 

(FL), Edwards (MD), DeFazio (OR), Cohen (TN), McDermott (WA), 

Brown, Corrine (FL), Clarke (NY), Veasey, Marc (TX), Green, Gene 

(TX), Johnson, Hank (GA), Norton (DC), Frankel (FL), Titus (NV), 

Pocan, Mark (WI), Sarbanes (MD), Davis, Danny K. (IL), RoybalAllard (CA), Brady, Robert (PA), Lowenthal (CA), Lujan (NM), 

Crowley (NY), Matsui (CA), Beatty, (OH), Meng (NY), Waters (CA), 

Honda (CA), Green, Al (TX), Himes (CT), Bera, (CA), Huffman 

(CA), Engel (NY), Kuster, Ann (NH), O’Rourke (TX), Jeffries (NY), 

Rush (IL), Loebsack (IA), Castor (FL), Smith, Adam (WA): Restores 

the $20.5 billion cuts in SNAP by offsetting the Farm Risk Management Election Program and the Supplemental Coverage Option. 

(20 minutes) 

2. Gibbs (OH), Kind (WI): Sets the target price for all crops at 

55 percent of the five year rolling Olympic average. The amendment also changes the acreage available for target price support to 

85 percent of the farmer’s base acres. (10 minutes) 

3. Foxx (NC): Caps spending on the Farm Risk Management 

Election program at 110% of CBO-predicted levels for the first five 

(5) years in which payments are disbursed (FY 2016–2020). (10 

minutes) 

4. Ellison (MN): Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to complete 

a study on the climate impacts of the Price Loss Coverage program. 

(10 minutes) 

5. Broun (GA): Repeals permanent law from the Agriculture Act 

of 1949 that pertains to dairy support. Prevents the currently suspended law from becoming reactivated should Congress not reauthorize programs under the Department of Agriculture. (10 minutes) 

6. Enyart (IL): Establishes a revenue neutral National Drought 

Council and a National Drought Policy Action Plan to streamline 

the federal response in times of drought. (10 minutes) 

7. Graves, Tom (GA): Ensures that corn growers who sell their 

crop for ethanol production may not receive farm payments. Prohibits a producer on a farm that sells corn, directly or through a 

third party, to an ethanol production facility from receiving any 

farm bill payments or benefits. (10 minutes) 

8. Blumenauer (OR), Capps (CA), Moran, James (VA): Requires 

that twenty percent of the acreage enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program be set aside for the Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program and the Continuous Conservation Reserve Program, 

which allows states to target high priority and environmentally 

sensitive land, and to continuously re-enroll that land in CRP. (10 

minutes) 

9. Blumenauer (OR), Huffman (CA), Moran, James (VA): Reforms 

the Environmental Quality Incentives Program to increase access 


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for farmers, and eliminate payments to projects that do not show 

strong conservation benefits. (10 minutes) 

10. Luja ́n (NM): Allows small-scale Hispanic irrigators to be eligible EQIP funding. (10 minutes) 

11. Thompson, Bennie (MS): Makes the ownership eligibility requirement for Wetland Reserve Program equal to other conservation programs by returning the 7-year ownership rule to 1 year, 

eliminates a percentage of the funds dedicated for Wetland Reserve 

Programs agricultural easements, and allows owners of land capability classes IV–VIII, with subclass designation w, from the Wetlands Reserve county/parish caps. (10 minutes) 

12. Gardner (CO), Polis (CO), Lamborn (CO), Coffman (CO), Perlmutter (CO): Specifies that the Secretary should give priority consideration for the use of Emergency Watershed Protection funding 

for those areas seeking assistance to protect public safety from 

flooding and repair damaged infrastructure caused by catastrophic 

wildfires. (10 minutes) 

13. Thompson, Mike (CA), Fortenberry (NE): Require a conservation compliance plan be filed with the U.S. Department of Agriculture and followed for all crops in wetlands and all annually 

tilled crops on highly erodible lands in order to qualify for crop insurance premium subsidy assistance. (10 minutes) 

14. Hastings, Alcee (FL): Improves federal coordination in addressing the documented decline of managed and native pollinators 

and promotes the long-term viability of honey bee, wild bees, and 

other beneficial insects in agriculture. (10 minutes) 

15. Royce (CA), Engel (NY): Reforms U.S. international food aid 

to allow for not more than 45 percent of authorized funds to be 

used for assistance other than U.S. agricultural commodities, yielding $215 million in annual efficiency savings, enabling the U.S. to 

reach an additional 4 million disaster victims. Curtails practice of 

‘‘monetization’’ which, according to the GAO, is inefficient and led 

to a loss of $219 million over three years. Reductions in mandatory 

spending result in $150 million in deficit reduction over the life of 

the bill. (20 minutes) 

16. Chabot (OH), McClintock (CA): Repeals Section 3102, which 

reauthorizes the Market Access Program (MAP) until 2018. (10 

minutes) 

17. Titus (NV): Continues USDA’s Hunger-Free Communities 

grant program, which has been included in the Senate Farm Bill. 

The program was created to foster collaborative public-private partnership efforts at the community level to root out and address the 

causes of hunger and help increase community access to nutritious 

foods. (10 minutes) 

18. Brooks (AL): Terminates funding for the Emerging Markets 

Program (EMP) after September 30, 2013. (10 minutes) 

19. Castor (FL): Seeks to ensure that Department of Agriculture 

certificates of origin are accepted by any country that has entered 

into a free trade agreement with the United States. (10 minutes) 

20. Messer, Luke (IN): Ensures that increased oversight of the 

Restaurant Meals Program is achieved in the most cost-effective 

manner. Would require states to include, in a report that already 

is required by the bill, information on the cost and impact of security measures prescribed by the Secretary and recommendations for 

additional or alternative security enhancements to prevent fraud 


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and ensure that only eligible recipients are participating in the program in the most cost effective manner. (10 minutes) 

21. Grimm (NY): Amends Sec. 4016 by specifying that at least 

one such pilot program shall be conducted in a large urban area 

that administers its own SNAP program and otherwise complies 

with the pilot program requirements. (10 minutes) 

22. Hudson (NC), LaMalfa (CA), Yoho, Ted (FL): Allows states to 

conduct drug testing on SNAP applicants as a condition for receiving benefits. (10 minutes) 

23. Conaway (TX): Requires a 10% reduction in the Thrifty Food 

Plan calculation in any year that the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program is not authorized. (10 minutes) 

24. Kingston (GA), Westmoreland (GA), Austin, Scott (GA): 

Eliminates the provision that allows people to receive 113.6% of 

your normal (100%) SNAP benefits. (10 minutes) 

25. Butterfield (NC): Adds a section at the end of subtitle A of 

title IV to include items for personal hygiene for household use in 

the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. (10 minutes) 

26. Marino (PA): Directs the Comptroller General to establish a 

pilot program within nine states using the data required to be reported for SNAP under the Food and Nutrition Act. After the pilot 

program ends, the Comptroller General shall determine whether 

item specific data purchased with SNAP benefits can be collected 

using existing reporting requirements, and how to improve current 

SNAP reporting. (10 minutes) 

27. Chabot (OH): Shortens the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefit expunging statute and require a 

State agency to expunge benefits that have not been accessed by 

a household after a period of 60 days. (10 minutes) 

28. Black (TN): Terminates an agreement the U.S. Department 

of Agriculture (USDA) has entered in with the Mexican government known as the ‘‘Partnership for Nutrition Assistance Program.’’ (10 minutes) 

29. Kaptur (OH): Requires that at least 50 percent of the funds 

made available for the Farmers Market Nutrition Program be reserved for seniors. (10 minutes) 

30. Schweikert (AZ): Strikes the Health Food Financing Initiative. (10 minutes) 

31. Welch (VT): Removes term limits on USDA guaranteed farm 

operating loans. (10 minutes) 

32. Tierney (MA), Keating (MA), Markey, Edward (MA), Lynch 

(MA), Bishop, Tim (NY), Shea-Porter, Carol (NH): Allows commercial fishermen to be eligible recipients of the Emergency Disaster 

Loan program (10 minutes) 

33. Costa (CA): Creates a pilot program that will use funds from 

the Rural Utility Service to address nitrate contamination of rural 

drinking water in communities with less than 10,000 residents. (10 

minutes) 

34. Gingrey (GA): Strikes section 6105 from the bill which provides the authorization for the Rural Broadband Access Loan and 

Loan Guarantee Program. (10 minutes) 

35. Rice, Tom (SC): Reauthorizes Pasture Based Beef Systems for 

the Appalachia Research Initiative. (10 minutes) 

36. Palazzo (MS): Authorizes funding for the Agriculture Technology Innovation Partnership program that is already set up 


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through USDA. The amendment would authorize $500K for the 

pilot program. (10 minutes) 

37. Polis (CO), Blumenauer (OR), Massie (KY): Allows institutions of higher education to grow or cultivate industrial hemp for 

the purpose of agricultural or academic research. The provision 

only applies to states that already permit industrial hemp growth 

and cultivation under state law. (10 minutes) 

38. Garamendi (CA), Gibson (NY): Modifies the Forest Legacy 

program to allow qualified third party, non-governmental entities 

to hold the conservation easements financed with Forest Legacy 

revenue. (10 minutes) 

39. Polis (CO), Napolitano (CA): Would help the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) streamline forest management decisions to treat insect 

infestations on public lands so that USFS can better protect our 

natural resources and critical infrastructure while reducing the 

fuel loads that contribute to wildfires. Adds to the Healthy Forests 

Restoration Act of 2003 and directs the USFS to designate and 

treat at least one subwatersheds on at least one National Forest 

in each state that is experiencing insect epidemics or diseases that 

impair forest health. (10 minutes) 

40. Peters, Scott (CA): Gives parity to renewable chemicals and 

biobased product manufacturing under the energy title and the 

Biorefinery Assistance Program. (10 minutes) 

41. Marino (PA): Repeals the Biodiesel Fuel Education Program, 

which awards federal grants to educate fleet operators and the 

public on the benefits of using biodiesel fuels, instead of fossil fuels. 

(10 minutes) 

42. Neugebauer (TX), Vela, Filemon (TX): Makes fermentable 

sugar biomass crops eligible for payments under the Biomass Crop 

Assistance Program. (10 minutes) 

43. McClintock (CA): Strikes Sec. 10003—the Farmers Market 

and Local Food Promotion Program. This duplicative program 

funds lessons on food preparation, promotions of locally-grown 

crops and advertising of farmers markets. (10 minutes) 

44. Gibson (NY), Grimm (NY), Hanna (NY), Maloney, Sean (NY), 

Collins, Chris (NY): Strikes the olive oil import restriction contained in section 10010 of the bill. Under 10010, if a marketing 

order for olive oil is established, olive oil imports would be subject 

to restrictions such as taste testing. (10 minutes) 

45. Walorski, Jackie (IN): Continues the prohibition on the 

Christmas tree tax by striking the section of the bill that lifts the 

stay on the tax. (10 minutes) 

46. Courtney (CT), Wittman (VA): Adds farmed shellfish to the 

list of specialty crops listed in Section 3 of the Specialty Crops 

Competitiveness Act of 2004. This would allow these products to be 

eligible for USDA marketing and research assistance. (10 minutes) 

47. Kind (WI), Petri (WI), Blumenauer (OR), Conyers (MI), Cooper (TN), DeFazio (OR), Connolly (VA), DeLauro (CT), McGovern 

(MA), Radel, Trey (FL), Sensenbrenner (WI), Waxman (CA): Limits 

premium subsidies to those producers with an AGI under $250,000 

and limits per person premium subsidies to $50,000 and caps crop 

insurance providers’ reimbursement of administrative and operating at $900 million and reduces their rate of return to 12%. Introduces transparency into the crop insurance program. (20 minutes) 


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48. Carney (DE), Radel, Trey (FL): Strikes section 11012 of the 

Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act. (10 minutes) 

49. Radel, Trey (FL): Repeals the National Sheep Industry Improvement Center. (10 minutes) 

50. Walberg (MI): Strikes the addition of ‘‘natural stone’’ to the 

list of commodity products that can petition the USDA for the 

issuance of a promotion and research order. (10 minutes) 

51. Benishek (MI): Requires a scientific and economic analysis of 

the FDA’s Food Safety and Modernization Act prior to final regulations being enforced. The primary focus of the analysis will be the 

impact of this legislation on agricultural businesses of all sizes. (10 

minutes) 

52. Bachus (AL): Ensures that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will consider regulations in accordance with provisions in the Regulatory Flexibility Act—so that small business impacts are considered in actions and alternatives that the USDA 

considers. (10 minutes) 

53. Sinema, Kyrsten (AZ), LaMalfa (CA): Requires the Secretary 

of Agriculture to provide technical assistance to the U.S. Customs 

and Border Protection on identifying produce claiming to be made 

in the United States when in fact it is not. Requires the Secretary 

of Agriculture to provide Congress with a report on produce represented as grown in the United States when in fact it was not. (10 

minutes) 

54. Wittman (VA): Provides performance based measures, including crosscut budgeting, adaptive management and an Independent 

Evaluator, to assure federal dollars currently spent on Bay restoration activities produce results. (10 minutes) 

55. Herrera-Beutler (WA), Schrader (OR): Codifies the EPA’s 

longstanding silviculture rule. It protects federal, state, county, 

tribal, and private forest roads from costly permit requirements or 

other point source regulation along with litigation expenses and citizen suit liability. (10 minutes) 

56. Crawford (AR): Modifies the exemption levels of EPA’s SPCC 

rules for small farmers and ranchers, which require producers to 

construct a containment facility around above-ground oil tanks. (10 

minutes) 

57. Crawford (AR), Terry (NE): Prohibits the EPA from procuring 

or disclosing the private information of farmers and ranchers. (10 

minutes) 

58. Foxx (NC): Sunsets all discretionary programs in the bill 

upon the expiration of the 5-year authorization period. (10 minutes) 

59. Kuster, Ann (NH): Increases the cap for wildlife habitat funding within the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) 

from 5 percent to 7.5 percent. (10 minutes) 

60. Thompson, Bennie (MS): Allows the Healthy Forest Reserve 

Program to be a participating program of the Regional Conservation Partnership Program. (10 minutes) 

61. Thompson, Glenn (PA): Requires the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) to provide data and consultation to the 

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) with regard to water quality and nutrient management relating to ongoing modeling for the 

Chesapeake Bay watershed, including EPA’s ongoing implementation of the Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL). (10 minutes) 


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62. Pearce (NM), Neugebauer (TX), Conaway (TX): Requires the 

Secretary of Agriculture to conduct a study on current USDA programs related to the Lesser Prairie Chicken to analyze the economic impact and effectiveness of these programs. (10 minutes) 

63. Cramer, Kevin (ND): Caps mitigation for enhancement, restoration or creation of wetlands at a 1-for-1 acreage basis. Due to 

this amendment the greater than 1-for-1 mitigation appeals provision is no longer necessary, and therefore is struck. (10 minutes) 

64. Keating (MA), Markey, Edward (MA), Lynch (MA), McGovern 

(MA), Tierney (MA): Directs the Secretary of the Department of Agriculture to conduct an economic analysis of the existing market for 

US Atlantic Spiny Dogfish. (10 minutes) 

65. Reed (NY): Makes technical changes to Section 4015 regarding data exchange standardization for improved operability (10 

minutes) 

66. Young, Don (AK), Cole (OK): Grants the Secretary of Agriculture authority to permit the donation, preparation, and consumption of traditional Native food in public facilities primarily 

serving Alaska Natives and American Indians, as long as specific 

food safety requirements are met. (10 minutes) 

67. Negrete McLeod, Gloria (CA), Vargas, Juan (CA): Authorizes 

a feasibility study to identify which federal food programs tribes 

have the capacity to administer on their own. (10 minutes) 

68. Duckworth (IL): Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to conduct a study and report back to Congress on the impact of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) cuts on demand seen 

at charitable food providers. (10 minutes) 

69. Crowley (NY), Grimm (NY): Facilitates cost-neutral purchasing of Kosher and Halal food within the Emergency Food Assistance Program and improve information provided to participating food banks on availability of Kosher and Halal food (10 minutes) 

70. Huizenga (MI): Requires the United States Department of 

Agriculture (USDA) to conduct a study of sole-source contracts in 

Federal nutrition programs, and the effect such contracts have on 

program participation, program goals, non-program consumers, retailers, and free-market dynamics. The findings must be reported 

back to Congress within one year after the date of enactment of 

this act. (10 minutes) 

71. Gardner (CO): Gives Rural Utilities Services (RUS) borrowers 

the ability to hire contractors to perform NEPA studies without 

going through the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) process. 

Almost every other agency allows contractors to be hired without 

using the FAR. (10 minutes) 

72. Ruiz, Raul (CA): Amends the Distance Learning and Telemedicine Program to add designated Health Professional Shortage 

Areas as a priority in awarding funding. (10 minutes) 

73. Michaud (ME), Welch (VT), Owens (NY), Shea-Porter, Carol 

(NH), McIntyre (NC), O’Rourke (TX): Reauthorizes through fiscal 

year 2018 the Northern Border Regional Commission, the Southeast Crescent Regional Commission, and the Southwest Border Regional Commission. (10 minutes) 

74. Turner (OH), Chabot (OH), Fudge (OH), Beatty, (OH): Adds 

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search and education through a USDA land grant program. (10 

minutes) 

75. Gabbard (HI), Hanabusa (HI), Pierluisi (PR): Authorizes research, development, and a pest management plan to combat the 

coffee berry borer. (10 minutes) 

76. Faleomavaega (AS): Include American Samoa and the Federated Sates of Micronesia (FSM) as provided for the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI). The intent is to 

amend the McIntire-Stennis Act to include American Samoa, 

CNMI, and the FSM as already provided for Virgin Islands and 

Guam. American Samoa and FSM have land-grant colleges. The 

amendment will align with S. 984. (10 minutes) 

77. Slaughter (NY), Polis (CO): Reauthorizes the Research and 

Education Grants for the Study of Antibiotic Research program 

through 2018; it does not explicitly authorize or appropriate any 

funds. Reauthorization ensures that research into antibiotic-resistant bacteria remains a priority of NIFA and that NIFA retains the 

flexibility to fund the best research proposals on a competitive 

basis. (10 minutes) 

78. Gosar (AZ): Establishes parity among the fire-liability provisions in stewardship contracts by incorporating the liability provisions from timber contracts into integrated resource service contracts, companies are more likely to participate in the stewardship 

program, protecting communities and fostering healthy forests. (10 

minutes) 

79. Cotton (AR): Amends Section 8304 Good Neighbor Authority 

in H.R. 1947. The amendment would clarify that all types of 

projects may be delegated by the U.S. Forest Service to the state 

foresters, including projects involving commercial harvesting or 

other mechanical vegetative treatments. These projects would still 

be subject to all applicable NEPA regulations. The reference to ‘‘insect-infected trees’’ would be corrected to read ‘‘insect-infected forests’’. (10 minutes) 

80. Tipton (CO), Coffman (CO), Gardner (CO), Lamborn (CO): Establishes a program providing the US Forest Service a large 

airtanker and aerial asset lease program. (10 minutes) 

81. Griffith (VA): Conveys a small parcel of National Forest System land in Pound, Virginia. The parcel, which is located in the 

Jefferson National Forest, is a family cemetery. (10 minutes) 

82. Meadows (NC): Waives NEPA requirements for timber cleanup projects on forest service land after a disaster. (10 minutes) 

83. Loebsack (IA): Reinstates feasibility studies under the Rural 

Energy for America Program (REAP) in the Energy Title, Title IX. 

(10 minutes) 

84. Grimm (NY), Gibson (NY), Bishop, Tim (NY): Requires the 

Secretary of Agriculture to conduct a study and no later than 180 

days after enactment report back to the relevant committees in the 

House and Senate and analysis of energy use in USDA facilities, 

a list of energy audits that have been conducted at USDA facilities, 

a list of energy efficiency projects that have been conducted at 

USDA facilities and a list of energy savings projects that could be 

achieved with additional mechanical insulation at USDA facilities. 

(10 minutes) 

85. Ca ́ rdenas (CA): Expands food safety education initiatives to 

include training farm workers on how to identify sources of food 


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contamination and how to decrease bacterial contamination of food. 

(10 minutes) 

86. Austin, Scott (GA), Schrader (OR): Mandates the Secretary of 

Agriculture to consult with the Secretary of Labor to ensure that 

producers of perishable commodities are afforded a transparent and 

equitable process related to the labor disputes. (10 minutes) 

87. Kaptur (OH): Requires the Secretary to submit an annual report on invasive species in the United States. The report is required to be made available to the public. (10 minutes) 

88. Foxx (NC), Ellison (MN): Requires the government to disclose 

the names of certain persons and entities receiving federal crop insurance subsidies. Specifically, disclosure would be required for 

Members of Congress and their immediate families, Cabinet Secretaries and their immediate families, and entities of which any of 

the preceding parties is a majority shareholder. (10 minutes) 

89. Schock (IL): Includes pennycress as a research and development priority at the Risk Management Agency. (10 minutes) 

90. Barr, (KY), Hudson (NC), Radel, Trey (FL), Whitfield (KY): 

Requires that any changes to current crop insurance policies be 

published and open for public comment at least 60 days before 

June 30 and at least 60 days before November 30 of the year before 

the change would take effect. (10 minutes) 

91. Takano, Mark (CA), Markey, Edward (MA): Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to report to Congress on the economic implications for consumers, fishermen, and aquaculturists of fraud and 

mislabeling in wild and farmed seafood. (10 minutes) 

92. Fudge (OH), Sewell (AL): Requires USDA agencies that serve 

farmers and ranchers to provide a time and date stamped receipt 

for service to each farmer and rancher requesting information or 

service from USDA. (10 minutes) 

93. Vela ́zquez (NY): Directs USDA to coordinate opportunities for 

urban agriculture. (10 minutes) 

94. Jackson Lee (TX): Establishes the sense of Congress that the 

Federal Government should increase business opportunities for 

small businesses, black farmers, women, and minority businesses. 

(10 minutes) 

95. Ross (FL), Rooney (FL): Expresses the sense of Congress that 

agricultural nutrients and chemicals play an important role in the 

production of American agriculture. Also expresses the sense of 

Congress that the Department of Agriculture should coordinate 

with the Department of Homeland Security in the development of 

regulations and procedures for handling these agricultural chemicals. (10 minutes) 

96. Conaway (TX), Vela, Filemon (TX): Requires the Secretary of 

State to submit a report on water sharing with Mexico. (10 minutes) 

97. Flores (TX): Requires USDA to conduct and submit a study 

detailing all activities engaged in and resources expended in furtherance of Executive Order 13547 relating to the Administration’s 

continued attempts to establish the National Ocean Policy without 

Congressional authorization. The study also should include any 

budget requests for fiscal year 2014 for support of implementation 

of Executive Order 13547, and be submitted to the House Committee on Agriculture and Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (10 minutes) 


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98. Pitts (PA), Davis, Danny K. (IL), Goodlatte (VA), Blumenauer 

(OR): Reforms the Federal sugar program, and for other purposes. 

(20 minutes) 

99. Goodlatte (VA), Scott, David (GA), Collins, Chris (NY), 

Moran, James (VA), Duffy (WI), Polis (CO), Coffman (CO), Meeks 

(NY), DeGette (CO), Issa (CA), Sessions (TX), Lee, Barbara (CA): 

The Amendment would remove Subtitle D PART I—‘‘DAIRY PRODUCER MARGIN PROTECTION AND DAIRY MARKET STABILIZATION PROGRAMS’’ and replaces it with a new ‘‘Dairy Producer Margin Insurance Program’’. The amendment provides dairy 

producers with the option to annually enroll in a new margin insurance program at levels of $4.00 and up to $8.00 in increments 

of fifty cents. Based on the highest annual of three previous calendar years of their milk marketings, dairy producers are allowed 

to elect their coverage level and the percentage of coverage up to 

80% at the start of the program and annually thereafter. Dairy 

producers are also allowed to update their production history annually. The Secretary is required to make payments to dairy producers enrolled in the program whenever the actual dairy producer 

margin drops below $4.00 (or below a higher level of coverage up 

to $8.00). The amendment leaves the rest of the underlying dairy 

title intact, including the removal of the Dairy Product Price Support Program, the MILC Program, and the Dairy Export Assistance 

Program and the reauthorization of the 1996 FMMO additional 

order provision. (20 minutes) 

100. Fortenberry (NE): Reduces farm program payment limits, 

capping commodity payments at $250,000 per year for any one 

farm. The legislation also closes loopholes in current law to ensure 

payments reach working farmers, their intended recipients. (10 

minutes) 

101. Huelskamp (KS), Goodlatte (VA), Neugebauer (TX), Jordan 

(OH), DeSantis (FL), Stewart, Chris (UT), Bentivolio, (MI): Creates 

additional work requirements for SNAP recipients and raises the 

total reduction in spending to $31 billion. (10 minutes) 

102. Southerland (FL), Westmoreland (GA), Kingston (GA), 

Bentivolio, (MI), Schweikert (AZ): Applies federal welfare work requirements to the food stamp program, the Supplemental Nutrition 

Assistance Program, at state option. (10 minutes) 

103. Reed (NY), Walberg (MI), Yoho, Ted (FL): Ends eligibility 

for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program for convicted 

violent rapists, pedophiles and murderers after enactment into law. 

(10 minutes) 

PART A—TEXT OF AMENDMENT CONSIDERED AS ADOPTED

In section 1412(e)(3), page 92, line 8, strike ‘‘without further’’ and 

insert ‘‘subject to’’. 

In section 1435, page 110, strike lines 14 through 22, and insert 

the following: 

(b) DEPOSIT OF MONIES.—All monies received under subsection 

(a) shall, subject to appropriation, be available to the Secretary 

until expended for use or transfer as provided in subsection (c). 

(c) USE OF MONIES.— 

(1) AVAILABILITY FOR CERTAIN COMMODITY DONATIONS.— 

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(a), and as provided in subsection (b), the Secretary shall obligate the monies for the purpose of— 

PART B—TEXT OF AMENDMENTS MADE IN ORDER

1. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE MCGOVERN

OF MASSACHUSETTS OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 20 MINUTES

Strike sections 1101(c), 1105, 1106, 1107, 1108, and 1109. 

In section 1501(f), add the following new paragraph: 

(4) DELAY IN INITIAL PAYMENTS.—Payments required under 

this section for fiscal years 2012, 2013, and 2014 shall not be 

distributed before October 1, 2014. 

Strike sections 4005, 4007, 4018, and 4027. 

Strike section 11003. 

In section 11016(a), strike ‘‘2014’’ after ‘‘Beginning not later than 

the’’ and insert ‘‘2015’’. 

In section 11016(d)(1), strike ‘‘80 percent’’ and insert ‘‘65 percent’’. 

In section 11017, strike ‘‘2014’’ after ‘‘Effective beginning with 

the’’ and insert ‘‘2015’’. 

At the end of title XI, add the following new section: 

SEC. 11025. CAP ON OVERALL RATE OF RETURN FOR CROP INSURANCE PROVIDERS AND ON REIMBURSEMENTS FOR ADMINISTRATIVE AND OPERATING EXPENSES. 

(a) CAP ON OVERALL RATE OF RETURN.—Section 508(k)(3) of the 

Federal Crop Insurance Act 26 (7 U.S.C. 1508(k)(3)) is amended— 

(1) by designating paragraph (3) as subparagraph (A) and, 

before such subparagraph, by inserting ‘‘(3) RISK.—’’; and 

(2) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: 

‘‘(B) CAP ON OVERALL RATE OF RETURN.—The target rate 

of return for all the companies combined for the 2013 and 

subsequent reinsurance years shall be 12 percent of retained premium.’’. 

(b) ADDITIONAL CAP ON REIMBURSEMENTS.—Section 508(k)(4) of 

the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1508(k)(4)) is amended 

by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: 

‘‘(G) ADDITIONAL CAP ON REIMBURSEMENTS.—Notwithstanding subparagraphs (A) through (F), total reimbursements for administrative and operating costs for the 2013 

insurance year for all types of policies and plans of insurance shall not exceed $900,000,000. For each subsequent 

insurance year, the dollar amount in effect pursuant to the 

preceding sentence shall be increased by the same inflation factor as established for the administrative and operating costs cap in the 2011 Standard Reinsurance Agreement.’’. 

2. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE GIBBS OF

OHIO OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Page 18, beginning on line 21, strike ‘‘total acres planted for the 

year’’ and insert ‘‘base acres’’. 

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(16) REFERENCE PRICE.—The term ‘‘reference price’’, with respect to a covered commodity for a crop year, means the product obtained by multiplying— 

(A) 55 percent; by 

(B) the average of the national marketing year average 

price for the five most recent crop years, excluding each of 

the crop years with the highest and lowest prices. 

3. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE FOXX OF

NORTH CAROLINA OR HER DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

At the end of section 1107, add the following new subsection: 

(e) CAP ON TOTAL OBLIGATIONS AND EXPENDITURES.—Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, the total amount of 

price loss coverage payments and revenue loss coverage payments 

made under this section during the period of fiscal years 2014 

through 2020 shall not exceed $16,956,500. Producer agreements 

required by section 1108 shall specifically state that payments 

made under this section shall be reduced as necessary to comply 

with this subsection. 

4. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE ELLISON

OF MINNESOTA OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

At the end of section 1107(b), add the following new paragraph: 

(8) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than three years after the 

date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall complete 

a study reviewing the climate impacts of the availability of 

price loss coverage, including (but not limited to) the impact 

from increased crop production, land use change, farm equipment use, and increased input of agricultural chemicals. 

5. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE BROUN OF

GEORGIA OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

At the end of part II of subtitle D of title I, add the following new 

section: 

SEC. 1487. REPEAL OF PERMANENT PRICE SUPPORT AUTHORITY FOR 

MILK. 

(a) REPEAL.—Section 201 of the Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 

U.S.C. 1446) is amended— 

(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘milk,’’; and 

(2) by striking subsections (c) and (d). 

(b) EXCLUSION FROM PRICE SUPPORT FOR OTHER NONBASIC AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES.—Section 301 of the Agricultural Act of 

1949 (7 U.S.C. 1447) is amended by inserting ‘‘(other than milk)’’ 

after ‘‘agricultural commodity’’. 

Page 144, lines 19 and 20, strike ‘‘during the period beginning on 

the date of enactment of this Act through December 31, 2018’’. 

Page 145, lines 8, 9, and 10, strike ‘‘during the period beginning 

on the date of enactment of this Act through December 31, 2018’’. 


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6. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE ENYART OF

ILLINOIS OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

At the end of subtitle E of title I, add the following new section: 

SEC. 1502. NATIONAL DROUGHT COUNCIL AND NATIONAL DROUGHT 

POLICY ACTION PLAN. 

(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

(1) COUNCIL.—The term ‘‘Council’’ means the National 

Drought Council established by this section. 

(2) DROUGHT.—The term ‘‘drought’’ means a natural disaster 

that is caused by a deficiency in precipitation— 

(A) that may lead to a deficiency in surface and subsurface water supplies (including rivers, streams, wetlands, ground water, soil moisture, reservoir supplies, lake 

levels, and snow pack); and 

(B) that causes or may cause— 

(i) substantial economic or social impacts; or 

(ii) physical damage or injury to individuals, property, or the environment. 

(3) INDIAN TRIBE.—The term ‘‘Indian tribe’’ has the meaning 

given the term in section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination 

and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 450b). 

(4) MEMBER.—The term ‘‘member’’, with respect to the National Drought Council, means a member of the Council specified or appointed under this section or, in the absence of the 

member, the member’s designee. 

(5) MITIGATION.—The term ‘‘mitigation’’ means a short- or 

long-term action, program, or policy that is implemented in advance of or during a drought to minimize any risks and impacts of drought. 

(6) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ ′′means the Secretary 

of Agriculture. 

(7) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means the several States, the 

District of Columbia, American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Commonwealth of 

Puerto Rico, and the United States Virgin Islands. 

(8) TRIGGER.—The term ‘‘trigger’’ means the thresholds or 

criteria that must be satisfied before mitigation or emergency 

assistance may be provided to an area— 

(A) in which drought is emerging; or 

(B) that is experiencing a drought. 

(9) WATERSHED.—The term ‘‘watershed’’ means a region or 

area with common hydrology, an area drained by a waterway 

that drains into a lake or reservoir, the total area above a 

given point on a stream that contributes water to the flow at 

that point, or the topographic dividing line from which surface 

streams flow in two different directions. In no case shall a watershed be larger than a river basin. 

(10) WATERSHED GROUP.—The term ‘‘watershed group’’ 

means a group of individuals, formally recognized by the appropriate State or States, who represent the broad scope of relevant interests within a watershed and who work together in 

a collaborative manner to jointly plan the management of the 

natural resources contained within the watershed. 

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(1) the authority of a State to allocate quantities of water 

under the jurisdiction of the State; or 

(2) any State water rights established as of the date of enactment of this Act. 

(c) NATIONAL DROUGHT COUNCIL.— 

(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in the Office of 

the Secretary of Agriculture a council to be known as the ‘‘National Drought Council’’. 

(2) MEMBERSHIP.— 

(A) COMPOSITION.—The Council shall be composed of— 

(i) the Secretary (or the designee of the Secretary); 

(ii) the Secretary of Commerce (or the designee of 

the Secretary of Commerce); 

(iii) the Secretary of the Army (or the designee of 

the Secretary of the Army); 

(iv) the Secretary of the Interior (or the designee of 

the Secretary of the Interior); 

(v) the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (or the designee of the Director); 

(vi) the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (or the designee of the Administrator); 

(vii) 4 members appointed by the Secretary, in coordination with the National Governors Association, 

each of whom shall be the Governor of a State (or the 

designee of the Governor) and who collectively shall 

represent the geographic diversity of the Nation; 

(viii) 1 member appointed by the Secretary, in coordination with the National Association of Counties; 

(ix) 1 member appointed by the Secretary, in coordination with the United States Conference of Mayors; 

(x) 1 member appointed by the Secretary of the Interior, in coordination with Indian tribes, to represent 

the interests of tribal governments; and 

(xi) 1 member appointed by the Secretary, in coordination with the National Association of Conservation 

Districts, to represent local soil and water conservation districts. 

(B) DATE OF APPOINTMENT.—The appointment of each 

member of the Council shall be made not later than 120 

days after the date of enactment of this Act. 

(3) TERM; VACANCIES.— 

(A) TERM.—A non-Federal member of the Council appointed under paragraph (2) shall be appointed for a term 

of two years. 

(B) VACANCIES.—A vacancy on the Council— 

(i) shall not affect the powers of the Council; and 

(ii) shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment was made. 

(C) TERMS OF MEMBERS FILLING VACANCIES.—Any member appointed to fill a vacancy occurring before the expiration of the term for which the member’s predecessor was 

appointed shall be appointed only for the remainder of 

that term. 

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(A) IN GENERAL.—The Council shall meet at the call of 

the co-chairs. 

(B) FREQUENCY.—The Council shall meet at least semiannually. 

(5) QUORUM.—A majority of the members of the Council 

shall constitute a quorum, but a lesser number may hold hearings or conduct other business. 

(6) COUNCIL LEADERSHIP.— (A) IN GENERAL.—There shall be a Federal co-chair and 

non-Federal co-chair of the Council. 

(B) APPOINTMENT.— (i) FEDERAL CO-CHAIR.—The Secretary shall be Federal co-chair. 

(ii) NON-FEDERAL CO-CHAIR.—The non-Federal members of the Council shall elect, on a biannual basis, a 

non-Federal co-chair of the Council from among the 

members appointed under paragraph (2). 

(d) DUTIES OF THE COUNCIL.— (1) IN GENERAL.—The Council shall— (A) not later than one 

year after the date of the first meeting of the Council, develop 

a comprehensive National Drought Policy Action Plan that— 

(i)(I) delineates and integrates responsibilities for 

activities relating to drought (including drought preparedness, mitigation, research, risk management, 

training, and emergency relief) among Federal agencies; and 

(II) ensures that those activities are coordinated 

with the activities of the States, local governments, Indian tribes, and neighboring countries; 

(ii) is consistent with— 

(I) this Act and other applicable Federal laws; 

and 

(II) the laws and policies of the States for water 

management; 

(iii) is integrated with drought management programs of the States, Indian tribes, local governments, 

watershed groups, and private entities; and 

(iv) avoids duplicating Federal, State, tribal, local, 

watershed, and private drought preparedness and 

monitoring programs in existence on the date of enactment of this Act; 

(B) evaluate Federal drought-related programs in existence on the date of enactment of this Act and make recommendations to Congress and the President on means of 

eliminating— 

(i) discrepancies between the goals of the programs 

and actual service delivery; 

(ii) duplication among programs; and 

(iii) any other circumstances that interfere with the 

effective operation of the programs; 

(C) make recommendations to the President, Congress, 

and appropriate Federal Agencies on— 

(i) the establishment of common interagency triggers 

for authorizing Federal drought mitigation programs; 

and 


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(ii) improving the consistency and fairness of assistance among Federal drought relief programs; 

(D) encourage and facilitate the development of drought 

preparedness plans under subtitle C, including establishing the guidelines under this section; 

(E) based on a review of drought preparedness plans, develop and make available to the public drought planning 

models to reduce water resource conflicts relating to water 

conservation and droughts; 

(F) develop and coordinate public awareness activities to 

provide the public with access to understandable and informative materials on drought, including— 

(i) explanations of the causes of drought, the impacts of drought, and the damages from drought; 

(ii) descriptions of the value and benefits of land 

stewardship to reduce the impacts of drought and to 

protect the environment; 

(iii) clear instructions for appropriate responses to 

drought, including water conservation, water reuse, 

and detection and elimination of water leaks; 

(iv) information on State and local laws applicable to 

drought; and 

(v) opportunities for assistance to resource-dependent businesses and industries in times of drought; and 

(G) establish operating procedures for the Council. 

(2) CONSULTATION.—In carrying out this subsection, the 

Council shall consult with groups affected by drought emergencies. 

(3) REPORTS TO CONGRESS.— 

(A) ANNUAL REPORT.— 

(i) IN GENERAL.—Not later than one year after the 

date of the first meeting of the Council, and annually 

thereafter, the Council shall submit to Congress a report on the activities carried out under this section. 

(ii) INCLUSIONS.— (I) IN GENERAL.—The annual report shall include a summary of drought preparedness plans. 

(II) INITIAL REPORT.—The initial report submitted under subparagraph (A) shall include any 

recommendations of the Council. 

(B) FINAL REPORT.—Not later than seven years after the 

date of enactment of this Act, the Council shall submit to 

Congress a report that recommends— 

(i) amendments to this section; and 

(ii) whether the Council should continue. 

(e) POWERS OF THE COUNCIL.— 

(1) HEARINGS.—The Council may hold hearings, meet and 

act at any time and place, take any testimony and receive any 

evidence that the Council considers advisable to carry out this 

section. 

(2) INFORMATION FROM FEDERAL AGENCIES.— (A) IN GENERAL.—The Council may obtain directly from 

any Federal agency any information that the Council considers necessary to carry out this section. 

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(i) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in clause (ii), on 

request of the Secretary or the non-Federal co-chair of 

the Council, the head of a Federal agency may provide 

information to the Council. 

(ii) LIMITATION.—The head of a Federal agency shall 

not provide any information to the Council that the 

Federal agency head determines the disclosure of 

which may cause harm to national security interests. 

(3) POSTAL SERVICES.—The Council may use the United 

States mail in the same manner and under the same conditions as other agencies of the Federal Government. 

(4) GIFTS.—The Council may accept, use, and dispose of gifts 

or donations of services or property. 

(f) COUNCIL PERSONNEL MATTERS.— 

(1) COMPENSATION OF MEMBERS.— 

(A) NON-FEDERAL EMPLOYEES.—A member of the Council 

who is not an officer or employee of the Federal Government shall serve without compensation. 

(B) FEDERAL EMPLOYEES.—A member of the Council who 

is an officer or employee of the United States shall serve 

without compensation in addition to the compensation received for services of the member as an officer or employee 

of the Federal Government. 

(2) TRAVEL EXPENSES.—A member of the Council shall be allowed travel expenses at rates authorized for an employee of 

an agency under subchapter I of chapter 57 of title 5, United 

States Code, while away from the home or regular place of 

business of the member in the performance of the duties of the 

Council. 

(g) TERMINATION OF COUNCIL.—The Council shall terminate at 

the end of the eighth fiscal year beginning on or after the date of 

the enactment of this Act. 

7. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE GRAVES OF

GEORGIA OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

At the end of section 1603, add the following new subsection: 

(d) EFFECT OF CORN SALES TO ETHANOL PRODUCTION FACILI- TIES.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a producer on 

a farm that sells corn, directly or through a third party, to an ethanol production facility is ineligible to receive any payment or benefit described in section 1001D(b)(2) of the Food Security Act of 

1985 (7 U.S.C. 1308–3a(b)(2)) for that corn. 

8. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE BLU- MENAUER OF OREGON OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Page 162, line 14, strike the closed quotation mark and the final 

period. 

Page 162, after line 14, insert the following: 

‘‘(3) RESERVATION.—Effective beginning in fiscal year 2015, 

the Secretary, to the maximum extent feasible, shall manage 

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not less than 20.5 percent of land maintained in the program 

shall be— 

‘‘(A) described in subparagraphs (B) through (E) of subsection (b)(4); and 

‘‘(B) enrolled under— 

‘‘(i) the special conservation reserve enhancement 

program authority under section 1234(f)(4); or 

‘‘(ii) the pilot program for the enrollment of wetland 

and buffer acreage under section 1231B.’’. 

9. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE BLUMENAUER OF OREGON OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Beginning on page 197, strike line 18 and all that follows 

through page 198, line 10 and insert the following: 

SEC. 2201. PURPOSES. 

Section 1240 of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839aa) 

is amended to read as follows: 

‘‘SEC. 1240. PURPOSES. 

‘‘The purpose of the environmental quality incentives program 

established by this chapter is to assist producers in implementing 

conservation systems, practices, and activities on their operations 

in order to— 

‘‘(1) improve water quality, with special emphasis on reducing nutrient pollution and protecting sources of drinking water; 

‘‘(2) avoid, to the maximum extent practicable, the need for 

resource and regulatory programs by assisting producers in 

protecting soil, water, air, and related natural resources and 

meeting environmental quality criteria established by Federal, 

State, tribal, and local agencies; 

‘‘(3) conserve ground and surface water to sustain or improve 

in-stream flows; 

‘‘(4) enhance soil quality; 

‘‘(5) control invasive species; 

‘‘(6) enhance critical aquatic and terrestrial wildlife habitat 

for at-risk species; 

‘‘(7) reduce the amount and toxicity of pesticides and other 

agricultural chemicals found on food and in water or the air; 

‘‘(8) reduce the nontherapeutic use of medically important 

antibiotics in food-producing animals in order to preserve the 

effectiveness of antibiotics used in the treatment of human and 

animal disease; 

‘‘(9) help producers adapt to a changing and unpredictable 

climate and increase resiliency to climate change impacts, including rising temperatures and extreme weather events, while 

reducing greenhouse gas emissions; and 

‘‘(10) address additional priority resource concerns, as determined by the Secretary.’’. 

Page 198, line 19, strike ‘‘10 years’’ and insert ‘‘5 years’’. 

Page 198, after line 19, insert the following: 

(3) by amending subsection (c) to read as follows: 

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parable, the Secretary shall assign a higher priority to a program 

application which will achieve the environment and conservation 

values using practices and systems the assessed cost of which is 

lower.’’; 

(4) by amending subsection (d)(3) to read as follows: 

‘‘(3) INCREASED PAYMENTS FOR CERTAIN PRACTICES.—The Secretary shall provide supplemental payments and enhanced 

technical assistance to producers implementing land management and vegetative practices at a level that, as determined by 

the Secretary, results in highly cost-effective treatment of priority resource concerns, including— 

‘‘(A) residue and tillage management; 

‘‘(B) contour farming; 

‘‘(C) cover cropping; 

‘‘(D) integrated pest management; 

‘‘(E) nutrient management; 

‘‘(F) stream corridor improvement; 

‘‘(G) invasive plant species control; 

‘‘(H) contour buffer strips; 

‘‘(I) riparian herbaceous and forest buffers; 

‘‘(J) filterstrips; 

‘‘(K) stream habitat improvement and management; 

‘‘(L) grassed waterways; 

‘‘(M) wetland restoration and enhancement; 

‘‘(N) pollinator habitat; or 

‘‘(O) conservation crop rotation.’’; 

Page 199, after line 16, insert the following: 

(4) by adding at the end of subsection (d) the following new 

paragraph: 

‘‘(7) LIMITATION ON PAYMENTS FOR CERTAIN PRACTICES.—A 

producer who owns or operates a large confined animal feeding 

operation (as defined by the Secretary) shall not be eligible for 

payments under this chapter to construct an animal waste 

management facility or any associated waste transport or 

transfer device.’’. 

Page 199, line 21, strike ‘‘60 percent’’ and insert ‘‘50 percent’’. 

Page 200, line 2, strike ‘‘5 percent’’ and insert ‘‘not less than 10 

percent’’. 

Page 200, line 17, strike ‘‘and’’ and insert the following: 

(6) by amending subsection (h) to read as follows: 

‘‘(h) WATER CONSERVATION OR IRRIGATION EFFICIENCY PRACTICE.— 

‘‘(1) AVAILABILITY OF PAYMENTS.—The Secretary may provide 

payments under this subsection to a producer for a water conservation or irrigation practice that promotes ground and surface water conservation on the agricultural operation of the 

producer by— 

‘‘(A) improvements to irrigation systems; 

‘‘(B) enhancement of irrigation efficiencies; 

‘‘(C) conversion of the agricultural operation to— 

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‘‘(D) improvement of the storage and conservation of 

water through measures such as water banking and 

groundwater recharge; 

‘‘(E) enhancement of fish and wildlife habitat associated 

with irrigation systems including pivot corners and areas 

with irregular boundaries; 

‘‘(F) enhancement of in-stream flows in associated rivers 

and streams; or 

‘‘(G) establishment of other measures, as determined by 

the Secretary, that improve groundwater and surface 

water conservation in agricultural operations. 

‘‘(2) PRIORITY.—In providing payments to a producer for a 

water conservation or irrigation practice, the Secretary shall 

give priority to applications in which— 

‘‘(A) consistent with the law of the State in which the eligible land of the producer is located, there is a reduction 

in water use in the operation of the producer; and 

‘‘(B) the practice reduces the amount of water consumed 

in a producer’s operation or reduces the amount of water 

diverted without increasing the water consumed. 

‘‘(3) DUTY OF PRODUCERS.—The Secretary may not provide 

payments to a producer for a water conservation or irrigation 

practice under this chapter unless the producer agrees not to 

use any associated water savings to bring new land, other than 

incidental land needed for efficient operations, under irrigated 

production, unless the producer is participating in a watershed-wide project that will effectively conserve water, as determined by the Secretary.’’; 

(7) in subsection (i)— 

(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘subsection’’ and inserting ‘‘chapter’’; 

(B) by amending paragraph (2) to read as follows: 

‘‘(2) ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS.—As a condition for receiving 

payments under this chapter, a producer shall agree to develop 

and implement conservation practices for certified organic production that are consistent with the regulations promulgated 

under the Organic Foods Production Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 6501 

et seq.) and the purposes of this chapter.’’; 

(C) by striking paragraph (3) and redesignating paragraphs (4) and (5) as paragraphs (5) and (6), respectively; 

and 

(D) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following new 

paragraphs: 

‘‘(3) COORDINATION WITH ORGANIC CERTIFICATION.—The Secretary shall establish a transparent means by which producers 

may initiate organic certification under the Organic Foods Production Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 6501 et seq.) while participating 

in a contract under this chapter. 

‘‘(4) PLANNING.— 

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall provide planning 

assistance to producers transitioning to certified organic 

production consistent with the requirements of the Organic 

Foods Production Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 6501 et seq.) and 

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‘‘(B) AVOIDANCE OF DUPLICATION.—The Secretary shall, 

to the maximum extent practicable, eliminate duplication 

of planning activities for a producer participating in a contract under this chapter and initiating or maintaining organic certification consistent with the Organic Foods Production Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 6501 et seq.).’’; and 

Page 201, line 8, strike the closed quotation mark and the final 

period. 

Page 201, after line 8, insert the following: 

‘‘(k) PAYMENTS FOR CONSERVATION PRACTICES RELATED TO ANTIBIOTIC USE.— 

‘‘(1) PAYMENTS AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary shall provide 

payments under this chapter to livestock producers for three 

years, to assist in a transition to modified animal management 

and production systems, for practices leading to the reduction 

in the need for antibiotics, including modification of systems 

and spaces to— 

‘‘(A) improve sanitation; 

‘‘(B) improve ventilation; or 

‘‘(C) support the implementation of improved animal 

management techniques at the operation. 

‘‘(2) DUTY OF PRODUCER.—The Secretary shall not make payments under this chapter for practices related to antibiotic use 

unless the producer agrees to provide information to the Secretary documenting the resulting reduction in antibiotic use in 

the operation of the producer. 

‘‘(l) COMPREHENSIVE CONSERVATION PLANNING.—The Secretary 

shall provide technical and financial assistance to producers under 

the program to develop a comprehensive conservation plan for the 

agricultural operation of the producer.’’. 

Page 201, strike lines 9 through 17 and insert the following: 

SEC. 2203. EVALUATION OF APPLICATIONS. 

(a) EVALUATION CRITERIA.—Section 1240C(a) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839aa–3(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘, 

national, State, and local conservation priorities’’ and inserting 

‘‘priority resource concerns identified under subsection (d)’’. 

(b) PRIORITIZATION OF APPLICATIONS.—Section 1240C(b) of the 

Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839aa–3(b)) is amended— 

(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘achieving the anticipated 

environmental benefits of the project’’ and inserting ‘‘priority 

resource concerns identified under subsection (d)’’; 

(2) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘designated resource concern 

or resource concerns’’ and inserting ‘‘priority resource concerns 

identified under subsection (d), including, in the case of applications from nutrient-impacted watersheds, the degree to 

which nutrient loadings would be reduced as a result of the 

proposed project’’; and 

(3) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘purpose of the environmental quality incentives program specified in section 1240(1)’’ 

and inserting ‘‘purposes of the program’’. 

(c) GROUPING OF APPLICATIONS.—Section 1240C(c) of the Food 

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serting ‘‘proposing to address the same priority resource concerns 

for evaluation purposes’’. 

(d) PRIORITY RESOURCE CONCERNS.—Section 1240C of the Food 

Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839aa–3) is amended by adding 

at the end the following new subsection: 

‘‘(d) PRIORITY RESOURCE CONCERNS.—For the purposes of this 

section, the Secretary shall identify priority resource concerns in a 

particular watershed or other appropriate region or area within a 

State.’’. 

Beginning on page 201, strike line 22 and all that follows 

through page 202, line 8 and insert the following: 

SEC. 2205. ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY INCENTIVES PROGRAM PLAN. 

(a) PLAN OF OPERATIONS.—Section 1240E(a) of the Food Security 

Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839aa–5(a)) is amended to read as follows: 

‘‘(a) PLAN OF OPERATIONS.—To be eligible to receive payments 

under the program, a producer shall submit to the Secretary for approval a plan of operations that— 

‘‘(1) specifies the priority resource concerns to be addressed; 

‘‘(2) specifies the type, number, and sequencing of conservation systems, practices, or activities to be implemented to address the priority resource concerns; 

‘‘(3) includes such terms and conditions as the Secretary considers necessary to carry out the program, including a description of the purposes to be met by the implementation of the 

plan and a statement of how the plan will achieve or take significant steps toward achieving the relevant resource management system quality criteria; 

‘‘(4) in the case of a confined livestock feeding operation, provides for development and implementation of a comprehensive 

nutrient management plan, if applicable; 

‘‘(5) in the case of a producer located within a nutrient-impacted watershed, identifies methods by which the producer 

will limit nutrient loss; and 

‘‘(6) in the case of forest land, is consistent with the provisions of a forest management plan that is approved by the Secretary, which may include— 

‘‘(A) a forest stewardship plan described in section 5 of 

the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 

2103a); 

‘‘(B) another practice plan approved by the State forester; or 

‘‘(C) another plan determined appropriate by the Secretary.’’. 

(b) AVOIDANCE OF DUPLICATION.—Section 1240E(b)(1) of the Food 

Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839aa–5(b)(1))) is amended by 

striking ‘‘plan of operations’’ and inserting ‘‘resource management 

system plan’’. 

SEC. 2206. DUTIES OF THE SECRETARY. 

Section 1240F(2) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 

3839aa–6(2)) is amended by striking ‘‘information’’ and inserting 

‘‘technical assistance, information,’’. 

SEC. 2207. LIMITATION ON PAYMENTS. 

Section 1240G of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 

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‘‘SEC. 1240G. LIMITATION ON PAYMENTS. 

‘‘(a) LIMITATION ON TOTAL PAYMENTS.—Subject to subsection (b), 

a person or legal entity may not receive, directly or indirectly, costshare or incentive payments under this chapter, in the aggregate, 

for all contracts entered into under this chapter by the person or 

entity (excluding funding arrangements with federally recognized 

Native American Indian Tribes or Alaska Native Corporations 

under section 1240B(h)), regardless of the number of contracts entered into under this chapter by the person or entity, that— ‘‘(1) during any fiscal year exceed $30,000; and 

‘‘(2) during any five-year period exceed $150,000. 

‘‘(b) WAIVER AUTHORITY.—In the case of contracts under this 

chapter for projects of special environmental significance, as determined by the Secretary, the Secretary may waive the limitation 

otherwise applicable under subsection (a)(1). 

‘‘(c) PREVENTION OF DUPLICATION.—The Secretary shall not approve a contract or provide payments to any individual for a practice that has already been paid for as part of a previously approved 

and completed contract for any particular parcel of land.’’. 

10. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE LUJA ́ N OF

NEW MEXICO OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Page 201, line 8, strike the closed quotation mark and the final 

period. 

Page 201, after line 8, insert the following: 

‘‘(k) FUNDING FOR COMMUNITY IRRIGATION ASSOCIATIONS.— ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may enter into an alternative funding arrangement with an eligible irrigation association if the Secretary determines that— 

‘‘(A) the purposes of the program will be met by such an 

arrangement; and 

‘‘(B) statutory limitations regarding contracts with individual producers will not be exceeded by any member of 

the irrigation association. 

‘‘(2) ELIGIBLE IRRIGATION ASSOCIATIONS.—In this subsection, 

the term ‘eligible irrigation association’ means an irrigation association that is— 

‘‘(A) comprised of producers; and 

‘‘(B) a local government entity, but does not have the authority to impose taxes or levies.’’. 

11. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE THOMPSON OF MISSISSIPPI OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Page 220, beginning on line 1, strike ‘‘24-month’’ and insert ‘‘12- 

month’’. 

Beginning on page 233, strike line 21 and all that follows 

through page 234, line 4 and insert a closed quotation mark and 

a final period. 

Page 235, line 23, strike ‘‘paragraph’’ and insert ‘‘paragraphs’’. 

Page 236, line 5, strike the closed quotation mark and the final 

period. 

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‘‘(6) WET AND SATURATED SOILS.—For the purposes of enrolling land in a wetland easement under subtitle H, the limitations established under paragraph (1) shall not apply to cropland designated by the Secretary with subclass w in the land 

capability classes IV through VIII because of severe use limitations due to soil saturation or inundation.’’. 

12. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE GARDNER

OF COLORADO OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Page 256, after line 17, insert the following: 

SEC. 2507. EMERGENCY WATERSHED PROTECTION PROGRAM. 

Section 403 of the Agricultural Credit Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 

2203) is amended by adding at the end the following new sentence: 

‘‘In evaluating requests for assistance under this section, the Secretary shall give priority consideration to projects that address runoff retardation and soil-erosion preventive measures needed to mitigate the risks and remediate the effects of catastrophic wildfire on 

land that is the source of drinking water for landowners and land 

users.’’. 

13. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE THOMPSON OF CALIFORNIA OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Page 260, line 11, strike the closed quotation mark and the final 

period. 

Page 260, after line 11, insert the following: 

‘‘(3) PRIORITY.— 

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—In the delivery of technical assistance 

under the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act 

(16 U.S.C. 590a et seq.), the Secretary shall give priority 

to producers who request technical assistance from the 

Secretary in order to comply for the first time with the requirements of subtitle B and subtitle C of this title as a 

result of the amendments made by section 2801 of the Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 

2013. 

‘‘(B) REPORT.—Not later than 270 days after the date of 

enactment of the Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk 

Management Act of 2013, the Secretary shall submit to the 

Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives 

and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry 

of the Senate a report regarding the extent to which the 

conservation compliance requirements contained in the 

amendments made by section 2801 of the Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013 apply to 

and impact specialty crop growers, including national analysis and surveys to determine the extent of specialty crop 

acreage on highly erodible land and wetlands.’’. 

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Subtitle H—Highly Erodible Land and 

Wetland Conservation for Crop Insurance 

SEC. 2801. HIGHLY ERODIBLE LAND AND WETLAND CONSERVATION 

FOR CROP INSURANCE. 

(a) HIGHLY ERODIBLE LAND PROGRAM INELIGIBILITY.— 

(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 1211(a)(1) of the Food Security Act 

of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3811(a)(1)) is amended— 

(A) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end; 

(B) in subparagraph (D), by adding ‘‘or’’ at the end; and 

(C) by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(E) any portion of the premium paid by the Federal 

Crop Insurance Corporation for a policy or plan of insurance under the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1501 

et seq.), on the condition that if a person is determined to 

have committed a violation under this subsection during a 

crop year, ineligibility under this subparagraph shall— 

‘‘(i) only apply to reinsurance years subsequent to 

the date of final determination of a violation, including 

all administrative appeals; and 

‘‘(ii) not apply to the existing reinsurance year or 

any reinsurance year prior to the date of final determination.’’. 

(2) EXEMPTIONS.—Section 1212(a)(2) of the Food Security Act 

of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3812(a)(2)) is amended— 

(A) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘(2) If,’’ and inserting the following: 

‘‘(2) ELIGIBILITY BASED ON COMPLIANCE WITH CONSERVATION

PLAN.— 

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—If,’’; 

(B) in the second sentence, by striking ‘‘In carrying’’ and 

inserting the following: 

‘‘(B) MINIMIZATION OF DOCUMENTATION.—In carrying’’; 

and 

(C) by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(C) CROP INSURANCE.— 

‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding section 1211(a)— 

‘‘(I) in the case of a person that is subject to section 1211 for the first time after May 1, 2013, due 

to the amendment made by section 2801(a) of the 

Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013, any person who produces an agricultural commodity on the land that is the basis 

of the payments described in section 1211(a)(1)(E) 

shall have 5 reinsurance years after the date on 

which such payments become subject to section 

1211 to develop and comply with an approved conservation plan so as to maintain eligibility for 

such payments; and 

‘‘(II) in the case of a person that the Secretary 

determines would have been in violation of section 

1211(a) if the person had continued participation 

in the programs requiring compliance at any time 

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tion, and Energy Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 8701 et 

seq.) and is currently in violation of section 

1211(a), the person shall have 2 reinsurance years 

after the date on which the payments described in 

section 1211(a)(1)(E) become subject to section 

1211 to develop and comply with an approved conservation plan, as determined by the Secretary, so 

as to maintain eligibility for such payments. 

‘‘(ii) CERTIFICATION.— ‘‘(I) IN GENERAL.—Beginning with the first full 

reinsurance year immediately following the date 

of enactment of this subparagraph, all persons 

seeking eligibility for the payment of a portion of 

the premium paid by the Federal Crop Insurance 

Corporation for a policy or plan of insurance 

under the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 

1501 et seq.) shall provide certification of compliance with section 1211(a), as determined by the 

Secretary. 

‘‘(II) TIMELY EVALUATION.—The Secretary shall 

evaluate the certification in a timely manner 

and— 

‘‘(aa) a person who has properly complied 

with certification shall be held harmless with 

regard to eligibility during the period of evaluation; and 

‘‘(bb) if the Secretary fails to evaluate the 

certification in a timely manner and the person is subsequently found to be in violation of 

section 1211(a), ineligibility shall not apply to 

the person for that violation. 

‘‘(III) EQUITABLE CONTRIBUTION.— 

‘‘(aa) IN GENERAL.—If a person fails to provide certification of compliance to the Secretary as required and is subsequently found 

in violation of section 1211(a), the Secretary 

shall determine the amount of an equitable 

contribution to conservation in accordance 

with section 1241(e) by the person for the violation. 

‘‘(bb) LIMITATION.—The contribution shall 

not exceed the total of the portion of the premium paid by the Federal Crop Insurance 

Corporation for a policy or plan of insurance 

for all years the person is determined to have 

been in violation subsequent to the date on 

which certification was first required under 

this clause.’’. 

(b) WETLAND CONSERVATION PROGRAM INELIGIBILITY.—Section 

1221 of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3821) is amended— 

(1) in subsection (b), by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(4) CROP INSURANCE.— 

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in this paragraph, 

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ministrative appeals, of a violation of subsection (c) shall 

have 1 reinsurance year to initiate a conservation plan to 

remedy the violation, as determined by the Secretary, before becoming ineligible under that subsection in the following reinsurance year to receive any payment of any 

portion of the premium paid by the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation for a policy or plan of insurance under 

the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1501 et seq.). 

‘‘(B) APPLICABILITY.—In the case of a person that is subject to this subsection or subsection (d) for the first time 

due to the amendment made by section 2801(b) of the Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 

2013, the person shall have 2 reinsurance years after the 

date of final determination, including all administrative 

appeals, to take such steps as the Secretary determines 

appropriate to remedy or mitigate the violation in accordance with subsection (c). 

‘‘(C) GOOD FAITH.—If the Secretary determines that a 

person subject to a final determination, including all administrative appeals, of a violation of subsection (c) acted 

in good faith and without intent to violate this section as 

described in section 1222(h), the Secretary shall give the 

person 1 reinsurance year to begin mitigation, restoration, 

or such other steps as are determined necessary by the 

Secretary. 

‘‘(D) TENANT RELIEF.— ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—If a tenant is determined to be ineligible for payments and other benefits under this 

section, the Secretary may limit the ineligibility only 

to the farm that is the basis for the ineligibility determination if the tenant has established, to the satisfaction of the Secretary that— 

‘‘(I) the tenant has made a good faith effort to 

meet the requirements of this section, including 

enlisting the assistance of the Secretary to obtain 

a reasonable conservation plan for restoration or 

mitigation for the farm; 

‘‘(II) the landlord on the farm refuses to comply 

with the plan on the farm; and 

‘‘(III) the Secretary determines that the lack of 

compliance is not a part of a scheme or device to 

avoid the compliance. 

‘‘(ii) REPORT.—The Secretary shall provide an annual report to the Committee on Agriculture of the 

House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate concerning the ineligibility determinations limited during 

the previous 12-month period under this subparagraph. 

‘‘(E) CERTIFICATION.— ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Beginning with the first full reinsurance year immediately following the date of enactment of this paragraph, all persons seeking eligibility 

for the payment of a portion of the premium paid by 

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plan of insurance under the Federal Crop Insurance 

Act (7 U.S.C. 1501 et seq.) shall provide certification 

of compliance with this section as determined by the 

Secretary. 

‘‘(ii) TIMELY EVALUATION.—The Secretary shall 

evaluate the certification in a timely manner and— 

‘‘(I) a person who has properly complied with 

certification shall be held harmless with regard to 

eligibility during the period of evaluation; and 

‘‘(II) if the Secretary fails to evaluate the certification in a timely manner and the person is subsequently found to be in violation of subsection (c), 

ineligibility shall not apply to the person for that 

violation. 

‘‘(iii) EQUITABLE CONTRIBUTION.— 

‘‘(I) IN GENERAL.—If a person fails to provide 

certification of compliance to the Secretary as required and is subsequently found in violation of 

subsection (c), the Secretary shall determine the 

amount of an equitable contribution to conservation in accordance with section 1241(e) by the person for the violation. 

‘‘(II) LIMITATION.—The contribution shall not exceed the total of the portion of the premium paid 

by the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation for a 

policy or plan of insurance for all years the person 

is determined to have been in violation subsequent to the date on which certification was first 

required under this subparagraph.’’; 

(2) by redesignating subsections (c), (d), and (e) as subsections (d), (e), and (f), respectively; and 

(3) by inserting after subsection (b) the following: 

‘‘(c) INELIGIBILITY FOR CROP INSURANCE PREMIUM ASSISTANCE.— ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—If a person is determined to have committed a violation under subsection (a) or (d) during a crop 

year, the person shall be ineligible to receive any payment of 

any portion of the premium paid by the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation for a policy or plan of insurance under the 

Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1501 et seq.). 

‘‘(2) APPLICABILITY.—Ineligibility under this subsection 

shall— 

‘‘(A) only apply to reinsurance years subsequent to the 

date of final determination of a violation, including all administrative appeals; and 

‘‘(B) not apply to— 

‘‘(i) the existing reinsurance year; or 

‘‘(ii) any reinsurance year prior to the date of final 

determination. 

‘‘(3) DATE OF CONVERSION.—Notwithstanding subsection (d), 

ineligibility for crop insurance premium assistance shall apply 

as follows: 

‘‘(A) In the case of wetland that the Secretary determines was converted after the date of enactment of the 

Food, Conservation and Energy Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 8701 

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in violation, the person shall have 2 reinsurance years 

after the date on which this subsection applies, to begin 

the mitigation process, as determined by the Secretary. 

‘‘(B) In the case of wetland that the Secretary determines was converted after May 1, 2013— 

‘‘(i) subject to clause (ii), the person shall be ineligible to receive crop insurance premium subsidies in 

subsequent reinsurance years unless section 1222(b) 

applies; and 

‘‘(ii) for any violation that the Secretary determines 

impacts less than 5 acres of the entire farm, the person may pay a contribution in accordance with section 

1241(e) in an amount equal to 150 percent of the cost 

of mitigation, as determined by the Secretary, for wetland restoration in lieu of ineligibility to receive crop 

insurance premium assistance. 

‘‘(C) In the case of a wetland that the Secretary determines was converted prior to the date of enactment of the 

Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 8701 

et seq.), ineligibility under this subsection shall not apply. 

‘‘(D) In the case of an agricultural commodity for which 

an individual policy or plan of insurance is available for 

the first time to the person after the date of enactment of 

the Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act 

of 2013— 

‘‘(i) ineligibility shall apply only to conversions that 

take place after the date on which the policy or plan 

of insurance first becomes available to the person; and 

‘‘(ii) the person shall take such steps as the Secretary determines appropriate to mitigate any prior 

conversion in a timely manner but not to exceed 2 calendar years. 

‘‘(4) CERTIFICATION.— ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—In enforcing eligibility under this subsection, the Secretary shall use existing processes and procedures for certifying compliance. 

‘‘(B) RESPONSIBILITY.—The Secretary, acting through the 

agencies of the Department of Agriculture, shall be solely 

responsible for determining whether a producer is eligible 

to receive crop insurance premium subsidies in accordance 

with this subsection. 

‘‘(C) LIMITATION.—The Secretary shall ensure that no 

agent, approved insurance provider, or employee or contractor of an agency or approved insurance provider, bears 

responsibility or liability for the eligibility of an insured 

producer under this subsection, other than in cases of misrepresentation, fraud, or a scheme or device to avoid compliance.’’. 

14. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE HASTINGS

OF FLORIDA OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Page 263, line 3, strike ‘‘; and’’ and insert a semicolon. 

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(4) in subsection (h)(2), by inserting ‘‘, including, to the extent practicable, practices that maximize benefits for honey 

bees’’ after ‘‘pollinators’’; and 

At the end of subtitle C of title XII, add the following: 

SEC. 12lll. PROTECTION OF HONEY BEES AND OTHER POLLINATORS. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of the Interior and the Administrator of the Environmental 

Protection Agency, shall carry out such activities as the Secretary 

determines to be appropriate to protect and ensure the long-term 

viability of populations of honey bees, wild bees, and other beneficial insects of agricultural crops, horticultural plants, wild plants, 

and other plants, including— 

(1) providing technical expertise relating to proposed agency 

actions that may threaten pollinator health or jeopardize the 

long-term viability of populations of pollinators; 

(2) providing formal guidance on national policies relating 

to— 

(A) permitting managed honey bees to forage on National Forest Service lands where compatible with other 

natural resource management priorities; and 

(B) planting and maintaining managed honey bee and 

native pollinator forage on National Forest Service lands 

where compatible with other natural resource management priorities; 

(3) making use of the best available peer-reviewed science regarding environmental and chemical stressors on pollinator 

health; and 

(4) regularly monitoring and reporting on the health and 

population status of managed and native pollinators including 

bees, birds, bats, and other species. 

(b) TASK FORCE ON BEE HEALTH AND COMMERCIAL BEEKEEPING.— 

(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall establish a task 

force— 

(A) to coordinate Federal efforts carried out on or after 

the date of enactment of this Act to address the serious 

worldwide decline in bee health, especially honey bees and 

declining native bees; and 

(B) to assess Federal efforts to mitigate pollinator losses 

and threats to the United States commercial beekeeping 

industry. 

(2) AGENCY CONSULTATION.—The task force established 

under this subsection shall seek ongoing consultation from any 

Federal agency carrying out activities important to bee health 

and commercial beekeeping, including officials from— 

(A) the Department of Agriculture; 

(B) the Department of the Interior; 

(C) the Environmental Protection Agency; 

(D) the Food and Drug Administration; 

(E) the Department of Commerce; and 

(F) U.S. Customs and Border Protection. 

(3) STAKEHOLDER CONSULTATION.—The task force established 

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(c) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 180 days after the 

date of enactment of this Act, the task force established under subsection (b) shall submit to Congress a report that— 

(1) summarizes Federal activities carried out pursuant to 

section 1672(h) of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and 

Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 5925(h)) or any other provision of 

law (including regulations) to address bee decline; 

(2) summarizes international efforts to address the decline of 

managed honey bees and native pollinators; and 

(3) provides recommendations to Congress regarding how to 

better coordinate Federal agency efforts to address the decline 

of managed honey bees and native pollinators. 

(d) POLLINATOR RESEARCH LAB FEASIBILITY STUDY.— 

(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, acting through the Administrator of the Agricultural Research Service, may conduct feasibility studies regarding— 

(A) re-locating existing honey bee and native pollinator 

research from Federal laboratories to a cooperator-run facility in a location most geographically appropriate for pollinator research; and 

(B) modernizing existing honey bee research laboratories 

identified by the Agricultural Research Service in the capital investment strategy document dated 2012. 

(2) CONSULTATION.—In conducting the feasibility studies 

under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall consult with— 

(A) beekeeper, native bee, agricultural, research institution, and bee conservation stakeholders regarding new research laboratory needs under paragraph (1)(A); and 

(B) commercial beekeepers regarding modernizing existing honey bee laboratories under paragraph (1)(B). 

15. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE ROYCE OF

CALIFORNIA OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 20 MINUTES

Page 275, line 1, strike ‘‘paragraph (1), by’’ and insert the following: ‘‘paragraph (1)—’’ 

(A) by 

Page 275, after line 3, insert the following new subparagraph: 

(B) by striking ‘‘agricultural commodities’’ and inserting 

‘‘assistance, including agricultural commodities,’’; and 

Page 275, after line 8, insert the following new section: 

SEC. 30lll. PROVISION OF ASSISTANCE. 

Section 202 of the Food for Peace Act (7 U.S.C. 1722) is amended— 

(1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘AGRICULTURAL 

COMMODITIES’’ and inserting ‘‘ASSISTANCE’’; 

(2) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘agricultural commodities’’ 

and inserting ‘‘assistance, including agricultural commodities,’’; 

(3) in subsection (b)(1), by striking ‘‘agricultural commodities’’ and inserting ‘‘assistance, including agricultural commodities,’’; and 

(4) by adding at the end the following new subsection: 

‘‘(i) LIMITATION.—Of the funds authorized to be appropriated to 

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sistance other than agricultural commodities and associated costs 

under subsections (a) and (b).’’. 

Page 277, after line 10, insert the following new section: 

SEC. 30lll. MINIMUM LEVEL OF LOCAL SALES. 

Section 203(b) of the Food for Peace Act (7 U.S.C. 1723(b)) is 

amended— 

(1) by striking ‘‘shall’’ and inserting ‘‘may’’; and 

(2) by striking ‘‘equal to not less than’’ and inserting ‘‘up to’’. 

16. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE CHABOT

OF OHIO OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Strike section 3102, relating to extension of funding for the market access program. 

17. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE TITUS OF

NEVADA OR HER DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Strike section 3102, and insert the following new section: 

SEC. 3102. FUNDING FOR MARKET ACCESS PROGRAM. 

Section 211(c)(1)(A) of the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 (7 

U.S.C. 5641(c)(1)(A)) is amended by striking ‘‘and $200,000,000 for 

each of fiscal years 2008 through 2012’’ and inserting 

‘‘$200,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2008 through 2013, 

$185,000,000 for fiscal year 2014, $180,000,000 for each of fiscal 

years 2015 through 2017, and $175,000,000 for fiscal year 2018’’. 

At the end of subtitle C of title IV, insert the following: 

SEC. 4208. HUNGER-FREE COMMUNITIES. 

Section 4405 of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 

(7 U.S.C. 7517) is amended to read as follows: 

‘‘SEC. 4405. HUNGER-FREE COMMUNITIES. 

‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—In this section: 

‘‘(1) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘eligible entity’ means— 

‘‘(A) a nonprofit organization (including an emergency 

feeding organization); 

‘‘(B) an agricultural cooperative; 

‘‘(C) a producer network or association; 

‘‘(D) a community health organization; 

‘‘(E) a public benefit corporation; 

‘‘(F) an economic development corporation; 

‘‘(G) a farmers’ market; 

‘‘(H) a community-supported agriculture program; 

‘‘(I) a buying club; 

‘‘(J) a retail food store participating in the supplemental 

nutrition assistance program; 

‘‘(K) a State, local, or tribal agency; and 

‘‘(L) any other entity the Secretary designates. 

‘‘(2) EMERGENCY FEEDING ORGANIZATION.—The term ‘emergency feeding organization’ has the meaning given the term in 

section 201A of the Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983 (7 

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‘‘(3) SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.—The 

term ‘supplemental nutrition assistance program’ means the 

supplemental nutrition assistance program established under 

the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.). 

‘‘(b) HUNGER-FREE COMMUNITIES INCENTIVE GRANTS.— 

‘‘(1) AUTHORIZATION.— 

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—In each of the years specified in subsection (c), the Secretary shall make grants to eligible entities in accordance with paragraph (2). 

‘‘(B) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share of the cost of 

carrying out an activity under this subsection shall not exceed 50 percent of the total cost of the activity. 

‘‘(C) NON-FEDERAL SHARE.— 

‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The non-Federal share of the cost 

of an activity under this subsection may be provided— 

‘‘(I) in cash or in-kind contributions as determined by the Secretary, including facilities, equipment, or services; and 

‘‘(II) by a State or local government or a private 

source. 

‘‘(ii) LIMITATION.—In the case of a for-profit entity, 

the non-Federal share described in clause (i) shall not 

include services of an employee, including salaries 

paid or expenses covered by the employer. 

‘‘(2) CRITERIA.— 

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of this subsection, an eligible entity is a governmental agency or nonprofit organization that— 

‘‘(i) meets the application criteria set forth by the 

Secretary; and 

‘‘(ii) proposes a project that, at a minimum— 

‘‘(I) has the support of the State agency; 

‘‘(II) would increase the purchase of fruits and 

vegetables by low-income consumers participating 

in the supplemental nutrition assistance program 

by providing incentives at the point of purchase; 

‘‘(III) agrees to participate in the evaluation described in paragraph (4); 

‘‘(IV) ensures that the same terms and conditions apply to purchases made by individuals with 

benefits issued under this Act and incentives provided for in this subsection as apply to purchases 

made by individuals who are not members of 

households receiving benefits, such as provided for 

in section 278.2(b) of title 7, Code of Federal Regulations (or a successor regulation); and 

‘‘(V) includes effective and efficient technologies 

for benefit redemption systems that may be replicated in other for States and communities. 

‘‘(B) PRIORITY.—In awarding grants under this section, 

the Secretary shall give priority to projects that— 

‘‘(i) maximize the share of funds used for direct incentives to participants; 

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‘‘(iii) demonstrate a track record of designing and 

implementing successful nutrition incentive programs 

that connect low-income consumers and agricultural 

producers; 

‘‘(iv) provide locally or regionally produced fruits and 

vegetables; 

‘‘(v) are located in underserved communities; or 

‘‘(vi) address other criteria as established by the Secretary. 

‘‘(3) APPLICABILITY.— 

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The value of any benefit provided to 

a participant in any activity funded under this subsection 

shall not be considered income or resources for any purpose under any Federal, State, or local law. 

‘‘(B) PROHIBITION ON COLLECTION OF SALES TAXES.—Each 

State shall ensure that no State or local tax is collected on 

a purchase of food under this subsection. 

‘‘(C) NO LIMITATION ON BENEFITS.—A grant made available under this subsection shall not be used to carry out 

any project that limits the use of benefits under the Food 

and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.) or any 

other Federal nutrition law. 

‘‘(D) HOUSEHOLD ALLOTMENT.—Assistance provided 

under this subsection to households receiving benefits 

under the supplemental nutrition assistance program shall 

not— 

‘‘(i) be considered part of the supplemental nutrition 

assistance program benefits of the household; or 

‘‘(ii) be used in the collection or disposition of claims 

under section 13 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 

(7 U.S.C. 2022). 

‘‘(4) EVALUATION.— 

‘‘(A) INDEPENDENT EVALUATION.—The Secretary shall 

provide for an independent evaluation of projects selected 

under this subsection that measures the impact of each 

project on— 

‘‘(i) improving the nutrition and health status of participating households receiving incentives under this 

subsection; and 

‘‘(ii) increasing fruit and vegetable purchases in participating households. 

‘‘(B) REQUIREMENT.—The independent evaluation under 

subparagraph (A) shall use rigorous methodologies capable 

of producing scientifically valid information regarding the 

effectiveness of a project. 

‘‘(C) COSTS.—The Secretary may use funds not to exceed 

10 percent of the funding provided to carry out this section 

to pay costs associated with administering, monitoring, 

and evaluating each project. 

‘‘(c) FUNDING.— 

‘‘(1) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out subsection (b) $5,000,000 

for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2018. 


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‘‘(2) MANDATORY FUNDING.—Of the funds of the Commodity 

Credit Corporation, the Secretary shall use to carry out subsection (b)— 

‘‘(A) $15,000,000 for fiscal year 2014; 

‘‘(B) $20,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2015 through 

2017; and 

‘‘(C) $25,000,000 for fiscal year 2018.’’. 

18. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE BROOKS

OF ALABAMA OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

In section 3203, relating to promotion of agricultural exports to 

emerging markets, strike subsection (b) and insert the following 

new subsection: 

(b) TERMINATION OF PROGRAM TO DEVELOP AGRICULTURAL MARKETS IN EMERGING MARKETS.—Section 1542(d) of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (Public Law 101–624; 

7 U.S.C. 5622 note) is amended by striking paragraph (1). 

19. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE CASTOR

OF FLORIDA OR HER DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

At the end of subtitle C of title III, add the following new section: 

SEC. 32lll. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE CERTIFICATES OF ORIGIN. 

The Secretary of Agriculture shall seek to ensure that Department of Agriculture certificates of origin are accepted by any country with respect to which the United States has entered into a free 

trade agreement providing for preferential duty treatment. 

20. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE MESSER

OF INDIANA OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Page 311, line 15, strike ‘‘and’’ at the end. 

Page 311, after line 18, insert the following: 

‘‘(iii) an assessment of the cost and impact of security measures that may have been prescribed by the 

Secretary under subparagraph (A)(iii) and recommendations for additional or alternative security 

enhancements to reduce fraud and ensure that only eligible recipients are participating in the program in 

the most cost-effective manner.’’. 

21. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE GRIMM OF

NEW YORK OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Page 318, at the end of line 3, add the following: 

‘‘At least 1 such pilot project shall be carried out in an urban 

area that is among the 10 largest urban areas in the United 

States (based on population) if the supplemental nutrition assistance program is separately administered in such area and 

if the administration of such program in such area complies 

with the other applicable requirements of such program.’’. 


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22. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE HUDSON

OF NORTH CAROLINA OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MIN- UTES

At the end of subtitle A of title IV (page 346, after line 17), insert 

the following new section: 

SEC. 4033. TESTING APPLICANTS FOR UNLAWFUL USE OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES. 

Section 6 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2015), 

as amended by section 4009. is amended by adding at the end the 

following: 

‘‘(s) TESTING APPLICANTS FOR UNLAWFUL USE OF CONTROLLED

SUBSTANCES.— ‘‘(1) Nothing in this Act, or in any other Federal law, shall 

be considered to prevent a State, at the full cost to such State, 

from— 

‘‘(A) enacting legislation to provide for testing any individual who is a member of a household applying for supplemental nutrition assistance benefits, for the unlawful 

use of controlled substances as a condition for receiving 

such benefits; and 

‘‘(B) finding an individual ineligible to participate in the 

supplemental nutrition assistance program on the basis of 

the positive result of the testing conducted by the State 

under such legislation. 

‘‘(2) For purposes of this subsection, term ‘controlled substance’ has the meaning given such term in section 102 of the 

Controlled Substances Act ((21 U.S.C. 802).’’. 

23. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE CONAWAY

OF TEXAS OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

At the end of subtitle A of title IV, insert the following: 

SEC. 4033. REDUCTION IN BENEFITS PAID WITH UNAUTHORIZED APPROPRIATIONS. 

Section 8(a) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 

2017(a)) is amended— 

(1) by striking ‘‘(a) The’’ and inserting the following: 

‘‘(a)(1) Subject to paragraph (2), the’’; and 

(2) by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(2) For any fiscal year for which funds are not authorized under 

section 18(a)(1), the thrifty food plan shall be reduced by 10 percent 

only for the purpose of determining the value of allotments under 

paragraph (1) for such fiscal year.’’. 

24. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE KINGSTON

OF GEORGIA OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

At the end of subtitle A of title IV, insert the following: 

SEC. 4033. TERMINATING AN INCREASE IN SNAP BENEFITS. 

Section 101(a) of division A of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111–5; 123 Stat. 120; 124 Stat. 

2394; 124 Stat. 3265) is amended by striking paragraph (2).’’. 


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25. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE

BUTTERFIELD OF NORTH CAROLINA OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE

FOR 10 MINUTES

At the end of subtitle A of title IV, add the following: 

SEC. 4033. SNAP ENHANCEMENT. 

(a) AMENDMENT.—Section 3(k) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 

2008 (7 U.S.C. 2012(k)) is amended— 

(1) by striking ‘‘and (9)’’ the last place it appears and inserting ‘‘(9)’’, and 

(2) by inserting ‘‘, and (10) items of personal hygiene for 

household use’’ before the period at the end. 

(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section and the amendments made by 

this section shall take effect on the 1st day of the 1st month that 

begins not less than 180 days after the date of the enactment of 

this Act. 

26. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE MARINO

OF PENNSYLVANIA OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

At the end of subtitle A, of title IV, insert the following: 

SEC. 4033. GAO PILOT PROGRAM TO COLLECT AND PUBLISH SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE BENEFIT REDEMPTION 

DATA. 

(a) PILOT PROGRAM.—After the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall carry out a pilot program as follows: 

(1) The program shall collect the data that is currently required to be reported under the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 

(7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.) and under the benefit redemption requirements applicable to households under such Act. 

(2) The program shall be carried out in 9 States, selected by 

the Comptroller General in the discretion of the Comptroller 

General, based on a good variety of demographics, economics 

and geographics. 

(3) The program shall conclude after the expiration of the 9- 

month period, and before the expiration of the 1-year period, 

beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act. 

(b) RESULTS OF PROGRAM.—Promptly after the conclusion of the 

program, the Comptroller General shall— 

(1) describe the extent to which data collected under subsection (a) can be analyzed under current reporting requirements to identify the aggregate number and aggregate cost of 

each specific food item purchased with supplemental nutrition 

assistance benefits; 

(2) indicate which additional information should be collected 

in order to obtain the aggregate number of and cost of each 

specific food item purchased with supplemental nutrition assistance benefits; 

(3) make recommendations necessary to improve the current 

benefit redemption data reporting requirements to enable the 

Secretary to publish on the Internet in a searchable, comparable database available to the public, the aggregate number 

and aggregate cost of each specific food item purchased with 

supplemental nutrition assistance benefits; and 


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(4) publish the data collected under subsection (a) on the 

Internet in a searchable, comparable database available to the 

public. 

27. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE CHABOT

OF OHIO OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

At the end of subtitle A of title IV, insert the following: 

SEC. 4033. EXPUNGEMENT OF UNSUED SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION 

ASSISTANCE PROGRAM BENEFITS. 

Section 11 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2020), 

as amended by section 4015, is amended by adding at the end the 

following: 

‘‘(w) EXPUNGEMENT OF UNUSED BENEFTIS.—The State agency 

shall expunge from the EBT account of a household benefits that 

are not used before the expiration of the 60-day period beginning 

on the date such benefits are posted to such account.’’. 

28. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE BLACK OF

TENNESSEE OR HER DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

At the end of subtitle A of title IV, insert the following: 

SEC. 4033. TERMINATION OF EXISTING AGREEMENT. 

Effective on the date of the enactment of this Act, the memorandum of understanding entered into on July 22, 2004, by the Secretary of Agriculture of the United States Department of Agriculture and the Secretary of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Mexico and known as the ‘‘Partnership for Nutrition Assistance Initiative’’ is null and void. 

29. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE KAPTUR

OF OHIO OR HER DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

In section 4402(a) of the Farm Security and Rural Investment 

Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 3007(a)), as added by section 4201 of subtitle 

C of title IV— 

(1) in paragraph (2) strike the close quotation and the period 

at the end, and 

(2) add at the end the following: 

‘‘(3) REQUIREMENT.—Not less than 50 percent of the funds 

made available to carry out this section in any fiscal year shall 

be used to provide assistance to seniors.’’. 

30. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE

SCHWEIKERT OF ARIZONA OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 

MINUTES

In subtitle C of title IV, strike section 4207. 

31. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE WELCH

OF VERMONT OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Page 375, after line 2, insert the following: 


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SEC. lll. LIMITATION ON PERIOD BORROWERS ARE ELIGIBLE FOR 

GUARANTEED ASSISTANCE MADE INAPPLICABLE TO RECIPIENTS OF GUARANTEED LOANS ONLY. 

Section 319(b) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development 

Act (7 U.S.C. 1949(b)) is amended by striking ‘‘(b)’’ and all that follows through ‘‘guaranteed operating loan’’ in paragraph (2) and inserting the following: 

‘‘(b) LIMITATION ON PERIOD RECIPIENT OF DIRECT LOAN IS ELIGIBLE FOR ASSISTANCE.—If, as of October 28, 1992, a farmer or 

rancher has received a direct loan’’. 

32. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE TIERNEY

OF MASSACHUSETTS OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Page 375, line 5, insert ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—’’ before ‘‘Section’’. 

Page 375, after line 6, insert the following: 

(1) by inserting ‘‘or commercial fishing’’ after ‘‘aquaculture’’ 

the 1st place it appears; 

(2) by striking ‘‘or aquaculture’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘aquaculture, or commercial fishing’’; 

Page 375, line 7, strike ‘‘(1)’’ and insert ‘‘(3)’’. 

Page 375, line 15, strike ‘‘(2)’’ and insert ‘‘(4)’’. 

Page 375, line 19, strike ‘‘(3)’’ and insert ‘‘(5)’’. 

Page 375, line 22, strike ‘‘(4)’’ and insert ‘‘(6)’’. 

Page 376, line 1, strike ‘‘(5)’’ and insert ‘‘(7)’’. 

Page 376, line 3, strike ‘‘(6)’’ and insert ‘‘(8)’’. 

Page 376, after line 10, insert the following: 

(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 329 of such Act (7 U.S.C. 

1970) is amended by striking ‘‘or aquaculture’’ and inserting ‘‘aquaculture, or commercial fishing’’. 

33. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE COSTA OF

CALIFORNIA OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Page 379, line 23, insert ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—’’ before ‘‘Section’’. 

Page 380, after line 2, insert the following: 

(b) PILOT PROGRAM FOR TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO ADDRESS NITRATE CONTAMINATION OF RURAL DRINKING WATER.—Section 

306(a)(2)(B) of such Act (7 U.S.C. 1926(a)(2)(B)) is amended by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(viii) PILOT PROGRAM FOR TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO

ADDRESS NITRATE CONTAMINATION OF RURAL DRINKING

WATER.—Using amounts made available to carry out 

this subparagraph, the Secretary, acting through the 

Rural Utilities Service, shall conduct a pilot program 

under which the Secretary shall provide grants and 

technical assistance for disadvantaged communities in 

rural areas and in cities and towns with a population 

of less than 10,000 individuals where drinking water 

is impaired by nitrate contamination.’’. 


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34. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE GINGREY

OF GEORGIA OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Page 394, strike line 11 and all that follows through page 396, 

line 17. 

35. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE RICE OF

SOUTH CAROLINA OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Page 433, line 17, strike ‘‘ ‘subsections (e) and (f)’ ’’ and insert 

‘‘ ‘subsections (e), (f), and (g)’ ’’. 

Page 433, line 20, strike ‘‘ ‘subsections (e) and (f)’ ’’ and insert 

‘‘ ‘subsections (e), (f), and (g)’ ’’. 

Page 433, line 21, strike ‘‘subsections (e), (f), and (i)’’ and insert 

‘‘subsections (f) and (i)’’. 

Page 433, line 23, strike ‘‘subsections (e), (f), and (g)’’ and insert 

‘‘subsections (f), (g), and (h)’’. 

Page 433, after line 23, insert the following new paragraph: 

(5) by striking subsection (e) and inserting the following new 

subsection: 

‘‘(e) PASTURE-BASED BEEF SYSTEMS RESEARCH INITIATIVE.—Research and extension grants may be made under this section to 

study the development of forage sequences and combinations for 

cow-calf, heifer development, stocker, and finishing systems, to deliver optimal nutritive value for efficient production of cattle for 

pasture finishing, to optimize forage systems to improve marketability of pasture-finished beef, and to assess the effect of forage 

quality on reproductive fitness.’’. 

Page 433, line 24, strike ‘‘(5) in subsection (f)’’ and insert ‘‘(6) in 

subsection (g)’’. 

Page 434, line 11, strike ‘‘(6) in subsection (g)’’ and insert ‘‘(7) in 

subsection (h)’’. 

36. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE PALAZZO

OF MISSISSIPPI OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Page 444, after line 18, insert the following: 

SEC. 73ll. AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION PARTNERSHIP PILOT PROGRAM FOR REGIONAL COLLABORATION 

AND INNOVATIVE VENTURE DEVELOPMENT TRAINING. 

Subtitle A of title VI of the Agricultural Research, Extension, 

and Education Reform Act of 1998 is amended by adding after section 604 (7 U.S.C. 7642) the following: 

‘‘SEC. 605. AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION PARTNERSHIP 

PILOT PROGRAM FOR REGIONAL COLLABORATION AND 

INNOVATIVE VENTURE DEVELOPMENT TRAINING. 

‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Funds made available under this section shall 

be used to provide regional collaborations, technology transfer and 

commercialization, and innovative venture development training 

under the Agricultural Technology Innovation Partnership program 

of the Office of Technology Transfer in the Agricultural Research 

Service. 


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‘‘(b) FUNDING.—Of the funds made available to the Agricultural 

Research Service, the Secretary shall use to carry out this section 

$500,000 for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2018.’’. 

37. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE POLIS OF

COLORADO OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Page 475, after line 15, add the following new section: 

SEC. 7605. LEGITIMACY OF INDUSTRIAL HEMP RESEARCH. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding the Controlled Substances 

Act (21 U.S.C. 801 et seq.), the Drug-Free Workplace Act of 1988 

(41 U.S.C. 8101 et seq.), the Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act of 1986 (20 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), or any other Federal 

law, an institution of higher education (as defined in section 101 

of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001)) may grow 

or cultivate industrial hemp if— 

(1) the industrial hemp is grown or cultivated for purposes 

of agricultural research or other academic research; and 

(2) the growing or cultivating of industrial hemp is allowed 

under the laws of the State in which such institution of higher 

education is located and such research occurs. 

(b) INDUSTRIAL HEMP DEFINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘industrial hemp’’ means the plant Cannabis sativa L. and any part of 

such plant, whether growing or not, with a delta-9 

tetrahydrocannabinol concentration of not more than 0.3 percent on 

a dry weight basis. 

38. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE

GARAMENDI OF CALIFORNIA OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 

MINUTES

In section 8102, relating to the Forest Legacy Program, insert before the existing text ‘‘(a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—’’ 

and add at the end the following: 

(b) AUTHORIZING STATES TO ALLOW QUALIFIED ORGANIZATIONS TO

ACQUIRE, HOLD, AND MANAGE CONSERVATION EASEMENTS.—Subsection (l) of section 7 of the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act 

of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2103c) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: 

‘‘(4) STATE AUTHORIZATION.— 

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—At the request of a State acting 

through the State Lead Agency, the Secretary shall authorize the State to allow qualified organizations, as defined in section 170(h)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 

1986, and organized for one or more of the purposes described in section 170(h)(4)(A) of that Code, to acquire, 

hold, and manage conservation easements, using funds 

granted to the State under this subsection, for purposes of 

the Forest Legacy Program in the State. 

‘‘(B) ELIGIBILITY.—To be eligible to acquire and manage 

conservation easements under this paragraph, a qualified 

organization described in subparagraph (A) must demonstrate to the Secretary the abilities necessary to acquire, 

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the Forest Legacy Program and the assessment of need for 

the State. 

‘‘(C) REVERSION.—If the Secretary, or a State acting 

through the State Lead Agency, makes any of the determinations described in subparagraph (D) with respect to a 

conservation easement acquired by a qualified organization 

under the authority of subparagraph (A)— 

‘‘(i) all right, title, and interest of the qualified organization in and to the conservation easement shall terminate; and 

‘‘(ii) all right, title, and interest in and to the conservation easement shall revert to the State or other 

qualified designee as approved by the State. 

‘‘(D) DETERMINATIONS.—The determinations required for 

operation of the reversionary interest retained in subparagraph (C) are that— 

‘‘(i) the qualified organization is unable to carry out 

its responsibilities under the Forest Legacy Program 

in the State with respect to the conservation easement; 

‘‘(ii) the conservation easement has been modified in 

a way that is inconsistent with the purposes of the 

Forest Legacy Program or the assessment of need for 

the State; or 

‘‘(iii) the conservation easement has been conveyed 

to another person (other than a qualified organization 

approved by the State and the Secretary).’’. 

39. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE POLIS OF

COLORADO OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Strike sections 8301 through 8303 (page 481, line 20, through 

page 485, line 23) and insert the following: 

SEC. 8301. INSECT AND DISEASE INFESTATION. 

Title VI of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 (16 

U.S.C. 6591 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘SEC. 602. DESIGNATION OF TREATMENT AREAS. 

‘‘(a) DEFINITION OF DECLINING FOREST HEALTH.—In this section, 

the term ‘declining forest health’ means a forest that is experiencing— 

‘‘(1) substantially increased tree mortality due to insect or 

disease infestation; or 

‘‘(2) dieback due to infestation or defoliation by insects or disease. 

‘‘(b) DESIGNATION OF TREATMENT AREAS.— 

‘‘(1) INITIAL AREAS.—Not later than 60 days after the date of 

enactment of the Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 

2013, the Secretary shall, if requested by the Governor of the 

State, designate as part of an insect and disease treatment 

program 1 or more subwatersheds (sixth-level hydrologic units, 

according to the System of Hydrologic Unit Codes of the United 

States Geological Survey) in at least 1 national forest in each 

State that is experiencing an insect or disease epidemic. 


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‘‘(2) ADDITIONAL AREAS.—After the end of the 60-day period 

described in paragraph (1), the Secretary may designate additional subwatersheds under this section as needed to address 

insect or disease threats. 

‘‘(c) REQUIREMENTS.—To be designated a subwatershed under 

subsection (b), the subwatershed shall be— 

‘‘(1) experiencing declining forest health, based on annual 

forest health surveys conducted by the Secretary; 

‘‘(2) at risk of experiencing substantially increased tree mortality over the next 15 years due to insect or disease infestation, based on the most recent National Insect and Disease 

Risk Map published by the Forest Service; or 

‘‘(3) in an area in which the risk of hazard trees poses an imminent risk to public infrastructure, health, or safety. 

‘‘(d) TREATMENT OF AREAS.— 

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may carry out priority 

projects on Federal land in the subwatersheds designated 

under subsection (b) to reduce the risk or extent of, or increase 

the resilience to, insect or disease infestation in the subwatersheds. 

‘‘(2) AUTHORITY.—Any project under paragraph (1) for which 

a public notice to initiate scoping is issued on or before September 30, 2018, may be carried out in accordance with subsections (b), (c), and (d) of section 102, and sections 104, 105, 

and 106. 

‘‘(3) EFFECT.—Projects carried out under this subsection 

shall be considered authorized hazardous fuel reduction 

projects for purposes of the authorities described in paragraph 

(2). 

‘‘(4) REPORT.—Not later than September 30, 2018, the Secretary shall issue a report on actions taken to carry out this 

subsection, including— 

‘‘(A) an evaluation of the progress towards project goals; 

and 

‘‘(B) recommendations for modifications to the projects 

and management treatments. 

‘‘(e) TREE RETENTION.—The Secretary shall carry out projects 

under subsection (d) in a manner that maximizes the retention of 

old-growth and large trees, as appropriate for the forest type, to the 

extent that the trees promote stands that are resilient to insects 

and disease.’’. 

Page 485, line 24, strike ‘‘8304’’ and insert ‘‘8302’’. 

40. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE PETERS

OF CALIFORNIA OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Page 497, after line 13 insert the following new paragraphs: 

(2) in paragraph (6)— 

(A) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘or’’; 

(B) in subparagraph (D), by striking the period and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 

(C) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: 

‘‘(E) renewable chemicals.’’; 


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(3) in paragraph (7)(A), by striking ‘‘biofuels and biobased 

products’’ and inserting ‘‘biofuels, biobased products, or renewable chemicals’’; 

Page 497, line 16, strike ‘‘(13), (14), and (16)’’ and insert ‘‘(13), 

(15), and (17)’’. 

Page 498, after line 4 insert the following new paragraphs: 

(4) in paragraph (12) (as so redesignated), by inserting ‘‘(including a renewable chemical)’’ after ‘‘material or compound’’; 

(5) by inserting after paragraph (13) (as so redesignated), the 

following new paragraph: 

‘‘(14) RENEWABLE CHEMICAL.—The term ‘renewable chemical’ 

means a monomer, polymer, plastic, formulated product, or 

chemical substance produced from renewable biomass.’’; 

Page 498, line 5, strike ‘‘(14)’’ and insert ‘‘(15)’’. 

Page 498, line 7, strike ‘‘(15)’’ and insert ‘‘(16)’’. 

Page 499, strike lines 2 through 18 and insert the following: 

(a) PROGRAM ADJUSTMENTS.—Section 9003 of the Farm Security 

and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8103) is amended— 

(1) in subsection (a) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 

by striking ‘‘advanced biofuels’’ and inserting ‘‘advanced 

biofuels, renewable chemicals, or biobased products’’; 

(2) in subsection (b)(2)— 

(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘advanced biofuel’’ 

and inserting ‘‘advanced biofuel, a renewable chemical, or 

a biobased product’’; and 

(B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘advanced biofuel’’ 

and inserting ‘‘advanced biofuel, a renewable chemical, or 

a biobased product’’; 

(3) in subsection (c)(1), by striking ‘‘advanced biofuels’’ and 

inserting ‘‘advanced biofuels, renewable chemicals, or biobased 

products’’; 

(4) in subsection (d)(2)(C)— 

(A) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘advanced biofuel’’ and inserting ‘‘advanced biofuel, a renewable chemical, or a 

biobased product’’; and 

(B) in clause (iii), by striking ‘‘advanced biofuels’’ and inserting ‘‘advanced biofuels, renewable chemicals, or 

biobased products’’; and 

(5) in subsection (e)(1)(C)— 

(A) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘advanced biofuel’’ and inserting ‘‘advanced biofuel or renewable chemical’’; and 

(B) in clause (iii), striking ‘‘advanced biofuels’’ and inserting ‘‘advanced biofuels, renewable chemicals, or 

biobased products’’. 

Page 499, line 19, strike ‘‘9003(g)’’ and insert ‘‘9003(h)’’. 

Page 499, beginning on line 20, strike ‘‘, as redesignated by subsection (a)(3),’’. 

41. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE MARINO

OF PENNSYLVANIA OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Strike section 9006 and insert the following new section: 


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SEC. 9006. REPEAL OF BIODIESEL FUEL EDUCATION PROGRAM. 

Section 9006 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 

2002 (7 U.S.C. 8106) is repealed. 

42. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE NEUGEBAUER OF TEXAS OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Page 507, line 2, strike ‘‘and’’ at the end. 

Page 507, after line 3 insert the following new subparagraph: 

(B) in paragraph (5)(B)— 

(i) in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking ‘‘perennial crop’’ and inserting ‘‘fermentable sugar, cellulosic biomass, or perennial crop’’; 

(ii) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘for perennials’’; and 

(iii) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘perennial’’; and 

43. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE MCCLINTOCK OF CALIFORNIA OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Page 509, strike line 15 and all that follows through page 512, 

line 22. 

44. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE GIBSON

OF NEW YORK OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Strike section 10010. 

45. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE WALORSKI

OF INDIANA OR HER DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Page 541, strike line 21 and all that follows through page 542, 

line 8. 

46. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE COURTNEY OF CONNECTICUT OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

At the end of title X, insert the following new section: 

SEC. 10018. FARMED SHELLFISH AS SPECIALTY CROPS. 

Section 3(1) of the Specialty Crops Competitiveness Act of 2004 

(7 U.S.C. 1621 note; Public Law 108–465) is amended by inserting 

‘‘farmed shellfish’’ after ‘‘fruits,’’. 

In the table of contents in section 1(b), insert after the item relating to section 10017 the following new item: 

Sec. 10018. Farmed shellfish as specialty crops. 

47. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE KIND OF

WISCONSIN OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 20 MINUTES

In title XI, insert after the title heading the following: 


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Subtitle A—In General 

At the end of title XI, add the following new subtitle: 

Subtitle B—Assisting Family Farmers 

Through Insurance Reform Measures 

SEC. 11041. ADJUSTED GROSS INCOME AND PER PERSON LIMITATIONS ON SHARE OF INSURANCE PREMIUMS PAID BY 

CORPORATION. 

Section 508(e)(1) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 

1508(e)(1)) is amended— 

(1) by striking ‘‘For the purpose’’ and inserting the following: 

‘‘(A) PAYMENT AUTHORITY.—For the purpose’’; and 

(2) by adding at the end the following new subparagraphs: 

‘‘(B) ADJUSTED GROSS INCOME LIMITATION.—Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, the Corporation 

shall not pay a part of the premium for additional coverage 

for any person or legal entity that has an average adjusted 

gross income (as defined in section 1001D of the Food Security Act of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 1308-3a)) in excess of 

$250,000. 

‘‘(C) PER PERSON LIMITATION.—Notwithstanding any 

other provision of this title, the total amount of premium 

paid by the Corporation on behalf of a person or legal entity, directly or indirectly, with respect to all policies issued 

to the person or legal entity under this title for a crop year 

shall be limited to a maximum of $50,000. To the maximum extent practicable, the Corporation shall carry out 

this subparagraph in accordance with sections 1001 

through 1001F of the Food Security Act of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 

1308 et seq.).’’. 

SEC. 11042. CAP ON OVERALL RATE OF RETURN FOR CROP INSURANCE PROVIDERS. 

Section 508(k)(3) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 

1508(k)(3)) is amended— 

(1) by designating paragraph (3) as subparagraph (A) (and 

adjusting the margin two ems to the right); 

(2) by inserting before subparagraph (A) (as so designated) 

the following: 

‘‘(3) RISK.—’’; and 

(3) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: 

‘‘(B) CAP ON OVERALL RATE OF RETURN.—The target rate 

of return for all the companies combined for the 2013 and 

subsequent reinsurance years shall be 12 percent of retained premium.’’. 

SEC. 11043. CAP ON REIMBURSEMENTS FOR ADMINISTRATIVE AND OPERATING EXPENSES OF CROP INSURANCE PROVIDERS. 

Section 508(k)(4) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 

1508(k)(4)) is amended by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: 

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ments for administrative and operating costs for the 2013 

insurance year for all types of policies and plans of insurance shall not exceed $900,000,000. For each subsequent 

insurance year, the dollar amount in effect pursuant to the 

preceding sentence shall be increased by the same inflation factor as established for the administrative and operating costs cap in the 2011 Standard Reinsurance Agreement.’’. 

SEC. 11044. BUDGET LIMITATIONS ON RENEGOTIATION OF STANDARD 

REINSURANCE AGREEMENT. 

Section 508(k)(8) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act of 1938 (7 

U.S.C. 1508(k)(8)) is amended by adding at the end the following 

new subparagraph: 

‘‘(F) REDUCTION IN CORPORATION OBLIGATIONS.—The 

Board shall ensure that any Standard Reinsurance Agreement negotiated under subparagraph (A)(ii), when compared to the immediately preceding Standard Reinsurance 

Agreement, shall reduce, to the maximum extent practicable, the obligations of the Corporation under subsections (e)(2) or (k)(4) or section 523.’’. 

SEC. 11045. CROP INSURANCE PREMIUM SUBSIDIES DISCLOSURE IN 

THE PUBLIC INTEREST. 

Section 502(c)(2) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 

1502(c)(2)) is amended— 

(1) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) and (B) as subparagraphs (C) and (D) respectively; and 

(2) by inserting before subparagraph (C) (as so redesignated) 

the following: 

‘‘(A) DISCLOSURE IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST.—Notwithstanding paragraph (1) or any other provision of law, except as provided in subparagraph (B), the Secretary shall 

on an annual basis make available to the public— 

‘‘(i)(I) the name of each individual or entity who obtained a federally subsidized crop insurance, livestock, 

or forage policy or plan of insurance during the previous fiscal year; 

‘‘(II) the amount of premium subsidy received by the 

individual or entity from the Corporation; and 

‘‘(III) the amount of any Federal portion of indemnities paid in the event of a loss during that fiscal 

year for each policy associated with that individual or 

entity; and 

‘‘(ii) for each private insurance provider, by name— 

‘‘(I) the underwriting gains earned through participation in the federally subsidized crop insurance program; and 

‘‘(II) the amount paid under this subtitle for— 

‘‘(aa) administrative and operating expenses; 

‘‘(bb) any Federal portion of indemnities 

and reinsurance; and 

‘‘(cc) any other purpose. 

‘‘(B) LIMITATION.—The Secretary shall not disclose information pertaining to individuals and entities covered by a 


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catastrophic risk protection plan offered under section 

508(b).’’. 

48. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE CARNEY

OF DELAWARE OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Strike section 11012. 

49. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE RADEL OF

FLORIDA OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Page 590, beginning on line 18, strike section 12101 and insert 

the following new section: 

SEC. 12101. REPEAL OF THE NATIONAL SHEEP INDUSTRY IMPROVEMENT CENTER. 

Effective October 1, 2013, section 375 of the Consolidated Farm 

and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 2008j) is repealed. 

50. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE WALBERG

OF MICHIGAN OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Strike section 12312. 

51. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE BENISHEK

OF MICHIGAN OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

At the end of subtitle C of title XII, add the following: 

SEC. 12317. SCIENTIFIC AND ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF THE FDA FOOD 

SAFETY MODERNIZATION ACT. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Health and Human Services 

(referred to in this section as the ‘‘Secretary’’) may not enforce any 

regulations promulgated under the FDA Food Safety Modernization 

Act (Public Law 111–353) until the Secretary publishes in the Federal Register the following: 

(1) An analysis of the scientific information used in the final 

rule to implement the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act 

with a particular focus on— 

(A) agricultural businesses of a variety of sizes; 

(B) regional differences of agriculture production, processing, marketing, and value added production; 

(C) agricultural businesses that are diverse livestock and 

produce producers; and 

(D) what, if any, negative impact on the agricultural 

businesses would be created, or exacerbated, by implementation of the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act. 

(2) An analysis of the economic impact of the proposed final 

rule to implement the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act 

with a particular focus on— 

(A) agricultural businesses of a variety of sizes; and 

(B) small and mid-sized value added food processors. 

(3) A plan to systematically evaluate the regulations by surveying farmers and processors and developing an ongoing process to evaluate and address business concerns. 


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(b) ANNUAL REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act and annually thereafter, the Secretary shall 

submit to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of 

the Senate and the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives a report on the impact of implementation of the regulations promulgated under the FDA Food Safety Modernization 

Act. 

52. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE BACHUS

OF ALABAMA OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

At the end of title XII, add the following new section: 

SEC. 12317. IMPROVED DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE CONSIDERATION OF ECONOMIC IMPACT OF REGULATIONS ON 

SMALL BUSINESS. 

The Secretary of Agriculture shall complete procedures consistent with the requirements of subsection (b) of section 609 of 

title 5, United States Code, whenever the Department of Agriculture promulgates any rule which will have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities. 

53. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE SINEMA

OF ARIZONA OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Page 629, after line 4, insert the following: 

SEC. 12317. PRODUCE REPRESENTED AS GROWN IN THE UNITED 

STATES WHEN IT IS NOT IN FACT GROWN IN THE UNITED 

STATES. 

(a) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO CBP.—The Secretary of Agriculture shall make available to U.S. Customs and Border Protection technical assistance related to the identification of produce 

represented as grown in the United States when it is not in fact 

grown in the United States. 

(b) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—The Secretary shall submit to the 

Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the 

Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate a 

report on produce represented as grown in the United States when 

it is not in fact grown in the United States. 

54. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE WITTMAN

OF VIRGINIA OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

At the end of title XII, add the following new subtitle: 

Subtitle D—Chesapeake Bay 

Accountability and Recovery 

SECTION 12401. SHORT TITLE. 

This subtitle may be cited as the ‘‘Chesapeake Bay Accountability and Recovery Act of 2013’’. 

SEC. 12402. CHESAPEAKE BAY CROSSCUT BUDGET. 

(a) CROSSCUT BUDGET.—The Director, in consultation with the 

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peake Bay State, and the Chesapeake Bay Commission, shall submit to Congress a financial report containing— 

(1) an interagency crosscut budget that displays— 

(A) the proposed funding for any Federal restoration activity to be carried out in the succeeding fiscal year, including any planned interagency or intra-agency transfer, 

for each of the Federal agencies that carry out restoration 

activities; 

(B) to the extent that information is available, the estimated funding for any State restoration activity to be carried out in the succeeding fiscal year; 

(C) all expenditures for Federal restoration activities 

from the preceding 2 fiscal years, the current fiscal year, 

and the succeeding fiscal year; and 

(D) all expenditures, to the extent that information is 

available, for State restoration activities during the equivalent time period described in subparagraph (C); 

(2) a detailed accounting of all funds received and obligated 

by all Federal agencies for restoration activities during the current and preceding fiscal years, including the identification of 

funds which were transferred to a Chesapeake Bay State for 

restoration activities; 

(3) to the extent that information is available, a detailed accounting from each State of all funds received and obligated 

from a Federal agency for restoration activities during the current and preceding fiscal years; and 

(4) a description of each of the proposed Federal and State 

restoration activities to be carried out in the succeeding fiscal 

year (corresponding to those activities listed in subparagraphs 

(A) and (B) of paragraph (1)), including the— 

(A) project description; 

(B) current status of the project; 

(C) Federal or State statutory or regulatory authority, 

programs, or responsible agencies; 

(D) authorization level for appropriations; 

(E) project timeline, including benchmarks; 

(F) references to project documents; 

(G) descriptions of risks and uncertainties of project implementation; 

(H) adaptive management actions or framework; 

(I) coordinating entities; 

(J) funding history; 

(K) cost sharing; and 

(L) alignment with existing Chesapeake Bay Agreement 

and Chesapeake Executive Council goals and priorities. 

(b) MINIMUM FUNDING LEVELS.—The Director shall only describe 

restoration activities in the report required under subsection (a) 

that— 

(1) for Federal restoration activities, have funding amounts greater than or equal to $100,000; and 

(2) for State restoration activities, have funding amounts greater than or equal to $50,000. 

(c) DEADLINE.—The Director shall submit to Congress the report 

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(d) REPORT.—Copies of the financial report required by subsection (a) shall be submitted to the Committees on Appropriations, 

Natural Resources, Energy and Commerce, and Transportation and 

Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committees 

on Appropriations, Environment and Public Works, and Commerce, 

Science, and Transportation of the Senate. 

(e) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall apply beginning with the 

first fiscal year after the date of enactment of this Act for which 

the President submits a budget to Congress. 

SEC. 12403. RESTORATION THROUGH ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator, in consultation with other Federal and State agencies, and with the participation of stakeholders, 

shall develop a plan to provide technical and financial assistance 

to Chesapeake Bay States to employ adaptive management in carrying out restoration activities in the Chesapeake Bay watershed. 

(b) PLAN DEVELOPMENT.—The plan referred to in subsection (a) 

shall include— 

(1) specific and measurable objectives to improve water quality, habitat, and fisheries identified by Chesapeake Bay States; 

(2) a process for stakeholder participation; 

(3) monitoring, modeling, experimentation, and other research and evaluation technical assistance requested by Chesapeake Bay States; 

(4) identification of State restoration activities planned by 

Chesapeake Bay States to attain the State’s objectives under 

paragraph (1); 

(5) identification of Federal restoration activities that could 

help a Chesapeake Bay State to attain the State’s objectives 

under paragraph (1); 

(6) recommendations for a process for modification of State 

and Federal restoration activities that have not attained or 

will not attain the specific and measurable objectives set forth 

under paragraph (1); and 

(7) recommendations for a process for integrating and 

prioritizing State and Federal restoration activities and programs to which adaptive management can be applied. 

(c) IMPLEMENTATION.—In addition to carrying out Federal restoration activities under existing authorities and funding, the Administrator shall implement the plan developed under subsection 

(a) by providing technical and financial assistance to Chesapeake 

Bay States using resources available for such purposes that are 

identified by the Director under section 12402. 

(d) UPDATES.—The Administrator shall update the plan developed under subsection (a) every 2 years. 

(e) REPORT TO CONGRESS.— 

(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 60 days after the end of a 

fiscal year, the Administrator shall transmit to Congress an 

annual report on the implementation of the plan required 

under this section for such fiscal year. 

(2) CONTENTS.—The report required under paragraph (1) 

shall contain information about the application of adaptive 

management to restoration activities and programs, including 

level changes implemented through the process of adaptive 

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(3) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Paragraph (1) shall apply to the first 

fiscal year that begins after the date of enactment of this Act. 

(f) INCLUSION OF PLAN IN ANNUAL ACTION PLAN AND ANNUAL

PROGRESS REPORT.—The Administrator shall ensure that the Annual Action Plan and Annual Progress Report required by section 

205 of Executive Order 13508 includes the adaptive management 

plan outlined in subsection (a). 

SEC. 12404. INDEPENDENT EVALUATOR FOR THE CHESAPEAKE BAY 

PROGRAM. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—There shall be an Independent Evaluator for 

restoration activities in the Chesapeake Bay watershed, who shall 

review and report on restoration activities and the use of adaptive 

management in restoration activities, including on such related 

topics as are suggested by the Chesapeake Executive Council. 

(b) APPOINTMENT.— 

(1) IN GENERAL.—The Independent Evaluator shall be appointed by the Administrator from among nominees submitted 

by the Chesapeake Executive Council. 

(2) NOMINATIONS.—The Chesapeake Executive Council may 

submit to the Administrator 4 nominees for appointment to 

any vacancy in the office of the Independent Evaluator. 

(c) REPORTS.—The Independent Evaluator shall submit a report 

to the Congress every 2 years in the findings and recommendations 

of reviews under this section. 

(d) CHESAPEAKE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL.—In this section, the term 

‘‘Chesapeake Executive Council’’ has the meaning given that term 

by section 307 of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Authorization Act of 1992 (Public Law 102–567; 15 U.S.C. 

1511d). 

SEC. 12405. DEFINITIONS. 

In this subtitle, the following definitions apply: 

(1) ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT.—The term ‘‘adaptive management’’ means a type of natural resource management in which 

project and program decisions are made as part of an ongoing 

science-based process. Adaptive management involves testing, 

monitoring, and evaluating applied strategies and incorporating new knowledge into programs and restoration activities that are based on scientific findings and the needs of society. Results are used to modify management policy, strategies, 

practices, programs, and restoration activities. 

(2) ADMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘‘Administrator’’ means the 

Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. 

(3) CHESAPEAKE BAY STATE.—The term ‘‘Chesapeake Bay 

State’’ or ‘‘State’’ means the States of Maryland, West Virginia, 

Delaware, and New York, the Commonwealths of Virginia and 

Pennsylvania, and the District of Columbia. 

(4) CHESAPEAKE BAY WATERSHED.—The term ‘‘Chesapeake 

Bay watershed’’ means the Chesapeake Bay and the geographic area, as determined by the Secretary of the Interior, 

consisting of 36 tributary basins, within the Chesapeake Bay 

States, through which precipitation drains into the Chesapeake 

Bay. 

(5) CHIEF EXECUTIVE.—The term ‘‘chief executive’’ means, in 

the case of a State or Commonwealth, the Governor of each 


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such State or Commonwealth and, in the case of the District 

of Columbia, the Mayor of the District of Columbia. 

(6) DIRECTOR.—The term ‘‘Director’’ means the Director of 

the Office of Management and Budget. 

(7) STATE RESTORATION ACTIVITIES.—The term ‘‘State restoration activities’’ means any State programs or projects carried out under State authority that directly or indirectly protect, conserve, or restore living resources, habitat, water resources, or water quality in the Chesapeake Bay watershed, including programs or projects that promote responsible land 

use, stewardship, and community engagement in the Chesapeake Bay watershed. Restoration activities may be categorized as follows: 

(A) Physical restoration. 

(B) Planning. 

(C) Feasibility studies. 

(D) Scientific research. 

(E) Monitoring. 

(F) Education. 

(G) Infrastructure development. 

(8) FEDERAL RESTORATION ACTIVITIES.—The term ‘‘Federal 

restoration activities’’ means any Federal programs or projects 

carried out under existing Federal authority that directly or indirectly protect, conserve, or restore living resources, habitat, 

water resources, or water quality in the Chesapeake Bay watershed, including programs or projects that provide financial 

and technical assistance to promote responsible land use, stewardship, and community engagement in the Chesapeake Bay 

watershed. Restoration activities may be categorized as follows: 

(A) Physical restoration. 

(B) Planning. 

(C) Feasibility studies. 

(D) Scientific research. 

(E) Monitoring. 

(F) Education. 

(G) Infrastructure development. 

55. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE HERRERA

BEUTLER OF WASHINGTON OR HER DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 

MINUTES

At the end of subtitle C of title XII, add the following: 

SEC. 123ll. SILVICULTURAL ACTIVITIES. 

Section 402(l) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 

U.S.C. 1342(l)) is amended by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(3) SILVICULTURAL ACTIVITIES.— 

‘‘(A) NPDES PERMIT REQUIREMENTS FOR SILVICULTURAL

ACTIVITIES.—The Administrator shall not require a permit 

or otherwise promulgate regulations under this section or 

directly or indirectly require any State to require a permit 

under this section for a discharge of stormwater runoff resulting from the conduct of the following silviculture activities: nursery operations, site preparation, reforestation and 

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ing, pest and fire control, harvesting operations, surface 

drainage, and road use, construction, and maintenance. 

‘‘(B) PERMITS FOR DREDGED OR FILL MATERIAL.—Nothing 

in this paragraph exempts a silvicultural activity resulting 

in the discharge of dredged or fill material from any permitting requirement under section 404.’’. 

56. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE

CRAWFORD OF ARKANSAS OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 

MINUTES

At the end of subtitle C of title XII, add the following: 

SEC. 12317. APPLICABILITY OF SPILL PREVENTION, CONTROL, AND 

COUNTERMEASURE RULE. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator, in implementing the Spill 

Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure rule with respect to any 

farm, shall— 

(1) require certification of compliance with such rule by— 

(A) a professional engineer for a farm with— 

(i) an individual tank with an aboveground storage 

capacity greater than 10,000 gallons; 

(ii) an aggregate aboveground storage capacity 

greater than or equal to 42,000 gallons; or 

(iii) a history that includes a spill, as determined by 

the Administrator; or 

(B) the owner or operator of the farm (via self-certification) for a farm with— 

(i) an aggregate aboveground storage capacity greater than 10,000 gallons but less than 42,000 gallons; 

and 

(ii) no history of spills, as determined by the Administrator; and 

(2) exempt from all requirements of such rule any farm— 

(A) with an aggregate aboveground storage capacity of 

less than or equal to 10,000 gallons; and 

(B) no history of spills, as determined by the Administrator. 

(b) CALCULATION OF AGGREGATE ABOVEGROUND STORAGE CAPACITY.—For the purposes of subsection (a), the aggregate aboveground 

storage capacity of a farm excludes— 

(1) all containers on separate parcels that have a capacity 

that is less than 1,320 gallons; and 

(2) all storage containers holding animal feed ingredients approved for use in livestock feed by the Food and Drug Administration. 

(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the following definitions apply: 

(1) ADMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘‘Administrator’’ means the 

Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. 

(2) FARM.—The term ‘‘farm’’ has the meaning given such 

term in section 112.2 of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations. 

(3) GALLON.—The term ‘‘gallon’’ refers to a United States liquid gallon. 

(4) HISTORY OF SPILLS.—The term ‘‘history of spills’’ has the 

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tory’’ in section 112.7(k)(1) of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations (or successor regulations). 

(5) SPILL PREVENTION, CONTROL, AND COUNTERMEASURE

RULE.—The term ‘‘Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure rule’’ means the regulation promulgated by the Environmental Protection Agency under part 112 of title 40, Code 

of Federal Regulations. 

57. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE

CRAWFORD OF ARKANSAS OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 

MINUTES

At the end of subtitle C of title XII, add the following: 

SEC. 123ll. AGRICULTURAL PRODUCER INFORMATION DISCLOSURE. 

(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

(1) ADMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘‘Administrator’’ means the 

Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. 

(2) AGENCY.—The term ‘‘Agency’’ means the Environmental 

Protection Agency. 

(3) AGRICULTURAL OPERATION.—The term ‘‘agricultural operation’’ includes any operation where an agricultural commodity 

crop is raised, including livestock operations. 

(4) LIVESTOCK OPERATION.—The term ‘‘livestock operation’’ 

includes any operation involved in the raising or finishing of 

livestock or poultry. 

(b) DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION.— 

(1) PROHIBITION.—Except as provided in paragraph (2), the 

Administrator, any officer or employee of the Agency, or any 

contractor of the Agency, shall not make public the information 

of any owner, operator, or employee of an agricultural operation provided to the Agency by a farmer, rancher, or livestock 

producer or a State agency that has been obtained in accordance with the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 

1251 et seq.) or any other law, including— 

(A) names; 

(B) telephone numbers; 

(C) email addresses; 

(D) physical addresses; 

(E) Global Positioning System coordinates; or 

(F) other identifying location information. 

(2) EFFECT.—Nothing in paragraph (1) affects— 

(A) the disclosure of information described in paragraph 

(1) if— 

(i) the information has been transformed into a statistical or aggregate form at the county level or higher 

without any information that identifies the agricultural operation or agricultural producer; or 

(ii) the producer consents to the disclosure; or 

(B) the authority of any State agency to collect information on livestock operations. 

(3) CONDITION OF PERMIT OR OTHER PROGRAMS.—The approval of any permit, practice, or program administered by the 

Administrator shall not be conditioned on the consent of the 


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agricultural producer or livestock producer under paragraph 

(2)(A)(ii). 

58. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE FOXX OF

NORTH CAROLINA OR HER DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

At the end of subtitle C of title XII, add the following new section: 

SEC. 12lll. SUNSETTING OF PROGRAMS. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subsection (b), each fiscal year the 

Secretary of Agriculture may not carry out any program— 

(1) for which an authorization of appropriations is established or extended under this Act; and 

(2) that is funded by discretionary appropriations (as defined 

in section 250(c) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 900(c))). 

(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Subsection (a) shall take effect with respect to a program referred to in such subsection on the date on 

which the authorization of appropriations under this Act for such 

program expires. 

(c) EXISTING OBLIGATIONS.—Subsection (a) does not affect the 

ability of the Secretary to carry out responsibilities with regard to 

loans, grants, or other obligations made or in existence before an 

applicable effective date under subsection (b). 

59. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE KUSTER

OF NEW HAMPSHIRE OR HER DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Page 200, line 2, strike ‘‘5 percent’’ and insert ‘‘7.5 percent’’. 

60. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE THOMP- SON OF MISSISSIPPI OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MIN- UTES

Page 238, after line 13, insert the following: 

‘‘(D) The healthy forests reserve program established 

under section 501 of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act 

of 2003 (16 U.S.C. 6571). 

61. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE THOMPSON OF PENNSYLVANIA OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 

MINUTES

Page 256, after line 17, insert the following: 

SEC. 2507. CHESAPEAKE BAY TMDL. 

In each of fiscal years 2014 through 2018, the Secretary, acting 

through the Chief of the Natural Resources Conservation Service, 

shall provide data to, and consult with, the Administrator of the 

Environmental Protection Agency with regard to water quality and 

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imum daily loads under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act 

(33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.) for such watershed. 

62. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE PEARCE

OF NEW MEXICO OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

At the end of subtitle G of title II, insert the following new section: 

SEC. 2609. LESSER PRAIRIE-CHICKEN CONSERVATION REPORT. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the House Committee on Agriculture and the Senate Committee on Agriculture, 

Nutrition, and Forestry a report containing the results of a review 

and analysis of each of the programs administered by the Secretary 

that pertain to the conservation of the lesser prairie-chicken, including the conservation reserve program, the environmental quality incentives program, the wildlife habitat incentive program, and 

the Lesser Prairie-Chicken Initiative. 

(b) CONTENTS.—The Secretary shall include in the report required by this section, at a minimum— 

(1) with respect to each program described in subsection (a) 

as it relates to the conservation of the lesser prairie-chicken, 

findings regarding— 

(A) the cost of the program to the Federal Government, 

impacted State governments, and the private sector; 

(B) the conservation effectiveness of the program; and 

(C) the cost-effectiveness of the program; and 

(2) a ranking of the programs described in subsection (a) 

based on their relative cost-effectiveness. 

63. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE CRAMER

OF NORTH DAKOTA OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Page 265, after line 22, insert the following: 

SEC. 2609. WETLANDS MITIGATION. 

Section 1222 of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3822) 

is amended— 

(1) in subsection (f)— 

(A) in paragraph (2)(D), by striking ‘‘unless more acreage 

is needed to provide equivalent functions and values that 

will be lost as a result of the wetland conversion to be 

mitigated’’; and 

(B) in paragraph (2)(E)— 

(i) by inserting ‘‘not’’ before ‘‘greater than’’; and 

(ii) by striking ‘‘if more acreage is needed to provide 

equivalent functions and values that will be lost as a 

result of the wetland conversion that is mitigated’’; 

and 

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64. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE KEATING

OF MASSACHUSETTS OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Page 290, after line 9, insert the following new subsection: 

(c) U.S. ATLANTIC SPINY DOGFISH STUDY.—Not later than 90 

days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall 

conduct an economic study on the existing market in the United 

States for U.S. Atlantic Spiny Dogfish. 

65. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE REED OF

NEW YORK OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Strike section 4015 and insert the following: 

SEC. 4015. DATA EXCHANGE STANDARDIZATION FOR IMPROVED 

INTEROPERABILITY. 

(a) DATA EXCHANGE STANDARDIZATION.—Section 11 of the Food 

and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2020) is amended by adding 

at the end the following: 

‘‘(v) DATA EXCHANGE STANDARDS FOR IMPROVED INTEROPER- ABILITY.— 

‘‘(1) DESIGNATION—The Secretary shall, in consultation with 

an interagency work group established by the Office of Management and Budget, and considering State government perspectives, designate data exchange standards to govern, under 

this part— 

‘‘(A) necessary categories of information that State agencies operating such programs are required under applicable law to electronically exchange with another State agency; and 

‘‘(B) Federal reporting and data exchange required under 

applicable law. 

‘‘(2) REQUIREMENTS—The data exchange standards required 

by paragraph (1) shall, to the extent practicable— 

‘‘(A) incorporate a widely accepted, non-proprietary, 

searchable, computer-readable format, such as the eXtensible Markup Language; 

‘‘(B) contain interoperable standards developed and 

maintained by intergovernmental partnerships, such as 

the National Information Exchange Model; 

‘‘(C) incorporate interoperable standards developed and 

maintained by Federal entities with authority over contracting and financial assistance; 

‘‘(D) be consistent with and implement applicable accounting principles; 

‘‘(E) be implemented in a manner that is cost-effective 

and improves program efficiency and effectiveness; and 

‘‘(F) be capable of being continually upgraded as necessary. 

‘‘(3) RULES OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this subsection 

shall be construed to require a change to existing data exchange standards for Federal reporting found to be effective 

and efficient.’’. 

(b) EFFECTIVE DATE—The Secretary shall issue a proposed rule 

within 24 months after the date of the enactment of this Act. The 

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fication and timing of exchanges to be standardized, and address 

the factors used in determining whether and when to standardize 

data exchanges. It should also specify state implementation options 

and describe future milestones. 

66. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE YOUNG OF

ALASKA OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

At the end of subtitle A of title IV, insert the following: 

SEC. 4033. SERVICE OF TRADITIONAL FOODS IN PUBLIC FACILITIES. 

(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

(1) FOOD SERVICE PROGRAM.—The term ‘‘food service program’’ includes— 

(A) food service at a residential child care facility with 

a license from an appropriate State agency; 

(B) a child nutrition program (as defined in section 25(b) 

of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 

U.S.C. 1769f (b)); 

(C) food service at a hospital or clinic or long term care 

facility; and 

(D) a senior meal program. 

(2) INDIAN; INDIAN TRIBE; INDIAN TRIBAL ORGANIZATION.—The 

terms ‘‘Indian’’; ‘‘Indian tribe’’; and ‘‘Indian Tribal Organization’’ have the meanings given those terms in section 4 of the 

Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 

U.S.C. 450b). 

(3) TRADITIONAL FOOD.— 

(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘traditional food’’ means food 

that has traditionally been prepared and consumed by an 

Indian tribe. 

(B) INCLUSIONS.—The term ‘‘traditional food’’ includes— 

(i) wild game meat; 

(ii) fish; 

(iii) seafood; 

(iv) marine mammals; 

(iv) plants; and 

(v) berries. 

(b) PROGRAM.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 

Secretary shall allow the donation to and serving of traditional food 

through a food service program at a public facility, nonprofit facility, including facilities operated by an Indian tribe or tribal organization that primarily serves Indians if the operator of the food 

service program— 

(1) ensures that the food is received whole, gutted, gilled, as 

quarters, or as a roast, without further processing; 

(2) makes a reasonable determination that— 

(A) the animal was not diseased; 

(B) the food was butchered, dressed, transported, and 

stored to prevent contamination, undesirable microbial 

growth, or deterioration; and 

(C) the food will not cause a significant health hazard or 

potential for human illness; 

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ration or processing of other food for the applicable program to 

prevent cross-contamination; 

(4) cleans and sanitizes food-contact surfaces of equipment 

and utensils after processing the traditional food; and 

(5) labels donated traditional food with the name of the food 

and stores the traditional food separately from other food for 

the applicable program, including through storage in a separate freezer or refrigerator or in a separate compartment or 

shelf in the freezer or refrigerator. 

(c) LIABILITY.—Liability for damages from donated traditional 

food and products to the participating food service program shall 

not be subject to civil or criminal liability arising from the nature, 

age, packaging, or condition of donated food. 

67. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE NEGRETE

MCLEOD OF CALIFORNIA OR HER DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 

MINUTES

At the end of subtitle A of title IV, insert the following: 

SEC. 4033. FEASIBILITY STUDY FOR INDIAN TRIBES. 

Section 4 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2013) 

is amended by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(d) FEASIBILITY STUDY FOR INDIAN TRIBES.— ‘‘(1) STUDY.—The Secretary shall conduct a study to determine the feasibility of a tribal demonstration project for tribes 

to administer all Federal food assistance programs, services, 

functions, and activities (or portions thereof) of the agency. 

‘‘(2) CONSIDERATIONS.—In conducting the study, the Secretary shall consider— 

‘‘(A) the probable effects on specific programs and program beneficiaries of such a demonstration project; 

‘‘(B) statutory, regulatory, or other impediments to implementation of such a demonstration project; 

‘‘(C) strategies for implementing such a demonstration 

project; 

‘‘(D) probable costs or savings associated with such a 

demonstration project; 

‘‘(E) methods to assure quality and accountability in 

such a demonstration project; and 

‘‘(F) such other issues that may be determined by the 

Secretary or developed through consultation with pursuant 

to paragraph (4). 

‘‘(3) REPORT.—Not later than 18 months after the effective 

date of this subsection, the Secretary shall submit a report to 

the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry of the 

Senate and the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives. The report shall contain— 

‘‘(A) the results of the study under this subsection; 

‘‘(B) a list of programs, services, functions, and activities 

(or portions thereof) within each agency with respect to 

which it would be feasible to include in a tribal demonstration project; 

‘‘(C) a list of programs, services, functions, and activities 

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to subparagraph (B) that could be included in a tribal demonstration project without amending a statute, or waiving 

regulations that the Secretary may not waiver; and 

‘‘(D) a list of legislative actions required in order to include those programs, services, function, and activities (or 

portions thereof) included in the list provided pursuant to 

subparagraph (B) but not included in the list provided pursuant to subparagraph (C), in a tribal demonstration 

project. 

‘‘(4) CONSULTATION WITH INDIAN TRIBES.—The Secretary 

shall consult with Indian tribes to determine a protocol for consultation under paragraph (1) prior to consultation under such 

paragraph with the other entities described in such paragraph. 

The protocol shall require, at a minimum, that— 

‘‘(A) the government-to-government relationship with Indian tribes forms the basis for the consultation process; 

‘‘(B) the Indian tribes and the Secretary jointly conduct 

the consultations required by this subsection; and 

‘‘(C) the consultation process allows for separate and direct recommendations from the Indian tribes and other entities described in paragraph (1). 

‘‘(5) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to 

carry out this subsection. Such sums shall remain available 

until expended.’’. 

68. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE

DUCKWORTH OF ILLINOIS OR HER DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 

MINUTES

Page 366, after line 20, insert the following: 

SEC. 4208. STUDY ON FUNDING FOR EMERGENCY FEEDING ORGANIZATIONS. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to the availability of appropriations for 

such purpose, the Secretary shall conduct a study of the impact on 

emergency feeding organizations of cuts made to the supplemental 

nutrition assistance program pursuant to this Act and the Healthy, 

Hunger Free Kids Act of 2010 (Public Law 111–296). 

(b) MATTERS TO BE ASSESSED.—In carrying out the study under 

subsection (a), the Secretary shall assess the following: 

(1) In the month preceding the implementation of the cuts 

described in subsection (a)— 

(A) a baseline of the number of clients served by emergency feeding organizations; 

(B) a baseline of the frequency that clients visit an emergency feeding organization during the month; and 

(C) a baseline of the amount of food distributed by emergency feeding organizations during the month. 

(2) Two months and four months following the implementation of such cuts (or at such other times the Secretary determines appropriate to best measure the impact of such cuts)— 

(A) the change in the number of clients seeking food assistance from emergency feeding organizations; 

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(C) the adequacy of supply of donated food to emergency 

feeding organizations to meet demand for food assistance; 

and 

(D) the total number of clients served and number of clients turned away or reductions in the amount of food distributed to clients by emergency feeding organizations because of the lack of resources to meet the need for food assistance. 

(c) REPORT.—Not later than September 30, 2014, the Secretary 

shall submit to Congress a report describing— 

(1) the impact of cuts described in subsection (a) on demand 

at emergency feeding organizations; and 

(2) the ability of emergency feeding organizations to meet 

changes in need resulting from such cuts. 

(d) EMERGENCY FEEDING ORGANIZATION DEFINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘emergency feeding organization’’ has the meaning 

given the term in section 201A of the Emergency Food Assistance 

Act of 1983 (7 U.S.C. 7501). 

69. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE CROWLEY

OF NEW YORK OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

At the end of subtitle C of title IV, add the following new section: 

SEC. 4208. PURCHASE OF HALAL AND KOSHER FOOD FOR EMERGENCY 

FOOD ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. 

Section 202 of the Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983 (7 

U.S.C. 7502) is amended by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(h) KOSHER AND HALAL FOOD.—As soon as practicable after the 

date of enactment of this subsection, the Secretary shall finalize 

and implement a plan— 

‘‘(1) to increase the purchase of Kosher and Halal food from 

food manufacturers with a Kosher or Halal certification to 

carry out the program established under this Act if the Kosher 

and Halal food purchased is cost neutral as compared to food 

that is not from food manufacturers with a Kosher or Halal 

certification; and 

‘‘(2) to modify the labeling of the commodities list used to 

carry out the program in a manner that enables Kosher and 

Halal food bank operators to identify which commodities to obtain from local food banks.’’. 

70. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE HUIZENGA

OF MICHIGAN OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

At the end of subtitle C of title IV, insert the following: 

SEC. 4208. REVIEW OF SOLE-SOURCE CONTRACTS IN FEDERAL NUTRITION PROGRAMS. 

The Secretary shall conduct an evaluation of sole-source contracts in Federal nutrition programs, and the effect such contracts 

have on program participation, program goals, nonprogram consumers, retailers, and free market dynamics. Not later than 1 year 

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the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, 

Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate. 

71. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE GARDNER

OF COLORADO OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Page 393, after line 22, insert the following: 

SEC. lll. RURAL UTILITIES SERVICE CONTRACTING AUTHORITY. 

Section 18(c) of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 

918(c)) is amended— 

(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘Rural Electrification Administration’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘Rural Utilities Service’’; and 

(2) in paragraph (4)— 

(A) in the paragraph heading, by inserting ‘‘COOPERATIVE’’ before ‘‘AGREEMENTS’’; and 

(B) by inserting after the 1st sentence the folllowing: ‘‘A 

contract funded by a borrower that is to be paid for out of 

the general funds of the borrower is not a public contract 

within the meaning of title 41, United States Code’’. 

72. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE RUIZ OF

CALIFORNIA OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Page 401, after line 4, insert the following: 

SEC. lll. TELEMEDICINE AND DISTANCE LEARNING SERVICES IN 

RURAL AREAS. 

Section 2333(d) of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and 

Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 950aaa–2(d)) is amended— 

(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph (12); and 

(2) by redesignating paragraph (13) as paragraph (14) and 

inserting after paragraph (12) the following: 

‘‘(13) whether the applicant for assistance is located in a designated health professional shortage area (within the meaning 

of section 332 of the Public Health Service Act)’’. 

73. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE MICHAUD

OF MAINE OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Page 401, after line 4, insert the following: 

SEC. lll. REGIONAL ECONOMIC AND INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT. 

Section 15751 of title 40, United States Code, is amended— 

(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘2012’’ and inserting ‘‘2018’’; 

and 

(2) in subsection (b)— 

(A) by striking ‘‘Not more than’’ and inserting the following: 

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in paragraph (2), not 

more than’’; and 

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‘‘(2) LIMITED FUNDING.—In a case in which less than 

$10,000,000 is made available to a Commission for a fiscal year 

under this section, paragraph (1) shall not apply.’’. 

74. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE TURNER

OF OHIO OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

At the end of subtitle A of title VII (page 430, after line 18), add 

the following: 

SEC. 7129. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING EXPANSION OF THE 

LAND GRANT PROGRAM TO INCLUDE ENHANCED FUNDING AND ADDITIONAL INSTITUTIONS. 

It is the sense of the Congress that— 

(1) institutions of higher education designated under the Act 

of August 30, 1890 (commonly known, and referred to in this 

section, as the ‘‘Second Morrill Act’’; 7 U.S.C. 321 et seq.) have 

played an integral role in the education and advancement of 

agriculture and mechanic arts for over a century; 

(2) in addition to those institutions, a number of colleges and 

universities have fulfilled similar and parallel missions in successfully training and graduating generations of students who 

have gone on to be leaders in their field; 

(3) the colleges and universities, both with and without designation under the Second Morrill Act, fulfill a vital role to the 

future of industry, opportunities for increased job creation, and 

the strength of American agriculture; 

(4) Congress must ensure that the United States’ higher education framework and policies meet the needs of young Americans, and that students from across the country are able to 

choose from a variety of institutions and programs that will 

equip them with the skills and training necessary to achieve 

their individual goals; and 

(5) as Congress and the agricultural community generally 

consider policies and approaches to improve research, extension, and education in the agricultural sciences, expansion of 

the land grant program under the Second Morrill Act to include enhanced funding and additional institutions should be 

considered. 

75. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE GABBARD

OF HAWAII OR HER DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Page 433, line 17, strike ‘‘ ‘subsections (e) and (f)’ ’’ and insert 

‘‘ ‘subsections (e), (f), and (g)’ ’’. 

Page 433, line 20, strike ‘‘ ‘subsections (e) and (f)’ ’’ and insert 

‘‘ ‘subsections (e), (f), and (g)’ ’’. 

Page 433, line 23, strike ‘‘subsections (e), (f), and (g)’’ and insert 

‘‘subsections (e), (f), and (h)’’. 

Page 434, line 10, strike ‘‘and’’ at the end. 

Page 434, after line 10, insert the following new paragraph: 

(6) by inserting after subsection (f) (as redesignated by paragraph (4)) the following new subsection: 

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‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall establish a coffee 

plant health initiative to address the critical needs of the coffee 

industry by— 

‘‘(A) developing and disseminating science-based tools 

and treatments to combat the coffee berry borer 

(Hypothenemus hampei); and 

‘‘(B) establishing an area-wide integrated pest management program in areas affected by or areas at risk of being 

affected by the coffee berry borer. 

‘‘(2) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.—The Secretary may carry out the 

coffee plant health initiative through— 

‘‘(A) Federal agencies, including the Agricultural Research Service and the National Institute of Food and Agriculture; 

‘‘(B) National Laboratories; 

‘‘(C) institutions of higher education; 

‘‘(D) research institutions or organizations; 

‘‘(E) private organizations or corporations; 

‘‘(F) State agricultural experiment stations; 

‘‘(G) individuals; or 

‘‘(H) groups consisting of 2 or more entities or individuals described in subparagraphs (A) through (G). 

‘‘(3) PROJECT GRANTS AND COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.—In 

carrying out this subsection, the Secretary shall— 

‘‘(A) enter into cooperative agreements with eligible entities, as appropriate; and 

‘‘(B) award grants on a competitive basis. 

‘‘(4) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this subsection $2,000,000 

for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2018.’’; and 

Page 434, line 11, strike ‘‘(6) in subsection (g)’’ and insert ‘‘(7) in 

subsection (h)’’. 

76. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE

FALEOMAVAEGA OF AMERICAN SAMOA OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Page 460, line 1, insert ‘‘AMERICAN SAMOA, FEDERATED 

STATES OF MICRONESIA, AND’’ before ‘‘NORTHERN MARIANA’’. 

Page 460, line 7, insert ‘‘American Samoa, the Federated States 

of Micronesia,’’ before ‘‘and the Commonwealth’’. 

77. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE SLAUGH- TER OF NEW YORK OR HER DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Strike section 7514 and insert the following new section: 

SEC. 7514. RESEARCH AND EDUCATION GRANTS FOR THE STUDY OF 

ANTIBIOTIC-RESISTANT BACTERIA. 

Section 7521(c) of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 

2008 (7 U.S.C. 3202(c)) is amended by striking ‘‘2012’’ and inserting 

‘‘2018’’. 


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78. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE GOSAR OF

ARIZONA OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Page 481, line 17, strike the closing quotation marks and the second period. 

Page 481, after line 17, insert the following: 

‘‘(7) FIRE LIABILITY PROVISIONS.—Not later than 90 days after 

the date of enactment of this paragraph, the Chief and the Director shall issue for use in all contracts and agreements under 

this section fire liability provisions that are in substantially 

the same form as the fire liability provisions contained in— 

‘‘(A) integrated resource timber contracts, as described in 

the Forest Service contract numbered 2400–13, part H, 

section H.4; and 

‘‘(B) timber sale contracts conducted pursuant to section 

14 of the National Forest Management Act of 1976 (16 

U.S.C. 472a).’’. 

79. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE COTTON

OF ARKANSAS OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Page 486, lines 15 and 19, insert ‘‘, management,’’ after ‘‘restoration’’. 

Page 486, line 22, strike ‘‘trees’’ and insert ‘‘forests’’. 

Page 486, line 24, strike ‘‘and’’ and insert the following: 

(C) activities involving commercial harvesting or other 

mechanical vegetative treatments; or 

Page 487, line 1, strike ‘‘(C)’’ and insert ‘‘(D)’’. 

Page 487, lines 8, 13, and 24 insert ‘‘, management,’’ after ‘‘restoration’’. 

Page 488, line 4, insert ‘‘, management,’’ after ‘‘restoration’’. 

80. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE TIPTON

OF COLORADO OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

At the end of subtitle E of title VIII, add the following: 

SEC. 8408. FOREST SERVICE LARGE AIRTANKER AND AERIAL ASSET 

FIREFIGHTING RECAPITALIZATION PILOT PROGRAM. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to the availability of appropriations, 

the Secretary, acting through the Chief of the Forest Service, may 

establish a large airtanker and aerial asset lease program in accordance with this section. 

(b) AIRCRAFT REQUIREMENTS.—In carrying out the program described in subsection (a), the Secretary may enter into a multiyear 

lease contract for up to five aircraft that meet the criteria— 

(1) described in the Forest Service document entitled ‘‘Large 

Airtanker Modernization Strategy’’ and dated February 10, 

2012, for large airtankers; and 

(2) determined by the Secretary, for other aerial assets. 

(c) LEASE TERMS.—The term of any individual lease agreement 

into which the Secretary enters under this section shall be— 

(1) up to five years, inclusive of any options to renew or extend the initial lease term; and 

(2) in accordance with section 3903 of title 41, United States 

Code. 


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(d) PROHIBITION.—No lease entered into under this section shall 

provide for the purchase of the aircraft by, or the transfer of ownership to, the Forest Service. 

81. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE GRIFFITH

OF VIRGINIA OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

At the end of title VIII, add the following new section: 

SEC. 8408. LAND CONVEYANCE, JEFFERSON NATIONAL FOREST IN 

WISE COUNTY, VIRGINIA. 

(a) CONVEYANCE REQUIRED.—Upon payment by the Association 

of the consideration under subsection (b) and the costs under subsection (d), the Secretary shall, subject to valid existing rights, convey to the Association all right, title, and interest of the United 

States in and to a parcel of National Forest System land in the Jefferson National Forest in Wise County, Virginia, consisting of approximately 0.70 acres and containing the Mullins and Sturgill 

Cemetery and an easement to provide access to the parcel, as generally depicted on the map. 

(b) CONSIDERATION.— 

(1) FAIR MARKET VALUE.—As consideration for the land conveyed under subsection (a), the Association shall pay to the 

Secretary cash in an amount equal to the market value of the 

land, as determined by an appraisal approved by the Secretary 

and conducted in conformity with the Uniform Appraisal 

Standards for Federal Land Acquisitions and section 206 of the 

Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 

1716). 

(2) DEPOSIT.—The consideration received by the Secretary 

under paragraph (1) shall be deposited into the general fund 

of the Treasury of the United States for the purposes of deficit 

reduction. 

(c) DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY.—The exact acreage and legal description of the land to be conveyed under subsection (a) shall be 

determined by a survey satisfactory to the Secretary. 

(d) COSTS.—The Association shall pay to the Secretary at closing 

the reasonable costs of the survey, the appraisal, and any administrative and environmental analyses required by law. 

(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

(1) ASSOCIATION.—The term ‘‘Association’’ means the Mullins 

and Sturgill Cemetery Association of Pound, Virginia. 

(2) MAP.—The term ‘‘map’’ means the map titled ‘‘Mullins 

and Sturgill Cemetery’’ dated March 1, 2013. 

(3) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary 

of Agriculture. 

(f) ADDITIONAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS.— The Secretary may require such additional terms and conditions in connection with the 

conveyance under subsection (a) as the Secretary considers appropriate to protect the interests of the United States. 


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82. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE MEADOWS

OF NORTH CAROLINA OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

At the end of title VIII, add the following new section: 

SEC. 8408. CATEGORICAL EXCLUSION FOR FOREST PROJECTS IN 

RESPOSE TO EMERGENCIES. 

In the case of National Forest System land damaged by a natural 

disaster regarding which the President declares a disaster or emergency pursuant to the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.), any forest project 

carried out to clean up or restore the damaged National Forest System land during the two-year period beginning on the date of the 

declaration shall be categorically excluded from the requirements 

relating to environmental assessments or environmental impact 

statements under section 1508.4 of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations. 

83. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE LOEBSACK

OF IOWA OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Page 502, strike lines 20 through 24. 

Page 503, line 1, redesignate paragraph (2) as subsection (a) and 

conform the margins accordingly. 

Page 503, line 5, redesignate subparagraph (A) as paragraph (1) 

and conform the margins accordingly. 

Page 503, beginning on line 5, strike ‘‘paragraph (2) as paragraph (3)’’ and insert ‘‘paragraphs (2) and (3) as paragraphs (3) and 

(4), respectively’’. 

Page 503, line 7, redesignate subparagraph (B) as paragraph (2) 

and conform the margins accordingly. 

84. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE GRIMM OF

NEW YORK OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

At the end of title IX, add the following new section: 

SEC. ll. ENERGY EFFICIENCY REPORT FOR USDA FACILITIES. 

(a) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall submit to the 

Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the 

Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate a 

report on energy use and energy efficiency projects at Department 

of Agriculture facilities. 

(b) CONTENTS.—The report required by subsection (a) shall include the following: 

(1) An analysis of energy use by Department of Agriculture 

facilities. 

(2) A list of energy audits that have been conducted at such 

facilities. 

(3) A list of energy efficiency projects that have been conducted at such facilities. 

(4) A list of energy savings projects that could be achieved 

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lation maintenance program and upgrading mechanical insulation at such facilities. 

85. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE

CA ́ RDENAS OF CALIFORNIA OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 

MINUTES

Page 527, strike lines 20 through 23 and insert the following: 

SEC. 10006. FOOD SAFETY EDUCATION INITIATIVES. 

Section 10105 of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 

(7 U.S.C. 7655) is amended— 

(1) in subsection (a)— 

(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by inserting 

‘‘, including farm workers’’ after ‘‘industry’’; 

(B) in paragraph (2), by striking the period at the end 

and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

(C) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: 

‘‘(3) practices that prevent bacterial contamination of food, 

how to identify sources of food contamination, and other means 

of decreasing food contamination.’’; and 

(2) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘2012’’ and inserting ‘‘2018’’. 

86. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE SCOTT OF

GEORGIA OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

After section 10007, insert the following new section (and redesignate succeeding sections and conform the table of contents accordingly): 

SEC. 10008. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE CONSULTATION REGARDING ENFORCEMENT OF CERTAIN LABOR LAW PROVISIONS. 

Not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, 

the Secretary of Agriculture shall consult with the Secretary of 

Labor regarding the restraining of shipments of agricultural commodities, or the confiscation of such commodities, by the Department of Labor for actual or suspected labor law violations in order 

to consider— 

(1) the perishable nature of such commodities; 

(2) the impact of such restraining or confiscation on the economic viability of farming operations; and 

(3) the competitiveness of specialty crops through grants 

awarded to States under section 101 of the Specialty Crops 

Competitiveness Act of 2004 (7 U.S.C. 1621 note). 

87. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE KAPTUR

OF OHIO OR HER DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Page 545, after line 9, insert the following: 

SEC. 10018. ANNUAL REPORT ON INVASIVE SPECIES. 

(a) INITIAL REPORT.— 

(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the date of 

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(2) MATTERS INCLUDED.—The report under paragraph (1) 

shall include the following: 

(A) A list of each invasive species that is in the United 

States as of the date of the report. 

(B) For each invasive species listed under subparagraph 

(A)— 

(i) the country that the species originated; 

(ii) the means in which the species entered the 

United States; 

(iii) the year in which the species entered the United 

States; 

(iv) the rate by which the entry of the species is increasing or decreasing; 

(v) cost estimates, covering both the date of the report and future periods, of the cost of such species to 

the public and private sectors; 

(vi) if cost estimates cannot be conducted under 

clause (iv), a detailed explanation of why; 

(vii) environmental impact estimates, covering both 

the date of the report and future periods, of the environmental impact of the species; 

(viii) if environmental impact estimates cannot be 

conducted under clause (iv), a detailed explanation of 

why; 

(ix) recommendations as to what steps are needed to 

combat the species; 

(x) a description of the ongoing research occurring to 

combat the species; and 

(xi) a description of any legal recourse available to 

people affected by the species. 

(C) Any other matter the Secretary determines appropriate. 

(3) PERIOD COVERED.—The report under paragraph (1) shall 

cover the period beginning in 1980 and ending on the date on 

which the report is submitted. 

(b) ANNUAL UPDATED REPORTS.—Not later than October 1 of each 

fiscal year beginning after the date on which the report under 

paragraph (1) of subsection (a) is submitted, the Secretary shall 

submit annually to Congress an updated report, including an update to each of the matters described in paragraph (2) of such subsection. 

(c) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—The Secretary shall make each report 

under this section available to the public. 

88. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE FOXX OF

NORTH CAROLINA OR HER DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

In section 11001, insert ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—’’ before ‘‘Section 

502(c)’’ and add at the end the following new subsection: 

(b) DISCLOSURE OF CROP INSURANCE PREMIUM SUBSIDIES MADE

ON BEHALF OF MEMBERS OF CONGRESS AND CERTAIN OTHER INDI- VIDUALS AND ENTITIES.—Section 502(c)(2) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1502(c)(2)) is amended— 

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(2) by inserting before subparagraph (C) (as so redesignated) 

the following: 

‘‘(A) DISCLOSURE IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST.—Notwithstanding paragraph (1) or any other provision of law, except as provided in subparagraph (B), the Secretary shall 

on an annual basis make available to the public— 

‘‘(i)(I) the name of each individual or entity specified 

in subparagraph (C) who obtained a federally subsidized crop insurance, livestock, or forage policy or 

plan of insurance during the previous fiscal year; 

‘‘(II) the amount of premium subsidy received by 

that individual or entity from the Corporation; and 

‘‘(III) the amount of any Federal portion of indemnities paid in the event of a loss during that fiscal 

year for each policy associated with that individual or 

entity; and 

‘‘(ii) for each private insurance provider, by name— 

‘‘(I) the underwriting gains earned through participation in the federally subsidized crop insurance program; and 

‘‘(II) the amount paid under this subtitle for— 

‘‘(aa) administrative and operating expenses; 

‘‘(bb) any Federal portion of indemnities 

and reinsurance; and 

‘‘(cc) any other purpose. 

‘‘(B) LIMITATION.—The Secretary shall not disclose information pertaining to individuals and entities covered by a 

catastrophic risk protection plan offered under section 

508(b). 

‘‘(C) COVERED INDIVIDUALS AND ENTITIES.—Subparagraph (A) applies with respect to the following: 

‘‘(i) Members of Congress and their immediate families. 

‘‘(ii) Cabinet Secretaries and their immediate families. 

‘‘(iii) Entities of which any individual described in 

clause (i) or (ii), or combination of such individuals, is 

a majority shareholder.’’. 

89. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE SCHOCK

OF ILLINOIS OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Page 578, line 20, insert ‘‘pennycress,’’ after ‘‘alfalfa,’’. 

90. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE BARR OF

KENTUCKY OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Page 590, after line 15, insert the following: 

SEC. 11025. ADVANCE PUBLIC NOTICE OF CROP INSURANCE POLICY 

AND PLAN CHANGES. 

Section 505(e) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 

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(1) by redesignating paragraphs (5) and (6) as paragraphs (6) 

and (7); respectively; and 

(2) by inserting after paragraph (4) the following new paragraph (5): 

‘‘(5) ADVANCE NOTICE OF MODIFICATION BEFORE IMPLEMENTATION.— 

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Any modification to be made in the 

terms or conditions of any policy or plan of insurance offered under this subtitle shall not take effect for a crop 

year unless the Secretary publishes the modification in the 

Federal Register and on the website of the Corporation 

and provides for a subsequent period of public comment— 

‘‘(i) with respect to fall-planted crops, not later than 

60 days before June 30 during the preceding crop year; 

and 

‘‘(ii) with respect to spring-planted crops, not later 

than 60 days before November 30 during the preceding crop year. 

‘‘(B) WAIVER.—The Secretary may waive the application 

of subparagraph (A) in an emergency situation declared by 

the Secretary upon notice to Congress of the nature of the 

emergency and the need for immediate implementation of 

the policy or plan modification referred to in such subparagraph.’’. 

91. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE TAKANO

OF CALIFORNIA OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

At the end of subtitle A of title XII, add the following new section: 

SEC. ll. ECONOMIC FRAUD IN WILD AND FARM-RAISED SEAFOOD. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the date of the 

enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through 

the Office of the Chief Economist, shall submit to Congress a report 

on the economic implications for consumers, fishermen, and 

aquaculturists of fraud and mislabeling in wild and farmed seafood. 

(b) CONTENTS.—The report required under subsection (a) shall 

include, with respect to fraud and mislabeling in wild and farmraised seafood, an analysis of the impact on consumers and producers in the Unites States of— 

(1) sales of imported seafood that is misrepresented as domestic product; 

(2) country of origin labeling that allows seafood harvested 

outside the United States to be labeled as a product of the 

United States; 

(3) the lack of seafood product traceability through the supply chain; and 

(4) the inadequate use of DNA testing and other technology 

to address seafood safety and fraud, including traceability. 


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92. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE FUDGE OF

OHIO OR HER DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Page 601, after line 18, insert the following new section: 

SEC. 12204. RECEIPT FOR SERVICE OR DENIAL OF SERVICE FROM 

CERTAIN DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AGENCIES. 

Section 2501A(e) of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and 

Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 2279–1(e)) is amended by striking 

‘‘and, at the time of the request, also requests a receipt’’. 

93. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE

VELA ́ ZQUEZ OF NEW YORK OR HER DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 

MINUTES

Page 629, after line 4, insert the following: 

SEC. lll. URBAN AGRICULTURE COORDINATION. 

The Secretary of Agriculture shall coordinate opportunities for 

urban agriculture, by— 

(1) compiling a list of all programs administered by the Secretary or by the head of any other department, agency, or instrumentality of the United States to which urban farmers can 

apply for assistance or participation; 

(2) examining and implementing opportunities to adjust the 

regulations governing the programs to enable urban farmers to 

participate in more of the programs; 

(3) developing a process for streamlining the process by 

which urban farmers may apply for assistance from, or for participation in, the programs, including through the use of a single, harmonized application for multiple programs; and 

(4) such other methods as the Secretary deems appropriate. 

94. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE JACKSON

LEE OF TEXAS OR HER DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Page 629, after line 4, insert the following: 

SEC. 12317. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON INCREASED BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES FOR BLACK FARMERS, WOMEN, MINORITIES, AND 

SMALL BUSINESSES. 

It is the sense of Congress that the Federal Government should 

increase the number of contracts the Federal Government awards 

to Black farmers, businesses owned and controlled by women, businesses owned and controlled by minorities, and small business concerns. 

95. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE ROSS OF

FLORIDA OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Page 629, after line 4, insert the following: 

SEC. 12317. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING AGRICULTURE SECURITY PROGRAMS. 

It is the sense of Congress that— 

(1) agricultural nutrients and other agricultural chemicals 

are essential to ensuring the most efficient production of food, 

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(2) these products must be properly stored, handled, transported, and used to ensure that they are not misused or cause 

harm either accidentally or intentionally; 

(3) the Department of Agriculture is the Federal agency with 

the staffing and technical expertise to understand the important role these products play in agriculture; 

(4) other Federal departments and agencies have been given 

lead responsibility to develop and implement security programs 

affecting the availability, storage, transportation, and use of a 

variety of chemicals and products used in agriculture; 

(5) it is critical that the Department of Agriculture participate fully in the development of any such security programs to 

ensure that they do not unnecessarily restrict the availability 

of the most efficient and beneficial products needed to sustain 

American agriculture; 

(6) the Secretary of Agriculture should review staffing at the 

Department to ensure that the agency has senior employees 

within the Department at the Senior Executive Service level or 

higher, who have responsibility for coordinating with other 

Federal, State, and international agencies in the development 

of regulations, guidance, and procedures for the secure handling of agricultural chemicals; and 

(7) that such employees shall— 

(A) work with manufacturers, retailers, and the general 

farm community to review existing and proposed Federal, 

State, and international agricultural chemical security regulations; 

(B) coordinate with manufacturers, retailers, transporters, and farmers to evaluate how existing and proposed security regulations, including systems to track the 

sale, transportation, delivery, and use of agricultural products, can be designed to minimize any adverse impact on 

agricultural productivity; 

(C) evaluate how existing and proposed security regulations will affect the ability of agricultural producers to 

have timely access to nutrients, chemicals, and other products that are affordable and best suited to the producers’ 

operations; 

(D) develop recommendations on best practices, policies, 

and regulatory mechanisms relating to existing and proposed security programs to ensure that there is minimal 

adverse impact on agricultural productivity; and 

(E) engage with Federal agencies with responsibility for 

establishing security programs to ensure that they have 

the information needed to develop procedures for effective 

security administration and enforcement that minimize 

any adverse impact on domestic or international agricultural productivity. 

96. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE CONAWAY

OF TEXAS OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

At the end of subtitle C of title XII, add the following: 


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SEC. 12317. REPORT ON WATER SHARING. 

Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this 

Act and annually thereafter, the Secretary of State shall submit to 

Congress a report on— 

(1) efforts by Mexico to meet its treaty deliveries of water to 

the Rio Grande in accordance with the Treaty between the 

United States and Mexico Respecting Utilization of waters of 

the Colorado and Tijuana Rivers and of the Rio Grande (done 

at Washington, February 3, 1944); and 

(2) the benefits to the United States of the Interim International Cooperative Measures in the Colorado River Basin 

through 2017 and Extension of Minute 318 Cooperative Measures to Address the Continued Effects of the April 2010 Earthquake in the Mexicali Valley, Baja, California (done at Coronado, California, November 20, 2012; commonly referred to as 

‘‘Minute No. 319’’). 

97. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE FLORES

OF TEXAS OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

At the end of title XII, add the following new section: 

SEC. ll. REPORT ON NATIONAL OCEAN POLICY. 

(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 

(1) Executive Order 13547, issued on July 19, 2010, established the national policy for the Stewardship of the Ocean, 

Our Coasts, and the Great Lakes and requires— 

(A) Federal implementation of ‘‘ecosystem-based management’’ to achieve a ‘‘fundamental shift’’ in how the 

United States manages ocean, coastal, and Great Lakes resources; and 

(B) the establishment of nine new governmental ‘‘Regional Planning Bodies’’ and ‘‘Coastal and Marine Spatial 

Plans’’ in every region of the United States. 

(2) Executive Order 13547 created a 54-member National 

Ocean Council led by the White House Council on Environmental Quality and Office of Science and Technology Policy 

that includes 54 principal and deputy-level representatives 

from Federal entities, including the Department of Agriculture. 

(3) Executive Order 13547 requires National Ocean Council 

members, including the Department of Agriculture, to take action to implement the Policy and participate in coastal and marine spatial planning to the maximum extent possible. 

(4) The Final Recommendations of the Interagency Ocean 

Policy Task Force that were adopted by Executive Order 13547 

state that ‘‘effective’’ implementation of the National Ocean 

Policy will ‘‘require clear and easily understood requirements 

and regulations, where appropriate, that include enforcement 

as a critical component’’. 

(5) Despite repeated Congressional requests, the National 

Ocean Council, which is charged with overseeing implementation of the policy, has still not provided a complete accounting 

of Federal activities under the policy and resources expended 

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(6) The continued economic and budgetary challenges of the 

United States underscore the necessity for sound, transparent, 

and practical Federal policies. 

(b) REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Inspector General of the Department of Agriculture shall submit to the Committee on Agriculture of the House 

of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, 

and Forestry of the Senate a report detailing— 

(1) all activities engaged in and resources expended in furtherance of Executive Order 13547 since July 19, 2010; and 

(2) any budget requests for fiscal year 2014 for support of 

implementation of Executive Order 13547. 

98. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE PITTS OF

PENNSYLVANIA OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 20 MINUTES

Strike subtitle C of title I (sugar) and insert the following: 

Subtitle C—Sugar 

SEC. 1301. SUGAR PROGRAM. 

(a) SUGARCANE.—Section 156(a) of the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (7 U.S.C. 7272(a)) is amended— 

(1) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon at 

the end; 

(2) in paragraph (5), by striking the period at the end and 

inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

(3) by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(6) 18 cents per pound for raw cane sugar for each of the 

2014 through 2018 crop years.’’. 

(b) SUGAR BEETS.—Section 156(b)(2) of the Federal Agriculture 

Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (7 U.S.C. 7272(b)(2)) is 

amended by striking ‘‘2012’’ and inserting ‘‘2018’’. 

(c) EFFECTIVE PERIOD.—Section 156(i) of the Federal Agriculture 

Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (7 U.S.C. 7272(i)) is amended 

by striking ‘‘2012’’ and inserting ‘‘2018’’. 

SEC. 1302. FLEXIBLE MARKETING ALLOTMENTS FOR SUGAR. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 359b of the Agricultural Adjustment 

Act of 1938 (7 U.S.C. 1359bb) is amended— 

(1) in subsection (a)(1)— 

(A) in the matter before subparagraph (A), by striking 

‘‘2012’’ and inserting ‘‘2018’’; and 

(B) in subparagraph (B), by inserting ‘‘at reasonable 

prices’’ after ‘‘stocks’’; and 

(2) in subsection (b)(1)— 

(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘but’’ after the semicolon at the end and inserting ‘‘and’’; and 

(B) by striking subparagraph (B) and inserting the following: 

‘‘(B) appropriate to maintain adequate domestic supplies 

at reasonable prices, taking into account all sources of domestic supply, including imports.’’. 


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(b) ESTABLISHMENT OF FLEXIBLE MARKETING ALLOTMENTS.—Section 359c of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 (7 U.S.C. 

1359cc) is amended— 

(1) in subsection (b)— 

(A) in paragraph (1)— 

(i) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘but’’ after the 

semicolon at the end and inserting ‘‘and’’; and 

(ii) by striking subparagraph (B) and inserting the 

following: 

‘‘(B) appropriate to maintain adequate supplies at reasonable prices, taking into account all sources of domestic 

supply, including imports.’’; and 

(B) in paragraph (2)(B), by inserting ‘‘at reasonable 

prices’’ after ‘‘market’’; and 

(2) in subsection (g)(1)— 

(A) by striking ‘‘ADJUSTMENTS.—’’ and all that follows 

through ‘‘Subject to subparagraph (B), the’’ and inserting 

‘‘ADJUSTMENTS.—The’’; and 

(B) by striking subparagraph (B). 

(c) SUSPENSION OR MODIFICATION OF PROVISIONS.—Section 359j 

of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 (7 U.S.C. 1359jj) is 

amended by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(c) SUSPENSION OR MODIFICATION OF PROVISIONS.—Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, the Secretary may suspend or modify, in whole or in part, the application of any provision 

of this part if the Secretary determines that the action is appropriate, taking into account— 

‘‘(1) the interests of consumers, workers in the food industry, 

businesses (including small businesses), and agricultural producers; and 

‘‘(2) the relative competitiveness of domestically produced 

and imported foods containing sugar.’’. 

(d) ADMINISTRATION OF TARIFF RATE QUOTAS.—Section 359k of 

the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 (7 U.S.C. 1359kk) is 

amended to read as follows: 

‘‘SEC. 359k. ADMINISTRATION OF TARIFF RATE QUOTAS. 

‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Notwithstanding any other provision of 

law, at the beginning of the quota year, the Secretary shall establish the tariff-rate quotas for raw cane sugar and refined sugar at 

no less than the minimum level necessary to comply with obligations under international trade agreements that have been approved by Congress. 

‘‘(b) ADJUSTMENT.— 

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subsection (a), the Secretary 

shall adjust the tariff-rate quotas for raw cane sugar and refined sugar to provide adequate supplies of sugar at reasonable 

prices in the domestic market. 

‘‘(2) ENDING STOCKS.—Subject to paragraphs (1) and (3), the 

Secretary shall establish and adjust tariff-rate quotas in such 

a manner that the ratio of sugar stocks to total sugar use at 

the end of the quota year will be approximately 15.5 percent. 

‘‘(3) MAINTENANCE OF REASONABLE PRICES AND AVOIDANCE OF

FORFEITURES.— 

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in the judgment of the Secretary, the different target is 

necessary to prevent— 

‘‘(i) unreasonably high prices; or 

‘‘(ii) forfeitures of sugar pledged as collateral for a 

loan under section 156 of the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (7 U.S.C. 7272). 

‘‘(B) ANNOUNCEMENT.—The Secretary shall publicly announce any establishment of a target under this paragraph. 

‘‘(4) CONSIDERATIONS.—In establishing tariff-rate quotas 

under subsection (a) and making adjustments under this subsection, the Secretary shall consider the impact of the quotas 

on consumers, workers, businesses (including small businesses), and agricultural producers. 

‘‘(c) TEMPORARY TRANSFER OF QUOTAS.— 

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—To promote full use of the tariff-rate 

quotas for raw cane sugar and refined sugar, notwithstanding 

any other provision of law, the Secretary shall promulgate regulations that provide that any country that has been allocated 

a share of the quotas may temporarily transfer all or part of 

the share to any other country that has also been allocated a 

share of the quotas. 

‘‘(2) TRANSFERS VOLUNTARY.—Any transfer under this subsection shall be valid only on voluntary agreement between the 

transferor and the transferee, consistent with procedures established by the Secretary. 

‘‘(3) TRANSFERS TEMPORARY.— 

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Any transfer under this subsection 

shall be valid only for the duration of the quota year during which the transfer is made. 

‘‘(B) FOLLOWING QUOTA YEAR.—No transfer under this 

subsection shall affect the share of the quota allocated to 

the transferor or transferee for the following quota year.’’. 

(e) EFFECTIVE PERIOD.—Section 359l(a) of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 (7 U.S.C. 1359ll(a)) is amended by striking 

‘‘2012’’ and inserting ‘‘2018’’. 

SEC. 1303. REPEAL OF FEEDSTOCK FLEXIBILITY PROGRAM FOR BIOENERGY PRODUCERS. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 9010 of the Farm Security and Rural 

Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8110) is repealed. 

(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 

(1) Section 359a(3)(B) of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 

1938 (7 U.S.C. 1359aa(3)(B)) is amended— 

(A) in clause (i), by inserting ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon 

at the end; 

(B) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘; and’’ at the end and inserting a period; and 

(C) by striking clause (iii). 

(2) Section 359b(c)(2)(C) of the Agricultural Adjustment Act 

of 1938 (7 U.S.C. 1359bb(c)(2)(C)) is amended by striking ‘‘, except for’’ and all that follows through ‘‘ of 2002’’. 


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99. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE GOOD- LATTE OF VIRGINIA OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 20 MIN- UTES

Strike part I of subtitle D (Dairy) of title I and insert the following new part: 

PART I—DAIRY PRODUCER MARGIN 

INSURANCE PROGRAM 

SEC. 1401. DAIRY PRODUCER MARGIN INSURANCE PROGRAM. 

Subtitle E of title I of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act 

of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 8771 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end 

the following new section: 

‘‘SEC. 1511. DAIRY PRODUCER MARGIN INSURANCE PROGRAM. 

‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

‘‘(1) ACTUAL DAIRY PRODUCER MARGIN.—The term ‘actual 

dairy producer margin’ means the difference between the allmilk price and the average feed cost, as calculated under subsection (b)(2). 

‘‘(2) ALL-MILK PRICE.—The term ‘all-milk price’ means the average price received, per hundredweight of milk, by dairy producers for all milk sold to plants and dealers in the United 

States, as reported by the National Agricultural Statistics 

Service. 

‘‘(3) AVERAGE FEED COST.—The term ‘average feed cost’ 

means the average cost of feed used by a dairy operation to 

produce a hundredweight of milk, determined under subsection 

(b)(1) using the sum of the following: 

‘‘(A) The product determined by multiplying— 

‘‘(i) 1.0728; by 

‘‘(ii) the price of corn per bushel. 

‘‘(B) The product determined by multiplying— 

‘‘(i) 0.00735; by 

‘‘(ii) the price of soybean meal per ton. 

‘‘(C) The product determined by multiplying— 

‘‘(i) 0.0137; by 

‘‘(ii) the price of alfalfa hay per ton. 

‘‘(4) CONSECUTIVE 2-MONTH PERIOD.—The term ‘consecutive 

2-month period’ refers to the 2-month period consisting of the 

months of January and February, March and April, May and 

June, July and August, September and October, or November 

and December, respectively. 

‘‘(5) DAIRY PRODUCER.—The term ‘dairy producer’ means an 

individual or entity that directly or indirectly (as determined 

by the Secretary)— 

‘‘(A) shares in the risk of producing milk; and 

‘‘(B) makes contributions (including land, labor, management, equipment, or capital) to the dairy operation of the 

individual or entity that are at least commensurate with 

the share of the individual or entity of the proceeds of the 

operation. 

‘‘(6) MARGIN INSURANCE PROGRAM.—The term ‘margin insurance program’ means the dairy producer margin insurance program required by this section. 


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‘‘(7) PARTICIPATING DAIRY PRODUCER.—The term ‘participating dairy producer’ means a dairy producer that registers 

under subsection (d)(2) to participate in the margin insurance 

program. 

‘‘(8) PRODUCTION HISTORY.—The term ‘production history’ 

means the quantity of annual milk marketings determined for 

a dairy producer under subsection (e)(1). 

‘‘(9) UNITED STATES.—The term ‘United States’, in a geographical sense, means the 50 States. 

‘‘(b) CALCULATION OF AVERAGE FEED COST AND ACTUAL DAIRY

PRODUCER MARGINS.— 

‘‘(1) CALCULATION OF AVERAGE FEED COST.—The Secretary 

shall calculate the national average feed cost for each month 

using the following data: 

‘‘(A) The price of corn for a month shall be the price received during that month by agricultural producers in the 

United States for corn, as reported in the monthly Agriculture Prices report by the Secretary. 

‘‘(B) The price of soybean meal for a month shall be the 

central Illinois price for soybean meal, as reported in the 

Market News – Monthly Soybean Meal Price Report by the 

Secretary. 

‘‘(C) The price of alfalfa hay for a month shall be the 

price received during that month by agricultural producers 

in the United States for alfalfa hay, as reported in the 

monthly Agriculture Prices report by the Secretary. 

‘‘(2) CALCULATION OF ACTUAL DAIRY PRODUCER MARGINS.— 

The Secretary shall calculate the actual dairy producer margin 

for each consecutive 2-month period by subtracting— 

‘‘(A) the average feed cost for that consecutive 2-month 

period, determined in accordance with paragraph (1); from 

‘‘(B) the all-milk price for that consecutive 2-month period. 

‘‘(c) ESTABLISHMENT OF DAIRY PRODUCER MARGIN INSURANCE

PROGRAM.—The Secretary shall establish and administer a dairy 

producer margin insurance program for the purpose of protecting 

dairy producer income by paying participating dairy producers 

margin insurance payments when actual dairy producer margins 

are less than the threshold levels for the payments. 

‘‘(d) ELIGIBILITY AND REGISTRATION OF DAIRY PRODUCERS FOR

MARGIN INSURANCE PROGRAM.— 

‘‘(1) ELIGIBILITY.—All dairy producers in the United States 

shall be eligible to participate in the margin insurance program. 

‘‘(2) REGISTRATION PROCESS.— 

‘‘(A) REGISTRATION.— 

‘‘(i) ANNUAL REGISTRATION.—On an annual basis, 

the Secretary shall register all interested dairy producers in the margin insurance program. 

‘‘(ii) MANNER AND FORM.—The Secretary shall specify the manner and form by which a dairy producer 

shall register for the margin insurance program. 

‘‘(B) TREATMENT OF MULTI-PRODUCER OPERATIONS.—If a 

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of the dairy producers of the operation shall be treated as 

a single dairy producer for purposes of— 

‘‘(i) purchasing margin insurance; and 

‘‘(ii) payment of producer premiums under subsection (f)(4). 

‘‘(C) TREATMENT OF PRODUCERS WITH MULTIPLE DAIRY

OPERATIONS.—If a dairy producer operates 2 or more dairy 

operations, each dairy operation of the producer shall require a separate registration to participate and purchase 

margin insurance. 

‘‘(3) TIME FOR REGISTRATION.— ‘‘(A) EXISTING DAIRY PRODUCERS.—During the 1-year period beginning on the date of enactment of this section, 

and annually thereafter, a dairy producer that is actively 

engaged in a dairy operation as of that date may register 

with the Secretary to participate in the margin insurance 

program. 

‘‘(B) NEW ENTRANTS.—A dairy producer that has no existing interest in a dairy operation as of the date of enactment of this section, but that, after that date, establishes 

a new dairy operation, may register with the Secretary 

during the 180-day period beginning on the date on which 

the dairy operation first markets milk commercially to participate in the margin insurance program. 

‘‘(4) RETROACTIVITY.— ‘‘(A) NOTICE OF AVAILABILITY OF RETROACTIVE PROTEC- TION.—Not later than 30 days after the effective date of 

this section, the Secretary shall publish a notice in the 

Federal Register to inform dairy producers of the availability of retroactive margin insurance, subject to the condition that interested producers must file a notice of intent 

(in such form and manner as the Secretary specifies in the 

Federal Register notice) to participate in the margin insurance program. 

‘‘(B) RETROACTIVE MARGIN INSURANCE.— ‘‘(i) AVAILABILITY.—If a dairy producer files a notice 

of intent under subparagraph (A) to participate in the 

margin insurance program before the initiation of the 

sign-up period for the margin insurance program and 

subsequently signs up for the margin insurance program, the producer shall receive margin insurance retroactive to the effective date of this section. 

‘‘(ii) DURATION.—Retroactive margin insurance 

under this paragraph for a dairy producer shall apply 

from the effective date of this section until the date on 

which the producer signs up for the margin insurance 

program. 

‘‘(C) NOTICE OF INTENT AND OBLIGATION TO PARTICIPATE.—In no way does filing a notice of intent under this 

paragraph obligate a dairy producer to sign up for the 

margin insurance program once the program rules are 

final, but if a producer does file a notice of intent and subsequently signs up for the margin insurance program, that 

dairy producer is obligated to pay premiums for any retroactive margin insurance selected in the notice of intent. 


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‘‘(5) RECONSTITUTION.—The Secretary shall ensure that a 

dairy producer does not reconstitute a dairy operation for the 

sole purpose of purchasing margin insurance. 

‘‘(e) PRODUCTION HISTORY OF PARTICIPATING DAIRY PRO- DUCERS.— 

‘‘(1) DETERMINATION OF PRODUCTION HISTORY.— ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall determine the 

production history of the dairy operation of each participating dairy producer in the margin insurance program. 

‘‘(B) CALCULATION.—Except as provided in subparagraphs (C) and (D), the production history of a participating dairy producer shall be equal to the highest annual 

milk marketings of the dairy producer during any 1 of the 

3 calendar years immediately preceding the registration of 

the dairy producer for participation in the margin insurance program. 

‘‘(C) UPDATING PRODUCTION HISTORY.—So long as participating producer remains registered, the production history 

of the participating producer shall be annually updated 

based on the highest annual milk marketings of the dairy 

producer during any one of the 3 immediately preceding 

calendar years. 

‘‘(D) NEW PRODUCERS.—If a dairy producer has been in 

operation for less than 1 year, the Secretary shall determine the initial production history of the dairy producer 

under subparagraph (B) by extrapolating the actual milk 

marketings for the months that the dairy producer has 

been in operation to a yearly amount. 

‘‘(2) REQUIRED INFORMATION.—A participating dairy producer 

shall provide all information that the Secretary may require in 

order to establish the production history of the dairy operation 

of the dairy producer. 

‘‘(3) TRANSFER OF PRODUCTION HISTORY.— ‘‘(A) TRANSFER BY SALE.— 

‘‘(i) REQUEST FOR TRANSFER.—If an existing dairy 

producer sells an entire dairy operation to another 

party, the seller and purchaser may jointly request 

that the Secretary transfer to the purchaser the interest of the seller in the production history of the dairy 

operation. 

‘‘(ii) TRANSFER.—If the Secretary determines that 

the seller has sold the entire dairy operation to the 

purchaser, the Secretary shall approve the transfer 

and, thereafter, the seller shall have no interest in the 

production history of the sold dairy operation. 

‘‘(B) TRANSFER BY LEASE.— 

‘‘(i) REQUEST FOR TRANSFER.—If an existing dairy 

producer leases an entire dairy operation to another 

party, the lessor and lessee may jointly request that 

the Secretary transfer to the lessee for the duration of 

the term of the lease the interest of the lessor in the 

production history of the dairy operation. 

‘‘(ii) TRANSFER.—If the Secretary determines that 

the lessor has leased the entire dairy operation to the 

lessee, the Secretary shall approve the transfer and, 


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thereafter, the lessor shall have no interest for the duration of the term of the lease in the production history of the leased dairy operation. 

‘‘(C) COVERAGE LEVEL.—A purchaser or lessee to whom 

the Secretary transfers a production history under this 

paragraph may not obtain a different level of margin insurance coverage held by the seller or lessor from whom 

the transfer was obtained. 

‘‘(D) NEW ENTRANTS.—The Secretary may not transfer 

the production history determined for a dairy producer described in subsection (d)(3)(B) to another person. 

‘‘(4) MOVEMENT AND TRANSFER OF PRODUCTION HISTORY.— 

‘‘(A) MOVEMENT AND TRANSFER AUTHORIZED.—Subject to 

subparagraph (B), if a dairy producer moves from 1 location to another location, the dairy producer may maintain 

the production history associated with the operation. 

‘‘(B) NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENT.—A dairy producer 

shall notify the Secretary of any move of a dairy operation 

under subparagraph (A). 

‘‘(C) SUBSEQUENT OCCUPATION OF VACATED LOCATION.— 

A party subsequently occupying a dairy operation location 

vacated as described in subparagraph (A) shall have no interest in the production history previously associated with 

the operation at that location. 

‘‘(f) MARGIN INSURANCE.— ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—At the time of the registration of a dairy 

producer in the margin insurance program under subsection 

(d) and annually thereafter during the duration of the margin 

insurance program, an eligible dairy producer may purchase 

margin insurance. 

‘‘(2) SELECTION OF PAYMENT THRESHOLD.—A participating 

dairy producer purchasing margin insurance shall elect a coverage level in any increment of $0.50, with a minimum of $4.00 

and a maximum of $8.00. 

‘‘(3) SELECTION OF COVERAGE PERCENTAGE.—A participating 

dairy producer purchasing margin insurance shall elect a percentage of coverage, equal to not more than 80 percent nor less 

than 25 percent, of the production history of the dairy operation of the participating dairy producer. 

‘‘(4) PRODUCER PREMIUMS.— 

‘‘(A) PREMIUMS REQUIRED.—A participating dairy producer that purchases margin insurance shall pay an annual premium equal to the product obtained by multiplying— 

‘‘(i) the percentage selected by the dairy producer 

under paragraph (3); 

‘‘(ii) the production history applicable to the dairy 

producer; and 

‘‘(iii) the premium per hundredweight of milk, as 

specified in the applicable table under paragraph (B) 

or (C). 

‘‘(B) PREMIUM PER HUNDREDWEIGHT FOR FIRST 4 MILLION

POUNDS OF PRODUCTION.—For the first 4,000,000 pounds of 

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dredweight corresponding to each coverage level specified 

in the following table is as follows: 

‘‘Coverage Level Premium per Cwt. 

$4.00 $0.000 

$4.50 $0.01 

$5.00 $0.02 

$5.50 $0.035 

$6.00 $0.045 

$6.50 $0.09 

$7.00 $0.18 

$7.50 $0.60 

$8.00 $0.95 

‘‘(C) PREMIUM PER HUNDREDWEIGHT FOR PRODUCTION IN

EXCESS OF 4 MILLION POUNDS.—For milk marketings in excess of 4,000,000 pounds included in the annual production 

history of a participating dairy operation, the premium per 

hundredweight corresponding to each coverage level is as 

follows: 

‘‘Coverage Level Premium per Cwt. 

$4.00 $0.030 

$4.50 $0.045 

$5.00 $0.066 

$5.50 $0.11 

$6.00 $0.185 

$6.50 $0.29 

$7.00 $0.38 

$7.50 $0.83 

$8.00 $1.06 

‘‘(D) TIME FOR PAYMENT.— 

‘‘(i) FIRST YEAR.—As soon as practicable after a dairy 

producer registers to participate in the margin insurance program and purchases margin insurance, the 

dairy producer shall pay the premium determined 

under subparagraph (A) for the dairy producer for the 

first calendar year of the margin insurance. 

‘‘(ii) SUBSEQUENT YEARS.— 

‘‘(I) IN GENERAL.—When the dairy producer first 

purchases margin insurance, the dairy producer 

shall also elect the method by which the dairy producer will pay premiums under this subsection for 

subsequent years in accordance with 1 of the 

schedules described in subclauses (II) and (III). 

‘‘(II) SINGLE ANNUAL PAYMENT.—The participating dairy producer may elect to pay 100 percent of the annual premium determined under 

subparagraph (A) for the dairy producer for a calendar year by not later than January 15 of the 

calendar year. 

‘‘(III) SEMI-ANNUAL PAYMENTS.—The participating dairy producer may elect to pay— 

‘‘(aa) 50 percent of the annual premium determined under subparagraph (A) for the 

dairy producer for a calendar year by not 


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later than January 15 of the calendar year; 

and 

‘‘(bb) the remaining 50 percent of the premium by not later than June 15 of the calendar year. 

‘‘(5) PRODUCER PREMIUM OBLIGATIONS.— 

‘‘(A) PRO-RATION OF FIRST YEAR PREMIUM.—A participating dairy producer that purchases margin insurance 

after initial registration in the margin insurance program 

shall pay a pro-rated premium for the first calendar year 

based on the date on which the producer purchases the 

coverage. 

‘‘(B) SUBSEQUENT PREMIUMS.—Except as provided in 

subparagraph (A), the annual premium for a participating 

dairy producer shall be determined under paragraph (4) 

for each year in which the margin insurance program is in 

effect. 

‘‘(C) LEGAL OBLIGATION.— 

‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in clauses (ii) 

and (iii), a participating dairy producer that purchases 

margin insurance shall be legally obligated to pay the 

applicable premiums for the entire period of the margin insurance program (as provided in the payment 

schedule elected under paragraph (4)(B)), and may not 

opt out of the margin insurance program. 

‘‘(ii) DEATH.—If the dairy producer dies, the estate of 

the deceased may cancel the margin insurance and 

shall not be responsible for any further premium payments. 

‘‘(iii) RETIREMENT.—If the dairy producer retires, the 

producer may request that Secretary cancel the margin insurance if the producer has terminated the dairy 

operation entirely and certifies under oath that the 

producer will not be actively engaged in any dairy operation for at least the next 7 years. 

‘‘(6) PAYMENT THRESHOLD.—A participating dairy producer 

with margin insurance shall receive a margin insurance payment whenever the average actual dairy producer margin for 

a consecutive 2-month period is less than the coverage level 

threshold selected by the dairy producer under paragraph (2). 

‘‘(7) MARGIN INSURANCE PAYMENTS.— 

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall make a margin 

insurance protection payment to each participating dairy 

producer whenever the average actual dairy producer margin for a consecutive 2-month period is less than the coverage level threshold selected by the dairy producer under 

paragraph (2). 

‘‘(B) AMOUNT OF PAYMENT.—The margin insurance payment for the dairy operation of a participating dairy producer shall be determined as follows: 

‘‘(i) The Secretary shall calculate the difference between— 

‘‘(I) the coverage level threshold selected by the 

dairy producer under paragraph (2); and 


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‘‘(II) the average actual dairy producer margin 

for the consecutive 2-month period. 

‘‘(ii) The amount determined under clause (i) shall 

be multiplied by— 

‘‘(I) the percentage selected by the dairy producer under paragraph (3); and 

‘‘(II) the lesser of— 

‘‘(aa) the quotient obtained by dividing— 

‘‘(AA) the production history applicable 

to the producer under subsection (e)(1); 

by 

‘‘(BB) 6; and 

‘‘(bb) the actual quantity of milk marketed 

by the dairy operation of the dairy producer 

during the consecutive 2-month period. 

‘‘(g) EFFECT OF FAILURE TO PAY PREMIUMS.— 

‘‘(1) LOSS OF BENEFITS.—A participating dairy producer that 

is in arrears on premium payments for margin insurance— 

‘‘(A) remains legally obligated to pay the premiums; and 

‘‘(B) may not receive margin insurance until the premiums are fully paid. 

‘‘(2) ENFORCEMENT.—The Secretary may take such action as 

is necessary to collect premium payments for margin insurance. 

‘‘(h) USE OF COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION.—The Secretary 

shall use the funds, facilities, and the authorities of the Commodity 

Credit Corporation to carry out this section. 

‘‘(i) DURATION.—The Secretary shall conduct the margin insurance program during the period beginning on October 1, 2013, and 

ending on September 30, 2018.’’. 

SEC. 1402. RULEMAKING. 

(a) PROCEDURE.—The promulgation of regulations for the initiation of the margin insurance program, and for administration of 

the margin insurance program, shall be made— 

(1) without regard to chapter 35 of title 44, United States 

Code (commonly known as the Paperwork Reduction Act); 

(2) without regard to the Statement of Policy of the Secretary 

of Agriculture effective July 24, 1971 (36 Fed. Reg. 13804), relating to notices of proposed rulemaking and public participation in rulemaking; and 

(3) subject to subsection (b), pursuant to section 553 of title 

5, United States Code. 

(b) SPECIAL RULEMAKING REQUIREMENTS.— 

(1) INTERIM RULES AUTHORIZED.—With respect to the margin 

insurance program, the Secretary may promulgate interim 

rules under the authority provided in subparagraph (B) of section 553(b) of title 5, United States Code, if the Secretary determines such interim rules to be needed. Any such interim 

rules for the margin insurance program shall be effective on 

publication. 

(2) FINAL RULES.—With respect to the margin insurance program, the Secretary shall promulgate final rules, with an opportunity for public notice and comment, no later than 21 

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(c) INCLUSION OF ADDITIONAL ORDER.—Section 143(a)(2) of the 

Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (7 U.S.C. 

7253(a)(2)) is amended by adding at the end the following new sentence: ‘‘Subsection (b)(2) does not apply to the authority of the Secretary under this subsection.’’. 

100. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE FORTEN- BERRY OF NEBRASKA OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MIN- UTES

Strike section 1603 and insert the following new sections: 

SEC. 1603. PAYMENT LIMITATIONS. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1001 of the Food Security Act of 1985 

(7 U.S.C. 1308) is amended— 

(1) in subsection (a), by striking paragraph (3) and inserting 

the following: 

‘‘(3) LEGAL ENTITY.— 

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘legal entity’ means— 

‘‘(i) an organization that (subject to the requirements of this section and section 1001A) is eligible to 

receive a payment under a provision of law referred to 

in subsection (b), (c), or (d); 

‘‘(ii) a corporation, joint stock company, association, 

limited partnership, limited liability company, limited 

liability partnership, charitable organization, estate, 

irrevocable trust, grantor of a revocable trust, or other 

similar entity (as determined by the Secretary); and 

‘‘(iii) an organization that is participating in a farming operation as a partner in a general partnership or 

as a participant in a joint venture. 

‘‘(B) EXCLUSION.—The term ‘legal entity’ does not include a general partnership or joint venture.’’; 

(2) by striking subsections (b) through (d) and inserting the 

following: 

‘‘(b) LIMITATION ON PAYMENTS FOR COVERED COMMODITIES AND

PEANUTS.—The total amount of payments received, directly or indirectly, by a person or legal entity for any crop year for 1 or more 

covered commodities and peanuts under title I of the Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013 may not exceed 

$125,000, of which— 

‘‘(1) not more than $75,000 may consist of marketing loan 

gains and loan deficiency payments under subtitle B of title I 

of the Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act 

of 2013; and 

‘‘(2) not more than $50,000 may consist of any other payments made for covered commodities and peanuts under title 

I of the Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act 

of 2013. 

‘‘(c) SPOUSAL EQUITY.— 

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding subsection (b), except as 

provided in paragraph (2), if a person and the spouse of the 

person are covered by paragraph (2) and receive, directly or indirectly, any payment or gain covered by this section, the total 

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section that the person and spouse may jointly receive during 

any crop year may not exceed an amount equal to twice the applicable dollar amounts specified in subsection (b). 

‘‘(2) EXCEPTIONS.— ‘‘(A) SEPARATE FARMING OPERATIONS.—In the case of a 

married couple in which each spouse, before the marriage, 

was separately engaged in an unrelated farming operation, 

each spouse shall be treated as a separate person with respect to a farming operation brought into the marriage by 

a spouse, subject to the condition that the farming operation shall remain a separate farming operation, as determined by the Secretary. 

‘‘(B) ELECTION TO RECEIVE SEPARATE PAYMENTS.—A married couple may elect to receive payments separately in the 

name of each spouse if the total amount of payments and 

benefits described in subsection (b) that the married couple 

receives, directly or indirectly, does not exceed an amount 

equal to twice the applicable dollar amounts specified in 

those subsections.’’; 

(3) in paragraph (3)(B) of subsection (f), by adding at the end 

the following: 

‘‘(iii) IRREVOCABLE TRUSTS.—In promulgating regulations to define the term ‘legal entity’ as the term applies to irrevocable trusts, the Secretary shall ensure 

that irrevocable trusts are legitimate entities that 

have not been created for the purpose of avoiding a 

payment limitation.’’; and 

(4) in subsection (h), in the second sentence, by striking ‘‘or 

other entity’’ and inserting ‘‘or legal entity’’. 

(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 

(1) Section 1001 of the Food Security Act of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 

1308) is amended— 

(A) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘subsections (b) and (c)’’ 

each place it appears in paragraphs (1) and (3)(B) and inserting ‘‘subsection (b)’’; 

(B) in subsection (f)— 

(i) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘Subsections (b) and 

(c)’’ and inserting ‘‘Subsection (b)’’; 

(ii) in paragraph (4)(B), by striking ‘‘subsection (b) or 

(c)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (b)’’; 

(iii) in paragraph (5)— 

(I) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘subsection 

(d)’’; and 

(II) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘subsection 

(b), (c), or (d)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (b)’’; and 

(iv) in paragraph (6)— 

(I) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘Notwithstanding subsection (d), except as provided in subsection (g)’’ and inserting ‘‘Except as provided in 

subsection (f)’’; and 

(II) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘subsections (b), (c), and (d)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection 

(b)’’; 

(C) in subsection (g)— 

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(I) by striking ‘‘subsection (f)(6)(A)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (e)(6)(A)’’; and 

(II) by striking ‘‘subsection (b) or (c)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (b)’’; and 

(ii) in paragraph (2)(A), by striking ‘‘subsections (b) 

and (c)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (b)’’; and 

(D) by redesignating subsections (e) through (h) as subsections (d) through (g), respectively. 

(2) Section 1001A of the Food Security Act of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 

1308–1) is amended— 

(A) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘subsections (b) and (c) 

of section 1001’’ and inserting ‘‘section 1001(b)’’; and 

(B) in subsection (b)(1), by striking ‘‘subsection (b) or (c) 

of section 1001’’ and inserting ‘‘section 1001(b)’’. 

(3) Section 1001B(a) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (7 

U.S.C. 1308–2(a)) is amended in the matter preceding paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘subsections (b) and (c) of section 1001’’ 

and inserting ‘‘section 1001(b)’’. 

(c) APPLICATION.—The amendments made by this section shall 

apply beginning with the 2014 crop year. 

SEC. 1603A. PAYMENTS LIMITED TO ACTIVE FARMERS. 

Section 1001A of the Food Security Act of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 1308– 

1) is amended— 

(1) in subsection (b)(2)— 

(A) by striking ‘‘or active personal management’’ each 

place it appears in subparagraphs (A)(i)(II) and (B)(ii); and 

(B) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘, as applied to the 

legal entity, are met by the legal entity, the partners or 

members making a significant contribution of personal 

labor or active personal management’’ and inserting ‘‘are 

met by partners or members making a significant contribution of personal labor, those partners or members’’; 

and 

(2) in subsection (c)— 

(A) in paragraph (1)— 

(i) by striking subparagraph (A) and inserting the 

following: 

‘‘(A) the landowner share-rents the land at a rate that 

is usual and customary;’’; 

(ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking the period at 

the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

(iii) by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(C) the share of the payments received by the landowner is commensurate with the share of the crop or income received as rent.’’; 

(B) in paragraph (2)(A), by striking ‘‘active personal 

management or’’; 

(C) in paragraph (5)— 

(i) by striking ‘‘(5)’’ and all that follows through ‘‘(A) 

IN GENERAL.—A person’’ and inserting the following: 

‘‘(5) CUSTOM FARMING SERVICES.—A person’’; 

(ii) by inserting ‘‘under usual and customary terms’’ 

after ‘‘services’’; and 

(iii) by striking subparagraph (B); and 

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‘‘(7) FARM MANAGERS.—A person who otherwise meets the requirements of this subsection other than (b)(2)(A)(i)(II) shall be 

considered to be actively engaged in farming, as determined by 

the Secretary, with respect to the farming operation, including 

a farming operation that is a sole proprietorship, a legal entity 

such as a joint venture or general partnership, or a legal entity 

such as a corporation or limited partnership, if the person— 

‘‘(A) makes a significant contribution of management to 

the farming operation necessary for the farming operation, 

taking into account— 

‘‘(i) the size and complexity of the farming operation; 

and 

‘‘(ii) the management requirements normally and 

customarily required by similar farming operations; 

‘‘(B)(i) is the only person in the farming operation qualifying as actively engaged in farming by using the farm 

manager special class designation under this paragraph; 

and 

‘‘(ii) together with any other persons in the farming operation qualifying as actively engaged in farming under subsection (b)(2) or as part of a special class under this subsection, does not collectively receive, directly or indirectly, 

an amount equal to more than the applicable limits under 

section 1001(b); 

‘‘(C) does not use the management contribution under 

this paragraph to qualify as actively engaged in more than 

1 farming operation; and 

‘‘(D) manages a farm operation that does not substantially share equipment, labor, or management with persons or legal entities that with the person collectively receive, directly or indirectly, an amount equal to more than 

the applicable limits under section 1001(b).’’. 

101. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE

HUELSKAMP OF KANSAS OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 

MINUTES

In subtitle A of title IV, strike section 4007 and insert the following: 

SEC. 4007. ELIMINATING THE LOW-INCOME HOME ENERGY ASSISTANCE LOOPHOLE. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 5 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 

(7 U.S.C. 2014) is amended— 

(1) in subsection (d)(11)(A), by striking ‘‘(other than’’ and all 

that follows through ‘‘et seq.))’’ and inserting ‘‘(other than payments or allowances made under part A of title IV of the Social 

Security Act (42 U.S.C. 601 et seq.) or any payments under any 

other State program funded with qualified State expenditures 

(as defined in section 409(a)(7)(B)(i) of that Act (42 U.S.C. 

609(a)(7)(B)(1))))’’; 

(2) in subsection (e)(6)(C), by striking clause (iv); and 

(3) in subsection (k)— 

(A) in paragraph (2)— 

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(ii) by redesignating subparagraphs (D) through (G) 

as subparagraphs (C) through (F), respectively; and 

(iii) by striking paragraph (4). 

(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 2605(f) of the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981 (42 U.S.C. 8624(f)) is 

amended— 

(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘(1)’’; and 

(2) by striking paragraph (2). 

At the end of subtitle A of title IV, insert the following: 

SEC. 4033. PROJECTS TO PROMOTE WORK AND INCREASE STATE 

AGENCY ACCOUNTABILITY. 

Section 11 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2020), 

as amended by section 4015, is amended by adding at the end the 

following: 

‘‘(w) PROJECTS TO PROMOTE WORK AND INCREASE STATE AGENCY

ACCOUNTABILITY.—The State agency shall create a work activation 

program that operates as follows: 

‘‘(1) Each able-bodied individual participating in the program— 

‘‘(A) shall at the time of application for supplemental 

food and nutrition assistance and every 12 months thereafter, register for employment in a manner prescribed by 

the chief executive officer of the State; 

‘‘(B) shall, each month of participation in the program, 

participate in— 

‘‘(i) 2 days of supervised job search for 8 hours per 

day at the program site; and 

‘‘(ii) 5 days of off-site activity for 8 hours per day; 

‘‘(C) shall not refuse without good cause to accept an 

offer of employment, at a site or plant not subject to a 

strike or lockout at the time of the refusal, at a wage not 

less than the higher of— 

‘‘(i) the applicable Federal or State minimum wage; 

or 

‘‘(ii) 80 percent of the wage that would have governed had the minimum hourly rate under section 

6(a)(1) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 

U.S.C. 206(a)(1)) been applicable to the offer of employment; 

‘‘(D) shall not refuse without good cause to provide a 

State agency with sufficient information to allow the State 

agency to determine the employment status or the job 

availability of the individual; and 

‘‘(E) shall not voluntarily— 

‘‘(i) quit a job; or 

‘‘(ii) reduce work effort and, after the reduction, the 

individual is working less than 30 hours per week, unless another adult in the same family unit increases 

employment at the same time by an amount equal to 

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‘‘(2) An able-bodied individual participating in the work activation program who fails to comply with 1 or more of the requirements described in paragraph (1)— 

‘‘(A) shall be subject to a sanction period of not less than 

a 2-month period beginning the day of the individual’s first 

failure to comply with such requirements during which the 

individual shall not receive any supplemental food and nutrition assistance; and 

‘‘(B) may receive supplemental food and nutrition assistance after the individual is in compliance with such requirements for not less than a 1-month period beginning 

after the completion of such sanction period, except that 

such assistance may not be provided retroactively.’’. 

SEC. 4034. REPEAL OF CERTAIN AUTHORITY TO WAIVE WORK REQUIREMENT. 

The Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.) is 

amended— 

(1) in section 6(o) by striking paragraph (4); and 

(2) in section 16(b)(1)(E)(ii)— 

(A) in subclause (II) by adding ‘‘and’’ at the end;’ 

(B) by striking subclause (III); and 

(C) by redesignating subclause (IV) as subclause (III). 

SEC. 4035. ELIMINATING DUPLICATIVE EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING. 

(a) FUNDING OF EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING PROGRAMS.—Section 

16 of Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2025) is amended 

by striking subsection (h). 

(b) ADMINISTRATIVE COST-SHARING.— 

(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 16(a) of the Food and Nutrition Act 

of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2025(a)) is amended in the first sentence, in 

the matter preceding paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘(other than 

a program carried out under section 6(d)(4))’’ after ‘‘supplemental nutrition assistance program’’. 

(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 

(A) Section 17(b)(1)(B)(iv)(III)(hh) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2026(b)(1)(B)(iv)(III)(hh)) is 

amended by striking ‘‘(g), (h)(2), or (h)(3)’’ and inserting ‘‘or 

(g)’’. 

(B) Section 22(d)(1)(B)(ii) of the Food and Nutrition Act 

of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2031(d)(1)(B)(ii)) is amended by striking 

‘‘, (g), (h)(2), and (h)(3)’’ and inserting ‘‘and (g)’’. 

(c) WORKFARE.— 

(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 20 of the Food and Nutrition Act 

of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2029) is amended by striking subsection (g). 

(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 17(b)(1)(B)(iv)(III)(jj) 

of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 

2026(b)(1)(B)(iv)(III)(jj)) is amended by striking ‘‘or (g)(1)’’. 

SEC. 4036. ELIMINATING THE NUTRITION EDUCATION GRANT PROGRAM. 

Section 28 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2036a) 

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102. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE

SOUTHERLAND OF FLORIDA OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 

MINUTES

Page 336, line 8, strike ‘‘$375,000,000’’ and insert ‘‘$372,000,000’’. 

At the end of subtitle A of title IV, insert the following: 

SEC. 4033. PILOT PROJECTS TO PROMOTE WORK AND INCREASE 

STATE ACCOUNTABILITY IN THE SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. 

Effective October 1, 2013, section 17 of the Food and Nutrition 

Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2026), as amended by sections 4021 and 4022, 

is amended by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(n) PILOT PROJECTS TO PROMOTE WORK AND INCREASE STATE

ACCOUNTABILITY IN THE SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE

PROGRAM.— 

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall carry out pilot 

projects to develop and test methods allowing States to run a 

work program with certain features comparable to the State 

program funded under part A of title IV of the Social Security 

Act (42 U.S.C. 601 et seq.), with the intent of increasing employment and self-sufficiency through increased State accountability and thereby reducing the need for supplemental nutrition assistance benefits. 

‘‘(2) AGREEMENTS.— 

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out this subsection, the 

Secretary shall enter into cooperative agreements with 

States in accordance with pilot projects that meet the criteria required under this subsection. 

‘‘(B) APPLICATION.—To be eligible for a cooperative 

agreement under this paragraph, a State shall submit to 

the Secretary a plan that complies with requirements of 

this subsection beginning in fiscal year 2014. The Secretary may not disapprove applications which meet the requirements of this subsection as described through its 

amended supplemental nutrition assistance State Plan. 

‘‘(C) ASSURANCES.—A State shall include in its plan assurances that its pilot project will— 

‘‘(i) operate for at least three 12-month periods but 

not more than five 12-month periods; 

‘‘(ii) have a robust data collection system for program administration that is designed and shared with 

project evaluators to ensure proper and timely evaluation; and 

‘‘(iii) intend to offer a work activity described in 

paragraph (4) to adults assigned and required to participate under paragraph (3)(A) and who are not exempt under paragraph (3)(F). 

‘‘(D) NUMBER OF PILOT PROJECTS.—Any State may carry 

out a pilot project that meets the requirements of this subsection. 

‘‘(E) EXTENT OF PILOT PROJECTS.—Pilot projects shall 

cover no less than the entire State. 

‘‘(F) OTHER PROGRAM WAIVERS.—Waivers for able-bodied 

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void for States covered by a pilot project carried out under 

paragraph (1). 

‘‘(3) WORK ACTIVITY.—(A) For purposes of this subsection, the 

term ‘work activity’ means any of the following: 

‘‘(i) Employment in the public or private sector that is 

not subsidized by any public program. 

‘‘(ii) Employment in the private sector for which the employer receives a subsidy from public funds to offset some 

or all of the wages and costs of employing an adult. 

‘‘(iii) Employment in the public sector for which the employer receives a subsidy from public funds to offset some 

or all of the wages and costs of employing an adult. 

‘‘(iv) A work activity that— 

‘‘(I) is performed in return for public benefits; 

‘‘(II) provides an adult with an opportunity to acquire the general skills, knowledge, and work habits 

necessary to obtain employment; 

‘‘(III) is designed to improve the employability of 

those who cannot find unsubsidized employment; and 

‘‘(IV) is supervised by an employer, work site sponsor, or other responsible party on an ongoing basis. 

‘‘(v) Training in the public or private sector that is given 

to a paid employee while he or she is engaged in productive work and that provides knowledge and skills essential 

to the full and adequate performance of the job. 

‘‘(vi) Job search, obtaining employment, or preparation 

to seek or obtain employment, including— 

‘‘(I) life skills training; 

‘‘(II) substance abuse treatment or mental health 

treatment, determined to be necessary and documented by a qualified medical, substance abuse, or 

mental health professional; or 

‘‘(III) rehabilitation activities; 

supervised by a public agency or other responsible 

party on an ongoing basis. 

‘‘(vii) Structured programs and embedded activities— 

‘‘(I) in which adults perform work for the direct benefit of the community under the auspices of public or 

nonprofit organizations; 

‘‘(II) that are limited to projects that serve useful 

community purposes in fields such as health, social 

service, environmental protection, education, urban 

and rural redevelopment, welfare, recreation, public 

facilities, public safety, and child care; 

‘‘(III) that are designed to improve the employability 

of adults not otherwise able to obtain unsubsidized 

employment; and 

‘‘(IV) that are supervised on an ongoing basis; and 

‘‘(V) with respect to which a State agency takes into 

account, to the extent possible, the prior training, experience, and skills of a recipient in making appropriate community service assignments. 

‘‘(viii) Career and technical training programs (not to exceed 12 months with respect to any adult) that are directly 

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rent or emerging occupations and that are supervised on 

an ongoing basis. 

‘‘(ix) Training or education for job skills that are required by an employer to provide an adult with the ability 

to obtain employment or to advance or adapt to the changing demands of the workplace and that are supervised on 

an ongoing basis. 

‘‘(x) Education that is related to a specific occupation, 

job, or job offer and that is supervised on an ongoing basis. 

‘‘(xi) In the case of an adult who has not completed secondary school or received such a certificate of general 

equivalence, regular attendance— 

‘‘(I) in accordance with the requirements of the secondary school or course of study, at a secondary school 

or in a course of study leading to such certificate; and 

‘‘(II) supervised on an ongoing basis. 

‘‘(xii) Providing child care to enable another recipient of 

public benefits to participate in a community service program that— 

‘‘(I) does not provide compensation for such community service; 

‘‘(II) is a structured program designed to improve 

the employability of adults who participate in such 

program; and 

‘‘(III) is supervised on an ongoing basis. 

‘‘(B) PROTECTIONS.—Work activities under this subsection 

shall be subject to all applicable health and safety standards. 

Except as described in clauses (i), (ii), and (iii) of subparagraph 

(A), the term ‘work activity’ shall be considered work preparation and not defined as employment for purposes of other law. 

‘‘(4) PILOT PROJECTS.—Pilot projects carried out under paragraph (1) shall include interventions to which adults are assigned that are designed to reduce unnecessary dependence, 

promote self sufficiency, increase work levels, increase earned 

income, and reduce supplemental nutrition assistance benefit 

expenditures among households eligible for, applying for, or 

participating in the supplemental nutrition assistance program. 

‘‘(A) Adults assigned to interventions by the State 

shall— 

‘‘(i) be subject to mandatory participation in work 

activities specified in paragraph (4), except those with 

1 or more dependent children under 1 year of age; 

‘‘(ii) participate in work activities specified in paragraph (4) for a minimum of 20 hours per week per 

household; 

‘‘(iii) be a maximum age of not less than 50 and not 

more than 60, as defined by the State; 

‘‘(iv) be subject to penalties during a period of nonparticipation without good cause ranging from, at 

State option, a minimum of the removal of the adults 

from the household benefit amount, up to a maximum 

of the discontinuance of the entire household benefit 

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‘‘(v) not be penalized for nonparticipation if child 

care is not available for 1 or more children under 6 

years of age. 

‘‘(B) The State shall allow certain individuals to be exempt from work requirements— 

‘‘(i) those participating in work programs under a 

State program funded under part A of title IV of the 

Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 601 et seq.) for an equal 

or greater number of hours; 

‘‘(ii) 1 adult family member per household who is 

needed in the home to care for a disabled family member; 

‘‘(iii) a parent who is a recipient of or becomes eligible for Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) or 

Supplemental Security Income (SSI); and 

‘‘(iv) those with a good cause reason for nonparticipation, such as victims of domestic violence, as defined 

by the State. 

‘‘(5) EVALUATION AND REPORTING.— 

‘‘(A) EVALUATION.— 

‘‘(i) INDEPENDENT EVALUATION.— ‘‘(I) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall provide 

for each State that enters into an agreement 

under paragraph (2) an independent, longitudinal 

evaluation of its pilot project under this subsection to determine total program savings over 

the entire course of the pilot project with results 

reported in consecutive 12-month increments. 

‘‘(II) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the evaluation is 

to measure the impact of interventions provided 

by the State under the pilot project on the ability 

of adults in households eligible for, applying for, 

or participating in the supplemental nutrition assistance program to find and retain employment 

that leads to increased household income and reduced dependency. 

‘‘(III) REQUIREMENT.—The independent evaluation under subclause (I) shall use valid statistical 

methods which can determine the difference between supplemental nutrition assistance benefit 

expenditures, if any, as a result of the interventions as compared to a control group that— 

‘‘(aa) is not subject to the interventions provided by the State under the pilot project 

under this subsection; and 

‘‘(bb) maintains services provided under 

16(h) in the year prior to the start of the pilot 

project under this subsection. 

‘‘(IV) OPTION.—States shall have the option to 

evaluate pilot projects by matched counties or 

matched geographical areas using a constructed 

control group design to isolate the effects of the 

intervention of the pilot project. 

‘‘(V) DEFINITION.—Constructed control group 

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stead program participants (those subject to interventions) and non-participants (control) are equated using matching or statistical procedures on 

characteristics that may be associated with program outcomes. 

‘‘(B) REPORTING.—Not later than 90 days after the end 

of fiscal year 2014 and of each fiscal year thereafter, until 

the completion of the last evaluation under subparagraph 

(A), the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate, a report that includes a description of— 

‘‘(i) the status of each pilot project carried out under 

paragraph (1); 

‘‘(ii) the results of the evaluation completed during 

the previous fiscal year; and 

‘‘(iii) to the maximum extent practicable— 

‘‘(I) baseline information relevant to the stated 

goals and desired outcomes of the pilot project; 

‘‘(II) the impact of the interventions on appropriate employment, income, and public benefit receipt outcomes among households participating in 

the pilot project; 

‘‘(III) equivalent information about similar or 

identical measures among control or comparison 

groups; 

‘‘(IV) the planned dissemination of the report 

findings to State agencies; and 

‘‘(V) the steps and funding necessary to incorporate into State employment and training programs the components of pilot projects that demonstrate increased employment and earnings. 

‘‘(C) PUBLIC DISSEMINATION.—In addition to the reporting requirements under subparagraph (B), evaluation results shall be shared broadly to inform policy makers, 

service providers, other partners, and the public in order 

to promote wide use of successful strategies, including by 

posting evaluation results on the Internet website of the 

Department of Agriculture. 

‘‘(6) FUNDING.— 

‘‘(A) AVAILABLE FUNDS.—From amounts made available 

under section 18(a)(1), the Secretary shall make available— 

‘‘(i) up to $1,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2014 

through 2017 for evaluations described in paragraph 

(5) to carry out this subsection, with such amounts to 

remain available until expended; and 

‘‘(ii) amounts equal to one-half of the accumulated 

supplemental nutrition assistance benefit dollars 

saved over each consecutive 12-month period according 

to the evaluation under paragraph (5) for bonus grants 

to States under paragraph (7)(B). 

‘‘(B) LIMITATION.—A State operating a pilot project 

under this subsection shall not receive more funding under 

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mencing a project under this subsection and shall not 

claim funds under 16(a) for expenses that are unique to 

the pilot project under this subsection. 

‘‘(C) OTHER FUNDS.—Any additional funds required by a 

State to carry out a pilot project under this subsection may 

be provided by the State from funds made available to the 

State for such purpose and in accordance with State and 

other Federal laws, including the following: 

‘‘(i) Section 403 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 

603). 

‘‘(ii) The Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29 

U.S.C. 9201 et seq.). 

‘‘(iii) The Child Care and Development Block Grant 

Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C 9858 et seq.) and section 418 of 

the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 618). 

‘‘(iv) The social services block grant under subtitle A 

of title XX of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1397 

et seq,). 

‘‘(7) USE OF FUNDS.— 

‘‘(A) SPECIFIC USES.—Funds provided under this subsection for evaluation of pilot projects shall be used only 

for— 

‘‘(i) pilot projects that comply with this subsection; 

‘‘(ii) the costs incurred in gathering and providing 

information and data used to conduct the independent 

evaluation under paragraph (5); and 

‘‘(iii) the costs of the evaluation under paragraph (5). 

‘‘(B) LIMITATION.—Funds provided for bonus grants to 

States for pilot projects under this subsection shall be used 

only for— 

‘‘(i) pilot projects that comply with this subsection; 

‘‘(ii) amounts equal to one-half of the accumulated 

supplemental nutrition assistance benefit dollars 

saved over each consecutive 12-month period according 

to the evaluation under paragraph (5); and 

‘‘(iii) any State purpose, not to be restricted to the 

supplemental nutrition assistance program or its beneficiary population.’’. 

SEC. 4034. IMPROVED WAGE VERIFICATION USING THE NATIONAL DIRECTORY OF NEW HIRES. 

Effective October 1, 2013, section 11(e) of the Food and Nutrition 

Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2020(e)) is amended— 

(1) in paragraph (3) by inserting ‘‘and after compliance with 

the requirement specified in paragraph (24)’’ after ‘‘section 

16(e) of this Act’’, 

(2) in paragraph (22) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end, 

(3) in paragraph (23 by striking the period at the end and 

inserting ‘‘; and’’, and 

(4) by adding at the end the following: 

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tion assistance program benefits and determining the correct 

amount of such benefits.’’. 

103. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE REED OF

NEW YORK OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

At the end of subtitle A of title IV, insert the following: 

SEC. 4033. ELIGIBILITY DISQUALIFICATIONS FOR CERTAIN CONVICTED FELONS. 

(a) AMENDMENT.—Section 6 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 

2008 (7 U.S.C. 2015), as amended by section 4009, is amended by 

adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(s) DISQUALIFICATION FOR CERTAIN CONVICTED FELONS.— 

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—An individual shall not be eligible for benefits under this Act if the individual is convicted of— 

‘‘(A) aggravated sexual abuse under section 2241 of title 

18, United States Code; 

‘‘(B) murder under section 1111 of title 18, United States 

Code; 

‘‘(C) an offense under chapter 110 of title 18, United 

States Code; 

‘‘(D) a Federal or State offense involving sexual assault, 

as defined in 40002(a) of the Violence Against Women Act 

of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 13925(a)); or 

‘‘(E) an offense under State law determined by the Attorney General to be substantially similar to an offense described in subparagraph (A), (B), or (C). 

‘‘(2) EFFECTS ON ASSISTANCE AND BENEFITS FOR OTHERS.— 

The amount of benefits otherwise required to be provided to an 

eligible household under this Act shall be determined by considering the individual to whom paragraph (1) applies not to 

be a member of such household, except that the income and resources of the individual shall be considered to be income and 

resources of the household. 

‘‘(3) ENFORCEMENT.—Each State shall require each individual applying for benefits under this Act, during the application process, to state, in writing, whether the individual, or 

any member of the household of the individual, has been convicted of a crime described in paragraph (1).’’. 

(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 5(a) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2014(a)), as amended by section 4009, 

is amended in the 2d sentence by striking ‘‘and (r)’’ and inserting 

‘‘, (r), and (s)’’. 

(c) INAPPLICABILITY TO CONVICTIONS OCCURRING ON OR BEFORE

ENACTMENT.—The amendments made by this section shall not 

apply to a conviction if the conviction is for conduct occurring on 

or before the date of the enactment of this Act. 

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